AMATERASU Chp 2. A Slice of Supernatural Life

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It was shady, and I was happy.

I was next to a great tree, a cork tree. Around It and I were many flowers of all sorts. The only sense of motivation I could detect from inside was to lay down and sniff them.

Some were purple and reserved, a few were green and liberated, one or two were orange and timid. A pair were in the side and they were very stupid.

And I saw them.

One was giant and refused to be one color, shimmering across the spectrum.

The other was gray, lifeless, calm, glass.

The shimmering one exploded to reveal a girl. She drug me by my horns, into a cart, and I was taken to a stadium. I was forced into the center and there she was.

I saw the girl waving a blanket at me, and I started to realize.

I'm a bull.

She kept waving the blanket at me, I noticed that it was changing color as the flower did. She seemed to want to goad me to come at her. I could see the blanket as not a mere blanket, but a portal, to a world that was incredible, with excitement, violence and intensity.

She wanted me to go in.

I didn't want it. I could feel myself drawn to the cork tree, to the flowers, the shade.

That gray, lifeless, calm, crystal flower was there.

It was waiting for me.

I turned back to leave, but discovered that the girl was pulling on my tail. She refused to let go, no matter what. I turned and saw into her eyes, a tempest of power rushed onto me.

She was begging for me.

I turned my body in all directions, hoping that she would get off me. She unsheathed a skinny blade, her face was wrenching up.

It was obvious, she would never let me choose, never give me up.

She would destroy me to make that certain.

I attempted to charge her, ready to defend myself, and she struck me.

I bellowed out.

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My eyes opened to the sight of florescent lights turning on. The woman in the seat in front of me was toying with the settings for a night light while talking with her bratty son. That's when I remembered where I was. That was a strange dream.

I am here now on a red eye flight, international, crossing the Atlantic, carrying me from St. Petersburg to New York City. It has been a day since the assassination attempt. I stayed with Haruhi and we spent the night together. The next day I got ready to go back to NYC. I could have taken a private plane, but one thing to get about me: I'm just not like that. Call me an idiot, I'm fine with a normal plane on a normal trip. Maybe I just want to make my life as normal as I can choose. Haruhi wanted me to stay longer, but I had to go. It's just how I am.

We're about halfway there so I think its time to just go back to sleep. Something feels creamy.

Toothpaste. Toothpaste in my shoe.

O.K. I guess I should not get upset, but still. I knew that woman had a bad kid with her, stupid brat. I would not have had a problem if I had not uncharacteristically started yelling, leaving my foolish butt to the mercy of the air marshals.

As the time passed, I convinced them I was not a threat, showing them that there was indeed toothpaste in my shoe. They left me alone and the stupid boy was scolded. Good, keep that thing on a leash.

Going through JFK, I caught a cab into the island of Manhattan to get me to the university I go to. Since Haruhi made it possible for me to go anywhere I wanted to, I chose one that would put me in the heart of the big apple.

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Here I am in the middle of a lecture, going over the notes of how A.I. could and could not be possible, according to our professor, who was a well known expert in the field. I had to see this man, because he was responsible for many discoveries in the field.

I made it through instruction, and was able to go to the building we owned, a place in the village, not far from the university. I opened the door to find of all people, Nagato in jeans and a black shirt. At least she dresses normally now.

"How are you feeling?" I asked, though I was certain of the reaction.

"I am fine. I am here to watch over you as Suzumiya instructed."

Hmmph, I guess it was only a dream I wasn't at least able to be away from her for a while. She managed to get my identity revealed at the last university, UCLA, by manifesting herself above my head and plopping herself on my lap. It was a gigantic frenzy, as the press descended on us like vultures to a Zoroastrian funeral, powerless to stop them as they eat at your corpse. I had to hide my identity coming here too, and it seems no one has noticed yet, thankfully.

The human interface in front of me turned her head to the south, and did not move.

What do you sense?

"A target is in the vicinity"

Target? you mean like Haruhi?

"No, it is another."

She stood still. Then, without warning, she ran past me through the door. I followed her closely, hoping to find what the fuss was over. I made it outside, but she was gone. I turned my head to the left.

