As unbelievable as it sounds...
The boy and his friends have triumphed.
The Elemental Ones are no more.
But this is by no means the end of their quest.
I can still sense many shadows lingering in the void.
Entities of darkness, malice and shadow, just waiting for their moment to attack and strike down their pursuers.
And then, there is him.
That strange manifestation who resembles the light prophet but is in every way his opposite.
I do not understand what he is trying to bring about.
But being that he is a servant of the Shadow, I know it can not be good.
However, there is some good in this situation.
The twilight princess has awakened in her modern body.
This signals promise.
As she herself said...
...this world is not yet out of heroes.
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(There may be forces in this world we don't understand, but I believe we make our own miracles.)
S.P.D. Gold Ranger presents:
Ojamajo Doremi Chronicles: Message of the Shooting Star
Story Created: May 30th, 2009
This Chapter: August 19th, 2011
Rated: T for Teen (for intense scenes, violence, and intimate moments. Basically, my usual.)
Summary: Many years ago, four elemental forces fought a great battle that nearly destroyed the world as we know it. Now, that ancient evil has returned to present day Misora, and only the Ojamajos are capable of putting an end to the madness...
On Today's Episode: Now that Misora has been restored, the Ojamajos are getting back into their semi-normal lives. But things are about to get complicated yet again when the Foreseer pays a personal visit to Saiki and tells the night elemental of his own role in the legend of the Shadow...
Disclaimer (since I know I have to put this): I don't own ANYTHING related to OjamajoDoremi, and you people know that. It belongs solely to Toei Animation and whoever licenses it for their country. There, now you can't sue me for it. Hahaha. I win.
Note: Ojamajo Doremi Chronicles: Message of the Shooting Star IS the actual title of the story, but I changed it for the site since the whole name wouldn't fit. DAMN IT
Note 2: Yuki Shinoya and her witch apprentice team, who will be appearing in this story, belong to YukiShinoya444. I DO have her permission to use her characters in my stories, just so you know.
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Chapter 11: When All the Stars Were Falling
Back in the Wizard World, Saiki was sitting on the edge of his bed, musing over recent events.
He was quite honestly surprised to see that the entire city of Misora had been completely restored as if it hadn't been destroyed by Rayquaza.
He knew instinctively that Nick was behind that, having used a wish on the Majokai Crystals.
Saiki immediately growled upon thinking of the green witch. His mind wouldn't rest until he was sure he'd put that backstabber out of his misery.
"Otouto-chan?" Akatsuki called from outside the room.
"Don't call me that, nii-chan," Saiki instantly retorted.
"Aren't you coming?" Akatsuki wondered. "Tooru-kun's gonna be dancing."
"I... I'm not really feeling that well after what happened," Saiki half-lied. "I just need some rest and I'll be fine."
Akatsuki fell silent, accepting that response and moving away.
The younger prince stared at the ceiling for what seemed like an eternity. Why was he feeling like this? Though he didn't like what Nick had done, he knew he never usually resorted to such violence. So why did Saiki feel like he wanted to be the one to personally send the green witch to a permanent stay in Tartarus? This usually was so unlike him...
"It's because of what's happened in the past."
"Who's there?" Saiki exclaimed, instantly leaping to his feet and surrounding his hands with dark energy.
He cast his gaze to the other side of the room and saw that Nick was standing there.
Wait. This wasn't Nick.
"Hey, who the hell are you?" Saiki growled, still in a defensive stance.
"My dear prince, I am the Foreseer," the figure responded. "I come from the ancient days to bring you a message."
"Why do you look like Nick-kun?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?"
"All right, let's just get down to business," Saiki shot back. "Why are you here?"
The Foreseer smiled wickedly. Oh, this is going to be easier than I thought. With his mind addled as it is, all I have to do is twist the legend around a bit so I can set this boy against that accursed light prophet whenever I need him to. This should prove very entertaining.
