Because I still adore Ouran uwu

Disclaimer: I don't own Ouran High School Host Club, or any of the songs in this fanfiction. I only own Sora Kawashima and other OC's

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Chapter Five/ Jungle Pool S.O.S

Wait a minute. Am I dreaming?

The first year honor student stared at the water that had just lapped the sand gently in confusion. The sun (or at least; the lights inside the dome) was bright and warm, and the chirping sounds of the birds added an extra ounce of peacefulness to the relaxation center. Though it was truly very pretty, Haruhi was still extremely confused by the area that surrounded her. "We're in Japan, right? And Japan's not really known for it's tropical locales…" she thinks to herself

Tamaki, noticing Haruhi's stillness, places a gentle hand on her shoulder, much to her irritation

"Behold, Haruhi!" He exclaims, eyes sparkling in joy "Bask in the beauty of tropical birds~"

"Um... Where was the exit again?"

The sound of ice hitting a glass rang out behind Haruhi just as Sora wraps her arms around her, wearing an orange bikini and with a blue drink in hand. "C'mon, Haru! This place is super pretty and it's nice to have a vacation!" Tamaki nods his head in agreement and gives Sora a thumbs-up. Sora grins in response.

"Personally I think this is waste of time, I could be studying, doing laundry and-" Haruhi inhales through her nose and raises an eyebrow, "..and I hope you know the consumption of alcohol by minors is against the law."

Awkwardly, Sora chuckles and tosses the drink out over her shoulder. Haruhi gives Sora a blank stare of disapproval before sighing, "Where are we, anyway?"

[Earlier today...]

[3:38 PM]

Haruhi walked out the entrance of the South building of Ouran. The host club had just posted a sign on the music room door saying there would be no activities today. Seeing that sign made Haruhi feel like a dehydrated man spotting water for the first time. It was beautiful. To finally have one day without any shenanigans from her club members was a breath of fresh-

Suddenly, Haruhi is put into a hold by two people

"Target"

"Captured"

The twins—obviously, because who else would just come up and put Haruhi in a half-nelson* hold?

A car swiftly rolls up and (once again—obviously) Tamaki rolls down the window. He smirks, "Good work. Now take her with you." The twins gave their boss a salute as the car drives away. They float off, still holding Haruhi

"Wait…" Haruhi shakily said, "Where are we goiiiiiiiing?"

The water crashes against the artificial sand, snapping Haruhi out of her flashback. Kyoya proudly relaxes against a lawn chair near Haruhi, green drink in hand.

"This place is a brand new theme park my family, the Ootori group, runs." He explains "It's called the Tropical Aqua Garden."

Haruhi tilts her head to the side, "I don't get it Kyoya-senpai... I thought the Ootori group ran hospitals and were focused on medicine related and medical business?"

"Yes, but my family likes to diversify and try different things." Kyoya stirred the ice around in his drink "Besides, this place could be classified as a healing facility… It's therapeutic! Sora's family has been using our other aquatic theme park, the Green Lily Island, monthly. Just think about those who are overworked and would love a vacation but can't take the time off... Now they can seek refuge here to reduce stress levels."

Haruhi mentally rolls her eyes at Kyoya's artificial tone. That whole speech sounded nothing short of suspicious to Haruhi, but she shakes off her disbelief. "Sora-senpai's family has to come to these a lot?" She asks.

Kyoya takes a short sip from his drink and looked up in thought "Well...I believe it's mainly for Sora's younger sister, who's training to be an Olympic swimmer."

Haruhi's eyebrows raised in a curious manner, "Oh? I didn't know her sister was an athlete... In fact, Sora-senpai never really mentions her siblings that often."

"Why would she?"

Haruhi shrugged "Well...why not?" She asked, "Do they not get along or something?"

Kyoya smirked, "That's not my story to tell."

His proud, "I know something you don't" tone aggravated Haruhi, but she dropped the topic nonetheless. Honey cheerfully skips up to Haruhi and lightly yanks her hand.

"Haru-Chan!" He exclaimed while jumping onto Haruhi's back "Wanna share some coconut juice with me?" He jumped off Haruhi and goes to hold her left hand "Or do you wanna try a piece of the mango cake~?"

