Disclaimer: I do not own Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, credits go to Nagaru Tanigawa
Her Inner Workings (part 1)
As we rushed through the front yard, I remembered the last thing I saw on Nagato's television before she passed out.
Haruhi, restlessly pacing around her own room.
"I-I don't know what to do anymore… K-Kyon… I really do love you… If only… You could… Hear—" said Haruhi.
Haruhi, falling onto the floor and becoming unconscious.
I genuinely felt scared for Haruhi. I don't ever remember her having this kind of experience before, where she would just suddenly slump onto the floor, as though she was tranquilized.
My musing was broken by Koizumi's voice, which was nowhere near cheerful,
"Damn it, the door's locked. Nagato-san, quickly, open the door!" barked Koizumi.
Nagato just gave Koizumi a quizzical look, and Koizumi answered her with a look that said, "Just do it, please."
Nagato nodded and suddenly, the front door flew open. We rushed into the house, and I immediately turned on the lights. I then beheld the living room me and Haruhi had cleaned mere days ago. It was spotless, as though any activities that had been done here were not sufficient enough to leave markings of wear and tear on the furniture.
It was as though Haruhi was always alone in this house. I thought about it and made a mental note to ask Koizumi about the whereabouts of Haruhi's parents.
We skipped the living room and proceeded upstairs to find Haruhi's bedroom. I recognized it immediately from Nagato's surveillance cameras. I quickly opened the door and saw Haruhi slumped on the floor, completely unconscious.
Koizumi immediately rushed to her side, and started to shake her.
"Suzumiya-san! Suzumiya-san! Can you hear me?" asked Koizumi agitatedly.
No answer.
"Suzumiya-san! Suzumiya-san! SUZUMIYA-SAN!" shouted Koizumi.
"There is no use. If you would check her pulse now—"
Nagato was interrupted by Koizumi.
"No… It can't be…" he whispered, clearly frightened. "I must do something about this now!"
Koizumi moved his hands to Haruhi's neck, and breathed a huge sigh of relief.
"She's still alive. Her pulse seems to be normal, so she's just unconscious for the time being," said Koizumi.
Why the hell are you acting like this, Koizumi? Oh right, I forgot, you like Haruhi.
Asahina-san just stood in the doorway, still looking terrified. Suddenly, Nagato spoke,
"Her physical body has already stabilized, but her thought faculties remain to be unstable. She still cannot process what she feels at the moment, so her body has entered a state of shock to compensate for what she has discovered within herself."
"I see," said Koizumi. "Well, we better move her to Tsuruya-san's residence. Her home is well equipped to deal with emergencies such as these."
Yeah, about that Koizumi…
"Since when has the Organization associated with the Tsuruya family?" I asked.
Koizumi looked over to Asahina-san, and just said,
"That's classified."
I just sighed.
Half an hour after we had found Haruhi, we were already in the Tsuruya estate, Tsuruya-san herself having been the one to escort us inside.
"No problem guys, it's for Suzumiya-san after all, right?" said Tsuruya-san when Koizumi apologized for intruding. "Besides, she's probably megas confused after she admitted to herself that she liked Kyon, nyoro~."
We immediately thanked her for her cooperation, and so here we were, in one of the spare rooms in the Tsuruya residence, tending to Haruhi while she was still unconscious.
The room Tsuruya-san had lent us was a traditional Japanese room. It was almost completely bare, except for a kotatsu that I was sitting under, a mattress where the unconscious Haruhi lay, and a sliding door that led to the rest of the house. The floor was completely covered with tatami mats.
I looked up from my silent stupor and surveyed the room: Koizumi and Asahina-san, huddled beside Haruhi, who seemed to be sleeping peacefully on the mattress that Tsuruya-san had brought in earlier. Nagato was sitting here beside me, under the kotatsu, seemingly doing nothing, but in reality she was analyzing all the data that, according to her, Haruhi was spewing at an alarming rate.
She suddenly broke the silence,
"Haruhi Suzumiya is dreaming. As long as she dreams, the generation of data will not be hampered. If she exceeds her threshold, then the reconstruction of the world will become inevitable."
"Her threshold? What do you mean by that Nagato?" I asked.
"In this unconscious state, Haruhi Suzumiya has an uncontrolled potential to generate data. Using her dreams as a template, she will release this surplus data into the real world. However, while she is unconscious, her desires cannot manifest themselves in their entirety in the real world. Thus, she ends up spewing data that is irrelevant to the fabric of space and time. Data that is not even remotely useful in any sense," replied Nagato.
"Nagato, I think you lost me after 'surplus data'," I said.
