DISCLAIMER: Ojamajo Doremi © Toei Animation in 1999-2004. I don't get any commercial benefit from this fic.

The Future Story 2

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Chapter 7 – Memories of You

"Ojiichan?"

The other new witch apprentices instantly turned their attention to the field, right after they heard what their leader said. All of them focused on an old man who was talking to the main coach in the soccer club there.

"Does he want to talk about his status as the senior coach in the soccer club?" Nozomi guessed, "It seems like, they talk about something serious."

"I should talk to him," said Fami while she ran to the stairs. Nozomi followed her to the field while commanded the others to stay at the rooftop.

Before they could approach their grandfather there, they could hear the main coach asked, "Senpai, are you sure, you want to quit becoming a senior coach here? We still need your help. You have more experience than me."

"I'm sorry, but I can't. Half of my spirit is gone, so I can't concentrate. I just…would keep thinking about her anytime I come here."

"Well, I know that you're still sad because of your wife's death, but… we need your help. Don't you want to guide us to the victory?"

"I don't care about it anymore," the old man said softly, "I have too many memories with her here, and… I just can't force myself to look forward. You know that I just love my wife so much, right? I love her more than anything else, including soccer."

"But our victory…"

"Can you just not depend on me for the club's training?! Don't force me to do something that I can't!"

"I'm sorry," someone interrupting the conversation between them, "If I knew that you would become like this since the beginning, I wouldn't ever let her go… I'm really sorry, ojiichan."

"Ah, Fami…" Kotake realized that both of his granddaughters were there, hearing what he said, "and Nozomi too. Why do you…"

"If only I didn't have a weak body, she wouldn't ever sacrifice herself just for me!" Fami cried, hugged her grandfather, "I'm so sorry…"

"Hey, don't cry. All of us know that it isn't your fault," Kotake stroked Fami's pink hair, "I don't blame you. It's just that… I just still can't believe that she decided to leave me alone here."

"You aren't alone, ojiichan," Nozomi shook of her head, "We're still here for you, and don't forget that you still have okasan and Uncle Murasaki beside you."

"Nozomi…" the old man thought about something while stopped stroking his older granddaughter's long hair before he asked the two girls, "I think I should tell you both something."

They then walked upstairs to the rooftop, while Shiroyuki, Molly, Rizuko and Izumi decided to walk back into their own classroom.

"Ojiisan," Nozomi started the topic, "If you don't blame at Fami-chan for what happened with obaachan, then why do you decide to quit becoming a senior coach in the soccer club? It must be because you still think about obaachan, right?"

"Well, I just can't forgive myself that I let her to do something extreme like that. I just… can't believe that I let your grandmother killed herself, while I tried so hard to make her survive in the past," Kotake remembered the moment when he found out that secret at the first time, when he bought that poisonous Rose which nearly killed his girlfriend in that time, right on her birthday, and now he shared about that moment to both of his granddaughter, "That time, Izumi's grandmother blamed at me, then your aunt… Hana, came to the hospital and told us the way to cure her, and it was the Golden Rose. She also told us about the Legend of the Pink Heart, which was the story of our past life… and the story said that they passed away together…"

His sapphire were starting to become wet when he added, "It was the first time I kissed her lips, with a hope that we can be together forever. I wished no one from both of us who passed away before the another one did, but then…"

"We should accept it as a fate, otousan," suddenly, someone replied from the stairs, and she was none other than Tsubomi, Nozomi's mother. She said, "Don't stop to do anything you like just because of her death. I'm sure that okasan still wants to see you live your life as usual up there. She still wants to see you happy."

"Even though she left me alone here?"

"Well, she just thought that it's the best for us. She just doesn't want to see anyone suffering."

"Tsubomi…"

"Honestly, if only my heart was suitable for Fami-chan, I wished I had a serious illness so that I had chance to give my heart to her," Tsubomi admitted, "but then I know that it isn't true. It was my mother who sacrificed herself, just for her granddaughter, my lovely niece."

"Auntie…"

The violet haired teacher smiled weakly to both her niece and her daughter, "I was so sad at first, but then I realized that our life must go on, and she wanted us to be happy. She doesn't want to see us mourning just because of her death."

"But still, she's my soulmate…"

"Then, I'm sure that she doesn't want to see you becoming like this, otousan."

"Tsubomi…" the old man just could call his daughter's name while the bell rang.

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"So that's what happened…" concluded Shiroyuki as both Fami and Nozomi explained to her and the other witch apprentices about their grandfather's problem at Maho-dou, "No wonder if your grandfather become so gloomy like that."

"Then, what should we do now?" asked Fami, "You know, I don't want to see him sad. I just want him to act normally."

"Well, honestly, I also want to see him coming to our school as the senior coach in the soccer club again," replied Nozomi, "but still, I can't find the best way to persuade him."

