Falling
Meet the Doctors

Disclaimer: I own neither Naruto nor OHSHC.

Pink cherry blossom petals fluttered down from their trees slowly. Cherry blossoms had many meanings. Cherry blossom flowers are held in high esteem, did you know? Japanese people celebrate hanami, an event organized to view blooming sakura trees, to ponder the transient nature of life. These days, the event are more about having fun and enjoying the beauty of the blossoms than pondering deep thoughts. In the Ninja World, the cherry blossom had an important meaning. Like the cherry blossoms, shinobi were expected to live short lives. They could also represent drops of blood, a familiar sight when in the Elemental Countries.

"Irrashaimase," the whole host club chorused, garbed in either waiter outfits or silk kimonos. Naruto would've picked a yukata, a more casual kimono, but Tamaki had rambled about the silk fabric of the kimono representing their smooth and suave hosting ways. Yeah, she had no idea what he was talking about either.

Through the soft chatter of the girls, Tamaki asked to one of his customers, "My princess, which cup would you like your tea in? This Foley cup? This Worcester one? Or this Susie's Gardenia?"

"They're so lovely," she commented, "These are British antiques, right?"

Personally, Naruto didn't care which cup she drank out of. She snorted when Tamaki began charming his customer.

She drifted her eyes back to her customers, tiredly smiling to them and prodding a teapot to their direction, "More tea?"

"S-Sure, Naruto-kun," Kimiko smiled back. Her cup was close to overflowing with all the tea Naruto kept offering, but she complied just to make her host happy.

Aiko waved her hand, sweatdropping, "Naruto-kun, unless you want us to overdose on the caffeine in the tea... I don't really think we should drink any more of this," but her words were lost on the blonde, who sat with a sleepy expression. This time, Kimiko's cup did overflow with tea, staining the strawberry blonde's yellow uniform, "N-Naruto-kun!"

The girl's squeak of indignation failed to wake up the tragic host. The other girls cooed at the sight, whispering about how cute the host slept. Even the other members of the host club snuck a glance, inwardly agreeing with the girls. Kyouya sneakily took a few photos of her, already calculating the profits the club would get once he released the photographs.

Tamaki's eyes gushed out tears of joy, "Oh my! My lovely son looks even more remarkable in this state! He truly is a son of mine!"

You are wondering why the usually energetic shinobi is so tired, yes?

Is it because of training? Nope.

Is it because of brainstorming the weekly report for Tsunade? Nope.

The reason why she is so tired... Is because she stayed up all night watching television. Yes. The jinchuuriki found the unfamiliar box in the corner of her room, on top of a table. How she only managed to notice now after weeks of staying in Japan, she didn't know. And so, she spent hours trying to turn it on. After she did, she was instantly hooked on the moving pictures inside the box. It was truly a fascinating thing for her, for her country didn't have any of the technology the Outside World had.

She jumped up when she heard the sound of clanging and a small splash sound, followed by a gasp of pain, "Hmm?" She looked around curiously.

"Kaoru!" Hikaru said in alarm. He brought his twin's burnt finger up to his lips, to which their customers blushed and leaned forward in anticipation. He muttered, "Geez... It's because you were looking elsewhere. All you need to look at is me."

"Hikaru..."

Naruto rolled her eyes and slapped her cheeks, attempting to wake herself up.

Seeing this, Kazuha said to Naruto worriedly, "Naruto-kun? You look a little sleepy there. How about you take a break from offering us tea and have a nice cup of one of those instant coffee?"

"Y'know what?" She muttered sleepily, "That doesn't sound like a bad idea..."

She leaned against the blushing Kimiko when loud squeals interrupted her sleep again, "Aww," she whined, "What is it this time?" She opened one eye, seeing a crowd of girls bustling around Kyouya, who was showing off some photobooks that featured each of the members. And yes, he already had the photos he captured of Naruto earlier already published. He was just that good.

"So that's where the host club gets all those money... Why do they need money, anyway? I'm sure the money the receive from the customers are just pocket change to them..."

"Naruto-kun!"

Her nose picked up the scent of the coffee that wafted through the air before her name was uttered by Kazuha. She offered the redhead a foxy grin, "Thanks, Kazuha-chan!"

She sipped at the cup of coffee gratefully, letting out a relaxed sigh. She shifted her eyes to the right, where Haruhi was sitting with Mori, Honey, and their customers. She sweatdropped when Honey started crying after he mixed too much of the tea he was making and ended up spilling them outside the bowl. 'Hehehe...' There was only a barely a drop left. The customers were nice though, they cheered the lolishota up.

