Wow. I did not expect to be able to get two chapters out in a week. But, that's what happens when i finally have some time off. Anyways, thank you all for the views and reviews! It means the world to me. On that note, here are the review responses!
To Thetroublewithexes: No you didn't miss it. I left in on a cliffhanger on purpose. It's meant to keep you guessing. Yeah, yeah. I know I'm evil. I've heard it before.
To crazy1person2you3been4warned: Thanks! Here's the next chapter for you!
To BeckaBeMaia: Yes, yes he is. And now the wait is over! :)
To SmexyBananas: Weeeellll... we'll just have to see, won't we? And by we I mean you, cause I know who I want her to be with.
To gothicpoet0615: Can I just say you're amazing? You're amazing. I liked - no - I LOVED your reaction to Kea's reaction to Renge. Her reaction is entirely based on mine, though mine was a little more violent and had a tad bit more swearing. Okay. A lot more swearing, mostly consisting of telling her to get a life and leave Kyoya alone. In much more colorful wording though. ;)
In any case, thank you so much for continuing to review my story, and I am sorry about the long wait.
On that note, I was painting my nails black the other day when I thought to myself "Why not upload a mischievously devious chapter on Halloween?" And thus, this was born! Typed. Written. Uploaded.
Whatever. Enjoy! And don't forget to review!
Chapter VI
Kea walked through the halls of Ouran. Today was Monday, which meant that all of her classes were in another building halfway across the campus. Thankfully, Monday was notoriously slow at the Host Club, so Kyoya could handle everything by himself. It also helped because, even if she ran, Kea would be late. Depending on if she ran or not, she would be anywhere from five to fifteen minutes late. If she stopped or was stopped, that could skyrocket to forty-five minutes, by which time the Host Club was about half over.
Needless to say, Monday was Kea's day off, and she enjoyed every second of it. This way, she could drum up interest in Haruhi, thus getting her more customers, and knocking off yen from her debt. According to Kea's last calculation, Haruhi had already deducted another 100,000 yen in the month from the Host Club's cherry blossom party, which was quite a lot. She now tied with the twins on requests, who were third after Tamaki and Mitsukuni and Takashi, the Boy Lolita Host's customers almost always splitting their attention between him and Takashi, since they couldn't choose between the cousins.
"Kea-senpai!" Kea looked up to see a bunch of girls waving at her. Plastering on a smile, she walked over to them.
"Hi girls. What's going on?"
"We were wondering if you have any more of those videos. You know. The ones that you filmed not to long ago." Kea shook her head.
"Unfortunately no. We only made a few. However, we now have a website, so, if you want, you can check that out to see if there's anything there you would like to have." The girls' eyes glowed.
"Really?!" Kea nodded.
"Yeah. The Hosts will put things up for auction that they don't want or need, or simply if they want to give things away. Also, you can find virtual picture books of all of the Hosts." Kea pulled her notebook out of her bag, flipping through it. "If I'm not mistaken, Haruhi just had his own put up." Momoka, one of Haruhi's regulars, gasped in excitement.
"Really? I would love to see that!" Kea smirked.
"Well, all you have to do is look up the website, darling. If you'd like, I can-." The ringing of her phone cut her off. "Excuse me." Taking it out, she slid the "Accept" bar, placing the device next to her right ear.
"Yes?" The girls watched anxiously. "Tamaki? What is it?... Whoa whoa! T-Tamaki! Slow down.
"Start from the beginning!" Kea frowned slightly as she listened to an evidently frantic Tamaki. "Uh-huh. Then what happened?... She did? How did they… oh boy."
The girls watching were concerned when Kea held the phone away from her face, staring at it like it was some sort of object she had never seen before. Her lips were pulled down to about her chin exclusively on the left side, while her left eyebrow was raised. Her right eye squinted in proportion. Getting closer, the girls could hear the sounds of a scuffle and shouting coming through the device.
"Um… Kea-senpai?" The brunette sighed, cutting off the call.
"Sorry girls, but I'm afraid I have to go." They nodded.
