Chapter 2: Yuki's Secret
The S.O.S Brigade, a group created by the eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya. Its goal is to search throughout Japan for mysteries in hopes of solving them. Three others have joined Haruhi as well, Kyon; a friend of Haruhi's who is constantly ordered around to do everything for the S.O.S Brigade. Yuki Nagato; a strange girl who joined the literature club but then switched over, or rather, was forced over by Haruhi to join the S.O.S Brigade instead. Shuichi Akihiro; the newest member of the club, also the one that Haruhi got the idea from. Nothing else is known about him or Yuki at the moment. We last left off at the introduction of the S.O.S Brigade and its purpose by Haruhi and there were some questions left unanswered. 'What is the bunny outfit for?' 'What mysteries does Haruhi hope to uncover' etc. etc.
Kyon was walking to school saying to himself over and over 'ever since yesterday, my life has been turned upside down. It could just be my imagination, but it feels like Haruhi was never part of this world, she could be from who knows where…'
Kyon stopped and thought again about that scenario. It can't be…she's just a normal Japanese school girl, well, I wouldn't exactly call her 'normal' but she's enough to be from this planet. Kyon felt a tap on his shoulder; he turned around and to his surprise, saw Haruhi standing there. 'Thinking about me were you?' she got close up into his face with an annoyed look and continued 'thinking about how I'm strange and such?' Kyon sweat dropped and thought what is with this girl? 'N-no…of course not, you could just be more polite to people y'know? Honestly…' Kyon folded his arms and closed his eyes then reopened them. Surprisingly Haruhi was not there anymore 'W-wha? Where did she go all of a sudden?' Kyon shrugged and kept on his way to school.
Morning classes had been short; time seemed to go by fast for a summer morning. When lunch time came, Kyon was just ready to eat when Haruhi popped up in front of him from no where. Kyon stared at her with an irritated gaze and asked 'what do you want?' Haruhi sighed a sigh of annoyance and replied 'S.O.S Brigades first mission, to the club room now.' Before Kyon could object and continue eating his lunch, Haruhi grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the classroom where Haruhi had created the S.O.S Brigade. Yuki was there (as always) and so was Shuichi. 'Hello!' Shuichi greeted Kyon and Haruhi with a smile. Kyon sighed, smiled and replied 'Hey…' Haruhi climbed onto the table in the middle of the room and announced 'Enough chitchat! Time for our first mission! There are rumors going around about a strange curse in Japan, there have been some murders that are connected to this curse.' Shuichis ears perked up as soon as he heard 'curse' could she be referring to the curse of Oyashiro-Sama? For the first time since Haruhi, Kyon, and Shuichi had met Yuki, she closed the book she was reading and looked up at them with a blank gaze and spoke 'the curse of Oyashiro-Sama…it has been in Japan for decades and has caused more problems then anything else Japan has experienced. Even with the top investigators from the National Police Agency, there has been no one that has come close to solving this mystery. Innocents have been brutally murdered in the last years. This is known as Oyashiro-Samas redemption period where one or two people are sacrificed.' There was a pause, Kyon couldn't believe it. He knew Yuki was smart, but to have this much information about something was incredible. The whole room was silent for a few moments and Yuki spoke again, this time with a different sound in her voice, a more familiar sound; The sound of someone who has been through hardships in the past. 'I am not from this world, but when I arrived, I saw first hand a murder caused by this curse.' Kyon and Shuichi were surprised as their thoughts were the same. Yuki…is… an alien? There's no way, she's more normal than Haruhi, she has to be from this world. 'Are you serious Yuki-Chan? You mean you're an alien then?' Kyon asked and Yuki nodded in response. 'Hmm…' Haruhi hopped off the table and began pacing the room, thinking aloud. 'I had a feeling she wasn't human when I first met her, it's obvious really. I mean look at her. Do most Japanese people you see have hair like that? Also, why doesn't she speak to anyone, she has a greater intellect than most students in this school. You can't expect someone like that to be human.' Unfazed by Haruhi's way of describing her, Yuki went back to reading her book. Haruhi smirked and pointed at Kyon and Shuichi 'now that we have a lead, we start our mission! Do as much research as you can on finding this Oyashiro-Sama!' Kyon objected immediately by saying 'we don't have a computer, so how do you expect us to research?' Haruhi sweat dropped in embarrassment. She hadn't got a computer for the S.O.S Brigade to do research with yet. 'W-we'll find one! Let's go to the PC Club and get one!' With that, Haruhi took Shuichi and Kyon by the collars of their shirts and dragged them along to the Computer clubroom to get a PC.
Yuki Nagato…who knows what she came to earth for or why, but she was one of the first of many to experience a death caused by Oyashiro-Sama, the death of her closest friend Rena. It was four years ago when Rena had met Yuki, the two of them got along pretty well, they shared common interests and shared many good times. One day, it was storming and Yuki had called Rena over to her house to play. Hours had passed and Rena never came, so when the rained subsided, Yuki decided to go over to Renas house to see what had come up. Along the way, to her horror, she found her best friend murdered. Rena was stabbed to death, and next to her lay a bloodied up knife. 'Did she do this herself…?' Yuki wondered. There were no signs of footprints, so she couldn't have been killed by someone else. A tear rolled down her cheek and she hugged the crippled corpse of what used to be her friend, Rena Ryugu. When Yuki got home, she called the police in to investigate what had happened, the police did their best and in the end concluded that Rena had committed suicide and was not murdered. From that point on Yuki had kept it from everyone she was an alien, she had only told Rena and didn't get the response she thought she would. Rena accepted the fact freely and the two continued being the best of friends.