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"The commotion last night sure got everyone on edge, didn't it?" Kaoru said with no real concern as he and his other half observed the paranoid behavior of the others, mostly females, in the lunch area.

"Hm." Was the answer he received from Hikaru, more interested in the arriving Haruhi.

"This is your fault you know," she said sitting next to Hikaru. "You're little joke has everyone worried."

"I wasn't a joke." Both twins defended in unison. "Something was really after us."

"...Rea-lly?" Haruhi wasn't convinced. "Then what did it look like?"

"Hmm..." The twins paused for thought.

"Well...It was dark but the thing was this tall," Kaoru lifted his hand above the ground to his waist.

"With green eyes."

"And pointy ears."

"It was a cat." Haruhi stated simply. "Just like Kyoya-senpai said."

"No way!" The twins shook their heads.

"You guys got spooked by a cat." Haruhi said. "End of discussion. It was dark and we were all tired, your eyes were playing tricks."

The twins looked at each other but said nothing, only shrugged. They know what they saw and, as far as they could tell, people should be on guard.

"Anyway," she continued. "Have you two noticed something weird going on with the others?"

"Weird?" Kaoru cocked his head.

"Like how?" Hikaru finished.

"Weird as in Tamaki-senpai, Kyoya-senpai and even Honey-senpai seem, I don't know, distant...?"

"No. Not really." They replied flatly and Haruhi sweat dropped. She should have known better than to ask them.

She gave up and settled for lunch instead. Reaching for her glass, while her eyes were more focused on her plate, was not the smartest thing to do. This she realized when her glass tipped, fell and shattered on the floor.

"Nice one..." Hikaru grunted.

"I'll clean it," Haruhi said before Kaoru stood up. "We have a mop upstairs, right?"

Without waiting for an answer Haruhi took off.

She felt eyes follow her as she made her way through the lunch area and down a hallway to the stairs that lead to the abandoned music room. It occurred to her that there was probably another room that was closer and had a mop only when she finally reached for the doorknob. She was about to pull it open quickly and with no second thought when she heard a voice she's never heard before.

"-For the best," it said. The voice was rather harsh and made Haruhi freeze.

"For the best?" Another a voice shouted. It seemed like it wasn't used to being used in such negative tones, but rather sarcasm. "This keeps happening to us! We can't keep dragging people into our business!"

The first voice didn't seem to acknowledge the second. "So, you don't mind? Not at all?" Then a voice Haruhi certainly didn't expect chimed in.

"Certainly not!" When Haruhi heard Tamaki's voice her grip on the doorknob loosened. He was up to his charity work again. Nothing to worry about. She shook her head, feeling foolish about the anxious fist that kept punching her gut, and walked in the room. And there she stood for a good two minutes, staring at the unusual group that stared back. Some weird blue cat had its mouth open and looked like it was accusing the just as weird red cat about something with its gloved hand pointed at its face.

There was a yellow cat with two tails (she counted, and recounted, and recounted...yep, two!) Sitting on a couch next to Honey who was sharing some cake with it. She felt her face twitch. Haruhi rubbed her eyes. She must've been really tired. Oh yeah. Definitely too tired. I must still be sleeping...and with that thought, she turned around and closed the door, not even noticing Tamaki's surprise and Kyoya's indifference. She blinked a few times at the door to Music Room Three, debated with herself and decided against opening the door again. Instead, she turned around and walked calmly back to her lunch. When she sat down, taking her seat next to Hikaru, she had totally forgotten about her spill that didn't seem to be there anymore.

"I tried to tell you," Kaoru explained. "You don't need to clean up after yourself."

"You're such a commoner," Hikaru teased, jabbing her ribs with his elbow. "You never learn."

Haruhi blinked at her plate, realizing she wasn't very hungry and looked at the twins. "I believe you."

"Oh, you do?" They chimed together. "The why do you keep getting up every time you make a mess?"

"No..." Haruhi interrupted them quietly. "That cat. The cat you saw. The cat that chased you."

"Ohhh." The twins looked at each other then back at Haruhi. "What about it?"

"It can talk."

The twins blinked at her. "We never said that," they replied, confused.

"And there are more." She glanced back at her plate. "A few more."

