My Melancholy
Transfer
Walking to school that day, it gave me time to think about how to make the SOS brigade better. Last night, I was channel surfing to find something good to watch. When I stopped on one channel, I saw a drama where a student mysteriouly transfered into the main character's school. That transfer student happened to be the catalyst that dragged the main character into an amazing adventure! Maybe if a transfer student is mysterious enough, I'll get to go on an intrepid adventure to a new world! Maybe I'm really the chosen one to save the world? I can't wait!
The clubroom was disappointing for me. Usually when I walk in, Mikuru-chan would be sitting there already. Looking up from the computer, I asked where she was. I hope she will come back soon. That idiot Kyon...I ought to punish him...I don't know why, but I feel like he's not so enthusiastic about finding strange stuff as I am...
And, Kyon, for your information, I'm not the same size as Mikuru-chan so I can't put on the outfit I brought for her. As for Yuki? well se seems pretty busy so I'm not going to make her wear it. Speaking of whom...she's just a quiet bookworm with glasses and short hair...come to think of it, I was only focused on Mikuru being moe this whole time. Yuki looks so cute! Just letting her sit there and read should please the fanbase...
Not a single email over all that publicity. Three spam mails. That's it. Argh! I was hoping someone would have some sort of mind-blowing phenomenon for us! I went home early that day.
I can't believe it. I still found nothing. Maybe...Kyon was right...maybe it would be nice to settle down and live normally...
Take care of the John Smith who will shake up the world!
That voice...I remember what that high schooler said to me...I don't know for sure, but is Kyon, that lazy bastard that just sits around all the time groaning, John Smith, that crazy interesting high schooler I met? Is he hiding something from me? Nah, that's impossible. Someone that boring and lazy doesn't have the cojones to trespass...
Anyway, walking to school, I heard some girls talking to each other.
"So, did you hear about that new transfer student, Aya?"
"Yeah, I did, Minori. I hope he's cute and in my class…"
Transfer student, huh? I felt a smirk spread across my face as I headed to homeroom. Finally. About time, huh?
"What's with the smile, Haruhi? Did something like an esper show up?" Kyon was in the seat in front of me as usual. I just can't hold it in.
"He's finally here! A new transfer student! I'm going to check it out!" I rushed out of the door faster than a Banzai squadron getting killed. Locating the transfer student shouldn't be too hard. I just have to be on the lookout for someone I haven't seen before. Kind of like that guy over there with the brown hair and mysterious smile…
I think that's the target. He's even got a member of the student welcoming committee showing him around. First thing at lunch is to access class 1-9 and nab this guy. Easy. Too easy. Does it matter? Nope! The SOS Brigade has their mysterious transfer student!
"Excuse me, but may I ask your name?" he asked while we walked to the clubroom.
"It's Haruhi Suzumiya." At those words, a sense of shock spread across his face until his smile reappeared. "You?"
"I'm Itsuki Koizumi. It's a pleasure to meet you." Opening the door to a dramatic intro, I introduced the new transfer student to the rest of the Brigade. Mikuru's so cute! She fell over when she stood up! I was right to pick her for this club.
"All right! We now have five members, which means we're an official club!"
"If you don't mind me asking, what kind of club is this?" Koizumi asked.
"I'm glad you asked. Our goal is to find aliens, time travelers, and espers and hang out with them!" I exclaimed to them. All right, let's fight as a club to make ourselves known!
The next morning, I brought another bag for Mikuru. This time, it's a maid costume. I admit it, I was watching an anime where maids turn into magical girls last night and I can't help but think that if I manage to replicate something like that, something might happen. Even if it doesn't, at least the club mascot gets to cosplay. I kinda wanted to have a maid...
"Sorry..." It was Kyon. I guess I should lock the door. At least he has the sense to rush out before he sees anything, which is good. Once I allowed him in, we started Mikuru's photo shoot. Koizumi came in as well, but he didn't want to help at all. Kyon was no better. He kept trying to pry me off our token moe just because I wanted her to show some cleavage to the camera. Oh well. We have a lot of pictures anyway. Sitting at the desk with the computer, I looked to the club members.
"Here's our plan: meet at the train station 9:00 on Saturday. From there, we'll split up and search the area for mysterious findings. If you're late, you'll get the death penalty. Got it?"
Perfect. Hopefully I'll be able to find something interesting.
About those pictures, I really wanted to put them on the Brigade's website. I know that those pervert guys want some eye candy so why not get some publicity with them? As long as our contact info is available to report mysteries, the only bad publicity is none at all. It's how we got so well-known around the school thanks to the bunny girls handing out flyers. Kyon, however, hardly agreed. Once he found out Mikuru's pics are on the net, he explained to me all the ethics and morals I've got to be violating with this and I allowed him to take it down just to shut him up. Although, knowing guys like him, I'm betting he's putting it into a secret folder so he can ogle all day.
More importantly, I can't get this out of my mind. Kyon...are you John Smith?
