Hey guys! NagatoYuuki13 here! Sorry for the year delay. School work is terrible and a lot has been going on with family, so it's little weird.
Just letting you guys know that everything passed the part where a certain organism transforms (tries to not make a spoiler) was written recently. Everything before was written about seven to eight months prior, so if you see a sudden shift in the style or smoothness of the story, that is the reason.
Anyway I'm sorry to keep you waiting for those who have been waiting and here's the latest installment of "The Realization of Haruhi Suzumiya"
Enjoy~
(I may edit this chapter so please keep checking until the next chapter is uploaded)
The Realization of Haruhi Suzumiya
Original Author: Nagaru Tanigawa
Fan Fiction Author: NagatoYuuki13
Chapter 6
"…Termination?" I couldn't say anything for a moment. Was Nagato just talking about killing me? Hah… That can't be it… The second I knew it, I was chuckling.
Of course… A joke… It's a joke right?
"Nice one Nagato! Since when did you have a sense of humor?" She did not move. "Let's go home, Nagato. Everyone's waiting for you…" Again, with no response.
… What's wrong Nagato? Why aren't you moving?
"Nagato!" I shouted. I snapped. I mean what do you expect me to do? Just stand there and take this all? "What the hell is wrong? Tell me!"
She mouthed something… Then had the knife right by my neck… Crap… If it wasn't for Frenzy mode or whatever, I would have been decapitated. Instead I caught the knife with my bare hands. I would have felt good in different circumstances, but not this one.
"Nagato - san! What are you doing? We're trying to help you!" Haruhi suddenly tried her shoulders, but was immediately rejected by Nagato's force field.
"Do not interfere. You are still under observation." Nagato said monotonously.
"Yuki…" Haruhi said with her voice fading.
"Let us take this somewhere else…" She paused. "… Kyon." That was the first time she called me by that nickname… Suddenly the scenery changed into a desert like place. The air felt hot and dry and the sand under us was hard and rough. She released my grip of the knife and continuously tried to stab me. During those times, I managed to get a few words of questions in.
"Why are you doing this Nagato?" The knife slightly touched my cheek.
"It is my job." She said indifferently.
"I thought you were a free agent now. What is the point of doing this?" I continued dodging.
There was no response. Instead she gave me a look. Although very irrelevant, my knees collapse for some reason, and Nagato lunged towards my face. I managed to catch the knife again. Nagato suddenly started talking.
"It seems that you are starting to feel the effect of the program that I engaged in your body."
"What?" My hands were shaking, and open wound on my hand is starting to get to me. She released my grip of my knife, and then suddenly did a turn-back axe kick on my head. Before my forehead reached the ground, she front kicked me… at least one kilometer away from where she kicked.
"I am slowly removing the enhancement program I installed in you with a detonation program that will eventually weaken you into a normal human and speed up your age process." She said… Right behind me?
"When did you -" I was about to say "there," but she hook kicked me to the air, doing 1080 degrees spin and hitting my head on the ground… This reminds me of a video game… Anyway… That freaking hurt!
As I struggled to get up, Nagato pointed a katana at me… Wait… Didn't you have a knife a second ago? Wait… Why am I so calm? Isn't Nagato trying to kill me? The one thing I couldn't believe a few minutes ago? Then why am I feeling this way?
"Was that the true reason of why you're trying to kill me?" I suddenly spoke while I fully stood up. I wasn't even thinking when I said that.
There was a pause. "…What do you mean?" Nagato spoke.
"It means what it means Nagato. People just don't kill people just because it's their job. They have to have another reason than that."
"… I am not a human. I am a…"
"A human interface, created by aliens… Blah, blah, blah, I don't care about all that crap! I've heard all of those." I pounded my chest. "This is what matters; what you feel, human or not."
She looked down. "… You do not understand…"
"Try me." I replied immediately. Where am I getting all this confidence from?
A brief moment of silence… Nagato's katana was shaking.
