Chapter Thirteen:
Both of You, Hare Hare Yukai Like You Wanna Win!
"It's amazing how much you kiss your own ass"
-Kyon
It had been three days since Sohryu transfered into our class, and Haruhi was not pleased, She couldn't stand Sohryu, and made sure we knew it a few times a day. Rei didn't care for Sohryu either, she found her company to be 'unpleasant' and 'distracting', and Mikuru and I didn't like her either, but you already knew that. Thankfully However, Haruhi's wacky powers didn't seem to do much, a sprinkle of rain here, sometimes it was extra hot outside, but nothing that had me particularly worried. I think the one thing keeping her from changing anything major was the fact that I still spent time with her. Ever since Sohryu transfered, Haruhi had been fighting for my attention, even texting me constantly at night, I didn't really mind, I have trouble sleeping anyway in the land of all things bizzaro.
No, things stayed at a standstill until one morning when I was walking to school,
I was tired, Haruhi had texted me until one in the morning, she was thinking about cutting her hair. I of course liked her long hair, but I missed her short hair as well. On one hand, I'd feel alot more comfortable in this place if Haruhi cut her hair short, things would be a lot more like they were before, in my mind anyway. But on the other hand, no long hair, no extra long ponytail. I'm not sure what it is with me and ponytails, I just see one on a girl and think 'she's pretty cute' it adds thirty percent more charm to any girl, in my opinion. Hmm... Sohryu in a ponytail? I'll admit she's got looks, but no matter how much a ponytail changes her charm, it can't hide the ugly personality within. I'm babbling about ponytails, I'm sorry, let me get back to my point,
I was walking through the school campus in the hot sun, with my schoolbag slung over my shoulder. Other students were loitering around before lessons began, which is pretty common in any school really.
I was thinking about the conversation with Haruhi last night when I was broken from my thoughts with a cheery "Guten morgen, baka!" And disaster rolled it's ugly head.
"What's so good about it?" I asked apathetically.
"Your emo! But I guess I can't blame you for being jealous when I'm the most popular girl in school!"
Yeah, I wish I was the most popular girl in school. sarcasm~!
"I could really care less, I'm content with my fanbase" I shot back, "It's not all about who's more popular, I'm more focused on just staying alive"
"Humph! You wouldn't have to worry about staying alive if you had my superior skills! And what fanbase? A few wierdos, like the brat, crybaby and wonder girl? Hah!"
I really hate it when she talks about my friends like that, she barely knows them, or me for that matter!
"Last I checked, I was called the 'invincible Kyon'"
What do they call you? Nazi? I'd call her a Nazi, but I don't think she looks down on people of any particular race as much as she looks down on the entire world. Plus I'm not going to be a racist by calling a German a Nazi, I imagine a lot of people would be pissed all to hell if they read that.
"You're just lucky! As soon as an angel with real skills show up, they'll be scraping you of the ground!"
We'll see about that.
A girl ran over to where we talking and said, "Y-you shouldn't talk to Kyon-kun that way! He's a really nice person and-and, h-he's saved us plenty of times! It shouldn't matter who's better than who, we're all i-in this together, right?"
Mikuru? Where did she come from? And why is she of all people standing up for me?
"Ugh! Your voice is grating! Get out of here, crybaby!" Sohryu yelled at her,
People gathered around to watch the drama unfold.
Mikuru stood in front of Sohryu, blocking her path, "I'm n-not a crybaby! And I'm not leaving until you apologize to Kyon-kun!"
Wow, that's really brave of you, Mikuru. I didn't think it was a good idea though, Sohryu looked pissed,
"Uh Mikuru, maybe we should just-"
She cut me off and turned, no, ripped her head towards me,
"I can handle this!" She said viciously.
Oh god! How can the voice of an angel(the good kind) and the eyes of a lioness coexist in one body?
I was right! There is an epidemic of bi-polar disorder in Tokyo three! Even Mikuru has it!
"Alright then, you know what they say, if you hit a wall, you just push through it!" Sohryu stated with an evil grin,
What are you implying?
