Almost 10 years after the last light novel was released, a new Haruhi Light Novel is announced! I couldn't believe what I was reading, and it even trended on twitter! Needless to say, it gave me some extra motivation! Not only that, but I wanted to be sure I got the chapter out before the new novel's release date! So here we go with chapter 9! I'm so excited!

Also, yet another correction I need to make. Near the end of chapter 8, I mistakenly had Haruhi talking as if she was Kyon. "Haruhi's father looked out into the rain" and so on. Once again, my mistake! She should be referring to herself (I realize I also wrote her daughter as well). So apologies all around! I'll update that chapter soon to fix this mistake!


I just threw my father out of the house.

Correction, I just threw my father out of my FRIEND'S house.

I could feel myself coming down from the adrenaline high I had been running on while shouting my father out of the house. As I was coming down, I began to realize what I had done and how serious this was.

My balance slipped for a moment, I managed to catch myself but it was obvious enough to snap Kyon out of his own trance.

"Haruhi, are you alright?"

That was an excellent question, Kyon. If I was my other self, I might try and play this off with a big smile and some dig at Kyon's expense. But to be honest, I was at a complete loss for how to respond. I think I managed to make some kind of sound and nod my head? Does that count as a yes? I'll get back to you on that.

I did say I was coming down, but clearly there was still a decent amount of adrenaline in my system. I can't think straight.

Wait, my other self... I mentioned her in my rant didn't I? Obviously not directly, but I know I clearly separated her from myself. I spoke as if I knew her, does that even make sense to people outside my insane delusions?

Well whether it does or not, I think I made a mistake before. There's only one person I can talk to at this point. Someone who knows my father better than anyone.

Though it pains me to go running back to her right after I finished telling her off, I don't know who else to turn to. Not only that, but I was definitely over reacting when I told her off. Could anyone really blame me though? After the hellish nightmare I had just endured, I honestly think I was handling it pretty well all things considered.

After taking a few more minutes to calm down I started heading to Kyon's room, mentioning to him that I just wanted to lie down after all this.

Once more, I lied down and followed her instructions to the letter. Head down, eyes closed and think of the void bench. Minutes later my eyes snapped open.

Immediately sitting up, I scanned the area in search of not only my double but for any abnormalities. Call me paranoid, but I wanted to be absolutely sure I wasn't going to be surprised by yet another horrible nightmare.

Thankfully, it didn't take me long to find my double. Though instead of being right up next to my face she was lying on her side, head resting on her palm with her back turned to me. While it was a little strange she wasn't invading my personal space, what really struck me as odd was the fact that it looked like she was…

"Hey, welcome back." I could hear the sound of a page turning.

I felt a light sigh escape me, "Hello to you to. So listen… I- wait, are you reading something?"

"Don't worry about it, it's not important. Oh by the way, great job telling off my Dad." She turned another page. "Seriously, I had a feeling he was going to try something but I didn't want to freak you out anymore then you already were. So I didn't bother warning you."

A small feeling of anxiety washed over me, I couldn't explain it but she was being weirdly distant with me and she hasn't looked at me once. Maybe she's just engrossed in whatever it was she was reading? Seriously, where did she find a book…?

"It's alright. Honestly, I can't believe he would even do something like that… but see, that's kind of why I'm here…"

I didn't immediately notice, but my other self had stopped mid page turn.

"Since you're already aware, I'm kind of in hot water with our Dad right now and I was kind of hoping you could maybe… give me some advice?" I felt a nervous smile creep up onto my face.

"No."

I gave a sigh of relief, not realizing what she had actually said. "Thanks, I- wait… What did you-"

She roughly slammed the book she was reading shut and stood up. With a quick glance, I noticed a picture of my double and Kyon. I could tell it was her because she was wearing her headband, which thus far I've opted not to use.

"I said no." She turned around, arms crossed.

A look of disbelief was plastered onto my face, "Wh-what do you mean no?!"

She began a slow but intimidating walk towards me, "Oh, so now that you have a problem you desperately need solving, NOW you decide to listen to me? Now that it's convenient for you?" Closer and closer she got to the bench to the point where she was towering over me, almost like her father.

"Look, I'm sorry about what I said before but-"

"Now that you've pissed off dear old Dad and dug yourself into a nice little hole, you come back crying to me and expect me to help you? After how you acted last time? You think that's how this is gonna go?" She leaned in as far as she possibly could, still not able to get close to me because of whatever barrier the void bench has.

"After how I acted? I had just woken up from some horrific nightmare and was in the middle of a panic attack! And what was your response? You basically told me to stop whining and get over it!" I'll admit, I was a bit of a jerk at the time, but what's she so upset for?

She furrowed her brows, her angry expression growing a bit more. "Had I done it your way, waiting for you to calm down and get over it, who knows how long you would have been here for?! You were cowering and threatening to never leave here again! You would have gone into a coma outside and after meeting my parents, you can imagine just how much of a problem that would have been, right?!"

