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I don't own Haruhi Suzumiya

The Remote Syndrome II

Itsuki walked towards to the door of the mansion and knocked on it. It opened and there appeared the owner of the mansion. A middle-aged man with graying hair and wearing very casual clothes which is expected when spending a summer in a mansion that is now privately own.

"Good to see you Keiichi-san." Itsuki greeted him.

"Itsuki-kun, Itsuko-chan, good to see you again." The elder man answered. "And you must all be the SOS Brigade. I'm Keiichi Tamaru, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you too. I'm Haruki Suzumiya and this is my sister." Haruki and his sister bowed down. "We like to thank you for allowing all of us to stay here for the summer."

"Well I'll be…" Keiichi was astonished. "When I heard of you all, I expected you to be more straight forward."

"Really? Then great to meet ya big guy!" Haruki finally dropped his façade of being the polite boy. "Now let's get down to business. Have there been anything weird going on in the mansion?"

"You know, things like ghost or people coming up with nasty rumors?" Haruhi said as well.

"Those are the things we're into!" Both of them shouted at the man.

Keiichi was pretty surprised but he soon gave a hearty laugh.

"That seems more like it." Keiichi smiled. "I wished all of that did happen actually but nothing. It's an uninhabited island after all. Now come on in. This is a western style mansion so you can leave your shoes on if you want. I would prefer to have Arakawa and Sonoki-kun to show you around but they're attending to your luggage. Their wives unfortunately have to do some cleaning so, I'll be the guide instead."

The mansion was actually quite large with a total of 3 floors. The second floor is occupied by all the SOS Brigade, each one having a key for their room. Each of the rooms is divided into single and double which they chose what they like. On the third floor were the master's bedroom and a few more guest rooms there. Keiichi and Yutaka took those rooms. This was mostly due to the blood connection. As for the Arakawas and Moris, it was all on the ground floor. Then there is also the game room at the basement which was pretty impressive as well.

Haruhi was pretty impressed by the rooms. She soon decided to ask Keiichi something.

"Does the mansion have a name yet?"

"Nope, haven't gotten an idea what I want to call it. You got any ideas?" Keiichi asked them.

"Oh we have plenty of ideas!" Haruki was the one to answer. "Things like mansion of blood or mansion of destruction."

"We can come up with names for the rooms too!" Haruhi came up to them. "Things like Room of the Damned or Vortex room!"

"Those are some pretty good ideas!" Keiichi smiled. "I probably should give those names for try."

Who would want to stay in a room like that?

With that out of the way, and getting their bags, they all gathered in the chosen room of Haruki's which happens to be a double bed room. He was pacing around the room. Haruhi herself looked like she was pondering about something as well. Whatever it was, the Kyons aren't happy about it.

"This is too strange." Haruhi said. "Nothing looks suspicious which is suspicious."

"And if it does look suspicious?" Kyon asked.

"Then it's suspicious dummy!"

Simply put, what is not suspicious is also suspicious.

"I got it!" Haruki shouted.

"What?" Kyonko asked.

"The culprit!"

"There isn't even a case yet so what culprit?"

"What I got is that the culprit is Keiichi-san and his first victim is Mitsuru-kun!"

"What!" Mitsuru was scared hearing it, holding on to Mikuru tightly.

Kyon just sighed and had to bring them back to earth.

"Ok, what sort of criminal are you making Tamaru-san?"

"It's a gut feeling! I know he's planning something!"

This was just getting irritating. They happen to be their guest and he's a host. It's just that the Suzumiyas don't want to be a normal high school student at all. Besides, it was highly doubtful that the host would go berserk and try to kill them all. It's just too unrealistic. There's also the fact that they are all related to the Koizumis somehow. It was possibly all predetermined by, not only the Koizumis, but also the Organization as well.

"Well, I guess we can stop thinking about it." Haruhi got up. "I'm bored. How about we all go swimming?"

"Yeah why not." Haruki agreed with her. "Come on everyone, time to change and time to enjoy the sun!"

Everyone all actually agreed to the idea after all, a summer vacation on an island with a mansion only means the beach.

Despite what the Kyons believed to be too early as they just got on the island, it was indeed fun. Everyone was wearing a swimsuit as expected. The boys of course were wearing simple swimming shorts, nothing completely special. The girls on the other hand were actually pretty impressive. Haruhi and Itsuko were wearing a bikini set which showed their curves pretty well. Kyonko, Yuki and Mikuru were all one piece swimsuits.

The girls, other than Yuki, were having a lot of fun out playing in the sea. Haruki dragged Yukihiko onto a jet ski and got Yukihiko to do some water skiing, although he still was somehow able to read his book while on it. Haruhi and Mikuru were having quite the water fight but they were having fun. Kyonko and Itsuko were having fun in the form of Itsuko trying to cop a feel while Kyonko fought back.

The remaining boys, Kyon and Itsuki, just took sat on the beach and watched them play. Kyon though had a little drool coming down the side of his mouth.

"I have to say, this really is the best summer vacation I ever hoped to have." Kyon said with a smile on his face although, Yuki seemed to be happy reading her book.