"As I have said, I am from the ancient days, during the time of the Shadow," the Foreseer started explaining. "I am the dark half of the light prophet, the ancestor of the boy you know as Nick. Despite the fact that I am the dark half, I have good intentions and only wish to save this world. I came to tell you of something very important. Back in the ancient days, your ancestor, the prince of the night, was in a very close relationship with the twilight princess, the ancestor of that Shinoya girl. But when my light side discovered her, he went all-out to please her. This eventually worked, and the two fell in love and got married. But the light prophet eventually grew bored with the relationship and left the world. A few hundred years later, I found out that he brought the spirit of the Shadow back with him to ravage the world."
"Wait, WHAT?" Saiki exclaimed, unable to believe what he was hearing. "So, you're saying that my ancestor's love was stolen away by Nick-kun's ancestor, and that Nick-kun's ancestor was the one who brought the Shadow into the world?"
"Precisely," the Foreseer replied, pretending he was concerned. Shidoosha, you're making this all too easy...
"So THAT'S what this is all about!" Saiki growled, a vicious dark aura beginning to surround him. "Nick-kun's trying to recreate what happened before! He wants to steal Yuki-chan from me and bring the Shadow back to finish what he couldn't before!"
"I'm afraid my light half has been corrupted by the darkness flowing through him," the Foreseer lied. "He must be stopped before he can bring the Shadow back. And you are the only one that can stop him."
"Oh, that settles it," Saiki about screamed. "I swear I'm going to send that bastard on a one-way trip to Tartarus."
"Please, hurry before it's too late," the Foreseer gasped, trying to sound desperate. Saiki just nodded, wrapping himself in a cloak of dark energy and disappearing.
When no one was within earshot, the Foreseer began to laugh maniacally.
"Oh, Shidoosha, you and your gullible mind," the Foreseer laughed. "I should have done this ages ago. Now I have a smart and reliable way of taking that brat out of the picture without even having to lift a finger. This is going to be more fun than I thought."
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Doremi looked down at her history test, wondering why she'd even signed up for this class.
Yuki couldn't help but giggle at Doremi's cute look.
"She's not the only one who doesn't like history, huh?" Yuki asked Nick, who was sitting right next to her.
"She's probably thinking she should have been excluded from this one, considering we just saved the whole city," Nick responded, keeping his voice down so no one would hear that last part.
"But considering that no one even remembers that the city got destroyed in the first place," Yuki answered, "it's kinda getting on Do-chan's nerves."
"Good to see that she hasn't changed much, huh?" Nick laughed.
"Shinoya?" Seki-sensei asked from her seat by the chalkboard. "Could you answer the next question for us?"
"Easy as pie, sensei!" Yuki giggled.
Just then, the classroom door slammed itself open.
Nick was the first to tense up, but was surprised to not see anyone at the door.
Out of curiosity, Nick stood up and walked to the now-open door, looking at both sides of the hallway. He didn't see anyone.
"Huh."
"Everything okay, Kelly?" Seki-sensei asked.
"Guess it was just a prank," Nick thought.
No one in the class seemed to notice that Yuki had just twitched, her eyes shifting to a blue-green shade.
Before Nick could turn around, however, Seki-sensei suddenly realized that someone wasn't in the classroom.
"Hey, has anyone seen Saiki-san?" Seki-sensei asked curiously.
At that very instant, something slammed into the side of Nick's face, sending him flying harshly into the opposite wall. Everyone in the classroom gasped in shock at this.
Nick had just regained his balance when he noticed who had just slugged him with that right hook.
"Oh, no, not you again," Nick growled upon noticing Saiki himself standing in the doorway, his hands brimming with dark energy.
"Shidoosha?" Kotake quipped. "Your brother said you weren't feeling good today..."
Saiki didn't hear Kotake's statement, his mind only focused on Nick.
"You son of a bitch," Saiki growled.
"Look, Saiki-kun, I really don't have time for any of this today," Nick shot back, hoping to avoid an incident like the one from the other day. "So if you wouldn't mind..."
Once again, fate was not kind to Nick.
