I have to say one thing about this new story guys, and it's the fact that I am so psyched by the amount of reviews I got for the first chapter. The fact that people think this story has the best introduction yet is amazing! So I decided to write the next chapter earlier than scheudeled, to satiate you all! Hope you guys enjoy it! And yes. Tsuruya is amazing nyoro~! :)

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It's amazing just how alike Tsuruya-san and Haruhi can be. Clearly this green-haired animal of a girl shows an energy that is very comparable to Haruhi's. She's so friendly to us however, and that is contrapositive to our Brigade Chief's mindset, since she is more prone to being irritable.

"Come on in! Like I says, my place is your place! This mansion is megas bigger than the last one. It's so much bigger!" Tsuruya-san exclaims. Since it is only customary, the Brigade finally enters her home. She holds the door for all of us as we walk inside the main foyer, and I easily find myself absorbed in looking around at the interior of this house in awe.

"This all looks very exquisite, Tsuruya-san." Koizumi comments, looking up at a large delicate chandelier that hangs high above in the ceiling. I'm caught up with the massive foyer around us, and it feels like there's enough room in here for a few elephants to come waltzing through without a problem.

"Thanks, Koizumi-kun! This house costed bazillions of yen, you know! I'm so glad that I can finally settle in today!" Tsuruya-san responds happily, walking in front of all of us, her hands on her hips and her long flowing green hair swaying behind her. Somehow I get this feeling that Tsuruya-san could attract just as much attention as Asahina-san. It's fine to think such a thing and notice that Tsuruya-san is attractive, right?

"What made you want to suddenly move, Tsuruya-san?" Haruhi asked while also taking in the view around her, a relaxed look on our Brigade Chief's perfectly sculpted face.

"My parents thought our old home was too small. I guess they just wanted a house that was bigger. I can't say I'm one to be complaining much about it nyoro~!"

Figures that Tsuruya-san would talk just like that. I'll give her one thing, and that one thing is the fact that her speech pattern remains to be unique only to her. I don't even know what "nyoro" means, but she can't help but say it randomly at the end of her sentences. Nevertheless it will just be one of those unanswered questions that will remain to sit in the back of my head forever.

"Enough idle conversation! Let me show all of you how big this place is! It's so huge!"

With that, it seemed that the only viable thing to do was to listen to Tsuruya-san, as she planned on taking us on her own little tour of this enormous mansion. Granted that this tour wouldn't really be all that little, but it'll still be a tour, which wouldn't be so bad.

And so the SOS Brigade dutifully followed our new green-haired mistress, who talked facing us as she walked backwards, with her one sharp tooth popping up every time she smiled or laughed. It was kind of cute actually. In a weird kind of way.

Tsuruya-san led us all around her mansion, up flights of stairs that seemed to go on forever and ever, and through an endless amount of rooms. We started upstairs, then slowly descended as Tsuruya-san showed us all the rooms and parts of her house that she possibly could. She playfully spun around as she walked along in front of us, and it was easy to see that this hyper-active girl made no effort to conceal her true personality to the rest of the world. That's something to admire, I think. It means Tsuruya-san could care less what everyone else thinks of her. Haruhi is the same, surprisingly, just not always in the nicest ways.

"And here's the second bathroom on this floor! It's megas nice, and I just love taking showers in here! The water is so warm on your skin...."

Tsuruya-san kept yapping without much thought of what anyone might have to say, and I'll admit that I was half-listening at this point. The tour around this house was beginning to get repetitive, and I might have been falling asleep if Haruhi wasn't constantly nudging me to pay attention. After awhile, we found ourselves heading downstairs, past the kitchen, where I could hear someone chopping up fish on a wooden cutting board. It smelled like eel, actually, and I salivated a bit as we went down a flight of stairs that was leading us down into a very large basement.

Large is an understatement, actually. This basement was massive. It seemed like that Tsuruya-san's parents had decided to plop their house on an arcade, because that would be the most literal way to describe just how huge this basement was. Arcade machines were scattered all across this basement, along with an assortment of foosball, pool and ping pong tables. I spotted a bar all the way at the end, where a lonely bartender waited for someone to ask him for a drink. Out of curiosity, I wondered if he was authorized to give Tsuruya-san anything alcoholic.

