Chapter One: We need a small bus to be able to get anywhere….

Authors Note: I know that I usually put these things at the end of the chapter but I wanted to put a little notice at the beginning to clear things up, I am re-writing/fixing up the old chapters of this story, my writing style has become a bit more refined with time and I'm not sure if I want to continue this fic... so this actually depends on the viewers! If you guys would like to see more of this story please let me know in the reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Ouran High School Host Club if I did… the other characters (like Honey, Mori, Rin, Nekomota, Kasonda) would have had more screen time and character development… Plus I'd be rich.

"You are my Sunshine"~~~This when they are speaking in Japanese

"My only Sunshine"~~~This is when they are speaking in Spanish; any phrases that are actually written in Spanish will be translated at the end of the chapter!

"You make me happy when Skies are Grey"~~~This is when they are speaking in English

'You'll never know dear how much I Love YOU'~~~This is thought

The Nava Family (from Oldest to Youngest)

Andres Floy Nava (47 yrs old; B-day: June 16; Married for 20 yrs with Patricia; has six biological children and two adopted kids)

Patricia Jaime Sodo de Nava (47 yrs old; B-day: November 10; Married for 20 yrs with Andres; has six biological children and two adopted kids)

Maria Pilar "Mari" Nava (17 yrs old; B-day: August 30; Deceased boyfriend that she had one infant daughter with)

Daniel Angel "Dani" Nava (16 yrs old; B-day: April 8)

Gonzalo Rafael "Gonzy" Martinez-Nava (15 yrs old; B-day: March 18)

Maria Gabriela "Gaby" Nava (12 yrs old; B-day: July 12)

Lorena Carla "Gigi/Lore" Martinez-Nava (11 yrs old; B-day: March 30)

Ana Maria "Ana/Anita" Nava (9 yrs old; B-day: April 26)

Gabriel Andres "Andy" Nava (9 yrs old; B-day: April 26)

Tulio Miguel "Tulio/Mickey" Nava (5 yrs old; B-day: January 15)

Alejandra Isabel "Alu/Isa" Nava-Iannana (3 months old; B-day; February 14)

Pets:

Leo Ace Delta (2 yrs old; B-day: June 29)-Golden Retriever w/ golden fur; brown eyes

Boo Hallows Delta (2 yrs old; B-day: August 1)- Golden Retriever w/ white fur; blue eyes

Samuel "Sami" Shells (1 yr old; B-day: November 5)- Turtle

Japan. She was moving to Japan. Of course, Maria had known for a while (almost a year now) that they were going to be relocating the entire family to Japan, it just had never truly hit her until now. The house looked empty and sad with all of their belongings packed away or sold off. Sure there was still some furniture scattered around that were actually making the trip with them, apparently, their new house was already furnished courtesy of the bank. Her mother had been working as a financial manager to one of the biggest global banks for a couple of years now, her poor mother had to work long hours but the pay was good and when one took into consideration that there were eleven people in her immediate family... it was a necessary evil. Besides they were a pretty high maintenance family, regardless of their large number. Really the only downside of her mom's job was that if the bank told them they had to move, they moved. Even if that meant having to learn an entire new language and enroll in a private school for the "privileged" (aka the rich) just because the main shareholder of the bank thought it would be quote: Charming if all the darling Nava children were enrolled, it would even make the school more ethnic friendly! end-quote.

Maria had come to the conclusion that the real reason her parents had even accepted letting them go to such an academy was because he had offered to pay for all of their tuition. Apparently he, Suoh-san, was the headmaster of the aforementioned Academy of the Ricos and the man had become completely enamored -read obsessed, in the words of Gonzy- with the idea of having all of Patricia's and Andres's (her parents) children attending his school. Apparently he greatly admired that a businesswoman and a Neuro-scientist, being as busy as they were, still had time to raise so many children. He had been utterly amazed at how balanced Maria and her many siblings were.

She had first met Suoh-san at the anniversary party of the bank last spring around May, her youngest sister Ana Maria (or Ana) had bumped into him causing his glass of expensive red wine to spill over his even more expensive suit, when she had been trying to run away from her twin brother during an intense game of indoor tag. Ana and Andy, really mostly Andy since Ana had yet to grasp the concept of how to get away with things under pressure, had then proceeded to sweet-talk their way out of trouble… Apparently Suoh-san easily caved under the puppy eyes of "cute" and mischievous little children. Those two chibis would have gotten away with it if a very concerned and slightly frightened Tulio hadn't gone to get Maria and her boyfriend Mathew the moment that the twins started to weave through the crowded party guests and left him behind. After chewing the two out quietly in front of the amused man, Maria had the two apologize one more time before timidly offering him compensation.

