The Realization of Haruhi Suzumiya
Original Story/Series Author: Tanigawa Nagaru

Fan Fiction Author: NagatoYuuki13

Prologue

It's a normal day at the club room. I was stuck doing nothing but play Othello with Koizumi, Ms. Asahina brewing tea, Nagato sitting at her corner reading a book, and Haruhi, with her pen being held by her hand and tapping her head, thinking of another scheme that will bring us displeasure to our lives, Tsuruya-san's right next to her as well. I let out a sigh out of the lack of things to do in the club room, but I used to it. I actually prefer it that way.

Oh yeah. Did I mention before that Tsuruya-san has been with us with all our club activities since our second year? I think she is a member of the club already even though she hasn't signed a form to join. Wait, as I think of it, Haruhi just drags them and forces them to join.

"Kyon-kun, here's your tea." She put down my cup on beside the Othello board. "It's a new kind of tea that I bought, so I hope I brew it well."

There is no way that this cup of tea is going to taste bad. It's brewed by your hands after all.

She smiled brightly as she hands Koizumi's cup. Koizumi bowed with his normal smile. As usual, Nagato was saying nothing to Ms. Asahina. I'm really guessing that's how she says thank you.

When Ms. Asahina was going back to the thermostat to put her tray away, quietly tip toeing her way, she almost dropped caused by tripping due to a sudden sound.

And I think you are well aware of what that sound is.

"Aha!" Yeah… It's Haruhi's exclamation of an idea coming through her so wonderful head. Oh brother.

As I helped Ms. Asahina pick up her tray, I said this normal statement.

"What is it this time?"

"Wow, Kyon. You sound like you know what I'm going to say."

It's pretty normal now you know. I mean we're in third year high school. What do you expect?

"True enough. Although I'm surprised you haven't moved a rank at all."

That's because you don't want me to move up at all, and I don't even give a care if I move up a rank.

"That's a bad thing Kyon!" She said proudly. "You should always look for opportunities to keep moving forward!"

Well, that statement has some truth to it. Anyway, what's your 'brilliant' idea?

"You sound like your being sarcastic." She pouted.

I am, I thought.

"Anyway, how about let's try something new for this year's Christmas? I mean last year, we stayed at the club room and almost did nothing. Thanks to Tsuruya-san over here, we had a lot of fun."

"Aw you're giving me too much praise, Haru-nyan!" She giggled with her fang showing. That's her signature.

"So this year, we're going to party at Kyon's house!"

"Wait, why my house?" I said in objection.

"Two members of our club are in there, so I decided to make it easier for them."

And who might these two club members be?

"Your little sister and Shamisen, of course!"

And since did they become members of the club?

She pouted at me like I'm a naughty son or something. Don't give me that look! "Geez, Kyon. I was giving you a compliment for catching on to what I was planning to introduce, but I'm thinking of taking it back."

"That was a compliment?" I let out a sigh. "Whatever you say, mother."

She threw the pyramid sign saying 'chief', which I barely dodged, on it the next second after I said "mother." Maybe she got mad or something because her face was showing a hue of redness. Everyone was giggling and laughing at the moment, except for Nagato.

"What's with you calling me mother all of the sudden?" She shouted at me like I'm a naughty son that doesn't deserve to call his mom 'mother.' "Anyway… I'm going to assign what each of us going to bring. No objections!"

She was looking straight at me when she said 'no objections.' What's that? You want objections from me? Okay I'll go say every one of them. Right when I was about to say something, she says something. Geez… It's seriously like I have nothing to say in this at all. I disagree with that, I mean it is my house. If you're going to host a party at someone's home, do it in yours'.

"Mikuru-chan! The board." She directed the girl in the maid outfit to do it for her. She picked up the black erasable marker and started to right our names based on our ranks in the club. Of course, I'm dead last. She listed every item to be brought by everyone, too. It's great that we don't have a say on it!

