Been a while since I updated this story. Ah well. enjoy
I don't own Haruhi Suzumiya
Chapter 3
It's Sunday. A few days after the appearance of Nicos Tantula and nothing really life threatening has happened since then. The only thing that has made a few disturbances was some of Tantula's henchmen appeared, causing havoc on the town. All that had to be done was send in two or three of us to handle it, Haruhi leading of course. We all had time to effectively use our powers and now we can finally rest, or so I thought.
My phone rang as I was playing a game with my little sister and guess who called.
"Kyon, we're going to have our meeting at the usual spot." Haruhi said full of energy which was making this worse. "Get there immediately!" She hanged up after that.
What could it be this time? I had to end the game with my sister after that, saying that 'we'll continue it later'. I went off and biked my way Kitaguchi Station, or as I like to call it, the usual spot.
"Late! Penalty!" That became the usual greeting for me since the first time I was late.
"Penalty can wait." I answered back with a sigh. "So, what is it that you called us here?"
"Koizumi-kun, explain for him."
"Very well." Replied Koizumi with that famous smile and kissing up to her. "Apparently, Suzumiya-san wants to talk about who can by our sixth member the Rangers."
I've should have known. Haruhi isn't the type who waits for things to happen so; she goes out to find them. Out of all the things to look for now, was to find a sixth member. How does she plan to actually find one you ask? You'll see.
"Now that we'll all here." Haruhi was pacing back and forth in front of us, about to give us our objectives to our outing today. "We are to look for someone worthy enough to be the sixth member our Brigade and to become our Green Ranger."
"Err… Suzumiya-san" Asahina-san raised her hand wondering something. "If we're looking for another member, shouldn't it be someone from our school?"
"That's right Mikuru-chan, which is why we'll try looking for anyone we know from our school to be our new member today."
How does that work? You would normally find a new member back at school where we can ask for them to join. Not during a weekend when everyone would either be at home or somewhere else.
"It's because we're doing it on a weekend that we can spy on anyone we know and talk about who is best to join." Haruhi was looking at me, having an annoyed look as well. "Now, that we know what our objective, let's go search and meet up in 2 hours!"
We all split up and started walking around town by ourselves, looking for someone worthwhile to join. Well, truth be told, all I did was go off on a stroll around the area, what Haruhi wanted us to do was like looking for a needle in a haystack. I didn't see anyone I knew here. The only thing I did see were sales for clothes, food, gifts and so on and so forth. After the two hours, we all headed to the café and bring about the fruits of our labor, as if we were able to get anything useful.
"So, did you guys find anybody that could be the Green Ranger?" Haruhi sounded a bit annoyed. I can tell that she is after being with her this long.
All of us kept quiet. Yuki continued to drink her watermelon juice, Asahina-san avoiding eye contact with Haruhi, Koizumi gave of a shrug while I just sat there, waiting for the response to come out of Haruhi.
"Come on people! We need that last member or else we won't be able to handle what Tantula can throw at us!"
"What about you?" I spoke up after hearing her whine. "I don't recall you finding anyone either."
She calmed down a bit, scowling at me with irritation. "Hmph! We'll continue the search until we find someone worthy enough! For now, we are all dismissed!"
She grabbed her drink with anger and drank it all down. She then got up from a chair and began to walk off but then she remembered something and came straight up to my face. This was not a good thing.
"Kyon." She just stared at me for what I think was about a minute, took my hand and put something in it. "Your penalty." After that she walked out.
I took a look at what she put in my hand. It turns out to be the bill to the drinks we all ordered. There goes another 1000 yen this week. I lose more money due to her penalties then I do actually spending it on something. We all went home and I can finally rest. Well, that was until Koizumi gave me a call, saying that he wanted to speak to me about something. Knowing him, it's going to be Haruhi-related again and this will be no exception.
The meeting place was, once again, the usual spot. I spotted him sitting there, smiling at me as usual. I want to get this over and done with because I really need this rest after fighting a horde of Tantula's henchmen.
"Koizumi." I called him out. "What is it that you need to talk about?"