Suoh-san had just laughed it off.

Maria had to admit that she had been a little star-struck that he was able to brush off the twins antics with a smile on his face, after all, Dani was a fashion-obsessed teen and the suit he was wearing had Dani whining to her over how expensive it was weeks after it was released, but mostly Maria had just been thankful that he wasn't going to be pressing charges as she hadn't been too sure if her poor parents would even be able to make enough money over time in order to pay off that particular bill. That event led to the Japanese man being introduced to her parents, by that point in the evening her parents had become suspicious as to where half of the horde of children they had brought to the event had wandered off to… Unfortunately, Maria's parents thought that Suoh-san's eccentric, and that was putting it lightly, personality was hysterical and they quickly became friends with the charming man during his stay in New York.

They even kept in contact after Suoh-san left the US... which leads them to where they are now. Suoh-san had been so impressed with her mum that he had recommended her to be the head of the Japanese branch in Bunkyo, Tokyo. Her parents thought that it would be a good idea to relocate the entire family to Japan after learning that Suoh-san would be offering all of their children a spot in his prestigious school. It was going to be a huge economic relief, besides both of her parents came from families that really valued education. So, really, in the end, it was rather logical that Maria's parents had jumped at the chance to send them all to Ouran Academy. On top of that the pay her mother would be receiving from the bank was going to be significantly higher and with the economy the way it was it would provide better opportunities for their very big family... and considering that every trip to the grocery store cost about a thousand dollars on a good day it was a very economic friendly decision... not to mention that Maria was due to start college in just a year, and it would then be Dani's turn to join the following year, and then Gonzy the year after that. Yup, it really would be the most economically favorable decision for their family.

"Uwaaa, uuuuwaaa uuuwwaaaaa!"

Maria loved Alu, she really did. But at two in the morning and having only had previously one hour of sleep before Alu began to cry, and taking into consideration of the fact that they only have two hours left before they need to arrive at the airport… she really couldn't help but feel desperate and more than a little cranky. Her daughter officially wanted to kill her via sleep deprivation and she couldn't even talk yet.

She had recently changed Alu's sleeping schedule in order to prepare her for the change that would occur after their move to Japan… sadly that also meant that her sleeping schedule was following Japanese time and she hadn't had one good night of sleep in ages.

"Shhh, ya, ya…" she hushed her quietly while rocking the babe softly in the safety of her arms, she really did not want her to wake up Tulio, who slept in the bedroom next to hers, this early in the morning as he actually wouldn't be able to fall back to sleep unlike Alu.

Alu whimpered in her arms before calming down at the sound of her voice, Maria gently laid her down in the middle of her bed and flipped on the lights to low intensity. Alu needed a diaper change. God, why did babies need to poop so much? She groaned inwardly before smiling down at her fussy daughter as the babe began to whine lowly in discomfort.

She looked like her daddy with that pouty expression gracing her features, her eyes stung with unshed tears before she shot another smile down at her. Blowing shorter strands of hair that had fallen out of her tiny bun out of her face, she quickly changed Alu's diaper like a pro. Maria gingerly placed the sleepy infant back in her bassinet and switched the lights off completely, she absentmindedly rocked the bassinet with one hand as she plopped back down face first into her pillow.

Mathew.

It was hard not to think of him especially when their daughter seemed to be the perfect mix of both of them. They were young, she would freely admit that, but Maria was positive that what they had had together had been the real deal. She had grown up with Matt, having lived next door to him since her family had originally moved to New York City when she was seven years old; Maria had spent most of her afternoons playing with Mathew, Dani and Gonzy in their shared back yard. As the years had passed on, she and Matt had only gotten closer… and eventually (or in her siblings' eyes really, fi~nally) started dating when they were in eighth grade all the way through junior and a part of her senior year of high school.

They had only broken up once, something that hadn't even occurred when the family had temporarily relocated to Costa Rica for a year when she was fifteen. And that happened during the middle of their sophomore year when they had gotten in an overheated argument over something she couldn't even recall the origin of. After that argument though it had been smooth sailing from there…a little bit too smooth in fact according to Gonzy.

