Kagome couldn't wipe the smirk that seemed to be permanently on her face as she watched Haruhi rush about trying to maintain some order as the other girl kept screwing up in making a simple batch of chocolate chip cookies. And every time her friend would throw her a mock glare, she could only snicker before moving to help her slightly floundering friend.

Taking in a deep breath, Kagome relished in the spiced smells of her own cookie batter. Ginger Snaps. She had been struck by the sudden mood to bake those instead of standing next to her friend and the... slightly crazed new girl. And to think, she was only in her second day of school. She could only shake her head.

It was still surprising that the school had kitchens, fully stocked and ready to go. She didn't really see any of the students as the type to willingly stick their hands in batter or handle raw meat and fish, fearing it would mess up their manicures. Unless of course they were here learning to become the top in the field of cooking or baking. It was far cleaner, better and fully stocked compared to her old school's kitchens. That was for sure.

Glancing up from rolling small balls of cookie batter, she would also admit that Haruhi looked cute with the apron and bandana, sleeves rolled up to her elbows while trying to aid Renge and finish her own batch. And all without burning the place down.

Sniggering under her breath, she watched as Haruhi ran to Renge's stove to remove the single pot the girl was using to melt chocolate. Haruhi began to scold the girl lightly, while trying to salvage whatever amount of chocolate she could and then placed the double pot set on the stove. After that, she moved back to her own work, while Kagome cleaned whatever she used and then moved on to help the other girls.

The host club themselves had gathered around the kitchen's door, peeking in around it's frame to watch it's proceedings. Tamaki was at awe at how adorable Haruhi appeared in the provided apron and hair bandana, and enjoying the domestic scene of her baking and interacting with another girl. Though he pouted slightly when Higurashi stepped into the scene.

The new boy walked over to where the two were beginning to place their sheets of cookies into their respective ovens to start aiding them in cleaning up their messes. Tamaki's pout grew slightly at how easily this new boy was interacting with his daughter, as well as, ruining the chances of Haruhi recognizing that she was actually a girl.

Already, he could see this new boy, though an old friend to Haruhi herself, corrupting his innocent little girl. His mind then veered off to how he would steal her away from them or to what they could have done before Haruhi started at Ouran. While the acclaimed 'Host Club King' was off in his mind, the rest of the host club was watching how the three in the kitchen interacted.

Kagome's lips thinned the slightest amount as Haruhi laughed lightly after she placed her hand on the counter, only for it to land in a mess Renge had made earlier in her first attempt at melting chocolate. Looking down at the sticky mess, a smirk quickly appeared and disappeared before her friend would figure out that she was up to something. Moving over to the sink in a show of going to wash her hands, Kagome quickly got hold of her friend and drew a heart on her cheek with the still warm and melted chocolate.

Renge let out a startled and somewhat scandalized gasp as Kagome herself took a lick of the chocolate off her hand, Haruhi just gave her friend a deadpan look. Ducking her head to try and hold her snickers, she looked up just in time to see a very white hand come her way. Before she knew what hit her, Haruhi was wiggling her own fingers that had remnants of flour while Kagome blinked.

Raising her clean hand she felt the slight grainy texture of flour on her cheek before raising a brow in Haruhi's direction. Rolling her eyes with a fond smile, she went to the sink to really wash her hand of the chocolate.

"Very mature Haruhi."

"And what you did wasn't?" Haruhi piped up as she stood next to Kagome. Lips twitching at the flour hand print on her right cheek. The two just continued on, Renge shocked that the two of them would act as such, willingly allow such messes to happen, though she over came it and smiled at the interaction. The two quickly washed up, and finished cleaning the rest of the mess and chatted as they waited for their cookies to finish.

Kagome screwed her lips as she noticed she had baked too many cookies. A habit she had taken up when preparing food in any way shape or form since she started traveling to the past. Shard and Naraku hunting, with daily doses of random demon battles, tended to work up an appetite in the group she traveled with. Shrugging her shoulders, she decided to save a small batch for herself, one for Shippo and Sesshoumaru and the rest, give away to those that wanted any.

Following Haruhi and Renge, she looked down and spotted the 'King' curled up and pouting on the floor, obviously having just been told off by Renge or something similar. Shaking her head, she couldn't help the half smirk as she looked down at him.

"Pouting isn't very manly. Your Majesty."

She merely blinked as he suddenly jumped to his feet and looked down at her, tears mysteriously gone, anger blazing in his eyes, a hand raised pointing in her face and he opened his mouth to say something or other. But, Kagome got distracted as the twins made their way to Haruhi's side and shook her head.

