The Girl Who Changed the World

I woke up, and I prepared myself for what would probably be the hardest day of my life. I had to convince a robot to help me while making sure that neither Mikuru nor Itsuki found out. So, I tensely went to school, being scared of my every action possibly ending the world later. After all, Haruhi might interpret me walking a certain way as a bad sign.

I had no idea what happened in school that day. I was too concentrated on what I had to do that day. After school, I almost sprinted out right to the clubroom. Too bad the rest of the gang was already there. But, after a little bit, I got lucky. Haruhi suddenly told Itsuki and Mikuru she needed them for something and left with them. I now had the chance to talk to Nagato alone.

I said, "Nagato, you need to know something. The world is going to end today unless you help me. You must help me convince Haruhi humanity is worth preserving." I said to her.

She stopped reading and took off her glasses. Then, we were suddenly teleported to another room somewhere. She then said, "The Data Integration Entity expected this would happen. Humanity pointlessly hurts itself for ideas that aren't worth the lives of millions. We are prepared for this, I'll now terminate Itsuki and the other subordinates will terminate all other members of the organization. With it destroyed, we may have a chance. Haruhi may see humanity as redeemable if it lacks that organization. However, you'll have to do a lot yourself. You are the one who must convince every part of Haruhi that humanity doesn't just betray itself. But, you must be willing to pay a price. Humanity will have to sacrifice something if it wants to survive. That's final."

After that, we were back in the club room. Suddenly, music started playing. The music was a song from America. It was something from the 50s I think. I knew this song, I heard it playing once. I think the song was called, "Little Bitty Pretty One." Okay, apparently the Data Integration Entity is a fan of music from the U.S. during the 50s and 60s? She then just ran off.

I left the clubroom to hear a scream that sounded like Itsuki. I had to smile; I hated that guy so much that I got a very strange satisfaction out of knowing he was just brutally killed. After that moment of satisfaction, I continued running. I had to find Haruhi, and hope I could somehow convince her of the worth of humanity. I found her standing around outside. I went over but then the ground suddenly shook violently. As I fell to the ground, Haruhi suddenly started to hover in the air. She then turned around, to reveal that her eyes were glowing blindingly white. She hovered dozens of feet above the ground, while the ground started to crack beneath her.

She said, "Kyon, I'm aware. I'm aware of the power I have, you're too late. If you're here to try to redeem humanity, you are too late. But then, you would have always been. Humanity has ripped this planet and itself apart too much. You kill others of your kind in the millions over pointless ideals and bickering over land. You clog the air with smog and you melt the ice in the poles. You worship your gods by killing your fellow man, and believe in them even when they don't save anyone. You pledge loyalty to ideas that not only kill people pointlessly, they provide nothing in return except for the elite. Your society massages the rich while starving everyone else of resources they deserve. You waste so much material on pointless structures and on houses that hundreds could live in but are only occupied by two. You exploit each other and keep on building a culture that worships pointless crap. What could possibly make up for that? What could possibly redeem humanity? Science can't, for every life you save, you kill 10. For every person that gains income, 10 enter poverty. Human rights, ha. Most of the world doesn't have such things, only a few countries do. Even those betray the people they are supposed to protect and call it security afterwards. Nothing could possibly make up for all this."

At first, I didn't know what to say, but, it suddenly came flowing to me what I should say. "Haruhi, why did you come here? You weren't always a teenage girl obviously. You were once something completely different, more similar to the Data Integration Entity. What happened Haruhi? Why did you decide to come here?" I asked her.

She didn't say anything for a little while, but then, a blue portal appeared beneath below both of us, sucking us in. Suddenly, I was standing in a room surrounded by stars on all sides, like we were in space.