"We'll see you in class tomorrow, right?" Kea nodded.
"Yeah. I have homeroom and lunch here, and then I'll be at the Host Club until closing. If you girls want, after your appointments, I'll show you how to log onto the website." They grinned.
"Thanks Kea-senpai! We'll see you then!" They ran off, giggling. Kea sighed at them. "So shallow. They are only interested in the looks, not the heart." Kea shook her head, turning so she could run to the Host Club. "Now… to see what this is all about."
As soon as she entered, she was surprised to see that it was completely empty, aside from the Host Club. Kea immediately noticed Hikaru and Kaoru were missing. Kyoya was writing in his book, his pencil moving faster than normal. Mitsukuni looked extremely worried, as did everyone else. Even Renge was present.
"Okay, I'm here." Haruhi turned around, relief written all over her face. Kea walked over, resting a hand on the older girl's shoulder. "Now what exactly happened?" As Kyoya explained, Kea made mental notes.
"So… let me get this straight. Basically Hikaru and Kaoru had a fight in front of everyone, including the guests. This fight escalated till they said they were 'over', and stormed out. You then asked everyone to leave so you guys could sort this out. Do I have that right?" Mitsukuni nodded.
"What are we going to do, Kea-chan?" Kea sighed.
"I don't know, Mitsukuni. All we can hope is that this blows over by tomorrow."
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"Would you hold still?!"
"Stop pulling on my hair then!"
"Stop squirming and I wouldn't be!" The boy huffed, slumping over in the chair. "Thank you." Across from the duo, another figure inspected his makeover job.
"Are you sure this will work?" A smirk pulled up at rose-colored lips as their owner finished with her last client.
"Well… you want it to be convincing, don't you?" Two identical smirks mirrored the first.
"Oh yeah." The trio looked at each other. "This is going to be so much fun."
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"Do you think they've gotten over it?" Kea sat in front of Haruhi in their homeroom. The bespectacled brunette sighed, shrugging.
"I have no idea Haruhi. I guess we'll find out soon enough though. They should be here any time." Just then, a figure appeared on Haruhi's right.
"Hey Haruhi." Everyone looked over. It was Hikaru, but he was definitely… different. Namely… his hair. Kea lifted an eyebrow at him. "Good morning!"
"Um… Hikaru?" He tilted his head.
"Yeah Kea?"
"What's with your hair?" Before he could answer, another figure showed up.
"Good morning Haruhi." Kea's raised eyebrow lifted higher. Kaoru's hair was an electric blue, a stark contrast to his older twin brother's flamingo pink. "Hey Kea."
"H-hey." Kea watched as Hikaru walked to his desk while Kaoru began to talk to Haruhi.
"I was finally able to sleep all by myself last night. But I ended up having a nightmare." Hikaru pulled out his chair. "I dreamt my stylist had dyed my hair pink. It was so garish and ridiculous looking I woke up screaming!" He chuckled to himself as he sat down. Before he could, however…
His chair was tipped, sending him rather painfully to the ground. Kea turned her head to see Hikaru sporting a nonchalant look. Haruhi was shocked. Kaoru was far from pleased.
Turning his head, he pushed Hikaru's chair over, knocking his brother over. Both stood up, blank expressions on their faces. Kea sweatdropped when both picked up a chair… and began throwing it, and anything else they could get their hands on, at each other. Haruhi looked at Kea.
"Guess we've got our answer about whether or not they're over it."
"Yep."
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Noontime recess in the refectory. In other words, lunchtime.
Haruhi walked into the cafeteria, looking for the twins. Kea had said to keep an eye on them while she went for help. The female Host could only hope she was getting the Host Club in order to try and sort this mess out. The sounds of arguing snapped Haruhi from her thoughts. The twins were trying to order lunch, but kept changing on account of the other saying the same thing. It went back and forth for at least four different lunch choices before the two were forehead-to-forehead again, growling at each other.
"Amazing. Perfect unison even when fighting."
"I was wondering what all the fuss was about." Haruhi looked to her left. Kea stood there… with then entire Host Club standing around her. Tamaki was the one who had spoken, and continued to speak.
