Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

VOLUME 2: ~Naïve~

Chapter 1 “Our respective autumns”

Cheese! I am Harukaze Doremi

Has everyone read “Ojamajo Doremi 16”?

This is the story of me and my three close friends Fujiwara Hazuki-chan, Senoo Aiko-chan, Segawa Onpu-chan, three years after our graduation froe of sixteen To be able to tell you our story like this, I’m really the happiest bishoujo in the world!

Usually, it’s a little e to say words like “close friend” out loud, but I say them with pride

Hazuki-chan is the regular naive girl who aims to become a violinist, and has a boyfriend named Yada-kun

Ai-chan has no eyes for boys, but is focused on her track event, the 100- an Olympic competitor

Onpu-chan moved away to Hokkaido for a period of time due to her mother’s illness, but has now returned to Tokyo to re-debut in the entertainment industry

The three of the towards their goals, but I’m stuck in a romantic rut with Kotake, with no ambitions for the future

It’s a little frustrating, but I plan to h school life, which had only just begun So please do support me!

—— Well, was the prologue too long? Sorry! Teehee

What? Don’t h me! Boo hoo hoo~

And with that… hat? Okay, enough with retorts Another of my close friends, Asuka Momoko or Momo-chan, has just returned to japan after more than three years abroad And thus, “Ojains

Leon had gotten angry without in class, so I was to clean up the washroo recess as a punishment

Oh, Leon is the nickname for our homeroom teacher, Yamaki Rokurou-sensei

I was the one who came up with the nickname, not because of the character from that famous movie, but because he looks like a chameleon

It happened after Ai-chan, who ca the toilet bowls, and iping the sinks with rags

Ai-chan knehy I was zoning out in class

The previous day at the MAHO-do, I had asked Ai-chan, Hazuki-chan and Onpu-chan about h they said that I had ive me a concrete answer

I complained about that as I wiped the mirror above the sink

“W-Well…” Ai-chan gave a bitter laugh as she scratched her head

“See, you can’t even na my head

“That’s not true Oh yes, you can smile immediately the moment anyone mentions steak,” Ai-chan declared as she looked at me

“Well, that’s…” I s into a panic and retorting, “How’s that a good thing?!”

“Haha, I was joking But I’m sure Hazuki-chan, Onpu-chan, and I can cos about Doremi-chan”

Just then, a familiar voice piped up from the washroom’s , “Momo can, too!”

“Hmm?”

We turned to theand spotted a familiar yellow hat

“Hmmmm?”

Ai-chan and I rubbed our eyes and looked again to see a faarb

It was Asuka Momoko-chan

“hello!”

But this was not the ti on her broomstick, too!

What if the other students should see her?! Just then, we heard the voices of some female students in the corridor outside

Ai-chan and I quickly grabbed Mo her in, we closed the cubicle door just as a group of female students entered the washroom

Safe!

Looking at each other, Ai-chan and I breathed a sigh of relief

However, it was unbearable for Momo-chan, whoseheld down by the two of us

“Doremi-chan, Ai-chan, I feel uncomfortable!” Momo-chan whined

We relared at her

“Shhhh—” We signalled to Moers on our lips at the same time

“It’ll be aard if they discover three people craht?” Ai-chan whispered

“That’s true,” Momo-chan replied with a carefree smile

Just then, the bell rang to signal the beginning of lessons, and we sensed the female students leave the washroom

After confir that there was no one left, we came out from the cubicle

We then made a promise to meet up at the MAHO-do after school I quickly sent out a mail to update Hazuki-chan and Onpu-chan, before we parted from Momo-chan

I was the first to reach the MAHO-do after school, as Ai-chan had training while Hazuki-chan had violin lessons There, I found Mo with Majorika and Lala

“Welcoreeted me

“I’m bac… Hey, that’s my line I can finally say this, Momo-chan… Welcome back!”

I fleards Mos which I could not do in school just now

“What is this? You girls are acting like kids,” Majorika chided

“Fufu, what are you saying? Majorika yourself gave Moht,” Lala said with a teasing smile

“S-Shut up!” Majorika scolded to cover her embarrassment

“Wait a second Moht you only reached japan today?” I asked

“Well…”

“If you reached yesterday, why didn’t you contact us? That’s mean!” I complained

“It’s not that I reached japan really late last night,” Momo-chan explained

“I was the one who told her to hold off contacting you girls, since Dore away by then,” Majorika added

“I know that once I fall asleep, I won’t wake up till the next … But still…” I said with a pout

“The sht Momo-chan to the witch world,” Lala said

Moed to meet the Queen and become a witch apprentice”

“I see That’s right, you had transformed into a witch apprentice when you came to the school,” I said with sarcasm

