Author's note: Sorry, I know you guys are starting to hate my notes now, but this one might help explain some confusion you may or may not have with my story. I probably should have mentioned this at the beginning of the story, I'm trying to portray Japanese culture as accurately as possible, with a few deviations here and there. This means that I'm writing this story like they are really in a high school in Japan. For those who don't understand what I mean, the school year in Japan doesn't start in September like it does in America. There are 240 school days that are divided up into three terms, starting in April that is broken up by a month long summer vacation from about the end of July to the end of August, along with a winter break and a spring break. After spring break, there is about a two week break before the new school year starts. This story takes place during the main character's senior year of high school. The break they were on is known as "Golden Week" which if you should remember if watched the anime that lasts from April 29th to May 5th. Sorry if that was a bit much, let's get back to the story.

Chapter 17: Two for Two

"Don't hit any strange places!"

At this point, Konata could care less for the army commander told her to do. She had stocked up enough energy to unleash her final attack. All that needed to be done was the correct button combination to unlock her mecha's hidden power.

"Let's see : Up, up,down, down, left, right, circle, square, square!"

With the final button push, her mech unleashed its ultimate super energy photon cannon upon the unsuspecting A.I grunts. She smiled as she heard their digital voices scream in agony.

"THAT'S…IMPOSSIBLE! AAUGGHHH *death gurgle*"

After a few seconds, a mission clear screen appeared, giving Konata AAA rankings across the board for everything from accuracy to destructiveness.

"I'm glad they made that cheat more useful. The last time I used that combination all it did was give me character a tutu." She chuckled a bit, since the tutu was perfect for the character's cowardly nature.

*aru hareta hi no koto*

Konata paused her game to go pick up her phone. While she was upset that she would have to end the song, the person who was calling her brought her spirits up.

"He-llo Kagamin!" Konata answered in an upbeat tone.

"Hey you! Do you want to meet up for breakfast in a bit?"

"Yeah, destroying the Yuketobonion army has made me hungry."

She could hear Kagami groan over the phone. "I can only assume you were just playing one of your mech games."

"You're getting better at guessing, Kagami. The fact you could tell what genre I was talking about is impressive to say the least."

"Yeah, yeah. So you want to meet at the usual place? Around 9:30?"

"Sure. I bet you a box of Pocky I'll get there before you do Kagami!" Konata couldn't help but smirk. She knew by now Kagami hardly ever refused a challenge.

" Oh really? You're on Konata" Kagami said with confidence. "I'm looking forward to it. See you!"

"Oh Kagami, you really shouldn't prioritize food over friendship."

Konata heard a soft knock knock on her bedroom door.

"Come in, Yu-chan."

The door slowly opened to reveal Konata's little cousin with an embarrassed blush.

"How could you tell it was me, Onee-chan?"

"You've been here for about a month Yu-chan. I can tell the difference between you and my dad by now, it's no biggie."

Yutaka couldn't help but be impressed. "Wow, it's almost like she's psychic or something!" "So whatcha up to, Konata?"

"I was actually gonna get ready to go out. I'm going to meet Kagami for breakfast at 9:30."

"Cool!" Konata couldn't help but be a little disappointed in Yutaka. While getting compliments from her cutesy cousin was always nice, she was starting to go overboard with it and honestly, it was starting to get old fast.

Suddenly, a surge of electricity went through her brain, giving her a great idea.

"Hey, Yutaka! Why don't you and Minami-chan come with us?"

"Whaaa?" Yutaka was a bit frightened from her cousin's sudden change in energy. "But-but Minami-chan would have already have had breakfast by now!" Even Konata could tell a bad lie when she heard one.

"Still, if you want to nurture the friendship between you two, you should get to know her a little bit outside of school . I hang out with Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki all the time."

"Oh really?" Yu-chan started blushing. "We-well in that case, I'll go call her right now."

As she walked down the hall, Konata snuck behind and put her ear up against the door to listen in on her conversation.

"He-hello, is this Iwazaki residence? Oh, hello Mrs. Iwasaki. This is Yutaka Kobyakawa from Minami's class, is she there?... Sure I can wait a minute."

Taking advantage of the silence, Konata managed to get a glimpse of Yutaka through a crack in the door. Although she was alone, Konata could see her cheeks were a little pink.

She had to stifle her chuckles to avoid Yutaka noticing her.

" I see, I see, I see!"

"Oh! Hello Minami! How are you doing today?... That's good. I was wondering if you would like to meet me, Konata and Kagami for breakfast today?...Really? That's great! …Yeah, hold on one second, I have to go ask Konata where."

Konata panicked as she saw Yutaka walking towards the door. She attempted to dash away from the door, but she ended up slipping on the non-slip rug and faceplanted into the floor.

"Konata, what are you doing?"

"Uh…just relaxing a bit. I tried sleeping while standing up and I sorta fell onto the floor" Konata said as she pushed herself off the floor.

"Okay, not your best lie but it'll probably work on Yutaka."

"Oh…" Yutaka looked on with a confused look. "Hey where are we meeting again, Onee-chan?"

"The diner by the train station, remember? The one me and my dad took you to the first day you were here."

"Oh yeah! I remember! Thanks Onee-chan!" She gave Konata a little hug then ran off back to her room to talk to Minami.

Two minutes later, Yutaka came bounding out of the room with a great big smile. While Konata already knew what Minami said, she asked Yutaka anyway.

"So, what did she say?"

"She said she'll meet us here in a bit!"

"That's great, Yu-chan. You better get ready though, I don't think I've seen anyone wear their PJ's to a diner before."

"Okay!"

While Yutaka was starting to get ready, Konata decided to give Kagami a quick call.

"Hello Kagami!"

"Now what is it Konata?"

"I just wanted to tell you that I'm bringing Yu-chan and Minami with me now."

"Konata!" By her tone she wasn't very pleased by the turn of events. "I was kinda looking forward to it being just the two of us."

"But Kagami, whether it's a game or real life, everything is more fun when you have a party there! " Konata then whispered "Besides, it'll be like our first double-date."

"What!?"

"Is everything alright Onee-chan?" Yutaka poked her head out of her bedroom door, one of her pigtails hanging but her other was not done yet. "It sounds like someone was screaming."

"Yeah, Kagami freaked out a little since she saw the world's largest cake on TV."

"Oh, alright." With that Yutaka went back to fixing her hair.

"You know, you can be really cruel to your friends sometimes." Konata could feel Kagami's disappointment seeping through the phone.

"Sorry to get your hopes up, Kagami! Be sure to bring some extra money!"

"Why? Wait Konat-"

On the other side of the conversation, Kagami couldn't help but facepalm as she was hung up on.

What was that girl up to?

Author: Sorry if that chapter seemed shorter than the last few, I had to make some last minute changes.

Kagami: Don't worry. You know what they say "Short, sweet and to the point!"

Konata: You asked for it Kagami!

Kagami: Wait Konata! That's not what I meant- UWWAHHHH!

Author: Okay while those two are having fun, I'll see if I can get the next chapter done in the next few days. Peace!

Konata: No, your doing it 's THIS WORLD IS FILLED WITH LOVE AND PEACE!

Kagami: Konata! Give me back my shirt!