"I can't believe the two of you are still fighting. You're a disgrace to the Host Club." Whispers began to flutter around the cafeteria. Mitsukuni stepped forward, obviously going to try to diffuse the situation.
"We've had enough of this. You're both to blame for this fight." He pulled out a cake. "Hika-chan and Kao-chan, I want you make up and go halvzies on this cake, kay?" The shortest Host lowered the cake, suddenly torn about having to split the strawberry. Kea leaned her forehead on her fingertips, groaning.
'I knew it was a bad idea to let Mitsukuni try to diffuse this! These two aren't going to listen to him.' Sure enough, she was right. The background behind Hikaru and Kaoru began to darken, the word "irritation" circling around in kanji. Takashi slid in, picked up Mitsukuni, and slid out.
"You're just making it worse. Leave them alone." Tamaki perked up, seeing Haruhi. Kea sighed, walking over to her friend as well.
"I was worried about those two so I followed them. That and Kea told me to make sure they didn't kill each other before she got back." Kea chuckled.
"Thanks for that Haruhi. Sorry to put you on the spot like that." Haruhi shrugged.
"It's fine. I always bring a box lunch, so it's not like I was going to eat here in the first place." Kea tilted her head.
"Really? That's cool." Haruhi blinked in surprise.
"You think so?"
"Yeah. Back home I used to make myself lunches all the time." Haruhi smiled.
"You must be pretty good then." Kea chuckled nervously, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment.
"Well… I wouldn't say that. My family did like it whenever I cooked though."
"I DON'T CARE IF MY BOXED LUNCH IS AN EMBARRASSING HEART SHAPE! I WILL EAT IT!" Kea jumped back as Tamaki started yelling. Shaking her head, she scoffed slightly.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, but, it's obvious that your fantasizes are completely incoherent." Kea and Kyoya said at the same time. They looked at each other in surprise, before laughing softly. "Sorry." They laughed again at them talking at the same time.
"Here." Kea looked down, seeing Kyoya hold out a tray to her. "My treat." Kea took the tray.
"Uh… thanks." Kyoya motioned with his head for her to join him at a relatively secluded corner of the lunchroom. She followed him, sitting down in the chair next to him. From here, they could see everything that was going on, but still have a private conversation. "So… what's the occasion?" Kyoya was about to answer, but the sound of a plate breaking cut him off. Looking up…
Both saw the twins throwing stuff at each other. Kea groaned, slamming her forehead onto the table. Thankfully, Kyoya had moved her tray before she faceplanted in a plate of Cheesy Arrabbiata over Linguine. He tilted his head at her mumbles.
"Run that by me one more time?" Kea turned her head so she could look up at him.
"I cannot believe they're doing this again." Kyoya lifted an eyebrow.
"Again?" Kea sighed deeply, lifting her head. She had a nice red mark in the middle of her forehead. "You've got a little, uh…" Kyoya pointed to his forehead.
"If this-" She motioned to the twins who were intent on killing each other and/or destroying the entire cafeteria. "Continues any longer, it's only going to get worse." Kyoya nodded.
"I see. But what did you mean by 'again'?"
"They did the same thing in homeroom today." Kea twirled a bit of Linguine around her fork, sticking it in her mouth. Chewing it, she quickly took a sip of water before she spoke. "Wow that's spicy." Kyoya chuckled.
"What's the matter? Can't handle it?"
"On the contrary, actually. I love it." Kea put another forkful in her mouth. "What's this called?"
"Cheesy Arrabbiata over Linguine." Kea nodded, shoving another forkful in. Kyoya laughed to himself. "The way you're eating, I'd say you haven't eaten all day."
"I haven't." she mumbled around a mouthful. She swallowed, taking another sip of water. "I didn't eat anything last night either." Kyoya's eyes widened.
"And why not?"
"Too busy worrying about those two." She nodded to the twins, who had given up on throwing things at each other and were stalking away in opposite ways. Kyoya narrowed his eyes, taking a bite of his own food: Crispy Plantain Crusted Crab Cake with Mango Habanero Salsa. He chewed slowly, thinking.
