To Our Beloved Readers: Man! it's been over week since a release. I'm sorry to keep all of you waiting, but it's just been really difficult to make up an ending for this thing XD. The ending changed more times than I had even imagined. There were some points where I thought it would be pointless to continue, and I was plagued with anti-climactic possibilities.

But it all works out. And damn... This arc might even be over in about two or three more chapters.

So just saying ahead of time.

Thanks for Reading: LordPlagus777

Nagato was as surprised as I was. We were both expecting her to evaporate into a mist of light, or disappear in some other similar way. She was there, completely solid, and by no means an illusion. I relaxed believing that Haruhi's powers had spared her after all. Nagato got off the ground slowly. She looked at me as if she didn't know what to say next. She had confessed her feelings after all. She had said things thinking that she was going to disappear.

"I'm… Not gone…" She said.

Hell… I was speechless too.

"Yeah…" I said. "You're still here."

"Is that so… I guess… I should put an end to this trip… This program" Nagato laughed weakly in relief.

There really wasn't much to do except end it after all. Feels too anti climatic.

"What will happen to you when you end it? Will you still be here?" I asked.

"I'm not sure… When it ends everything will be exactly the way it was before I started the program. It's likely that I'll be included when the reality is reset. Since I am Nagato Yuki, I believe I'll be conscious as this reality's Nagato."

I started to wonder, where and when was 'before'? Will I wake up in my bed? The clubroom? I'm pretty sure Nagato will be there as well. Although she doesn't have a purpose anymore does she? Besides from getting me out of this reality, she admits herself that she had no other purpose. Now that she knows I won't be able to leave with her means there's really nothing for left now. This really puts everything out of place. The rules were broken. She didn't have a purpose, yet she was still here.

"How are we going to 'end' it?" I asked

"We will have to gather everyone. You and I are here, we will need Suzumiya and-"

"Kyon! Watch out!" I heard Koizumi's voice from afar.

Out of instinct I leapt backwards as a glint of silver appeared out of nowhere inches in front of my face. Literally shredding the air like cloth, the glint of silver revealed itself to be a blade. It ran all the way down to the ground. The tear opened up like a sort of portal. Someone stepped out of the portal and into the silent rain. Nagato backed up against the wall of the building closest to her.

"Hello everyone." Asakura giggled as she glanced lazily at the shaking Nagato. The all too familiar knife clutched dangerously in her hand giving of a devilish glint that reflected light from nowhere. I had a good idea what she was going to try to do with it. Nagato had seen that knife too many times. This time she was powerless to do anything about it.

"What, are you doing here?" I asked pointing in disbelief.

"Hello Kyon, did you enjoy your trip?"

"You're the Asakura from the old world, aren't you?"

"You are correct and incorrect."

"What do you mean? Did you come into the reality? What have you done with the other Asakura?"

"I'm glad you had such an attachment to my 'alternate' human self. Sorry to disappoint you but interfaces as you know, can synchronize. As soon as this reality was started and the alternate versions of Nagato and I came into existence, our alternate selves were merely another vessel for our consciousness to move into."

Asakura suddenly made a slashing motion with her Knife which went flying towards Nagato who was trying to crawl away. The knife missed her by inches and suck halfway into the asphalt right in front of Nagato who fell backwards frozen with fear.

"So here she is." Asakura added.

"That means, Nagato had been here from the start as well…"

"Of course! She was so thrilled to be living with me again! It was like old times. Free from the responsibility of being an interface. I was also honestly enjoying our time together. She truly did ask me for help getting you to like her. It was all she ever seemed to think about."

I looked towards Nagato who immediately shut her eyes and shook her head.

"I thought you could only exist if you had a purpose in this reality. Interface or not, it's the basic rule."

"That is true, the bigger your purpose, the bigger the influence on the reality."

"Then you should've been part of the illusion! You were nothing more to Suzumiya than a student who transferred away! You don't deserve a body here so how did you get one? What is your purpose?"