"Uh, sure? I'll have some... coconut juice with you.." Haruhi replies. To that, Honey happily twirled Haruhi around and skips off in laughter. Haruhi smiles at the sight of the oldest club member's child-like mannerisms.

Before Haruhi could follow after Honey, the twins call out from behind her, "Haruhi, I think Sora-Senpai is going in the water slides...Wanna check them out?" Kaoru asks

Hikaru snorts, looking Haruhi up-and-down "Hang on—what's the deal with that yellow pullover you're wearing?"

Haruhi sighs

[Earlier today...]

[4:02 PM]

All of Haruhi's euphoric joy from club activities being cancelled was officially dried up. Her mood completely dropped once the twins dragged her to a changing room in this mysterious tropical park. The twins finally releases Haruhi's cramping arms once they reach the women's locker room.

"Here! Do what you gotta do!"

One of the Hitachiin's twins also-twin maids tilts her head with a smile, "Okay! We'll do what we can!"

The other twin maid repeats the same action, "Miss Fujioka~? Just follow me"

Haruhi attempts to back away from the twin maids but is once again overpowered by the pair of twins. Once the door to the locker room is closed, the two girls take off Haruhi's school uniform in one swift motion, ignoring Haruhi's protests all throughout.

Kaoru cups his hands over his mouth, "We've brought all of our mothers latest designs for you to choose from!" With that, several racks of swimsuits miraculously fill the room. Haruhi blankly stared at them all. The twin maids hug each other, "Are you ready, miss Fujioka? It's time to pick one!"

"Thanks but I don't need a swimsuit."

Tamaki pressed his ear against the door, curious about what Haruhi had been doing. He heard the voice of an unknown woman, but his ear grew large only at the sound of Haruhi's annoyed tone "No, I don't want a bikini!"

Tamaki's ear twitched as sweat started rolling down his face. The twins gave each other the same look of mild concern at Tamaki's behavior.

"W-what? That's nothing more than a couple of strings!"

With that, Tamaki passed out and fell backwards onto the concrete. Sora skipped up to Hikaru, resting an arm on his shoulder "What's up with the boss? Is he having a heat stroke or something?" She laughed at her own question and Hikaru shrugged, "I'm kinda bored waiting for Haruhi…" He says. Kaoru nodded his head in agreement.

"Well... come on then, guys!" Sora rearranged their positioning so that she would be in between the two brothers, arms linked. "Haru will be fine on her own for a bit, so let's go check this place out!"

Kaoru grinned at Sora's statement, "I overheard from Kyoya-senpai that the bartender always forgets to check for your age…" He suggests slyly

The three of them skipped off towards the bar mischievously, just as Tamaki regained consciousness and stood back up. He brushes himself off, trying to regain his composure. Just before he could go completely back to normal, Haruhi came out of the locker room.

He approached her with eyes closed, and Haruhi stood still, waiting for him to make one of his usual stupid comments. As soon as Tamaki opened his eyes to look at her, a chill traveled down his spine. Before either of the two could say anything, Tamaki instinctively shoved a yellow hoodie in Haruhi's face.

Haruhi flinched, "Uh, senpai?"

"Just hurry up and put it on!" Tamaki gently demanded, "…A proper young woman should not show that much skin until after she is married."

End flashback

"So, you're not gonna swim?"

"Hold up... you can swim, can't you?"

Haruhi deadpanned and turned around, annoyed by the twins' bored tone. She rolls her eyes, "I can swim just as much as the next guy, but this isn't my idea of fun. I'm not that big on water parks. We're just going to spend all day goofing off..."

"GUYS, GO ON THE ORANGE SLIDE! IT GOES SO FAST!" Sora screams happily, ironically proving Haruhi's point. Sora, not noticing Haruhi's annoyance, runs up to the first year trio and wraps her arms around Haruhi, dripping wet.

Haruhi shivers from the feeling of the cold water, "H-honestly, I would just rather be home."

[Lazybones Heroine]

Sora twists her hair in her hands to squeeze out some water, "I do not relate to that, Haru! Not at all!"