"Did you hit your head somewhere?" Hikaru chuckled and gave her a noogie, and Kaoru laughed.

"Oh boy, Haruhi, lack of sleep does not suit you well at all."

Haruhi shook her head, pinching Hikaru's hand, still staring at her plate. "Yeah. You're probably right."

"But a least you believe us," Kaoru beamed.

"She seems loony," Hikaru stated, cradling his hand.

"So do you," his brother chimed, taking a bite of his food. And with that, Haruhi believed their conversation had strayed, and bringing up the cats again would be pointless. She noted she would definitely ask Tamaki about them. He was never really a good secret keeper...

As it turned out, Tamaki found her first, just as she walked out of her last class that afternoon. Throughout the day she had managed to push the Technicolor cat creatures to the back of her mind. That was until she laid eyes on Tamaki's guilty expression.

"I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess you probably want some answers..." Tamaki figured as he walked next to Haruhi, who turned to look at him without breaking pace.

"Not really," she shrugged. She had come to a sort of conclusion after lunch about what she had seen. "I was just a little surprised is all. Being, as you say, a commoner I don't really get to see toys that look like odd-colored cats with the ability to talk, But I'll admit it's pretty cool, useless...but cool."

Tamaki looked at her. "Wait..." He took a second to recap. "You think-"

"-I'm some sorta toy?"

Haruhi stopped, hesitated and reluctantly forced her head to look over to the other side of Tamaki.

Yep. There was again. The blue cat.

Quickly looking around to see if anyone else was seeing this, and of course for the first time in Ouran High history the hallway was empty, Haruhi looked at Tamaki, now focused on the blue thing.

"What are you doing here?" He demanded it. "I told you to stay with Kyoya!"

"And I heard you," the blue cat replied (Haruhi wasn't sure, but did it have some sort of attitude? Did computer-programmed toys do that?). "Then I got bored and wanted to follow you." It shrugged (they do that too?). "What's up with the recap?"

"What if someone saw you?" Tamaki gasped at the thought. "That could lead to the downfall of Ouran High, or worst, The Host Club! Imagine it! Word gets loose Ouran High has had an outbreak of giant animals that look like they've come straight though a rainbow and people from all over the world come to try and steal your genetics, or whatever people would steal from mutant animals! Then-" Tamaki continued on for a while in one of his most dramatic monologues yet until his "toy" looked up at Haruhi..

"Does he do that alot?" It asked, jabbing a thumb at "The King".

"More than you-" Haruhi cut off as she remembered just what it was she was talking to. She looked down at it, and received a blank look back, then noticed something that made her heart skip a beat

The thing followed her gazed and smirked.

"Yeah...That happened last night." It gestured to the nick on it's arm, not deep enough to do any real harm but enough so it bled a little. "I was walking on, or rather in, that rose maze you got out back when I got spooked by two of your friends." The creature frowned slightly. "Or maybe it was one holding some kinda mirror..."

Haruhi didn't hear this last part. Or, she did, but it failed to register as her brain screamed one of the basic rules of biology: only living things could bleed.

"But...That means..." Haruhi's voice sounded small even to her as she looked at the creature before her.

It was then all communication between her brain and limbs shut down and the empty hall went black. When she came to, only a few minutes later, she found herself back in Music Room 3. She was sprawled on the couch and it took her only a second to remember what had happened.

Mostly because that 'rainbow of cats', as Tamaki had put it, were sitting right across from her.

"Someone please tell me I'm dreaming..." she groaned, sitting up cautiously.

"Unfortunately, lying is unbecoming of a proper host." Kyoya stated simply from behind Haruhi, along with the other hosts. "So you'll just to face the truth for now."

Haruhi was just about to reply to this when something small and extremely sweet smelling wrapped itself around her.

"Haru-chan!" Honey tightened his grip (a sudden grunt from Tamaki suggested he had been beaten to Honey's action). "You're okay!"

"I'm fine, Honey-senpai." Haruhi assured with a smile, a smile that lessened when she looked over at the other couch. "At least I think I am."

"Oh, come off it. You're perfectly fine," the blue creature stated. "And that means, I did nothing wrong." It smiled smugly at the red creature which rolled its purple eyes.

Honey loosened his clinging grip on Haruhi to turn and face the strange things. Haruhi still wouldn't allow her mind to absorb the fact that they were real...like, really real.