"Here's the basement! It's got just about every kind of game and fun thing you could ever want! It's the most awesome thing in this house, next to the gym, sports field and ginormous pool outside ~nyoro!" Tsuruya-san exclaims to us, hopping forward like an energized rabbit.

Maybe the bartender gives her way too many energy drinks. I'm almost starting to think that's where she gets all of this personality from.

"This looks like fun!" Haruhi comments next to me, her eyes glinting with excitement. Koizumi is smiling on my other side, and Nagato remains silent and expressionless. Asahina-san looks curious with her eyes wide, and judging from the fact Tsuruya seems to be one of her only friends beyond the Brigade, I assume she doesn't feel uncomfortable or anything here.

It wasn't long until we all scattered across this basement, each of us having our attention grabbed by some sort of game. I let the others run ahead of me, save for Nagato, taking glances at all the arcade games I passed by.

There were quite a few classics that I could easily recognize. Mario Bros., Marvel Vs. Capcom, Galaga and even Mortal Kombat were only some of the many arcade games that I spotted as I walked along, hands in my pockets. Frankly, I'm not too much of a fan of the classics, but I guess I could survive playing a game or two.

And so, without a word, I came up to the machine that said "Mortal Kombat" on the side, and I didn't even get the the time to grasp one of the joysticks before Haruhi's voice exploded behind me. I nearly jumped out of my skin.

"What are you playing!?! Mortal Kombat? I remember that game! I want to play against you, Kyon! I bet I'll kick your ass like there's no tomorrow!"

I turned around to Haruhi, giving her a melancholic look. She took this as a challenge I would guess, because no sooner after me doing that did she come right beside me and grab hold of the other set of controls. I turned to face the screen, knowing full well what the outcome of this would be. I knew way too well.

After a few minutes of hopeless button-mashing, the words "Fatality" went through my ears as I watched my character have his head ripped off by the one Haruhi was controlling. Digital blood splattered all over the screen, and I put my head down and held back the urge to slam down hard on the controls in front of me. Haruhi had a determined and satisfied look in her eyes now. She crossed her arms, and smiled to herself.

"That was easy. You're so bad at video games, Kyon. But maybe it's just the fact that the Brigade Chief is naturally skilled at these kind of things."

Naturally skilled with be an understatement, Haruhi. You're lucky to be such a super-utility, and I would kill to have the same kind of versatility that you have. Do you hear me? I would kill. But of course you can't hear my thoughts. Plus, I wouldn't actually kill for the super-utility qualities that Haruhi has. Even I'm not that desperate.

I wandered away without a word, mostly because I didn't really have much to say to Haruhi. I almost had this weird feeling that she wouldn't care if I had anything to say anyway, so wandering off to do something else seemed like a good plan to me. Maybe I should go see where Koizumi went off to in this huge basement. There's no doubt he probably has something to tell me involving our infamous Brigade Chief. As I walked away, I could hear a brief exchange behind me between Haruhi and Asahina-san...

"Hey Mikuru-chan! Come over here and play this game with me!"

"W-what's it about? I'm not good at these kinds of things..."

"It's a fighting game! Get ready to fight!"

"Waaaah! Suzumiya-san! Why are you kicking my person?"

"Fight, Mikuru! That's the point of the game!"

"You ripped him in half! This game is scaring me, Suzumiya-san..."

"Oh don't be a baby! Keep fighting!"

After awhile, I got far enough away from the two playing Mortal Kombat that I could no longer hear them. I felt terrible, to tell the truth. I don't know why, but it felt like my soul had been ripped out, and all my insides were empty. Koizumi was visible in the distance, smiling as I approached. He was holding a ping pong paddle in one of his hands. I wasn't in the mood to play something like ping pong, which required a bit of physical activity, but it seems like I had no real choice if I wanted to get a few minutes to talk to Koizumi.

A loud ringing sound blared throughout the basement, and Tsuruya-san's head turned first, her tooth visible as she spoke loudly and energetically.

"The door! I'll go gets it! It must be our last guest!"

Tsuruya-san takes no time to run upstairs, her hair bouncing behind her as she takes loud steps until she's disappeared from our view.

Last guest? Who else did Tsuruya-san invite to this slumber party? I guess it's only know that I realize this essentially is a co-ed gathering, and with no parents in the house, we as teenagers essentially have control of this entire night. Luckily, it seems that we have no reason to hold a huge party here or something, and I doubt that Haruhi could stand such a thing anyway.