Blam!
Mikuru fell on the ground sobbing and clutching her eye,
"You evil rotten bitch!" I screamed, launching my fist at Sohryu, it never made it to her face, because out of nowhere, Rei held my arm in some kind of martial arts grapple... type thing.
"Let go, Rei! You saw what happened, how can you let her get away with that?"
"You told me it was best for pilots to get along, therefore it is illogical to fight amongst ourselves"
"God dammit, I don't care!"
Sohryu walked off with a cheeky smirk, "Well I'm off, have fun being late for class! Auf wiedersehen!"
"Get back here, I'm not finished with you! Dammit Rei, I said let go!"
"Very well" Rei released me, but Sohryu was already gone.
I sighed deeply and balanced myself. Mikuru was still on the ground wailing, so I helped her up.
"What are you looking at!" I yelled at the crowd, causing them to disperse immedietly.
"Mikuru! Mikuru get a hold of yourself!" She was still crying and clutching her left eye. I hope this doesn't leave a mark on her... or there will undoubtedly be hell to pay, and if not from me, from Haruhi for sure. I can't let Haruhi cause any more problems for NERV though, so I'm going to have to find a way to settle this...
"Let me see it, Mikuru," She obliged quietly, but continued sniveling. This just breaks my heart.
Yep, that's definetly going to leave a bruise. God dammit!
I hugged her, causing her to squeak in surprise, "It's alright, I won't let Sohryu hurt you again. Come on, I'll take you to the nurses office" She nodded quietly and walked with me.
I stopped when I realized Rei was still standing there,
"Rei? You should go to class"
"Yes sir."
"Please don't call me sir, Rei." For some reason she had gotten into the habit of calling me sir lately.
"You are the team leader" She stated plainly.
"Just Kyon is fine, Rei"
"Very well, do you wish for me to inform Suzumiya?"
We're not in the Evas, you don't have to take orders from me...
I sighed again, "No, its best she doesn't know while Sohryu is around"
"I shall trust your judgement then" and with that she left. She's a strange one, but I really don't mind, she's a good friend.
I had Mikuru sit down on a bed in the nurse's office. There was no nurse around so I looked around for an ice pack,
"You alright Mikuru?" I asked,
Her eyes were still puffy from crying earlier, "Yes, I-I'll be f-fine"
I found an icepack and put it on her eye, placing her soft hand over it,
"Hold it here, it should keep the swelling down" That's about all I know when it comes to first aid, maybe I should talk Misato into suggesting a first aid class in NERV? I imagine it would come in handy, we are technically soldiers after all, I mean, they have been training us in jujitsu and how to use the AT Fields...
'we are technically soldiers'
I let that thought stew in my mind, as I felt my stomach twist in knots.
"Something, wrong Kyon-kun?" Mikuru asked worriedly, I guess I had a very dark expression on my face, "Please don't make that face, it's scary..."
"Huh? Oh I'm fine. Don't worry about me, you're hurt"
"Yeah..." She looked down, taking a sudden interest in her lap, "Haruhi's going to be really upset when she hears about this"
No kidding...
"Maybe you should stay here until school's out, NERV already has a policy about Haruhi"
Mikuru shook her head cutely,
"That won't work, she'll see my eye when we get home, and-"
-"Wait, what do you mean 'when we get home' are you two-"
"-We're not lesbians!"
Why is this such a big issue with these two?
"I... wasn't going to say that" I said awkwardly
"Oh, I'm sorry... people used to tease us about that, because we were always together"
"I take it Haruhi took care of that?"
She nodded her head yes.
I had a very graphic image of Haruhi beating the crap out of kids throughout her school years. Haruhi can be vicious when she wants to be.
"Well... anyway, why do you two live together?"
"I... I was a-adopted!" She began sobbing again.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Don't cry! We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to!"
Mikuru stopped crying and still huffed a little, she had a determined look in her eyes.
