Chapter 11: Jungle Pool S.O.S!

Daniel had a blank expression on his face as he stared at the numerous bathing suits, he wasn't planning on swimming today. He didn't even know how to swim. Hell, he barely processed what had just happened to him.


~Flashback~


School had just ended and he had just said bye to Jiro and the others and he was going to walk home with Haruhi. The two had barely gotten to the gate before they were grabbed by the twins.

"Huh!?" Daniel exclaimed.

"Targets captured!" They grinned as a limo parked in front of them.

The window rolled down, revealing Tamaki wearing sunglasses. "Good work, now take them with you." He told them.

"Rodger!" The two replied as Daniel and Haruhi were confused.

"Wait, where are we going!?" Haruhi asked as the twins dragged them away.


~Present~


"Why me?" Daniel whined to himself as he remembered what he was told. He had to pick a bathing suit and from the sounds from the changing room next to his Haruhi had to do the same but with those maids helping her. He was just glad he didn't get that treatment as her.

He hummed as he picked out a wet suit. He would rather die than be forced to wear a one-piece or a bikini that was laid out for him as one of the choices. He stepped out of the changing room, now getting the chance to look around. It was a tropical paradise, but there weren't any tropical forests in Japan that he knew of.

He barely got to where the others were gathered when he got a face full of water. "Oops. Sorry, Daniel." The twins told him while they both held water guns. Daniel grit his teeth as he felt anger bubble up inside him. The twins could only sweatdrop at the dark aura surrounding the feminine-looking male.

"Hikaru. Kaoru..." Daniel growled before picking up a stick sending the two a glare from behind his wet locks. "I'm going to kill you!" Daniel exclaimed chasing after them with the stick as the two ran away from him.

While the chase was going on Haruhi sighed while she was wearing a yellow pullover and shorts. "Where even are we?" She asked.

"This place is a brand new theme park that my family, the Ootori group runs. It's called the 'Tropical Aqua Garden." Kyoya explained to her.

Haruhi looked up at him with a raised brow. "I don't understand, I thought the Ootori group ran hospitals and that they're focused on the medical business Kyoya-Senpai."

"Yes, but my family likes to diversify and try different things. Besides, this place could be classified as a healing facility." Kyoya replied, Haruhi humming in response before the male continued.

"It's therapeutic. Think of all the people who are overworked that would just love a vacation in the south tropics. However, they may not be able to get the time off or they may not be able to afford it. Those people can now seek refuge here at this theme park and reduce their stress levels. The Ootori group's primary concern has always been for the good health and well-being of the general public." Kyoya finished as he pushed up his glasses with a smile.

Haruhi couldn't help but find that statement a little suspicious before Daniel came over, panting.

"The park doesn't officially open until next month, but the Host Club was given a special advance invitation," Kyoya told them.

"When can we go home?" Daniel asked as he started wringing the water from his hair only to be ignored.

"Haru-Chan! Elle-Chan! Wanna share some coconut juice with me? Or do you wanna try a piece of the mango cake?" Honey asked bouncing around excitedly waiting for their answers.

"Yeah, sure. I'll have some coconut juice with you." Haruhi replied as Daniel let go of his hair.

"I guess I can try some cake," Daniel answered as Honey smiled brightly and runs off giggling.

"Hey, you guys wanna go check out the water slide?" Kaoru asked as he and Hikaru headed over.

"Hang on, what's the deal with that pullover, Haruhi?" Hikaru asked while eating a banana.

Haruhi could only look down at her clothing. "Oh, this thing?" She asked pulling on the sweatshirt. "No reason." She told them as she recalled what happened when she was forced to get changed.

"So, you're not going to swim? What about you, Daniel?" Hikaru asked while discarding the banana peel.

"Hold on, you can swim, can you?" Kaoru asked the two of them.

"I can swim just as good as the next guy, but this isn't my idea of fun. I'm not that big on water parks. We're just gonna spend all day goofing off. Honestly, I'd rather be at home. I don't understand what's so great about this place anyway. I mean all you really need to play in the water is a plastic pool." She told them as the twins looked at each other in confusion.

"A plastic pool, what's that?" They asked her.

While the twins were distracted by Haruhi, Daniel took this chance to get away and avoid answering Kaoru's question. Unlike Haruhi, Daniel never exactly learned to swim.

"Elle-Chan! Over here!" Honey called the male over with a smile as he ran over holding a slice of cake while wearing a pink floaty with bunny designs on it. "Here! It's super good and delicious!" Honey told him, smiling brightly as Daniel took the plate.

"Thanks," Daniel told him, picking up the fork and taking a bite. He hummed as he tried the cake.

"So?" Honey asked expectantly.

