Chapter 2: Welcome to Ouran
Kagome looked down at the cloths she wore then back up at the other students who were walking about the hall. she let out a sigh as another student failed utterly miserably at trying to discreetly look at her. Hearing them whisper not to quietly about her cloths and her lack of a student uniform, both obviously stating her scholarship status. Huffing at the stupidity of the rich idiots around her, she sent a glare to one of the male students who whispered that her cloths were grubby and walked off leaving behind a scared group of boys and some starry eyed girls. She looked down at her cloths and sighed once again,
'they're not that bad', yeah she couldn't afford the female uniform, but the school staff hadn't said anything so it should be fine! She was currently wearing the cloths she used to work out in after a janitor had accidentally thrown her cloths away after morning practice. Several veins popped out on her forehead at the memory of the old geezer saying he thought her cloths were scraps of fabric one of the other students left behind.
'Stupid old man. That was what I was going to change into after morning training with Koro-Sensei!'
She could already feel a migraine coming on at the thought of her new coach, one that Ouran had hired to train varying sports clubs.
'He freaken cried out of happiness when he saw me still wearing my workout cloths after practice!', he had then went on about true devotion to ones training or something.
"I hope he doesn't expect me to wear these everyday", she rolled her eyes at the thought,
"he'd probably cry if I didn't"
Passing by a widow she saw the ghostly reflection of herself looking back at her. She was wearing a large baggy gray sweater over a shirt with some large black pants. Her hair had grown out much longer over time and some of it was gathered in a quick ponytail with much of it gathered around her face and around her shoulders. It looked rather wild, some of it going off in all sorts of directions. her hair had always been naturally wavy but after her old middle school friends, namely Yuka had decided to try cut it themselves for fun. The end result was her current wild and somewhat messy hairstyle, but she liked it; it reminded her of some of the demons she had met in the past and it definitely set her apart from Kikyo to her relief. Sōta though sometimes teased her about it though, he called it her lions mane or something along those lines.
'It doesn't help that I don't comb my hair that much anymore…' a sweat drop appeared on the back of her head.
Continuing on her walk down the hall, ignoring the staring of many of the girls and some boys she kept looking, hoping to find her class. Stopping when she finally reached her destination she opened the door and waited for the teacher to seat her along with the rest of the students. Glancing around she was once again met with the stares of her fellow classmates. She raised a eyebrow at the giggling of some of the girls and couple of blushes from the guys
'I wonder whats that all about?'
She looked away casting her gaze back at the teacher who was assigning seats.
'Im kinda glad I can't afford the girls uniform, its a little much', she grimaced at the thought of wearing that much yellow, especially with a dress like that.
'it looks uncomfortable' she thought as she reached down and grabbed the bag of the girl in front of her who put it down when she went to greet her friends.
"Here" she handed the bag over to the girl before she had a chance to grab it herself.
"Thank you" she whispered out with a dark blush as she seemingly staring at her face…
"the teachers calling you miss" Kagome said a little unsure about the stare she was receiving from the girl.
"what", she seemed surprise before looking behind herself where the teacher was who seemed slightly annoyed. She squeaked and quickly scurried over to the teacher and then quickly walked to her seat, all the while throwing not so subtle glances back at her.
'Strange girl… or girls?' she thought as she she saw several girls looking at her with similar red faces. looking away she walked up to the teacher,
"name" her teacher droned out
"Higurashi Kagome", the teacher pointing to a seat in the back of the classroom and she leisurely walked to it, passing by a girl wearing glasses who like her didn't wear the school uniform. Arriving at her desk she was about to sit when she heard a commotion behind her and slightly turned her head to see what it was about.
"Hikaru!" "Kaoru!" she watched surprised, as the brothers went on bemoaning their separation while seemingly working the girls of the class up into a tizzy. Her eyes went blank as a cold breeze went past her at witnessing the loving relationship the brothers had for each other
"Its fine Kaoru we will just have to make up for the time we apart", Hikaru grabbed his twin and held him close while raising a hand to cup his face.
"Hikaru…" The girls screamed and gushed at the brotherly love. She blinked at the scene wondering what was going on. Watching the brothers as they finished their… 'moment' she watched as they separated and went to go their separate ways… only to sit dow at the same table, with only the girl in the glasses separating them. Her world went dark at the scene, mouth slightly opening in shock, all the while large crude letters spelling out the word 'idiots' fell on her back threatening to crush her.