[Sporty Heroine]

"I just don't understand what's so great about this place, anyways. I mean, all you really need to play in the water is a plastic pool."

The twins look at each other in confusion, "A plastic pool? What's that?"

Haruhi tilts her head back, trying to trying to picture a plastic pool, "Let's see… It's about this big…round... and to use it you have to pump the plastic full of air.."

The twins picture an inflatable boat and Sora pictures an air mattress. Hikaru opened his mouth to comment on Haruhi's commoner-ignorance but Sora stopped him with a single look. The three rich teenagers merely shrugged it off, giving Haruhi an awkward smile of pity (much to Haruhi's annoyance) Tamaki suddenly yanks the twins to the side, lecturing them on how they're making Haruhi feel "even more dumb" and uncomfortable.

Haruhi twitches in aggravation as Sora just laughs at everyone's actions and strikes up a conversation with the first-year. The twins lean closer to Tamaki, teasingly.

Hikaru placed a finger on his chin, "Nevermind that, boss, we've got a question for ya.."

Kaoru repeats the same action, "Why'd you make Haruhi put on that yellow monstrosity?"

"And you're fine with Sora-senpai wearing a small, orange bikini?" Hikaru continues, "So making Haruhi cover up like that-"

"-Was pretty unexpected.."

The twins towered over the embarrassed Tamaki with malicious eyes, "Oh I know... He made Haruhi cover up so no one else would see her like that. He must be one of those jealous, pervert types...How creepy."

"That's not it at all!" Tamaki frantically flails his arms around, blushing "I was just trying to maintain her innocence..! It's not decent for a girl as young as Haruhi to prance around half-naked like that in front of boys and-"

The twins back away slowly, which startles Tamaki. He turns around to see an an annoyed Haruhi and disgusted Sora towering over him, both giving him the same blank, disapproving stare. Tamaki feels his soul leave his body.

Bored and now annoyed, Sora tossees her towel and jumps into one of the lazy rivers, allowing it to carry it away from her loud friends. She lays back and closes her eyes, relaxing against the feeling of the cold water on her scalp.

The Kawashima family always goes to the Ootori's other indoor aquatic center for 'therapy', but they all go their separate ways once inside the dome. The lazy river was always Sora's favorite. It made her feel extremely weightless and helped her ignore everything wrong with her family. It's not that she ever necessarily felt stressed by her families dynamic, but the water made her feel nothing at all, which Sora enjoys.

Before Sora could relax too much, Honey jumps onto her stomach (which doesn't hurt because of his small stature) which causes Sora to stop floating on her back and start treading the water

"Sora-chan! You're the only one swimming!" Honey announces matter-of-factly. Sora looks around. The twins were teasing Tamaki, Haruhi was stuck between the two twins, Kyoya was reading, and Mori was just observing the area around him.

Sora nods, "Seems like I am!"

Honey grins, "I was going to ask Haru-Chan if she wanted to swim with me but I saw you first! Wanna go to the current pool with me?"

Sora nods and lifts herself up using the wall around the lazy river, her long black hair sticking to her back because of how drenched she is. She offers a hand to Honey, who takes it and immediately drags her to the current pool. Sora giggles at the way she runs with her third year club member, humored by the fact he is way stronger than her despite being almost a full foot shorter.

"Ready~?"

Honey holds Sora's hand as they stand next to the current pool. Sora squeezes his hand back with a large, bright grin "Jump in on three?" At the words 'jump in', Honey drops the pink floaty he had around his waist. He nods excitedly.

"One~!"

"Two…"

"Three!"

...

Haruhi happily drinks the iced tea in her glass, relaxing for the first time since she got here. Once the twins decided to rile up Tamaki out of boredom, they decided to use Haruhi as bait and claimed they were going to marry her. As soon as that happened, Haruhi went to lounge on one of the chairs as everyone found something to do.

The twins and Tamaki have been playing with the water guns for a while, Sora was holding onto Honey in laughter as he kept the two swimming against the current, Kyoya was reading, and Mori was sitting beside Haruhi, for once not having to entertain Honey since the shortest host club member decided to hang out with Sora.

