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HALLOWEEN EPISODE BONUS: Tricks, Tricks and more Treats!
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"Hikaru? Is that your phone?" Kaoru groaned in the dark. He shifted over looking at the clock. "Who's calling at midnight?"
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Hikaru groans a bit shifting on his side of the bed, reaching over for his phone. He opens one eye and focuses on the ID: Amelia.
"It's Imai," Hikaru moaned sitting up.
"What?" Kaoru sat up with him hanging onto him as Hikaru answered. "I wonder if she had another bad dream?"
"Hello?" Hikaru greeted tiredly rubbing his eyes.
"Hikaru? Is that you?" Amelia's voice whispers harshly through the earpiece.
"Who else would it be? You did call my number," Hikaru stated, lying back down on the bed. Kaoru lied down on his side next to him yawning slightly.
"Be nice Hikaru," Kaoru whispered quietly. Hikaru rolls his eyes. Suddenly there was crashing of something hard on the other line. Hikaru looked at his phone.
"You okay there, Imai?" he questioned. There was no response on the other end of the line. Hikaru looked at his phone hearing an odd scratching sound.
"Okay Imai…what's going on over there?" he asked, his voice getting a little unnerved. Suddenly he heard a vicious animalistic growl and the phone cut off.
Hikaru looked at his phone in a panic, suddenly sweating.
"What the heck was that?" Kaoru questioned.
"We gotta get to Imai's house!" Hikaru jumped up, putting on his clothes hastily. "She might be in trouble!"
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The limo hastily made it up to the driveway of the Wolfe Estate. The twins jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped. It was pouring outside, thunder storming even. The estate was even darker than the rest of the pitch-black sky at midnight. Like darker than normal.
"Hikaru! Are you sure it wasn't just a pocket dial?" Kaoru asked as they went for shelter on the small roof overhead of the door.
"It wasn't a joke Kaoru. I heard something growl and it didn't sound human," Hikaru replied harshly as they rushed to the door. He furrowed his brows as he turned the knob, the door was unlocked. Hikaru pushed it open hastily, the rumbling of the storm loud behind them. There were no lights, no nothing; just dark inside the house.
"Imai?" Hikaru called out. His voice somehow echoed into the estate.
"Uhhh," a low voice moaned from the kitchen. Hikaru and Kaoru jumped when someone walked out of the kitchen, falling to the floor. Dark liquid poured out of him from the neck. Kaoru stayed back as Hikaru turned the man over, noticing it was Isao staring up dead at them. Hikaru yelped and backed up.
"What in the heck is going on?" Kaoru shivered.
"I don't know…but I don't like it," Hikaru whispered harshly.
"We gotta find Amelia," Kaoru shivered. Hikaru grabbed a flashlight from Isao's hand turning it on.
"Right…" Hikaru growled as he grabbed Kaoru's hand. "Stay near me and don't wander off."
Hikaru kept the flashlight in front. As they turned around Isao's body was gone. Kaoru jumped.
"Hikaru…what happened to Isao?" Kaoru questioned. Hikaru glanced trying not to look scared.
"I-I…have no idea," Hikaru stuttered.
"Hikaru! Kaoru!" Amelia's voice frightened called out from upstairs. Hikaru looked up.
"Imai!" Hikaru ran up with Kaoru following close behind.
"We're coming Amelia!" Kaoru added, trying to keep his voice steady.
The twins ran into Amelia's room, spotting nothing. Hikaru flashed his flashlight on the bed seeing a lump. Kaoru went up pulling off the sheets. It was just a pile of pillows covered by the blankets. Hikaru went to the closet, opening it just finding clothes. As Kaoru backed up he looked into the mirror he saw something big and furry in the corner of the room.
"Ah!" Kaoru yelped, bumping into Hikaru. Hikaru looked at him annoyed.
"What's your-" Hikaru began but saw the big black fuzzy shadow in the corner.
HOOOWWWWLLLLL!
The twins screamed running down the steps. They headed back towards the kitchen through the hallway until a large man bleeding from the head and neck came out with a clever knife from the kitchen.
"ARGH!" he yelled, the twins yelled in fright. They turned to go back the way they came but the big furry creature was standing before them. It ran, tackling them to the floor. They grunted and stood up at it struggling as it kept a hold of one of their legs.
"Hikaru get it off!" Kaoru screamed. "I don't want to die!"
