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Chapter 10: The Beach Pt. 1
Amelia had been scrambling on for weeks trying to get her finals dealt with. She couldn't believe how fast time was flying. She even skipped out going on a vacation with the other members to Kyoya's family's Aqua Garden. Although it might've been for the better. Apparently, they were guinea pigs to see the park's appeal to begin with. She so needed a vacation. She was burned out when she reached the club the day after finals were completed.
She went over collapsing on the floor, balling up her blazer as a pillow while Haruhi was checking her exam answers in her books. Thank God there were no customers today. Everyone was going home to wait for their summer vacation. She put her arm over her eyes, falling asleep until Hikaru jumped onto her and Kaoru stood behind her.
"Ah!" she yelped, moving her arms to her sides seeing Hikaru sitting on her waist.
"IMAI! Let's go to the beach!" they yelled.
"The beach?" Haruhi questioned.
"Yes, The Beach!" the twins replied. The twins laughed and Amelia looked down at Hikaru noticing his position with his legs on either side of her waist.
"You mind getting off?" she asked lightly. Hikaru looked down, then smirking mischievously.
"What you don't like a guy on top?" Hikaru teased. Kaoru laughed a bit.
"Hikaru you might want to do what she says. You don't want to hurt her," Kaoru smiled.
"It's fine. Little Imai should be comfortable with something like this right?" Hikaru teased.
"Last warning Hikaru," Amelia smirked. "You don't want the wolf to come out."
"Oh really? And what exactly are you going to do about it?" Hikaru beckoned, leaning down to her level, almost hovering over her.
Without warning, her arms wrapped around his neck tightly, pulling him down close to her chest where his head was trapped in her shoulder.
"Hey what are you doing?!" Hikaru yelped. Amelia got her legs out from under her, wrapping them around his waist, locking her feet. Hikaru immediately blushed. She rolled him over onto his back, her legs still wrapped around his waist as she sat on his abs, pushing him down while putting hand on his shoulder blade. Hikaru laid there on his back, his face flushed deep red as she breathed from the sudden rush.
Kaoru laughed in amusement.
"What was that for?!" Hikaru panted. Amelia smirked.
"You asked what I was going to do about it. Had to get you off somehow," Amelia grinned, winking at him as she got up brushing herself off. She put out a hand. Hikaru hesitated before grabbing it and she pulled him up.
"Where did you learn how to do that, Imai?" Kaoru asked.
"My little secret," Amelia sang, folding her arms across her chest. "So the beach, huh?"
"It's officially the end of finals!" the twins grinned taking away Haruhi's book of exam answers.
"All we have to do is wait for summer vacation!" Hikaru remarked.
"So where would you ladies like to go? Fiji? The Caribbean?" Kaoru asked.
"I don't have any money," Haruhi objected.
"I don't have enough for a vacation overseas," Amelia agreed.
"I can offer a loan with interest," Kyoya offered. The girls looked at him.
"No thanks," they replied. No way were they going to trust him giving them a loan.
"AND…" the twins chimed. "Haruhi we have this bathing suit for you to wear. The frilliness will help conceal the lack of breasts!"
The looked at Amelia and eyed her.
"Hey Amelia, you need a bathing suit too? We can find a perfect…" the twins began. Tamaki immediately stepped in hitting the twins with a bat. Amelia gasped, putting her hand over her mouth, giggling from Tamaki's sudden aggressiveness. They were just asking for it.
"Quit harassing my daughters! How could you be so rude to your sisters?!" Tamaki exclaimed.
"So does that mean no beach?" the twins asked.
"Who said we weren't going?" Tamaki questioned.
"It's set!" the twins grinned.
"I have no objections," Kyoya remarked.
