Authors Notes: Okay I was expecting it; I got some hate for my prior announcement, but it's alright since I was expecting it. I am happy to know that most of you are fine with me giving the story a good end and letting it be put to rest, I have a lot of little ideas floating around in my head for several fandoms; however, I have put most of them off so I can stay focused on this story and give you the best end I can! I hope you continue to read and review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Lucky Star or any merchandise related to it. However, I do own this story yay for me! Clap, Clap, Clap!
"That is so funny! I can't believe Tsukasa would do something like that." Inori laughed quietly as Kagami retold the story of Tsukasa coming home last night drunk.
"So needless to say she won't be up for another hour or so, hopefully she won't have a real bad hangover…" Kagami sighed, despite the smile that was twitching at her lips.
"So what about Miss Izumi, is she up yet?" Inori asked with a giggle as Kagami cringed at the use of the word Miss because that meant Konata wasn't just Kagami's. It meant that anyone could steal her little love ball away and she didn't like that thought.
"She's still asleep; yeah I had to carry her to the bedroom this morning because she fell asleep on my lap last night." Kagami conveniently left out the part about her falling asleep there as well.
"Aw that is so cute; I heard from Matsuri who was told by Nanako about what happened… So I'm happy to hear it is all fixed between you two." Inori said with a sweet and caring smile that made Kagami blush slightly.
"I know you didn't come just to see me and Tsukasa, so what's up?" Kagami asked, deciding to get down to business to save having to explain her actions yet again.
"Thanks for making me sound like a bad person." The eldest Hiiragi daughter laughed as she sat down her tea cup and looked at Kagami with a serious expression. "Grandfather found out about you and Konata… He is calling a temple meeting…" Inori stated slowly, a quiver of fear in her voice.
"What is a temple meeting Kagamin~?" Both Hiiragi's heads snapped in the direction of the voice and found Konata standing there in the hallway half asleep and still wrapped up in her fuzzy blanket.
"Come here silly head." Kagami beckoned and after some slow padded shuffling, Konata laid down on the couch with her head in Kagami's lap. "A temple meeting is where they gather the entire family to discuss important matters, like finances or marriage." Kagami said sweetly as she started to play with Konata's hair absent mindedly.
"This time though it's to discuss your fates, Grandfather wants to break you two up." Inori stated slowly and felt like it would have been better to send Matsuri after all once she saw the look in Konata's eyes.
"Well good for him; I will not be attending, because I don't give a damn about what he has to say." Kagami stated with a sweet little smile, but both Konata and Inori could feel the icy tone chill their bones.
"Kagami, Grandfather is the one who provides for everyone in the Hiiragi family! You can't just disobey him, there are severe repercussions." Inori stated frantically, it was her job to bring them to the temple and if she failed… She didn't want to think about the repercussions that could come from that...
"I can support Kagami." Konata stated simply as she snuggled deeper into her lover's legs. Kagami just gave a smug grin and shrugged, Inori could see now that no matter what her Grandfather said, Konata and Kagami were not going to be separated.
"Why don't you come home and see Mom at least? You can decide whether to go or not once you're there." Inori knew she had them hooked once she saw Konata's face light up at the mention of the word mom.
"I guess it couldn't hurt to go see Mom and Dad." Kagami said with a smile. She had caught the look in Konata's eyes as well.
"Yay I get to see Mom again!" Konata cheered as she jumped from the couch and rushed to her room for one reason or another, mostly likely to get dressed.
"We will wait for Tsukasa to get up and then we'll go; I brought the van." Inori smiled and Kagami just nodded. About an hour later is when the younger twin finally decided to get up, the look on her face when she came out and saw Inori was priceless.
"What are you doing here Onee-sama?" Tsukasa asked in surprise; happy at first, but soon felt a wave of embarrassment flood over her due to her eldest sister's smirk.
"You have become such a naughty girl since you moved out!" Inori teased, setting the younger twin's face on fire.
"I didn't mean to! The drink was so fruity and I couldn't help but take another sip... Then another drink..." Tsukasa shuffled her feet in embarrassment as her two sisters simply laughed at her innocence. "So why are you here?" Tsukasa asked with a pout, now all business since she had been teased.
Inori and Kagami quickly explained the situation to her and, as one could have guessed, Tsukasa's reaction was one of fear and sadness. After going off on a rant about how her sister's denial of breaking up with Konata could get her disowned and how Tsukasa would get disowned with her if that happened the short haired girl calmed down enough to let the others talk.
