I didn't want to keep you guys in suspense any longer, so here you go. Having proofreaders is nice, but sometimes it can take a toll on your patience. And I don't want to cause anymore delays. I'm already guilty enough for that.

So please, enjoy this chapter. I really think you will be surprised.

Disclaimer: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu was created by Nagaru Tanigawa and animated by Kyoto Animation. I only own the original characters that are included in this story.

"Alright everyone, this is it!" Haruhi said, shaking with anticipation.

The SOS Brigade was gathered around a set a furniture as their leader stood triumphantly in the center. It was only a few minutes until her time to shine. She wasn't this excited since the time she aired the last movie to a large crowd. Only this time, people could see the true creative talent of the group in action. Haruhi shifted her head across the room, to make sure everyone was fully prepared, or as prepared as certain people in the brigade could be.

"Oi, Yuki! We are performing in a few minutes, so I need you to put down that book and focus!"

The book closed with an uncomfortable shut. "Understood." She responded.

She smiled at her number two. "Are you ready, Koizumi?!"

"Of course." The esper nodded. "You have nothing to worry about, Suzumiya-san. I will perform to my absolute potential."

Haruhi smirked. "That's the kind of answer I wanted! You better do the same, Mikuru-chan!"

"Y-yes! I'll do the best I can!" She squeaked.

"Me too, Harunyan!" Tsuruya said.

The leader was glad that she her club was being so supportive...most of it at least. Her smile started to disappear as she looked at the small couch in front of her with Kyon and Norio. The narrator wasn't paying much attention as he looked to the side, while the singer looked more focused on the snacks requested by the group.

"Pay attention!" Haruhi shouted, snapping the two out of their trance. "I expect nothing from the best from all of my underlings!"

Underlings?

"Any screw-up in tonight's performance will result in a penalty, do you understand?" She stared at them.

"Yes, Suzumiya-san." Norio bowed.

"I will, I will." Kyon answered in his normal, somber tone.

"SOS Brigade?" An official who ran the talent show came out. "You have 5 minutes."

"You heard him!" Haruhi shouted. "Everyone get ready!"

The brigade quickly scrambled while Kyon and Norio moved at their normal pace. Everything that the leader put into this story felt like too much to handle. The girls were getting dressed into costumes while Itsuki had to prepare the background and other technical issues. Haruhi took the role as cameraman since she wanted her glory to be everlasting. Even with all of the work she put into this play, nothing in it could soothe Kyon's soul.

Here we go. Another day where my peers can look at me with uncomfortable faces. Asahina-san will have to deal with stares and more exploitation with her body, but it's the sacrifice that comes with the safety of the universe. I've looked through the script enough times to get the idea of this story. Painting scenery for the viewers won't be as hard as I expected. Only took me a few days to come up with something, like I was some sort of natural.

Kyon stood at a desk position to the side of the stage, behind the curtain. He would be able to see everything going from what the actors were doing or saying. He was given a soundboard to activate any of the time traveler's themes. The two men looked at each other, saying their last words before the big moment.

"Good luck, Kyon." Norio said.

"Thanks, you too." He said.

"You have all of your lines down?"

"Yeah. I've done this before, so I'm good."

"It didn't look like you were very interested."

Don't tempt me to say anything, Yamada.

"I'm not, but with Haruhi, it's just best to deal with what she says and not take it seriously."

"Makes sense." Yamada nodded.

"I'm not sure why you are pressing me about not paying attention. You were focused on those senbei more than anything."

"It wasn't just the senbei. There was cheese on that tray too."

"So?"

"I asked for smoked cheese."

Kyon raised an eyebrow as he turned around at him. "Why is that important?"

"I heard Tsuruya liked smoked cheese."

"That's kind of...random." He decided to focus back on the setting stage.

"I know, but I'm just going with what I've heard. That's what you do when you try and sway a girl, you find out what she likes." Norio responded in a matter-of-fact manner.

"I'm sure you'll win her over with food. Not like your personality is important."

