The Divergence of Haruhi Suzumiya

Chapter Three

Surprisingly enough Haruhi didn't call a meeting the next day, so I slept in and spent the afternoon cleaning out the guest room. Around three I got call from Asahina asking if I wanted to go to a movie, a much as I would love to go to a movie with the divine beauty that is Asahina Mikuru. Unfortunately I intended to spend most of tomorrow with Sasaki which meant this was my last chance to clean the room before Kasu Jeison got here ( jeez, you'd think my parents would help at least a little) so I reluctantly declined and offered to go next weekend, she happily agreed and we made plans for next Saturday night, I couldn't wait. I finished cleaning right around ten and immediately went to bed, I had no idea cleaning could take so much out of you.

That night I either had one of the weirdest dreams I've ever had or I slid into a world where into a world every thing had been taken over by giant bugs. Anyway after that I immediately sat up and looked at my clock, eight o' five, well a little early to head to the park and meet up with Sasaki so I went to the kitchen and prepared some cereal. My sister was still asleep and my parents,hmm, where were they... I figured I might as well get going and would take the long way to the park however as soon as I stepped out the door I knew today was going to be interesting.

Sitting on the bench across the street was Nagato Yuki "please sit" she calmly stated, if there had been a single other noise I wouldn't have even herd her, as it was I had nothing else to do right no so I figured I'd see what she has to say " statistical data measurements and matter encoding fields have deciphered the details of Kasu Jeison's transfer it is likely that due to the nature of the distortion he is aware of his predicament, it has also become clear that there is a specific link between our world and his" can't she use plain Japanese just for once? " this connection takes the form of an idea in a mans head, that man has generated multiple novel on the subject of Suzumiya Haruhi, these books most likely describe the events leading to this day"

" So as far as he's concerned we're book characters?"

"Yes, up until now he considered us no more real than... Harry Potter" No comment on that.

" But he knows whats going on now?"

"Yes, the residual data on his basic field indicate great excitement for this"

"Things just get weirder and weirder" I looked down at my cell phone, nine o' clock I should get going. " Listen Nagato, uh, that's really interesting but I have to go now"

"Okay"

Sasaki was waiting for me when I got to our meeting place though by the look on her face she hadn't been waiting long, "Kyon, good morning" she started

" Good morning Sasaki"

" So I assume you'd like to talk about Haruhi and I"

" Uhh, yeah I guess"

"Okay so I've been thinking and I realize that there no reason there can only be one person like Haruhi and I"

"How do you figure?"

"Well plenty of religions have more than on god, but what I think is more likely is that Haruhi and I are two opposing forces that keep each other in check"

" What like good and evil, be cause neither of you are bad and your guys are pretty similar in a lot of ways"

"Yeah, but think about it I don't want to have this kind of responsibility, if Haruhi Know she had it she would love it, I see every one as equals, she sees every one as a pawn"

"Okay I see what you mean but if your both 'God' hen why are you closed spaces so different"

" Maybe closed space are just where one of our powers overwhelms the other so closed space is a manifestation of just our half of creation"

" Why would yours take up the whole world then?"

" I don' think it does, you shouldn't trust everything Tachibana says" she had a point "listen I feel like I should meet up with your brigade some time, just so I can get to know Haruhi"

"That's a good idea plus if you get on her good side maybe you can stop her from accidentally destroying the world"

" or purposefully..."

Hhuh?

" look Kyon, because I know what I am I can feel things, and I have a feeling that pretty soon Haruhi's going to find out the truth."
As much as I didn't want to believe it when a friend who may also be God tells you something is going to happen it's hard to ignore "when?" was all I could get out

We sat in silence for a while before Sasaki announced she had to leave, then a few minutes after she left I heard a voice from behind me " Kyon!"

"Huh?" I said then seconds later I recognized the voice , from around the corner the incredible beauty that was the adult Asahina Mikuru

" Good to see you Kyon," she started " It's been a long time, at least for me it has"

"..."

" I have something important to tell you" she said solemnly " I fear this is the last time you and my self will meet"

"But-"

" don't worry you will see my younger self plenty more, in fact that is the nature of my news" she paused the continued " an unexpected distortion of time has separate event, I am no longer a part of this time-line's future in fact the future of this new time line hasn't even been written yet"

" But doesn't that mean Asahi-, er, your younger self can't go back home and on top of that how are you still here than?"

" She can not go home and I cannot stay long, the distortion acts in a non linear fashion currently the two time lines are so close they may as well be intertwined but soon, when my younger self encounters any change the time lines will shoot away from each other and the connection will be lost permanently"

" Why when you encounter a change rather than when any thing changes?"

" I being the only time traveler on this time plane act as a last constant, a string between present and future if you will"

"And I assume that this new student didn't exist in your past"

" No, he did not, meeting him will be the change that closes the door for my present's time travel, however another future's Mikuru may appear."

"So, another you might come back"

"Yes but I fear another event will occur after that that has the potential to stop time travel from being possible all together "

"When's that?" just then she began to flicker and fade

" I'm sorry, my time is up, your new friend is now in Osaka, he is physically close enough to effect me."

" But we're not in-"

" He does not need to have direct contact to alter my personal time-line, it is the butterfly effect, a chain reaction." she finally describes something about time travel I half get, and it's the last time I'll ever speak with her. Just as she faded away she smiled at me and said farewell, she even used my real name.

As I sat there alone on the bench I couldn't help but wonder if what Sasaki and Grown-up Asahina said was true. This seemingly peaceful time, full of old and (Judging by what Asahina said) new friends,with no conflict or melancholy, was it really just the calm before the storm?

(A/N: hooray for exposition! I'll show up in a few chapters so remember if you don't like how i'm writing please tell me! I want to keep this fic as good as any other if I can!)