This story is dedicated to the greatest 12 minutes in the history of television, the Mooninites episode of ATHF.

I do not own Aqua Teen Hunger Force or Haruhi Suzumiya.

Part 1

I get the feeling this is going to be a bad day.

Let me explain. This morning, as I make my way up this almost never ending hill to school, feels like a normal day. Whenever it feels like a normal day to me, there's always something waiting to happen. Hunts for unusual people, battling monsters, getting chased by world-destroying monsters, aliens trying to kill me. Ever since I met Haruhi, nothing in my life has ever been normal. However, maybe in some odd, demented way, my version of normal has been warped far beyond the comprehension of any normal person. Aliens, time travelers, espers. My sense of normal is so far out that it belongs on a Science Fiction show.

As normal, I blame Haruhi for this.

Speaking of Haruhi, she seemed different today. Usually, she's either all giddy with excitement over something she thought from the night before or she's scowling at me for something that I supposedly did wrong. But today, she's just sleeping. And not in an angry way like when she was bored the first few months I knew her. She looked emotionless. Almost as if Nagato took over her body.

"Yo."

"Not right now, Kyon," she replied, head on the table.

"What's wrong? Stayed up too late last night trying to watch for aliens?"

"Not funny."

"Well then, why are you so tired?" I'd have an easier time getting details from a tree.

"Some idiot was playing guitar at 3:00 AM. And…they…never…stopped…until…dawn."

A very annoying thing to happen to a rather annoying person. I'd laugh at the irony if it wouldn't result in getting hit by a desk.

"Go ahead and laugh, you idiot," she said in such a delightful and friendly manner. "I think I know who it was."

"You can't honestly believe it was someone from the Music Club," I replied, trying to hold back the laughter.

"Are you kidding? All the Music Club members live so far away that if it was one of them, even you could have heard the music. It had to have been an alien."

Why do I sense an off-the-wall plan coming up?

"And I have just the thing to find them."

"You're not talking about another hunt, are you?" I asked rather sheepishly.

"Oh please," she said, "Like I'd put my feet through one of those on a weekday."

And weekends are so much better, I take it.

"I want to find them now before they leave," she continued. "And I know just what to do."

Before she could say anything else, Okabe came in and Homeroom started.

Room for rent?!

"What do you think?" Haruhi said with a big smile.

I was at a loss for words. Not necessarily surprising if this is the first time Haruhi did something ridiculous. But after numerous events that involve lots of walking, something as simple as this could easily throw me off.

Damn you, Haruhi.

"So what does this mean? Are we renting off the Brigade room?"

"Don't be silly," she said with a wink. She then directed me next door and said, "We're renting off the Computer Club room."

"You're joking, right?" Of course she's not. Why do I always ask that question? I guess I'm hoping for it to be true one of these days.

Clearly getting annoyed by that last question, she said "We have beaten the crap out of them over and over. We own them. Room included."

And with that, the argument was over, no matter how insane the winner really was.

The rest of the day and all the way through school the next were rather normal, figuratively speaking. Miss Asahina played maid, Haruhi played on the computer, Koizumi and I played chess, and Nagato read her books.

Nothing really got out of the ordinary – or should I say back to the ordinary – until after school the next day. We were in the club room when there was a bit of commotion out in the hall. We couldn't tell who was talking but I had a feeling it was the Computer Research Society. And whoever that was talking to him was more than likely headed this way.

Not surprisingly, there was knock on the door. What was surprising was who was there.

"Can I help you?" a surprised Miss Asahina said.

"Hello, Earthlings. I am Ignignokt and this is Err."

"I'm Err."

I swear if I was the only person in the room that I would have attributed this to a bad dream courtesy of old computer graphics.

Ignignokt, the larger green…whatever…continued talking. "We are here to inquire about this available room for rent on this sheet of paper here."

Err, the smaller pink…thing…butted in and yelled out, "So give us the damn room!"

It was the most awkward silence I have ever experienced. I literally couldn't take my eyes off them. Miss Asahina sounded rather scared, rustling in her maid outfit. Koizumi was probably giving that stupid smile he always has. Nagato was probably…Nagato. And she may have been behind me but I could tell that Haruhi had a gigantic smile on her face.

"Yahooooo!" she exclaimed. "This is so awesome! I never thought you guys would actually come but you did! Come on in! Who are you guys? Where are you from?"

It's as if she was a little kid that just got handed the world's largest ice cream cone.

"As I said, I am Ignignokt and he is Err," the green thing said.

"That's what he said," the progressively annoying Err said.

"And we are Mooninites from the far side of the Moon."

"We're the Moon."

"And we come to partake in Earthly pleasures."

"Yeah, so give us some skanks and smokes!"

"And for that, we would need that room which is for rent."

"We need the room!"

"Well then," Haruhi said, "Let me show to your room."

She's just going to give them the Computer room?! This is ridiculous!

"Could I talk to you for a sec, Haruhi?"

Haruhi leaned over and stuck her face right in front of me. Man that creeps me out, especially when Koizumi does it.

"You're just giving them the room? They haven't even done anything."

"We can do plenty," Ignignokt said, overhearing our conversation.

"Watch this!" Err added.

The two started spinning. None of us could believe what we were seeing. Haruhi had seen enough.

"You two are awesome," she said. "Let's go see your new room!"

And away they went.

At least she could have asked for references.

I turned to Koizumi, who wasn't quite sure what had just happened.

"Mooninites?" I asked.

Koizumi shrugged his shoulders and made his move. That bastard took my knight.

"Nagato?"

Nagato looked at me and said, "I am unfamiliar with that species." She then went back to reading her book.

I looked at Miss Asahina, who was still shaking in the corner.

"I wasn't told anything about them," she said shyly.

I looked at the board and couldn't find a good move to make. The noise from the Computer Research Society was making me nervous. "Is anyone worried about this?"

"You're just stalling," Koizumi replied.

"I'm serious." I was also stalling but I didn't need to mention that. "These are aliens. Haruhi has now seen aliens. Do you think she's going to…?"

"Nothing will happen from this." Nagato shut her book and look at me. "These aliens are so vastly different from anything that is in this room that it would be impossible for her to identify either of the three of us as an alien, time travel, slider, or esper. In fact, it may hide our true identities even further."

That was quite a bit to take in. At least it didn't have all the technical jargon I'm use to from her.

"Yuki's right," Koizumi said. "This is a perfect cover for us. Odd shaped beings pretending to be aliens will be a perfect distraction for Miss Suzumiya."

Well, as long as those…things…don't give me a headache, I'm fine with them.