"What the hell do you know!" Nagato shouted, and looked up fiercely. She sliced the katana, which I caught again… "You do not know a life where you are captive no matter what you do. You do not know what it is to experience a life of near immortality even if you do not choose to! You do not know a life where you are an artificial being!" She took away the blade from my hand. "You do not know what it is like to be called defective!" She lunged fiercely, but horribly missed. I caught her in my arms with her glittering lavender hair fluttered down. I just noticed that it grew a lot. I mean it looks like it took years to grow… For a human anyway. It's the same length as Haruhi's when I first met her.
I heard a sob. I heard another… These emotions were all just coming out of Nagato in a burst. Finally, all these captive emotions that were trapped in ones heart were released wildly… Finally Nagato… You admitted it. I noticed that the scenery changed back to its original state. I found Haruhi kneeling down on both knees, looking confused. "I cannot take being called a defective… I cannot…" She dropped her katana and fully let her emotions out, clutching her hands on to my back. In my life, I have never could have imagined a Nagato like this… Being angry, and then crying, especially in my arms. I replied by also embracing her and saying the things I wanted to say.
"Nagato…" I paused and put my hand on her head to get her closer. "… No matter what they say… No matter what they tell you… You are never, ever defective… You have protected me… You have protected all of us. So why are you going to be defective?"
She pushed slightly. "But…"
"No buts!" I pulled her back. "Don't believe in those bastards! They may have created you, they may have programmed you! But they cannot stop a soul forming in you." I slowly pushed her off. "Do what you think is right. You have given me a lot of choices, and it's my turn to give you yours."
I finally understood why these interfaces… No, screw that term… People are acting like this…
I let her rest on me for a moment. She must have been tired expressing all those emotions for the first time in her life probably. I can't help myself, but feel a little happy. But also feel a little guilty that I pushed her to put all that from herself. "
"Thank you…" She said quietly for the second time while pushing off. The katana on the floor disappeared and the force field is slowly dissipating. Once it was fully down, Haruhi came over.
"Kyon! You're alright!" She ran to me. "Idiot! Idiot! Stupid!" She hit me immaturely. "Don't ever leave me like that! I got worried you know!"
I laughed a little. "Hey Haruhi…"
"What?"
"Thanks."
She suddenly had a slight shade of red on her face. "I-idiot! It's my job to be worried as a Brigade Leader! So don't thank me like that! Penalty!"
…Seriously… Where does this girl get this kind of energy? She suddenly turned to Nagato.
"Yuki…" I was expecting Haruhi to slap her, but instead she hugged her. "Don't ever do something like that, okay?" She sounded like a caring mother who found her lost child. "I don't want to see my friends fight like that… You guys are my family, you know that… If you guys fight you seriously will make my job as a Brigade Leader harder…" She paused. "… If you need to tell us something, be open about it okay?" I grinned… Haruhi has changed… A lot.
Nagato closed her eyes and nodded on Haruhi shoulders as a final tear drop went down from Nagato's face. Haruhi pushed her off slowly.
"Well, that's over with. Let's go home with the others." Haruhi said.
"Aye aye, Ms. Leader…"
A happy end right…?
Well… You got that totally wrong.
Right after I turned around, things suddenly flew towards Nagato. I pushed her out of the way right in time… I saved her, but guess what?
"Kyon!"
Damn… This hurts… This freaking hurts!
Seven metal spikes. Seven holes through my body… Damn!
Nagato stood up looking at me, looking as if she saw the worse thing in her life. "No…" She quietly said.
"Bravo, Nagato… Bravo." I heard claps coming down the suddenly formed stairs from the ceiling. There was a figure I couldn't mistake anytime… Leader like figure. Glasses. A continuous expression of frustration even though he doesn't mean it.
