¿¿***?? A little prologue and disclaimer before we proceed.
This is a fanfic of the original story, Akazukin Cha-cha (that's why it's on fanfiction.net), whose author is unknown to me. The characters are not mine, its his.
For you to entirely appreaciate the story, you must know the basics of this story f.e. Seravi's two facet of self when with Dorothy (Dorothy blond-haired = Maniacal/Obsessed/In love Seravi ; Dorothy pink-haired = Ruthless, driving-Dorothy-to-insanity-through-constant-teasing-about-her-pink-hair Seravi), Cha-cha and her ring of admirers (dumb-but-strong Riya and intelligent-but-physically-weak Shiine who is also Dorothy's apprentice), and Dorothy's past (she was a very,very,very rich girl with a twin brother-turned sister because of his lust for Seravi, his/her/its name is Doris). That is all.

¿* Pinked * Memories *?

¿* Chapter One * Say Goodbye to Dorothy *?

Beautiful morning. The birds were chirping outside, the sun was shining endlessly. There was not a cloud in sight. And so the routine of the people-insects on earth continued on without pretense.

"Hmm-hm-hm-hm-hmmm! Hmm-hm-hm-hm-hmmm!" sang Dorothy as she whisked through the skies on her broom. It was an exceptionally beautiful day today, and her day would only be completed when her stomach is full.

"That's where Seravi comes in, ho-ho-ho!" she sniggered. She never tires of his delicious cooking. No particular plans on her head right now. She was just thinking of the full-course healthy meal before her... Her mouth watered in anticipation.

She arrived in an instant in front of Seravi's cottage. She knocked five times in a row that had a happy rhythm to it.-

"...." she stood outside and waited patiently for him to answer the door.

She could taste the food now...

"...." she closed her eyes.

"...."

"...." she was tapping her feet on the ground, counting the seconds.

"...." she crossed her arms on her chest.

Her stomach made a grumbling sound.

"...."

"...." a teensy vein appeared in her temple.

"...." the vein is growing, pounding in time with the heart.

"...." she starts shaking in anger, her hands tightly gripping her arms

"....!!!" she opened her burning eyes.

The animal in her was let loose again.

"I'M HUNGRY! SERAVI ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP ME OUT HERE WAITING OR WHAT?!!!" Dorothy's first yelled words for today.

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They were sitting around the round table. Her Shiine and his Cha-cha and her Riya, then herself, then the crazy-genius-adult-boy with the rag doll on his side.

The table was busy as usual, Shiine quietly eating his food, Cha-cha enjoying her food calmly, Riya gulping in the food in front of him as if they were air, her sitting there and gently working her way to her delicious food, the weirdo giving her those deadly looks again...

Their eyes met.

The cottage exploded in a second.

¿**? The Next Day...

They were sitting around the round table. Her Shiine and his Cha-cha and her Riya, then herself, then the crazy-genius-adult-boy with a doll on his side.

The table was busy as usual, Shiine quietly eating his food, Cha-cha enjoying her food calmly, Riya gulping in the food in front of him as if they were air, her sitting there and gently working her way to her delicious food, the weirdo giving her those deadly looks again...

Their eyes met.

The cottage exploded in a second.

¿**? The Day After...

They were sitting around the round table. Her Shiine and his Cha-cha and her Riya, then herself, then the adult man with a doll on his side.

The table was busy as usual, Shiine quietly eating his food, Cha-cha enjoying her food calmly, Riya gulping in the food in front of him as if they were air, her sitting there and gently working her way to her delicious food, the weirdo giving her those deadly looks again...

Their eyes met.

The cottage exploded in a second.

¿**? A Week After...

¿**? A Month After...

¿**? A.......

"AAAAHHHHHHH, I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!" Dorothy yelled on top of her lungs, gasping for breath afterwards.

The door opened and was detached from its hinges, letting out a very furious Dorothy. It was hard to distinguish which was redder--her face or her hair.

"You've forcing me to find a new synonym for the word crazy, deranged and psycho Seravi! YOU'RE WORSE THAN THAT ALREADY!!!"

"Miss Dorothy your blood pressure..." Shiine called out, running after her outside the cottage.

"I don't know how anyone can stand him Shiine, HE'S TAKING THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY TO NEW HEIGHTS!!"

