LUCKY STAR © Kagami Yoshimizu/Kadokawa Shoten/Kyoto Animation/Lucky Paradise
SKATE OR DIE!™ appears courtesy of Electronic Arts
ALL OTHER CHARACTERS ARE COPYRIGHT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS
Konata headed up to her room with her latest purchases from her recent Comiket, and decided to open up her webcast with an open chat.
"Greetings, loyal fans and fellow gamers!" Konata said. "Welcome to QCFP's Open Chat! I've got lots of stuff from Comiket, but not many ideas for challenges. Anyone have any suggestions?"
The chat room had some good ideas, but nothing piqued Konata's interest.
"Is that all?" Konata said annoyingly. "There's gotta be a challenge somewhere."
"Well, how about a skateboarding competition, short stack?" read the text. When Konata saw whose name was attached to that text, she went into a fit of rage.
"YOU HAVE SOME NERVE CALLING ME OUT LIKE THAT!" Konata responded.
"You still haven't changed since Akihabara, Konata," the mysterious troll answered back. "I've won so many times in your gaming element, but I've heard you're a physical threat as well."
"Sports are usually boring and take up my anime time," Konata replied.
"Typical otaku," read the text. "I guess you aren't up to the task of my challenge."
"IF YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST WALK OVER ME, YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING!" Konata clapped back. "I CAN SKATE CIRCLES AROUND YOU AND LEAVE YOU IN THE DUST! YOU WANT PHYSICAL, I'LL GIVE YOU PHYSICAL! IT'S TIME WE FINALLY SETTLED THE SCORE!"
"Meet me in Los Angeles in 2 days," the troll answered. "Bring as many friends as you can to compete. This skateboarding is going to be DOWN-RIGHT-FIERCE!"
"THAT'S MY LINE!" Konata shouted. The whole chatroom was buzzing with Konata's text war. Feeling angry, Konata logged out early, upset over being trolled online.
"I SWEAR TO THE GOD OF ANIME, OSAMU TEZUKA," Konata shouted, "I WILL MAKE THAT BITCH SUFFER FOR EVERYTHING!"
A day went by after the online incident as Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki overheard from the online scuttlebutt about Konata's meltdown.
"Hey, Kona-chan," Tsukasa said. "How are you doing today?"
"Still feeling a little down," she cried. "I'm normally my usual self online and IRL, until THAT GIRL joined my webcast!"
"I heard about it," Kagami added. "The whole chatroom filled up with users upset that you cutoff midstream."
"I never meant to," Konata sighed. "It's just I hate her with every fiber of my being!"
"I never imagined you with your carefree personality would ever have a problem with bullies, Kona-chan," Miyuki said.
"It is what it is, Miyuki-san," Konata cried again.
"Well, whoever she is, she challenged you to a skateboarding contest in L.A.," Kagami said. "YOU'RE a physical threat yourself, Kona-chan! Dontcha know that?"
"Yeah, but my biggest strength is gaming," Konata whined, "but she destroyed that completely in Akihabara!"
"She must be ruthless to see your most blissful enjoyment shattered in an instant," Miyuki added.
"She is!" Konata screamed tearfully. "Not only did she ruin me in TAITO Station, but in the SEGA Building, Super Potato, and EVERY ARCADE IN AKIHABARA! I was the laughingstock of all gamers that day!"
"I never thought the great Konata Izumi would be this hungover about losing to another gamer," Kagami replied.
"She was no ordinary gamer," Konata moped.
"Well, we'll soon find out once we've reached Los Angeles," Tsukasa said.
As Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki were going over the flight plan, Konata just sat crying herself to depression, reliving her most hated day of her life.
Two days have passed and soon, Konata and her friends arrived at LAX. A special room for attendees of the skateboarding competition was created. Konata saw some unfamiliar faces in the crowd.
"Looks like we got some new challengers," Konata thought.
Konata looked over and saw the girls of the Rabbit Café rally around their fellow worker Rize Tedeza. Rize signed a registration form.
"For my homies!" Rize said after signing up, posing like a gangster.
"We know you'll win, Rize-chan," Cocoa cheered.
"Thank you, Cocoa," Rize nodded. "I'm doin' it for all my homies up in the Café and for my fellow G Aria."
Konata also saw a lonely girl with a super sexy figure stand up, but this girl has a cold attitude about her.
"Man, this girl is intense," Konata said quietly.