However, Momo-chan did not catch the sarcas time since I was an apprentice, and I wanted to ride on ic”

“But if you use ic for your own sake…”

“I can’t, right? I heard about that from the Queen I became a witch apprentice for the same reason as all of you did”

“The same reason as us?” I wondered

“For Onpu,” Majorika said

“That’s right! I want to give Onpu-chan as much help as I can”

While in New York, Momo-chan had kept herself updated on japan’s entertainh the Internet She also learnt about Onpu-chan’s activities through e-es with us

“I see We may be apart, but we think the same way,” I said happily as I held Momo-chan’s hands in my own

From then until the arrival of Ai-chan and Hazuki-chan, Momo-chan told us about the three years she had spent in the US

Mo in New York, which is equivalent up to our raduated in June She had then spent soirl nairl nah school, she also went to a separate vocational school for pâtissiers to study baking

She orking hard to fulfill her drea the New York MAHO-do, which ned by her beloved mentor Majomonroe when Momo-chan was just a child

Wow, even Momo-chan had found a path towards her future, while I was…

“Dore?”

“Eh? Oh, it’s nothing”

“Oh! Doremi-chan, what happened between you and Kotake after that incident?”

Gulp

Just then, Majorika and Lala started to giggle

“Eh, what’s up? Did I ask so weird?”

Mo Hazuki-chan and Ai-chan, so I thought she knew about the romantic rut Kotake and I were stuck in

“Well, it’s a long story, so I’ll tell you next time But Momo-chan, your japanese has become better It’s really different from that time when you first transferred to our school froed the topic

“Really? Heheh, that’s because of Sachiko-chan I becaood friends with Sachiko-chan after Beth introduced us Sachiko-chan always lent ht over from japan, and I watch them every day”

“You’re still as hardworking as ever,” Lala praised

“Moive it to someone we know,” Majorika teased as she looked at me

“Someone? You mean me?! What’s with that! Boo hoo hoo!”

With that, Mohed as she clutched her tummy

“Hya hya hya hya, Doree”

“Does that mean I haven’t matured at all?”

“That’s not what I ed is Doremi’s virtue”

“Is that a compliment?”

“Of course!” Moe smile and a nod

Just then, the door flew open, and Hazuki-chan and Ai-chan dashed in happily

“Momo-chan, welcome back!”

“Hazuki-chan, long time no see!”

The two of theo

“You’re finally back, Momo-chan!”

“Ai-chan, I’ve been wanting to see you again Yay!”

“Yay!”

Mo

Watching them, I smiled broadly

We hadn’thoe ether just like in old times in just a moment

This was probably a sort of ic wizards and witches use

“We just need Onpu here, and it’ll be like old times,” Majorika said with a smile

“Oh, Onpu-chan just sentthat she can’t come today because of auditions,” I said

A look of disappointment crossed Momo-chan’s face for a second before she s forward to seeing her again”

Momo-chan used to be like an open book, and you could tell how she felt just by looking at her face But now, it seerown more mature

As we started on our girls’ talk, we soon forgot the passing of time

The sky soon grew dark outside the

Just then, we heard the fae wheels

“It can’t be!”

In a panic, we dashed into the yard to see the Queen’s carriage descending froht sky in a storm of petals

At the reins was Majorin, the Queen’s advisor She got down froed

“Your majesty, we are very sorry to trouble you to coot down on one knee and bowed her head In a panic, we mimicked her actions

“Everyone looks well,” the Queen replied with a smile

Why did the Queen of the witch world come all the way to the human world? She had already ht…

Sensing our confusion, Momo-chan explained, “I was the one who asked the Queen to come”

“What do you mean?” I asked

“Momoko told me about how she had trained as a baker in New York, so I wanted to put that to use and make MAHO-do into a Suite House,” Majorika explained this time

“So on’t be selling oods anymore?” Hazuki-chan asked

“Majorika, I think you meant ‘sweet’, not ‘suite’,” Ai-chan retorted

“Huht with that?”

“Of course! I want to taste Momo-chan’s cake soon,” I said, and Majorika shot me a look

“Honestly, is that all?! Haven’t you considered Momoko’s intentions and my parental affection…?”

“That’s just a cover It’s because a confectionery ht?”

“Lala! Don’t say such baseless things about me!”

Lala stuck out her tongue, and we all laughed

But it was true When ere in ele the ical goods store, or a flower shop

“Alright, everyone, please get ready Majorin, bring forth the items”

“Yes, your majesty!”