"Oh Miss Dorothy..." Shiine said, sympathizing with her teacher.

Dorothy was going to make her broom appear but decided against it. A shadow falling on her face.

She sighed. "I'm gonna go for a long walk to figure out what went wrong with my life..." Dorothy said to Shiine. She gave one last if-looks-could-kill-Seravi's-dead-by-now look back at the cottage. Blaming him for all the unhappiness in her life right now. She then put one hand on her cheek and started walking away.

"Are we going home Teacher?" Shiine asked.

"You're a big boy, you can stay if you want to," Dorothy called to him, not turning around. Her voice sounded really tired. Who could blame her, after all the screaming that she's done?

However, Mr. Sensitive figured out that she really wanted to be alone this time.

He let out a big smile, deciding to play along. "Ok see you later Teacher!" Shiine turned around and went back inside the cottage, passing Seravi.

As always, he was with Elizabeth on his arms.

"Do you think it's safe for her to go out walking Seravi? It's already late afternoon, the sun's setting," Elizabeth asked him.

"Relax Elizabeth, she still has a few minutes before it gets dark," Seravi said with a smile on his face. "Besides, meeting other barbaric night creatures like herself once in a while will do a ton of good to her,"

"She might learn new tricks from them to use against you. I guess you're right Seravi," Elizabeth said, laughing a bit.

"Exactly Elizabeth, let her head cool off for a bit," who knows, it might come back to its blonde color...

Seravi gave one last look to Dorothy's retreating figure. She was walking towards the sun, braving its sunset rays. He would have wanted nothing more than to walk with her, however...

With that pink hair on her head, he'd be wasting his time.

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"Ha! Haha!!" Shiine's laugh was a little loud and too happy. "I won against you 10 times in a row!" he said, triumphantly putting down the cards that he was holding.

Riya was on the other edge of the table, teary-eyed with Cha-cha on his side. "Cha-cha..." he said, his voice quivering...

"Ohh, that's alright Riya!! We'll beat him in the next round! " Cha-cha said in her ever cheerful tone.

"But you've been saying that for the last 9 rounds..."

Cha-cha laughed at her own foolishness.

"Kids," Seravi interrupted in their merrymaking.

They looked at him immediately. "Supper's ready," he said.

They all let out a chorus of appreciation.

"After eating you'd better go home already alright, Shiine, Riya? It's already dark,"

"Ok!" Shiine said. Riya was already on the table munching food.

¿**? A Little Later at the Castle

Shiine arrived at the castle. He was surprised to see that there was no lights on yet.

"Miss Dorothy?" Shiine called out. She wasn't in the living room.

"Are you here Teacher?" not on the kitchen.

"Miss Dorothy?" not on the library.

"Teacher, are you asleep?" not on her room.

"Are you in here?" not on her bathroom.

Where is she? Shiine thought with increasing worry.

Then it occurred to him that she may have went elsewhere after her long walk. It's only 7:00, she's going to return a little later.

He went to his room and brought out his school work, doing his assignments and reading in advance.

11:00, still no Miss Dorothy. Sleepiness was clouding his brain and he could barely keep his eyes open.

She must have come in already and I just didn't hear it. He thought and he decided that it would be wise not to disturb her in her room anymore, since its late already.

But before he could pick himself up from his desk to go to his bed, his head fell in front of the notebook that he was writing to and fell asleep.

¿¿* *??

'Shiine...' a serene female voice said.

Shiine was still sleeping. He had a hard time opening his eyes.

'Shiine....' the voice repeated, ever so gentle, it was so familiar to him.

This time he succeeded in opening his eyes. 'Who's there?' he groggily asked. His eyes focused and saw the face of his teacher.

She was smiling and looked so beautiful... She wasn't wearing her witch's hat, her hair flowed freely down her face without any clip or ribbon and it had its original blonde color. Her violet-gray eyes were gently focused on him and there was a shimmer of happiness in them that he seldom saw reflected. She was wearing a simple white dress, and she was leaning down on him while he lay there in his bed. His surroundings were blindingly bright he wondered if he really was still at his room, but there could be no mistake.

Shiine blushed, he never knew that his Miss Dorothy could be this beautiful when she has her blonde hair and was smiling upclose. 'Mi-Miss Dorothy,' Shiine said, turning redder.

