DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LUKCY STAR T^T!
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"W-wait Konata!" Takeru/Kagami called to her blue-haired friend.
Konata turned around, her hair swishing behind her, she was still holding Kagami/Francheska's hand. "Yeah?"
Takeru/Kagami cleared his/her throat. "Well, we haven't had breakfast yet…"
"But Franchis told me you guys ate some ice cream…" Konata reminded him/her.
Ice cream? We didn't…But that was Francheska's lie… Kagami thought glaring at Kagami/Francheska who was giving her a 'sorry' kind of look. "Well, Konata, but wasn't the reason for your coming here in the first place, to have breakfast with us? Not only that, I suppose one couldn't actually call ice cream breakfast, isn't that right?"
Konata felt an imaginary arrow pierce right through her. She sat back down along with Kagami/Francheska. "All right…"
"So, Kagami-chyan what do you want to order?" Konata said lovingly to Kagami/Francheska who was sitting right next to her, looking over the menu.
"Well," she started, pointing at a waffle picture on the menu. "I guess I want to try out the waffles, but instead of strawberries, I want there to be cherries on top."
"Alrighty then!" Konata cheered, grabbing her own menu. "As for me, I want dessert for breakfast! So I'll just get the molten chocolate cake!"
Konata was about to call over the waitress until-
"Hey you forgot about me!" Takeru/Kagami exclaimed, making his/her presence noted.
"Oh yeah…" Konata examined him up and down and said, "Sorry, so what did you want Takeru-Kyun?"
After finishing with the ordering part, they just had to wait for a while until their meals got there.
When it arrived, they started eating. Takeru/Kagami tried to eat in the most manlier way possible, if there was such thing as eating in a manly way. He wondered if he should use a fork and a knife, that would be gentlemanly, but sort of gay, right? Who was she to judge? Fork and knife it was...
Konata just stared at Kagami/Francheska as she ate, not even looking at her own "meal" or dessert or whatever you'd call it. Then she was suddenly hit by an idea. Kagami/Francheska was about to eat one of her cherries until Konata suddenly snatched it out of her hand and said, "Well Kagami-chyan if you want to eat this so badly then open your mouth and say 'ahh' "Konata said lovingly.
"Uh…I uh…Well, I guess I'll--" Kagami/Francheska was starting to agree to it, until she felt a sudden chill go up and down her spine…She turned around to find Takeru/Kagami giving her a warning glare as in 'You do it, I'm giving you hell at home,' or at least fight it. So Francheska obeyed.
"D-don't be stupid Konata-chyan!" The chyan had ruined everything…and she was doing so well too…
"Hmm…Kagami you know you want to~ it's a cherry after all, so juicy and so….cherry-like?" Konata said a bit unsure as to how to describe a cherry, but still tried to sound very convincing.
"A-Alright." Kagami/Francheska agreed. 'Ahh…"
Konata put the cherry in her mouth, while Takeru/Kagami stared in horror at the scene. She didn't know how to feel. She felt bit angry about Konata feeding someone else, not that she should be bothered by it, Konata should do what she wants, but there was also the fact that the person that Konata fed the cherry TO, happened to be 'Kagami' in way, so that had just totally killed her pride. Not to mention stupid Francheska had done exactly what Konata had ordered her to do! Something Kagami would have never done!
Takeru/Kagami couldn't take this anymore, he/she finished eating as fast as he/she could and also rushed the others. He finally called the waitress over for the check.
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They finally left the restaurant, starting to walk around aimlessly, looking at random stores for stuff they might like, kind of like window shopping.
"Ahh~ I had a good time!" Konata commented, folding her arms behind her head. "Did you Kagami-chyan?"
"I-I suppose I did…" Kagami/Francheska said with a smile. Konata, for some reason, wasn't very pleased at seeing Kagami act all nice and humble for once. She wanted her to make an irky comment, or snap at her with the usual harsh, yet sweet, remarks she made. Now she was really getting suspicious, also because of the fact that her friend's behaviour was being influenced by this "childhood friend" of her, Takeru Shiruichi.
Takeru/Kagami noticed Konata staring at him/her. "W-what is it Konata?" he/she asked nervously.
"Oh, no, nothing really," Konata cut off eye contact with Takeru/Kagami. "I was just wondering how you two met, and how you became friends, that's all."
Crap! I knew this moment would arrive soon enough, but I just never thought it would be THIS soon…Takeru/Kagami thought. Better think of something fast, I just hope Francheska goes along with me in the story.
"W-well," Takeru/Kagami started. "I was about 5 when we met; Kagami-Chan was also 5. Anyhow, I was at the train station seeing my mother off as she was traveling to some faraway place because she had just divorced my father, I really wanted to cry, but as a gir--ack--guy, I knew I shouldn't."
