Hey, Whatev3691 here with my first Haruhi fanfic. I've had this idea for a while and finally finished it. I love all the books in the series, and of course I've watched the show.

This takes place at the end of their first year of high school. I don't remember what book that would correspond to. I tried to make my writing style similar to the writing style in the books, so if you've read them hopefully you'll see what I mean. It may have a very, very slight spoiler for people who haven't read the latest book.

I've actually finished the entire story, but I won't upload each new chapter until I get a few reviews of the chapter before. Even just a few words would be great. So if you want to read more, please leave a short review and I'll update the story! Thanks so much, hope you enjoy!

Chapter 1

"BEEP, BEEP, BEEP".

Snuggled up warm under my covers, I tried to ignore the blaring alarm clock that was determined to yank me out of my lovely sleep. I had been dreaming about Asahina-san, or at least I think I had. I was filled that calm, happy feeling I always get when she's around, anyway. Oh well, it didn't really matter anyway, as my sister ran into my room and pounced on me, making my attempts to stay asleep futile.

"Shami~, Shami~, Kyon has to wake up~," she sang in an out-of-tune voice while pulling our calico cat Shamisen off my bed. From the way his claws dug into the mattress, I guess he wanted to go back to sleep, too, but none can resist my sister in the morning. Sorry Shamisen, we're in the same boat.

…Might as well get up now.

Sigh.

This hill. Whoever decided to build a school at the top of a ridiculously steep hill was either a sadistic bastard or someone who had been forced to climb a hill everyday himself. Or maybe both.

You'd think I would have gotten used to it after doing it every day for almost a year, but it's still as tiring as the first time I climbed it back in the beginning of freshman year. That's right, in about a month I'll be moving up to the second year, along with Koizumi, Nagato, and of course, that girl.

I'd like to say that nothing has really changed in a year, but that would be a bald-faced lie. For one, I discovered that aliens, time travelers, and espers exist in this world. I also met that chaotic woman and was dragged into the SOS Brigade, was brought to the future, the past, and alternate dimensions, played baseball, experienced the last two weeks of summer over 15,000 times, made a movie, almost got killed, and saved the world.

It was an interesting year, to say the least.

And as I walked into class 1-5, I saw the cause of all my adventures from my first year of high school.

Suzumiya Haruhi.

Sitting at the desk behind mine, staring out the window absentmindedly, she looked as bored as the first time I saw her. I walked over and plonked myself down in the seat in front of her.

"Yo," I said, with a wave.

She looked at me with her chin in her hand and said, "Hey."

Was she back to her old melancholic state? Would Koizumi have to deal with more of those Closed Spaces? Ha, maybe that'll keep that annoying smile off his face for a while. He's getting paid for something from that Organization, isn't he?

"What are you mumbling about?" she asked. "I'm always like this! And anyway, it's normal to be a bit reflective this time of year. We're almost done with our first year of high school, our first year!" she exclaimed. "Why shouldn't I think about old memories?"

Think about whatever you want, as long as it doesn't result in pulling me to some bug-infested bog to look for swamp monsters or running around town looking for non-existent "mysterious" events, while I pay for everything, mind you.

"Have you accomplished everything you wanted this year?"

"Of course not! I have a list 50 miles long of more things I wanted to do!" she said with a scowl. "If people met all their goals for a year, it would lead to over-satisfaction and complacency, and they would get lazy and boring. Always plan to do 100 times more than you physically can, and then do it! Remember that Kyon!"

I'll ignore the sheer lunacy of that statement for now, and also avoid asking what some of the things on that 50-mile long list are.

At that point Okabe-sensei walked in, and the class stood up, greeted him, and bowed before sitting down to start our lessons, or in my case, take a nap.

The school day ended uneventfully, and Haruhi and I set off to our usual after-school location, the Literature/SOS Brigade clubroom. I knocked before entering, just in case Asahina-san was in there changing, although I won't pretend I would mind catching a glimpse of her well-formed body.

No one answered, so we walked in to see Koizumi sitting at his normal spot, and Nagato in the corner reading a huge book in what looked like Arabic. Why can't you beam your knowledge of every language on Earth to my brain? I would never have to study for English tests again!

"Hey everyone!" Haruhi said, but with a smile that wasn't quite as bright as the one she usually wore to the clubroom.

"Good afternoon, Suzumiya-san," said Koizumi, in his obnoxiously smooth voice.

Nagato didn't move.

