Author's Notes: Sup everyone! Before anything else I must make this clear...This is a KONATA X MISAO story! If you are a hardcore Konami fan and can't stand to see Konata with someone else DO NOT PASS GO, GO DIRECTLY TO "BACK" AND FORGET YOU SAW THIS FIC. Ok now, it's been almost a month since I finished my first fic, "An Angel and a Closed Heart". Since then I've been reading tons of other fics not just in the Lucky Star section but in several others also to get a look at the different styles of writing and formatting. If anyone read my previous fic, I know I mentioned I would do Konami but...obviously I lied XD. Hey if anyone has read the manga, you would know that "previews are usually full of baseless lies" so why can't the fanfiction be the same? Also I must add that the timeline is somewhat altered and I will be mixing a few things around, so don't try and use your original knowledge to compare the two. Well enough of the author rants! On with the show!
Disclaimer: I do not own Lucky Star or any of the characters in said series.
Otaku and the Dumb Character
Chapter 1 Introductions and Strange Feelings
It was a sunny day in the city of Kasukabe in the Saitama Prefecture. Here we start with the lives of four high school students. Konata Izumi, the shortest of the four, however with the longest hair of brilliant blue, was reaching down to her ankles. Tsukasa Hiiragi, with purple hair just reaching her shoulders, inching just a little bit higher in height over Konata. Kagami Hiiragi, while considered a twin to Tsukasa, is far from being "identical", and not to mention has longer purple hair styled in twin-tails reaching down to her waist. Then the tallest of the four, Miyuki Takara, who has pink hair reaching down to her waist, with glasses to complete her look.
"Ahhh, this sucks! Summer vacation is too short, I only managed to get through half of my backed-up manga and anime that I've been falling behind on," Konata lamented.
Kagami snorted. "I refuse to actually sympathize with someone who just copied my homework."
"Boooo Kagamin, you don't understand, a child's time is said to be the most important stage in life," Konata said in a dramatic tone.
"Hehehe is that so? That shouldn't be difficult for you then, since your appearance seems to not have changed after hitting age 11," Kagami replied mockingly.
"Geh! Kagamin has gone on the attack! As if one can hope to escape such a vicious, evil, cruel-hearted tsund-ACK," Konata tried to say before Kagami grabbed her in a headlock.
"You've got some nerve for a midget," Kagami said as a black aura seemed to engulf her entire being.
Tsukasa and Miyuki continued to observe this playful banter.
"Haha, it's like we are part of the background eh Yuki-chan," stated the younger twin.
The glasses-wearing girl chuckled lightly. "Even if they look like that, it only shows how strong a friendship they have formed."
Tsukasa continued to watch the bickering pair happily until a though hit her.
"Hey Onee-chan, didn't you say you were going to introduce us to your friends from your class?"
Kagami relinquished her hold on the bluenette and settled to just putting her hand on the smaller girl's head emphasizing her short stature.
"Ah, that's right, Misao and Ayano. It only just occurred to me a few days ago, that none of you have actually met yet. I'll bring them over for lunch, so expect us later."
Meanwhile, the short bluenette was struggling under Kagami's hold. "WAAAHH, let go Kagami-sama!"
Upon reaching the school, the three girls separated from the twin-tailed tsundere to go to their own class.
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Konata walked out on to the track for gym class with Miyuki and Tsukasa. The sun was beating down on them and Konata couldn't help but feel annoyed as she felt gym class was such a waste of time as anyone that was interested might as well join the track team. At least in the classroom I can sneak a few peeks at some manga.
"Ohh, doesn't there seem to be a lot of other girls out today on the track," Tsukasa said pointing to another group of girls.
"Those are the girl's track team, they are having an early practice today while sharing the track with the classes out here," Miyuki answered swiftly.
"Hm, something isn't right here. Miyuki-san, that isn't the usual encyclopedia information you just gave. How could you possibly know this information," asked Konata looking like someone pondering something.
Miyuki smiled pleasantly before responding, "Well the teacher did explain it to us as we walked out here, Izumi-san."
"Aha! As expected of Miyuki-san, nothing escapes her attention!" Konata exclaimed slapping Miyuki on the shoulders.
Tsukasa sweat-dropped while thinking to herself, actually Kona-chan, I get the feeling that it's only because we didn't pay attention ourselves. The three friends continued chattering as the P.E teacher continued calling each student to run their sprint, occasionally with a girl from the track team.
Morning practices! This isn't bad, but doing this after we just got up, it's a pain! Plus we have to share with this other class, isn't it obvious that it's a pain for everyone to fit onto this track.
These were the thoughts of a girl with short brown hair by the name of Misao Kusakabe. Misao observed the class that was taking turns doing a 100m sprint.