"Can we use our magic to solve this problem?" asked Molly, "Maybe if we could cast some spell to make him moving on or something like that…"

"I know! We cast some spell so that obaachan can come into ojiichan's dream and persuade him to live his life as usual," Nozomi flicked her fingers, "because he won't ever hear our suggestion unless it's obaachan who says it."

"That's impossible," Majorika interrupted, "Your magic power is still not strong enough to cast that spell."

"Even so, we won't ever know if we don't try it, right?" Fami retorted, "Majorika, can we just try it?"

"No," the old witch shook of her head, "Because I know that it'll be useless, even though you all receive the permission from Queen Hana to charge your poron at the charging panel here freely*."

Before anyone could say a word, Majorika continued, "You just could cast the dream spell if you already passed the first test. That way, you could unlock the Magical Stage, which you could use for that spell."

"Oh, okay," Fami sighed, "Then what should we do now?"

"Keep practicing to control your magic power and pass your first exam!" commanded Majorika while opened a book on the table in front of her, "Anyways, let's we begin."

Majorika commanded the new witch apprentices one by one to cast their magic, as their preparation for the first magic test which would held soon. Even so, Fami couldn't stop thinking about her grandfather.

'Then, what can I do to help him?' she thought, 'Ojiichan needs my support.'

Suddenly, she thought about something, then she left Maho-dou right when Majorika told her that it was her turn to cast her spell.

"Oi, Fami, it's your turn!" she tried to call the pink haired girl, "Don't you want to pass your exam?"

"Let her go, Majorika," a familiar voice whispered into Majorika's ears, "She perfectly knows what she should do."

'You…' said Majorika in her thought, 'I'm just afraid if she can't make it.'

"Don't worry. I know she can do it better than me," the voice assured, "She won't ever fail in her first exam… like me."

'Alright, I trust you,' Majorika sighed, then said, "Well then, I think I can go to Fami's house later. Now is your turn, Nozomi."

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At Fami's house…

"I'm home," greeted the pink haired girl while she opened the front door and entered the house, but no one replied her greetings.

'It's so strange. Ojiichan should be here now,' she thought, 'but why doesn't he reply my greetings? Is he sleeping?'

"Doremi, where are you? Don't go away from me! Just stay here! Don't let me alone!"

Suddenly, Fami could hear that her grandfather said something in his sleep, as she approached her grandparents' bedroom. Her grandfather was there, laying onto the bed and moving panickly like he had a nightmare now. His forehead was full of sweat.

"Ojiichan…" Fami whispered. Without thinking before, she quickly took out her tap and transformed, then wasted no time to cast a spell.

She wasn't sure that her spell would work at first, but then she knew that it perfectly worked. Majorika was wrong…

Because now, her grandfather met his wife in his dream…

"Doremi," Kotake hugged his wife there, at the beach in his dream. There, they looked much younger, just like when they just recently got married, and both of them wore white outfit, "I'm glad to see you again here."

"Well, I come here to ask you a favor."

"What is it," he broke his hug, "I promise I'll do anything you want."

"You should change back into your usual self, okay?" the redhead begged, "Don't make our children and our granddaughters worry about you."

"Well, I…"

"Please, I know you can do it. At least, you do it for me."

"Then, you'll leave me alone again, right?"

"No."

"What's the proof? You sacrificed yourself…"

"I just don't want to see Fami-chan suffering," Doremi kept trying to persuade her husband, "and I don't leave you alone here. Murasaki-kun, Tsubomi-chan, Fami-chan and Non-chan are still there with you. You aren't alone."

"Then, how about yourself? I also need you beside me."

"I'll always be in your heart," she surely said, "Technically I go, but I'll be waiting for you… in eternity."

"Why don't you pick me up there then?"

"Because they still need you beside them," she shook of her head, "Our children and our granddaughters… You should be there with them. You should make sure that all of you will always stick around together, because I don't want to see my family broken."

"Alright, I won't ever make them worry about me," Kotake finally decided, "Thanks for your coming."

"Actually, you should say it to Fami-chan, because she's the one who can make me come here to meet you," Doremi smiled, "She's the one who worried about you the most."

"Well then, I think I should have time to talk with her now."

"Don't worry. She's at home with you…"

Just then, the dream was over. Kotake woke up from his sleep and found out that his first granddaughter was there, sitting on a chair beside him, so he used this chance to talk with her about his dream.

A few hours later, Nozomi came there, then she found out that her grandfather's problem was over now…

'We'll always remember the memories of you, and you'll always be in our heart…'

*:In this story, the witch apprentices' porons are just like the electronic devices (such as smartphones, tablets and laptops), and the charging panel is just like a wireless charger. Normally, the witch apprentices should rent the panel and pay it monthly, but because Hana gave permission for them to use it freely, Fami and the others don't need to pay.

The source of the porons' power in this story is 'Magical Energy' (Mahou no Enerugi in Japanese), which concept was a bit similar with the source of the porons' power in Dokka~n! (Mahou Dama no Chikara)