魔女の冒険Majo no Bouken

by kawaii-witch181

Tenisu no Oujisama © Konomi Takeshi

Recap:

/ Somehow, I felt like this will be one of his blackmailing materials in the future. / Kiyomi thought, sensing an odd aura coming out of the tensai. More like a sadistic thought is making its way to the tensai's mind.

"So! Everything's settled ~nya! Let's go back to class."

~End

Chapter Four – Solution

"Tadaima, okaa-san," Satsuki Kiyomi said when she finally arrived home.

"Okaerinasai, dear. Oh! A cat again?" Satsuki Ayame asked her in reply, after noticing the pink cat in her arms.

"Hai, I found him in my way home earlier," Kiyomi responded.

"Just make sure you don't go crying to me when the owner wants neko-san back," Her mother smiled.

"Mou, I'm not doing that anymore," Kiyomi pouted.

Ayame chuckled, "of course, of course."

The mint-haired young lady pouted. Neko Eiji suddenly leapt up from her arms.

"You must be hungry, neko-san. You want some milk?" Ayame went into the kitchen and came back with a plate of milk.

"Nya~!" Eiji can't resist licking some of the plate's content.

/ It's not that bad. /

Kiyomi went up to her room to change in her house clothes. When she finished, she walked downstairs to check on Eiji. She found the redhead in the living room, idly looking at the photo frames in display. She lifted him up.

"Nya~ where's your father, Yomi-chan?" Eiji suddenly blurted out. He noticed Kiyomi's face turn sad.

"Gomen. Y-you don't have to answer me if you don't want to nya~."

"Nah, you don't have to apologize, Eiji-kun. I-I don't know where otou-san is. D-demo, okaa-san told me that he went to a faraway place when I was still young." Kiyomi's hands began stroking the photograph that shows her dad sitting in the green grass in the distance while she's waving at the camera.

"How about you, Eiji-kun? You lived with your father, right?" Kiyomi tried to change the subject.

"Hai, and with my mother, sisters, and brothers, too. Plus onee-san's dog and okaa-san's parakeet!"

"You really like animals, ne?" Kiyomi touched his nose.

"Mochiron~! I always look forward in going to the aquarium after school, when practice's over!" Eiji's eyes gleamed with cheerfulness.

"We can visit it tomorrow nya~!" he added instantly.

Kiyomi slightly laughed, "hai, hai!"

"Ne, where's neko-chan?" Eiji asked her.

"Nurse-san wanted to take care of her. She got fond of her as they spend time together earlier. She asked me if she can take care of neko-chan. I agreed, of course."

"But I thought you wanted to take care of her nya~."

"Nah, it's fine. I'll take care of the neko you for the meantime. It's hard to take care of two cats at the same time you know."

"Sou."

"Maa, help me on making your antidote. I finally remembered the title of the Recipe."

"Hai! Can I use your telephone?"

"Of course you can, but for what?"

"I have to call okaa-san nya~. She'll be worried if I just suddenly don't go home for a few days."

"Let's go to my room first. Okaa-san might hear you. I don't want her to find out that a talking cat really exists."

They both chuckled.

-Kiyomi's Room-

As both teens sat on the bed, Eiji dialed his home's number. When someone picked up…

"Moshi, moshi, Kikumaru Residence," The redhead heard his mother's voice.

"Okaa-san, Konnichiwa~. It's me Eiji."

"Oh, Eiji, why did you call?"

"Ano, I'll be away for a week."

"Away for a week? Why?"

"I'll be having a week-long sleepover at Fuji's house nya~. We're just for hanging out, I guess."

/ A sleepover for a week? That's a bit exaggerated. Can't he think of a good excuse? / Kiyomi thought.

"Oh, okay then. Just don't go messing around Fuji-kun's things okay? Oh! What about your clothes?"

"Eto, I'll just get it?"

"Oh, okay then. Enjoy your sleepover, dear!"

"Arigatou, kaa-san!"

Kiyomi felt a large sweat drop form at the back of her head. She didn't even hear a suspicious tone from Eiji's mother.

"Your mother didn't get suspicious at all?"

"Iie, she's fine with it nya~. She's always trusted us and in turn we don't do anything to break her trust."

"Who'll get your clothes? You can't possibly get it with that appearance."

"Fuji-ko will get it."

"Fuji-san? He already knows that he'll get it?"

"Nope, I'll ask him tomorrow."

Kiyomi felt another sweat drop form. Her newly found friend really is a carefree person.

"We'll make the antidote today?" Eiji asked out of the blue.

"Hai, I'll begin now, actually."

A swift wave of the wooden wand turned the bedroom to the potion-making one.

"Just remember not to try anything, again." The mint-haired girl reminded the redhead.

"Hai," Eiji chuckled nervously. He sat himself above the table in which Kiyomi began to browse a pile of books.

"Can I do something to help nya~?"

"Just browse these books and look for the recipe entitled: Animal Potion: Reverse."

"Okay."

He stood on his two neko feet and got a forest green book. He began reading it, too.

-Few Minutes Later-

The acrobatic player stretched, "I'm already exhausted nya~! Mou, I give up!"

Light tangerine eyes stared at him. "You're tired already? Only a few minutes have passed, Eiji-kun!" Kiyomi sighed.

"I can't stand studying nya~!"

"We're not even studying."

