Hello all of you readers. I'd like to say that I'm currently taking a break with my current work, and I've been deciding to dabble into other things to write stories about. Now, I really like Lucky Star so I thought it would be appropriate to try writing in a new fashion. Since this type of show doesn't have any strange or mystical view to it, I thought I would enjoy writing for a subject that's more plain and adjusting to a natural enviroment. I hope that you all may enjoy this.

While I'm on this subject, I would like to say this story is NOT a rip off of the story "Off Beat Meetings" by Splint. Splint is a great author and somewhat inspired me into trying to write for Lucky Star with this peculiar kind of plot.

Disclaimer: I do not on Lucky Star or any characters. I only own the character introduced in this chapter.

Note: The Lucky Channels Formerly Apart Of This Story Have Been Removed Under My Personal Judgment. They are an Unfriendly Reminder Now and Do Not Support The Story. I Apologize For The Inconvenience.

And To Any New Readers, Please, Do Not Read The Review Unless You Want The Ending To Be Spoiled. You have been warned.

Chapter 1: A White Screen

It was a boring day at Ryōō High School, with the muggy weather and dropping temperature. The students had began flocking in from their destinations be it car, bus, or simple walk. The first years were getting settled into their new life of high school, while the second years had to study rigorously for upcoming midterms. However, all of the third-year students were quite relaxed towards school life.

A large sigh echoed through the classroom of 3-B. The morning commute would commonly talk about the previous day or upcoming events, but not for one girl. The long, blue-haired Izumi Konata was laying flat on her desk. He eyes looked sewn shut along with drool seeping from her lower lip.

"Um…Kona-chan?"

She tilted her head slightly. Konata's eyes focused, seeing her greeter and friend, Tsukasa. Her twin-tailed sister Kagami looked at her sternly fashion. While they both had a clear indication of what was going on, they spoke with her in their common ways.

"Oh...good morning Tsukasa-san." She glanced at Kagami. "Other."

Kagami felt a jolt of irritability strike her. "Don't ignore me." She joined her along with a sigh. "Were you up all night playing that online game again?"

Her mouth posed in a wry position. "Of course."

"Honestly, you should focus on your studies than some game."

Tsukasa began to quickly change the subject to keep both of her friends at bay. "Kona-chan, have you been playing any other games?"

Konata positioned her head on both of her hands. "Actually, no. I've been having a really bore with games at the moment. Nothing to really to play. Plus, I'm low on money, so even the really popular games I can't try."

"If you can't play any other games, then why do you continue with the same online game?" Kagami asked inquisitively.

"Kagamin, Kagamin. An online game never ends. It is always updating, filled with rare treasures and friendships that keep the player addicted. If one is kept out of the loop, them they may never know what has happened in their own personal world! An MMO is not like your average console game."

Kagami couldn't respond to her powerful words. "Your knowledge of games is amazing in a scary way," she thought.

"But even with the online game, there hasn't really been much to do. Kuroi-sensei always tells me to get off and study."

From that, the girl slipped up from her desk. After the long night of binge-gaming, she had to keep alert to avoid the barrage of her teacher's fists. She looked at the window to see the large soccer field. But the dark clouds above simply made her more tired. She walked over to the side of the small room. The Hiiragi sisters watched as her friend moved in a zombie state.

"Poor Kona-chan." The yellow-ribboned girl said.

"She brings it on her self." Kagami said in a melancholy tone.

Konata walked around the several wooden desks of the room. She began to realize how tiny the class was reaching one of the side walls. She flicked her head and straightened her hair, hoping to keep her blood pumping. But to no avail. The lack of sleep was a surprising toll for the girl. Even after being exposed by the amount of fatigue every week.

However, her ears began to pick up a faint sound.

"OLE!" It echoed through her head. She walked towards the sound. "OLE! OLE!" As the shouts became louder, her steps because less wobbly. Her eyes, while bloodshot, began to search around the room for the source. But as she walked, she suddenly came to a stop.

Her flat body had come in contact with a desk. She groaned, as perhaps her body was merely playing tricks with her brain. Once her pain subsided, her eyes had become clearer. The "Ole!" did have a source. She moved her eyes downward.

The lovely sound had been coming from a Nintendo DS. Pearl white and emitting a sound that was quiet but still audible. She took a closer look onto the screen, to see three cheerleaders dancing around with pom-poms on the screen. But as she gazed at the girls, their bodies were constantly being covered up by red, blue, orange, and green circles with numbers. As each one appeared, they quickly disappeared with the tap of a mechanical pencil. Her eyes began to shift once again from the game towards the player.

