NEGIMA FANFICTION

CURING A COLD, Negima Harem Style

CHAPTER ONE // The Common Cold STRIKES

Homeroom was never the same for Class 3-A. Never. Ever since they had gotten a new homeroom teacher back in the days of being 2-A, that particular class in Mahora Academy, the japanese boarding school for girls, had never had a "normal" morning, or at least, never the same events twice. That day was no exception.

"Negi! NEGI. Wake up!" The first abnormality of the morning was that Asuna had to wake Negi up. Usually, the 10 year old teacher got up pretty well on his own, unless he was purposely being a stubborn little brat (which was rare). The red haired boy moaned and rubbed an eye, turning to face the girl whose room he'd been staying in since his teaching job started back when he taught 2-A. Asuna's eyes were narrowed, and she was standing on the ladder that lead up to his bed.

"G-G'morning, Asuna-san." He murmured, reaching out for his glasses on the ledge near Asuna. The first sign that something was wrong had to be when he missed. It took him two tries to actually grab the tiny glasses that rested on his nose. Asuna sighed and jumped down from the ladder without another word. Her long orange hair was down, so Negi assumed she had not had to deliver newspapers that morning. As Asuna put her hair up in pigtails, golden bells attached to the red ribbons she was tying her hair with, Negi stumbled down the ladder after her.

"Asuna-san?" He questioned, yawning slightly and rubbing his eyes again. Though he was trying to ignore it, his head was spinning, and he felt rather tired despite having a full night of sleep. Asuna turned to looked at him, now nibbling the corner of a strawberry jammed piece of toast. She offered Negi one, and he took it, before she finally responded with a "What is it?"

"Where is Konoka-san?"

"Over here, Negi" Called a soft little voice. Hearing the familiar sound of his other roommate's voice, Negi turned to the bunk bed Asuna and Konoka shared. The dark-brown haired girl was still in bed, fully covered and smiling a fairly weak smile, one a bit too small to be in Konoka's character. Shocked and concerned, Negi hurried over, "Konoka-san, what are you doing in bed? We have to get to class!"

"She's sick, Negi. And Konoka, I thought I told you to get some rest!" Scolded Asuna, who walked over to her roommate and offered a cold cup of water, "While you're up, you should drink this."

"Thank you, A-su-na!" Konoka chipped, a bit more lively now, "And I just wanted to be sure you remembered to tell Set-chan not to worry about me"

"I will, I will." Asuna assured her with a sigh, "Anyways, Negi and I are going now. Right, Negi?"

Negi nodded, swaying a b it as he pulled his green jacket on. He'd been changing while Asuna and Konoka talked, and having trouble staying up straight. However, he disregarded this, and blamed it on the fact he had only just gotten up. With a final good bye to Konoka, the two hurried outside and started running in the direction of the train.

"Asuna-san! I could have used some healing magic, you know..." Negi piped up once they were on the train, which was surprisingly empty given how close to the homeroom bells they were. Asuna simply shook her head and reached out to teasingly ruffle her young teacher's hair, "Naw, Konoka needs to rest. She's been working hard in class, and deserves a day off."

"Still..." Negi protested, his voice stopping quite suddenly. The world was bright for a second, then faded to black before returning to normal. His head was feeling light and fuzzy, but, once again, he ignored it.

"Negi? You ok?" Asked Asuna in concerned, catching him as he swayed closer to her. He moaned, closing his eyes. It was only when Asuna didn't make a sound for a while that he opened his eyes and realized what he was leaning against. Blushing, he sat up. "S-Sorry! I didn't mean!"

"Any and all sympathy I have had is gone!" Snapped Asuna, blushing bright red and looking away.

"Wh-what? But Asuna-san, it was an accident! Besides, this isn't the first time I've accidently touched your..."

Asuna snapped and hit him hard, before getting up and putting five seats of distance between them. Negi whimpered, holding his cheek where she'd hit him. It wasn't his fault!

Finally, the train stopped at the school. Both got up and started to run to their class, neither ready to talk to the other yet after the morning incident. In fact, Asuna was still a bit pouty when she took her seat in class. Almost the very second that she'd sat down, Setsuna walked over. She seemed as serious as ever, as she usually was when it came to her job of protecting Konoka. However, her ojousama was not there at the moment.

"Asuna-san, where is Konoka-ojousama?" Setsuna asked calmly, looking around. Asuna looked up and sighed. Sure, Setsuna was calm now, but who knew how she'd react to knowing Konoka was sick, and still in the dorm (which was not close by). "Umm... She's sick. But don't worry, she said she'll be ok."

Setsuna's serious face fell into a bit of a paniced one, and she looked around, "I should go and be by her side!"

"Setsuna-san, it's fine. She's in no danger. Besides, protecting Konoka isn't a good enough reason to go back to the dorms when we're already at school..."