'They made such a fuss over being separated by one seat!' recovering from the shock she sat down and looked around amazed at seeing no one react the same way she did. Looking closer she saw the girl with glasses looked irritated.
'poor girl, she has to sit between those two…'
It had been a week since school had started and despite being surrounded by rich idiots, as she so eloquently put it, she was adjusting well. She still wore the same type of cloths she used during her morning training, but now she just changed into a clean set of cloths once she was finished with practice. She found despite her initial misgivings about dressing in such a way during school, it had quickly become a habit.
'The cloths are so comfy and Koro-Sensei seems very pleased by it' she tried to justify her reasoning in her mind. She gave a nervous chuckle remembering how he would get stars in his eyes and go on a long tangent about the importance of ones commitment to training.
'Im afraid what he would say if I didn't wear my workout cloths during school'
Passing by a group of giggling girls she payed no mind to them, no one had attempted to try to befriend her, with most of her fellow classmates, mainly the girls, only ever briefly talking to her before giggling and blushing. The guys as well didn't seem to know how to talk her. She sighed at the thought of her dilemma. She just didn't have anything in common with them. Thinking briefly before an idea hit her when she heard the dreamy cry of some girl calling out a specific name,
"Haruhi!".
'Haruhi as in Fujioko Haruhi?' she thought,
'the other scholarship student?', She hadn't seen the girl anywhere outside of class so she had yet to have a chance to talk to her. Haruhi was like her, meaning not a 'rich idiot'. Looking back at the entrance to the library she debated walking back and asking the squealing girls if they new where Haruhi was, but she quickly retreated when she saw the anime hearts flooding out of the door and the passionate cries of numerous girls.
'Its best not to get involved, the girls at this school are insane!'
Walking about the school hoping to find something of interest after retreating.
'I didn't run away!' she quickly shot back vehemently at the voice in the back of her mind. Yes she could go home since practice was canceled for the numerous sports clubs she was in, but she felt like getting to know the school a little more. She had passed by a couple of clubs, including one she had been assaulted by gust of wind carrying an assortment of flower petals. She sighed as she picked yet another flower petal out her hair, she had left quickly after that particular strange occurrence. Looking out through the window at one of the many courtyards she caught sight of a student walking quickly, waring the male school uniform.
'Is that Haruhi?', she quickly turned around and jogged to the the stairs so she could catch the elusive brunette girl.
"Huruhi!", she called out in an even voice despite her quick jog to the girl.
"Higurashi" she replied back in surprise "can I help you with something?"
"No, I just saw you and thought it would be nice if we finally got to talk. Are you going somewhere in particular?" Kagome smiled at the girl happy that she remembered her name
"Call me Kagome" She quickly before Haruhi could reply to her question. The girl nodded been then seemed to freeze up after her question seemed to sink in "Just heading to my club" she replied with a dark aura seeming to suddenly surround her. Ignoring it she waved her hands in an attempt to dissipate it,
"I'll walk you to your club" the brunette girl seemed surprised by this and quickly went to deny her.
"No its fine, I was hoping to talk to you. Perhaps we can meet up after your club is finished?", glancing over at the girl beside her she saw the questioning look
"Us scholarship students should stick together right?" briefly pausing the girl gave a thoughtful look before smiling and nodding
"Yeah, talking to another normal person would be nice",
'Im not exactly normal either though' Kagome thought briefly, pausing before replying to the girls comment.
"Yeah your probably the sanest girl I've come across at this school", Haruhi jumped a little and turned a questioning look at her before dismissing it. She was a girl after all, so it wasn't to surprising that someone was able tell what gender she was. Continuing to walk Kagome followed as she began to chat with her.
"By the way where did you get your uniform? I can't afford one of my own so I was wondering…"
"Oh it was given to me for free" she said meekly
"…WHAT!"
Standing before a door which was labeled 'Music Room 3', she looked at Haruhi. She had a bad feeling about this as the girl began to open the door,
'Wait wasn't this the room that…' she didn't get finish the thought before they were greeted with a warm blast of air and the sight before them.
