The next morning came early for Konata as she woke up groggy. A moment later he mind caught up with her as her eyes focused on seeing what was in front of her. Recoiling a bit as she saw Tsukasa standing there in the doorway laughing to herself. Questioning what she was laughing about, Konata looked down to her right and saw Harry latched on to her waist as he was still sleeping. Smiling to herself, Konata untangled herself from her son gently and climbed out of bed and left the room with Tsukasa. Fifteen minutes later, Konata came back with a big tray with a couple of plates full of food for two people.
Harry while in his sleep started smelling food. Soon the scents began waking him up as he felt someone gently holding him up as he began to yawn. Blinking away the sleepiness, his eyes began to focus as he soon saw the plates of food. Looking around, he remembered everything from yesterday and quickly turned and saw Konata holding a spoon in front of him with what looked liked rice in it. Harry realizing what his mother wanted him to do, he opened his mouth as she dumped the contents in.
Thirty minutes past as the other three girls downstairs were talking among themselves.
"I spoke to mom on my cellphone last night before going to bed. When I told her what happened during our day yesterday, she told me that she was happy about Harry's quick recovery and Kona-chan's resourcefulness when she tested Harry eyesight. She also agreed on about Harry needing new glasses when I explained what his glasses actually looked liked." Said Tsukasa as she dug her spoon into a small bowl of rice.
"Really?...I kinda wished you came to my room and let me talk to her too Tsukasa." Said Kagami as her fork was plunged into some scrambled eggs.
Looking sheepish as she quickly apologized to her sister, Tsukasa turned to Miyuki as she looked liked she wanted to speak.
"Well...we had an eventful day yesterday, but we never did get everything we needed to be done. We do need to get some new personal belongings, new glasses for Harry and possibly some books later too."
"So do you think we need to go shopping again today? I was kinda hoping to rest and perhaps explore the mansion a bit more. We don't have everything mapped out yet." Kagami asked
Turning toward Kagami's direction, Miyuki replied saying, "I would think getting Harry's new glasses would be top priority of ours. Then getting other things to make the mansion more lively as it still feels plain and bit dull would be nice." She then pointed out, "But I do agree we do need to find out more about the place though. We don't know what other items could exist here. We could even find some clue as to what may have happened to this world's Izumi-san."
All three current inhabitance of the room just shuddered at the idea of finding something along the line of a corpse of a little girl.
"Anyway I think Kona-chan should be coming downstairs soon with Harry. So we can then run our plan with her." Said Tsukasa as she finished her rice and began focused on her eggs.
Konata placed the trays of breakfast on Harry's bedside table, then placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, Harry. Time to get up now, kid." She said gently. Harry let out a soft moan, then sat up and yawned cutely. Konata couldn't help but smile.
"H-Hi, Miss Konata..." Harry greeted shyly.
"Hey there, kid. I got breakfast right here." She grabbed Harry's spoon and scooped up some rice before putting it in his mouth. Harry blinked, then chewed gratefully and swallowed.
"Sh-Shouldn't we be at the table?"
"Eh, consider this a treat." Konata replied with a shrug. "Breakfast in bed's supposed to be a pretty big deal. We're not gonna be doing it too often, so enjoy it for now, sound good?"
"Uh huh! That sounds fine." Harry replied
Thirty minutes later... The duo finished breakfast and walked downstairs with their trays. Opening the door to the kitchen, they heard, "Anyway I think Kona-chan should be coming downstairs soon with Harry. So we can then run our plan with her."
Curious about what plan Tsukasa was talking about, Konata walked through and asked as she walked to the kitchen to dump the plates in the sink, "What plan are you guys talking about?"
Turning around in her seat, Miyuki said, "Oh! Izumi-san, we didn't hear you come in. How was breakfast with Harry?"
Now walking toward the group Konata replied, "It was fine. So what was that about a plan?"
Kagami decided to cut in at this moment, "You remember last night when we checked Harry with that test of yours? Well today, we are going to get glasses for him and perhaps some personal stuff for all of us so we can spice up the home a bit."