Saiki rushed forward faster than he ever thought possible, slamming both of his glowing hands into Nick's chest, the impact creating a large radial shockwave that sent Nick crashing into the wall again.
"Oh, you're going to pay for that," Nick growled, shifting into fighting stance.
However, the instant Nick rushed at his opponent...
"Kurai Kairai!" Saiki exclaimed, flicking his hands out and unleashing strands of dark energy from his fingers, each strand attaching to Nick and immobilizing him.
Damn it, I was hoping he wouldn't use that, Nick thought, struggling to break free from the puppetry spell.
Saiki didn't waste any time in heaving the dark strings upwards and slamming Nick into the ceiling, then back down onto the ground, each impact causing the room to quake a bit.
Once Nick had been released, Saiki continued his relentless attack by surrounding his fist with darkness and performing a powerful uppercut (resisting the rather inappropriate urge to shout "SHORYUKEN" as he did so) that socked Nick in the jaw, almost bending his head back at an unnatural angle, though Nick managed to avoid that undersight.
Saiki quickly followed this up with a kick to Nick's stomach area that forced him back on the classroom's opposite wall.
Before Nick could even react, Saiki had come back with another foot to his chest, this impact actually sending Nick crashing through the classroom wall and flying out into the stands that adorned the opposite end of the football field, which was currently being used by the soccer team.
As Nick flew headlong into the stands, a lot of the soccer players gasped in shock as Nick climbed out of the wrecked seats, his damage obvious.
"All right, THAT'S IT!" Nick shouted, no longer caring who saw this. He flicked his right hand to his side, and Hanyou Hikari materialized in it.
"Hey, did Kellysi-kun just make a sword out of nothing?" Tamaki asked curiously.
"I'm through playing games, Saiki-kun," Nick stated, making his intentions clear. "What in god's name do I have to do to get through to you?"
Saiki just shook his head before charging.
Just as Nick was going to slash at the night elemental, Saiki had disappeared.
As Nick gazed around, trying to get a bead on Saiki's movements, the younger prince appeared out of nowhere and slammed his fist into Nick's stomach, instantly dazing him.
Saiki almost immediately followed this up with a double scissor kick that sent Nick back into the classroom through the large hole.
Saiki walked in and picked Nick up off the ground, holding him threateningly by his shirt collar.
"I know what you're really after now, you little son of a bitch," Saiki growled.
"Listen to yourself, Saiki-kun," Nick shot back, hoping to avoid a repeat of the last time this had happened. "How many times do I have to repeat myself? I had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with what happened to Yuki-chan! If you'd get it through your thick head and listen to me before you start going bananas on everything in sight..."
"I'm through with listening to your lies," Saiki sneered, an expression of pure rage on his face. "I'm done with you now."
Saiki tossed Nick a couple feet into the air, then spun around and smashed his fist into Nick's face, this motion forcing Nick through the open doorway and into the lockers outside.
Not even noticing the students' panicked expressions, Saiki drew both of his hands behind him, dark energy charging in both of his palms. After a few seconds, he lifted both of his hands high above his head, waves emanating from the energy balls.
"Let's see you survive this one!" Saiki shouted, the energy in his hands appearing to grow more chaotic with each second he concentrated.
Not wasting any more time, Saiki put his hands together, his dark aura flaring wildly.
"Now go to hell and STAY THERE!" Saiki screamed, pushing his hands forward. An immense burst of aura energy erupted from his hands and began slashing mercilessly at Nick's vulnerable form, surprisingly not utterly destroying the wall or lockers he was pinned against. It was almost as if Saiki was focusing this attack on only hurting Nick.
After about ten seconds of this, Saiki's beam dispersed and he looked over at the unconscious Nick, satisfied that he had done what he'd set out to do. He wrapped himself in a cloak of energy and disappeared.
As the rest of the class looked on in shock, Yuki was the first to take action, hopping out of her seat and rushing over to the out-of-commission Nick.
"I'll get him to the nurse, Seki-sensei," Yuki stated before scooping the green witch into her arms and racing down the hallway.