This player was sharp on keeping the rhythm up on the DS game. His eyes or ears couldn't even notice the presence of a spectator. His arm moved with fluent dexterity hitting every note. The only feature Konata saw was that the hair of this player was a chestnut color. She looked on in awe.

The music continued to blare out its tune. "Ole! Ole! Suki na ito. Ole! hitori ja nai." Its pace was quick, but still manageable for the player. The circles then came in sets of eight. This struck some concern in Konata, but the boy managed to hit them all with accuracy and precision. Then, a dot appeared in the middle with bars on the side. The player rapidly began spinning is pencil around the song. As he stopped, the gameplay ended with a simple little bit of animation to watch.

The player made a heavy sigh, as his quick ordeal was over. While it only took three minutes, the amount of movement and tapping was not at all normal. When the animation finished, a particular screen had appeared. A large "S" appeared in a corner of the screen with various other numbers indicating score and streak.

"Tough song." The boy said to himself. "But it's always worth it in the end." As he turned to place the DS in his pocket, he had a surprise waiting for him.

A sparkling face stared at him. He made a nervous panic, thinking he was alone with him gaming. Her face was covered in amazement and interest, replacing the doubt and fatigue she previous had. She spoke in an excited manner:

"That game, I recognize it!" The boy made a weary smile. "That's Ouendan 2! A hot sequel to the original Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!"

"Why yes." The boy said, regaining some composure. "It's so incredible despite being so short."

"W-Wow, You are really good at."

He grinned to himself. "You're not the first to say that. Games like this are just so fun to be around. If you play them or watch them."

Konata nodded quickly towards that statement. "Especially if the person playing is really good."

He looked at the girl with a curious expression. As he peered back at his bright Nintendo DS, he had an idea of what to do. She looked at his every movement quite astutely.

"Would you…like to borrow it?"

Konata's passion rose towards the roof. A respectable game that she could play for a while. No cost, no problem, and not a boring game owned by one of her friends. She became a little flushed by the sudden kindness.

"Absolutely!"

"Ok then." He passed the white handheld to the fellow student.

"Thanks a lot!"

"No problem." He smiled confidently about. "Just be sure to return it to me tomorrow, ok?"

Konata felt a little disappointed by that, but a chance like this was rare. Even if the game looked fun, it was rather short, so she could make a decision to get it in one night.

"I will."

She sat down back on her DS, rather satisfied. Class was about to begin, so Tsukasa and Kagami went to their respectable areas. Konata however began quickly entranced with the game. Holding a pen, she began going through the various levels on the handheld games, listening to the various songs specifically designed for the stages and difficulty. Her accuracy nearly rivaled that of the previous player.

"All right, everyone." A voice said.

The rest of the class focused on their teacher who walked in. Nanako Kuroi began writing her plans for the day on the chalkboard. Unlike Konata, her posture and hair was straight from avoiding the need to play her online game. She placed her books down on her desk and picked up clipboard. She clicked her name and began listing off names.

Tsukasa noticed sensei calling the various names. She looked over to see that Konata was still quite enthralled with the game. She panicked and quickly leaned over.

"Kona-chan, you may want to turn off that game. Kuroi-sensei is calling out roll."

"Not now, Tsukasa. I'm selling shoes to aliens."

The purple haired girl looked back in confusion and discontent.

"Izumi." Kuroi called off her list. No response. "Izumi?" She looked to see if Konata had not arrived due to gaming. However, she peeked over to see that her blue-haired student was clearly in the class but not even looking at her sensei. Kuroi's assumption wasn't too far off.

She strode over to her young friend in an irritated manner. Upon reaching her desk, the sensei saw that Konata was still focusing on her game. Kuroi knew what she had to do, but she was somewhat intrigued with the game being played. A game where you tapped circles seemed looked very fun and addicted.

She moved her hand up slightly.

"Oi, Izumi." A fake Kansai accent echoed throughout the classroom. She accompanied this with two light taps on her student's head. Konata grunted, as the contact caused her to miss several marks on the game. The game ended with a disappearing sound and white flash. Konata peered over at her distraction to see a very angry Kuroi.

The short girl whined: "Ah…sensei, couldn't you have bugged me after my game was done?"

"Wrong answer." The teacher's grip tightened but instead of a punch, her arm pointed towards the door. One could hear the whip sounds from its fast movement. "I need to talk to you outside."

Konata reverted from her happy mood back to gloom. She slummed as Kuroi strutted outside the door. Even if her friend had to suffer, she felt a little pride retaining her teaching dominance. Once the student exited outside, the two looked at each other unenthusiastically.

Nanako extended her hand. "Alright, give it up."

Konata clutched the DS closely. "I don't want to."