"Well, I think you guys are right on the home being need of some spicing up. But yeah, Harry does need glasses too. So when do guys want to leave?" Konata said agreeing with Kagami
Tsukasa muffled a laugh. A moment later she stopped and said, "How about we leave when you put on some day clothes to ware?"
Everyone looked at Konata and Harry realizing Tsukasa was right. Blushing a bit in embarrassment the mother son duo quickly left the room to get changed.
Soon enough, the two came back, Konata wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, Harry wearing a yellow shirt and red overalls.
"EEEEE, HARRY LOOKS SOOOO CUTE!" Tsukasa gushed silently.
"You going for a Stewie Griffin look, there?" Kagami asked with a raised brow.
"After the direction Family Guy's been going for the past few years? No way. It's just a coincidence." Konata replied with a shrug.
"Whatever!..." Kagami said with a shrug as she began heading toward the front door. The others followed shortly after.
The group began walking down the sidewalk as Konata thought of something and said, "Hey guys?"
Everyone turned a bit as they continued walking to let her know that they were listening to what she had to say.
"Have you guys ever wondered what is the deal the Garden Gnomes that a lot of homes outside of Japan seem to have?"
Tsukasa thought for a moment as she replied, "Well...aren't they a type of lawn decorations?"
"Actually...I always thought they were a bit creepy." Said Miyuki
"Yeah...I can see why people would think they would be. Most of them tend to have that smile." added Kagami
Thirty minutes later the tired group sat down on a bench at the Eye Examination building.
The examination began as Kagami, Tsukasa and Miyuki sat waiting in the waiting room for Konata and Harry to return with the results.
Twenty minutes had past as the eye doctor sat next to a desk with a pen and clipboard. He then asked Harry to recite what he saw through a couple of different prism lenses.
"Alright Harry, I think that we have your subscription. But to make sure...can you say out loud what you see in front of you while looking through these lenses?"
Harry looked at the letters that were being projected onto the wall and said, "E...G,L,T,Q...H,J,U,N,P...T,N,M,Y,X,Z"
"Very good Harry!" said the doctor as he wrote the results onto the clipboard. The eye doctor put the clipboard down and turned to Konata and said, "Miss. Izumi...Thank you for coming. I'll get the subscription for Harry's glasses ready. The actual glasses will take several days to go through. I'd say for you to comeback within three days. They should be ready by then. Though I'll need you to come with me to the front desk to pay for the eye exam."
Konata nodded and walked with Harry to the main area. Allowing Harry to walk to her friend's side, Konata pulled out a debt card and quickly paid for the exam. Moments later, the group left the office and began walking to the old shopping district they were at yesterday.
"Alright, what do we actually need?" Kagami asked
Miyuki thought out loud and said, "I'd say we split up and get what we want and or what we can carry on our own back to the mansion. If we can't carry everything, we could walk to the police station and ask for Officer Flinch to give us a ride back to our home"
"All right! It's time to split up gang!" Konata exclaimed until Kagami hit her over the head and said...
"Stop that Konata! Your embarrassing us!...Also, wasn't that a Scooby Doo reference?"
"So?...I always wanted to say that!...Any way, Miyuki-san, do want us to split up in groups or go individually?"
Miyuki replied saying, "Mmmm...how about into groups? Hiiragi-san and Myself can be in one group while Tsukasa-san, Harry, and yourself could be in the other group. We could then meet up at the front of the restaurant over by the furniture store around 1:00 PM and leave from there."
The group agreed and sat off to do their own thing. The first thing Konata did was to drag Harry and Tsukasa to the Electronic store from yesterday to buy a NES with a couple of games.
"What's that, Miss Konata?" Harry asked shyly. Konata looked at him sympathetically.
"You poor, unfortunate human being." She said quietly. "You've never played a video game before, have you?"
"No...Dudley has...But not me..."
"Oh, I have GOT to fix that! And another thing I have to fix is getting you into anime. We'll start with the simple stuff, like Pokemon, Dragon Ball, Gundam..."
Elsewhere in the building, a shiver ran down Kagami's spine.