"You don't understand anything about how things work, do you Kyon? When this reality was created, everyone who had anything to do with Suzumiya had the opportunity to slip into this dimension and do as they wish. Suzumiya knew nothing about the abnormalities of the people around her so quite naturally this reality wasn't made to combat our penetration, but whether we entered or not if we had no purpose we would cease to exist."

Asakura looked up at the sky swirling as it did before.

"Nagato is just as much as an illusion as I am, so are all the others, with you and Suzumiya being exceptions. The real illusions are the regular average people that you've never had any relations with. The difference is huge! For example a woman that you had met and talked to at a mall would be considered real. A man in another country you had never even heard of would be an illusion!"

She paused to think for a moment.

"Because I mentioned 'him' to you he is infinitely more realistic now."

She shot an affectionate look at Koizumi.

"How I envy you Ituski. You are able to observe Suzumiya as you wish. You are able to enter her subconscious and experience her powers first hand. You might also classify with Kyon and Suzumiya."

"What are you going to do now? Try to kill me like before? That's pointless, Haruhi will destroy all of us." I said.

"You asked me what my purpose here was. I was able to keep myself in this reality by siding with Suzumiya's powers. In a way, I became a guardian to her will and made sure things goes as planned. I am not here to kill you Kyon, on the contrary…"

Asakura sighed.

"I was hoping to get along with you this time Kyon. I guess it was never meant to be."

Asakura walked towards Nagato who retreated and huddled against a wall. Asakura pulled the knife out of the ground leaving no mark.

"You have no business here Nagato. You have served your purpose and failed. It would be a hindrance to Suzumiya's will with you around. Good bye."

No purpose? Don't tell me she's the one who's going to kill her for having no purpose. I thought Haruhi accepted Nagato in this universe. That's why she let me look for her. What was the point of that then?

"Stop!" I yelled.

Asakura turned with a bored expression.

"Haruhi accepted Nagato into this reality. Purpose or not she should be allowed to stay." I said firmly.

"That does not matter. She has no purpose, therefore she must be erased. That is the logic of Suzumiya's reality."

Asakura looked over the knife in her hand.

"Unfortunately… Both of us are only human in this reality. I can't use any data manipulation and neither can she. It's already over."

Asakura raised the knife but froze.

"Good bye Nagato…" Asakura said, she looked as if she had trouble moving her arm. "Damn it… It won't move. Why? Why now?"

Her body seems to have frozen completely. Nagato did nothing but stare. Asakura can't move, this is a chance to get Nagato and Koizumi out of here. If we can end this program we'll be back to the way things were before. The clouds were completely out of control now. The rain had stopped, whatever this was, it was a bad sign. Asakura had started to cry now. For whatever reason, I didn't understand anything.

"I'm trying!" She screamed. "It won't move." She said looking desperately to her arm. The knife in her hand was being held loosely as if her hand was forcing her to let go. There were flashes of light from the sky that distorted the color of everything around us. Haruhi was up in that hotel. Not knowing a thing about what was going on here. To her it was still probably raining outside.

Asakura dropped the knife. The moment the metal hit the floor the whole area lit up. It was blinding, I couldn't see a thing. My eyes that were used to the dimness of the surroundings were now burning with the illumination that I expect was from the sky. It took a few seconds for my eyes to recover. I was facing opposite way to shield myself from the flash. I was looking up at an outline of the love hotel, my vision became clearer. Was there something wrong with my eyes? Everything's grey. Grey? Oh no… I know this grey… My vision was restored. The sky was now empty, no more spinning clouds. All buildings were grey, not the previous pale blue. A strange illumination

The situation moved closer to worst case scenario than I ever would have expected. Glowing a brilliant blue and twice my height was a Shinjin. It put it's hands together forming a shape resembling a hammer and aimed to smash down Nagato. As it went down and made a crater as big as it was. The ground where he had hit disintegrated into nothing. To my surprise Asakura had scooped Nagato up and jumped out of the way just in time.