"Izumi, I've been kind about this. You can play any time before school or between classes, but when the bell rings you have to put it away."

"It's not just that."

"How so?" Kuroi took in a further inspection of the handheld. "Isn't your Nintendo DS blue?"

"That's the thing. Someone let me borrow this; I didn't bring my own."

"Hmm…" The sensei began to thing about this. As a fellow gamer, she knew the unwritten laws of borrowed game. One must return the other one in perfect condition or pay condition. One must not tamper with important details such as what has been saved. Not only do these things apply, but Kuroi didn't think Konata's group really played with that system.

"I suppose I'll let slide this time Izumi."

"Thank you sensei!" The blue-haired girl said happily.

"Just if you play it around me again, I'll have to take it." She said with a sly grin.

The girl nodded and both of them walked back in to the room.

At cooking class…

"Alright everyone, we shall be focusing on making cakes this week. I'd like everyone to gather in groups of two for this. Find your partners quickly and get started. If we work quickly, the cakes can be finished today. You may take them home if you wish." The teacher said.

Konata looked with a grin around the room. Cooking was an easy field for her, and cakes were no exception. She quickly moved to the large kitchen to get all of her ingredients. Her mission was easily recognized: Bake an angel food cake. She opened the various drawers getting her tools and the apron she would have to wear. The only thing she needed was a partner.

She looked at her friends. "So Kagami, will you be partnering with me again?" She said confidently.

"Nope. I'll be working with Tsukasa this time." Kagami said bluntly. Tsukasa smiled back instantly, while Konata was left in small shock.

Tsukasa spoke up, "I figured since we were going to take the cakes home, that we should negotiate what our cake should be. Onee-chan and I have different tastes."

The blue haired girl looked away in a bit of despair. "Curses, I should have known this would happen. With Miyuki-san being absent today, Kagami knew she could safely avoid me. "Oh, what to do." Without help of either of the Hiiragis, she wasn't sure if her easy grade would be in hand.

The teacher looked around to see most of the teams were already getting to work on their baked goods. However, she caught the eye of a distraught Konata.

"Izumi, do you need a partner?"

She nodded back. "Yeah…"

"Well Yasuhiro over there doesn't have a partner. Maybe you should help him."

The mentioned boy was sitting by a cooking area on the opposite side of the room. He looked rather normal like many of the other men in the school. But as he sat in a stool, he moved his head back and forth in a peaceful manner. Konata looked with a bit of curiosity towards him. His hair had identified him. She grinned to herself, hoping maybe the gamer could have some good housekeeping skills.

With her supplies in tow, the girl walked to the opposite side of the room away from her friends. She felt slight discomfort in doing this. Konata always worked with Kagami or Miyuki, but without them, this experience would be quite different than normal. However, if she did pair up with one of them, the other sister would be left out to partner up with an unfamiliar face. At arrival, she saw that most of his items were out.

"Hey there." Konata greeted.

The boy opened his eyes to the voice. "Hey Izumi."

"Sensei told me you need a partner, so I'm going to help."

"Great." The boy stood up from his stool. "If we are going to make a cake, can we make something light and fluffy?"

"I was thinking about making an angel food cake if that is ok."

"That's fine. I think you can enjoy light cakes more than heavy cakes anyway."

"If you eat light cake, you won't feel as full. Especially if you're eating a cake buffet."

Yasuhiro grabbed some fruits around his pile of ingredients. "You mind if we use these? Thought we could try making a sauce instead. I don't usually like cakes drowned in frosting. And the best kind of light cake doesn't require much flavor."

"Hmm…a non-frosting cake. Sounds interesting. Well, let's get started then."

The two quickly got to work making their dessert. The boy covered all of the turning on the oven and preparing all the cookware for their specific duties. He suggested the sauce, so he got work adding water and fruits into a saucepan. Konata took the flour and sugar and began to get the work. Like a machine, she quickly moved towards the various tasks of making the cake. After the sauce boiled, Yasuhiro quickly put the mixture into the refrigerator to cool.

"Ah…" Yasuhiro sighed to himself. "This will be good." He walked over as Konata who was currently folding the mixture. "How's the mixture coming?"

"Good. I'll be ready for baking in a few minutes."

"Nice." He looked down trying to think of something to talk about. "Have you enjoyed playing that game?"

Izumi smiled. "Oh yeah. They definitely worked hard on this game. The music choice was quite nice and the difficulty curve is pretty fun."

"I've seen you know your games, Izumi."

She opened her eyes at the boy, still smiling. "Konata." She said bluntly.

"Konata." He responded back looking satisfied. "Call me Kaito."

"Anyway, if you do enjoy the difficulty, the last two stages are pretty intense."

