The Realization of Haruki Suzumiya

by HuuskerDu

It has been 8 years since Kyon made his fateful decision to leave the world of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Kyon and Haruhi have since married. Suddenly they are brought into a world where Kyon meets his younger female counterpart. Something has gone horribly wrong, and Kyonko is terrified. Kyon wants desperately to save his younger sister, but how? COMPLETE

10. Chapter 10: The Realization of Haruki S

Chapter 10: The Realization of Haruki Suzumiya

It was 11 AM. This was the scheduled time for the start of Haruki's alien hunt. Koizumi and Yuuki were both now at the brigade meeting point.

{ Koizumi: He's here. He's yelling for Kyonko. }

I jumped. The sound was coming from my left ear.

"Oh, hi Koizumi. You startled me."

{ Koizumi: Shut up. Mic check }

"I hear you."

{ Koizumi: I said shut up. Don't talk to me like that. You're on station. Never talk back to me aloud like that, ever. Always use sub-vocal. That's basic tradecraft. }

{ Kyon: Whatever }

{ Koizumi: That's better. Boy, you really are a noob. Kyonko is not supposed to know about the transceivers. She's a P.O.I. So keep quiet. }

{ Kyon: All right already. Geez }

I put my hands in my pockets.

Kyonko sat upright on her bed. She was wearing her high-school uniform and cardigan. Earlier in the morning while she was away I had rumpled it up. The idea was to make it look as if she had collapsed into bed last night without first taking it off.

We reviewed the plan together one more time. Koizumi listened in and she signed off on it.

{ Koizumi: Plan looks good. He's heading your way. About 12 minutes. }

"Kyonko, he's coming here in 12 minutes."

{ SkyCom: Mic check }

We waited.

{ Koizumi: Almost there. About 2 minutes. }

"Ok Kyonko, give me the cardigan and get in bed."

I put the cardigan on the floor.

{ Koizumi: Kyon, I see an open checklist item, the door. You forget? }

"Dang, I need to go down and check the front door. I think I might have left it unlocked. I'll be right back."

I ran downstairs to check.

An antique green teacup fell from the bookshelf. It crashed on the floor.

Kyonko was startled and sat up. She saw her little brother. He was standing next to the broken pieces, giggling.

"You brat, you broke it! That teacup is an heirloom that I got from Grandma Ayu!"

Kyonko picked up a pillow and threw it at him. "Get out of here! You're supposed to be at the neighbor's house."

She quickly swept the pieces under the bed.

The boy giggled again and ran downstairs. I spotted him going out the back door.

Kyonko was right, the kid is a twerp. I went and locked the back door to keep him outside. I didn't see the cat anywhere.

{ Koizumi: He's running now. 30 seconds. }

I ran back up to the bedroom.

"Kyonko, he's almost here. Get ready."

She got in bed again. She laid down on her left side.

"No, roll over. You're facing the wrong way. You're supposed to face the wall with your left side up so he can see it. And we don't want him to see your face, remember?"

"I know what I'm doing. I'll be ready when he comes in."

The plan required her to cry really hard. So I assumed she'd dig her fingernails into her palms, or something like that. Instead she started bouncing up and down sideways on the bed. I figured out what she was doing. She had another method to quickly generate a lot of pain.

I winced in sympathy. "Hang in there, kid."

"I'm.. ok.."

Haruki was beating on the door. He bellowed "Kyon-kooooo!"

"It's game on. I'm going. Stay strong."

"Be careful, Kyon."

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I went downstairs.

I opened the front door. "Stop banging on the door. What the heck do you want?"

I heard Kyonko upstairs. She was sobbing really hard. Good, keep it up.

Haruki looked at me. "Oh, it's you again. You're her brother right?"

With the door open Haruki could now hear Kyonko's sobs upstairs.

He glared. Before I could answer he said, "It sounds like she's bawling her eyes out up there. What did you do to her?"

"Me? Nothing."

"The hell. I never heard her cry like that before. She's really hurt! You bastard, you hurt her didn't you?"

"It wasn't me. Nobody else is here. Come up and I'll show you."

{ Koizumi: Kyon, you went off script! Don't do that! Don't tell him nobody else is there! }

The Superman squinted at me. "Liar! She was fine before you got here!"

"Just come up."

"You just said there's nobody else here! It had to be you! You came in to town just to beat her up!"

"No, uh, hey.."

Then he did something I didn't expect. He punched me right in the eye.

