Haruhi Suzumiya

The Tears of Haruhi Suzumiya

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Chapter Three – A Dangerous Game with Haruhi Suzumiya

What the hell are you doing here? I thought to myself. Ryoko smiled and turned around, facing Haruhi. "Haruhi! It's good to see you again!" she said, waving. Haruhi was just standing there, staring at us, and there was silence for a moment...

But Haruhi suddenly shouted, "KYON!" Her voice echoed all around the room, and she stormed over to me, and grabbed me by the collar. "What do you think you're doing? You left to come talk to another girl in some abandoned building? What's up with that?" she started to tell me angrily.

What is she saying? I thought. "Why does it matter to you?" I asked. Haruhi suddenly stopped, let go of me, and turned, but not before I caught a glimpse of her blush. "B-Because..." she started to say, but she stopped.

I kept looking at Haruhi for a moment, and a thought came to my mind for a moment...But as I remembered Ryoko's presence in the room, I shook it off and quickly grabbed Haruhi's hand and started to lead her towards the door. "W-What are you doing?" she asked. I didn't want to explain until we were far from Ryoko, so I kept going.

Haruhi wrenched her hand out of my grasp and glared at me. "Kyon! Tell me what's wrong!" she said. I glared back at her. Such an idiot!, I thought, And in a situation like this... Ryoko giggled, and started to walk towards us. "I don't think you'll be leaving, Kyon." she said. Haruhi turned towards her and was obviously about to make a comment, but I grabbed her arm and started to head towards the door again.

She struggled, but I was able to force her outside. Looking over my shoulder, I could see Ryoko following us. Haruhi broke free of my grasp and stepped back, breathing heavily from trying to fight me. "Kyon, you...you..." she started to say.

Now's not the time! I thought, trying to grab her again, but she moved away. "Stop it!" Haruhi exclaimed. Now I was starting to get aggravated. I grabbed her shoulders, and I shouted at her, "Haruhi! Listen to me for this once!" I could tell she was surprised by my outburst, and a sad look came onto her face.

"Haruhi..." I said, but, from the corner of my eye, I could see the flash of a blade, and I quickly moved out of the way, bringing Haruhi with me. Ryoko came flying past, barely missing me. She turned back and smiled at me. "Don't make it hard on yourself. It'll be over quick." she said, running at me again.

"Run, Haruhi!" I said, and, to my relief, she followed me as I began to run. Looking behind me, I could see that Ryoko was catching up. I'm not fast enough to outrun a murderous robot! I thought irritatedly, looking around for somewhere to go.

The school! I thought. I've gotta find someone who can help us there. I grabbed Haruhi's hand and started to run towards the school gates. When we reached them, I breathed a sigh of relief, but I felt a hand grab my jacket and pull me back. "Kyon!" Haruhi exclaimed, as I fell back onto the ground...

And I found myself looking up at the smiling face of Ryoko. She lifted her hand, and brought it down upon me. This is it, I thought, closing my eyes, I'm dead...

"What are you doing?" a voice came. I opened my eyes and was surprised to find Ryoko reaching her hand down, as if she was going to help me up. I pushed it away and stood, backing up, and accidentally bumping into someone.

Turning around, I could see that it was a teacher, whom I didn't know but had seen around the school. I suddenly felt Ryoko come up to me and wrap her arm around mine. "Kyon was sick, so we were helping him out...But he wanted to come to school anyways, and he stumbled and fell." Ryoko explained. No...that's a lie! I wanted to say, but I knew that he would only think I was delusional.

The teacher rubbed the back of his head. "Well, school's almost over already...Maybe you should just go back home, kid." he said. Ryoko nodded, and smiled. "Yes sir. Come on Kyon, let's go!" she told me, starting to turn around...But I stood my ground.

"No..." I said. She looked up at me with a confused look. I wrenched my arm away and ran over to Haruhi. "Come on." I told her, and I started to run to the school building. "H-Hey!" the teacher said, "Where are you-" His voice cut off, and I looked over my shoulder and saw what Ryoko had done. The teacher fell over in a puddle of his own blood, with a large gash in his back.

Haruhi started to turn to see what had happened, but I covered her eyes and turned her back around. "You don't want to see that." I told her as we ran into the school. Who should I be looking for? I thought, Nagato? Koizumi? Mikuru? I stood in the front hallway and looked around, thinking of where to go.

"Kyon!" Haruhi exclaimed. I turned just in time to see Ryoko running through the door, knife pointing at me. I turned and was about to run again...but she was too fast. I felt her blade slice through my leg, and I fell over, gasping in pain.

"Go Haruhi!" I said, but Haruhi came over to my side. "Kyon! W-What..." she said, looking at the blood that was coming from my wound. Ryoko brought the knife to her mouth and ran the blade through her mouth, as if tasting the blood.

"Now I guess this game is over." she said with a giggle, starting to walk towards me. I tried to stand, but I only ended up falling back down and groaning in pain. My vision started to get blurry, and I found that my movement was slow and limited.