She and Mathew had gone to a birthday party being hosted by one of their mutual friends, they rarely ever went to any parties since they didn't generally enjoy what occurred at those festivities. Against their better judgment they decided to go and celebrate their friend's birthday, unfortunately (or rather, fortunately, considering that Maria couldn't imagine her life without Alu now) all of the drinks at the party had been spiked by the elder brother of their friend, Maya, who thought it would have been hysterical to cause all of his younger sisters friends to become drunk off their asses.

Mathew and Maria had never really drank before, little sips of wine here and there during the holidays does not equate to the amount they had accidentally consumed at the party. Let's just say that baby Alu's conception didn't occur because her teenage parents had planned for it to happen.

Despite that Maria and Matt hadn't regretted it (well only a little bit since her dad had a really mean glare and prickly disposition when he was angry or upset), both of their parents and her siblings (as Matt was-had been an only child) supported their decision to keep and raise the baby after they had discovered her existence. She and Matt had worked that entire summer and beginning of fall, saving up money that would go into what they had called their "baby funds"… Unfortunately, Mathew never even got to see the fruits of their labor bloom.

That November, Mathew had been walking home during a harsh thunderstorm after pulling another shift at the grocery store when a drunk driver ran him over five blocks away from his house. Its cruel irony, when the same thing that brought the best gift in your life to you was also the thing that took away her other half.

It hurt to think about that day and the numb, hollowing weeks that had followed.

Mathew's mother still couldn't look her in the eyes, and she'd only been by to see the baby once after she'd been born.

Alu's deep breaths let her know that she had finally fallen back to sleep. Maria let her arm fall off the bassinet and curled up against her side. She snuggled deeper into her blankets and sighed. She couldn't afford to seep back into depression again. It had nearly destroyed her family when Matt passed away and her depression definitely hadn't helped. Alu had saved them all then. Her life became even more precious after that. After all, she was living proof of her and Mathew's love, she was his greatest accomplishment in the words of Matt's father.

As if knowing exactly was going on in her mind, Boo got up from her corner of blankets in the room and padded over to her side. Her hot breath licked at her face and Boo's snout nudged at her hand, Maria let a smile tug on her lips at the concerned dog. She let her fingers thread through her soft winter white fur, scratching her snout gently before moving up and kneading the top of her head. Maria let her hand fall off the dog. Only for five seconds to pass and have Boo's paw scratch her arm lazily, wanting more attention from the teen mom.

Boo, was just like a baby… always wanting attention despite the ungodly hours of the night. Maria softly groaned, after all, it would be a pain to have to put Alu back to sleep if the dog's insistence woke her up.

Maria made space on her bed before opening up the covers to the needy dog and patting the spot next to her, Boo gave her a sweet doggy grin before jumping onto the bed and curling up into her side contently. Putting her head on top of the young dog's chest, her head moving up and down with every breath the dog took, Maria let herself relax as she continued to pet the dog lovingly until Boo fell asleep. Maria let the sweet sound of her baby girl's breathing and the steady thrum of her dog's heartbeat lull her into Morpheus' realm.

"I hate airports," Gonzy complained petulantly to Maria and Dani as the hoard of people they were trying to weave through pushed against them and got in their way.

They had finally arrived in Japan after what seemed like centuries cramped up into a very crowded airplane. The flight to Japan had taken around fifteen and half hours, and the kids that had been sitting behind her -which for once didn't comprise of her own siblings- had been unnecessarily rowdy and hadn't allowed her to put Alu to sleep on her new schedule with their loud laughter and antics. Maria had Alu strapped to her chest in a sling, while her right hand firmly held Tulio's smaller left one and her other hand dragged her mini suitcase behind her. The light peach baby bag that was carrying the essentials every young mother needed slapped her hip at every step.

"Por el amor de Dios, Gonzy be quiet I'm really not in the mood to listen to your whining." Snapped Dani back at him, her poor brother hadn't been able to fall asleep on the plane at all and was now proceeding to take it out on everyone with his wonderful character.

"Don't get your panties in a twist hermano," Gonzy dished back out, just as irritable at his elder brother.