"No, I have to come to terms with it," She looked me in the eyes and told her tale, "When I was really little, Haruhi's family and mine used to work together at GEHIRN, which is where NERV came from," a few tears began streaming down her eyes, "Both my parents and Haruhi's mom died in some kind of accident, it's still classified... but Haruhi's dad took me in, and we've lived together ever since"
She was crying again, but lightly, so I hugged her.
"I'm so sorry" I said,
"I feel a l-little better that I told someone, thanks for listening Kyon-kun"
"No problem, your my friend, Mikuru," I got up and stretched, "I'll figure something out to occupy Haruhi in the meantime, I gotta get to class, okay?"
"Okay"
I opened the door and was about to enter the hallway when I heard Mikuru say something that chilled me to the bone,
"Don't break Haruhi's heart"
"Huh?"
"I said don't break Haruhi's heart"
"...I didn't plan on it?" this is kind of random.
"If you do, I will never forgive you!"
When a woman threatens to withold her forgiveness, you know she means bussiness... and there's a small chance she might stab you... with a knife... a lot.
"Don't worry about that, Mikuru"
She looked at me strangely,
"Don't worry about what?"
"but you just said... nevermind, are you feeling alright?"
Could she have forgotten? Maybe Sohryu gave her a concussion. I'll have to see if she acts strangely after school, then I'll tell somebody if it looks serious...
"Maybe you should lie down, Mikuru, I'll walk you home after school, alright?"
She nodded her head and laid down.
I left the room with a chill running down my spine. I walked down the hallway slowly, thinking about what had just happened... Mikuru would never stab me... right?
I jumped when a hand waved in front of my face,
"Welcome back, man, I've been talking to you for half a minute now" shinji said, standing to my right.
"Uh... sorry, I just saw something freaky"
"I know, I had chills down my spine! And I've been told I don't have one!"
I sighed, "Do you think Mikuru really forgot what she just said, or do you think she's screwing with me?"
Shinji looked at me, furrowing his brows in thought, "I don't think Miss Asahina is capable of that, she's too much of a sweet heart to be scaring people on purpose"
I thought so too...
"Well, what was that, do you know?"
He looked like he was focusing on something far away again, "I think Miss Suzumiya is behind that"
"Why would she do that?"
He looked at me like I was an idiot, "Do I really have to spell it out for you? You've been dancing around this subject ever since you met the girl, fine I'll say it-"
"-That's not neccesery, I know, alright I know!"
"You don't have to get so defenseive, it's nothing to be ashamed of" he said somberly.
"...Sorry" I apologized. I guess I shouldn't be getting testy with my only ticket out of here, he may or may not be the key, but Shinji's probably my only hope.
"So... about Asuka..."
"What? You want me to forgive and forget? Because that is just not happening!"
Shinji backed away, raising his hands in a non aggressive manner,
"No, no! ...Just do what you have to. Don't hurt her, though... too badly"
We both shared a sadistic smile, "Alright" I said.
"Well I gotta go, good luck with Suzumiya!" He disappeared, melting out of existance.
Lunch time came around and I found myself sitting with Haruhi and Rei, Ryoko had fallen for the charms of the dark side... AKA Soryhu's clique.
"Ayanami, how can you be so pale in this sun?" Haruhi asked, oblivious of the events of this morning.
"I have a skin condition" she stated blankly, eating her completely vegan lunch.
"Well how come you don't burn up? Are you an albino?"
"...Something like that"
I sat quietly eating my lunch and avoiding conversation with Haruhi, I know she's going to explode when she hears the news.
"How come you eat only vegetables?"
"I have a stomach condition"
"What's it called?"
God, she can pester!
"Ayanami syndrome"
"You just made that up!"
"I did not, I am the only known person in the world to have it, therefore it was named after me"
"That's really cool!"
"It is not cool"
Haruhi took a bite of her lunch, "Eh whatever..." She noticed something was off and started to look around, "Hey, where's-"
"-Hey look it's Tsuruya!" I cut her off. And sure enough the green haired chatterbox was walking towards us.
Saved by the genki!