Majorin snapped her fingers, and a box containing four Parara taps and rings appeared before us

“Wow, it’s the Parara taps!” Ai-chan shouted

“This is so nostalgic!” Hazuki-chan added

“We’ll have new uniforms, too!” Momo-chan said

“I really like this uniform! It can reverse to become the pâtissier uniform,” I declared

“Doremi-chan, female pâtissiers are known as pâtissières instead,” Momo-chan informed me

“Yes, yes, that’s what they call theazines too Pâtissière? Sounds cool!”

We were all excitedly chatting when Majorin, without expression, cleared her throat and said, “You must return the apprentice taps before you take the Parara taps and rings”

We nodded, took out the apprentice taps fro the Parara taps and rings

“Alright, let’s transform,” Ai-chan said and we nodded as we strapped the Parara tap onto our left wrists and slipped the rings on our fingers

“Okay, let’s go,” I shouted

The Queen, hearing me, quickly warned, “Doremi-chan! When the apprentice uniforms come out…”

“I know, I have to iht?”

The Queen nodded with a wry smile

“Hmm?”

Moly atin her ear

SheMomo-chan about the incident last May, e first becaain after three years I had paid no heed to the Queen’s warning e first transformed, so I put on a child-sized uniform in the end which showed my underwear Seriously, Ai-chan!

“Hya hya hya hya”

I knew it! Seeing Moh, I felt just a little pathetic

Majorin cleared her throat again, and Mo and said to me with a wink, “Doremi-chan is really still Doremi-chan”

Yes, I’m still the same clumsy me Boo hoo hoo

“So, shall we begin?”

Hazuki-chan’s voice brought us back, and we each hit the Parara tap twice

The taps and rings glowed as the ical poas unleashed, and we all did our dances to finish the transformation

Gloves, boots, dress, hat Each iteht, and we became witch apprentices

“Pretty, witchi, Doremi-cchi!”

“Pretty, witchi, Hazuki-cchi!”

“Pretty, witchi, Aiko-cchi!”

“Pretty, witchi, Momoko-cchi!”

After saying our lines and striking our poses, we all caether for a final cool pose

“Mo~tto! Witch apprentice, version 16!”

However, Onpu-chan’s face flashed through the back of my mind for a moment It really felt a little lonely without Onpu-chan here…

“Let’s all renovate the MAHO-do together Firstly, sue”

We nodded at the Queen’s words, and struck our Parara taps once A new Poron, the Suite… I ned it in front of ourselves

“Pirika pirilala, freely!”

“Paipai ponpoi, flexibly!”

“Pameruku raruku, sonorously!”

“Perutan petton, eloquently!”

Singing our chants, we held our Sweet Porons up high, within a circle

“Magical Stage!” We shouted, and Magical Stage appeared

The Queen raised her right hand to the sky

“MAHO-do, change!”

At the Queen’s comht before transfor into a sweets house

With towers rese and cafe terrace rese a candy store, it looked just like it did in the past

“This version of MAHO-do is so nostalgic, too,” Lala said, and we nodded vigorously in agreement

“Alright, everyone Please create delicious sweets and bring joy to people,” the Queen said as she boarded her carriage

As we gathered at the side of the carriage to send the Queen off, she poked her head out of the carriage

“If youit to the witch world sometime, too,” she said

“Okay!”

The Queen nodded in satisfaction, then commanded, “Majorin”

“Yes, yourthe horse with a whip The carriage soared up into the night sky in a storm of petals

“Thank you, your majesty!” We shouted and waved as we sent her off

Then, we turned and dashed into the MAHO-do, now converted into a sweets house, running through the store and towers to look at everything

“The display cases and shelves for the goods are still the same,” I observed

“The utensils forsweets are all here, too,” Hazuki-chan added

“The cooking stove is the same one, too!” Ai-chan shouted

Our cooking stove was an antique, as burner and a stove co process

“Let’s take a look inside the towers too! Let’s go!” Moed

The interior of the toas the same as before, too The machine to make candy and chocolates was nicely installed in the atrium

“Alright, I’ll make some candy!” I declared as I hit my tap

I took off my witch apprentice costume, which turned inside-out to reveal a pâtissier…I mean, pâtissière uniform Our costumes were now reversible like that

Quickly pulling on the pâtissière unifored my hat to a hairband, witch’s boots into pâtissière boots, and loves disappear

Majorika stopped me just as I was about to ascend the stairs to the top part of the candy- machine

“Wait a redients yet What do you intend to make?”

