Saying goodbye: Part 1

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~In Seki-sensei's classroom~

Seki-sensei looked towards Doremi this time. Instead, Momoko raised her hand and replied, "Ai-chan's gone with her dad for a few days." Seki-sensei continued, "Do you know where?" The girls shook their heads.

Seki-sensei gave up.

~At the MAHO-dou~

Everyone stared at Yuki. Onpu asked, "Yuki-chan, are you okay?" Yuki nodded. Momoko asked, "Then why are you humming?" Yuki blushed and replied, "No reason." Hazuki adjusted her glasses, "Everything has a reason, Yuki-chan."

Yuki perked up, "Does it?" Hazuki nodded. Doremi stated, "I sure miss Ai-chan." Kaoru replied, "But she just left yesterday."

POOF! Tooru appeared, "Come on Yuki-chan, they'll be here in um…about four hours and we haven't even started." Yuki replied, "What? What were they doing when we were in school?" Tooru replied, "Majo Heart, working. Mizu-chan, getting the things. Mia-chan, keeping him busy."

Yuki sighed. She headed towards the portal but stopped and turned around, "Why don't you all come with?" Tooru thought then stated, "We'd get it done quicker then won't we?" Doremi asked, "Get what done?" Yuki replied, "The sooner we finish, the sooner you'll find out."

~At the orphanage~

Majo Heart was out, working. Mizuno and Hikaru had gone out for a walk. Akatsuki, Leon and Fujio had already started. The three wizards and the little witch were cleaning when everyone walked in.

Yuki stated, "At least they started." Tooru stated, "That's not all." The apprentices looked up. He walked upstairs and the apprentices followed. Upstairs it was a dark corridor with doors on each side. He walked over to the third door on the right. Hana-chan asked, "What's at the end of the corridor?"

Tooru replied, "Um, stairs to the attic." He opened the door. It was empty except a wall covered in drawers. On the ground, there was an incomplete banner that read, " Enjoy". There was a lot of free paper around it; bits of them were covered in different coloured paint. The walls were also covered in random colours of paint.

Yuki stated, "Ah, I see you got started on the banner. But, um, what's up with the walls?" Tooru replied, "Yea, me and Leon-kun got carried away and had a paintball fight. Now, let's get to work!" Hazuki spoke up, "But we need to know what to do." Yuki agreed, "Yea, we need to split ourselves up."

Everyone went downstairs. Tooru announced, "Okay, here's the plan. Half of us work downstairs, while the rest will work upstairs."

So, Tooru, Onpu, Hasebe, Leon, Tooru, Yuki, Kaoru, Mia, Marina and Kimura went upstairs while Doremi, Hazuki, Hana-chan, Pop, Akatsuki, Fujio, Kotake, Masaru and Momoko stayed downstairs.

~Upstairs~

Tooru, Yuki, Onpu, Mia and Leon worked on the banner, while Hasebe, Kaoru, Marina and Kimura cleaned the walls.

~Downstairs~

Momoko, Doremi, Pop, Hana-chan and Hazuki were in the kitchen all cooking treats for the leaving party. Akatsuki, Fujio, Kotake and Masaru were decorating the living room. The girls had by now, made cookies, a chocolate cake that read ' Hope you enjoy your new life, Hikaru-kun! '.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Everyone downstairs panicked except Masaru, Akatsuki and Fujio. The orange haired wizard went to get the door. Fortunately, it wasn't Hikaru; instead it was Akira and Nyoko. They had come to help. Nyoko went upstairs when she heard Mia was there.

Akira asked, "Fujio-kun, can you please tell me whose where?" Fujio nodded and replied, "Only myself, Akatsuki-kun, Kotake-kun, Yada-kun, Doremi-chan, her little sister, Hana-chan, Hazuki-chan and Momo-chan are downstairs. The rest have gone upstairs, now including Nyoko-chan." Akira decided, "I'll stay downstairs." Fujio nodded and left to the living room leaving Akira to choose which room he'd go to.

He walked to the kitchen. He stated, "Impressive." Everyone turned to him. Doremi stated, "I remember you! You're that person who called us to go to Leon-kun's house, before it…" The odango trailed off. The girls all looked down sadly.

Akira smiled, "Yes I am. But don't worry about Leon-kun, he's perfectly over it. He's used to it. If he's over it, it's right for us to be over it too, right?" Everyone looked up and Momoko clenched her fist, "Yea, we're patisseries. How can we make others smile we can't do it ourselves?" The girls cheered.

Pop asked, "Who are you?" Akira replied, "Oh, I haven't even introduced myself yet. I'm Itsuki Akira. And that girl who you heard squeal just now, she's my little sister, Itsuki Nyoko." They nodded.