I sat down across from Koizumi, who waved and pointed at the checkers board in front of him on the table. Eh, why not, I'll probably beat him anyway.

We played for a little while, Haruhi surfed the Net on the computer, and Nagato read. All the sudden I realized something was wrong.

"Hey, where's Asahina-san?" I said.

Just as Haruhi opened her mouth to respond, the door flew open, and the girl in question walked into the room.

"Everyone, sorry I'm late!" she said cutely, and gave us a small bow. Just that enough is all I need to forgive you. I'm sure anyone would forgive you, even if you had just destroyed a small country in Africa by accident.

"Mikuru-chan, you should let your brigade leader know if you're going to be late!" Haruhi said, pointing at her. "We could've had important business to discuss."

What important business? Which ridiculous activity we're going to embarrass ourselves in next?

"Shut up, Kyon! Just because today happens to be slow doesn't mean we can slack off! Paranormal phenomena are happening all the time, we always have to be on time and on the look out!"

You do that, I'll drink Asahina-san's tea and enjoy trouncing Koizumi in board games.

"Sorry, sorry, I had some matters to discuss with…one of my teachers," Asahina-san said, with some hesitation.

Although it seemed slightly suspicious to me, Haruhi seemed to buy it, and just told her to make sure and let her know in the future. Then she shoved Koizumi and I out the door so she could force Asahina-san into her maid costume. I still wonder why after all this time, Asahina-san still resists.

From then on the rest of the day went by with nothing out of the ordinary, and when Nagato closed her giant book we all took it as the cue to pack up and go.

However, as I waved goodbye to Haruhi, Koizumi, and Nagato outside of the school gates, Asahina-san remained with me.

"I actually have some business today in the direction of your home, Kyon-kun," she explained. "So I'm going to walk with you, if it's alright."

If it's alright? Is that really a question? Getting to walk home with the number one North High beauty is a dream come true!

As we walked down the hill together in the opposite direction of the other SOS members, I asked her why she was really late to the clubroom.

"Well, the thing is, it seems that my superiors have been pleased with my work lately, and have decided to give me a bit more security clearance and responsibility," she said shyly. "They let me know as soon as class let out."

Ah, so the older Asahina-san, who is pulling the strings for my Asahina-san, finally gave her younger self a little credit? That's nice to hear. It'll make Asahina-san feel more important, for sure.

As I was thinking this, I noticed something I had never seen before on Asahina-san's wrist. It looked like a cross between a watch and a bracelet, and it was made out of some metallic substance but had a digital screen showing some numbers on it. There were also a few buttons on either side of the screen.

"Hey Asahina-san, what's that?" I asked, pointing at it. "You must've just put it on now, I don't remember seeing you with it in the clubroom…"

She looked surprised and tried to turn it away from me. "…Yes, I didn't want Suzumiya-san to see it, it's sort of a physical manifestation of the TPDD…" she looked shocked. "Wait, how can I say that? It should be classified information…" she said while looking thoughtful.

"So this is one of the ways you time travel? Let me see, let me see, you've already told me that much!" For some reason a Haruhi-like curiosity took over, and I really wanted to examine it more closely. I mean, I had already time traveled multiple times, what's the harm in giving me a little look?

"Kyon-kun, I can't! That wouldn't be a good idea for this current time plane," she said with a firm look.

However, I didn't want to accept that. I reached over to her wrist and held on, trying to pull it closer to my face so I could see it.

"Kyon-kun, nooo!" she squealed, while attempting to wriggle out of my grasp. She flailed her arms, but I had a tight grip. She then got the idea to actually try and pull my hand off with her other arm but I caught it with mine. I'm glad no one else was around then, because this situation would've looked like I was some sort of predator, especially with Asahina-san being so innocent. I just couldn't resist the allure of seeing a time-travel device up close and in person.

Asahina-san's other hand broke free of my grasp and tried again, and when she did, her nails accidentally dug into my hand. The sudden pain caused my hand to slip, and because it had been close to the watch/wristlet thing in the first place, it banged into it and hit some buttons. The digital display lit up, a few things flashed, and I heard a beep.

Asahina-san's horrified face was the last thing I saw before I felt that oh-too-familiar nausea, the world went blurry, and I blacked out.

So, once again, if you want the next chapter please leave a short review! If you like it, if you think there's something that should be fixed, any suggestions, etc. The story is all written, I'm just waiting for you and I'll upload the next chapter!

Thanks again!