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Chapter 4: Wonderland Garden Host Club

Piper tried to catch her breath as she stood in the grassy jungle. She had tried catching up to the Blue Furry. But due to her small size, she couldn't even get within a foot (which is like a couple dozen yards at bug height) of him. She tried to look for any tracks, but her range was limited by the grass blades. She sighed, "Oooh, what else could go wrong?"

"Yoserimasen!"

The girl jolt up and turned around. There right in front of her were seven handsome males standing up to at least her size. They weren't all exact copies of each other, having different physical and possible personality traits from one another except for the two that look like mirror images. The most dramatic thing that she say about this group was that they were all just wearing flowers, making her face bright red.

"Tamaki, the Rose," said the man with blonde, finely-cut hair.

"Hikaru-"

"-And Kaoru…"

"The Daffodils!" said the two red-haired twins.

"Ne, ne! I'm a tiger! I'm a tiger flower! Rawr!" said the shortest one of the bunch, Haninozuka, or Hunny-kun the Tiger-Lily.

"…" silently stood Morinozuka, or Mori the Dandelion.

"Okay, I know I'm playing a flower, but why a daisy?" asked Haruhi the Daisy, who was examining her choice of clothing.

"Well, Daisies are quite a common flower, Haruhi," spoke Kyoya the Iris. "It suits you for your current status in society."

"… So you chose this because you still think I'm poor?" Haruhi glared at the Iris, a little angry that he chose due to her societal status. Piper was just stared in gapping awe. She wondered who these people were and what they were doing here. Strangely enough, they were also wondering what she was doing here, the Iris especially.

"Getting back to the matter at hand…" he said, while moving his glasses up elegantly, "What is she doing in our garden?" Piper soon realized that she would have well been trespassing on their party. She knew that she should apologize and leave before there was more nonsense.

Before she could utter a word though, the Rose decided to butt in. "Relax, Kyoya, she's probably early for the host club activities." She blinked before questioning what he meant by that. She soon got her answer by hearing squeals. Turning her head slightly, she saw a bunch of other flowers (mostly girls… Okay, all girls) standing near what seemed to be the entrance. She now wondered what she had gotten herself into now.

A while later, the club's activities started with the girl's chatting with the seven guy flowers. It seemed to be a typical nice party, which consisted of eating pastries and chatting with the members. Of course, this wasn't an ordinary club as soon as it would be demonstrated. Let's show some example of this, beginning with the Rose.

"So, Tamaki-kun," a cute, shy flower said to our first example, "I heard that it's getting to be spring soon. You must be glad that it's getting warmer, right?" The Rose turned to her with a smile on his face that could make men melt.

"Well, I am happy that it will be spring so I could bloom properly." Then, he grabbed the flower girl's hand and gently held her up to him. "But of course, all the seasons are lovely with you by my side." This caused all the girls near his table to squeal with glee.

Our next example brings us to the daffodil twins with their customers. "You two must be getting watered a lot now. Your petals are looking quite lovelier than usual."

"So, so, you're quite correct!" The twins said before they lay a hand on each other in suggestive poses.

"But Hikaru's petals are much lovelier."

"You're wrong, Kaoru. Yours are much lovelier than mine."

This had the same effect on the flower girl's as the ones over at the Rose table had. Now, let's check over at both the Tiger Lily and Dandelion's table.

The small tiger lily was eating cake, enjoying how much the dessert tasted in his mouth. "Mmmmmm… This is good cake, Mari-San."

"Thank you, Hunny-Kun," said the flower girl, happy to make him delicious cake. After she had thanked him, the dandelion noticed something from the Tiger Lily. He grabbed a napkin and proceeded to wipe some cake that the small flower boy had gotten on his face. The scene was so cute that the girls fainted from overload. Yes, this was basically what happens in the garden every day. And as Piper watched this, she felt one thing was needed to be said for something like this.

"This is… so ridiculous," she said as she face palmed at watching the flower ladies, "I mean I know that girls have fantasies about that kind of stuff and all. But this is too much…"

"You may consider this to be a bit extreme, Piper." She then noticed the Iris standing next to where she was sitting, holding a clipboard with one of his arms/leaves. "But everyone has some fantasy they wished to have come true. The Host Club gives that freedom for the female variety, whether it is rational or irrational."

Piper perked up not at his explanation but at what he had said in the middle. "How do you know my name?" Yes, even though she had never met him, he already knew her name. That made her suspicious about him.

"Well, all flowers know a lot of things, from a person's name to what type he or she likes," he answered back at her, not turning his head away from his clipboard.

"… Type?"

"Type is the generic characteristics that someone has, whether it is a small or big part of their personality," the Iris explained, still not looking at Piper, "For example, you are into the Hero Type. They're strong, brave, good-looking, inspiring, smart, and always win in the end. They never let a person down, and everyone admires them." She blushed in embarrassment, remembering back to how fangirlly she was when she met Harrier, Carver, and Domiwick, only to have her reality shattered when they turned traitor. "But the type that compliments you the most is probably the Kid or Child Type."

