Kyon arrives at the meeting point of the SOS Brigade to find a surprise--a former middle school friend called Sasaki, and she is pretty, which makes Haruhi jealous.
As Kyon and the Mikuru from the future complete the vague scavenger hunt laid out for them, their mission takes a more dangerous turn when Mikuru is kidnapped by a group of espers, time travelers, and aliens.
Kyon is surprised when Nakagawa, his middle school classmate, calls him, but when Nakagawa confesses he needs Kyon's help to tell a beautiful girl about his true feelings, Kyon realizes Nakagawa is talking about Nagato.
The members of the Freaky Joe Club set out to find out why important hockey equipment keeps disappearing just before the big Siege of the Alamo roller hockey championship and who wants to win badly enough to cheat.
Seventh grader Alice decides that the only way to stave off personal and social disasters is to be part of the crowd, especially the "in" crowd, no matter how boring and, potentially, difficult.