"Student… Council… President…?" I slowly said while blood is coming out of my mouth… I can hardly speak because one of the spikes are pierced right through my throat. I should be dead by now, but I'm guessing Nagato's program is still running. I tried pulling the one right on my chest, which didn't work well because it hurts like hell…
"Yes… Admiring isn't it? My acting?" He reached down the lowest level of the stairs and the stair case disappeared behind him. "Well it doesn't seem like you're going to last long anymore." Damn… As much as I don't want to, I am about to pass out. "Let me help you die." His hands started to glow and there appeared to large piercing blades, similar to the ones that Asakura had when she first attempted to kill me and used it against Nagato.
"Die." He thrust his hand and the blades extended until it pierced through both sides of my chest. I was held about four inches off the ground… Damn… This is excruciatingly painful… My mind is slowly going blank.
"Kyon!" Haruhi shouted from the top of her lungs and ran towards me.
"Finally! I have completed my task! As a leader and as an interface! To see the being called Haruhi Suzumiya react. Observations must be made! Preparations!" An evil chuckle was coming out of the dictator who I thought of was a friend.
"Kyon… Kyon…!"
"Haruhi…" I managed to say with my vision blurry. "Get out of here… Now!"
"But…"
"Go…!" I managed to say on my last breath. Haruhi was saying something, but I couldn't understand it anymore.
My mind and consciousness is almost gone. But right before I went completely black or white (I wasn't sure anymore) I heard these words from a girl I didn't expect to hear from. She wasn't saying it to me, but to the person who struck me.
"I won't forgive you…" The girl monotonously, but strongly said. With that, my vision has completely faded. My conscience was supposed to be gone by now, but it hasn't been. But is this really how it is going to end? Nagato finally experience her emotions, but that was just the start! It can't end there! It can't!
Damn… Now it's really getting me…
… Nagato…
…
I opened my eyes.
… Wait what? I thought I was stabbed and straight to the heart, too, but for some reason, I'm not dead. I was lying down facing the plain white ceiling and hearing nothing but the deafening silence with the occasional electronic noise that comes from nowhere. I looked around and saw the electronic lights flowing… Wait… This is the room when I first got when I was dreaming and later on talked to the main official of the Integrated Data Thought Entity.
"Oh yeah? It seems that you're awake…" A voice sounding like an elder said behind me. But it wasn't an unfamiliar voice, though. I sat up and looked behind me, and you cannot believe who, or more specifically, what I saw. "It is nice to see you again, human." Orange and black spots on an all white fur, a cat; a calico and a male one to be specific is sitting in front of me. "What is it? You look like you saw some kind of creature that is very foreign."
"Shamisen…?" Yes. The cat that my sister loves so much is here with me. What's surprising is he can talk. No, actually the even more surprising thing is he is here with me. "What the hell are you doing here? I doubt that this damn organization would know about you, or even cared about you."
"That is quite a rude thing to say don't you think?" The cat replied.
"Ah…" What am I doing putting all my anger in a cat? "Sorry, Shamisen. But seriously, what are you doing here? My sister is looking everywhere for you and you even made her cry because you left."
"My apologies, but there are reasons why I couldn't return…" He stood up with all fours.
"What would those reasons be? Ran out of cat food that you liked in the house?"
"That is definitely not the reason. I quite like the dishes you serve me every day, at least in my form as a cat." Maybe I should tell him that the things we serve him are actually from a can… Wait… What?
"What do you mean 'your form as a cat'?" I asked. As soon as I asked that, Shamisen started to glow. I take back what I said about Earth snapping. It's the universe that has snapped. I mean you wouldn't believe what just happened… How many times have I said that this week? People, if you have time, tally them for me.
Anyway, I digress. Have you ever seen a cat glowing ever? If you have, then try this.
Have you seen a cat transforming to a human like creature after glowing? I bet you didn't. He transformed into a person who had the same height as me, had silver hair with a slight hue of orange with his eyes bright yellow, and was wearing white attire with a broad shouldered cape. If those descriptions do not sound familiar, then I'll introduce everyone to him once, again.
"… Leader-san?"
"It is nice to meet your acquaintance once again, John Smith."
"How…? What?" Based on my reactions, you can totally see what I mean by the world- excuse me- the universe snapping right? I mean, my cat, no… My sister… Well, technically Haruhi's… Agh! I'm so confused!