"… The Kid Type?" Now, she didn't need an explanation on that. She knew the type all too well. She had experience that type with a certain person who wasn't going to name. In fact if she remembered correct, that certain person always played pranks on her, stole her crystals, and criticized her plans. So hearing that it was her perfect type was making her fume.

Before she could scream out how that wasn't true, the Daisy came over and grabbed her hand. "Maybe I should talk to her now, senpai." Piper was then dragged over to another table where she sat with three other flower girls. The Daisy then sat down and looked over at her. "Did he remind you about something?"

"Yes, a very annoying friend," Piper answered before looking at the Daisy. The person/flower was kind of cute with a feminine like face and body. In fact, the body almost hinted the indication of small bosom forming. After a second of thought, she soon figured out what gender the Daisy was and felt really confused if this club was all male for the female mind.

Once noticing Piper's face, the Daisy then whispered her situation to her. "I was looking for a place to study when I stumbled onto the Host Club. After some of their hi-jinxes, I accidently broke a very valuable vase. So, they decided I should work for them in order to pay it off… That was before the club president figured out that I was a girl."

"… And you're still working like this?" Sure, the Daisy wasn't doing anything as extravagate as the other flowers. But considering her position, wouldn't it be better for her to do something else other than disguising herself as a guy?

The flower looked back at Piper and answered, "What's wrong with working like this? I just talk to the girls here. The other host club members can do their own things if they want. Besides, I don't feel embarrass for doing something like this. It's kinda fun for me and it's nice talking to the girls here."

Piper raised an eyebrow at the Daisy's answers. She felt like she was talking to a mirror. In fact, the Daisy's situation was almost similar to hers. She could have left the Storm Hawks for real since she didn't have any personal link to them other than being friends and their goal. But instead, she was still with them no matter how annoying they got. It made her wonder if she was taking her friends for granted. But suddenly, the Daisy looked away and muttered, "However, there are times when I feel annoyed by them."

Piper was about to ask the flower what sort of problem she had with them until she felt two fingers poking at both of her cheeks. "Ne Ne, Kaoru? Do you think she's a strange flower?"

"Yes, Hikaru, a very strange flower, indeed." The Daffodil twins mused as they continued to poke at Piper's cheeks. Now, she realized why the Daisy had mixed feelings about the club. Like her friends, there were some people that knew how to get on people's nerves.

The Daisy noticed Piper's fuming and sighed, "You really shouldn't patronize people like that." The Daffodils looked over at the Daisy and went from Piper over to her. Their trickster smiles were plastered upon their faces.

"But Haruhi, we were only interested in the new flower," Daffodil number one said.

"Yes, Haruhi, we were," Daffodil number two reaffirmed, moving closer to the Daisy, "Of course, we should be more interested in you instead." The Daffodils creepily leaned closer to the Daisy, nuzzling her face like a couple of children much to her surprise. They were soon thwarted by a rampaging Rose.

"You devil Daffodils!" the Rose shouted as he snatched the Daisy away from their presence, "Don't you dare touch her in that sort of matter!" Then he started to comfort her, much like any overemotional father to his daughter. The Daisy, however, was annoyed by this affection.

Piper watched as the Rose protectively caressed the Daisy before snapping back to reality. "I should really leave. I still need to find that Blue Furry." She got up and started to make her way towards the exit until she noticed the Tiger Lily along with the Dandelion standing in her way.

"You're looking for a Blue Furry?" the Tiger Lily asked, wide-eyed and curiously cute. She nodded in response, watching as he held up a blue bunny to her. "Is this it?"

"… No, that's a blue kitty." Piper responded in a kind voice. The Tiger Lily noticed his mistake and then got out another animal plushie.

"How 'bout this?"

"That's a brown bear."

"This?"

"Orange puppy."

"This?"

"Pink bunny… How many do you have of these?"

"Lots," The Tiger Lily answered as he brought out more plushies of every kind and color. Piper's mouth twitched in worried. She definitely didn't want to waste time looking at stuffed animals all day, especially when there was a Blue Furry to catch up with.

"Well… That's really good for you, but I should probably be leaving," She politely stated as she walked past the young flower, "Besides, it's not like I'm enjoying myself here."

Her words caught the attention of the Rose as he dashed over to Piper in a mad rush. "What! A guest not having any fun! This will not do!" He looked over at the Iris and asked, "Kyoya! Are there any fun peasant games for us to do?"

Despite the Daisy's embarrassment as to why she knew these people, the Iris answered calmly, "Well, there's hopscotch, jump rope, hide and seek, duck duck goose…"

He continued on with his list, especially when Piper spoke up, "That's really nice of you to be concern. But I'm really busy and do not want to waste time on not enjoying myself." Though she really didn't mean it as an insult, the Rose went into shock from her statement and huddled himself up into a deep depression. The other host members surrounded him as he muttered sadly about how he had failed a guest.

