Author's notes:

Hiyah everyone! This is my first fic here, so lemme introduce myself… I'm Shadow Neko. There. That's about it. Other than that, I'm an avid Haruhi fan and there will be Shoujo-ai in most of my stories, so if you don't like, don't read. Crits and comments are very much appreciated. What started out as a plot bunny's getting promoted into a fic, so… Who knows, if this goes well, I might put in a chapter or two more with more hints of RyokoxYuki goodness. o---o And this just might be the beginning of a string of stories for my "Be Mean to Kyon" theme. XD Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu or anything affiliated with it, except the plotline for this story…I hope.

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It Has To be A Trap!...Right? by Kyon

Ever since I was tossed into this mess of a so-called "adventure" with an insane girl by the name of Suzumiya Haruhi, nothing has ever been normal these days. I'm not sure if I should say that I particularly enjoy some of the things that happen, but a guy's gotta do what he has to do to save God, right?

…Right?

I heaved a sigh as I walked into the principle entrance of the school, my school briefcase swung over my shoulder. I was lucky enough to have to walk to school in the blazing summer heat, and if that wasn't enough to "brighten" my mood, what happened next was surely a wake-up call.

After changing into my school shoes and dragging myself to homeroom, that's when I sawher, conversing with our homeroom teacher happily, like nothing ever happened. I just barely choked out her name before her eerily cheerful blue eyes flicked in my general direction.

"A-Asakura…-san?" I barely whispered, a bead of nervous sweat trailing an icy cold path down my temple. I carefully took a step back as she smiled, her head tilting slightly to perform a bow.

"Nice to see you again, Kyon-kun!" She said merrily, as if nothing had ever happened between us. Before I could respond, Okabe-sensei stepped forwards, an equally merry grin on his face. He's probably beaming because he has his Class President back, but what should I expect? He doesn't know that this girl tried to kill me!

"As you can see, we're proud to welcome back former Class President Asakura-san to our school once again!" Turning away from my form and towards the rest of the class to bow, I somehow felt a bit of relief as her icy stare wasn't directed at me, even though the rest of the class didn't view the pretty, straight-A student as a murderer.

"Thank you all so much!" The blue-haired girl said as people continued to cheer her on. "It came to be that there was a miscommunication with my father's business offer, and we only had to stay for a certain amount of time. But anyways, I'm really happy to be back! I missed you all, especially…" Asakura's eyes seemed to veer off into my general direction, her intentions somewhat thwarted as various shouts of acceptance followed, which made me question exactly how gullible the student body is.

As I cautiously moved towards my seat, two familiar figures both clamped my shoulder, causing me to whirl around in shock.

"Kyon! Isn't this awesome?!" Taniguchi said in an enthusiastic voice, his free hand clenched in a shaking fist. "My top-ranked girl is back!" I looked at him in disbelief. Is this really all that this guy cares about?!

"Calm down, Taniguchi.." Kunikida chimed in afterwards, shaking his head slightly. "Doesn't really matter if she's back; I doubt she'll want to go out with you."

"HEY! A guy can dream, can't he?" he retorted, folding his arms about his torso. "And besides…" Taniguchi paused for a moment, a devious smirk plastered on his face. "…From what I gathered, I'd say she has a yen for you, Kyon."

That tore it. I couldn't help but let a gasp escape the confines of my mouth. I heaved a few deep breaths, realizing that I had stopped breathing a little while ago. At that moment, I wanted to cry out like a madman. How would she like me? I found out that the hard way after she pulled out a knife and lunged at me a few times. That kind of stuff does things to a guy, you know!

"What? Me?" I said in the most nonchalant way I could say it, swatting my hand a little. After that comment the two seemed to be satisfied and went to their respective seats. I took a quick glance to the right and saw Asakura glance back at me, an "innocent" grin on her face, which made my stomach take a nose-dive. The feeling soon dissipated as another hand gripped the collar of my uniform and swung me around. Pretty soon I was facing a pair of ecstatic brown eyes accompanied with matching hair with a yellow-ribbon headband and a beaming grin that could put the sun to shame.

"Kyon! Are you believing this?!" Haruhi said, her voice trying to control her obvious excitement, which wasn't exactly working. "Asakura mysteriously disappears without a trace and then appears again without anyone expecting! This… This is just too weird, right? Right?" Haruhi asked, each question bringing forth another jerk to my collar. I merely stared at her, remembering how Yuki and I kept what happened a secret.

"Y-Yeah… I guess…" At this the jittery brunette allowed me to turn around as daily attendance started. Even though my back was to her, I could still feel her impatien and discovering grin eating away at my skull.

I had a feeling it was going to be a long day.

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As the last bell of the day rang, I leaped up from my desk and grabbed my briefcase; I had to get to the club room as fast as I could, hopefully before our Slave-driving Leader arrived. Sprinting up the stairs and towards the old wing, I felt a bead of sweat roll down my brow as I skidded to a halt, my hands shaking as I opened the door. For a second my heart stopped, expecting to see the Blue-haired assassin awaiting me with her army knife.

To my surprise, I only found the purple-haired underclassman Yuki in her usual spot by the window, the sun shining upon her pale features. If it wasn't for my situation, I would have stared at her longer, but luck wasn't on my side today.

…Then again, when IS luck on my side?

Brushing off my train of thought, I quickly walked into the room, although Yuki beat me to it, surprisingly. Rigidly standing up from her spot, I noticed for once that she didn't have a book. Calmly making her way over to me as if walking on a cloud, she stood a foot or two away from my form and looked up at me without a word, waiting for me to speak. Although when I started to utter something from my mouth, she stopped me.

"N-Nagato! You wouldn't believe what happened today! Asakura's back! I thought you had gotten rid of-"

Not a word fell from her mouth as my eyes locked with hers, and I noticed something never seen before. Even if it was barely noticeable, a small sparkle in her eyes made me feel guilty. As if her eyes were begging me to stop her eyes broke contact with my own frantic stare as she lowered her head.

Wait… Was that a blush on her face? For a minute there I pondered the thought of an alien blushing, when a barely audible whisper broke the stiff silence in the room. Scarcely carried by the air in the room, the small mutter of a single word tickled my ear and sent a shock through my system.

"Gomen…" Yuki said softly, and just as fast as she said it, the humanoid interface walked past my frozen body, the small click of the door completely shattering the world around me.

God…. sometimes I hate my life.

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Post-Story Notes:

Well, there yah have it. There is a 90 chance of another chapter because…well…. I can. Apologies for the Yuki OOC-ness, but it will all start to come together in the next installment. Until then, you'll have to wait. So sit back, relax, and review! Pleeeease? -nudges towards review button- Jaa!

Shadow Neko