"Stop your thoughts, John. It is unnecessary. You will only tire yourself." Leader… I mean, Shamisen calmly said. Calling a leader of something like this…
Wait a minute… If he's here… Then…
"I know what you are thinking." He said interrupting my thoughts. "Please. Let us discuss this matter calmly."
After a few moments, a dining table about five feet in length appeared in between us. Next came the chairs each across the tables. It isn't much different from the last time we met.
"Tea?"
"It would help." I answered, and a tea pot and cups appeared in the middle of the table. We each grabbed it slowly… Wait, I don't have time for this! I slammed my fist on the table. "I don't have time for and idle conversation, you… Thing! Whether you're a cat, an alien, a human, tell me what the hell is going on!"
Despite my aggression, Shamisen (Man, I feel weird saying that) calmly reached for his tea. Once he put his cup of tea in the table, he gave me a fixated glare.
"Exactly do you wish to accomplish with this action of yours?" That gave me a cold shiver down my spine. Don't ask why. I'd rather not answer. "Aggression is the least thing we need, right now, John. Now take a seat, and…" He snapped his fingers. Suddenly a monitor screen appeared. "… And watch so the situation may be clearer."
The monitor was blank for second, and then suddenly an image of me appeared. As the screen got clearer, an image of the whole group that was in this rescue operation appeared.
… Okay? So they recorded us? What' the big deal…? Wait… This is a record, right?
"I know what you are thinking. You are pondering whether this is a recording, am I correct?" He took a sip of his tea, while closing his eyes. "That is incorrect." He said as he put his tea down and opening his eyes.
"… What do you mean?"
"You should know already. Where else have you felt the sensation of your stomach turning, losing consciousness, and everything as if it's going upside down? You have experienced it… Let's say twice now, excluding this time." He said while taking another sip. Talk about a cat that's addicted to tea.
I digress… He couldn't be possibly talking about…
"Yes." There was a pause. "You have just travelled through time."
…Eh? "Hold on a second…! This can't be possible…" I stood up again. "I was stabbed! Right into the heart! There's no way I could do time travel! I'm supposed to be dead! I failed to save Nagato and now…!" I was panting… I couldn't think properly. "I…!" I was crying my eyes out.
"Stand up, Kyon-kun." says a familiar female voice. The voice of someone I would not forget in a thousand years. Orange hair that lit up… Oh please… Don't make me explain this. It's embarrassing the hell out of me. Since when did I start to do that anyway?
"… Ms. Asahina?" That's right. Ms. Asahina (big) was standing right in front of me. Although, unlike everyone else, she was wearing the attire she has been wearing since the beginning: school teacher uniform. She suddenly slapped both of my cheeks, which stung by the way, and held on to it. She pushed them, like what people do to chubby kids. She was looking at me like I was a child who had just committed murder.
"You are looking quite pathetic, Kyon." What happened to the "-kun" part of it? "Earlier you were brimming with confidence, now without Nagato-san's power, you can't even bring yourself to stand up on your own." She let of go of my cheeks. "The Kyon I know wouldn't do that." Her expression changed to a smile. "He was a person who wouldn't give up. Who would just go out there and bring everything back to normal for the sake of his friends. Whether it be being time-sick, or getting stabbed by a psychopath while trying to restore the world back in its original state just to prove to someone that change is not needed, he will never give up." The sudden pause gave leeway for Shamisen to make a sip sound from drinking his tea. "Where did that Kyon, go? Did he run away just because the powers that we're given to him we're taken away? Did he chicken out and just gave up? Answer me." She looked me straight in the eye while putting both of her hands on her hips.
… I was speechless. I couldn't imagine that Ms. Asahina being here in the first place, but that whole speech about me…
… Man I feel pathetic. After encouraging everyone to try their best, this is what I come up with? I promised everyone that this will be a success. Hell, I even got help from Asakura… What kind of pathetic person am I? Am I some type of person who backs out of his word just because things get tough? No… Of course not. I am a normal human, yes. But that's what makes me special. I am the special case here, that's why I can't give up. I have to show that I can do it, right? I have to show that everyone's effort didn't go to waste right?