"I'm trying I'm trying!" Hikaru yelped. The furry beast stopped, standing up. The lights turned on and they looked up. Isao was standing smiling as he held packets of ketchup in his hand to imitate "blood". He was laughing in humor.
"Isao?!" Hikaru shocked, still sweating. "Then what?"
Kaoru looked up realizing that the fuzzy wolf thing that was chasing them was a werewolf mask.
"It's a mask," Kaoru observed pointing at the werewolf. The person bent down laughing, peeling off the mask, revealing it to be Amelia grinning at the prank.
"Imai?!" Hikaru growled.
"HAPPY HALLOWEEN! That was GREAT! We have to do that tonight for the haunted house!" Isao yelled in enthusiasm as he went to his room to shower and go to bed. "Well played Imai!"
The twins looked at Amelia in shock. She laughed a bit throwing the mask at them.
Hikaru jumped as he grabbed the mask. Kaoru giggled a bit after he was relaxed from the shock.
"Well would you look at that, she's almost as bad as us," Kaoru giggled. Amelia giggled, as Hikaru growled in frustration rolling his eyes. She leaned down to his level.
"Trick or treat," she smirked.
"Oh now you've started it…" Hikaru smirked. "We're not going to get played that hard and not retaliate. Halloween is the Hitachiin trick day. And you're in for a nightmare."
"Hikaru are you sure you want to with her?" Kaoru smirked. "She might have more tricks up her sleeve."
"Let's have a trick or treat challenge. The one who wins gets to pick a prize," Hikaru encouraged.
"And if I win?" Amelia asked. "I get to choose what to do for Halloween."
"And if we win," the twins began. "We get to choose what to do for Halloween night."
"Deal."
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Amelia was nervous about the day's festivities. She knew the twins would have things cooked up for her after scaring them at midnight. She even offered them to stay but Hikaru insisted that they would go home to "plan" their preparations for later at the school.
Amelia grabbed a duffle bag, as she started off dressed as a cowboy in jeans with cowboy boots, large cowboy shirt her father had in his closet (mainly for Halloween but sometimes he thought it was amusing to wear at country concerts), a large sling belt and a fake plastic gun along with her cowboy bull-hide hat from the states. She even tied a rodeo rope along the other side of her belt, parallel to her fake plastic gun that hung in the holster. She stuffed her wolf mask, a flannel shirt, and another costume into the duffle bag. She also stuffed a few tricks that Isao insisted on helping to scare the twins after the night's ordeal (and a few treats of course). Well this is going to be interesting… she thought trying not to laugh.
"Let's hope they didn't take it too personally," Amelia smirked as she headed to school, slinging the bag over her shoulder.
As she arrived early at the school, she stuffed the costumes into her locker. She took the duffle bag, making sure to hide it in her desk. She made sure the twins didn't see what she was hiding to spoil any jokes.
She entered homeroom noticing a few classmates around in and out of costume.
"Imai! You're so cute as a cowboy!" one of her customers screamed. She grinned.
"Careful or I might just tie someone up," she laughed. The girls blushed and screamed again in approval.
"We're going to go change now!" another girl announced. The classmates scattered, grabbing their costumes and heading out to change. Amelia went over noticing Haruhi noticing she wasn't in a costume.
"Not joining the rest of the party?" Amelia questioned.
"Nah, Halloween is not really my thing," Haruhi commented. Amelia hopped into the chair of her desk, grabbing her first trick and putting it in her pocket.
"Oh come on, you got to have fun dressing up once in a while," Amelia encouraged, folding her arms across her chest, putting her feet up on the desk and putting her cowboy hat over her eyes.
"We do all the time at the Host Club," Haruhi stated plainly. Amelia giggled.
"True. But not usually a costume of our choosing," Amelia disagreed. She peaked out over to Haruhi, noticing there was a bit of candy in her pockets. "Hey what's with the-"
"Check it out! We're the angel brothers! Trick or treat!" the twins sang dressed up in angel robes added with their own designed wings. Amelia put a hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh. "If you don't give us a treat, we got tricks!"
Before they could come up with a trick, Haruhi plopped a piece of wrapped candy in their hands. Amelia giggled at their antics. The twins chomped looked shocked at each other before immediately chomping down and devouring the candy in seconds.
