Chapter 7. The transformation of Nagato Yuki.

It was late, and I still couldn't sleep. I wondered if I didn't screw up on that letter about asking Haruhi-chan to send me a picture of her childhood self on a Yukata. But I wonder how I'll be able to see if things got Ok.

I got curious, so I decided to read her reply. I just hope I don't break space-time by doing this.

Let's see... tomorrow's date... here it is.
I swallowed. I really hope that Asahina-san doesn't reprimand me for trying to correct the past, er present ... future... whatever. Sigh. Here goes nothing.

(Author's note: For convenience, Haruhi's letter will be italicized, while John's letter will be on bold - styles not available in the .txt version).

"Dear Uncle John: Please forgive me for saying this.
ARE YOU AN IDIOT? What's all that sentimental talk on the beginning of your letter? And then asking me to give you a picture of myself as a child? Are you a lolicon or what? Eew!!! I didn't want to believe Sensei when she told me you were a perv, but she was absolutely right!"

I was petrified in shock. Asahina-san, what did you tell Haruhi about me! You traitor! Now she thinks I'm a perv!

"Hey! I'm supposed to be admiring you! Fine way to ruin a childhood image, you moron. ARGH! Now I know why I brought Kyon to the brigade. He looked just as idiotic as you are! I should have paid more attention to my psychology class when they mentioned the Electra complex. I almost ended up falling in love with him, thanks to you. Well done, sir! Now, everytime I'll think of you, I'll be thinking about Kyon! CONGRATULATIONS! I'LL BE SCARRED FOR LIFE! And what was that about being happy to read your letter? It was a HUGE disappointment!"

OH CRAP! ALRIGHT, I get it. I'll rewrite that letter for you! I ripped appart the original letter, and turned on my computer. I guess this will be a really really long night.

Okay, here it is. I guess I'll remove the part about the Yukata. But how to rephrase? Let's see:
I'll change the paragraph about the Yukata to:

"Hey, now that I think of it, perhaps you could have been dressed in a yukata when writing that message? Just a thought. It could have given that a much better atmosphere. But we can't change our past decisions. Still, it was fun drawing those pictograms with you." And when mentioning Uncle John, perhaps I should write: "You can mark one 'For Uncle John' (hey, don't ask me why they chose that name - perhaps it's some code name to not break the student/mentor relationship) and the other 'For Asahina-sensei'."

I'll remove that stupid "Mission 4".

Okay. Original letter... shredded. Printing new one... done. Let's see if Haruhi's words changed. In theory, they should.

"Dear John:

You're right, 'Uncle John' is stupid. And what's with 'Haruhi-chan' anyway? Why are you calling me that way? It sounds even more stupid. Am I a chibi character in a parody cartoon or what? But I guess I'll accept it, since you're probably older and more experienced than me now. Hey, shouldn't that be "Haruhi-kun" instead?"

I felt like Graham Bell when he found out his telephone worked. Eureka! It works! I changed Haruhi's reaction! Asahina-sensei, was this the real reason why you used time travel to give me those letters? So I wouldn't ruin Haruhi's impression of me? But I still wasn't satisfied with the result. Haruhi, if you don't like it, I don't like it either. Let's see if I can change the original again.

From "Dear Haruhi-chan:", to:
"Dear Haruhi-chan:

(Sorry for calling you like that, but whenever I think of you, you're still that young junior-high girl for me. It just wouldn't feel right calling you by your name, it's too intimate, and you're not my girlfriend. So please bear with me calling you 'Haruhi-chan')"

Let's see if Haruhi's reaction changed again. Cross your fingers, Kyon...

"Dear John: You're right, 'Uncle John' is stupid. And I guess you're right about not calling me by my name without suffix. It would make it look like we're a couple. But, can I be sincere with you? I wouldn't mind if it was you. There's so much to tell you that I don't know where to start! You know, I think that calling you 'Uncle John' maybe isn't a bad idea after all. It's much more fun, don't you think? Like if you were my secret boss and I was your secret agent. I love it!"

