LUCKY STAR © Kagami Yoshimizu/Kadokawa Shoten/Kyoto Animation/Lucky Paradise

FIREBALL ISLAND™ appears courtesy of Hasbro

ALL OTHER CHARACTERS ARE COPYRIGHT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS.

Konata was just done with a rousing battle of Fortnite when she looked at her calendar. Summer was fast approaching.

"I remembered the great summers that I've had," Konata said. "It was a pain getting there, but that was the best week we've ever had."

Konata was remembering the time Miss Kuroi got lost while Konata's aunt Yui caused Kagami to flip out and Tsukasa to pass out.

"It would be great to have those summer times again," she thought. "Perhaps, maybe I might find something out of the ordinary."

Konata searched online and found something unusual in the Pacific Ocean. There was a volcanic tropical island with a giant mass of obsidian that resembles an idol. Beside that idol is a giant uncut ruby.

"WHOA! That's a big ruby!" Konata exclaimed. "Imagine all the manga, games and Blu-Rays I can buy with this baby!"

Then, Konata saw that the report was taken by Yuki Nagato.

"Nagamon? What's her connection?"

Konata, being loyal to the S.O.S. Brigade, decided to call in Haruhi Suzumiya over at North High in Nishinomiya.

"S.O.S. Brigade, solving the great mysteries of the world," said a despondent Kyon. "How can I be of service?"

"Hey, Kyon, it's Konata, Haruhi-sama's biggest fan!" Konata said to Kyon. "I want to know from Nagamon about this weird island I saw online."

"OK, whatever," Kyon sighed, and waved to Yuki Nagato in her book corner. "Hey, Nagato. Konata wants to talk to you."

Yuki walked towards Kyon with the same shy blank look on her face as Kyon handed the phone over to her.

"You have reached the S.O.S. Brigade, solving the great mysteries of the world," Yuki said quietly. "How can I be of service?"

"Nagamon, I need to know about this island," Konata said. "What is it? Where is it? And how do I get there?"

"I am afraid only Miss Haruhi would know the exact location," Yuki said to Konata. "However, I will give you the detail on my observation of the island."

Yuki told Konata about the mysterious island that seemed to have a mind of its own. It is called the Island of Vul-Kar, or as some natives call it "Fireball Island" due to the many fireballs launched from the volcanoes or from the idol of Vul-Kar itself. Embedded on the side of Vul-Kar is the Firestone, a large uncut ruby worth billions to the right owner.

"Wow! That sounds like an adventure!" Konata replied.

"Although the Island of Vul-Kar is uninhabited, it is still dangerous," Yuki warned Konata. "There are many perils known and unknown."

"Yeah, I got it. Thanks, Nagamon!" Konata said as she hung up on Yuki. Then, she began to use a spreadsheet and began to post it on her QCFP blog. The post reads:


SURVIVOR: FIREBALL ISLAND

Come for a tropical paradise, stay for a lifelong adventure!

Find the Firestone and win billions!

Apply within!

=ω=. Konata Izumi


Konata got hit back with only a fewer hits than usual. Surprisingly, Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki signed up. Other familiar faces Konata knew are Ayeka and Sasami Masaki, Ryoko and Washu Hakubi, Ako and Riko Suminoe and Miharu Mikuni.

"A lot of old familiar faces decided to rejoin us," Konata thought. "Well then, let's get DOWN-RIGHT-FIERCE!"

After a few calls, Konata and her friends flew to the exact coordinates of the Island of Vul-Kar. Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki had on their casual summer clothes along with other essentials for survival. The girls were heading for an area known as Dead Man's Plateau where a meeting will take place with all the other signees.

"This is the spot, huh?" Kagami observed. "The Island of Vul-Kar?"

"Yeah, Kagamin," Konata said. "This is where that big ruby is."

"This place is really scary, Sis!" Tsukasa cried. "I don't like it here…"

"Relax, Tsukasa," Kagami said to her. "You've got nothing to fear here."

Konata and the others managed to reach Dead Man's Plateau and saw Ako and Riko in their bikinis. Konata also saw Yuuzuki Kiryuu in her bikini and her little sister Mikazuki in her little swimsuit.

"Hey, Ako-nee and Riko-nee," Konata called out. "Where's Boobzilla?"

"Ever since she's dated Keita-sempai, they unfriended her," Mikazuki replied.