"Thanks for the sentiment Tsukasa, but you won't need to do that. Besides I doubt Dad would let them disown us anyway." Kagami said with confidence, something Inori didn't have.
"Well let's get Konata and go so we can get it over with." The indigo haired girl said with a small huff as she stood and started to usher her siblings out the door along with the newly dressed Konata.
"I feel like we're forgetting something…" Kagami mumbled absently as they exited the front door. Misao shifted in her sleep, looking up slightly before drifting back off.
"Just so you guys know Aunt Mikan is going to be there waiting for us." Inori said with a small nervous smile, both the twins shuddered and Konata wondered what was so unnerving about this women; her question was answered when they pulled into the driveway.
An older looking woman was standing there with her arms crossed, her hair was dyed a fiery orange, and she had way too much makeup on for her own good. She didn't smile even when the three Hiiragi sisters got out of the car, in fact her scowl only worsened when she caught sight of Konata.
"Well come give your Aunt a hug!" The old hag, as Konata now called her, said in a commanding tone as she opened her arms in what they all guessed to be a loving expression.
After giving each of them a hug and a kiss, except for Konata, and talking to them a brief minute about school, Mikan went up the old stone path to the temple where the rest of the family was waiting. Despite being one of the meanest women Konata had ever seen, she had to admit she was better than the rest of the Hiiragi family that didn't even come down to see the twins arrival.
"My babies are home!" Miki shouted as she burst from the front door and snatched Kagami and Tsukasa up into a huge bear hug. Konata just watched the scene with a smile on her face; she always found mother/daughter moments touching since she never had many as a child.
"You should have seen her; she was clawing at the door and whimpering like a caged dog as she waited for Mikan to finally leave." Tadao said with a chuckle as he walked up behind Konata and gave her a little shove in the direction of his wife and daughters.
Miki pounced on the smaller girl and caught her in the hug as well; Kagami had managed to slip away at that moment and was now giving a hug to her dad and other sister.
"Mom you're crushing me…" Konata gasped out, but she felt nothing other than happiness as her life was crushed away by her surrogate mother.
Kagami, Matsuri, and Inori finally got Miki to calm down enough to let the poor girls go, both Konata and Tsukasa were panting heavily from the death hug they just barely survived from. After the hugs were out of the way, the whole family decided to catch up a little before going up to the temple, one thing led to another and eventually Konata and Tsukasa were getting the brunt of the conversation.
From Tsukasa getting drunk to Konata's sleep talking habits; both girls in question were blushing quite deeply from all the teasing.
"If you ever want a drinking buddy just lemmie know kiddo, I'll teach ya' how to hold your weight." Matsuri bragged as she looped her arm around the flustered twin.
"As much fun as it is to just catch up and talk like this, I don't want to keep father waiting any longer than he already has." Tadao said suddenly as he looked up at the temple with a blank expression, Kagami couldn't decide if her father was nervous or just steeling his nerves to face his old man.
"Well then I guess we should get dressed then." Kagami said with a stifled sigh as she and the other four Hiiragi women started to walk back into the house to get ready.
"Um get dressed?" Konata questioned, getting even more confused at the look of dawning on all their faces.
"That's right we have Kona with us too…" Kagami said evilly as they all turned to face the tiny girl.
"We get to dress up Kona-chan…" Tsukasa said happily, a little too happily.
"Don't worry Konata it only hurts a little the first time…" Matsuri wiggled her fingers as she spoke.
"Just like a little doll…" Inori said with a little drool coming off the side of her lip.
Konata was freaking out as the four Hiiragi daughters started to walk towards her. "Everyone who goes into the temple must wear the traditional miko robes, don't worry Konata we will get you all dressed up and ready to go." Miki said in a sweet tone of voice as she pulled out a miko robe seemingly from thin air.
"I've always wanted to see you all dressed up in one of these..." All four girls said in eerie unison.
"Wait don't I get a say? Or at least…" But Konata never got to finish her sentence as she was 'helped' to change...
"Oh, stop pouting Kona you look adorable." Kagami said with a small laugh as she and the rest of her family walked up the old stone path to the temple. Konata was too small for the robes so they hung over her arms and legs quite a bit, giving her the look of someone who was much younger than her actual age.
Konata just looked away from the older twin and decided to take in the scenery around her. The trees had just started to bloom and with the sun at its current place in the sky it was a beautiful day, but she didn't get to admire nature for long since they were soon in the large building that sat in the center of the grounds.