Kagami/Francheska quickly picked up where he left off. "I, too, happened to be at the train station, PURE COINCIDENCE, seeing Tsukasa off. She didn't do very well on a test so she had to be taken a special program to catch up and for some tutoring. I was very sad…it's kind of hard to admit, but I cried, it was my first time being separated from Tsukasa."
Takeru/Kagami, on the other hand, was touched, even if what Francheska had said was a total lie, because Tsukasa was never taken away to some special program(honestly, it made her sound retarded) it was still a very realistic and believable made-up story, specially with all the feeling Francheska had put into her words. She couldn't really act like Kagami well…but she sure knew how to lie. Totally expected.
"Well," Takeru/Kagami continued. "I just saw her going after the train that her sister was on, I stopped her because it was dangerous, she stared at me with those teary eyes, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl. I comforted her as she cried in my arms calling out for her sister; and so we became friends." But this story makes Kagami, me, sound like such a crybaby!
"Yeah," Kagami/Francheska nodded. "I started hanging out with him all the time after Tsukasa left, and when she came back I introduced her to him. But, unfortunately, his father couldn't help but feel alone without his wife, so he decided to go to the town her wife was living in to get back together with her again, and so Takeru-kun had to leave…" Kagami/Francheska ended that sentence with such emotion you would totally fall for the story.
"Oh I see." Konata said, distracted, she seemed to be lost in thought. "So that's how you two met then? Sounds like something from a manga, all dramatic and stuff. I was expecting something like meeting on the rooftop of a school, and Takeru-kyun accidentally saw Kagami's panties and she kicked him hard and then they somehow ended up being friends…"
Her idea of a romantic meeting is very sick, Kagami thought, perturbed.
"So now that you're back together, are you guys planning to heat things up?" Konata queried.
Takeru/Kagami was the first one to answer to that. "OF COURSE NOT!" He/She then realized what tone he/she had used and immediately went back to the sweet guy tone. "I, uh, what I meant by that was that, I'm interested in someone else."
"Oh ho~" Konata grinned a little but then turned her face a little more serious. "So Takeru-Kyun has also got a tsundere side, too bad you're not into Kagami-chyan, you would have fitted so well together," Konata stated bluntly, her face seeming rather impassive.
"Y-yeah…" Takeru/Kagami agreed, just to please Konata. She wasn't very happy about her comment, though.
They entered a store that caught their interest, or at least the little blue-haired otaku's interest--a manga store.
Konata rummaged around the halls, looking for interesting mangas that would be entertaining for her to read. Leaving Takeru/Kagami and Kagami/Francheska all by themselves waiting on a corner not too far from the register.
"You know," Takeru/Kagami started, sounding a bit annoyed. "You really suck at impersonating me. What was up with the whole cherry deal!?"
"You know," she replied, ready for a comeback and sounding as annoyed. "You should really be thanking me instead of getting mad, you're lucky I even stayed out here to help you out!"
"Yeah, but if I had known this was going to happen, I think it would have been better if Takeru and Francheska stayed behind." Takeru/Kagami just kept on scolding Kagami/Francheska.
They kept on arguing until they saw Konata heading to the register with that lazy look on her face, and carrying a new manga to it. When she was about to pay, she turned out to be 2 yen short. She apologized to the register guy, who had a waterfall of tears after letting "Legendary Girl A" slip away.
"Yo-you're done, Konata?" Kagami/Francheska asked; Takeru/Kagami had told her not to call her Konata-chyan... or else.
"Yeah…" Konata replied, kind of down. "I was 2 yen short…I guess I shouldn't have bought that cute little keychain at that store."
They were laughing at Konata's miscalculation and misuse of her money. Then something that made Kagami/Francheska and Takeru/Kagami's jaw drop, appeared. They were Tsukasa and Miyuki.
Tsukasa looked over at where Kagami/Francheska, Takeru/Kagami, and Konata were. "Ah! Onee-Chan!"
She walked over to where her sister was at a much quicker pace, leaving poor Miyuki behind, who desperately tried to catch up.
"Ah! Tsukasa! What are you doing at a manga store?" Konata asked the younger twin, who was now standing in front of them.
"…A-a manga store? I-I thought I had entered some kind of gift shop, because there was a picture of a bear in a cape right outside the entrance!" Tsukasa told a dumbfounded Konata.
"T-typical…" Takeru/Kagami said under his/her breath.
"Huh?" Tsukasa looked past Konata to get a better look at Takeru. "Onee-chan, Kona-chan, who's that?"
"Ah!" Kagami/Francheska started. "T-this is Takeru-kun, Tsukasa!"
