Author's note: This is going to be a long chapter. Think how many words are there in this one. And the shoutouts as well.
Chapter 14
Tournament Arc VII - Denouement
A few hours later. . . . . . .
Ash, Dawn, Iris, Axew, Cilan, Kyon, Mikuru, Brendan, Itsuki, Kanade, and Yuki all wake up, only to find themselves in an abandoned warehouse, wrapped up in futons suspended by ropes each tied to a beam on a rooftop. Ash's Pikachu was also tied up, wrapped in a smaller futon next to Ash.
"That was an unfamiliar ceiling. . . . . . . . . " Kyon muttered. When he looked down, he said, "What just happened?"
"We're all wrapped in futons, that's for sure," Cilan replied.
Mikuru looks down, screaming, "Kyon, I'm scared!"
"Miss Asahina, it's best if you shouldn't look down," replied Kyon.
In all of a sudden, Yuri and the SSS entered the warehouse entrance.
Yuri made an evil laugh and said, "Welcome to the velvet room."
"But it obviously isn't a velvet room," Kyon replied, "What are you, Igor's assistant?"
Yuri then coughed and said, "In that case, welcome to the herd!"
"Just when did you quote a certain meme from some certain show about magical ponies?" Brendan wondered.
"I was trying to think of an introductory speech," Yuri said.
She then asked a question, "Oh, do you know what happens when people get killed?"
"They can still live?" Ash replied.
"They die, you idiot! People die when they are killed!" Yuri yelled, "That's how my siblings were all dead!"
"Where is Suzumiya?" Kyon yelled.
"Oh, I don't know . . . . "
"I'm trying to be serious here!" exclaimed Kyon, "Where's Haruhi?"
Yuri replied, "If you want to know where she is, she's right with us."
Matsushita brought out Haruhi, who was also wrapped in a futon, still asleep.
"You guys tried to make sure Suzumiya gets eliminated from the tournament, first by letting Haruhi Kamisaka make an alliance with all of you, and then you attempted to bribe Trip to make sure he uses his strongest Pokemon against Haruhi in the finals. You know what they say, fool Haruhi Suzumiya once, shame on you, fool her twice, shame on Haruhi herself, and fool her three times, you're going to get curb-stomped by none other than Haruhi Suzumiya herself!" Kyon said.
She then explained, "Thanks to your friend's reality warping powers, all of us have been trapped in a place called the afterlife. But since then, a certain godlike Pokemon took pity on all of us; it even let us gain back our bodies."
Brendan's reaction was, "You were all back from the afterlife thanks to Arceus? That's impossible!"
"And as a result, we got ourselves a new job and mission; defeating all of you as well as Haruhi Suzumiya," Yuri explained.
"Yeah, I don't think that will happen. Haruhi will once again beat you single-handedly in a Pokemon battle and then proceed to battle with Alder faster than you can say 'Okay, thanks'," Brendan replied.
The latter said, "You're all stubborn kitties, do you?"
"Intel reports says that Haruhi is the one true God, that's why Yurippe is attempting to seek revenge against her for making her life miserable," Takeyama added.
"What!?" Ash, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, and Brendan yelled.
Yuri said, "It's true. The SSS have finally saw way to seek revenge against the heavens. So from now on, we simply have to believe that Haruhi Suzumiya is the one cause for all the cruel fates we suffered in life."
"Haruhi isn't the reason why you were all sent to limbo," Kyon replied.
"She will be," Yuri said.
Iris responded, "You and your cohorts are nothing but a bunch of fools who think that Haruhi is a certain deity who became responsible for all of the cruel fates every single one of you suffered in life. No wonder you look ironically like her, Yuri."
"We'll see how this will all happen when we defeat you and I'll take control of Haruhi Suzumiya's body," said Yuri. She and the members of the SSS then made an evil laugh.
"You will never get away with this!" Ash yelled as he thrashed and tried to fish out his pocket for his Poke Balls.
"Oh, by the way. If you want to know, the SSS has just recruited a certain girl named Ryoko Asakura. She says she wants to kill you, Kyon," Yuri added.
Kyon gasped and thought, "What? Don't tell me they hired Miss Asakura!"