"Could this be the afformentioned bully that accosted you online, Kona-chan?" Miyuki asked.
"No, that's not her, Miyuki-san," Konata replied, still in thought. "Still, she looks very serious."
The girl they were talking about is named Suzune Horikita. Suzune signed up on the registration form below Rize Tedeza's name.
"Good lookin' out for real," Rize nodded to Suzune.
"Thank you, Tedeza," Suzune nodded back.
"This looks like serious competition for a skateboarding challenge," Kagami said, looking around. Suddenly, something ran under Tsukasa, spooking her.
Konata looked down and saw a small black piglet and picked it up.
"Look at that, Kagamin. It's a cute little piggy!" Konata said.
"Yeah, yeah, I know that," Kagami grumbled.
Then, Miyuki noticed the pig in Konata's hands. "Is that P-Chan, the piglet from the Tendo Dojo?"
Konata looked again and realized it was P-Chan, meaning Ranma Saotome, Akane Tendo, and their friends are already here. On cue, Akane shouted at Konata from behind.
"Hands off my P-Chan, girl!"
Konata froze with fear and dropped P-Chan, but Ranma quickly saved him and brought it to Akane safe and sound.
"Here you are, Akane," Ranma said.
"Thanks, you big knucklehead," Akane blushed, holding P-chan closely.
"What are you doing here, Akane Tendo?" Konata asked afterwards. "This is a skateboarding competition, not a martial arts competition."
"A long time ago," Ranma explained, "Akane, Shampoo and I competed in an Anything-Goes Martial Arts Takeout Race. Akane can actually move on a skateboard."
"And I heard about your skateboard challenge, so I signed up early," Akane pointed out. "My name's on that registration form."
"Mind if I observe?" Miyuki said.
"Feel free to look," Akane said, motioning to the form where Rize and Suzune were.
As Miyuki walked over to the registration form, Konata calmed down and looked at familiar faces walking around LAX. She immediately recognized the group of girls coming down the corridor and waved at them.
"Hey! Ako-nee! Riko-nee! Over here!" Konata called out.
Sure enough, it was Ako and Riko Suminoe walking around the airport. Walking behind the twins are Yuuzuki Kiryuu and her little sister Mikazuki. Behind them, holding hands together are Keita Suminoe and Miharu Mikuni. As Miharu walked by, people tried to snap photos of her, as she had the most attractive figure out of all the girls.
"Hey, Konata-chan!" Ako chimed out, as she and the rest of the gang came to meet Konata and her friends.
"It's been a while, hasn't it, Shorty?" Riko smugly said.
"Yeah, it has," Konata nodded. "I see the lovebirds are still abound."
"We are, Konata," Keita replied, caressing Miharu's hips gently. "After this competition, Miharu and I are off to Staples Center."
"I've always wanted to be a Laker Girl," Miharu added. "Now I want to show it off for the world."
"You sure are amazing, Mikuni-san," Kagami complimented. "You're certainly not shy anymore."
"Thank you, Kagami-chan," Miharu blushed.
Mikazuki and Tsukasa took time to relax and read some comics Mikazuki got from the gift shop as Yuuzuki was explaining to Konata about the tournament.
"So, Riko-nee signed up for the skateboard tournament, too." Konata learned.
"Yep, that's right, Izumi-san," Yuuzuki mentioned. "Riko got here early and signed on the dotted line. We also saw Asuna's name before on there."
"Asuna, as in Asuna Yuuki?" Konata asked.
"Yes, but why do you wanna know?" Yuuzuki replied.
On cue, Asuna was walking down the corridor with her entourage which included her fiancé Kazuto Kirigaya (Kirito), her BFF Rika Shinozaki (Lisbeth) and her fellow SAO players, Kirito's cousin Suguha (Leafa), young schoolgirl Keiko Ayano (Silica), and the shy glasses-girl Shino Asada (Sinon).
Suddenly, Sinon eyed something and ran toward it like a speeding train. At the same time, Miharu looked back and ran towards that direction, unknowingly dragging Keita with her.
"Incoming!" Konata said, ducking her head.
Miharu and Sinon began hugging each other and laughing at each other together, while Keita unknowningly got caught in the middle as both the glasses-girls were smothering him like Ako and Riko were when they were young.
"How's it been, girl?" Sinon asked smiling.
"I'm doing alright, Shino, as you can see," Miharu giggled.
