I'm feeling inspired by the posible crossovers end some music to write this ...
Not truly staring Homura and PMMM stuff is only mentioned, but still taking place there. Primarily Haruhi Suzumyia tough ...
The wonderful normal life ...
The boy, known to most people only as Kyon, sighed tiredly. It seemed, that the universe got more complicated from The Night onwards. At first, he and the others thought that he was successful and that he and Haruhi ended back in their own universe. His family and the members of the SOS brigade, he thought of as friends, were there the morning after, his school still standing.
But then he noticed more and more strange occurrences he didn't think existed before - the most obvious that the city he and Haruhi lived in now was named Mitakihara rather than Nishinomiya. In fact, he himself discovered this only after stumbling over the 'old' name in some history book. It seemed, that the old Nishinomiya was destroyed in a fire during World War Two, and a new city was built under the name Mitakihara. He then remembered, that it was in fact the other way around in his 'previous' world.
He didn't share this with his friends or their perfect copies (he still wasn't sure about it). He preferred to think about the change as an adjustment instead of a rewrite anyway. He had memories about living here and the 'old' world was more like a dream. Whatever Haruhi did, she did well. So he concentrated on preventing other disasters like The Night, taking a more active role. He spoke with his 'gifted' friends about possible solution, and then named himself Haruhi's "Inquisitor" without Her knowing. He told his colleagues that he should have been able to stop Haruhi; that he needed to know more about what she could do and what could attract her attention and interest in this 'new' world. Kyon firmly persisted on the issue of information and pressed his SOS co-members to share what they could. Boy, was he surprised - not.
There were at least five other extraterrestrial agencies active on Earth (at least three from them attracted here by Haruhi obviously) and timetravelers from alternate timelines fighting each other, trying to change the world, so their timeline became 'the main one.' He didn't see the point; his logic was telling him that all timelines must somehow exist some time in the future, if you can come from them to the past - although Mikuru told him that it did matter. To him, this wasn't that weird. That his old friend Sasaki was almost as powerful as Haruhi was as shocking as was the fact that Haruhi and Sasaki knew each other and didn't like each other much. That Sasaki had her own small cohort of Espers was only the cherry on top. Kyon was glad - after he get over his shock - that they told him about it. Not knowing would certainly bite them in their (his) butt in time. He was now firmly resolved that the two should be kept apart no matter what. There were other exotic beings that she should be kept away from, he thought, and she should definitely never learn of the time war Mikuru reluctantly informed them of.
All this was the reason for his own private room in Yuki's building, procured for him by Yuki and Itsuki. His own private office was necessary due his sister's nosiness and Haruhi's habit of dropping in on him at home whenever she felt even slightly bored. He had a brand new computer - Haruhi and the president of computer club would salivate if they knew about it - the browser opened on some discusion about the weird and sensational. A huge pile of documents, mostly recordings from Itsuki's field agents or clippings from tabloids, sat in a bin on his desk, marked "Common." A much smaller pile was on the small table to his left - the emergency bin.
He was currently studying one of them, a recording about a 'wandering shop.' He remembered that Haruhi mentioned stumbling about shop like that, when she spoke about her past. He drummed his fingers on the desk's surface in thought, before he jotted down sarcastic note on the report's cover - 'No need to hasten it's investigation Itsuki, Haruhi has a three year head start on you guys', tossing it into the bin marked "Read." Whatever damage the shop's existence could do was done, and he knew Haruhi well enough that he found it unlikely she would try to revisit such cold case like that. She had her opinion about the shop rock solid now, after all.
He took one of the less important messages - a rumor that the youngest member of the Akemi family, the 'miraculous clockmakers,' had arrived in the city. He read through it and found himself thinking about, if it would be safe to arrange for Haruhi and the girl named Homura to meet. He didn't think that there was anything strange about talents like that - and 'investigating' her seemingly miraculous gifts could make Haruhi busy for time. He sighed again. From what he read so far, she sound a lot like Mikuru and he didn't want her to suffer like the Moe Timetraveler. Still, he jotted a small note on the file for Itsuki to investigate the girl discreetly.
Unexpectedly, his phone rang in cheerful tone. That was odd, because the 'All Became Friends' tone was reserved for Mikuru, and the timetraveler seldom called by herself and never when he was here 'working part-time'. He picked it up and said, "Moshi, moshi, Asahina-chan?"
Her crying startled him. Something truly bad was going on apparently. "Mikuru, please calm down. What's happening?"
"Ueee.. I ... *hic* ...can't contact the future ... *hic* ...they are goneee... all goneeee..." Huh? *Riiiing* The melody for 'Imperial March' playing over Mikuru's sobs informed him, that another member of SOS brigade was seeking his attention.
"Can you hold for the moment Mikuru-chan, please?" ... "So what do you want to speak about, Itsuki?"
"We have here an emergency. Sort of..."
"Hold on. It's about Asahina-chan not being able to contact her timeline?"
"You... are not incorrect. I have had some déjà vu moments in the past four days, so I ..."
"Moments?"
"Occurrences, that seemed as if I lived through them again. And I would be glad, if you let me speak first, Kyon."