"Kanade, thank you for convincing me to believe that Haruhi Suzumiya isn't the one true God," Yuri added, "Because the time comes when she will be."
"Kyon already told you, Haruhi and her powers didn't do anything!" Ash yelled.
"Whatever. I hope one of you will do cordless bungee jumping once one of the ropes will get cut off!" Yuri said as she and the SSS left off, riding on a pickup truck.
When Yuri was gone, Ash said, "So I guess everyone knows what's going on. Yuri wanted to defeat Haruhi just for revenge."
"I don't want that girl to get in Haruhi's way for kidnapping us!" Iris yelled.
Meloetta showed its presence. It was shocked after noticing Ash and the gang already tied up.
"Meloetta, find someone who can help us!" said Ash. The Melody Pokemon nodded and left off.
"By the way, who's Miss Asakura?" asked Ash, Dawn, Iris, and Cilan in unison.
Kyon replied, "A friend of Miss Nagato. She tried to kill me one night when all of you were asleep in Cynthia's villa."
"What happened to you when she showed up?" asked Cilan.
"She let her Reuniclus use Telekinesis on me in the air just to kill me."
With a stoic look on her face, Kanade said, "I'm sorry. I never expected this to happen, you know, what happened in the restaurant. "
Kyon replied, "It wasn't your fault. Besides, we all didn't see that one coming."
Kanade explained, "The truth is, Yuri Nakamura is the leader of a certain organization called the SSS. Their objective is to seek revenge against God for all the tragic fates they have suffered in life."
"So that explains why Kyon assumed that Yuri was believing all along that Haruhi was the God that they are looking for," Brendan concluded, "Are they after you as well?"
Kanade replied, "As you can see, the one God that the SSS are looking for is nowhere to be seen, not even taking on a human form. When they found out that they were looking after Haruhi, I tried to prove Yurippe that Haruhi is not the deity they were looking for, but she refused to believe me and said no. As a result, they went back to their old ways and decided to take me out as well."
"Yuri's nickname is Yurippe?" asked Brendan.
"Yes," replied Kanade.
Kyon exasperated and thought to himself, "That's what happens when Koizumi thinks that Suzumiya has powers that are at a deity's level. People would then believe that it's true even if it isn't."
Koizumi smiled and said, "It was only a theory."
As Brendan tried to swing himself in order to cut off the rope secured to him, suddenly a familiar voice was heard.
"Reuniclus, use Psychic!"
A certain Reuniclus used Psychic to untie all the ropes, causing Ash, his Pikachu, Mikuru, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Itsuki, Brendan, Kanade, Kyon, Yuki, and the still-sleepy Haruhi to fall down.
"Now, Reuniclus use Telekinesis!"
In all of a sudden, the twelve were all floating, lifted to safety by Reuniclus's Telekinesis.
As it turned out, the one who did it was none other than. . . . .
"Miss Asakura?" Kyon wondered. He then turned to Yuki and said, "I thought you rewrote her data so that she moves to Johto. But how come she's still here?"
"Hey, Kyon. Knife."
Kyon exclaimed, "Don't. . . . . . . !"
When Asakura threw out her knife, it slashed on all of the futons, freeing the nine at the same time.
Kyon whispered to Ash, pointing to Ryoko, "Tell your Pikachu to use Thunderbolt."
Ash replied, "But why?"
"Just do it now."
Ash said, "Quick, Pikachu. Use Thunderbolt!"
As a result, Ryoko was screaming as she gets a shock of Pikachu's Thunderbolt.
When Brendan sent out Electivire, Brendan muttered, "Use Psychic, level one."
"Level what?"
Ryoko was then levitated high up in the air.
"But how come?" Ryoko wondered.
"Actually, it's not a surprise to know that Electivire can use Psychic," stated Brendan.
"Listen up, Miss Asakura. Just when did you decide to side with us?" Kyon asked.
"I didn't mean to do anything to you today unlike the last time we met," Ryoko replied, crossing her fingers.
"Now, what's your intention of trying to save us, then?"
"I just wanted to do this to all of you so that all of you can stop Miss Nakamura and her wrongdoings against Miss Suzumiya. Not to mention, a certain Pokemon with green hair tried to lure me all the way here using her song."
