The usual beyond hyper-active blonde known as Naruto was currently lying on a couch bored to tears. He groaned and sat up scratching his head. His gaze fell around the almost empty room and he sighed.

"I'm going to go crazy! Why'd that Kyoya guy make us stay in this stupid room? I mean, how are we supposed that Haruhi guy if we're in here?" Naruto yelled annoyed. He sat up on the couch and looked over at Sakura that was sitting at a table not too far off.

"Naruto we can't walk around the school till we get our uniforms. I mean, Kyoya, he has a very good point. If we just walked around in what we're wearing now, we'd totally stick out. Thus we'd be defeating the whole purpose of us being here," Sakura said as she played with a tea-cup. She couldn't help it; she was kind of bored too.

"But, it's like lunch-time and they didn't even think to get us food. Plus I don't think there's even a cup of ramen in this whole place," Naruto groaned again. Sakura looked over at Naruto. She had to say she was kind of impressed by how well he'd been acting so far. Sitting still and doing nothing was very hard for the blonde ninja.

"Naruto I'm sure they're not purposefully forgetting to feed us. They most likely assumed that we had already eaten," Sakura said. Naruto grumbled after Sakura spoke, but then seemed to lighten up. He appeared to have realized something.

Slowly Naruto approached the only other occupant in the room, who was at this time sitting in a chair by the window. He was gazing out of the window and looking at everything down below. Naruto stopped right beside Gaara. The other boy lifted his head to turn and look at the hyperactive blonde.

"Well, somehow you've managed to stay out of trouble this whole time. I was wondering if you can think of a way for us to get food without getting into any more trouble. I'm really really hungry…" Naruto said. Gaara said nothing, but turned back to the window.

"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura hissed under her teeth. She was pretty sure Gaara wouldn't kill the idiot, but can Naruto really be so dim-witted. Of course, Naruto didn't know when to keep his mouth shut to well.

"Come on, Sakura. I need to get me some ramen here or something. Gaara would know how. I think the only time he managed to piss off that Kyoya guy was this morning, but yet again he avoided it. Personally, I still don't see what it was such a big deal Haruhi measured him," Naruto rambled on.

Unknown to the other two in the room, another light blush peppered Gaara's cheeks as he thought of the incident that morning. As to not be caught blushing again (which caused the blush he currently had deepen), Gaara quickly stood up from the chair he was sitting in and walked out the Third Music Hall doorway.

"Whoa. Why'd he leave?" Naruto asked as he watched the door close. Sakura sighed and put her hand on her hip. She shook her head as she gazed at her idiotic blonde team mate.

"You probably made him mad and he left," Sakura retorted. Naruto scratched his head and thought about it for a moment. Then a smile graced his face as he pointed one index finger into the air.

"Or maybe he went to get food!" Naruto said excitedly. A vein popped on Sakura's forehead. Then she bopped Naruto on his big head.

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The twins happily talked to each-other as that sat on either side of Haruhi at the lunch table. Haruhi tried to eat her lunch with everything that was going on behind her, but it was somewhat difficult. Especially since Kaoru kept reaching over to Hikaru going "Oh my brother", which made the other girl students around them coo in delight.

"Haruhi, you have a bit of food on your cheek…" Hikaru purred as he leaned in to lick it off. Kaoru pouted, because now he was being ignored. Haruhi's face scrunched up when she felt Hikaru's tongue glide against her cheek.

"Brother, did you forget about me?" Kaoru said, "I want to join the fun too!"

By the time Kaoru joined in for a lick too, several girls had fainted from excitement. Other girls squealed in pure delight. Haruhi sighed and she pulled her head back to stop the licking. She was slightly embarrassed, but didn't show it.

She picked up her lunch and left the table. A chorus of disappointed groans came from the fan girls. Kaoru and Hikaru followed Haruhi with their eyes. They had puppy-dog pouts on their faces. There Haruhi was leaving them.

"Haruhi, where are you going?" Hikaru asked, right before she left through the cafeteria door. Haruhi turned back to look at them.