"Well played, sir." He said, walking away from Kyon to go change.

Time to start the show or whatever we are going to call this horror.

Having the power of an alien does have its advantages though. Haruhi wanted to stress realism with this play since we couldn't perform outside of the stage. So we will be hooking up a projector to play a scene of a forest moving at a slow pace. It's all supposed to be timed on a clock, but honestly, in this kind of scenario would everything go exactly as plan? ...Now that I think about it, it would. Either way, Nagato shall be making this a lot easier.

There will be no lights to blind Asahina, no limits to space or time on the stage, not even annoying, fake looking props to ruin the moment. Everyone's lines will be engraved in their heads. The only one truly doing work...will be me. Man, sometimes thinking about this stuff just ruins the moment.

"And now, we present our final act! The SOS Brigade's Play: The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina!"

"01!" Haruhi shouted from the side.

Well, that's my cue.

The curtain rose to show a timid Asahina Mikuru shivering at the audience. She made a light coo, looking around at the stage, hoping something would happen. The background showed a picture of a forest from a movie slowly being panned in the camera. Hearing the sounds of a few of the cast members, Asahina tried to calm herself down while she walked in place.

"This...is another tale about the battle waitress from the future, Asahina Mikuru." Kyon began.

"Being a time traveler comes with many hardships to deal with. The most common one to deal with is handling the fragile space-time continuum. Now, think about that when you have an evil, alien magician is following her. They say that a butterfly flapping its wings can cause a tornado in a different location, but what happens if a bunny-girl isn't there to advertise cabbages? "

That statement made Mikuru to look down at the floor. She was wearing a rather elaborate dress under Haruhi's specific demands. The bottom was in a shimmering white gold cover, with regal patterns, defined by the three gold triangles located in the middle. The top was made of lavender silk with gold shoulders. It was complimented by arm-long white gloves and tiara to match. But like the typical outfit the time traveler wore, a good amount of cleavage could easily be seen through the top.

"Back to what Mikuru is doing, she is currently going through feudal Japan under the rumors that antagonist Yuki was located in this time period. Her main goal was to track down and persuade the ancestor of the esper, Koizumi Itsuki. But Mikuru was at a big disadvantage here. There was no form of technology at all to support her at all. Other than her watch that had the power to jump between centuries, she had no ability to use any of her futuristic tools.

If she's from the future though, wouldn't she have traveled far enough in time to develop some sort of compressed storage unit? It would be easy to hide any of her items in the past, why is she so helpless here? Couldn't she just fast-forward until everything was down to microscopic size? Time travelers are so hesitant of going back and time, but what about going forward in time? Wouldn't that be more beneficial towards mankind? It appears to be viewed as something truly evil. But if a battle waitress can get access to such power, who knows what kind of problems, would spring up.

At least we can believe that during this particular day and age, villagers aren't so friendly to welcome a girl into a village. Even if it were one of Mikuru's charm. She didn't care though, as she needed to finish her mission of eliminating her threat from the time period. Does this mean she is the only time traveler who exists? You think in the future many people would take advantage of this. And if they left it down to one person, why a cute girl? I'm...not necessarily complaining, but it feels like you would want to put this power in the hands of a cute girl super scientist."

"I-I must find my arch-enemy!" Asahina uncomfortably stated, looking around at the audience. "I cannot allow her to cause any harm to the time period!"

"With that statement, Mikuru went off to the nearest village to track down the alien threat. In feudal Japan however, what kind of issues would she face? Will she meet new faces? Will she encounter things like the last movie? And why exactly was she wearing a European-style dress when she's located in Japan? Is there any point to the colors? Either way, please save us you time-traveling beauty! You are our only hope!"

The curtain closed for a short minute, so that the next scene could be set up. It wasn't a large improvement over the last scene, but they were going to introduce another character to move the plot along. Koizumi pushed some items on to the set while Norio got next to Kyon to talk to him about a serious manner.

"Hey Kyon..." He asked.

