Unlucky Star
A fan-made story based on the anime series Lucky Star
Note: I do not own Lucky Star, nor its characters or settings. This story is entirely fan-made.
Kurokona's Anguish
Prologue
If you ask a child who was born blind if he is sad being blind, he will answer "No." Why is this?
It's simple, really. It's because he has never experienced sight; therefore, he does not long for it. He doesn't know what he's missing, so he doesn't desire it.
Now, if you ask me if I'm lonely, I will answer "Yes." Do you know why that is?
It's because I used to have friends, too. I used to be considered "normal." But that was before I became an otaku. An antisocial otaku who had no ambitions, no dreams, and no friends. At least, none here.
But that was before I met Kagami.
Truth be told, I didn't even meet her. My other self, Konata Izumi, was the one who found her. Or did she make her…? I don't know. All I know is that it started with a dream, on a night just like any other grey night in this grey life of mine. Only this dream was far from grey.
In this dream, I was a completely different person living a completely different life. To be more accurate, I was living in an otaku's heaven. I had anime, manga, and games, yes. But I also had friends. And even though they were normal, I could geek out in front of them as much as I wanted to. They would just laugh and say, "That's my Konata. My Konata Izumi."
I would always blow off homework, yet would pull all nighters cramming before tests, and I would always pass my classes that way. I didn't even deserve to be in the same grade as Miyuki, with her encyclopedic knowledge of everything from illness to astronomy. But I still managed to keep up. Tsukasa tried her best, but she never had much luck with grades. It was a miracle that she never got held back. And Kagami, always putting work before play, breezed through classes easily. I would always make fun of her for it, but she didn't mind. An otaku's dream…
But that was before my alarm clock shouted at me, "Time's up! It's time to get back to reality, whether you like it or not!"
And just like that, I was pulled from Heaven to Hell in the blink of an eye. No longer was I bright, happy, cheerful Konata Izumi.
Instead, I was now bland, dull, lifeless Kurokona Izumi.