'What the hell…', both of the girls thought
"Welcome" said a chorus of male voices. Looking over to where the voices originated she sweat dropped at the getup all the boys were waring. Looking back at Haruhi she watched as the girls eyebrow twitched and a gloomy aura once again took over her new female friend. Walking over to the girl the she put her hand on the girls shoulder and gave her a look. Haruhi looked up with hopeful eyes before turning stone white and proceeded to have her soul leave her body at the look her new friend gave her.
'Oh you poor girl' the look in Kagomes eyes screamed. Suddenly a toucan dropped out of the tree onto the girls head which seemed to knock her out of her soulless state, but her eyes remained blank. Surprised by the sudden appearance of the bird on her friends head Kagome looked up at the tropical fauna,
'Where did it come from? No wait, the question should be WHY IS IT EVEN HERE!'
Once again taking pity on the girl, she gently removed the bird from Haruhi's head but almost dropped it when a tall blond haired boy noticed her presence and proceeded to scream out in such a way she could only classify it as 'girly'.
"Haruhi! Who is this poorly dressed ruffian that you brought to our club!" He then proceeded to grab Haruhi, holding her by her shoulder's he began to shake her.
"Your daddies little girl, I forbid you to hang out with such a boy" he continued to shake her with large tears falling down his face.
"Tch" Tamaki froze in fear at the sound and the malevolent presence behind him, he let out yet another girlish scream when a strong hand griped one of his wrists and proceeded to crush it with a strong grasp. Turning around he trembled at the angry glower of the unknown 'boy' and was pushed away from his 'daughter', all with one hand
"Let go of her NOW. Who do you think you are, telling her what she can and can't do."
Tamaki stumbled to his hands and knees with a lone light shining on him as he was put under scrutiny by the unknown male, frozen at the look that he was being given.
Taking her glare off the blond she turned to Haruhi,
"You ok?", the girl nodded.
"You know what I think I'm going to head out…". Kagome said in a low voice to Haruhi after noticing the amount of attention she was attracting from the Host Club members. Glancing behind her when she heard footsteps she saw a boy with black hair and glasses approach her giving her a calculated look which she didn't particularly like.
"You're late Haruhi" he said while pushing up his glasses, somehow making them shine in an almost unnatural light. Continuing to looking at Haruhi he continued to speak,
"Who might your friend be" he asked as he grabbed a black notebook and pen and looked back over to where the 'boy' was standing… to only see a outline of the boy blinking in and out of existence, with said boy gone.
"Where did he go?" Haruhi looked over at the twins who asked the question before looking around. All of their heads turned towards the door as they heard it open,
"I'll see you after your club gets out Haruhi" the boy waved before quickly rushing out and slamming the door…
"Lucky bastard" Haruhi gritted out from clenched teeth.
"Haruhi who was that!", she barely got a chance to turn around before Tamaki began shaking her again and demanding answers.
"Yeah who was that~" the twins said as they appeared beside her with devilish looks.
"Haru-Chan! Haru-Chan!" Honey yelled out for her attention, not wanting to be left out.
'Kill Meeeeee…' was the girls only thought as the Host club made a huge ruckus at seeing her with a unknown boy.
Mitsukuni stopped what he was doing and looked up at Mori with a questioning look as the tall boy continued staring at the door. Looking down at his cousin his reply to the his short cousins look was
"Toucan…" Honey looked puzzled but gave up trying to make sense of it when his attention was turned to back to Haruhi. looking around Mori wondered if any of them noticed that during the whole ordeal that he had held the Toucan in one arm and had promptly fled with it.
-With Kagome-
She felt bad for leaving Haruhi alone with the other members of her club but as soon as she had entered that room she had wanted to leave. She couldn't fathom why Haruhi would have joined the club, but from what she gathered by the way she reacted to the club and its members, that she didn't want to be there anymore then she did.
'It was entertaining to watch though, she thought with amusement.
'I'll make it up to Haruhi by returning to the club when it gets out', she concluded with a final nod before turning to more pressing matters, like what to do until she returned to pick up Haruhi. Stopping mid step she froze.
"Wait, did they call me a boy?"
…
"And why the HELL am I still carrying this damn bird!"
Authors note
I wrote this in a couple of hours so... Im not the best with grammar so I'm sorry /: Don't be afraid to message me or to write a review (: Actually please write me what you think. Im just kinda sitting here in the dark not really knowing what to write or what you guys want... ect. Anyways thanks for reading!