Yes! It's an Adventure!

Chapter 1

"That's how it is...hmm"

Konata looked like she was thinking. Actually, she wore a same relaxed and sleepy look.

"So do you know what this poem says?"

It's really hard to take Konata seriously. She looks so carefree... she's one of a kind indeed.

Konata's room would be sanctuary for every anime/manga fans. Every type and volumes of anime and manga seems to be here.

I wonder how good looking she would be if she was bit taller...

Anyways, no time to think about that right now.

Things have taken a bizarre turn. Whole SOS-Brigade has disappeared, Haruhi's world has been destroyed, and now I have to travel through dimensions to fix all this... I can't help but to think...

'Why did all this happen to me?'

"Alan! You're not listening!!."

Haruhi, when I first opened the gate to this dimension, looked really jubilant.

This would be what she always wanted to do. Go on a dimension travel with a slider. I think I would have wished for it too if I weren't a slider myself.

Although, every once in a while, Haruhi seemed to avoid my gaze. Whenever this happened, I caught a glimpse of... how should I describe it? Sadness? Loneliness?

But then, who am I to judge how people are feeling? I can't read minds.

"Ok, what Konata?" I answered.

"Obviously, Mikuru-chan is in this dimension." Konata walked up to her pile of manga and pulled out a book..

"Rurouni Kenshin? I never heard of it." Haruhi said looking confused.

"We'll Haruhi-sama, its kind of old. But most of us who read manga knows what it is." Konata, still looking like this (--) Spoke casually.

"Why do you think Asahina-san is there?" I decided to ask. I have to know why, or we will be going on a wild goose chase.

"The poem refers to cross shaped scar, here look." Konata pointed to a main character's face. There was indeed a cross shaped scar.

"Of course! This look like one of those Japanese history related manga. So it would be kind of like going back in time!" Haruhi always had quick wits.

I turned to stare at Haruhi, as our eyes met, Haruhi quickly looked away. Something was definitely troubling her.

Konata didn't seem to notice, or she didn't care. She continued.

"Other stanzas in the poem... I'll have to look into it more. I really need sleep right now." Konata said while moving towards the bed.

"Well Alan? Open up the gate to this dimension! Future of the SOS-brigade no, our world depends on it!"

Haruhi ordered, returning back to her cheerful mood.

"Wait, wait a moment. I can't just open up gates whenever I feel like it. I need to know about the world we're going into."

"Well, start reading!" Haruhi pointed towards the graphic novel.

"That's not all, every time I travel, I really get tired. Sleep wouldn't be so bad right now, let's go find a hotel."

"Oh no, you two can stay in my house, I have absolutely no problem with that." Konata interrupted.

Haruhi seemed to decide crashing for tonight as well.

"Fine, but starting tomorrow, I want you to read all the volumes of that book, understand?"

Haruhi's beaming smile shined upon me, I really can't take that much happiness at once. It's like a radiation to me.

"Yes..." I answered unwillingly.

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Next day when I woke up, I found a note.

Went to city tour along with Kona-chan and her friends. I'll be back later. Finish reading or else.

Chief

Wait, I do all the hard work and Haruhi get's to hang out? This really doesn't seem fair. Anyways... about that book.

I started reading it...

After a while, huger overcame me.

Let's see if Konata keeps milk around. Not likely, since she's so short... she probably hates milk.

Just as I thought... no milk. Oh well, I guess orange juice isn't so bad. Hmm are those chips?

It was getting late now. I turned on the television. The news was on, in normal cases, I would have just changed the channel in an instant. But, something caught my eye. Was that picture of me?

The news went on... saying that I'm wanted for unknown crimes. What? This is weird; I've never been here my whole life. How would anyone obtain my picture?

I now realized that it might not be very wise for me to walk out into the streets in this dimension.

At least, until I get this mystery solved.

Good thing is Haruhi isn't wanted like me. She's probably having fun somewhere with Konata and her friends.

Since Konata's dad isn't coming back till late... I'm all alone here. I really should go back and finish reading that manga.