"Oh, are you my sister's luvmate!?" Tsukasa questioned, alarmed.
"No, no, never!" Takeru/Kagami replied. "I'm your childhood friend."
"Our...childhood friend?" Tsukasa repeated.
"Yes…Our childhood friend…" Kagami/Francheska said through gritted teeth.
Tsukasa looked at Takeru/Kagami intently, trying extremely hard to remember him, but just right then she started getting teary and turning to Kagami/Francheska and said in between sobs, "O-onee-chan, I can't seem to remember our childhood friend!"
Tsukasa then turned to Takeru/Kagami and bowed before him countless times to express how sorry she was for forgetting him.
"You see Tsukasa-Chan," Takeru/Kagami started as calmly as possible, and tried to make it understandable to Tsukasa. "We met when you were 5 years old, and went to a special school, but I had to leave a few days after meeting you, which may be why you don't exactly remember me."
"…Special school?" Tsukasa's features expressed puzzlement. Miyuki had finally caught up to the rest of them.
"That's right Tsukasa!" Kagami/Francheska went along with what Takeru/Kagami had said. "You may not remember, but you were sent to a special school because of your poor performance at school, and while you were there, you got better."
"I-I-I was?" Tsukasa was taken by surprise; she didn't remember ever being sent away.
0.0......? -- - Tsukasa right about now.
"AH!" Tsukasa seemed to have been suddenly hit by realisation. "I remember now! Takeru-kun and I used to be good friends along with Nee-Chan! We played in the park a lot of times too! Good Times~"
Is my sister really that mentally deficient? Takeru/Kagami thought, crying a waterfall of tears on the inside. Maybe I did wrong by taking all the brains while developing in our mother's tummy, I seem to have left none for her.
"Th-that's right Tsukasa!" Kagami/Francheska said cheerfully, but taken aback by what Tsukasa had said before, as well. "So why don't you two reacquaint? After all, you haven't seen each other for years, right?"
"R-right!" Both Tsukasa and Miyuki went over to Takeru/Kagami to familiarize and introduce themselves to him/her. Leaving Kagami/Francheska and Konata alone watching as they started to make conversation.
"Sigh…So Tsukasa really is that forgetful!" Konata said with a lazy look on her face and stretching her arms out because of the tiresome morning she had had.
"Yeah, I sometimes wonder how we ended up being twins." Kagami/Francheska sighed, playing the Kagami role quite well at the moment.
"N-nee-chan, we're ready to go!" Tsukasa informed Kagami/Francheska. "Also, what happened to Francheska-Chan?"
Kagami/Francheska gulped. "Er- She had to do some errands. We'll see her at school soon enough."
"Yeah, you're right." Tsukasa gave in, nodded, and continued, "So where are we going next?"
"Well, where were you guys heading to before meeting us?" Takeru/Kagami questioned.
"Well, we were heading for this new American Store that had just opened up, um…Build-A-Bear-Workshop, I believe…" Miyuki informed the others in her usual moe way.
"Well then, guys, why don't we go there next?" Takeru/Kagami suggested.
"SURE!" Everyone agreed.
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"…"
They were now at Build-a-Bear-Workshop. Everything was so colorful and full of accessories that were totally cute, they came in various models. Takeru/Kagami was totally absorbed in it, he/she wanted to take a look around immediately, but as a boy, he wasn't supposed to be into that stuff. Sigh…How do boys resist all this overwhelming cuteness? she thought, exasperated.
"Alright then! We'll split and take a look around!" Konata exclaimed, turning around and heading for an aisle filled with plush bunnies, but before fully entering the aisle, she stopped, her back still turned, and said, "We'll meet back here in about 20 minutes, okay? Bye!"
And with that, she ran off, and so did everybody else. Takeru/Kagami went and took the aisle with the fox plushies. Tsukasa and Miyuki took off together to look at the key chains close by the register. Kagami/Francheska solely took off to have a look around and try to figure out why this place was so intriguing to humans.
Takeru/Kagami found this little plushie fox, she thought it was cute; suddenly, Konata came to her mind. "W-why am I thinking of her now?!" he/she mumbled, sounding a bit annoyed.
He/She kept on going up and down the aisles, until he/she found the bunny section. There she saw Konata, who was very amused with playing with one little bunny's ears. Takeru/Kagami sighed as in feeling hopeless for Konata, and then approached her, "What are you doing to that poor little rabbit's ears? You know, if you break it, I'm not paying for it."
Konata stopped playing with the bunny ears and turned her head to face Takeru/Kagami. "So, you care about the little bunny?"
Takeru/Kagami was taken by surprise, that was totally random. "Well…yeah, I guess, in a way."
