Hey everyone! Told you guys it wouldn't take long! I just want to say: twice in this chapter I suggest you listen to a song while reading; so you might want to open youtube prematurely… like right now! You won't have to mess around too much while reading! Alright then, enjoy!

Chapter 6: Going out in style

Going to town was quite a long trip. Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa were sitting on a bench in the train. There were only a few other people in the train; which was quite surprising, especially in a train going to town. "Why are we so few?" asked Tsukasa to her sibling. "Since many people aren't working, shouldn't it be crowded?

-Maybe a lot of people decided to go on a trip. It's a great time of year to go in South America." answered Kagami.

"Also," added Konata, "I believe there is an anime conference somewhere in Tokyo's countryside today.

-Really? Are you not going?" asked Kagami, surprised her friend hadn't mentioned this earlier.

"No, it's not big enough compared to those going on in Tokyo during the summer, so I'm saving my money for those!

-I was sure there was an explanation like this one…" sighed Kagami, discouraged. "Konata is always so organized and thoughtful when it comes to these things. If only she could do the same with school…"

After a few more minutes, the girls arrived at their stop. They disembarked and headed towards Konata's favorite manga shop; Gamers. Kagami was stunned in shock once again; just like she always is when she catches sight of such a huge shop. Konata led her friends in and directly headed upstairs to the third floor, where she knew she could find what she wanted.

Kagami was following when something caught her attention; it was the first season of an anime based on one of the few mangas she had really loved in her life. She picked it up, turned it around and checked the price; her jaw dropped in stupor. "20,000 yens! This is outrageous! What's so special about this DVD set?" She looked at the front of the product and noticed that it was a special edition product; it came with a very rare action figure.

"If you want it, you should buy it." suggested a passing employee. "This product is very rare and we don't have some often!"

Kagami really wanted to buy it and she didn't really care about the presence of a special action figure or not; she just wanted the DVDs. However, she didn't have 20,000 yens to spare, so she put it back where it was and kept looking around for a while.

Unbeknownst to the tsundere, Tsukasa was looking at her from the staircase. Once she started walking away, she dashed to the product, picked it up and ran back upstairs. She made sure her sister hadn't seen her and took the box to her otaku friend.

"Konata! Look! Do you know this?" asked Tsukasa.

"Oh! Yes I know this anime… And I know this limited edition action figure! Do you intend on buying this?" questioned Konata with a hungry look in her eyes.

"Kagami was looking at it a minute ago" said Tsukasa breathing heavily from running through the whole store. "I think she really seemed to want it; but I know she doesn't have enough money."

Konata thought about Tsukasa's discreet suggestion. "A present for my little tsundere? What would she think of it? I guess there is only one way to find out!" "I'll need your help Tsukasa…"

A few minutes later, Kagami was patiently waiting in the lobby for her friend and sister when the later appeared. "Hey Kagami! Did you see Konata? I think she just got out.

-What do you say? I've been standing here for the last five minutes, I would've seen her!

-But I assure you; she just slipped past you a few seconds ago!" The girls then went outside in search of the otaku, who proceeded to climb down the stairs and go buy Kagami's surprise.

"She isn't there at all!" declared Kagami after looking around with her twin for a few minutes. She suddenly felt a pinch on her arm; thinking it was a bug, she turned around and squealed, waving her arms in the air and pushing down Konata, who had been the source of it.

"Konata! Don't do that!" yelled the older Hiiragi sister angrily. Konata was lying on the ground. "God, does she have a problem with my back?" asked Konata to herself as she got up after getting her back hit on the ground by her friend for the second time that day.

"I'm sorry… are you okay?" asked Kagami as she helped her friend back on her feet. Konata made a forced grin; "Of course I am; the way you reacted to this pinch was priceless!" Seeing Konata had kept her sense of humor, Kagami figured she was okay.

"So? Did you find what you were looking for?" asked Tsukasa to make sure their little plan had worked flawlessly.

"As a matter of fact, I did! What now? Should we go eat, or should we hit the arcade first?

Tsukasa was about to answer when her sister interrupted her; "Eating is more important than playing; let's go to the restaurant and then we'll spend whatever's left of our money in the arcade." Everyone seemed to be happy with this planning and they decided to head to Tsukasa's favorite restaurant.

On their way to the restaurant; the girls are lost in their thoughts:

"This is starting to hurt quite badly." Konata was trying to rub her back discreetly. "Well at least she got tsuntsun again; she even helped me up this time! I wonder what will be her reaction when she sees what I bought her…"

"Konata is so immature; she always seems to do everything I tell her not to." Kagami was thinking back on Konata's behavior. "I bet we won't get through the lunch without her commenting on my weight. I hit her again; I sure hope it doesn't become a bad habit to do so…"

"It worked!" Tsukasa was happy she could help her otaku friend. "Good thing I called her before going out this morning; I never would've thought of that myself! I'll call her again soon…"

First writer's block… I spent two hours trying to find what they could talk about. Nothing came out of so much thinking except ideas for future chapters. So let's just skip right to the arcade. I'm the author, so I decide! "Summary: They ate sushi. It was great." By the way, who is "her"? You're wondering right? I'll tell you… later! If you're kind! (and if you leave a review! :P)

After eating, the three friends entered the adjacent arcade. "Time for a rematch!" yelled Kagami once she arrived in front of the D*nceD*nceR*volution dancing game. "Is this the game on which you wanted to beat your top score?" asked Tsukasa. "Yes it is! Konata? Could you hold this?" She took out a piece of paper on which were written dates and numbers; it was her score on the days she came here. "What's my high score?" Konata examined the note; the scores were unbelievably high! "About three million points" answered the otaku.

