The occupants of the Third Music Hall were still in a heated debate on whether or not these "protectors" or "Ninjas" were actually fit for the job. And in the Twin's case, whether or not Naruto had any fashion sense to his name. Either way, sadly, the remnants of team 7 weren't doing so well. Kyoya was a mean debater…

"I find myself severely disappointed by what I've seen of your work so far," Kyoya said before looking around the room for a moment, his eyes narrowed, "How well do you handle surprise situations?"

Sakura put her hand on her head and ruffled some of the pink locks as she thought about the situation. Naruto continued to have a hold of his head-band, and tilted his head to the side seemingly ignoring the question; because he was too busy glaring at the twins (whom had cheeky smiles on their faces).

"Well, I imagine we'd take it on to the best of our advantage and to the best of our ability. There would be no need to worry that we couldn't handle it," Sakura answered confidently as she pulled her hand out of her hair. Kyoya raised a brow, and a ghost of a smile showed on his face.

"That's a decent answer. Alright then, let's see how you react to this surprise situation… Where has Haruhi, the person you're supposed to be protecting and watching over, gone to?" Kyoya said in a calm voice while rubbing his hands against his leather note-book.

"WHAT!?!?!" Sakura and Naruto shouted at the same time. Their eyes darted around the room in panic. They had managed to lose their ward already? This was not good. Sakura concluded after reviewing the room that one of the Host-Club members was, indeed, missing. She turned to face Naruto.

"Naruto that 'guy 'with the brown hair and those amazing brown eyes is missing. 'He' must be Haruhi! Naruto we have to find 'him'!" Sakura almost screeched. The Twins snorted and leaned into each-other.

"Such great observation skills," Hikaru and Kaoru said sarcastically as they rolled their honey-brown eyes. Hikaru leaned into Kaoru's shoulder and gave him a smile, which was returned. Their heads met as they leaned into each-other as smirks spread across their faces. Sakura watched on in interest as a blush spread on her face.

"Wait, amazing brown eyes? Sakura what do you mean by amazing brown eyes?" Naruto said dejectedly as he looked to the pink-haired girl, who was currently engrossed in the twin's doings. Naruto had apparently not heard the rude comment of the twin's this time.

Kyoya watched as the so called Ninja's seemed to panic and then get caught up in other things that were irrelevant to the situation. He was displeased so far by their performance. This was their best? This was sad. Kyoya cleared his throat loudly and caught the attention of everyone in the room.

"I've decided to set up a debt system for both of you to follow…" Kyoya said as he opened up his black folder to write something down. Sakura seemed appalled by this notion, as did Naruto.

"WAIT A MINUTE! A DEBT SYSTEM!??! YOU'RE THE ONE PAYING US! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! WE'RE DOING OUR JOB, AND JOB EQUALS MONEY!" Naruto boomed while thrusting his fist in the air justly.

"Job? Currently you're failing your job exceptionally well. Furthermore, I'm actually being quite generous. Instead of paying you absolutely nothing from lack of quality work, I am merely deducting money from your original pay every time you slip up or make a mistake such as now," Kyoya said as he adjusted his glasses.

"Oh, Kyoya-Sir. I don't think that's such a good idea. Our Volunteer- team member, Gaara, is probably not going to like that to much," Sakura said nervously as she thought about the terror Gaara could cause for not getting paid. It was the whole reason he had volunteered for the job.

"Oh, I'm not deducting anything from him, it's just you two. As far as I can tell, he hasn't made any mistakes. He hasn't lost Haruhi like you two, He hasn't made any stupid comments like you too, and he hasn't annoyed me yet. As far as I can tell, this Gaara person is very professional," Kyoya said in a serious tone. The twin's chuckled to themselves.

"WHAT! That's not fair at all!" Naruto exploded as he stomped his feet. Sakura sighed and rubbed her temples. This job was not going well at all so far. In fact, it was starting to become terrible. Even the very very attractive males before her were not making it better.

"Could you please stop yelling? My bunny's head and my head is starting to hurt," Honey said softly, Mori turned his head to give a death glare towards Naruto (who cringed slightly), "I can see why Haruhi went outside for her… 'His' head-ache,"

Everyone in the room froze and turned to Honey-Sempai. Sakura on inside began to steam, while Naruto's face turned red in rage. However, Naruto did not shout this time; due to the death glare Mori was giving him from causing Honey-sempai to have a head-ache.

"You knew where 'he' was this whole time?" Sakura bit out trying to remain calm. This was too much. Kyoya was almost amused by the whole spectacle, but his face remained blank. Hikaru and Kaoru held onto to each other for support as they chortled together.

The click of the Third Music Hall door sounded again. This time it was Naruto and Sakura that watched as the Host-Club took on their poses. Sakura's anger lightened as this happened. She was fairly impressed by how handsome the boys around her could be. Then she and Naruto turned towards the door to see who was coming as well.