Fwomp. Asuna blinked, surpised by the sound. The bell would be ringing soon, and "fwomp" was not the sound of a school bell. It was more like the sound of a small body hitting the ground... Speaking of small bodies "NEGI-SENSEI!" Screamed most of the class in unison. Hearing his name, Asuna turned to look at his little pass out body on the floor. She gasped and got out of her seat, running over to him with Setsuna close behind.

"Negi!" Asuna cried in concern, kneeling down by him, "Negi, are you ok? Negi!"

"Negi-sensei collapsed!" Announced a short pink haired girl, her hair in ponytails. Fuuka was also kneeling by Negi, poking him in the sides, "Is he gonna be ok?"

"S-somebody get a nurse!" Said a dark haired, pale girl in a very shy and soft voice. Nodoka had also come to try and help Negi. "We don't need a nurse, we have Ako." Yue, another dark haired girl with a slightly monotone voice, pointed out. As if right on cue, gray haired, but still young, Ako walked forward and knelled by Negi. After a very short examination, she simply said, "I think he has a bit of a fever..." And then got up again, "He should go home and rest.. He'll need lots of fluid and sleep, and then he'll be better in no time... So we should call his parents..."

There was silence. Then a "But Negi-sensei doesn't have parents in Japan, does he?" from a slightly gleeful Haruna, who gave Nodoka a little nudge. Nodoka 'eep'ed and turned a bit pink, covering her mouth with a hand and letting his long bangs hide her face. With this fact in the air, purple-haired Misa replied "Well, someone has to take him back to his home."

Then hands shot up in the air. Almost every girl in 3-A seemed to want the right to take Negi home and help care for him. Grinning, Kazumi stepped up to the board and took a piece of chalk, "Ok! Any nominations for who takes Negi home?"

"Hey wait, should it be me since I actually share a dorm with him?!" Snapped an angry Asuna. Kazumi giggled and wrote Asuna's name on the board, "Goodness, Asuna, to think you want to take him home so much that you'd nominate yourself" She teased.

Asuna blushed. "It's not like that!!!" She snapped, but was drowned out by the nominations of the other students. "If Asuna is nominating herself, I shall nominate myself! I cannot allow a monkey girl to care for our precious homeroom teacher!" Ayaka declared, standing up dramatically. "Well, I think it should be Nodoka." Said Yue in a calm but strong voice.

"Yeah yeah! She reads enough to know what to do." Haruna added as Kazumi wrote Ayaka and Nodoka's names on the board under Asuna's, "Good nominations! Anyone else?"

"If we're nominating who would know what to do, how about Chizuru? She works in the daycare." Offered Sakurako with a smile. As Kazumi wrote the "Chi" for Chizuru, it became known that Chizuru was not interested since that would conflict with her afternoon job. So, despite protest from the net idol herself, Chisame was added because her name had a "chi" too, and Kazumi had no eraser handy. After a while long, Chachamaru had been nominated aswell for being a cool robot, and Makie because she could do a really cool split.

"Ok then! Now, to vote! Heads down, and put your hand up when the name is called that you want!" Kazumi announced. The vote scores were

Asuna - 1

Ayaka - 1

Nodoka - 10

Chisame - 10

Chachamaru - 4

Makie - 4

"And we have a tie!" Kazumi cried out, "So, we'll resort to the next best thing! We'll just auction lunch tickets! Starting at 5! Going once, going twice..."

"Me!" Ayaka called, raising her hand.

"Mmk! Ten! Once, Twi-"

"I can do ten!" Makie called out quickly, "Me!"

"Oh yeah? I can do fifteen!" Ayaka snapped. Whimpering slightly, Nodoka turned to Haruna and Yue. "What do I do? I only have ten lunch tickets to spare..."

"We'll back you up." Yue promised, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder, "This is the perfect way for Negi and you to get together."

"Yup. Ok, Kazumi, we have twenty-five tickets over here!" Haruna called cheerfully. "Sold to the Library Club!!!" Kazumi announced, "Congrats!"

There was a moment of celebrating before a weak moan came from the ground. Attention went back to the KOed teacher. "Ok, Nodoka, go claim your prize." Said Kazumi once she'd picked up the lunch tickets. Nodoka walked over and made an attempt to pick Negi up, which failed. A few more failed attempts passed before Kazumi pointed to Asuna, "Asuna, you're strong. Help Nodoka."

"If Asuna is going, I shall follow." Setsuna said firmly, deciding to use this as an excuse to check up on Konoka. "If Setsuna go too then also Ku Fei!" Called the chinese martial artist as she got out of her seat, "Ku Fei Negi-bozo's Ku Roshi! Come to check on pupil!"

"If his martial arts' teacher is going, then naturally, Mistress and myself have the right to go too." Chachamaru pointed out, standing up. While the list of caretakers grew, Yue added herself so that she could help Nodoka remain calm, and Chisame was added because she's the authoress' favorite character.

Then, the group had their unconscious teacher write them a hall pace, with Haruna moving his hand for him, the teacher was picked up, and they headed to the dorm.