And before they knew it they went home to pack up for a few days at the beach…
…
At the beach…
Unfortunately, this wasn't a customer-free vacation to the beach. Amelia regretted not attending the previous field trip to the Aqua Garden where it was just them. At least she had swim gear that covered her bikini and her rather curvy figure from the girls. She grabbed longer board shorts and a rash guard shirt that was loose enough to conceal her figure. Made her look more like a foreign surfer to her customers. She sat on her boogie board on the shore entertaining them.
"So do you like the water Imai?" one of the girls asked.
"Of course I do. I find it rather freeing. And if you believe the horoscopes I am an Aquarius after all," Amelia smirked. "I used to body surf or boogie board on the East Coast in the states."
"Have you ever thought about going to Fiji? It's absolutely wonderful!" another girl questioned.
"Now why would I want to do that when I have all that I need right here?" Amelia questioned in a low smooth tone. "Everything including a very addicting view."
The girls squealed in excitement. She grinned, getting up and running down the beach.
"Last one in's a rotten egg!" she yelled running in and diving into the waves. The girls laughed following her in.
"Could've fooled me with this trip," Hikaru groaned sitting with his brother in one of the lounge chairs with very fancy drinks in their hands. "I was so tricked."
"Wasn't thinking the girls would be here to be entertained…" Kaoru added in the same tonality.
"Now we can't force the girls in a swimsuit…" the twins whispered away from the others. "We got all worked up for nothing."
"Like I would've let you see them that way anyway," Tamaki grinned. "This is all going according to plan. Why would I let the public view my daughters in a bathing suit? I could take a walk with Haruhi when everyone's gone, in a beautiful white sundress…"
Hikaru and Kaoru sat there trying to ignore Tamaki, not allowing Tamaki's customers hear in on his fantasies. They knew his version of Haruhi was his seen through rose colored glasses. They looked over as they heard a few girls in the water screech as Amelia dove under the water pinching them or tickling them from behind. She popped up and laughed.
"Then again…that's not totally a bad idea…" they whispered to themselves. They looked back at Tamaki. "Besides why are we in Japan? And on top of that, we're at Nekozawa's private beach!"
"Are you having fun?" Nekozawa popped up behind Tamaki in his normal attire. Tamaki shrieked in terror.
"KYOYA! I thought we were going to one of your beaches!" he yelled.
"My father's client is using it. So this was a last minute request. Couldn't someone else coughed up a better beach?" Kyoya responded with a smile. The others looked at him in disbelief (Tamaki, Kaoru and Hikaru had their own private beaches in Japan…).
Amelia grabbed her boogie board as the girls came in for a break, diving back into the water and heading over to the weirdly cat-shaped rock formation where she saw Haruhi. She rode a wave back towards the shore, standing up and tossing her board in the sand. She walked over to Honey's place as he searched for seashells. She was a little disturbed by the various skeletons, swords and tombstones littering the beach. She didn't know Nekozawa long, but one thing was for sure, he was a whole separate level of creepy.
When the boys grabbed Haruhi from the rock formation, Tamaki remained sobbing in the corner with one of the girls, obviously not liking the death littered beach.
"I wanna go home," he whimpered.
"Haruhi! Imai! Do you want to collect seashells?" Honey offered. Mori shoved a collecting kit in Haruhi and Amelia's arms. Amelia laughed, taking one side of the beach with Haruhi.
"Sure," she accepted.
"There's so many!" Honey encouraged pointing out the various sea urchins, shells and clams everywhere (all over the litter of creepy skulls). Amelia avoided any of the tombstones helping Haruhi find a few scallops. Before she knew it everyone was helping Haruhi search for extra piles of shellfish.
"Hey look a Giant Crab!" Tamaki announced. "Do you like crabs?"
All of a sudden, a wiggling millipede came out from the crab's claws, causing everyone to flee in terror. Amelia rose her brows smirking as Tamaki began tearing up.
"Looks like you got a new friend, eh Tamaki?" she commented trying not to laugh.
"Get it off…" Tamaki sobbed.
"Oh you big baby," Amelia smirked grabbing the crab putting it in front of Haruhi. "Shall we deal with this?"