"This is quite the interesting get-together, isn't it?" Koizumi says from a few feet away, a smile on his face and the single ping pong paddle still in one of his hands. His eyebrows are calm, and he looks relatively relaxed. I can't say that I'm exactly the same. I feel a bit tense, actually.

"I guess so. Haruhi seems happy. And Tsuruya-san is certainly being quite generous about inviting us and everything. It'll definitely prevent Haruhi from making anymore closed spaces or anything."

"You're very right on that point. It makes my life easier as well. I don't exactly enjoy having to deal with her closed spaces, and it's safe to say that my comrades think the same."

You don't enjoy dealing with closed spaces? Could have fooled me, Koizumi. Judging from that smile you always are wearing, I would think you enjoy just about everything that life has to offer to you. It's a time like this where I distinctly remember one thing Koizumi told me. It had something to do with him having his real personality hidden from the rest of the world. He's wearing a metaphorical mask or something...

Where's Nagato anyway? I wonder if she got lost among all the arcade games...

"I'm backs!!!! And I brought someone with me!" Tsuruya-san exclaims as she descends down the flight of stairs leading into the basement, while holding the hand of the person following her as she comes down. I peer up to see just who it is, and it's easy to recognize the face of Taniguchi, who followed Tsuruya-san with an almost nervous expression on his face.

It's kind of amusing, actually. If I didn't know any better, I would say he was blushing.

"Taniguchi. Nice to see you." I said, and Taniguchi instantly acted all cool and collected upon seeing that the SOS Brigade was present at this gathering as well. It's obvious the guy wants to impress someone, though I'm having trouble figuring out exactly who.

"Yo, Kyon. I didn't know you guys were going to be here. Tsuruya-san just called me earlier today and said she wanted me to come and spend the night at her house. I guess she invited you guys too..." Taniguchi responds as he approaches us with Tsuruya-san, and there's something in his voice that alludes to him being disappointed. He must have thought that Tsuruya-san had a thing for him or something. The guy needs to think beyond hitting on women, personally. And where's Kunikida anyway? Usually Taniguchi and him come together like a pair of shoes, but Kunikida is obviously not present. I was just about to ask, before Haruhi decided to voice her opinion about Taniguchi's arrival first.

"Why is he here? You didn't tell me you were going to be inviting boring normal people like him, Tsuruya-san!" Haruhi says with an annoyed tone, pointing an accusing finger at Taniguchi as she wears a disapproving expression. Taniguchi raises an eyebrow in response, before Tsuruya-san finds the urge to suddenly hug Taniguchi like he's some sort of stuffed animal.

"Taniguchi-kun is megas fun to be around, Suzumiya-san! Besides, I don't think he's really normal or anything. I likes weird people like him and you guys the best ~nyoro!"

Taniguchi weird? I don't remember him being weird beyond having an obsession with always tracking me down on my morning hikes to school. Besides that, I think the guy is just an average adolescent lady-chaser. Tsuruya-san seems to be awfully nice to him. I wonder why...

"Anyways, I'm getting hungry! The sushi should be all cutted up for us. Let's all go upstairs and have a bite to eat!" Tsuruya-san announces after letting go of a surprised and almost slightly shaken Taniguchi. For a supposed ladies man, this guy seems to have a soft spot for Tsuruya-san. Or maybe it's just me imagining things. That could be it.

Dinner was unexpected for me, because the truth was that it was incredibly delicious. The smell of fish before had come from some of the house's cooks, who had been preparing fresh sushi for us this entire time. When we all arrived upstairs, we were presented with a huge display of freshly cut sushi laid out in a large dining room, and my nose seemed to just flare up in excitement at the odor of it.

It's amazing how much Tsuruya-san is able to eat, in my opinion. She went through scores of eel and crab like nothing, while Haruhi remained remarkably polite as the rest of us ate. Out of everyone, Nagato seemed to barely touch food at all, and I wondered if she was actually not hungry, or perhaps feeling bad or thinking intently about something. Either way, I found myself focusing more on my own food, rather than whatever might be troubling the light-haired alien.

After dinner ended, it seemed that Haruhi was the first to speak, and it sounded like she wanted control over what we were planning on doing next. Being so controlling about everything is natural coming from her.

