Disclaimer: TMHS/SHnY belongs to Kyoto Animation.
Umbra Witches and Lumen Sages feature in the hit 2010 video game Bayonetta, which belongs to Hideki Kamiya and Platinum Games.
Claimer: Gabriel MacTaggert is mine. Steal him at your own risk.
Kyon sat in his usual seat; second-to-last in the very first row. Haruhi sat behind him, the usual bored look on her face as she stared off into space.
Usual. That was the word of the day for North High. Usual overcast sky, usual students, usual hour until the end of class.
"So bored. Gonna die." said Haruhi in a monotone that reminded Kyon eerily of Yuki.
"Well, isn't there a Brigade meeting after school?" asked Kyon, turning in his chair to the girl; Haruhi nodded.
"Yeah, but even that's starting to get boring." she said. "We need something new, something unusual… like, an alien attack!"
An alarm was set off in Kyon's brain; this was one of the few things Haruhi had ever said to do so. If Haruhi wanted an alien attack, then he might as well duck before a laser beam from a flying saucer blasted through the window.
"Does it need to be that serious?" He asked; Haruhi shook her head.
"Eh, you're right. Military's no where near prepared enough." she said nonchalantly.
'Lovely.' thought Kyon.
"Would something like a new student suffice?" he asked.
"Sure, why not?" said Haruhi, putting her head down.
No sooner did Haruhi say this then the door opened, a boy with pale skin entering the room alongside the school's English teacher.
The boy was tall, maybe six feet, and the white button-up shirt he wore clung to a muscular fame. Emerald-green eyes surveyed the room, peeking up from fiery red bangs. A pair of glasses adorned his face, black with square-cut lenses.
"Class, this is Gabriel MacTaggert, a transfer student from Ireland. He doesn't speak much Japanese, so please be patient." said the teacher; Gabriel bowed politely.
"I am Gabriel MacTaggert. It's nice to meet you, and I hope we get along." He said; his speech wasn't hesitated, but one could tell he wasn't very fluent.
"Now that's what I mean!" said Haruhi excitedly; Gabriel looked over to Haruhi and Kyon before turning to the teacher.
"Where should I sit?" he asked the teacher.
"Right there, next to Miss Matsumaru." said the teacher; Gabriel took his place in the center of the room.
"Thank you." he said to the teachers before taking his seat.
Haruhi's caramel eyes focused on the new student, and the familiar Cheshire cat grin spread across her face.
"Yes… exactly what we needed…" she said.
During lunch, Haruhi actually stayed in homeroom. She made her way over to Gabriel with her lunch, smiling politely.
"Would you mind if I join you?" she asked in lightly-accented English; Gabriel nodded.
"Of course, please do." he said. His own voice carried an Irish accent.
Across the room, Kyon was dumbfounded.
'She has manners?' he thought to himself.
"Wow, she's behaving herself." said Taniguchi, looking astounded as well.
"Miss Suzumiya can be very polite, I hear." said Kunikida.
"So, Miss… Suzumiya, was it?" asked Gabriel. His own lunch was very Western in fare; a hearty sandwich, corned beef by the look of it, an orange, and a bag of potato chips.
"Please, call me Haruhi. Is it okay if I call you Gabriel?" asked Haruhi, smiling gently. Her lunch was more traditional, a bento containing riceballs, tempura shrimp, and steamed vegetables.
"Okay, now she's starting to scare me." said Kyon.
"So, Gabriel." said Haruhi, "I'm the head of a club that's meeting after school; do you think that you'd be interested in coming?"
"I'd be delighted." said Gabriel, smiling. "Now, how about we eat before lunch gets warm… or cold, for you."
"Grand idea." said Haruhi, raising her chopsticks. "Itadakimasu!"
"Itadakimasu." said Gabriel, nodding before taking a bite out of his sandwich.
