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We went down a few blocks before she finally let go of my collar. As I struggled to regain my composure, I noticed Tsuruya hail for a taxi. Before I could even ask her why she had to drag me I was told to get into the cab by Tsuruya. I did as she told me to do and went inside the cab hoping I could get an answer to my question that has not even been asked yet. As I saw the young girl get in the cab also and sit beside of me, I couldn't help but think what was so urgent about homework.

The taxi went off and we were now going to a destination I do not fully know yet. I decided that now was an appropriate time to ask some questions.

"What is so urgent about English that you needed to drag me by the collar, Tsuruya-san?"

She looked at me with that grin of hers. I call it a copy right grin, because nobody else will even dare to use it. Well she took a look at me and said:

"I'll explain everything to you once we get there~nyoro!"

Just after making that statement she started to laugh at me again. I was starting to think this was some kind of prank. Something Haruhi was up too for sure! She was always sick of my lame pranks, which turned out not to be pranks at all. I guess she has a funny prank to pull on me. I sometimes wonder what I did to be given such a responsibility as safe keeping the stable mentallity of someone who could remake the universe in a moment's notice.

As you could imagine we passed block after block, street after street, neighborhood after neighborhood. I started to recognize the route and I knew we were going to Tsuruya-san's home. Albeit you could hardly call this a home with how huge it was. I was shocked that I couldn't guess where we would do homework at home. Irony seemed to have hit me hard that day. I then remembered that my mother would probably wonder where I was, so I grabbed out my cell phone and started dialing the phone number to my home telephone. None the less I got my little sister on the phone.

"Hello who is it?"

She's usually unreliable in situations, but I was going to give her a task no one could mess up.

"It's me-"

I wasn't able to answer my statement before she yelled into the phone:

"KYON-KUN!"

I felt a headache rising and I was slightly agitated, but none the less I didn't change my tone.

"Yes. Well can you please tell mom that I will be at a friend's house doing homework?"

I could tell that I was soon going to be bombed with several different questions such as with whom and why. I prepared myself for them and to no surprise my sister started asking questions.

"With who, Kyon-kun?"

Her voice had a very questioning tone in it. More or less when answered results to teasing from my younger siste. How ever to get this over with I must answer the question.

"Tsuruya-san."

I felt like I was getting question marks at her end of the phone when there was a pause in our conversation.

"You know, the girl at the baseball game. She has really long green hair."

That was the only question I felt like I needed to answer, but as soon as I could say good bye my sister said something that even surprised me.

"Are you on one of those dates?"

I've learned to deal with the unexpected questions from my younger sibling and reacted to the question with not too much surprise. Of course it was not a date, but I still felt a bit embarrassed and blushed a bit.

"No it is not. Good bye."

Like that I ended the call and put my phone away. I noticed while sliding the phone into my pocket that Tsuruya was staring at me the whole time. Her gaze gave me a troubled look.

"What?"

I asked hoping that she would stop staring at me with that grin. It continued though...

"How is your sister?"

She asked this so nonchalantly that it almost made me feel offended that she was eavesdropping. But with how loud my sister can be on the phone, I guess it can't be avoided.

"She's doing fine. She hasn't changed a bit from when you last saw her."

I said this with a dread feeling in my stomach. Sometimes I wish she would mature a bit, but she isn't very old. It's understandable that she acts in such a manner on the phone and with such innocence as to ask such embarrassing questions. How ever I still want her to show even a bit of humility. Some how I feel like this won't change for a long time.

"'Are you one one of those dates?'"

As she quoted my sister she laughed in the taxi, and I couldn't prevent myself from sighing. This conversational topic is not one I'm comfortable with, so I decided to digress into something a bit more suitable for the environment we were in.

"So, how are you doing lately?"

And like that, her mouth opened and she started talking. She told me about her family, her servants, her friends, and herself. And before we, or should I say she knew it, we were at her home. As she got out of the taxi I followed her to the front of the car. She gave the man some yen and before we knew it, we were walking towards her house.

The traditional look gave me a sense of nostalgia from when I was here before. Such a large place to live in, yet each square meter of the mansion was of top quality. From it's garden to the living quarters, the place gave a nice glow in general. As I followed her inside the house I noticed the place seemed deserted. It could have been just because the place is so huge that the servents were in other areas of it, but I felt like she wanted us to be excluded from the outside world.

We switched foot wear to that for inside use and sat down next to a table. I couldn't help but notice to the fine design on the table. Fine carving on this wooden table took my attention away from Tsuruya-san for a split second and I almost missed her say:

"I'll go make us some tea."