"Hmm…" Konata grinned. "What do you think of the fox?"
"It's cute," Takeru/Kagami replied with no hesitation.
"Do you think a dog and a sheep would get along together?" Konata continued with her weird questions.
"Well, if the dog was trained to protect the sheep, I guess they would get along," Takeru/Kagami replied a bit unsure.
"What about the bunny and the fox?" Konata asked, turning her sight back to the bunny she was holding.
Takeru/Kagami was kind of stuck on that one. "Well…a fox is mischievous, and a bunny's nature would be to remain calm until someone or something around its surroundings attempted a move. In this case, if the fox tried getting too close to the bunny, the bunny would just flee, bailing to some other place to avoid seeing the fox and not be bothered. So my answer would be, maybe not."
"Well, you know," Konata started. "Foxes, being as tricky and sneaky as they are, would be able to follow after the bunny without being noticed, so it could always remain by its side even if it never realises it."
And with that, Konata left the aisle with the plush bunny in her hands, and went over to the register. Takeru/Kagami had no idea what the animal conversation they had just had had anything to do with what they were doing. Tsukasa and Miyuki were STILL looking at key chains, deciding in between two of them. Kagami/Francheska was there, in time, waiting for the others.
"Hey! Over here!" Kagami/Francheska called to the others.
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"So Kona-Chan, what did you buy?" Tsukasa asked, curious as to what was in Konata's bag.
"Ah~ it's a present for everybody, I just got paid about two days ago at the Coplay café."
"My, that's really kind of you Izumi-San." Miyuki said, kind of touched.
"Look more like suspicious goods to me," Kagami/Francheska said, receiving a thumbs up from Takeru/Kagami.
That's something I would totally say! Takeru/Kagami thought.
"Yup!" She took out some of the stuff, which was covered with lots of paper, enough to cover up what the presents were. She started passing them out one by one. "Just promise to see what it is when you get home, Okay?"
"All right!" Everyone cheered, and then smiled at each other.
Everyone parted and walked their own ways. Miyuki had offered Konata a ride home, so now there was only Tsukasa, Kagami/Francheska, and Takeru/Kagami left.
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Kagami/Francheska had already obtained the gender bending sleeping pills while she was separated from the others at build-a-bear-workshop.
"Tsukasa, hey, do you want to accompany me to the little girls' room?" Kagami/Francheska asked Tsukasa. While Tsukasa was thinking, Kagami/Francheska secretly gave the pills to Takeru/Kagami.
"Alright Onee-chan!" She agreed, and so they headed for the restroom while Takeru/Kagami sat at some nearby bench(luckily there was no one there to see her transformation),took the pills, lay asleep, and woke up one minute later as the one and only KAGAMI!
Meanwhile, Francheska lost Tsukasa on purpose and then shape-shifted into Takeru. He/She went back to Kagami and told her to look for her sister.
"Ugh! You're such a pain!"
And with that, she left to look for Tsukasa. She found her apparently bowing apologetically to some guys because she had entered the boys' restroom by accident.
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Meanwhile, at the Takara household. Miyuki had just arrived, and she opened her present, as Konata had instructed.
"Oh, my..." Miyuki just stood there, with a little smile. "A sheep."
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"Tsukasa, what did Konata give you?" Kagami asked, now at home in her pajamas, in her sister's room.
"Ah…hmm…" Tsukasa started to look for her plushie toy. "Here it is! It's a- dog?"
"Hmm…typical Konata,"Kagami said to herself, and then to her sister, "But it's cute."
"What did you get Onee-chan?" It was now Tsukasa's turn to ask.
Kagami took out what she got and showed Tsukasa.
"Ooh…" Tsukasa said in awe. "It definitely resembles you a little Onee-chan."
"IT DOES NOT!"
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Kagami went back to her room after saying good night to Tsukasa, and lied down on her bed as she sighed.
"What did you get?" Francheska appeared suddenly, floating somewhere around Kagami's desk.
"You go first," Kagami said, still lying down on the bed.
"I got a rat…" Francheska said with a frown. "What's that little midget trying to tell me!?"
"Takeru?" Francheska asked, still frowning.
"Oh here," Kagami gave takeru's "present" to Francheska. It was a note.
The note read as follows:
He he! sorry, Takeru-kyun! I seem to have run out of money!
but you know I still love ya!
I.O.U ( 'til next time!)
=3 konata~
"Konata can really be heartless sometimes..." Francheska pitied Takeru.
Francheska now turned to Kagami, expecting her to now tell her what SHE got.
Kagami, taking out her plushie, informed. "Bunny."
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Aww... This used to be two chapters(it was part one and part two) but I changed it and now they're a whole =3