They're quite cool after all
This is a little project that I'm doing right now, I'very been having writer's block on my crossover story so I've come here.
As to why I'm doing this, well Kotaro is my favorite out of the 'shota trio' in Negima, and I feel that he's the unlucky every-dude compared to the other two so I've decided to throw him a bone (no pun intended).
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The Twins
Kotaro was bored. He was bored because he had nothing to do. His classes had finished a couple of hours ago and hadn't gotten any homework to do, the mere fact that he regretted not having homework is a clear sign of his bored he was.
Not only was he bored, he was feeling kinda lonely, sure he liked to describe himself as a 'lone-wolf', but the truth was that, like the wolf, he was a pack animal, he enjoyed company he enjoyed having someone to talk to, play with and spar with.
But Natsumi, Ayaka and Chizuru were out doing club activities at this time, meaning he was all alone in their shared form room, just lying on the sofa. And if that wasn't enough Kaede had gone to visit her relatives. He could do with some training right about now. He hadn't even seen his best friend, Negi, in 10 months since he was busy with his project 'Blue Mars'. After graduation Fate had deemed his teaching duties 'redundant' and left to assist in said project.
This naturally both relieved the class of 3A as well as worried them, on one hand they didn't have Fate teaching them with his 'schedules from hell', but on the other hand he had practically described 3A themselves as redundant. Not only that he now got to spend more time with Negi than any if them, even princesses and rich girls needed degrees to help with the project it seemed. Hell the one who had seen Negi most recently had been Asuna and that was for a formal event 8 months ago.
Because Negi had been working all summer, Kotaro had to endure listening to Ayaka complain about being away from 'her' Negi-sensei, whenever Chizuru and Natsumi dragged him along to some event during the summer, personally Kotaro didn't understand what her problem was, they didn't even seem to be that close Negi and Ayaka, well as close as Ayaka wanted to be, maybe it was because of Negi's habit of distancing himself with manners, who knows.
Getting at the matter at hand now, Kotaro was still bored and was considering taking a nap to pass the time. But then his sensitive dog-like ears heard something, it was giggling, the sound would of been faint to anyone else, but his strong hearing allowed him to hear it as if it was next door. Getting up from the sofa Kotaro made his way towards the window, looking out said window, he could see a couple of stories down, two girls with pink hair, giggling as they set up some sort of contraption.
'Guess this is a good distraction as any' Though the young hanyo to himself as he jump out of the window and headed towards the pinkettes.
Fuuka knew this one would be one if their greatest pranks ever, and hopefully it would be good enough to catch Kaede of guard when she gets back, but for now they'd have to go for smaller fish, but they couldn't go for anyone, they needed a target that knew how to avoid attacks like these, but not on the same level as Kaede, "Hmm, maybe Ku Fei?" she muttered to herself.
Having landed quietly on the ground behind them, neither twin had noticed Kotaro approach, taking a better look at what they're doing, he could see a series of wires and pulls, set up with balloons and dome buckets if paint.
"Onee-chan are you sure that that's a good idea?" Asked Fumika worriedly, "Shouldn't we try it one someone else? Someone less capable of breaking rocks with her bare fists?"
"Well that narrows it down doesn't it, shorty?" Commented a Kotaro drily, startling both girls, while Fumika gave a cute 'eep' out if surprise, Kuuka was quick to address the insult.
"Who are you calling 'Shorty'?" Asked the elder sister outraged, "Fumika and I have grown this past year!" She stated proudly puffing out her practically non existent chest.
Raising an eyebrow Kotaro dared to look at the older twin's chest, "Continents have moved more than you've grown" he said drily.
Before her sister could start an argument with the younger boy, Fumika decided to intervene, "Ah, Kotaro-kun what is it that you wanted?" She asked pacively.
"Nothing really" Replied Kotaro shrugging his shoulders dismissively, "Just trying to find something to pass the time"
Hearing this Fuuka's anger at Kotaro's previous comments were forgotten, "Ooh, why don't you help us set up our prank?" She asked excitedly, after all having another ninja helping them would greatly improve their productivity.
Raising an eyebrow Kotaro seemed to need to think it over, 'Well I guess it's something to do'
Seeing the young hanyo hesitate, Fuuka and Fumika both quickly shared a look before they both turned to Kotaro with the biggest puppy eyes they could muster. Both were aware that they were far behind in physical growth and sexiness compared to their classmates, but there was one thing they were confident in, their cuteness and Kotaro was on the receiving of it.
They really didn't have to give him those eyes though, he was considering helping them anyway to alleviate his boredom. Turning his gaze away, trying to not look directly at their, even for him, cute faces with a slight pink tinge on his cheeks, he grumbled "Fine" under his breath.
"Yay" Cheered the pair of pinkettes happily, before Fuuka turned to Kotaro with a grin, "Okay, Kotaro-kun, this is what we're going to do"
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Their target was in sight, from his position on a tree branch, strolling down the street with her little friend tagging along, they had apparently just come from doing some of their duties in that church if theirs. Kotaro wasn't sure why the twins had gone from wanting to prank Ku Fei to Misora. Something about payback apparently.
Shaking his head to rid of any unecesary thoughts, Kotaro focused on his task at hand, looking at a nearby tree, he could see Fuuka ready to do her part, while as according to plan Fumika remained hidden somewhere in the bushes, out of sight.
As Misora reached the target point, Fuuka gave a quick signal in the firm of a bird whistle to tell them that it was time to start. Grabbing the rope he had been given, Kotaro used a quick Shundo to appear in front of Misora and her little friend.
"Wha..? Kotaro-kun?" Was all Misora got to say before she found herself and Cocone tied up, quicker than they could react, thanks to Kotaro's combo of shundo and shadow clones.