"That's not healthy, Kea." Kea lifted an eyebrow.
"And your habit of staying up until sunrise is?" Kyoya choked on his water, coughing.
"How… how did you know that?" Kea sighed in disbelief.
"Stealing your sister's makeup may make your skin look like it's fine, but your eyes are consistently bloodshot." Kyoya stared at Kea in disbelief. She shrugged, taking a bite of her Cookie Dough Cheesecake. "I'm not your assistant for nothing, Kyoya. I notice things." Kyoya sighed, shaking his head.
"I hate to admit it, but I've underestimated you." Kea chuckled, eating another bite of cheesecake.
"I get that a lot." Kyoya sighed, watching as the twins stalked out of the cafeteria in opposite ways of the other.
"Do you have a theory about what's going on with those two?" Kea put her fork down.
"I would answer, but I know you already have one, so I want to hear yours first." Kyoya growled slightly. "Acting like an animal will get you put in the doghouse, kid." He lifted an eyebrow at her.
"Kid? I'm fairly certain I'm three years older than you."
"Two years and ten months, actually." Kyoya rolled his eyes.
"I'm starting to think you just do that to annoy me."
"Nah. I do it to make you look incompetent." He glowered at her. "I'm still waiting, you know." He huffed.
"Haruhi made a comment in the Host Club yesterday." Kea glanced at him, chewing her cheesecake. "She didn't mean anything about it, but she said that Hikaru came off as more mischievous than his brother. It sparked the fight." Kea sighed.
"I see. Well, we'd better get to the Host Club before it starts."
"Why?"
"I highly doubt fighting twins will bring in many customers. If you want to keep it in business, I would think that you would want to get this resolved as soon as possible." Kyoya nodded, picking up his piece of cheesecake. "I thought you didn't like sweets." He smirked.
"Burned sweets, Kea." She snickered to herself.
"Gotcha." She grabbed her piece as well, leaving the plate.
"Are you going to-?" Kyoya got his answer when Kea took a bite of the piece from her hand, swallowing.
"What?" she mumbled around the confection, her tone perplexed.
"Nothing."
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Contrary to the normal atmosphere of the Host Club, it was very gloomy. Tamaki was sprawled out at the head of the table, sighing in exhaustion. Kyoya was methodically typing away at the calculator, figuring out the cost of the damage the twins had caused. Takashi and Mitsukuni sat together, completely silent as Mitsukuni gently played with Usa-chan's arms. Finally, Haruhi and Kea were sitting together, Haruhi staring at nothing, Kea writing fervently in her notebook. Each person present had a cup of tea sitting in front of them.
"Looking at the numbers…" Kea looked up at Kyoya. "If this situation isn't resolved, I'm afraid we're going to have to stop offering our 'Brotherly Love' package. We're down one pair of loving brothers."
'Can't you think of people as something other than tools to further your own interests?' Kea thought.
"Oh! Haruhi!" She looked at him. "I just want you to know there's no reason for you to feel responsible."
'There's that signature smirk again.'
"Even though it was your tactless comment, that started this whole feud between the twins in the first place. Right?" Haruhi sweatdropped, while Kea mentally glowered, knowing actually glaring wouldn't improve the situation.
'That jackass. He said that simply so she would feel responsible!'
"It's weird for Hika-chan and Kao-chan to be fighting like this. It's never happened before." Takashi nodded in agreement with his cousin.
"They've never fought before?" asked Haruhi.
"I've known… Hika-chan and Kao-chan since we were in preschool. We weren't in the same year so I never really got to talk to them. But I remember that the two of them always played together." At the head of the table, Tamaki looked out the window.
"Yeah that's true." Kea silently closed her notebook, thoroughly interested. "I mean I've only known the twins since they were in middle school… but they, definitely stood out." From the glassed over look in Tamaki's eye, he was remembering something in the past. "It seemed like they kept everyone at a distance except each other." A nostalgic smile pulled at Tamaki's lips.
