Yes, it was officially the first day of autumn. The leaves on the trees that were a luscious green last evening were now orange and fall like. It was only a matter of time before I'd have to sweep the dead leaves off the side walk. That's if anyone forces me too. I doubt I'll have to do any work this season.

Speaking of last night about Uru's sudden transformation, I woke up this morning to find out that she had reverted back into her child self, clothes and all. The more I think about it, the more I see her as a younger version of Asahina, if that's even possible in this reality. Her hair is darker than Asahina's usual auburn color; it was shorter as well, about down to her shoulders. They did have the same eyes; this is relevant because it took much effort for me to find out without her asking me suspiciously why I was trying to stare directly into her eyes. I went thought a lot of trouble drawing all the connections. For the mean time I better assume that she was a younger version of Asahina. Not sure how there could be two of the same people in this reality. It's something to ask Koizumi.

Maybe there aren't two Asahina's in this reality. It is possible that Asahina could have snuck into my house last night after she had left the host bar, but that hypothesis needs more explaining than I'm willing to support. Uru has always been Uru regardless of her size. Physical form I mean. These two were different people.

I've never really thought about who Uru really was. She was a whole new person I just got used to when I entered this reality. I was so immersed in other affairs that I didn't get much of a chance to find out much about her. Then again, this requires connections. Spending actual time with her, which I can't imagine doing without being in any mortal danger.

We've also changed uniforms at our school as well, according to the cold weather. The short sleeved light fabric of my summer uniform had grown thicker. The sleeves had also grown longer. That and a couple of pairs of underwear were the only pieces of clothing in my dresser at the time. There was always one klutz that forgets to change uniforms. I wasn't surprised to see Haruhi sitting at her desk with her summer uniform on shivering to the cold temperatures of our room.

It was only the beginning of autumn and I see the weather had already decided to give us the finger. Ignoring the fact that summer had only been days ago I accepted this change of course from our usual seasonal conditions. It was the way the reality had set it. There wasn't anything I could or was going to do about it.

The nostalgic classroom remained the same, with a few differences being the uniforms and the spot more of orange outside our windows. I sat down in front of Haruhi who was too busy trying to warm herself up to notice. It's not that cold is it? The old Haruhi would have been naked in this temperature without even as much as a shudder. Then again, this Haruhi was much thinner and vulnerable to sickness than the old Haruhi. I should try and do everything to get her past this colder time of year.

I took off my blazer and plopped it on top of Haruhi. I sat at my desk without a blazer. The coolness was refreshing and I wouldn't make much of a difference if my blazer was on or not. Even under the blazer Haruhi was still shivering. It took a several seconds before the shaking had stopped and she had revealed herself from under the blazer.

"Good morning Kyon…" She said softly. "Thanks for the coat…"

That isn't a coat Haruhi, but if it's that warm…

"Feels nice to be back in school isn't it?" She smiled weakly.

"Not really… Although it does give me something to do during the daylight hours."

"Oh, Kyon… What do I do?" Haruhi said helplessly.

"What's the problem?"

"I forgot to wear my winter uniform…" She withdrew back under the blazer.

"Obviously." I couldn't help laughing.

I can see her glare glowing out from under the blazer.

"I'll have to go back home to change… I'll ask Okabe after home period…" She sighed.

Speaking of which should start any minute now. Okabe is late, something he usually does when he's busy in the morning, a part of school life at north high that the reality had not forgotten to emulate. The class carried on its usual lively chatter, ignoring the fact that Okabe was late. No one really cared, be the old world or reality. If Okabe fell down the stairs before morning homeroom and broke his neck, nobody would find him until the first break period. There probably wouldn't be much talk about it either.

"Settle down class!" Okabe entered the classroom and tried to quiet down the crowd of students who were rushing back to their own seats, however it was just as noisy.

"We have a new student!" Okabe announced.

Silence fell almost instantly, every head turned to the front of the room. Okabe wasted no time and called the new student into the class.

Was this supposed to be happening? Every day I had spent in the school had been repetitive and not once had there been an event of any sort. I'd be surprised if we had a substitute teacher for a day, but a new student means another person that could potentially be related to me or the connections I've made. There weren't really anyone else I knew that didn't attend north high. I took a shot at a guess and imagined Mori walk through the front door as the new student. I was wrong.

"Whassup everyone?" said a horrifyingly cheerful voice that boomed from the front entrance. There was a sharp pain in my gut from last night's incident.

It was Asahina, no, her…

All the males in the class were in awe, as every eye in the room were focused on her chest.

"Eh!" Haruhi said completely forgetting how cold it was for her moments before.

"Hey there Kyon! Don't hide! I see you there!" she flapped her arm in the air doing some sort of waving motion and pointing at me with the other.

"Eh?" Haruhi said even louder.

Everyone turned to stare at me with interest at what kind of relationship it might have with this new hot transfer student. Just what is going on?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on a min-" I started.

"How nice! Is that your seat Kyon? There's an empty one right next to it."

Indeed she was correct. A desk and a chair had appeared out of thin air as one of my classmates had vanished to vacate the spot. Was there really a person sitting there in the first place? Of course there was! This reality is messing with me. I'm starting to lose myself.

…

Morning homeroom had ended. The class showed no further interest in Uru, as the reality works. However that did not stop her from having more interest in me that I could have asked for.

"Didn't expect me to transfer here did ya Kyon?" She asked.

"Oh my, I see you two are very close." Asakura entered the conversation, interested in finding out how close we were.

"Yes, we are very close." Uru answered with her sickening cheer.

"What're you doing leaving the house without permission?" I asked.

"I don't have to do everything you say you know. All I do is cook for food in exchange for living in your house!"