"To make things easier for you, the data that Haruhi Suzumiya is currently releasing can be considered similar to computer viruses whose job is to fill up your storage disk. At the Computer Club, we had already experimented with creating and combating such viruses," said Nagato. "At the level of Haruhi Suzumiya, the world's data can be likened to the portion of a computer's storage disk that is already used. The free space, however, corresponds to Haruhi Suzumiya's threshold. As I have previously stated, once this is exceeded, the world's data will be overwritten, and the world will be reconstructed as we know it."
Well, shit.
"Isn't there any way for us to stop her?" asked Koizumi.
"There is a way to stop her, but I have not discovered how precisely we are to execute that plan of action. We can stop this emission of data if we successfully wake her up," said Nagato.
"I'd like to try and wake her up," quipped Asahina-san.
Ah, just like the wonderful angel that she is, Asahina-san volunteers if she thinks she can help in any way at all.
She moved in closer to Haruhi and then repeatedly called her name.
"Suzumiya-san. Suzumiya-san! Please wake up! Everyone's worried about you!"
Poor Asahina-san. Hopefully, her efforts aren't in vain.
Suddenly, she straddled atop Haruhi on the mattress. What the hell is this?
"Er, Asahina-san, what are you doing?" I asked.
"I'm going to try one last thing to wake Suzumiya-san up," she replied seriously.
At which she took Haruhi's hands and placed them on her breasts. Yes, you heard me right. Her breasts.
I just stared at them in shock. Even Koizumi had the decency to gasp and cover his eyes. Uncharacteristically, it was Nagato who broke the silence that seemed tangible enough for us to reach out into the air and touch it.
"Suzumiya-san will only wake up when she has achieved what she desires, or if she wishes to wake up," said Nagato.
After a short while, Asahina-san dropped Haruhi's hands and she moved back to the kotatsu, blushing furiously.
"How the heck are we supposed to know what exactly she wants? She's unconscious!" I said.
"Oh come on Kyon, there's no use in denying it," said Koizumi. "Face the facts. Suzumiya-san is in love with you. Now, as for you, Nagato-san—"
"No Koizumi, we are not breaking up to satisfy Haruhi," I said firmly. "There has to be some way we can settle this…"
"I have an idea, but it revolves around another theory that the Organization has conceived," said Koizumi.
"Well, let's hear it then," I said.
"This theory states that we espers are able to actually enter Suzumiya-san's mind or transport certain entities into Suzumiya-san's mind, under certain very special conditions. These conditions are: we must bring Suzumiya-san into one of the closed spaces that she herself has created, and that there must be exactly one Celestial rampaging around inside that specific closed space. However, this is only speculation, as no one has ever tried to bring Suzumiya-san into one of her own closed spaces for fear of making her self-aware," Koizumi said.
"Can't we try this now? Maybe we can 'negotiate' with Haruhi's thoughts once we've entered her mind, right? But, damn it, that might make her self-aware… Do we really have to keep her in the dark about her powers, Koizumi?" I asked. "Isn't it really a better solution to let her know about her powers, so she can control them, especially in light of this situation?"
"No Kyon, the possibilities are too endless. You know that imagination of hers," said Koizumi.
"I have the same conclusion," said Nagato. "It is unwise for Haruhi Suzumiya to become aware of her powers."
"The orders I have received from my superiors tie in with what they have said, Kyon-kun," said Asahina-san.
"Okay, okay already," I said exasperatedly. "But getting back to Koizumi's theory, if she's dreaming, would it be that, even if we appeared in her mind, flaunting our, that is to say, your powers, she wouldn't believe a thing of it, right?"
"There is a possibility that Suzumiya-san would have the same reaction to the kiss you two shared during that other incident. However, for reasons unknown, she has deduced that the kiss was indeed, not a dream, as evidenced by the recording we watched earlier," said Koizumi. "This means that she will only believe something if she encounters hard evidence supporting the thing in question. My conclusion is that we have nothing to lose in testing out our theory."
Since this probably wasn't Asahina-san's area of expertise, I decided to turn to Nagato for one last time before we decided whether or not to proceed with our plan.
"Nagato, what do you think?" I asked.
Seated beside me, as she had been throughout the duration of our stay in the room, she replied,
"I am willing to take any risk," said Nagato. "I have already cleared this with the Integrated Data Thought Entity, and the seal of approval has been set. I also individually feel that any risk is better than having to end my relationship with Kyon."
Aww, how sweet of you, Nagato. I hugged her in front of the other two: Koizumi just smiled, and Asahina-san giggled. Suddenly, however, Nagato broke free of my hug.
"What's wrong Nagato?" I asked.
"When you hugged me just now, I detected an increase in the surplus data flow coming from Haruhi Suzumiya," she replied.
