Ouran Basket

A/N I HAD THE BEST IDEA IN THE WORLD~ You'll find out in this chapter.

Disclaimer: Do not own...

After breakfast, everyone went their seperate ways.

Kyo went to the roof to sulk.

Yuki went to his secret garden, and Tohru went with him.

Momiji, Hunny, and Mori went into the other room to play.

Hikaru and Kaoru followed Kyo to the roof to torture him or something.

Haruhi, Kyoya, Tamaki, and Shigure were awkwardly sitting in the living room.

"Um... I'll make tea..." Haruhi suggested, getting up and heading towards the kitchen.

"Ah, Haruhi, wai--" Before Tamaki could finish what he was going to say, he lost his balance as he was chasing after Haruhi. "Waaah!" He fell on top of poor Haruhi. He blinked in confusion as a mist of somewhat thick, golden smoke drifted around them and dissolved. "S-sorry, Haruhi..." He backed off of her. She was staring at him with wide eyes.

"T-T-Tamaki-s-sempai..." She stammered, pointing at him.

"I said I was sorry," Whimpered Tamaki, huddling in a ball in the corner, somewhat awkwardly.

"I-It's not that... l-look..." Haruhi grabbed a mirror and quietly held it up to Tamaki. Tamaki blinked into the mirror, a reflection of a furry creature inside the glass. The creature was golden with rounded ears that sat atop his head, and brown hair that surrounded his head like a mane of beauty. His whiskers twitched in surprise and he backed away, fur on end.

"I-I'm a lion?!" Yelped Tamaki. He looked to Shigure (the only zodiac member in the room) for help. Shigure just stared at him with wide eyes and shrugged, as if to say, Don't look at me. So Tamaki looked at Kyoya, who calmly pressed his glasses up the bridge of his nose again and looked uncaring.

Suddenly, Tamaki didn't look scared anymore. "Wait... I'm a lion! Aren't those the kings of the forest? This totally represents me, doesn't it, Kyoya? And I have a mane! It's like a crown to a lion, and yet hair at the same time!" Tamaki was going into speech mode, as he does whenever he gets excited or conceided.

"Can you just shut up, Sempai?!" Snapped Haruhi, scowling at the lion, who immediatly went into the corner again.

"So, a raion*? Those have never been in the zodiac before," Mused Shigure. "And I wonder if your friends are zodiac members too?"

"Yeah, what if--" Started Tamaki, getting out of his corner and looking excited, but he was interrupted by two small, identical boys with blonde hair.

"It's raining outside," Momiji and Hunny announced together. They smiled at each other; they enjoyed talking at the same time. It made them feel like real twins.

"Why is there a raion in the room?" Momiji spoke up.

"And where's Tamaki?" Hunny added.

"The raion is Tamaki," Shigure and Kyoya said at the same time.

"No way," Gasped Hunny and Momiji.

"You mean..." Hunny started.
"...He's part of the zodiac?" Momiji finished.

"...Yes," Haruhi sighed.

"Um, guys?" Kyo's voice trailed down the steps. He came down, a soaking-wet, orange cat. He coughed a couple times before breathing, "The... twins..." He weakly leaned back against the wall; obviously the rain had been too much for the poor neko**.

Just then, two blurs of ginger-and-black shot down the stairs and tumbled into the golden bundle of fur. Tamaki gasped as he was thrown backwards.

"Milord!" The two ginger-and-black creatures yowled.

They looked like Tamaki in some ways. Though they were much smaller, with no mane. Their fur was a gingerish, orangish colour, and they had multiple black stripes all over their fur.

"Hikaru? Kaoru?" Gasped Tamaki, staring up at the two, who were pinning him down unintentionally.

"Present," The cat-like creatures said.

"You two are tora***?" Shigure asked.

"No, I think they're tigers," Tamaki said. Everyone stared at him like he was stupid and, so, he grabbed his clothes and went into his corner, where he turned back moments after and dressed himself.

A/N I hope this seems okay. I know it's not very good, but I came up with the idea for Tamaki to be a lion. At first, I made the twins leopards, but that seemed stupid, so they were changed into tigers since that fit their personality and the colour of their hair, which is ginger. Anyways, I was also gonna make Kyoya a bear, so it would be like "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" But then I decided that Kyoya would have no way of transforming since he isn't clumsy like Tamaki, and careless like the twins.

Anyways, it probably seems kind of stupid with the fact that they're now part of the zodiac for no reason, but... I don't know... I'm going to come up with a reason... I want an actual plot for the story, and usually plots build up in my mind... swinging on the swings outside with my iPod helps me trail off into my thoughts, and I come up with lots of ideas that way...

*Raion - The word lion in Japanese.

**Neko - The word cat in Japanese. (I didn't do research for this, since Yuki calls Kyo a baka neko all the time, and it's quite obvious that it means cat.)

***Tora - The word tiger in Japanese.

Also, a side-note, since Tamaki is mostly french, I thought it suitable that he didn't really know the Japanese word for lion and tiger. And I didn't want you guys to have to scroll down to read what it means just to continue the story...

Aliceheartless ~ Awww, thanks for the inspiring words. I actually thought it was funny (if you don't mind me saying so) how your friends think you're like Tohru and Haruhi mixed together. I only have one friend who knows about manga/anime... she always called me Rin, and I'd get really mad. I'm a Rin-hater... Sorry, I rambled on there... I'm more of a dork than you. Trust me.

Yuki-Neechan ~ You're welcome, and me too. Momiji's so cute and hyper. And, that's a funny story about your cat, but maybe be careful about the dose you're giving her? I'm not a neko-expert, but I'm not sure how good cat nip is for them, even if it is made for cats... Oh well. It's probably not harmful, although it's like drugs for cats. Heh. Anyways, I love pokemon! So I'm definitley reading the story! And thank you SO much for putting me in your story! ARIGATO!

Phommabouth ~ Yeah, but they're too preoccupied with Momiji and Hunny's alike-ness. Also, no, as of right now, no one's going to the Ouran world. But, obviously they have to aim to break the curse now, if Tamaki wants to embrace his "daughter." And the whole transforming incident is a good thing for Shigure, because now the others are all going to try to break the curse, which is what he wants.

Alexa0537 ~ Thank you so much! *noms on the GIANT cyber cookie* I feel like a canibal... Back on subject, you're welcome! I think you're so nice, thanking me for simply replying to your review. It's the least I can do for you, you who gives me cyber cookies and boosts my confidence and bothers to read my stories, and then reviews! And thanks for the info on the words for boy and girl. It's great knowledge for future chapters!