"Niño's, please, I'm begging you stop fighting. Mami y Papi are stressed enough and don't need to deal with your petty squabbles. Besides we are all tired, not just you two." Maria tried to reason as the boys sent heated glares at one another, instantly blaming each other for being scolded by the elder girl.

Gonzy pulled on Gigi's arm to keep her at their pace as they began walking towards the exit of the terminal. On his back was the teen's favorite comfortable black and white music note themed book bag filled with his personal valuables (aka his computer, phone, and iPod, etc.), he was pulling a giant brown suitcase behind him that weighed almost twice his amount. Gigi was also wearing her own flip flop themed book bag on her back and was pulling her own mini suitcase that was carrying some of her favorite (shared) peluches to their new home.

"Gonzy, you're walking too fast!" She exclaimed to her temperamental brother who only responded with an annoyed grunt. Dios, she truly lived with animals…

Despite Dani's slim figure, he was the strongest out of all of them… well, that is if you didn't count their dad. He was pushing one of the three luggage carts that their family had snatched when they disembarked at the airport. Dani's cart contained the majority of instruments (they were a very musical family in the sense that everyone knew how to play at least one instrument as it was a requirement at their old school) that had made the journey with them as well as his, Maria's and Andy's personal book bags. Andy (the younger twin) was quietly trudging behind the older boy while holding onto the back of Dani's sweater so he wouldn't get left behind.

Gaby was personally carrying her violin case, as it hadn't fit onto one of the carts that were being pushed, in her left hand while her right hand firmly held onto Ana's (the older twin) who was struggling to not be carried off in the crowd of pushy and busy travelers… Ana's sporty bookbag slapped her back as she practically ran to keep up at their pace. Gaby smiled at her reassuringly when a hefty woman knocked into her and snapped at them in quick Japanese to watch where they were going, "It's okay Ana the fat bruja is just talking about herself." She told her smiling softly. Gigi and Andy nodded in agreement when Ana's imploring eyes locked with theirs, while the two oldest boys snorted under their breaths before they all looked ahead once more and continued their fast trek to the exit.

Maria could make out her parents in front of her arguing again over how they should have just shipped more stuff over to Japan earlier so they wouldn't have had to lug it around with them when they arrived. They'd had this argument at least five times since they left their house at the break of dawn in New York to this current moment. Her frustrated Papi was pushing the heaviest luggage cart in front of him while her frazzled Mami was struggling to push the lighter cart entrusted to her, that had their two dogs and one pet turtle riding in their separate pet carriers, and keep up at the same with her dad's angry strides all the while still arguing in heated Spanish whispers.

Maria was pulled out of her muddled thoughts as a small hand tugged on hers, "Yea Tulio, what's wrong?" She asked the youngest of her siblings as they finally made their way outside of the airport.

"I'm tired," he informed her seriously while rubbing his eyes with his empty hand, his tummy rumbled loudly, "I'm also a little hungry…" he added sheepishly.

Maria hid a smile, Tulio was so freaking cute. In fact, all of her sleep-deprived siblings were… Sue her, sure she had a bit of a younger sibling complex but it was not her fault they were all so freaking adorable when they were cranky!

"Hmm, Sou ka?" She asked him bemusedly.

"Arghh…" Dani groaned, "Don't you freaking start, Mari!"

"What?" Maria asked in false innocence.

"You know what!" He snapped, "Don't start with talking in Japanese! I'm too tired to try and decipher what you're saying to us!" He groaned at her.

Maria giggled at his pained expression. Apparently she wasn't the only one who found it funny since all of their siblings started laughing at him.

"Jajaja! Yes very funny." He groused in fake anger.

Their parents simply smiled in amusement, their argument apparently finally over, at the scene they made. While everyone else waiting for a taxi or waving off a family member seemed to stare at the strange image their large family made. They were very obviously foreigners, in fact there only seemed to be two other American families there, and they were all blonds except for the youngest daughter that was a natural red-head. In other words, they stood out like a sore thumb.

Maria, as well as the entire family, watched as two sleek black SUV's pulled up in front of them. Suoh-san stepped out of the first one and ecstatically made his way over to them in a flourish.

"Andres, Patricia it's been far too long!" he exclaimed, giving her dad what she called a manly hug before hugging her mother and kissing her cheek elegantly.

Her mom laughed softly at his exuberance, "Yes, it has been a while since you've seen us in person but we spoke to each other just yesterday Yuzuru!" she teased him playfully.

