Chapter 3: Tombo

A/N: finally adding Tombo in the story =D this is going to be fun

(Tombo's POV)

The morning light shined in through the curtains, the light hit Tombo's eyes and he groaned. Rolling over he looked at the clock, 6:32, he jumped out of bed in a hurry.

I'm going to be late for school! He thought.

Throwing on his blue polo and shorts he ran to the kitchen with toothpaste still crusted on his chin.

"Takara, why didn't you wake me up half an hour ago?!" yelled Tombo. His sister sat leisurely at the dinner table, she put down her book and peeked over her glasses.

"You need to take more responsibility if you're going to move out soon," said Takara. Tombo's sister had pulled her blond, curly hair, into a tight pony tail, she ran her red painted nails through it to loosen it; her brown eyes glinted with amusement.

"My alarm clock was broken," argued Tombo. Takara snorted and returned to her book.

"Mom and dad are paying for your tuition at the college, you should respect them by showing up on time," lectured Takara.

"We both know I'm not going to live until college," he said. Takara opened her mouth to say something but Tombo had already grabbed a muffin and ran out the door.

Tombo ran outside and saw Takeshi and Satomi driving down the road.

"Hey, can you give me a ride?!" yelled Tombo. Takeshi stopped the car and allowed Tombo to jump in on the back seat, the yellow buggy roared to life once more and Takeshi drove to the high school.

"Alarm clock broken again?" teased Satomi, her brother laughed because this was a reoccurring excuse Tombo used.

"Oh be quiet Satomi, I need to get it replaced but you know I haven't had the time," he said. Satomi looked down at her lap with guilt.

"Hey now, none of that sad stuff now, we're having a party today to celebrate the last day of high school. Your depression is going to kill the mood today," said Takeshi.

"Wait, Takeshi, stop the car," said Tombo. Takeshi looked back at Tombo, but Tombo was looking at the sky.

"What is it?" asked Satomi. Tombo shook his head.

"Nothing, I just thought I saw something,"

(Third POV)

Osono looked sadly at Kiki; the young witch was pacing in an impatient circle around the room, trying to comprehend what she had just heard.

Kiki looked at Osono again "So you're telling me that Tombo is going to be a general in the air force?" questioned Kiki. Osono nodded.

"Well what's so bad about this?" Kiki asked, she thought everyone would be happy for Tombo.

Osono looked down "Kiki, the air force is very new, there have been many accidents and the planes have been shot down by other countries. The pilots are taken…we haven't heard from any of them," she said "Tombo was the first to volunteer but he was too young, now he thinks he has nothing to lose," Kiki looked at Osono with curiosity practically radiating off her, her soft blue eyes became cloudy.

"Why? He has everything to lose! He has a family! People who care about him!" yelled Kiki, she turned away from Osono and faced the wall, Osono saw her shoulders move up and down.

Osono stood up from the table and walked over to Kiki, she placed a hand on the young witch's shoulder.

"Kiki," she said softly, "Tombo thinks that you're dead,"

Kiki had to make a delivery to a woman named Lanai, the woman with the brown roof. Kiki wanted to get her mind off of Tombo, she knew by now he'd be on her way to school, she'd visit when it was their lunch time.

"Brown roof…there!" said Kiki. She adjusted the light brown satchel that held several loaves of bread, flying down to the garden she stumbled a little at the landing.

"This place looks familiar," she said. Kiki looked around at the yard, high walls blocked out the street and incased a garden. Different trees were planted everywhere, flowers, a green sea of grass rustled in the wind. A white, wired, metal table and matching wired chairs were near the center of the circle of flowers. A small koi pond was adjacent to the sitting area.

"It looks beautiful," she breathed. Walking over to the red door, Kiki was about to knock on the door when the door swung open.

"Kiki?" said the woman. A petite woman with a black ponytail gasped at the young witch.

"Takara, when did you change your last name?" questioned Kiki; she cocked her head and blinked.

"Kiki, you're alive!" cried Takara; the small woman had to jump to throw her arms around Kiki's neck. Takara wiped a tear from her eye.

Kiki walked into the large house when she was bear hugged by a short woman.

"Kiki!" she yelled. Kiki looked down at the woman and noticed her old friend Ursula.

"Ursula? What are you doing here?" breathed Kiki. Ursula's hair was tied back into a loose ponytail, her features were less boy-like and she wore a green blouse and white skirt.

"This is my brother's house, Takara married my brother and she and Tombo moved in. I'm just checking in on her," said Ursula. Kiki nodded, from her talk with Osono, she knew that Ursula's brother had joined the marines.

"Oh Takara, that's great news!" exclaimed Kiki. All the girls settled down at the dinner table, Takara gave Kiki a cup of hot chocolate and sliced the bread she had ordered from Osono's bakery.

"You know Kiki, if you're going to make us think you're dead, you could at least call," joked Takara.

"You know, I didn't even know you thought I was dead until this morning," laughed Kiki, she put down her cup and looked at Takara "I was planning on visiting Tombo at his school during lunch," she said.

Takara nodded "So you heard about him joining the air force," she said, Kiki stared at her hot chocolate.

"He took it the hardest," said Ursula.

"Care to tell me more?" asked Kiki "Osono never told me why you thought I was dead,"

"They have to tell us something!" said Tombo. He paced around the living room while Takara sobbed on the couch with her fiancé trying to hold back his own tears. Ursula punched the wall angrily.

"They won't tell us anything. All the council will tell us is that the broom is Kiki's," she said "I don't get this rule, why can't we have information about them," Ursula glanced at the two halves of the broomstick. She saw the small in carving on the handle, it read Kiki Kurosawa.

"We found her broomstick broken by the sea cliffs. She was given clearance to become resident witch a month ago," said Kano, Takara's fiancé "Tombo, I'd hate to tell you this but she might be gone," he said.

Tombo glared at Kano when the phone rang.

"Hello?" he said.

"Copori? My name is Sakura and I work for City Hall, I'm calling you to refer to you about Kiki Kurosawa," Tombo held his breath, "Mr. Copori, I must remind you that the Mage Council is not allowed to reveal any information about the witch until she had completed her training. This still goes for if the witch is dead. I'm sorry-" Tombo slammed the phone into its holder.

"She's dead," he said, he stormed out of the house.

"So that's what happened," sighed Kiki, she tightened her grip on the cup "They were probably about to say 'I'm sorry but I can't tell you anything' not 'I'm sorry for your loss'. If Tombo didn't hang up, then you'd probably know that I was okay," she said.

"I remember what happened, I was flying near Koriko once to visit a relative, and the wind blew my broomstick out from under me. I created an orb underwater so I could float safely in the water until I reached the mainland. I never thought about getting my broom," she said "It's my all fault, isn't it," Kiki stood up.

Ursula walked over to Kiki and stroked her hair.

"No it's not, it was just an accident," she said. Takara looked at the clock, it read 12:58.

"If you want, you could stay until he comes back, he probably is finishing lunch by now," said Takara, Kiki nodded.

"It'll be good to see him again,"

A/N: Special thanks to Love Nano1012, you're my first review!