"I feel so violated…" Konata sighed, it wasn't doing her any good to dwell on the fact that she just had five girls strip her and… No, no more dwelling on that; she needed to focus on something else, like the temple.
It was old and made of cypress trees, but the varnish on the wood made it look more like a mahogany than anything else. It was decorated with little trinkets and other temple-ish things that Konata knew nothing about.
They came to a door and upon entering one of the bigger chambers; Konata found that more people than she thought were seated there, at the head of the long table a little old man sat. He had to have been at least eighty years old and had a long white beard.
After Konata, Kagami, and her family took their spot, the elderly man spoke. "Tadao I gave you this temple and these grounds to keep and to manage; however, raising your child in such a way not only reflects badly on you, but the whole Hiiragi name." He spoke dryly as he glanced between Kagami and Konata.
"It is that Izumi Konata's fault; she has bewitched our poor innocent Kagami!" One of the aunts shouted as she pointed at the otaku. Now usually Konata would stand up for herself after being called out like that, but in this atmosphere of hate she felt so ashamed of her actions even though she hadn't done anything wrong. Konata felt her eyes growing heavy and she watched the whole world start to slowly spin around her...
"They are right… You stole their priestess away…"
"What do you have to say for yourself Tadao?" The old man asked as he clicked his tongue in a disapproving manner.
"I see no reason why we should have such an out casting of these girls for how they feel, it says nowhere in our beliefs that they can't love and cherish each other." Once Tadao said the word love, almost all of the adults groaned in disgust.
"Love is meant for a man and a woman, not two girls!" One of the men yelled as all of the adults started to bicker at once, they were saying different things, but one thing stayed the same between them and that was them blaming Konata for this whole ordeal.
"My head hurts, why am I getting so worked up over this?" Konata thought as she started to lose a grip on her reality.
"They hate you like everyone else..."
"Stop yelling at her, I don't care what any of you say I will love my Kona until the day I die!" Kagami shouted defiantly, standing up and looking her grandfather in the eyes with what could be interpreted as rage.
"Such rebellion, you see how this horrible existence has corrupted her?" Mikan yelled as she pointed directly at Konata.
"You see? You should just die and save them the trouble… Die… Die… DIE!"
And that was the last straw for Konata…
Konata felt sick to her stomach, her head hurt, and she felt cold all over despite being under something warm that she later realized was a blanket. She heard someone talking, but couldn't figure out who it was at first due to her foggy, half-awake mind.
"If she finds out she will blame herself again, like she did for my mistake at the party." That one had to be Kagami, but Konata wasn't sure, why would she be talking like that? What had happened?
"I know we need to keep it from her, but I am more afraid about what he'll do to..." Another voice spoke, but cut off suddenly... Did she know that she was listening and not asleep anymore?
"Trust me I'm worried too." Nope Kagami just cut her off before she could speak of the thing she feared, must be a shrine maiden thing.
"Well when she is up and feeling ready to come down stairs, we have cookies ready." Had to be Matsuri, the voice just had to be her's.
Konata had heard enough and she felt it was high time to get comforted by her lover. "Kagamin~ I'm cold, hug me?" Konata asked as she weakly held up her arms.
"I'm happy to see you're awake, how do you feel?" Kagami asked as she wrapped the blunette into a warm embrace.
"Like I got hit by a truck, but I'll live... Though only if I can get a kiss." Konata added cheekily, making Kagami smile.
"Well I wouldn't want you to die now would I?" Kagami whispered as she leaned down and gently placed her lips on Konata's, the smaller girl hummed in satisfaction before asking:
"Can we go get some cookies?"
While Kagami and Konata were enjoying each other upstairs, the others were all sitting around the living room waiting to hear the good news that Konata was awake and feeling fine.
"Where's the Chibi?" Misao asked as Matsuri walked down the stairs without the two love birds in tow.
"She's still asleep." Matsuri calmly answered, making Misao groan loudly at the absence of her partner in crime. Misao had woken up late that morning and once she found their note saying what was happening, she rallied Miyuki and Ayano together to go be support, but sadly once they reached the temple the commotion was already over.
"Have another cookie Misa-chan." Tsukasa offered and without any hesitation the brunette reached over and grabbed as stack of five cookies and proceeded to eat two at the same time.
"The younger girls couldn't make it due to tests and such." Miyuki informed since Misao was munching on cookies and Ayano was currently sipping on some tea.
"Yeah I promised to go hang out with them tomorrow since they have such a short school day." Konata's voice suddenly said, causing everyone to quickly look over at the stairs where Kagami now stood with a sleepy Konata in her arms.