"But we're reading books."

"It's not the same as studying, ya know."

"I just can't stand hanging around with books too much nya~."

Kiyomi sighed again. "Fine, do what you like."

"I can roam around?" Dark blue eyes sparkled.

"Yes, but not inside this room."

Eiji pouted. "Fine, I'll go to the kitchen. I'm kind of hungry nya~."

Before he finally exited the room, he glanced back to see that Kiyomi wore a pair of glasses with white wings on its both side.

"What's up with the glasses nya~?"

Kiyomi looked up. "I'm wearing it so that I can read the book's contents without using up much time. With this, I can just flip through the book and already know its contents within a matter of seconds."

"Sugoi~! I wanna try, too!"

"I don't have any spare ones. Wait, I thought you were going to the kitchen?"

"Oh yeah, hehe. Ja ne, Yomi-chan~!" The redhead finally disappeared out of the room.

Kiyomi smiled. / I really love his bubbly personality. Wait, love? Where did that come from? Mou, I must be getting exhausted, too. /

She shook her head to drive away her previous thoughts. As she flipped the next page, a piece of rectangular paper dropped out. Curious to what it is, Kiyomi picked it up and read it.

*Animal Potion: Reverse Recipe
Accidentally placed at the Realm's Central Library.
Just tell me if you need it.
~ Broom-chan...

Kiyomi suddenly stood up and exclaimed happily, "finally found it! Yatta! I'm finally going to visit the Realm again!"

-Before going to bed-

Kiyomi told the Neko Eiji about the Reverse Recipe. The redhead also felt happy.

"Yeah, Eiji-kun. It might take a week for you to be back to normal. But I'm not yet sure, demo…I hope it will be soon though."

"Sou! Sou! Can I go with you to the Realm nya~?"

"Eh? Go with me?"

"Hai!"

Kiyomi looked hesitant at first. / Hmm. Why not? /

"Sure, you can come along."

"Yay! Arigatou, Yomi-chan~"

"Let's go tomorrow night."

"Hai! I'm getting so excited nya~!"

"It's time to take your rest, Kiyomi-sama!" A voice suddenly said.

"Eh… Who's that?" Kiyomi looked around her room.

"Watashi, Alarm Clock-san!"

When Kiyomi averted her gaze to her bedside table, there she saw her alarm clock. It was talking animatedly while slightly jumping up and down in a gaily manner.

She blinked.

"How did you come to life so suddenly? From as long as I can remember, I haven't cast a spell on you at all."

"Neko-chan sprinkled some magic dust to me earlier."

Neko Eiji tried to escape out of the room by tiptoeing quietly...But...

"Neko-chan, you don't mean-...Eiji-kun! You meddled with the magic dust?"

He laughed nervously. "Ehehe… I got excited with that golden dust nya~. I just wanna know what it could do…Ehehe..." He raised a furry paw and rubbed the back of his neck in a rather comical manner.

Kiyomi sighed for the nth time this day.

"Oh bother, as long as it doesn't do anything so troubling again, I guess it's fine. But if something serious and dangerous happens again, I swear, I'll never let you inside my room ever again," she warned.

"Hai! Gomen."

"Anyway, where did you find the magic dust?"

"I found it beside the vial racks."

"Oh, maybe Broom-chan forgot to keep it hidden again. Where is it?"

"I returned it to its previous place ~nya."

"Oh okay then."

-Kring...Kring...Kring...-

"Hai, hai, we're going to sleep now."

"Chotto, Kiyomi-sama. You're not going to inanimate me?" The alarm clock asked her.

"Ah, no need. Just wake me up so I won't be late in the mornings, ne?" Light tangerine eyes closed in an upside-down u shape.

"Hai! A-Arigatou, Kiyomi-sama!"

"Oyasumi, then. Oh and one more thing. Just call me Yomi-chan."

"As you wish. Oyasumi and sweet dreams, Yomi-chan," Her alarm clock whispered.

Kiyomi reached for her light switch and turned it off. When she went under her bed sheet covers, she noticed Eiji had already positioned himself in a cat-like sleeping pose. She patted his head and then adjusted the bed sheet to also provide him with warmth.

"Oyasumi, Eiji-kun. Have a fun trip to dreamland tonight." Kiyomi smiled and then closed her eyes.

"Oyasumi, nya~," Eiji whispered back.

On the bedside table, lay Kiyomi's alarm clock, snoring lightly with a cute little bubble popping out of its chibi nose.

~End of Chapter

A/N: Finally! I updated! XD I hope you like this chapter~ && I wanna apologize for taking so long to update & for my mistakes for this chapter. I finally able to edit the previous chapters but don't worry, I didn't change anything on it. I just polished the grammatical errors and stuff. You don't have to read it again. ;D

Oh! Actually, chapter 4 should be longer than this but the preceding events won't be appropriate for the title...hehe... I think I'll be able to update the next chapter this week or the next..since Eiji-kun's Birthday will be on Monday already. I don't have any idea for his one-shot birthday fic yet! XD

Additional Info: The Golden Magic Dust – just by sprinkling these to any non-living material, it can be brought to life instantly. It is brought by Broom-chan from the Realm where sources of it can be found.

Oh..& of course...I wanna thank you those who reviewed and listed 魔女の冒険Majo no Bouken to their Alert and Favorite List. I love you folks~!

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