Ninja Star

Ouran's Newest Ninja

"There's still a lot about yourself that you haven't told me yet," Hikaru mentioned nonchalantly as he ducked from a flying bottle. They were in a grassy field between two old buildings trying out Star's newest training exercise: Throwing glass bottles at Hikaru to sharpen his reflexes. So far he had done a good job of not getting hit.

"Oh yeah? Like what?" Star asked as she lobbed another bottle at him.

"Like, where's your family? I haven't seen your parents or any siblings. Nothing." Hikaru bobbed and weaved around the flying objects.

"They're not around anymore. I have someone who's sort of like an older sister to me. She's the one who trained me. Her name's Ivy, maybe I'll give you the privilege of meeting her one day," Star giggled at the unlikely idea of Ivy and Hikaru getting along together.

"Fair enough. Why don't you have a name?"

"Oh I have a name, you're just not allowed to know it because 'to know someone's name is to have power over that person'. Ivy taught me that. That's why I have to call her Ivy and why you have to call me Star.

"Does she call you by your real name?" Hikaru asked. He narrowly missed being smacked in the shoulder by the last bottle Star had. He turned and started helping her collect them from out of the grass so she could continue trying to hit him.

"Of course she does. She's known me since I was four. Are you satisfied with these answers? Can we change the subject now?"

"Sure. How'd you get that scar?"

"That's not what I meant when I said 'change the subject'!" Star threw a bottle at Hikaru while he was bent over and watched as it thumped off of his back. He cried out in pain and narrowed his eyes at her. He tossed the bottle in his hands at Star who stepped out of the way just in time.

"You want to know how I got this scar? I did something stupid. I was only ten and feeling high and mighty because I was moving out on my own. I thought that meant that I was invincible or knew everything, so I challenged the strongest trio of muggers in this district. Honestly, I was lucky to make it out with my life. Two of them pinned me down while the leader, Cat, carved a perfect star into my face. It took weeks to heal, but I guess I'm lucky she's such a good artist. Had it been uneven it would have bothered me every time I looked at it," Star shrugged.

Hikaru whistled. "Wow… That was dumb." Star glared at him and raised another bottle threateningly over her head, ready to lob it at him.

"Oh yeah? Well, tell me about your life! What is it like to be able to have anything you want whenever you want it?"

"It's great, but at the same time, awful. Everyone expects you to be well composed, proper, and sweet all the time and that's not how I am! I've never had to work for anything in my life. It gets pretty boring, so my brother and I are always playing pranks on the kids at school and our friends, especially this one kid, Tamaki. He's the self-proclaimed 'King' of our Host Club at school. He's pretty irritating actually, but we owe him a lot." It was Hikaru's turn to shrug.

"It must be pretty cool to have friends your age. The only friends I have are the Tatsuko family and I can't really even call them friends. More like, people I babysit for that don't hate me."

"Well, when you come to Ouran my friends will be your friends. It'll be great!

"I don't know, friends with a host club?" Star giggled.

"Hey, we're not so bad! It's a lot of fun!" Hikaru said in his defense. Star shrugged again and continued picking up bottles.

"Whatever."

Star stood at the huge front door of the Hitachiin household. She had walked across town to and was dressed in the nicest clothes she could find. She made sure that they didn't have any holes or stains.

She mustered her courage and rung the doorbell. A melodious chime could be heard ringing throughout the house. Only a few moments later a butler came to the door.

"Can I help you with something madam?" The stout, sleepy-eyed butler asked Star.

"I'm here for Mr. Hikaru Hitachiin. He knows I'm coming." Star replied awkwardly staring at her feet. The butler stepped aside and gestured into the house. Star walked inside and gasped as she took in one of the most glorious sights she had ever seen.

There were vaulted ceilings and curtains that hung from big picture widows with views of a well-groomed courtyard. The clean tile floors clicked under her feet. The house looked like nothing she could have ever imagined.

Down from a hardwood spiral staircase pounded two Hikarus. They both smiled at her look of confusion. "Star, this is my brother Kaoru." The twin she now knew was Hikaru said.

"Hikaru how do you know this girl?" Kaoru inquired before smiling and politely shaking Star's hand. Star shook back and adjusted her gaze back to Hikaru.

"You told me you had a brother but you forgot to mention he was your twin."

"You didn't ask." He replied. He turned to his brother, "I went for a walk one night when I couldn't sleep. I met Star while I was walking and we hit it off. Since then I've been going on night walks with her. She's... Homeschooled so she doesn't have any friends. I told her we'd pay for her to go to Ouran. That way we could hang out more!"

This earned a hurt look from his brother. "Why didn't you tell me sooner that you were doing this? And isn't that a pretty big favor to do someone, paying them through a very expensive high school? What will Mom and Dad say?"

"They won't say anything because they won't find out. They'll never miss a couple million yen. C'mon, she's really cool and deserves to go to Ouran with us! She's worked really hard her whole life," Hikaru was practically pleading with Kaoru. Star was skipping around the room on her tiptoes observing all of the craftsmanship and detail in the twins' house. The mansion had her in awe. The twins shook their heads at her with identical smiles on their faces.

"Okay," Kaoru sighed at last, "lets go do her paperwork."

"First name," Hikaru looked over the paper his hands at Star. He was hoping she would have to tell him her real name. He couldn't help but be curious about it.

"Just put Star," she replied. Kaoru looked at her quizzically.

"Is that the name you were born with?" He asked. Hikaru pursed his lips, waiting for the answer.

"As far as I'm concerned, yes. Next question."

Hikaru continued on with the paperwork. "Last name. Hitachiin; from now on you are our cousin. So if anyone asks, be sure to keep the story up." Hikaru looked at Star, but also at his brother who had an uneasy look on his face. "Now for your address and phone numbers I'll put our info in. If we gat any mail or calls for you, which I doubt we will, I'll forward it all to you personally."

Star seemed content with this. "Is that all we need to do today? I've gotta get home to... Work." Star hesitated when she remembered that Kaoru had yet to learn the truth about her life. It made her especially nervous that she could no longer tell which twin was Hikaru. She was afraid to say anything to either of them.

"I guess you're all done today. If all goes well you'll be in by next month!" Hikaru grinned at his teacher, soon to become a student. He had a feeling the girl sitting across the table was about have a huge impact on his life.

And he was right.

AN: Sorry you guys, I know I release really short chapters. I just started school again and I'm really stressed out, so this chapter may not be top-notch. R&R, F&F, thanks for reading! ~Yuki-mu