Hello all~

Welcome to the next instalment of Capped! This chapter will be continuing from Itsuki's flashback of when he first got his Esper-like powers, incase you are confused about what's going on here xD The parts where Itsuki is talking with his mother were really fun to write about, considering I could do so much with them because we never get to meet or ever hear about Itsuki's mother or father in the series. As always, please enjoy this fanfiction!

Disclaimer: I do not own The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya in any way. I am just a crazy fan writing fanfictions for other fans!

"Mom!" Itsuki shouted as he ran into his house. He threw his shoes off in a hurry and ran into the kitchen, which was completely empty.

"Mom!" He yelled once more.

…Still no answer.

"Mom?" He ran from the kitchen and into the front room, which was also empty. Itsuki's heat beat fast.

Don't tell me that whatever's going on has gotten to her too!

He ran up the stairs, and when he reached the top he almost fell flat on his face. Apparently, what ever went on back at the cross walk was seriously effecting his balance.

"Mom!" Itsuki continued to yell, opening bedroom doors to only find nothing still. He raced back downstairs, tripping on his foot. Luckily he caught onto the rail of the stairs before he tumbled down the steep steps.

He picked himself back up, and ran back into the front room and to the sliding glass door that separated him from his small backyard. He slid open the door. "Mom!" He yelled outside. "Where are you?"

With still no answer, he slammed the door closed and turned around, tears burning in his eyes. These tears were actually his, not someone else's.

He stumbled backwards, his back hitting against the wall. He slouched down until his body reached the floor, and buried his face in his hands.

What if my mother lost her life because I didn't?

Suddenly Itsuki heard the door front door creek open. He slowly lifted his head, he did not want any more complications in his life at the moment.

"Itsuki! What on earth are you screaming for?" A familiar musical voice rang.

Itsuki's eyes lit up at the sight of his mother's angered face. "Mom!" He shouted once more, this time his voice filled with relief, as he heaved himself up to tightly hug his mother.

She patted his back softly. "Honestly Itsuki." She sighed. "I step out the house for an hour to buy food and you're a mess without me."

"I'm sorry…" He said taking a step back. "I thought…"

"What did you think, that I died or something?" His mother laughed. "What a silly thought! You're too attached to me." She said, patting his head.

"Mom… Have you ever had the feeling of an emotion that's not yours?" Itsuki asked quietly.

"What are you talking about?" Itsuki's mother's eyes glinted with a hint of worry.

"When I was going out to meet my friends…I had the strangest feeling… I've been having strange feelings that past couple days I've been crossing that crosswalk, but this one was out of control, really." He said.

"…I-Itsuki…"

Itsuki ran a hand through his long hair. "I was really scared, so I… I ran out into traffic."

"Are you serious? Why did you do that?" His mother's face turned red in anger.

"I thought that if I got away from that place that the feeling would go away…"
"I-Itsuki, we have to take you to a hospital to make sure you're okay!"

"Mom, please let me finish." Itsuki said, his face totally serious.

"..At least take a seat and finish, okay?" She said as she sat down on the sofa next to them.

Itsuki hesitantly took a seat next to her, and inhaled a calming breath.

"When I ran into the traffic, I believe I was hit by a car."

"…"

"I know, I shouldn't be alive. But I'm not sure if I am or not. You see, when I thought I should have been hit, I entered… this space… I had no idea where I was. But then the feeling of this other person's emotions only became stronger. So I went looking for this person, but the whole space was blank. The skies were grey and nobody was there. Nothing moved."

Itsuki's mother's eyes grew wide.

"But there was one thing that did move; it was huge and blue. It looked like a monster. It was as tall as the skies, and was tearing apart everything in sight. This thing looked at me, as if it knew me and was glad to see me, but then it started chasing me. I tried to run, but there was no way out of the space I was in. Until these red beams of light destroyed the blue monster… and then everything returned to normal.

"Itsuki, are you feeling alright?" His mother asked, scanning him up and down.

"I don't know…"

Itsuki's mother gasped. "Did your friends pressure you into doing drugs?"

"Mom, I promise, I'm not doing any kind of drug." Itsuki assured her.

Her eyes narrowed.

"Stand up, young man."

Itsuki quickly stood as his mother began to search all his pockets. Did she seriously think that his story was that crazy?

She took a step back, finding nothing. "I swear, if I ever find you doing any kind of drug…" She didn't have to finish. Itsuki knew that it wouldn't be good. But why would he do dugs? He had no reason. His school had taught him that drugs were no good.

"Mom…?"

"Yes Itsuki?" She sighed. He face was filled with stress.

"Do you think I'm…Crazy?"

"…Of course not, Itsuki." She managed to stifle a small smile.

Bull shit.

Of course she thought he was crazy. After that awkward afternoon, she had sent Itsuki to therapy.

Countless hours of therapy.

All the doctors thought he was crazy and couldn't understand anything he was talking about. It seemed that there was no cure for what when through Koizumi's mind the day he entered that mysterious space.

