Authors Notes: Guess what!? There's slight lemon in this chapter, w00t! And plot! Double w00t!
Enjoy.
Chapter Ten: Playfulness (iWillhexyou)
Haruhi was the first to wake and to her surprise and delight she was still wrapped in Kyon's arms. She stayed still for she didn't want to wake him up quite yet. There had been many an occasion where Kyon had fallen asleep during class and Haruhi had observed him. But this was different type of sleep and Haruhi could tell from the look of contentment on his face. He looked like the same old Kyon only less stressed and less anxious, it was a cute side of Kyon but Haruhi decided she liked the 'awake' Kyon better.
Pulling away from him just enough to get her lips closer to his ear Haruhi let out a very loud, "Hey!" that had Kyon jumping out of his skin.
"What the hell!?" he cried looking down at a smirking Haruhi. His frown quickly turned into a small smile, "Well it's nice to know that you're still crazy."
"It's not nice to call your Brigade leader slash love crazy," Haruhi replied playfully.
"But if it's true..," Kyon began.
Haruhi slapped him in the chest which caused her body to move forward into his. At some point when they were sleeping Haruhi had wrapped her leg around Kyon's and had been oblivious to it until their hips suddenly crashed into each other. This made Haruhi's eyes grow large whereas Kyon snapped his shut and as a reflex wrapped his arms tighter around her.
Kyon was a normal teenager after all, who couldn't help but react when a cute girl pressed herself against him. But it happened quicker than he expected, because it was Haruhi against him and he couldn't pull away in time as she immediately felt his arousal.
Although Haruhi had never been in this type of situation, considering she only had her first kiss a few weeks ago, she wasn't stupid. A long while ago she had told Kyon she was a normal girl with normal urges but it had never been physical. Now here she was, her petite figure against Kyon's long figure, with a painful yet burning fire erupting between her legs. When Kyon tried to pull away she stopped him with a long and passionate kiss.
As the kiss deepened Haruhi began to slide beneath Kyon and it wasn't until they were forced to stop for breath that she realized she was completely beneath him. She always imagined herself being the dominate one in a relationship and she always imagined herself on top, but Kyon's soft lips kissing the nap of her neck made her body arc back against the pillow completely content with letting him be in charge for once.
Kyon was surprised that Haruhi was just lying beneath him and letting him run the show, then again he was also surprised with his own behavior. He had never done anything like this except in a few dreams that Haruhi may or may not have snuck into. Still, the soft white skin on her neck was tempting and the fact that she was clinging to him made him continue.
Haruhi wasn't sure how Kyon had developed such an amazing ability to multitask but he was good at it and she sure wasn't complaining. His lips were kissing, licking, and nipping at her neck all at once while his hands were caressing the bare skin of her back where the hospital gown didn't cover. His hands were incredibly soft, something Haruhi would suspect from Itsuki but not Kyon.
Suddenly he stopped everything and Haruhi couldn't help the cry of dissatisfaction that escaped her lips.
"Your parents…?" Kyon questioned breathlessly, his eyes darting to the closed door.
"Gone," Haruhi managed to whisper, "went to pick up my grandparents, they won't be back till later." Haruhi was happy to see Kyon lose that, 'we could get caught any minute look' and it didn't take long before Kyon picked up where he left off. Only this time Kyon's hands went for the clip that was on the lower part of Haruhi's hospital gown, his fingers poking the ticklish spot on her sides which made Haruhi giggle as she pressed her forehead against Kyon's shoulder.
His hands meanwhile slipped under her gown and began caressing her tiny but full hips. If Haruhi thought she was on fire before she was now a volcano and the only way she could stop herself from moaning was diving her lips into Kyon's neck.
Kyon wasn't sure how Haruhi knew but somehow the first place her lips hit was the tender spot just below his ear. His hands stopped as he allowed Haruhi to experiment with his neck, she did this twirl thing with her tongue that made Kyon intake a sharp breath. She certainly was a goddess in his opinion and as much as he was enjoying this, and they would definitely continue this later, his hands began making circles on her hips and were slowly crossing to her stomach.
