"Air Friction"

It's the annual interclub relay race.

"Run your lap as fast as possible!" Haruhi Suzumiya commands the team.

BANG!

Mikuru runs lap one… slowly.

Kyon runs lap two… faster!

Nagato takes the baton for lap three. She calculates, "Traverse point A to point B... via the oval route... as fast as possible."

ZOOM!

She appears before Haruhi ten milliseconds later, her body smoking.

Haruhi frowns. "You might want to find some clothes, Yuki."

"My mistake. I failed to consider the effects of air friction."

Haruhi juggles the red hot baton till it's carryable, then sprints off to the finish line.


Author's Notes: I was reading an article about the most powerful super hero and someone made a very strong case for The Flash. Heat and friction increase exponentially in proportion to the speed you move through air and The Flash would have to be mighty strong (and his clothes would have to be mighty heat resistant) for him to move as fast as he does. This, of course, reminded me of Yuki's relay sprint at the start of Episode 20, which led me to write this drabble. Hope it made you smile!