Ohh, that girl looks kind of like Hiiragi! Though she looks kind of spaced out. Come to think of it, didn't Hiiragi mention she had a younger twin? Wonder if that's… Misao's thoughts were interrupted by her captain who told her to take her turn at her timed sprint.
Ahh whatever, I'll find out at lunch once we go with Hiiragi to her "sister's" class. It sounds so good already, meatballs… Misao walked up to the line which to her surprise, she was joined by a rather short girl with long blue hair.
What the heck's with this squirt? Is she even in high school? Still, with that height, she probably won't keep up for very long. While this is somewhat simple-minded, it is a logical conclusion.
Waiting for the sound of the whistle, both girls readied themselves. Misao, who was starting to feel some adrenaline from the anticipation, couldn't help but wonder why this girl was so short. Oh well, it's too much to think about anyways. Then the whistle sounded.
The girls took off like bullets, almost kicking up dust behind them as they ran. In this sort of race, seconds can turn into small lapses of eternity. Misao knew that for whatever reason, she was running with all of her being. However, from the corner of her eyes, a short bluenette was moving further and further ahead in front of her.
N-No way, this girl…She's not just beating me by a little bit, she is increasing the distance between the both of us in such a short amount of time! Misao watched the smaller girl with fascination, who with shorter legs was definitely moving considerably faster than her. Then as if it had only been a matter of seconds (since technically it was) the "race" was over. Panting and completely out of breath, Misao had her hands on her knees trying to understand what just happened.
Ok, somehow Shorty over there, despite having shorter legs than me, completely creamed me in that race. Why isn't she in the track club? With that kind of speed, she could easily place first in a lot of the competitions. Misao looked over at the smaller girl beside her. She doesn't even look like she is out of breath. What is she?
Konata, walked back over to Miyuki and Tsukasa.
"Kona-chan, you're so fast! You even beat that girl from the track club," Tsukasa exclaimed.
Miyuki smiled at Konata before adding her bit in. "You did very well Izumi-san, why is it that you don't join a club? You are quite athletic after all."
Konata thought to herself in silence for a few seconds before answering.
"Well honestly, if I did join a club, it would interfere with all my prime-time anime. I don't want to miss it you know. Also, those clubs tend to overrun well into the afternoon, potentially making me miss out on a chance for a sale at the store for manga."
"Still Kona-chan, you looked so cool!" Tsukasa said admiringly.
"Nah, it isn't all that great, it's more of a set-back for me. Besides, if I had desire for such a setting, anime could give better results anyways," Konata responded.
Tsukasa and Miyuki both looked a bit lost for a few moments.
"Still, that girl you went against was pretty good also," Tsukasa pondered.
"Hehe, Tsukasa, I'm glad you brought that up but who would of thought I would get the chance to run against a classic fang-girl!" Konata's eyes were practically sparkling as she said that.
Tsukasa looked at Konata blankly before turning to Miyuki to ask, "Hey Yuki-chan, What's a 'fang-girl'?"
Miyuki appeared to be struggling for an answer.
"Fang-girl? Ummm, oh dear, in humans…It couldn't have something to do with the theory of evolution… No no that can't be right. Ahh I'm sorry Tsukasa-san, it appears I haven't studied enough," Miyuki said hanging her head in shame.
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As the day progressed, lunch had soon arrived and the various students were getting out their lunches while others made their way to the cafeteria.
"Hey Tsukasa, is Kagami still heading over with her friends," Konata asked.
"She didn't send me a message saying she wasn't," Tsukasa responded.
As if to answer her question, said person came walking in with two others trailing behind her. One was a blonde haired girl whose forehead was practically shining. Behind her was a brown-haired girl who looked an awful lot like…
"OHH, the fang-girl! Oho only Kagamin, the tsundere, would be traveling with another person only seen anime. As expected of such a high level," Konata said ecstatically.
Before Kagami could even respond, the short-haired girl by the name of Misao immediately recognized the short bluenette that destroyed her in the race earlier.
"It's you! The chibi with that ridiculous speed! Oi Hiiragi are these your other friends that you were telling us about," Misao asked pointing at the group.
Kagami, having got over her initial confusion, realized that somehow the two had already met.
"Oh, I didn't know you two already knew each other. Well the blue-haired midget over there is Konata Izumi; she's a slacker and the class otaku.
"-Hey!" said the otaku indignantly.
"This is my little sister, Tsukasa." Kagami pointed at Tsukasa ignoring the otaku.
Miyuki took the opportunity to introduce herself at this point.
"I'm Miyuki Takara, nice to meet you both," Miyuki said politely.
Kagami then introduced her two friends to the three.
"This is Misao Kusakabe and her guardian Ayano Minegishi," Kagami motioned at Misao and Ayano.