"Chibi you live!" Misao cheered as she jumped from the couch and snatched the blunette from Kagami's arms and hugged her.
"I want to thank everyone for worrying about me so much, but..." Konata said nervously as she was slowly sat on the couch. "What happened exactly that made me pass out?" Konata asked quietly, making the whole room fall into a hush. Misao, Ayano, and Miyuki were also a tad curious as to what had happened.
"The stress of the situation and the harshness of their words got to you and you couldn't control your own emotions, you let out a horrible scream and then collapsed back onto the floor. After we made sure your pulse was normal, Kagami picked you up and carried you to her old bedroom." Tadao said in an emotionless voice and he summed things up rather well.
"I see... Well thank you Kagami for helping me." Konata said sheepishly.
"It wasn't a big deal Kona, I love you." Kagami said and openly kissed Konata on the forehead, an action that got a lot of awe's from the crowd, but Kagami didn't care since she planned to show her love for Konata a lot more openly from now on.
Talk picked up and before long the whole room was in one large group chat, talking about all sorts of things; Miki couldn't help but notice that Konata would eye the cookie plate hungrily every few minutes, but made no move to actually get one.
"When did you get so reserved Kona-chan? You can have as many as you want, I'm sure Tsukasa will make more if needed." The older women said with a smile, her happiness only increasing at the look of joy Konata got as she started to tear apart the pastries.
"Hey no fair Chibi I want some too!" Misao challenged and before long the two were in a heated contest to see who could eat more of the cookies.
Most of the people in the room were watching Konata and Misao duke it out in their little contest, but it was Matsuri who noticed the warm look of love that Ayano was giving the fanged girl. Matsuri just watched and she didn't see the orange haired girl waver once in her adoration of the spunky brunette, in fact Matsuri didn't see her eyes leave the other girl even once.
"Why don't you just ask her out?" Matsuri whispered in Ayano's ear, making the quiet girl squeak loudly and jump up out of her seat. The blush on Ayano's face was what really did it in for the slightly older girl and within seconds Matsuri was on the floor laughing.
"Hey don't pick on Aya-chi!" Misao shouted jumping up this time with half a cookie still in her mouth, this time it was her turn to blush and the fact that they were now standing face to face didn't help.
"I bet you're too chicken to ask her out Misao." Matsuri sneered as she regained control of her giggling.
"I... I don't know what you're talking about!" Misao said in defiance as she crossed her arms and tried to silently will the redness in her cheeks away.
"Like I said, you're too scared!" The older of the two brunettes said with a grin of triumph and it lit a fire in Misao's gut, no one got away with calling her a scaredy cat and no one could get her to back out of a challenge.
"You think I won't? Ayano would you like to go out on a date with me tomorrow?" Misao asked quickly and added a bow for good measure, although it was mainly to try and hide her cherry red carmine blush.
"Of course Misa, I'd love to go on a real life date with you." Ayano giggled at her crush's cuteness and stubborn attitude.
"Great!" And with that settled Misao went back to eating her cookies.
"I heard Mikeru rescheduled with Tsukasa for tomorrow as well, better hurry or you will lose her Miyuki." Kagami whispered as she walked past the moe goddess, making Miyuki blush a light pink and wonder how long the older twin has known...
They all decided to stay the night that night since it was getting pretty late anyways; Misao, Matsuri, and Konata insisted they all stay up and do girly party activities like doing hair and nails, as well as talk about romance. With Miki opting into staying with them, Tadao was stuck sleeping all alone for the night, wondering to himself why he never had a son.
Lucky Channel~
"I'm your navigator Akira Kogami!" Akira shouted cutely as she waved her arms widely.
"And I am the assistant Minoru Shiraishi, how do you do?" Minoru said politely with a small bow.
"That is all we get this chapter? Really? I hope the rest of the chapters don't suck like this one..." Akira drawled as she relaxed onto the table, completely dropping the cutesy act.
"I thought it was a rather nice chapter." Minoru defended and instantly regretted it.
"Who do you think you ARE?" Akira shouted at him before relaxing onto her elbow. "You sure are cocky to talk back to what I have to say..." The salmon haired girl just rolled her eyes angrily.
"I think that Flygon-sama is going to do a fine job with the rest of the story." Minoru said in my defense. (I knew I liked that guy!)
"Whatever... I don't care, just end it already..." Akira said sluggishly as she slumped over the table.
Ending Theme~
"Bye-nii" Akira said bluntly as the cameras started to shut off.
"Wait that's I..."
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