Tamaki, wondering what could have caught the other boy's interest, turned as well, all color draining from his face at what he saw. Those twins were harassing and tainting his precious little girl! His rage sounded through the halls as he began his tirade against the two, so while his attention was diverted away from herself, Kagome made her way to Haruhi's side, offering one of her own cookies in exchange for one of Haruhi's.

They watched the show as they nibbled on a cookie each, while the twins themselves ignored Tamaki as Haruhi scolded them of their actions. Said scolding though, was cut short as she was brought into Tamaki's hold as he berated her reactions to their own towards her.

"You! You're reaction is wrong! You're supposed to reject them, not let them go!"

With their form of entertainment taken away, even for a short time, the twins turned their attention to the new boy that stood next to them. When he seemed to realize that they were staring, he blinked his blue eyes and looked up at them, half a cookie hanging from his mouth. He raised a brow in question as they continued to stare.

They took notice of a few things and quickly came to realization. While at first glance, he appeared to be a rather beautiful boy, up close they noticed that, even for a boy, his features were far to delicate. His eyes were wide, with rather long eyelashes. His lips far to full and just the slightest showings of a natural pout there. His neck was slender leading to delicate shoulders. And the hand that held the current cookie he was nibbling on was attached to a wrist just as delicate as the rest of him. Not only that, his upper chest was oddly formed, showing signs of curvature where there shouldn't.

Both looked towards one another when they came to a quick and shared realization. Both just as quickly wore their signature smirks, ones that meant they were up to no good and pure mischief, they leaned down, wrapping an arm each around the boy.

"Kagome-kun, you're actually..." Hikaru whispered into her left ear

"... a girl. Aren't you?" Kaoru finished the whispered question in her right ear.

"Yes. And?" she shrugged her shoulders, not at all put out that they figured it out and so quickly. Though Shippo would say otherwise.

They blinked when she didn't try to deny it or anything. She and Haruhi were truly alike, far to blasé when it came their gender.

"No denial, demands, nothing?" one twin questioned.

"Why are you wearing the male uniform then?" the other actually forming one she could answer.

"Why deny the truth. Demands? Uh, just don't tell the others? And I preferred the male uniform to the girls." Kagome finished her cookie, shrugged her shoulders lightly and held up the open little batch of cookies so the twins could take any if they wanted.

They reached down and plucked a cookie each, enjoying the well baked treats, while going over what Kagome had just said, wondering what went on through that head of hers to not wanting the others to know. As well as Haruhi's for going along with it and how the both of them didn't seem to care how others regarded them. Gender wise.

"Why don't you want us to tell the others?"

"Eh, cause it's fun. Besides, look how Tamaki-senpai treats Haruhi because he knows she's a girl." she jutted her chin in the direction towards the two, said boy still scolding the petite girl in his hold. They both just nodded their heads in understanding, their boss could be easily excited. But now that they thought about it... they were the first to learn Kagome's secret, and Kyoya-senpai had already taken a shot at it the night before, and got nothing!

A sudden cry from Honey as he rushed towards Mori, the taller boy reached down to sooth whatever was the cause for his cousin's dilemma. Soon enough, the entire host club had gathered together, Kagome just stuck among them as the twins were refusing to relinquish their hold on her. Just as long as they didn't try and pull anything, she could care less.

Renge stood before them, taking them all in with a critical eye, muttering slightly to herself under her breath. Honey was still sniffling while he was now in Mori's hold. Kagome blinked lazily as the girl began on how the members of the club were not good enough, that their characters were lacking. And almost, violently, so too.

"You lack any negative aspects, and girls find that dreadfully dull! Girls are weak for beautiful men involved in trauma! They'll be bored with your so-called dummy acts soon enough! Are you trying to make Kyoya-sama's store go bankrupt!?" she stood there like a squadron leader. Gaze fierce, stance strong and voice loud. Then again, Kagome's faced scarier before.

"Starting today, we'll be renouncing your characters! You first!" a pointer finger was swiftly and harshly swung in Honey's direction, who froze and trembled under the intense look Renge was wearing.

"Having nothing but cuteness both inside and out is the same thing as a baby! Thus, change it to 'Having a cute face, but is really a beast'!" a shocked cry sounded around them as Honey actually dropped his Usa-chan. But Renge didn't linger long as she was already moving onto the next members swiftly and fiercely as she did the tiny senior student.

"Morinozuka-senpai! Take care of Haninozuka-senpai by staying with him at all times! And dignify the speeches you make every once in a while! You twins, will suffer from the fact that people can't see the differences between you. And be in the basketball club! And Haruhi, you'll be the super poor honor student, as well as being bullied!"