"How did that get there?" Haruhi questioned, grabbing the millipede, throwing it far over towards the woods. Amelia giggled shoving the crab back in Tamaki's hands.
"Nice one Haruhi," she grinned. The twins wrapped their arms around the girls.
"Let me go by a benefit of a doubt that you the kind of girls who likes bugs," Hikaru remarked. Amelia raised a brow at him.
"Who said I liked bugs. I just lived near them at Mom's house in the woods," Amelia corrected.
"And I don't like bugs," Haruhi stated flatly.
"Well couldn't you have at least put it on the grass or something?" Kaoru asked.
"I threw it towards the grass, throwing it won't kill it," Haruhi replied.
"It takes a lot more than that to kill a millipede and better to throw it out of the way than squishing it," Amelia agreed. The twins rolled their eyes.
What was worse was Amelia and Haruhi getting surrounded by the Host Club customers for their "bravery" of dealing with the bug. Well I'd never thought I'd see the day… Amelia laughed to herself.
"That's all well and good but…is there nothing that those girls aren't scared of?" the twins questioned each other. Suddenly, they grinned. They had an idea.
"Hey milord…" Hikaru sang as he and Kaoru walked up to Tamaki.
"We thought of a game, want to play?" Kaoru finished.
"It's called, Who Can Find Haruhi and Imai's Weakness?" the twins announced in a whisper. Tamaki looked at them dumbstruck.
"That's cruel! I…" Tamaki began.
"Too bad you're not confident at winning milord," Hikaru pestered.
"You have to be pretty close to them in order to find out," Kaoru added. Tamaki suddenly perked up in interest.
"The rules?" Tamaki questioned, giving in to the bait.
"The deadline is tomorrow at sunset," Hikaru informed.
"Whoever finds their weakness is the winner," Kaoru added.
"And…what's in it for the winner?" Tamaki questioned.
"How about assorted photographs of Haruhi in middle school?" Kyoya baited, showing three photographs of a younger Haruhi.
"We're on!" the three competitors said in unison. Tamaki blinked.
"Wait but if Imai's in it too then…what about her?" Tamaki questioned. Kyoya grinned even wider.
"Well I have this," Kyoya began, showing a very distinctly artistic cover of Amelia modeling on the front of an American Music Magazine the year before she came to Japan sponsoring her father's company. Make-up, hair much longer and curled and in very feminine attire. The twins gawked, jaw dropping. Tamaki turned beat red looking in between Haruhi and Amelia's female photograph display.
"Ooo pretty!" Honey grinned, Mori nodded. "We want to play too! Give us the photos!"
"Kyoya…where did you?" Tamaki began.
"When Amelia was in her performing days as well as sponsoring for her father's company. She is…a celebrity to some degree," Kyoya grinned.
In an instant the boys split up, finding ways to get Haruhi and Amelia to show their weaknesses.
…
Trap #1: Places of Horror
"Why are we going into the tunnel? Aren't you afraid of getting smacked by a rock or something?" Amelia questioned as she, Haruhi, the twins and some of the girls walked into the crazy deformed cat cave.
"Apparently Nekozawa said that this cave leads up to a public road," Hikaru grinned pointing down the dark tunnel.
"Still locals don't come around here, thinking that people cursed by Nekozawa's family are buried here," Kaoru added. "At night you can see a bloodied hand grab them and drag people into the walls."
Amelia raised her brows.
"Uh…that doesn't seem," Amelia began but a hand rested on Haruhi's shoulder causing the girls to scream. Haruhi and Amelia however are not moved at all.
"Huh? Weren't you guys listening?" Hikaru questioned annoyed.
"I saw you sneak up on her…" Amelia smirked.
"And I don't believe that stuff unless I see it," Haruhi commented. "I heard you behind me."
Failed…
Trap #2: Fear of Heights
Honey and Mori dragged up Amelia and Haruhi to the eyes of the deformed cat rock formation.