"… Tamaki," the Iris began, "Instead of sulking, maybe you should do something that everyone is sure to love… Like music."

"Of course!" the Rose shot up with passion in his heart and fire in his eyes, "Everyone loves music! Maybe if I play some music, our guest shall enjoy herself!" He quickly looked over at Piper, who was now worried about what was going to happen. "Stay right here! I shall play some music soon!"

He soon walked over to a piano and sat down next to it. Preparing himself, he placed his hands just above the keyboards. Silence filled the air as everyone watched with anticipation, waiting for the first note to play. The Rose slowly descended his hands upon keys, and he began to play.

(If you can find a piano version of "All in a Golden Afternoon", please listen to it.)

All the flowers in the room went into a soothing mood as they listened to the Rose played on the piano. His movement gracefully matched the notes playing, each echoing through the air. Piper listened as well and felt that all her frustration in finding the Blue Furry and everything that has happened so far disappeared. In fact, she was quite joyful by its tone.

After the song, the Rose looked over at Piper and smiled charmingly. "Well, Miss Piper, did you enjoy yourself now?"

Piper blushed at how handsome he looked before thinking about it. "Well, it did make me feel better and I thank you for that." She then stood up and brushed herself off. "However, I should go look for the Blue Furry now or at least get back home."

Though a bit disappointed that she was still leaving so soon, the Rose was glad that Piper had enjoyed herself. The other host members agreed too, except for the twin Daffodils. They were thinking over something that was bugging them.

"Ne, ne, Kaoru, what type of flower do you think she is?" Daffodil number one pondered.

"I don't know, Hikaru. She is awfully strange for a flower, isn't she?" Daffodil number two thought about it as well before gasping. "Don't you suppose she is-?"

"She could be! After all, the common Obole Wilcaerus look like any other normal flower." Piper overheard the two and looked over at them. She was confused to what they called her.

"A what?"

The Daffodil twins looked over at her with a happy look on their faces. "Simple, a weed." There was a huge gasps from the girl flowers as Piper turned pale. She then turned slightly furious when she let that sink in.

"How can you think I'm a weed! Do I even look like one?"

"Well, you certainly don't look like a flower either."

"But I'm not a weed!" Her protests, however, went unnoticed as the Daffodils danced around her, happily chanting that she was a weed. Her rage meter steadily rose before she did the one thing that she felt like doing at the moment.

Slap!

Daffodil two watched as Daffodil one fell back from Piper's slap, landing on the ground with shock. "Hikaru!" He quickly rushed to his side in sappy melodrama before cradling his brother in his arms. "Hikaru! Are you okay! Speak to me!"

Daffodil one looked up at his brother and smiled weakly. "Kaoru… I think… I think I might be heading to…" He coughed as he tried to say the last part.

Daffodil two's eyes swelled up with tears as he called, "Hikaru! Don't go! You still have a long life." Even though the mood was very dramatic, Piper just stood in the background, brushing herself and trying not to be sympathetic.

"I'm sorry, you two, but you did provoke me. Besides, I didn't hit you that hard." Even though her reasoning was pretty good for her, it didn't help with dealing with the Hikaru/Kaoru fan girls who were glaring at her with malice. Once she took notice of this, she sweatdropped as if she was facing against a horde of angry bulls.

"She hurt Hikaru!"

"Let's get them!"

Without thinking up a rational way to calm them down, Piper quickly flee the scene with a bunch of wrathful flowers on their tail. The Host Club, who decided it was best not to get involved, quickly looked at Hikaru and Kaoru with unimpressed looks on their faces. "You two do know that what you did was very bad, right?"

Both Daffodils looked at the Daisy while sticking out their tongues. "We know. We'll tell them were fine once they get back."

After they said that, the Rose scolded them for playing such a mean trick in the first place. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure watched them as she sipped her tea.

Now this is getting interesting…

Author's Notes:

Man, it's been long since I work on this story. Although, I felt a little bit I made a few characters in this OOC in this chapter.

For the most part, I kinda had a moral dilemma about adding other characters from different fandoms into this. After much thought about this, I decided to do so or at least with the Tweedles and this (Murk Raiders as flowers… I shudder at the thought). The other major roles will still done by Storm Hawks characters. However, there might be a few strays in there for amusement. After all, consider this not just the Disney version of Alice, but a mixture of the original story plus Through the Looking Glass.

I would also like to note that I do not own Ouran High School Host Club, but I love the series. It ranks pretty high on my love list, along with Storm Hawks, Slayers, and others. I think I made a pretty good choice casting them as flowers. They have experience with the Wonderland episode.

Now, I thank Bluetiger321 for the reviews, fav, and alert. Yea, I hope this gets better as I write this too. I have it somewhat planned out and I hope to stick to that plot in the long run.

Well, other than that, I need to work on my other stories and creating covers that match as well… I have a lot of work ahead of me.

Anyway, please read and review!