"I'm going to the Music Hall. I think I should give my body-guards company" Haruhi said as she left, "Also, they hopefully won't cause as much commotion,"

That was one of the reasons she left. Yet, there was some other reason she wanted to go back to the Music Hall. She couldn't quite put her finger on it. She supposed it was comfortable to be in a place that held so many memories for her. Plus, her whole original point for going into that room a long time ago was to avoid commotions.

However, she didn't think it was that reason either. It was a good reason, but not the one she was feeling. She didn't know what to make of it. It was mysterious. It was a familiar feeling, but not exactly. She'd started having this feeling this morning.

Haruhi sighed. She still remembered this morning fairly well. The moment she had walked out of the other room from measuring Gaara the Host Club was staring at her. She understood their concern. If it was revealed that she was a girl, it could be very troublesome.

Kyoya had given her that look of "We're going to fix this", but Haruhi had decided everything was going to be alright. The Host Club had collected in a small group away from the three ninja's and talked about. Yet…

Haruhi explained that they really didn't need to worry. She felt that it was going to be alright. She also felt, for some strange reason, that she trusted Gaara enough not to tell. The look on Kyoya's face that morning showed he wasn't as trustworthy about the boy as she was.

However, Haruhi then explained to them that technically he hadn't given away the fact she was a girl before them. She told the Host Club of how Gaara had known she was a girl from the beginning anyway. After that, most of the Host Club just accepted. Kyoya still didn't look as pleased though.

Haruhi couldn't see why Kyoya didn't like Gaara. For the most part, they seemed to have similar personality attributes. They were both quiet. They both had this powerful aura around them. They both didn't appear to like the other. Yet, they also had special things that made them different.

Haruhi felt she still didn't know too much about Gaara, but she was happily willing to learn more about him. She began to wonder if that was some of what she was feeling. It might be part of the mysterious feeling she had inside her. She also felt that it would be nice to know more about her other body-guards as well.

She finally made it to the Third Music Hall door and opened it while balancing her un-eaten lunch in the other hand. When she peeked her head inside she noticed one of her body-guards was missing. The strange feeling she had flickered. She walked in and closed the door behind her.

"Where is Gaara?" Haruhi asked, before she had time to think about exactly what she was asking. Sakura and Naruto looked up at her with surprise. Sakura stood up and walked towards Haruhi.

"Well, he left a while ago. We don't really know where he is," Sakura answered. Haruhi nodded. Then she noticed Naruto was staring at her intently. Or to be exact, he was staring intently at her food.

"Are you hungry?" Haruhi asked.

"YOU HAVE NO IDEA! May I have some, please?" Naruto pleaded as he looked hungrily at Haruhi's lunch. Sakura looked at the food too with interest, but to a less extent than how Naruto was.

"Oh sure," Haruhi said as she offered Naruto her food. He happily took it and set it on the table. He waved over Sakura to come join him. Sakura bit her lip as she looked at the tempting bento box, but then looked back over at Haruhi.

"This is your lunch, isn't it?" Sakura asked with a frown. Naruto lifted his head from the meal, even though it wasn't ramen he had already dug in. His face held a guilty look. He didn't want to steal Haruhi's lunch.

"Ah, it's alright. I wasn't really that hungry. You can have it," Haruhi said with a weak smile. Sakura smiled back at Haruhi and thanked her. Naruto gave Haruhi his thanks too, and began to eat again happily.

"You're a really nice person, Haruhi" Sakura said as her smile widened, before sitting down next to Naruto. Haruhi was taken aback, but she accepted the compliment. She gave an awkward smile to show her thanks, and sat down beside the two ninja.

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The after-noon sun was arching to earth once again. The scorching heat it gave was a comfort only found at home in Gaara's opinion. He was fairly far away from the desert now, so a burning sun was a nice feeling.

He was currently sitting next to the fountain with the strange looking statue. His gourd was resting next to his feet as he stared off into nothingness. It was relaxing just bathing in the warmth of the sun. It gave him time to think.

He contemplated on his current mission or body-guarding job. He wondered if it was really worth it. Technically as Kazekage he didn't have to worry about money at all, but this job might help him learn more about protecting people. He wasn't entirely sure why he was questioning this job now.

