"Kyon!"

What? I'm tired, leave me alone…

"Kyon?"

Not you too Nagato…

"Kyon, we'll be arriving soon. Wake up and get ready to get off."

Get off where?

I opened my eyes. I had fallen asleep in my window side seat on the train that had taken to the town where the amusement park was. Instead of Nagato sitting next to me this time it was Haruhi poking my cheek to see if I would wake up. Indeed we were almost home soon. I could see the familiar landscape of my home town. The skies were clear, thank goodness, if I see another cloud I'm going to barf…

"That was fun!" Haruhi said dramatically jumping across the border of the train and the station. "We are officially home!"

Somehow this trip did more of a number on me than relieve my stress. I'm sure Uru was waiting at home bored, probably three nights worth of dinners waiting for me when I get back.

The weather was nice and the outside of the station felt more like home than ever. Koizumi was also looking exhausted.

"We have work tomorrow don't we?" He smiled through the many new wrinkles on his face.

"I guess we do." I sighed leaning against the nearest wall for support.

"I had a great time this weekend, let's do it again! Maybe during the winter vacation!"

"Don't count on it." Koizumi and I said at the same time. Koizumi jokingly while I meant every word.

"Seeya!"

Haruhi left in the direction she always does at the station.

"Thanks for bringing me along." Nagato said. "The program isn't completely finished yet. Some things will have to be cleaned before it shuts itself down. It'll last for the rest of the summer. Relax until then, nothing big will happen so you can be as carefree as you want. Everything will be reset including the memories of everyone involved."

"Everyone?"

"Except you and Koizumi of course."

"Will you be around?" I asked.

Nagato's pale cheeks flushed and she looked away.

"Of course… You know… We…"

"Ah! Yeah… Of course…" I said nervously. "But your memories. You won't remember anything about trip…"

"I guess it can't be helped. I doubt this will be the last time we have a trip like this. If Haruhi says so I can expect another vacation. It'll be your job to remind me. You will won't you?"

"Then I'll see you later then" Nagato said before heading off. "Bye."

"See ya."

Only Koizumi and I were left.

"Man! The rest of the summer just to myself. No school, no nothing. Carefree as Nagato put it."

"Not so carefree" Koizumi smiled. "Mori will have my head if we miss work."

I went in the direction of my house. I don't know where Koizumi lives, but he followed me home.

"So back there, you were knocked out on the street. I guess Asakura did that to you?"

"Yes, you're correct.

"But she's just a human in this reality how did she get you out cold."

"She has her own methods." Koizumi said trying to keep himself from shuddering.

"I see… but how did she open a portal and stuff?"

"That was probably granted by Suzumiya's powers."

"How did she get your powers back up to fight that army of Shinjins?"

"I'm sorry Kyon; I don't think I can answer that…" Koizumi grinned instead of his usual smile.

"Oh well… I won't force you to."

I opened the door into my home. The smell was unfamiliar, of course that mean I've been out too long. It felt nostalgic taking off my shoes and entering the living room for the first time in three days. A little exaggerated I know, it just felt good to be back.

"Kyon!"

I felt something similar to a rocket propelled bowling ball plunge into my midsection. Having knocked out all the air from my lungs it held me around the waist and proceeded to destroy my pelvic bone with the force of a thousand car crushers rendering it damaged in ways never even imagined by the most skilled of doctors. Therefore I award you with the Nobel Prize Uru, for pioneering into unexplored territory in the science of osseous injury. Good job my friend, you've earned it…

"Blargh!" I collapsed onto the floor heaving for oxygen that might never be absorbed into my now compacted lungs.

"Welcome back! Didja have fun without me?"

*CRACK*

Uru sank her foot into the back of my head, making sure there was a mold of my face forever imprinted into the wooden floor.

"I see you're empty handed! Not even a souvenir!"

She switched her deadly glare over to Koizumi who quickly backed up against the wall, instead of bashing him into the floor.

"Welcome back uncle!" She said cheerfully.

"Ah…" He was speechless, at what? Me being snuffed? Or being called an uncle because his uniform hadn't made the fact that he was student obvious?

"It's good to be back…" he mumbled weakly with the familiar frozen smile.

"Sure is…" I said into the floor.

…

It's been a few days now since we've been back, I can tell the program is still running because Nagato hadn't lost her memories yet. Haruhi also seems to remember the trip well and bring it up in conversations. She doesn't talk about what she saw in the last moments at the love hotel, Koizumi coming through the window, the hundred Shinjin looming outside. She all probably believes it was all a dream and will soon forget it when the program ends and we're all back to where everything was before it had started.

"But just when did the program start and where will we be when we return?" I asked Koizumi one day in the park bench.

"I have no idea. I expect when it does end we will be anywhere other than where we are at the time. I suppose it would feel like being teleported into a completely new place and time. Don't worry Kyon, there's nothing to prepare for, and we'll know when we've been returned. Nagato said at the end of the summer, correct?"

"Sure." I said idly staring up into the sky which had a few white clouds scattered up high.

"There's one thing missing." Koizumi said.

"What?"

"We've been missing out on our summer remedial classes."

"Oh yeah, I forgot! But… we don't have a teacher."

"I was just investigating you see. Elements like summer remedial classes don't simply disappear without any notice. I hear our dear teacher is in the hospital."

"Really?" This was great! Asakura was alive!

"I was planning to take you to her today, would you like to come?"

"But how Koizumi? How?"

"Asakura had told me moments before she left into the hospital. If all went good she might be able to convince you to want her company in the reality."

I remembered how just before I left I was wishing she might come back to us again. She was also planning that all along wasn't she? No wonder she couldn't tell me. It wouldn't have worked otherwise.

"Let's get a move on. I want to see her too." Koizumi smiled.

…

That pretty much wraps up what I went through during the long, long, summer, vacation. I was now time that I return to the way everything was before. When and wherever that might be… The calendar had no numbers. It just read 'Last Day of summer'. I wonder what I was doing before Nagato's program started. I wondered what Nagato meant by reminding her about the times we had this season. Will Koizumi and I forever be trapped in this reality? Just how long, how many more connections do we have to make before we make it out? The clock was counting down to its last second. 11:59:56am. the clock read.

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(Continued in 'Autumn Verse 1')

To Our Beloved Readers: Finally we see the end of the Nagato arc. A part of me thinks I should've planned this out a little more and made it move alot more smoother. A part of me thinks that I did a good job patching up all the plot holes and other minor difficulties in the plot. Oh well, I did pretty well for this arc, being one of the first stories I've ever written, I can only hope there are others who had worse story starts than i have. That's why I keep writing to get better at it. I'll continue this in Autumn, literally following the Verse titles. That'll give me plenty of time to plan the Mikuru arc. See ya then and read my other stories which i'll be working on during the break. Enjoy the rest of your summer.

Thank You Very Much For Reading: LordPlagus777