"Ta DA! All gone! Trick or treat!" they sang. Once again, Haruhi plopped another piece of candy in their hands.
"Here," Haruhi said flatly. Amelia couldn't help but giggle again.
"Looks like your plans are foiled boys," Amelia laughed, pushing the hat back over her eyes.
"Just in time for some payback," Tamaki greeted in his vampire costume. "Do you honestly think I'd allow Haruhi into the same tricks I fell for last year with you two? I stuffed candy everywhere where Haruhi would see it."
With that said, Haruhi's pockets were pouring with little wrapped pieces of candy.
"Looks like you two got tricked!" Amelia smirked, peaking her eyes at the twins under her cowboy hat.
"You two will be unable to touch Haruhi all day!" Tamaki announced. With that stressor off of his mind, Tamaki went to his group of regulars, pretending to be a vampire rather happily. The twins looked in shock at Haruhi before grinning at Amelia.
"Well looks like we get to play our game after all, eh Kaoru?" Hikaru grinned mischievously.
"Looks like we will have an interesting Halloween after all," Kaoru whispered. The twins walked up to Amelia, grinning and putting out their hands.
"All right Imai your turn, trick or treat!" the twins sang. Amelia peaked over rising up slowly leaning her hands onto the desk. The twins looked at her oddly.
She suddenly looked up at them hissing loudly, making them jump as she opened her mouth wide as if to bite revealing large vampire teeth. She then grinned as they jumped and laughed.
"You're going to have to do better than that," Hikaru laughed. Amelia giggled, popping out the teeth and reaching into the desk grabbing a few candy bars.
"Here, have these," Amelia laughed. The twins opened grinned a bit, opening the wrappers. As soon as they bit into it, it was rubber, squeaking. Amelia giggled.
"Gotcha," she laughed. Hikaru rolled his eyes throwing out the candy and Kaoru looked at her tiredly before giggling.
"This one is going to be harder than we thought," Kaoru mentioned. Amelia put real candy into their hands, stuffing another trick into her pocket without them seeing.
"I promise this is the real stuff," she winked. "If you want payback with a trick I don't blame you."
The twins looked up and suddenly grinned.
The twins walked up, going to either side and tickling her causing her to laugh uncontrollably.
"Tickle, tickle!" they laughed, tickling her around her sides.
"All right all right I give!" Amelia laughed. The twins grinned, stopping so Amelia could breathe. Her eyes were watery, crying from laughter.
"Well that wasn't so bad," Amelia breathed, brushing herself off.
"This'll definitely be interesting," Hikaru grinned.
"This is fun! Think of another trick, I'm heading to the bathroom," Kaoru commented. Amelia noticed Haruhi packing up her books back into her bag.
"You're not going to stay for the fun?" Amelia questioned.
"Nah. I'm going to the library. I'm not into dressing up for Halloween if we do it at the Host Club all the time," Haruhi replied flatly.
"Hey! At least wear a costume! Look we got you one that's a witch," Hikaru grinned, showing her the costume.
"A witch?" Haruhi repeated. Amelia furrowed her brows as Haruhi looked out the window thoughtfully. "Maybe that's who I saw at the top of the central wing. Someone in costume."
Amelia got away from her desk, going up to Haruhi by the window.
"Wait what person in a witch costume?" Amelia questioned.
"Hey, she's still there," Haruhi commented, looking out the window. Amelia scoffs.
"Must be someone having a grand old time scaring people," she remarked looking out the window. But to her sight, there really was a witch standing in the central wing.
"Huh…that's weird. I see her too," Amelia commented.
"Wait what?! Let me see!" Hikaru exclaimed pushing the girls aside. "I don't see anything!"
"Could it be a mistake?" the class chairman questioned as he looked out the window, also seeing nothing.
"What are you kidding me? There's someone clearly in the building," Amelia protested.
"Huh? How can you not see it?" Haruhi questioned.
Crack! The window shattered into a spider web crack across the windowpane. Amelia yelped at the sound. The remaining students gasped from the sudden noise.
"Oh no! It's the witch's curse!" one of the girls shrieked.
"Huh?" Haruhi questioned.
"Whoever sees the witch from the Central Wing on Halloween is cursed along with anyone else near them," Hikaru groaned. "You still believe those stories?"
"Ow! I'm back. Slipped outside the bathroom," Kaoru groaned as he walked in with a scraped elbow with minor bleeding. Amelia looked over at him and sighed.