I dropped to the deck like a bag of hammers. I was out. He stepped over me. Meanwhile the world spun around me.

He started to go up the stairs.

{ Koizumi: That idiot. Have them update plan 12 with the new configuration. Then do a re-sim, stat. }

{ SkyCom: Re-running the sim on plan 12. Uh, the MAGI say we are screwed now. }

Indeed. This was not going according to plan at all. It was crucial that I remain with Haruki the whole time. He and I needed to enter the bedroom at the same time, or me slightly ahead. I was the one that was supposed to confront him. It was critical that Haruki never talk to Kyonko, nor see her face.

I must be the accuser, not Kyonko.

{ Koizumi: Kyon, wake up! He's getting too far ahead of you. Move! }

Somehow, through sheer force of will I staggered upright. I began to climb the stairs. My head was reeling. It seemed like the stairs were rotating around me.

{ Koizumi: Kyon, up! Go! Faster! }

I grabbed the railing with both hands. I worked my way up. The stairs were still spinning.

For some reason Haruki was walking up slowly. Maybe he was hesitant because he was still trying to figure out the real situation. I thanked my lucky stars. But I still couldn't reach him before he got to the top.

{ Koizumo: Come on, Kyon, move! Move your legs! }

Somehow I was able to catch up to him just before he entered the bedroom.

I willed my body to interpose itself between Haruki and Kyonko. I finally blocked him as planned. Phew, that was too close. I was so dizzy.

Superman stood before me. "Get out of my way. Can't you see she's crying?"

"Of course she's crying, you bastard!"

"Kyonko, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"

She ignored him as planned. She kept her head facing towards the wall away from him.

"Don't look at her, look at me! I'll tell you exactly why she's crying!"

"Why?"

"It's because of this!"

I grabbed the bottom flap of her blouse on the left side and yanked it up.

I accidentally tore it.. oops, that wasn't in the plan. So sorry, Kyonko. It did make the effect more dramatic though.

Haruki finally saw what we wanted him to see.

He gasped. "What happened to her?"

"You did this to her!"

"What? Like hell I did."

"Yes like hell you did! You've been carrying her around like a football.. all that running around, banging and bruising her left side as you carried her around on your right. She's not a pigskin you moron!"

"I.. I did this?"

"Yes!"

"Why didn't she tell me?"

"Because she didn't want to hurt your feelings, you big lummox! She kept silent because she wanted to stay friends with you!"

As planned, Kyonko kept her face away from him. The sobs reduced to a few whimpers.

He was horrified.

In my right ear I began to hear simultaneous overlapping chatter. Several voices spoke in quick staccatos.

{ SkyCom: Thar she blows / A big one / Started in Kamchatka as predicted / No reading on my scope / It's there, a huge core / started at 50 kilometers wide / expanding 400 knots }

{ Koizumi: Kyon, it's starting. }

Haruki tried to go around me. "I'm taking her to the hospital."

{ SkyCom: I think it's going supersonic / Blue team is in the wrong position / Wont catch it / Blue missed / Where's red team? }

I glared. "Don't you touch her!"

{ SkyCom: It's massive / Supersonic / 1500 knots / Can't get a vector on it }

He moved forward. I blocked him.

{ SkyCom: Hey it jumped / Acceleration non-linear / It's gone hypersonic / crossing the equator south }

"Move out of my way. I'm taking her."

{ SkyCom: We're losing transmission links / No reading / It's too fast }

"Get out!" I shoved him back.

{ SkyCom: It's gone beyond hypersonic, hurry! }

"She's coming with me to the doctor."

{ SkyCom: Wavefront is 20 degrees south / Can't get a bead on it / Where is red team? }

"Get back!" I shoved him out of the bedroom. He was now standing near the upper stair landing.

{ SkyCom: Find the entrance yet? / Blue team mis-positioned, they're out }

"Yeah? Make me."

{ SkyCom: Red team can't touch it / 30 degrees south.. accelerating even more. Is that even possible? }

He knew I was ready to collapse. He decided to wait me out. My head was swimming. I had to get in position, get oriented. This was it.

{ SkyCom: I lost the wavefront / Reset your vectors and try again }

{ Koizumi: Kyon, hurry up! }

Another shove. I was getting weaker. Could I do it? There, got him in position.

{ Koizumi: He's on the mark. Go for the kick. No, wait he moved.. wait.. }

{ SkyCom: Found it, wavefront 40 degrees south / This is ridiculous. We're in a sim aren't we? This ain't real.. }

He stepped back again. He was again standing right on the mark on the floor. Perfect.