Until, he stumbled upon the space a second time.

It happened the same way it had the first time, he was just minding his own business, crossing the crosswalk. When suddenly, everything went grey. There was nobody around him, and nothing moved except for him.

And then he found the blue monsters again. He ran, and ran and ran until he could no longer run., and he still couldn't get past the crosswalk. He was scared shitless, even though he knew that he would end up fine again.

How did he know this? He found the beams of red light again. They once again destroyed the monster effortlessly, but this time, instead of disappearing after their task was completed, they flew closer and closer to Itsuki. When they finally reached him he found that they weren't 'beams' at all. They were… Huge spheres with people inside.

…Maybe Itsuki really was on drugs.

The sphere part of these three people quickly vanished as soon as the touched the ground.

These people looked completely normal, but there was no way they could be.

One of them, was an old man with white hair. Another was a young girl with brown hair pulled into pony-tails. The last was a boy about three years older than him, and looked very fit for his age. The older man slowly stepped forward.

"Little one… How did you get here?" He asked, his voice quiet and low.

"I really have no idea…" Itsuki mumbled, his eyes wide.

The old man and the young women exchanged glances.

"…We're going to have to take you with us for a moment or too… Would you mind that?" He asked softly.

Itsuki shook his head.

It's not like anyone was waiting for him back at home.

The three took Itsuki to a small building a few minutes out of town. When Itsuki stepped inside, he felt as if he was in a horror movie. The room was almost completely empty; the only thing in the room was a large table with six chairs places around it. The walls were wooden but seriously beat up, along with the wood floors. There were no windows, it was as if these people didn't want to be known by society. The old man and the other two took their seats at the table as Itsuki stood in the door way.

"Come on now, have a seat." The old man insisted.

Itsuki slowly walked over to the table and took a seat across the table from the three.

"Now boy… You said you didn't know how you got into… That strange space we were in before. Now tell me, have you been having any strange feelings lately?"

Itsuki folds his hands onto the table's top. "Yes, I have. But they usually only occur when I'm near the crosswalk… But I have found that lately the feelings pop up at random."

The old man lifts an eye brow. "Could you explain these feelings at all to us?"

"…I feel as if I'm connected with someone; I can feel their emotions. I know their not mine because this person is always so filled with anger and melancholy, and I have no reason to have such feelings." Itsuki explained softly.

The old man exchanges glances with the other two at the table.

"Young boy, We've asked you to come here with us because we feel what you feel. But first, if you would like us to explain anything any further, we need you're approval and dedication. After you leave this room, you will be fully aware of what those feelings are. You may think that you're going crazy, but we assure you, you're perfectly sane… For the moment. But you must know, once you hear this information we're about to tell you, you may not tell anyone. You will also be needed… You will have to change yourself more than you can imagine."

Itsuki tapped his foot against his leg. "I'll be needed… Is this some kind of job?"

"You could call it a job." The old man smiles softly.

"…I would like to know more about what's going on." Itsuki decided.

"Very well then." The old man's smile grows wider. "First of all, these emotions you're feeling are defiantly not yours, and we're surprised that you figured that out so quickly. These emotions belong to someone else… And the reason why you're feeling them is because you've been chosen by this person."

"…Chosen to what?" Itsuki asked.

"Chosen to become something that you could call an 'esper'."

Itsuki's mouth formed into a straight line. "Does that mean you three are 'espers' as well?"

The old man nods. "My name is Arakawa, and this is Sonou Mori and Yutaka Tamaru. We also have another member name Keiichi Tamaru, but he is absent today."

"…Nice to meet you all, my name is Itsuki Koizumi." Itsuki smiles softly.

"Koizumi, I hoped you're prepared for a long adventure. Being an 'esper' is hard work in many ways."

"I see… But before I agree to anything else, I would like to know what that space was that I entered."

"That space is what you could say an alternate world. We call it 'Closed Space'. It's a place where a young girl by the name of Haruhi Suzumiya can take out her strong emotions…" Arakawa says softly. "You'll soon learn that Haruhi Suzumiya is no ordinary human. She possess powers far from us."

"Like what?" Itsuki asks.

"She can destroy this world on whim." Arakawa says, he face mixed with emotions.

Serious.
Worried.
Curious.

Beaming.

Was being an esper really that hard of a job? From what Itsuki had seen in closed space, the job looked fairly easy.

"

"Interesting… Are those her emotions I feel?"

"Indeed. Those emotions are important, it tells us when a Closed Space appears. Our job as 'espers', is to destroy Closed Space, as you've seen earlier. The blue masses that often tear apart things in Closed Space, are also linked to Suzumiya. When she's sad or angry, she uses them to take out her anger. That's why they're destroying things. You see, if we didn't get rid of them, they'd soon break out of Closed Space and eventually the world would be re-created."

"…So, does that mean that that responsibility is also mine now?" Itsuki asks, an eye brow lifting slightly.

"Indeed. That is part of your duty as an 'esper', Itsuki Koizumi."