I then heard Haruhi's voice say, "Yes, I wasn't always a teenage girl. Wasn't until very recently actually. Once, I was just an entity. Didn't have a name, for there was no one around to give me one. I guess you could describe me as god, but I wasn't at all like the Christian god. I never will claim to be perfect. I'm also not omnipresent. No entity can claim that. I guess you could say I'm omnipotent though. That doesn't really matter though, not with what I was like. You see, the universe is an incredibly lonely place. More lonely than you could possibly imagine, because not only is there no one to talk to, but it's completely silent. So, I felt incredibly lonely, and so I just drifted throughout the universe hoping to find something to interest me. But then, I arrived at Earth. I saw humans below. Then, I saw you. I don't why I happened to randomly look at you, but I did. I saw you, crying. So, I peered into your life I guess. I saw that you were depressed and almost as lonely as I was in some ways. I don't know why, but I started to fall for you I guess. Me, an entity which has existed for billions of years and could destroy the universe fell in love with you. Then, I found a girl. Her name was Haruhi. She had drawn a symbol on the ground that said, "I'm here." I saw that this girl was like me in many ways, bored and a little lonely. So, I decided to enter her body. Rather than possessing her, I decided to become another part of her. I became part of her mind. Our emotions and personalities mixed together. The me that existed before I came to Earth became the me that you see before you from that event. I did this all for you Kyon, I did this for love. Now do you understand? Now do you understand what I really am?"

What was I supposed to say? WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT? But then, I knew for some reason what to say once again. "Haruhi, I'm a human being. A very odd one perhaps, but I'm still a human being. You fell for me, didn't you? You also something similar to you in Haruhi obviously, so why can't you see that in the rest of humanity? Yes, we have done bad things, but you said yourself you aren't perfect, so why are we expected to be?" I asked.

The voice replied, "Perhaps, but what does humanity have to redeem itself? I'm not boasting when I say I have redeeming qualities myself. As do you and Haruhi, but most of humanity isn't like that. Most either blindly follow authority or abuse those around them for personal gain. What is redeeming in that? What could possibly be redeeming in that? Yes, perhaps you have healed your fellow man, and yes, you have perhaps done great things before, but everything is over shadowed by your faults. What could you possibly do to compensate?"

As if on some sort of signal passed, Nagato suddenly entered with 4 other people like her. One was holding a big radio with one of its arms. It was playing the song, "Across the Universe," by the Beatles. Haruhi suddenly appeared next to me, as if drawn in by the song. I could now tell she was very drawn into the song. Perhaps she can relate to it rather well? Who knows, but she loved it clearly. Then, the strangest thing ever possibly happened, and perhaps the funniest depending on whom you are.

They started playing the song, "More than a Woman," by Bee Gees. Then, the room turned into a disco place and they started disco dancing. You have no idea how incredibly weird this is. I mean, I really don't what to compare it to. Also, seeing Nagato disco dance is like seeing your English teacher suddenly start rapping. Okay, that comparison doesn't do this justice, at all. Trust me; you have never seen anything this strange. I don't care who you are, you have not seen anything this weird and just, well, strange.

Then, strangeness struck again. After the song finished, it changed to, I'm not screwing around here, "Thriller" by Michael Jackson. They of course, did the Thriller dance. Nagato lead the dance. Okay, if I thought seeing Nagato do disco was weird, seeing Nagato do the Thriller would make the average person believe they are high and are insane simultaneously. She does it well, but I would like to hear one person who wouldn't burst out laughing or have a weird look on their face if I told them that Nagato was doing the Thriller dance.

After that, insanity, the song ended. Then, the song, "Bittersweet Symphony," by the Verve played. I looked at Haruhi, who hadn't changed expression, much it appeared. I wondered what her home was like. I guess a silent one. She was clearly very drawn into that song too. So much so that she didn't notice me at all.

Then, the radio stopped playing once the song finished. Nagato said, "Haruhi, you said your past was one of silence. Well, you'll never have to be in silence again here. What redeems humanity aren't its accomplishments in science, but in art. Remember what really first drew you to Earth? It was a song that you heard because a radio wave hit you. It was, "Little Pretty One," and it was on a radio signal. You would have never heard had it not been for you passing Earth at the time. You would have not noticed it otherwise. Then, you noticed Kyon and things went from there. But what kept you here besides love was art. Any sentient species can eventually learn physics. But, it takes a special one to create jazz, to paint a picture, or to write poetry. It takes a very special one to create movies and plays. It takes one of the most amazing to create anime, manga and novels on top of all of that. Even the Date Integration Entity understands that, and it can normally only understand statistics and numbers. But, it still understands the beauty that is art. That's why you must spare this species; you must preserve its art."

