Okay be mad at me if you want cuz you have the right to. I broke my promise of updating faster but its been almost a whole month! I am really sorry, school is just seriously cutting my time away from the computer. Well at least I hope you enjoy this last and final chapter.

"Maybe you're my love!"

"I can't believe those idiots climbed onto the wrong boat!" Reiko shouted with her fists in the air.

"Well they wanted to save you from that mad lady!" Hikaru retorted. "They wouldn't have boarded that ship if you hadn't decided to run away to your mother."

"You're right," said Reiko miserably. She laid her hands across her face and stayed silent. Then she whimpered lowly, "This is all my fault. They're in danger because of me. I can never do anything right."

Hikaru clutched onto her hands and shoved them away to glimpse at her face, once he did he noticed that she was going to cry again. He kneeled in closer to her until they were definitely only a couple of inches apart. "We will save them," he said in a calming tone. "And after that we'll…" he paused. He was about to say 'after that we'll head back to the Host Club' but he wasn't sure if that's something Reiko wanted to continue.

"After all of this I'll continue impersonating as a male Host so I can pay off that damn debt once and for all," she said. She smiled gratefully towards him though he still felt unsure of her options since she didn't have many. "Come and get rowing! Our mission is to save the rest of the host members!"

He nodded in response.

He grabbed hold of the oars and began to heave. Right after one gesture he stopped. Reiko showed a confused expression. "What made you change your mind…when…you know," he asked her.

Reiko's eyes widened. "You only stopped to ask me something like that?"

"Well…yeah."

Reiko stayed silent, pondering how she should answer. Let's make this more dramatic, shall we? Besides this is a good time to work on my descriptive background, which I suck at! The small lifeboat bounced slightly upon the waves, allowing them to drift with no control. Three seagulls flew above them and squawked typically on a bright evening. Finally the sun glowed with great radiance on the tops of the couple's heads. Okay that's enough, I don't know what else to add here.

"You made me feel…" she began. Hikaru leaned even closer to her once again to hear her clearly. "…wanted. What I mean is you and the others treated me so differently that I couldn't accept it that easily. Before I joined the Host Club I've always been angry and upset because I've been constantly alone. Actually since of the incident I've become even angrier."

Hikaru backed up slowly and remembered everything he and his brother had done to her, which he now regretted. He turned his gaze to the open sea.

"But…" he looked at her again. "Then I learned the more emotions that are inside me besides from loneliness. Grief, remorse, joy, fun, and love."

"Love?" Hikaru thought. A light shade of pink crossed his face that she hadn't seemed to detect.

"Okay I answered your question, now let's get going," she declared. "Remember, both our oneesans are on that ship!"

He snapped out of his daze and continued to row. While propelling through the waters he had one thought in his mind. Who did she love, him or Tamaki? Or maybe possibly Kyouya. But that thought was private and Reiko was the only one who knew.

Hidden and cramped inside one of the crates of Benio's ships

"Great…mph…idea…Tamaki," muffled Kaoru. "When you spotted the workmen I thought you wanted us to be in disguise, not trapped here in an airless box! Kyouya, get your elbow out of my spleen!"

"Can't move…deal with it!" grumbled Kyouya. "Can't move…or breathe."

"Also we're all clustered in one crate!"

"Shut up, at least we're on board," Tamaki argued.

"Tama-chan when are we getting out of here?" whined Honey. "I need to go to the bathroom!"

"Hold it in! Mori-senpai, try busting one of these sides open before it's too late for all of us!"

"Hn," Mori mumbled. With a single firm shove the entire crate collapsed and the hosts were exposed in a large room, which was not empty as they hoped for. Instead it seemed if they landed right in the center of crowd of armed guards pointing their weapons at them. All the hosts gulped nervously.

"Hello intruders," entered a voice. It was Benio, along sided by her two evil assistants dressed in fashionable sailor clothing with matching caps.

"You-you knew we were here?" Tamaki questioned shakily. "How?"

"Simple," she smirked. "One of my guards overheard you and your noisy friends fidgeting and complaining about your unfortunate compact rooming issue. He informed me of this, I ordered him to fetch the crate here, and voila now you're here, prepared for your demise." She burst into a wicked cackle.

"You mean you're going kill us?" Honey said with little tear droplets forming from his eyes.

"What do you want from Reiko-chan!" Tamaki demanded in a rather heroic tone.

Benio ended her laughing and walked up closer to the huddled host group. "It's not what I want," she began. The hosts' eyes grew wider from every step she too and every word she said. "It's what her mother wants. That messenger boy didn't lie completely. Reiko's mommy missed her terribly so she contacted me, through our wealthy parents' relation of course, to bring her back. I'm only trying to reunite a mother and her daughter, respecting her mother's wish."

"Why couldn't she just send a letter or something than rather going through all this?" Haruhi said.

"Madame Minori knew her daughter would be arrogant and not agree to this so… we plotted a way to transfer her without anyone's suspicion."

