Negima Neo: Time of Celebration
Part 1: A Great Party! The Unexpected Guest
Mahora Academy, one of the most known schools across the world. In these halls, many students come to study and learn. While mostly girls attend this academy, it knows no bounds with who it enrolls. And since the day that young Professor Negi Springfield came to this school, one class in particular started to stand out above the rest. And that is the very class he teaches, Class 2-A, one of the most rambunctious and peppy classes in the whole school.
Today was a special day for Class 2-A. On this weekend, the class of girls were being thrown a party to celebrate all they did and accomplished, from their adventure to save the Dreadnoid race up to their latest victory a year ago, defeating the vicious Lord Death. The dean oversaw the party planning.
"Okay! Put those over with the other chairs. No. Over at the other table." Takahata called. Konoe sighed.
"It's such a hassle putting together such a celebration like this one, eh Takahata?" Konoe asked. Takahata chuckled.
"Yes dean. Especially when I'M doing most of the work." Takahata said. The dean laughed and patted his back.
"And you're doing a great job too." he said. Takahata lightly chuckled, quickly tapped on the shoulder. He turned to see Shizune.
"Here you are professor. I thought all this "ordering around" might've made you thirsty." Shizune said, handing him a glass of water.
"Oh. Thank you Shizune." he said. Meanwhile, in the dormitories of the students, we turn now to the dormitory of Asuna, Konoka, Anya and Negi. All are fast asleep in bed. Just then, Asuna begins to awake when she feels something at her side.
"Hmm? D'oh. If that's Negi again...I swear I'm gonna..." she thought. But when she felt hoping to catch Negi's hand, she instead caught something furry. She looked and saw Chamo.
"Eww. It's just the perverted rodent again." Asuna groaned, tossing Chamo away. She then pulled her blanket over herself and went back to sleep. But before she could, her alarm went off. Looking at its face, she groaned.
"Morning already? C'mon. Just five more minutes." she grumbled. Negi sat up and yawned, stretching his arms wide out as the alarm rang.
"Oh. I guess it's time to get up then." Negi said. He looked to Asuna, hearing her groaning under her sheets.
"Hmm? Asuna? What's wrong?" Negi asked. Down below, Konoka and Anya were beginning to wake also. Anya yawned.
"I slept well. That was a good night's sleep." Anya said. She looked up at Asuna's bed, seeing Negi fussing to get Asuna out. Negi tugged at her sheets, seeing Asuna fighting back underneath.
"Come on Asuna. You should wake up. You don't want to sleep in on the weekend, do you?" Negi asked. Asuna groaned.
"It's the weekend Negi. Besides, my boss gave me the weekend off so I could catch up on my sleep. So be a good little brat and leave me alone." she yawned, breaking Negi's grip on her blanket. Negi sighed.
"Oh Asuna." Negi said. Down below, Chamo woke with his head on the ground and his legs in the air.
"Uhhh...okay. How did I get down here?" Chamo thought.
An Hour Later...
After waiting an entire hour's worth, Asuna finally decided to wake and get dressed. With everyone washed up and dressed, they went for a walk around the campus.
"Honestly Asuna. Don't you know when to wake with your alarm clock? Or are you really such a snoring log when you sleep in?" Anya asked. Asuna growled.
"Hey! You'd better watch it squirt." Asuna said. Anya huffed, making Negi sigh.
"Come on you two. You can get along, right? It's Asuna's weekend off from work, so we were gonna make this the best weekend it could be." Konoka said. But as they continued down the road, they saw someone leaning against a tree. It was Gregor, wearing a black jacket over his white top with a large black stripe.
"Gregor?" Asuna asked. Gregor huffed and approached her.
"Uhh...hello Gregor. Is there something you wanted to tell us?" Negi asked. Gregor glanced between Negi and Asuna, hinting them by tilting his head, like he wanted them to follow him.
"Hmm? Hey. What's going on?" Asuna asked.
"Just follow me. The dean wants to show you two something." Gregor said. But Asuna was not buying any part of it.
"Gregor, would you just come out and say what you want to tell us?" Anya asked. Gregor huffed.
"I'm not gonna stand around all day...if that's what you mean. Just follow me already." Gregor said. Asuna groaned.
"I swear...talking to him is like a one sided arguement. Ya never get a single word in." Asuna said. Anya reminded her that's why he was HER robotic clone, making Asuna growl.
"Well, we should see what this is about. Okay Gregor. So...where does the dean want us to meet?" Negi asked. Gregor told Negi to follow him and they agreed, walking behind Gregor as he led them across the school grounds.
"Anyone get the idea that Gregor could be leading us to some kind of joke?" Asuna whispered. Anya and Konoka merely shrugged. But they finally came to a stop by the large back lot of the school.
"Huh? The back lot? Why are we here?" Negi asked. Gregor stepped aside and told them to go on ahead. They slowly went on and as they did, they suddenly heard poppers going off and streamers flying in their faces.
"GAH!" Asuna yelled. Quickly snapping back, everyone saw the rest of Class 2-A, Takahata and Shizune sitting at large tables and cheering. Also with them was Dean Konoe, Chao Lingshen, the Dreadnoid Prince, the future Negi, Asuna and Rose, Grace, Amna, Shade, Nekane Springfield, the Magnificent Twelve, Brianna and Nina. Negi and Asuna gawked with amazement in their eyes.
