This chapter continues the conversation at the end of the previous one. I feel that this chapter is very long enough, so. . . .yeah. Enjoy the story.
Chapter 5
Does This Remind You of Anything?
"Since when did you find out that Haruhi and Miss Asahina went off with Ash and his friends?" Kyon asked and whispered Brendan.
"I was just heading to the beach to look for you when I overheard a familiar voice saying that she will recruit Ash and his friends as new members of your brigade. That was when I found out that it was Haruhi who said that."
"Yeah, good hearing," Kyon concluded.
Meanwhile:
Dawn, Haruhi, and Iris walked into a dead end.
"Oh man, I'm so bored. Where in the world is that Onix anyway?" Haruhi asked in frustration.
"I wonder where we should go." Iris suddenly pointed left. "Let's head for this way!"
Dawn opted for the opposite side. "I suggest we go the opposite direction."
"But why?"
"No logical reason."
"It doesn't make sense when you don't explain the reason at all."
"There's no need to worry, right, Haruhi?" She drags Haruhi and Iris along.
Unfortunately, the trio ended up in another dead end.
"Dawn, you're making Haruhi more annoyed!" Iris exclaimed.
"Sorry about that, Iris, but it was just my wild mass guessing. Perhaps we should turn right!"
"I'm going for Iris's direction," Haruhi muttered.
"Then that means Haruhi and I suggest we go left!" Iris said.
"And why is that?"
"No logical reason."
"Why do you imitate my wild mass guessing, Iris?"
"My sense of direction is always correct. Let's go!"
Unfortunately, Iris's plan also backfired when they end up in a deep abyss close to the beach.
"Why are the two of you arguing over which way to go?" Haruhi exclaimed.
"Well, we were just looking for directions, that's all," Iris replied.
Iris noticed a wild Magnemite floating beside her.
"Aww. That's a rare Pokemon that I have never seen before!"
When she touched the Magnemite, she was warned by Dawn and Haruhi. "Don't touch it!"
"Of course I can." Iris was then shocked by the Magnet Pokemon's Thunderbolt.
Meanwhile, Dawn spots a wild Foongus.
"It's a Pokemon that I have not seen before!" Dawn exclaimed.
Haruhi and Iris warned, "Don't poke on it, Dawn!"
"No need to worry." Dawn was then attacked using Stun Spore.
"Foongus can attack anyone using Stun Spore!" Iris exclaimed.
Suddenly, Dawn and Haruhi spotted a Ferroseed.
"Isn't that a Ferroseed?" the two wondered.
The former checked Ferroseed on her Pokedex. It said, "Ferroseed, the Thorn Seed Pokemon. It shoots a barrage of spikes when threatened, which also gives it a chance of escaping."
"Can I touch it?" Haruhi asked Iris as she did what she did on the Thorn Seed Pokemon.
Haruhi pricked her finger for touching on Ferroseed's spikes, causing her to scream "Ouch, that hurt!"
"It did because of its Iron Barbs ability," Iris replied, "Here, I'll wrap your finger with a bandage."
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In the bushes, Dawn, Iris, and Haruhi continued their search, when suddenly, an Onix appeared in front of them, much to their shock. The three all run.
"What are we all running for?" Haruhi asked.
"There's another Onix behind us!" Iris replied.
Meanwhile:
Ash, Mikuru, and Cilan spot a dead end.
"Another dead end?"
"I knew it that we were heading the wrong direction the whole time, Ash," Cilan responded.
"Those are strange rocks. But they are seemingly familiar," Ash said.
Mikuru touches a rock, wondering, "I wonder what does this rock look like." Turns out she prodded an Onix by the tail, causing a group of them to chase after the trio.
They eventually met up with Iris, Haruhi, and Dawn, who were also chased by wild Onix.
"Alright, now that all of us are in one piece, we must do something with those Onix and leave them suffering the agony of defeat!" Haruhi exclaimed.
"Oshawott, use Water Gun!"
"Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
They successfully hit several of the Rock Snake Pokemon with their attacks. But more Onix appeared from their sight.
"Use Aqua Jet!"
"Piplup, use Headbutt!"
Oshawott ricocheted at the Onix with Aqua Jet, however, the impact caused it to become dizzy. Meanwhile Piplup butts heads with the Onix, but the recoil also made Piplup look dizzy.
Meloetta screamed for help. This causes the two to eventually get up.
Suddenly, Ash's Oshawott learned Hydro Pump, much to the astonishment of everyone.
"That was great, Oshawott. Keep using those Hydro Pumps until that rare Onix shows up!" Haruhi motivated to Oshawott.
