It appears that over night, I have missed the few days separating me from last night and the weekend of the planned trip. Sleeping in the middle of the week and waking up on Friday to realize that you've skipped a few days is not the best thing to start your morning off with. I can honestly say that I am indeed, disturbed. I was planning to make good use of the time too, such a waste. What I mean to say is, before I knew it, I was woken up by Uru and being told to pack my bags, which I hadn't done last night or the night a few days ago for that matter.

"Wake up Kyon. Remember you told me you had to go on a weekend trip today. You haven't packed either." Uru jumped on my bed which I fell off of while she was shaking me with frightening force.

I forced myself up and took a look at the clock. It was eleven in the morning, since we were leaving at around two in the afternoon; I had plenty of time to pack and what not.

"Alright I'm up now." I said and started to take out some clothes from my drawer. Two days and two nights, I'll only need two changes of clothes at most.

"Here, you can't pack without bags dummy." Uru said tossing a large bag into my arms.

"Thanks."

"Here I'll help." Uru said. "You can't forget your tighty whities."

"Put those down!"

…

Everything's in place. I double checked to make sure. I had my bags, my phone, wallet, keys to the house leaving a copy with Uru. I felt something else in my pocket. It was a piece of paper.

'Meet up with Koizumi and the others at the park. Pick up Nagato.' The paper said.

It was in my hand writing. Don't remember writing that down. It's been a while since I've taken out something useful from my pocket. I better get going. I bet I promised Nagato to wait for me at her apartment.

"I'll be leaving. Are you sure you'll be alright by yourself?" I said.

"If I can squeeze into your bag then maybe-"

"No thanks, see'ya." I closed the door.

…

It has been a long time since I've been to an amusement park myself. I can barely remember the last time I went when I was little. An amusement park out of all places, I wonder what Haruhi plans to do there. Whatever it is, its way out of the ordinary in this world, I guess it'd be appropriate to relax. I'll just think of it as a reward for making so many connections, although I have no clue what they may be. A little stray off the ordinary schedule is proof I've been doing things right here.

I rang the bell at the front of Nagato's apartment. The sliding doors opened. I expected Nagato to come down herself. I think I'm supposed to go up to her place if the opened the doors for me, which I did accordingly.

"Na-ga-to" I called with each knock at the door.

The door opened, Asakura had answered my knocking.

"Is Nagato in?" I asked.

"She overslept." She laughed.

"Really? I thought she'd be more excited than that." I said. Wouldn't she be more of the type to lose sleep over something like this?

"Nagato couldn't go to bed last night. She was a bit too happy about the trip. I was half asleep myself at the time but in the middle of the night she asked me to help her pack her bags and decide what kinds of clothes to take with her. She fell asleep halfway through the packing." Asakura explained."

"Is that so?..."

I heard footsteps behind Asakura. It was Nagato.

"I'm finished with packing." Nagato said. "Oh Kyon, you're here."

There was Nagato wearing anything else but her school uniform. Again, is this another reward for my hard work? Something was off.

"Where's your bag Nagato?" I asked.

"Well… It's a little heavy; I can't get it off the ground." She replied.

"I hope you don't mind helping Nagato out with this one." Asakura smiled.

"Of course not, where's the bag?"

"Right in my room." Nagato gestured inside the house.

I entered and followed her to a door that I haven't noticed before, hidden from view from the living room. Was this originally here?

Nagato opened the door to her room and for the first time, I had a look at what her room was like. I was surprised, really surprised. No, it wasn't the pink wall paper, or the colorful bed sheets which I was prepared to see. Scattered all around Nagato's room were various articles of her clothing, which were, also colored. I almost missed her huge bag sitting in the center of it all. I was only given moments to take in the scene, which was now burned into my memories that I bet in a million years I'll never forget.

"WAH!"

I was immediately kicked right in the stomach, with much force, by the owner of the room. Sending me flying back wondering why she needed any help in the first place. I hit the wall opposite the door. Nagato had run inside her room and locked herself in to clean up the mess inside.

