The Status of Suzumiya Haruhi- Epilogue
((DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything in regards to Suzumiya Haruhi))
The SOS club room looked completely clean, quite possibly a lot different than from when the earthquake started. I sighed. I guess we're going to end up cleaning that mess up… Asahina-san, Koizumi and I walked around the club room to examine how neat and clean it was.
"I guess when we revert back to the normal world, Suzumiya-san will order us to clean the club room," Koizumi said, with a quick smile. Are you saying that I'll be the one mainly cleaning?
"This closed space really is spooky." Asahina-san went over to the window and looked outside. "But why is this one all dark? The one that we were in while looking for the Computer Research Society was a desert."
"I believe that was because the computer interface that was hibernating thought that a desert would be the ideal place for a cave cricket." Koizumi, how do you know all these things? And why is it best for a cave cricket to be in a desert? Oh, wait. I've had a more important thought. Don't we have to get back under the tables or something before you initiate the tunneling out program, Nagato?
"Yes." Nagato was standing in the door way of the club room the entire time. She looked up at me and said, "The program is now complete. Reality will revert in fifteen seconds."
"Eh?" Asahina-san looked over at Nagato in a state of panic before running over to the table. "I was over here right…?" Asahina-san asked quickly, pointing down to a spot on the floor.
"You were," Koizumi said as he smiled and squatted down to crawl underneath the table. I guess I'd better hurry up too. I crouched down and made my way under the table next to Asahina-san, hoping that I was in the same spot as before. It didn't matter if I was off by several centimeters right? I felt movement to my left and saw Nagato beside me.
"Close your eyes." We obeyed Nagato's command and the room started promptly began to shake. I sighed. Another day in the life with Suzumiya Haruhi. What worries me most now is that not just that girl's life is in jeopardy, but the rest of the SOS Brigade's. And of course, mine as well. Nothing changes in that department. I can sort of see the connection on why they want to remove us, but what- I heard a creak in the wall in front of me which stopped me in mid thought. I opened my eyes but my vision was blocked by a swish of brown cloth.
"Wha- Nagato, what are you-" Although Nagato wasn't heavy, her sudden presence on top of me made my legs underneath me shift. What was even heavier was the bookshelf that came crashing down on all of us under the table. I heard a shriek from the vicinity that Asahina-san was cowering and tried to look over to no avail. Nagato's cardigan conspicuously obscured my view.
Eventually the room stopped shifting and regularity of the world returned. My back ached a little but nothing I couldn't handle. From my left I heard Haruhi yell out,
"Yuki! Are you okay?!" The darkness that Nagato's cardigan shrouded me in lifted and I coughed. As I started to observe my surroundings, reality slowly started to set in. Dust was floating all around us as the miscellaneous objects that once adorned the club room in its peculiar pattern looked torn and broken. I noticed that the table that we had hidden under broke into several dozen pieces. The clock had fallen off of the wall, the rack that held all of Asahina-san's costumes had tipped over, leaving all the clothes strewn on the floor, and all the books laid scattered on the floor. At least the whole building didn't collapse on us.
"I'm fine," Nagato replied as she removed herself from being on top of me and stood up. Haruhi got up as well.
"But that bookshelf fell on you and Kyon! I'm positive I saw that. Are you sure you're okay?!" Nagato nodded. Haruhi eyed Nagato for a few moments, trying to figure out whether to believe her or not, but then in the end Haruhi walked over to Asahina-san to devote attention to the cowering girl. "Oi! Mikuru-chan. It stopped. Stop crying now and get up."
I sat up and watched Haruhi pull Asahina-san to her feet. I was still confused. Anyone care to tell me what just happened?
"Kyon!" Haruhi called out. "Don't just sit there like an idiot. We have to start cleaning up! Now get to it!" I sighed. So the manual labor starts immediately. "I'll be right back." Haruhi left the room in a hurry, possibly to go check out the rest of the shack. Maybe even check up on our neighbors, but that was very unlikely. I looked over at Koizumi. He just shrugged and flashed his trademark smile at me before starting to pick up the books on the floor. Everyone else had already started doing the same.
I got up and realized I still had something in my hand. Handkerchief? Oh wait, yeah. Nagato gave this to me. I walked over to Nagato who had several books in her hand.
"Oi, Nagato. Thanks for your handkerchief." I presented it before her. She looked at it for a moment before saying,
"You may keep it." Huh?
"You sure?" I asked, the confusion welling up higher within me. Nagato nodded before turning away and setting the books down in a pile. Nagato sure is being more conspicuous lately. What's going on with her?
Haruhi came running in again, but this time with some objects in her hands. Her smile was radiant. Wait, what is that? A bucket and a shovel? What are those for?! I sweatdropped.
((yeah… came out late I know… been busy and I haven't been feeling too good lately. Also that I'm writing another fanfic on top of this one. But it isn't for it's for the Sims 2. I was bored okay! And my sims game isn't working anymore so I'm writing the story for it while I wait for a computer upgrade. So yeah… I'm so tired… Oh well. I guess we'll never know what that bucket's for. hehe))
