OK, so I'm going to be experimenting in this chapter a little, instead of it being the point of view of the reader, it's going to be the point of view of Kyon, like in the anime and novel. If this one turns out alright then I'll be sticking with it! Anyway, without further ado… on with the chapter! By the way, I'm loving all the reviews you guys are giving me! Keep it up please! I feel selfish for asking, but it just fills me with so much joy to see who reads these!

I ran for as long as I could, I wanted to make sure that I wouldn't be anywhere near Nagato and her battle with the other Humanoid. I made sure to run until I couldn't hear anything but our feet hitting the ground. I held Haruhi's hand the whole time and after what felt like hours of running I finally stopped. After letting go of Haruhi I knelt over and was gasping for air, Jeez. I'm out of shape. I can't believe how exhausted I was… After I finally got enough air into my lungs I stood up and looked over to Haruhi. She was barely out of breath!

"Kyon, are you done yet?"

I'm amazed at her stamina.

"I'm fine, thanks for asking…" I muttered under my breath, damn her impatience.

"So what are our plans now?"

I'm not sure how to answer her; I've been winging it this whole time. If Nagato was against us I was sure we were goners. Nevertheless, I had to give her SOME kind of response. "I'm not sure… I haven't really thought of a plan to go on…"

I heard Haruhi sigh and place a hand on her forehead, "Typical Kyon. Always doing things without coming up with a plan first… When are you gonna realize that if you don't come up with a plan then you're doomed to fail!" Yeah, and by plan you mean coming up with something a day before it happens. News flash Haruhi, that's not a plan.

I sighed and looked up at the night sky. "It's really late…" I groaned and pulled my phone out of my pocket. Great, it's almost 1:30. I looked around us and tried to find a place to stay for the night. "I think we should try to get some sleep Haruhi."

"Yeah, you're probably right… do you have your wallet on you? Mine was kind of blown up."

I dug inside my pants pockets and to my surprise I actually had my wallet on me, "Yeah I do actually… but I don't think we should stay in a hotel room or anything like that."

Haruhi cocked her head to the side, "Why not?"

"Who knows what kind of connections those killers might have. They managed to blow up your house didn't they? They've probably got connections all around the city."

I watched Haruhi put a finger to her chin, "yeah, you're probably right. So where do you suggest we DO stay?"

Once again, I had no idea where we were supposed to go. Koizumi's organization probably has members all over the place. The best place I could think of us even going would be some place abandoned… and by a stroke of luck…

"Hey Kyon!" I heard Haruhi shout and point in the direction of a run-down building. "Take a look at that!"

I looked to see a building that seemed to have been forgotten about for years. There was moss covering the sides of it. Not to mention plenty of broken windows. I could see pieces of concrete missing from the sides and a large hole coming out of the side of the building. "I guess it'll have to do…" I was afraid to go inside, but for the sake of keeping us safe, I had no choice.

Haruhi and I quickly made our way inside. The inside looked a little better than the outside did, but not by much. "I gonna look around the building and find some trash or something to make a fire. We should probably try to stay warm… it's a little chilly." I realized that Haruhi was still in her pajamas, not to mention she didn't have shoes on either.

"Fine, I'll stay here then…" I saw her yawn before I left to look around.

I started walking down the cold hallways and looked into the empty rooms inside this broken down building. I guess I've got some time to myself to think about a few things…

So first things first, why exactly were the organizations trying to kill Haruhi? Don't they need her to keep the universe in place or something? There's got to be some other reason behind it… Were they really afraid of Haruhi getting bored with the world? I've got to agree that Haruhi DOES get bored easy… I'm surprised she hasn't gotten bored with talking to me yet.

I wondered into a room when I noticed some newspapers lying on the ground. They certainly look flammable. I also noticed a large blanket and some pillows lying on a bed rack, the mattress was gone but they seemed to have left some pillows and a blanket… how convenient.

Now, where was I? Oh yeah. Haruhi being bored. There must be a logical reason for the organizations wanting to kill off Haruhi, but for now, I'm going to have to think about that later… I've got what I need and quite frankly I'm getting nervous leaving Haruhi alone for so long, not to mention this whole place still creeps me out.

I found my way back to the room where I left Haruhi and to my surprise she was just sitting there with her arms wrapped around her legs… That's odd, I expected her to be looking around a bit. Something felt off about her… "Hey Haruhi, you alright?" I dropped the folded blanket and pillows to the ground near Haruhi.