Was this really happening? Was I changing Haruhi's actual response to my letter? At that moment, I felt like Isaac Newton realizing a truth after the apple fell on his head (altho it didn't actually fall on his head):

So this is how Asahina-sensei's dialog was rehearsed. Why else would they ask Haruhi to tell about the things that she didn't like about that interview? I'm sure that at first she won't like many things, and perhaps she was just about to destroy the world. So, after sending the review, Asahina-sensei's team would have told her not to do this or that. So they send her back in time "again" (I quote "again" because when they sent her, Haruhi didn't have to repeat that part again. So they DID alter the result of Haruhi's conversation by fixing Asahina-sensei's mistakes BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE!

I made a drawing to understand this better. Koizumi, you bastard, you infected me with your diagram-making enthusiasm. Let's see.

If we draw a loop in time, like in that eternal August, Haruhi kept repeating the same time over and over. But with Asahina-sensei's dialog, it was more like a wire drawing 6 or 7 loops before becoming straight again. Let's separate the loops one centimeter from each other. Each loop would be an "attempt"... I'll use my math teacher's words: "iteration"... to improve the result. Like a division where we increase the number of decimals in the quotient. Now, how did he say that was called? Ah, yes! Successive approximations.

But in this case, the quotient would be Asahina-sensei's rehearsal. And the remainder would be Haruhi's complaints. As Haruhi complained less and less, there would be a point in the "hypothetical time" where no changes were needed. And the loop would end.

Now that I think of it, I had a feeling of Deja-vu when I saw Haruhi and Asahina-sensei talking. Just like that end of August, but much milder. I understand now. Time repeated itself as many times as it was necessary for Asahina-sensei to reach the optimal results expected by Haruhi - So that's how it worked!! Ah, Asahina-sensei, you didn't tell me about this, you naughty girl! You DID tamper with time, didn't you? Maybe you did in a previous iteration of time, but now you don't know you did!

Let's go on with the rest of the letter.

"I could have never suspected that I saved your life. Is this for real? I'm very happy right now!"

Hey, is that a teardrop on the paper? Haruhi, are you crying again?

"Oh, don't you dare think this is a teardrop. It was some drop of water because I was thirsty."

Yeah, right. You don't fool me, Haruhi, this is John Smith! I smiled and congratulated myself.

"Sorry for staining the letter with water, but I'm too tired right now and I still have to write the review for Sensei's boss. Anyway, I have so many emotions right now... please don't scare me like that! Today was an emotional rollercoaster for me, and I don't want to have to live another one like that EVER. But just knowing that you're safe makes me feel better."

Sorry, Haruhi, but I have to do this. Knowing you, you jump to conclusions more quickly than a pack of hungry wolves would jump over a wounded lamb. I'm sure you'll interpret that "take care of John Smith" as "getting married to him and make a family". Especially with Nagato's crisis, I don't want to take that risk.

"You did well in apologizing. I waited three years! Those were the worst three years of my life! Why didn't you give me your real name! I looked everywhere for you, but how was I supposed to search for an alias?"

I'm sorry, Haruhi. I'm sorry, but this was unavoidable.

"Sorry, it's just that I'm still trying to digest everything Sensei told me. With Yuki, her nightmares, me being an Esper... are there any others like me? I want to meet them. But at least I know they're real. Thank you for that."

Good, good! Come on, Haruhi, share your feelings! Share all you want!

"I'm sorry I can't tell you what happened with Sensei. Can't you just ask her personally? Yes, I cried. I cried a lot! It hurt! But you know what? I guess I needed it. But I'm too exhausted right now."

Exhausted? You tell me! I'm sorry, Haruhi, but it's time you feel a little bit of the responsibility of not destroying the world. No, that's not true. But hey, I get tired too! I'm not a god like you, I'm a common human being.

"I don't know if I'll be able to really call Yuki in my dreams tonight. This is hard to believe. I still have the suspicion that this could be a prank played on me by Kyon and the brigade. Kyon, if it's really you writing this I swear that I'll send you to the hospital with all your bones broken!"

Gulp. But don't worry, Haruhi, when you see your reply included in my next letter, your jaw will drop.

"Sorry. It's still too hard to believe. Oh my God! It bent! The paperclip bent just by thinking about it!!! I'm scared. I'm very scared! It was so easy, is there a way to turn this off? The room! HELP ME!!!"

Shit! Shit! Shit!!!! Koizumi, I hope you're not having to deal with Avatars at this time of night, I'm sorry! Please calm Haruhi. Haruhi, remember the relaxation techniques! That's precisely why Asahina-san taught you!