He supposed he started questioning it this morning. A little after he had been measured, he had this strange feeling. He noticed Haruhi made him feel different, somehow. When he had first met her, he had been surprised that she wasn't scared of him. That was what had first interested him in her, yet now it felt like something out of the norm.

Gaara wasn't sure if he wanted this. In the back of his mind, he knew these feelings meant that he wanted to get closer to this girl. However, usually when he wants to get close to someone it hurts him in the end. It was a sad lesson he had learned when he was younger. He couldn't really decide if he could put his trust into someone. Would he be willing to risk it?

Gaara realized it was getting late, and he should probably start heading back inside now. He stood up from his spot by the fountain and hefted his gourd onto his back. He thought for a moment about something. Taking a step forward, he thought he might go ahead with his idea.

However, at that moment, Gaara was run into by someone. Gaara's narrowed after being assaulted. No-one dared ever to touch. Normally no-one could. Although Today, for the first time he had been distracted enough to be hit.

His aqua-marine eyes sharpened on the one who had run into him. Currently, that person was brushing off their school uniform looking slightly distressed. They had short blonde-hair, and when he looked up Gaara could see he also see he had deep blue eyes.

"My deepest apologies! I was in such a hurry I didn't see you. I'd talk longer, but my poor 'daughter' is in trouble!" the boy said before dashing off again.

Gaara blinked. He was confused on why that young man would have a daughter. He looked to be the same age Gaara was. Not bothering to dwell on the thought too long, Gaara set off to complete the task he had set for himself.

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"HARUHI!!!!" a voice yelled as Tamaki came bursting through the door. Sakura and Naruto jumped from being startled. Haruhi lifted her head and turned to look back at Tamaki curiously. She wasn't expecting him back so early. It hadn't even been the full second day she had had with her body guards.

"Who is this, Haruhi?" Sakura asked as she and Naruto got into fighting stances. They surrounded Haruhi and glared over at Tamaki. The poor Host King looked completely flustered. Haruhi was being protected from Him!

"It's an okay guy, that's just Tamaki…" Haruhi said as she stepped through the two ninjas. Sakura and Naruto slowly got out of their fighting stances and looked at flustered blue-eyed blonde in front of them.

"Oh my Haruhi! Are you alright?" Tamaki cooed as he ran over and clutched the girl to him. He hugged her tight and twirled her around. Sakura and Naruto watched with interest. Tamaki stopped spinning Haruhi and continued just to hold her.

"Ah Tamaki, why are…" but Haruhi was cut off as the Music Hall doors opened and a tiny figure bounded in. Honey smiled happily as he ran in with bun-bun in tow, while Mori followed in not so far behind.

"Tama-chan!" Honey-sempai gave a gasp, "Why are you back so soon? You just left yesterday!"

Tamaki released Haruhi from his hold, which the girl was truly thankful for. She was having trouble breathing. Mori closed the door and gave an "Aa". He too was interested in Tamaki's early return.

"Well, I was so worried about Haruhi! I had this feeling, and the mother called, I just had to rush back," Tamaki said as he put his hands on his cheeks and tilted his head to the side. Haruhi looked over at Tamaki curiously. Kyoya had called? But why?

Sakura stepped forward. She remembered that Tamaki was the one that had hired them. Naruto just scratched his head and watched the scene unfold. That is until Honey magically made a cake appear; Naruto was still hungry.

"Tamaki, sir. With you here, does that mean that our job is already finished?" Sakura asked. That funny feeling stirred in Haruhi again. That was right, if Tamaki was back than the body-guards would have to leave.

"Oh no. You're still needed here. I just came to check up on my dear Haruhi. Sadly, I had to get the practice business venture re-scheduled," Tamaki said a little crestfallen at the end. He was depressed about having to leave his precious daughter once again.

Haruhi was relieved for some reason upon hearing this. She had no idea why. Taking it as a sign she probably just wanted more of a break from Tamaki as the feeling, she let it slide. Sakura smiled happily. Naruto took another bite of cake that Honey offered him.