Haruhi offers a glass to Mori, "Senpai? Are you thirsty?"

"Yeah, thanks." He says, accepting the glass. The two fell into comfortable silence, enjoying each others company and mutually (silently) agreeing that they're glad to be away from their hectic companions for once.

"SIDEWAYS LEAPING SHOT!"

Haruhi sighed and Mori made a small noise to express his amusement; so much for that peaceful moment. Miraculously, Tamaki managed to fling himself completely sideways and suspends in the air to shoot the twins with water. This fails, however, seeing how the twins hid behind one of the decorative tikis. Tamaki manages to trip over the one banana peel in the building and it carries him all the way towards another tiki, crashing into it head-first. Sora, witnessing this, laughs hysterically at the president's clumsiness.

Suddenly, tremors erupt below the pool, catching Sora's attention. She taps Honey, who she was still holding onto, to snap him out of his laughter. Both their eyes widen in disbelief as a huge wave of water floats over the two. Sora's eyebrow twitches, "Are you kidding me, Kyoya?"

Sora and Honey scream as the wave crashes onto them, carrying both them away in the water.

"Sora-senpai!"

"Mitsukuni!"

Haruhi and Mori quickly run towards the direction the two were being carried away in, only for Mori to land face first on the concrete after slipping on the same banana peel as Tamaki. Haruhi pauses, and once she sees that it's useless to charge after the now nowhere-to-be-seen Honey and Sora, helps her senpai off up the ground. Tamaki appears out of nowhere, pointing at the lazy river "Gentleman, we're going after Sora and Honey-senpai! That pool seems to be the quickest way! Charge!"

Tamaki, the twins, Mori, and Haruhi all charge towards the lazy river. Kyoya reluctantly calls out behind them, "Wait, I wouldn't-"

Five screams erupted from the group just as they all came running back

"There are alligators in there!"

Tamaki shivered, "O-okay, so we can't use that pool. Let's try this way next!"

...

...

"THEY'RE HERE, TOO!"

"And here!"

Once the group was a safe distance away from the alligators, Haruhi's eye twitches between pants, "What's with all the alligators?"

Tamaki pants, "Beats me."

Kyoya leans against the palm tree, scribbling notes down into his notebook, "Those alligators belong to the parks tropical animals exhibit.. I guess it is a little dangerous having them free and wandering around like that. Although... it seems the cause of our present situation seems to be the location of the current pool switch. I'll have to have a little chat with the designers." Kyoya smiles and the glare on his glasses disappears, "Thanks a lot, you guys! I got some great data today!"

"YOU WHAT?!"

[Meanwhile, at the opposite side of the Tropical Aqua Garden]

...

"Honey-senpai? On a scale from one to ten how crazy do I look?"

Sora's insecure question was unusual for the girl, but completely understandable. Her usually long, sleek, and loose dark hair was now tied in a ponytail and extraordinarily frizzy due the amount of chlorine in it and the humidity inside the dome. Awkwardly, Honey giggles and gives Sora a thumbs-up, "...You have such pretty hair, Sora-Chan!~"

"That wasn't my question…" Sora mumbles, dropping down to the floor in defeat in a manner similar to Tamaki. Honey pats the second year girl on the back.

Once the unlikely duo reached the end of the current pool, they spent some time trying to find some towels to dry off and made their way back towards the other club members. Honey led the two in the right direction, but it was hard to keep Sora in good spirits since she was annoyed by the heat, annoyed with Kyoya, annoyed with her hair, and annoyed all around.

She lifts her head up, giving Honey a half-hearted smile, "I'm sorry senpai." She stands up, "I'm being a downer even though things aren't even that bad!"

On cue, the lights inside the arena dim and it starts pouring down rain. Sora and Honey remain silent and just stand in place for a few moments. After too much time passes, Honey grabs Sora's hand and leads her to shelter by another one of the locker rooms.

