I do not own The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. DragonFable and Artix belong to Artix Entertainment LLC and are used simply as conversational material. I do own Kotaro.

So here is chapter 9 although it isn't as long as some others I'm sure you wanted some kind of update xD

Chapter 9

The end of the week came to be rather fast, like everything else this week, but it was time for the trip and we were all gathered at the station waiting on none other then Kyon.

"He is so gonna pay for this."

Haruhi was rather upset at the fact Kyon was last, yet he was still not yet late but you'd think by now he would learn to show up early.

"Calm down Haruhi, I'd think you'd be used to his tardiness by now."

"And why should I be?! He needs to learn to show up early or else he is really gonna get it one of these days!"

That sure shut me up. So I turned to Mikuru and Koizumi and asked them how their morning went. They went into small details of how they prepared for such a wild trip that it managed to pass time and let me ignore Haruhi's rants on Kyon. We waited about five minutes and he came into view wearing his usual "Get me out of this hell" face.

"You're late! Kyon I will not stand for this! Get here earlier next time or I'm really gonna let you have it!"

"Yeah yeah, I've heard it all before do your worst."

I think that's the straw that broke the camel's back. Haruhi stormed up to him, pulled something out, and smacked him square on the head. Turned out it was a magazine and it was only to humiliate him in front of all of us and the bystanders. It worked because Kyon flared up, shut up, and just kept walking towards us. Haruhi seemed satisfied and we all boarded the train and set off on our wondrous haunted house venture. I broke first silence after roughly ten minutes.

"So Haruhi, what exactly are we going to be looking for?"

"A ghost or maybe even some undead! A crazy paladin would be nice too."

"A crazy paladin? Where the heck did you think that up from?"

"Well I started playing this game on the computer a few days ago, and one of the best characters is a crazy undead slaying paladin named Artix! I wouldn't mind meeting a crazed paladin wouldn't you?"

At this point I choked, she had been playing DragonFable. It was one of my favorite games and yes Artix was a major undead slaying paladin but would we really want to run into someone like that? On second thought I would absolutely love it, but that doesn't mean we should run into one because if we did it meant there would be undead and undead meant I would have to fight. The others were in such shock that they couldn't think of anything to say so I had to carry on for them.

"Well I wouldn't mind but don't you think that would be dangerous? I mean for one to be there would mean there are undead in the area."

"Well duh! And that's exactly what we're looking for, so it would be like killing two birds with one stone. Not only would we have proof that undead and necromancers exist we would also get to meet a holy paladin!"

Now she is wishing for necromancers? Why not wish for a giant undead war that we all have to partake in? We might as well be in DragonFable at this rate and dear god I hope that doesn't happen.

"Haruhi…do you really think we will run into any of that?"

"Of course I do that's why I'm so dead set on this!"

"I'm hoping that pun wasn't intended, now say this were to happen and we ended up in some undead war of the ages. What side would you be on? The heroes of the town or the necromancers?"

"I would be a paladin of course! And you fit more into the deathknight theme but with good intentions and would help us fight! Kyon would be the Necromancer simply because I'm mad at him. Mikuru would be the helpful healer for when we get back from waves! Itsuki will be a mage! Oh and Yuki would be…the person we talk to before going to waves and she will give us the status and waves percent defeated!"

She has this all planned out doesn't she, I have to admit though the deathknight is my second favorite class next to paladin and Koizumi fits right into the mage class and Kyon as a necromancer is interesting but Mikuru as a moglin is too cute and Yuki fits her role all too well. The one thing I couldn't bring myself to see was Haruhi as a paladin, sure she has the energy, but how long would it keep her satisfied?

The rest of the trip was to be passed in silence for everyone except for Haruhi and I; we just let our minds race on the subject giving nods and shakes on what would really be happening at that point. We got to the point where at the end of the war the boss would come out and we would battle it but what was it?

"I'm telling you Kotaro it has to be the necromancer!"

"No no Haruhi it has to be something big, maybe it could appear along with the necromancer?"

"That's not a half bad idea but what would it be? Maybe a giant pile of bones and muscle!"

"How about something less disturbing like a skeletal werewolf?"

"That's ok but why a skeleton, why not a zombified werewolf?"

"That would work as well in fact I like that idea better then mine let's go with that!"

"Alright then! It's official this is going to be our play for the festival!"

"Interesting choice Haruhi but I agree it would make an excellent play."

"That's right it will especially with me directing it! Now all I have to do is find some armor and the right weapons."

She made a list of to-get-items and passed the rest of the ride doing just that. We arrived at the town and got off the train. It was a nice little town out in the countryside. It had lush rolling hills and a small swamp. Something made me wanna stay here but I get the feeling I wouldn't want to stay for a cotton drifting festival if there was one. There was a single school house as well but I had no intent of visiting to see of there was another deranged club other then ours.

