DISCLAIMER: I'm not own Ojamajo Doremi. I very like this show, so I decided to make this story. Ojamajo Doremi is a show which made by Toei Animation in 1999-2003.
Author's Note: Sorry, I may have grammatical errors. English and Japanese isn't my first language.
Ojamajo Doremi-Poppu Heart-Star
Chapter 10 – Relativity Connection: Ranami's Best Friend is Non-chan's Cousin?
Thursday afternoon.
Ranami told Pop and Anita in their classroom that maybe, she couldn't come to Maho base camp today.
"Why can't you come there now?" asked Pop.
"I want to meet Sachi-chan's mother in my house. She wanna see my house in Misora City."
"Sachi-chan, right? Do you mean Sachiko, your best friend in Kyoto who passed away with her brain tumor?" asked Anita, "But why does her mother want to meet you?"
"She considered me as her daughter since Sachi-chan passed away." Ranami explained, "Every month, she comes to my house."
"Okay, you can go home to meet her. Now, we just need to wait until five weeks later, when Majohealth sends the next herb." Pop said.
"Well, Poppu-chan, Anita-chan, arigatou." Ranami wore her backpack and said, "I go home now, bye bye!"
"Bye bye!"
Ranami went home to her house. There, Sachiko's mother was waiting for her.
"Ran-chan, how are you today?"
"I'm fine, and I'm so happy that I still can meet you here." Ranami said, "So, is it difficult to you to come here?"
"No. My sister lives here, in Misora City, so it isn't difficult to me to come here."
"Uh, I see." Ranami thought for a minute, then she asked, "Does your sister have children? You know... your niece or nephew?"
"Actually, I have a niece here, but she passed away almost four years ago because of her cancer."
"Cancer?" Ranami shocked, "Uh, I'm sorry to hear that."
"That's why, maybe I can't stay here too long, because I want to visit my niece's grave. Can I go there now?"
Ranami knew that it means that she could come to Maho base camp after Sachiko's mother went from her house, but somehow, she decided to go with her. She said, "Sure, you can, but... can I accompany you there? I wanna see Sachi-chan's cousin's grave."
"Of course, you can."
On the way to the graveyard, Ranami asked, "Does your sister know that you'll come here to visit her daughter's grave?"
"Yes, she knows. She told me that she would come there too, with her daughter's best friend."
"You mean, your niece had a best friend who accompanied her until she passed away?"
"Yes..." said Sachiko's mother, "Just like you and Sachiko."
Ranami hold her handband around her left arm which given by Sachiko (she wear it outside the school, and she removed it at school).
Then, at the graveyard, they met Sachiko's aunt, and actually, she was Nozomi's (Non-chan's) mother!
"So, this is Ranami, Sachi's best friend?"
"Uh, yes. I was her best friend."
"Well, we must grateful that our daughter had their own best friend who accompanied them until they passed away."
"So, where's she? Your daughter's best friend?"
"At my daughter's grave. Let's we go there."
Then, they went to the grave.
Of course, the one who was there was... Doremi!
When they met, Ranami surprised, "Doremi-nee? You..."
"Ran-chan?" asked Doremi, "Why do you come here?"
"So, both of you have already know each other?" asked Nozomi's mother.
"Well, actually, Ran-chan is my younger sister's classmate."
"Uh, I see."
"Wow, the world isn't as large as we think." Sachiko's mother said.
Then, they talked about Sachiko and Nozomi.
"So, Sachiko, your best friend is Non-chan's cousin?" said Doremi to Ranami, "That's great!"
"But Doremi-nee, can we talk outside the graveyard? I wanna ask you something." Ranami whispered.
"Okay." Doremi said to Sachiko and Nozomi's mother, "Excuse me. Can I talk with Ran-chan outside here?"
"Of course, you can."
Then, Doremi and Ranami walked out from the graveyard.
"What's up, Ran-chan? Doushita no?"
"Doremi-nee, why did they said that you were the late Nozomi-nee's best friend?" asked Ranami, "Was Nozomi-nee a witch apprentice like us?"
"No, but actually, I had plan to make her to join with my team." Doremi explained, "That's because... she have ever told me that she suspected about Maho-dou and Majorika."
"So, you mean... Nozomi-nee have ever come to the past Maho-dou and saw Majorika before you came there at the first time?"
"Yup, and... you know, she liked magic, like me."
"That's why, you and her became near so easily." Ranami said.
"Yeah." Doremi thought for a minute, then she added, "I think, she had a good feeling. You know, she drew her 'own witch costume's' design."
"Really?"
"Yes. She have ever told me that when she told about her design to her school's friend, they thought if the design wasn't similar with the real witches."
"But in fact, when you saw her design, you knew that it was so similar, right?"
"Uh-huh, at least... with the witch apprentices, like... our costumes, and the color wasn't black."
"What color which she chose?"
"Green."
"Just like Anita-chan."
"Uh-huh."
"Wait a minute. Nozomi-nee wasn't your school's friend? Then... where did you met her at the first time?"
"Well, it was when I wanted to visit my friend in the hospital. I walked into the wrong room." Doremi smiled, "Firstly, I thought that she was a boy, because... she was bald."
"Bald?"
"Yes, maybe... it was the effect of the therapy for her cancer. She just wore a slayer. I knew that she was a girl when I asked my friend about her."
"Then, since that time, you often visited her, and became more often when you knew about her suspicion, right?"
"Uh-huh." Doremi said, "So, how about you, Ran-chan? How about Sachiko?"
"Well, she wasn't a witch apprentice, but she was my best friend. I met her at the first time when I studied in the first grade."
"That's why, you wanted to cast a forbidden magic to cure her, right? Because your friendship with her was so near and stayed for a long time?"
"Yes." Ranami said, "Doremi-nee, maybe... it's better if we go back to their mothers now."
"Okay." Doremi agreed, "Let's we go back."