"Tsuruya-san. You said you had a big pool. Why don't we go for a swim?"

That actually sounds like a good idea, Haruhi. I wouldn't mind taking a dip, but the only problem is you didn't tell me to bring a bathing suit, so if I swim, I'll be swimming in boxers.

"Oh yeah! This new pool of ours is megas huge!"

Sounds great. Let's go and swim before nightfall comes. I surely wouldn't mind the sight of these four girls with us in swim suits. I'm sure Taniguchi wouldn't either, and something tells me that despite outward appearances, Koizumi wouldn't mind as well.

"But it's still being cleaned. I don't thinks it'll be ready till tomorrow nyoro~. Sorrys."

Way to make my hopes come crashing down, Tsuruya-san. And I was looking forward to that swim. Now what the hell are we supposed to do with all this time?

"But no worries everyone! I gots this game called Twister upstairs in my room! I'll go get it right now!"

Twister. What a great idea, Tsuruya-san. If there's anything more appropriate for a slumber party, it would definitely be that infamous game based on a person's flexibility. Knowing Haruhi and her athleticism, it would certainly be quite the sight to see. And knowing Asahina-san and her clumsiness....

Get that game quickly, Tsuruya-san! Now you're keeping me waiting!

While we waited for Tsuruya to return after her watching her sprint upstairs, Taniguchi approached me, a slight grin on his face. He seemed happy enough that he had been invited to this thing in the first place. I hope he wasn't coming to comment about Haruhi or something...

"Kyon. I just had a sudden revelation."

"Really? What might that be?"

"I realize that Tsuruya-san is a definite double A +. She's got just as good looks as Asakura-san, Kyon."

"Oh. Nice to know, I guess."

Figures. Taniguchi always has an ulterior motive in mind, and I should have guessed earlier that he probably had some sort of thing for Tsuruya-san. The guy was being so blatantly obvious about it.

After a few minutes of us waiting impatiently, Tsuruya-san came running back downstairs, with a large box in her hands that contained none other than the very game of Twister that she had been talking about before. The green-haired girl was running towards us all at full speed, her one tooth visible even from this distance away. Something was telling me that we were in for a very interesting game....

"Right hand blue!" Koizumi announced, and I groaned in slight displeasure as I was forced to listen to the exact order he had just relayed to the four people playing. Why I had suddenly decided to play this stupid game, I do not know. All I know now is that Haruhi and Tsuruya-san decided that this was more of a competition and less of a game. Asahina-san just played as best as she could, and she couldn't be any less adorable.

"This is really hard..." Asahina-san says shyly, trying her absolute best to move her hand right on top of the blue circle nearest to her. Haruhi just ignores everything else, and it's amazing just how goddamn flexible she is, completing what the game asks of her without breaking a sweat at all. Meanwhile, Tsuruya-san laughs heartedly right in my ear, reaching over my chest to get to one of the blue spaces awaiting her.

"Left hand green!"

You're kidding, right Koizumi? I can't stretch like that! Why the hell did I have to join this stupid game? What was I thinking?!?

"I-I-I can't reach! Nyaaah!!!"

Without further ado, Asahina-san came crashing down, albeit right on top of me, which in turn caused Tsuruya-san and Haruhi to do the same. The sensation of Asahina-san's chest breathing heavily on mine was like heaven incarnate, and it took every fiber in my being not to start hyperventilating. Meanwhile, I assumed Taniguchi was probably swearing at me for being so lucky in this tangled mess of teenage girls, so I guess I found some solace in all this from thinking about that.

"Stop daydreaming, you idiot!!!" Haruhi exclaimed, breaking me out of my short fantasy as she elbowed me hard in the ribs. I yelped like a dog as I sat up, facing a now angry looking Haruhi who had her arms crossed. She looked like some sort of overlord who was displeased with just about everything I'd done. Clearly, she was very jealous.

"I'm going to take a little break. To unwind my twisted limbs...." I said, purposely decreasing the volume of my voice with the last part. Haruhi just gave me a glare, while Tsuruya-san got up almost immediately, and bolted past me like a roadrunner on stimulants.