"I-I… Well!" I had no argument. This was completely out of my hands.

"Oh my? You two live together? Are you related or…" Asakura smirked. "You mustn't Kyon. What might Nagato say?"

"It's not what you think. She's my… step sister!"

"He's trying to say that we're not related so it's completely fine!" Uru added.

It's impossible, no matter how hard I try to make things right, Uru always finds a way to mess it up. Had I lost?

"Oh ho, I see then. It's completely alright then. Just don't let it get in the way of your studies as distracting as it may be."

She walked off holding in a laugh. The damage was done. If Uru didn't look exactly like Asahina I would have strangled her on the spot. I'm not sure I'd even succeed even if she was in her small original form. It didn't help that she was smiling at me using Asahina's beautiful eyes to host her signature sadist stare, all the more irritating.

"I hope… You're having fun…" I sighed.

"I'm having a great time! Thanks for asking." She walked off to enjoy the rest of her break period looking around the school, leaving me with an uneasy feeling that she might be planning up ways to make my life here in this reality worse.

I sat back in my seat to recover.

"You never told me about her." Haruhi said.

"Er… Step sisters eh?"

Haruhi stood up and left the classroom.

"I'm going to Okabe." She said.

…

Haruhi had returned half way into first period. From then on she avoided me whenever Uru came close. She was surprisingly well mannered for the next few periods, but still didn't make me feel any better about Haruhi keeping her distance from me. Strangely enough she wouldn't give me back my blazer even after she had changed uniforms and kept some sort of physical contact with it at all times. Lunch break arrived without the smallest contact with Koizumi. I must find him! Where the hell is he? I'm pretty sure he sensed Uru change in this reality. I want a good explanation and I am not taking 'I don't know' for an answer. First I have to check on Asahina to see if there really are two people with the same body here in the reality. I checked the floor where the second year students had their classes. I couldn't see anyone in sight who stood out enough to be more than just an illusion in the hallways. Asahina was nowhere to be found.

"Looking for someone?" A familiar voice said behind me, thank goodness.

"Yes I was! Koizumi! Do you know? Uru she-" I shot off as fast as my tongue would allow me.

"She had come to school in the form of Asahina Mikuru." Koizumi finished.

"Yes, I was expecting you to know that. I'm also expecting you to tell me just what's going on with her. Is it because of the connections? It can't be coincidence. She takes Asahina's form the very night we meet her in the bar. Who is she and how is she related to Asahina?"

"I could be that Uru isn't Asahina at all. She has just taken the form of a person we had the least amount of close contact with. Yet it appears that when we had made the connections last night at the host bar Uru was the one that we had made connections with. Not the actual Asahina. Because the connections had been made with Uru through Asahina it appears that Uru has taken on the characteristics of Asahina herself. That is what I believe to be the reason for Uru's metamorphosis."

"That's what you believe?" I asked.

"Indeed, from the start, Uru had been a strange presence in the reality one that I could not sense normally in the reality. I did not know she had existed until you had introduced me to her. It is also very difficult to keep her under watch as well. I do not know the reason but it appears that the reality interferes when I try to get close. Almost like an illusion in on itself."

"Is there a reason though?"

"If it's the way Suzumiya has made it, we have no choice. We have done a nice job with Nagato, Asakura and Suzumiya. Remaining connections must be made."

"Do we go back to the old world? You know… when it's done and over."

"Of course, if we satisfy Suzumiya as she had been last time she decided to recreate the world, we might find ourselves back in the old." Koizumi paused to think. "Based on our position and conditions for ending this reality, there's more of the possibility that the world might be recreated as exactly as it was before."

"Exactly?"

"As I've said before Kyon, it boils down to your choice. We won't know for sure until we've made all the connections."

I looked all around for anymore signs of Asahina.

"What about Asahina, have you seen her around? What are you doing on this floor? Are you looking for her too?"

"That might be the reason. I have not been able catch any glimpse of her, but I can sense her. She's very weak, but she's here somewhere. It might be because Uru has been taking away her existence. It won't matter really. She isn't an important factor as far as connections are concerned. Shall we both get back to our classes? The bell has rung."

"Sure then…"

I really had no idea what Uru was and where Asahina had gone. If Koizumi can't sense her as well then something must have happened. Was it Uru? I have no idea. We both saw her just yesterday and while her existence was supposed to be stronger in the reality, it seems to be having an opposite effect.

Koizumi said that Asahina wasn't important to the connections. She was a part of the SOS Brigade wasn't she? She was Suzumiya's playmate, or plaything. If Uru is taking away her existence wouldn't it make sense to make even more connections with this reality's Asahina so she won't disappear? Damn, this is the perfect time for her not to be here. Where is she? Why isn't Koizumi concerned with finding Asahina? Why is-

"Huh?" Someone had hugged me from behind. The feeling was soft… can it be?

"Kyon! Thank goodness, I've been looking all over for you! I thought I would never see you again." It did look like Asahina, but this voice, manner of speaking and behavior was definitely not Uru's. Could it be? She let go and I turned around, confused and in shock.

"Uru?" no, impossible.

How can this be? Was this the Asahina from this reality? Fat chance, how does she this well to the point of being able to hug me from behind. We had only spent a few minutes at the host club together. Did she really have that much fun? Well I can't blame her then…

"No! It's me, Mikuru! I'm from the future and Haruhi Suzumiya is not a regular human!"

She unbuttoned her shirt.

"Here! Look!"

*nosebleed*

To Our Beloved Readers: My goodness, school has started up again and I was lucky to have any time to finish this chapter. With a lot of the side projects I'm doing I'll also try to update as fast as I can with my other stories.

That's if... Lack of sleep doesn't kill me first...

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