Normal P.O.V
A month'd passed; the gang had seen no sign of Solar. They had finally taken into account that she may be dead, though none of them liked to believe it.
Saki ran through the, now conjoined, Ouran Academy. When the schools found out all Solar wanted was for people to get along, they all started to try, and over the month, the Academy and the High School joined as one.
Saki sighed as she came to her friends before walking up to them.
"Tell me you've read the paper," she pleaded; the others shook their heads, Honey and Neko both stopped talking to look at Saki. Over the month everyone had spent time together, but the girls had drifted apart. Kona spent more time with Mori, Fushito with Kyoya, who were both still trying to track down Solar, Kaoru and Saki spent more time with Hikaru, while Tamaki spent a lot more time with Haruhi, who was still upset.
The Host Club still ran for both the girls and the boys now that they had four girls in the group, everyone still thought Haruhi was a boy, none of the girls had said anything about that.
"No why?" Honey asked, Saki held the paper up.
"Thugs sent to hospital for attacking Hikari Karino. Rumour has it eldest daughter of Akira and Tadashi Karino has returned from visiting relatives for a long period of time. The thugs were shown no mercy as they have broken bones and internal bleeding, the eldest daughter's name shall not be revealed and she will not be sent to prison or court," Kona read aloud for everyone to heard, Neko looked up.
"That sounds like Sol-chan," she said in a whisper, Kona nodded her head.
"Maybe it is, where was this paper from?" Fushito asked.
"Two towns over, but the name hasn't been revealed," Saki stated, the Hosts just looked at the paper in shock while Kona turned at the sound of tires screeching.
"WATCH IT!" she yelled at Kaoru, who was about to get knocked down. She looked as the car stopped and an old man got out with a boy a few years younger than her, "Oh no," she whispered as she watched the two walk over to her.
"Well, well, well, little Solar's not here to protect you anymore Kona," the man stated as he struck her across the face, everyone froze while the girls glared, Mori and Honey got ready to fight the man.
"No, this has nothing to do with you," Kona stated as she held her hand up, she turned her head to the man before glaring at him, "What do you want dad?" she spat the last word out with venom, it made everyone around them gasp.
"You're coming home," her father stated.
"You'll have to take me by force," Kona hissed as she looked at her father, who just laughed.
"Oh, I didn't mean now, no, you'll be coming home when you least expect it," her father stated before getting back into the car with her brother. Kona hissed slightly as she spat a little blood onto the floor.
"Ko-chan, are you alright?" Honey asked as he looked at the girl.
"I'm fine," she answered as she stood next to Mori.
"These are the only new students in the Kimaja High School, anyone look familiar?" Fushito asked as she showed everyone the screen, they all gasped at a fiery red haired girl on the screen. Hikaru looked at it before frowning.
"If Solar really was alive then she would have contacted us by now, we're just getting our hopes up," he stated, everyone turned to him.
"Don't you want to find out what happened to Solar?" Kaoru asked, Hikaru glared at his brother, even though they had been spending more and more time with each other, Hikaru felt like he was more or less on his own.
"Of course I want to find out as much as the rest of you, but if she hasn't contacted any of us, what makes you think she wants to see us? What makes you think she wants us to walk up to her and just act like she hasn't been gone the past month? What makes you think she'll think we'll treat her the same after she murdered someone?" Hikaru asked as he glared at every one of them.
"Because she's our friend," Neko asked, Hikaru glared at her.
"No, if she really was your friend you would be looking for her now, you wouldn't have drifted apart from each other like you have; you'd be risking everything to find her and not stopping until you did."
"What about you then?" Saki asked as she glared at Hikaru, he returned the glare three times intensified.
"I've been looking every night for her, which is more than what you lot have been doing," Hikaru answered before he walked off.
"Well, someone's grumpy," Fushito stated as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Well, let's go to Kimaja High," Neko said with a small smile.
"No," Kona stopped everyone, "Hikaru's right, if Solar really wanted to see us she would have contacted us," she added before the bell went, "Let's just get to class, there's no point anymore," Kona sighed as they all walked, each of them in their own depressed mood, even if they didn't show it.
The sun shone brightly over Kimaja High as Megumi whacked the tennis ball back to her partner, and best friend Sakura Ushikubo. The pink haired girl laughed as she hit the ball back, making Megumi miss the it.