"Hiyas guys! How's Miku-chan, is she alright?"
Nevermind...
"Uh...-"
Haruhi cut me off, "-What do you mean 'is Miku-chan alright'?" she asked worriedly
"Didn't you hear? Sohryu hit her! And Kyon was all like blam! But Ayanami stopped him, it was megas cool! I hope Sohryu gets what's coming to her though, I don't like her!"
Have you ever seen that American movie... the excorcist? Because that's what Haruhi looked like when she turned to me.
"So... why am I the last to know about this?"
Her voice is calm, but I can see the fires of hell burning in her eyes!
"I. am going. TO KILL HER!" Haruhi screamed as she sprang up, ready to hunt Sohryu down, until Rei expertly restrained her.
"What are you doing, Ayanami!"
"Killing an Eva pilot is punishable by death, we are mankind's last hope. I believe Asahina would benefit more if you did not die"
Haruhi struggled in Ayanami's grip,
"I wasn't going to actually kill her! Just... slap her around a little... maybe knock a few teeth out"
"Ausaulting a pilot is punishable by imprisonment in a NERV cell, if the pilot is seriously injured"
Haruhi let out a scream of pure rage "God dammit!" Is it just me, or is it getting really, really hot outside? I feel like I might actually get a sunburn if I don't get under some shade in the next five minutes!
Haruhi turned to me, still struggling in Ayanami's grip,
"You!"
"...Me?"
"Your a pilot, they can't touch you, right? You better fix this!"
"Uh... I'm just going to leave now..." Tsuruya said, backing away. Wait, she was still here?
"...You can let go, Ayanami. I'm alright now"
"Very well" Rei said, loosening her grip and returning to her lunch.
Haruhi sat down, glaring at nothing in particular. I think I heard an explosion way off in the distance where she was staring.
Haruhi screamed again, "I hope the next angel thrashes Sohryu!"
and five, four, three, two, one...
My cell rang, as did Ayanami's.
Called it!
"Yeah?" I answered,
"Kyon-kun, hurry up and get to NERV, we've got an angel alert" Misato ordered.
"Got it" I said, followed by Ayanami's "Understood"
"What's going on? Is it an angel?" Haruhi asked worriedly
I packed up my lunch, "Yeah, Mikuru's in the nurse's office, make sure you go get her, alright?"
Haruhi nodded sharply, "Yeah"
The Angel stood in front of us on the outskirts of Tokyo three, just at the water's edge, unmoving.
It looked kind of like the greek omega symbol, not exactly, but close. It stood on two legs with clawed feet like a bird of prey, broad arms shaped like an upside-down U, and it had claws on each hand. I was deployed with Sohryu and surprisingly, Ayanami was also deployed. I wonder when Ryoko's Eva will be repaired? I'd like to take on an angel with a full squad.
I was armed with a pallet rifle, While Ayanami had the chain gun, and Sohryu had some kind of spear. Really? A spear? That's such a stupid weapon for this day and age! Why not some kind of progressive katana? That would ruin an angel for sure!
Misato apeared in the corner of my eye, "Alright Kyon-kun, as team leader, it's your call, so show us your skills!"
"Don't you have some kind of basic plan you want me to follow?" I asked,
She shook her head, "Nope, we know next to nothing about this angel, so it's up to you"
I nodded and sighed, "Alright"
I watched the Angel from a distance, thinking about what to do. We were far away from the city, and had to be deployed here by airdrop, there weren't many buildings for cover other than the few crumbling relics of 'pre second impact', and there weren't very many ports for backup power all the way out here either, so we couldn't just charge it like-
"I'm going in, cover me!"
...Sohryu.
I groaned and grabbed her by the power cord before she could do something reckless.
"Let me go you baka! I can take this angel by myself!"
'I hope the next angel thrashes Sohryu!'
looks like you'll get that wish after all, Haruhi.