"You mean by kidnapping her."

"In other terms…precisely."

"But only then did your plan backfire when she entered onto the other ship and instead we boarded here, the right ship."

"Exactly. It's been such a waste of time." Benio circled around and slanted her head down in shame. "Oh dear this will not do. Now where will Madame Minori find a new model in such short time?"

"Model?" Kyouya said surprised.

"Why yes," she replied as she turned back at the hosts. "Her mother wanted to broadcast her daughter on her fashion show she's presenting. From the pictures her ex-husband sent, she exclaimed that her daughter would be perfect in that case."

"My poor oneechan," whispered Nao. "She'll feel like she's being tortured if that ever happens." Gradually he stood up and stated, "I'll take my oneechan's place! I could never let her suffer like that."

"You've got to be joking. No way!" Benio shouted.

"Why not?"

"Well first of all you're a boy." From that remark all the guards' faces turned bright pink as they stared at the transvestite boy wearing a petticoat and skirt, thinking Nao was a girl. "Also because you are no longer needed in her life."

"What?"

"She doesn't love you. She never did. She always thought of you as a gay freak. A disappoint to the Minori family."

"No…was Reiko-niichan right?" he murmured silently.

Benio smirked. "Since I have no use of you, any of you, I might as well dispose of you once and for all! The Host Club shall no longer exist. It was never a good business anyways."

"That's not true!" Tamaki exclaimed. "It's-"

"It's a trash heap! I don't want to hear any more of this. Toss them into the ocean!"

"You will do no such thing! I'm here!" hollered a voice. Everyone turned their heads to the voice.

"Reiko-chan! Hikaru!" Kaoru cried out in joy.

In the doorway stood Reiko and Hikaru standing side by side with the light shining intensely on them. Reiko with a proud and fiery expression on her face heroically said, "Let them go. I'm the one you want. Jeez how many times have I heard that from movies?"

"Welcome Reiko, without you on board you had me worried for a second," said Benio.

"I'm here now so release them."

"Oh I will. But I'm afraid they'll be disbanded into the seas. They'll be lucky enough if at least one of them made it to shore."

"You bitch!" Suddenly Reiko charged right at Benio, making it pass through the line of guards, and tackled her to the ground. Benio's girly supporters didn't even attempt to help her seeing as they were too scared and didn't know how to behave in physically forceful manners. So they just watched and cheered their leader on.

Just when one of the guards was about to strike at Reiko, Mori sprinted up and knocked him out.

"Mori-senpai!" Reiko said, noticing. "Thank you." While distracted Benio slapped her across the face, causing Reiko to roll off her. Oh boy, catfight! Instantly Benio got back on her feet and raced up the stairs, which magically appeared.

Honey used his incredible strength to beat up most of the bad men. Kyouya is so cool that he only used his clipboard and pen as his weapons. All did they're best actually too except for Tamaki, poor guy.

"Say what! That's cheating!" Reiko shouted as Benio ignored her trying to make her getaway.

"You will not follow her any longer," said Chizuru.

"Please do not bother us," Hinako responded. The two girls spread their arms out to block Reiko's way to go up the staircase.

"You two little-" but Reiko was cut off when the twins showed up in front of her. "Wha…?"

Hikaru leaned toward Chizuru as Kaoru went toward Hinako. They both whispered something into and suddenly the girls swooned lightly onto the floor, blushing bright, bright red.

"The ol'Hitachiin twin charm huh?"

"Always works," they both answered. "Us gentlemen were raised not to harm pretty ladies."

"But what about the time when you guys…"

"Uhhh go chase after Benio. We'll find the captain of this ship and tell him to change course back home!"

"Sure…" she said rolling her eyes. She started up the stairs and when she finally reached the second floor Tamaki came down and crashed right into her. "Ugh," she moaned. "Where did you come from? And get off of me!"

"S-sorry Reiko-chan. I'm not sure," he said getting up. "For one second I was huddled on the floor and then the next thing I knew I was being thrown into the air and landed on you. Are you okay?"

"Fine, come on, follow me. I need to stop that witch and gave her a piece of my mind!" She was just about to dash forward but came to a halt for Tamaki held firmly to her wrist. "What are you doing?"

"Reiko-chan I…" he began blushing red and pulled her in closer to him so their faces were almost inches away. He bent down closer and closer til suddenly…

"Tamaki look out!" Reiko gasped and ducked.

Crash! Went the flower pot perfectly directed to Tamaki's head. Out of confusion and into a new state of confusion he did a little dance and plopped on the ground.

"Damn he's out cold. Might as well continue up. I'm sure someone else will help him," she said to herself.

Luckily the second floor led up to a single hallway. She raced through it's corridors, trailing down Benio. "She's near. I can sense it." she thought. At the end of the hallway was a door. She eyed the door cautiously. At that silent moment a hand grabbed onto her shoulder. She screamed.