Haruhi's lips halted and she gasped as Kyon ran his hands further up her sides. There was no way Haruhi had ever suspected him of being so bold. This was obviously a test to see who would crack first and Haruhi didn't want to lose, but Kyon was damn near forcing her to. So swallowing hard Haruhi slipped her right hand between herself and Kyon and grabbed what started this.
Moaning, Kyon buried his face in Haruhi's hair which still managed to smell like sweet flowers even after a night in the hospital, "Haruhi…don't!" he rasped as she deliberately began to run her hand up and down his member.
"But I want to," Haruhi whispered seductively," and what the Brigade leader wants, she gets."
'For once I won't disagree,' thought Kyon as he pulled back just enough to kiss her again. This wasn't that romantic fantasy he had had time and time again that he always told himself he wasn't having. But with his current position he was defenseless, Haruhi may be beneath him but she was certainly in control.
Kyon's thumb was just gracing the band of Haruhi's panty line when there was a sudden knock at the door. In one point five seconds Kyon was off Haurhi and not a second to late because an older nurse walked in with a tray of food. Haruhi quickly grabbed the blanket and pulled it over her exposed lower half.
"Good morning Miss Suzumiya," the nurse said cheerfully, "hope you enjoyed your nap," she giggled looking to Kyon who couldn't hide his blush that crept into his cheeks.
"Sorry…it won't happen again," Kyon apologized
The nurse only smiled as she set down the lunch tray, "Don't worry about it, at this rate Miss Suzumiya is healing there was no serious damage done. We're all just happy that a young, pretty girl like yourself wasn't seriously injured."
Kyon waited for Haruhi to say something but she didn't and when Kyon looked at her he saw the faintish signs of her cheeks going pink. Haruhi was embarrassed? It was definitely one of the very few times he'd seen her that way.
"Well, both of you have a pleasant afternoon, I'll be back in a little while to run some tests," the nurse continued as she propped the door open and left the couple alone.
"That was close!" sighed Haruhi finally allowing herself to breathe, "Geez Kyon, learn to control yourself next time!"
'Me?' Kyon's mind questioned. But he was in no mood to argue, he was still trying to recover from his momentary heart attack.
"Although," Haruhi continued as she smoothed out her blanket, "it was totally worth it!"
Kyon looked down and nodded at Haruhi's agreement. He took a seat beside her on the bed and wrapped his arm around her waist while Haruhi rested her head on Kyon's shoulder.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you something," Haruhi said, her smirk returning.
Kyon looked down at her questioningly, afraid of what she would say but as her smirk softened into a sweet smile he smiled back.
"I love you," she whispered very sweet and innocently.
"Love you too," Kyon replied before his eyes grew heavy and once again they fell asleep in each others arms.
0o0o0o
Itsuki was afraid of what he would find. He would've been much less anxious if Mikuru or Yuki were with him, but he had insisted they go to school. If there was something dangerous working around a closed space only he had the powers to stop them and he couldn't risk having anyone else get hurt.
It just didn't make sense that a closed space that Haruhi had destroyed just mysteriously came back for no reason. What made less sense was that Haruhi's subconscious couldn't stop it, if the creature had the ability to harm their master who knew what else they were capable of.
Itsuki had already checked the closed space Haruhi had destroyed twice but found nothing. Like the first time it was shut and obliviated so Itsuki was checking out a few more previous closed spaces. He was now in the area of the first closed space he had brought Kyon for and everything seemed fine, this is till he saw a strange barley visible white line in the sky.
Itsuki's eyes widened, he had closed this space for sure, his colleagues and himself, but there above him was the opening. Pulling out his cell phone he called a few other espers that he knew lived in the area. They needed to do a full sweep of the area and they needed to do it fast. Not bothering to wait for the others Itsuki transported himself into the closed space alone. It looked exactly the same as last time and it seemed completely deserted.
o0o0(MajorKris)0o0o
Its true that the setting was the same as usual; Cold, dark, and creepy. Itsuki never really got used to the feeling, and every time he entered a closed space the hair on the back of his neck always stood up. The closed space was indeed empty however and not even Haruhi's blue giants had perked up yet. With his guard up Itsuki began to take a stroll, making sure to keep a close eye on his surroundings until his other colleagues showed up.