'Oh crap...something feels very wrong right now!' Thought Kagami as she was scrolling by some books and stopped. 'I swear...Konata...No! I know she's behind this feeling I'm getting!"
Quickly as she could go, Kagami managed to locate Miyuki and said, "We need to find Konata right now!"
Tilting her head in confusion, Miyuki asked, "Kagami-san...Is something the matter?"
Trying to spread her urgency toward her friend, Kagami tried speaking again..."I..I..I just got a sudden chill down my spine just now and I think Konata is going to try to corrupt Harry."
Miyuki just stood there with a major sweet drop as she listened to Kagami ramble on. A minute or two later Kagami calmed down enough for Miyuki to speak.
"Kagami-san, I think you are over reacting and over thinking this. Wouldn't it make more sense to let Izumi-san to introduce Harry to some of her Hobbies? It's not like she going to turn him into a copy of her father...and for the record, she does have morals. Besides...we live with them remember? Harry will probably pick some hobbies from us as well. You also seem to forget that gaming really just started this year. So those "other" games don't actually exist yet and probably won't until the mid 90's at the least."
"Sigh...Yeah your right. I keep forgetting the year. Hopefully we can stop Harry from becoming too corrupted in the future...Although..."
"Yes?" Miyuki asked
Shaking her head to clear some of her hair out of her way, Kagami replied, "What hobbies would Harry pick up from us? I mean...I know that I try to do the best I can...but does that even count as a hobby?"
"Not that I'm aware of no. But I do like to read as a hobby and Tsukasa-san really likes to cook different foods and meals. Izumi-san's hobbies include if I remember correctly are...gaming, manga, cosplaying, and cooking."
Blinking, Kagami opened her mouth and said, "You know...I keep forgetting that she likes cooking. No wonder that both Tsukasa and her get along."
"Yes...that does seem to be the case. Any way Kagami-san?" asked Miyuki
"Yeah?"
"Have you found anything you might like to buy yet?" Miyuki questioned
"Sigh...not much popped up for me. I was thinking maybe a few books or even possibly a radio but...I don't know." Kagami said as she looked at the ground.
Placing a hand on her friend's shoulder for comfort, Miyuki said, "Don't worry Kagami-san...you'll find something to get."
"Okay...I'll try. Thanks for listening and sorry for interrupting you during your shopping." Said Kagami as she was apologizing
"It's quite alright. I'll see you at 1:00PM outside the furniture store."
In the end the duo split up to go to different stores.
"OOOH! LOOK AT THAT!" Tsukasa's eyes glimmered as she pointed a a large frying pan.
"It looks exactly the same as every other frying pan here, it's just a little bigger." Konata replied flatly.
"No way! It's made of better material, so the food'll cook better! Plus, if it's bigger, I'll be able to fit more food to cook inside it!" Konata blinked.
"You know a lot more about cooking than you do about most other things...Uh...No offense..."
"But I really like cooking! Plus...these frying pans can be used to defend ones self when in danger." Exclaimed Tsukasa as stars seemed to appear in her eyes.
Two giant sweet drops appeared on both Konata and Harry as they thought...
'I feel sorry for whoever she hits with that thing?' Harry thought as he started to take a few steps back away from the possible psychopath in the making
'Oh no! It's worse than I thought! Tsukasa is a walking stereotype of a house wife straight out of DBZ.' Thought Konata and ironically stepped back a few feet as well.
Calming down, Tsukasa soon noticed Konata and Harry being several feet away from her with feared looks on their faces. She then asked, "Was I really that scary to you?" Noticing the mother/son duo taking quick glances at each other, Tsukasa quickly said, "I'm so sorry...Kona-chan...Harry. I must of went into one of my rare moods when get talking about the different cooking accessories. I didn't mean to scare either of you."
"O...Kay...Let's just buy that for you and I'll pay for the NES and games. Then we can get Harry something." Konata stated
Looking confused at the last part at her friend's statement, Tsukasa asked, "Huh? I thought The Games and system were for Harry?"
"Quickly speaking up to clear the confusion, Konata said, "They are for all of us to play if we get bored at the mansion. That's why I'm getting a second one for myself along with a personal TV."
