DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LUCKY STAR. IT'S KAGAMI YOSHIMIZU'S PROPERTY. THIS IS A FANFICTION.

"Argh, I'm sick of being poor!" Konata suddenly yelled in the middle of eating her beloved chocolate cornet. Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki stopped to face their frustrated friend.

Kagami sweatdropped.

"What was that about…?"

Konata sighed, frowning. She looked more like a spoiled kid who didn't get the castle she'd asked to Santa Claus on Christmas.

"It's my allowance this month… I don't have enough to buy that new game I saw yesterday on Gamers. And I bet they already ran out of copies, since it was released three days ago…"

"Well, if you only didn't spend money on every single manga you put your eyes on, then you wouldn't be in this situation." Offered Kagami.

Konata took another bite from her chocolate cornet.

"It's not just that… Dad said that he'll only give me my allowance again if my grades get better. But the tests only start a week from now!"

Kagami clenched her fists, annoyed.

"This is just the perfect reason for you to study then, isn't it? I swear, it's unbelievable how you only focus on school when a game is on the line…"

Konata banged her head on the desk, a small aura of frustration taking over the group.

"Man… This sucks. I wish everybody had ¥1,000,000 to spend on everything they wanted for a month. That way nobody would be complaining about running out of money!"

Miyuki and Kagami sweatdropped. There was a moment of silence between the four friends, only broken by Kagami's phrase:

"Are you serious…?"

Konata's head was still laid down on the table, and she turned sideways to look at Kagami.

"What?"

Miyuki blushed and smiled softly.

"W-what Kagami-san is trying to say is that, if everybody in Japan had ¥1,000,000 then the money would lose its value. That way, nobody would be rich at all, and the economy would collapse, because the price of the products would have to increase an absurd amount to fit in with the worldwide economy."

Konata lifted her head and stared at Miyuki neutrally. Tsukasa also stopped eating. Another long moment of silence followed up, until Konata cocked her head to the side and said:

"Eh?"

Kagami sighed heavily.

"Just… study, please."

REAL FACT: On geography class we were talking about poverty and I made the comment that the money-making places should just give money to everyone and stop complaining. Yes, I do pay attention to Economy class.

- TSL