DISCLAIMER: Ojamajo Doremi © Toei Animation, 1999-2004. Sailor Moon © Toei Animation, 1992-1997. I don't get any commercial benefit from this fic.
Celine and the Rose Crystals
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Chapter 28 – The Surprise and the Match
Kotake's POV
When we still at Tsukino's house, at 9 AM, my phone cell rang. Someone called me. I then answered the phone outside the house.
A few minutes later, the call ended. I walked back into Tsukino's house and joined in the conversation between Doremi, Tsukino, Mamoru and their friends.
"Kotake, who's the one that calls you?" asked Doremi, "Is it your friend in the soccer club?"
"No," I shook of my head, "It's just my parents… my mother. She just make sure that I've already take my breakfast this morning."
"Well, that makes sense, actually," she commented, "You said to me that you left your house this morning at… 4 AM? That's so early, and I bet that you must be not having much time to eat some bread or anything…"
"Yeah, you're right," I replied, "By the way, Doremi, what are you talking about with the others when I walked out from here?"
"I just asked them about everything that happened in our class during my absence from there this entire week," Doremi explained, "I'm just afraid if there were so many homeworks which our teacher gave to us this week."
"Don't worry, Doremi," I assured her, "There are just a few homeworks, and I think we still can do all of those well. Trust me, Doremi."
"Okay, I trust you, Kotake," Doremi smiled, "Maybe I just miss our class so much, as I didn't go to school this week."
"I know it," I sat down beside her, "Well then, I think it's better if we talk about my match this afternoon. I want to make sure that Tsukino, Mamoru and the others will support me there."
"Of course we will, Kotake-kun," Tsukino said, "Your team is our school's soccer team, right? We should go there to support you all."
"I'm happy to hear that."
Several minutes later, my phone cell rang again. This time, it was a text message…
Wait, have I already stated that I lied to Doremi about the one who called me a few minutes ago? – stated to the reader. Actually, the one who called me wasn't my mother. She was Asuka.
Exactly, this morning, Makihatayama and Doremi's younger sister, Pop, were going to all of Doremi's best friends' house, to tell them that I successfully brought Doremi back from the Rose Crystal Catcher's castle, and they had plan to give her a surprise here, at Tsukino's house. Asuka called me to make sure that I could help them to give their surprise, and now, she sent a text message as a sign that I should bring Doremi out from Tsukino's house, as the blonde haired girl almost arrived there, near Tsukino's house with the other Majo Senshi.
I hardly thought about the way to bring my girlfriend out from the house, as she kept talking about anything with Tsukino and her friends, and finally, I found the way.
I immediately removed both of Doremi's hair buns, revealed her wonderful long hair. The redhead suddenly shifted her attention to me and shouted, "Hey, Kotake, what are you doing?! That's not funny!"
"Well, I just want to keep your hair ties in my room," I playfully replied while dashed away to the front door, "At least, as I'm the one who saved you from that damn castle, I deserve a gift from you, and this is the gift that I want."
"Who wants to give it to you?! I won't ever give my hair ties to you!" she shouted angrily and chased me, "Ko-ta-ke!"
I laughed, "You know what? I miss the moment when you chased me and called my name like this in the past."
"Oh yeah? So you do that just to make me chase you and call your name like this?" she glared at me, "Alright, let's just see if I can catch you and make you feel regret to take over my hair ties, Kotake."
On the porch, Doremi could catch me. She then tickled me and made me laughed so loud.
"Hey, stop it," I said while kept laughing, "Fine, I'll give back your hair ties to you, but don't 'torture' me like this…"
"Okay, I'll stop," she pulled her hands away from me, while I panted, felt a bit tired after laughed so hard, "Now, give me my hair ties."
After I could control my breath, I replied, as I noticed something behind her, "Well, not before you looked at something behind you, which I think will make you very happy."
"Really?" asked her sarcastically, but when she turned around to see what it was, her eyes widened, while she smiled and greeted her best friends, "Minna, all of you come here…"
"We heard from Poppu-chan and Hana-chan that you're already here, so we decide to give a surprise to you here," said Fujiwara, "Doremi-chan, we really miss you here."
"Well, me too. I also miss you all," Doremi then looked at something that Fujiwara and the others brought here, "Do you all make that cake… just for me? You know, today isn't my birthday, and…"
"Okay, we know that your birthday is still a month and some days later, but… we just want to make a special surprise for you," replied Senoo, "and actually, this isn't an ordinary cake. It's an ice cream cake."
Asuka giggled, "It's our first time to try making an ice cream cake, but we hope you'll like it."
"Of course I will, Momo-chan. It's your creation, after all," Doremi surely stated, "and let me guess… We'll share that ice cream cake with Usagi-chan and the others, right? That's why, all of you make a big ice cream cake."
"You're right, Doremi-chan. As we know that you come here with Kotake-kun, we want to celebrate your return here with Usagi-chan and the others. Of course, we should make sure that all of us can eat this," Segawa explained, "This ice cream cake is enough for all of us."
"Well then, let me help you four to bring that big ice cream cake into Usagi-chan's house," Doremi offered, but when she and her best friends brought the special sweets into Tsukino's house, she realized something, "Wait a minute. Where's Poppu and Hana-chan? Girls, you all said that they told you about me coming to Usagi-chan's house, but now I see that they don't come here with you all. What happened?"
