Chapter Two: Sudden Accident

(Kai's POV)

I. Look. Like. A. Guy.

Boss was right!

This wig does make me look nothing like myself; and it's no wonder the girls in my new class kept on looking at me, I'm damn handsome! My black hair's a bit messy at the back part all the way to the top but my bangs and my side-hairs are neatly put. The uniform makes me look like I have broad shoulders and a small waist; my eyes look bigger than usual thanks to those special contacts my previous english teacher gave me as a goodbye present from junior high; and this patch's giving me this somewhat dangerous too.

Cool~.

Okay, pause, rewind and play.

As soon as I left the host club a while ago, I quickly left the building and headed towards the back of the main building where my bike was parked. I got on and headed home, passing by the supermarket to buy some seafood, which was on sale today. When I reached my house, which is the traditional japanese kind of house with all the wooden floors, sliding doors and tatami mats, I placed all my groceries into the freezer and headed straight towards the bathroom.

Got it? Great. Now back to the present.

I stepped back from my mirror and removed the wig from my head, running a hand through my long, layered hair. The cool air felt good, so I took off my blazer and loosened my tie a bit.

"This is what everyone at school think I look like." I muttered to myself, staring at my reflection. "A guy who looks like a girl."

Everyone except Kyouya-sempai, that is, who probably already knows otherwise.

I walked over to boss' laptop and stared at the screen. Sempai's data stared back at me and I read through it one more time.

The third son of Ootori Yoshio, the head of the Ootori groups and a powerful person who has hundreds of talented police forces working under him. Kyouya-sempai's now in his second year of high school, usually spending his time in the host club as the 'shadow king'. Saying that he has a lot of sources for detailed information would be an understatement, and I'm pretty sure that he already knows I'm a girl, even though boss applied me in as a boy.

I clicked onto the next window and Tamaki-sempai's data appeared. The only thing I read were his club-related information. I couldn't bring myself to read his background data; I wasn't in the position to do such a thing.

I clicked onto the next window and Hunny-sempai's data appeared.

Okay, to be honest, I was a bit bothered by the two seniors. Hunny-sempai was the loli-shota type of the club, but he seemed to have a deeper understanding of everything going on around him. I didn't know how I managed to come up with this, but I just suddenly had the feeling that I shouldn't take him too lightly. As for Mori-sempai, for some reason, his presence seemed all too familiar to me. I might have met him somewhere before but I can't recall a single thing.

I closed the windows, not bothering with my classmates' data anymore. I'm going to be with them for the next two and a half years anyway.

I shut the laptop down and picked up my phone.

6:46

Fourteen minutes before the next hour, and I've done everything I needed to do.

I've already planned out a solution for my debt to the host club. If I asked the school for permission to take two jobs, I can work two shifts a day and earn twice as much as I normally do; and if I also work full-time during the weekends and christmas break, I can earn ten million yen in about eight to ten months time. Problem solved.

I smiled to myself and looked around. My homework's done, the house is cleaned up, I ate my dinner and it's still light out.

Seeing that there wasn't anything else to do, I picked up my jacket and my bicycle, and sped off for the cafe.

xoxoxoxoxo

xoxoxoxoxo

The next day: Ouran Academy- last period (Normal View)

Takamichi finished the lesson early and gave the class of 1-A a free period for the remaining time.

As usual, the twins had decided to toy around with Haruhi, doing their brotherly love act right on her desk. "Hikaru, Kaoru, get off my table." she hissed, getting red on the face from annoyance and embarrassment. Girls were staring at them, after all; and since she was in between the two brothers, they would assume that she was joining in on their act. She looked back at Kai with a 'help me' look on her face, but the boy was busy reading; face covered by the book.

"Ah! Hikaru!" Kaoru gasped, suddenly being pinned down onto the table. "Y-you can't!" Moe-fangirls held onto each other as they watched in anticipation.

"Hmm? But you enjoyed this last night, didn't you?" Hikaru whispered seductively, leaning forward.

"B-but. . there are people watching."

"Which makes this all the more thrilling."

"Hika- ngh!"

"HIKARU! KAORU! DO THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND GET OFF MY TABLE!" Haruhi yelled, pushing them off the table as the girls screamed in delight.