Defeated, Sora plops down onto the floor and rests her head against the wall. After taking a few breaths to calm down, she smiles up at the third-year member. There's a mutual respect and understanding between the two, despite them never really getting the chance to interact that often. Sora was still very new in the group, after all, and usually spent her time with either the twins, Haruhi. or her classmates; so being with Honey felt somewhat strange to the girl.

"Well, let's talk!" She exclaims, patting the spot next to her "Awkward silence in the rain is no fun."

Honey merely blinks for a moment, but then gives in a excitedly sits down next to Sora. Kicking his feet, Honey grins happily while looking at the hostess

"What do you wanna talk about, Sora-Chan~?" He asks, giggling, "You wanna play 20 questions with me?~"

Sora nods, "Sure! I'll ask first: based on what you know, who's your favorite twin?"

"Kao-Chan! What's your favorite color?~"

"Lime green!" Sora answers, "If you were a guest coming to see the host club for the first time, who would you talk to?"

"Mmmm….Tama-Chan, probably! What about you?"

"You and Mori-senpai" Sora answers honestly, "I think you're super easy to talk to and Mori-senpai is really kind and handsome, plus... I tend to ramble and I feel like neither of you care that much about that."

Honey giggles, "I think it's cute!"

Sora smiled gratefully at the compliment, but shrugs it off anyways, returning to her question "Where's your favorite place to travel to?"

"Jamaica!" Honey responds, Sora grabs his hands excitedly since she loves Jamaica too. Honey giggles at her joy, but quickly goes back to the game, "Lets see... do you have a favorite sibling? You all seem so cute~!"

Sora sticks her tongue out, "Yuck, no. I guess Shouta and I hang out the most seeing how we shared a womb but..." She rolls her eyes, "..even he irritates me too much."

Honey blinks, "And your sister?"

Sora awkwardly chuckles "We reallyyyy don't get along. Kai is kinda... edgy."

Honey frowns. Truly, he knew a thing or two about having a moody younger sibling. Still, it made the older boy sad to know that his club member was in the same boat.

"I'm sorry, Sora-Chan! I didn't mean to bring up something bad!" He tears up and Sora simply waves a hand, "You didn't, senpai... Lemme just think of another question."

She looks up in thought, "…Hmmm... I guess.. I can ask something similar? If I'm being honest, I already kind of know about your younger brother Yasuchika... Do you two get along? I heard he's kind of mean and thinks you're kind of dumb- well, not dumb? More so just.. childish? Oh! Not that I think you're childish or anything, senpai! In fact, you seem way more smart than you let on, do you dumb yourself down? Why? Not that-"

Sora rambles on-and-on, feeling like she stepped over the line. Honey, who had remained silent, laughs at Sora's nervousness

"Dumb myself down? I don't understand what you mean…" He gives her a big smile "..But I'll be happy to answer you!"

Sora awkwardly chuckled and scratched her cheek, "Uhhh… I-I guess I just mean you act a lot more.. kid-like than you actually think…" She drifts off and twiddles her thumbs nervously "It feels like you see right through us sometimes.. if that makes sense?"

'Sora-Chan can be surprisingly observant' Honey notes to himself. He smiles and nods, "It does! That's an easy question~! I just want you all to figure things out for yourselves, but if I ever felt like you all truly needed my help I'd say so!"

His tone was still happy, but something about it throws Sora off. It's like his high voice was still high, but, for a split second, had matured. Honey, noticing Sora's confusion, continued.

"Tama-chan helped me accept the person I am, and the host club helps me see how accepted by others I am. Now, I know and accept the things and people I like and I'm willing to fight for that... But I want that for you all too~! But I can't just tell you guys how to be like that!" He explains, "You have to figure it out for yourselves!"

Sora scratched her head, "I… don't really get you, Honey-senpai." She admits. Honey stands up just as the rain stops and takes a deep breath, "That's alright, Sora, because I understand you…"

The air around the two turns bright pink and flowery as Honey pets Sora's frizzy hair, "You're a nice girl~~!"