"I figured. Just like the last game…"

"Oddly enough though, the third bonus stage seems the hardest to me. It's speed and life bar really has to keep you own your toes if you want that 'S' rank."

"Games do that all the time. If you think the normal was easy, BAM!" She said slapping the baking pan. "The bonus material keeps you going."

"Replay value is one of the top priorities if a game wants to sell you its sequels."

"That's why I love ero and visual novel games. Playing through them again while making new choices feels like you are playing a completely new game."

Kaito was in a slight bit of shock from the statement. "A girl who has extensive knowledge about video games…and plays ero games. This type of rarity is in the thousands."

At the end of the day, Tsukasa and Kagami were waiting patiently outside of the school waiting for their friend. They were used to this, as Konata was nearly late for everything, but still left them with some discomfort. The bus began creeping up around the corner. But at the time, Izumi had reached her friends.

"Your late." Kagami said disapprovingly.

"Sorry, sorry." Konata said innocently scratching the back of her head. "Me and Yasuhiro made such a good cake we had trouble deciding what to do with it, so we split it in two to take it home."

The twin-tailed sister warmed up a little. "Well, that's understandable"

The younger sibling took a closer inspection of her friend's dessert. "Oh…your cake looks good Kona-chan! I like how it's red."

"That's from the strawberry sauce we made for it." Konata said matter-of-factly. "What about yours?"

"Well…" Kagami scratched her face, "I wanted to go for the easy grade, so I just made a regular spice cake."

Konata smiled. "That always works. Just make sure not to eat it all Kagamin."

She went sour from the response. "You don't need to say that…"

At the Izumi house…

Konata was peacefully played her online game in a different set of clothes. Her character wondered around the bustling city looking for new items to buy to increase her stats. Her tank was well equipped, but she didn't have the expensive items too be omnipotent. The only exception was her Demonic Sword Laevateinn. She clicked constantly towards the various NPCs in order to see all the items placed up for auction.

Having no luck on the auctioned off armor, she wondered outside to look for monsters to kill. She had to trek peculiarly far being so high leveled, in order to get any experience points. When she reached the mountains, she looked at the non aggressive mobs mining away at the piece of land. Knowing the power, she typed into her guild:

Konakona: "Anyone want to help me farm?"

There was no response. Konata began to look at her computer in a confused manner. She typed again. "Anyone?"

There was still no response. The girl's confusion quickly moved her mouse towards her large personal member. Upon clicking 'Guild' she was able to see if anyone who had joined the guild at one point was logged on. There was none.

She was in a bit of surprised from that, as her group was quite social and did not have any peculiar rules on members. But her response slowly changed as she saw a familiar name appear on her list, Nanakon.

"Ah, sensei is on." She began to type her introduction to her teacher.

Konakona: Hey.

Nanakon: Yo

Konakona: Want to go exping?

Nanakon: Sure. w

Konata's guild list also stated where any member was, so Kuroi sensei would take some time. Boredom was a common problem for all online games. However, Konata had an easy solution for this. Grabbing a pen, she picked up the borrowed DS.

She had plenty of practice now after playing it at school, so she moved on up towards the higher difficulty songs. Konata had to relax her reflexes in order to hit the number of notes per second in the particular song. She began to play furiously as the circles appeared in breakneck speed. Her mind shut off any other sounds be it her TV or the stand background music included with any game.

Completing the song, her hands were in a slight cramp. If though just picking the game back up, her muscles had to get used to the fast motion again. She was a bit concerned from her "B" rank score. Looking towards her previous game though, she saw something very disturbing. Her character was being mercilessly pounded away by a dinosaur creature. She quickly began doing commands on her keyboard in to stop the action.

Luckily for her though, the creature was blasted with surge of lightning, making it collapse to the ground. She moved her character from the tree she was parked by, to see the avatar of Nanakon standing with a smile on her face.

Nanakon: May want be more careful next time. I don't want you to stay up all night getting experience back, www

Konakona: Eh, sorry. -.-;

Nanakon: You know, because of this, you owe me. Not to mention that I let you get away with playing the game in class.

Konakona: Ok…

Konata looked at the many items in her inventory to give to the deserving sensei. She had to pick something that was good, but didn't have any sentimental value to her. She moved her character closer to her partner, and opened up her trade window. The trade was quickly finished.

Nanakon: What, a super potion?

Konakona: Oh come on, that's a decent amount of gold!

Nanakon: Ok then. Let's destroy these mobs!

Konakona: Onward!

Nanakon: I hope you finished your schoolwork.

Konata sweatdropped.

Thank you for reading. I would really appreciate reviews, I have a lot of serious thought for this fanfic.