Kyon made a scowl, as Norio almost talked into the microphone. He turned it off quickly and turns his head. "What do you want?"

"Just wanted to ask you a question before I got on stage."

"Make it quick." Kyon nodded.

"Does Mikuru always have that mark on her breasts?"

"It's a mole." Kyon rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, but why is it star-shaped?"

Kyon was about to respond, but immediately stopped himself. I've actually never thought of that. It's not common for women to get a mole or two, but why in the world would it be star-shaped? Does the future come with cosmetics that can make your skin irritation look prettier?

"That's a good question. Now hurry and get on stage."

Norio walked on the stage with the quivering Mikuru as he stood by the newly set-up props. The next scene was to portray the time-traveler entering into a town and meeting up with one of the villagers. It was mostly filled with exposition and dialogue between the two characters, so Kyon did not have to give much of a reaction. The curtain slowly started to rise as the narrator started to talk again.

"Contrary to any normal mission, Mikuru had to get help fighting evil in this time period. Despite having the advantage of superior technology, she did not have the physical strength to deal with fighting...the magician Yuki. She spent several hours trying to find someone to help, until she came to a local village. Keep in mind that some sections of a village were very far from others." Kyon explained.

"Um...what kind of person could assist me in this time period?" Asahina stiffly asked the audience. "What would you use to fight off someone evil?"

At that cue, Norio started to hit a piece of metal with a regular claw hammer. As the sounds of smashing iron filled the stage, Mikuru started to shiver. She slowly approached Norio as she knew the scene had to go on, but she was getting worried that something bad would happen. She could already feel herself forgetting her line as she stood by the poorly-constructed props.

"H-hello?" She asked.

Norio turned her head, acting to surprised. "Oh, hello Miss Pretty Girl!"

"Miss Pretty Girl?" Kyon couldn't keep himself from saying.

"Do you need something? After all, I am a blacksmith."

"I need help in trying to find some enemy."

"Are you looking for the witch?" Norio asked.

"Witch?"

"There's this girl going around with pale hair casting all sorts of crazy spells and taking over people's minds. It's terrible." He said factually.

"D-do you need help in defeating her?"

"Well, we've lost many trying to fight her, but we could sure use your help!"

"If they've lost many people, then wouldn't of Mikuru have failed her mission?" Kyon questioned. "Couldn't she just time travel back to when Yuki first appeared in the time period? And it feels like if this villager lost people against this witch, shouldn't he be more upset? It feels like we've inserted a masochist into the story."

"Take me to Yuki!"

"Hahaha!" Norio blatantly laughed. "You're just a pretty girl! Do you think you can fight someone like her?"

"I believe that's called a contradiction." The narrator stated.

"Well...I know I can!" Mikuru responded. "But, I can't say why. You'll just have to trust me!"

"You have passion. I can accept that! I am a passionate man myself!"

"Why's that?"

"For I am in love with the Queen!"

"Your village is run by a queen?

"The best queen ever, Tsuruya-san!"

"Tsuruya..." Mikuru murmured. "Do you know the queen personally?"

"Not really, for I...am a lowly blacksmith." Norio stared at the audience. "A relationship like ours is something strange, but I do not care. Even though my love for Tsuruya reaches the ends of the Earth, I do not know how she truly feels about me. I want to be with her forever no matter what happens to the two of us! A queen such as her deserves to be happy for the rest of her life. And I shall do that, no matter what my profession is!"

"Did he add on to the script?" Haruhi thought to herself, zooming in on him.

"I'm glad that you can get the Queen's support." Mikuru said.

"There is just one question left un-answered." Norio stated.

"What's that?"

"Can you handle a sword?"

Norio took a clearly plastic sword that was wrapped with duct tape and threw it at Mikuru. She stuck out her arms ready to catch it, but the item came in complete contact with her forehead. As it hit to the ground, Mikuru put her hand on head and spoke.

"Owiee."

"I shall train you to fight Yuki!"