"Oww. . Haru-chan, you didn't have to do that." they both winced, sitting up on the floor and pouting at her.

She rolled her eyes and continued to sulk from the fact that she wasn't able to make it to the seafood sale yesterday, thanks to Tamaki's meeting. The host club king just had to make things so complicated! Why would anyone care about what he wanted to bring on their road trip to some beach on the other side of the country anyway? She ignored the twins continuing their charity acts to their classmates and continued to sulk. As the 'Moe!'-screams echoed around the class, Kai relaxed and tilted his chair backwards boredly, turning a page of the book he was reading. He was listening to some minus one music so the screams didn't bother him at all.

A few girls then noticed him in such a relaxed manner, and it just so happened that a beam of light which came out from nowhere suddenly shined down on him, making him glow. Hearts fluttered around them and they headed towards his seat.

"A-anou. . Kai-kun?" one of them asked shyly, rubbing her hands together.

He didn't reply, too absorbed in his book. The girl then blushed and looked back at her two companions, who were giving her the "poke him" hand gestures. She looked at him once more and lightly tapped him on the shoulder, before stepping back. Surprised at the sudden contact, Kai's chair tilted too much to the back and he fell backwards, dropping his book in the process. The girls screamed and quickly helped him up, deep blushes staining their faces as they apologized to him over and over again. This caught everyone's attention, including the twins.

"Gomen, gomen Kai-kun!" they said, embarrassed. "We didn't mean to-"

"It's alright, it's alright." he chuckled, dusting his pants off. "I didn't get hurt." 'Though I did lose the page I was reading. . '

The girls then relaxed around him and they began to start a conversation with the boy, who sweatdropped at their sudden eagerness to know more about what he was reading. Everyone went back to what they were doing while Haruhi sweatdropped at the twins, who suddenly had a mischievous look on their faces. She followed their gazes back to Kai, and a nasty feeling suddenly crept up her spine.

"What are you guys planning now?" she asked with slight reluctance in her voice.

"Nothing, nothing."

"Then why are you two looking at Kai-kun so suspiciously?"

"Who's looking suspicious?"

"You two are. You're smiling."

"What's wrong with us smiling?" Kaoru asked, intentionally sounding hurt.

"Ah, Haru-chan, are you jealous that we're smiling at Kai-kun and not you?" Hikaru smirked, leaning forward.

"O-of course not!" She suddenly blushed, pushing his face away. They laughed.

"We were just thinking. . " -Hikaru

". . . that maybe we should talk about something more than Kai repaying his debts later on." -Kaoru

Haruhi looked at them once more, then looked back at Kai, catching onto what the two were implying. Recruitment? She had to admit, he did seem to be popular with the girls in their batch even though he himself wasn't aware of it. It was just his second day at Ouran and he had already made friends with the students from the other classes as well.

They watched as the three girls talking to the boy soon became five, then seven. . and after a while, a crowd of girls and boys were sharing stories with him. (Though in reality, he just wanted to read his book in peace.)

-final bell rings-

Haruhi shook her head and the twins stood up to grab their things.

The crowd behind them dispersed as Takamichi dismissed the class, and the three silently made their way out of the classroom when Kai suddenly ran pass them. He quickly made his way out of the room and the twins exchanged glances. They nodded and grabbed Haruhi's arms and rushed out the classroom to catch up with the boy, only to find their other batchmates filling the halls; their target nowhere in sight.

~.~.~.~

'whew' Kai breathed out, running down the stairs. 'Now those twins won't have to drag me along with them to their club room forcefully.' he chuckled, remembering how easily they had dragged Haruhi along with them the previous day. He then ran out of the building and sent a message to his boss saying that he was going to be late for work. Since it was still too early to go to the third music room, he decided to explore the school a bit more, walking around the building and following the marble pathway leading to an extravagant garden maze.

'Looks complicated.' he thought, walking pass the entrance.

~.~.~.~

"How on earth did he get away so fast?" Hikaru huffed, looking around the crowded hallway.

"He must be a fast runner. . " Kaoru replied.

"He should join our school's track team"

"Or the acrobatics club. Remember how he somersaulted off yesterday?"

"Ah."

"Can you guys let me go? I can walk with my own feet you know." Haruhi sighed, still being dragged by the two. They looked back at her and shrugged, tightening their grip on her arms playfully.