She said this and then walked into a kitchen. I say a kitchen, because this place has multiple kitchens.

I went into my book-bag and grabbed an English grammar book. As I took it out I heard the rustling of some pots and water being poured into a tea kettle. By the time I had everything out, Tsuruya came back with two cups of tea. She offered one to me and I took it from her. As I thanked her I took a single sip of the tea expecting the worse, and I was surprised. This tea wasn't half bad. Hell it was pretty damn good. I am not usually a tea lover, but I could tell some very expensive tea leaves were used in the making of this tea.

"I guess I should tell you that what I said about me needing help with English was a lie. It's actually something very important."

She said this with such a serious tone. I felt a chill go up my spine and I was almost sickened to the point where I couldn't enjoy the tea I was currently drinking. I set the tea cup down and I felt the need to ask why the mood changed so quickly. This how ever would be answered in time.

"What is so important then?

Her mood still unchanged followed into what she was going to say next. Something I would never expect anyone to say.

"My family has reason to believe that someone is trying to kill Haruhi Suzumiya."

I couldn't believe it. Someone would want to KILL Haruhi Suzumiya? Could anyone even kill Haruhi Suzumiya? A million thoughts went through my head and I started breathing in an abnormal fashion. I guess you could say it was a panic attack, but I regained my composure and continued on.

"Are you serious? This has to be some kind of joke. Who would want to kill Haruhi?"

With that gaze she followed up on my question.

"As you know, my family has ties with Koizumi-san's organization. They've noticed people from a different organization tracking the SOS brigade. What we fear is that Haruhi might be targeted for an assasination or they might possibly be targeting you."

As she said this, I worried even more. I guess you could call me selfish for worrying more over my life over that of Haruhi's for that split second. But for a split moment I was very scared, how ever I would not show this.

"Koizumi's organization noticed that people were tracking activities of the students in the school. Mostly Haruhi's and yours was tracked though. Every time Koizumi's organization would take after them, they'd just disappear. Our family and the organization have made a decision that you must be taken into protective custody. And, by that I mean you need to temporarily stay here."

As she completed her sentence I couldn't help but feel a sense of worry over Haruhi. So I decided to speak up.

"What about Haruhi? Are we just going to leave her unprotected and keep me in the protection of your house? That's unacceptable!"

I almost yelled that last part, but I was in a state of panic at the time. Tsuruya's face did not change and the seriousness of the matter didn't change either.

"If we tried to remove Haruhi from her home, she'd get suspicious. Even if we make up excuses, we fear that she would find out about everything. That includes her powers. We still have men watching her house every second she is home though. So, she should be just as safe even if she is not in the safe haven of our estate."

I could still not escape that chilling feeling of her voice. For such a light hearted girl to become very serious in the matter of the digression to a single topic seems very unnerving. How ever I did not want to fight against this, because quite simply I didn't know what to say.

"Alright, but how are we going to explain this to my family? I mean to just temporarily move with a girl that I know seems a bit suspicious."

She gave me a thumbs up and that grin again. Had the mood finally switched? I felt a heaviness on my chest ease off and Tsuruya seemed much more friendly now.

"My family has handled everything. Your mother has given us approval and everything is in order. No need to move any of your things here. Everything you need will be supplied~nyoro."

And just like that, the seriousness was over. Her last statement was said in laughter and I couldn't help but for a second forget the seriousness of the situation I was in.

"Come on! I'll show you the guest room and everything! It's like megassa small, but I think it'll manage for now!"

She dragged me with an invisible leash around the estate to the living quarters. As we finally got to the guest room all I could say that it was not small at all. I entered the room and turned the lights on. The place was huge to say the least. It could probably match with the square meter size of my family's home. This much space all to myself is unknown seeing as my room wasn't very large at all. As I stood there appreciating what I was given, I heard Tsuruya say:

"Come on though! I know you really need help with your English grammar!"

Like that I was wisked away from my day dream and into the life of a Tsuruya. We did some homework, walked around the estate as she acted like my personal tour guide. Even putting on an act which was quite amusing. We had dinner, but unfortunately her parents were not home today. She said they had to do some work in Austria. This was not unusual I suppose for a family as wealthy as hers. So, as I enjoyed a fine dinner and a conversation with Tsuruya-san, I retired to the guest room. All in all I could say that today was a very nice day, but one thing still lingered in my mind.

"Someone wants to kill Haruhi..."

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That's it. So here's the deal. I could do these small chapters 3-7 times a week, or I could do longer entries once a week. Reviews and suggestions would be nice!

Sorry about the error in the story. I accidentally pasted the story two times in my editor.