The list says: Haruhi: Sodas, list of activities; Koizumi; Utensils; Nagato: Turkey; Tsuruya: Additional activities; Mikuru: Santa girl outfit; Kyon: Table cloths, napkins, party poppers, party hats, and food you can think of (at least four dishes), and everything else

Wait, turkey? What's turkey have to do with Christmas? I also see the Santa girl outfit in the list. Geez, Haruhi's mind thinks like an old perverted man's. Ms. Asahina grew, dang it! It's not like she's going to fit in it comfortably. And why do I have most of the stuff to bring?

"It's a privilege for you to move up a rank." Haruhi says pointing at me.

Who wants that? I didn't say that because she might become more irritated and give me more things to do. I let out a sigh and just follow.

Suddenly something popped in my mind. I know I will regret asking this.

"Hey Haruhi. How about for New Year's Eve? I mean it's only a few days away from Christmas, so why not plan it?"

She looked up, almost twitching. "You're right." She gave me a bright smile and a thumbs up. "That's the way to think ahead, Kyon!"

Thanks?

"Anyone have any ideas for that?" She asked looking around heartily.

Tsuruya-san raised her hand. "I have one! There's a great view on the top of our private hill of all the fireworks in the city for a fireworks view. We can also bring our own fireworks over there!" She said gleefully. I remember that hill… We dug holes there for Haruhi's 'brilliant idea' for Valentine's Day. That was also the time that Ms. Asahina (Michiru) was kidnapped to get the ones that were trying to change the future to kidnap Ms. Asahina (Mikuru) that was with Haruhi and ended up getting rescued by me, Mori-san, Arakawa-san and the two brothers. That was also that time that we had to do everything according to Ms. Asahina's (big) instruction to follow the events that were supposed to occur in the future.

"Perfect!" Haruhi took out a piece of white paper out of the computer desk and her pen that she set on her ear. "Fireworks viewing. Bring fireworks." She enthusiastically whispered. "Anything else?"

Our vice commander raised his hand. "May I have my colleagues come by? I'm sure they will be delighted if you do let them."

"Go ahead! After all, the more the merrier." Haruhi said as a sign of approval. I'm guessing those colleagues of his include Mori-san, Arakawa-san, and the two others.

"Thank you. I'm pretty sure they're going to appreciate it." He said with his normal smile. He never changed that smile ever since first year except in serious times. But even then, he finds times to bring out that smile of his.

"And any others that would like to bring their friends over are welcome. I approve of it!" She said in another approval. Wait we need approval just to get our friends to come over? What a caring leader you are. "That concludes our meeting today! Everyone is dismissed." For some reason no one gets out of their spots, even me. It's only four o'clock and I am used to get out at five or even later, so I'm guessing this is no surprise.

'…'

We had nothing to do. We didn't even bother taking our homework out. Ms. Asahina was playing Othello with Koizumi. I was staring out the window, watching the white snow fall, and for some reason looking at Nagato. Tsuruya-san was looking at the computer with Haruhi. But despite the lack of things to do, I finally enjoy the time of peace and quiet that has surfaced the club room, and before we knew it an hour passed.

"Oh well, I will see you guys tomorrow!" Tsuruya-san said standing up. "I have things to do at home. Let's have fun tomorrow, ~Nyoron~!" She said merrily. Typical Tsuruya-san, I thought. She sure does love to smile. With the door shutting, Koizumi also stands up.

"Shall we all go? I have us a reservation to a restaurant that I have relations with. They serve quite a selections of dishes there from different countries." Koizumi suggested.

"Sure, why not? It's already five so might as well grab ourselves some dinner and get some sleep tonight! We're going to do a lot of activities tomorrow!"

Oh brother… Well at least, I'm not treating, right?

"I'm going to change so… um…" Ms. Asahina brought up. We understand. Nagato, Koizumi and I went out the door, but Haruhi stayed. As the door closed, a few seconds later I hear Haruhi through the door saying:

"Wow! Mikuru-chan, your bombs have gotten bigger! What's your secret, huh?"

