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I'd slept over at Haruhi's that night... mainly because Ranka wanted to see Chance, he loved puppies apparently.

Well, he did go all gaga over Chance, saying how cute he was, and that when he was young he had a pup just like him, and then he insisted on taking him to the vets for me to get his shots... so I gave him the money and he went off...

One less job for me.

Haruhi was still in shock about Honey choosing cake over Chika, and all I could do was shrug. I mean, sure, I have siblings... but because they're so young, it's not like I can get pissed with them. Not on a major scale anyways.

We talked and laughed for a while, then Ranka came back with Chance.

"He was a star! Such a brave little boy~" he put Chance down and the pup ran right to me, jumped up on my stomach and sneezed in my face.

"So you're okay then?" I laughed, rubbing him behind his ears. He yapped on for a bit, then we took him outside so he could pee and whatever else, then he curled up on his pillow and went to sleep.

"Poor dear... those shots must have exhausted him..." cooed Ranka quietly.

We all then left him asleep, and we sat and watched 'A Walk to Remember' and 'Meet the Robinson's', two of my all time favorite films!

After that, we went to bed, and that was about it.

* * *

"Come on Saori... wake up. I have jobs to do..." laughed Haruhi, pulling my pillow out from under my head and smacking me with it, while Chance bounced on me trying to get the pillow from Haruhi.

"Okay, fine! I'm up!" I groaned, shoving them both away.

I trudged into the bathroom, washed and pulled on a white tee with multi-colored luminous stars on it, then a pair of black jeans with braces, then my black and white converse.

Finishing the look by not brushing my hair and slipping in dangly earrings that had matching luminous stars as my shirt. A pink one, an orange one and a green one.

I walked out, and Haruhi nodded her approval.

"Wish I had style like you." she said almost wistfully.

"I'm gonna give you a makeover one day then~" I laughed, putting Chance's collar on him before we all had breakfast.

It was simple, just cereal for us all (Chance eats cornflakes, hehe) and then we had to go to the market, so I got Chance to hold still while Haruhi attached his lead, and we were on our way!

Well... we would have been, if the Lobelia girls hadn't jumped us and bundled us into a car and taken us away.

"Um... where are we going?" I asked, clutching Chance to my chest.

"Just to Lobelia. We said we wouldn't give up on you ladies~" chirped the youngest, the one with short brown hair.

"Um... your names are again? Pardon me, but I forgot." I said, narrowing my eyes.

"I am Benio, the president of the Zuka club." smiled the really tall one who seemed really homo.

"I am Chizuru, vice president~" grinned the one with long creamy colored hair and honey colored eyes.

"And I am Hinako, advisor." giggled the youngest again.

… Okay?

"That's a handsome young pup. What's his name?" asked Hinako, petting his head, and receiving an extra large sneeze in the face.

"This is Chance. He's mine." I smiled, glad they weren't staring intently at us anymore. Surprisingly, Haruhi had stayed quiet, and was huddled against my side hoping they would look at her.

"Maiden... unfortunately, it seems your names have slipped my mind..." drawled Benio, gazing at me and Haruhi.

"Well, I am Saori Yasagawa." I said, with a small bow of my head... I supposed if I were to spend a day with these chicks, I should try to make it as bearable as possible.

"I'm Haruhi Fujioka." mumbled my brunette companion.

"Well, Saori and Haruhi, we hope to have some fun today!"

When we arrived, they marched us right in and demanded Haruhi and I change. I politely declined, but Haruhi gave in through peer pressure. I'd be sure to lecture her later about standing her ground.

Then they went away for a while.

When they came back, Haruhi had just finished getting changed, and Hinako kind of burst in on her.

"How's that size?" she asked giddily, opening the curtain for the rest of the girls to see.

I ignored them for a little while as Chance was running around yapping and barking, sniffing at things, biting table legs and basically acting crazy. At one point, he ran into a changing room, didn't come out for a minute, and when I went to get him, he tripped me up as he went off the other way.

"I'll get him!" laughed Chizuru, chasing after him until he was in a corner. She scooped him up and laughed as he sneezed in her face.

"Aww, he's just adorable~" she said, making a fuss of him. He didn't mind one bit, just curled against her and let his tongue loll out.

Traitor.

I only started paying attention to the others again when Haruhi flipped out.

"Wait a minute! What is this? Could someone explain it to me, cos one minute I'm on my way to the supermarket with Saori, and the next we're brought here."

We all stopped for a moment to recall how they had just bundled us into the car, and Haruhi sighed, breaking the silence.

"The three of you have about as much subtlety as the Host club does..."

Benio snapped.

"How dare you maiden? We are nothing like those idiots!"

Then I had to ship in.

"Wait, one of those 'idiots' you're on about is my boyfriend."

… and silence! Before Hinako spoke, sounding very shocked.

"Y-you... you're dating one of them?" she asked, a look of horror crossed the three girls faces, while Haruhi sighed.

"Yes. Takashi Morinozuka. He's not an idiot, he's actually one of the nicest there." I pouted, kind of peeved they were so quick to call my boyfriend and friends.

"That's just preposterous! You can't really be dating one of them!" shouted Benio, shaking me by my shoulder.

"Uh, yes, I can." I spat.

"Oh... I'm sorry, forgive my outburst... It's only natural for you both to be upset... In our haste we brought you here in nothing but your nightclothes..." she looked at Haruhi with sorrowful eyes. Then she turned to me.

"And I am sorry, of course, you have been drawn in by their antics... our visit last time proved that... but you have a connection with that boy, and I understand..."

I scoffed slightly, but they ignored it.

