Haruhi's Birthday
Chapter 12
Kyon woke up late that morning, because he had turned off his cell phone, and that had his alarm on it. After realizing that today was the day, he got ready and left.
"LATE!" Was the first thing that Kyon heard as he busted through the doors of the school that had been transformed into a venue for Haruhi's party. It looked sort of different from the way Kyon remembered it yesterday, but he didn't care. At that moment, he was being yelled at by Haruhi.
"And this day is really important!" she was saying when Kyon tuned back in. "You only turn fifteen once, its my quinceañera."
"Whoa. Hold up. You're Japanese, not Hispanic," Kyon said.
"Well, I can't have a sweet sixteen, if I'm turning fifteen. Tengo quince años, Kyon! Tengo quince años!"
"Fine…Whatever. Enjoy your undeserved quinceanera. But I wasn't told that I was planning one."
"I will enjoy it. I will. And afterward I will remember this forever."
"Really? Will you tell your grandkids?"
"Hey, Hey!" Itsuki said as he separated the arguing couple. "Let's be happy and fun today."
"Yeah. Everything is going to go as planned," Haruhi said.
She stormed away. As soon as she did, Itsuki slapped Kyon on the back of his head. "You imbecile, have you no idea who your messing with?"
"What the hel—"
"Don't you see that she completely warped the school building? It isn't a school anymore; it's a club. And there are more decorations and speakers—and there is a DJ. We didn't order a DJ. We have programs and costumes and I'm sure there will be many more surprises to come!"
Kyon glanced around. The whole place was different. It wasn't a school anymore. "Will, she change it back?"
"I don't know. We don't want a repeat of last time, with the days repeating."
"Man…" Kyon said. "Where's Mikuru?"
"Upstairs in the VIP deck."
"It's a deck now? Wow, I see it, there's a balcony!" Kyon hurried upstairs to Mikuru. He opened the door and, which startled Mikuru. She dropped something and yelled.
"Huh?" Kyon said startled too. "What's going on?"
"This is bad, bad, bad," she said. She stared at the broken device on the floor. "Kyon, this is terrible. You have to get out, right now!"
"Uh, I can fix it… What was is it?"
"It was a time travel device… I dropped it and it broke and I do not know what will happen now…"
"I don't think that I can fix that."
"Kyon, you got to get out, like immediately," Mikuru started dragging him out of the VIP deck. Just then the whole thing exploded, and a vortex opened up.
"Ahh!" She screamed as the vortex began to suck them in. Kyon, managed to grab on to the door frame and Mikuru grabbed on the Kyon's shoe.
"HOLY SHI—" Kyon yelled as the vortex swirled and sucked in some of the furniture. "HOW DO WE STOP THIS THING?"
"I DON'T KNOW!" Mikuru screamed. "I'M LOSING MY GRIP!"
"THAT'S JUST AWESOME!" Kyon said sarcastically. He tried to pull himself up but the vortex was swirling too fast and pulling him in. "HOLD ON MIKURU, PLEASE!" Sadly the door frame broke and Kyon and Mikuru were pulled toward the vortex. Mikuru was swallowed by the vortex first, since she was closer. She screamed as she disappeared into it.
"MIKURU!" Kyon yelled as he hurdled after her toward the vortex. Then, as suddenly as it came, the vortex disappeared. Kyon ended up slamming into a very fashionable sofa. For a couple of minutes, he sat there, motionless. "Oh… my… freaking…," he whispered to himself. "ITSUKI!" he screamed as he ran down the stairs. "ITSUKI!"
Kyon found Itsuki at dance floor, doing some final touches. "ITSUKI!" Kyon yelled. "Mikuru was sucked into a vortex!"
"What?" he replied.
"Yeah! I dunno what to do. Fix it!"
"…"Itsuki was quiet.
"Whoa, what?" asked Haruhi, who had been listening. She had be standing behind Kyon. Kyon did a double take. "Where? How did that happen? Did the vortex just appear or was it summoned? Oh my, what if we're being attacked by espers? Wouldn't that be awesome? This is gonna be a quinceañera to remember! Okay, in order to get Mikuru back, we can't let them know that we're on to them. The party must go on. Too much work went into this anyway." While Haruhi went on, Itsuki and Kyon whispered.
"How did this happen?" Itsuki asked.
"She dropped something from the future, her, uh, travel device! And it caused a swirling vortex of doom and it swallowed her!" Kyon whispered.
"This is gonna be hard to explain, especially now that you let Haruhi know."
"I didn't know she was here."
"Are you two even listening to me?" Haruhi asked.
"Yeah," Kyon said.
"What was I saying then, smart one?"
"Uh, that we need to set a trap?" Kyon guessed.
"Lucky guess…" Haruhi replied. "So, about the trap, I think I know how to settle this. We have to lure the enemy out. Itsuki you're in charge of seeking out the esper. I have to be part of the party. Relay any info that you find to me."
"Wow, does anyone else find it ironic that Itsuki is in charge of seeking out an enemy esper?" Kyon asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Haruhi asked back.
"Oh nothing…" Kyon said as he chuckled to himself.
"The guests will arrive in about 20 minutes. Be prepared." Haruhi ordered.