"Kaoru!" Hikaru exclaimed.
"You can be clumsy can't you," Amelia shook her head as she went over to him quickly. "Come on let's-"
BONG! BONG! BONG! BONG BONG! The clock sang out of place from its normal time frame. The students freaked out about the so-called curse. Amelia could feel herself shaking from the fright of everyone else. This was getting too spooky. Someone really wanted to play a prank on the school.
When the clock stopped, Hikaru and Kaoru shoved the witch costume into Haruhi's arms.
"Go on, go get changed! It'll help backlash the curse of the witch!" Hikaru pushed. Haruhi gave up, taking the costume and going into the next room. Amelia turned herself around, preparing her next trick.
"So Imai, trick or treat?" Hikaru grinned, turning her around. Amelia turned her head, suddenly eyes popping out of her head.
"BOOGA!" she yelled. Hikaru jumped, laughing hysterically. Kaoru snickered. Amelia took off her eye-popping glasses laughing.
"Your turn Hikaru," she said, stuffing the trick into her desk.
Hikaru grabbed her cowboy hat.
"HEY!" she yelled as Hikaru raised it above his head. She tried to grab it but Hikaru threw it to Kaoru. Kaoru caught it laughing.
"You're not going to get back your hat, cowboy!" Kaoru grinned, throwing it back to Hikaru. Amelia bumped into Hikaru, reaching up for her hat.
"Come on guys!" she laughed. "That's not fair!"
"Not going to get it! Not going to get it!" the twins sang. As Hikaru threw it back to Kaoru, she jumped up catching it but landed on him rather hard. They fell to the floor, Amelia a little winded by the fall.
"Aww Haruhi you look so cute!" Hikaru announced as Haruhi came back into the room with her rather girly witch costume.
Kaoru grunted hissing at his cut. He adjusted laughing as he looked at Amelia who rolled off of him, lying on her side reaching for her hat that she dropped on the way down.
"You all right Kaoru?" she asked. Kaoru smiled slightly.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just aggravated that cut from earlier," he laughed lightly. Amelia rolled her eyes getting up, putting out a hand.
"Come on," she beckoned. He looked at her for a moment before grabbing her hand allowing her to pull him up.
Haruhi was dragged to the Home Ec room, Kaoru went up to Hikaru brushing himself off.
"I'm going to head to the nurse. Maybe they'll bandage up this cut," Kaoru informed winking at him, heading out the door.
"All right I'll join Haruhi in the Home Ec room with the others. They're starting cookies and later carving pumpkins!" Hikaru grinned.
"We'll catch up with you guys. I'll go with Kaoru," Amelia insisted. Kaoru looked panicked putting up a hand.
"No! No! I'm perfectly fine going by myself," Kaoru objected lightly. Amelia laughed a bit.
"Oh come on I can at least walk with you there," Amelia smiled. Kaoru looked at Hikaru almost hopelessly not knowing what to do.
"Yeah, go on Kaoru! I'm sure that you two will be fine with all the ghouls and goblins running around here," Hikaru grinned, laughing a bit. Amelia shook her head, heading out the door having Kaoru not too far behind.
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"You know you didn't have to come with me," Kaoru mentioned as they were making their way down the hallway back from the nurse's office, his arm all bandaged up. They were taking the long way back towards the Home Ec room.
"I don't mind," Amelia said. "Besides, I was wondering if I could ask you something."
Kaoru smiled crossing his arms about his chest, stopping and facing her.
"Okay shoot," he encouraged.
"You two aren't mad at me for the prank at midnight right?" Amelia asked. Kaoru looked at her oddly. She looked genuinely concerned.
"Nah. We were a little worried at first but you know," Kaoru asked, he smirked. "It's Halloween. If anything we were surprised that you're almost as bad as us."
Amelia smiled slightly, as she followed Kaoru as he started walking up the hallway again.
"Well it's mainly Isao's idea," Amelia admitted. "He loves this time of year."
"I can believe it with what you guys pulled," Kaoru agreed. "Although Hikaru and I still have a few tricks up our sleeve."
"I'm certainly not done with my surprises today," Amelia smirked. "You're not the only ones who have tricks, Kaoru."
Kaoru laughed ruffling her hair.
"I'm sure we're not," Kaoru laughed. Amelia rolled her eyes.
