Disclaimer: I do not own The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or any of the characters. I do however own Kotaro and the Katana :P

It crossed my mind that I was writing this like a book and so I decided to try the sentence by sentence with blocks in the middle. Be sure to tell me if you prefer it this way or the other way :P

Chapter 4-Meet the S.O.S. Brigade

I could tell just by walking into the classroom that all eyes were on me. I had no idea why, maybe it had something to do with being able to actually walk after being "assaulted" by Haruhi or maybe it was because of Ryoko. If it was the later then I'm sure people will be talking about it. If it was about Haruhi I'm sure it's just momentary shock.

"Good afternoon Sensei, sorry about my stomach problem I'm feeling better now."

"Good, good, well I'm glad your back, now class if you would take your seats we can begin."

Now I know how boring most people think school is but I feel I must talk about some things. Now seeing as I transferred here means one of three things. I'm either ahead of the class, behind the class, or so lucky I'm right with the class. Lucky for me I was ahead by about a week which is five lessons give or take. Another thing that crossed my mind was Ryoko's rank in the class. Since she is the class rep I'd wager she is at the top so wouldn't that make her the best person to go to if you needed help? Obviously not cause no one ever bothered her for help. Now why would that be? At that moment the bell rang. There was a clatter and a slight choking sound but I once again ignored it.

"All right that is it for today dismissed and see you all tomorrow."

I started gathering my stuff when someone started speaking to me. Normally everyone ignores the new guy but hey there are some nice people in the world too.

"Hmm, you're not leaving yet are you? Because I could have sworn you offered to help me, or did you forget?"

I looked over at Ryoko. She sat at her desk wearing a sly smile which almost made me faint on the spot.

"Ah sorry, of course I'll help what do you need me to do?"

"Well it would be nice if you could wash the chalkboard, you can use that to finish your task. After that you are free to leave, I don't wanna ask you to do too much on your first day."

She pointed with a bucket with soap and water in it, I assumed there was something to scrub with as well. Something about her being worried for my well being made me warm up…or I think she is worried, she can be hard to read sometimes.

I finished the task swiftly and with ease and then said my goodbye to Ryoko. At this point I had nothing else to do with my time so I headed over to the SOS Brigade clubroom. I needed to see Kyon anyway and I knew he would be there at some point. I arrived rather quickly despite not knowing my way around, which surprised me, and I knocked on the door. There was no answer and so I opened the door and low and behold the room was empty. I took a chair and began waiting.

After about five minutes of silence, someone I had yet to meet walked in. She was on the short side with light purple hair and an icy stare. She walked over to the corner and started reading a book. Now normally I can tell how a person is by how they act, look, and or sound. She told me a lot just by me looking at her. She didn't like to talk and she would rather be left alone if at all possible. Needless to say I remained silent.

Kyon walked in soon after.

"Hey Kyon. Looks like you were right and yes I read your note and it left me wondering why did you use that whole sheet of paper?"

"Hey, it was all I had on me at the time and yeah I told you that this would be your fate. I didn't think she would flat out nail you like that though, but I shouldn't be surprised when you're around Haruhi enough you get used to weird things happening. Why are you here though? I thought out glorious leader gave you the day off?"

He always uses that same tone and it fits him oh so well.

"It was my choice to come after all I have nothing more to do. By the way who is that?"

I motioned at the light haired girl, I really was curious but she scared me to the point I'd rather not ask her.

"Ah that is Nagato, she might not speak much but she is very smart, just don't ask her for help she will just end up making you even more confused."

Was he hiding something? It's probably nothing.

"I see I guess that means I was the first to arrive." I was interrupted by someone else walking in. She was about Haruhi's size but with more developed features. She had sleek almost red hair and beautiful eyes. I got the feeling her voice was just as sweet.

"Oh, I wasn't aware anyone else had arrived. If you don't mind I need you to step outside for a moment."

Kyon and I both turned and headed out into the hall. He spoke up for once.

"That was Mikuru Asahina, Haruhi basically uses her as the club mascot…but she calls her a moe. As much as I hate it, and I'm sure you will too, we can't do much about it."

"Please enter when you are ready."

That voice came from inside the clubroom. It was Mikuru and it sounded as lovely as I thought it would have.