"Believe it or not they were even more warped back then. When you stop and think about it, maybe this fight is a good thing for them. Maybe it means that the twins are expanding their horizons a bit." Tamaki crossed his arms, his smile turning nostalgic to happy. "We should just leave them alone and let them work it out." Haruhi looked out the window at the setting sun.
'Who knows? Maybe it is a turn for the better. But if this really is their first fight, they probably need someone to tell them when it's time to give in and call it quits. And if they've never fought before, would they even know how to make up?' Meanwhile, Kea stared into her tea, a finger absentmindedly rubbing the outside of the cup…
A slight smirk pulling ever so slightly at her lips.
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Tamaki hunched over, his entire body twitching and covered in a cold sweat. Kyoya wrote in his notebook. Takashi and Haruhi stood silently, watching. Watching what, you ask?
Watching the twins throw everything in sight and/or reach at each other, which ended up being everything in Music Room #3. Thankfully, the Host Club was closed for the day, having not been opened since the brothers started fighting. If you're wondering where Mitsukuni is, he was sitting on top of the massive pile, holding Usa-chan. Kea was nowhere in sight.
"Ugh!" Tamaki straightened, holding his left arm while using his left hand to support his head as he tried to keep himself under control. "Don't you guys think that maybe, it's time you give up all this fighting? It's driving me insane!" The last part was more or less whispered, but everyone else still heard it.
"What'd you say? It's driving you insane! Ugh, you've got to be kidding me! How do you think I feel right now!?" Hikaru ducked his head before speaking again.
"Everytime I look in the mirror I see his face! I'm sick and tired of constantly being mistaken for you Kaoru! The truth is… I hate your guts!" Kaoru frowned.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." He reached inside his uniform. "In fact I hate you so much I bought this!" He pulled out a very distinctive object. "Beelzenef the Curse Doll!" Tamaki screamed in horror. Kaoru held up a permanent marker.
"I'm going to complete the curse, Hikaru. I'm going to write your name on his back." Hikaru gritted his teeth. "From this day forward you're going to experience nothing, but misfortune and sorrow!" Kaoru shouted as he wrote on Beelzenef's back. What happened next wasn't expected.
Haruhi ran out… and hit both of the twins on the head.
"Would you guys knock it off!?" She grabbed Beelzenef from Kaoru. "What do you think you're doing!? You don't bring something like this into a petty fight! Both of you are at fault here but what's really sad is that you brought everyone else around you into your big mess!" She glowered at the twins.
"Now apologize to each other! If you don't make up right now I'm never going to let you come over to my house! Have I made myself clear!?" The twins stared up at her in shock...
Before identical, mischievous and self-satisfied smiles grew at their faces. They hummed in satisfaction. Haruhi, on the other hand, was lost.
"So then what you're saying Haruhi is that if we make up we can come over to your place?" they asked in unison while circling her. Coming around to her back, they hooked an arm around each other's shoulder…
Put a hand on a hip…
And crossed a leg…
Mirroring the other perfectly. Haruhi looked at both twins before turning the curse doll over. On his back was written…
BLANK. Haruhi screamed in horror upon realizing that everything had been nothing more than a gag. The twins highfived, before hugging each other.
"I'm so sorry, Kaoru. Even though I was just following our script, I said such awful things to you! I'm not fit to be your brother!" Hikaru cried as he held Kaoru close.
"Don't say that, Hikaru! I was so worried! I couldn't live with myself if I ever thought I'd hurt you!" Kaoru sobbed as he cupped Hikaru's face.
"Kaoru I'll never let you go again!"
"Hikaru!" The Host Club paled at the realization they had been had. They were snapped out of it when Beelzenef slipped from Haruhi's hand.
"You've gotta be kidding!?" Mitsukuni was sliding up and down, waving his arms frantically as he freaked out. "You mean you guys were faking it this whole time!?" Tamaki fell on his face, twitching. Haruhi was on her hands and knees, shock and despair written all over her face. Takashi and Kyoya were the only ones who were still standing.
"We didn't have anything else to do. We were bored!"