Hana-chan stated, "I'm Hana-chan!" She then accidentally strangled him. Momoko got her off, "Gome, she just does that, accidentally strangle people when she means to hug them." Akira breathed out, "What a grip. I haven't been strangled like that since…Never mind. We better get to work then."

Doremi asked, "You cook?" He nodded. Hazuki walked over to Momoko and said, "Momo-chan, I think that's enough flour." Momoko snapped out of her trance and looked down and then screamed, "Oh my god! What have I done?" It turned out that Momoko had 'accidentally' put in too much flour that it had started to flow on the table.

Pop reassured her, "Daijoub Momo-chan, daijoub." Akira agreed, "Yea, besides, we can use that." Doremi pointed out, "That's what Momo-chan told us on our first time." Akira turned to Hana-chan, "Hana-chan, can you please get me another bowl?" She obeyed.

Akira put it down on the table. He snapped his fingers and all the extra flour disappeared. He snapped his fingers again and this time, all the extra flour appeared in the bowl. Everyone smiled.

~Upstairs~

Tooru got up and stated, "Finally, it's done!" Hasebe, Kaoru and Kimura glared at him. Kaoru tried to attack but Yuki held her back.

~With Hikaru and Mizuno~

Mizuno and Hikaru were taking a walk in the field (the non-burnt part). Hikaru turned to the elder girl, "Mizu-onee-chan, I want to go home." Mizuno looked at her watch and smiled, "Alright then, let's go home Hikaru-kun."

~At the orphanage~

Everyone had finally finished. It had been successful. The banner had a blue background and instead of saying, 'Enjoy, it now said, ' Enjoy your new home, Hikaru-kun! ' in bright yellow colours. Below, the table had been covered in tasty treats; a big chocolate cake, several cookies and several cupcakes.

Majo Heart walked in and sighed. Akatsuki nodded to no one in particular and stated, "Mizu-chan and Hikaru-kun are coming." Everyone hid as Tooru turned out the lights.

Just outside, Mizuno and Hikaru stood. The duo walked in. Mizuno turned on the lights and everyone came out of their hiding place (except Majo Heart) and shouted, "Surprise!" No one knew that if Hikaru was happy or sad.

Yuki said, "Congratulations, Hikaru-kun! You're finally leaving!" Hikaru developed tears in his eyes as he said, "Minna-san…wants me to leave?" Everyone looked at each other and Tooru turned to him to reply but Hikaru had let go of Mizuno's hand and ran out. Tooru chased after.

Yuki followed. Majo heart stopped everyone else from running after. Fujio and Akira tried to hold Mia from running too. She had started to cry. Mizuno bent down, "Daijoub Mia-chan. You'll see. They'll be back, with Hikaru-kun." She stated putting emphasizing the 'with'.

~With Tooru and Yuki~

Hikaru had started to run towards a forest and Tooru didn't hesitate to go in. Yuki hesitated, "This is…" She then started to run too.

Tooru had found Hikaru and he was sitting on a branch, high up in a tree. Tooru looked up and called out, "Hikaru-kun! Get down here now!" The young wizard boy replied, "No! You're happy that I'm leaving, then why do you care what happens to me?"

Tooru replied, "Kazoku. (A/N: Japanese for 'family'.)" Hikaru perked up. Tooru replied, "Kazoku means family." Hikaru started off, "Family…" Both continued, "…means no one gets left behind." Yuki caught up and continued, "…or forgotten." (A/N: Quoted from Lilo and Stitch.)

Tooru tried to explain, "Hikaru-kun, it's not that we're happy you're leaving because we want you to, it's just that we're happy, no overjoyed to hear that you have a family left." Hikaru looked down as Yuki continued, "He's right, Hikaru-kun. Besides, none of us, not even Mia-chan, have parents left, let alone a family." Tooru agreed, "Exactly. But you're parents are on their way. I- I didn't even know my parents. I have nothing to remember them by."

Yuki pleaded, "Neither do I. You're the only one out of us who can go." Hikaru tightened his grip on the branch, "If Tooru-onii-chan and Yuki-onee-chan want parents, why don't they go?" Yuki sighed and looked up, "Because…they're your parents, Hikaru-kun. You should get to know them."

Tooru continued, "Haven't you been wondering you're whole life what kind of people your parents are?" Hikaru muttered, "I did wonder that…" Tooru continued, "Well, this is your big chance." Hikaru didn't move.

Tooru sighed and turned around, "Come on Yuki-chan. Looks like he's not coming." Yuki pulled her hand to her chest and turned to follow Tooru.

Hikaru called out, "Matte. (wait)" Tooru smiled and the duo turned around to find Hikaru standing in front of the tree facing them. He continued, "I want to go home."