"Look guys!" Honey encouraged. Haruhi looked down.
"Wow that's pretty high. If we fell we could probably die," Haruhi remarked. Amelia rolled her eyes looking out towards the ocean.
"At least it feels nice up here and the view is pretty," Amelia commented. Honey and Mori looked at each other. "Well I'm going back down. I'll see you down on the beach."
Amelia left unfazed as Mori picked up Haruhi but no affect. Haruhi was set down, grabbing her collecting kit and walked off with Amelia.
Failed…
Trap #3: Fear of the Dark
The twins brought Haruhi and Amelia back into the cave walking behind them.
"Kind of dark in here isn't it?" the twins asked.
"Yep," Haruhi replied plainly.
"Kind of expect it in a cave," Amelia agreed.
Failed…
This went on all day. Amelia couldn't figure out why she was being dragged along to do things with Haruhi. Mori tried to stick sharp things close to them. Honey tried to shove them into a very small space but then was freaking out uncontrollably. She was getting slightly annoyed with the other members. She decided the only sane one was Haruhi, staying close to her for most of the afternoon. She couldn't see what the boys were up to that they were suddenly doing odd activities with them.
"This is pointless, we can't find anything," Hikaru groaned as he picked at the sand.
"This game is getting boring," Kaoru groaned in agreement. Tamaki was gathering bugs in a bucket. Amelia glanced back seeing the boys acting odd again.
"You think there's something in the beach air that's making them all weird today?" Amelia joked as she grabbed another scallop putting it in her bucket.
"Beats me," Haruhi replied gathering her own seashells. "I'll just be happy for the day to be over if that's the case."
Amelia rolled her eyes, looking out towards the deformed cat cave. She furrowed her brows when she saw three strange men come out of the cave.
"Haruhi," she beckoned, nudging her and pointing at the cave. Haruhi looked up, noticing the men too.
"Those guys weren't here before," Haruhi mentioned. Amelia noticed them grab one of the girls. She gasped, dropping her bucket and running.
"Come on!" she yelled running up to the scene with Haruhi close behind.
"Right behind you!" Haruhi yelled back as they ran to the group.
Amelia was running so fast she felt everything slow down. It was like she could see everything around her.
"Hey honey, let's party," the leader grinned, grabbing one of the girl's arms. Haruhi threw her shellfish at him, causing the urchins to stick to him like glue. He yelped letting go of the girl.
"Let them go please!" Haruhi ordered bluntly. "These girls don't want to hang out with you."
"Or what?" a second guy questioned.
"Girls go! Now!" she growled. The girls ran for it back to the other members leaving Amelia and Haruhi alone with them. "We'll handle this."
"You're being a nuisance," Haruhi stated bluntly.
"You brats!" the leader growled, rubbing off the urchins. They surrounded Amelia and Haruhi.
"TAMAKI!" one of the girls screamed. "Haruhi!"
"Imai's up there too!" another cried. "They're taking on three guys!"
The twins and Tamaki looked up in a protective stare.
One grabbed Haruhi from behind dragging her to the ledge. Amelia growled, running up to grab her. The third guy grabbed her rash guard shirt pulling her back tightly, tearing the fabric. Amelia growled, elbowing him in the stomach but his grip was still tight. His pulling ripped the shirt further, revealing her a bit of her bikini top underneath. After another hit, he finally letting go. She ran for Haruhi.
But it was too late.
Haruhi was already punched across the face, and tossed over the ledge. Amelia slid to a stop as Haruhi fell.
"Haruhi!" she screamed. She was shocked to see Tamaki run pass her in a flash, diving in after Haruhi. The leader turned around noticing the rash guard shirt ripped, and showing part of her bikini top. A girl was in their midst. A smirk carved his lips, eying her.
"Oh you're a feisty one," he grinned. "Looks like we might have a party after all eh boys?"