Aw, crap, there goes another letter.

I'll change the paragraph on bending spoons again:

"Anyway, feel free to try to bend spoons or paperclips with your mind once in a while. BUT BE CAREFUL! Before doing it, remember:

1. Do it in PRIVATE! This is not only because of the scandal you could make, but you could suddenly lose control. It has happened to many Espers (or so I've been told): that they suddenly lose control of their abilities and they suffer an overload. You don't want to lose control in public, do you?

2. If you ever feel like the whole room is bending around you, stop what you're doing and remember Asahina-sensei's relaxation methods. So, instead of trying to bend a paperclip, get three or four paperclips and try to bend ONLY ONE. Also, visualize the room around you being COMPLETELY NORMAL. Think of it this way: You're creating a bubble around you that only allows what is inside the bubble to react upon your esp powers. Everything outside is immune to it. When trying to bend a paperclip, or a spoon, or whatever you like, visualize a bubble around it so that it can be affected by your thoughts. Hey, it doesn't have to be a 'bubble', just an 'ESP field' around it. By thinking that only what is inside that field can be affected, you'll preserve everything outside that field."

When I was writing that, I realized how easy it would be for me to give Haruhi ideas of how to control her power. She just had to believe it, and it would become true.

"If everything fails, repeat this mantra in your mind: 'Everything's normal, everything's normal, everything's normal'. Carrying an amulet with that mantra might just do the trick. It's not that the amulet is magical, but if you remember that you have it around you, it will help you focus and keep things completely under control."

A little placebo amulet for Haruhi, eh? That sounds even better.

"As your control over your abilities progresses, later you won't need the amulet to remain in control. Think of it as a hypnotic suggestion that actually works. Because, after all, if you think you're safe, you're safe. That's how things work with espers, as K-kun tells me."

Let's check again. Haruhi, I hope you don't get a Deja-vu overload. Take it easy on me, this is only my third day being John Smith!

"Oh my God! It bent! The paperclip bent just by thinking about it!!! Thank you for your advise! I nearly panicked for a second but I remembered what you wrote. I did feel the room around me was all being bent. But I feel fine again. You know what, I'll make that amulet right now and I'll carry it with me all the time. I'll stop doing those experiments for now. They're just too scary. Please give me more self-control tips in the future."

As I was reading this, I realized the real importance of my mission. It wasn't just an experiment anymore. It was like learning to be a firefighter by putting out a fire in a building with real people. Haruhi, did YOU freak out? You should have seen how _I_ felt!
I went on reading.

"I'm exhausted! Focusing on the energy field/bubble that you mentioned got me very tired, and I still have to write the letter for Sensei. This will be a very long night!

By the way, right now I got a very strong feeling of Deja vu. Is it normal? Or just my imagination?"

I'm sorry Haruhi, that's classified information for now! I kept reading.

"I'm so tired! I need to hurry and finish this letter to you. I still don't understand, if you're going to receive it in 6 months, why am I writing as if you were going to read this tomorrow? That's not logical, but I believe you.

If I can contact Yuki, I'll be careful. I promise. Do you really believe I'll be ready to heal her? Somehow, I know I can, but I don't know if I can today. I don't want to hurt her, and I'm even more scared of trying that out. I just don't want anything to go out of control. Is this part of the training? It is, right? I need to control my emotions.

You were totally right about that! I feel so stupid! I promise I'll try to accept failure whenever it comes. But how do you train for that? I should ask Sensei about this, right?

Tomorrow morning I'll search for the movie. I'll skip classes if I have to. It's a promise. I'll let Yuki be with Kyon for a while. It's only fair, and I don't want anything worse to happen to her.

You know, I'm really disappointed at myself. I'm leading the SOS Brigade and I haven't even had time to know more about the problems and personal life of the other members. I don't know how much I have to thank you, you really came to me when I most needed it.

Can I ask you a question? Are you an Esper, Alien or Time traveler? I mean, you even knew about the bubble. As if you were reading my feelings or knew in advance how this would happen. Oh, nevermind. It has happened to other espers, right? For a moment I thought that you were from the future or something. Please tell me when I can meet you. I would like to take those Esper training courses you guys have.

Good bye, and thank you so much! THANK YOU!

With my deepest admiration,
Suzumiya Haruhi.
Commander of the SOS Brigade."