Sora thought to herself for a moment, standing up and following after the ready-to-go Honey. She didn't really understand where Honey's sudden passion for the host club was coming from. Did she somehow offend him? Or was he just trying to make her see his point of view? The second-year girl stares blankly at the small boy's back in thought, 'Honey-senpai is so much smarter than we give him credit for... I can tell'

{With the Black Onion Squad}

[Tropical Aqua Garden General Administration Headquarters]

[Ootori Family Private Police]

"Immediate emergency mobilization order!"

"I repeat, immediate emergency mobilization order!"

Sirens wailed, and more than thirty men in uniform marched down in unison with guns in hand. Listening closely as their instructions sang out in the loudspeakers that surrounded them in the hallway. One man loaded his gun with fierce eyes.

"Master Kyoya's friends have gone missing near the wave pool! Our search targets are a small young man and a teenage girl! Our orders are to eliminate any suspicious figures. Show them no mercy. Repeat, eliminate any suspicious figures and show them no mercy!"

"Just in case the two ended up in different locations, I shall look for the girl myself! Everyone else, stick together to find the two and eliminate anyone who gets in our way!"

{Back with Honey and Sora}

As the two were walking, Honey suddenly stops in his tracks, almost causing Sora to trip over him. Honey turns his head left and right, with a serious look on his face. "Takashi is close by."

[Natural Instinct]

"Uhhhh…. okay…. But this place is super wide and it would be a shame if we walked around in a big circle and ended up farther from each other." Sora stated, finger on her chin. She snaps her fingers in realization, "I know! Why don't we climb up one of the trees to see if we can spot the from above!"

Honey nods, "Sounds like a plan!~"

As they climb up the trees, sounds of animals and police sirens rang out, but both Honey and Sora ignored it to focus on the task at hand. Though they were both still in just swim suits, the trees luckily didn't scratch their skin. The tree was artificial, so the fake bark was soft and the tree itself was easy to climb up on.

Honey peeks down at Sora, who was staring straight at the tree with focused eyes. He holds back a giggle and merely smiles down at the girl. Once they finally both make it up the extremely high tree, Sora exhales in relief "That.. was a lot of work."

Honey scans the area below them.

More trees… bathrooms….tikis…. bars….

The twins…Tamaki…. Another tiki...

"Oh!" Honey calls out, which startles Sora "That reminds me, Sora-Chan! How are things between you and twins?"

Sora tilted her head, "I guess.. fine? What do you mean?"

Honey continued scanning the areas below them, just as a group of marching police officers caught his eye. He tied a vine around the thick branch that supported Sora and himself, "You seem special to the twins, but it doesn't sound like you are childhood friends or anything!"

"I, uh, don't think I'm special to the twins?" Sora scratched her puffy hair in confusion, "We all got off on a...rough start, as you probably know. Now things are cool. Those two are pretty odd."

"Are Hika-chan and Kao-Chan special to you?" Honey asked, gripping the vine in his hand. The police officers formed a circle around two figures below them. He takes a look at the perplexed Sora, who, after a few moments, shakes her head.

"No."

Honey stares blankly at Sora, but then gives her a mysterious smile.

Without any warning, he jumps off the tree, "HARU-CHAN, TAKASHI, OUT OF THE WAY!" He screams, shouting like Tarzan. Sora's eye twitches at the sudden action, squinting to make out the figures below her. Sure enough, Haruhi was being carried in the arms of Mori, and Honey senpai's foot makes contact with the helmet of a police officer. Sora shakily kneels down on the branch supporting her.

"Everyone in this club is weird."

"Hey! What do you think you're doing, pipsqueak?!"

Honey giggles his usual cute little laughs, but it strikes fear into Haruhi's heart since she just watched Honey take out a police officer with a single kick. As two men reach to take down Honey, he simply swings one over his shoulder straight into a tree and pins the other one down by his collar bones.

Mori sets a stunned Haruhi on the ground, watching the fight go down with a bored expression. After taking the last police officer down, Honey dusts his hands off on his swim trunks.

"You guys should be more careful who you mess with!" He turns around on his heel and points a finger, the air around him turning pink and flowery once again, "Picking on my friends is bad! Got it?~"

[No-No~!]

Haruhi and Mori just stared at Honey in astonishment just as Tamaki's voice rang out through the trees, "Haruhi! Are you alright!" Tamaki, Kyoya, and the twins jogged towards the three. Honey grinned, "Hey, it's Tama-Chan!"

