*DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club or any of its characters (It belongs to Bisco Hatori).

Chapter 2: The Kingdom of Mana

While Kyoya and Tamaki were discussing about the trip back to the kingdom, Haruhi was too confused to notice the two of them talking. She wondered why they were looking for her. She was just a regular priestess helping injured people… well she could also use water magic too.

"Ummmm…Kyoya-san?" Haruhi said with a tiny voice. Kyoya looked at her and smiled.

"Don't worry about it. We'll explain everything tomorrow. So go home and prepare everything you need for this journey." Kyoya said with his glasses shining. Haruhi just stared while sweat was coming down. Tamaki recovered from being ignored and grabbed Haruhi's hand.

"I'll see you tomorrow Haruhi." Tamaki said charmingly and kissed her hand. Haruhi turned bright red and ran away from him. Tamaki sighed at her cuteness, and Kyoya just sighed and pulled Tamaki to a hotel. As Haruhi was going home she saw her father waiting for her at the front door. She was afraid of what her father will say when she is going to have to go to the kingdom with two strange guys.

"Haruhi-chan I got a letter from a person saying that you need to go to the Kingdom of Mana right away," her father said urgently. Haruhi gasped and wondered if it was Kyoya-san who has sent the letter. Then her father was happy all of a sudden. Haruhi cocked her head wondering about why he was so happy. They both went it into the living room to discuss about it.

"So you're not mad?" Haruhi asked, worried about her father. He nodded his head and passed the letter to her. She took it up and read it.

"Dear Haruhi's father, it is crucial that your daughter is to report to the Kingdom of Mana with good bodyguards, and she will have to stay there for a couple days or months. As an apology for the inconvenience, we have prepared to pay 20,000,000 gold for you to keep, if you let us take your daughter with us. Thank you.

From,

Kyoya-san"

Haruhi was on the floor horrified that Kyoya had bribed her father to let her go to the kingdom. She got back up and saw her father getting everything that she needs packed up and ready to go. She sighed and went to the bathhouse and took a refreshing bath. Haruhi still couldn't believe that her father actually accepted the money that quickly. Well he was an idiot so she shrugged it off.

"I hope that the situation isn't that serious." Haruhi thought to herself and finished her bath. As she was on her way to her room she saw her dad gesturing, saying to come here. So she went up to him and then hugged him with tears flowing down. He hugged her back and patted her head.

"Don't worry. I'm sure it's going to be alright, and I'll be here when you come back." he said comfortingly her. Haruhi cried until there were no more tears to shed. She told her father to sleep well and went to her room. When she got in she laid out her bed and blew the candle light off. She took her leather bag out and hugged it to let her sleep in peace.

The next day the sun rose up with a beautiful shine. Haruhi got up and yawned. She got dressed for the trip, wearing her priestess clothes, and went downstairs to get breakfast ready. As she was preparing breakfast she heard a knock on the front door. She washed her hands and went to get the door.

When she opened the door she realized that it was Kyoya and Tamaki at her door. Her eyes widened when she saw them. Before Tamaki was going to say hi she slammed the door in his face. After a few minutes she opened the door again, and when she did she saw Tamaki on the floor with his red nose. She gasped and was embarrassed when she heard Kyoya chuckling. Kyoya helped Haruhi carry Tamaki inside the house and set him on the floor.

"So, are you ready for your journey?" Kyoya asked. Haruhi nodded and set her father's breakfast on the table and got her medium leather back pack. Tamaki awoke and saw Haruhi in her priestess clothes and got up. Haruhi bowed as an apology about the incident. He smiled and bowed at her feet.

"I will protect you on our journey to the Kingdom of Mana." Tamaki said with grace. Kyoya went out, and the two followed him outside. Haruhi took one last glimpse of her house and promised that she would be back. As the three travelers were going through town all the villagers gave their blessings for Haruhi to have a safe trip.

Haruhi thanked all of them and left her father all the medication that they may need in her absence. She had taken care of almost all the villagers, so it was going to be lonely without them. When they came to the exit of the village, Haruhi said a final goodbye to the village and had set off. While the three of them were walking on the road to the next town, Tamaki saw that Haruhi had sadness in her heart.

"Don't worry Haruhi. I'm sure that you'll be able to go back…soon." Tamaki said, trying to comfort Haruhi. She sighed while nodding, but still looked sad. Tamaki sighed and tried to think of ways to make Haruhi feel better. "Haruhi I…" he started until he bumped into a young man with orange hair.

"Watch where you're going!" the young man said. Tamaki apologized while sweat was popping out. Haruhi sighed until she got bumped by another person that looked like the young man. Tamaki and Haruhi both gasped and the two twins ran away with speed. The threesome just stared at them with a confused look. Kyoya adjusted his glasses and told them to keep moving forward. Tamaki and Haruhi nodded and kept on walking, until Haruhi noticed her stone was gone.