I sighed in relief. Finally this was over. After a lot of corrections, a few time quakes, and a lot of wasted paper, I had finished. At least I didn't spend all night trying to edit a low-budget movie!

I closed and tagged the envelope with a permanent marker, warning and everything. Off to the safe box.

I put on my pajamas and went to bed. I'm dead.


The next morning, when I arrived at school, there was a commotion going on.
"Did you see her?"
"Oh, how I would love to be at her class!"
"She's just beautiful! I wonder if she has a boyfriend."
"Don't be an idiot! I bet she already has a boyfriend! There's no way she could be available to anyone!"

Hey, what's going on?
"Kyon! Haven't you heard?" said Taniguchi.
"Heard what?"
"We got a new History teacher, and she's gorgeous!"
"A new history teacher? Hey, our first class today is history!"
"Yes, this is why we're so excited!"
"By the way, have you seen Haruhi today?"
"No, but who cares!"

"Excuse me, I've got something to do."

I don't care who this new teacher is, I need to find out how Nagato felt last night. Did Haruhi really visit her in her dreams? Would she be feeling better, or worse?

I looked for Nagato in her class and they told me she was in the Literature Club room.

I knocked.
"Hello? Nagato?"
"Come in."
I entered, and closed the door behind me. Nagato was reading a book.
"How are you feeling?"
"Confused..."
"Did you sleep well?"
"Suzumiya Haruhi contacted me again in my dreams."
"Oh, she did?"
Nagato looked at me and nodded.
"What did she say?"
"She said that she was sorry and that I could keep you for a while. I thanked her, but I don't know if she was telling the truth. I still did not let her see me, she only talked behind the door. I'm still afraid."
"I understand, Nagato. It's normal to be afraid. Did she say anything else?"
"She said she spoke with my therapist and that she understood my problems. She said she wished I could heal soon. She promised she would help me. But I don't know if she will still get jealous."

Nagato paused for a few seconds, and looked at me again.
"What did you tell her?"

I told Nagato what happened yesterday with Asahina-sensei, and what I wrote to Haruhi as John Smith.

"I see..."

I approached Nagato, and crouched in front of her. "Nagato, you don't have to be afraid anymore. She will understand."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes", I said, smiling. "I'm sure. And if for some reason Haruhi ends up destroying the world... I'll still be with you till the end."
"Till the end?"
"Till the end."
"But... why?"
"Because I love you, you fool! That's why!"

Nagato looked down and opened her book.
"Nagato, what's happening? Are you feeling Ok?"
Nagato stood up suddenly and covered her face with her left hand. She touched her face, as if she was examining it. "Something's wrong..."
"What? What's wrong, Nagato?"
Nagato dropped the book that she was reading. The book fell to the floor open wide, and some pages got crumpled. I had never seen Nagato drop a book so suddenly.
"Nagato, what's wrong!"
"My... face..."

She looked surprised, but there were tears flowing down from her eyes.

I couldn't resist any longer. I hugged her with all my strength. "Don't worry, Nagato, it's Ok, you can cry, you can cry all you want!"

"Data... overflowing... security protocols bypassed... I can't... resist... anymore... help..."
"Don't try to fight it, Nagato, just cry, JUST CRY!"
"Help me!"
"JUST CRY, DAMMIT! AND THAT'S AN ORDER!" I shouted with all my strength. "CRY!!!"

I felt as if something very strong was grabbing the clothes behind me. I knew it was Nagato's hands.

I suddenly heard sobbing, and some yelling. It was horrible and painful, but at the same time... it felt good.
"It's Ok, Nagato, it's Ok! Cry all you want!"

I don't know how many minutes passed, but they felt like hours. Nagato calmed down, and her grabbing of my back slowly became a soft hug.

Just one more minute... just one more minute... I kept hugging her, until I felt she had calmed down completely. I quickly grabbed a chair, and we sat down together.

"Are you feeling better, Nagato?"
She nodded, before hugging me again. She rested her head on my shoulder.
"It's Ok, Nagato, it's Ok."
"Something's changed". Her tone of voice changed back to her usual self.
"Changed? What changed?"

She broke the hug, and looked at me. Her cheeks looked red from the crying, but her expression looked surprised. "My system has been... upgraded."
"Upgraded? What do you mean?"