"Now!" Called out Kotaro before disappearing from Misora's sight. Misora suddenly felt a sense of dread about what was going on, she would of been running about now, if it wasn't for the fact that Kotaro had done an excellent job of tying up legs along with the rest of her body, despite still standing, so any attempt of escape would end with her face on the floor.
The moment Kotaro was at a safe distance away, he saw Fumika pop out of the bushes with some sort of catapult, which, at Fuka's command, flung a series of water balloons at Misora and Cocone.
As the balloons crashed into the tied up girls, they ended up drenched in the contents of the balloons which was a whole lot of honey and syrup, not the paint that Kotaro had been expecting.
Though his attention was quickly drawn towards the elder of the twins as she gave sons sort of battle cry while she launched a pillow case with an oversized sling shot made between the branches.
Kotora had to stifle a snicker as he had to focus on his final task; which involved pulling on the rope that was slung over a thick branch and attached to Misora thanks to little Fumika quickly hooking her up.
As he finished tying his end of the rope on to another tree, Kotaro was able to take a good look at their handy work. There hanging from a tree like a piñata hung Misora and Cocone, both glaring at the trio of pranksters.
Meanwhile said trio were laughing their asses of at how stupid those two looked, enjoying their handy work was quite satisfying in the end.
"Yeah, just keep laughing" Said Misora as she struggled to get out of her bindings, "You know I'm going get you back for this don't you?"
But her her threat fell on deaf ears as the twins and Kotaro ran off laughing their heads off as they went.
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They continued to laugh as they finally reached the World Tree, standing in one of the many plazas that surrounded said tree.
Kotaro had concluded that joining in with the twin's prank had been exactly what he needed. He'd never really got why they liked doing those things before, though he didn't understand why anyone didn't do anything but Fighting, but now he saw how much fun that was.
"Hey Kotaro-kun" His thoughts were interrupted as one of the twins called him out, turning to look at them he saw Fuuka giving him a thumbs up, "Not bad for a first timer"
"Yeah thanks, I needed that" Said Kotaro putting his hands behind his head with a grin on his face, "No wonder you lot are always pulling those pranks, that was quite fun"
"Eh?! Kotaro-kun, you haven't pranked on anyone before?" Asked Fumika, genuinely surprised, he's as kid, kids spend the day being naughty, having fun and pranking right? Well Negi is an exemption, but still.
"Then what do you do to have fun?" Asked Fuuka, she knew that Kotaro, like Negi, wasn't a normal boy, but still.
"Fight" Replied the dog bot.
"And when you're not fighting?" Asked Fumika.
"Train" He said, not getting the confused looks the twins were giving him, surely they understood that fighting is the greatest fun a man could have, well sure Negi disagreed, but what did he know?
Fuuka furrowed he brow, "But what about before you started learning how to fight and all? Surely there were other things you could to have fun outside of throwing fists?" She asked.
Kotaro just shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "Didn't really have time to play. I was always looking for food or a good place to sleep" Just your run-of-the-mill daily life for a hanyo.
Though he wasn't expecting to see Fumika soundedly tearing up, in hindsight he should probably keep shut next time someone asks about his past, if they're all going to tear up like that he can't deal with girls crying.
"Poor Kotaro-kun" Sobbed Fumika, "To not be able to enjoy the fun times of childhood"
Now Kotaro was annoyed, sure he felt slightly flattered that someone would cry for him, Konoka had done the same last year, but he hated being pitied dammit!
Before he could complain though, he felt Fuuka put an arm around his shoulder. Turning to look at the older twin expecting to see her crying her eyes out too, instead she was giving him a grin.
"Well there's an easy fix to that isn't there?" Said the elder sister her grin growing slightly larger, turning to look at her sister she added, "We'll just have to bring him along with us when we can"
"Great idea Onee-chan" Exclaimed Fumika clasping her hands together.
Now Kotaro's first instinct was to object, but then he thought about it a bit, training and sparring doesn't exactly fill his time and he did have fun pulling that prank. He didn't expect to have such with a couple of girls with whom he'd barely hung out with before. Hmm, maybe he should check out on the other Onee-chans, he could have as much fun as he did today.
"I guess that doesn't sound too bad" He muttered somewhat embarrassedly, which prompted the twins to cheer 'Yay' again.
Removing her arm from Kotaro's shoulder Fuuka seemed to ponder for a bit. "What is it Onee-chan?" Asked Fumika.
"You know..." Fuka stated with a grin resurfacing on her face, "This is quite close to where we ended spending the day with Negi-kun isn't it?"
"Oh yeah!" Said Fumika.
Kotaro felt a slight feeling of dread as Fuka's grin yet again grew wider, "Should we give him the same thanks?" She asked her younger sister.
After Fumika gave a quick nod, Kotaro found himself in-between the twins. Both gave an cheery "Thank you Kotaro-Kun!" Before he felt two pairs of lips connecting with each cheek.
The moment both both girls removed their links from his cheeks, Kotaro made a sound something like; "Bweheheeeeh?!". Before using a quick Shundo to make some distance between himself and the twins, who were laughing at his shocked face, with his eyes wide and his face taking a strong pink color.
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Having said goodbye to the twins since it was getting late Kotaro walked home. Though they didn't hesitate to tease him about their little 'thank you', a bit before he left and what was most embarrassing of all was that like his Pactio kiss with Natsumi, he couldn't say he didn't like it.
Urgh, was this the whole 'You like it when you're older' crap everyone kept saying to him, how annoying. Oh well he couldn't deny that he had fun, maybe tomorrow would be fun, who knew?
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Hope you guys enjoyed this, hopefully I'll be able to bring you more chapters soon.