"Damn, you win Sakura-chan," Megumi laughed as she high fived Sakura, who smiled at her.
"Hey girls," the two turned to look at Ryuu Tsuji and Yahiro Saiga, both girls smiled at them.
"Hey boys," they chorused.
"How'd practice go?" Megumi asked as she placed her tennis racket into her bag. The day had ended with all four of them having completed their after school activities. Megumi and Sakura doing tennis, while the boys did basketball.
"It went great, bring on the tournament next week," Yahiro smiled as he kissed Megumi's forehead, before placing a kiss on Sakura's lips. Megumi had become like a sister to Ryuu, Sakura and Yahiro. You wouldn't be able to catch any of them on their own; they were all in the same classes and were the best of friends.
Ryuu smiled as he took Megumi's bag, while Yahiro did the same with Sakura, both of the girls giggled before they began to walk towards Megumi's apartment complex.
Along the way the four passed by an electronics shop, the news on the TV managed to catch Megumi's attention as she watched it.
"Now that the two abusers have escaped from jail we don't know where they'll strike next. We have reason to believe they'll be heading to Ouran Academy due to family ties, or so we're told. However, there has been no sign of the two near Ouran yet. If you see these men, please keep us posted," the news lady said, Megumi clenched her fists at the two pictures that appeared on screen, Kona's brother and father, how they escaped, she had no idea.
"Yo, Meg, you ok?" Sakura asked as she looked at Megumi, then the news, "Great, this world's gonna be over run my people like them before we know it," she added as she rolled her eyes.
"Hey Megumi, you ok?" Yahiro asked as he looked at her face, Ryuu frowned when he saw her expression, one of confusion, anger, hurt and sorrow.
"Megumi," Ryuu spoke, Megumi snapped out of her thoughts as she looked at her friends.
"It's nothing, I just know who they're after is all, I'll call the police once we get to mine," Megumi answered as they began walking again, something in her gut told her to go and check on her friends.
Megumi and her friends walked into her apartment to see a few of Kyoya's private police force there. Megumi's breath hitched in her throat when she saw Kyoya with them.
"Excuse me, Miss Karino," one of the officers said, Megumi glared at him.
"How did you get in here?" Megumi asked as she looked around the room.
"I let him in Onee-chan," Hikari said as she came running out of her room, she hugged Megumi's leg before Megumi picked her up.
"Guys I hate to say this but I think it's best if you leave," Megumi sighed as she looked at her friends, who nodded their heads.
"No problem Megs, you know our numbers if ya need us," Sakura smiled as she and Yahiro stood at the door, while Ryuu handed Megumi her bag back.
"Thanks Ryuu, I'll call you guys later ok?" Megumi asked, the others smiled before nodding their heads.
"Sorry about that, how can I help you?" Megumi asked as she sat on the sofa.
"We're looking into the disappearance of Solar Toneko, we were also wondering if you knew anything about the two who escaped from jail," the police officers said, Megumi frowned slightly.
"I have no idea who Solar Toneko is, as for the two who escaped from jail, why would I know anything about them?" she asked as she looked at the police, not once casting a glance at Kyoya, she was scared he'd recognise her eyes.
"Well we've been going around asking everyone, it's alright if you don't know anything but-,"
"Well I don't, now if you don't mind, my parents will be home soon and I have to help them set up for a party, so please leave," Megumi ordered finally casting a glance, er, glare at Kyoya, who nodded his head.
"Very well, let's go to the next house," Kyoya ordered before they walked out, "Thank you for your time Miss Karino," he added as he closed the door after him.
A few minutes later the front door opened and Megumi had already started dinner.
"Megumi you're alright, we saw the news about the abusers and then we were told the police were here, is everything alright?" Akira asked as she and Tadashi both hugged her.
"Everything's fine mama, nothing happened, they just wanted to know about the abusers is all, I told them I didn't know anything," Megumi answered, she left out the part about them looking for Solar.
"That's good then, what's for dinner tonight, it's not like last night is it? I'm starving and don't think I can wait three hours," Tadashi smiled as Megumi laughed at him.