"Meloetta?" Ash, Iris, Dawn, and Cilan wondered.
"Was that Pokemon called a Meloetta?" Ryoko asked curiously.
"Yes, Miss Asakura," Kyon answered.
He then asked Yuki, "Miss Nagato, how come Miss Asakura was here? I thought you rewrote her data so that she goes off somewhere."
Yuki never said a word.
"Liar," muttered Kyon.
"Now, should we all do a truce?" Ryoko asked the nine.
Kyon sighed and said, "Alright, truce, but for only one condition."
"What condition?"
Yuki added, "If you break the deal, your data will be re-terminated."
"Ok. It's a deal."
When Ryoko was being lifted down to safety by Electivire's Psychic, the ten made a hi-five. The former then recalled her Reuniclus back to its Poke Ball.
When they all went out of the warehouse, Kyon wondered, "But how can we catch up with Miss Nakamura?"
"These rides," Brendan replied, referring to the yellow and white Vespa scooters parked inside.
"Vespas? Where we're going, we don't need Vespas," Kyon muttered.
"Before we leave, I will lend Yuki a Poke Ball," said Brendan. He then handed it over to Yuki.
"Hey, do you have any Pokemon to lend over to me?" asked Kyon.
"We'll do it later. We don't have enough time to catch up with the SSS."
And so, Brendan, Kyon, and Ash went on the yellow Vespa, while Mikuru, Dawn, and Iris rode on the white one.
Kyon wondered, "I didn't know Miss Asahina could operate a scooter."
Mikuru winked as she throttled off.
"What about the five of you?" Ash asked, referring to Yuki, Itsuki, Kanade, Cilan, and Ryoko.
"I can drive," Ryoko replied. She then pointed to a Humvee parked inside the warehouse.
"Then what about Haruhi? We can't just leave her behind!" added Kyon.
Itsuki replied, "You should escort Miss Suzumiya before she wakes up any minute."
"What?"
Brendan listened and replied, "Itsuki doesn't want you and Haruhi to suffer from full life consequences!"
Kyon sighed as he went back to the warehouse to carry the sleeping Haruhi on his arms.
He then placed her on the Humvee to be maneuvered by Ryoko.
While she drived off along with Itsuki, and the others, Brendan and Mikuru throttled off.
When the three vehicles were on a T-junction, Ryoko, Brendan, and Mikuru pulled the brakes.
"Why are we all stopping?" Kyon asked Brendan.
When they noticed the pickup truck that Yuri and the SSS were riding on get past them, Ash said, "I think it's those guys. We must catch up after them!"
And so, Brendan and Mikuru throttled off to make a beeline after the pickup truck while Ryoko followed suit, driving the Humvee in the same direction.
"Ugh. . . . . it's them again. They escaped!" Yuri said as she looked at the car's side mirror and exclaimed, "Do something to fend them off!"
"We are right on it," responded Naoi Ayato, as he sent out a Swoobat.
"Use Air Cutter!"
Brendan sent out a Skarmory and said, "Skarmory, use Protect!"
Just before Air Cutter could hit, it was blocked by Skarmory's Protect.
"Skarmory, use Spikes!"
Skarmory flew in front of the pickup, spurting out caltrops that popped out all of its tires.
"Ugh. We must leave!" Yuri yelled, as everyone disembarked from the pickup.
Summoning a Mandibuzz, Yuri attempted to escape by flying away on its back, leaving the rest of the SSS members behind.
"She's getting away!" Kyon yelled.
"Don't worry. Ash, Kanade, and I will deal with her. You and Yuki will team up with Iris and Cilan to battle with Yuri's henchmen using the Pokemon I lent to you," Brendan replied to Kyon as he and Ash throttled off.
"I don't think you haven't lent me a Poke Ball," said Kyon.
Brendan stopped the Vespa and replied, "Shut up and take my Poke Ball!"
Brendan threw a Poke Ball at Kyon, resulting in the latter to catch it. He then throttled away along with Ash and Kanade.
"Did Brendan just watch an episode of Futurama or something?" thought Kyon.
Mikuru and Itsuki decided to stay in the Humvee as they watched Kyon and Yuki battle it out.