Minutes later, she was suddenly brought out of her comfy couch and into the hands of her classmate. Confused, she looked up at the male blonde, "Whassup, Tamaki?"

He, however, ignored her and proudly exclaimed, "Atleast my Naruto-chan is still with his father! I only get to spend three percent everyday with Haruhi, but I still get atleast twenty percent with my son! Isn't that right, Okaa-san?" He nodded to himself, tightening his hold on Naruto, "Yes, everything's all right. No need to worry..." He suddenly stilled.

BUT WAIT. THOSE EVIL DEVIL TWINS. Oh no, whatever shall he do?! His daughter's innocence is at stake here! Those vile twins might corrupt her! 'I will not let those twins take her away from me!' Tamaki pushed away Naruto, who he purposely bumped into the twins and having them fall to the ground, latching his hands on Haruhi's shoulders. He gazed into her eyes, shouting his worries, "Oh Haruhi! You should not spend any more time with those unscrupulous twins anymore!"

"Unscrupulous?" The twins said, "We don't want to hear that from you, Tono!"

Naruto whispered to them, "What does unscrupulous mean?"

They laughed sheepishly, "We really don't know either."

"Oh yeah..." Tamaki let go over her shoulders, staggering back, "Oh yeah!"

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "All faults lie on the fact that you're hiding your gender as a girl from everyone!" He started letting out tears again.

Naruto murmured to herself, "He's so overdramatic," completely ignoring the fact that even she acted like that at times.

"You need to return to your normal female student life, get surrounded by your female friends, and have a healthy student lifestyle; that is Otou-san's wish!"

"And who's this 'Otou-san'?" Haruhi said dryly.

All the hosts, sans for Kyouya, sweatdropped as Tamaki began shaking Haruhi, begging her to, "REVERT BACK!"

Naruto beckoned Kaoru to move closer to her, whispering loudly so that Tamaki could hear, "But don't real fathers accept and love his child just the way they are? Tsk, tsk."

Tamaki crumbled upon hearing her. SHE WAS RIGHT. He whispered tearfully to himself, "What kind of a father am I...?"

"There's no need to hurry," Hikaru said, "Besides, they'll find out in the near future."

Kaoru continued, "Remember, the day after tomorrow is the physical examination."

"Physical... examination?" Haruhi and Naruto asked. Oh, it wasn't really a big deal. She could just do a henge. Problem solved!

"Oh yeah, it's in two days," Kyouya said.

Haruhi blinked at their stares, "Then... They really will find out that I'm a girl." She sounded like she didn't even care, ignoring the looks of the flabbergasted hosts, except for the stoic males and Naruto.

"Looks like Tama-chan's enjoying himself!" Honey commented.

Indeed. The president of the Ouran Highschool Host Club sat on his chair with a dreamy expression on his face.

"Probably daydreaming about a certain crossdressing girl he has a crush on again," Naruto nodded to herself.

Hikaru disagreed, "Actually, he's pretty sad in my mind."

"Don't be jealous Hikaru! AND I WAS NOT DAYDREAMING ABOUT HARUHI," Tamaki vehemently denied, jumping up from his chair, "I knew all along this would happen," he ignored Naruto's sly jab of, "I didn't say it was Haruhi..." Clearing his throat, he continued, "Even without all your jealousies, I saw this result from the very beginning. This fanfiction is a school love comedy to begin with!"

"What's a fanfiction?"

"That's not the point!" Tamaki shouted, pointing a finger at Naruto.

He struck a pose, "Haruhi and I are the main characters of this love comedy!"

"And what are we?" The twins asked.

Tamaki whirled around to face them again, pointing at them, "Obviously, you two are the homo side characters!"

He suddenly conjured a stick from out of nowhere and somehow drew a line on the concrete floor, "So don't cross this line."

Naruto sighed out of boredom, looking around for Haruhi. She tiptoed behind the brunette, whispering to her ear, "... Boo."

"Naruto-senpai!" Haruhi jumped in fright, chiding, "Don't scare me like that!"

She shrugged, "So what'cha doin'?"

Haruhi rolled her eyes, crossing her arms. She gestured her chin to the hosts, "Avoiding them and whatever they're doing."

"Tamaki's going on and on about how you two are the main characters of some love comedy," chuckled Naruto. Her ears twitched, "And they're discussing how the reveal of your true gender to the school will affect the host club and about your gender in general."

Haruhi opened her mouth to say something, when Tamaki's shriek interrupted her, "HOW CAN THAT BE?! MY DAUGHTER WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK IN THE HOST CLUB ANYMORE? PREPOSTEROUS!"