"Alright from here we will be staying in that inn over there. This is a quite little town from the looks of it so try not to do anything stupid and get us in a fix alright?"

We all nodded in agreement and set off towards the inn. All the houses seem to have normal doors but upon glancing into some homes they seemed to have traditional sliding doors, a nice touch if I do say so myself, there is just something about small towns, actually this might even be small enough to be a village, that make you wanna leave your current home and just stay in them. Maybe it was because of the sweet smells of freshly baked goods or maybe it was because it was quiet.

"Alright everyone we have three rooms which means we will have one purple room. We're gonna draw to see who it is."

Haruhi then pulled out some straws and we all took one. The lucky couple was Haruhi and me. Which meant Kyon was with Koizumi, poor Kyon, and Mikuru with Yuki. Haruhi seemed relived and everyone else as well. I had yet to have any problems getting along with Haruhi so they must think it a blessing she ended up with me.

"Alright everyone it's late and we need some sleep so get ready for bed, that train ride took much longer then I expected. Kotaro do me a favor and wait out here till I tell you to come in."

I just nodded and sat across from the door and waited. Everyone else went ahead into their respective rooms and got ready for bed. I just removed my over garment and I was all set. Haruhi called out and I went inside what I saw was not what I had expected for nightwear from Haruhi. She was wearing a lovely and very complementing kimono and a sly smile suggesting I wasn't really going to bed.

"Don't think you're getting off just yet, I want to go around the town and look around for a bit. You just get to be the lucky person who comes along since we have to share a room."

"Would you allow me the pleasure of changing first so I can at least look presentable next to you?"

"Of course I wouldn't want you to be any other way, now get to it we don't have all night."

She left me to changing and waited in the hall. I pulled out the one kimono I thought I wouldn't ever have to wear but this occasion called for it since I was expected to look nice. It had a nice blue color with a light red under shirt and a lighter blue stripe pattern. I had to take my sword off due to the fact that I didn't want to draw attention to myself in such a small little place. I walked out into the hall and Haruhi just smiled and we were on our way. To think I got stuck doing this all because I drew a straw…

"Alright first we are going to check out the schoolhouse because I want to see what it's like there."

We walked all the way to the school house and Haruhi seemed slightly disappointed.

"It's just a small building maybe about an eighth the size of our high school, does that mean all grades attend one school?"

"Well Haruhi this is a really small town out in the country so they might be lucky to even have this as it is."

"True…I guess it's better to have a place to learn then not to learn at all right?"

"Exactly, you have to remember you need to see it through the town's prospective before you dismiss it as nothing."

We decided to check out the rest of the town which was a general store, and a place to eat. Seeing as this was a small town there wasn't much too really see and the two of us looked like over dressed tourists. The good thing about walking around this town was the fact it always had a different smell. There were also wide fields and lovely gardens this would be the perfect summer hang out if you could afford a house here. We got back to the inn with Haruhi having her morbid curiosity satisfied.

"Well Haruhi I hope you had fun walking around so much, or at least with knowing the town better."

"It was pretty interesting but there was nothing supernatural at all! I mean usually small towns out in the middle of nowhere have something about them that would set it apart from the rest. Well at least there is still the haunted house which we'll be investigating tomorrow."

"Indeed now what we need is some sleep so we have energy to actually investigate tomorrow."

"Yeah you're right."

She started to undress right in front of me with her back towards me. My first though was to get out of there but she was blocking the door. I did the only thing I could and turned my back and walked to the opposite wall and stared at it. I waited for about five minutes before she said something.

"Eh? You were in here the whole time?!"

"Well yes, but I swear I didn't look in fact I swear on my honor I didn't and incase you don't know my honor is worth more then my life."

"Mmm ok…just try not to do it again ok? Or else I will kill you."

"Understood."

I turned around and managed to get a look at her. She wore a simple white robe tied at the waste and had taken her headband out. She jumped in bed and started to dose off. I proceeded to take my over shirt off and folded it up and put it on the table beside my bed. I crawled into bed and eventually fell asleep the actions of the day washing up on my being like a title wave upon a beach. Sometime during the night Haruhi ended sleepwalking and being half awake at the same time decided to walk over and ask me something.

"Is it ok if I sleep with you? It's cold over there."

Her eyes were droopy and I was still quite tired so I agreed and she crawled into the bed and fell back asleep griping me like I was some kind of stuffed bear. Now had I been fully awake I would have guessed the consequences this might hold for me but she was warm and I fell back asleep rather quickly. That night I ended up putting my arm around her as well so she wouldn't roll off the bed if she turned as well.

R&R as usual and thanks to all readers and more thanks to reviewers for taking time to say stuff about my story.

Cookies for anyone who guesses my small town refrence xD some stuff might be off but I think you can get the idea.