Last chapter before the epilogue.

The end.

Thanks for being here.

Enjoy.


As I crashed and ploughed my way through the classrooms I looked down at the courtyard. Shinjin from closed space had appeared, finally; bigger and much more fierce, they were tearing down buildings like matchsticks, and destroying the world around me.

Wait, that's 'Yuutsu' isn't it, not Haruhi? What the...


A girl with short brown hair, wearing a hoodie and jeans passed by. She took notice of me, and sat down next to me.

"What's up, you moping retard?"

That expression and tone of voice…it sounded familiar.

"Eh. I think I lost my girlfriend and she doesn't want to speak to me anymore."

"Really?" She looked down at the bitumen. "And why wouldn't she want to?"

"She thinks I'm involved with someone else."

"…I see. And are you?"

"No! Well, she is pretty and everything…but my girlfriend…she's something else entirely. She's just… I can't really describe it."

"Well, maybe your girlfriend simply wants you to be happy?"

"…Well, my girlfriend…we were extremely close. And to be honest, she was really clingy, really. I can only really see her saying "If I can't have you, then no one can…""

"Boy, you seriously don't know girls."

"What?" The girl abruptly stood up.

"Well, good luck with that." Her face was shadowed by her hood, and she sharply turned and ran off.


"Err…hi. Have I met you before?"

The girl looked up, and tilted her head slightly. "Oh hi, incompetent loser."

"Hey, what's with the attitude?"

"Nothing. Incompetent loser."

I raised an eyebrow. She turned her head towards the window, chin upon her hand; looking very…melancholic.

"Um, pardon my asking, but what's your name?"

"Hm? Hmm." She pondered on the answer. "Let's just say, 'Yuutsu' will do for now."

"Okay…you do know I'm going to find out your name when the roll is called, right?"

"No you won't."

"Oh really?" I took that as a challenge. Why was I getting so sucked into this?


That was Haruhi all along... and I never noticed. What kind of boyfriend am I...

This was not good. Worse than that. Horrendous, catastrophic, in a literal sense.

Koizumi, you'd better hope I get there in time.

Haruhi, don't lose your mind...

I get lost, messed up and bored
when I'm alone too long.
I can't sleep, function or eat when I'm not with someone.
Late last fall she ended it all and moved to who know where?
Just like that vanished and packed and never even called.

Running down the hallway, I could already see the world falling to pieces. Dammit, dammit dammit. Ceiling crashing; tables falling sideways; the Shinjin fists pulverising anything into rubble. I kept running, slid across tables, rolled underneath crap falling from the side. Tumult and destruction.

Remaking this world again, Haruhi?

Don't you think you could have just a little bit more faith in me?

After all we've been through?

Dammit, dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!

Why couldn't I say this before!

I need her!

Do you feel a certain sense of synergy between yourself and me?
A kind of macabre and somber wondertwin kind of harmony?


What if it was you? You that I needed all along?
I felt like a fool
kicking and screaming yet pretending we were wrong.

Being with Mikuru wasn't fulfilling. It was NEVER fulfilling. It was just me and my "being the knight in shining armour" fantasies. That isn't a relationship.

Sharing things is.

Wanting people for who they are, and not what they are in your own eyes, just an objective, is.

Teaching, and learning, to and from each other, is.

Being a team, is.

Complementing, and complimenting each other, is.

Haruhi, come back to me.

I need you.

Let's get wrecked on Pop-tarts and sex and see the Taj Mahal.
Let's save birds from Prince William Sound and skateboard through the mall
Let's fight crime with mangoes and limes and join the PGA
Let's win big with every spin, but hurry... I can't wait

Crap was being thrown everywhere: elephants, giraffes, water, fire, ice, cats, dogs, chairs, books, lamps, curtains, photos, flowers, pianos.

Yay. I'm going insane.

No.

I MUST keep my sanity for JUST a bit longer.

There she was.

On the grass.

Outside our school.

Crying.

I only knew one thing.

I had to get to her.

I had to prove to her.

I need you.

I loved you.

I still do.

As you were.

Do you spend a fortune on those late night pre-paid television scams? In search of the perfect blender, steak knife and non-stick frying pan?

What if it was you? You that I needed all along? I felt like a fool thinking we were completely wrong.

I waded across oceans.

I fought against animals.

I shoved furniture out of my path.

My uniform, incidentally, was still pristine.

I wonder why.

But she was here. Kneeling in the grass, under the tree.

The tree where she'd been mulling over her confusion after that concert.

She was here.

I was here.

She was still crying.

Raging. Expelling every ounce of emotion she had had for me.

Contempt.

Boredom.

Melancholy.

Anger.

Annoyance.

Intrigue.

Indignation.

Confusion.

Disassociation.

Empathy.

Acceptance.

Love.

I need you.

And it's pretty clear, you need me.

It seemed like a dream, one beautiful scream. That echoed forever and made us not afraid a thing and after it ends
We'll try to be friends
They say that what doesn't kill us makes us who we are.

Everything was being destroyed; it was a horrific cacophony of metal against flesh, wood against dirt, trucks smashing into the ground, buildings pulverised into mash. Screeches, crashes, destruction. Burning, explosions.

All this time and everything's changed but I still feel the same.
All good things eventually end and get washed down the drain.

Well, this is it.

I took a deep breath. Let's hope this reaches her.

"HARUHI!"

She looked up. Her face showed astonishment, then anger, hurt, and sadness.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? GO BACK TO YOUR MOE INCARNATE GIRLFRIEND!" She screamed, straining every note, every sound, every word, every syllable.

"HARUHI! THANK YOU!"

What a disaster it would be if you discovered that I cared a little too much for friends but not enough to share

She stopped.

Everything kind of slowed. Then it all picked up again.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN THANK YOU? YOU DUMPED ME FOR MIKURU! YOU SHIT ASS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! IT'S MY LIFE! MINE!"

Her voice was crystal above the din. I had finally reached her patch of grass.

"WELL FUCK THAT HARUHI! COS I WANNA SEE YOU!"

With that, I stood her up, and kissed her as hard as I could.

She was limp in my arms. Her eyes were wide.

Everything stopped.

Then she closed her eyes, tears streaming beneath her eyelids, the crystalline amber now invisible, overwhelmed with the moment. I hugged her tightly.

I didn't want to let go of her yet. Eventually we broke apart.

I whispered:

What if it was you? You that I needed all along? I felt like a fool now that I'm sure that I was wrong.

"It's a new life Haruhi."

It had to be you
It had to be you
It had to be you
I knew it was you

"Welcome."


Still an epilogue comin, stay tuned.

If you're confused as to why there are about TWO different endings, that's because there's 2 different songs. :D

The actual story isn't different, but the angle at which each is aimed is different. This one, for example, is more to emphasise Kyon's love for Haruhi.

Well guys, thanks for being with me this whole time.

I've actually had this chapter DONE since 9/03/2010, AEST.

I hope you've enjoyed this.

I probably will continue this with another story, but not a songfic, it kinda limited me towards the middle.

Maybe.

;)