I felt a wicked smirk run across my face,
"Well~ if you think you can handle it, Sohryu!" I said, purposely antagonizing her
"Is that a challenge?" She asked
"I'm just not sure you can handle it..." I said, still smirking
"Just you watch! I'll show you how a pro does it!"
"Knock yourself out" I said, letting go and hoping she really would.
Rei's face popped into my vision, "This cannot end well for Sohryu, as your subordinate, I suggest you reconsider, as it is your duty to keep us safe"
"I am keeping her safe" I replied pleasantly
"I do not... understand?"
"I'm thinking 'long term' safety, she'll learn a lesson from this"
Rei smiled beautifully, "I... understand"
"Alright let's give her some covering fire!"
"Understood"
The rapid barks of my pallet rifle were joined by the whine and roar of Ayanami's chain gun, together we thundered massive shells into the angel, having no effect, as I fully expected, however we stopped firing after Soryhu sliced the angel in half.
"W-well... mision acomplished?" I stuttered unbelievingly
"Hah! Battle should be quick and graceful!"
I hate you so much, Soryhu.
Something happened as Sohryu looked away to make a heroic pose at us, the angel reformed into two creatures. Oh this is just bullshit!
Get used to it already
Shut up, Shinji.
The two new angels flanked Sohryu and began punching her back and forth, ever get that award called 'punching bag' on super smash brothers? That's pretty much what happened.
Sohryu screamed obscenities in German as they pretty much beat the crap out of her, at least I think they were obscenities, they didn't sound like compliments.
"Ayanami, fire! You take the one on the left, I'll take the one on the right!"
"Understood"
They seemed to be weaker as individuals, and flinched as the bullets hit them. The one on the right got the bright idea to use Sohryu's Eva as a meat shield as the other hid behind his buddy.
"Quit shooting me you idiots!"
"Cease fire, Rei!"
She said nothing, but stopped firing anyway.
"What do we do?" Rei asked.
I really didn't know, as long as they had Sohryu, we couldn't fire, but they couldn't attack. unless we flanked them, this would be a long day. It was a risky manouver, but I think we could-
The angels tossed Sohryu at us and flipped around, as if they were dancing, and used the distraction to fire a storm of laser beams at Rei and myself, knocking us back, and doing some major damage to our armor in the process.
"Dammit! I'm done foolin' around!" I opened a link to the JSSDF,
"This is general-"
"-Knock em' on their asses!" I screamed in frustration, causing general Yubari to flinch, "Uh... copy that, pilot"
"Rei, open fire! Don't stop until you're out of ammo! Sohryu! Pick up a gun and start blasting, NOW!"
Sohryu didn't say anything but grabbed a cannon and started blasting guided missiles at the angels.
We were still blasting the angels when a large squadron of Mitsubishi F-2's swooped in and delivered a payload of tomahawks, followed by a rain of mortar shells. The angels were still standing, but barely.
Rei stopped firing, "I am out of ammo"
"...Me too" Sohryu added.
I ran to a weapons cache and grabbed a few proggressive axes, tossing them to Rei and Sohryu.
"Ikari?" Sohryu asked, dumbfounded as she held the axe in one hand. I hadn't noticed earlier, but the angels must have broken her other arm.
I was not feeling like myself at all, I think Nagato must have given me stimulants again, because I was raging.
Rage quit: Angel battle!
You're not funny!
"Charge!" I screamed, running towards both angels, my wingmen followed suit.
When I was about a spear's(eva sized) length away I hurled my axe into one of those bastard's faces. Nagato undoubtedly helped me with that, there's no way I could have managed that on my own. I grabbed my proggressive knife and jumped on top of the angel, stabbing it's core as Rei and Sohryu started hacking away at the other one.
"Hit it's core!" I screamed, still stabbing away at the angel. It tried to throw me off, but I was in no mood to let that happen. Soon both angels took all the damage they could take and exploded, knocking the three of us far way inland.
The Evas had to get a few major repairs, but the mission was deemed a success. Sohryu was suffering from what they call 'Eva sympathy pain' and had to have her arm in a sling, Rei and myself however, came out unscathed, with only some minor bruising. After I got out of the shower and changed, I couldn't hold back my bloodlust and had to hit something, an unlucky locker happened to be my victim.