"Several new protocols have been installed and started. All checks OK. Noise levels: Zero. Sending information about newly installed protocols to the Integrated Data Sentient Entity... GASP!"

"Nagato!?"

Nagato began to float in the air while a golden, glittery aura surrounded her. Nagato, what's happening?

"Beginning transmission. Please wait...

Protocol code sent. Awaiting analysis by the Integrated Data Sentient Entity...
Analysis inconclusive. Please stand by...

New Mission received.
Agent identification: Nagato Yuki.
Data modification rank increased by one.
Agent Rank modified.
New Agent Rank: Primary Ambassador.
Mission Brief:
- Continue your current interaction with Suzumiya Haruhi and with other human beings.
- Obtain further information about the newly installed protocols.
- Observe subjects "Suzumiya Haruhi" and "Nagato Yuki", and report all relevant information.
- Protect all members of the human association known as "SOS brigade".
- Request political protection to the SOS brigade for the Integrated Data Sentient Entity.
Mission Information acknowledged and accepted.
End of Transmission."

Nagato slowly landed and stopped glowing, and fainted for a second.

"Nagato? Nagato, are you feeling Ok?"

"... ... ...? !?!?"

She paused, and looked at me, confused and surprised.

I was even more surprised. She quickly looked down, and blushed.
"Don't look at me like that! It's... embarrassing."

Wait a minute. Did her tone of voice just change? Did she tell me that she was embarrassed?

"What did you say?"
Nagato gasped and covered her mouth with her palm. She looked at me.

"!!"

She quickly touched her face, as if she was trying to recognize it. She looked at me again, and then...

She smiled. She smiled!

"I... I understand now... I... understand now!" she said. She was smiling like she never had smiled before. Not even in the alternate world that she had created, was her smile so radiant.

"Nagato, what was that?"
She looked at me with a beautiful smile. "You were completely right... the random data was in fact my own emotions. I just had no idea of how to interpret them... until now. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"But, there were other protocols received... I don't understand."
"What do you mean?"
"Can we talk about that later?"
"As you wish."

Nagato looked at me and hugged me, but I tripped with one of the chairs and we end up falling to the floor. All I could see was Nagato's face.
"I'm sorry, are you ok!?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yes... I'm ok, you?"
Nagato sat up on the floor and helped me sit up, too.
"Sorry... I didn't mean to knock you down."
"No problem."

Nagato blinked twice and looked at me. She looked away and began to blush.
"Request permission... for... kiss."
Nagato, did you just say... what?
She looked at me, blushing more and more. "Request... permission... for kiss... please?"

I don't know if I was blushing at that time, but how could I refuse to that smile? In fact, how could anybody?
I smiled. "Permission granted."

Nagato closed her eyes, and her palms softly touched my cheeks. Our lips touched each other slowly.
She stopped, and looked at me.

That angelical smile, that tenderness in her eyes, those blushing cheeks... Asahina-san, you have just been dethroned. There's a new cuteness queen in this brigade, and her name is Nagato Yuki!
The queen is dead, long live the queen!

"Kyon..."
"Yes?"
"There's something I need to tell you."
"What is it?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."

She closed her eyes and kissed me again, while we were hugging each other.

I felt as if I had been kissed by a goddess. Oh, great goddess Nagato, thank you for choosing a mere mortal like me to be by your side!
"Did you call me a goddess?"
"What - did you read my thoughts?"
"I think I did... but... I don't understand why. I'm sorry, I didn't want to intrude your thoughts."
"No problem."
I really don't know what happened. Maybe it was the change in Nagato's status that she was able to read my thoughts? After all, the thoughts were data, right? Or maybe it was something else?
{ Does it matter? I love you. }
{ Nagato, are you talking to my mind? }
{ Yes. I love you! }
{ I love you too! }

We kissed for a third time, letting our lips tell each other what our minds wanted to say.

But nothing could be perfect in this world. We had been just interrupted by a click, followed by the sound of the door opening.

"Yuki?? Kyon!?"

Nagato and I quickly turned around to look at the door. Shit, this can't be happening, it's Haruhi!

(End of chapter 7)


Author's notes.

Some of the readers have asked questions about this rather confusing episode.

About the letters:

Q. How does they work?
A. See below.

First of all, we have the following premise: Both the letters from Haruhi to John Smith, and the letters from John Smith to Haruhi, come from 6 months in the future. This has the following consequences:

* The letters that Kyon writes to Haruhi won't affect Haruhi until she reads them. But that will also affect Haruhi's letters in the future, that Kyon will be reading.