“Huh?! Oh, that’s right Ahahaha”

Just then, we heard a fa from the store’s interior

It was Dela, the wholesale store witch

Returning to theout of the cooking stove However, the door opened, and Dela entered

“Good evening, everyone at MAHO-do~ Long time no see, Momo-chan~ This is Dela, the wholesale store witch Dela Dela~” Dela greeted us in a sing-song voice before continuing “I heard that the MAHO-do has renovated to becooods you need to make sweets”

With that, she waved her Poron and a oods appeared There was flour, weak flour, unsalted butter, fresh cream and more

That was just like Dela, the capable merchant with sharp ears

“If you need fruits like strawberries, kiwis or raspberries, justthem over anytime Here’s the invoice”

Just as she was about to hand the invoice to Majorika, Mo next to her, took it instead and looked over the prices

“Did she raise the prices again?” I asked as I glared at Dela, but Momo-chan tilted her head to one side

“No This is actually cheaper than the last tis”

“That’s really nice, co from Dela,” Ai-chan mused

“Ho ho ho ho MAHO-do has always been my customer, and I hope for that to continue in the future It’s natural for ht, that’s it for today, then”

With that, Dela waved her Poron and disappeared in a puff of smoke

“Alright With these, ather the required ingredients

“Dorery?” Momo-chan asked

“Now that you mentioned it, it’s time for dinner,” I said

“In that case, let me make chiffon cake for everyone,” Momo-chan replied

“Wow, really?” I asked

“I look forward to that,” Hazuki-chan added

“Momo-chan, I’ll help you! Just let me knohat to do,” Ai-chan said

“Alright Ai-chan, please light the stove”

“Okay”

Ai-chan dug through the ht until she found so stove

“Lala, do you have any lemons?” Momo-chan asked

“Yes, there are soe”

“Alright, then let’s begin!”

Following Momo-chan’s instructions, we started to make the chiffon cake

Moht us how to redients and use the whisk Her skills at transferring the batter into the mould were markedly better as compared to the past

Yes, she looked like a true pâtissière

After baking the chiffon cake on the cooking stove, we shared it and took a bite each The delicious taste of the cake was really

At that moment, I knew that with this, “sweet house MAHO-do” was bound for success

And that sentiment did come true

Thanks to Momo-chan’s strict but precise advice and special recipes, our sweets- skills showed marked improvement

As a result, MAHO-do’s opening day, which took place 5 days later, was a huge success, and most of our sweets were sold out

In thesurprise

Our very first customers at the newly renovated MAHO-do were none other than Seki-sensei, our elementary homeroom teacher, and Leon aka Yamaki-sensei, our current homeroom teacher

The store’s opening tiht on cue, we heard the roar of bike engines They parked right in front of the entrance, and all of us froze when they entered the store

However, once they took off their hel to the floor in relief

No ht about it, that scene with the two of them was just unbelievable

“Seki-sensei, a-are you… a for that Leon was the for”

Hearing that, Seki-sensei clutched her tu buddy His wife, Minako-san, was also my friend at Karen Girls’ Academy”

“Hahahaha, I seem to be surrounded by beautiful ladies This must be the fate of a lady-killer,” Leon boasted

Most definitely not

He sure could talk, even with a face like a chameleon

While we stood chatting, customers started to flood into the store

The posters we pasted around town, as well as the flyers we handed out outside the train station, were effective, but most of the custoh school days

Leon and Seki-sensei bought cakes for their families and left hurriedly, so as not to cause a ruckus

Just when I wanted to hear more about their story

However, I felt blessed to have theh they insisted that they were just passing by, I knew they orried, and ca well

Unfortunately, only half of the cookies I made were sold Apparently, they tasted fine; it was just that they were misshapen

I wanted to make cookies in the shape of musical notes, but everyone said they looked like tadpoles instead

“Well, that was a huge success for our first day!” Ai-chan declared

“That’s probably because of our super featured item, the “’beloved Tourbillon””‘,” Hazuki-chan said happily

The “beloved Tourbillon” was the cake we o Her name was Tourbillon, which means “spiral”

It’s the ultimate sweet, made of many swiss rolls to create spirals, placed on top of mousse and coated with jam

“That’s right Everything Momoko created was sold out in a moment,” Majorika chuckled as she patted Momo-chan on the shoulder

“Thanks to that, I didn’t even get the chance to step out of the kitchen,” Moly

“You did a wonderful job,” Lala poured out cups of tea and brought them over

Just as ere about to start eating the unsold cookies, the door suddenly flew open to reveal Onpu-chan

“Everyone, I’ to help”

“What are you saying, Onpu-chan! I’lad you came!” Momo-chan said as she went to embrace Onpu-chan

“M-Momo-chan… I can’t breathe”

“Sorry I mean, I’rin as she led Onpu-chan to the table

“Onpu-chan, we only have these unsold cookies made by me left Would you like some?” I asked

“Thank you,” Onpu-chan took a bite of her cookie before she started to tell us about the third audition she had just gone for, and how she had been dropped out during the final round

“Onpu-chan, don’t lose hope We’re all supporting you,” I said