Chapter 3 (A Dusty Memory)
After scarfing down something the gang called 'pizza', Yugi and Kat separated from the gang and headed for home. "Aren't you glad that it's summer?" Yugi asked. Kat stopped herself from nodding, "Yes it would be wormful to go to cool, with half a memory." "Wormful?" "Umm… bad?" "Awful?" "Yeah!" "And what's cool?" "Um…" "School?" "Yeah that sounds right." Yugi laughed, Kat giggled. "You learn really quickly", said Yugi smiling at her. Kat's eyes widened and she nodded, smiling. Yugi looked at her, "You don't know what that means do you?" Kat shook her head, in a no. "Umm ok, I'll try to break that down…" Kat cocked her head to the side. "Umm, Yugi maybe you should just stop talking", suggested his other half. Yugi mentally nodded. Kat giggled, "Explain it tomorrow."
Kat slipped into her bed, she had to sleep in the same room as Yugi because the shop was so small. But before she slipped into the world of dreams one more memory reappeared mentally. "Honey are you asleep?" the voice sounded vaguely familiar, a women's voice. Kat was awake just lying in bed thinking, "No, not yet." Her mom popped her head into the room, but her face was blurred, "Well try to get some sleep, night." "Night." Kat slipped into a deep sleep, with no dreams just sounds… "Is she asleep?" "Will she ever wake up?" "Do you think she knows?" "Does it look like she remembers anything?" "She'll pull through, she's a fighter." A soft click, then jazzy music. "Who turned on the T.V? You might wake her up!" "Exactly, we want her to wake right?" Kat made a mental note that her 'dreams' were strange.
The next morning Kat woke up realizing that she had fallen asleep in her clothes. She shrugged; at least she was warmer than she had been yesterday. She looked around the room for a 'TeaVee.' Of course she didn't find one because she didn't know what it was. She looked across the room at Yugi, so peaceful in his slumber… She picked up a stuffed animal and lightly tossed it at him, she then dived into her bed. She didn't understand what made her throw the animal but, it was fun, she giggled as Yugi woke up. He looked around the room, as if a ghost had thrown the furry thing at him, "Kat?" Kat shook her head, purely out of habit, " The happy bunnies are doing jigs around my lead." Yugi looked at her at laughed, he didn't understand what she said, and truthfully, neither did she.
After thinking for a while Kat asked, "Yugi, are these all my blows?" She gestured at her clothes. Yugi, laughed softly, "I think you mean clothes Kat, but your suitcase got lost on the plane, that's what the doctors told Grandpa. But you could always do a little work for him around the shop, he needs some boxes moved, and he'll pay you for your work." Something sounded familiar about the word 'work', it snapped back another forgotten memory, of some of her old work: babysitting. 6 kids, one boy, and the other 5 girls surrounded her. Two of the girls were 8, another two were 5, and the remaining girl and boy were 3. Kat groaned, they weren't listening to her, "How about I tell you a story?" The kids got quiet, they liked her stories. "Tell the one about Jane!" "Yeah when you get to that one part can we act it out?" Kat just smiled nodding, patiently. (I really did baby-sit 6 kids at the same time, those exact kids exactly.) She looked at Yugi smiling, "Ok."
She began working for Grandpa right away; he had a bunch of boxes in the attic that needed to be sorted through. Kat was willing; her knees creaked and cracked as she climbed up the stairs. HOLY CHEESE! She nearly fell down the stairs as she saw what challenges lay in front of her: boxes. Millions and millions of boxes. Exactly how old was Grandpa Muto anyway? It just wasn't normal for a person to have that much stuff. Kat took a deep breath and managed to avoid choking on the pounds of dust stacked on top of every single box, she had a LOT of work ahead of her.
She pulled down the first box, and setting it on her lap. Kat blew off all the dust; it flew everywhere. Kat sneezed, and then gently pulled open the box. Grandpa Muto was looking for old cards to put in this shop. Kat didn't see any cards in the box but she continued lightly digging through it anyway: no cards, just junk. Kat sneezed again, ATTACK OF THE DUST BUNNY-MONKEYS! Her thoughts were nearly as strange as her dreams. She went through box after box, soon she found herself in the center of the attic, and her clothes were covered in dust. She was swimming in an endless sea of boxes and dust. Just as she was object to be pulled under-water by the dust monster, she found a box full of cards; she smiled. It was a pretty large box, she began to read some of the titles: Ojama Yellow, Needle Ceiling, Gadget Soldier, Rock spirit, and billions more but one really popped out at her. At first she couldn't read the name, it was a struggle but she managed to sound it out, "Soul of Purity and Light." There was a blond angel and it looked like she had her transparent arms around a brown haired boy's neck. Kat picked it up to study it closer, there was no doubt about it; she had found her favorite card. She sighed as she put the card back into the box, and closed it up. She picked up the box easily, even though it was very heavy. Then she tried to stand; it was like a mini world war 3, only it was her verses her legs. Her legs put up a tough fight, but she stood, carrying the box she walked down the stairs. She was proud of herself for not tripping, "I found the cards."