In Konata's room, I dropped on the floor and starting reading Rurouni Kenshin again. It's a good story I think.

My gaze, for a second, moved away from the book. I saw a picture of Konata's mother.

Heh, she's short too. It's surprising how much Konata and her mom looks alike. In this picture, Konata's mom and dad are standing together.

They look happy together.

Doorbell rang.

I heard Konata's voice, oh they must be back. It took them long enough.

I went to greet them. I saw Konata carrying Haruhi on her back. Since she was much smaller than Haruhi, it looked like Konata was almost about to collapse.

"What happened?"

Konata smiled as if nothing was wrong.

"Nothing's wrong Alan-kun, look for your self, Haruhi-sama just passed out that's all."

"Kona-chan, no worries I can stand up..." Haruhi murmured as she attempted to stand up. She failed miserably and fell on me. She reeked of booze.

Well, now I have some idea of where they went.

"Konata you look fine, did you not drink?"

"No, I am not supposed to drink anyways. It was only Haruhi-sama."

"Oi, what are you talking about?" Haruhi talked nonsense.

"We better get her to bed."

I carried Haruhi up to bed and laid her there. She fell asleep instantly. Konata said she was working late today. Where did Konata work again? Cosplay café?

I took a break from reading manga. I'm almost finished.

I went out to the balcony. It's very clear starry night. I basked in the beauty of the stars. It is very pleasant.

I felt someone behind me. I quickly turned around.

"Haruhi?"

Haruhi was still drunk; she seemed to have trouble keeping balance.

"Kyon." Haruhi said dreamily. Her face was bright red.

"I'm not Kyon."

"Who cares, Kyon, Koizumi-kun and Alan... hick... it's all same. All men are useless."

Hey are you calling me useless? While I was pondering what to say, Haruhi said something.

"Kiss me."

"What?"

"My body has its urges, I don't care if whether love is a mental illness or not. What? Isn't this what you suggested? Find a nice guy and do your search with him? Kyon? Koizumi-kun? Alan?"

She seemed to have trouble recognizing.

I stared into Haruhi's starry eyes... they were full of tears. I felt a sudden wave of pity. I also felt a weird sensation, was this desire? Where did this come from? Sudden jolt of this 'sensation' felt like it was right thing to do. Before I realized, without thinking, I moved towards Haruhi.

"Haruhi..."

Our lips were so close to touching. I could smell liquor from her mouth... I braced myself and closed my eyes.

But then... Image of Saki flashed by me. I opened my eyes wide.

I stopped.

"Huh? What's wrong? Don't you feel honored that you get to kiss the Brigade Chief?"Haruhi said looking disappointed. Still slurring every one of her sentences.

"Haruhi, go to sleep... you're drunk."

SLAp..

I don't know where she got the strength to hit that hard. Considering how drunk she was.

Anyways, that hurt.

"You don't understand Alan, how I feel. This isn't a kind of adventure I wished for.. This is just too lonely!"

Haruhi then passed out again. I grabbed her before she hit the ground.

I carried her over to the bed again. Laid a blanket over her. She did look surprisingly cute when sleeping, but I would never dare to get that close to her again.

I walked back outside to the balcony, troubled...

Where did that desire come from? My body just moved on its own. It wasn't the feeling of love that I felt, thinking right now it was violent urges that has to do with... anyways. I was scared about is how natural it felt back then. It felt as if it was a right thing to do. It took all my strength to stop myself from doing the unthinkable.

I joked to myself, only Kyon would be able to follow through that unthinkable deed.

"My my, as expected, you are not very easy to seduce Void." Voice came from above.

I looked up and saw a woman sitting on a tree. Tree happened to be in a back yard.

I recognized who she was. But why was she here? And she looked bit different than before.

What did she call me?

"Serenity?" I called her name.

Serenity was a female member of my organization back then, the Fallen Angels. Long Black hair and blue eyes.

Very fine looking girl, although few years older than me, she had maintained her younger look.

She was a expert in stealth and assassination. Serenity was known for her speed in combat.

She was also very good at convincing males to do what she wanted. Only male that she couldn't take advantage of would be me.