"Yeah, I'm fine Kyon…" She was talking in a low voice, which just made me worry even more than I already was.

"Well, I've got some stuff to start a fire. I'm sure you're probably cold in your pajamas right?"

"Not really."

Oh. Well you should have said so; I wouldn't have just wasted my time looking for stuff to build a fire. I sighed and placed some rubble in a circle and put down the newspapers. "Now let's see if I can get this to work…" I took two rocks and began to bash them against each other. I noticed a few sparks flying off which made me crack a smile. "Ok, just a little closer…" I held the rocks right up above the newspaper and after a few frustrating minutes of bashing the rocks together I managed to get a little smoke, which soon turned into a small fire.

I watched Haruhi slowly scoot up next to the small fire I made. Sure Haruhi, you're not cold at all. I'm actually surprised at how cold it is. It is spring time, it shouldn't be so cold… why is the weather acting so oddly?

The two of us sat by the small fire for a little while before Haruhi decided to speak up.

"Hey Kyon? Can I ask you something?"

That was an odd question; usually she just asks me anything without hesitation. "Sure, go ahead."

I noticed that she had stopped for a moment, she looked a little nervous but eventually she managed to get her question out.

"What do you think of me?"

Oh… This question again… "What?"

"When you think about me… What kind of feeling do you get?"

Koizumi asked me this just before he told me his and Asahina's organizations wanted to kill Haruhi. I had told him that she was a borderline friend but I guess I'd been lying to him before. I know Haruhi is more than just a borderline friend to me but to be honest I'm not so sure myself what she means to me…

"Do you hate me Kyon?"

Now that was definitely odd. "Of course I don't, if I did I wouldn't be risking my neck for you right now." I looked over to her and I don't think my answer pleased her. "What I mean is; if I hated you then I wouldn't have tried to save you…" That still came out wrong… lemme try again, "I don't hate you Haruhi, let's just say that." There, that sounded a little better.

I watched her as she just stared into the fire. "What if I didn't need to be saved?"

"I still don't hate you."

She looked over to me, the small light the fire gave off made her face slightly glow. "You mean that?"

I gave her a small smile, "I don't hate you Haruhi. I promise." This time she smiled, that's good. I was kind of worried for a moment there.

For a while there wasn't anything said between the two of us. Every once in a while I'd throw another piece of newspaper into the small fire to keep it going. Every now and then I would glance over to Haruhi to see what she was doing. She was still staring at the fire, as I thought she would… I was still trying to figure out what was wrong with her. She does seem to be acting strangely and today in the clubroom, she just ended the brigade meeting, just like that. I've never know her to just end it so quickly.

Something was definitely wrong with her. "Hey Haruhi?"

"Yeah?"

"Are… you feeling alright?"

Once more, there was silence between us. "I'm feeling fine." She said that coldly. "I'm just bored is all." Those words always sent chills up my spine whenever she said them. Haruhi being bored was NOT a good sign. "I'm also a little tired… I…" she yawned for a moment, "I didn't expect to be woken up at 12:30 at night… I hadn't gotten to sleep much earlier before that anyway…" Her eyes began to slowly droop as she struggled to stay awake.

I resisted the urge to chuckle as I watched her try to stay awake. "Listen Haruhi, I think it's time for us to get some sleep. I couldn't find any mattresses but I did manage to find a blanket and some pillows."

"I doubt they're clean…" I heard her mutter.

"They probably aren't, but it's all we've got for the night." He tossed the pillow and blanket over to her. She grabbed them both but soon looked back at me.

"What about you?"

I tossed my pillow onto the ground and looked over to her, "What do you mean?"

"Don't you have a blanket?"

I hadn't thought about that, I guess I didn't really need one. I did have my jacket on. "I'm fine Haruhi; I've got plenty of clothing on to stay warm through the night."

She looked down at the blanket and then back at me. She sighed, "Fine, but if you're cold… we could… share the blanket…" I noticed a small tint of red on her cheeks as she said her sentence, I'd be lying if I didn't have a small shade of red on my face either.

"Thanks Haruhi, but I'm sure you need it more than I do." I smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"Alright then… I'll…" She yawned once more, "Just wait for you… to…" She laid her head down onto the pillow and seemed like she had already passed out. I can't believe she was that tired… then again… I'm feeling a little tired myself to be honest… I yawned and walked over to Haruhi, she was so tired she didn't even pull the blanket onto herself. I gently laid it onto her and chuckled as she unconsciously grabbed the blanket and pulled it tighter onto herself. Yeah, she totally wasn't cold.