"Um...how are going to carry all of that?" Asked Tsukasa
With a wave of her hand, Konata replied, "Oh don't worry, this store does free delivery if purchases go over a curtain amount of pounds. So we can bundle all our stuff in the vehicle and have them drive to our address."
Clapping her hands together, Tsukasa replied, "You really thought of everything didn't you Kona-chan?"
Pleased with the praising, Konata decided to ham it up a bit more by saying, "Well, you know me. When I really think of something good, I go through with it."
Taking a look behind her, Konata saw Harry walk back over with a Blue stuffed T-Rex in his hands.
Konata raised a brow. "That's all you want?" She asked in disbelief. Harry nodded.
"I...I don't want you to spend too much on me..." He said quietly. Konata shook her head.
"Kid, go ahead and pick out a few more things. You gotta have more than one toy to play with."
"Oh...okay." Harry then walked off into another area that had electronic remote controlled vehicles. He soon came back with a miniature train set and oddly enough, a Teddy Ruxpen with a couple of books.
Konata and Tsukasa saw the color of the miniature train set and thought...
'This is going to be ironic in several years.' Thought Konata who took the train and put it next to the other things the group was going to buy.
Tsukasa on the other hand, saw the stuffed bear and picked it up while thinking... 'Aww how cute. Harry really picked something interesting. But...why is it so hard? This is confusing me.'
The trio then walked to the register and put the two NES's and the small catalog of games, the TV, and the other things Harry and Tsukasa wanted. When Konata asked for the free shipping, the manager asked her to give them her address. Quickly writing down the address, Konata then said that she needed to get her friend's stuff as well. The trio quickly met up with Miyuki and Kagami outside of the furniture store.
"Hey guys!" said Konata as she waved to the arriving duo.
"Uh...Konata...where are the stuff you bought?" asked Kagami who looked confused
"The store we were in had free shipping for the stuff we bought. Though we do need to add the stuff you bought so they can be shipped as well." said Tsukasa who was looking at the books and stereo in Miyuki and Kagami's hands.
The group went back into the electronic store and dumped the rest of the stuff in box to load onto the truck. After the box was loaded, the manager came up to them and said that the driver will wait until they arrived back at the address. Thirty minutes later, Konata and co. arrived back at the mansion and true to the manager's word, the truck was there at the driveway.
Konata smiled and turned to the group behind her. "Pretty convenient, eh?"
"Yeah, that was an awfully generous store." Kagami agreed. "Let's help them carry everything in."
"But-" Konata was interrupted by a stern glare from Kagami.
"It's the least we can do."
"Okay, okay you have a point. I'll unlock the door for them and then help you guys out."
Doing just that, Konata quickly unlocked the door and walked back to the truck. Giving Harry the stuffed T-Rex and the Teddy Ruxben, Konata herself carried one of the NES systems while the other NES and games where carried by one of the truck drivers. Tsukasa carried her new frying pan while Kagami and Miyuki carried their stuff. The TV and miniature train set was soon carried in by the second truck driver.
Leaving the load in the main front room, the girls bid farewell to the drivers as they were pulling out of the driveway. Soon all was quite as Konata closed the front door. Turning to the group, Konata spoke up saying...
"Alright, let's get this stuff into our rooms."
The group agreed and after some problems, Konata managed to get the TV and one of the NES systems upstairs but left them along for the time being and went to see how Harry was doing.
"Yo squirt! Need any help?" ask Konata as she walked into the room.
From his position on the floor Harry was trying to unbox the train but was having a hard time doing so. Looking up, he asked...
"Miss Konata?...Can you help me out with this?"
Looking down at the box, she quickly deduced that judging by how hard the plastic surrounding the box was, she would need scissors.
"I'll be right back Harry. I need some scissors from the kitchen to help me open that box."
With a nod from her son, Konata went back downstairs to retrieve the scissors in the kitchen. She then walked into the kitchen and said...
"Hey Tsukasa." Quickly grabbing the scissors, Konata walked out saying... "By Tsukasa."
