A Wizard's Love Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Witch

It had been a week since Hikari stepped into his life once more.  Since then he was surprised with how quickly she came with the perfect butter, good cornmeal, and a rare hibiscus from Toucan Island.  He had no choice but to transform the witch back to normal since she did get the ingredients for the spell for him quickly.

So that is what brought them out to the small house of the witch in Fugo Forest.  He formed a symbol on the ground with the glowing neon-green potion he made with the ingredients.  He motioned for Hikari to place to place the "frog" witch in the center of the symbol.  He stood to the side kneeling down placing his right hand on the symbol letting his eyes drift shut.  He began to mutter a spell under his breath as the symbol began to glow.  Gray smoke surrounded the witch swirling around her as his muttering got faster and faster.  A bright light shines from within the smoke as it dissipated revealing the gray haired, golden eyed immortal who he was unlucky to call his oldest friend.  She stood glaring at him with a huff asking, "What the hell took you so long?"

The Wizard simply shrugged lightly responding in a casual manner, "I tried to warn you but you didn't listen so I was in no hurry to help you."

The Witch growled before yelling with the glare, "I hate you!"

She pushed him out of the house with another huff saying, "Out you go and stay out."

He shook his head wondering to himself just how long this banning from her house would last.  He sat down beside the swamp against a tree closing his eyes waiting for Hikari to come out.  It took awhile until she finally emerged from the witch's house carrying the emerald green bell with a smile that he swore went from ear to ear.  She held it up in front of his face happily saying, "Look I got it, Wizard."

He resisted the urge to just shiver at that familiar hyper tone that drove deep into his heart and mind reminding him of all of her past selves.  He opened his gold and green eyes looking at her saying calmly now, "Good.... let's get back to the village then."

He pushed himself up from where he had been sitting walking into the forest with her by his side glancing around as they walked just in case their was any Fugu Mushrooms growing there that he could take.

"So what other powers do you have, Wizard?" Hikari asked looking at him leaning forward to look directly into his eyes as they continued to walk.

He looked into her brown eyes gulping lightly responding softly, "Just small spells,... the ability to read other people's hearts,... to have brief glimpses of the future,... and to see what is happening anywhere in this world to anyone I want at this moment."

"I see," she said in wonder placing her finger up to her chin tapping it lightly in thought, "Do you need any special equipment to do such a thing?"

"Just a crystal ball that sits on a table back in my house," he said looking at her raising an eyebrow then blushed quickly the pink showing up well on his tanned skin as he looked away, "D-don't worry though I don't... use that last ability that often."
He wasn't about to admit that he had been watching her daily chores to check her progress on gathering the ingredients for the spell all the time during the last week.  He cursed himself in his mind for being so drawn to her even if she was Konohana reborn.

"I didn't think you would, Wizard," Hikari said with a small giggle poking him on the cheek, "Your cute when you blush, Wizard."

Wizard blushed a deeper red looking away quickly his hetrochromia eyes spying a glowing purple mushroom thanking the heavens for the distraction.  He rushed over carefully picking it up looking at it expecting it.

Hikari came over tilting her head as she looked at the mushroom he held in his hands so carefully asking, "What's that?"

"It's called a Fugu Mushroom," Wizard said looking at her then to the mushroom slipping it into his pocket, "It's rare.... only grows in this forest once a day in fact.... but it is the perfect ingredient for potions."

"Oh really?" Hikari asked with a big smile and knowing eyes, "Then I bet you would love something like that as a gift."

"Yes.... it would be the perfect gift for the Witch or I," he said with a sigh knowing the witch normally took the mushrooms for herself in this forest.  He shook his head saying, "Let's just get out of here."

"Alright," she said happily as they started to walk getting out of the forest heading to the farm first.  She smiled at the Wizard then toward her farm saying, "Well this is my house as you probably know so see ya later Wizard."  She ran off into the fields to do the last of her chores for the day.

He sighed watching her run off before shaking his head continuing up the trail to the city straight past Jake on the road not noticing the man was clutching a bag close with a round object inside.  The Wizard yawned walking into his house past his table to his kitchen to make some coffee for himself letting his mind wonder back to 500 years ago.

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Gale, a Wizard in training, was meditating in the gardens of the castle his eyes closed and his gray hair in a braid hanging over his shoulder.  He sat among the Tea Leave bushes enjoying the relaxing smells they put off into the air as he meditated there.

"Gale!" a hyper voice called out as a girl pounced on him from behind hugging him tightly with a giggle.

He opened his gold and green eyes looking at her saying, "Princess compose yourself please."

She pouted looking into his eyes poking him saying, "Ah your no fun, Gale.  Plus how many times do I have to tell you to call me Konohana.  I will always be that to you just like even when you become an actual Wizard in a couple years you will still be Gale to me."

"You should call me that when I do unless we are alone Konohana," Gale said with a sigh looking at her, "You know the rules."

"Yeah yeah," she said hugging him again happily her brown eyes meeting his own with her brown hair blowing in the breeze, "You are best friend though so I know your name even if it apparently allows people to control you.  That makes no freaking sense by the way."

"It's just what master says," Gale said softly looking at her, "Also your my best friend as well."

He was happy the princess was his friend and would protect her as her Wizard always.  He smiled gently toward her leaning his forehead against hers.

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The Wizard was pulled from his memories as the coffee maker dinged signaling it was done.  He sighed muttering, "Why does Hikari have to look so much like her as well as being her rebirth.... she couldn't have been blond again or black haired?  No she had to look exactly like Konohana."

He grabbed the pot pouring him a cup of the coffee putting some sugar and creamer in the cup before walking into his living room to the table his eyes growing wide seeing that his Crystal Ball was missing.  He sat down his cup looking around frantically starting to tear apart the room looking behind his stacks of books under everything falling to his knees whispering, "No.... my Crystal Ball.  The only thing I have left of my master."  He was shaking glancing around wondering who took it feeling it being somewhere in the town but where?