Haruhi pushed the door open, apologizing, "Sorry I'm late!"

She blinked when she was suddenly staring into the club's president's eyes, "...?"

"Don't worry Haruhi! At tomorrow's physical examination, your secret about being a girl will be protected by us. So please stay as our very own princess!"

She blinked, "What?"

Hikaru said, "It's true that we'd find it irritating if other guys spoke with Haruhi."

"Then, it's settled!" His twin proclaimed.

The Great Strategic Plan to Hide Haruhi's Gender. "Well then, fellow team members," Tamaki started, "Please reconfirm your positioning in formation A for tomorrow's physical examination."

The twins saluted, "Yes sir!"

Honey clapped excitedly.

The dark-haired lads stood silent.

Naruto stood with slumped shoulders, whining, "Why do I have to be part of this stupid plan?"

Tamaki gasped, "Stupid? STUPID?! Naruto, any plan devised by the great handsome president of the Ouran Highschool Host Club is always magnificent! You need to be there and help your dear sister's gender from getting leaked! How would we ever get to spend some family bonding time when we are one family member short?"

"Hnnnn," she grunted with a bored expression.

A few feet away from them, Haruhi sweatdropped. After a few moments, she dropped her fist down to her palm, "I see. If they find out, I won't be able to stay a host, so I won't be able to repay my debt. The amount remaining that I have is 5,333,332 yen... Well, I'll think about some other method! And speaking of my debt... Naruto's been a great help to me, and he doesn't even get anything out of it... I can't let his hard work get wasted, just because my gender leaked out..." she whispered to herself, "He'll think of me as a coward, not facing my problems directly."

Her lips set into a grim line, a light shining in her eyes, "I won't let that happen."

Back to Naruto and the others, Tamaki sneaked a glance to his self-proclaimed daughter, interrupting his speech about protecting Haruhi. The club members grew confused when tears sprang up into their president's eyes, gushing out, "Oh my! My darling looks so cute with that look on her face!" His mind conjured the thought that maybe, just maybe, his daughter would actually cooperate in their plan! Oh, he's so lucky to have such a daughter.

Sweat slid down the sides of their heads as the male blonde pulled out his phone and started taking shots of the oblivious girl, all the while yelling, "Kawaii, kawaii, kawaiiii~!"

Naruto rolled her eyes, "You're obsessed, Tamaki."

"I wouldn't call it obsessed..." She heard Kyoya say, "But rather dedicated."

"You're just saying that," Naruto retorted, "The only reason why you're letting it go is because of our customers. I heard them giggling about 'TamaHaru' earlier."

When she looked back at the girl Tamaki was fawning after, Haruhi was rubbing the back of her head with a carefree face. The natural rookie said, "But you really can't do anything about it if they find out I'm a girl."

Almost immediately after hearing those words, Tamaki's flabbergasted form magically transported itself to the nearest corner, rocking back and forth.

"What a way to decrease our motivation..." One of the twins muttered, discouraged.

"What we should take care of first is this lack of drive in Haruhi."

And so, the hosts took a moment to brainstorm of ways to somehow convince Haruhi into participating. A light-bulb flickered inside a certain tall dark-haired member. He muttered, "Ootoro."

Even though his voice was as quiet as a mouse, everyone heard it clearly.

Haruhi widened her eyes.

Everyone else's eyes gleamed with some sort of light, a light that only led her to widen her eyes more. As seconds continued to tick by, her eyes grew larger and larger. A smooth velvety voice interrupted her, "Oh yeah."

Biting her lip, she turned her head to the source. Tamaki continued, with a sort of crazed look, "At our last dance party... You didn't get to eat any, right?"

Naruto, having been tortured by her friends by Konoha in a similar way, voiced out a shout, "Don't listen to them, Haruhi-chan! STAY STRONG."

"Did you know? That person there never had a taste of ootoro before?" The twins gossiped to each other, acting as if it was a crime.

"I've never tasted ootoro before," Naruto admitted out loud, but they paid her no heed.

"Oh my," they said in mock pity, "What a pitiful upbringing."

Haruhi sweatdropped.

Honey, with his cute voice, nonchalantly said, "You'd be able to eat all kinds of delicious foods if you stay in this club."

The brunette waved her hand up and down, "Wh-What are you talking about? Just because I'm poor... and just because I'll be able to eat ootoro, aren't reasons to keep on hiding my gender. I'm not that gluttonous of a..."

"My, my, how defensive..." Kaoru commented.

