The SOS Brigade, a completely enigmatic group that is based at North High though it was never able to achieve official status as a student association. What's more no one besides this group's merciless leader really has any idea what the purpose of the group is, not even it's freak show cast of members. About a year ago I would have been disappointed to admit that I'm one of them, but I've gotten over that and now am regretfully proud to say that I'm a member of the SOS Brigade.

Now this obnoxious group had five members; me, Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina, and Itsuki Koizumi.

Of the above five the most reliable by far has always been Nagato. The near silent girl with lavender hair and violet eyes which betrayed very little emotion had originally belonged to the literature club as it's only member. Not long after the brigades unofficial founding she confided in me that she was not a normal human and instead was a humanoid interface created by aliens to watch over Haruhi,since that time she's saved me from so many ridiculous situations that I would never be able to fully repay her even if I spent my entire life trying.

Then there's Asahina. She's the baby-faced mascot of the SOS Brigade, of course she'd been the obvious choice for that role, what with her beautiful orangeish red hair and her chest which one might believe was a never ending supply of water balloons. I had been slow to believe her when she told me that she was actually from the future and like Nagato her purpose was to watch Haruhi. Her time traveling has gotten me into several troublesome situations, but since it's Asahina I forgive her for it.

Next would be Koizumi. He was dragged into the group simply for being 'a mysterious transfer student' as Haruhi had dubbed him. A bishonen with chestnut hair sharp eyes and a rather suspicious smile, I managed to guess that he was an esper despite his useless seeming powers. I guess I could say he's helped me out of several situations as well, but he had a hand in causing several of them, so I really can't say it's very appreciated. Oh and I may as well go ahead and mention he's also watching after Haruhi.

So I guess by now you're probably wondering about Haruhi, well here it goes. Snow white skin, a pretty face, black hair tied with a golden ribbon, a fair amount of chest, good grades without trying; she's perfect, until she opens her mouth. She can do pretty much anything she wants without a single mistake, there's not a single sports team that doesn't want her for her limitless energy and skill, but she doesn't care. Little does she know that she has some sort of special ability to change the world around her as she sees fit, of course it's because of this that the others are watching her. She's the leader of the SOS Brigade who runs around on a wild goose chase looking for the paranormal without noticing the group she's leading around is made up of exactly what she's looking for. She's rambunctious, obnoxious, and has a tendency to blow things way out of proportion, she also seems to get exactly what she wants all the time. No matter how I look at it she's like a spoiled little kid. With all that said... the sight of her with her hair in a ponytail makes my heart beat a mile a minute.

And now it's just down to me, my name is... well everyone just calls me by my stupid nickname, Kyon, anyway so you should just call me that and avoid confusion. Apparently I accidentally was the one who gave Haruhi the idea to start this crazy club... at this point I'm not sure if I regret it or not. Now then in case you're wondering, I'm not a slider, a transforming hero, a robot, a demon, exorcist, or anything like that, in fact I'm a perfectly normal human. The only special abilities I seem to possess are the ability to accept all this nonsense as the truth and the power to use sarcasm to make light of any ridiculous situation I find myself in, oh and I know the key to setting Haruhi off like an insane bomb. All I have to do is say, "I am John Smith," and she'll believe me if I tell her the truth that everyone's been hiding from her.

In that first year of high school I'd become accustomed to an usual school life, I never could be sure what would happen on a day to day basis. One moment Haruhi would be all excited and happy the next she was melancholic and more than likely accidentally destroying the world. Somehow I had become used to such and abnormal thing, I was no longer surprised to see near death situations crop up, and I had grown used to the feelings of the storm and the calms before and after it.

So I was one of the few people qualified to say that I felt that something strange would be happening soon... then I would hope to whatever god is willing to hear me out that I was wrong. After all as strange things had become normal for me, if something I thought was strange was comeing then it probably would be something that had gone so far across the line of common sense that the average person would go insane from just a single passing glance.

Of course this was one of those uneasy times. The calm before the storm.