Chapter 8 : Troubles

Kate's p.o.v.

I danced to the music, my hands up in the air, flashing lights bouncing around, and disco lights flashing. I loved this feeling, I felt so free, so alive. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around. Kaoru. "Can I dance with you?" I smile and nod. "Sure!" and we danced to the beat. After a while he asked hesitantly, "Do you know which one I am?". "Kaoru." I say, continuing to dance. He looked at me in confusion, while I twirled around and smiled at him. "How'd you-" and then there was a crash.

A few girls screamed, and people moved away from a window. Turning my head around, I look over heads to see what happened. I sigh before face-palming. In the middle stood a man with a bloody face, and Tia charging at him, before he took her arm and flung her to the wall on the left. There was a cracking sound, and the wall had cracked, Tia slid down the wall and grabbed her arm which had dried blood all over. What happened?!

"Excuse me" I say to Kaoru, pushing through the crowd. The window was shattered from where the man had crashed through, and pieces were scattered around. I tried to get near Tia as soon as possible, but there were so many people panicking. Damn it. The man took out a pistol and shot at her, while she jumped and dodged, doing handstands and sprints, nearing the man. When the man had shot the bullets, everyone screamed, and ran towards the door.

People were pushing and shoving, and before I knew it, I was pushed onto the ground from the stampede before a loud voice rang over the crowd. "Everyone, please stay calm!" on a chair stood Tamaki, shouting over the crowd. The fight with Tia and the man was still ongoing behind. "Please let us hosts escort you all out! Kyoya's family's private police force will too! Please stay calm!" he assured, with worry. I turned around to look behind me as Tia and that man fought. She twisted his arm, and flung him onto the ground with a loud thump, she placed her hand over his neck and began squeezing before he kicked at her stomach, sending her flying off a few feet away. She screamed in pain and clutched at her belly before charging at him again, he shot at her and she dodged, kicking his pistol in the air, catching it, and holding him at gunpoint.

In the corner of my eye, I can see men in black gear and headgear ushering guests out, while the hosts tried to assure them all, and escorted them out. Haruhi, in her crutches, walked outside, while Houshakuji-san and Kanako-san were getting people outside, and soon left too. I stood there and crossed my arms at the fight. So, we have a lead. Honey and Mori went to go assist Tia. "Stop." I say looking at the both of them. "It's better you let her handle it for now, you and the hosts need to ensure the customers' safety."

"But Kate-chan, you need to go outside too! It's not safe!" Honey cried. Unlike Tia I was not easily swayed. "I'll be fine, you need to worry more about your guests." I smile. "Now go!" I say urgently, shooing all the hosts out. I got Honey, Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki out, but Kyoya and Mori were still there. Great. I thought I'd be able to cover for what happened, but these two seem to be the more suspicious ones in the club.

"You two need to go too." I tell them. "We can't leave a lady behind like that." said Kyoya. "You are a guest too." This'll be harder than I thought. "Also, why is she here, and nearly a bloody mess?" he asked. "How should I know?" I say, uncrossing my arms. He shrugged. He turned and walked away. "When this is over, tell her to come on monday after the host club ends. We'll all have a brief meeting. 30 minutes after the host club ends." and he walked outside. Mori followed after him before looking back at me. "She'll be fine. Just worry about your guests." He nodded and walked outside.

When I look back at the fight, Tia had already had him cornered, before he punched her in the side, and she twisted his arm, and a loud crack echoed out. He screamed in pain, before he grabbed hold of Tia's arm and cracked it, resulting in her letting go. "TIA!" I yell, running over. The man had already jumped up towards the window, jumped down and ran off. I ran to the window before seeing he was nowhere to be seen.

Making a sound of annoyance I rush over to Tia to check her condition. She was sitting down right now, her back against the wall. "Are you hurt anywhere?" I ask. She looked over to her bleeding arm and nodded at it. I sigh and take out the small first aid kit I had hidden in my dress. There was a pocket inside. I bandage her arm, before tending to the minor injuries on her (scratches, cuts, etc.) "Tia, what happened?!" I yell in frustration. Damn this girl, what the hell?

I tell her not to cause trouble and this happens. Great. "Tia, answer me!" I yell. "That guy... was trying to kill Tamaki..." she breathes out. "I found him up on the tree, and he was cursing at how Tamaki kept moving around... good thing Tamaki was moving around, or else, he could have been shot..." I sigh in relief calming down a bit. The host club will be more suspicious of us, they'll be angry, the guests'll be angry too, but I guess the outcome was for the better.

"I see. But why did you decide to break the window and cause trouble?! UNBELIEVABLE! You KNEW what you were supposed to do! AND NOW THEY'LL GET SUSPICIOUS!" I yell. "And thanks to you, the guests could be angry, they hosts will be suspicious, and we're having a meeting with them tomorrow! DO YOU FUCKING KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?! WE WERE ONE STEP, ONE STEP, FROM GETTING DEMOTED! WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH THIS SO EASILY! NOW WHAT?! UGH, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" I yell at her, my hands on her shoulders and shaking her back and forth in a crazed manner. "Do you know what you caused?! Why did I even decide to work with you?!"

After that, I was pretty much laying in a puddle of my own tears. Great. JUST GREAT.

Monday...

"Let's go over the expenses," said Kyoya "The broken wall, the broken window, the damaged floor, and the destroyed paintings on the wall amount to about... 16 million yen."

Tia blinked twice. "EHHHHHHH?! WHAT?! I OWE YOU WHAT?! NO NO NO NO, YOU'RE JOKING, YOU'RE JOKING!"

Kyoya simply stayed calm. "I am not joking."

My eyes were widened, and my mouth was open in shock. Tia's mouth hung all the way down. We continued gawking at them.

"NOOOOOO WAYYYYYYY! I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY!"

A/N : Hello! I'm back from my vacation! I hope you enjoyed this story so far, and thank you for reading!

Review responses :

Guest : Lol, I'm a fan of Nekozawa too! I don't get why the host club is scared of him though... Thanks for the review!