About halfway there, Nick regained consciousness, looking up at Yuki. "Princess?" Nick asked.
Yuki looked down at Nick, her now blue-green eyes indicating that the ancient twilight princess was in control of the black witch's body.
"Are you feeling all right?" Yuki asked, her voice different now.
"What the heck just happened?" Nick wondered.
"You got waylaid by the younger Shidoosha sibling," Yuki answered. "He seemed very angry at you for some reason."
"That son of a bitch thinks I did something to his relationship with you," Nick replied, still trying to shake off a pounding headache. "He's too stubborn to let me explain that the Shadow is the one who messed with things, and he's been trying to kill me ever since."
"Maybe your queen can help us," Yuki answered.
Nick was about to be confused, but quickly realized that since the twilight princess was sharing her consciousness with Yuki, she must have gained all of Yuki's memories in the process.
"Hopefully, because I think we may need some help," Nick continued.
Once the two of them reached the nurse's office, Yuki set Nick down on his feet so he could open the door.
"Yes?" Miss Yuki asked in her pleasant way before seeing Nick's battered self. "Oh my gosh, what happened?"
"That boy attacked him again," Yuki responded, her eyes and voice back to normal now.
"We're still in a predicament, aren't we?" Miss Yuki asked. Nick and the Ojamajos were the only ones in the school who knew that Miss Yuki was actually the queen of the Majokai.
"We destroyed the Elemental Ones," Nick stated. "But I've got this feeling that our story's not over yet."
Miss Yuki nodded. "Indeed, this is only the opening chapter to this story. I can sense dark shadows forming all around us. We'll have to be on our guard for a while."
"Luckily, we have some help now," Nick responded. "The twilight princess has our backs."
"The twilight princess? From the ancient legends?" Miss Yuki gasped.
Before Yuki could ask what that meant, however, a loud rumble shook the office.
"What the heck was that?" Yuki shouted.
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Doremi collapsed to the floor; that cheap shot to her stomach had really hurt.
"All right..." Doremi groaned, slowly getting to her feet. "Who's got the nerve, hitting a pretty girl like that?"
When Doremi managed to adjust her vision enough, she saw something that really weirded her out.
She was staring at herself, it seemed. But this strange clone seemed to be a little off-color, her hair pure black, though tied up in Doremi's signature hair buns. Her clothes were even the same clothes that Doremi herself was wearing, though a much darker color.
"Wha...?" Doremi asked.
"Don't seem to understand, huh?" the off-color clone commented in a voice that definitely sounded like. "I guess I can bring you up to speed before I send you to a permanent stay in Tartarus. Me and my comrades are the shadows of you and your fellow witches. We've been commanded by the Shadow himself to wipe you out of existence so you can't be a threat to his plans anymore."
"Isn't that sporting of him?" Doremi stated sarcastically.
"Now, miss Harukaze, let's see if you can show any skill before I kill you."
With that, Shadow Doremi rushed forward and drew her weapon, a very creepy-looking sword. Doremi was barely able to bring her wand out in time to block the strike.
"You're cheap, lady!" Doremi shouted, adding some pressure and forcing her shadow self back.
But Shadow Doremi didn't seem at all fazed by this, staying on her feet with an almost un-Doremi-like grace; she seemed to be, logically for being a shadow, everything that Doremi herself wasn't.
"Yes, I'm cheap," Shadow Doremi giggled. "But that's why I like it."
"Then I guess I'm going to have to step it up," Doremi responded, reaching for her transformation pendant that rested on the center of her school uniform (Doremi was quite surprised that everyone in school considered it a cute locket). Not wasting a second, Doremi slammed a hand onto the pendant, causing her to be covered in a cocoon of bright pink light. When it cleared, Doremi had transformed into her witch form.
"Am I glad we're on lunch break," Doremi giggled before striking her post-henshin pose.
"The gleaming ruby, Doremi-chi!"
"Aren't you worried that someone here will recognize you as a witch?" Shadow Doremi taunted.
"I'll worry about that after I take care of you," Doremi quipped, her wand at the ready.