"Perhaps her dreaming state is conscious of what is happening right here, right now?" said Koizumi. "If we will have to do any negotiating, it may have to be with the part of her that is, according to Nagato-san, releasing more data into the environment. I do not know how we will convince that part of Suzumiya-san to wake up, but who knows? We've got nothing to lose at this point."
Asahina-san spoke,
"I support our plan because I don't think it would be the best solution for Kyon-kun to simply break up with Yuki-san. Nobody would be satisfied with that ending. So, in line of this, I v-vote that we proceed with Koizumi-kun's theory."
"As do I," said Koizumi. "Perhaps this time, I am the one that shall be gathering data for the Organization."
Nagato and I looked at each other, then we nodded. Time to set this plan into action.
"Alright Koizumi, let's do it. First things first: where is the nearest instance of closed space? We can't drag Haruhi very far in this state," I said.
"Well Kyon, an instance of closed space appeared not more than two minutes ago, in this very room. How convenient, don't you think?" said Koizumi.
His cheerful smile was back in place. Koizumi, now's not the time for such expressions!
"Sorry, but I can't help but feel positive about our plan," he replied.
"Well, let's go then. Nagato and I will lift Haruhi. Asahina-san, just hold onto Koizumi. Oh, Koizumi, where in the room is the entrance to the closed space you just mentioned?" I asked.
"Over here," he pointed at the door we came through.
Nagato and I gently lifted Haruhi's unconscious form towards the door. I knew that Nagato could lift Haruhi and more by herself, but I didn't want to lose face in front of the other two. Koizumi seemed to be aware of this, and he kept chuckling to himself. I just gave him a look that said "Shut up," and the five of us moved towards the door.
"Everyone ready?" asked Koizumi?
We all nodded.
"Good. Please hold onto me," he said. "Kyon, don't let go of Suzumiya-san."
In an instant, I felt the same strange sensation that I felt whenever Koizumi would shove me into his closed spaces.
I wonder what Mikuru-chan and the others are up to in there. Man, I hope Haruhi's going to be fine. Life is so much more boring without her.
I went to the room I lent them and opened the door. Huh? They're gone. They must've gone out and I didn't notice. I'm a megas bad host, nyoro~.
A moment later, the strange feeling subsided, and we found ourselves in a grayish and lifeless version of Tsuruya-san's living room.
"Well, here we are everyone," said Koizumi. "Kyon, Nagato-san, please lay Suzumiya-san gently on the couch."
We obliged and went back to where we were standing. Asahina-san looked afraid in this unknown environment, so I said.
"Don't worry Asahina-san, we're together, so everything's going to be alright."
She smiled at me and she looked more composed.
"Okay guys, I've ascertained that there is at least one Celestial in this closed space. It should be rampaging around in the Tsuruya's backyard. Now, we can test our theory," said Koizumi.
He stepped away from us and stepped towards Haruhi on the couch. He then closed his eyes, laid his hand on Haruhi's forehead, and he began to glow, not red, but blue.
Asahina-san looked at Koizumi in awe. Nagato and I looked at each other and nodded. I took Asahina-san by the arm and wrenched her out of her amazement.
"Come on Asahina-san, we better go over to Koizumi," I said.
She and Nagato followed me. Then, Koizumi said,
"Only the three of you can enter Suzumiya-san's mind. I will have to remain here to keep the Celestial at bay long enough for you to accomplish your mission."
We nodded, then Koizumi continued,
"Please, hold onto me once more."
We obliged and the last thing we heard from him as he glowed midnight blue and plunged us into the darkness was,
"Good luck."
When I opened my eyes, I was surprised to find myself in the SOS Brigade clubroom. Asahina-san was still on the floor, while Nagato was already straightening herself out.
Suddenly, for some unknown reason, the PA system rang.
"Attention, SOS Brigade, take your seats inside the clubroom. I will be with you shortly."
That was Haruhi's voice alright. But, how does she know we're here? We took our seats and waited for a few minutes.
After a short while, Asahina-san made to stand up, saying,
"I think I should go brew some tea."
To which the PA system answered,
"Mikuru-chan, sit down!"
Asahina-san jumped, and she immediately sat down. Then, someone knocked on the door. That can't be Haruhi… She never knocks.
Asahina-san then said gently,
"Come in!"
The door opened, and my jaw dropped at what I saw. It was, contrary to what I thought, Haruhi. She was wearing a version of the North High sailor uniform that was purely colored white.
She closed the door and said,
"Hello everyone! I'm Haruhi's conscience. I'm sure we'll have a wonderful conversation, won't we?"
A/N: This is getting a tad bit harder for me to write as the story comes along, but I hope you guys like it anyway. Read and review please!