The forty-eight-year-old grown man pouted -yes pouted- at her words, "Still… it was an entire day too long!" he whined causing the rest of them to break out into soft chortles- well at least the "kids," as her dad never did anything halfway and was now laughing loudly, attracting the attention of everyone around them. The fair-haired Asian man's pout became even more defined. Maria would gladly swear on her grave that she could now practically see a physical cloud of depression form above him.

Alu made a weak sound of protest at all of the noise they were making, and Suoh-san's eyes snapped towards Maria to look at the bundle strapped securely to her chest in wonder.

"Is that her Maria-chan?" he asked curiously coming up to me at a sedate pace.

"Un Suoh-san, this is the Alejandra Isabel that has changed all of our lives completely, but all of us really call her Alu for short." Maria beamed up at him before her smile softened as she looked down at Alu's sleeping face.

"She's very beautiful," he remarked peering down to look over her shoulder at the peaceful infant, before realizing the way that she had addressed him and admonishing her in despair, "Maria-chan! Don't call me Suoh-san! Call me Uncle Yuzuru!"

Maria exchanged a glance with an equally amused Dani and a mischievous Gonzy.

"But Suoh-san!" Gonzy exclaimed in fake concern, "We wouldn't want people to presume, after all, you are a very important individual and we're just an average family from New York!"

Maria giggled, average her ass... what kind of average family had eleven immediate members plus three pets, Yuzuru-san visibly puffed up in anger.

"Nonsense! If anyone has something bad to say about my precious nieces and nephews they'll have to deal with me!" he said in a confident bravado.

Tulio giggled into her grey skinny jeans, even a five-year-old understood that they were just teasing the affronted man, who was now looking accusingly around him to see if someone dared to question their familial status with one another.

If Maria recalled correctly, Yuzuru-san had a son Dani's age, she locked gazes with her two brothers. She could tell they were all thinking the same thing when identical smirks graced their faces. This was going to be fun.

Translations:

"Ricos" === "Rich"

"ya, ya" === "there, there" can also mean "stop/enough" depending on the context…

"Por el amor de dios,"=== "For the love of God,"

"hermano"=== "Brother"

"Niños" === "Boys/children"

"Mami y Papi"=== "Mom and Dad"

"peluche"=== "stuffed animal"

"bruja"=== "witch"

"Dios"=== "God"

"Jajaja"=== Spanish version of "Hahaha"

"piohas"=== "ticks/pests"… he's referring to his younger sisters, this is a term of endearment that their (my) dad used to call them when they were little (not saying it to be mean, but in any other context it should be taken as an insult)

"pulgas"=== "fleas/pests"… he's referring to his younger brothers, this is a term of endearment that their (my) dad used to call them when they were little (not saying it to be mean, but in any other context it should be taken as an insult)

Preview:

"This is my son, Tamaki." Maria looked at the nervous but excited blond boy being introduced to them, "Tamaki these are the Nava siblings…"

"Maria nee-chan you guys should come visit my club after school, please!" He begged dramatically while holding onto her legs and giving her the patented kicked puppy-dog face. Dios, he really was just like his father…

Maria tentatively made her way to the third Music Room, Gonzy was loyally walking by her side while he hummed quietly to a song she couldn't hear. She had gotten a somewhat distressed call from Dani 10 minutes ago saying: "That idiot Tamaki has taken me hostage at his disturbing club! Mari you need to save me! He won't let me leave and we need to go and pick up the piohas and pulgas! Dios! Aren't Hosts a form of prostitution!"

Dani was right; this club was more than a little bit disturbing… But at least she finally met a guy her age that was shorter than she was.

AN: Well I hoped you've enjoyed the first chapter so far! Please remember that I'm planning on updating monthly... or when I can... or when inspired... maybe if you review... I'll get some inspiration~

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Love, Mara-Chan (o l l o)

Edited: September 9th, 2018 11:15 PM

(For the love of God, please let me know if you find any mistakes! I'll be editing all the other chapters as well during the next few days. Bless all of the people who originally followed this story because the number of mistakes I have found was harrowing. Who knows, maybe if I get a couple of reviews I may even update a new chapter! *wink, wink*)

Edited: February 10th, 2020 6:12 PM

(Because it actually needed it again)