Author Note: I would like to point out that all tricks and magic performances are ones that I have seen magicians perform before. I have no idea how they do it- and if you do know please don't tell me. While it may seem childish, I love magic acts because it gives the illusion of real magic- though in Sena's case some of it just may be real magic ;)

Anyway, the particular card trick in this chapter was one a magician did on Penn and Teller. If you're not familiar with it- Penn and Teller are really good, professional magicians. They're some of the best- honestly. And when the guy that came up on there did this trick- they were stumped. (The trick I am talking about it isn't the first one that she does but the other card trick she does in front of the girls).

~CWA

(P.S. Criss Angel is a real magician and is pretty cool)

Chapter 4- The Magic of Hosting:

Sena:
I finally woke up with a smile on my face- like usual. I looked at the clock and cursed,

"Scheiße,"

After saying that, I blushed to myself. I have to stop cursing in German. I mean, I remember it (I had been speaking it since I was twelve), but now a days I didn't speak it nearly as often. The issue with that- I now had a habit to curse in German. Though I guess that's a good thing so no one knows what I'm saying. Actually, I have to stop cursing in general.

Once I stopped my train my thought and realized the issue at hand- that I waws going to be late to school if I didn't high tail it out now! I quickly got dressed, brushed my teeth and hair, and headed out. Cursing myself that I slept in- and then I cursed more when I realized that I had planned to do something after school yesterday...but forgot. It wasn't like me to forget and I hated to forget. Dang it.

Third Person:
Kyoya watched from the host club window as Sena rushed into the building. Her blue hair flew up in the wind as she ran. She was wearing something a bit brighter than her chosen outfit from yesterday. She had on pink skinny jeans and a long sleeved gray shirt with a pink scarf. He calmly headed downstairs to meet her.

"Ooph," she muffled as she ran into him. She blinked, "What are you doing? Classes start soon!"

"On the contrary, school doesn't start for another ten minutes."
Sena blinked. I'm…early….That's a first. I guess I ran faster than I thought- opps. Either that, or my clock is wrong…probably the second option since I know for a fact that I am no runner.
"So, what do you want," she asked.
"I came here with a proposition," Kyoya stated professionally. Sena rolled her eyes, he needs to loosen up. It's hard to live life if you can't have fun!

"And?"
"I wanted to ask you if you would like to join the Host Club."
"Two things," Sena said putting up the fingers as she stated, "One, I'm a chic so I can't. Two, in case you haven't noticed I don't exactly like your club. You guys are just…doing things for your own ego- not for the sake of making women feel good. Besides, I already joined a club."
"You can join more than one club," Kyoya pointed out, "and if you do not have an interest in joining the club. Perhaps, I can offer you an amount to join."
"A bribe," Sena pointed out.

"A personal investment."
"Bribe," Sena sang slightly, "but…okay."
Kyoya nodded,

"Very well. You shall be paid at the end of next week. In the meantime, you are an entertainer for the host club."
She gave a salute and then deflated as Kyoya continued,
"However, before the deal is sealed I must make sure that you are…a magician worth their salt."
"Are you asking for me to do a magic trick for you," Sena asked in disbelief.
"Correct. If I cannot guess it, then you can join and you shall get your payment. If I do guess it, then you join, but you shall not receive your payment."

Sena smiled, fully confident in her abilities. Just for his sake, she chose to do a trick she learned from her old friend in America, Criss Angel.
"Deal," she cheered, "Now…a card trick."

Kyoya raised an eyebrow; surely she does not think I will fall for such a childish magic trick. Sena pulled out a deck of cards (one of the three she always carried with her). She shuffled the cards,
"Now- think of a card. Just think of it, but do not, by any means, tell me the card."
Kyoya nodded, Simple enough. A Seven of diamonds. Sena nodded and then put the cards on the card- all of them face down.

"And I'll do this trick without even touching the cards."
Kyoya raised an eyebrow, Just what is she doing. She moved the cards around a bit and then stepped back,
"Now, please picture the card in your mind."

Simple, Kyoya thought as he pictured the white card with seven red diamonds. Sena moved her hand over the pile- all without touching it. She took deep breaths and in a minute…a card began to move. Impossible, Kyoya thought. Sure enough, the card (still face down) moved to in front of the pile.
"Now, what was the card you were thinking of?"
"Seven of diamonds."

Sena smirked and then moved her hand, focusing on the card, but still not touching it. The card flipped- revealing the Seven of Diamonds.
"Impossible," Kyoya muttered.
"Ah, so I stumped you," Sena cheered.
"As much as I hate to admit it," Kyoya growled, "you did….congratulations."
****

When Sena entered the horridly bright room, she winced as she was tackled by Hunny.