Since I was only interested in my own volitions back then...

"I don't use that name anymore, and I won't call you Alan either. Past is behind us."

"How did you get here?" I stared into Serentiy's eyes. It was sharp eyes that I remembered very well.

Something was very different from before though. She seemed to radiate an invisible aura that put all my senses in full alert.

"That's not important, and I won't tell you why anyways. What I want to ask you is this. Why didn't you kiss the girl? Look how sad you made her now."

"Since when did you care about what I did? Besides me killing meaninglessly?"

"Ah, you don't trust me do you? Common Void, I'm just trying to help you. Don't think about that idiot Kyon, he's powerless... but you, and with that girl's power, you two can rule every dimensions in the universe! All it takes is one kiss, look how cute she is, you can have her anytime you desire.

"ENOUGH!" I yelled out.

"Listen carefully Serenity, I would never do that! I don't know what your story is, but my mind is already set. I will help Haruhi find peace in everything from her OWN world. I am not included in that world. I am also content with watching her lead a happy life."

Serenity glared at me... it was a glare I used see in my own reflections.

"Fine, but one day you'll realize that I'm right. Too bad I can't set a foot near that house, I would love to have our little rematch."

"Huh? Why can't you?"

"Look beside you." Serenity pointed beside me.

I turned around. What the...

"Konata?"

Then I suddenly realized that there was no black dot on her face. She was not Konata, she was Konata's mother. Konata's mother stood silently, sending a menacing glare at Serenity.

"Apparently she won't let me enter. It's not really wise to tick off spirits... well... Before I go. That girl Suzumiya completely trusts you, just like I used to trust you. I also know that you will disappoint her, just like you disappointed me."

Serenity quickly faded away into the night.

I turned around to stare at Konata's mother. She stared back at me.

"Umm, hi." I said, not knowing what else to say.

Konata's mother spoke, although she wasn't moving her mouth. Her voice seemed to ring inside my head.

"You attracted those beings..."

"Those beings? She's just a human." I objected.

"No, they used to be... not anymore."

"……"

Awkward silence fell...Konata's mother started to disappear.

"She trusts you." Konata's mother pointed towards sleeping Haruhi. Her voice sounded soft now. Almost like my own mother.

"I trust you as well." She added... then stared at me with eyes that were full of kindness. Then fully disappeared.

Well this surely is a weird night.

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Did Haruhi remember what happened? I suspected this because she never spoke a single word to me the next day. Whenever I tried to start a conversation with her, she just turned away with a "humph."

I needed to tell Haruhi something, I've thought all night about it and I have made up my mind.

At night, I found Haruhi crouched up on the balcony.

She didn't say "Humph" this time. She merely said.

"I miss everyone, even that idiot Kyon."

"Haruhi..." I sat down beside her and...

I took off my necklace. Then I walked up to clueless looking Haruhi, and placed my necklace around her.

"What are you doing?" Haruhi asked, looking confusedly at my necklace.

"I'm giving it to you; it's supposed to make the wearer happier. In female's case it should also make the wearer prettier."

Haruhi stared at me in a shock. "But isn't this your girlfriend's necklace?"

"You need it more, take it, it's my promise to you that we will all be back together in your own world."

Haruhi's shocked face stayed with her for a while. Then, a smile spread across her mouth.

"Oh well, I always wanted this myself anyways, I am a girl too after all, even I am attracted to pretty attires like this. Speaking truthfully, that necklace made you look girly Alan."

"What! Why you..."

"Oh yes! Did you finish reading that book?"

Oh crap...

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TUNAC

ALAN seriously! Stop appearing out of nowhere and taking my milk!

Sorry... he was here again…

Serenity

Anyways, Serenity is introduced in this chapter. She's about 20 and she used to be another assassin that used to work with Alan. She's very agile; her agility exceeds Alan by bit. She doesn't like to use guns as a main weapon. She likes using short weapons such as knives and daggers. Or even acupunctures. She isn't called Serenity anymore though. She has a different name.

Haruhi's powers

It is returning slowly. Although right now Haruhi have no idea how to use it.