I remember a soft voice saying something before I got out of the Eva,
'Avoid human contact until you get home'
It was Nagato, no denying it.
"Kyon" Rei's similarly soft voice called
"What is it Rei?" I said, trying not be snappy with her, nor looking in her direction.
"I am worried about you, are you consuming steroids?"
I took a deep breath and spoke through gritted teeth,
"No, Rei, can you just leave? I'll see you tomorow"
"Very well" She said, leaving.
I looked at the dent I made in the locker, it was pretty deep.
I noticed something as well,
"Ow!" I screamed, holding my fist.
The ride home was silent as I stared out the window, trying to avoid any form of contact.
"so... Kyon-kun... you okay?"
Oh my god, Misato's voice is so annoying! How could I not notice that before?
"Yeah, I'm fine" I said coldly.
"You sure you don't want to talk about anything?"
Oh, there's one little thing bothering me!
"Yeah actually, why is Sohryu in the car?" I almost yelled,
Sohryu sat in the back quietly, avoiding eye contact in the mirror.
"We'll talk about that later" Misato said.
After we came home, I grabbed a jug of milk and poured myself a glass. I pounded about four glasses, that seemed to calm me down. Although I definitely wasn't calcium deficient today, if you were wondering.
I joined Misato at the table, sitting next to Sohryu, who scooted away from me slightly.
"You feeling better, Kyon-kun?"
"Yeah" I said tiredly, resting my elbow on the table and my head in my hand.
"Good!" Misato said cheerfully.
"...So why am I here?" Sohryu asked annoyedly.
"I'm glad you asked!" Misato cheered, she turned to me, looking angry, "First thing, Kyon-kun, you let Asuka get hurt on purpose!"
"And how would you know that?" I asked crossing my arms.
"We were monitoring the Eva communications because we heard of you and Sohryu's little spat, that's how!" she said with glare.
I shut up immediately.
"And you," She turned to Sohryu, "I heard about what you did to Kyon's friend today"
"You mean the crybaby? She started it!-" I cut her off from her snide remark,
"There was no reason to hit her! You're lucky Ayanami was there to-"
"Enough! Both of you!" Misato thundered, "This is exactly why I signed up to be Sohryu's legal guardian!"
"What?" Sohryu and I cried out in unison.
"You two are going to learn to get along, and if it means having to live together, so be it!"
"You expect me to live with this psycho?" Sohryu said, slamming her hands on the table.
"I'm not thrilled about this either, Sohryu" I said, crossing my arms.
I guess I scared her today when I went berserk on Nagato's stimulants...
"Kyon just had a little case of bloodlust, it's actually pretty common in soldiers! He's not a psycho, he's been living here with me for a while now, he's pretty sane" Misato said in my defense.
'Soldier' ...why does this word form a ball of icy dread in my stomach?
"You didn't have to listen to him today! He went insane!"
"Bloodlust!" Misato barked back
"Whatever! This is so unfair..."
"Your just going to have to get over it!" Misato replied
I stood outside in the scorching sun with Mikuru before class began, she had developed a black eye like I had predicted yesterday.
"You feeling alright, Mikuru?" I asked, checking my lunchbox for poison. Sohryu threw a fit this morning when she ordered me to make her lunch and I told her to go to hell.
"Oh, I'm fine!" She said cheerfully, beaming at me, "Haruhi has a surprise for you, too!"
A surprise? Could it be what I think it is? ...wait, what do I think it is?
"Hey, Ikari!" It was meat head and... er, Suzuhara and Aida.
"Oh, hey guys" I said cautiously, not that I was scared or anything, I fight angels for a living!
Suzuhara looked down at his shoes,
"Listen man, I was way out of line when I decked you, I'm really sorry"
I smiled, is that all? "Don't worry, I'm sorry about your sister, if I knew she was there, I would have been more careful"
Suzuhara smiled back, "She's a lot better now, don't worry about it!"
