So this was supposed to be a crossover between Lucky Star and RWBY but my progressively worsening disillusionment with RWBY and the world it presents keeps me from really being able to finish this. I'm just not interested enough in it to keep writing. Thus, I make a new fic collection for unfinished Lucky Star AUs. Expect more to come in the distant but not too distant future.
Anyway, here it is. Enjoy if you can - if you can't, I apologize.
LUCKY STAR
Since the city of Mistral was naturally prone to flooding, many canals and other such water ways snaked under the streets, normally without water until the rainy season comes. When storms began pouring, the canals led water away from the city streets and redirected them to an artificial basin. When the rain stopped, the water would naturally drain away to some deep underground tunnel.
During the dry months of the year, most of these waterless waterways were used as places for people to meet in private, or places for kids to play games. At the moment, Auxiliary Canal 201A served as the training ground of one Kagami Hiiragi.
Kagami was a girl with lilac hair tied into twin-tails. She wore a red long sleeve shirt and black skirt, with black leather armor pieces strapped to her chest, forearms, and shins. In her hand, she held a katana - a sword with a slender, curved, single-edged blade.
She took a ready stance, raising the sword in front of her. Then, with practiced ease, she transitioned between the various stances she was taught. Her movements were slow and fluid, not a single twitch or shake marring her grace. Without warning, her pace increased. She began swinging in an intricate dance of deadly steel, quick and precise with every cut. This continued for a number of minutes. Upon ending, she took a deep breath and sheathed her blade.
Kagami felt mildly satisfied with her progress. When she first inherited the katana from her father, she was not at all adept at swordplay. Of course, a few years of training and dedication had molded her into a warrior worthy to wield such a weapon.
Mirror. Kagami thought, gripping tightly to the scabbard on her belt. My parents named me after the weapon. My own name means mirror too. They wanted me to use it...
Kagami heard two metallic footfalls far above her. She turned towards the street.
On top of a nearby street lamp was one of her teammates - her partner, actually. Due to the canal being below street level, Konata Izumi stood well over two stories above Kagami. Seeming to enjoy being looked up to for a change, Konata smirked and gave a lazy salute. "Hey," she greeted, before hopping down into the canal. She landed lightly, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
Konata was a short girl with knee-length hair of cobalt. She wore a light blue sleeveless vest, with similarly light blue shorts, orange tinted goggles being her accessories. Tied around her neck was a red bandana, which matched the color of the gauntlets and greaves strapped to her forearms and shins respectively. Her face, as it usually did, held a sly smile.
"Tsukasa's been looking for you. You snuck out on her again didn't you?"
"I was practicing," Kagami explained.
Konata raised an eyebrow. "Without her?" She wagged a finger. "No. Bad Kagami," she scolded half-seriously. "You're fighting with her in the tournament later, remember?"
Kagami rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "Oh, shut it. If she wanted to train with me, she shouldn't have rolled over and covered her head with a blanket when I tried to wake her up earlier."
Konata grinned. "That sounds awfully cute," she commented. "Did you take a picture?"
Kagami shot the shorter girl a look of disgust. "Uh, no? Honestly, Konata, you need to stop it with all the weirdness. It really creeps me out and I think it creeps everyone else out as well."
To that, Konata merely laughed. "Yeah, not gonna happen."
Kagami breathed a tired sigh. It was not the first time she and her partner had that conversation, nor did she feel like it would be the last.
"What are you doing here, Konata?" Kagami asked as she walked to the nearest ladder out of the canal.
Konata followed her, walking backwards with her hands behind her head. "No reason in particular. I woke up, saw you weren't in the dorms, and came looking for you." She smirked. "You were in the first place I checked."
"Oh really...?" Kagami nodded slowly not really buying it. She put a hand on Konata's shoulder and pushed the girl aside. "You're in the way," she said. They had reached the ladder.
A Kagami began climbing the rungs, Konata spoke, sounding surprisingly sober. "I'm guessing the pressure's getting to you? After all, if you win the doubles' round, you're our pick for the singles' round."
Only when Kagami reached the top did she reply. "It's just a tournament, Konata. I've won them before. The Vytal Festival is no different." With that, she stalked away, probably returning to the Haven dormitories.
Konata watched as the head with twin-tails slowly walked out of her vision. She stood there for a moment, looking up at the street, as if waiting for Kagami to return. When it was clear she was gone, Konata let out a chuckle. "Still can't be honest with your feelings, eh?" With a shake of the head, she sighed. "A tsundere, through and through..."
She took a few steps backwards before breaking into a run. She jumped at the wall and ran up it, easily scaling her way back to street level. After which, she bounded after Kagami, leaving a trail of dust in her wake.
LUCKY STAR
I was drawing up a couple of character designs for a the characters in Lucky Star in which they had RWBY-esque weapons.
Konata had shotgun-greaves and shock-gauntlets with a speed semblance. I'd liken her move set to Sonic the Hedgehog from the Smash Bros games.
Kagami had a fire-katana and dressed like Rin Tohsaka from Fate but with leather armor. Tsukasa had a ice-naginata (a glaive basically) and wore a similar dress to Kagami but a one-piece dress instead. I was basing the two of them somewhat on those two characters from Kantai Collection - I don't quite know their names.
Miyuki was going to be a sort of ninja who wore clothes kinda like Sakura from Naruto but would use all kinds of bombs. She would lurk in the shadows and plant traps everywhere.
Welp, that was that. I hope you enjoyed it.