"Sena-chan! We heard all about you stumping Kyoya-kun!"

Sena smiled to herself- Hunny reminded her of a little, hyper kid. It was cute.
"Yep," she said happily. The twins laughed,
"First the secretary and now our own Kyoya! You sure are something!"

Tamaki hugged Sena tightly,
"Oh, my daughter! You must be the best magician ever to stump Mommy!"

Kyoya glared. Sena looked at him a raised eyebrow,
"Mommy?"

"Tamaki has views the host club as his family- with himself as the father and even Haruhi as his daughter."
"And you're the mother," Sean said amused.

"Unluckily."
That's it. Mr. Glare is now Mommy-dearest. Sena chuckled to herself.
"Wait," the twins said nervously, "Haruhi's Tamaki's son…not daughter…"
They nervously chuckled. Sena rolled her eyes,
"Come on you don't think I really believe that, do you? First of all, I am a magician. Which means I can easily see through illusions. Second and last of all…Haruhi lives next door to me," Sena said, "So yeah- I know she's a chick and I even met her father."
Sena shivered slightly and Haruhi chuckled. Tamaki hugged Sena,
"You live next to our darling little Haruhi! We must visit you sometime!"
"How about…no," Sena pushed Tamaki off of her, "I don't let hookers into my apartment."

With that, Tamaki was sent straight to his corner to sulk.
"Mommy," he cried, "tell her to stop calling us hookers!"

Kyoya pushed up his glasses,
"Need I remind you that as you being paid by us, that makes you a…hooker…as well."

Sena's smile dropped,

"Dang it," she mumbled and pouted.
"You look so cute when you pout Sena-chan," Hunny said as he hugged her again.

Sena couldn't help but smile.

"As you are employed by the host club," Kyoya informed, "You must participate in any and all host club activities as well as dress in cosplay."

Sena cheered,
"Cosplay? AWESOME!"
Sena:

I sat at the couch dressed in the cosplay. I didn't like that they were cosplaying like an American circus- mostly because of the cosplay I had to wear. The twins were matching clowns- their faces painted pure white with little red dots for dimples, and their noses were painted red. Even their orange hair was spiked up. They had on the most ridicules costume outfit (but again, I would happily trade with them since I liked the costumes if ever so slightly). Their pants were purple with random colored polka dots everywhere and they didn't wear shirts- instead just a vest that matched the pants. Okay, I would wear it instead of the costume they had me in if it had a shirt anyway.

Hunny was on slits. They weren't tall stilts- if they were I would imagine that he would fall. They were just tall enough that it made him as tall as most of their clients (which was shorter than Mori and about my height). He had on long purple pants over the stilts and a black shirt that was cross-checkered with purple lines. He even had on a little black and purple hat. I wasn't surprised that Mori was the strongman. He had on a leopard print leotard that went over one shoulder and a black belt around his waist. He even on a fake moustache. Kyoya was the one I was secretly laughing at- if only because as the 'juggler' he did have to juggle (something we didn't know he could do). He had on black pants and a black vest. On his table with him was several pins. He was kind of good actually. Haruhi was a clown- like the twins which gave them an 'access pass' to annoy Haruhi to Tamaki's anger. She had on dark blue pants with light blue stripes and a dark blue shirt with light blue overalls. Her face, like the twins, was painted well. Tamaki, obviously, was the Ringmaster. He had on black pants tucked into red boots, a white dress shirt, an opened red jacket with black cuffs, and a red bowtie. He even had a red top hat.

I had on a more…revealing costume as the magician. The whole get-up reminded me of Zatana. The black pants was more like underwear which barely my butt. I had a white dress shirt that was low-cut and a bit revealing up top and a black tailcoat jacket. I had my own black top hat, black fishnet stockings, and black heels. It was a bit similar to my outfit that I preformed in before- just a more revealing version of it.
"Why do I have to wear this," I whined.

"As an entertainer, you are also a part of the host club and therefore you can get male clients."
"What," I screeched, "That wasn't part of the deal!"
"It is now."
I glared at him and then huffed. I'll get him back later.
"Besides," he continued, "it is part of the cosplay afterall."

I stuck out my tongue at him.

"So are you a host, Sena-chan?"
"What are you dressed as?"
"Can you do any actual magic tricks?"
"What are you doing here?"
I felt my head throb from all the questions, but it didn't bother me. I smiled,
"I'm not really a host, ladies. See, Kyoya had hired me as a host club entertainer- I'm a magician. Which is wonderful since I'm dressed as a circus magician."