{ Koizumi: Kyon, kick now! }

Earlier that morning I had practiced the kick dozens of times using a dummy in the basement that was properly weighted. The trick was to hit it with exactly 420 newtons of force. Too little and Haruki would land on the middle of the stairs and probably break his neck. Too much and he'd hit the far wall at the bottom of the landing.

With my last remaining strength I did the roundhouse kick like I practiced it. It was basically the same kick that King Leonidas used in the movie 300. With one eye I couldn't triangulate, but I somehow nailed his sternum right on target. I sent him flying down the stairs.

He seemed to fall in slow motion. I was losing my sense of time.

{ Koizumi: Good one, Kyon! }

Bull's eye! He landed on his back on the rug at the bottom of the stairs. The rug had hidden pads. The pads absorbed the landing. Other than the bruise on his sternum the only thing Haruki had injured was his pride.

I collapsed.

{ SkyCom: Wavefront 50 degrees south / Holy cow / Where is red team already? }

Kyonko was still waiting for my signal.

{ Koizumi: Kyon, 10 seconds! Get her moving! }

With my last remaining strength I rolled my head to face towards the open bedroom door.

{ SkyCom: Wavefront 65 degrees south / The curve goes almost straight up }

{ Koizumi: Kyon, now! 8 seconds! }

In a hoarse whisper I rasped, "Kyonko.. go."

Kyonko yanked off the blanket and rushed down the stairs.

{ SkyCom: Wavefront 70 degrees south / Confirmed trans-hypersonic }

She ran down to the bottom of the stairs and cradled Haruki's head.

"Are you okay? Did he hurt you?"

{ Koizumi: She needs to talk faster! }

{ SkyCom: Wavefront 80 degrees south / Intensification at origin / It's sealed, no access / Red team can't get inside }

Haruki swallowed. "I'm fine. I'm going to disband the brigade."

{ SkyCom: 84 degrees south / Wavefront crossing McMurdo / Here it comes / 90 degrees south / That's it / We are boned }

"No, don't."

"You must hate me."

The closed space had surrounded the entire world in a spheroid of darkness.

"I don't hate you. I never have."

{ SkyCom: Singularity confirmed / We're enveloped 100% / It's game over, man, game over }

Everything turned a dismal gray. There was no color. The closed space had collapsed into a singularity.

It was over.

We lost.

{ Koizumi: [Expletive deleted] }

{ SkyCom: So close / I thought we woulda made it / We're toast }

"You're just saying that."

{ SkyCom: Goodbye Shirley / Adios muchachos / Mom I'll see you in heaven / Going offline now / Ending TACACS / That takes the biscuit / Jerry, I love you / Sayonara / That's all she wrote }

"That's not true. I like you a lot. I really do. You've taken me on the most amazing adventures. I've had so much fun."

{ SkyCom: Smoke 'em if you got 'em / Elvis has left the building }

{ Koizumi: You idiots get off the channel }

{ SkyCom: Make me / You and the horse you rode in on / Get stuffed }

"Aw c'mon. You're just saying that."

{ Koizumi: Never give up }

"No, I mean it. You just need to be more careful around me. I'm a girl. I'm kind of fragile. Just don't pick me up and toss me around, ok?"

"I'm really sorry. Really really sorry. I'll never do it again."

{ Koizumi: Never surrender }

"I know you won't. And if you accidentally do hurt me again I'll tell you right away. And you'll stop, right?"

"Right. Never again."

"Then.. I forgive you."

"And we can still be friends?"

"Yes, of course."

"Ok.. I'm still sorry. I'm really really sorry."

"I know you are. It's ok now. We're going to have fun together. We're going to hunt for aliens and time travellers and espers, and have lots of fun doing it."

{ Koizumi: We're not giving up }

"This is a nightmare. I must be dreaming."

"Then it's a good dream."

"Good how?"

"Because you'll remember it. You'll remember so that you'll be more careful around me next time."

"You're right. When I wake up I'll remember."

"Good. It's going to take time, but I think we're going to get to know each other a lot better. We're going to be great friends."

"Yeah."

"And you know what?"

"What?"

"I think it's even possible that you and I might fall in love someday."

{ SkyCom: Woah / You go girl / Hey }

"Wha..?"

"And so let me give you a little preview."

She picked up his head from the floor and kissed him fiercely on the lips.

And the kiss ended the world.