"As your suspicions suggest, it's about Suzumiya-san." That much was obvious. All that is needed is, what Haruhi-related problem is it this time? "As we all know, Suzumiya-san is not the kind that likes to wait for something. So, in order for that something to happen, she would look for it."
Thank you Captain Obvious. "Yeah, and what's that got to do with anything?"
"Suzumiya-san wanted to find the Green Ranger, in order to do more than just save the world. Of course, she has begun to stir again."
"Are you talking about Closed Space? If so, then you should be able to handle it along with the rest of the organization."
"There wherein lies the problem." Koizumi voice started to deepen. "Recently, the Shinjin has seemed to have gotten, much more ferocious and stronger. We had to send 15 Espers to defeat one Shinjin; a dozen of them were defeated during the process. This happened only a few days after our first conflict with Tantula."
The minute I heard the name Tantula, this was beginning to go into a bad road.
"After the conflict, Closed Space began to appear, showing Haruhi's frustrations about the lack of enemies to face, and how inferior they were to us. Now it will include the search for the sixth member."
"And because of her frustrations, it was her who possibly made the Shinjin stronger than the last time you faced them?"
Koizumi gave me a nod. "That is what the Organization believes. There was also another possibility which the Organization has given thought about."
"What is the other possibility?" What he was about to tell me next, was what caused my hair to stand on end.
"It is possible that Tantula had something to do with making the Shinjin stronger. He could be able to enter the Closed Space and has tried to see how strong they really are."
That was what worries me. Our enemy might be able to enter and exit a Closed Space, learning about what the Shinjin can do.
"Are you saying that he is trying to create his own Shinjin and use it against us?"
"We can't say for sure. We have yet to find him during our time in the Closed Space. Who knows, maybe he was able to collect enough data about them and is mass producing them as we speak."
Hearing him make a joke about something so serious was something I really didn't need and I was just about to whack him for trying to get me on edge.
"I'm joking. I assure you, if we find him in one, you'll be the first to know." He gave off one last smile before leaving. "Until then, I bid you farewell."
I couldn't get the thought out of my mind that there is a possibility that Tantula had found another way to bring about more powerful opponents against us. Something as powerful as a Shinjin and pushing it to its potential was nothing short of dangerous. That night, I couldn't sleep at all.
It is now Monday and I was tired as hell. Ever since yesterday, I keep on getting distracted. Today is going to get worse as the first thing I had to see was Haruhi and was expecting for some sort of comment from her.
"Yo." I yawn a bit as I greeted her. "Anyone here in class you think could be the Green Ranger?"
She stared at me and had her eyes widened a bit. "Absolutely none. And what kept you up?"
Unless you want me to say that Tantula was able to enter an area which you can create I'm not telling you. "I just couldn't sleep, that's all."
Haruhi was trying to find any kind of suspicions that I was keeping from her, when she didn't find anything, she dropped it. I have plenty of things kept away from her mainly because; everyone kept telling me to not tell her. When I did tell her, she didn't believe me, telling me things like aliens and such are further out here on Earth, she wasn't going to believe that she was able to get the all in one go. That was her voice of reasoning. Why can't she use it for more practical matters?
Break started and Haruhi went off going on her patrols again. I was able to get some rest. I would have normally done it in class, but with the exams coming, I didn't have much choice. Damn exams, getting in the way. Unfortunately, it only lasted for about 10 minutes until Taniguchi and Kunikida woke me up. What great timing you guys have…
"Hey, Kyon." Taniguchi was the first to speak here. "What's been going on last week?"
"Yeah. You seem to going out a lot with the rest of the Brigade." It seems that the SOS Brigade has been spotted a few times. I was able to remain calm about this like the many times I had to avoid giving away any kind of the crazy activities that Haruhi had in mind.
"Take a guess. Haruhi has been pushing me harder than usual." That being half-lie, half-true.
"Ah~." Taniguchi was looking at me weirdly. "Don't tell me that you guys are doing something I could get us jealous are you?"
"What the hell are you implying?!" If you ever think about me and Haruhi put together with the rest of the group doing something as indecent as that, I will kill you!