"It's good, not the type of cake I would go for though," Daniel replied as he continued to eat the cake as Honey giggled.

"That's good! You should try different things! Let's go play in the current pool!" Honey told him, taking hold of his hand and running off to the current pool.

"W-Wait, Senpai!" Daniel tried protesting before Haruhi noticed the floaty, stopping them.

"Hold on, you know how to swim, Senpai, so you still need that floaty?" She asked as Honey giggled and shook his head.

"Mm-mm, just looks cuter this way, y'know? Come on, Elle-Chan!" Honey said, bringing Daniel to the pool against the other males' wishes.

Daniel was completely tense when he got into the pool with Honey and also a bit terrified. As a result, he was clinging to the other for support as the current pushed them back.

"Elle-Chan, do you want to use my floaty?" Honey asked him, looking over at the obviously uncomfortable male.

Daniel could only open his mouth to respond before hearing sirens, startling him before hearing shouts from Haruhi and Mori.

"Daniel! Honey-Senpai!" Haruhi shouted before Mori shouted after.

"Mitsukuni!" Mori called out.

Daniel barely looked in front of him before a huge wave washed over them. The floaty was torn off and sent into the air as he and Honey were forced under the water. Daniel let out a gasp as he broke the surface, panicking and trying to stay afloat before another wave sent him under the water. It was too much for him to handle as water forced into his body, making him lightheaded before he blacked out.

Honey had more luck as he breached the surface of the water. "Daniel!" He shouted before catching a glimpse of Daniel's hair going under before going after him. The smaller male managed to hold onto Daniel and swim to the surface as they made it to the end of the current pool. Honey quickly pulled Daniel onto the grass. "Daniel!" He shouted as the male made no response.

The older male quickly went to work performing CPR on the other until Daniel coughed up the water from his lungs, sitting up as Honey sat back. "Are you okay?" Honey asked him worriedly.

Daniel continued to cough until he was able to talk. "Y-Yeah, just need a minute." He panted as he shook.

"I'm sorry I forced you into the water, Elle-Chan, I didn't know you couldn't swim!" Honey told him, hugging him.

"It's alright, you didn't know," Daniel replied, hugging back, slightly as he felt himself getting better from his near-death experience.

As soon as Daniel felt well enough to get up the two decided to look for the others. "Come on, Elle-Chan, this way!" Honey told him, holding the other's hand, leading the way through the jungle.

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Daniel asked following after Honey.

"Yup!" Honey smiled before a raindrop fell on his head. They barely looked up before it started pouring.

"What the hell!?" Daniel exclaimed as the two hurried to find cover. They weren't going to get anywhere with this rain, so once they found a tree to stay under they waited for the squall to subside.

Daniel never expected this would be how his day turned out, he would've rather stayed home, but nope. He was stuck here and almost drowned as a result. At least he was with one of the Host Club members that weren't annoying. Now that he thought about it he didn't know much about Honey-Senpai, or Mori-Senpai. He always saw the two together all the time and now they weren't. It made him wonder how Honey was doing without him.

"Hey, Senpai? What's your relationship with Mori-Senpai? You two are always together." Daniel asked as they were sitting on the ground.

"Takashi and I are cousins and best friends!" Honey told him with a smile.

"Cousins!? How?" Daniel asked, shocked at the revelation. They didn't look related at all.

Honey giggled at Daniel's reaction before explaining. "Well, for generations Takashi's family served my family until two generations ago by marriage."

"Are you worried about Mori-Senpai being without you?" Daniel asked and Honey shook his head.

"No, he can take care of himself, plus he's with the others! He may be lonely without me though and I am a bit lonely as well. We're always together and family so of course we're going to worry about each other a little bit. I'll be okay though! I have you, Elle-Chan!" Honey smiled brightly, hugging him.

Daniel squeaked in surprise when Honey hugged him again but hugged back slightly. "I guess that makes sense." He told him before the rain subsided.

"Look! The rain stopped! Let's keep going!" Honey told him, jumping up and pulled Daniel to his feet before they continued looking for their friends.

"Maybe we'll have some luck by climbing the tree with a bird's point of view," Daniel suggested though he wasn't a big fan of heights.

"Good idea, Elle-Chan!" Honey told him before immediately climbing one of the trees until Daniel could barely see the blonde. Just seeing how high he was made him a little nauseous.

Suddenly Daniel started hearing voices, he didn't recognize them but hoped they were going to be some help.

"You there! Put the boy down immediately! If you refuse, we'll remove them forcibly!" Daniel heard as he looked into a clearing and saw the armed forces surrounding Haruhi and Mori with their guns pointed at them.

"Uh, Hold on!" Haruhi exclaimed as she was grabbed.