"Oh, we'll see if you keep spouting your nonsensical gibberish after I carve you up like a roast turkey," Shadow Doremi growled before charging forward.
Doremi instantly met blades with her shadow counterpart, trading strike after strike and taking their battle down the strangely abandoned hallway.
"You're persistent, aren't you?" Shadow Doremi growled.
"I may be the unluckiest pretty girl in the world, but I'm just as persistent as I ever was," Doremi giggled. Taking advantage of a moment of distraction, the pink witch managed to shove her shadow self away so she could ready her wand for a trick the queen had recently taught her.
Doremi closed her eyes in concentration as her wand began to glow brightly.
"Bloom, Yamazakura!" Doremi shouted, her wand flashing and changing into something different. It was now a weapon similar to Nick's weapon, Hanyou Hikari, but the blade was a long, sharp leaf, and two cherry blossoms were hanging from the hilt.
"Oh, that's something new," Shadow Doremi remarked.
"Now let's see if those lessons Kellysi-chan gave me paid off," Doremi noted before rushing at her shadow clone.
Shadow Doremi had been so surprised by this that she couldn't get her own weapon up in time to defend herself. Doremi swung Yamazakura a few times, doing serious damage to her shadow self with each strike.
After a bit of this, Doremi hopped back a few feet and readied her new weapon, the blade beginning to glow a bright pink.
"I... I guess I underestimated you, Harukaze..." Shadow Doremi quipped.
"Yes, you did," Doremi quipped, her weapon being surrounded by sakura pedals. "Now you can go tell that Shadow person and his goons that we will NEVER stop fighting for our future!"
Doremi raised Yamazakura above her head, ready to finish this poser.
"Blossom Strike!" Doremi shouted, bringing Yamazakura down hard, creating an energy blade that sliced through Shadow Doremi. The off-color clone fell to her knees.
"The Shadow will reign supreme!" Shadow Doremi shouted before exploding into a cloud of sakura pedals that quickly dissipated.
Doremi winked to nobody in particular before letting her weapon revert back to her wand.
"Dojimi? That you?"
Doremi gasped in shock, turning around to see that Kotake was standing there.
"Hey, did you make that outfit?" Kotake asked. "It looks cute on you."
Doremi couldn't help but blush at that statement. "Mostly. Kellysi-chan helped me a bit with some of the details."
"Is that what you're going as for Halloween?" Kotake asked.
"You could say that."
Just then, the end-of-lunch bell rang.
"Oh, I gotta get to class now. Later, Dojimi!" Kotake shouted as he rushed off. When he was out of sight, Doremi breathed a sigh of relief before snapping her fingers, reverting back to her normal self.
That was too close, Doremi thought, heading off to her next class as well.
"Doremi-chan!"
Doremi turned around and saw Nick and Yuki rushing up to her.
"Hey, are you okay?" Yuki exclaimed, running over and glomping the pink witch.
"Couldn't be better, Yuki-chan," Doremi giggled. "I just owned one of the Shadow's goons."
"Really? All by yourself?" Yuki asked.
"No problem!" Doremi proclaimed.
"Guess those lessons I gave you paid off after all, huh, Doremi-chan?" Nick quipped, affectionately patting Doremi's shoulder.
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Doremi exclaimed, causing all three to burst out laughing.
Far down the hallway, unseen by anyone passing by, the Foreseer had been watching the entire battle between Doremi and her shadow self.
"So, they know how to defeat their shadow selves," the Foreseer noted. "Oh, well, no matter. This was only round one. We'll see how they play when the big boss makes his first appearance."
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Next time:
Chapter 12: A View From Atop the World
With the Ojamajos' shadow selves waiting in the wings, they won't be able to let their guard down for a second. But as the adventure continues, Nick pays a personal visit to Majorin for some clarification on a specific part of the ancient legend. And Saiki learns from the Foreseer just who the "big boss" he mentioned actually is, but with this new information in hand, how long will it be until Saiki realizes the truth about what is REALLY going on?