So far, this isn't actually all that bad, despite what I sound like. Dinner was fantastic, and I guess I can say I'm having a little fun. I'm still kind of confused why Tsuruya-san sounded so excited about inviting Taniguchi and all. He's not nearly as much of the ladies man he always thinks he is, and I always thought that despite appearances, he probably didn't actually have many friends beyond myself and Kunikida. I guess you can feel sorry for the guy from time to time...

Now I was wandering away from the spacious living room we had just been playing Twister in, and it's safe to say that my mind was wandering as well. With my hands in my pockets, I found myself going upstairs, unknowing that I was heading the exact same way that Tsuruya-san had headed before.

"Man...the bathroom's here are huge..."

That was Taniguchi's voice, and he was talking from down the hallway, presumably to himself. He couldn't see me, and I suddenly found this urge to hide and watch him from a distance. I was too bored to do much else anyway.

"Hiyas! Whatcha doing, Taniguchi-kun?" Tsuruya-san exclaims as she suddenly appears behind Taniguchi, catching the guy completely by surprise. I held in a chuckle, because the expression on his face in reaction to Tsuruya-san appearing like this is completely and utterly priceless.

"Nothing. I was just....exploring...you know."

Is it me, or does Taniguchi sound more nervous than ever? I'm not imagining things, am I? No. Taniguchi is actually blushing as red as a beet. Damn! If I had a camera, this would be the ultimate blackmail material. Haruhi would love this....

"I'm glad you likes the new mansion! I likes it too. And I likes other stuff, Taniguchi-kun..."

Ignoring Tsuruya-san's speech pattern, I can see from this distance that she's getting a bit closer than comfort should allow to Taniguchi, and he's actually backing away with a face as red as blood. The expression on Tsuruya-san's face was like that of an excited tiger, and she seemed to be ignoring the idea of personal space as she just moved closer and closer to Taniguchi.

"Did I say something funny?" Taniguchi nervously asked, unaware of what Tsuruya-san probably had in mind for him. Given the fact that Tsuruya-san's face and Taniguchi's face were very close, I assumed that even Taniguchi, my self-professed ladies man of a friend, couldn't be so dense enough to not realize that Tsuruya-san obviously likes him.

"Silly Taniguchi-kun! I'm not talking about jokes nyoro~!"

"Oh, I knew that!"

"You know you're megas cute, right?"

"What?"

Taniguchi was silenced after that, because Tsuruya-san seemed to have gotten tired of all this talking, and she made no effort to stop herself from just attacking the nervous Taniguchi with her lips. For a moment, the guy went wide-eyed and blushed harder at the fact Tsuruya-san was kissing him, but surprisingly, he seemed to warm up to it, and it soon was easy to see that the both of them were caught up in their own little embrace away from the rest of the universe. At this point, I just turned away, having seen enough.

"Humans and their emotions of love. It is something that the Entity has yet to completely understand."

Nagato's voice certainly surprised me, but I didn't jump when I spotted her behind me. She continued to stare ahead like an autonomous robot, and I wondered just what she was thinking at this very moment. Nevertheless, I felt something brewing in my stomach, and when I glanced back at Taniguchi and Tsuruya-san, I could see they were still making out with one another.

I feel terrible all of a sudden. I don't even know why...

"Are you having a good time, Nagato?" I asked the human interface with a melancholic tone, and she replied to me as if she didn't understand my question.

"Yes."

Typical Nagato answer. No cut corners or anything, I would assume. What else is new? Nevertheless, I found myself trying my best to ignore the feeling in my stomach.

"Want to head back downstairs, Nagato?"

Nagato nodded to me, and swiftly turned so that I could now follow her downstairs.

And so I followed Yuki Nagato back downstairs, wondering how long Tsuruya-san and Taniguchi would be up here for. Perhaps the guy had been actually lucky for once. I had no idea Tsuruya-san had a thing for him. I guess one learns new things every day.

Still, I couldn't help but ask myself one question as I descended downstairs with Nagato in front of me. Perhaps it was a question produced because of the fact I was feeling terrible. Or maybe it's because of the fact I broke up with Haruhi just yesterday is really still affecting me brain.

Why couldn't I have more normal girls in my life? In the end, I'll never know the answer. I'm sure of it.

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I really don't care what anyone else thinks. Tsuruya and Taniguchi is amazing and it is the only other pairing that I can see working in canon besides Haruhi and Kyon. It's so cute in a wierd kind of way. The next chapter will come soon everyone! Keep supplying those reviews!