Oshawott was told to fire more Hydro Pumps, but the Onix avoided all of them.
"If we continue battling them, then this will never end," Ash said, "Meloetta, sing your heart out to them!"
Meloetta attempted to sing its song. A certain Pokemon was listening to the song on top of a cliffside.
However, the Onix weren't calmed down.
"Meloetta's song did nothing?" Cilan said in astonishment.
"Looks like you two have to continue battling no matter what!" Haruhi said.
All of a sudden, a roar was heard. As it turned out, it came from the top of a cliff. It was the rare Onix, a shiny Pokemon.
"So that's the rare Onix," Haruhi said. The shiny Pokemon eventually left off.
Haruhi suddenly gasped. "I forgot to capture it! There's no way we can achieve our goal of catching it. . . . . "
Cilan replied, "There's no need to capture that shiny Pokemon for the glory of the SOS Brigade. It's for the sake of the people who also wish to be seeing it for real."
"I guess you're right, Cilan. Now, we must go back to the villa to congratulate for seeing that shiny Onix!" Haruhi exclaimed.
Back in the villa, Kyon, Yuki, Brendan, Ryoko Asakura, and Itsuki were all watching television in the living room.
"That was rather depressing when that magical girl just got her head bitten off by that caterpillar-like creature," Kyon remarked.
"You're right. It is a deconstruction anime after all," Itsuki replied.
A knock on the door was heard. When Itsuki opened it, it was Haruhi and the others.
"We're back!" she said, "Hey, Kyon. I have some good news for all of you. We just discovered a rare Pokemon, a shiny Onix. Now that's what I call mysterious phenomena. Could you imagine how a rare Pokemon like that would be of a shiny color?"
"I thought she recruited Ash and his friends just to look for aliens, time travelers, and espers. It turns out, she was looking for a special Pokemon on which she thinks is also mysterious phenomena," Kyon thought to himself.
He asked, "How's the trip going?"
"That was exciting. Can you imagine how huge the Onix are? They resemble giant snakes that have rocks for their bodies!"
After dinner, the gang went to their respective rooms. Just before Kyon was about to enter the bedroom where Itsuki, Ash, Brendan, and Cilan slept, Ryoko prodded him.
"Kyon, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Something about Pokemon."
Outside, Ryoko and Kyon sat at a bench.
"You know, there are Pokemon out there that have mysterious powers, some of them at Miss Suzumiya's level."
"Well, I really don't know about the fact, that's all," Kyon replied.
"Besides, they might be the Pokemon that we can't see at all everyday, and if one is lucky enough to spot them, it is a rare opportunity," replied Ryoko.
"Ok, it's kinda late. I'm going back to bed."
Just as Kyon was about to leave, he was suddenly being floated up into the air. "What's going on?"
"My Reuniclus used a move called Telekinesis to levitate you high up. That's why I wanted to kill you by letting you fall down to your death and see how Miss Suzumiya reacts."
"I knew it that I would fall for that one again," Kyon thought, "This is not funny anymore, just let me go already!"
"You don't want to be falling to death? I'm sorry, I just wanted to see how organic life forms change."
"It is against the rules when you use your Pokemon just to kill me."
"Screw the rules, I have data," Ryoko replied.
"Ok, if only Miss Nagato was there to save me," Kyon thought.
"Prepare to die. Reuniclus, send Kyon falling down with Telekinesis."
Kyon is lifted up with Telekinesis and is sent crashing down. Just before he was about to die from falling, he is suddenly floating again, safely lifted to the ground.
"I wonder who did it," Kyon wondered, "Miss Nagato?"
It was Yuki Nagato, commanding an Alakazam to use Psychic on Kyon to lift him down to safety.
"You have flaws on your program," Yuki said to Ryoko, "If you lose this Pokemon battle, all of your data will be shut down."
"If I win, then I shall proceed to kill Kyon," Ryoko replied, much to Kyon's dismay.
"Stay behind me," Yuki said to Kyon as the latter stayed behind her. "Who's that Pokemon?" Kyon asked.
"Alakazam."
"And what's the name of Ryoko's Pokemon?"
"Reuniclus."
Ryoko made the first move. "Reuniclus, use Energy Ball."
"Alakazam, Light Screen."
Reuniclus fires its Energy Ball, but Alakazam's Light Screen suppressed it.
"Impressive move. Reuniclus, use Shadow Ball."
"Dodge it," Yuki instructed.
Alakazam dodged Shadow Ball. But Reuniclus fired its attack again, hitting the Psi Pokemon from midair.
"Nagato, it looks like you're going to lose this battle," Kyon said in a concerning way.
