Night 1

It's nighttime.

Our ever-energetic brigade leader, together with the smiling esper, the silent alien, the adorable time traveler, and of course, me, are currently up in the park, walking around in circles. Why you ask? Well isn't it obvious? Since we're taking a break after the end of a school year, the great Haruhi suggested, or commanded, that we take this as an opportunity to look for the extraordinary.

"And since its school break, we should definitely make night watches too! I'm certain something will show up now!"

Oh come on, do you believe that "ghosts come out at night" cliché?

"Stupid Kyon! We must take every opportunity we got! The extraordinary doesn't just reveal itself you know! How many times must I tell you this?!"

The rest, as you know is history.

We've been doing this for almost a week. Usually we would stop at around seven or so, but this time, Haruhi wanted an all-nighter. She asked Tsuruya-san if we could stay at their place tonight, and without hesitation she agrees. She's not here with us only because her family has some meeting to attend to. Seriously what do they do for a living?

"Umm… Suzumiya-san?" said the lovely Asahina-san, "Can we go home now? It almost midnight and um…"

"No! Do you midnight is where the interesting stuff happens?!"

Haruhi, come on, we don't have unlimited energy like you have. And besides, it's pretty dangerous.

Haruhi thought about this for a moment, then,

"It is very late, so ok then! We'll continue this tomorrow! Kyon, you're gonna pay for our lunch tomorrow for chickening out today!"

Well, that's expected.

As we were walking on the road beside the hill, Haruhi, in a slight disappointed tone, speaks loudly to herself.

"I still don't get it! We should've seen something by now!"

I guess that voice of yours drives the spirits away.

"Shut up Kyon! I will now double your punishment and you are going to treat us to lunch for two days straight!"

Suddenly, we hear people heading towards towards us. About 5 thugs with pipes and chains walked towards us, all of them with a malicious grin on their faces.

"Now, what do we have here?" says the guy in the middle. He seems to be the leader, being in front of the group and all. "What are you kids doing here at this time? Do you know this is our turf?"

This is not good. More importantly, aren't you supposed to be expecting this, Nagato?

But her eyes were different. Even if it isn't that obvious, it looked like shock.

I quickly glanced at Koizumi, who simply looked into my eyes and shook his head.

"Forgive me, Kyon, but remember what I said a few days ago."

I remember what you said Koizumi, but why does it have to be now?!

A few days ago…

We were patrolling the city, in the midst of the scorching sun and the cloudless sky. For today, Koizumi is my partner, which means there's going to be a lot of talking for hours. This time, however, he seems awfully quiet during the first half hour. Oh well, at least I wouldn't have to listen to his theories and whatnot again.

"Kyon-kun," Finally he speaks, although in a tone I'm not happy to hear, "Just yesterday there have been problems with the Organization."

Why would I care about that? But the esper continues talking.

"There has been some… problems with using our powers. Either it's getting hard to activate them, or they don't work at all."

Have you asked Nagato about it?

"Yes, I have. But even she is having a hard time analyzing. It seems that the data isn't synchronized with this plane. Nagato said this to me."

What do you mean not synchronized? This is a problem. I always thought Nagato has the answers to almost anything. So when there's something Nagato can't explain, it's bound to be no good.

"There is one theory I can think of. Kyon-kun. There might be a chance that there is another unique being wandering around. Besides espers, aliens, and time-travelers, the only thing we haven't encountered yet is…"

Sliders? I answer him before he could finish.

"Maybe, since after all, a slider s all that lacks in our group Kyon-kun. But the thing that's been bothering me is why haven't they shown themselves yet? Surely they will be after Suzumiya-san, yet still there's no contact."

Koizumi puts his hand on his chin for a while, then smiles at me. Seriously, stop doing that when there's a big problem here.

The esper suddenly looks at me in the eye. "We should be more alert now, Kyon-kun, since there is now a higher chance of an event that we wouldn't expect."

Shit. Out of all the chances, this would happen.

"Ooh, look boss," says one in the right, "Check out these cute little girls. Maybe this ain't so bad at all, hehehe!" he goes on near Asahina-san, who is now trembling with fear.

I try to rush towards Asahina-san, when suddenly someone speeds towards me and punches the guy right in the gut. It was Haruhi.

"Nobody hurts my brigade members but me, you ugly!"

But still I ran towards her, for I have a gut feeling what will happen next.

"Arrgh! You bitch!" He backs away a bit, only to gain momentum for his fist, which is heading straight towards Haruhi's face.

SMACK!

I fall to the ground, with my hands upon my face. That was some punch! I could feel blood trickling down my nose. I quickly stand up, knowing that taking that hit for her was just the beginning.

Hold on a sec, why didn't Nagato go to our aid? She could've kicked that guy's ass. It was then when I saw her, standing still, her lips moving but with very fainted sound, as if she was immobilized.

"So you wanna do this the hard way huh?" the leader speaks, gripping his pipe and walking slowly towards us. "We'll beat you guys up first, then we're gonna play with your cute friends. Especially this feisty one, I really love-- OW! What the fuck?! Who threw that?!"

The leader's face was suddenly bleeding from the eye, his look now even more of a demon.

From the shadows, a figure starts approaching. It's a man, with ink black hair and a cigarette in his mouth. He's about our age, wearing somewhat of a military-themed outfit. But the thing that's noticing about this guy is his eyes. They're almost similar to Haruhi's, emanating the same radiance as hers similar to whenever she comes up with an idea.

He walks in casual manner, puffing from his cigarette; he acts as if nothing was happening. He then looks around. First at us, then at the thugs, and finally at the leader, giving a him a big, wide smile

It was one of the most disturbing smiles I have seen in my life.

"Hi there…" says the smoking guy to the leader, his smile still there. What the hell is this guy saying?

"Why you…" He swings his pipe, striking hard on the side of the guy's head. He merely stumbled, still standing even from that fierce blow. Then,

I hear him chuckling, and then to the shock of the leader, he starts laughing. Before we knew it, his fist immediately lands on the leader's face, knocking him out by few feet before he falls to the ground, still conscious but very surprised.

The guy who threw a punch takes out another cigarette, puts it in his mouth, then takes a look at us. "Why are you still here?" he speaks in a calm manner. "I believe this is the moment where you escape." He smiles then turn his attention towards the other thugs, who are helping their leader to stand up and are preparing to engage their enemy.

He takes out his cigarette, gives out another smile, and walks towards them. Before he could even light his cigarette, five men surround him, all of them striking with their fists or their weapons at the same time.

There's only one thing to do. Run.

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Author's Notes

Hi guys! this my first fanfic ever, so reviews would be very appreciated.

Not much to say yet, so i'll just give out a reference to what "smoker guy" looks like (he'll have a name next chapter). Think of him as Jin from Samurai Champloo but with Haruhi's eyes.

Well that's it so far, and again reviews would be greatly appreciated.