Well, damn, get your ass back up and show them what you got!
I took Ms. Asahina's hand as she offered me to get up.
"I see your determination is back, yes?" Shamisen said.
"You better think so." I heard Ms. Asahina giggle a little. Let's get the show back on the road and end with it with a bang. "Give me the situation here, Shamisen."
He gave me a grin. "Understood. As you have heard earlier, this isn't exactly your version of your recording. This is in fact happening now." He pointed at the screen. It's showing the part where we are just entering this giant fortress (or space ship, or whatever!). "Do you understand?"
"Somewhat." I said. In reality, I don't have any idea what he said except for the fact that everything on that screen is what is currently happening. "And?"
"This is our time limit." He continued.
"Time-limit? For what?"
"For fixing the future." Ms. Asahina suddenly said.
"… What exactly do you mean by that, Ms. Asahina?"
"Do you remember the thing I was telling you about in your room a few days ago? About the future changing?"
"Yes, I do… Why?"
"It happens to be that the cause of such phenomenon is this event" Shamisen said while snapping his fingers. Another monitor appeared. This time it showed when… I was dead.
"Kyon!" Haruhi shouted. It was quite a gruesome sight, especially seeing myself hanging in mid-air with metallic spears piercing through me. "…Kyon…!"
"Shamisen, what is this?" I asked in confusion.
"This is the supposed outcome if you did not time travel to this point where you are currently standing."
Supposed outcome? I'll see soon enough…
"Yes… Yes! React! Release everything you have! Your emotions, your abilities, everything! Everything will be recorded!" said that bastard president. The other screen shows me going up to Haruhi asking her something. I forgot what exactly it was, but that's not important. Going back to the other screen…
… What the…?
"… Defective, what are you doing? You are interfering with the collection of data!" that bastard shouted then fell in complete silence. So he does call her defective… Well, that's not in any matter of importance right now.
… Nagato, I'm glad I'm not in your bad side, because I wouldn't want that happen to me. What happened was, if you were wondering, the President, or should I call him "Splat- sident?" Anyway, I digress. This is not something to joke about, even though I felt that he deserved that at the moment. It was gruesome… You can use your imagination in what happen by the name I gave you, right? I don't want to in explaining things…
"…Yuki…" Haruhi said. The words almost didn't come out of her mouth. Her expression was mixed with sadness and probably disgust of the scene of what had just happened.
"Silence, insolent creature…" He eyes grew and suddenly, Haruhi came flying towards the gigantic door, which flung open despite of its' size. Nagato was blood stained with an indescribable expression. It was the same dead pan expression, except her eyes were darker than usual. She came up to my body, which was hanging there like a ragdoll. The spears disappeared and my body fell down. At the same time, she caught me in her arms. She had a pained and saddened expression on her face…
"Ms. Nagato! What are you doing?" Koizumi suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He was still glowing. He was also carrying Haruhi. Fortunately she wasn't hurt. It wasn't long before he noticed me in her arms. "Ms. Nagato… you…"
"Do not go jumping in conclusions, Koizumi." Ms. Mori also came up. "Based on the expression of her face, she is not the culprit." She looked at the walls. "Whoever it was… It seemed that Nagato-san eliminated him…"
"That does not make me feel at ease, Ms. Mori" Koizumi said in a serious tone. "It will be safe to distance ourselves from her."
"Wait…" Haruhi faintly said, while going out of Koizumi's hands.
"Ms. Suzumiya! You have not…!"
"Silence, and do not interfere, Esper." Haruhi said… Wait… was that Haruhi? Because the way she just spoke… Is not the way she usually speaks, even while giving orders to us in the clubroom. Also, her eyes… no… her whole figure was glowing gold. She stepped forward and suddenly appeared in front of Nagato, who was also glowing in a more menacing aura. Haruhi suddenly caressed my blood-stained cheek.