"Haruhi, you've met Sonic," Tamaki gestured to the blue one. It gave a thumbs up and winked, which Haruhi found strange because it only had one eye.

"Knuckles," Kyoya pointed his pen at the red one who didn't seem to notice or care that its name was just said. It sat on the edge of the couch, its skinny arms crossed tightly against its chest. Its eyes looked constantly angry as they glared out a window behind Haruhi.

"And this is Tails, Haru-chan!" Honey jumped from beside Haruhi and glomped the yellow one. He began petting its tails lovingly and laughed openly as they twitched and tickled his face.

Haruhi looked from the couch to the rest of the club. They were all smiling at her, looking expectant. Was she supposed to say something? She cleared her throat to buy her sometime then put on her best host smile and said robotically, "It's nice to meet you."

"You too," the yellow one said simply with a smile. Haruhi couldn't help but look at its tails.

"Yeah, yeah. As long as you don't pass out again." The blue one, Sonic, jumped off the couch and stretched its arms upwards. Haruhi glanced at the one they called Knuckles and eyed its namesakes. They looked like they were used to hitting hard surfaces and Haruhi's eyes wandered back to it face. It was staring her down with its hard eyes and she found it difficult to look away. Not because she was afraid (even though deep down she knew she kind of was) but because she felt it as a challenge. Their stare down seemed to last hours without anyone else noticing. Haruhi was just about to look away awkwardly until Knuckles closed its eyes and turned its face away.

"Are we finished here?" It asked, and Haruhi sighed, thankful to be free from its gaze.

"Why? Got somewhere to be, Knucklehead?" Sonic asked, crossing its arms and facing Knuckles. Haruhi saw Tails roll its eyes as Honey continued messing with his fur.

"Unlike some people, or hedgehogs, I know, I have things to do."

Hedgehog? Haruhi echoed in her head, glancing towards Sonic. I'm expected to believe it's...He's a hedgehog?

"Oh, but you expect me to stay cooped up in here all day?" And the hedgehog, Sonic, waved his arms impatiently.

"I can't expect anything from you, Sonic. I know that much by now."

Kyoya was taking notes yet again still standing behind the couch Haruhi was sitting on. "Senpai?" She asked. Kyoya continued writing, but Haruhi continued. "Have you told Kaoru and Hikaru yet?"

Kyoya kept writing for a bit, so Haruhi thought he ignored her question. Then he suddenly closed his notebook. "Not quite. We can handle one collapse at a time, thank you." He smiled his small smile and gazed at Tamaki who was trying to separate Sonic and Knuckles until Mori interrupted and picked them up at the scuff of their necks. They flailed their limbs as they hung in the air, and Honey laughed up at them. At least, Haruhi thought he was until she looked above Mori's head and saw Tails hovering there.

She eyed him skeptically, watching his tails twirl viciously behind him. He seemed to noticed Honey's outstretched arms and hovered down to him, grabbed his hands and flew his off the floor. Honey giggled explosively as Tails carried him around the room. Haruhi couldn't help but smile at the scene before her.

It's too much to ask for normalcy, I guess...

Aloud she asked: "So...What are we going to do...about them?" Haruhi gestured to their unique guests. "Somehow I don't think people are too use to seeing giant talking animals wander the halls of our school." She directed this part at Sonic, still in Mori's grasp, who just shrugged best he could.

"How was I supposed to know that?" The hedgehog defended then half-turned to look at Mori. "Mind putting us down, big guy?"

Mori grunted, then complied placing both Sonic and Knuckles neatly on the ground.

"We're trying to figure that out now," Tamaki said, answering Haruhi's early question. "So far we only know they can't stay in here all the time, it would jeopardize the well-being of the Host Club."

"Host Club?" Tails echoed just as his last lap ended and he placed Honey on the ground and settled for standing next to him.

"It's our own little creation," Kyoya said with no real enthusiasm.

"It was all my idea!" Tamaki stated proudly.

"And that's reason enough not to go into detail," Haruhi muttered.

Before Tamaki could protest a sudden knock on the door alerted everyone to the time. They were supposed to open for business ten whole minutes ago.