The curtain began to close once again to move on with the next scene, followed by Kyon's Narration:

"Okay, so now the illustrious Asahina Mikuru is going to fight the alien magician by learning how to use a sword. Sounds...plausible. Anyway, the blacksmith, who we forgot to mention as Yamada, is going to join forces with Mikuru to stop Yuki from taking over the time period. Even though it feels like she's already won this battle having slain or mind controlled many people from the village.

In fact, it's a little odd to say that a blacksmith were to fall in love with a Queen. Does a Queen go to him to supply her guardsman with weapons? Or perhaps to forge her a crown? Wait a minute; a village wouldn't really have a queen. How is it that we are mixing up these traditions? We all took the same history class. Either way, I can feel that the alien witch is going to hear about Asahina Mikuru."

Mikuru and Norio walked off to Kyon's side of the stage and prepared for the next set of scenes. They were allowed to take a short break now since the next scene didn't involve them, but the singer kept a close eye on the set.

"You don't have to worry." Itsuki appeared between the two, talking to Norio. "We won't appear for awhile."

"I know. Still, I want to observe so I can get a better perspective of the play."

"When will you appear exactly in the story?" Kyon asked.

"Well, due to time constraints, I really don't know. We may have to fast forward to the climax if the judges say so."

I'm hoping for that personally. Even if Haruhi may get irritated about the outcome, her thoughts will change when we win the prize. Besides, the only one who suffers in this situation is Koizumi.

The curtain slowly raised causing Kyon to focus again on the stage. This time it was just Tsuruya standing triumphantly in the far right wearing some very regal red costume. Two men were bowing before her as she looked upon them.

"And now for something completely different. While I assume that Yamada and Mikuru are training, the Queen of this unnamed village is currently going over the matter at hand. But it feels like she may have more fun messing with her subordinates. We can only hope that she will have a moment of peace during these hard times."

"So my loyal subjects, how are the peasants?" Tsuruya asked.

"The witch has kidnapped another hot looking boy." Taniguchi rolled his eyes.

"That makes about ten total." Kunikida added on.

"Shoot! We can'ts let that girl take any more men, nyoro!" The queen said, starting to twitch. "By any chance, did a blacksmith happen to be kidnapped?"

"No. The blacksmith is still working."

"That's good at least..."

"Queen Tsuruya, what should we do to deal with this problem?"

"Train the archers! The biggest disadvantage we have against the witch is that she has megas range!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

The two soldiers walked off the stage to allow the queen to contemplate. Too bad for them that she started to laugh very loudly over the absurd script. The cast started to watch on, wondering when she would stop. Kyon started to think about something quickly so that laughing wouldn't take up too much time.

"It seems that Yuki has left the kingdom or village that is, in bedlam. As to why she would be stealing young men is beyond my comprehensions. I can understand why you would want to kidnap an ancestor of Koizumi, but wouldn't she of done that already? In the last story, she met up with him immediately, so there's no need to take all of the kidnappings. I suppose it could work if she wanted to draw him out in the public. No...That'd only work if she had already made demands."

Tsuruya stopped laughing, remembering her next set of lines. She made a quick cough to start her speech.

"Perhaps Queen Tsuruya can inform us about this."

"This witch has caused my kingdom much trouble, nyoro. Kidnapping brings megas trouble to the peasants and nobles. Everyone in this town is dedicated to their craft, and if we were to lose any of them, the village would be ruined. Especially our only blacksmith."

Kyon had the need to point out the inconsistencies once again. "If there was say, one blacksmith or fletcher or merchant, it feels like the village would be doomed from the start. Wouldn't a queen anyway have her own private people? What happens to the poor is much different than with royalty."

"Yamada...my heart longs for you. But I am cursed to soon be married to such a boring man. Your attitude, your passion, and the way you serve others are unmatched. I wish to be with you; even it demands me to lose my crown. To be safely confined to these walls or within your strong arms is tearing me apart!"

"Why must these recruits have to improvise?" Haruhi groaned from the camera.