Ayano bowed her head to the four.
"It's a pleasure to meet you all," Ayano replied.
Misao however had her eyes set on Konata. Hmm, a friend of Hiiragi's eh. Well then...
"Sup Shorty! I hear you hang out from time to time with our Hiiragi," said Misao.
"Of course, any friend of our Kagami is a friend of mine," responded Konata as if trying to prove something.
The two continued to pretend to be pleasant while constantly trying to claim Kagami. Ayano and Kagami watched with amusement.
"Oi what are you two doing," Kagami said face-palming.
"Still though, Hiiragi-chan is quite popular," said Ayano pleasantly.
"Ehhhh? Those guys are under some delusions. Trying to claim ownership of me doesn't make me happy or anything," Kagami said red-faced.
Of course this action didn't go unnoticed by the two bickering over her.
"Awwww Kagamin, so cuuuute, you're such a tsundere," cooed the otaku who was playing with her hair.
The brunette followed suit and started grabbing the tsundere's twin-tails.
"Ehhh what was that Hiiragi? You're happy and you know it," said Misao mockingly.
Kagami at this point was getting annoyed twice as much since now it was both Konata and Misao mocking her.
"No, like I said, this doesn't make me happy damn it! Don't play with my hair both of you!" said an angry tsundere.
As lunch continued, the group continued to get to know each other while Kagami noticed Konata and Misao had gone off in their own little world.
"Those two are sure hitting it off pretty well aren't they," Kagami observed watching the two.
"Say Shorty, why aren't you part of the track and field club? I'm not especially fast but you beat me pretty badly this morning you know," said Misao.
"Ugh, I feel like I already said this earlier today. It's not very interesting to me. Besides, the track setting is best seen in anime after all!" Konata said as if making a declaration.
"Track setting? I don't really get what you're saying but ok. Hiiragi did mention that you're into all that otaku stuff. Hey, what would you classify us in if this were an anime," Misao asked curiously.
"Hmm, well… Minegishi-san is the thigh-gal or forehead type, Kagami is a tsundere, and Kusakabe is the boyish fang-girl…and the dumb type," Konata added grinning.
"Geh! Shorty is mean but…But the dumb girl is usually rather cute right," Misao stated in her defense.
Hehe, Misao, I didn't expect that kind of reaction. I kind of like that character also.
"No no, don't worry about it. Actually the dumb character has a certain charm to them anyways, Misa-kichi," Konata responded cheerfully.
"What! Also who is this 'Misa-kichi'!" Misao said in horror.
She does worry about a lot of unnecessary things. Her fang makes her kind of cute also. These were Konata's thoughts as she watched, amused at Misao trying to argue back. The other group watched the pair bickering back and forth also amused. After lunch ended the group from Class C began making their way back to class.
"We will see you after school, Onee-chan," said Tsukasa.
"Yea Kagamin, bring Misa-kichi along also with Minegishi-san," said Konata waving them off.
As Misao walked with Kagami and Ayano, she returned to her thoughts. Damn that chibi! Just saying whatever she wants. Really though, she should join some kind of club with her being athletic. Still, it was kind of fun hanging out with her during lunch.
"Kusakabe? Oii Kusakabe, this is Kagami speaking while you have that stupid look on your face," Kagami said trying to get her attention.
"Huh? Sorry about that Hiiragi," Misao said apologetically.
"Jeez, you don't even pay attention in class, try and shape up a bit when people are talking to you," Kagami said irritably.
"Now now, Hiiragi-chan, we can give her a break," Ayano said amused.
"Well that's true, anyways Kusakabe, do you and Minegishi-san want to walk with us after school," Kagami asked.
Hmm, that could be fun. The chibi did ask us to walk with them back at lunch. "Yea sure, I'm up for it. What about you Ayano," asked Misao.
Ayano nodded cheerfully. "Yes, it sounds fun."
Once the school day ended, Misao, Kagami, and Ayano were walking together to the front gates to meet up with Konata, Tsukasa, and Miyuki. Once everyone had met up, Misao immediately made her way over to the otaku. Misao and Konata were talking rather animatedly about video games while the rest of the group was talking about their future plans. Konata then brought out her DS and was showing a dating sim to Misao.
"This game is kind of weird, Shorty. Besides where's the fun in trying to charm these girls. I'd rather play a fighting game or something" stated Misao.
"Hehe Misa-Kichi, one simply plays these to broaden their horizons and learn the ways of a conquest!" Konata said excitedly.
Misao crossed her arms over her chest appearing to be deep in thought.
"Hmm, I don't really get it too much and it hurts my head. Plus what's up with that girl? You choose 'buy a lunch at the cafeteria' instead of 'accepting her offer to share' and she gets mad," Misao said confused. "Isn't it obvious you were planning to come back?"