The door opened again. Kyoya walked in with his note-book at his side. Eyeing the group around him, he gave a nod that he acknowledged them. Tamaki ran over to Kyoya happily as the other boy turned on his lap-top.

"Oh mother, Haruhi is alright. Isn't that wonderful?!?" Tamaki said cheerily as he looked over at Haruhi lovingly. Haruhi just blinked. Kyoya continued to just type away on the keys not bothering to look up at Tamaki.

The room grew quiet for the most part. The one's that usually made all the noise were preoccupied. Naruto was stuffing his face and Tamaki was anxiously waiting for answer back from Kyoya. Once again the Third Music Hall door opened.

"I thought I specified that all of you that you wouldn't leave this room," Kyoya almost hissed. Gaara didn't say anything, but continued his way into the room. Tamaki blanched realizing this was the young man he had run into earlier. He also realized this young man kind of looked scary.

"Ah, I'm sorry for running into you earlier!" Tamaki said as he directed his full attention to Gaara. Sakura and Naruto were in shock. Someone had run into Gaara and had not gotten killed on the spot? Weird…

Gaara turned his head and gave Tamaki the most frightening evil eye he had ever seen. The Host king appeared simply horrified and went to go off and sit in one of his many corners. He cautiously looked at Gaara from the corner of his eye.

"The twins should be arriving with the new uniforms shortly," Kyoya said breaking the silence.

Naruto groaned from his spot. He didn't want to wear any new clothes. New clothes usually were always itchy. A dark look filtered on Gaara's face as he turned his face from the group to look out the window. Sakura looked simply distressed; she didn't want to wear the ugly banana yellow dress.

A few seconds later the twins burst through the door smiling. They usually only enjoyed getting new clothes for Haruhi to try on, but today would prove interesting. It seemed like the ruffian trio of ninja's hadn't had a fashion change in a while. Sure, it was only a school uniform. But, they felt that the fun was only just beginning. The twins looked at each-other before mischievous smirks flickered on their faces.

"Alright, come and get your new outfits," the twins said in unison. Naruto walked over frowning, and grabbed the bag with his name on it. The twins stuck their tongue at him and Naruto prepared to retaliate. However, he was stopped by Sakura as she bonked him on the head, before grabbing her new outfit.

That's when Hikaru noticed something in the corner. He bumped Kaoru in the side and pointed to Tamaki. They both raised their eye-brows and looked at each-other. When on earth had he gotten back? Oh well, more fun for them.

"Tamaki, would you mind giving these young men some hosting tips when they are done changing?" Kyoya asked, before the twins could get some taunting words out to bother the Host King. Tamaki nodded his head from the spot in his corner.

"Wait, hosting tips?" Naruto sputtered from his spot beside Sakura. The pink-haired girl next to him was a bit surprised. Where they kidding? Who on this planet would want to be hosted by Naruto? (Far away in Konoha, Hinata feels her heart beat faster for a moment and then she sneezes. She has no idea why.)

"Yes. You didn't think you'd be doing nothing while we hosted did you? Plus, if you're hosting it will make your stay here in this school less suspicious. Also, it might be a way to gain back some of the money you lost," Kyoya said as he continued to type away at his computer.

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Sakura sighed as she continued to stare at the ugly dress in front of her. The boys had already changed (both rather reluctantly) and were now being 'trained' by Tamaki on proper hosting technique. Sakura was not only reluctant to put the dress on, but she was somewhat unsure how.

"Do you need any help?" a voice from behind her asked. Sakura spun around from her spot and stared at Haruhi. Sakura's bright green eyes widened. She brought the ugly yellow dress and used it to cover herself. She was only in her under-wear.

"What are you doing in here?" Sakura almost screamed as a huge blush covered her face. Haruhi blinked and her face showed confusion. Then realization struck her. Haruhi stepped forward, while Sakura stepped back.

"Ah. It's alright. I just want to help you. I know how hard it is to put on that dress. By the way, I'm sorry for not telling you I was a girl. I guess that would've made this less confusing," Haruhi said calmly. Sakura faltered.