While the girl was going through the members, Kagome was slowly making her way down the hall and away from the fiasco. She wasn't worried about the girl or her actions, but the fact that she wanted the club members to change who the were, reminded her of how Kikyo had wanted Inuyasha to change who he was for her own pleasure. What she was worried about was what would happen if she stuck around for too much longer.

"You, Tamaki-san! Will be the institute's idol, and people always compliment your appearance, but actually you have a huge complex.. 'Lonely Prince'!"

All paused to take in his reaction, even Kagome herself had paused where she stood separately from the others. He always reacted far too excitedly and dramatically in certain situations, so it left her wondering if he would blow off his top at such a declaration. Instead, she had the distinct urge to slap a palm to her face as he seemed at awe with the girls words, like he had just learned or discovered something that could very much change world history. Or of equal importance. It was either a good thing or a bad thing, that her hands were otherwise occupied. She had yet to decide.

"And lastly, Kagome-kun!" Kagome's back stiffened as she was now being dragged into this mess. "You'll be the mysterious type! A character while charming, holds a dark and secretive past with bad boy tendencies that will draw girls in!" the girl gushed as she turned her attentions towards Kyoya-senpai.

"I beg your pardon?" she was having a hard time so her question came out in a hissed whisper. Mori, Honey and Haruhi were restraining her as she tried to move towards the delusional girl. "Let me at her!"

"Easy Kagome! I'm sure she means nothing by it!" Haruhi sighed as her friend struggled in the hold of the three of them. Though in all honesty, she was with Kagome on this one. A person shouldn't have to change in order to please others, and with Kagome's own past experience on the subject matter... it was sure to be like rubbing salt in an old wound.

The twins both quirked a brow in her direction, not expecting her to react so... violently. From what they had seen from her thus far, she was far too laid back and was pretty much like Haruhi in regards to her reactions when others spoke their minds about her. She simply brushed it off. But still, the situation was pretty obnoxious, even by their standards. So they turned to the only person that the girl would most likely listen too, seeing as their King was busy acting out his newly appointed 'Lonely Prince' role for the girl.

"Kyoya-senpai... do something."

By then, Kagome herself had calmed down, though her gaze was still fiercely angry about the entire situation. Meaning, she along with her restraints had gathered around the twins and their only hope out of the stupid situation.

"Well, Haruhi is supposed to be taking care of her. And look at it from my perspective, it's bound to turn out into something rather interesting." he wore that stupid look that Kagome was far to familiar with. One that told her he was most definitively up to something.

So like any sane, upset young woman, she retaliated. Grabbing a batch of cookies, she tossed it at his face, feeling victorious that she managed to catch him off guard and unbalanced his glasses.

"I'm not even part of this little club, or had you forgotten?" she kept her gaze level with his, while he inspected the small package of cookies and righting his glasses. But that damn smirk of his had yet to be wiped off, and he narrowed his eyes somewhat in her direction.

"As I said, things are bound to get interesting."

"Choking on cookies can be interesting, doesn't mean we want it to happen." letting out a huff of hot air, her bangs fluttering because of the action, she looked off to the side, and let out another sigh as she saw that it was getting rather late. No doubt Sesshoumaru would be questioning her reasons, and then Shippo would want to know as well. Damn it all, he was going to find out that her secret was not exactly so secret! Meaning he would make her hold up her end of that damn bet!

Turning her attention back to the others, a pout set in place... the day had not gone as she had thought it would, and it was going to get even more interesting... according to Kyoya-senpai. Then again, he didn't live with an inu or kitsune youkai, now did he?

"I'm going to head home now, didn't realize how late it was. I guess I'll see you all tomorrow." she started to make her way down the hall, though she paused and glanced at Kyoya. "The least you could do is tell her I'm not a part of this! Oh, and enjoy your cookies."

With a backward wave over her shoulder, Kagome made her way to the main entrance, the others simply watching after her. The twins wearing identical grins, now that they knew her secret, they had another toy to play with. Haruhi wondering if the little outburst hadn't put too much strain on her friend's still healing ribs. Mori and Honey surprised that the boy had such strength, as he seemed more laid back and a smooth talker. Tamaki, just watched the boy, mixed emotions when he realized that Renge had included him as a part of the club, when really, he wasn't. Kyoya, he was already double checking the calculations from the previous day, and couldn't help but smirk, now that Kagome would most likely be seen as their club's latest member. And Renge... she was already planning ahead on what to do with their newly developed characters.

AN: Not much to say here... Read, enjoy, and review!