"Wh-what?!" Haruhi shook her head vigorously, "No, I'm not! I'm just further explaini—"

"DEFENSIVEEEEEE," Tamaki hissed like a snake, pointing directly to her face, "Deny all you want! It just proves how much you are defensive."

Haruhi blanched, mumbling, "Will I really be able to eat some...?"

Hearing this, the majority of the members squealed excitedly.

THE NEXT MORNINGGGG.

"Physical examinations shall begin now," a feminine voice echoed around the school, "All students, please proceed to your respective nurse's office according to your dormitory."

In the middle of the sea of uniformed students, three members of the host club were talking amongst themselves. Naruto had already plastered on a henge in advance, in case she'd forget to do so.

She pouted, "How come I don't get a part in this plan? What am I here for, moral support?"

Kyoya sideway-glanced at her, "Wasn't it just yesterday that you complained about the plan? Now that you are out of it, why are you so against it?"

Shrugging, she replied, "I dunno..."

"Don't worry, my son!" Tamaki bellowed, placing a hand on his classmate's shoulder, "Maybe in the next plan you will have a part."

"Thanks, I guess," she raised her eyebrows at the male blonde.

"So," she started,"What do you guys do in these physical examinations in Ouran?"

"Oh don't worry, my commoner son," he patted her shoulder, "I assure you that the examinations are no different from any other examinations that you have been in, perfectly normal!"

She shrugged, "Define normal..."

"Ah," Kyoya hummed, "Here we are."

Each male held one door knob, pushing open the door. Naruto was nearly blinded by the bright light, but was thankful that this door didn't shower rose petals everytime it opens.

Naruto squinted at the sight before her. There were two long lines of assorted nurses and doctors, reaching until the end of the room. Upon noticing that the students arrived, they all bowed in sync and recited, "Irrashaimase."

"Sugoi..." She whispered. All the physical examinations back in Konoha were very different from those in Ouran. She briefly wondered if these examinations were normal to all nations in the Outside World.

She perked up when she heard Haruhi's voice.

Without Tamaki noticing, she sneaked away from her 'father's speech about how important physical examinations are when you are a host.

Once behind Haruhi, she clamped her hands on the brunette's doe eyes and giggled, "Guess whooo~"

Shaking off Naruto's tanned hands, Haruhi muttered to her friend, "I can't believe they call this a normal physical examination."

"Hmm?" Naruto blinked, "Your previous examinations aren't like this?"

"Well, yeah," Haruhi shrugged, "Since I'm a 'commoner', as they call me, in the past schools I've been in, none of the examinations are as extravagant as this."

"Ohh. I thought it was normal here, this kind of examination. I live very far from here, so I don't know much," she chuckled, scratching her blonde hair.

Haruhi opened her mouth to say something, but a nurse with short brown hair interrupted her, "Fujioka-sama," she addressed politely with a smile, "I'll be accompanying you."

Hesitantly, she said, "Okay..."

"Good luck, Haruhi," Naruto whispered, giving a quick thumbs up and a wink.

The flat-chested brunette flushed.

"Now, please come this way," the nurse guided Haruhi, leaving Naruto alone.

Bored, Naruto looked around the room, hands in pockets. Her azure eyes drifting from student to doctor. She paused.

"Mori, Honey?"

She blinked.

Unable to control her mirth, she guffawed, "What are you guys doing, with that guise? Seriously, you guys look creepy!"

Both of the senior students placed their pointer fingers to their lips, signalling for her to be quiet. Honey stage-whispered, "It's part of the plan!"

Snorting, she muttered, "No wonder; Tamaki thought of this."

She doubted that anyone would fall for it.

"Excuse me, doctors!"

She was wrong. Naruto facepalmed.

Honey cleared his throat and said in a unnatural deep voice, "Yes, sensei?"

A man who looked like the head doctor sighed in relief, "Oh, thank goodness. Since we sort of have a shortage in doctors today, could you please attend to the students with the surnames U to Z?"

Honey seemed unsure what to reply, "Uhhh..."

"Un," Mori grunted.

"Thank you!" The man said, before rushing off somewhere.

"Well," Naruto started, "My surname's Uzumaki."

She'd rather have her friends do the examination than any of those strangers.

Now inside some curtained area, Honey fumbled with a clipboard he found on a nearby table, "Err..."

"Takashiiii," he whined, "What do I do?"

The tall dark-haired silently took the clipboard out of the shorter male's hands, leafing through them, "Chest measurements..."

"Is that all?" Naruto asked, already unbuttoning her white undershirt. She shrugged it off and let it fall to the ground. Hands on her hips, she confidently said, "Go on!"

Silence.