"Who are you?" Nagato suddenly asked.
"Who else? I am the one you are targeting to observe, right interface?"
"You cannot be Suzumiya Haruhi."
"Oh? Then who may I be?"
Silence. There was no word spoken for at least a minute or so. As the silence roamed, I looked over at the other screen. We were still running. I guess it's not time, yet… Whatever Shamisen's planning, he better tell me quick. Suddenly, there was a noise coming in from the second screen, and more specifically, an explosion.
Something came out of the giant smoke cloud. "What's wrong, interface?" Shouted the mysterious Haruhi. "Didn't you say that you were eliminating me?"
"I have never stated such a thing." Nagato said as she suddenly appeared in front of Haruhi. "But if you wish so, then I will comply." She swung her katana at Haruhi with no sign of hesitation.
Haruhi whistled. "Not bad~! She suddenly kicked Nagato and ended up crashing on one of the columns. Wait… Where did my body go? As I looked around, I saw my body lying at the throne floor. I saw a shadowed figure not long after that. I couldn't see who it was since there was dust clouds everywhere. But that person seemed to be going towards my body.
"That's you, Kyon-kun" Ms. Asahina (big) brought up.
"Eh?"
"You were barely breathing when I got to you. Luckily, the information I got was accurate so I got in this time plane and coordinates in time just for him to tend your wounds. All of them were fatal if they were left alone any longer, so consider it a miracle, Kyon-kun."
I do very much. But now isn't the time for that… After minutes (which seemed hours) of fighting, the two supernatural beings took a rest.
"That was quite an impressive show, interface. It seemed that you still had some of my power left in you." Haruhi said, not having any difficulty breathing. On the other hand… "But enough is enough…" Nagato cannot possibly fight Haruhi now. Her knees are broken. Even if she can regenerate, Haruhi won't hold back at this point…
Wait… I still don't understand. What happened with those two? What caused them to snap like this?
"Your expression shows that you do not quite grasp the reason of their actions, am I right, John?" Shamisen started.
"You bet. Why the hell are they hurting each other?"
"I cannot believe you are that naïve, John… Humans call this condition as being 'dense,' am I correct Asahina Mikuru?"
"Yes, you are correct." Ms. Asahina (big) nodded.
"Wait… What?"
"They are being driven by an emotion which will bring a person to a brink of insanity if anything happens to the target of this emotion."
"Human here…" I said in confusion. There's definitely no need for you to be poetic here.
"In lay man's terms, it's because they love you."
…
"… What…? Don't be ridiculous… That simply can't… be…"
"It is so, John. Why would you think that they would reach this level of a panic attack after seeing your body? Why do you think they have such pained expressions after seeing your lifeless face? Why do you think that even Nagato Yuki, which I designed to be emotionless, to be producing emotions such as sadness which brought her to an emotional breakdown once she was alone with you in the dimension she had created!" He was shouting now. "… I apologize… I lost my…"
"No need…" I interrupted. "I get it. It's my fault."
"No! I'm not implying that!" Shamisen shouted.
"Then what are you implying?" I shouted back.
"That you are their only hope! That's what I'm saying!" Shamisen stood up, nearly shaking the tea pot off the table. I fell silent. He sighed. "That is why you are here right now. Not only that… Look." He pointed back at the screen.
"Shall we end this?" Haruhi had a terrifying smile and Nagato had the expression of defeat.
Suddenly she started to mumble.
"Executing 'emergency mode'" Nagato dictated.
"Do you think that 'that' would help you now? I could easily shatter that program of yours." Haruhi extended her arm. I was expecting something of a force travelling in the air, but nothing happened… "What…?"
"Terminating every data present in the current time plane. Including Suzumiya Haruhi. Creating sample data of alternate reality… Reconstruct character: Kyon"
"You fool!" Haruhi shouted. "Nothing good can come out of this! His soul is not with us anymore!" Everything is slowly starting to fade. "There's nothing you can do to bring him back! Even I can't do it!"