He reached out to grab her but she reached out, twisting his arm and locked his elbow. It forced him into an arm bar.
"Ow!" he growled. The guy who held Haruhi ran up tearing her off of their leader. He pulled her towards him an arm around her shoulders and the other pinning her arms behind her back.
"Got her boss," the second guy grinned.
"Oh you're so going to pay for that brat," the leader growled marching up to her. She felt his hands onto her waist, as the other guy put his hand around her mouth. Amelia struggled, closing her eyes, she was waiting for the worst.
"GET YOUR FILTHY PAWS OFF HER!" the twins growled angrily. Amelia opened her eyes suddenly seeing the twins attack the two men in front of her. The guy holding her was bewildered, then flinched when Mori's foot came in contact with the middle of his back. Honey's foot came in contact with the guy's head, knocking him over. Amelia him release her as she stood there, shaking. She watched the twins beat the other two to a pulp. What was happening?
Her legs started to shake uncontrollably. She couldn't tell if she felt afraid or was shaking from the adrenaline. She felt a hand rest onto her shoulder. She glanced seeing Kyoya.
"Hikaru, Kaoru, take their ID cards from them and give them to me. I think they've taken enough beating from you two for one day," Kyoya ordered. The twins stopped, growling at the men before confiscating their IDs. Kyoya grabbed them from the twins and glared at the three of the men.
"I suggest you let me hold onto these while you very quickly go home," Kyoya ordered lowly. Just the look of his glare set the strangers off and they crawled back into the cave. Kyoya glanced down at Amelia noticing a large tear in her rash guard shirt. She swallowed looking between them. The tension was too much that she headed down to the beach, clutching her ripped shirt. She avoided the girls going into her beach bag, pulling out a zip up sweatshirt, covering up immediately.
She saw Haruhi being carried out of the ocean by Tamaki. He handed over to Mori with a towel wrapping around her.
Amelia hugged her stomach, walking up to Tamaki and the others. Kyoya, Kaoru and Hikaru escorted the girls to the cars to drive back to the hotel.
"What is wrong with you two?" Tamaki growled in frustration. "Do you think you two are secret martial artists like Honey or Mori?"
Amelia made her way facing Tamaki directly.
"Huh? No," Haruhi replied.
"Then why would you confront them. We were right here! You couldn't call us? You're two girls against three older boys. What makes you think you stand a chance?" Tamaki questioned.
"What's being a girl have to do with it? There's no time to think when you're on the spot," Haruhi stated.
"So we just let the girls who are helpless get taken advantage of?" Amelia growled. "How is that any better? I told them to go for a reason."
"Well maybe you should think a little idiots!" Tamaki growled in fury. Amelia swallowed hard, feeling heat rise to her cheeks.
"I apologize for troubling you but I shouldn't be scolded if I've done nothing wrong," Haruhi growled.
"Is that so?" Tamaki questioned evenly. The twins were on their way back, hearing the conversation.
"If you're so worried about us getting hurt, do you honestly think that we will allow them to be taken advantage of?" Amelia growled. "You saw what they were doing Tamaki!"
"Fine! Do what you want. But I'm not speaking to either of you until you admit that you made a mistake!" Tamaki scolded, walking away from them. Although he made a few glances to Haruhi almost as if he was anxious to talk to her now.
"Uh…looks like milord wants to talk now," Hikaru mentioned.
"You sure you guys don't want to apologize?" Kaoru asked.
"I don't want to," Haruhi replied bluntly, her eyes glaring at the prince. Amelia glanced at the others uncomfortably. Kyoya looked at the others.
"All right everyone, the cars are ready. Let's head back to Nekozawa's mansion," Kyoya announced.
"Good, I need to get out of here…" Amelia growled, walking to the car. She felt ashamed she couldn't even protect herself. She just knew that the guys were going to hate her and Haruhi for getting themselves into trouble.
She had no idea what to expect when they got back to the mansion.