The Love of Haruhi Suzumiya

Author's Note: Look back to the chapter after the Author's Note. Chapter 5 I guess. I seem to have doubled a chapter and falied to post one. I am extremely sorry for this mistake. I have reposted this chapter in order to fix the problem. Also, the next chapter is on it's way! Sorry for the error!!!

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We went to the usual coffee shop, sitting down at the normal table.

"I don't have to pay this time, do I?" I asked, hoping not. Everyone laughed.

"Of course not!" Haruhi said. "As the Brigade leader I'll-"

"It's on me," a voice from behind us interrupted. Haruhi and I looked back in surprise. There stood before us the alien who had shot me.

"Yo, Kyon. Suzumiya. Koizumi. Asahina. Nagato," he greeted, nodded at each of us respectively.

"What are you doing here?" I asked, curious of his presence. After hearing Haruhi give him a chance, why can't I?

"Well, you are talking about the battle then, right? I'm your guy. I know everything that happened that day," he said. His more serious tone surprised me. "I really do feel bad for shooting you. I'm glad to see it's healed."

"Thanks." I signaled for him to sit down, then asked, "So, what exactly happened?" Having seen me glance at him, Marro started.

"Well, let's see. I'm not sure what you saw and what you didn't, but I'll go over what happened after Suzumiya stopped screaming at me," He laughed, and Haruhi looked down in guilt. "As you know, while you were coming to Suzumiya's house, you probably noticed the mixture of a closed space and reality. Well, my allies set up a time stop in the neighborhood of her house. Time stops only give entrance to who we want them to. Like a special closed space. Under that there was the data clearance. From what we've seen, the only things that has ever broken into a data clearance are the giants.

"Think of Time Stops as shells, like that of a turtle. The giants smashed it like glass. Giants, also being made by Suzumiya, have unknown sources that we can't figure out. Because of that, we can't do any internal damage, nor physical damage. We allowed the Espers to come in, and we worked together to destroy them. At most, there were 67 giants at once." he explained. Just the thought of that made me shiver.

"Not only did the Espers and my allies come, but many elite Time Travelers came. Asahina being one of them."

"You mean they met?" I asked, stunned. Haruhi looked confused.

"Why can't they meet?" she asked. Because of Asahina-san's secrecy, I couldn't tell Haruhi much other than the fact that she's a Time Traveler. Asahina-san spoke up for the first time.

"Well, if you saw your future self, you'd ask them, 'What is going to happen to me in the future', right? Time is delicate, and if you don't do something that is supposed to happen, the future can be rewritten," she explained quite confidently.

"On the turn side," Marro started, "It can be tempting to tell your past self what bad things will happen to them so that they can avoid it."

"For example," I added for the sake of teasing Haruhi, "Had Asahina-san's future self come back before her current self joined the SOS Brigade to warn her about Haruhi's costume plans, she would have never joined, Haruhi and I may have never gotten out of the closed space." Haruhi at first pouted, but at the end looked confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Asahina-san's adult self is an extremely experienced Time Traveler, being very secretive. She doesn't like giving out much, but I think this will be okay." I looked to Asahina-san, and she nodded. "Right before the night we were in the closed space, the future Asahina-san met me at lunch to warn me. She couldn't tell me specifics, but she gave me the hint "Snow White". At first I didn't get it, but the situation revealed itself. When you were exploring the school, I communicated with Nagato briefly on the computer. She gave my the hint "Sleeping Beauty". That helped as well." Haruhi nodded, taking in the information.

"So what exactly happened when they met. I'm guessing there was no crazy time paradox?" Everyone laughed at that. Bringing in the myths of their kinds could break a serious atmosphere well.

"Nah. Not much happened. The future Asahina, as you say, is very cautious. They barely spoke." Asahina-san nodded. Thinking about the battle again, I though about something.

"Was anyone hurt?" I asked.

"If you mean humans, then there was only one, being you," Marro commented. That's good. "Also, if you're curious, I erased the event from everyone who doesn't know about...What we do."

"Hey Marro, since you shot me, I heard you got...demoted? How far down did you go?" I asked.

"Huh? Demoted? Nah, I just got lectured. I was going to be demoted, but my rebellious thinking turned out to be good. Nagato here got promoted big time. Her force fields are top notch. I still have to wonder why she turned down my offer," Marro said, looking at the alien reading her book.

"Upgrades of that type are unnecessary and will only result in conflict," she responded, eyes not moving from her book. This peaked my curiosity.

"What upgrades are you talking about?" Haruhi asked. She asked before I got a chance. I heard a smacking sound, and Nagato stood up, book closed and on the table.

"You will not reveal any information of that matter," she said. Marro raised an eyebrow.

"Quite a lot of bravery commanding me," he said, though more in a teasing manner. Wait, how can you tease someone if they don't have any emotion. Marro laughed. He stood up.

"Oh yeah. Koizumi, if you see 'em anywhere, make sure to tell Nagato. I've been tracking 'em for a while now. They seem to be hiding around here. Maybe they have heard of your SOS Brigade?"

"I'm not sure, but I'll make sure to alert you if I do. The Agency will be glad to see some assistance in this matter."

"Thanks. well, I'm off. I may see you around, I may not. If I can't find these guys, I'll be gone by the second semester. See you all," Marro said, taking his leave.

"Who exactly is he talking about," I asked. Koizumi's facade dropped, and his serious face came on.

"In normal circumstances I'd be able to tell you, but with Suzumiya-san now knowing about the Entity, Time Travelers, and the Agency, I can not tell you," Koizumi said. This surprised me. "The Agency fears Suzumiya-san's power. If she knew, it could cause chaos." Haruhi sat quietly, so Koizumi continued.

"I do not mean to take the Brigade Leader's power, but I must depart. Meeting dismissed." As Koizumi said that, Haruhi snapped out of her thoughts and looked at the clock. That's fine. I have to get going too." She stood up, walked to the door, and turned around. "Bye Kyon," she said, before turning and walking out the door. Nagato and Asahina-san had already left, so Koizumi and I remained. Koizumi had a grim look on his face, and it disturbed me greatly.

"Marro is pursuiting two people. Whether or not they are human, we don't know yet. What we do know, is that they overheard our conversation, and that they are very closely related to someone we know well at school. I wish I could tell you more, but I can not. Be on the watch, and stay with Haruhi at school. That is all," Koizumi said, ending his shocking outburst. Never have I seen Koizumi this way. It wasn't anger, nor stress. It was...foreign.

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Author: This is new. I never expected for this to happen.

Marro: You left another cliffhanger? You better update soon.

Author: I'm hoping to. I really am. I'm getting tense at the storyline myself, and I know it!

Marro: Saying things like that will only make readers expect and even better chapter.

Author: I'm planning on it.

Marro: It better be...

Author: Huh?