"What was that?" Asakura asked running beside me to help me up.

"Did Nagato do this?" She asked.

"Yes." I said faintly.

"Did you scream?"

What the hell makes you think that was me screaming?

"That was… Nagato…"

"Really?" Asakura said with her eyes wide with amazement and wonder. "That was amazing! Do it again!" Asakura squealed.

She bust the door down and kicked me back in. Nagato was only half way finished with her cleaning, she had her arms full and I was headed straight towards her. She screamed, except this time it was a battle cry.

"HYAH!"

I was immediately kicked back outside and once again hit the wall which I almost felt cracking behind me. The door slammed shut once more. The pain in my back and stomach… was unbearable.

…

Nagato and I stood outside the door. Asakura carrying Nagato's bag easily with one hand put it in my arms

"Take good care of her Kyon!" Asakura waved goodbye as we left out the front. She let go of the bag completely. It was heavy, I almost dropped it.

"No worries. I won't lose her. Why is this thing so heavy?"

"I packed Nagato some snacks." Asakura answered.

"I already packed some last night." Nagato said.

"Oh well, I packed some extra." Asakura smiled.

Snacks? Is that all?

"Let's go Kyon, we're late." Nagato tugged on my shirt.

"Sure then…"

…

The plan was to meet up in front of the station at the set time. Knowing Haruhi she would be there earlier than anyone else. There she was with Koizumi; I just had a gut feeling they came together. I have a few things to ask Koizumi. To be honest I really didn't think we'd be doing this.

"What's up? Everyone's here." Haruhi said.

"I believe the train is due to arrive in a few minutes; we should get a move on." Koizumi smiled. He's looking forward to this trip.

All other small talk aside we entered the station. It's been a while since I've actually entered it. There were only a few things off with the surroundings. First of all there were just too many people. Like a scene from a busy Monday morning taking place on a quiet Friday afternoon. Not exactly the time for transportation to be this active. The second, the signs were blank. No words or arrows anywhere. They were just there for the heck of it. The schedules were all off too. The stops were all there but there was only one arrival time for the train. I have a feeling that's ours. The third, the announcements were impossible to understand. The woman on the intercom might as well have been speaking Chinese. The voices were there for the sake of background noise. I have to admit, as much as it was easy and awkward to notice all these things, it isn't a bother if you just focus on the things around you.

"The illusion is especially thicker than usual here." Koizumi said.

"Thick? If you mean harder to notice, then I'll have to disagree. I see mistakes everywhere. It's too easy to pick out." I replied.

"By thicker I mean its presence is heavier than usual. Exactly as you had said, it's too easy to sense." Koizumi explained.

"What's up with this place? Did Haruhi decide to turn off the illusions all of the sudden?"

"The strength of the illusion is constant no matter where you go in this reality. I also find it rather strange. I think I might have a clue what it might be." Koizumi said.

"I guess that'll have to wait for later." I said. The train had arrived.

"It's here!" Haruhi said.

…

Well isn't this a surprise? Despite all the people in the station, we were the only ones boarding the train. It was empty inside and there were many seats for four for us to choose from. Haruhi and Nagato ran inside first and picked out a seat at the very back next to the window.

Koizumi and I took our luggage and set it on the shelf above out seats. I was just about to take a seat next to Haruhi when Nagato took my arm and set my down right next to her. Koizumi shrugged and took a seat next to Haruhi.

"So Koizumi, it would be appropriate to explain our schedule for the day." I said, curious to see if he had planned this beforehand.

"I believe we will be arriving in the evening. After we get off the train we have our hotel rooms ready. We'll check in and after a few hours of doing whatever is needed we'll be off to sleep and the rest of tomorrow will be planned separately." Koizumi announced.

Take note that he didn't include any exact times in his schedule, perhaps a precaution against the reality's illusions. I know time is a little distorted but it's funny to hear Koizumi explain something like this so vaguely. I guess he had no choice.