Within a blink of the eye, Mori sent the officer flying causing Daniel to sweatdrop. "What the?" He muttered as he couldn't look away from the scene.

"Takashi! Haru-Chan! Outta the way!" Daniel heard Honey exclaimed seeing Honey swing from a vine and kicking another officer in the face, breaking the officer's helmet.

I followed Honey into the clearing after the small blonde took down the whole police force. Who was Honey-Senpai? Daniel was in complete shock at how powerful Honey-Senpai was. It kinda scared him.

"You guys should be more careful with who you mess with. Picking on my friends is bad! Got it?" Honey told the collapsed guards.

"Are you guys okay?" Daniel asked Haruhi and Mori as he hurried over.

"Yeah, what about you guys?" Haruhi asked before hearing more footsteps and hearing Tamaki's voice.

"Haruhi! Haruhi, are you alright!?" He exclaimed, hugging Haruhi. "I was so worried!" He told her, nuzzling her as she looked annoyed.

"Hey, it's Tama-Chan," Honey said looking over as the others came over.

The Twins knelt beside and poked the fallen officers. "Oh, wow. Are you guys okay?" They asked them.

"I'm not sure what happened here, but at least they're still alive," Hikaru commented before standing up.

"It's pretty amazing that this is Honey-Senpai's work. He must have really been holding back." Kaoru said standing up next to Hikaru.

"Excuse me!? He was holding back?" Daniel exclaimed as both he and Haruhi were shocked.

"So then you don't know about Senpai?" The twins asked them before explaining. "The Haninozukas are famous for their martial arts. Not only have they helped train the police and SDF forces but they've also worked with several overseas militaries." They told them before Kyoya added to the conversation.

"Honey-Senpai, in particular, has been called the 'dreadnought' of the Haninozuka family. By the time he was in middle school, he'd become the national champion in both karate and judo." Kyoya informed the commoners while pushing up his glasses.

This was just a lot of information to be given at once and it didn't end there. "Mori-Senpai's no slouch either. He won the national championship in Kendo when he was just in middle school." Tamaki added.

So now Daniel learned that Honey AND Mori-Senpai were more powerful than they seemed, especially Honey-Senpai. What else were those two hiding? Daniel didn't know, Honey-Senpai had more to him than he realized.

Kaoru soon piped up, changing the topic. "So, how were you able to find us, Daniel and Honey-Senpai?" He asked as Honey turned to look at them.

"It wasn't hard. It didn't take us long to reach the end of the current pool, so we decided to for you guys. If it wasn't for Elle-Chan's idea to look from the trees we might have missed you guys." Honey told them with a smile on his face.

"We humbly apologize! I am a 2nd-generation student of the Ishizuka Dojo!" One of the officers said causing them to look over, seeing the overs all lined up and bowing to Honey-Senpai.

"I am a student of the Todoroki Dojo!"

"And I'm from the Otake Dojo! We are in your debt!" Two other officers spoke up as Honey blinked in confusion.

"Why? Is something wrong?" The blonde asked them with a tilt of his head.

"Yes, sir! We're so sorry, sir! We were unaware that we were searching for Mitsukuni Haninozuka. We've committed a terrible offense here. I apologize for this confrontation. But my Dojo will be so excited to hear that I've come face to face with the great Haninozuka. I cherish this moment." An officer told him, confirming that what the others told him and Haruhi were true.

"So it's really true? Senpai's deeper than I thought." Daniel muttered.


As the sun began the set the seven of them were back where they were and heading to the exit. It was a long day and Daniel was glad for it to be over with.

"You know, maybe we should go to the beach next," Hikaru suggested.

"Yeah, the beach would be nice." Kaoru agreed.

"You idiots, Daniel and Haruhi aren't interested in anything like that," Tamaki argued with a sigh.

"Actually, I might like to go to the beach. I may not be into this silly water park, but I like the ocean. It would be nice to go to the beach and it's so pretty." Haruhi told the others, making Tamaki perk up.

"Yeah! All right. Then that's where we'll go next time." Tamaki decided with a sparkle in his eye.

"We're all gonna go to the beach, Tama-chan? That'll be fun, don't you think?" Honey asked with a smile while he sat on Mori's shoulders.

"Yeah," Mori replied with a nod.

"Guys, sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't want to the beach, I can't even swim. I'm not going to risk drowning again." Daniel interjected.

"Hey, what happened with the current pool isn't going to happen again," Kaoru told him, walking next to him while Hikaru walked on the other side of Daniel.

"Besides we can always give you special swimming lessons." Hikaru grinned as Daniel glared at them.

"From you two, no way," Daniel said rejecting their offer.

"We can always help you learn, Elle-Chan." Honey smiled at him.

Daniel could only sigh as he wasn't going to get his way. "Fine."


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