As the door closed, Tsukasa turned around confused and thought... 'I thought I heard Kona-chan's voice just now?' Shrugging off the odd feeling, she looked toward her new kitchenware and said...
"Your going to help me cook great meals. Your my new precious that belongs to me and me alone."
Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder causing her to freeze up as a voice popped up behind her.
"Sigh...Tsukasa...You do realize that your talking to a frying pan right?" asked Kagami who was checking on her sister's sudden lack of sanity.
Back upstairs Konata and Harry were unboxing the train. Looking at the separate instructions, the two of them worked simultaneously on the two halves. Konata worked on the tracks while Harry worked on the train itself. Within the hour, they managed to get it up and working in the corner away from anyone who would be walking into the room. Turning it off, the duo walked back downstairs for lunch.
"I hope you're hungry!" Tsukasa said cheerfully. "Fifi and I worked extra hard to make something really good!"
"...Fifi...?" Kagami asked.
"Uh-huh! She's...my...frying...pan..." Tsukasa realized what was wrong with this picture.
"Are you okay, sis?" Kagami asked.
"I...I think so..."
Konata and Harry walked through the door and into the kitchen. They stopped in confusion as they looked at the scene before them. Miyuki had just came in right behind them and stopped with a confused look on her face as she surveyed the room.
"Um...what exactly is going on here?" Miyuki asked as her head titled to the side as she looked toward Kagami for any answer that she could give.
Sighing in defeat, Kagami spoke up... "Tsukasa made lunch with Fifi. I then..."
"...Fifi?..." asked Konata
"The frying pan Konata, the frying pan." replied Kagami who looked rather annoyed to be interrupted. She then continued, "I then after finding out "Fifi" was the name given to the frying pan, asked her to see if she was okay. She responded then by saying that she was."
Konata then asked Miyuki something... "Hey Miyuki-san!"
Looking over at Konata, Miyuki raised an eyebrow and asked... "Yes Izumi-san?"
Konata then answered... "I was wondering...could you hand me the phonebook?'
Everyone in the room looked surprised at the question that they were not expecting.
"Uh...Konata? What would you need a phonebook for? What number would you be looking for?" asked Kagami who was for some reason pointing her finger loosely at Konata.
"Oh I'm just going to be calling a priest to find out what we should do about the frying pan. I mean ever sense Tsukasa picked the thing up, she started acting weirder from her norm. I know some people call their cars and other similar things like stuffed animals and the like...but I don't know. Should we make more observations before calling a priest on this subject?" Konata said and asked as she herself seemed a bit unsure on what to do.
"You guys are so meeeeean..." Tsukasa moaned as she buried her face in her hands.
"It's not healthy to name cooking utensils." Miyuki said seriously.
"I know that now, please stop."
With a sigh, Kagami spoke out loud saying, "Alright! Time out!" Getting everyone's attention, she looked back at her sister and said softly, "Look Tsukasa. We are just concerned. But if you want us to stop...we'll stop okay?"
"You promise?" asked a slightly annoyed Tsukasa who's eyes still held some suspicion at everyone.
With a cry of "YES!" echoing in the kitchen portion of the room, Tsukasa just gave up and returned to her happy self.
"Well now that were done with the little episode just now, how about we eat?" asked Konata as she made her way to the cabinets and took out a couple of plates for everyone. Konata then started taking some vegetables and rice and topped it off with some Teriyaki chicken. She then made a second plate for Harry. Walking back as the others went to get there food, Konata moved a chair out of the way with her foot as she then placed the plates onto the table.
"Harry! Come over here and sit down! Your food is going to get cold real quick if you don't." said Konata as she sat down and began eating while the twins and Miyuki sat on the stools at the counter.
Harry soon walked over and began eating his food. As he took his first bite out of the chicken, he was pleasantly surprised by the taste.