"What's more to plan?" Haruhi said. "All we're going to do is spend the day at the amusement park."

…

Koizumi didn't get a chance to speak to me about whatever he thought was strange until we were completely alone. Usually the chance presents itself whenever we are in need but we had to wait for that chance this time. It was like the reality wasn't in our favor anymore. Haruhi and Nagato played games and chatted for a while. Of course Koizumi and I had to participate. Eventually after eating the entire bag of snacks Nagato had brought the two finally fell asleep, Haruhi sleeping against Koizumi and Nagato on my side respectively.

"A host's work is never done I believe." Koizumi said.

"It never is. You said something was strange. What is it this time?"

"Kyon, I'll be frank. Something was changed." Koizumi said.

"Changed? What? The reality?"

"I'm afraid so. I felt it for the first time when we started the exams. Then for a second time when you brought Haruhi to the host bar."

I vaguely remember him saying something about it back then.

"What's different? Is this change the reason we're going on a trip? Weren't you the one who planned this all out?

"Had it been another trip to an island mansion then maybe so but no, didn't plan this trip. Remember I have no power to make such decisions here." He answered.

"It's it must be Haruhi." I said.

"That would the most reasonable answer." Koizumi replied. "But this is an unreasonable change in the reality. Thus the answer lies not in reason."

"Who made the change?"

Koizumi stared at Nagato.

"What? How?" I said alarmed. How can Nagato be the one who made the change? Sure she might have the ability to do so. I've experienced it before on a fairly larger scale but this is a different Nagato, right? She doesn't know anything about altering reality…"

"It feels very similar to Nagato's data manipulation." Koizumi said. "For now, that's my hypothesis."

"So she's the one who made it so we went on this trip?"

"I believe she has forcefully altered the reality to let it be so. She has over written some of the rules that regulate the reality. For example, the inconsistency of the illusions at the subway it had to be someone else other than Haruhi. The reason why everything feels so unnatural now is because someone other than Suzumiya is attempting to emulate the illusions."

"I don't think so… how the heck can it be Nagato? She has no powers here. Besides the first time you felt the change was at the start of the exams and when I brought Haruhi to the host bar. Haruhi's the number one suspect in both cases. Plus, she's the one who egged you on to take us all on vacation. Why exactly did she ask you? I thought I was the one who made the choices here."

"I'm sorry. She made me promise not to tell." Koizumi replied.

"Is that your answer? You're choosing to follow a person that belongs to this reality instead of the person who needs to fix it?"

"I cannot tell you. It would be going against Suzumiya's will to do so. I personally don't want to either. Once again I'm sorry but it's for the best."

"It can't be Nagato. It's just Haruhi as always. I bet it's for the reason you're keeping a secret from me."

"There's no denying something has changed a vital part of this reality. It is possible that Suzumiya was the one who did, but something isn't right. It's just that esper gut feeling. I hope you can understand."

Whatever… I don't care. I just don't care… Haruhi can do whatever she wants and I'll never guess what it'll be. That's the way it's been for the longest time and it's always a pain just to deal with it. I couldn't help but feeling a little regret for coming along. I shouldn't have followed.

I took a longer look at Haruhi who was sleeping against Koizumi's shoulder, trying to remember why this reality was created in the first place. I don't regret it much now… I did follow and there no way in hell I wouldn't have. Wipe that smile off your face Koizumi... I turned to Nagato who was also sleeping, using my shoulder as a pillow which I could feel her soft breathing.

I guess it can't be bad… I hope everything works itself out like it usually does.

To Our Beloved Reader: Yes, it has been a while since I've posted up a chapter. My computer has completely lost it's taste so I've sent it away for repairs to see how much good it'll do before it breaks down again. As for the stories my computer is nothing to blame. I have broken the glass to an emergency laptop (the owner of which is irrelavent) so I will continue writing from here.

This story arc has been tricky to plan out and so far I've been getting some good reception (some that have been I daresay, negative?).

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