"Shut up! It's all your fault in the first place! Just disappear!" Nagato shouted from the top of her lungs.
"… Yuki…" Haruhi started to disappear as well. "I'm sorry…" She disappeared fully.
The monitor shut down.
I felt like I was watching one of those games where you pick a bad choice and you go to the bad end. That, for sure, was the real bad end. If I don't change the situation somehow, then the universe will be altered again.
Wait…
"We can't do that Kyon-kun. Once she has already erased every data in that time frame, there's nothing we can do. I am currently unable to time travel due to some interference with the T.P.D.D. so we cannot go back and ask for Nagato-san's help."
She read my mind, but we're still in a dead end… Then… "Shamisen, I hope you have something in mind."
"Of course I do." He gave me a grin, but his expression suddenly turned grim. "But it's only a one way ticket. If we don't succeed, then the future that Asahina Mikuru is from will be unavailable for an eternity. Do I make myself clear? It will have to succeed or else."
"Yeah." I complied.
"Understood." Ms. Asahina answered right after me.
"Good. Now the objective of the plan is to make sure that you, John, does not get 'killed.'" Easier said than done.
"So what exactly do you have in mind, Shamisen?" I asked while taking my tea.
"That will be resulting to our other problem."
"… What?"
"I do not have one."
"… This is not the time for joking, Shamisen."
"I am quite aware of that. Despite the fact that I am the leader of this entity, I also have a limit on my thought process. I cannot produce a 'perfect' plan after such a short period of time."
"Then what are we supposed to do?"
"That's where you come in, John."
A brief silence covered the room. "What now?"
"I am asking you to come up with a plan."
"I support him, Kyon-kun." Ms. Asahina (big) said. "You're the one who is the closest to both of them, thus you should know how to deal with their emotions. That is why we are suggesting it."
Okay, hold on. How in the world am I supposed to come up with a plan within a half an hour before this whole tragedy happens? Sure I know both of them. Sure I know what they can do. But I don't know how to deal with them. I'm not exactly Mr. psychology who can deal with an alien with advance intellectual capacity than me, or a person with the thinking rejecting mine.
I took a sip of my tea, trying to relax and gather my thoughts. If anyone is listening to this right now, please tell me what you think I should do at the moment because my head is about to explode… No never mind… I already taught myself not to rely on others too much. But what should I do? I was being stared down by the two in front of me, even putting more pressure on me.
"You know… It would be helpful if you guys also think rather than relying on my primitive way of thinking" I said. I mean come on.
"Oh! Sorry!" Ms. Asahina (big) cutely apologized. That really relieved me for a second. "I didn't realize what I was doing for a second. I was just fascinated on the way you look while…" She trailed off.
"Excuse me?" I wanted to hear what she was going to say, but her face was all red and turned the other way quickly. Shamisen just grinned and drank his tea.
Anyway, coming back to the thought gathering… Man, today's not going so well, isn't it? I was almost killed, then after being revived, I was called dense and… Wait… That's it!
… No! I refuse! But that's the only thing that comes up in my head right now! Oh man! If I do that, this will be problematic, in multiple ways… But what else can I do. A small action like that really affected and saved the world a year back. Plus, if I do that, I'm not sure how it's going to turn out.
"You look like you have an idea, John… But a question though." Shamisen asked.
"Yeah?"
"Why is does your face looked puzzled?"
… Oh… I didn't even realized what face I was having. "No! It's nothing. Just forget it." I sighed. "Anyway, I have the basic idea of what I am going to attempt do. The only problem existing, though, is that I need your support."
"Alright. Our ears are open" Shamisen said, and I told them the idea. I was a bit embarrassed to say what I was going to do, but as I brought up relations with the past, Ms. Asahina seemed to agree with me. Shamisen just looked at me tentatively, but I got a sense of approval from him.