"Let's just hope that 'witch's curse' thing settles down," Amelia looked around the hallway. "The fact that Hikaru didn't see her is a little unnerving…"
"You worry too much," Kaoru smiled ruffling her hair more. "Besides, Hikaru and I would make sure you guys are safe. Trust me."
Amelia looked up seeing him grin. She couldn't help but smile but she felt her cheeks get red. Kaoru noticed clearing his throat.
"Why don't you head back to the Home Ec room before the girls burn the kitchen," Kaoru insisted, starting to walk off.
"Wait where aren't you coming?" Amelia asked. Kaoru waved at her.
"I'm going to see what the other members are doing to prepare for the dance party! I'll be right behind you," Kaoru informed, leaving her alone.
Amelia watched as he disappeared, forcing her to walk back alone. She smirked.
"Well you two are in for a surprise either way."
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"Hey! You're not supposed to stretch the dough out like that!" Haruhi's yelling was heard as Amelia opened the door to the Home Ec room, holding her duffle bag (now this time with the costumes in her locker inside). Well at least the cookies aren't on fire, Amelia thought. She put her bag down next to the door. Hikaru was giggling at the cookie dough.
"It's stretchy!" Hikaru grinned until Haruhi grabbed the dough from him.
"Knock it off! You're being a brat!" Haruhi protested. Amelia laughed as she walked over to across the counter from Haruhi and Hikaru.
"I was helping! Stupid! I was turning your boring dough into something artistic!" Hikaru objected loudly. "Besides how do you know it's me? I could be Kaoru! He's no different!"
"Oh you're Hikaru all right," Amelia smirked, picking up and examining one of the cookie cutters. "Couldn't fool me with that attitude."
"Kaoru is nice and quiet when he's on his own. You're just louder and crazier," Haruhi commented flatly.
"Is that so?" Hikaru questioned with a grin on his face. Amelia laughed at his expression.
"You do realize she was making fun of you right?" Amelia asked.
"It wasn't a compliment," Haruhi reassured. Hikaru rolled his eyes pursing his lips. Amelia noticed Kaoru coming back in from the hall. She grabbed her bag, reaching in putting her cowboy hat inside the bag and taking out her werewolf mask.
"Sounded like a compliment to me," he grumbled. He glanced over seeing Amelia put on the werewolf mask and hide behind the door that was swung open to let people in. Hikaru grinned. He grabbed one of the already carved pumpkins, tip-toeing to the door as Amelia waited for Kaoru. Hikaru opened the door to face Amelia with the scary pumpkin.
"BLAGH!" he yelled and it made Amelia jump and scream. He laughed. "Gotcha! You're so easy Imai!"
Kaoru looked over noticing Hikaru laughing as Amelia took off her werewolf mask.
"Looks like you had a bug on the wall waiting for you Kaoru. Thankfully I got her before she spooked you!" Hikaru laughed, grinning proudly.
Haruhi put the cookies in the oven. The girls dragged her over to a fresh pumpkin, unharmed by the traditional carving techniques of becoming a jack-o-lantern.
"Ooo yay! Carving time!" Hikaru grinned. Amelia looked at Haruhi.
"I'll help with the pumpkin!" Kaoru announced walking over rather quickly to Haruhi.
Amelia sighed tiredly, stuffing the mask back in the bag as the twins giggled, helping and laughing at Haruhi's jack-o-lantern. The twins began carving it.
As Amelia stuffed her bag behind the door, Kyoya entered with Honey and Mori, all in costume. Kyoya very cleverly put together a Catholic priest while Honey was a fuzzy kitty and Mori was a gigantic fuzzy dog, collar, bone and everything.
"Haru! Ima-chan! There you are!" Honey greeted happily, hanging from Mori's shoulders.
"Kyoya what are you doing here?" Amelia asked. Kyoya looked over smiling.
"Oh you and Haruhi are joining the Host Club at the dance party. I just wanted to remind you two before I completely forgot," Kyoya replied.
"Thanks Kyoya. It sounds like fun," Amelia thanked. She grinned at Honey as he jumped in front of her and Haruhi.
"Trick or treat!" Honey yelled excitedly. Haruhi put a cookie in front of Honey smiling.
"Here," Haruhi insisted. Honey chomped on it happily. Although it was short lived. Suddenly he gave a disgusted face, perking his lips and spitting it out.