'They totally fooled me!' Haruhi thought despondently. 'Now I have to let them over to my house sometime!'
"That reminds me…" Haruhi looked over her shoulder. Panic was written all over her face. Hikaru and Kaoru weren't looking at her. Instead, they looked over their shoulders, cupping a hand around their mouth.
"Hey Kea!" If possible, everyone paled further than they did the last time. "Did you get all of that?"
"YES!" Kea came running out of the back. She was wearing her normal school outfit. A huge grin split her face as she made a beeline for the twins.
"KEA!?" Everyone yelled. She didn't look at them, instead jumping on Hikaru, Kaoru jumping on her. Hikaru swung them around in circles, all three of them cackling in glee. They momentarily stopped when Hikaru fell to the floor, but they continued soon enough. Kea and Kaoru got off of him, sitting up and letting Hikaru do the same.
"So? How were we?"
"You two were amazing!" Kea's entire face was taken up with her grin. "All I have to do is edit out that little part about Hikaru mentioning the script, and that'll make the makeup scene all the more emotional!" Kea rolled on her back, her legs and arms pumping the air. Thankfully, she was wearing her pant suit uniform.
Everyone could only stare in horror as the trio regained their feet, joined hands, and began chanting "We did it! We did it! We did it!" while skipping in a circle. Haruhi fully sunk to the floor, her head spinning. Kyoya dropped his pencil, his mouth agape. Takashi's eyes were wide, and Mitsukuni was collapsed on the floor. Kyoya growled at Kea.
"How long did it take you to come up with this?" Kea hummed, tapping her chin.
"Well, Hikaru called me last Saturday night. I wrote the script the next day when I went over to their house, so…" she shrugged. "A couple hours?" She grinned. "Not to worry, I took all expenses into account."
"But-."
"Everything the twins threw at each other were silicon replicas of the real thing. Here! Look." Taking a vase out of the mountain, she slammed it on the ground. Instead of shattering, it bounced around the room until landing at Kyoya's feet. He stopped it with a foot, still staring at her. She giggled.
"Besides… wasn't it you that said we needed more money making items?" Kaoru hugged Kea around the waist, while Hikaru looped his arms around her shoulders. "I thought making a film about the twins doing the impossible, fighting, would be huge. After all, the last one was a huge success." Blowing a kiss at him, she winked at the subtle blush that stained his cheeks before turning to the twins. "C'mon guys, let's get that dye out of your hair." Tamaki was barely able to lift his head up to stare at the cackling twins an Assistant Manager.
'Twins, and Kea, with too much time on their hands…' Both twins and Kea pulled down an eyelid while sticking their tongues out.
'Are the devil.'
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Kyoya refrained from growling as girls flocked into the Host Club earlier than normal. Thankfully, everything was set up, so that wasn't the issue. No, that wasn't the issue at all. The issue was that all the girls were surrounding Kea and the twins. Discretely, the rest of the Host Club crept closer to hear what was going on.
"I'm so glad you two made up!" a girl said to Hikaru and Kaoru. Their hair was back to normal, but both held something in their hands behind their back. They looped arms around the other, smiling.
"We were actually never mad at each other." Hikaru told her. Kaoru shook his head.
"See, we really wanted to do another movie, but we couldn't come up with a script. So we asked Kea for help." The girls asked.
"You mean they were acting?" Kea nodded, hugging her notebook to her chest, but not self-consciously.
"Yeah. Only we three knew it was a ruse." The girls gasped again.
"Why didn't you tell the others?" Kea smiled at the speaker. It was Chidori.
"Well, we had to make it realistic. If the others knew it was fake, then they wouldn't have let it go for as long as it did. I wanted to make sure the twins were in their natural element." This time, instead of gasping, the girls squealed.
"You're amazing, Kea! I never could have come up with a script like that! How do you know the twins so well?" She giggled, looking over at the twins.
"Simple." The trio said in unison. "All of us are devils when we want to be."
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Azamuki leaned against the wall. He winked at some passing girls, making a few swoon. A couple just looked away in disgust. He frowned to himself.