"Alakazam will be fine."
"But where in the world did you get that Pokemon?"
"We'll speak later."
"Your Alakazam has taken too much damage from Shadow Ball. Reuniclus, finish it with one more Shadow Ball," said Ryoko.
"Dodge and use Recover," Yuki responded.
Alakazam gets up and avoids Shadow Ball with agility, then healed itself with Recover.
"Alakazam, use Shadow Ball."
"Reuniclus, use your own Shadow Ball as well."
The two Pokemon fire their attacks. Alakazam avoided Reuniclus's Shadow Ball, while the latter gets hit by the former's own Shadow Ball, knocking itself out.
"You just lost the game. It is time to commence the termination of your data," Yuki said to Ryoko Asakura, who recalled her Reuniclus back to its Poke Ball.
"That can't be," gasped Ryoko, "Little did I realize that I was your backup, and I wanted to kill Kyon just to create an explosion of data that would be caused by Miss Suzumiya."
"You have once again defied my orders as a backup of me. That is why I re-requested to terminate your data link," Yuki replied.
Ryoko's body was slowly vanishing into thin air. "Kyon, how do you feel about being gained a life instead of being killed by me? Enjoy your life once more with Miss Suzumiya. . . . . . Hikari ni nare. . . . . " She then disappeared into light.
"Miss Nagato, it was a good thing you defeated Miss Asakura in a Pokemon battle. How do you know the moves that that Pokemon knows?" Kyon asked, referring to Alakazam.
"I downloaded all of the data for Alakazam's known moves."
"And where did you get it anyway?"
"From Brendan."
"Look, Miss Nagato. You can't borrow one of Brendan's Poke Balls without permission from him. It's like stealing," Kyon replied and sighed, "Is it fine for him that he would lend you one of his Pokemon on hand without asking?"
"Yes."
"And where's Miss Asakura heading for?"
"I have rewritten her data where she leaves to the Johto region."
"I hope I wouldn't want to see Miss Asakura ever when I ended up going to that place."
He thought to himself, "It was safe to say I witnessed an extraordinary event in the form of a single Pokemon battle, which proved that Pokemon and humans do share mysterious powers. Imagine, Miss Nagato and Alakazam both have psychic powers at work, and could you imagine too, Haruhi and a rare and powerful Pokemon both recreating the universe? I'd rather say it's just a hallucination."
"It's kinda late in the midnight. Let's go back to bed," said Kyon.
Yuki recalled Alakazam back to its Poke Ball and followed Kyon back inside the villa to return to their respective bedrooms.
The next morning:
Ash and Dawn were having a Pokemon battle as part of their training, while Meloetta, Itsuki, Yuki, and Mikuru watched outside the battlefield.
"Pignite, use Flamethrower!"
"Mamoswine, use Ice Shard."
Mamoswine's Ice Shard gets smashed into pieces by Flamethrower; fortunately, Mamoswine dodges Pignite's attack.
"Mamoswine, use Take Down!"
"Pignite, Flame Charge!"
Both Pokemon charge at each other, creating an explosion. They took damage at the same time.
"It's a draw!" Cilan announced.
"Pignite, do you wanna take a rest?" Ash called out to Pignite as it was eventually recalled back to its Poke Ball.
"Mamoswine, you did great," Dawn said as she recalled it back to its Poke Ball as well.
"Let's take a break," Cilan said. When he said those words, Jeremy appeared.
"Breakfast is ready," he said.
Meanwhile, on the boys's bedroom, Kyon was still asleep. When he rolled and fell to the ground, he noticed that Itsuki was not there.
"I wonder where Koizumi went. I should go check Haruhi out," Kyon said to himself.
When he went to the other bedroom, he noticed Haruhi was the only one sleeping there. He tries to wake her up.
"Hey, Haruhi. You might miss out on breakfast," Kyon said as he tries to wake her up. She eventually does, still in the same hyper state she usually was.
When the two headed for the dining room, they see Ash, Dawn, Mikuru, Yuki, Cilan, Itsuki, and Iris eating breakfast.
"Good morning!" Haruhi said with a cheerful voice.
"Good morning too, Haruhi and Kyon," Ash, Iris, Dawn, and Cilan all said in unison.
"I wonder where Brendan went," Kyon wondered.
"He probably went off early," replied Itsuki, "He'll be back though."
When they all chowed down for breakfast, Cynthia reappeared at the entrance door.
"Welcome back, Cynthia," Jeremy said in a formal tone.
"I'm back," said Cynthia, "How's everyone doing?"
Cilan replied, "We're fine. How are you?"