I laid my head onto the pillow and it seemed like it took no more than a minute to fall asleep…

I was deep in sleep when I suddenly heard a familiar voice. I didn't want to wake up so I decided to ignore it. But the voice was persistent and I could feel myself been shook, I tried ignoring it but I could hear my name being shout and the constant shaking was getting on my nerves.

I felt my eyes snap open to the sight of Haruhi leaning above me. "Ugh…" I groaned and sat up, "Sorry Haruhi… I guess I was more tired than I thought I was…" I rubbed some sleep from my eyes and looked around. Good, Haruhi didn't take us to some closed space or whatever… I would REALLY have been in trouble if that happened. I looked over to Haruhi who was just sitting there looking at me. "How did you sleep?"

"Fine, I guess"

Guess she isn't very talkative when she wakes up…

"So what're we going to do now Kyon?" She looked out of a broken window and sighed.

"I'm not sure. I would suggest finding a fast way out of the city… it's our only shot."

She looked over to me, "We're still doing that?"

I slowly stood up and kicked around the ashes left in the small fire I had made last night. I made sure to spread them around to hide any evidence that we'd been here. "It's the only thing I can think of for us to be safe." I grabbed the pillows and blanket and threw them into a random room.

I heard Haruhi groan, "But how do we know that they won't just find us?"

I shrugged my shoulders, "I don't know Haruhi, but it's our best chance of evening being remotely safe. Do you have any better ideas?" If Nagato didn't have any ideas then I'm sure Haruhi wouldn't either. But it didn't hurt to ask.

I watched her put a finger to her chin. While she did that I started looking around the room to see if there were any other signs of us being here tonight. "Nope, can't think of anything." She didn't even seem like she was really trying to think of anything…

"Then leaving the city is our only option. C'mon, we should start moving before they find us again." I yawned one last time before walking over to Haruhi. "We should probably stay in alley ways to stay out of sight."

The two of us walked out of the side of the building and looked around to make sure we weren't being watched. Before we left I took one last look at the building before we started on our way.

"So, which way should we go Haruhi?"

"Kyon."

"I'm thinking we should probably head down this road here and try to find a map.

"Kyon?"

"What do you think?"

"KYON!"

I turned my head to look at Haruhi, "What?"

She looked at me with an angry look on her face. "You know, as much as I enjoy walking around in my pajama's… Could we PLEASE go to a clothing store and get me some clothes?!"

I scratched the side of my face as she asked her question, "Yeah, I guess we should get you into some new clothes huh?" Haruhi muttered something under her breath but I ignored it. "Then let's try to find the closest clothes store… I think I have enough money to get you a set of clothes."

The two of us down the street and looked around for a clothes store and after twenty minutes of searching I had given up and started asking around. I was afraid to do this at first considering our situation, but I had no choice. Finally, we found a store that sold clothes.

"Alright Kyon, I'm gonna go change now… don't you dare peak while I'm in the changing room!" Haruhi shouted and pointed her finger towards me, I sighed and nodded.

"I promise Haruhi, I won't peak at you…" I awkwardly stood outside the changing room door as I got odd stares from people passing by. What was taking her so long? She only picked out a few clothes and it didn't even look like much… After what seemed like hours she finally stepped out of the changing room wearing the outfit she picked out.

She stood there with her hands on her hips and looked at me, "So, how do I look?"

I'd be lying if I said she wasn't at all attractive in the outfit she was wearing, but I couldn't actually SAY that could I? "Y-You um… you look great Haruhi." I managed to spit out.

"Really?" She crossed her arms and looked at me again.

"Yeah, you look amazing." I smiled nervously and I could feel my cheeks starting to warm up.

She seemed satisfied with my answer and gave me a smile. "Great! Now get to buying!" She pointed over to the register and giggled. I groaned and slowly made my way towards the register.

Buying the clothes took a big chunk out of the money I had saved up… Not to mention how I'm going to be able to pay for us once we finally leave the city. I guess I'll have to get a job... Keeping up with Haruhi's insane money demands is going to be difficult… Well, at least the bright side of the store trip was finding a map of the city, now we could actually find some place to escape.

I suddenly felt Haruhi smash into my back as she tried leaning over my shoulder to read the map. "So Kyon, which way do we go first?" I could feel her chin resting on my shoulder as she peaked at the paper.

I looked over the map and looked for any possible exit we could take, "We should head down in this direction, this looks like it's the closest way out of the city—" Just then, I noticed a familiar figure walking towards us. This person had a plastic smile and was wearing a North High uniform. He had his hands in his pocket and was slowly making his way towards us.

