A/N: Happy New Years! I am back with another installment of 101. This collection of one shots has been fun to write and I will complete all 101 (although some stories will have a combo like the last one). Some will also be longer than others, so be prepared for some shorter stories in some chapters. Here you go and enjoy!
#15… Cool decoration – when held in your hand or on your person, you just look cooler with it.
One afternoon shortly before the end of Haruhi and the twins first year in high school (and before the school found out she was a girl thanks to Tamaki's antics… but that is another story), the naughty host was visiting music room 3 and once again set about to steal all of Tamaki's customers. Shiro was having fun causing his supposed mentor fits and quite enjoyed causing trouble (he was the naughty host after all); however, today something caught his eye, or someone to be more exact. Standing near the wild host (who Shiro was still a little scared and intimidated by) and the loli shota host (Shiro still wasn't sure he wasn't in grade school… something was very off there) was another teen. He looked a lot like Mori, but the grade school host couldn't remember ever seeing him. Who was this new kid?
Upon closer inspection, Shiro noticed that the other teen was wearing a middle school uniform and seemed to be talking easily with the girls. In fact, all of the girls appeared to be flocking to him and this taller teen was even stealing the customers Shiro had stolen from Tamaki. How was this even possible?
Shiro needed more information and looked at the two girls that had not left him, "Who's that?" Yes, his tone sounded a bit snide, but he couldn't help it; that was just who he was.
"That is Satoshi Morinozuka, Mori-senpai's younger brother. He is the captain of the middle school kendo team, a third year, and we heard he and Yasuchika Haninozuka, Hunny-senpai's younger brother, will be the new hosts next year," one of the girls spoke dreamily.
"What makes him so special? Why is everyone crowding around him?" The naughty host told himself he really was curious and not the least bit jealous.
Tamaki chuckled as he seemed to appear next to Shiro from thin air, "You don't get it, do you?"
"If I got it, I wouldn't be asking you baka," Shiro growled.
Shaking his head, the princely type was grinning, "Oh, you have so much to still learn, but don't worry, I will be sure to pass on all my knowledge before I leave Ouran. You can count on me and I will ensure that you are the perfect host for the ladies!"
"Just tell me already!" The grade schooler was starting to get very impatient with the blond and was starting to seethe. His face was turning red and he was breathing heavily (this is not an uncommon reaction when one encounters a specimen like Tamaki. The trick is to come upon it slowly so that you can study him in his natural habitat. However, when you are caught in his net, watch out… I digress. Back to the story).
Tamaki patted the young kid on the head and then instructed him, "Look at him. What do you think he has that no one else in the room does? Not even his older brother? The girls are crowding around him and him alone because he possesses something the rest of us don't. See the hearts in their eyes and the flames of Moe increasing. Even Renge is gulping down rice as she observes him from her perch."
Shiro looked hard and studied the man, examining every inch of the middle school student and then he saw it. Grasped in the hand of the other teen was a shinai. That was the only difference. Mori was on the kendo team and the high school captain, but he wasn't holding a shinai. Girls were even stretching out their hands in order to touch it or Satoshi. Then it dawned on the grade school host, the shinai made Satoshi Morinozuka look so much cooler. Could a simple stick do so much?
Continuing to observe the teen from across the room, Shiro witnessed the transformation for himself. Satoshi handed Mori his shinai and suddenly a change overcame the tallest host, and Shiro knew it was indeed the shinai. The tallest host was always so cool, but his level increased the moment he held the bamboo in his hand; and when he and Satoshi gave a small demonstration for the girls… his level of coolness, intrigue, and overall score shot through the roof. He had to get one for himself; he needed a shinai. If he had one, then he wouldn't have to worry about getting the girl in the future. He would be cooler just holding one.
Three weeks later, the naughty host walked into the third music room for a visit and this time he wasn't empty handed. In his hands he held a shinai and the girls flocked to him telling him how cute he was holding the shinai. They pinched his cheeks, fed him cake, and completely doted on him. It was true, the shinai made him cooler.
Watching on from the other side of the room, Tamaki whined, "Now that he has that, there is no stopping him. He is going to take all of my customers!"
"I don't see what the problem is Tamaki-senpai. It isn't like he comes all of the time," Haruhi stated bluntly standing next to her boyfriend, Mori.
"WAH? Daughter, how can you not see it? He is going to come in here and take all of the girls from us."
"I don't see how if he is in grade school and isn't here all of the time. By the time he is in the Host Club, we will all have long graduated."
The blond sputtered before running to his corner to cultivate more mushrooms. His beloved daughter just didn't get it.
Haruhi shook her head and then looked up at Mori, "I guess the shinai does make a difference, but I think you look much better holding it."