Norio watched on from sidelines, his face now painted a deep red. His hands couldn't keep away from his hair, which was being twirled constantly. The teenager could almost feel something in his eyes, as he tried to not make noise.

Tsuruya...do you truly have feelings for me? Some of those things were not in that script. I want everything you say to be true. Perhaps, I'll need to speak out and confess my feelings for you. If you truly admit it or not, I cannot deny how I feel for very longer.

The sounds of clapping came from the right side of the stage. A figure came from the shadow's wearing a magician's cat and appropriately pointy hat. She clapped at a normal rate, showing little emotion.

"That was a pretty speech." Yuki said in a monotone fashion.

"Oh nos! Nagatocc...it's the witch!" Tsuruya said. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to control your mind. If I have the queen under my power then no one will question what I'm doing to the young boys I'm kidnapping."

"We're sorry for the questionability of that statement." Kyon said with his head hung low. "We promise to write with more consent to the general audience next time."

"Why are you targeting bishonen?"

"I am searching for one with untapped power. Every single one I have found so far has just been a normal human."

"What's happening?" Koizumi entered the room, trying to act surprised.

"There he is." Yuki pointed.

"No, fiancé!" Tsuruya said, trying to hold back her laughter. "Run! Run away as soon as you can!"

"What is going on here?"

"Look into the eyes of my Star Ring Inferno. Then you will become my slave."

Yuki slowly started to move her arm in the circle, moving the cheap-looking star rod. In a traditional fashion, the two students started to look rather silly. They were gazing into the eyes of the rod like it was the answer to all of life's mysteries. It followed with the two shaking and then standing stiffly. The two walked towards Yuki like zombies as she walked off the screen.

"Allow me to explain. For maximum potential, the mind-control power of the Star Ring Inferno is supposed to work instantaneously. It feels a bit odd because then Yuki could dominate over everything with an iron-fist. Sounds kind of like some anime series. Either way, the queen and the undeserving king to be have been taken control by the magic-wielding alien. What will our battle waitress do? Especially since her newest companion is in love with a mind slave? The fate of the world depends on all of this!"

The curtain closed, causing Haruhi to run up the stage holding a large sign. It said the words "Intermission" on it. She quickly tossed it to the side as she went behind the stage to have a talk with her staff.

And yet, this was only the first act.

After several scenes of random lunacy...

The stage was now filled with the entire cast. Mikuru and Norio were on the left while everyone else was on the right side of the stage. While the time-traveler looked as timid as usual, her servant's eyes were filled with a white, hot rage. Yuki stared plainly at the two of them before they were about to fight.

"We are now at the final conclusion. The fight of good and mysterious evil has come to its absolute pinnacle. The only real difference between this time and last time were the number of fighters. However, we need to listen closely to the words between the two forces."

"What have you done with Tsuruya!?" Norio asked.

"The queen you so desire is in my control." Yuki flatly said.

"I won't let you take her!"

"Um...Miss Alien!" Mikuru spoke up. "Please release all of your prisoners! Or-or we will be have to take you down by force!"

"I cannot allow that. The power of Itsuki Koizumi is necessary to my purpose."

"Why is that?"

"If I were to expose the secrets of why we need Itsuki, then you would easily be able to sabotage us."

"Sounds...like a cop out." Kyon said.

"No matter that outcome, I will not let you succeed battle waitress. Minions, attack."

Kunikida and Taniguchi scurried towards Norio with their clearly fake swords lifted above their heads. They were shouting in a typical shonen manner while charging the boy. In one quick swoop, the blacksmith pushed himself forward and swiped his blade. Once they passed him, there was a brief pause. The two former guards limply fell to the ground.

"Do you think the likes of them can stop me?"

"I don't believe the most accomplished of samurai can kill two people in one swing. Perhaps if they were coming in the same angle or if you were doing a circular slash, but let's be a little serious here. Actually, I take that back. Drop all serious thoughts you have right now."

"I did not expect for you to have the appropriate level of skill to defeat them." Yuki stated. "However, it is said that you cannot attack those who you truly love." She pointed at Tsuruya.