We went back inside and Kyon sat down at what was, I guess, was his usual chair and began staring off into space. I noticed that Mikuru had changed into a maid outfit that she really knew how to work. I walked up to Mikuru to introduce myself.

"Hello, my name is Kotaro the new member of the brigade." I held out my hand and smiled.

"N-nice to meet you. I'm Mikuru Asahina, I m-make the tea…"

She gave my hand a light shake. She seemed shy and very innocent, which I found to be adorable.

"Nice to meet you too Miss Asahina, I hope we get along well." I never had a doubt in the first place.

"M-me too…would you like some tea Kotaro? I'm almost finished making it."

"Of course I would if you don't mind that is."

"Oh no not at all, I'd be happy too. Here you go."

"Thank you very much. This is some of the best tea I've had in awhile."

I smiled at her and the first response I got was her giving a slight blush.

"I'm glad you like it so much. Thank you for the compliment and please you can call me Mikuru."

I walked over to where Kyon was sitting, which by the way was like two steps from where I was standing, I never noticed how small this room was. I then took a seat and stared off into space like Kyon was doing, or at least tried to do, he kept looking at Mikuru and failing to hide it. There was a knock at the door and someone called out to see if anyone was in. They didn't wait for a response cause I'm sure they knew we were there anyway.

"Good afternoon. Oh? Who might you be?"

He was referring to me. I was slightly shocked that this guy was well a guy, can you blame me with being introduced to women for the whole day?

"Good afternoon, I am Kotaro the newest member of the brigade."

I stood up and extended a hand to him which he took and shook.

"Nice to meet you Kotaro, I am Itsuki Koizumi."

"Nice to meet you as well Mr. Koizumi, here is to hoping we get along."

Now I know I sound like a goof whenever I say that but I truly mean it, I mean who wants to be enemies and be forced to work together?

"I'm sure we will and please just call me Itsuki or Koizumi." He continued to use a smug smile

"Will do Koizumi thank you for the introduction."

That smile unnerved me in so many ways…not only did it make him seem like a smug bastard it also made him seem friendly.

"Would you like to play some chess Kotaro? I'd ask Kyon but he seems to be off in another world."

"Hey, don't talk about me like that."

Kyon's retort fell on deaf ears because Koizumi just continued talking to me.

"Well would you?"

"Of course I will, I have nothing to do at this time anyway so a little mental workout would be welcome."

Other then Kyon being annoyed, me being utterly beaten by Koizumi, and Mikuru brewing more tea for us it was very quiet. That is until Haruhi burst in the door, at which point Kyon just put his head to the table as if it was going to save him or something.

"Good everyone is here! Oh, Kotaro! Couldn't wait to get started eh?

Her stare was scary and her smile evil. Needless to say it chilled me to the bone. I felt like I was gonna keel over or something.

"It is indeed so Haruhi, the prospect seemed so interesting that I wanted to get ahead of my game."

"Good, now let the meeting start."

Kyon lifted his head up to speak.

"Hey Haruhi, why do you even call these meetings? It's not like we ever get to decide on anything anyway."

"Because Kyon my word is absolute, therefore, even if we hold an actual vote I would win anyway. We have nothing pressing to discuss right now so you can all relax until I say otherwise."

I now know why Kyon calls her a tyrant but I felt even worse for taking the one thing he probably does all the time and honestly it was the biggest mistake of my life so far.

"Checkmate, would you like to go again?"

Damn…Koizumi is a lot better at this then he looks and that smile of his made me not wanna quit.

"Of course I would Koizumi, maybe I can do better this time."

We played about ten more games with me losing each one, I was obviously very bad at chess. After the tenth game was when Haruhi spoke up.

"Ok everyone thats all for today, dismissed!"

Koizumi, Mikuru, Haruhi, and Nagato all gathered their stuff and left, leaving Kyon and me left alone in the clubroom and with me assuming he remembered his promise to me.

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And if you think that last line sounded like Kotaro was gay congrats I thought so too xD

I know the chapters are short but they always seem alot longer when I write them on paper cause you know six pages to me seems like alot to write. I also like to use cliff hangers some are more effective then others but it still makes you wanna know whats up next right...?