Ash, Kanade and Brendan followed Yuri Nakamura as they found her riding on her Mandibuzz on top of a rope bridge in a gushing river.
When she crossed to the other side of the river, she noticed Brendan, Ash, and Kanade on a Vespa, catching up to her.
"Mandibuzz, use Air Slash!"
When Yuri came on the other side of the bridge, her Mandibuzz destroyed the rope bridge using Air Slash.
"Now what?"
"What's it, Ash?"
"She destroyed the rope bridge. How can we get across?" Ash asked Brendan.
"It's not possible for us to catch up to her if we don't do something," Brendan said in a worried mood, as he sent out Electivire again.
"Use Psychic!"
Electivire used Psychic to lift itself, Brendan, Ash, Kanade, and the Vespa to the other side of the river.
"Electivire, return."
Brendan recalled Electivire back to it's Poke Ball.
"Now, we must continue looking for Yuri before she goes away with it!" Brendan said as he throttled off with Ash.
Yuri Nakamura runs into a fork in the road. The trio followed after her, but when they ran into the same fork in the road, Ash wondered, "How can we be able to find Yuri?"
Brendan sent out Hydreigon. "Hydreigon, go and look for Mandibuzz."
The Brutal Pokemon flew away to look for Yuri and her Mandibuzz and eventually came back to inform him.
Brendan then accelerated the Vespa and headed left.
Meanwhile, Kyon, and the rest of the others are struggling as their respective Pokemon were shown to be knocked away.
"We cannot give up!" Kyon yelled, "Eelektross, use Thunderbolt!"
"Alakazam, use Focus Blast," Yuki instructed.
"Reuniclus, use Telekinesis," said Ryoko.
"Piplup, Bubblebeam!"
Naoi's Swoobat used Gust to blind all their opponent's Pokemon before they could attack.
Cilan yelled, "Crustle, use Rock Wrecker on Swoobat!"
Swoobat was knocked out in just one hit.
"Conkeldurr, use Stone Edge on Reuniclus!"
Takamatsu's Conkeldurr attempts to hit Ryoko's Reuniclus with its attack.
"Use Psychic."
Just before Stone Edge could hit Reuniclus, it was stopped by Alakazam's Psychic, sending it flying back to Conkeldurr.
"Thanks, Miss Nagato!" Ryoko said as Yuki never said a word.
"Reuniclus, Telekinesis!"
Ryoko's Reuniclus levitated Matsushita's Throh high up in the air using Telekinesis.
"It's your turn, Miss Nagato!" said Ryoko.
"Use Focus Blast."
Throh was left to be knocked out by Focus Blast as it was already under the effects of Telekinesis.
"Samurott, Hydro Cannon!"
"Conkeldurr, Stone Edge!"
"Togekiss, Aura Sphere!"
"Axew, Dragon Rage!"
"Crustle, Rock Wrecker!"
The combination of Aura Sphere, Dragon Rage, and Rock Wrecker pierced through Stone Edge and Hydro Cannon, which resulted in Takamatsu's Conkeldurr and Fujimaki's Samurott being knocked out.
With all their Pokemon knocked out, the SSS members attempted to retreat. However, they were all levitated in the air by the combination of Reuniclus's Telekinesis and Alakazam's Psychic.
Meanwhile, Brendan, Kanade, and Ash were still riding on the Vespa, catching up after Yuri Nakamura and her Mandibuzz.
Yuri was surprised when she was being pursued by the three as they found her.
"How did you three find me all the way here?" Yuri asked as she gasped in shock.
Brendan replied, "Hydreigon." That was when the Brutal Pokemon showed up, surprising Yuri.
"Yuri, give it up!" Ash yelled.
"Kanade is here to convince you to stop believing in what's not true!" Brendan added.
"Dream on! No matter how you three will try to stop me, I still believe that Haruhi was responsible for letting me suffer a terrible fate!" Yuri replied, as she sent out Chandelure and Vanilluxe.
"Pikachu, do you wanna battle?" Ash asked to Pikachu. The latter responded with a nod.
Brendan sent out Infernape, while Kanade sent out Bisharp.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Mandibuzz!"
"Infernape, Flamethrower on Vanilluxe!"
"Bisharp, Night Slash."
"Vanilluxe and Mandibuzz, Protect!"