"No papa, it's just simple ramen tonight," Megumi answered, she had begun calling the family as her own family, but she'd never forget her actual siblings or parents.
"Ah that's good, now gimme, gimme, gimme," Tadashi ordered as he jumped around on the spot, Akira and Megumi both laughed, while Hikari sat on the couch smiling widely at her family.
"Papa, when's the party?" Hikari asked as she looked at her papa, who turned to her.
"What party?" Tadashi asked.
"Megumi-chan says we're having a party," Hikari answered, the two adults turned to Megumi, who smiled slightly.
"I told a white lie to get the cop's outta the house," she answered their unasked question before shrugging nonchalantly.
"Oh, that's ok then," Akira smiled as she place four bowls on the table, "Hikari come and wash up sweetie," Akira smiled as the youngest girl bounced over to them while Megumi turned the tap on. Each of them washed their hands before sitting down to eat.
"So, did anything interesting happen at school today Megumi?" Tadashi asked as he looked at Megumi, who shrugged slightly.
"Sakura beat me in tennis again during physical ed and in practice after school. We dissected some stuff in biology, which I'm not sure what is was, in English we're doing about Shakespeare now, in language I'm still top of the class and in maths Yahiro got sent out for something he didn't do, which is no surprise," Megumi explained as she looked at Tadashi and Akira who laughed at her, while Hikari was slurping her ramen.
"How was work papa?" Megumi asked as she looked at Tadashi.
"It was good, nothing interesting really happened until the news was flicked on, that's when I came rushing home," he answered before turning to Akira, "What about you honey?"
"Mine was the same, there was nothing interesting until the news came on," Akira answered with a warm smiled, "How was your day Hikari?" Akira asked the youngest of them, who smiled slightly.
"It was fun, we made pictures that you'll get at parents evening," Hikari reminded her mother, who gasped.
"Oh my, it's this Thursday isn't it?" Akira asked, Hikari just smiled and nodded her head, while Megumi looked at her food, not really feeling all that hungry.
"Megumi, sweetheart, is something wrong?" Akira asked as she looked at Megumi, who frowned slightly.
"I've got this feeling in my gut, that something's wrong and I should do something to help, but I have no idea what to do," Megumi explained before eating a little of her ramen.
"Well, what do you think's wrong?" Tadashi asked as he looked at Megumi, who frowned slightly.
"I know who the abusers are after, she's an old friend of mine, and I can't help but think she needs my help. But I ran away after what happened that night almost a month ago, now I have no idea what she'll think of me, or if she'll be mad at me," Megumi answered before taking a sip of her water.
"If she's really your friend she'll understand," Akira stated.
"And if not, you're always welcome here, we'll give you tomorrow off to find her and see if she's ok, but come back safe. We'll inform Sakura, Ryuu and Yahiro when they call for you tomorrow," Tadashi smiled as he looked at Megumi, who looked at them before frowning slightly.
"If your friends need you, you should go Onee-chan," Hikari smiled as she hugged Megumi's sighed. Megumi smiled before nodding her head.
"Alright, thank you, I promise I'll be back," Megumi smiled as she ran into her room. She ran a quick shower to wash the rest of her hair die out before jumping out with her shoulder length wet blue hair.
Solar smiled as she dried her hair before changing into some black jeans and a black top. She threw on a black hoodie with some black trainers and gloves before walking out into the dining area.
"Be safe," Akira called from her seat before Solar snuck out into the night once more.
Solar ran along the streets towards Ouran Academy, she stopped when something bright pink caught her eye. Ducking behind a bush she saw it was Saki and Kaoru, Saki was wearing a bright pink shirt with blue jeans, and one of Kaoru's green jumpers. Kaoru wore a blue top with matching jeans and a black hoodie.
"You think Hikaru's gonna be ok?" Saki asked as she looked at Kaoru, who sighed slightly.
"He's been like this since Solar left, but he'll be fine," Kaoru answered as the two rounded a corner, completely passing Solar in the process.
Solar sighed as she came out from behind the bush.
'I can't go see Hikaru, I have to see if Kona's ok,' Solar thought as she bit her lip. She carried on running to the park where she and Kona always used to hang out before she stopped. Kona sat on a bench, looking at the sky, tear stains down her face, while her clothes we covered in mud.