Itsuki picked it up and had to speak his mind. "People have their own ways of having fun. Everyone should spend their free time doing the things they enjoy most, this especially for the Suzumiyas just so they don't get bored. After all, we don't want something like that again."

"Come on guys! Join us already!" Haruhi called for them.

"Well, let's get going." Itsuki got up and meet up with the girls.

Kyon on the other hand figured he joined with Haruki with the jet skis. Worried as he is with having to be with the boy, he can look pass it. After all, this may be his only chance to ride on one.

The day on the beach continued until all of them finally listened to their aching muscles to return to the mansion. It was sunset when they finally returned to the building and the sky was soon filled with stars. This large group of high-school kids would love to enjoy the night sky but that would have to wait as their stomachs call to them.

In the dining hall, the spread was quite amazing. It was a bit much for everyone there but they were very sure they can't say no to it.

"Go ahead, enjoy yourselves." Keiichi told them. "It's not this often I get visitors anyway."

"Don't mind if we do!" Haruki said as they all started eating.

Haruki was at least able to be civil enough to eat the food normally. Haruhi herself was also enjoying it in a very subtle way. By subtle, it was eating her food somehow very slowly yet fast enough that most of the food from the other plates are disappearing. The Asahinas were acting surprise with each bite they took while the Nagatos weren't even putting down their cutlery and the Koizumis were having a conversation with the Tamarus. The Kyons also enjoyed it as normal as possible until Kyonko saw Sonoki next to her.

"Would you like some wine?" He asked the young girl.

Kyonko wondered a little. Alcohol is not something to be served to minors but it is often best to start early. Besides, wine doesn't have that much alcohol content anyway.

"One glass please." Kyonko said.

"Did you say wine?" Haruhi asked across the table. "Then give me a glass!"

This was soon the start of a terrible night. The wine was quite literally passed to everyone on the table. It gave everyone a chance to see how they are when drunk. The Asahinas are practically useless with it as they were completely out of it. The Nagatos, which should have been expected, are constantly drinking their glasses in one gulp. They had a total of 10 each and they aren't even tipsy. The Suzumiyas on the other hand were drunkards. They were very happy yet still aggressive enough to argue with each other. The Kyons themselves drank a lot themselves. Kyonko was rather emotional, complaining about something while resting on Itsuko's shoulder. Itsuko though had hands possessed as they keep hovering over ponytailed girl's chest. Kyon though couldn't even remember anymore and was already gone.

By the next day, all of the SOS Brigade, except for the Nagatos, was having a pounding headache at the dining table for breakfast.

"Someone kill me…" Kyonko said as her rest on the dining table.

"Stop screaming ponytail…" Haruki said rubbing his head.

"Haruhi, stop hitting my head will you…" Kyon said grunting here and there.

"I'm not even touching you…" Haruhi said to him while rest her head against her arms. "Ok, let's all vow never to drink ever again… Agree say I."

"I." They all said which ended up echoing in their brains, making it worse.

Itsuki, along with Sonou and Arakawa's wife, came in with glasses of water and painkillers.

"Here you go everyone." Itsuki said passing a pill to each of them while Sonou gave each a glass of water. "Oh, I don't see Keiichi-san anywhere."

"Onii-san isn't really a morning person." Yutaka told him. "It's worse after drinking. Let's not worry about that. For now, worry about what to do today."

"Oh that's right." Itsuki looked towards the window behind him.

"I can't believe a typhoon came in today." Haruki finally was relieved of his pain.

"There's nothing you can do about it." Kyon told him.

"But now that I think about it, it really is a remote island." Itsuko said still rubbing her head. "You may never know what will happen now."

They made Kyon and Kyonko wonder. Just yesterday, everything was still calm and the skies were clear. Now it suddenly, as dubbed by the news, turned into a tsunami status, making it impossible for any ship to be out. It really is now a closed circle. Could it possibly be the Suzumiyas wish?

"The news said that the storm is going pretty fast." Mitsuru said thinking what the TV said. "It should take about a couple of days."

"It doesn't explain why the news didn't say anything about it yesterday." Kyonko said.

"It's just a coincidence." Itsuki told them. "But it does leave a quandary as to what to do now."

"We were meant to go out to explore but that's not happening." Haruhi looked out the window. "Well, we can all head to the game room then."

"That sounds good." Itsuki said. "Can we use the room Arakawa-san?"

"Of course." Arakawa-san answered with a caring smile. "Allow me to show you the way."

They followed the head maid of the game room. The room was a large hall. It had a table tennis set, a mahjong table and also a pool table. There was also a roulette table and a baccarat table as well. If they didn't know any better, they were running a casino.

During the time in the room, they had a doubles match on table tennis. The match though was easily taken cared off by the Suzumiyas. They then suddenly decided to have a mahjong tournament but only half of them while the other half decided to play pool. Everyone, except for the Koizumis, never played it before so they learned it while playing. The Tamarus also joined the game now that they felt better. They were following the Japanese rules of it and yet, Haruki somehow seems to pull off an amazing hand after another. Fortunately, Kyonko wasn't playing for money.