… Maybe I should consider the fact that he is technically Nagato's dad, so yeah… Maybe that wasn't such a good idea to bring up. But what do you expect. I'm a simple minded human being. For those that still have not guessed what I am going to do, you'll find out soon enough.
"… And that is that." I said after at least seven minutes of speaking, which also means we have twenty-three minutes of time left.
"I see… But let me ask one more time. Are you sure about this? You are not going to regret one of the procedures that is included in this plan of yours." Shamisen said.
"Yeah… Even if I do regret it, it's only logical to do so. Plus, you're the one in charge so I'll leave everything to you."
"You must remember that I have a seal that is restricting my program capabilities."
"We'll have Nagato take care of that easily after all of this mess." I said confidently, then Shamisen suddenly grinned. "Why are you giving me that creepy grin for?"
"Nothing. It's just amazing how humans are so eager to gamble on chances, that even they do not the probability of success."
"But that's the fun of it." I said confidently. I turned to Ms. Asahina. "How many minutes do we have left, Ms. Asahina?"
"Approximately thirteen minutes. We must prepare everything." She said with a serious face.
"Alright." I turned to Shamisen. "Shamisen, do it."
"Understood." He started mumbling something that I couldn't understand. It's probably because it's some type of code or program. This is the first part of my so called "genius" plan. I plan to have a semi replication of Nagato's power implemented in me so I at least could stand a chance when she goes to overdrive mode. After he stopped chanting, he put his hand on my forehead and I suddenly felt my body become light. "This is all I am capable of currently. My remaining processing power is for teleporting us to the right coordinates."
"That's plenty enough. Thanks." I imagined a gun in my hand, and it appeared. "Yeah. This is good." I made it disappear.
"… John" Shamisen said. He sounded like he was hesitating, and then he started to get on his knees.
"Whoa, what's this all about?" I asked surprised. Is he like going to turn back into a cat or something?
"I extremely apologize."
"Eh…? For what?"
"For our previous plan of terminating Nagato Yuki approximately a year ago. We were really puzzled by what she has done, that even I couldn't think of the logical thing to do. We were driven by our emotions, just like her, but we couldn't understand that in the moment." He raised his head. "If there's anything..." I suddenly bonked him lightly on the head. "…Eh?"
"That's all you need to say, Shamisen. I understand." I said calmly.
"But…"
"It's alright. I'm sure Nagato forgave you already, so I forgive you, too."
"… Thank you."
"Don't worry about it."
"I'm sorry to interrupt." Ms. Asahina (big) suddenly said. "There is only thirty seconds left until operation"
"Whoa, already?" I said surprised. Time sure is impatient this time around. "Ready, everyone?" I asked sounding like a leader.
As both of them nodded, I see myself returning back from my battle with Nagato. Haruhi started with her ramblings about me making her worry and then she came towards Yuki and hugged her dearly.
Fifteen seconds. We are starting to walk out.
Ten seconds. "I" sensed something.
Five… Four… Three… Two… One…
"Here we go!" I said as we started to teleport.
The last picture I saw on the screen is me being stabbed.
Man… I can't wait to get home.
We set foot behind the poles of the room where I was just stabbed with… I don't even know how many metal spikes.
"Kyon!"Haruhi shouted. That's the scene "…Kyon…!"
"Yes… Yes! React! Release everything you have! Your emotions, your abilities, everything! Everything will be recorded!" Said the president. Then I looked over Nagato.
I finally knew who said the words "I'll never forgive you," or something like that.
"… Defective, what are you doing?"
That's the signal!
"Operation start!" I shouted.
Before Mr. President turned into Splat-sident, I teleported in front of him and created a barrier strong enough to withstand Nagato's force.
"Phew! Made it in time!" I said in relief.
"… Human?" the President asked in confusion. "What? …How?"
"Yeah, yeah. Thank me later. Just shut up and listen to what I have to tell you…" Nagato started to glow. She's unconscious now… "… Because if you make one mistake, we're all pretty much screwed."
Here we go! Don't worry Nagato! I'm going to save you!