"Negi...tell me you're seeing the same thing I am." Asuna said. Negi quietly nodded.
"There you are. What took you so long?" Rose asked. Asuna and Negi both stuttered. Gregor sighed, coming in to see them like this.
"Hey. Come on you two. Snap out of it. Don't you know a party when you see one?" Gregor asked. They both turned to Gregor.
"A...A party? For us?" Negi asked. Suddenly, Negi heard a deep voice chuckle. He looked and saw Nagi sitting with Karula and a teenage Evangeline at the table.
"Of course this is for you. It's only to honor two of this world's greatest heroes of course." Nagi laughed. Evangeline huffed.
"So stop acting like a bunch of half minded fools and join us already." Evangeline said. The dean chuckled and approached Negi and Asuna.
"Negi Springfield...Asuna Kagurazaka...you two have done so much for this world we live on. If not for your brave and heroic actions, I doubt any of us would be here now. For that, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts." he said. Amna nodded.
"To say thanks, we all planned you this party...so we can look back on all the great things you've done since we last saw you." the prince said. After hearing that, Negi and Asuna were truly speechless.
"We're all so happy to have met you two. Of course, I speak for your "other selves" too." Grace said, turning to Rose's parents "So come on already. Celebrate with us!" Konoka and Anya glanced with a chuckle.
"To Earth's mightest heroes!" Kuraz and the other Twelve called out. Negi and Asuna looked to each other and grew large smiles before laughing.
"No way! This is too cool! Thanks everyone!" Asuna exclaimed.
"Yes. Th...Thank you." Negi said. Everyone cheered as Negi and the others hurried to join them. Nina approached Gregor.
"Hmph. Still can't get over the fact that these "nerdy humans" are our real selves." Gregor said. Nina smiled.
"I know. It might get hard to adjust to, but we are just like them in a way, aren't we?" Nina asked. Gregor smirked.
"I guess so." he said. Negi and Asuna sat down with their friends, catching up with events that came and gone. Yotsuba was hard at work helping prepare the food with the teachers.
"Now those two are starting to enjoy the party. And here I thought this was too big a surprise for them to ever snap out of." Shizune said. Takahata glanced to Yotsuba.
"Say Yotsuba. Why don't you join the others? I think we have things all set here." Takahata said. Yotsuba shook her head.
"Nah. I like to help out. Besides, I'm not one for "idle chit chat" anyway." Yotsuba said. The teachers laughed as Yotsuba was eyed by Karula at the nearby table. Evangeline rotated the straw in her glass.
"Hmph. Everyone is making such a big deal out of nothing. So those two are some kind of "heroes". Big whoop-de-doo." Evangeline said. Chachamaru glanced at her.
"Master please. The way you speak defines yourself." Chachamaru said. Evangeline groaned.
"Oh give it a rest you." Evangeline said. Karula smirked.
"Yep. You're my little sister all right. Heh. And I almost couldn't recognize you either." Karula thought. Asuna sat with Brianna, enjoying some party platters together.
"I still can't believe this Brianna. It's really like everyone we ever helped out is here." Asuna said. Brianna chuckled.
"Yes. And Gregor, Nina and I must be your latest heroic acts. If not for you, I'd...probably still be Anusa right now." Brianna said. Asuna smiled.
"Hey. Don't mention it. You're with our class now. That's all that counts." Asuna said. Brianna nodded.
"By the way...I don't think I ever met him personally. But what do you think happened to Doctor Nim?" Brianna asked. Asuna gasped, suddenly realizing she nearly forgot about him completely.
"Oh yeah. You only knew him as Anusa. Hmm. Well, what can I say? I guess...he's having a LONG time to think about his life choices." Asuna said. She looked up at the sky, seeing the clouds rolling by.
"Come to think of it...what IS Nim doing? He can't really be dead...right? But...nah. Don't think about it. No way could that bone head survive his own ship exploding on him." Asuna thought. As she turned back to Brianna, she suddenly heard a faint whistle.
"Hmm?" she asked. Turning towards the sound, Brianna looked on.
"Asuna? Something wrong?" Brianna asked. Suddenly, Negi heard the same sound.
"Heh? Hey. What's up?" Rose asked. Future Asuna looked up and turned Rose's attention to the sky. They all soon found themselves looking up, seeing something beginning to hurdle their way. It seemed like a middle sized comet, hurdling down like a bullet. It zoomed over everyone and came crashing into the dirt.
"WHOA!" Amna exclaimed, ducking down. The Dreadnoid Prince saw the meteor grind into the dirt, coming to a halt before something else came flinging off.
"A meteor? Where did that come from?" Grace asked.
"Cool. I never saw a shooting star this close." Nina muttered. Gregor groaned, looking away. Negi, Asuna and the others all hurried to the sight of the crash. And going a bit further, Asuna and Negi saw what had been flung off the meteor.
"What's this thing? Whuh? Oh no." Asuna said. Negi and Asuna saw that the object that crashed with the meteor was the unconscious body of Doctor Nim R. Od.
"It's...him." Negi muttered.
"Nimrod..." Asuna added. Everyone gathered around as Nim laid unconscious on the ground.
TO BE CONTINUED...