"We're late!" Tamaki practically screamed. "For the first time in Host Club history, we're late! We haven't even changed yet! Or set up! Kyoya!" He rushed over and grabbed the club's walking bank. "What are we going to do?"

"Calm down." Kyoya said coolly. "All eight of us can set up in a mere matter of minutes." He looked at their three guests through his glasses, glared by the light above. "No doubt they feel obligated to assist us."

Said guests looked at each other and shrugged (except Knuckles who just grunted in a way that said he would help but would refuse to enjoy it).

"What do you want us to do?" Tails questioned.

Tamaki quickly pointed to the door opposite to where Honey stood. It lead to the storage room.

"The stuff in there needs to get out here," he explained rather poorly then elaborated when he received odd looks. "Everyday we try to have a different sense of atmosphere right here in this room to keep our female masses entertained in a variety of ways. All of them successful. It just so happens today's theme is 'Tropical Paradise', a favorite if I do say so myself-"

"Blah, blah, blah." Sonic interrupted impatiently. "So you want this place to look like some beach without the water?"

"Basically." Kyoya said.

"Then why didn't you just say so?" The hedgehog winked. "We'll get this place ready while you guys do what it is you need get done."

That said, the members of the host club left to change, a task that took all of ten minutes. Now usually it took three times that amount of that time for the seven main members of the club to set up, even after setting up bits and pieces the night before. So it was no wonder that each of their jaws hit the floor the second they returned to a perfectly assembled paradise (minus the water).

"Wha...But-I..." Tamaki failed to make words.

"That was fast!" Honey said in awe as he eyed everything from the palm trees to the sand beneath his sandals. "How'd you do it?"

Sonic wagged a finger. "Good magicians never reveal their tricks."

"I wish we had some of this so-called magic a while back," Haruhi thought back to all the hours they had spent setting up in the past just to tear their work apart a few hours later and what a pain it always was. Then something occurred to her. "Wait a second, how are we going to hide these three from our hundred and one customers?"

"Already taken care of Haruhi, my dear!" Tamaki informed with a twinkle in his natural host eyes that suggested nothing but mischief.

Twenty seconds later three certain animals found themselves shoved and locked in a nearby closet.

"It's dark in here..." Sonic said, after a long silence mostly because he didn't enjoy it.

"Really?" Knuckles glared at the hedgehog, or at least in the general direction of his voice. "I couldn't tell."

"Do I detect a hint of sarcasm there, Knucklehead?" Sonic asked, not really expecting a reply.

"Just get us out of here, Sonic." The echidna said shortly. The hedgehog was the closest to the door, the echidna was just the opposite.

"Love to. Except I can't." Hearing the echidna shift in the dark room Sonic rushed to explain. "The door's locked."

"Who locks a closet from the outside?" Tails wondered aloud and Sonic shrugged, another unseen and therefore useless motion.

"Maybe it was a design flaw. Not that it really matters because we're not leaving 'til they let us out."

"Says who, exactly?" Something in Knuckles' tone suggested otherwise.

"Says me, Knucklehead. If they wanna keep us on a low profile I think we should let them. It's better than being seen as a threat but the rest of the population of.." Sonic paused. "Of wherever we are."

"Let me remind you us being here is your fault."

Tails sighed. There they go again, he thought. No matter where they were those two would always be at each others throats. The fox was willing to bet a tail that one would yell at the other's grave for dying before them.

"Why is everything bad that happens to you have to be my fault?"

"Because it is always your fault!"

"So? At least I actually put some adventure into your humdrum life!"

"I never asked for any adventure, thank you very much!"

"Well-!"

"Shut up!" Tails interjected the two, who stopped only because the fox had managed to whack them both using his namesakes. "In case you both forgot, we're supposed to be hiding in here, not verbally stabbing each other." When there was no rebuttal from one to the other the fox continued. "Now, I don't know about you two, but we've been here almost less than a full day but we've already found some friends that I like and I know they'll do whatever they can to help us. So is it too much to ask for you guys to get along for two measly hours?"

Realizing they had just been told off by an nine-year old fox cub, Sonic and Knuckles looked at each other before moving to opposite ends of the large closet. They couldn't argue that way after all.

Meanwhile, outside the closet, the customers of the Host Club had fallen silent trying to identify the shouting match they'd just overheard.