Author's Note: * insane laughing * I'm still giddy from writing that last chapter. Also, I do not condone violence against anime characters. Unless it's utterly awesome. And now this.

A New Member!

I woke up that morning with a sense of dread. Not sure why exactly, but it was there.

It was Sunday and Haruhi hadn't bothered anyone, so I guess that was good.

I was still looking over my shoulder because of what had happened a few days ago. I was a little paranoid, thinking Haruhi would appear with a knife and attack me, but she had forgiven me so I guess that helped a bit.

After eating breakfast I turned on the TV. Nothing interesting,really, just bored viewing.

Then I saw it.

It was during a commercial break. It switched to a strange commercial full of lasers, aliens, UFOs, and explosions. After that, an image appeared on the screen. I nearly choked on the water I was drinking. It was that image. I then heard someone talking.

"SOS Brigade. Saving the world everyday."

….....I didn't know what to say. I had just seen a commercial. For the SOS Brigade. I think the last shred of sanity I had left just left.

Haruhi, what have you done?

I then heard that foreboding ring tone. I picked up.

"Were you watching?!"

It was Haruhi.

"Um, yeah. How did you get enough money to put on a full commercial?"

"I didn't."

"Then who did?"

"I thought it was you."

Why would I do something like that?

"So it wasn't you?"

"No! A)How would I? B)How would I be able to keep it a secret from anybody? And C)Where would I get the money?"

"Good point. Hmm, curious."

She hung up then. Sigh. Whoever did this must be as insane as Haruhi herself. I mostly spent the rest of the day in a daze.

I tried to get to sleep that night, but every time I closed my eyes I saw that damn logo. I couldn't get to sleep so I started watching TV again. I saw that commercial seven or eight more times before passing out.

The next day, I got to our classroom. Haruhi was pacing. Not a good sign. I passed her and heard her muttering, "Who did it? Who did it?"

I sat down and waited for class to start. I didn't get much sleep so I rested my eyes for a moment.

I woke to the sound of the bell. The lunch bell.

That and Haruhi smacking on the head. "Wake up!"

"Ow!"

I grabbed the back of my head.

"Couldn't you shake someone awake instead of smacking them?"

"Whatever. C'mon, let's go."

She walked out of the room and I followed. She didn't talk the entire time, so this whole commercial deal must be messing with her pretty badly.

When we got to the club room, Nagato looked up from her book, saw it was us, and continued reading.

Also, someone was sitting in Haruhi's space at the computer.

It was Tsuruya.

"What are you doing here?"

"Did you guys sees it?"

"See what?"

"The commercial!"

It took me a second to put two and two together.

"You made that commercial?!"

"Uh-huh! Wasn't is just so cools?!"

Oh yeah, I forgot, Tsuruya happens to be filthy rich.

"You made the commercial?" It was Haruhi who asked this time.

"Yep! I thought it would be good, um what do you calls it, oh yeah, PR!"

Oh dear god, she's crazy. The last thing this club needs is-

"Good idea!"

I turned to Haruhi. Idea?

"By making the commercial, it'll just make it that much easier to find mysteries and the like!"

Sigh. Thank you, Tsuruya. You just made my job harder. There's no stopping her now.

Hang on a sec.

"Wait, how is a commercial going to make it easier to find mysteries?"

"It'll make people approach us with them, instead of us looking for them."

"Does that mean no more weekend hunts?"

"Of course not!"

Damn.

"We'll still look, but it'll be easier. Especially with another member!"

"Another member?"

"Yep! Tsuruya, by the power of the SOS Brigade, I promote you to secretary of treasury!"

Doesn't that mean she'll just be paying for everything?

"Not everything. Just important things. You'll still pay for our hunt meals."

Great, I thought I was off the hook for a second there. Hey, wait a minute. What if I'm not late?

All this time we were talking, Tsuruya, being the hyper ball of green energy that she is, was jumping up and down screaming 'Hurray!'

After that, she pulled out a large supply of banners and fliers from the supply closet. Had she planned this?

We spent the rest of lunch break putting said fliers and banners all around the every now and then, I heard people snickering at us as we paraded around the school.

Damn you Tsuruya.

I didn't get to eat my lunch.

Mikuru and Koizumi didn't show up that day.

End of Episode 2