I bowed and they squealed,

"Does that mean you can do magic tricks?"

I smiled brightly,
"Of course I can!"
I rolled up the sleeves of the jacket to my elbow and reached behind the ear of one of the girls, pulling out a bouquet of flowers. She cheered,
"That's so wonderful!"

"How do you do it?"
I handed the flowers to the girl,
"Those are a gift," I winked, "and it's my signature trick!"
"But how do you do it," one of them continued to question. I tsk'ed,

"As beautiful as you ladies may be, you know a magician never reveals her secrets!"

"Can you do another trick," one girl asked me. I smiled, knowing just which one I would do.
"Of course," I looked to Kyoya, "Kyoya the wonderful juggler! Would you like to assist me?"

He scowled but then smiled,

"Of course."
He walked over and a few of his guests followed him curiously. I pulled out a deck of cards- brand new.

"Kyoya, these are new cards, correct? The plastic is still on them?"
"Indeed."
"Good now," I took off the plastic wrapping and pointed to the paper seal, "that is an unbroken seal, correct?"
"Indeed."

"Good, can you hold out your hands please?"

He did as instructed and I put the cards into his hand,
"Now we all know these cards are untouched by human hands…until now anyway. But Kyoya, if you could please hand me the premium cards and the jokers?"

Without messing up the order of the cards, he handed me the cards. I showed them to everyone (as by now, the rest of the hosts and their clients were watching) and then put them in my pocket,

"Please show everyone what I starter deck looks like," he held them up, the faces of the cards pointing towards everyone, "as you can see, there's all the signs, in order."
I took the cards from Kyoya, not messing up the order and had them faced down as I held them out,
"Kyoya, please pick one of the cards."

He took out one card and I jokingly said,
"It's okay- you can show me, I've seen this trick before," I winked and as I planned- the ladies chuckled. He did show me the card though.
"Please sign the card."
He took out a pen and signed his card (the six of clovers) and as I then instructed, he placed the card into the deck. I handed him the deck,
"Now please, could you shuffle those- rather well, if you can."

He did and then as I asked again, he had the deck of cards face down in his palm. My hand was on top of the deck and then on my hand was his hand.

"Now, I think it would be kind of cool if I randomly pull out a card, and it ends up being yours, right?"
He nodded slowly and I continued,
"But I think it would be cooler if, without looking and from here, I grabbed your card and faced it up- making it stand out against the others."

He nodded and I still continued,
"But what would your reaction be, if I not only faced your card up, but the whole deck was back inside the box, with the wrapper on it, and the seal undone?"
"Impossible," he answered. I smiled and then took my hand out,
"If you may-"

He removed his hand and everyone's eyes widened. The deck in his hands was indeed- a new deck- inside the box, inside the wrapper and even the paper seal unbroken.
"Now, what if we take this new deck out," I unwrapped it and pointed it to the seal, "and the seal's unbroken, right?"

He nodded and then I opened the deck,
"If you will…"
He held out his hands and I gave him the cards,
"Now you notice that there's no jokers or any premiums, correct?"
"Indeed."
"Please show the deck to everyone."
Everyone watched as he showed the face of the cards to everyone- revealing them in the starter deck order with one card facing the opposite direction. It was right between the five and seven of clovers. I flipped the card carefully, revealing it to be the six of clovers- with Kyoya's signature. They cheered and I bowed.

"You're a great magician, Sena-chan," Hunny said cutely. I smiled,
"Thanks, Hunny!"
"You know a lot of magic tricks don't you. Sena-chan?"
I winked,
"That's what makes me a magician, isn't it?"

Either way- it's not time for me to high-tail it out of here. I'm out of costume anyway.
"So…See ya," I waved and then ran out before someone could drag me back in- as Haruhi told me that it did happen before. The twins ran up to me and dragged me back, so close.
"We still have to get you a type," the twins tsk'ed.

"Do I have to," I whined, "Oh! Can I be the Get-Out-Of-Here type! Or that I-would-rather-be-anywhere-else?"

Kyoya sighed,
"Do I need to remind you that employed by the host club you must give us a good reputation by acting cheerful and happy. That includes when you are here and when you are not."
I pouted, but cheered up when I was offered some cake by Haruhi. I hugged her,

"You're a life-saver!"

I quickly ate the whole, freaking cake. Hunny stared at me with wide eyes,
"Wow you eat as much cake as I do! You sure do like it, don't you Sena-chan?"

I winked,

"Well yeah- I mean, that's what makes me so sweet!"

Then the ground started to shake, but no one seemed too concerned. Do I need to scream for them to notice there's a freaking earthquake! Then it stopped as a stage-like platform raised up from the floor with a girl. I think that the twins called her Renge.