Later all the meals were over and the plates were washed. The group minus Konata decided to take naps in their rooms. Konata decided now was the time to hook up the new NES system to the mounted TV. Taking out the system, she noted the different cables and controllers as well as the Zapper. Soon she managed hook the system to the back of the TV and plugged the wire for the Cable TV into the slot of the splitter box that was part of the NES wiring. Taking a step back, she noticed that the Console was on the floor and got an idea to try out if she made the connections correctly. Running upstairs, Konata came back with a game. She was then pleased to know that the connections worked and the system started up fine. Putting down the controller and shutting of the TV, Konata walked back upstairs to take a nap. If she had stayed a little bit longer, she would have noticed (thanks to the rip) that two identical spirits manifested into the room.
"Aw it's so nice that Kami allowed us to come here. I've nearly forgotten what this place looked liked" asked spirit one who was warring a pair of small jeans and a slightly baggy shirt.
"Yes it is. I wonder though...what would MY daughter's reaction be to her being able to see and hear us?" asked spirit two who was warring her white sundress with her white hat.
Turning to her companion, spirit one said, "Eh...I don't know...I'd give them a few hours before they come back here to watch TV."
With that said, the spirits looked around and said, "This is going to be along wait...sigh."
Around five o' clock, the spirits were just walking around the room as they were completely bored from waiting and turned on the TV. Ten minutes passed as the kitchen door opened allowing the group to walk through into the room.
Kagami heard the TV and turned to Konata. "Konata...didn't you say you turned off the TV before you went to rest? Also, why is it playing a soap opera?"
Blinking as she was trying to register what she was seeing, "I may not know why the channel was changed to a station that had a soap opera on but I may know who the perpetrators are who did it. Can you guys take a look at the couch for a minute?"
The others one by one began looking and noticed two identical heads with long blue hair that looked a lot like their friend/mother Konata sticking out from the top of the couch.
"You guys can see them right? I'm NOT hallucinating this event in my sleep right!?" asked a slightly freaked out Konata who took a step back and accidently bumped into Tsukasa which caused Konata to lose her footing and slip on the floor.
Miyuki and Tsukasa helped her off the floor as Kagami was slacked jawed at seeing slightly discolored Konata look a likes sitting on the couch. Thankfully the group would get their answers as the commercials on the channel started playing. The Konata look a like in the white sundress got up and walked to the TV turning it off. Turning around, the group got a full view of her.
Harry not knowing who this woman was looked up to his mother and asked, "Miss. Konata...who is this woman?"
Shakily looking down at her son and back again at the spirit, Konata replied, "Harry this is someone I thought I wouldn't see again until I kicked the bucket. This is my mother...Izumi Kanata your Grandmother."
While the group was processing what they were seeing with their own eyes, Kanata began processing her own thoughts as her eyes made her look like a deer in headlights. Kanata's counterpart (who Konata took notice of) on the other hand was laughing out load at seeing her reaction.
"Wo wo wo...HOLD IT! What do you mean by son? Last time I checked on you several months ago during the "Camera Incident", you sure as hell weren't pregnant! And..and..an..sigh...please explain to me please." begged Kanata
Two hours later both Kanata's were filled in on what was going on from the time Konata and Co. were sucked from their world and into this world, finding out about this world's Konata's disappearance and being mistaken for her, gaining custody over Harry, finding out about the now interdimensional cellphones and buying a few thing to liven up the mansion. Needless to say the spirits had their jaws on the floor. Shaking her head as she recovered, Konata's mom smiled and said...
"When Kami told us about the rip and how you girls were now in my counterpart's universe and who someone changed the timeline for the better. I will admit...I was confused but also ecstatic that I would be able to talk to you again."
"Hey! I kinda have question for your kid "Other me". cried the other Kanata who had her hand slightly raised.
Konata on the other hand had a sweet drop as she thought... 'What could she want to ask me? Wait "Other me?"...was that a Yu-Gi-Oh! reference?'
Turning herself around to look at the couch, Kanata looked at her counterpart and asked... "What question would that be?" This also got Konata to pay attention
Getting up from her laying position and began sitting on her legs, Harry's world's Kanata turned to Konata and asked, "How did you manage to pull that "Hadoken" move off?"
Scratching her head as she though of an answer, Miyuki spoke up for the first time in the conversation and said, "I believe I may have an answer to that."
