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Fall break had come and gone and in my opinion, it zipped by way too fast! Just like that, I was back in the Host Club and seeing another cosplay idea get put into motion. They were all cosplaying as samurai, rather young and handsome ones at that. I would've liked to spend a little more time with the twins but Kyoya had Kimi and I helping him fill out some paperwork at the time. Oh well, assistant manager duty calls! I had already spent some time with the twins a little over fall break and I took them to the shooting range a few times. After finishing up some work with Kimi and Kyoya, I snuck off to join the other hosts.
"I never thought this kind of cosplay would be popular," Haruhi said, pulling at her outfit.
"You can't be serious, that's like one of the basics." Hikaru said bluntly.
"There are a lot of girls that find the era of which were cosplaying really fascinating!" Kaoru added.
"I've never heard of it," I said simply.
"Well you're a special case," the twins said teasingly and tugging at my cheeks.
"I jusht don't get why thish coshplay ish sho popular," I tried to say as the twins pulled at my cheeks.
Then Renge popped in and began another monologue that I tuned out of and thought about what my next chapter would be about. Haruhi seemed pretty out of it too with her mind elsewhere but I'm pretty sure it was in 'supermarket land'. I managed to escape the little devils and I went to talk with Honey and Mori, mainly Honey though only because Mori didn't talk much.
"How are you Senka-chan?" Honey asked adorably, "Do you like our cosplay?"
"I do!" I replied sweetly, "So who are you two supposed to be?"
Honey opened his mouth to talk when Takashi whipped out a spear, twirled it in the air, and thrust it through the screen behind them. The entire Host Club flipped out, including me! I had never seen Mori lash out like that before!
"We have a trespasser," he said stoically, opening the screen and revealing the infiltrator.
He had red hair and a rather intimidating look on his face. He kind of reminded me of the generic punk that would pick on kids that seemed fair game to pick on. The man lunged at Mori and I felt around for my air gun to defend him but of course I wouldn't have it on school grounds. Then, the man assumed the position of a bow instead of attacking! What!?
"Takashi Morinozuka! Please, take me on as your apprentice!" he shouted.
"That was a shocker," Kimi muttered.
(Hikaru POV)
"So what do you have on this man, Kyoya?" Tamaki asked.
It was long after the guests had left and we were sitting around, deciding if he was 'host material' or not.
"Ritsu Kasanoda," Kyoya announced, "First year student. Class D. Heir to the third generation of the Kasanoda Gang: the most powerful gang in the area. Ritsu is reserved, mean-looking and has few friends. They say if you look him in the eyes, you'll have nightmares for a month. If you bump into him, you'll end up in the hospital and talking back to him sends you to an early grave. He is so feared by his classmates that they call him 'The Walking Blizzard'."
This guy was quite scary and I noticed Kimi being wary around him Senka on the other hand was bravely sitting across from him and seemed quite intrigued by the fact that he was a gangster. But I didn't see what was so great about that, why would she be interested in him!?
"Wait, why does a tough guy want to join the Host Club?" Tamaki asked.
"Look, I may look tough but I don't want to be seen as that all the time," Ritsu said, showing a softer side, "All my friends are afraid of me and sometimes I just want to have pals I can hang out with and not be alone all the time."
"That's why I need Mori's help," Ritsu finally admitted, "How is it that you have so many friends! You look just like me! You never talk, your distant, you have a mug shot that could scare Cerberus to death so how is it that you do it!?"
"What should we do, Tamaki?" I asked.
"Just leave it alone," he said seriously, "He wants to be taught by Mori so we'll let Mori make the decisions here."
Instead, Mori looked up with a panicked look as if to say 'HELP' and Tamaki took action. He accepted Ritsu's plead for help and began transformation. My brother and I decided to make him more approachable by giving him a 'lovely item' and a more friendly appearance but I wanted to teach this punk to back off from Senka. I convinced Kaoru that we should just turn him into an idiot instead! Ritsu looked absolutely ridiculous from his hair to the stupid bear we made him hold! I smiled quite pride fully when Senka burst out into laughter at him. Seeing her laugh gave me quite the fulfillment.
The next morning, Ritsu looked a little more dignified (to my disappointment. It was fun laughing at him) and had a rather shocking report to make.
"Someone's after Mori!" Ritsu reported to the Host Club, "I saw the whole thing! Someone tried to drop something on his head from the second story this morning!"
"What! There's no way!" I said.
"Mori would never be on someone's bad side." My twin added.
"You don't need to worry about that Mr. Kasanoda!" Tamaki said, "We're starting your plans for your full transformation right away!"
(Senka POV)
All the hosts minus Haruhi went off to plan Kasanoda's future. Haruhi brought us all tea and I could tell that Ritsu seemed suspicious of Haruhi's gender. I'd have to watch out for him.
"And you two are?" he asked Kimi and I.
"I'm Senka Miyazaki, one of the Host Club's assistant managers!" I said nicely.