"Hehe that's why Misa-Kichi is the "dumb" character," Konata teased.
"UWAA, you just think you can say whatever you want. You may have gotten away with it with Hiiragi but you won't get away from me!" Misao exclaimed and then attempted to jump on the smaller girl to give her a noogie.
"Ufufu Misa-Kichi, you want a repeat of what happened this morning," Konata said side-stepping Misao.
"Ha! You're on," yelled the brunette before chasing after the blue-haired girl.
Konata followed suit and took off like a bullet away from the brown-haired girl. Kagami who had been watching this whole action take place just face-palmed.
"Ugh those idiots, though I'm glad it isn't me Konata is taunting, they both just make me twice as tired now," Kagami muttered.
Some distance ahead from the main group, Misao was right on the heels of the otaku. Jeez this girl, how is she moving this fast. Then Misao had an idea.
"Oi Shorty! You dropped one of your manga on the ground!" Misao yelled out.
Konata slowed down to check her bag while saying, "Eh, really?"
Misao saw an opening and took it.
"HA! CHANCE!" Misao exclaimed practically pouncing on the bluenette.
Almost with too much force as the pair rolled on the ground a bit. Lying on the ground, Misao noticed something warm was pressed against her from under her body. Ow, maybe I overdid it a bit.
"Hey Shorty, are you ok…." Misao trailed off as she found herself staring right into the emeralds that were Konata's eyes.
Misao, felt her heart speed up rather rapidly as she couldn't tear her gaze away from otaku's face being inches away from it. C-Cute, she is very pretty up close. Wait what? Why would I think about another girl like that?
Konata herself was experiencing a similar dilemma. Why isn't she moving? Though her fang really gives her a cute image. I can't really look away either…
The two for a few seconds just kept staring directly at each other and for a split-second almost moved their faces closer before the sound of the group they left behind brought them back to their senses. Misao almost like a cat, jumped up off of Konata who also scrambled up hastily.
"S-Sorry, about that, I guess I overdid it," Misao said looking away who had a blush on her cheeks.
"No, it's fine, I got kind of caught up myself," Konata said trying to brush away the tense atmosphere.
Kagami called out to the pair, "Oi you idiots, wait for us."
Konata and Misao both walked over to the group and separated there. Konata began talking to Tsukasa while Misao talked to Ayano. The group then split off going their separate ways.
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Konata after getting home, had plopped down right in front of her computer and was starting her MMO to try and get her thoughts off of today's events. However even Konata couldn't help but replay the scene where they were both frozen by each other's gaze. I don't get it. What would have happened if Kagami and the others hadn't caught up to us?
The more Konata kept replaying it in her head, she could of sworn both her and Misao had actually moved closer to each other while they were both lying on the ground. I never really denied that I could be like that but still with Misa-kichi of all people? Maybe it's more correct to say I could be Bi since I still like how some guys look. I know I could definitely be good friends with Misa-kichi. She's pretty funny at times. I'm surprised this never really occurred to me with Kagami. I've known her longer after all haven't I? I just met Misa-kichi today and already these thoughts come up.
"AHHH, this is too much to think about, I'm gonna get killed in this dungeon if I don't start paying attention. Not to mention Teach will get pissed at me for letting her die in here," Konata said trying to shake off her distracting thoughts.
Maybe if I hang out with her more, to see if I really can like her in that way. That could work, it could be like a mock-date.
Interestingly enough, Misao was having similar trouble herself sorting out her thoughts as she played a fighting game. The scene starting to where she fell down on top of Konata to where they were staring directly into each other's eyes was locked in her mind.
Ugghh, this is really bothering me. Why did I suddenly get nervous when we were looking into each other's eyes. It's just Shorty I was looking at…. But she was pretty cute…ACK NO! Misao began shaking her head rather fast.
Why would I be interested in another girl. I've hung around Ayano all my life and never once had these thoughts. I still like looking at certain guys, so why is it so much like when I was laying on top of the chibi today? Misao began rubbing her temples in frustration.
"AHHH SUCH A PAIN! I usually just ask Ayano when I have a problem I can't figure out. But for some reason, I don't want to tell her this," Misao said in her frustration.
Ahh whatever, I'll think about it again if these feelings come back up when we all hang out again. She is pretty fun to be with after all. Maybe I'll ask her actually if she wants to just hang out one day.
Author's Notes: I know this pairing is rather strange buuut, I'm going to do it anyways, no matter how awkward it may seem! Also some may have noticed I made a few direct references to the manga, a cookie to you if you caught it! As for the rate at which I'll release these chapters, I will TRY to keep it at the latest a week. No promises but anyone that knows me, knows that I despise fics that don't get finished and will never ever leave something unfinished.