"YOU NEED A TYPE," she declared loudly, "You would be perfect as the Magical Type!"

I smiled,
"That's perfect!"

Even if it's lacking the creative flare. I giggled.

After school, I made my way to the clothes shop to carefully pick out a few clothes. I had made a quick stop to Ikuo and talked to him briefly before I continued with my journey to the clothing shop. I heard the bell chime as I went in. I smiled at the cashier and quickly picked out some things.

"Are these for your mother," the lady at the cash register asked sweetly. I smiled,
"Actually, an old friend," I giggled, "and I am sure she'll love them!"
"I'm sure she will," the lady agreed. She wrapped the clothes up like I asked. I paid the lady and went outside in search of Mazu. I felt a bit sad since I had forgotten to do it the other day.

Still, when I found the corner (quite a distance away and deep into a part of the messier side of the neighborhood)- I didn't see Mazu.

"Hello, Sena-chan."

I turned to see Tetsuya. I smiled,
"Hello, Tetsuya-kun! What are you doing here?"

I made a gesture to the run-down alley. He smiled,
"I could ask you the same thing. It's not safe here."

My eyes looked at the ground momentarily. I know. I used to live here. Living on the streets for about two years…Yeah, I know exactly how dangerous this place can be. It's the run-down part of the neighborhood for a reason. I forced a smile and then soon enough- the smile came naturally.

"I knew someone here…She was very kind and I wished to give her a small gift."
He nodded with a smile,

"That's very kind of you. The only people I know of that are in this section though are beggars, runaways, and criminals."

He narrowed his eyes slightly,
"Which is why it's unsafe for you. This is a bad neighborhood and it's getting late. Please, let me walk you home."
I felt oddly touched by his gesture and I smiled,

"Okay…just one second, please."

I looked in the alley and saw a box- the same box which I knew that Mazu lived in. I recognized the old worn down and torn blanket- which was very thin- in the box. I made one last glance around- and I spotted Mazu heading this way. I smiled to myself and put the gift in the box- hidden slightly under the blanket. Then, I was on my way woth Tetsuya.

"Thanks," I giggled when we reached my apartment, "You didn't have to walk me all the way here."
"It was my pleasure," Tetsuya said politely. I smiled to myself,
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow…though are you sure you'll be okay? You said it yourself, it's pretty late."

"I'll be fine," Tetsuya assured me, still as he left I muttered a good luck charm under my breath. I watched as small green sparkles that shined touched Tetsuya and then disappeared. The sparkles are invisible to everyone but the caster, thankfully. After all, as a magician, I kept to the code of honesty and therefore- didn't use my magic with my magic tricks…most of the time. Only about .1% of the time did I actually use magic in my magic tricks. I never used my magic for money or anything like that. It was morally wrong.

Either way, I was weary of using it. Magic was still magic. It was real. It was mine…and there are very few people that I know that I would be okay with them knowing.

Third Person (a bit earlier):

Mazu headed to her box. As she walked there she thought she saw a glimpse of blue hair run by. She only wished so. That strange magician girl, Sena, was sure a delight to know. Even if their encounter was brief. A part of Miza wished that they were meet again. Another part of her wished that they didn't. She didn't know if she could face Sena. Sena was kind enough to give her that small amount of money, yet with how much Sena made, Mazu was sure that the money was almost all that Sena even had. Either way, the money was robbed off of her from a couple of criminals. Mazu sniffled, some people in the world are so cold-hearted as to rob a poor old woman.

She reached her box and removed her blanket- which wasn't much of a blanket anymore. Her eyes widened as a neatly wrapped box fell from it. She picked up the cutely gift-wrapped box. She opened it up. It was clothes- very nice clothes that would defiantly keep Mazu warm. There was a nice shawl, a small pillow, and a new blanket. The blanket was somewhat large but defiantly warmer than her current blanket. Who..? She looked at the bottom of the box, where there was a note.

Dear Mizu,
I'm sorry I haven't been around lately. I really miss your company. I got offered a small performing job- which I used some of the money to get these for you. I know it's not much, but I hope you like it. I talked to my friend, Ikuo. He owns the bookshop a bit of ways down called Ikuo's bookshop. We made an agreement, so anytime you want, hr said you're welcomed there. He has a small soup business inside- if you ask, I'm sure he'll give you some free soup. If not, tell him that I told him to and I'll pay him back later :)

I wish you the best. In about a month, I should be back. Until then, please stay safe.
~Sena

After reading the note, Mazu's eyes slightly watered and she smiled, Sena is certainly a very good girl indeed.