Luckily, he didn't have to wait long.
"Yo! Itsuki!"
Itsuki looked up and smiled one he realized it was his fellow esper Dimitri, "Good to see you," came Itsuki's voice casually his good friend floated gracefully down next to him.
"Dude I gotta tell ya, there's this hot babe I was flirting with and you dragged me away from her, yo! You owe me!" Dimitri was kidding of course, giving Itsuki a punch in the arm as they both laughed.
Dimitri began to speak again, "So, any leads on why the spaces keep reappearing? You said that the Suzumiya chick was fine, right? I mean I know she is, but well, you know."
Itsuki shook his head in as he responded, "No. This is something completely different…"
Suddenly the sky grew darker, but the area was highlighted with a bright blue light. Itsuki and Dimitri just watched in silence, already knowing what was about to happen. Predicable enough a blue giant appeared, giving out a huge and mighty roar before it began its usual rampage among the area. Itsuki and Dimitri nodded to each other, preparing for battle. Dimitri looked ecstatic as he created a bright red force field around himself, quickly letting out a battle cry before punching the giant head on as Itsuki aimed for its spine.
Within five minutes many other espers had shown up, quickly taking turns as they all fought to damage the alien. Soon it collapsed, creating a massive earthquake as several cheers and 'woots' of victory were heard. The monster soon turned into stardust, covering the closed space in a mythical glow as it too began to slowly fade away.
"Good work as usual, eh mate?" came the voice of another esper named Sydney who patted Itsuki on the back causing him to smile, even though he still felt uneasy. Eventually many of them quickly left as fast as they came leaving Itsuki alone once again as he watched the space take its last few moments. After a few hours of solitude Itsuki decided to depart, walking down an alley way to avoid street traffic. Unfortunately, oblivious to Itsuki, a sudden white light appeared in the sky, before quickly turning into a deep shade of blood red.
Itsuki decided to head to Mikuru's house around five, for she had graciously asked him over for dinner before they departed last night. On his way however he noticed a tiny flower shop and decided to make a purchase of bright orange and yellow lilies for his little Mikuru and after a moment of embarrassment from the flower shop woman who gave him a few comments like, "Oh! Such a wonderful boyfriend you are!" and, "Awww, you sure know how to treat a lady!" Itsuki continued on his way.
The young esper was tempted to use a taxi to save him a walk but then again it's not like he couldn't use the exercise, but his train of thought was cut off once someone bumped into him causing him to fall over; Thankfully for his sake not damaging the flowers as he did so.
Itsuki looked up immediately as in to apologize to the person, (even though he knew it wasn't his fault) but instead gasped in shock from the familiar face in looking down at him.
"R…Ryoko?" Itsuki questioned in surprised, trying now to play dumb, "I thought you were transferred to another school."
Ryoko just continued to stare down at him, her deep blue hair gracefully flowing down as usual, but her clothes were consisting of a new casual style. She was wearing a baby blue shirt with long baggy jeans that actually fitted her pretty well as she had a simple pair of blue flip-flops on.
Itsuki turned his head away as the tension boiled up from the silence. He then slowly scrambled to his feet picking up the lilies as he did so, and bowed politely. He did not feel the need to pick a fight with her at this time.
"Sorry for running into you…See you around then."
Ryoko grinned as he walked around her, looking up at the sky before she spoke more sternly, "Stop!"
Itsuki was frozen. He had stopped right when she said those words and it doesn't take much for Itsuki to realize what she might have planned. He felt that the alien girl was out to end his life. Ryoko then forced him to turn around as a few fast spoken inaudible words came from her lips, sensing his shock as suddenly the bright, blood red light in the sky began to expand, consuming Ryoko and the esper both inside a new type of closed space. Unfortunately this time, the rest of the town and soon the planet were covered in it as well.
"Wh-what?" Itsuki's stuttered as he struggled to grasp what was happening. "Are you the one doing this? Tell me! You know what's going on don't you Ryoko?"
Ryoko only gave her innocent looking smile as she continued to hold him still. No one, not even an esper, can get out of her bonds. But none the less she answered him sweetly, "No. I'm not the one responsible for why the closed spaces are suddenly going out of control, but I believe that is it happening because there is a virus in the system."