Naruto stared confusedly at the suddenly silent faux doctors. Mori, she could understand, but Honey? Worried, she asked, "What's wrong?"

Underneath their huge glasses, she could see their eyes trailing from her face to her... Her eyes bulged out like a deer in headlights. Her hands flashed from her hips to her breasts, groping them infront of her senpais, with only a flimsy piece of bandage that covered her assets. She didn't see their faces as they brightly flushed. Slowly, her nervous chuckle filled the quiet space, "Ehehe, I can explain..."

'The henge must've dropped by accident!'

"Yeah, well..." She bit her lip, "Haruhi... Haruhi's my friend, and when I found out that she had a debt, I had to help out! So please don't tell on meeee!" She even went down to her knees, bowing with her hands clasped together.

"... But on the first day, didn't you already wear the men's uniform?" Honey inquired quietly.

"Uhm, about that..." She sweatdropped, fidgeting anxiously, "I'm not really a fan of the yellow puffy dress..."

He smiled at her, "I'm sure that's not the full story, but regardless, we won't push. And don't worry, we won't tell if you don't want us to. Right, Takashi?"

"Un."

"Thank you," she sighed in relief.

"You didn't even know what school your daughter goes to? Maybe they got tired of that aspect of you instead of the debts," the twins snorted to the 'perverted' man.

While he laid there with a shocked look on his face, Honey turned to Kyouya, "Kyou-chan, you actually figured out he was looking in the wrong school."

"There's no way a daughter from such a small clinic could attend this school, right?" Kyouya coolly said, his arms crossed around his torso.

"OBJECTION!" Naruto suddenly popped out from behind the bespectacled teen, "She could if she had a scholarship like Haruhi, duhh."

Hikaru rolled his eyes, his elbow on his twin's shoulder, "I doubt that any of this man's offspring is no smarter than him."

Naruto mimicked his movement, though much more exaggeratedly, "Wellll, I heard that my father was a genius, but do I look like a genius?"

"Whatever," he blew a raspberry, "I don't know if your puny brain noticed—oh wait you don't have one—but you just admitted that you're idiot."

"I may be an idiot, but atleast I'm not stupid," Naruto retorted.

"Are you calling me stupid?!" Hikaru furrowed his eyebrows.

"I didn't say anything, you thought of that yourself!"

"Kyouya," Tamaki loudly interrupted, before the argument could further develop. His comical expression softened as he turned back to face the man who went to find his daughter, "Prepare a map with directions to the public highschool in the neighboring town for this person."

Kyouya blinked in surprise, before complying, "Very well."

The man smiled gratefully, whispering, "Thank you, thank you..."

He stood up from the floor and bowed down ninety degrees. When he stood up fully again, he ran out the room and went off to find his daughter.

"You sure this is fine?" Hikaru asked.

Kaoru continued, "Because even if they met, he's still given up on by his daughter."

They stood in the balcony of their host club room, watching as the man's figure turned smaller and smaller until it became a dot. Tamaki replied with a far away look, "That's something for him to ascertain himself."

Naruto whispered to Haruhi, "This is the first time I heard him say something wisely... and with such a serious face!"

Haruhi nodded, "Y-yeah."

After a moment of staring of into nothing, Haruhi said, "Excuse me everybody. Could you guys get out, please?"

The members took a step back in confusion, Tamaki recoiling in shock, "H-Haruhi! Are you still angry at me? Don't tell me you're going to quit the host club?!"

"Stop overreacting," Naruto snorted.

"I have to continue my physical examination, right? As a male student. Ah, but I'm not doing this because of the food. I want to do this to repay my debt," Haruhi smiled.

Naruto suspiciously eyed the blush on Tamaki's face, 'That pervert... What's he thinking?'

"Haruhiii! You're too cute!" Tamaki suddenly glomped the young brunette.

"O-Oi!" Naruto shouted, trying to pull back the older blonde from her friend.

Ignoring his classmate, Tamaki ranted, "You really just want to eat ootoro, but that part of you that's hiding this fact is kinda awesome?\!"

"What's awesome about that? LET GO OF HERRR."

"Please, stop it!"

"You heard the woman: STOP IT," she said, thumping on his back.

"Ah, give him the red card!"

"This guy's the real pervert!"

"Who cares? Just... GET OUT!"

Ohohoho, my little lovelies~ ◠‿◠◠‿◠◠‿◠◠‿◠=^.^= Ehehe, I'm reaaaally sorry for the long update! I know, I know, you guys waited such a long time, but please dun leave mehh ;-; I love youuuu!

Haha, hope you enjoyed xP