"That's fake news, you annoying little weasel!" Riko yelled, yanking Mikazuki's twintails hard, causing her to scream in pain.

"Miharu-chan told us that she's found friends for this excursion," Ako told Konata, "so she told Riko and I that she'll be OK."

Then, Konata headed to see Yuuzuki who was busy trying to get a WiFi signal.

"Hey, ma'am. How are ya?" Konata asked.

"Rotten," Yuuzuki sighed. "I can't seem to find a good signal. I have an upcoming event in Fate/Grand Order with Nanakon and I can't find any networks anywhere!"

"I can't find anything on mine, either," Konata replied. "However, I'm sure we can finish this game in time."

Konata's group and the twins' group continued down Dead Man's Plateau and see Ayeka and Ryoko fighting again. Sasami and Washu just stood there silent. Ryo-Ohki was perched on Sasami's shoulder looking disappointed along with Sasami that Ryoko and Ayeka are STILL feuding.

"I see the Tenchi crew are still here," Konata pointed out, "and hopefully in one piece after this."

"Miss Konata!" Sasami waved cheerfully to Konata's group. Ryo-Ohki smiled and ran to her like a cat. "Glad to see you ever since the Hidden Temple."

"Yeah, it's been a while, Sasami," Konata said. "What's with Ayeka and Ryoko?"

"Same old, same old," Sasami sighed alongside Ryo-Ohki. "It never ends."

"The last time I checked your roster, we were supposed to have that glasses girl Miharu Mikuni here," Washu pointed out. "Where is she? Did she already get ahead of us?"

"Miharu's coming! She told us herself!" Riko told everyone. "She said she found friends and she's coming to the island."

"That must be Miharu right now," Ryoko said, looking up at the sky.

There was a helicopter landing on Dead Man's Plateau. The pilot opened the door and out stepped a schoolgirl with a white blouse and a turquoise skirt. Konata got excited when she saw this particular schoolgirl, especially with her brown hair and a yellow ribbon.

"HARUHI-SAMA! SHE'S HERE!" Konata yelled excitedly.

"Yeah, yeah, cool it down, will ya?!" Kagami grumbled.

Out stepped Haruhi Suzumiya with 16 bandanas. 4 of them are blue, 4 are red, 4 are yellow and 4 are purple. She looked around and saw only 12 people and 1 Ryo-Ohki. Then, Haruhi walked over to Konata.

"Nice to see you, Haruhi-sama!" Konata said ecstatically.

"I appreciate it, Konata," Haruhi replied, "but I want to know what you're doing on this island?"

"I thought of making it a Survivor-like game," Konata explained. "And I see you got the colors needed for our tribes."

"Well, yeah, you kinda told me to," Haruhi said. "Anyway, you told me there are 16 people joining your game and I see only a dozen."

"From what Ako and Riko told us," Kagami said to Haruhi, "Miharu Mikuni has some friends coming here to participate."

"Well, time is money," Haruhi growled. "Where is that Titan of Tits anyway?"

"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree," Kagami mumbled silently.

Suddenly, the entire island begins to violently shake and fireballs began to burst everywhere. In the air, there is loud music blaring somewhere.

"EARTHQUAKE!" Tsukasa shrieked.

"Everyone, take cover!" Haruhi ordered. Ryo-Ohki ran to Sasami as everyone headed by the helicopter planning to wait out the disaster. Then, Konata and Yuuzuki look up in the sky and see a giant red spaceship with large long arms.

"Konata," Yuuzuki pointed out. "Is it me or is that the Outlaw Star?"

"Yes, but why is it here?!" Konata said loudly.

"TURN THAT DAMN THING DOWN!" Ako, Riko and Ayeka shouted, covering their ears.

To everyone's surprise, the Outlaw Star hovered over the plateau rolling out an inflatable slide. The audio components were playing "Problem" by Natalia Kills to full volume. Gene Starwind looked back to his special passengers.

"Fireball Island, next stop!" Gene said to his guests. "Good luck out there!"

"Thank you, Gene," said Melfina. She kissed him and then slid down the inflatable slide landing on the plateau.

Following Melfina is a schoolgirl with red hair and a real pistol. The schoolgirl has a blue bracelet on her right wrist. This same schoolgirl also has a crazy look on her face.

Following her down the slide is another schoolgirl wearing glasses and has a black bikini on. She's also carrying a cooler and a water rifle.

