Hey, everyone! Before I begin, I want to thank everyone for their reviews! After some thought, I decided to tell the story behind Setsuna's disappearance in my other story, Haunted. This is going to be my first multi-chapter fic, so I can't promise weekly updates. I will though, try my best. I hope for this to be about three or four chapters. Anyways, before I start rambling again, enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Negima nor will I ever will.
Lurking Danger
Prologue
Panting slightly, Sakurazaki Setsuna sheathed her sword, her morning exercises complete. She had awoken an hour after dawn and spent the next three hours training and honing her almost perfect skills. There was one reason she was doing this, namely the Konoe princess, Konoka. The swordsman had sworn to forever protect the younger girl, never straying far from her side.
Ever since the Kyoto field trip, Setsuna realized how much she was still lacking in the ways of protecting Konoka. Her inexperience had nearly killed them all. They were only alive because Negi-sensei and Asuna had been there. She would have to thank them as soon as possible.
"Secchan! Secchan!" Setsuna whipped her head around to see the object of her thoughts running towards her. She was not expecting the tackle that came with the smile given to her.
"Whoa!" Setsuna stumbled backwards, trying to regain her balance as best as she could with Konoka clinging to her. Her determination failed and she tumbled to the ground with a grinning healer on top of her.
Setsuna looked up wide-eyed at Konoka who smiled disarmingly at her. Her train of thoughts was cut off as she took in the beauty that was her Kono-chan.
Konoka stood up and offered a hand to the dazed half-demon, who took it gratefully.
"Hey, Ojou-sama.
" She saw the frown appear on the mage's face and quickly corrected her mistake, "I mean, Kono-chan."
Setsuna sighed internally when the smile reappeared.
"What are you doing up this early, Kono-chan?" she asked.
"Silly, it's already time for school. Everyone was wondering where you were, so Negi-kun asked me to go find you."
Setsuna's eyes widened and she cursed inwardly. Had she been so lost in her thoughts that she had forgotten about school?
She looked down surprised when she felt a soft, warm hand grasp hers.
"C'mon, Secchan, let's go to school."
Setsuna let Konoka pull her towards the school and she felt as if nothing could go wrong and that everything was right.
Little did she know how wrong she was.
I apologize for the shortness. It didn't turn out as well as I wanted, but I wanted to get this out before the weekend. Again, I apologize for the length of this and to make up for it, I will update by Sunday. Thanks for reading and please review!