"Uh..." She said. "I'm megas sorry, but I can't really attack someone I love. Not fatally anyway."

"I order you to attack him."

"Do not worry Yuki-san." Koizumi insisted, lifting his own sword. "Allow me to fight him."

"Isn't that a bit inconsistent?" Kyon pointed out. "Tsuruya had no problems putting Mikuru into a lake, so I don't see why she would have a problem fighting Norio. Well, throwing someone into a lake is not fatal. Though it would be fatal if she could not swim or if the water was cold enough. It doesn't matter though since Itsuki will be the one fighting him."

"Y-Yamada-san! Please do not kill him!" Mikuru pleaded.

"I respect your wishes!" Norio shouted back to his team mate.

"En garde!" Koizumi said, charging at him.

"This isn't fencing." The narrator plainly said.

Yamada and Koizumi immediately clashed their swords together as they were prepared to fight to the end. Each time they would swing, the opposing player would make the appropriate dodge or parry. After every attack, it felt like things were gradually intensifying. Speed, precision, and timing all increased as they started to move across the stage. The illusion of sparks was given off as the two clashed steel together.

"Stupid camera! I need to get this shot!" Haruhi was groaning to herself while she tried to focus in one the two of them.

The battle preceded for a rather long time as the two started to push each other back in forth. In a few cases, they would fight on the stairs or off the stage. The man controlling the lights was having a fun day trying to focus on them. After a lucky attack, Norio pushed Itsuki into a corner. The two locked blades and became inches between their faces.

"You won't win, Yamada!"

"You have no right to speak you mind slave!"

"Against me, you can only go so far!"

"You fool; you'll die as you lived in the flash of a blade!"

Koizumi broke from of the clash and started to advance towards Norio. He pushed him up to higher ground to get the two back on stage. The sword fight was reaching its climax as the two started to jump and duck under various swipes. Their positions were switched with their backs against the opposing forces, but that didn't make little difference. In a quick swing, Koizumi's hands flew up to the air, leaving him completely exposed. Norio slashed at his chest.

"Aghhh...!" Itsuki tried to emulate, walking backwards. He fell to one knee, clutching his uninjured body.

"You left your self open you fool!"

"No! I cannot lose!"

"You shall!"

"Stop!!!" The esper shouted with his full potential.

Just as Norio was about to hit him with the dull end of his sword, something happened. The blacksmith's hands were caught dead upward into the air. Yamada's body started to quiver as he made a loud series of grunts. It looked as if the recently defeated Koizumi was shining in a blue aura. The only thing Norio could do was look at him with his eyes in awe. Mikuru and Tsuruya were doing the same.

"The untapped power..." Yuki said with no change in her volume.

"We should have mentioned this earlier, but if you watched the first movie you would have known that Koizumi Itsuki is actually an esper. He just had not known it for a long time. I wasn't sure if an esper had the power to freeze someone in their position, but the powers are very vague and therefore, unlimited. It's a good thing that Itsuki found this power now or he would simply have been knocked out. Scary."

"And now I shall defeat you!"

Koizumi was absolutely prepared to strike Norio down. He observed over his enemy, trying to find the best way to deliver the killing blow. He pulled his sword by his hip and directly held it above his head. The esper started to charge him on, shouting very loudly.

But the overconfident man did not consider the floor of the stage. It was slightly elevated towards the back that could easily allow the actors to move behind the curtain. His foot tripped upon the wood, causing him to descend to the ground. His sword went down with him as he was going straight towards Norio. But it was unfortunately caught...

...between his large, stage pants. They fell to the ground, just like the esper did not plan at all. His eyes opened up in horror, seeing something he didn't want to see. The poor boy's manhood.

Mikuru recoiled in horror as it was straight in her direction. Kyon's jaw was agape, unsure of the entire purpose of the entire sequence. The audience started to conjure up a series of murmurs. Nothing was clearly stated but there were a series of unpleased looks coming from the audience. The only one not affected was the true villain of the story. She continued to go on with the story.