She reached in all of her pockets and they were empty. Tears were swelling up in her brown eyes. Tamaki noticed Haruhi slumping to the ground and rushed to her side.

"Haruhi, what's wrong? Are you hurt?" Tamaki said franticly patting her back. She shook her head and continued to cry. He rubbed her shoulder to comfort her, and then Kyoya stepped beside her.

"Did those two rogues steal something from you?" Haruhi nodded and rubbed her eyes with a blue handkerchief. Tamaki was silent and helped her get to her feet. He looked at Kyoya and started pulling Haruhi towards the direction the twins went. She followed him with Kyoya following behind writing something on a scroll. The three kept on walking on the path until they came up to a little town.

They stood and looking around for the two red headed twins in the crowd. While they were looking, there were shouts coming off from a little stand crowded by middle and young aged people. They decided to start there first and came over, and there stood the twins selling merchandise laid out on the stand. Haruhi saw her sapphire stone and pushed through the crowd.

"These are very rare items which are really expensive, but we're giving a big sale that is one day only!" the two twins said in unison with smiling faces.

"So how did you get all these items Hikaru-kun and Kaoru-kun?" an old woman asked with a smile. Hikaru and Kaoru both chuckled and wiggled their index finger.

"That is a secret miss. We never tell our customers how we got our items." said Hikaru, who was the one with his hair parted to the right.

"Try this lovely item! This is a very rare sapphire stone that is from the island of Kyoto. So who would like to claim this lovely item for only one thousand gold?" Kaoru held the stone in the air. His hair was the same as Hikaru's except his hair was parted to the left. Haruhi ran toward the twins and tried to swipe back her stone, but she missed. The crowd gasped at what she did and murmured.

"Give me back the stone!" Haruhi held out her hand with an angry face. The twins just stared at her and snickered. Haruhi looked at them confusingly and then Hikaru threw a smokescreen in the air. She covered her eyes and started coughing until the smoke dissipated. The stand stood empty while the crowd grumbled and left. Haruhi looked around to pursue the twins. Then she saw Tamaki and Kyoya calling for her.

"Tamaki-san, did you see where they went?" she asked with pleading eyes. Tamaki nodded and pointed toward the town's exit. The three left the town and sought for any trace of the thieves. Then Tamaki found the twins running and followed them till they reached a lake. The thieves stopped in their tracks and discovered that they were trapped. Tamaki caught up with them and took out a white katana while Haruhi and Kyoya followed behind them.

"You two have something that belongs to Haruhi." Tamaki held his katana, which was pointing to Kaoru's hand with Haruhi's stone. The twins cursed under their breath and tried to find a way out.

"Kaoru, we're going to have to use it here." Hikaru whispered to Kaoru. Kaoru understood and stayed put. Tamaki got ready with his katana while Kyoya stood in front of Haruhi. "We really didn't want to do this to you but you leave us with no choice." Hikaru shouted to them. The threesome were prepared with whatever they were about to do. Then Hikaru smirked and snapped his fingers. Abruptly fire started to approach Tamaki. Tamaki staggered while dodging the blistering flames. Kyoya carried Haruhi out of the way. Haruhi gazed upon the fire and recalled a painful memory. Tamaki noticed Kyoya and Haruhi and dashed to their side.

Haruhi quivered with fear and whimpered. Tamaki realized that she was afraid of fire and that Hikaru was causing her this agony. He charged at them and struck at them with his katana. Hikaru dodged, pulled out a dagger, and started striking. Kaoru did the same thing and attacked Tamaki. He grunted while the two twins attacked him from left to right. Hikaru was about to hack Tamaki, but then a mysterious shadow fastened itself on him, trapping him.

"Well hopefully that will restrain you and your brother." Kyoya adjusted his glasses and placed Haruhi down on the ground. She seemed to be returning back to her old self but was still trembling. Hikaru growled at Kyoya and saw that Kaoru was tied up just like him. Kyoya came up to Kaoru and rummaged through their bag of merchandise. He finally came across Haruhi's stone and gave it back to her. She thanked him and went over to Tamaki who was putting his katana back in its sheath.

"So what shall we do with them Tamaki?" Kyoya said casually and waited for Tamaki to answer. Tamaki was trying to think of ideas for the twin thieves and finally got a thought. Haruhi gazed at the twins, still irritated that they stole her precious treasure. But then Haruhi saw their clothes and realized that they were very poor, which were why they were thieves. Then she noticed that Kyoya and Hikaru used elemental powers like her and wondered if she wasn't the only one with unusual powers.

To be continued