The combined effects of Vanilluxe and Mandibuzz's Protect blocked all the attacks of Bisharp, Pikachu, and Infernape.
"Infernape, use Feint!"
"Chandelure, block it using Psychic!"
Infernape attempts to penetrate through Protect using Feint. But it was stopped by Chandelure's Psychic.
"Bisharp, Night Slash."
Just before Chandelure could use its attack on Brendan's Infernape, it was hit by Bisharp's Night Slash for effective damage.
"I don't care if I lose to you three," Yuri said, "Vanilluxe, Ice Beam on Pikachu."
"Intercept it with Thunderbolt!"
Vanilluxe's Ice Beam and Pikachu's Thunderbolt both clashed, creating an explosion.
"Mandibuzz, use Bone Rush on Bisharp."
"Bisharp, intercept it with Night Slash."
Kanade's Bisharp clashed attacks with Mandibuzz, clearing the smoke.
"Chandelure, Psychic on Infernape!"
Infernape was badly hit by Psychic as it was being lifted high up in the air and sent down crashing.
"Infernape, get up!" Brendan yelled.
"Mandibuzz, finish Infernape with Brave Bird!"
"Bisharp, intercept with Iron Head."
Both Brave Bird and Iron Head clashed as it created yet another explosion.
But Bisharp's Iron Head proved to be too much for Mandibuzz. It was worsened by recoil damage caused by Brave Bird.
"Thanks, Kanade!" Brendan said.
"That was a bad move your Mandibuzz just did," Kanade said to Yuri.
The latter replied, "It won't matter if Mandibuzz will take Brave Bird recoil. Mandibuzz, Bone Rush on Bisharp!"
"Infernape, Thunderpunch!"
Brendan's Infernape, still able to get up, hits Mandibuzz with Thunderpunch, knocking it out before it could do anything at Kanade's Bisharp.
"One down, two to go," Ash said.
"Wrong, Ash. Chandelure, use Fire Blast on Bisharp!"
"Bisharp, dodge it."
Unfortunately, Bisharp was roasted by Fire Blast and was also knocked out.
"Looks like this is the end for you," Yuri replied to Kanade, as the latter recalled Bisharp and ended up watching the rest of the battle.
"But not for us! Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
"Vanilluxe, intercept it with Mirror Coat!"
Pikachu's Thunderbolt attempts to hit Chandelure, but it was bounced back by Vanilluxe's Mirror Coat.
Ash then gritted his teeth.
"Infernape, use Mach Punch on Vanilluxe!"
"Chandelure, intercept it with Psychic!"
Just before Infernape was able to touch Vanilluxe with Mach Punch, it was stopped by Chandelure's Psychic and is sent back knocked away.
"Infernape, get up!" Brendan yelled.
"Oh please, that won't happen. Vanilluxe, Ice Beam!"
"Pikachu, counter Ice Beam with Iron Tail!"
Pikachu's Iron Tail was frozen by Ice Beam, but it was still able to hit Vanilluxe anyway.
"Chandelure, Shadow Ball!"
Just before Chandelure could fire its attack, Infernape was glowing in red aura, indicating that it activated its ability, Blaze.
"Hey, that was Infernape's Blaze!" Ash said.
Yuri replied, "How did that kid just find out that it was Blaze?"
"Of course! I used to have an Infernape with me back in Sinnoh," Ash replied, recalling back to his past adventures.
Brendan said, "You know what that means. Looks like it's time for 'Flame Haze' mode!"
Yuri wondered, "Flame Haze mode?"
"Yes, you'll eventually get the hang of it," Brendan replied, "Infernape, use Swords Dance!"
A flaming sword suddenly appeared in Infernape's palms and suddenly vanished, causing its fists to grow larger than usual.
"Chandelure, Shadow Ball on Infernape!"
"Infernape, Fire Punch on Vanilluxe!"
"Quick, Pikachu. Use Thunderbolt!"
"Vanilluxe, Mirror Coat!"
Chandelure fires four Shadow Balls at once, but they all get intercepted by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.
On the other hand, Vanilluxe attempts to block Infernape's Fire Punch using Mirror Coat, but it obviously failed. As a result, it ended up getting hit.