"A…Virus?" Itsuki whispered softly finding it hard to believe that anyone would refer to a closed space as some type of computer network device.
"Yes. A virus. At least, from my standpoint that's what I would call it. You humans always find such weird reasons or names for such simple things. Just wait and you'll see" Replied Ryoko slyly.
Just as Ryoko finished her sentence white crystals had appeared, but soon they began to match the blood red sky as the giant once again awakened. Itsuki almost felt himself cry out in fear as it hollered a cry so incredibly massive that Itsuki felt that his ears were going to explode. Suddenly, the beast began to cry out in pain and without warning or delay it transformed to a horrid black color, while it's usually white eyes became a deadly color of red and gold.
"Wh-What's happening?" Itsukis whispered.
0o0o0o (iWillhexyou)
Ryoko laughed maliciously, "What's the matter Itsuki? Big, bad esper scared for once? Well you should be! What's happening to Haruhi can't be stopped, even if she wanted it to it would still happen and there is nothing you or anyone else can do."
Itsuki's eyes narrowed as they rested on Ryoko. He was terribly awake that there was a creature on the loose that was now a threat to everyone. The more time he wasted the harder it would be to cover it up, but there was one thing he needed to get past and that was Ryoko, it seemed quite difficult considering that now she had shoved him to the ground; her foot putting quite a bit of pressure on his chest.
"Ryoko let me get up! That thing could easily kill you and everyone around here! Just let me up and I promise I will help you!"
"I'm not the one who needs saving." Ryoko snapped, removing her foot from Itsuki's chest and kicking him hard in the stomach, "If I die I won't feel pain but you and your precious little Mikuru will!"
Rage suddenly burned through Itsuki's blood. He thought maybe he could help but he was running out of time and she obviously didn't want his protection.
"Alright, Ryoko…" Itsuki hissed grabbing her ankle, "play time is over!" At that point he pulled with all his strength, his will and power to move suddenly growing stronger and before she could react she fell backwards to the ground. That gave Itsuki time to crouch into a fighting position and when Ryoko tried to raise herself Itsuki's foot met her jaw.
Standing, Itsuki looked up at the new and deadly giant, it had somewhat shrunk bit it was tearing down buildings at rapid speed. Not bothering to look at Ryoko he took off towards the giant's directions.
That proved to be more difficult than he thought. There was a large mob of people running through the streets coming from the direction he was so desperately trying to get too. There were a lot of screaming and pushy people but Itsuki pushed back and slowly but surely made his way through the crowd at which point he took off at full speed.
Damn the thing had changed dramatically and Itsuki wasn't sure what form of action to take. He was usually stronger in closed spaces, but for some reason his powers seemed to be at low frequency. But he had to try, for Mikuru, his friends, and the sake of anyone who in the area was still alive, he had too.
Charging forward Itsuki extended his hands and sent out a strong wave of energy. It came out of his hands like yellow sparks and they exploded into more midway before hitting the intended target, Itsuki was relieved to see that he made the giant wobble backwards only problem was that its fiery gaze now settled on Itsuki.
"Fuck!" Itsuki hissed as the giant began walking towards him. He extended his hands outward once again and sent another wave of energy but this time it did nothing. The monster just paused then continued moving toward him.
'Time to go to plan B.,' Itsuki thought, taking a few steps backward he could already hear the sirens and knew the police couldn't get involved. Raising his arm and swinging it as if he were throwing a baseball Itsuki sent a searing energy fireball right for the giant's stomach.
When it hit the giant screamed with pain and fell to its knees. The spot Itsuki's had hit began to sizzle with heat but it wasn't enough.
The energy ball had left Itsuki weak and made his legs fell like water. But he needed one more to totally obliterate the thing once and for all.
Cringing in pain as he raised his arm again Itsuki swung his arm, nearly passing out, but he got the giant right in the head with one last blast. It began to fade as it screamed but he did not care. The sirens were a block away and he had stumbled into a nearby alley. He felt weaker than ever and had only one thought run through his mind, he wanted to see Mikuru.