"Finish him, Itsuki."

What is happening!? I...I can't seem to move! Every fiber of my body is trying to get me to cover my shame, but something is very wrong here. The only thing I can do is slowly close my eyes. Do I respect this idiotic, ridiculous film enough to preserve Koizumi's power! Oh, please let these end right now!

Itsuki stood up, trying to cover up most of Norio as he spoke to the teenager. "Sorry Yamada-san. You have to die now."

The esper listlessly attacked Norio in the stomach. He slowly fell to the ground on his stomach, to not hurt himself. His head was specifically turned away to not gaze at the audience. Mikuru was cowering away, so much so that she down on the ground with her eyes covered. Tsuruya caught in a flood of emotions, but the top one was laughter. Her cheeks were getting rather noticeable as she bit down on her lip. Kyon needed to step in to stop the insanity.

"On behalf of the SOS-Brigade, I wish to apologize for what just happened now. We seriously did not plan on this to happen. Honest! Do not ask about this after the show is over! Nor you should leave because it is about to end later. Please leave your comments for when you are alone or can be anonymous."

"Y-Yamada!" Tsuruya tried to shout. She was literally turning red from the amount of snickering she was making. The girl fell to her knees and looked at Norio's legs, trying to plead. "The love of my life has been murdered by the hands of another, nyoro! Oh, I cannot dare to watch!" She couldn't help it any longer, her laughter overpowering every sense of her being. "Was this really a part of the script!?"

Norio's body started to shiver at that point. It was like the Grim Reaper's icy touch was about to take him out while he was tied to the wall. His eyes were quickly swelling.

"Curses." Yuki said.

"Wha-what?!" Mikuru questioned, still having her eyes closed.

"The combined power of love and trauma has broken Tsuruya out of her mind control. The same has applied for Koizumi."

As if he just learned about this right now, Koizumi blinked, looking around. "What is going on here?"

"What do you think is going on here!? Can't you see what's happened to everyone?!" The narrator shouted.

"It seems that the power of devotion and love has triumphed over me again. Does it always beat me because I never have truly understood it? Oh well. Asahina Mikuru, do not see this as a victory. We will meet again one day under different circumstances. I must plot in a new location. Again, do not rest lightly. You will be defeated one day." Yuki said, walking off the stage.

Mikuru opened her eye under blurred vision. Between her fingers she could see the various positions everyone was placed in. Lucky for her, her friend was pressed against the ground with nothing to be seen. Tsuruya and Itsuki looked uncomfortable as she had a rather insidious smile and the boy looked confused than ever. He slowly started to stagger, coming to the ground back first.

"No!" The battle waitress said.

In a small amount of time, Mikuru extended her arms to catch Koizumi. She luckily caught him, but the strain of his weight was clearly hurting her. She put him on his knee, as she stared at him lovingly. The newly-found esper had unleashed all of his strength from that final blow. He looked at her with a grim smile with his eyes squinting at her.

"Don't worry, Koizumi." Mikuru said with a rather serious tone. "No one will hurt you now."

"And thus, we have come to the end of to the story." Kyon gulped. "After the sacrifice of Yamada Norio, the space-time continuum had remained stable. Some things have to be done for the universe to be unified. We thank you, Yamada. Your epic fight has kept our lovely battle waitress safe from danger and with her beloved. Either way, the evil known as Nagato Yuki has...disappeared, for now."

The curtain closed with the two mystic humans stuck in each other's embrace.

"Wow, this is rather dark for the series, isn't it?"

Even though things have started light, we are going into deeper territory. I select my genres for the right reason. Though I may consider doing a one-shot where it's the whole absurd play in it's entirety. I would of added more, but you should only do so much, know what I mean?

For the song, self-explanatory. However, the Muse song has some pretty good lyrics that I believe reflect on Norio's thoughts very well.

Various References here. Feels like some of my old Lucky Star habits are rubbing off on me.