The twins stopped straight in their tracks at the sight of the unconscious cops on the floor.

"Oh wow.."

"You okay, senpai?"

Tamaki sprinted past everyone else with tears running down his face to hug an annoyed Haruhi, "I was so worried…" The air around the two turned sparkly, which annoyed Haruhi even more.

Hikaru scoffed, which catches everyones attention "Not that this ain't fun, but-"

"...Where is Sora?" Kaoru finishes in a less aggressive tone

The sound of a gun loading interrupted Honey and prevented him from answering the twins. Behind Kyoya, the head of the search-and-rescue party held his gun up with fierce, angry eyes.

Everyone (besides Kyoya) backed up in fear, and the man walked carefully in front of the vice-president so that he would be safe behind him. The police officer spoke into a walkie-talking placed upon his shoulder, "Master Kyoya was surrounded by a group of suspicious figures-"

"Suspicious?" Tamaki murmured, a little hurt by the comment. Haruhi pinched his cheek tightly to shut him up.

The cop continued, "No sign of the girl, but I shall take down any suspicious figures who stand in my way!"

"HEY!"

The sound of Sora's voice sent relief down everyone's back, but the cop kept his gun aimed at Mori in particular and simply just looked up in the location her voice came from. Sora, swinging on a vine in a fashion similar to Honey. Unlike Honey, who had his feet aimed outwards to make sure he would land just as he wanted to, Sora was curled up around the vine she was hanging onto, which made her move too quickly for her liking.

"LOOOOOOOOOOK OUUUUUUUT"

The cop lowered his gun, "WHAT ARE YOU DO-"

Sora crashes straight into the officer, sending him head first onto a tree stump and rendering him unconscious. Dizzy and overwhelmed by the amount of adrenaline she has, Sora lays down flat on the man.

After a few seconds of shell-shocked silence, Haruhi skips up to Sora, kneeling down near the swirly-eyed girl. "You okay, Sora-senpai?"

"Y-yeah…. I'm okay…" Sora manages to get out. Haruhi helps Sora sit up straight and moves her slightly so that she would no longer be sitting down on a man. The twins poke the cops rendered unconscious by Honey with bored looks in their eyes.

Hikaru pokes one cop in the nose, "I don't know what happened here, but at least they're still alive…"

Kaoru does the same, "It's pretty amazing this was Honey-senpai's work. He must've really been holding back!"

Haruhi helps Sora stand up, arms wrapped around her shoulders "Oh... is this about what you told me, Sora-senpai? About Honey and Mori-senpai coming from distinguished martial arts families?"

"Uh-huh…." Sora mumbles, still dizzy and barely-counsious.

Kyoya pushes up his glass "Not only that, Honey-senpai in particular has been called the dreadnaught of the Haninozuka family. By the time he was in middle school, he was already a national champion in both Karate and Judo."

Tamaki smiles "Mori-senpai is no slouch, either. When he was just in middle school, he won the national championship in kendo."

A recovered Sora squints at the two, "What? I didn't know that…"

"I'm a student of the Todoroki dojo!"

"I'm a second-generation student at the Ishikuza dojo!"

"And I'm from the Otakeh dojo!"

"... And we humbly apologize!"

Honey glances down at the men kneeling below him, sweat dripping down their necks and backs "Why? Is something the matter?"

"Yes sir, we're so sorry sir! We were unaware we were searching for Mitsukuni Haninozuka! I apologize for this confrontation, but my dojo will be so excited to hear that I've come face to face with you! I cherish this moment!"

Haruhi and Sora both go limp and blue and crash down on the floor together.

"So he is smart. He's deeper than I could've imagined!" the two girls think in unison

"Takashi! You did an amazing job protecting Haru-Chan!" Everyone smiled watch Honey pat his cousin on the head.

Mori gives Honey a single pat on the shoulder, "And you did a good job making sure Sora was safe."