Don't say bombs! You make it sound so dangerous.

"Su-Suzumiya-san! What are you doing? Kyaa~!?" Oh brother. Haruhi's gotten into her POM mode. As I struggled not open the door as Asahina san's probably changing and being harassed by Haruhi, Koizumi started off with something.

"I'm glad that Ms. Suzumiya is having fun in normal days like this." He said.

Are you talking about her harassing Ms. Asahina? If you are you deserve a really hard knuckle tap on you.

He put his hand up with a look that is suggesting something else. "No, of course not." He went back to his normal expression. "I mean how Ms. Suzumiya is opening her hearts to other people. Do you recall anytime that she has openly given us opportunity to invite our friends without her examining them or taking as her liking?"

I have a feeling that Haruhi already knows who everyone is going to invite

"That may be, but considering the events, don't you think she sounds more comfortable saying those things?"

True enough.

I let out a sigh. Haruhi is changing. She has been less melancholy around us and is more open to other people. She is also less likely to get in an argument with people. Kind of like last Friday with Okabe-sensei. He caught her sleeping in class, even though she already does that. Instead of arguing back of getting irritated, she just sighed and apologized. The whole class was surprised and almost everyone had at least a little bit of their mouths open.

Also, believe it or not, Nagato is changing, too. She's been more pro-active, I should say. Starting from the beginning of this school year, she's been going a lot to the computer club room instead of just reading her book. I'm guessing she's enjoying those things, too. Of course I already knew that because of the incident with the computer club two years ago. Not only that, she also joined us for lunch two days ago. Not outside the school, but in the cafeteria. Also, have I told you that she grew her hair? Her hair is now the same length as Ms. Asahina's. All these factors may not be big for a normal person, but knowing her, these are all major changes with Nagato. But for some reason recently, she has been looking worried and I always see her looking outside the window ever since snow started to drop.

"It is convenient for the 'organization' since we don't have to worry about sealed realities that often." He looked at the ceiling. "I should probably thank you for that."

What for?

"You were the one that opened her to all these things. Fireworks, walking in the park, having a good time. All of these are thanks to you."

How do you figure? I never even suggested those things.

"Your love of a normal life must have affected her, so she is adapting to your liking."

Adapting to my liking? So not letting me say anything that is concerning my own home, is my liking, huh?

"She probably also thought that you may experience fun in it rather than hiking your way up here. Or it that wrong?"

I let out a sigh. Sure why not?

The door opened and there were the two girls.

"Off we go!" Haruhi shouted, which could probably be heard by the second building. "Too bad Tsuruya-san isn't here."

We let Haruhi let the lead along with Nagato.

"Suzumiya-san hasn't changed a bit…" Ms. Asahina said as she sighed. "She still likes to collect clothes for me."

There's nothing we can do about that. After all, moe is one of the things she believes as an important trait in life. And she believes that the clothes matter, too.

There are six current costumes for Ms. Asahina that Haruhi chose. We all remember about the bunny costume, then there's the maid one. There's also the nurse and the cheer leader one. Lastly, the miko costume. Hopefully the next one isn't a kitty cat costume, dominatrix, or any more skin showing than the bunny girl suit, because I think there will be a flood in front of our door. By flood, I think you know what I mean.

"Oh by the way," Haruhi suddenly said. "We need more costumes for Mikuru-chan. The bunny girl suit doesn't fit anymore." She turns to Ms. Asahina. "Any ideas, Mikuru-chan?"

"E-eh?" she panicked. Of course, typical Ms. Asahina. Wouldn't you panic if you were asked that question by Haruhi? "No, I can't think. Wha~!" Her hand got grabbed by Haruhi.

"No time to stand around here. After all, Koizumi went through all the trouble of reserving a spot for us." Her grim grin surfaced. "But after that we're going shopping!"

