A/N- Kind of wanted to get this out there in order to gauge the reaction to it. This story will center on the idea of Negi ending up in Remnant and working at Beacon as a teacher. Other characters from Negima! will probably show up later, but for now it's just Negi.
If you notice and continuity errors or the like, be sure to point them out for me. Despite how much I love it, Negima! is rather hard for me to follow accurately.
How much I do with this depends on your reaction to it, so be sure to leave a review.
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Negi Springfield knew he was a certified genius. He finished his schooling at the age of 10 and managed to get a position as a teacher at a prestigious academy in Japan. He is an expert at spellcraft as well, being able to create new spells as well as improve old ones. Despite his young age, his strength knows no bounds. Going through many trials and tribulations, the boy managed to come out victorious as one of the most powerful mages ever. There was no doubt in anybodies mind that Negi was a prodigy the likes of which few can ever claim to be on par with. But with all that being said... he had absolutely no idea where he was.
The place in question being a forest with crimson red leaves which were constantly falling around him. The forest was a remarkable beauty. This was the first time he had seen anything like this, literally. He didn't recognize the species of tree whatsoever. He very well doubted he was anywhere near his intended destination.
Looking down at the smoking piece of scrap in his hand, Negi let out a sigh. It was a device that he designed alongside Eva. Its purpose was to act as a new form of transportation, a combination of both science and magic. The device was supposed to warp the very space in front of it and open a hole to the intended destination. Once it was finished, Negi decided to test it himself. Opening the hole worked splendidly. Getting him to the right location was something else. He meant to open a portal to the entrance to Mahora Academy, but instead he ended up in a red forest. Not the greatest of test trials he'd ever done.
He was brought out of his musings by several low growls emanating from the foliage surrounding him. Looking back up, Negi noticed that there were a large number of red eyes peering out at him from behind the bushes. And none of them looked too happy to see him.
Negi sensed a foul sort of energy about the creatures. They were radiating malice and other negative emotions. Any other person might take the hint and realize that; red eyes plus evil aura equals bad things. But Negi was a gentleman who was not going to judge by appearances, so of course, he tried to make nice with the creatures.
"Easy there." he said as he raised his hands and backed away. "I mean you no harm."
It seemed that the creatures did not share his intent, as the first one lunged out of the treeline. They were unlike any creature Negi had seen before. Fur as black as night, glowing red eyes, claws like razors, and atop their head was a mask of bone. The beasts were wolf-like in shape, but much bigger. Some stood on their hind legs while others crawled on all fours. There were even a couple that had spike-like protrusions coming out their backs. They were more than likely stronger than the average human if their muscles were anything to go by, but Negi was far from average. He had completely analyzed the beasts in 2 seconds. Just in time too, as the first one charged him.
The wolf barreled towards Negi, its claws digging into the ground as it ran, and then pounced. Negi rolled out of the way and quickly got back up. "Don't make me hurt you!" he shouted as he readied a spell.
The rest of the beasts took the cue from the first and began their assault. Several more instantly rushed Negi. The boy used shundo to escape their grasp, landing up in a tree that was out of reach. Negi looked down to see the beasts were now clawing their way up the tree. They were determined to kill him. Realizing this, Negi decided upon the proper course of action.
"Sagitta Magica!" he shouted as he finished the incantation. Multiple magic missiles formed in the air and shot forward towards the beasts. Upon making contact, the missiles exploded and blew the creatures to pieces, blood and body parts splattering everywhere. It was far from being a clean kill.
However as Negi wiped the bodily fluids off himself, he noticed that it seemed to be evaporating into a black mist. The same could be said of the bodies as well.
"Hmm, curious." Negi said as he rubbed his chin in thought. "Something to focus on after I find out where I am."
Using koku shundo, Negi leapt high into the air to get his bearings. He could see the lights of a city in the distance. However something else caught his eye. Floating in the sky was a moon. A broken moon that looked like shattered glass. He was now certain he had no idea where he was.
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Negi walked the streets of the city he arrived at. It was a remarkable place by the standards of Earth. Technology seemed to be rather advanced in some aspects as Negi could see holograms in storefronts and airships in the sky. The city was fairly large with some buildings over ten stories high and others that were only two stories. In the distance, Negi could see a massive motorway that had energy barriers acting as buffers.
As Negi walked, he could feel the glances that the people he passed were giving him. It was only natural. He was a 12 year old boy walking the streets alone at night. Any normal person would be concerned for his well being.
Deciding to get off the streets for now, and hopefully acquire some information on the world he was in, Negi ducked into a nearby shop called 'From Dust till Dawn'. Inside, Negi's eyes darted about at the various goods on display. Most were crystals of varying size, shape, and color. But the most remarkable thing was that the crystals were giving off traces of magic. Negi walked over to one of the display cases and got a closer look. The magic the crystals held wasn't anything to sneeze at, but it was still something.
"May I help you?" an elderly voice asked that startled Negi. The boy stumbled back in surprise before righting himself.
"My apologies." he said with a slight bow. "My mind was elsewhere."
"Think nothing of it." the man replied. "Is there something in particular you are looking for?"
Negi paused for a moment as he pondered how to answer. "Do you have any maps here?"