He extended his hand, and I took it, shaking it.
"So, I heard about what happened at school yesterday, I don't believe in hitting girls, but I wouldn't have blamed you if blue hadn't stepped in" He said, with an amused grin
I looked at him with a 'huh?'
"Blue? You mean Rei?" I asked. I guess she has a nickname other than wondergirl.
"Yeah, that's what we've always called her," He turned to Mikuru, "So how are you, Miss Asahina?"
Mikuru didn't make eye contact, she had gone into shy mode again, "Oh... I'm f-fine"
Suzuhara turned back to me, "So about when I decked you, I won't feel right unless you hit me back, come on, free shot!" he said, putting his arms behind his back.
"Uh..."
"He means it man, go ahead!" Aida chimed in,
"That's alright, Suzuhara, I don't even care about that anymore" I said, trying to avoid any form of violence for the day.
"Come on man, it's cool!"
"I'll take you up on that!" said a girl's voice,
Blam!
"Ow!" Suzuhara was sent flying to the ground,
"Was that really neccesery Haruhi?" I asked as she picked the jock up by his shirt,
"Not really," She turned to Suzuhara, "Nice to see you've developed a few brain cells, now I have a favor to ask of you two!" Suzuhara tried not to shake visibly as Aida watched in fear,
"Y-yes, anything Suzumiya!"
Haruhi smiled, wait a second I just noticed something...
"I hear you guys have been taking photos of Sohryu and selling them, I want some!"
"O-of course! And for free!" Suzuhara then eyed her strangely, "Wait, why do you want photos of Sohryu?"
"What are you implying, meat head?"
"Nothing!"
"That's what I thought!" She pushed Suzuhara to the ground, "Now get out of here! And make sure their really embarassing!" Haruhi called after them as they ran away.
After a prolonged silence, I spoke up,
"You cut your hair!"
Haruhi ran her hand through it and smiled, "Yeah what do you think?" She asked happily
"I think it looks gorgeus" I blurted out.
Haruhi blushed and looked away, chuckling nervously, "Your so sweet!"
Well, that went well, for a second I thought she'd dropkick me for being perverted or something.
"Yeah... So why did you want pictures of Sohryu?" I asked curiously, avoiding the subject.
She smiled and pointed at me, "I'm glad you asked! Next time she pisses me off, I'm going to take the most embarassing pictures my minions can bring me, and glue them to the chalkboard in class! It'll be really awkward!"
Minions? I still don't know if she's gotten better or worse in this world, she never refered to me as 'minion' in the old world anyway.
She turned to me happily and asked, "So, how did the fight go yesterday?"
Oh boy...
"...Well, I've got good news and bad news" I said,
"What's the good news?" She asked, not noticing my cautious tone,
"Well... we beat the angels, and Sohryu's arm is in a sling now-"
Haruhi burst out laughing, "Are you serious! I've got to see this! So what's the bad news?"
"Uh... well...-"
"-Spit it out already!" she said impatiently
"Sohryu's living with me now!" I blurted out.
Haruhi paused, proccessing the information as Mikuru and I watched fearfully.
The sun came out of the clouds and began it's scorching assault, do I smell burnt shoes?
"...WHAT!"
Today's forecast, Scorching heat and a chance of doom!
A/N: I must Lol. Lol! There I went. You're probably wondering, 'hey man, why didn't they do the dance? The dance! Just dance-dance! Just dance!' what's go-in on, on the floor?-' No! We will not be doing that! I never really liked that episode anyway, And Kyon and Asuka, syncing together? Impossible! Not to mention Haruhi is pissed beyond reason enough as it is. I had an idea for them to play on that dance machine, Asuka failing, and then Haruhi and Kyon showing off their magic hare hare yukai dance, but I scrapped it, because I know nothing about dancing, so I improvised with wanton violence! Yay!
So, Sohryu is living with Kyon, how will Haruhi manage to keep her temper under control? And where is Gendo? Lets find out next chapter.