At the sound of her name, Sora perked up and skips towards the two martial arts masters "Thank you, Honey-senpai! I would still be lost if you weren't with me!" She claps her hands together and grins "So let's all go home before we get trapped in this place again!"

They all silently agree and make their way towards the exit. The lights inside the dome dim to signal that the sun was starting to go down in the outside world as well. The hosts all collected their stuff and Kyoya called for a driver.

As they were walking, Hikaru lightly grabbed a handful of Sora's still-frizzy hair and smirked. "You know," He says "I think this is a better look for you."

Sora's eyebrow twitches, "Shut up. I've had such a long day, I don't even feel like entertaining you."

Kaoru lightly nudges Sora's side "Pay no attention to Hikaru, devil dog, he just missed you while you were off with Honey-senpai."

Hikaru glares at his brother, "I did not" Sora gives a dramatic smile and lets faux tears fill her bright eyes. She wraps her arms and legs around Hikaru to envelop him in a hug, "Awwww, Hikaru~ You missed me?"

"I did not!"

Sora warps her arms around tighter to annoy the older twin, "Did too!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Did not!"

Kaoru lets himself fall behind the two, as Hikaru carried Sora while they walked towards the exit. The pair continues going back and forth jokingly, which brings a smile upon Kaoru's face.

He walks beside Mori and Honey, who was on top of his younger cousin's shoulders. Honey gives Kaoru a happy smile, "Those two are pretty clueless, huh?" He says. Kaoru nods his head, "…Might be just as clueless as boss."

Kyoya, who was behind the three, smirks "Who knows, between Tamaki and Sora it's a pretty even bet." He teases. At the sound of his name, Tamaki looks back at his best friend with confused eyes, "What about me and Sora?"

Sora looks up and hops off of Hikaru, "Wait- I didn't hear you either, Kyoya. What did you say?"

Hikaru glances back at everyone else, slightly annoyed his conversation was being interrupted. Kaoru chuckles at his brother's expression and walks back up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder "It's nothing to be worried about guys, trust me." He explains. Hikaru gives Kaoru a strange look, but doesn't speak up.

Sora shrugs it off too, "Whatever… Hey, I think we should go to the beach next!"

Kaoru nods in agreement, "Yeah, the beach would be nice!"

Tamaki scoffs, now walking behind the twins and Sora, "C'mon, Haruhi's not interested in anything like that."

Haruhi speaks up, "Actually, I might like going to the beach."

Everyone stops, surprised by Haruhi actually being interested in going to another activity with the group. Haruhi smiles and looks at The Tropical Aqua Garden one last time, "I may not be into this silly waterpark but I do like the ocean. It might be nice to go to the beach... And it's so pretty…" Tamaki's eyes sparkle with those words and he nods in agreement.

"Yeah! Alright, then it's settled, that's where we'll go next time!"

Honey leans forward, "We're all going to the beach, Tama-Chan?" He rests his hands on Mori's head with a smile "That'll be fun, don't you think?"

Mori returns the smile, "Yeah."

Sora winks and gives a thumbs-up, "Sounds great! I could use a beach trip! One day without any drama sounds perfect!"

-Chapter End-

Because yesterday was Honey's birthday I wanted to release this chapter! Happy birthday, king! Thanks for being friends with Sora :)

Fun fact of the day about Sora:

-She and her siblings have a really wild-child ass dad so they party a lot (minus the super young Yori) So Sora and her twin brother Shouta (especially Shouta) throw parties a lot... Which is relevant because that'll be an upcoming chapter.

-Comments-

WrenBlake74- Thank you so so so much! I try to keep characters in character as much as possible without reducing them to only their obvious traits (EX: I try to make Kyoya more than uwu scary notebook glasses boy) But since we're still early in the anime/story/fanfiction I have to wait before we can really flesh everyone out more. Thanks for the review and your kindness! :)

Vivian Mei Wong- Omg you know how awesome it is to hear that? I love Kyoya and Sora's date since it was the first chapter I got to talk about Sora and Kyoya's friendship! Thank you so much! And because you like an original chapter means I should keep writing them... which I will! Thanks!

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Love you all! Mwah! Next episode is "You're not invited!" an original chapter instead of an episode