'Ever since that Suou guy joined, girls haven't looked twice at me!' His frown deepened. 'I know sis is going after Kea, but I want Tamaki to suffer. I don't get what's so special about him anyways. He's not even fully Japanese!'
The door next to him opened, snapping him from his thoughts. Azamuki entered the Black Magic Club, narrowing his eyes in an effort to see. Candelabras all around were suddenly lit, making him blink in pain. A cloaked figure approached him.
"Well? Was she there?"
"Unfortunately no." Azamuki growled. Reaching out, he grabbed Nekozawa by the throat.
"Then tell me why I shouldn't snap your neck."
"Because I know something!" he choked out. Azamuki loosened his grip, letting Nekozawa step back.
"Explain… while you still can."
"It seems that this girl-."
"Kea."
"Kea, is very close to the Hitachiin twins." Azamuki's eyes widened.
"But those two idiots were just fighting!"
"It seems it was all a ruse." Nekozawa lifted a Beelzenef Curse Doll. On the back was written "Blank" in Kaoru's handwriting. "When Kaoru-san bought this from me, he said it was to curse his brother. However, as you can see, that was a lie."
"So how does Kea fit into this?" Azamuki asked, his patience wearing thin. Nekozawa was known for taking as much time as possible to explain his point.
"She was the one who orchestrated the whole thing. She wrote the script the twins followed." Azamuki's eyes widened.
"For what purpose?! What could she gain by having the twins pretend to fight?"
"Simple." Nekozawa flicked an ear of the curse doll. A recording began to play.
"Besides… wasn't it you that said we needed more money making items?" Azamuki smirked, licking his lips at the sound of Kea's voice. It was clear she was talking to someone, most likely Kyoya Ootori. "I thought making a film about the twins doing the impossible, fighting, would be huge. After all, the last one was a huge success." The sounds faded out from there, but Azamuki had heard enough.
"I see. Thank you Nekozawa. If I have need of your services again, I'll be sure to call." Nekozawa nodded, bowing to Azamuki as he left. Once the door closed, the cloaked boy breathed a hefty sigh.
"I'm the leader of the Black Magic Club, and even I am scared by him." Outside, Azamuki dialed a number, lifting the phone to his ear. It rang twice before the called picked up.
"Yes?"
"Kea hasn't met Nekozawa yet." A growl sounded through the device.
"So what's the good news?" Azamuki sighed, walking out of Ouran Academy.
"There isn't."
"What are you talking about!? Surely something good came of this!"
"It seems that the fight between the twins was a fake. They were acting." He could practically hear her eyes widening.
"Who came up with the script? Those two dimwits couldn't have possibly done it, and none of the Host Club was in on it."
"That's the worse news. The one who came up with the script… was Kea." Azamuki held the phone away from his ear as his sister ranted. He sighed again, knowing she wouldn't stop for two hours. If he was lucky. "Look, sis."
"What!?"
"Maybe we need to stop being subtle." That quieted her down. "It's obvious that Kea's outsmarting us at every turn so far. Subtle isn't working."
"What about her side?"
"From what I can tell, it's not bothering her."
"But the blade was poisoned."
"I know. But somehow it's not affecting her." Ayanokouji sighed through the phone. Azamuki heard her bed creak.
"So how do we go about this?"
"Well, you can come back to school for starters. I think you've been 'sick' long enough."
"True. Alright. I'll come to school tomorrow. But how do we get Kea to come to us?"
"We don't." A sick smirk twisted Azamuki's lips. "That's the whole point of not being subtle. We go to her."
By the way, I've had Cheesy Arrabbiata over Linguine, and it is goooooooood. You can vary how spicy you want it, but it is yummy! *licks lips* And Cookie Dough Cheesecake, which is undoubtedly one of my favorite desserts. As for Kyoya's food, I've never had it, but I've heard it's good, so what the hell.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review! Thank you all! *blows kiss* Happy Halloween!
OH! If you can tell me who else has black nails, I'll dedicate the next chapter to you. Don't put it in a review though. Send me a PM. That way no one can cheat. ;} Thank you!