Disclaimer: I do not own Haruhi Suzumiya and/or Inception or anything related.

A/N: So, I decided to put this, in Haruhi time, just before they enter their second year. They're still freshmen by this point, and the events in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya have all taken place by now already.

WARNING: If you have not seen Inception yet, then go see it before you read this. It goes without saying that there will be MAJOR SPOILERS for the movie.

SPOILERSHERE SPOILERSHERE.

Also, for this fic, I assume that Cobb got back to reality. Screw whether the top falls in the end, I've got fanfiction.

Title: The Inception of Haruhi Suzumiya

Synopsis:

Dom Cobb thought that his life as an extractor was over. He didn't realize that while he was no longer an extractor, he would be asked to become an inceptor. And his first target after the Fischer job? A girl named Haruhi Suzumiya.

Chapter 2: The Pawn

"Did you hear?"

The sound was a crispy clear excited shriek from a girl sitting at the back seat by the window of Class 1-5.

"Hear what?" sighed the boy seated in front of him.

"There's a new English teacher!" she exclaimed.

Sighing, the boy gave up all attempts to even calm her down. After all, if it is Haruhi Suzumiya, then, anything like this would be considered normal.

"Isn't this badical?"

"Haruhi, I don't see anything 'badical' about an American who teaches the subject English. And besides, 'badical' isn't even a word."

Still, at the back of his mind, the boy known only as Kyon, found himself doubting the circumstances of this newcomer. If anything, shady new characters appearing out of nowhere was Haruhi's doing, directly or indirectly, and Kyon knew, that if anything, he would usually be the one who will have to fix what is wrong.

If this newcomer was really some sort of supernatural being again, Kyon wished that he or she would be on their side.

"You're such a spoilsport, Kyon! You know what?"

I'd hate to know what. Kyon thought.

"What?"

The thought that was haunting Kyon during their conversation was written into reality. And once such an order was placed, he knew that there was no taking it back.

"We'll make him join the SOS Brigade!" Haruhi proclaimed loudly.

"Oh dear."

In another room in the same school, a young boy was busy checking his phone under his desk.

One message after another, he thought. What could be wrong this time?

"Koizumi-kun!"

He jolted up when he heard that voice. He turned around to see a classmate behind him. A girl with brown curly hair and glasses.

"Oh, nothing."

"You look troubled. Is something the matter?"

"No, nothing is." He smiled. "I seem to be having a bit of a network problem with my phone."

"I guess." She smiled. "Well, better keep that then, class is about to start."

Itsuki Koizumi kept the phone in his bag, but not before reading the most recent text message.

-Emergency meeting at 6:30 this afternoon. Your attendance is required. Please excuse yourself from Suzumiya-san today.

-Mori

With a small frown, Itsuki Koizumi thought: Kyon thinks he's got a tough life.

"Asahina-san, glad to see you here."

The beautiful Asahina-san, who was busy making tea, turned to see Itsuki Koizumi peeking from the doorway.

"Ah, K-Koizumi-kun, welcome!" she bowed.

Koizumi returned a courteous bow. He looked around the clubroom. Yuki Nagato was already there as expected, reading a book in the corner.

"Is Suzumiya-san here?"

"Not yet, but she might be arriving soon."

"That's good. But it is imperative that you relay this message to her for me."

Mikuru Asahina blinked.

"What is it?" she asked.

"I will not be able to attend club activities today."

"B-but… Suzumiya-san says t-that it is imperative that you're here today! S-she was going to…"

But the serious look on Koizumi's face that Mikuru Asahina had never seen before told her to keep her mouth shut.

"I have to risk it. After all…"

Swinging his bag onto his shoulders, he said, "I've always been the one who risks everything."

"Koizumi-kun?" she asked, and the boy turned to meet her face.

Mikuru Asahina froze. What she saw when Koizumi turned to face her was his usual smile. As if the face he made a moment ago was nothing.

"Please tell her that I have an emergency. And it is very imperative that I…"

"I understand." Was her reply.

Koizumi was used to this. Whenever something huge was about to happen, the Agency would pull together an emergency meeting. All he did in that meeting however, was write down a transcript of the meeting.

He might be the Vice-Commander of the SOS Brigade, but really, when he's here, he's no different than Kyon.

"The meeting has started." The booming voice of Keiichi Tamaru spoke.

He takes that back, he was far off worse than Kyon.