"I'm kidding Kyon. You don't have to glare at me like that. Besides, I'm not too interested to being within a few feet of her anyway."
"You could have fooled me."
"Well, I had to know. Whenever Suzumiya has something in mind, I know for sure that it can't be good."
"Yeah, I mean, like the time with the bunny girl incident. Though it was a while back, it does give us an idea what she can do."
I really do know what she can do and so far, I'm stuck saving the world in yellow spandex and fighting the forces of evil from ruling the Earth. What could possibly get worse? Then suddenly a loud noise was coming from the belt buckle, which not only scared the crap out of me, it also caused me to jump and get looks from about half of the class. It just got worse.
"Sorry. I seem to have got a really bad stomachache. I'll head off to the nurse." Cliché it is, but I have to find some way to drop some kind of ruse to go and head to the clubroom otherwise, I'll be late and Haruhi would give me a penalty.
I quickly got to the clubroom and I saw some the rest there, ready for action.
"About time you got here!" Haruhi was irritated, not that we should deal with it now.
"So, where is it?"
"The target is at the far region in a forest within Kyoto." Nagato gave us the location. Though, I was amazed that it was all the way in Kyoto. Why couldn't it be some where closer like in a forest near the shrine? That way I could walk it.
"Well, you all know what we have to do." Haruhi was ready to go, bursting with confidence. Really, where do you get all that confidence from?
"I'll tell you when we get this over with so, let's go!" Haruhi couldn't seem to hold still anymore after that.
"Okay!" Asahina-san was showing a serious side though; it showed this young girl who couldn't get the doll she wanted. It was just too cute.
We were immediately transported to the deep forest of Kyoto. I had to be sure that we were in the area. My question was answered as we were standing on a hill and I could see temples far in the distance, roughly east from our position. The only thing missing was our target.
"Oh ho! So you are the Rangers that my master had trouble with!" A voice called out from behind. "You guys look like a bunch of wimps if you ask me."
There stands a human-sized ox, standing on its hind legs, wearing a metal mask and holding a two-handed axe in hand.
"Who are you a calling a wimp you two-horned freak!" Good job Haruhi. Keep agitating him, he may back out.
"Freak?! I'll have you know that I am Mitaronus! The greatest warrior in all of Tantula's forces!" I never heard anything about Tantula having a force.
"Well, that doesn't matter because we are here to defeat you!"
"I like to see you try!"
With that, he had a horde of Tantula's henchmen on his side. Those guys aren't too hard, but that Mitaronus is going to make it hard as he will be part of this fight as well.
"Everyone!" Haruhi grabbed her belt buckle and was in position.
"Ready!" The rest of us said in unison and got into position.
"SOS Brigade, Transform!"
Unless you want me to say everything about the transformation, the poses, one-liners, and whatever else, then you should have paid attention to our first time because, I'm not going to say it again.
"SOS Brigade Rangers!" Now we were ready to begin the battle.
It was easy dealing with the henchmen; we had a week fighting them. The real problem was Mitaronus. Mitaronus was able to create shockwaves each time he struck his axe into the earth. Asahina-san and I were able to avoid it whenever it came close. The others had to take cover behind Nagato's Earth Shield. I was able to get a few hits from behind due to my speed but, he was able to see through it after a while. Asahina-san isn't the kind to actually physically hurt someone so, she teleported Haruhi and Koizumi into him from behind, that plan worked for a certain amount of time. Nagato uses her power from afar, sending spikes at him or a stone slab under him. The final strike on him was a flying kick from Koizumi, who was thrown by Haruhi, to create a stronger impact. Mitaronus, soon fell and came a massive explosion from the ground. That explosion was something I should have seen, as we are, Power Rangers and fighting in a forest. Well, it doesn't matter anymore. As long as we were able to defeat him, I don't care if three more explosions go off at once right in my face.
"It's coming." Nagato finally talked today as Mitaronus grew into a goliath.
"Time to call the Zords!" Haruhi then called for the Zords to come and lo and behold, they appeared before us.
I'm amazed they could get here so fast but, then again, I don't know where they're kept in standby so what I said a minute ago is irrelevant now.