"You're a girl?" Sakura asked and Haruhi nodded, "Well that makes a lot more sense. Um yeah…could you please help me? This is pretty hard to do,"

Sakura lowered the dress and handed it over to Haruhi. It took a few minutes, but they finally got the pink-haired girl into the yellow dress. Haruhi zipped up the back of Sakura's dress and stepped back.

"There. You're done." Haruhi said. Sakura looked at herself in the mirror for a moment. A frown was on her face. When the dress was on her it didn't look too bad, but it still looked strange. She looked over at Haruhi.

"Why would you decide to dress like a boy?" Sakura asked with curiosity. She heard Haruhi sigh. The other girl sat down on a chair that was in the changing room. Sakura walked over and sat beside her. The dress made it weird to sit down. Sakura found it too frilly.

"I guess it's just a long story. Personally, I don't really care what gender people think I am. I was never really bothered by it. I guess I could say I just walked into the Third Music Hall. That's really were it all started," Haruhi said as she thought about it.

Sakura listened intently. She found most of it completely bizarre. However, technically her life wasn't perfectly normal either. She thought about the members in the host club. Her thoughts began to wander.

"The young men you work with are very handsome people," Sakura said without registering what she was saying. Haruhi looked at her and thought about it for a moment too. She supposed it was true.

"We have a lot of customers. I would think that is true," Haruhi said. Sakura nodded her head not really listening to what Haruhi said. Haruhi noticed that Sakura seemed to be off in her own world.

"Do you like anyone, Haruhi?" Sakura asked finally looking like she back in this world. Her head turned and her green eyes were focused on the other girl beside her. Haruhi was thrown off by the question. She had never really taken the time to think about it.

"I don't think I do, honestly. I mean, I like most of the Host Club. They each have their own special quirk that makes them admirable. But if you're talking about liking someone more than a friend, I don't think so. I've never really ever liked anyone that way," Haruhi said as she really took the time to think about it.

Sakura smiled and turned to look in the mirror again. She played with some of her pink locks, before lowering her hand again by her side. She took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. She put her face in her hands.

"I like someone…more than a friend. I miss him a lot. I'm not entirely sure where he is at this moment, but I know my love for him is headed that way. I was stupid enough to tell him how I feel before he left…" Sakura said as she trailed off towards the end.

Haruhi noticed that Sakura looked saddened about talking about this. She wasn't entirely sure how they had gotten on this topic in the first place. Well, she was getting to learn more about her body-guards today.

"I don't think it's stupid that you told this guy your feelings before he left. At least you told him. You could have not said anything, and then he would have never known. Yet, now that he does know, maybe he'll something with that knowledge later on," Haruhi said, putting in her two cents.

Sakura smiled again and looked over at Haruhi. A lone tear had been traveling down her cheek, but she quickly wiped it away. Standing up, she prepared to leave the changing room. Haruhi stood up and began to follow her.

"Thank-you Haruhi. You have no idea how better that makes me feel," Sakura said looking back at Haruhi before walking out of the room. Haruhi was happy that she could make someone feel better.

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"And those are the basics of any host," Tamaki said looking as suave as ever. He smiled at the two young men in front of him. Naruto and Gaara said nothing as they stared at the babbling blonde in front of them. A bored sigh left Naruto's lips.

"Wow Naruto. You actually look pretty good in that outfit," Sakura said looking at her team-mate. Naruto frowned and crossed his arms. He didn't think he looked better like this.

"I don't like this at all. Sakura! They made me brush my hair!" Naruto complained as he messed with his no longer spiky hair. His hair now lay flat on his head. Sakura did think Naruto looked kind of strange. Then she thought about it for a while, and laughed. With his hair like, Naruto kind of looked like Lee.

"Don't laugh at me!" Naruto whined as he messed with the tie on his suit. He wasn't used to wearing a tie. It kind of felt like it was choking him. How he dearly missed his orange jump-suit.

"Our customers are here. Behave yourselves…" Kyoya said as he gestured Tamaki to get the door. As usual the sound of the clicking door registered in the Host Members minds and they were posed and ready for their guests.