"I left yesterday to buy some clothes for the SOS Brigade."
"You do?," Haruhi said, "Why, thank you!"
The five members of the SOS Brigade try out the clothes that Cynthia bought.
"Does this shirt make me look fat?" Kyon snarked, as he tried on a blue striped shirt with a Poke Ball symbol on it.
"No, Kyon. It looks good on you," Itsuki replied, fitting on a red polo shirt and a pair of blue trousers.
"I also have something for Ash and his friends."
Cynthia brought out cookies resembling an Axew, Pikachu, Pansage, and Piplup and distributed them to Iris, Ash, Cilan, and Dawn, respectively.
When the four had the cookies on hand, they all gave them a try.
"Ok, guys, I'll be leaving with Mikuru to check out on some more clothes!" Haruhi said as she left the main door, dragging Mikuru along.
"Hey, Cilan, should we tell Iris and the others about what Mikuru said?" Ash asked, "Haruhi already left."
"What is it?" Iris asked.
"About Haruhi herself," Ash replied.
Kyon asked, "Both of you already know about her subconscious powers?"
"Well, Mikuru just wanted to explain to both of us why all of you were here in the first place," Cilan said.
"Kyon, can you explain about Haruhi?" Ash asked.
"Talk to Koizumi and Miss Nagato. They already know more about Suzumiya."
"I really wanna know what you guys have been talking about!" Iris yelled.
On the dining table, Ash and his friends were lectured by Koizumi, who was sitting in front of them.
"Ok, Cilan and Ash, do you know anything about Suzumiya?" Itsuki asked.
"What we have learned from Mikuru is that Haruhi isn't an ordinary person," Cilan replied.
"Itsuki, do you have something to say in return?" Ash curiously wondered.
Kyon, who was standing beside Itsuki, whispered, "Tell them who you really are."
"I would like all four of you to know that I am an esper, but that's best that we all should refer to me for now," revealed Itsuki.
"So, you're an esper, right, Itsuki? I guess, it's science time!" Cilan does his 'evaluating time' routine yet again, much to Iris's embarrassment.
"This is not science time, you got it!" Iris yelled, causing Cilan to frown.
"So what do you espers do?" Iris asked.
"We espers are from the Organization, whose objective is to prevent Suzumiya's emotions from creating closed spaces."
"And what are closed spaces?"
"These are alternate dimensions that overlap reality. Inside a closed space, celestials are formed as a result of Suzumiya's frustration and anger," Itsuki replied.
"Right now, this reality is merged with ours, so it's a special case." he added.
"So you mean, we are trapped in closed spaces as well?" Dawn asked.
"Not really, but we all might be, since closed spaces are only limited to a specific area."
"That has to be the craziest information I have heard," Dawn replied.
Cilan asked, "Itsuki, when did you have those esper powers of yours?"
"It was a few years ago, when something mysterious happened. And that was when I had the powers I have now."
"It was the same thing Mikuru informed about us. A few years ago. Was it when the time quake that she mentioned just started?" Ash questioned Itsuki.
"Yes."
"Let me guess, Mikuru is a time traveler, then Itsuki is an esper," Cilan deduced, "Kyon, does your other friend know anything about Haruhi?"
"You mean, Miss Nagato? Yes, she also knows something about Suzumiya."
Just before Yuki can speak up, there was a knock at the door. When Kyon opened the door, it was Brendan, Haruhi and Mikuru.
"We're back! Can you guess what the SOS Brigade is going to do next? It's cosplay! Because I got some cosplay outfits that all of us are going to try," said Haruhi.
"Cosplay? Why in the world are we doing cosplay?" Kyon asked.
"We need to celebrate for meeting up with that special Onix yesterday. That's why I decided to set up a cosplay party. And of course, it's boring when we all stay here doing nothing, do you?"
"Oh, oh, alright. We'll do it. Set up a cosplay party." Kyon then sighed.
"I wonder why did Suzumiya and Miss Asahina return after only a few minutes of talk with Ash, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan. Did a wizard do it? Or maybe it was Haruhi herself," Kyon thought to himself.
"So that's settled. Let's do this tomorrow," concluded Haruhi.
On the next chapter:
To fend off time before the Junior Cup tournament starts, Haruhi Suzumiya decides to do. . . . . . . cosplay! She decides to conduct a cosplay party as a celebration for recently encountering the shiny Onix with her new recruits, Ash and his friends. What else will happen? Find out on the next chapter of the Best Wishes of Haruhi Suzumiya!
References in this chapter:
Puella Magi Madoka Magica, GaoGaiGar, TV Tropes, Yu-gi-oh the Abridged Series