* The moment when Kyon decides to change a letter, is linked to the time where Haruhi will read her letter. BUT, it is also linked to the time where Kyon reads Haruhi's reply - which may be one or two hours later. In other words, there is a "window" where both Haruhi's and Kyon's timeframes overlap. In Asahina Mikuru's words, it is an unstable time.

* Kyon can see the changes in Haruhi's letter, because that letter comes from a time frame POSTERIOR to the time when Kyon's letter was written. This is because the timeframe of Haruhi's letter is NOT of the current day, but from six months into the future. The changes can be seen in real time because of the "ripple effect" that has been mentioned in other sci-fi works, like the "Back to the Future" movie trilogy. This ripple effect is more apparent in the movie "Frequency" with Dennis Quaid, because the two timeframes are linked by the amateur radio. In other words, both timeframes are linked by not one, but TWO sources: a) The sequence of timeframes that are normal to space-time, and b) the letters that travelled in time. That's the reason why Haruhi was asked to see that movie: So that she could have a firm understanding of how inter-timeplane communication works.

* Basically, what happens is that each letter written by John is a new iteration in a time loop (For a description of time loops, see "Endless Eight" in Volume 5 of the Suzumiya Haruhi light novels).
The last letter for one same time closes the iterations and time becomes linear again.

About Haruhi:

Q. Why wouldn't Haruhi destroy the world if she gets angry at John Smith (and therefore, make changing the letter impossible)?
A. Because Haruhi did NOT destroy the world, in fact! This is known because there is a future 6 months from now, where the letters were sent back to the past. Perhaps an explanation is that, instead of re-creating the world, Haruhi only wished for the letter to improve. This wish affected the Kyon in the very-near future so that he would change the letter.

About Nagato:

Q. What is the source for her new protocols? Is it Haruhi? Was it Kyon? Was it her own emotions?
A. Classified information. What is not classified is that the new protocols were already received by her before she engaged in communication with the Integrated Data Sentient Entity.

Q. What happened on the 18th of December?
A. See the 4th novel, "The disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi". Google for baka-tsuki and you'll find a translation available, until you can purchase the novels in your country.

Q. Why couldn't Nagato express her emotions? Was she forbidden from doing it, or was it that she couldn't? Do the new protocols have anything to do with her?
A. The new protocols have nothing to do with her expressing her emotions. Only at interpreting and understanding what she feels in her "soul". Nagato could as well smile if she proposed herself to do it, as she's perfectly capable of manipulating her own body. Therefore, the logical conclusion is that she did not express emotions either because she didn't want to, or because she wasn't allowed to. Perhaps she cried alone in her room when Kyon wasn't there to see her (remember that the Suzumiya Haruhi light novels only speak from Kyon's point of view. For more information refer to the Anthropic principle mentioned by Koizumi in "the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi". But maybe the new protocols also allow her to acquire attributes present in normal human beings, like fainting or even feeling pleasure and pain. The next few chapters will explore more this information.

Q. What happened when she glowed and floated in the air?
A. The new protocols received seem foreign to the Integrated Data sentient Entity, which the I.D.S.E. categorizes as valuable information to escape from their self-evolution (the content of the protocols is still unknown to the reader). This is seen as an achievement in Nagato's mission (Achievement unlocked!), so she is given a new mission and her attributes are modified to be able to comply with this mission. A possibility is that she was now allowed (or maybe even commanded) to show her emotions. Hence, her ability to smile or blush.

Q. How will the upgraded Nagato confront male passion?
A. Classified information ;-)

About Asahina-sensei:

Q. Who's Asahina-Miyuki sensei?
A. It's the future Asahina-san, the same that contacted Kyon near the end of the TV series. Well, she may be one year younger, we don't know that yet. But the name "Miyuki" was chosen by either her or her superiors, to prevent confusion with the younger Asahina Mikuru, or the one-week-older-than-now Asahina "Michiru" (See Volume 7 of the Suzumiya Haruhi Light Novels).

Q. Will she appear in the next chapter?
A. Classified information ;-)

About Kyon:

Q. Was THIS the time where Haruhi saw them "making out"?
A. Yes.

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