I looked down, my guilt was starting to get to me.

"I can only imagine what would have happened to Kyon if you hadn't woken up. How my Dad would have reacted, what he would have done to Kyon."

I kept trying to think of something to respond with, but I was drawing a blank. "I…"

"And that's not all."

I suddenly looked up to meet her burning stare.

"I don't think you really understand what our current relationship is." I felt myself starting to recoil to the back of the bench as she leaned in closer, once again getting as close as she could. "When I started helping you, I was under the impression that you would either slowly fade away or willingly give me my body back after you had had your fun. Obviously, that didn't happen. So just to reiterate..."

I jumped back and felt my back hit the spine of the void bench as my double, for the very first time, suddenly slammed the bottom of her fist onto the barrier that separated the two of us. Finally revealing the only thing preventing her from taking her body back and the only thing keeping me from possibly fading away into non-existence.

"I want my body back."

The look of anger on her face was like nothing I had seen before, and yet I felt there was another emotion hiding behind it.

"You treat me like I'm some kind of strategy guide to a game titled 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.' Like I'm giving you tips and tricks on how to take my life away from me and take my place." As her arm and fist pushed against the barrier, I saw the barrier crackling with some kind of unknown energy. Not only that, but I could see what looked like smoke coming from my double's arm and fist.

Whatever she was pressing herself against was actually hurting her.

"I have been graciously helping you and giving you tips here and there because I felt like it wouldn't go on for too long. Obviously, I made a mistake." Her brow furrowed a bit more "So here's how it's going to go down from here on out, Suzumiya."

I could feel the spite coming out of her voice as she uttered her own last name, referring to me.

"You're on your own."

I felt my hand come up and cover my mouth.

"Unless I decide otherwise, you won't be getting any more help from me." She finally let up on the barrier and grabbed her now burned arm and hand with her uninjured arm and hand.

I wanted to say something, anything to convince her otherwise. But nothing was coming out, no matter what I tried I couldn't come up with any decent response.

She turned her back to me, walking over to the book she had been looking at before and picked it up. I swear, I could hear the faintest sound of a sniffle coming from her. She looked at the book for a few more moments, another slight sniffle escaping her.

From how she was angled, I got a clearer look at the book. With a clearer view, it looked like a photobook. I couldn't see them all clearly but I could see a large group photo as well as some couple photos. Some of those don't look photo's either but... maybe memories?

"One last piece of advice, because I'm feeling generous." She closed the book. "If you want any help dealing with my Dad, then talk to my Mom." She began walking away.

"Have fun stealing my life…" I heard her say in the distance, her voice clearly shaking.

I was utterly speechless. I looked down at the empty ground and felt a pang of guilt in my heart. I wanted to shout that I was sorry, but I couldn't.

I don't want to steal her life, but I also don't want to disappear. What the hell am I supposed to do? All I could do was watch her walk away with her head held low.

Where was she even going to go? This void is seemingly empty. Is she just going to get so far away that she doesn't need to look at me anymore? I feel like that would be something I would try to do if I were in her shoes.

With nothing else left to do, I decided it would be best to get out of her hair and leave.

I woke up the next morning feeling drained. I couldn't tell if it was because of the incident with my father the night before, or the very taxing conversation I had just had with my double.

My lack of energy was even more apparent when I actually tried getting out of bed. I wonder why it was affecting me so much, but I tried not to think too hard about it as I pulled myself up. Kyon was still asleep, so I decided not to wake him up. I don't even know if I'd have the energy to respond to him.

I began looking around the house for my mother, but every step felt like I was moving cinder blocks on my feet and it was a struggle to keep my eyes open.

Eventually, I found my way into the living room where my mother was sprawled out along the couch. I had almost forgotten, but with all the excitement last night I guess it just slipped my mind. I suddenly realized that it was in fact, not the morning but the middle of the night. I was going to try and shake my mother awake but whatever miraculous strength had kept me going up until that moment gave out.

I fell back into another, smaller couch and felt myself beginning to drift off to sleep once more…

Before sleep took its hold, I could have sworn I heard the sound of my double sniffling once more, but I was far too tired to care at that point.

At the very least, I hope my Mom can help me. I just don't know what to do anymore…


I apologize for the short chapter, but I feel like this is the kind of chapter that should be its own thing, you know? Regardless, I'm glad I'm able to put these out at a decent pace!

I can't thank you all enough for keeping an interest in this story. I'm glad you all enjoy it enough to review and I hope I can keep it entertaining all the way to the end! If I had to guess, I'd say this is probably the midway point? Something along those lines. We'll see though! Anyway, look forward to the new Haruhi Light novel AND the next chapter! I wonder what Haruhi's mother has in store…?