"Alright, girl! We made it!" the schoolgirl in glasses called out. "Let's jam!"

Stepping in view of the exit door with her back turned outside is a girl with shoulder-length petrol blue hair and a purple bikini that defined her hips and butt. In front of her are their essentials and she slid them down for the other girls to gather. When she turned around, she had glasses on and her breasts were massive.

"Miharu-chan?" Ako said, looking at her.

"MIKUNI! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" Konata shouted.

Miharu slid down to the plateau and raised her arms in victory as the other two schoolgirls and Melfina hugged her. Then, the red-haired schoolgirl got a portable microphone and began to speak into it.

"Testing, 1-2-1-2, mic check, mic check!" she said loudly. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! I, Akane Mishima, the Blue Gunner, proudly bring to you the greatest group of girls in the whole wide world: DAN-DE-RA-TION X!"

"Danderation X?" Kagami groaned. "I'm lost here…"

"Right alongside me," Akane continued, "the one and only Bullet of Bullets, Shino Asada!"

The glasses girl in the black bikini posed with her water rifle, revealing herself to be Shino Asada, also known as Sinon.

"The Maiden of the Galactic Leyline, Melfina!" Akane continued, as Melfina bowed to the stunned crowd.

"And introducing the founder of DX," Akane boasted, "the Dragon Empress herself, Miharu Mikuni!"

Akane gives a high five to Miharu handing her the microphone as she struts herself while the music was playing, posing in her bikini.

"And of course, if you're not down with that…" Miharu spoke. "…I GOT TWO WORDS FOR YA!"

"SUCK IT!"

"Miharu's been doing that since Chapter 124," Konata giggled silently.

"None of THAT please!" Akane said, firing rounds at Konata, scaring her.

"Good luck, Mel!" Jim Hawking said, waving to her. "Have fun with your friends!"

"Take care of yourself, Melfina," Gene said, giving her a thumbs-up.

"Thank you, everyone!" Melfina smiled, bowing to her shipmates and rejoined the party on the plateau when the Outlaw Star left.

After the Outlaw Star was gone, everyone emerged from the helicopter, leaving Haruhi holding the bandanas and everyone confused and angry at Miharu and her friends.

"ARE YOU COMPLETELY UNHINGED?!" Ayeka shouted at Miharu. "That crazy stunt almost destroyed this island…and US on it!"

"I had to make a grand entrance somehow," Miharu blushed and laughed. "Besides, it's fun! And I get to hang out with my besties!"

"Your besties?" Ako asked. "What about us?"

"Relax, Ako-sempai," Miharu said. "You, Riko-sempai, Mikazuki-chan and Kiryuu-sensei are still my friends, but these girls are like me, girls who I can relate to."

"That name Danderation X that Mishima-san mentioned," Miyuki said to Miharu. "I take it there's some meaning to it?"

"Exactly, Takara-san," Miharu smiled. "Akane-chan, Mel-chan, Shino and I are mostly shy."

"So you took the dandere archetype and wanted to make it more edgy," Yuuzuki interrupted.

"Ya got that right, cowgirl!" Akane said to Yuuzuki, causing the teacher to blush. "We wanted to be a Dandere Nation, a group of danderes where we're our OWN sempai!"

"Excuse me, people!" Haruhi said, in her most tsundere manner. "We got sorting out to do!"

All the girls giggled and stood in their groups on the plateau as Haruhi began to pass out the bandanas to each girl in each group.

"Konata, Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki," Haruhi said, passing out the blue bandanas. "Your tribe name is Fetu."

Next, Haruhi handed over red bandanas to Ako, Riko, Mikazuki and Yuuzuki. "You 4 will be known as Tuinanau," Haruhi said.

Haruhi then passed the yellow bandanas to Ayeka, Ryoko, Washu and Sasami. Sasami tore a piece of hers off to give to Ryo-Ohki. "You 4 will be known as Pelu," Haruhi said to the Tenchi girls.

"And you 4 nutjobs will be known as Matamuli," Haruhi snarled, giving Miharu the purple bandanas to pass out to Sinon, Akane and Melfina.

"Purple," Sinon said, placing it around her neck, posing afterwards. "It fits well."

"I know, right?" Miharu said, laughing alongside Sinon. Akane and Melfina laughed with them, huddled up together.

