On a side note, I don't know how many of you were still waiting for this. I was not really but I lost what to do with this storyline. I now accept that I screwed up the storyline on the sequel. Cause there is immense amount to write and I simply don't have that much time.

Still for people who have stayed with this... I will continue writing it. Although in the content of this chapter, you will notice a big time gap. Lots of things happened from what is going on in this chapter and from where I left off few months ago.

Reason I don't write the middle part is because… I am afraid I'm going to screw up really bad. But, it does feel Haruiish to not even care about timelines, so hope you enjoy this chapter.

A Couple Dimensions Later

(Alan)

"Argh!" I landed with a huge crash. Seriously, I really need to start working on those landings when I travel. Sigh, I guess I'll try to remember to land properly next time I travel.

"Don't worry he's fine, he will get up soon as he smells milk." Cold word from the chief. It has been many months since we were traveling across dimensions, Haruhi haven't had a chance to trim her hair since then. Her long magnificent hair now stretches beyond her shoulders.

"As expected from a tsundere character..." Owner of that mocking tone is none other than Konata Izumi. As far as reliability goes… sadly, she is the most reliable one in this odd group. I regret, back then, saying that the SOS-brigade was weird.

"Ahh!! No!! Fuko lost her starfish!!" Of course… there is the 'almighty' Starfish lord. She is by far shortest out of all of us and might I add… oddest.

"Shut up Kona-chan…" Haurhi yelled out. "You've been influenced by too many vile anime shows. You are really getting annoying with all those anime terms."

"But anime insights have been very useful in many tight spots?" Konata replied slyly.

"Fine, keep watching your animes, Alan! Get up!" Haruhi turned towards my lifeless body, and then kicked it with all her might.

"Ow!!" That lifeless body suddenly came back to life.

"So Alan! Where do you think we are?" Haruhi was not wasting any time.

"Well… I am not sure… but it looks like another city." I replied and added. "Please don't kick me, you know how I get drained whenever I make these travels… it's been getting worse every time."

"Oh stop crying Fu-chan! You can carve another sculpture later!" Haruhi, not able to ignore Fuko's sobbing anymore, blew up.

"It's… sob… not a wooden starfish…sob… that Fuko has lost… it's the shiny starfish…" Fuko answered feebly.

Rest of us gasped in horror.

"You don't mean… you lost the LuckyStar?" All the trouble Konata and I went through to grab it was flashing through my mind.

To my disbelief… Fuko nodded.

"How about you Konata? Do you still have the Key?" At least Konata is more reliable.

"Don't worry Alan-sama! I have it safe right he-" Konata, while reaching inside her jacket pocket, suddenly froze.

"…No way…" My heart sank with an ultimate sigh... How could we have lost it? Did we leave it behind on other dimension? I felt a communication coming through. I opened the dimension communication window.

Kanata, Konata's mother's face appeared behind a small black window.

"Did you arrive safely Alan kun?" The kind voice of Kanata san was somewhat soothing.

"We all arrived in one piece, but the big problem is that the Luckystar and the Key are missing." I reported.

Kanata didn't seem to be surprised. "That means that they have hidden themselves again in your current dimension. You know how those objects work right? LuckyStar is attracted to strong friendship, and the Key is attracted to love."

… How could I forget, in that cold snowy mountaintop, Konata's strong friendship with Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki made the Luckystar appear right in front of us. I might also add that on that mountain is where I first really became friends with Konata.

"So I need to form another friendship in this dimension?" I asked.

"A strong friendship, it is necessary. I believe that it is the similar with the Key, it will appear only when moved by a strong bond of love."

Sigh… so we will need to find them again plus the ESP flame. We need all these powerful objects to restore, not only Haruhi's world but the balance of observer dimension and fictional dimension.

Kanata's face turned towards Konata. Kanata's face now illuminated joy.

"How is my daughter doing?" Kanata smiled kindly.

"Not very well mom, Alan kun crash landed again." Konata pointed at me.

It's not my fault… why doesn't anyone understand that!

"Konata, you know it's not Alan's fault, he is trying his best."

"I know… so mom, what kind of dimension is this? I don't recognize this." Konata looked around the city. It was probably midnight, and there were only few people walking around far away."

"It's a dimension where-" Kanata san looked back, then turned and said. "Got to go, it's emergency." Then the communicated went off.

"Don't worry Konata, your mom is one of the most experienced sliders." I comforted Konata.

"Ok then what are we waiting for? Let's go find a place to spend the night and search tomorrow." The brigade chief suggested. Of course it is the chief's duty to lead us into what we will do next.

"Come on Fu-chan, you heard Kanata, it isn't your fault. Stand up and lets go rest." Haruhi comforted Fuko.

While I was watching Fuko stand up slowly, I noticed a huge ball of flame coming towards Fuko.

"Fuko, watch out!" I yelled out, but there wasn't enough time for Fuko to dodge. I created a void shield behind Fuko.

The ball of fire made contact with the shield and exploded. My shield exploded as well… damn it, I'm just too exhausted right now.

We all looked towards the source of the fireball.

There stood a girl, her hair and eyes were crimson red, and there was flaming aura around her which made her look beautiful, it was like looking at a goddess of fire. (No offence Haruhi… I know that you are a real goddess.)

But… disregarding how she looked, after losing both Luckystar and the Key, I was incredibly frustrated right now. If this girl wanted to push her chances… I would not be very kind.

"Who are you?" I called out.

With a tone just as bossy as Haruhi's… the girl replied.

"A Flame Haze! Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter, otherwise known as… Shana!"

I scratched my head… "Flame Haze?"

Shana collapsed… when she came back up she said.

"How can a Tomogara not know of a Flame Haze?" Then she raised herself and drew her katana up.

I heard her speak to herself. "Alstor, do you recognise these Tomogaras?"

… And surprisingly from her necklace, an reply came.

"No… but it's strange, this one has no power of existence, he should not even exist… yet he's here. It must be another restricted spell."

…Oh my god… for last few months… I had to deal with Maniacs with notebooks, idiot who thinks Tomoyo is a guy, Crazy cop who drives like in Initial D, crazy samurais, physics defying ninjas, Pirate made out of rubber, laundry detergent, stupid creatures that are stored in a ball, Ancient Egyptian card games and gundams and …. Let's not even think about the rest.

"Now a Freakish red girl who is probably a vampire… (Judging by red eyes.) And a talking necklace…"

"What did you say?" the girl called Shana raised her sword in anger.

Then the whole world turned reddish. The pedestrians from far away stopped walking.

"See, you are most likely a Tomogara, you can move inside the Fuzetsu."

"I have do idea what you are talking about."

I had to take the frustration out somewhere, so without listening to Haruhi yelling out to stop, I threw a Void bomb at her.

Massive explosion was caused and the Flame Haze was no longer visible. Then I saw a sudden flash of katana to my right.

I barely dodged the strike; apparently she was pretty well trained in combat. I will not underestimate her from now on.

As I jumped far to gain some distance, she swung her sword and a ball of fire started flying towards me.

I countered it with another void shield… but it was getting harder to use any slider powers. I knew the reason well, I've recently traveled and it has already most of my energy.

Still… this would be different fight if we were fighting in Closed Space… No what am I thinking? Closed spaces shouldn't be created at all.

XD Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, I tried to make it interesting as possible.