"Koizumi!" Haruhi shouted and waved at him, she was about to run over to him but I grabbed her arm before she took a step closer to him. "Kuh… Kyon?" She looked back at me with a confused face.

"Hey there you two." He still had that smile on his face. "How're you doing?"

I lightly squeezed Haruhi's arm before taking a step back. "Haruhi, I think we should leave."

She looked down at her arm and then back to me, "Why?" She looked back at Koizumi who was getting closer and closer with each passing second. "He's a brigade member, like Yuki." She looked back at me with a confident smile.

"We need to go Haruhi, C'mon!" I held her arm tight as I turned around and bolted down the street.

"K-Kyon! Wait! What about Koizumi!" I looked back to see if Koizumi was following us… Oddly enough he hadn't even tried chasing us. "Kyon! Kyon, wait!"

"We can't trust him right now Haruhi!" I don't know how he even found us… I guess his organization really does have spies all over the city… Nagato was right, as long as we stay inside the city we're bound to be found… and eventually killed… I looked back one more time and finally we were out of sight. I started slowing down and quickly jogged into an alley way. At that point Haruhi ripped her arm from my grasp.

"What the hell is going on here Kyon?!" She was mad. Really mad, and that wasn't a good thing. "Why couldn't we trust Koizumi?! He's a brigade member, just like Nagato! We can trust her but not him?!" She had her finger right between my eyes and was tapping me in between my eyes. "What is going on here Kyon?! Do you know something about all this?" She had her hands on her hips and her face was right in front of mine. I could feel her breath on my face as she stared at me.

I honestly didn't know what to tell her. What was I supposed to say? Hey Haruhi, you're actually a god that could change the world in the blink of an eye if you wanted to and because of that these organizations want you dead. Then again, that's not the whole case is it? There's got to be more behind this whole thing and I have to find out what. But for now, I've got to come up with a convincing lie that'll fool Haruhi for the time being.

"Why can't we trust Koizumi? And why could we trust Nagato?" She asked me again. "Why did we even visit her? What were you two doing, making out or something?! Is that why you wanted me to go in the other room?"

My face got red at this point, "W-What?! No! Of course not! I was asking Nagato to borrow… some money! So when we left the city we'd have enough money to make it out ok!"

"Then why couldn't I be in there when you were asking for the money?!"

Shit. She's got me there… C'mon Kyon… Think man, think! Oh! I've got it! "I um… it was kind of embarrassing to ask her for money… it was… kind of demeaning…" I mumbled through my lie, which actually made it look more convincing…

She looked at me with sympathetic eyes, "Really?" Holy shit, she actually believed me? I think she even forgot the reason she was yelling at me. "Well… Fine… Just, don't feel bad about it OK? I really do appreciate what you're doing for me." She backed away from my face and boy was that relieving… I was getting kind of nervous with her face right next to mine. Which brings me to the question, why did she even ask about Nagato and I kissing anyway? Why did she care? She confuses me so much sometimes…

"So which way do we go now?" She looked over to me.

I sighed and looked at the map. "Well. After that whole run, we went in the complete opposite direction… so we'll have to start going this way; it looks like it's the closest way out of the city." I pointed down the end of the alley.

"Fine, let's go that way then." She crossed her arms and started walking into the direction I pointed.

"Alright then…" I guess I'll have to keep a look out for any members of Koizumi's organization… what confuses me though is that if they saw Haruhi and I walking alone… why didn't they do anything? If you're trying to kill someone usually when you see them you try to, well, kill them. Instead they just told Koizumi where we were and he found us here…

But was that really the case? Was Koizumi actually going to try to kill us? My gut said he was probably going to try, considering he always kissed up to Haruhi when her plans seemed completely outrageous, so now doesn't seem any different. He seems like a completely obedient person who does anything his superior tells him to. Regardless of what the task may be. This brings me to our other brigade member, Ms. Asahina. Would she try to kill us? Would Ms. Asahina REALLY try to attack us? She seems to innocent to try anything, considering she never tried standing up to Haruhi. I think we'll be able to trust her… at least I hope we can…

Boy oh boy! What a doozy! But I had a blast writing this chapter! I hope you enjoy it, I tried my best to put as much detail and interaction as I possibly could! If you guys like me writing the story like this then I'll stick with it and continue it from here on out! Tell me what you think in the reviews! They really are appreciated!