The Other Sides of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Return of Ryouko Asakura: Two
It happened in a neglected part of the old building in North High. Strange, energy like sparkles came together, shimmering in the morning sunlight, then resolved into the form of a young woman with dark blue hair.
"Even Nagato didn't know I had created back ups," Ryouko Asakura purred as she got up from where she was crouching, raising her fist to the sky and declaring "now, I will find Kyon and complete my mission!"
Realizing she was possibly over emoting Ryouko shook her head, stalking out of her place of concealment. It was early morning at North High, the first few students trickling in to school while grumbling to themselves unhappily.
'I just have to keep an eye out for Kyon,' Ryouko decided as she hid in the shadows, 'as soon as he arrives I'll jump him!'
"Hey, what are yous doing here?" the cheerful voice demanded, slapping her on the back.
Surprised anyone could sneak up on her Ryouko whirled around, frowning as she recognized the green haired young woman. Tsuruya, a friend of Mikuru Asahina and a associate of the SOS Brigade. "Ah, hello," Ryouko said calmly, "it's nice to see you."
"Hiyas!" Tsuruya beamed back. She leaned forward as she said quietly, "Didn't you move to Canada, or somethings?"
Ryouko quietly cursed, knowing that the cover story planted by Yuki was tripping her up. 'I'll just have to temporarily remove her,' she decided, 'then I can concentrate on Kyon.' Aloud she said with a smile, "It's a bit of a long story. Can I talk to you in private?"
"Okay," Tsuruya shrugged cheerfully, the two walking into a classroom.
Ryouko considered sealing the room, but decided such a high level data manipulation was unneeded. All she had to do was knock out this silly fool, then...
In a much more serious voice Tsuruya asked, "What are you doing back here, Ryouko Asakura? Are you on a mission from the Data Entity?"
Ryouko turned to look at her, faintly surprised. "How did you know...?" she asked.
"Answer me," Tsuruya said flatly.
Ryouko mentally elevated how much of a threat Tsuruya might be, but not by much. "I am still on my mission for the Data Entity," she said as she manifested a knife, "now I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to disable you for awhile."
She didn't even see her move, Tsuruya was that quick in relation to the limited perceptions of Ryouko's human body. A human-like body designed with greater sensitivity and slightly dulled reactions, intended to ease interaction with humans. Now those same modifications were a curse, the green haired girl crossed the room in a shot, her leg sweeping up and kicking Ryouko in the head with stunning force.
"Ack!" Ryouko could barely gasp as she hit the wall with a crash, her senses overwhelmed with confusing data. She had a processing speed a hundred times faster than any human, but the body she wore limited and confused her artificial consciousness.
Closing the distance with the speed and agility of a martial artist, Tsuruya smiuled apologetically. "Sorry," she said as she hammered a elbow into the face, sending Ryouko reeling backward.
Ryouko choked on blood running down her throat from her now broken nose, pain and anger clouding her thoughts even mose. She summoned a dozen knives in midair and threw them as Tsuruya , snarling, "You will DIE."
Tsuruya leaped up and over, her skirt swirling with a eerie beauty even as she crouched, snapping off a kick that broke something in Ryouko's stomach. The woman was thrown backward, slamming into a desk and feeling something else give way in her back.
Ryouko crashed to the floor, moaning in pain as the stunned data entity tried to get her thoughts in order. She should be filleting this human, but it was so hard to focus through the stunning attacks. She forced herself up, then yelped as Tsuruya landed on her back, grabbing her head.
"I know about your attempt on Kyon's life," Tsuruya hissed dangerously in her ear.
Ryouko hissed in pain, Tsuruya knee driving into her back as she growled, "Let me go, you..."
"I want you out of this school," Tsuruya ordered flatly, "if you stay, you will regret it."
"Kyon is still my primary objective," Ryouko told her defiantly even as she tried to summon more knives, "I will not rest until..."
"Sorry to hear that," Tsuruya answered, a bit of regret in her voice.
Ryouko felt her head twist in a way it wasn't meant to, and began to kick and struggle as she realized what Tsuruya was doing. But the woman was far stronger than she seemed, her grip un-escapable. She felt more than heard the wet snap of her neck breaking, and as the darkness swept over her Ryouko knew she had once again failed.
Tsuruya got up with a groan, watching the body dissolve into sparkles. The booster she had used to increase her speed was wearing off, leaving her limping, sore and feeling like she went ten rounds with a heavyweight. Limping out of the classroom she sighed, 'You'd better appreciate this Kyon. Assuming I ever tell you about this, of course...'
To be continued...
Notes: Tsuruya only won because Ryouko limits her speed and reaction time to deal with humans. Also, her body normally is limited again to human response times. She can increase that, as when she fought Yuki, but if she's stunned or disoriented I don't think she could do that.