"Ah! No it's okay! Ah~!" She got into Haruhi's arm strangling position.

"You're being too closed minded Mikuru-chan. You need more clothes to show off your cuteness in the world!"

Why would she want that? Not that I won't mind seeing it, but isn't it invasion of privacy to decide what a person's going to wear?

"All this time, I've been doing this, and you ask me now? There's no point to it, Kyon!" She gave me the same look as an hour ago. Go give that look to someone else please. As all the commotion, was going on, Nagato was a staring outside the window, and for some reason, even just a tiny bit, I saw her holding her book a little tighter than her grip.

… Is Nagato worried about something? If that's the case, then that can't be good for any of us. But then again, it may be just my imagination.

As we walk down hill, I saw sakura leaves falling down along with the snow. I'm not a guy who appreciates every scenery he sees, but I must admit that was pretty neat.

(Note: Sakura = Cherry Blossoms. In case the reader didn't know).

Koizumi leaned his face towards mine.

Once again, too close!

"Sorry, I was merely admiring how you walk so normally with people like us."

Didn't you say that like a couple of years ago?

"I do not recall that, but if you do say so. I wish these days will last." He looked up at the sky.

There is not one way I could disagree with that statement. Even though my heart does want abnormal things to happen, the normal side of me still loves peaceful days.

A few minutes later we entered the restaurant that Koizumi was mentioning earlier. It wasn't far from the library that Nagato and I visit so it wasn't a long walk. The scenery was pretty normal, but the food menu looked promising. They had all kinds of foods from Japanese to Western food.

The lady that greeted us was Mori-san, which somehow didn't surprise me. I also saw Kimidori-san serving other customers on the other side. I guess she also works her part time here. It wasn't that long ago that I discovered that she was an Interface like Nagato.

After we ordered our food, we decided to talk about the past events of the brigade and how it is doing. So far, according to Haruhi, there is still a lack of discovery for aliens, time-travelers, and espers. I wonder how long is she going to not be convinced that the three things that she was looking for was right here with us.

I suddenly recall the middle school Haruhi breaking into the middle school grounds, and how I had to draw the sign that says "I am here." I think she mentioned sliders as one of her most wanted list, too. But this is enough for me. I think I can't take another kind of species that is out of the category of these three.

You know when I said that I wasn't paying? Surprisingly enough I didn't! It was Haruhi and Koizumi's treat and I didn't have to pay a single Yen. That's convenient.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow at school!" She grabbed Ms. Asahina by the neck. "Let's go Mikuru-chan! To the mall we go!"

"Eh?! I really prefer not to!" Ms. Asahina complained, but to no avail. Haruhi's force dragged Ms. Asahina into her realm of moe.

"I shall part from you two from here, also." He waved his hand like a salute. "See you." And just like that, he went on with his smile of his.

"Nagato, I'll walk you home." I said to the quiet bookworm.

She nodded as a response. Haven't seen that one in a while. Usually I hear her say "I see," or "Is that so?," as a reply, but I guess she is into her quiet mode now, if that really existed.

We walked in silence as the snow gently fell on our heads. Nagato's long hair was waving gently into the air, almost in a rhythm that will get you asleep. Before I knew, we were in front of Nagato's apartment.

"I'll see you tomorrow then." I waved.

"Wait." She said suddenly. "Take this." She handed me a thin bookmark. Now judging from her previous lends of bookmarks, this has some sort of programming or message in it. There's something going to happen soon.

As soon as I looked at it, it was blank.

"Do not lose it." She said without changing the tone of her voice. But I knew intently that she meant it, or is really suggesting it. "You will understand, soon." She moved a bit closer and whispered. "Take care." As soon as she said that, I wanted to ask her why she said that, but she quickly turned around and walked fast, as if she didn't want to be followed.

… You are worrying about something, aren't you Nagato?

I stayed in that spot for a few seconds then started to walk off.

The snow has stopped falling.