"Infernape hitting Vanilluxe whilst it's using Mirror Coat? That's impossible!" When Yuri said those words, she was surprised.
Brendan replied, "You're forgetting that Mirror Coat only works with Special moves. That's why Fire Punch hit it physically."
Yuri gasped in shock.
"You already know what to do, Ash."
Ash replied to Brendan, "You bet I am."
Suddenly, Ash and Brendan both yelled, "These moves of Pikachu and Infernape glow with an awesome power! Their powerful grip tells them to defeat your Pokemon! Take this, their love, their anger, and all of their sorrows!"
"Shining Thunderbolt!"
"Shining Close Combat!"
"Vanilluxe, use Sheer Cold! Chandelure, use Shadow Ball!"
Using the Counter Shield technique Pikachu used back in Sinnoh, it repelled Shadow Ball with Thunderbolt, sending it back at Chandelure. As a result, the Luring Pokemon fell and was defeated.
But Vanilluxe dodged, firing Sheer Cold at Brendan's Infernape.
However, Infernape dodged the attack and managed to retaliate at Vanilluxe with a barrage of repeated rapid fire punches.
"Wasn't that an All-Out Attack?" Brendan asked Ash, referring to Pikachu's Counter Shield.
Ash replied, "Actually, that's called Counter Shield. I developed it for Pikachu way back in Sinnoh."
This caused Yuri to tremble with fear and mutter, "That can't be!"
"Your Vanilluxe is already dead, literally," Brendan said, as Vanilluxe eventually fell and fainted.
"How did you know that?" Yuri asked.
"Simple. Close Combat is related to the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ke-"
Yuri interrupted, angrily muttering, "You and Ash are probably watching too much anime." She then recalled Vanilluxe and Chandelure back to their Poke Balls.
"Now that you lost the game, prepare to be befriended. By the three of us," Ash said, as he, Brendan, and Kanade confronted and cornered Yuri.
"Just like in Nanoha, huh?" Yuri angrily replied, "Forget it. I won't be befriended by the three of you no matter what."
Brendan responded, muttering, "Shall we. . . . . cool your head a little?"
"I don't care if I'm going to be befriended by the three of you!" Yuri yelled as she tried to make her escape by stealing the yellow Vespa.
She then throttled away and thought, "I must run away, I must run away, I must run away!"
"Yuri's getting away!" Ash yelled.
"You fools! You three will always remember this as the day you almost caught Yuri Naka-"
Just before Yuri could finish her phrase, she noticed a cranky Haruhi Suzumiya, who showed up in her way, carrying a fire extinguisher.
"Pull the brakes!" Haruhi exclaimed, as Yuri was forced to halt the Vespa.
"Oh, it's Haruhi. Would you like to be part of us?" Yuri convinced.
"What are you talking about?" Haruhi asked.
"If you become a member of the SSS, you will be given a free lifetime membership," Yuri replied.
"Lifetime membership?"
"Yes," Yuri replied as she brought out a paper indicating a contract, "And if you want to obtain it, you must make a contract with me and-"
"From what you just did to me, I refuse to make a contract with you and become a magical girl! Tiro Finale!" yelled the still-cranky Haruhi Suzumiya as she aimed the nozzle.
She then discharged the fire extinguisher at Yuri Nakamura as the latter is ejected by the force of the impact.
She is then knocked back in front of Ash, Brendan, and Kanade.
"If that's what you want. . . . . . . . " Yuri said in a dizzy tone as she fainted.
"I wonder why did Haruhi just show up in all of a sudden," Brendan curiously thought.
"Did someone wake her up?" Ash asked.
Suddenly, Haruhi fell asleep into a deep slumber.
"What can we do?" Ash asked Brendan.
Fortunately, the Humvee arrived, with Ryoko Asakura disembarking from the car.
"Ryoko, it's a good thing you drove the car all the way here. Can you escort Haruhi back to the Pokemon Center?"
"Sure, no problem," Ryoko replied as she fetched the sleeping Haruhi into the Humvee and drove away. Morning struck.
Back in the spot where the pickup truck just stopped moving due to flat tires, Yuri and each of the members of the SSS were all wrapped in futons.