"LISTEN UP, MAGGOTS!" Haruhi boomed out. All the girls and Ryo-Ohki stood at attention.

"When Haruhi-sama goes tsundere," Konata quietly warned, "she can get downright fierce!"

"Now that I got your undivided attention, you got a commission!" Haruhi instructed. "It seems a wealthy tycoon wants to buy that Firestone ruby. Now, I've only explored this island a few times, so it's very tricky."

Haruhi hands Kagami, Yuuzuki, Washu and Miharu a copy of the map of the island. Haruhi also hands each of the 4 teams a special device that stores unique powers for use on the island.

"These are power meters," Haruhi explained. "Right now, the meters are set at 0. Once you pick up a power, you can use it. However, the meter can only hold 4 powers at a time. There is no limit on how you use your power. Use them wisely."

Haruhi then explained to the teams about how to grab the Firestone while avoiding the traps and dangers.

"Whoever has the Firestone must make it to the docks," Haruhi pointed out on the map. "My client and I will be waiting by boat. First group on this boat with the Firestone wins."

"So what are we waitin' for?" Konata shouted. "Let's hit the road!"

"Hold on there, you scatterbrained otaku!" Ayeka told Konata. "Who said YOU can lead this party? I'm a Crown Princess and I'll lead this party!"

"What you are is a royal bitch!" Riko replied to Ayeka.

"You're even worse than that hooligan Ryoko!" Ayeka shouted back.

"You got something to say to Riko, you spoiled brat? You say it to me, too!" Ako yelled at Ayeka.

"Only I can give Ayeka a royal pain," Ryoko added, "not some twins with the hots for their little brother!"

Soon, Ako and Riko began fighting with Ayeka and Ryoko as the rest of the party watched in disbelief as if they expected it to happen.

"You know, if you think about it," Yuuzuki whispered to Konata, "Ako-san and Riko-san have some similarities to Ayeka and Ryoko."

"You have a point, ma'am," Konata noted.

While the fight continued on Dead Man's Plateau, Haruhi managed to bring a device out from the helicopter. The device looked like a weird genie bottle with both ends resembling a weird hourglass. The top end and long tubes were clear while the bottom was black. Haruhi wanted to tell them about the device, but Ayeka and Ryoko were still occupied fighting with the twins. Then, Haruhi gave the signal.

Bullets began to fly past those involved in the fight, spooking them in the process. Ryoko, Ayeka and the Suminoe Sisters all look angrily at Akane flashing a disturbing grin, holding her pistol like a cowboy.

"This isn't Bullet Club vs. JSA 2, girls!" Akane demanded. "Haruhi's got somethin' to show ya!"

Ryoko hovered over to Akane and leered at her. "When this is over, Mishima," Ryoko snarled, "I'm gonna stick that gun right up your rounded dandere ass!"

The party walked up to Haruhi's strange device as she displayed it for everyone.

"This device will show you the order to go," Haruhi explained. "There are 4 small balls at the bottom on this custom hourglass: one for each tribe. When I tip this over, the balls will fall down through this tube to the bottom. The first ball reaching the bottom goes first, and so on afterward."

Haruhi turned her hourglass upside-down as the balls began to chase downward towards the bottom. After 10 seconds, the red ball came down to the bottom first, followed by the blue ball, then the yellow ball and finally the purple ball on top.

"Tuinanau will go first," Haruhi ordered, "Fetu goes second, Pelu goes third and Matamuli will go last!"

"Much to be expected for us danderes," Miharu sighed.

"We got this, girl," Sinon said, patting Miharu's shoulder. Miharu blushed and held Sinon's hand, nodding with her.

Ako, Riko, Mikazuki and Yuuzuki looked down from Dead Man's Plateau as Haruhi took off in her helicopter heading toward the docks.

"Good luck, bozos!" Haruhi called out. "You'll need it!"

"What does Haruhi know anyway?" Yuuzuki boasted. "We'll do fine. Now let's go! Onto the Witchlord Trail!"


QCFP XTRA

EXPLANATION OF THE TRIBE NAMES

FETU: Samoan for "star", after the series "Lucky Star"

PELU: Samoan for "sword", after the Holy Sword Tenchi from "Tenchi Muyo!"

TUINANAU: Samoan for "love" and for "lust", after the love the girls of "Kiss X Sis" have for Keita

MATAMULI: Samoan for "shy/shyness", depicting the dandere or "shy girl" archetype