"And I'm Kimi Kanagawa," Kimi said nervously, a little afraid of the new recruit, "I'm the other assistant manager."
"Oh I see. So…Senka, I've heard you last name before somewhere," Ritsu said curiously.
"I'll bet you have!" I chirped, "The Miyazaki family produces a lot of nice gun models and since you are a gangster, I'm sure you're into sharpshooting!"
"Not really but I do some target practice every-so-often," he explained, "Do you think…maybe…we could hang out some time and do some sharpshooting?"
"Sure!" I agreed then I heard a devil's voice break in.
"Really now? Well we're also some of Senka's sharpshooting friends," Hikaru said, rather rudely.
The ditz-head feels threatened. That's almost kind of cute. I thought with a light blush appearing on my cheeks.
"Never mind that!" Tamaki said excitedly, "We have a way to change your tough guy appearance!"
(Hikaru POV)
With that, Tamaki placed some cat ears on Ritsu and he stepped back as if he were waiting for some magical change to occur.
"A cat monster." Kimi said bluntly.
He really did look like a cat monster! His face was as mug shot-looking as ever and the ears clashed horribly with it! I don't know what Tamaki was on when he came up with this idea but it was his stupidest one yet! Even still, it did make him look quite funny!
"What? What went wrong? Renge said kitty ears were all the rage." Tamaki thought aloud, "She said it would be a perfect lovely item."
"Did you really think just putting some cat ears on him would change is overall appearance?" Kyoya asked.
"Yeah, if you were going to go that far…" Kaoru began.
"Then you might as well go all the way and make him a kitty-eared maid!" I said in unison with my brother.
We tortured that freak once again by forcing a maid costume on him and I watched as Senka and Kimi burst into laughter!
You see this fool, Senka? I asked in my head, Better to stay away from him. You're mine.
"Damn it, I can't take this anymore!" he yelled, throwing off the cosplay and retreating from the club room.
"You've done it again, demons," Senka scoffed at the twins.
"Oh c'mon, lighten up!" we said together, putting our elbows on her shoulders.
"We were only having a little fun," I said slyly.
"And besides, you'd look way better in that cosplay than he did," Kaoru cooed.
"Well I'm going after him!" Senka said, trying to hide a blush.
"I'm with Senka," Haruhi said.
"You coming, Kimi?" Senka asked.
"N-no, I'm good…" she explained, looking nervous. She was still a little scared of Ritsu. Senka and Haruhi ran after him and left us behind. Why she was so interested in him, I had no idea!
Why are you so sensitive about him!? I thought. He's not your friend so why does he matter?!
(Senka POV)
We found Ritsu in the courtyard by the pond. Surprisingly, he was feeding a little sparrow he seemed to have been keeping!
"Aaaaaw! You really do have a feminine side!" I said as if he were Honey.
I'm sure he would've frozen me with a glare but Haruhi spoke up.
"Can I feed it?" she asked and he let the sparrow hop into her hands.
I still thought this Ritsu guy was smarter than he looked. He looked at Haruhi as if he were suspicious of something and I could bet it was about her gender.
"LOOK OUT!" came a voice from out of the blue.
We watched as Honey flew into the air and pulled a pretty amazing kick and knocked a can away from impaling Ritsu! Unfortunately, the can was filled with red pain and splashed all over Haruhi and I! The little sparrow took off and Ritsu looked happy to see it flying again but I imagined myself loading a rifle and shooting it down for practice.
"GAH! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DUAGHTERS! THAT'S NOT BLOOD IS IT?!" Tamaki screamed as he ran up to us.
"Would you calm down, it's just paint," Haruhi retorted.
The rest of the Host Club had arrived including Kimi who was still a little wary. As it turns out, the people who were believed to be after Mori were actually after Ritsu and wanted to get back at him for taking one of their gang members. Apparently the member her had 'taken' joined with his own free will because he didn't like his old gang. Well, all's well ends well, huh?
"We should probably go change," Haruhi said to me.
"Want us to come help you?" the twins asked, no doubt disturbing thoughts racing through their heads.
"Sure," I joked.
"No," Haruhi said sternly.
I had changed faster than Haruhi and was waiting on the sidelines of the changing room. For the next circumstance that followed, I would've whipped out my air gun if I had it on me. The door opened and Ritsu stood there, staring at Haruhi with utter shock.
"Get out!" she yelled.
Oh God…This is about to get interesting. I thought, quickly pushing Ritsu out of the changing room to meet his doom of two handsome demons.
Senka: You're lucky I didn't have my air gun on me or
I would've shot you dead, Ritsu! You gave Haruhi and I a heart attack!
Twins: So what should we do with this peeping tom?
Senka: Meh. Just let Haruhi handle it. Besides Ritsu's a nice guy, he'd never peep on someone purposefully.
Hikaru: Do you know him that well?
Senka: No...But I know he's a good guy...
Hikaru: ...What's so special about him anyway?
Senka: What do you mean?
Hikaru: Nothing...
Haruhi: Next time: Freak outs and Franticness