"EW! Salty!" he exclaimed.
"What?" Haruhi questioned in shock. "That shouldn't-"
"OW!" Hikaru's voice yelped throughout the room. Everyone turned seeing Hikaru bleeding from his fingers supposedly from a carving knife. Haruhi and Amelia ran over to Hikaru as blood dripped down his hand.
"Hikaru are you okay?!" Amelia questioned, looking at him worriedly.
"Let's go to the nurse!" Haruhi insisted.
"No I'm fine," Hikaru winced. Haruhi picked up Hikaru forcefully. She looked at the other angel with a pumpkin on his head.
"Nonsense! Kaoru come on lets take Hikaru-" Haruhi began, Amelia helping pick up Hikaru.
"Haruhi…will you dance with us at the party?" Hikaru suddenly questioned. Amelia looked at him like he's nuts.
"Can we ask that after you're not bleeding?" Amelia asked a little annoyed.
"I'll go to the nurse if you promise to dance," Hikaru stated. Haruhi looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, and then suddenly ran to the window. Amelia looked at her oddly as Haruhi ran back, pulling Hikaru's arm and dragging him to the sink.
"OW! I'm injured!" Hikaru protested, but Haruhi ignored him, rinsing off his hand showing absolutely no injury. Amelia looked at him shocked.
"Well…that was surprising," she commented. She looked over at the window noticing the 'witch' still there.
"Well who's in the pumpkin?" Haruhi pointed seeing the angel costume with the pumpkin head. Amelia and Haruhi's eyes were wide when they saw the student chairman instead of Kaoru under the jack-o-lantern.
Tricked again, Amelia thought. Haruhi then ran out of the room.
"Huh?! Haruhi!" Hikaru shouted. Amelia rolled her eyes running after Haruhi. There had to be a reason for this trick.
She followed Haruhi all the way out to the central wing. They saw the witch standing at the landing facing out the window. Amelia stopped staring up as Haruhi growled at the witch happening to be Kaoru.
"KAAAOOORRRUUUU!" Haruhi growled. Even Kaoru was scared screaming.
"AH A WITCH!" he exclaimed, tears falling from his face. Kaoru calmed down as Haruhi went up the stairs, seeing that it was her. Amelia crossed her arms about her chest looking up.
Well…looks like it was the twins after all, she thought. Hikaru came running up behind her. She looked between Hikaru and Kaoru who now looked guilty as the other members followed behind Hikaru. Now they were in trouble…
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Amelia stood watching as Tamaki scolded the twins, she put her duffle bag on the couch of the music room.
"You two should apologize to Haruhi for scaring her like that!" Tamaki yelled angrily. The twins sat in the center of the room getting rather annoyed.
"Look we just wanted everyone to have a fun Halloween together! Sorry!" the twins yelled, their faces turning red. Amelia looked at them for a moment before smiling, sneaking around the club members. Kyoya and Honey noticed as she headed to the back room with her duffle bag. Haruhi put on her witches hat, starting to head out the door.
"Hikaru, Kaoru let's go," Haruhi ordered flatly.
"Huh?" the twins questioned, looking at Haruhi in shock.
"We're dancing together aren't we?" Haruhi reminded. The twins grinned following her. Kaoru looked around.
"Where's Amelia?" he asked.
"She'll be coming around I'm sure. Come on everyone, let's head to the party," Kyoya insisted, leading everyone out of the room.
Amelia changed in the changing room, putting on light make-up, hair extensions and taking off her cowboy costume. She grabbed a costume from her duffle bag. She was going to surprise the twins more with one of her own tricks.
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Haruhi and Hikaru were dancing to one of the songs, Haruhi trying not to fall on her own feet. Kaoru smiled as they danced, watching the other members dance. Amelia walked down the hall towards the ballroom where she could hear the music. She looked into the window's reflection, seeing herself in her new costume. It was a nice Red Riding Hood costume: long thick rose red cloak, long dark red skirt with boots, a white peasant blouse and a dark green fitting corset that just rested around her waist and hips (but thankfully not a costume that will make her not breathe).
Amelia made sure to put on hair extensions and curling her hair from her natural state of having to straighten it as well as putting a minor amount of make-up including dark red lipstick and some darker eye shadow. She didn't want the girls to notice it was her so she took precautions. She even had a basket. She put her hood up, trying to cover up her face slightly in the shadow of it. She just couldn't get the nerves out of her stomach. It was when Honey peeked out the door of the ballroom noticing her that she jumped.