Then, the room changed once again to a giant movie theater. We were in a row in the middle. We spent the rest of the day there at least. We watched all of an anime called, "Raxephon," then we watched "Spirited Away," and finally, we ended on an anime called, "CANAAN." She loved every second of it. I could tell, so this was how the world would be saved? Anime and music were going to save the world? Okay, that's extremely epic and humbling at the same time. How weird.

Then, we were transported into a room stuffed to the brim with manga. Haruhi grabbed one and started reading. I don't think I really could appreciate what it must be like for a being that has never experienced art before. Sure, Haruhi had experienced art herself but the entity that possessed her didn't absorb that as much. That was mainly because while Haruhi did, it was so deep within her in some ways that it couldn't notice.

"So, now do you understand Haruhi? Now do you understand why humanity is redeemable? Art is what saves them. Art is what truly gives them purpose. Most of all, art is what makes them worth existing. Not just because it's beautiful, moving, or deep. It's because it is all of these things and more. Even an entity that has never experienced emotion has been moved by art. That's why the Data Integration Entity is even tolerant of the existence of humanity. That's also why it doesn't interfere as much as possible. It wants to see more of art. It has developed an addiction to art. That's what has happened. So, do you understand Haruhi?" Nagato asked.

Haruhi replied, "Yes, I do. I do now understand why I need to preserve humanity. I also understand why I was able to fall for Kyon. The closer to Earth I came, the more art influenced me. But, humanity can't continue like this. It must change, and it might have to suffer some. They need to recognize what really makes them worth something to the universe. What really gives them purpose, and what really sets them apart is their art. So Nagato, what do we do about that?"

"The Data Integration Entity also prepared for this. It knows what you want to do, and that's to destroy all of the militaries on Earth at once. Completely wipe out humanity's ability to hurt with its weapons. Then, destroy some of the pollution generating structures they have. Finally, reveal yourself and us to them. Teach them what really makes them worth it. Don't wipe their memories, or leave them without conflict though. They need pain and conflict for art. That's because both the negative and positive are needed for art. That should fulfill your desires Haruhi." Nagato replied.

"Yes, it does Nagato. Yes it does. Well, I'll make sure it's flashy so they know it happened. Hmm, time for some disintegration." Haruhi said.

After that, everything changed. We went back to where we were, outside the school. Then, Haruhi suddenly smiled and I saw the most amazing things happen. I saw it on a TV brought with us strangely. It showed military bases and oil derricks tearing apart. The parts started flying up into the sky. Each one then disintegrated into dust. Guns men were holding did the same. This happened all around the world, and companies were being torn apart with it. Oil derricks were going away, along with coal power plants and so were various other things that generated loads of pollution. No human being was harmed, but the effect was there. She was effectively disarming humanity and cleaning the world of smog. That's quite something.

After that, I said, "You said I was going to hate you. Well, I don't now, so I guess you were wrong. If anything, I only love you more now."

She smiled at me and said, "Oh Kyon, I was wrong. I assumed the worse, mainly because I didn't know what Nagato would show me. I just knew she could maybe help. Besides, I wasn't really my full self then. This experience has united every part of me. I no longer am so, disjointed. I can love you as a whole person, instead of just fragmented. Now, I can improve Earth enough so art can flourish and humans don't pointlessly suffer. Now, sorry honey but I have to go reveal myself."

After that, Haruhi went and revealed herself to the world. The world shook with a mixture of anger and fear. But, eventually they got used to it. I for the first time in a very long time became truly happy because Haruhi wasn't the only one that learned how to appreciate art. Suddenly, I found myself loving anime, movies and music again. Soon, the entire world started to do the same. The Data Integration Entity also revealed itself that day. It made humanity's world as advanced as possible without removing pain from it. Mikuru had an interesting fate. She came to eventually lose her alcoholism and realize what she had done in the past was wrong. She became used to her body, and eventually became a cop. The world wasn't perfect though. It was still full of suffering and pain. But this time, it was only what was necessary to appreciate the positive things in life. We now truly had happiness.

(Author's Note: Well guys, we are done now. Unless you have lingering questions or something, this is the last chapter. Sorry that it didn't turn out to be 5,000 words, instead it was only almost 3,000. But that's still pretty long. Hope you guys loved it and please post reviews.