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Shelter in the Storm

Previously in chapter one: By the time she was out of emergency surgery, her father, the school, as well as Kyoya, had all been notified.

Chapter Two

As the doctor came out of the operating room, the nurse pointed him to a rather large group that had amassed. He approached the group that consisted of mostly teenage boys, a frantic transvestite, and two police detectives who were waiting to be able to question the girl about her attack. "Who here is family of the girl that was brought in? One…" he looked at the clipboard of the patient the he had been operating on, "Fujioka Haruhi-san?"

The detectives stepped forward and interrupted the doctor, "Doctor, before she sees her family, we need to speak with her about the incident. We need more information to complete the report."

"I'm sorry, that won't be possible yet. That's why we need to speak to her family. If you will give your contact information to the nurse over there, she will call you if and when Fujioka-san wakes up. For now, until I speak with her family, all I can tell you is that there were complications, and she is fighting for her life." The doctor turned his attention back to the group left after sending the detectives to his nurse, "Who here is her family?"

Fujioka Ryoji (aka Ranka) stepped forward, "I'm her father. What's going on?"

"What about her mother? Should we wait for her to arrive?" asked the doctor, wanting to make sure that he only had to explain this once.

"Her mother passed away when she was a small child. I'm the only blood family left. But these young men are as close as family," Ranka indicates the group from the host club.

"I'm sorry sir, but I am only able to talk to the immediate family about these issues. We can go into my office…" the doctor attempted to explain to Ranka that the boys didn't need to hear what was to be said. However they had a trump card.

"Excuse me, Dr. Watanabe, you're new here, aren't you? I am Otori Kyoya, son of Otori Yoshiro. I can assure you that even if you deem it unnecessary for any of us to learn of Fujioka-san's condition, we will learn, and you will be held responsible for failing to inform us. As long as the patient's father, Ranka-san, states that we have a right to know, there is nothing in the hospital bylaws that restrict you from explaining her condition to us. Now, shall we all listen to what you have to say, or shall I call my father?"

With not so veiled threats and apparently his job on the line, Dr. Watanabe let all seven men into a conference room down the hall. Once seated he began to explain, primarily to Ranka, then to Kyoya and finally to the rest of the boys, what was had happened. First he explained that the surgery Haruhi had undergone was for internal bleeding that was found in her abdomen and skull. The internal bleeding in her abdomen had easily been taken care of and she would recover from it with only a small scar on her abdomen. The hemorrhaging in her skull being the worst of her injuries, and was currently their greatest concern. She would be under 24 hour watch until she woke up… if she woke up. It would be a "waiting game" for now. And the doctor left them to digest the information given to them while he spoke with the police.

Approximately one half hour after he left the room, Dr. Watanabe returned with the primary detective working on her case to fill Haruhi's 'family' in on what the police determined to be the events that caused the injuries. According to witnesses the perpetrator had attempted to pull Haruhi into his car. She had put up a good fight, however, and was not a willing victim. Between the reports of the witnesses and the injuries that she had sustained, a fairly good estimate of how hard she fought was established. The reports indicated that the perpetrator fit the profile and description of one of the biggest cases that they had worked on in decades. After explaining everything that they had data on and allowing that information to sink in, Detective Yoshihiro added that if Haruhi woke up, she would be the only person to have survived this brutal serial rapist/killer's attack.

"If? If? What the hell do you mean 'IF' she wakes up? If there were witnesses, why the hell didn't they try to help her before it came to this? What kind of shit are you trying to say?" The detective eyed the boy (Hikaru) screaming at him in wonder as his twin (Kaoru) desperately tried to calm him down. But more shocking than that was that the one lone adult and the blonde half Japanese boy both wailing about how their precious daughter needed her daddy. The other three boys sat in what could only be assumed to be shock until the boy who had introduced himself to the doctor as one of the Otori heirs finally spoke up to ask if there was anything that they could do such as donate blood or something.

"Unfortunately, at this point, we will monitor her for any complications, but other than that, all that is left to do is wait for her to come to. It could be hours or days… or it could be that she never comes out of this. That is not a possibility that we want to see, but I want you to be aware of what could happen. I know that isn't what you want to hear and I wish I had better news for you. She should be transferred into her bed in ICU by now, if you would like to go see her for a few minutes. You may go in as pairs as soon as the father has filled out the visitation authorization form." With that, the detective left and Ranka followed the doctor out to fill in the forms that were needed. The host club members all sat in silence with the exception of Tamaki's occasional sobs.

Once they were allowed into see Haruhi, Ranka went in first, alone. After ten minutes, the Hikaru and Kaoru made their way to her bedside supporting each other and cowering in the corner from the distress of seeing her like that. As they came out at the end of their ten minutes, Tamaki and Kyoya went to see her. Although he would never admit it, Kyoya was impressed that Tamaki only fell apart as they were leaving, spending the whole ten minutes that they were allotted to spend with her holding her hand and whispering that he would do what ever he could to make it right. Kyoya was actually surprised at the lack of antics. Although the host club members weren't small children who threw temper tantrums at every whim, they did tend to show their childish side more often than not. The last pair to go see Haruhi was the eldest of the club members. Huni-senpai and Mori-senpai stood on either side of her bed and each holding a hand vowed that they would make who ever did this to her pay, one way or another.

By this time, school hours were ending, and before leaving school to go to the hospital Kyoya had placed a notice that the host club would be closed for the day. It was decided that they would all go their separate ways for the day. No one had the heart to woo fangirls… not while their 'natural rookie' lay in a coma. No sooner was it decided, than Kyoya was on the phone to the Otori private police force to track down who did this. Ranka was left to sit with Haruhi since Kyoya had pulled a few strings to get special authorization.