"This meeting has been called for one reason."

Koizumi started writing. Nobody needed to listen, since he would be writing everything, and everyone will be given a copy of the transcript later on. He could hear Yutaka Tamaru yawn behind him. Perhaps he had already been briefed on the situation like always, since it was his brother, Keiichi who was head of their Information Division.

The words he started to scribble do not make sense to him, as if he was writing only for the sake of writing. The words, he could hear them, but his brain doesn't even bother connecting the thoughts and meanings they carry.

So it came to a shock to him when the last word he wrote was his very own name.

"Koizumi."

The young esper looked up from his paperwork.

"We've received reports that there is a faction trying to directly access Suzumiya-san's subconscious."

At this, he noticed that everyone in the room had their eyes fixed upon him.

"Another faction of espers?" Koizumi asked.

"Their identity is yet unknown." Keiichi replied.

"And what does this have to do with me?"

"Well, you are, after all, the closest agent we have to Suzumiya-san."

So, once more, I will be the pawn for your schemes. Koizumi thought.

"It's about time the Pawn… becomes the Knight." Keiichi declared.

Whatever Itsuki Koizumi was writing on the transcript, he could no longer remember. When he looked down at the paper, a huge blot of ink was beside his name.

There was only one way a Pawn would become a Knight.

Something was about to change. And he would have to take the first step towards it.

A Pawn cannot go back once he has been moved forward.

The next day, North High was abuzz with the new teacher.

"Did you see that new English teacher?"

"Yeah, he's hot!"

In Class 1-5 however, there was one person who wasn't so hyped about this news.

"Seriously, why are they talking about the new English teacher like that?"

Haruhi Suzumiya clearly wasn't in a good mood. Nothing really new about that, Kyon thought, since she was known for having incredibly incomprehensible mood swings. The first period had just finished, and she was already moping on her desk by the window.

"Well, who was so excited about the new teacher yesterday?" He asked. "I can clearly remember you being all hyper about this yesterday."

"Hmph!" she said. A typical Haruhi reply.

"Besides, it was Koizumi's job to investigate about this new teacher first! They've got English on the first period." Haruhi clenched her fists in midair, "He'll be given a penalty! A penalty, I say!"

"Calm down, Haruhi." Kyon said. "There was an emergency. Koizumi had to go. Besides, English is fifth period later."

Emergency? It couldn't be another Closed Space, can it? Haruhi was feeling pretty cheerful yesterday. Kyon thought. Unless…

Nah, it can't be.

Kyon shrugged his thoughts off his mind and went back to face the blackboard. According to his schedule, second period will be up next… Algebra. How he hated that subject.

Suddenly, the door of Class 1-5 opened. The class, who was normally chattering during break times suddenly became quiet, albeit a few whispers could be heard here and there.

Wait. Wasn't it supposed to be Algebra time?

What Kyon saw before his eyes was not their bespectacled Algebra teacher. In fact, the teacher that made his way in front of the class wasn't someone he knew.

He wasn't even Japanese.

"I'm sorry, but I had to ask Mr. Mikido for this time slot. From now on, your Algebra class will be at fifth period."

The class stared at him. Here was an American who can speak Japanese fluently. He had the air of urgency around him, and already, the class feared what kind of papers he would be giving them.

"But that's okay, isn't it? That way, you'd be able to do last-minute changes to your homework on quadratic equations during lunchbreak."

He smiled. Whatever tension he had brought onto the class was gone in that instant. Mr. Mikido was known for giving homework that cannot be solved without some help from a classmate or two.

"Good morning, class. I am Mr. Cobb. I will be your new English teacher from now on."

Kyon turned to see what the girl behind him was up to.

Haruhi's eyes glittered. It was clearly a bad omen.

A/N: And that's it for now! Whew! I think this was a pretty long chapter. I'm actually thinking about doing this alternating in between the SOS Brigade and Team Inception. Tell me what you think! Jaa!

As for Mr. Mikido and Koizumi's classmate, they're really extras. Bonus: Koizumi's classmate is the same girl in Disappearance who was implied to be a classmate of his.

Preview of the next chapter:

"Arthur, we can't use Ariadne as the Architect."

"Why not? She helped us before."

"No Arthur. She doesn't need me to mess up her life further."

"Are you the one they call Ariadne?"

She turned around. Behind her was a woman she could never forget.

"Mal?"