"Ron." Haruki said showing his hand.

"That's yakuman Haruki-san." Itsuki said.

Of course, it was getting annoying how he kept on winning. At least it was fun. Kyonko had a look at Yutaka Tamaru on her left and turned behind her to see the Keiichi Tamaru playing pool with Kyon and Haruhi. She also had a thought about the Arakawas and Moris. For people who are all acquainted with the Koizumis, they all seem pretty normal. All of the players were also set in place and all that's left is a trigger for disaster.

Please don't let something happen.

Whether her wish was answered by any god in the universe, she would find out the next day.

The storm ended up growing worse by the next day, making them all having to repeat themselves. They all joined together at the dining room much like before and only wondered what they should do. Unfortunately though, the vow to not drink again was now in proper effect as all of them once again had a hangover but it was worse than the first time.

"Tell me again why we drank last night as well…" Itsuko asked.

"I can't remember… Ow…" Haruhi said. "All I do know is that I feel like crap..."

Itsuki joined them with water and painkillers again with Sonoki and Sonou alongside him with a two trays with plates full of bacon and eggs for all of them.

"I warned you all not to start again." Itsuki said in an 'I told you' tone.

"You should have slapped our hands instead of warning us…" Kyonko was feeling ready to puke.

"Ok, this time for sure, we do not ever drink again." Haruki declared. "Agree say I."

"I." Somehow, the echo of the agreement seemed louder and a lot more painful than the first time.

"Should I prepare juice for tonight's dinner instead?" Sonoki asked.

"Yes… Please…" Kyon answered.

"As you wish." Sonoki bowed and began to serve them their breakfast along with the glasses of water.

They all began to have breakfast without the Tamarus this time. It worried the servants of the household who all came down. The head butler, Arakawa came up to all of them.

"Excuse me." He called out to them.

"Is something to matter?" Itsuko asked them.

"Yes." He answered the girl. "Dear."

Arakawa's wife nodded. "I went to go and wake up Yutaka-san but not only was the door open but also she was missing."

"Maybe she just went to a toilet." Kyon then started thinking otherwise. "One which isn't her room's one."

"But the room was completely cleaned and the bed was not slept on."

"I then tried to call the master on the internal phone line only to for him to not answer." The gray haired man answered.

Haruki quickly got up. "I think we should check it out. Do you have a spare key to Keiichi's room?"

"Only for all the other rooms. The master keeps the spare since he brings in many work-related documents."

"That only makes the need to check up on him makes all the more necessary." Haruhi said getting up from the chair herself. "Come on Haruki-nii!"

Haruki nodded and ran with his sister, along with the rest of the people that were in the room.

With Keiichi's room being on the 3rd floor, it was quite a run for all of them. The Suzumiyas had the lead until they got to up there. They stopped, wondering where it was until Itsuko got in front of them. They followed her until they all finally reached the door. Itsuko started knocking on the door but no matter how hard she did, there was no response. They did stop at Yutaka's room as well only to see it as it was described, tidy. Is it possible that they were in the same room?

"It's no good, there's no answer." Itsuko said with some worry. "It's also locked."

"Then we have to break it down." Haruki stepped up. "Kyon, Itsuki-kun, help out."

Kyon and Itsuki agreed. They all lined up together at the door like rugby players, ready for a match. The Nagatos would have easily pushed the door but with everyone around looking, it would not be a good idea. The guys started ramming against the door, trying to get it to open. The rest stood back and watch. They kept hitting against the door to the point where their shoulder began to hurt. It soon finally opened with the door bursting open with full force. The boys all fell to the ground.

Haruhi and Kyonko had a look inside and what they saw was too shocking for words. The boys on the floor slowly got up and looked towards what was in front of them. It was a horrifying thing to see at such an age. A lifeless body laid on the ground, a knife stuck in it that was in the pocket of the shirt that was stained with blood. It was Keiichi Tamaru, with a shocked look on his face, dead. The storm outside only made this all the more the most perfect setting of a mystery.

How the hell did this happen?

Now back to differences again.

1: Drinking. In the light novel and the manga, The SOS Brigade did drank wine while in the anime, it never happened. This would be a little odd since in the Disappearance movie, Haruhi said that she vow never to drink again yet we never see her drink. Anyway, the first time they all drank wasn't so bad. The second time was when the vow was made. I figured let's have some fun with it and make them really regret it. That's why they have two vows instead of one.

2: In the anime, they did indeed have their chance to go look around the island after the first dinner but that never happened in the light novel and manga because they were completely wasted.

Why didn't I talk about Kyon's little sister in the matter? That's because I done that in the last chapter. Look it up!

And to answer someone who reviewed and I wish you had an account because this is a personal matter. I do have a sister, 2 sisters as a matter of fact. I only used it as a plot device, not to encourage it. I honestly don't care about the idea of incest but that's beside the point. I'm very confident to say that I'm not the only one who uses it as well. Besides, Kyon X Kyonko has been around since the appearance of the gender-bents. The same goes with the mix of Kyonko X Haruhi or Haruki X Yuki, sure it's odd, but it does exist. Agree say I!

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