Vic and the Secret Door Chapter 23

Vic and The Secret Door
Chapter 23: The Quirks of a Host

"Excuse me sir," Kyoya interrupted, as Vic was about to lead his characters out of the Host Club doors.

Vic turned slowly; wondering else could hinder their mission.

"But I can't allow you to take Honey-Sempai or Tamaki with you. Club sales are already down without taking away our king or honey."

"But Kyoya!" Tamaki whined.

"Tamaki, if you don't oblige, I'll have to increase Haruhi's debt by 13%." Kyoya threatened.

"Who do you think you are ordering everyone around as if you're king of the world!" Ed cut it.

Great, Vic thought. Just as we got him quiet…

"He's pretty small, don't you think?" The twins said, seemingly appearing out of nowhere and encircling Edward.

There was a collective pause from the group as they counted down the seconds before Ed would explode.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING-"

He was thankfully cut of as a door opened from the ceiling, dumping another character on top of him.

Everyone could still here Ed's muffled rant, but they were more focused on the new comer.

"I assume this is another of your 'characters'?" Fai asked his smile still fixed to his face.

The newcomer stood up scratching his head. "That's strange. Wasn't I just…" His words were slow and he seemed tied.

"It's Greece," Vic said a little surprised.

"Wait a minute," Tamaki asked. "Isn't Greece a country?"

Vic sighed inwardly. It was tiring having to explain everything.
"He's a character Tamaki, just like the rest of you."

Ed, finally finished with his rant, shoved Greece off him, and was about to launch into another full frontal attack about Greece's behavior but he was hauled away from the spotlight before he could say another word.

"What am I doing here?" Greece looked around slowly. "This isn't Japan's house."

"Fai," Vic motioned. "Please explain."

Fai nodded with a smile, and turned to Greece, only to find he was asleep. Standing up. And there was a cat sleeping on his head.
"Well, well, " Fai laughed.

"So we've got another useless person on our team?" Zero asked.

"Hey, who are you calling useless?" Spirit and Tamaki asked in unison.
"I'm not useless, I'm the best daddy ever!"
"Yes, and I'm the best daddy and a king!"

Vic face-palmed, wishing he could have at least some help, maybe one of the rangers. Why did all the characters have to fight, and all the time too?

A cough from behind Vic drew his attention, and he turned to see the PMoF floating there. The rest of the group turned as well.

"What are you doing here?" Dark asked. "I thought you said you weren't allowed to help us."

"Yeah, but this is moving really slowly." The PMoF muttered. "Watching you lot stand around bickering all day isn't very interesting you know."

"What? You want us to be entertaining?" Vic asked.

"Shhush!" The PMoF replied. "Don't make me glomp you."

Vic shut his mouth. He didn't mind getting glomped by his rangers, or glomping them in return, but he had seen the force that the PMoF had glomped Ed and Dark with, and he didn't want to risk anything.

"Anyway, I'm here to remind you all that you still have to find the items that characterize the host club. And when, or if, you do that, and if you get it right, you still have all those other worlds to go to."
The PMoF vanished as quickly as it came, leaving everyone reeling, suddenly remembering the mission.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki cried.
"What now," Haruhi replied, almost cringing.
"Watch me now, as Daddy becomes a hero and saves the day!" Tamaki continued.

"What is this mission everyone keeps talking about?" Greece replied, waking up when his cat started meowing.

"We have to find items, that characterize the host club." Vic explained. "We've already got Usa-Chan for Honey,-"

"Oh, oh, oh! We can use this rose for meeee." Tamaki cut in whipping out a red rose from nowhere.

"Are you French in anyway?" Greece asked, slightly confused.

"I'm half French, how'd you guess?" Tamaki asked.

"Focus, Tamaki." Vic commanded.

"Oh, well, maybe we could use Honey as Mori's item, the red rose for me, Usa-Chan for Honey, Hikaru for Kaoru, Kaoru for Hikaru, I'm not sure what Kyoya would be, maybe some money or something, and lastly this beautiful song I wrote for my darling Haruhi!!!!!!!!" Tamaki said without breathing.

"How about no?" Pretty much everyone replied.

"Though you could be onto something with the roses." Vic said thoughtfully. "I mean, each host has his, or hers in Haruhi's case, own coloured rose."

"What kind of place is this?" Ed asked. "Are you like some girly form of the power rangers?"

"No, but that's a great idea for our next cosplay!" Tamaki said excitedly.

"Can we hurry up and get the items?" Spirit asked. "The sooner we get out of here, the sooner I get to see my Maka again!"

"And the sooner we can leave Tamaki behind." Dark muttered. "Though I wouldn't mind staying here with all these beautiful ladies around…"

"You seem like the sanest one of the group." Kyoya said turning to Vic.

"Sometimes I don't know." Vic replied. "Sometimes I worry if I voiced all of them, they'd have to leave some imprint."

"As I was saying," Kyoya continued. "A white rose for Haruhi, a red rose for Tamaki, a pink rose for Honey, a dark blue rose for Mori, a orange one for Kaoru, a blue one for Hikaru, and a purple one for me."

"Ahh, thanks." Vic replied, holding the bouquet of roses awkwardly in his arms.

The PMoF rematerialized next to Vic, making him jump, even though he thought he should be used to strange things by now.

"Is this good enough?" Fai asked, still smiling.

"Hmm…" The PMoF looked casually over the roses, and then smiled. "These will do nicely."

Vic smiled in relief.

"These will look great on my dining room table, and the fans will love them."

"WHAT!?" Ed exploded. "This was all just for your personal benefit?"

"Shush child." The PMoF replied, still admiring the roses.

"Child?" Ed yelled. "Are you implying that I'm short?!"

"Here," The PMoF said to Vic, completely ignoring Ed's rant. "Give this to the person who's got the next number."

Vic looked down at the mini jewel rose that now rested in his hands, and when he looked back up, the PMoF had once again vanished.

"Ok guys, " Vic said. "Who's next?"

End Chapter