Whew, after several months of broken computers, moving, lack of internet, lack of working computer, lack of drive, and lack of time, I can finally write again. And since its been so long I can't for the life of me remember where I was going with my other one, so to remedy the situation: Here's a new one!
"I'm not interested in normal humans. If anyone here is a time traveler, alien, or esper…"
"If it doesn't exist, I should just make one!...Make a club!"
"…The SOS Brigade!..."
It's been over two years since I was the unfortunate victim of Haruhi Suzumiya's plan to start up a ridiculous group consisting of abnormal people. Since then, I've realized that more and more of the people surrounding me possess secret powers or identities. With this came the question: "Doesn't that make me the only abnormal one?" The answer to that question was yes.
Truthfully, in the first year or so of close contact with strange things, I wouldn't have been surprised if my own sister had admitted to me that she was Wonder Women. However I have since learned that such is not the case and that, with time and effort, all these weird experiences and events have a flow and reason, and one can act accordingly. I have been a student of Haruhi Suzumiya's logic and eccentric reasoning for just over a year at the request of a mysterious note sender whose writing looked ridiculously similar to mine. You guessed it, it was me, sending a note back in time to myself. I had even dated the note so that I would know when to write back to myself.
Conveniently enough, that day just so happened to be today, not even a month into my senior year. It all makes sense too, because right now I'd consider myself the most "in control" I've ever been in respect to the events around me and it has everything to do with the real "SOS Brigade". Save the world from the Overwhelming power of Suzumiya Haruhi Brigade. Interesting name eh? Anyways, as I wrapped up my letter to my past self with a charming yet ominous post-script: "Asakura says 'Hi'" Future Asahina walked in the door.
"It's almost time again, Kyon." She said before noticing I was just putting the note into an envelope. "But you knew that, didn't you? Somehow, when I'm not looking, you always seem to learn of these things. And here I was hoping to surprise you this time." She smiled her special smile before going over to inspect the now unused wardrobe collection.
For your information, I've time traveled a total of twenty-one times and three of those times were to the future to meet with Asahina's superiors. Yes I know, but I'm sorry, I have no words to ease your desire to hear about it. It's all classified anyway, and I must say it's rather empowering to say that just like Little Asahina had. Oh, the former goddess of the SOS Brigade, how I miss thee! I had last seen Little Asahina on her graduation day. The memory of that day might just live on inside me forever, but I digress.
Indeed, it took me quite awhile to convince Haruhi that for the one year remaining of our high-school lives we didn't necessarily need an "indispensable mascot character" for advertising purposes as our fame was definite throughout the schools. In fact, because of our efforts from the two previous years, we were the reason several freshmen came to North High. It almost seems like such a trivial reason to want to attend a school, but I seemed to see the SOS Brigade symbol everywhere. Tee-shirts, graffiti of that awful tapeworm Haruhi drew, even that stationary store that sponsored both of our movies currently has a sign up: "Official SOS Brigade Stationary Shop". Things have definitely gotten out of hand.
Even the website got regular hits, but as we all know, anything "regular" isn't. The counter was in eight digits now after two years and the site itself had become a lot more to look at. Pictures of the Brigade members during activities, composite sketches from Haruhi's own mind about made up encounters (and some she just barely missed seeing for real), Nagato's and Koizumi's own section where they discuss books, philosophy or otherworldly ideas and concepts that are actually true, and the much sought after, Brigade Leader's journal that I had finally convinced Haruhi to get up and going.
The site's mailing address saw a lot of traffic as well. Membership applications (all of which that were denied anything more than "Part-time Membership in the SOS Reserve" as Haruhi claimed a hidden army was better than one that flaunted their power around arrogantly), strange sightings (some fake, most real), fan mail, and more. We had also gotten onto our own server that was run by Miss Tsuruya, who had claimed she had nothing else to do because she was waiting a bit before university. She was just one of many happy volunteers (unlike Taniguichi and Kunikida) who would help us unconditionally whether it's advertising or a city wide search for weird things. Luckily enough however, aside from the sign on the stationary shop, the SOS Brigade didn't get any real advertising from responsible sources. It would be a problem otherwise.
"The coast is clear. It's now or never." Koizumi said as he walked in to the club room with Nagato, their hands together.
"Haruhi Suzumiya will remain in the classroom for another nine minutes before departing for this location." Nagato recited dutifully.
In truth, I didn't like when they reported to me like this, and no, I haven't become the "Shadow Leader" of the brigade or anything similar, that would be too much work for someone like me. It just seems that everyone thinks that I'm important in deciding things about Haruhi and the player of a pivotal role in making things happen. Honestly, it's actually quite a bother, but ever since I willingly took a more "active" role in Haruhi's life I've known that all of this was up to me.
"Time to go I guess." I smiled to Asahina and she nodded back. Nagato closed the door silently and I shut my eyes by instinct. I felt Asahina's warm hand on mine and I knew a very familiar feeling was about to hit me. My last image before heading off was of silent Nagato and smiling Koizumi holding hands, and I found that strangely calming.
For the countless time I wondered to myself: just who wrote this scenario?
Was it you, Haruhi?
The only difference from before is that now I knew the answer.