We all jumped into our Zords and we all soon morphed into the Megazord.
"SOS Brigade Rangers, GO!" We said in unison.
"All systems at go Suzumiya-san." Koizumi gave off another smile before turning his head towards her.
"All right everyone! Time to unleash the fires of hell!" Haruhi was just ready to use our final attack on him.
"We have to weaken him first remember?" I had to make sure she can at least do that much. I don't want to lose this fight too quickly.
Haruhi glared at me about it. Did she honestly believe that we can defeat him with one go? It never works like that.
"All right, fine. Then let's just beat it down!" Something tells me that she wasn't in the mood to argue about it as well. That's a good thing.
The Megazord started with a punch into the chest of Mitaronus, then went and use the lance, swinging horizontally across. Mitaronus quickly recovered from the attack and with the axe, he went and did an over-head slash. It caused the Megazord to stagger greatly and caused us to end up bouncing around.
"My, that quite the attack." Koizumi seemed amused of how strong that attack was. Don't give the enemy compliments!
"Not bad." Haruhi had this smile on her face, which usually meant trouble. "Now it's our turn!"
The Megazord recovered, and went back into a battle stance. It went and charged into Mitaronus, using the shield as a ram. After that, it swung the lance from side to side, then with a strong thrust into the chest, impaling him. It was not something I needed to see with my ever so tired body. Mitaronus was still standing from that gruesome attack. We had time to charge up the final attack.
"Super Ultra Miracle Excellent Special Strike!" We finished the battle with a massive explosion.
"That takes care of that." Haruhi, once again, is enjoying the victory of another day saved from world domination.
"Let's just get back to school. We already missed forth period." I really don't want the school to phone my parents and say that I was sick or worse, playing hooky.
"All right, Mikuru-chan. You know what to do."
"R-right." Asahina-san began to send us all back to the school. The clubroom to be more exact.
"That was the best time we had in a while." Haruhi was just smiling beyond what I normally see today. "Remember that you all still have your duty as a Brigade member to come to the clubroom. Now, dismissed!" We all went off to our respective classes after that.
The teacher who, both me and Haruhi, had to walk into actually took in the lie that I had a stomachache and Haruhi had to keep an eye on me to make sure I didn't do anything to make it worse. The bad thing was Haruhi was gloating about how useless I am by myself. That much was annoying me. I was starting to think how much this day was beginning to be the worse I had ever had.
The day ended and I headed to the clubroom. I figured I could finally sleep in there but, knowing Haruhi, she would probably kill me if I ever so close my eyes for more than 2 seconds. I took my time before reaching the clubroom. I knocked the door, just to make sure I don't end up walking in on Asahina-san while she's changing like all those other times. When I did enter the room, Haruhi just turning the place upside down.
"What are you doing Haruhi?"
"It's gone!" Could you tell what was first?
"The green belt buckle! It's gone!"
"Gone? That's not possible. Nobody should be able to get into the clubroom anyway." It's true. The clubroom was locked after we all left to our classrooms.
"Damn it! I can't believe someone stole something from us! When I find whoever stole it, I'm gonna execute him on the electric chair! No trial!"
Haruhi was really furious about the belt buckle being stolen. I doubt that anyone would actually steal something from us, and I'm sure that she misplaced it somewhere. I even went ahead and looked at the entire room if there was any forced entry. Unsurprisingly, there was none, making it even more certain that she misplaced it.
When everyone was in the room, Haruhi immediately began to talk about the situation at hand.
"Someone has stolen the green belt buckle!" She was screaming with intense fury. "We cannot continue our search for the Green Ranger if we don't have the belt buckle! We will search the entire school and all the possible people who stole it and we will not stop until we find it!" How does she expect us to find something so small?
She just gave us orders which are going to be the death of me. There is no way someone would go all through the trouble to just to steal the buckle. The laptops that we won after the duel with the Computer club were much more understandable. I did, in fact, tried looking around the clubroom and trying to remember where it was last seen, which was on the table. It didn't seem to be anywhere in the room. If it isn't in the room, then where could it be?