Sorry! Another interruption! If you want, go get a song sung by Miku Hatsune on youtube (a party song not a slow one) and play it in the background while you read these next paragraphs!

"Then let's get this party started!" Kagami took place on the dance floor; a few seconds later a song sung by none other than the android celebrity Miku Hatsune emerged from the loudspeakers. Then, she started dancing.

Kagami was jumping, twirling, twisting and throwing arms and legs in every direction on the board. In front of her, the score display screen kept moving up. "She is so gracious and charming! Best of all, she's dancing in a skirt; it's quite a show!" Kagami made a 360 degree spin. During the fraction of second during which her face could be seen by Konata, the latest noticed she was smiling. "I think I never saw her being happier in my entire life; and I've seen her eat cake!"

"She's good isn't she?" yelled Tsukasa so that her friend could hear her over the sound of the music. "She's incredible! Look at this score!" answered the otaku, stunned by the ever-growing 2 million points displayed over her friends head and ever-growing crowd of people admiring her friend's talent.

Kagami suddenly decided she wanted to impress her crowd; she jumped high in the air and performed a truly formidable move; she made a 720 degrees spin in the air before falling back on the dance floor and resuming her normal dance. A few seconds later, she did a back flip and landed back in a fabulous finishing pose with her two arms in the air.

Konata was staring at Kagami for a good minute while she was catching her breath. A little beeping sound got her out of her stupor; it was the score screen. "NEW HIGH SCORE! CONGRATULATIONS!" was written on the screen "More than five million points!" exclaimed Konata, definitely surprised by her friend's hidden talent. Kagami entered her name in the console before leaving. As they were walking away, Konata looked back at the console, which was showing off the highest scores; "HIIRAGI KAGAMI: 5 627 834 POINTS". "That's my Kagamin!"

The girls were back to their home now and were still discussing about Kagami's dancing. "Still, you could have told us!" concluded Konata. "Yeah! Even I wasn't aware!" added Tsukasa. "I'm sorry guys, but you need to understand. There are some things that I like to keep to myself" explained Kagami. "You shouldn't keep such a great talent to yourself!" finished Konata before the girls got all into their respective rooms.

Tsukasa turned the television on in the bedroom while Kagami just was just lying on her bed and looking at the ceiling.

(Play a sad song in the background if wanted)

She thought back on what Konata had just told her. "…shouldn't keep such a great talent to herself!…" "I've been used to being alone. My family is always away or busy with the temple. My older sisters are always working. Tsukasa is always with me; but sometimes she's just there physically." She remembered her last school year spent with her friends. "I wasn't in their class; once again. Condemned to see them only a few minutes after every class."

"Hey Kagami's in a different class again…" had said Konata, apparently sad for her friend.

"It's cool really! It's the way it's supposed to be…" had answered Kagami.

Due to her loneliness, she had grown used to do everything on her own and to keep everything to herself. She had learned to dance with that arcade game; it took her years to become has good as she was today. She had also learned to sing using computer software and video games. She had become talented in many things but all this time, all she ever wanted was to spend time with her friends and have fun.

A tear ran down her left cheek. She quickly rubbed it away so that Tsukasa wouldn't see it; but then more started coming down and soon enough, she couldn't control them anymore. She put her face on her pillow so that it would absorb all the tears. "In just a few days life will be back to normal. We'll all go to our respective schools, my parents and sisters will be back, but will never be present. And I; I will spend all my time studying hard those subjects at school; those of which don't interest me at all. I'll go out with my friends once every weekend until they get bored of it or my parents do; it's only a matter of time before I lose all contact with all my closest friends." She couldn't stop crying. She jumped out of the bed and busted out of the room; she ran to the washroom and closed and locked the door.

"Onee-chan?" asked Tsukasa as she knocked on the washroom's door. "Are you okay?"

"Ye-yeah, yeah I am… D.. don't worry about me…" answered a still sobbing Kagami.

Tsukasa looked down at the soaked pillow in her hands. "Well it certainly doesn't look like it…"

Alright there it is! Now we're getting in the heart of the matter! Next chapter: you'll love it! I'm not saying anything else. Please, post a review, tell me what you think, and tell me what song you chose to play in the background! Also, tell me if you like it; me telling you to play a song and all that. I kind of like the concept but if my readers don't then I guess I'll just stop. I find that playing a song makes the scene much more sentimental and touching! Anyway thanks for reading and stay tuned; next chapter in just a few days!