"Hey Kyon," called out someone to my right side.

I turn to see a face, familiar but long since faded.

"Sasaki?"

"Hey, how come you don't ever talk to me? I gave you my number." She smiled.

Ah, I am indeed sorry. I have been forbidden from making contact with you by Haruhi and Koizumi.

"Pfft! If you're going to let her own you like that, you might as well wear a dog collar."

My left hand grasps a particular object in my pocket that Haruhi gave to me. Start laughing.

"Aren't you an adult that can make your own decisions? I wish I could rescue your sorry ass from the supposed 'Living Goddess', but I'm sure that you are comfortable enough in your misery." she smirked. Don't, I'm fine the way things are. How cruel of you. It's not like I entirely chose this. O.K., maybe I did.

"Why are you here, Sasaki?"

"I am going to a university here in New York. Columbia."

Oh, so you're going to a different place than me. What brought you there?

"A birdie told me you'd be here to study. I thought that you'd be going to an Ivy League school with your smarts and the money that Haruhi makes. She's the breadwinner right?"

Damn, I guess I'm the bread loser then. Woh-Woh, hold on a sec… "Who told you I'm going here?"

"I told you, a birdie." She showed her teeth, mouthing her words slowly. She made way toward my face and kissed my cheek. "I'll be seeing you." And she turned around and left me.

Something weird is going down.

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I head back up to the room and I look into the refrigerator. Everything is old. At least a week expired for the milk, two for the eggs. I decided to dial for pizza and pick up the cell from my pocket.

It rings in my hand.

"Hello?"

"Kyon-kun, I wish to speak to you."

Koizumi, what reason is there to bother me?

"You took the first flight out of Russia you could, and Suzumiya-san was upset when she didn't see you there."

I go to a university in America, she needed me in Russia for the day, and I returned to go back.

"She would have been happy if she could have woken up next to you again. She told me she would have manifested if not for you asking her not to."

At least she's considerate when she wants to be.

"I already caught the flight here and I'm at the Airport hailing a cab. I will see you soon."

He hangs up and I am left alone. Time to order that pizza.

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A few hours pass, and I, passed out on the couch, receive the tone of the doorbell. I walk to it and open to reveal a smile. "Hello, Kyon-kun."

Koizumi, Asahina and Nagato, three little ducks in a row. Three magical ducks, who had powers I could never comprehend. Why are you all here?

"Sasaki." Yuki quipped out, "We forbade contact with her for a reason."

Hey, she came to me. I did nothing to initiate contact.

"We know. I was informed through my agents that she and her entourage of rebels have come to make contact with you. We don't blame you for it."

Koizumi, you Liar, no smile's gonna hide what you're thinking.

Asahina stepped forward, "Kyon-kun, now that Suzumiya knows fully of her abilities, she can sense that you were in the presence of the other deity. She just wants to know for certain that you will remain with her. She would like that."

Asahina-san, you know very well, I'm not leaving her. I really do love her. I would only want her to give me my due space.

"We do believe you, but we'd like to be certain."

Don't worry, I won't betray her. She wouldn't betray me.

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The gang took to the other rooms. I washed up,walked onto the balcony and took notice of my own thoughts. It seems that in a world with Haruhi in power, I had given up some of my options for others. I thought of what she had done to make my life so much easier and how she sees me. How come it's me she wants?

I thought about these things as the moon passed. Maybe the weird nightmare I had meant something. Guess tomorrow has the answers. I walked back inside and passed out on the couch, waiting for the usual strange dream.

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7-31-10: There was a wall of text here about mistakes I fixed, but I felt that it needed to be erased, and instead I'll tell you in 3 sentences.

Fixed restaurant scene. Dream inspired by Ferdinand the Bull. KauraNighthawk used the words Holy Consort and Living Goddess in the Evolution of Haruhi Suzumiya, without me knowing. Go and read it, its a good story. Also added a scene in last chapter on the stone steps of Bolshoi.

There were originally some nods here, but I decided to remove them. However, to say it anyway...

Thank you, I appreciate the support.