Haruhi stepped through the door, surprised to find that it was quiet. The Host-Club eyed the dark figure behind her. He seemed to have a darkness surrounding him, which made the members of the Club to imagine him as a perfect fit for the Dark Magic Club. Nekozawa would probably love this guy. Hopefully he liked cats…

"I found your team-member," Haruhi said lightly as she motioned to Gaara that now stood beside her. Sakura twiddled her thumbs nervously as she eyed Gaara, while Naruto put his hand put his hand behind his head. The rest of the Ouran Host-Club studied Gaara for a moment.

"Such an honor to finally meet you…" Kyoya said as he shut his black note-book close. Haruhi eyed the note-book warily. Kyoya usually only had it out when he was adding to her debt, but she could have sworn she saw negative numbers this time.

"Well it seems you Team-member has managed to do something you two weren't able to again. I must say he is very professional," Kyoya continued. Sakura and Naruto looked ticked, Haruhi looked confused, Gaara looked bored, and the twins were still laughing from the last time.

"I know you went outside, but why did you take so long?" Honey-sempai questioned as he sat himself down at his little tea table. Haruhi tilted her head and thought about it for a moment.

"I guess it was because I was talking to Gaara," Haruhi answered truthfully. Now it was Sakura's and Naruto's turn to appear completely bewildered. Gaara talk to Haruhi? Yet, as far as they knew, Gaara never talked to anyone unless it was relatively important. What could they have possibly talked about?

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"Oh I suppose it's nice to meet you Gaara," Haruhi replied, adding a weak smile to the end of her statement. Gaara seemed taken aback by what Haruhi had said. No-one ever said it was nice to meet him. Slowly Gaara detached himself from the tree branch and landed beside Haruhi. She was slightly startled by this movement, but it only lasted a second or two.

"So, who was driving you crazy?" Gaara asked still holding a dead-pan look. Haruhi blinked and her eye-brows knitted together. Then she realized what he was talking about. She lifted her head to talk to Gaara, because he was just a little bit taller than she was.

"Oh! Well, it was just my friends. They can get out of control sometimes…" Haruhi said with a sigh. She thought back to all the times, where she had been dragged into doing slightly crazy situations. Gaara stood their for a moment just studying Haruhi.

"If you have friends then why do you need protection? From what I've learned friends are suppose to protect each other?" Gaara said in the same cool tone. Haruhi looked up at him for a moment. The way he had stated the question was almost as if he was un-sure of himself.

"My friends do protect me. It's just that one of my friend's is over-protective. Sort of, to the point where it becomes irritating. I don't hold it against Tamaki though…" Haruhi answered, then she realized something, "How did you know that I was getting protection?"

Another silence passed. It appeared to Haruhi just then that with talking to Gaara there was always a pause of silence. Yet, she also found it wasn't really an awkward silence. It was just a silence.

"I was one of the people sent to protect you, Haruhi" Gaara answered evenly. Haruhi nodded her head. That made sense. Although, she wasn't sure why he was here and not with the other two people.

"Well, if that's true we better head to the Third Music Hall. From when I left, it looked like Kyoya was giving them a hard time," Haruhi said.

Not taking thought into it, Haruhi reached over and grasped one of Gaara's hands as she prepared to lead Gaara to the Third Music Hall. She was hindered from going a great distance, because Gaara held her back. She turned to find that he hadn't moved from his spot, and was eyeing Haruhi's hand connected to his with a cool stare.

"Is something wrong?" Haruhi asked as she noticed how tense Gaara's shoulders were. There was another pause in time, but then it seemed that Gaara relaxed. His aquamarine eyes rose to look into Haruhi's light brown ones.

"Nothing. Nothing is wrong…" He answered in a slightly softer voice, than his normal deep one. Haruhi nodded her head and prepared to leave again. She noticed as they started off again that Gaara's larger hand tightened around her smaller one.

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"Hmmm…alright. Either way, we should start getting ready for hosting tomorrow," Kyoya said as he walked back over to his desk that he had been working at earlier before Tamaki had burst in.

"Haruhi come eat sweets with me!" Honey-sempai said cheerfully as hi bit into a new piece of cake. Bun-bun sat in his respectable chair right beside Honey-Sempai. Mori stood beside the table and leaned against the arm of a nearby sofa. His eyes traveled to Haruhi after Honey's question was asked.

The twin's laughter had died away and now they looked at Gaara critically. They could have sworn this guy had been holding Haruhi's hand before walking all the way in. Yet, perhaps Gaara relinquished his hold before anyone could tell. Either way Hikaru and Kaoru were finding him to be suspicious…

"Sure, Honey-Sempai. Just remember not to eat too many, we don't want a repeat of last time," Haruhi said as she sighed. She slowly walked away from the door and towards Honey. Gaara watched as she drifted away from him. Then his eyes turned to his 'team-mates'.

"What are you looking at?" he asked as his eyes narrowed. Naruto and Sakura laughed nervously and tried to look at anywhere other than Gaara's intimidating gaze. Gaara seemed satisfied with this reaction and went to go lean against the wall.

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YAY! I finished! I hope you liked this chapter. Lol, I had fun writing it. YAY 4 GAARAXHARUHI fluff. I know I'm weird, but hey. I'm happy from the results of my work, and I'll hope you'll continue to read. And no worries for those that are fans of Tamaki! He shall be coming back soon! Being separated from Haruhi too long is bad for his health. XD