'I've come to say goodbye...' Dorothy slowly said, still smiling.

Shiine frowned. 'Where are you going teacher?' Shiine asked, not fully understanding what was taking place.

Dorothy smiled more, 'To heaven,' she said simply.

'H-heaven? You're an angel...?' Shiine asked.

Angelic, perfect, that was what she was at the moment.

Dorothy closed her eyes and stepped back from his bed, as if giving a little nod.

Shiine sat up. 'When are you going?' he asked.

'Now...' Dorothy said, walking backwards towards his window.

'Be good, Shiine, alright? Please don't forget me,...'

It was then that he felt that something was wrong. The light pastel colors in his surrounding was beginning to get a darker shade.

'Miss Dorothy, when are you coming back?' there was a building panic in his voice.

'I'm very proud of you... Shiine... Take care of yourself... I know you can do it... You're going to be a great... great magician someday... Perhaps even take the title from Cha-cha... Rule the land as a wise and just King...' Dorothy's voice was starting to fade away.

'Miss Dorothy!!!' Shiine yelled out, he had the feeling that this may be the last time that he would ever see her face.

Dorothy stopped, she was at the open window now. She paused and looked at the teary-eyed Shiine and gave her last smile. Then, she leaned back and fell, head first out of the window.

Shiine bolted out of his bed and went to check the window. He looked out and saw ferocious wolves at the bottom, as if waiting for their meal, but no sign of his teacher.

Suddenly, the wolves all turned their red-eyes at him. Then they started to run towards their meal--him, they were able to run up the castle walls.

Their bared teeth and drooling saliva was the last thing that he saw.

"Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"

Shiine jerked awake. He was gasping for air. His neck hurt from the odd position that he fell asleep on his desk.

A nightmare... he said to himself.

He looked at the clock, 8:00, he was late!

He rushed packing his things in his bag and took a brief dash through the kitchen to pick up some sandwich and spread. He put his sandwich in his mouth, the breadknife and peanutbutter on his left hand, his bag was clipped between his arms and on his right hand he made his broom appear.

He coursed at neck-breaking speed through the sky, heading directly to his school.

While he was munching his food he remembered that he still did not see his teacher at the castle. Then he thought of the dream that he just had.

He shook away the thought, remembering the deadly fangs of the wolf that came at him. That dream was just a dream. Besides, Miss Dorothy could never be an angel... She'd get kicked out instantly from heaven what with her short temper and all...

She may have already gone to Seravi's house to eat because he woke up late and wasn't able to prepare food for the two of them. Yes, that's what must have happened.

Then he blushed as he remembered the up-close beautiful face of his teacher. She was already very beautiful now, even with her pink hair, but he knew that if she had blonde hair then she'd easily be the most beautiful woman on the land. No wonder Seravi was in love with her. However, being the perfectionist that he is, he won't settle for anything else but that perfect image of his blonde teacher, even if the pink haired Dorothy is still one and the same as the blonde haired Dorothy.

He closed his eyes and shook his head. He simply cannot understand genuises.

Shiine rode on and continued his thoughts, debating on who would have been more prettier Cha-cha or Miss Dorothy when she was Cha-cha's age. He pictured his teacher as he's seen in countless albums that he spied under Seravi's bed. They were all stolen shots, as if Seravi had spent all of his waking hours documenting every move that Dorothy made when she's not looking.

Then he thought of Cha-cha and her red hood, and her ascending to the throne someday...

No, he couldn't decide, ah.

By the time that he got to school, his head was still high up in the clouds, dreaming.

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¿¿***?? Liked it? This is fic is a Christmas gift for Emmalyn, and all my other friends who like Akazukin Cha-cha. I am going to continue this fic but only on review basis. Meaning that my number of reviews on this fic should double before I post an update. Say for example, I'm going on my Christmas break so the next time that I'll check up on this would be on January 7, 2003, or earlier. Say by that time I saw 5 reviews, then I'm going to wait for the reviews to reach 10 before I post the next chapter, and then, 20 before chapter 3, and so on... Don't worry, I may only have less than 10 chapters, because every chapter is jam-packed like this one. And yes, I've already written them down, they only need editing. Post questions, suggestions, flames, whatever it is that you want and is allowed by the site.