"You're totally in despair, Yuri! The fact that your plan to make vengeance against God has failed has put all of us in despair!" Otonashi exclaimed.
She shed a tear and sobbed, "Alright, I give up! I was only doing this because I thought that the one God who made my life miserable was Haruhi! No wonder Kyon ended up guessing it right about my failed attempts to eliminate her from the Junior Cup!"
Kyon asked, "Tell me, what's the reason why did you do this to us?"
Yuri frowned and replied, "As you can see, I am still saddened about how my siblings were dead."
She showed a picture of her siblings to them.
"So they are your siblings?" Ash, Mikuru, and Cilan asked Yuri.
"Yes. They were all killed when thugs ambushed our house one night."
Yuri then added, "One day, our resident hacker, Takeyama-"
Takeyama interrupted, yelling, "Call me Christ!"
Yuri continued her speech, saying, "Ok, one day, our resident hacker informed us that the God that we have been seeking revenge against is here in Lacunosa Town in the form of a schoolgirl."
"And, what happened next?" Kyon asked.
"That's when I attempted to make my revenge," Yuri added as she shed more tears from both of her eyes like as if they were waterfalls, "Unfortunately, that was when little did I realize that it was all just a lie, stating that Haruhi isn't the deity that was responsible for letting us suffer a terrible fate.
"The truth is. . . . . . ," said Kanade, "Haruhi is truly not the one God that became the cause of your cruel life. Apparently, God is nowhere to be seen."
"What have I done?" screamed Yuri.
"Don't worry about your siblings. Even though they are already gone and cannot be replaced, you have a lot of friends with you."
Yuri glanced at Otonashi, Kanade, Naoi, and the rest of the members of the SSS.
"Now, like what Melvin just said, would you give Kanade a hug?" Brendan convinced calmly as Yuri and the members of the SSS were being untied by Ash and his friends.
Yuri asked, shedding a tear, "Does it involve being turned into Tang?"
"Well, you're just exaggerating it," Brendan replied.
She ended up giving Kanade a glomp.
Otonashi did the same to Kyon, except that the latter was not amused about how Otonashi glomped him.
The rest of the SSS members also glomped at Ash, his friends, Brendan, and the other three members of the SOS Brigade.
"Yuri, you must also express your atonement to Haruhi for what you did to her," Cilan added.
In the Pokemon Center, Yuri entered the room where Haruhi was, noticing her still sleeping in bed.
Suddenly, she woke up and noticed Yuri, saying, "It's you again. But why are you here, Yuri?"
"I just wanted to congratulate you for tying with Trip in the Junior Cup."
"All I can remember is that you look a lot like me," said Haruhi.
"No, not anymore," Yuri replied, "I adjusted my personal appearance to look like Yukiko Amagi just for this special occasion." She then gave Haruhi some flowers.
"Why thank you, Yuri."
And so, the moral of the story was, stop jumping to conclusions because that's not what happened.
. . . . . . . Or maybe Yurippe was right about Haruhi and her god-like powers being the cause of her miserable life. However, she is happy that even though her siblings are already long gone, she is still proud of the fact that Ash, Dawn, Brendan, Cilan, Iris, and the five members of the SOS Brigade became her newest family of friends that made her life so enjoyable.
To be continued. . . . . . .
On the next chapter:
Now that everything is resolved, Haruhi is now ready alongside Trip in their match with the champion of the Unova region, Alder. Will the two win it? Find out in the next chapter of The Best Wishes of Haruhi Suzumiya!
References: See the author's note below for the explanation of some of the references.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
The Annoying Orange
Persona 3
Persona 4
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Fate/stay night
Half Life Full Life Consequences
Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series
Dragon Ball Abridged
FLCL
Futurama
Shakugan no Shana
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Fist of the North Star
Pirates of the Caribbean
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei
Author's notes #2:
There are three Evangelion references in this chapter. Anyone who guesses where they are located correctly will get a cookie. Hint: One of them is a reference to a certain meme spawned in End of Evangelion.
The gang being wrapped up in futons at the beginning of the chapter mirrors that of Erio Touwa, a character in Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko who is commonly seen being wrapped up in a futon.
One portion of this chapter nearly paraphrases the dialogue of one scene in the 47th episode of Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series.