All heads turned to Miyuki to hear her explanation on how that was possible.
'Well...here goes.' thought Miyuki as she began to explain her theory.
"I believe from what I read of the books, only those who are wizards or witches can see ghost. We can see and hear the both of you just fine. I think when we crossed over to this world we gained the ability to do magic. Just not in the same way as normal wizarding folks seem to do it."
Kagami thought about what was said by her friend and replied, "Actually I think Miyuki might be on to something here. Konata was the first to discover hers as magic is emotional and intent based. And as much I hate to admit it, she would be the one of us to have the most control over it do to the different powers she seeing in her games and what type of effect they had on the fictional characters. I can also assume the reason why my sister was acting weird earlier...(Kagami turned to Tsukasa and mouth a quick sorry and returned back to what was saying) when she named her frying pan Fifi is because her magic started to awaken and was affecting her mentally."
Thinking what was being said, got both Kanata's to think. Then Konata's mom said, "Yes I agree with the both of you on this. That seems the most logical.
"I also agree on this." stated the other Kanata as she finally got off the couch and said one last thing.
"By the way Konata...girls..."
The group looked at her as she continued.
"You all have my blessing to use this mansion and the fortune to your desires..." Noticing her body fading, the other Kanata finished what she was saying. Well...My times up." finished the other Kanata as started to fade faster.
"WAIT!" cried Konata getting the group to look at her.
"Do you happen to know the whereabouts of this world's Konata?"
Konata's mom spoke up for her fading counterpart saying... "Konata...Kami has been looking into it within the last year when this world's Soujirou past away. Currently we don't know her whereabouts."
Looking a bit down about her mother's answer, Konata looked back up and asked something that was sorta bugging her as she saw her mom's counterpart completely fade away...
"Question! Um...not to be rude mom but...why are you still here?"
Gaining a sweet drop as she answered her daughter's question. "Kami and my counterpart gave me permission to haunt this place. On the other hand, think of it this way...we can finally catch up on the things we both missed as mother and daughter."
For the first time in along time, Konata had tears fall as she smiled at her mom.
"Mom, I'd hug you right now, but...the whole ghost thing makes it kinda hard..."
"I know, dear."
"...I...I can't believe I'm finally seeing you again after all these years..."
"Yes it is good to finally see and talk to you as well Konata. Sigh...As much as I know that your father loves you...I'm glad your not living with him right now."
Konata raised her eyebrow and asked... "Huh? Why is that?...Is it because of his habits?"
"Geez Konata...what do you think?" Kagami said sarcastically
Both mother and daughter gained a sweet drop as the both knew of over several dozen reasons right off the bat without the need to really think about it.
"Ye..ah, I do agree with my mom..." said Konata
Turning look at her son, Konata asked, "Harry? Do you want to show your grandma your room upstairs?"
"But there isn't much in there." Harry answered with much confusion
Konata thought for a moment and replied, "Eh...show her the new train you got!"
Clasping her hands together, Kanata excitedly said, "Yes! I think that's a great idea! Then afterwards Harry and I can get to know one another."
"Okay...Harry go on upstairs and I'll send your grandma up there in a few moments." said Konata
With a nod, Harry left the room as Kanata turned back toward Konata and asked, "Dear...what was it you wanted to ask me?"
Blinking, Konata said, "The ghost in the camera photo that me and dad took...that was you wasn't it?"
"Hmhmhmhm...yes Konata that was me. Also yes that was still me chasing your father around the room with the hardback book when he tried to burn the camera when he thought it was cursed."
"Hahahaha! Oh man I really wish we had been there to see that!" said a laughing Kagami
"Yes...that does sound like a very amusing site to see." said Miyuki
"Hehehehe...I'm sorry we missed that. I wish we had magic sooner so we could have been able to see it." said Tsukasa who throwing her own laughing fit.
Kanata turned to Konata again and said... "Konata, I'm going upstairs now okay?"
With that Kanata walked out of the room and through the door leaving the girls by themselves.
"So..." Konata began. "Anyone up for some old school Super Mario Bros.?"