The Shinjin didn't stop there. It sprouted even more arms to take more shots at the two. Soon it had about six arms all spinning like a helicopter rotor destroying everything around it. Asakura was right when she said interfaces were only human in this reality, she looked exhausted. It seems that her interface persistence hasn't been lost; she kept on running despite being on her limits. It was amazing how well she was dodging the arms. I would've frozen in that position.

I had spoken to soon; one of the arms had hit Asakura in the back. No, the arm didn't hit her. It sort of, passed through her. Whatever happened the damage was done. There was a look of pain on Asakura's face, her running had been reduced to a fatigued limp.

"No!" I heard Koizumi yell.

He was glowing a bright red, his Esper powers. It seems he can use his powers, but how? I thought he couldn't use his powers regularly in this reality. He was holding his own with the Shinjin, blocking its attacks with something like a force field. Something told me that it wasn't going to last long. Asakura looked back at Koizumi, who mouthed something to her. I couldn't hear, the loud static noise Koizumi was making drowned out what he had said.

Asakura had reached me. Holding Nagato, she set her down gently on the ground, then fell on all fours. It had caught me off guard. Asakura was injured, badly. Her back where the Shinjin had gotten her, her clothes were red with blood. Having direct contact with a Shinjin probably does this.

"It's after us." She said, unconcerned of her wound.

"It's after you? How come? Did Haruhi make that?" I asked, Nagato got up and took shelter behind me.

"I was not able to fulfill my job to carry out Suzumiya's wishes. In my place she has sent that creature."

"What about Nagato?... And you?"

"It won't stop until it kills the both of us." She said grimly.

"Koizumi can kill that thing."

I had realized that I was talking to casually with Asakura. Didn't she try to kill Nagato just now? I backed away, Nagato was holding on to my arm. There was a big explosion sound from where Koizumi was fighting the Shinjin. The blue giant fell over, all of its arms were cut from the body, it evaporated. Koizumi flew down from above and landed in front of us. As soon as he landed he gave a cautious look at Asakura and sided with Nagato and me.

"Good job Koizumi. Now if we can just get Haruhi and get the hell out of here…"

"No, it won't be of any use." Koizumi said. He had won against the Shinjin but his expression was one of defeat. "This reality has taken a form similar to closed space. No one can leave until the Shinjins are defeated."

"You just killed the Shinjin! There are more?"

"Much more, they aren't here yet. I don't know how many, it seems that they will continue to appear until they do what they are here to do."

Nagato was still shaking at the thought of being killed by the Shinjins. She had seen what they had done to Asakura. This reality does make everyone human after all.

"Then what do we do now?" I asked.

"We must first get Suzumiya." Koizumi said.

That might be risky. What if she sees the Shinjins? We'll have to kill them first won't we?

"What's the point? We won't be able to leave anyway." Kyon said. "They're after Nagato and Asakura because they don't a reason to be in this reality. All I have to do is give Nagato a purpose then she won't have to disappear. Since Asakura doesn't have to erase Nagato anymore the Shinjins won't chase after either of them." I said calculating all this very quickly.

Asakura thought for a moment. Far away there were about three pale blue glows in the distance.

"I'll have to go." Koizumi said. He sounded breathless, just how long will he be able to chase them off?

Koizumi tried to power back up again but it was no use. He was still normal, only the smallest of red sparks escaped him.

"Oh no…" Koizumi panted, overexerted from trying up his powers again.

Everyone had a look of hopelessness on their faces, everyone but Asakura.

"I'm not sure it will work…" Asakura took Koizumi by the arm. "You two get Suzumiya first. I'll catch up later."

"What're you…"

Koizumi was surprised, whatever the plan was he did seem hesitant to go through with it. I took Nagato by the arm and ran to the hotel. When we got inside there was a muffled explosion and then a burst of bright red light from behind us. We turned around just in time to see a giant mass of red fly off into the sky through the glass double doors of the hotel.