Author Note: I really should get this new obsession checked.

~CWA

Title: The Fighter and the Lover

Summary: Two new exchange students make their way to Ouran Highschool and make friends with the Host Club (plus one). However, what happens when Carolina is near death, to make it worse her best friend's father is back…and he brought the mob with him.
Genre: Romance/Drama/Mystery/Friendship

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do now own nor claim Ouran Highschool Host Club. I do own OCs.

Prologue:

I looked over to my best friend, Crystal. Apparently, I meant a lot to her, considering she was doing this. I can't believe she would take that risk. Then again, maybe it was safer since we were moving to Japan. By we, I meant Crystal and me. It was all sorted out- the disguise, the plan, everything. We just needed to go to Japan. It was a safety precaution. We would go to Japan, go to school at some place called Ouran High School Academy, and fit in until it was safe to live in America again. I thought it was a good plan, anyway.

My father nodded his head to me and I nodded back.
"Bye, Dad," I said as I hugged him. Taken by surprise, he stiffened, and then he hugged back. Everyone thought he was a tough guy, but he really wasn't that tough- well, he was, but not to Crystal and me.

"Be careful," my father said as he looked to the both of us, "you know what you must do."
I nodded. I was seventeen, and Crystal was eighteen- we would be able to take care of ourselves…in another country.

Crystal and I were on the first flight we got to Japan. From there, we would go to my father's summer home that would act as a safe house. It was protected and there were 'bodyguards' everywhere. Even if they couldn't protect us, we could protect ourselves. Though, with my…condition…it would be harder to protect myself- one of the other reasons we're going to Japan.

I looked over to Crystal. She was my cousin, but she was also my best friend. Her father was my uncle. We may have been cousins, but we didn't look anything alike. She had dark red hair and bright blue eyes. I had pale peach, sort of blonde, hair with my bright pink-violet eyes. We didn't look alike, but people still mistook us as sisters because of how we acted. Crystal was good at protecting me- to my dismay since I could take care of myself.

She looked so solemn sitting there, looking out the plane window. It made me wonder if she ever did show emotion. I mean, I've known her since I was kid- but she hardly shows emotion. She was very smart- I knew that.

She was one of the smartest people I knew actually. She never let anyone bring her down. I looked over to my...siblings. Father allowed me to take them with me to the safe house. After all, I would never leave if I didn't think they were safe. So, one-year-old Raven and Crystal's one-year-old brother, Evan, were with us too. Raven had my pale peach hair and bright green eyes and Evan had Crystal's bright blue eyes with dark black hair.

"Cara," Raven mumbled sleepily.

I smiled at her. My full name was Carolina, but I went by Cara. We took a public plane instead of Father's private one. Luckily though, Raven and Evan both had seats beside me while Crystal was a seat behind us. We paid good money to sit first class and get seats close together.

"It's okay," I said as I rubbed her hair, "we'll be there soon."
She mumbled and laid her head down on her stuffed animal. Soon, she was fast asleep.

"Hey, wake up."
I woke up groggily to Crystal pushing my arm slightly to wake me up. I was surprised that she was awake. She noticed my surprise and scoffed,

"I didn't sleep last night- nothing to be grumpy about."

I chuckled. Crystal wasn't exactly a morning person. I stood up and stretched. As we headed out, Crystal had our bags as Evan held one of my hands and my other hand was carrying Raven- who was still asleep. After all, we arrived pretty late at night. Most of the signs were Japanese, but there was one that stood out. It was Japanese and English, Welcome Cara and Crystal. I smiled slightly- least this time they didn't use our last names. I had given instructions to only use our first names. Especially in Japan since I knew most people went by their last names. It wasn't that I didn't understand Japanese, but English was my first language after all.

Crystal handed our bags to the bodyguards and took Evan from me. I didn't mind- after all I knew Evan was on the verge of falling asleep. I saw lots of people giving us scared looks or glares. I rolled my eyes and got into the limo. Crystal sat across from me with Evan asleep on her as I sat with Raven asleep on me.

I was happy when we finally arrived to the house we were staying at. Though, we couldn't see it yet since the walls were huge, covering around the home like it was a secret palace- in a way, I guess it was. Guards were set up everywhere with mean looks on their faces. As soon as the gates opened, the limo made it's way through. It was different than the place back home- just a bit though.

I smiled though- the place was still like the mansion back home too. I could tell Father did his best to make it like America.

"Welcome to our new home," I whispered as I stroked Raven's hair.