"Rei Rei it's me!" said Nao and turned her around to show it as really him.

"Oneesan don't frighten me like!" she snapped.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to. I followed you."

"Yes, I can tell." Reiko diverted her eyes away from him.

"Something wrong, Rei Rei?"

"No, it's just…I'm so glad you came back for me." She wrapped her arms around her brother. "Thank you Nao-niisan."

"Hey we're family we always look out for each other," he said as he did the same. "I thought you didn't like touchy moments."

"People can change. Now come on," she released him and smiled. "Let's get her. Ummm you can open the door," she insisted while still smiling nervously.

"Okay?" he said suspsiciously. He slowly grabbed hold of the doorknob and twisted it open until he heard the lock switch. Then he pushed lightly and once the door was wide open, he yelled out in terror.

"Oneesan…why are you screaming?" she asked.

"Oh, I don't know. I assumed something bad was going to happen when I opened the door. That's why you told me to open it for you," he admitted.

"Heh, funny. Whatever," she was the first to enter and inside were more stairs, which she ran up those too. At the very top she walked through a doorway and into the light. She was outside on the highest part of the ship. She shaded her eyes from the sunlight's rayes.

"I knew you would've followed me. It's unfortunate that this ship only has two rooms, one hallway, and three doors," sighed Benio. She stood more forward beyond Reiko, gazing into the open sea. "This boat may seem big on the outside but it's rather crowded on the inside."

"So let's say your bad at purchasing big boats," Reiko mocked. Then she became more serious. "I won't forgive you for what've you done and what you almost did to my oneesan and my friends."

"Anything else you like to comment on?"

Then it began to rain. "Okay…that was random. It was perfectly sunny just before," Reiko spoke up.

"Huh that is weird," said Nao who had just arrived at the scene.

"Oh no!" Benio screeched in an ear-defeaning tone. "It's raining!"

"Yes we can see that," the Minori siblings said simultaneously.

"But I'm wearing a Paris original. The rain will mess up the design."

"It's a sailor's outfit. That's the point," Nao notified.

"I have to get back inside!" The siblings barracaded the doorway. "Yeah, I knew that might happen. Please let me inside and I'll tell the captain to turn around."

"No need. Hikaru and Kaoru have already done so," Reiko pointed out. "But from the goodness of my heart I'll lend you this umbrella." From behind her back she brought out a totally random umbrella, which Benio quickly accepted.

"Where did you find that?" Nao whispered into his sister's ear.

"Shhhh," she replied.

"Where's the top part of this stupid thing!" Benio asked irritably.

"Oops I'm sorry that wasn't an umbrella I gave you."

"Then what is it?"

"It's a lightening rod!"

Back in the Music room

"Then what happened?" asked the hosts who were gathered around Reiko and Nao, listening to the story.

"She blew up!" Reiko snickered.

"Be reasonable," said Haruhi.

"Okay, okay. Lightening struck up and she fell into the ocean from the shock. I'm sure she's okay now. I saw one of her workers dive into the water to rescue her."

"Giving her a lightening rod for real lightening to hit her seemed kinda harsh," said Kaoru.

"Whatever. Point is she's okay. We're all back from that nightmare and I'll never see her again," she said leaning back on the chair. "I guess I won't be seeing my mom after all. Aww well at least I can finish up on this debt," she teased.

"You're still gonna go through with it?" Tamaki said surprisingly.

"Hell yeah. Now I have a reason to stay."

"In that case..."

Tamaki and Hikaru ganged up on her and shouted, "Then who do you like more?!" Kyouya tried to get closer as well though he looked the other direction pretending not to care.

"Huh?" said Reiko with a questioning look. "What are you talking about?"

"You said you loved someone here. Who is it?" Hikaru intervened and looked deep into her sparkling eyes.

"Ummm," she glanced at Nao who only winked back at her. Remember he read her diary. "If you really want to know..."

"Yes, yes!" said Tamaki and Hikaru getting anxious.

Reiko's face began burning up and she opened her mouth and...

"Who wants cake!" Honey squealed. "Today we celebrate! Yay! I brought coconut cake and carrot cake and chocolate cake and lemon cake and sugar cake and..."

"Reiko-chan answer us!"

"Will Minori Reiko please report to the principal's office right now? Will Minori Reiko please report to the principal's office right now?" echoed the intercom. It repeated once again.

"You heard'em. See ya peoples later!" Reiko replied and rushed out of the room.

"No way!" Tamaki and Hikaru shouted out, stunned in place.

"Relax. She'll come back. But at least back off will ya?" Haruhi declared.

"Fine..."

In the office

"What did you need to see me about, sir?" Reiko asked.

"Your mother has sent us a telegram asking if you would want to return to America," he said. I just made this character up so, I think it might be a he, so he doesn't need a clear description.

"Asking? So it's just a yes or no answer, right?"

"Correct."

"Hmm I'll send her a letter and tell her I'm doing fine here at the Host Club," she smiled.