"Hello? You don't have to stay out here! The dance party is in there!" Honey grinned as he walked over in his kitty costume. Amelia turned around, smiling slightly.
"I already know that Honey," she said, leaning down to his level. He furrowed his brows and grinned.
"Imai?" he questioned his eyes glittering. Amelia put a finger on her red lips. Honey glanced behind him.
"It's a secret okay?" she asked whispering, winking at him, motioning to the twins. "I don't want to get caught by the girls."
"Okay," Honey accepted whispering beaming. "You look so pretty!"
"Thanks Honey," Amelia commented ruffling his kitty head. She straightened up, heading towards the ballroom door allowing Honey to bounce in front of her. He actually grabbed her hand as they entered making her lean down and whisper into her ear. Haruhi looked over noticing Honey talking to Amelia looking at her in curiosity as she danced with Hikaru.
"Hey Hikaru have you seen Imai?" Haruhi asked.
"I haven't seen her in a while. She was wearing a cowboy outfit, you'd think it would be easy to find around here. Kaoru looked over seeing Honey talking over to Amelia furrowing his brows at the newcomer. Hikaru and Haruhi took a break as the music stopped for a moment, heading back to Kaoru.
"Any sign of Imai?" Hikaru asked.
"No…but who's that person with Honey? It doesn't look like one of his costumers…" Kaoru mentioned. Haruhi looked over. Honey grinned running over to the twins.
"Who was that senpai?" Hikaru asked as Honey grinned at them.
"Oh just a friend of mine. She wanted to dance with you but has been too shy to ask. Do you mind?" Honey asked. The twins looked up.
"Well I'm taking a break for the moment. Kaoru, you up for it?" Hikaru asked.
"Sure, let me know when you see Amelia okay?" Kaoru asked as he walked over to where Amelia was standing.
"Sure thing. She did promise us she'd go with the rules of the game. So she should be here soon," Hikaru waved as his twin walked away from them. Haruhi squinted closely at Amelia.
"Wait a minute…" she whispered. Hikaru looked at her in curiosity.
Honey looked at Hikaru.
"Oh Hikaru, do you mind giving something to Kaoru for me," Honey intervened, handing him a two pieces of candy. Hikaru smiled walking up to Kaoru and standing beside him.
"Hey Kaoru," Hikaru greeted tossing him the candy. "From Honey."
"Well, well, looks like I get to pick between the Hitachiin boys after all," Amelia mentioned smirked.
Hikaru grinned, eying her not really seeing her face.
"Impressive outfit there Red," Hikaru.
"Honey just mentioned you wanted to dance," Kaoru put out a hand as the music began to play.
"First things first," Amelia smiled. "Trick or treat."
Hikaru and Kaoru looked between each other confused.
"Uh," they looked at each other.
"Close your eyes and hold out your hands," Amelia smirked. The twins looked at each other before smiling and closing their eyes.
"All right we'll play along," they said. They felt something fuzzy in their hands.
"Open your eyes," Amelia said smoothly. The twins did, seeing the wolf mask in their hands. They looked at it not registering before their eyes widened, looking up at her.
"Amelia?" they asked. She smirked, raising her head a bit from her hood showing her face. The twins turned red not knowing what to say.
"Well you did say if you win we'd get to do what you want. So I'm at the dance party," she grinned. The music started and they stood there rather stunned.
"Well are you two just going to stand there or are we going to actually dance?" she joked, putting down her basket and heading to the dance floor. Honey appeared behind Kaoru.
"Come on Kao-chan!" Honey pushed him.
"Hey senpai!" Hikaru exclaimed as Honey pushed him into the ballroom too with Haruhi. Kaoru was pushed into the ballroom floor, his face still red. He rubbed his neck nervously as he stood in front of Amelia.
"Sorry about that…you just…caught me off guard," Kaoru laughed. Amelia rolled her eyes grabbing his arm and pulling him to her, starting to dance. He regained his composure and smiled at her.
"So…what's with the switch in costume?" he asked.
"I figured I would play one trick that ended up being a treat," Amelia replied smiling. "It was at least for me. Hopefully it was to you two too."
Kaoru looked at her rather stunned for a moment before smiling.
"You have no idea…"