"I bet you are!" Sinon chimed. "You're riding that Keita D like the Riverside Green Line!"
"Girls, would you please let go?!" Keita mumbled, getting crushed by Miharu's breasts and Sinon's body.
After a while, Konata, Kagami and Tsukasa sat down at the airport lounge with Ranma, Akane and their friends, the twins and their friends, the SAO players, the Rabbit Café employees, Suzune Horikita and in walked another young girl named Aki Yamamoto. Her friends from school including her coach came to watch her.
"Looks like the gang's all here," Konata observed.
"This is gonna be quite the competition," Yamamoto said. "We have everyone signed up except you, miss Konata Izumi."
"Don't worry, I'll sign the registration form," Konata replied. "Miyuki-san's checking something for me. Then, the competition will begin."
"And what competition is it, you crazy otaku?" Akane asked.
"The QCFP Skate or Die! Princesses of Dogtown!" Konata exclaimed. "Basically, it's a girls only skateboarding competition."
"I heard about that while I was on your webcast, Konata," Asuna said. "Then, suddenly you logged off midstream."
"Well, I have a burning hatred for someone, Asuna, much like you and Kirito had for Nobuyuki Sugou," Konata replied angrily.
"Is it THAT bad, Konata?" Kirito asked.
"THIS GIRL HUMILIATES ME EVERY TIME I GO TO THE ARCADES!" Konata shouted. "I WISH I CAN JUST SHOOT HER AND BE DONE WITH IT!"
"Hey, Konata!" Sinon replied harshly. "I wanted to do the same thing to Endou before, but that was then! She hardly comes after me now, not after the Death Gun incident. But nobody's worth killing over that!"
"So who's this girl all up in yo'grizill, K.I.?" Rize asked.
Just then, Miyuki walked in with the registration form.
"Excuse me, but is there a Hiroe Ogawa around here?" Miyuki asked. "Her name was at the top of the form."
Upon hearing the name Hiroe Ogawa, Konata immediately screamed her lungs out as the people in the airport looked at the big crowd in the lounge with disdain.
"I'm sorry!" Miyuki said, looking confused. "Did I say something wrong?"
"Akihabara…2010," a voice came over. "There was a marathon of games to play. Sonic & Sega All-Stars, King of Fighters XIII, Miku Hatsune: Project DIVA, King of Fighters: Sky Stage and Hydro Thunder Hurricane."
The look on Konata's face immediately turned to anger as the voice came closer.
"After winning all 5 of those games, a little girl made a big scene. The manager almost blacklisted her as a problem player had she continued her fighting with the winner. It's been a long time, Konata Izumi."
"HIROE!" Konata shouted. "YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN TO QUIT, DO YOU?!"
Standing in front the lounge were Hiroe Ogawa, her boyfriend Sumio, her big sister Mayaka, their mother Yayoi and Hiroe's classmate and best friend Takami Oide.
"You're kidding, right?" Kagami grumbled. "Hiroe Ogawa to you is the Lex Luthor to your Superman?"
"Well, when people look at me, they think I'm just a pretty face and a hot body," Hiroe explained, posing. "But unknown to that, I'm a hardcore gamer."
"Believe it, people," Mayaka added, sighing in agony. "I'm her big sis, and she never held back."
"HER OWN SISTER?!" Kagami chirped out of shock. "Wow! Hiroe-chan takes no prisoners."
"This is one of the reasons I avoid Chiba like the plague," Konata growled. "Also, losing my crown and my reputation as a top gamer that day ruined me!"
"Never underestimate your opponents," Hiroe added. "It's a fundamental rule to follow in gaming and in the real world."
"We'll see about that, Hiroe!" Konata yelled, grabbing the registration from from Miyuki and writing down where Hiroe, Asuna, Riko, Rize, Suzune, Akane, and Yamamoto already registered.
"THIS MIGHT AS WELL BE YOUR DEATH NOTE!" Konata exclaimed and handed the note back to Miyuki. "TOMORROW MORNING, VENGEANCE IS MINE!"
"OK, Kona-chan," Miyuki said, looking at the form. "It looks like you registered 'Die Hiroe Die!' on the form."
Everyone looked at Konata disgustingly for that gesture. Konata, feeling slightly embarrassed, wrote her name on the form and had Miyuki leave it in LAX for the event holders to collect.
"Just you wait, Hiroe Ogawa!" Konata mumbled in silence and anger. "Come tomorrow, I'll make you suffer!"