"Hana-chan said that she have a special gift for you, so she asked Poppu-chan to accompany her to take her gift from Maho-dou," replied Asuka, "They'll come here later."
I followed them back into Tsukino's house, into the living room where we joined with Tsukino and her friends. We then joyfully ate the ice cream cake while talked about anything.
Later, Makihatayama and Pop came. The blonde then gave her gift to Doremi, which was a pink rose-shaped tiny crystal pin.
"Hey, it looks like a tiny Rose Crystal," Doremi commented while she looked at the pin, "Thank you, Hana-chan. This is a good gift, and… I think I want to keep using it from now on."
"You're welcome, Doremi," Makihatayama smiled, "I'm glad that you like it."
"By the way, onee-chan, didn't you tie your hair this morning?" Pop reminded her older sister, "I think you tied your hair in two buns as usual this morning, but now you…"
"Ah, I remember," the redhead then asked me, "Where's my hair ties? You said to me that you'll give it back to me after I receive the surprise from all of my best friends, but even until Poppu and Hana-chan arrive here, you haven't give it back to me yet…"
"Oh, okay," I finally gave the hair ties back to her, "but can you just show me your long hair now, please? Just for today, I want to see you like this. I want to see you come supporting me to the match with your long hair."
"Won't it make a trouble? I mean, if you were just focusing your eyes at my hair in your match, you couldn't score any goal in that match…" said her worriedly, "Moreover, the weather starts to become hot, and…"
"No excuse," I interrupted, "Trust me, I'll score so many goals today."
"Really?"
"I promise," I surely said, "and you can tie your hair as usual tomorrow. I just want to see your long hair today."
"Well, okay… I'll save it for today," Doremi sighed, then put her hair ties into her shorts pocket, "but you should promise to me that you'll play well in the match."
"Sure," I replied, "You can trust me."
Doremi's POV
"By the way, Doremi-chan, can you show us your new Senshi Tap?" asked Aiko, "Both Hana-chan and Poppu-chan said to us that you… got a new Senshi Tap during your battle with Piceshia."
"Yup, that's right," I shown my new Senshi Tap to all of them, "Can you all see it? It's much better than my old Senshi Tap."
"Even so, your new Senshi Tap is different from mine," Hana-chan sighed, "While your old Senshi Tap was the larger version of mine."
I smiled at her, "It's okay, Hana-chan. At least, I'm glad that you have a smaller version of my old Senshi Tap."
Suddenly, something appeared in my mind. Looked like 'my Celine's side' wanted to tell me something important about Hana-chan.
'She have a similar attack with you…'
I added, "By the way, Hana-chan, someone told me that you also have a similar attack with me."
"That's right, Doremi," finally, Hana-chan giggled, "It's 'Little Sparkling Star', and I'm looking forward to use it in front of you."
"Well, I'm looking forward to see it."
"It makes me curious. Who did tell you about my attack?" asked the blonde young witch, "Is it Kotake-kun?"
"No," I shook of my head, "Right after you talked about your Senshi Tap, Celine 'told' me in my mind that you… have a similar attack with me. At least, with my first attack."
"Celine… told you?" Hana-chan surprised, "and in your mind?"
This time, I nodded, "She also 'told' me that you'd ever used it when you fought against her… I mean, Dark Celine."
"I remember it. It was in the battle at the school's rooftop," she smiled, but then faded as she added, "I fought her and tried to bring you back here, but it didn't work well, as Piceshia brought you away… again."
"But now, everything is over. I'm here," I put my hands on her shoulders, "Kotake successfully bring me back here, and now, Piceshia won't ever have chance to bring me away anymore, because I have my new power. My new Senshi Tap which is more powerful than the old ones."
I then remembered about something and said to my boyfriend, "Oh yeah, Kotake, speaking about you… I think it's better if you prepare yourself for your match now. You know… going home, change your clothes with your jersey, prepare your belonging for the match…"
"Ah, I forget it!" he was shocked, "Well then, Doremi, I want to go home to prepare myself for the match. Fortunately, you remind me before I forgot it until the match begins."
"Well, let's just say that it's my duty, as you went to save me and kept going with me before that match, without notice that you… maybe still in your night suits."
"Uh, you're right," he sweatdropped, "Do you want to follow me to go home? We can come back here after I finish preparing myself."
"Is it better if I wait for you here and then you come back here once you've done preparing yourself at your house?" I asked back, "I'm sorry, Kotake, but I think I want to spend more time with the others. I really miss them."
"Okay, I understand," he smiled, "Moreover, I don't want you call me an egoist. At least, I dreamed about you for a week while the others didn't."
Kotake walked out from the house and said to the others, "Well then, until I come back here, take care of my girl, okay? Don't let Piceshia bring her away from us anymore."
"Okay!" shouted the others cheerfully before Kotake went home to his house.
Firstly, we thought that Kotake would come back to Usagi's house after he prepared himself like what he said before he went home, but an hour after he left, he told me by phone that he should arrive at the field right now, so that he couldn't come back to Usagi's house.
'Unfortunately, he can't go to the field with us…' I thought, 'Oh well, at least I still can support him in his match today.'
I took out my Senshi Tap and looked at it, 'However, today is my lucky day.'