What's...happening? I thought, No...I can't die like this... I looked up at Haruhi, who was shouting at me...But I couldn't hear her. Haruhi... I thought. Closing my eyes, I could hear Haruhi's words, although they were faint: "Kyon...No...I don't want this to happen to you...Why can't I save him..." she said, and I watched tears start to roll down her cheeks.

My vision blacked out for a moment, then returned. Sh-shit... I thought, barely able to turn my head and look at the puddle of blood that was forming beneath me, She got me good. I looked up at the shape of Ryoko, who was now just above me. She raised her knife, and said some words that I couldn't make out...

Then she brought the knife down towards me...But something happened. Something made her stop, just before the blade pierced my skin. She was looking over at the front entrance of the school. I turned my head and saw a familiar person standing in the light...

Nagato! I thought. I instantly recognized who it was, and watched as Ryoko stood back up and started to walk towards her. "Nagato?" Ryoko said, "Are you here to watch me finish this game once and for all?" Nagato simply continued walking towards Ryoko in silence...

"Kyon!" Haruhi suddenly shouted, and I turned my attention back to Haruhi, who was still crying. She stood up and I felt myself starting to be dragged. Ouch! I thought, feeling my wound scrape against the floor. My vision started to fade again...but this time it didn't return. No, I thought, not wanting to slip into unconsciousness...But the blood loss was too great, and I blacked out.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself looking up at the familiar sight of a reddish-orange ceiling. My mind was a bit fuzzy, but, after a few moments, everything started to come back to me.

Nagato... I thought, turning my head to the left, and seeing none-other than Koizumi sitting in a chair, like he had been with my previous encounter with Ryoko. "Well, it's good to see you're awake." he told me. An image of the puddle of blood beneath me flashed in my mind. I'm lucky to be alive, I thought, moving the covers and looking at my bandaged leg...

Only then did I notice the sleeping figure of Haruhi, who had her head on her arms on the side of the bed, asleep. "She didn't leave me again, did she?" I asked. Koizumi nodded. "She's been staring at you the whole time...I could barely get her to eat." he told me.

There was silence for a few moments, and I ran a hand gently along Haruhi's face. Idiot... I thought with a small smile. Then, turning to Koizumi, I asked, "How long have I been here?" Koizumi looked up in thought, then answered, "About two days. But that doesn't really matter in this world."

I raised an eyebrow. In this world? I thought. Koizumi stood up and walked over to the room's window, looking outside at the dim sunlight. "It seems that a program was put into the computer in the clubroom...One that engulfed the world into a closed space, which allowed the world to be changed and bended at will, without the inhabitants noticing that anything is wrong."

I thought about that for a few moments. "Wait, who would do that?" I asked. Koizumi shrugged. "The Agency believes that somebody was able to use Suzumiya's powers to do this, and they recreated a person who would be a able to hunt you down." he explained. Ryoko... I thought.

"And this person made sure that you'd fall into their trap, by placing your friend in your life, and making you and Suzumiya try and investigate. Then, under my name, she dragged you out to a secluded place where you could be killed." Koizumi continued to explained. I shivered. "This is ridiculous, " I thought, "Why do all of this because of me?"

Koizumi shook his head. "We still aren't sure. But the fact that it was Ryoko who was recreated could mean one thing; Somebody wants to get a reaction from Haruhi, to make her cause a huge catastrophe." he explained. "Since we still know little of Suzumiya's true potential, this could offer much insight for the Agency, if we can manage to stop a disaster from happening, of course."

"Little?" I asked, "I thought you knew all about her powers." Koizumi shook his head. "No. We only now know that Suzumiya not only has the extraordinary ability to recreate the world as she sees it, but she can also bring forth these powers at will, even if they are seemingly drained from her," he explained, "When she saw that Ryoko was about to kill you, she was able to bring Nagato, Asahina, and I into this world, so that we could protect you."...

I looked down at Haruhi, who was still sleeping soundly. Your powers cause so much trouble, I thought."You're lucky she cares so much about you," Koizumi said, "It was her strong feelings from her that saved you."...

Koizumi stared at me for a few moments, and muttered something. Before I could ask him what he had said, Haruhi suddenly started to come to. She lifted her head up and let out a tired groan, stretching her arms. Haruhi looked around, and only then did she notice that I was awake.

I gave her a smile, but she simply looked at me for a few moments, obviously surprised. "Kyon..." she said softly. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Koizumi walk out of the room. Haruhi sniffed, and I saw a tear form in her eye. "Why didn't you wake up?" she asked, "I...I..."

The tears started to stream down Haruhi's face. I leaned in close to her and she looked at me. "I'm sorry." I told her. She stood and glared down at me, sniffing and still crying. "Idiot..." Haruhi said. "Idiot idiot idiot!" she started to hit me repeatedly, with soft blows, but slowed down and stopped to break out crying even more...

I've...never seen her like this, I thought. I gently grabbed her hands, and brought her in for an embrace. You can't be like this, I thought, This isn't like you... I embraced Haruhi tighter and let her cry to her heart's content...

To be continued...

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