"GOD DAMNIT!" she yelled as loud as she could before slamming her hands onto the bench behind her, "Why does this have to happen to me? My life was fucking perfect before all this happened. WHAT THE FUCK DYA HAVE AGAINST ME?!" she yelled again as she looked at the sky. Solar had never seen her friend like this before, her mind began racing a mile a minute trying to think of what to do before the sound of tires screeching was heard.
Her head spun around before she ducked into the bushes again, she watched as Kona rose to her feet. Turning her head back to the car she saw Kona's brother and father exit the car. Kona gulped as she looked at the two of them.
"You've been chasing me all night, I'm not going and that's final," Kona growled as she glared at her, supposedly, family.
"You're coming little lady, whether you want to or not," her father growled before grabbing Kona by the hair and dragged her to the car. Solar gulped as she grabbed a nearby branch before throwing it at the man's head.
The man turned around just as Solar stepped out of the bushes.
"You let her go, otherwise you've got hell to deal with," Solar growled as the man's son came at her. Solar smirked as she turned around kicking the boy in the head before grabbing his collar and throwing him to the ground, she then grabbed his head and smashed it onto the pavement, not caring if she broke his skull, or killed him.
"Like I said, you'll have hell to deal with," Solar repeated as she glared at the man, who let Kona go. He charged to Solar, who grabbed both his hands and flung him over her shoulder, she repeated the actions she had done on the boy with the man. Both of Kona's family lay there motionless, while Solar breathed heavily.
Solar stayed with her back turned to Kona, not daring to turn around, or even look at her old friend. Kona rose to her feet as she walked over to Solar, before placing her hand on her shoulder. Solar froze in place.
"Solar?" Kona asked as Solar slowly turned around to her old friend. Their eyes met, Kona smile, while Solar frowned, "You're alive," Kona stated as she looked at Solar face, two scars now, not one, but two.
"Are you-," Kona stopped what she was going to say as Solar back away from her.
"Solar-,"
"I've gotta go," Solar whispered as she ran off into the night.
"SOLAR!" Kona yelled, nearby Hikaru, Kaoru, Saki, Mori, Honey, Neko, Tamaki, Haruhi, Fushito and Kyoya heard her yell before running towards the park. Along the way they all ended up meeting up.
"Take it we're not the only one who heard that," Kaoru stated as he looked at everyone else before looking at Saki.
"Guess not," Saki answered before any of them could get to the park Hikaru had run into someone. Both fell to the ground with a thud as Kona came running up behind them.
"Solar," she whispered as Solar stood to her feet, everyone looked at her in shock; Hikaru looked at her in both shock and anger before reaching out to her. Solar hesitantly backed away from him.
"We're not going to hurt you," Hikaru stated as he looked at her. Solar ended up backing up into Kona, who stopped her from moving anymore.
"Solar, look at us," Kona ordered as she spun Solar around.
"GET OFF ME!" Solar yelled as she glared at Kona, who instantly released her, Solar never yelled at them like that.
"Solar, what's gotten into you?" Neko asked as she looked at Solar with tears in her eyes, Solar's eyes softened as she looked at Neko, who at the moment reminded her of Hikari.
"Hikari," Solar whispered as she looked at Neko, everyone gave her a confused look.
"Hikari Karino?" Kyoya asked as he rose an eye brow, Solar glared at him.
"Stay the hell away from her," she hissed through clenched teeth before glared at him.
"So, you are Megumi Karino," Kyoya stated with a slight smirk, Solar felt her heart drop slightly before she looked at the sky. It was beginning to rain. She glared one last time at Kyoya before putting her hood up.
"It's none of your business who I am, I came here to help Kona, I've done that, now I'm leaving," Solar stated as she began to run away again. Hikaru looked after her in shock before he growled slightly.
"We're just gonna let her go?" he asked as he glared at the others, who shook their heads.
"Solar will come back when she feels the need to," Kona stated as she looked at the direction Solar had ran off in.
"Besides, Kimaja High is that way, Solar's going towards Konecho and Shirogane's home," Fushito added as they all turned to look at the retreating figure of Solar.
Yay double update, just because I had this chapter stuck in my head, hope you all liked it, please REVIEW and I'll update again ASAP, REVIEW :D