"I don't think I want to let go of our toy just yet" Hikaru grinned.

Kaoru remained quiet at this.

~.~.~.~

Kai now walked along the windswept hill, looking around for a good spot to relax. He sat down on a random spot on the grass and lay down, pulling out his book so he could continue his previous reading. However, with the wind gently blowing against his face and the scent of flowers and grass filling his nose, he eventually -subconsciously- began to lower his book and yawn.

A cloud then passed by, blocking the sunlight, and he closed his eyes, dozing off.

~.~.~.~

"It's about time you three arrived." Kyouya said, looking up from his notebook. "Our king was getting so worried that he was about to call my father's main police force to look for you."

"Hai, hai. Gomen, gomen." Kaoru grinned.

"We were looking for Kai-kun but he seems to have disappeared." Hikaru shrugged.

They both dropped Haruhi on a random sofa and sat down next to her; Kaoru next to Hikaru and Hikaru next to Haruhi.

"Haruhi! You're here!" Tamaki cried, suddenly latching himself onto the female host from behind. The older twin popped a vein mark and started to pull the king off her, which led to a small argument between the two of them. The girl sighed in fustration as she attempted to free herself from their hugs.

"Anou ne, Haru-chan doesn't look so happy right now." Hunny said cutely, sitting across the four. Mori and Kyouya just nodded in silence, sitting down next to him.

"Thank you, Hunny-sempai, for pointing that out." She said, rolling her eyes. Hunny, completely oblivious to the sarcasm, smiled. "No problem!"

Mori, Kyouya and Kaoru sighed.

Hikaru then began to laugh when Haruhi pushed Tamaki off her, and he hugged her teasingly while sticking his tongue out at 'daddy'. Tamaki immediately slouched down at his sulking corner and traced imaginary circles on the floor, blue lines appearing over his head.

Kaoru smiled gently while the three sitting across them looked at him with knowing eyes. "I'm gonna use the bathroom. Excuse me for a while." he said, standing up. Hikaru looked at him, still hugging the brown haired girl. "You want me to come along?" he asked.

Kaoru shook his head. "No need" and walked out the doors.

The older twin shrugged and returned to tease the king.

xoxoxoxoxo

xoxoxoxoxo

Kai lay officially asleep on the grass, an arm draped over his stomach, the other over his head. The book he was reading rested on his face, shading his eyes from the sun as he slept on peacefully. Two large shadows passed by his still form, and his nose twitched when a strange smell suddenly entered his nostrils.

A few yards away, three second year girls were walking along the marble path, talking with each other rather loudly. ". . and then my father told me that I could invite at least two of my friends over to our summer house this coming weekend!" one of them exclaimed happily. The other two cheered and they all hug-jumped, unaware that two drunk men were making their way towards them. Only when one of the guys spoke did they notice the two drunkards grinning at them.

"Wh-who are you?" one of the girls asked nervously as her two friends held onto each other, scared. "How did you get here?"

The drunkards walked over to them as they backed up. "You don't need to know that, now do you pretty girlie?" one said groggily. His companion just smirked and jumped at them.

They screamed.

-Brown eyes snap open-

Drunkard one grabbed the girl in front of the other two and grinned evily, bringing out a small knife from his tattered jacket. The other two girls cried out as the second one circled his arms around their waists and pulled them close. They all tried to struggle out of their grips, but to no avail; and when the two began to laugh crazily, they began to shake with fear. The first drunkard then dragged the lone girl in his arms to a tree and brought out a knife from his tattered jacket. Her eyes widened and she started screaming for help, but he merely muffled her screams with a cloth.

Her two companions began to cry, yelling for him to stop as he threw the girl against the tree and toyed around with his knife. She began to choke on the cloth as she sobbed, and when he raised the knife in the air, her two companions screamed even louder. He smiled evily and plunged the knife forward; and she closed her eyes, waiting for her end to come.

"Oy!" a voice suddenly cried out angrily. A book then hurled towards the drunkard's head from the side and hit him square on the spot above his ear. He cried out in pain, dropping the knife in the process, and released his hold on the girl to rub the stinging spot on his head. The girl quickly escaped and they all looked at the direction where the book came from, only to see Kai glaring at the two men with a dark expression on his face. The injured drunkard growled and got up with the knife once more.