"All theatrics aside maidens, we have a favor to ask the two of you. As you may know... blah, blah, blah..."

Sorry... but that's about all I heard, 'cos I tuned out of radio station 'nutter fm' and only snapped back in when they were dragging us away.

Haruhi filled me in though... they were making us sing.

* * *

"No, really, I can't." stammered Haruhi. "Saori is a much better singer, honestly."

Haruhi had just done the scene, and now she was trying to fob it off on to me.

I sighed as all eyes turned to me.

"Well, if you can memorize the lines and sing, why not?"

I sighed again... all I was to say was 'my lord Frederick.' easy or what?

So, Benio was pretending to be a dude, who was in love with a chick, but it was forbidden, blah blabbidy yuck, then he faked his own suicide to spite his father, but the bullets in the gun he used were real, not the blanks he intended... so yeah, this Frederick was a dip-shit.

Right now, Benio was on the floor, pretending to die... and I had been instructed to sit by her and hold her hand, look sad and say 'My Lord Frederick' in a way that sounded like I was begging 'him' not to give up on me, not to die.

Then I had to sing. But now it was my cue.

"My lord Frederick..." I gasped out, in the best sad voice I could muster, I even started to make myself cry... a feat I learned to do as a child when I wanted something.

Then 'he' died, and I had to stand and sing. Here goes nothing.

"Here in this moment... I am losing nothing, even if you leave me, I won't be alone. Because love has taught me, that this life is still worth living, empty skies above can't stop me..." and I broke off... I forgot the frigging lines of the verse.

"Ah, crap." I muttered, walking off to get a drink.

"That was amazing Saori! The emotion, the love, your voice! Pure as an angels~"

I smiled at the girls that were complementing me, when I saw something out of the window.

All the guys were there, and they were all surrounded by a lot of girls.

Ah, crap... I hope they were okay.

* * *

Now they're dragged us to their little theater... well, not little.

It was massive.

Like, absolutely ginormic.

They were telling us that Haruhi would be on for most of the play, but I would sub at the end, do my bit, and sing.

Apparently, I would make the entrance, singing of course, Haruhi would look best in the outfit they chose so she would be the dummy for the main section of the play, but I would make for a better ending.

Way to diss Haruhi...

But whatever... I guess... I just hope nothing went wrong now, 'cos if it did, we were in foreign territory.

* * *

General

Everyone watched as the play started, but were surprised to see Saori out there singing to her hearts content.

"...wow." they all gasped, seeing how beautiful she looked in pink for once. Her hair had had extensions put in, and it had been curled so it framed her face just nicely. The makeup was a bit iffy, but not nearly as heavy as some of the other womens... so she must have wiped some off as she had done to the others when they put dresses on.

"Mori... you are one lucky young man to have her..." muttered Ranka into the boy's ear. The eighteen year old nodded dumbly, and continued to watch as his girlfriend made her way about the stage, sounding far more confident than she had done before when they had forced her into singing.

So... maybe she was more comfortable in front of strangers...

After that opening song, 'Mary-Ann' was rushed off stage because 'Frederick's' father was coming, and when she was back on, she was Haruhi.

"They're using the two of them?" asked a perplexed Tamaki, who was abruptly shushed by everyone else.

They watched as Haruhi played her part well... or as well as she could, she was a bit wooden... but she remembered the lines, and then just before the suicide part, Haruhi quickly swapped back to Saori.

* * *

Saori

I went on as quickly as I could, discreetly giving Haruhi a high five as she passed.

I saw Benio with the fake gun, so knew it was nearly my turn. She pulled the trigger, and a crack resounded throughout the theater.

"Frederick!" I shouted, running up to her and crouching down, cradling her head and holding her hand.

I couldn't act, but I was ace at pretending to be a ninja, and that was close enough.

"I have been slain by this fatal gunshot wound... alas, I am to breath no more..."

"My lord Frederick... no..." I gasped out, glad there was a microphone... otherwise it would have been silent.

"Mary-Ann... with your arms holding me close, all this pain becomes naught."

God... he talks a lot for a dying man... I thought, waiting for him to just get it over with and snuff it, then I could sing.

"Ah, and yet the love I bear for you and the desire I have for revenge, are not things that could so simply be forgotten."

I think I twigged then...

The story, revenge, Benio hates the Host club, the host club had me and Haruhi... Benio wants us, and will do anything (I think...) It's a love story, Benio is lesbian.... then my suspicions were confirmed when a spotlight snapped onto the guys stood at the side of the hall.

"Guys? Ranka?" I called out, getting up, but Benio caught my arm and pulled me back into her chest in some strange embrace. And she whispered into my ear...

"Right before them... in front of your boyfriend... I will steal a kiss~"

My mouth dropping into an 'O' and I figured out why I would give a better finish.

I had several people who liked me that would be pissed if she did this. Not only were the host club my friends and very strange people, but Ranka was kind of sort of almost like a dad to me with the way he acted, and Takashi was my boyfriend... the only one meant to kiss me.

"All for the sake... of revenge."

Then we started to rise, so it would be near enough impossible for them to reach us. I saw Tamaki, Ranka and Takashi running down the steps with the others in tow, Haruhi at the side of the stage looking up at us, but being held back by a few more girls, and then Benio was pulling me face closer.

"You're crazy lady..." I spat, trying to pull away.

"You, are also crazy, to be hanging around with them." she spat back.

"At least I'm not sexually harassing people!" I shouted, kicking out, hitting her shin and forcing her off me.

I stumbled to the edge of the podium, saw nowhere to go... but breaking my leg was better than being kissed by a girl, right?

So... I jumped.