The normal customers filtered in and happily went to their assigned host. However, each gazed in surprise at the seemingly new Host Members off in the corner. They focused their curiosity on the pair. What an interesting change.

One of them looked like they could be related to Tamaki, especially with his blue eyes and blonde hair. Except he didn't seem as refined or suave as the Host King. The other boy in the corner looked to be an entirely different story.

His deep maroon hair and dazzling aqua marine eyes set him apart from the other host members. The dark circles around his eyes made him look all the more exotic. However, it seemed he was disinterested in the happenings around him. His eyes were far-off, staring out the window. Some of the customers almost melted at his mysterious presence.

"Don't you think it's creepy that they're staring at us?" Naruto whispered to Gaara as he eyed the glances they were getting from the customers every now and then. Gaara shrugged and didn't look away from the window.

"I just ignore them…" Gaara stated plainly. Naruto sighed as he shuffled his feet. Seeing that the Host Members were busy, Naruto took the time to ruffle his hair to its normal glory. Satisfied, he leaned back against the wall and waited for the day to end.

The afternoon progressed nicely. A couple of curious customers had gone over to Naruto to visit. One or two daring ones actually attempted to approach Gaara. Some found that Naruto's brashness and straightforwardness was for them. A few found Gaara's brooding completely hot. Either way, by the end of the afternoon the two boys actually had a few customers.

"Thank Kami it's finally over…" Naruto said as he flopped back onto one of the couches. Sakura actually had to agree with him for once. She was ready to get out the giant frilly banana she was wearing.

"You guys did pretty well today…" Haruhi complimented. She had noticed that a couple of her usual customers had wandered their way. She had also been asked constantly, if the blonde-haired boy was Tamaki's relative.

Naruto had a goofy grin on his face as he made a comment on how he couldn't wait to tell Jiraiya about this later. Sakura rolled her eyes at that comment, and resisted the urge to hit Naruto for it. Gaara didn't say anything.

Haruhi had to admit. Gaara did look very handsome in a school uniform. She was surprised by how he had handled the hosting; she realized that he didn't really like to talk too much. She also noticed he didn't really like to be touched either, but he had somehow managed to attract quite a few girls.

She watched as he walked away from the spot at the window to the corner where he had placed his normal clothes and his gourd. Then he grabbed something she hadn't noticed before. It was a green grocery bag.

He turned around to face Haruhi. Their eyes met. Haruhi turned her head to the side. She hadn't realized she had been staring at him. She normally stared at people. It was kind of strange. Out of the corner of her eye she saw that Gaara was walking towards her.

She turned to face him. He stopped a foot a way from her. There was a silent pause. It looked like Gaara was debating something in his head. Without a word, he lifted the green grocery bag up to Haruhi's face. She took it from his hands and just held it by her side.

"I got that for you earlier this afternoon… they should still be good," Gaara said. He never said anything else after that. Instead he turned away from her and headed towards his clothing. He picked them up and disappeared behind the changing room door.

Haruhi was taken-aback. She hadn't expected Gaara to get her something. She wondered what he got her. Lifting the bag up, she opened it. Inside was a lone black bento box. She took out the bento box from the bag and opened it up.

Her eyes widened in surprise. A happy smile fell to her face. She walked over to a chair and sat down. There was no way anyone could stop her from trying it now. Plus she was hungry from giving her lunch away. Haruhi not bothering to use chop sticks picked up one of the fatty tuna in the bento and took a bite. Fatty Tuna really was delicious.

Apparently, Gaara was going to risk it…

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YAY! This is possibly the longest chapter I have ever written for fanfiction. WOOT! I really wanted you guys to have a long chapter. The delay for this chapter was pretty bad. Also, I'm taking this time to announce that I won't be updating for quite a while. A have a funeral to prepare for (I'm reciting a poem for the eulogy). I also have finals and a 4 test grade research paper. OO It's totally stressing me out man! Anyways, I hoped you liked this chapter. Please review! Or else I won't update…. evil smile