Kai then grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her out of harm's way just as the drunkard swung his knife at them, receiving a cut in the process. He winced and smirked at the same time, taking advantage of the short distance between him and the older man. He stooped down low while swinging his leg around, tripping the drunk, before kicking the same leg upward, foot colliding with the chin. The man flew backwards and crashed head-first onto the solid tree trunk, knocking him out temporarily. The second drunkard growled and pushed the two girls away, crying out angrily as he ran towards Kai. He attempted to punch the boy but Kai merely raised his foot forward, aiming for the area in between the guy's legs.

The three girls flinched at the collision.

The drunkard then screamed out in pain and held onto his area while cursing out a string of colorful words at the laughing boy. Kai wiped away the tears that formed in his eyes and pushed the guy down next to his companion, picking up the fallen knife along the way. He then glared at both men, making the conscious one cry out in fear, and raised the knife as he loomed over them. Thinking that the boy was going to stab him, he held up his arms, but Kai just smirked and plunged the knife on the spot above their heads. The drunkard then screamed the moment he heard the stab, and fainted.

"Didn't your parents ever teach you not to treat girls badly?" Kai frowned, shaking his head and picking up his book from the ground.

The three girls trembled at what had just happened and watched their savior tie the two unconscious men to the tree. (Because in the anime world, you can bring things like ropes out of nowhere!) They noticed that he was breathing quite hard, and when he turned around to face them, they saw a deep cut on his shoulder, oozing out a dangerous amount of blood.

"A-are you alright?" he asked, putting a hand over his shoulder. They nodded with teary eyes and thanked him simultaneously.

"W-we should be the one asking you that!" one of them exclaimed, looking at the cut, concerned. "You're Kai-kun, right? You're shoulder's bleeding!"

A question mark appeared over his head and he looked down at the now bloody hand he had previously placed on his shoulder. "Ah." he blinked, watching as the red liquid dripped down onto the ground. His face paled. "Strange, I don't feel anything at all-. . " And then, he faltered, feeling a sudden wave of wooziness spreading throughout his head; and before any of them could say anything, his legs gave way and he fell forward, blacking out completely.

The three girls cried out and caught his limp form just before he collided with the ground before calling out his name worriedly. His face was extremely pale and his blazer was already getting heavy from the amount of blood it was soaking in.

"We have to get him to the hospital!" the girl he first saved ordered, pressing her handkerchief down on his wound. "Call an ambulance, quickly!"

"What's going on over there?" a new voice called out. The three of them turned their heads around and saw one of the Hitachiin twins staring at them curiously. His eyed widened when he saw the familiar face of the boy resting on one of the girl's lap. "Kai-kun?! Shimatta! What happened?" he questioned, running over to them.

"Hitachiin-san! Thank kami you're here! We have to bring Kai-kun to the hospital as soon as possible!" they cried out in unison.

"I can see that! But what happened to him?" he asked again, carrying the boy up bridal style. Two of them began to explain what had just occured while the third brought out a cellphone and called the hospital. He cursed after hearing the story and looked over at the two unconscious men tied up to the tree with pure disgust in his eyes.

"The hospital's having an emergency room being prepared." the girl informed, snapping her phone shut. "My limo's already on its way here." The second after she said that, a long, black limousine appeared and they slid into it.

Remembering about his club duties, Kaoru quickly called Kyouya to notify him about everything.

xoxoxoxoxo

Kyouya ended the call and faced the remaining members of the host club while speed dialed his limo. "The host club is closed for today, we need to get to the hospital. Now." he announced grimly.

"Huh? Why? Did something happen?" Hunny asked, climbing onto Mori's back.

"Kaoru just called. Some low-class drunkards sneaked into the school and were about attacked Mayumi-san, Sakura-san and Niko-san." He glanced at Tamaki, who was looking at him worriedly.

"They're fine, though. Kai-kun somehow got himself involved, but was injured in the process. Kaoru says he has a deep cut on his shoulder and it's bleeding a lot so they're bringing him to the hospital."

"Kaoru's with them now?" Hikaru asked, standing up.

Kyouya nodded, and they all quickly rushed out of the room.

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