...."So?"
"Hmpf! As I wanted to say, before your interruption, I consulted them with Yuki, and she told me, that we need to speak immediately. She should knock on your door about -" *knock, knock* "- now. I'm on my way as well and ... ah, so Yuki is right. Here you are Asahina-san..."*click* Kyon turned to his most trusted friend - if you can think about an alien as one - Yuki, who had entered reading some book and sat down on one of three chairs in front of Kyon's desk.
"So they will be here soon, eh?"
"Yes," was her monotone answer, "in five comma ten minutes exactly."
***
"So, if I understand you correctly, we are now stuck in a timeloop that will end with our world destroyed in one way or other most probably and with Mitakihara in ruins definitely in less than two months? And it's not even Haruhi's fault, at least not directly?" Kyon frowned.
"That's corect," Yuki was still reading her book.
"How long?" Itsuki wanted to know.
"Almost hundred loops by now." Yuki didn't raise her eyes from the book.
"Can you tell us, who is responsible then?"
"Insufficient data... However it's connected with the new Mitakihara High in the high end part of the city. Five loops were prematurely ended after the school was destroyed in one disaster or another. And yes, we tried to investigate the school fifty two times already but without any success, mostly because this is the first time, you became aware about the loops this early. Normally you will find out five days before the end. Something is actively working against any outside agent interfering with the loop, holding even Asahina-san or you unaware until too late," Yuki volunteered some information.
"Did you tried to tell us about the loops before?" Kyon asked. "I mean on your own, without us asking?"
"Once, near the start of the loops. It ended ... badly. You disappeared while you were 'following a solid lead' and Haruhi rewound the time that one time. She also did something my ... superiors ... didn't want to repeat itself. So they told me to observe only." Yuki told them without any hint of emotions. But Kyon could see a flicker of sadness in her eyes anyway.
"So, why tell us now?" Mikuru asked quietly.
"Because ... you are my friends. And I don't want you rush ahead without warning. Also my instructions don't say anything about not telling you, if you asked," Yuki turned the page of the book she was reading.
"So, what now?" Kyon asked rhetorically. "We can't let the loops go on and on. Especially if it's not the direct work of Haruhi." Silent nods of Mikuru and Itsuki told him their thoughts were similar to his. Yuki didn't express her opinion, but also didn't object to it. "But the last thing we need is Haruhi getting wind of something going on. We need to distract her and also have an excuse for us to hang around East Mitakihara High ..." Kyon's eyes fell on the thin Akemi folder. Wasn't there something about her transferring to Mitakihara East? He took it and handed it to Itsuki. "What if we used this as an excuse?"
"Hmm, I can use our contact there and in Tokyo to arrange for us to get more information; we could tell Haruhi about the Akemi girl tomorrow. If I present it right, we should have Haruhi ordering us to investigate very soon." Itsuki leafed through the folder.
"One more thing," Yuki lifted her eyes from her book. "Kyon's survival is a crucial matter in this affair. My superiors have a plan, how to safeguard you, but Kyon, you would not like it." Kyon frowned. He could tell Yuki isn't exactly happy with her orders.
"What do they plan? What, are they going to give me a killer for bodyguard?" He let out a groan, when he saw irritated flash in Yuki's eyes. "They will, won't they? They plan to reactivate Her?"
"She is an excellent fighter and able to think out of the box," she stressed.
"She is psychotic knifewoman, she is," Kyon shuddered.
"Um, Kyon-kun, Nagato-san? About whom do you speak?" Asahina interrupted them.
"I would also like to now, about what are you two speaking?" Itsuki also wanted to know. Kyon and Yuki exchanged one long look.
After Yuki's slight nod, Kyon sighed, "Sorry for not telling you sooner, but I thought, it was closed matter and we had other things to work after then, like The Night. The thing is ..." and Kyon told them the story about Asakura the psychotic Interface.
"And she should be the one responsible for Kyon's wellbeing?" For first time Kyon saw Itsuki angry, Mikuru frowning disapprovingly.
"I don't like it either, but she is good in her field, which is combat and security. She will be also closely monitored by me and my other ... backup," Yuki stated.
"Pardon me, Nagato-san, if I didn't entirely share your superiors' confidence. I would like to arrange for our own contact in Mitakihara East to monitor her and ensure Kyon's security as well," Itsuki told Yuki in his rare serious voice.
"She was responsible for Kyon in the loop he disappeared. I don't think she will be able to help much," Yuki told him. "I don't have anything against her monitoring Ryouko as well. My other associate should be enough, though."
"I will still tell her what's going on. Well at least, that something potentially world-ending is happening. I don't think she should know about the loops. Nagato-san?" Itsuki firmly stood his ground.
"It... will be better... not to tell her," Yuki turned back to her book, signaling the debate was finished. Kyon groaned silently, ignoring Mikuru petting his arm shyly. The following days were shaping up to be full of terror and life threatening danger. Normal times in life of SOS brigade members...
The END. Betaed by
Entropy Judge, thank you...
I hope, you like my attempt to enrich your universe Higure.