The man smiled. "Why yes. Just around back." he answered as he jabbed his thumb over his shoulder.
Negi took that as his cue to continue on. Although he couldn't buy anything, he could still browse and read anything that was open. As he headed deeper into the store, he took inventory. There were weapon parts, accessories, and other similar things lining the walls and shelves. The young mage thought it odd that such dangerous things were open to be sold publicly, especially considering how dangerous some of the stuff looked. As he made his way to the back of the store, Negi noticed a young girl who was reading a weapon magazine with headphones on. She was completely ignorant to the world around her.
As Negi looked over the various maps that were available, taking note of the name of the city he was in among other things, he heard the bell above the doors ring.
"Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a Dust store open this late?" the voice was young and sarcastic, and by the sound of the footsteps, he wasn't alone. The cocking of a gun signified that the old man was in danger. Luckily Negi hadn't been seen yet, so he snuck along the shelves to get a view of what was going on.
"Please, just take my lien and leave." the old man begged as he had his hands in the air, a gun pointed directly at him.
"Ah, ah, ah. Calm down. We aren't here for your money." the first man said, who Negi saw was a man in a white suit with a black bowler hat and orange hair and a cane in the crook of his arms. "Grab the Dust." he ordered his goons, all garbed in red and black. They moved over to tubes that were mounted on the wall and attached containers to them, draining the tubes of their contents. Then the lead man placed an open briefcase on the counter. "Crystals, Burn, uncut."
Whatever this Dust was, it must have been valuable. Given the name, it implied that it was dust-like in nature, but it seemed that the crystal were called Dust as well. Add in the fact that it was charged with magical energy, and Negi knew that stealing it could only mean trouble.
"Are you... robbing me?" a new voice, slightly high pitched and definitely feminine, said. Negi turned slightly to see the young girl had a red blade pointed at her by one of the men in black.
"Yes!" he shouted, exasperated with the young girl in front of him.
"Oh!" she nodded in understanding, before kicking the man squarely in the chest and sending him flying to the front of the store. Having heard the commotion, another man came back with his gun drawn.
"Freeze!"
Negi watched as the girl propelled herself forward, launching both her and the man through the shop window and out into the street. She then pulled out a rectangular box which unfolded into a scythe. She spun it around a few times before slamming it into the street.
"Okay." the man in orange drawled out as he stared at the girl in red. "Get her." he ordered the men in black, who ran out into the street to fight the girl.
They didn't get far. In a dash of shundo, Negi was in front of two of them, startling them which gave him the time to drive the heel of his right hand into the first mans solar plexus, winding him and forcing him off his feet. He then pivoted around and struck at the second man in the head with a roundhouse kick, which sent him flying towards his boss's feet. By now, the girl in red had finished her opponents as well.
"You were worth every cent. Truly you were." he said sarcastically as he took the cigar out of his mouth and dropped it, snuffing it out with his cane. "Well, Red 1 and Red 2. This has been an eventful evening. And while I would love to stick around. I'm afraid this." he raised his cane and a sight popped up. "Is where we part ways." he fired a shot and a screaming bolt of light and fire streaked across the air towards Negi and the girl. Red simply aimed her scythe downwards and shot while jumping, the force propelling her upwards. Negi on the other hand chose to go with a different approach.
"Deflexio!"
The shot impacted his barrier and it held strong, dispersing the force around him. When the smoke cleared, the man in white was gone, and Negi's attention was drawn back to Red, who had landed behind him. Rather roughly he might add. She looked around for a moment before spotting him climbing up the ladder of a nearby fire escape.
"Are you gonna be okay if we go after him?" Red asked the shopkeeper.
He nodded in response. "Yeah."
The girl used her scythe to propel herself up the building while Negi climbed the old fashioned way. As Negi reached the roof, he spotted White getting into an airship of some sort.
"End of the line!" he shouted, throwing a red crystal at Red's feet. Negi grabbed the girl and jumped backwards as the man shot the crystal which exploded in a rather large ball of fire. Although someone had jumped in front of the duo and projected a purple barrier that prevented the flames from reaching them. She was a blonde haired woman with a riding crop, wearing a white shirt, medium length black skirt. She also had on a black and purple cape that ended in arrow-like flames.
Aiming her riding crop above the airship, she fired purple projectiles that created black storm clouds. With a flick of her wrist, large jagged hail chunks began raining down upon the ship and pummeled the hull. White retreated into the ship and was replaced by a woman wreathed in shadow. The woman stepped into the cockpit of the ship and fired a blast of fire at the blonde. She blocked it with an energy shield, but the fire splattered on the ground behind her. The flames began to glow and the blonde backflipped out of the way as the ground erupted. The blonde then used the shrapnel to form an arrow which she launched at the aircraft. The woman inside the craft shot more fire at the arrow, but it just reformed before slamming into the side of the ship. The wreckage of the arrow separated into several smaller arrows to encircle the ship, but the woman inside sent out a burst of energy that destroyed them.
Meanwhile Negi had completed the incantation for another spell. "Fulguratio Albicans!" he shouted as he aimed his palm at the airship. A powerful blast of electricity fired out from his hand and impacted the ship, causing its electrical systems to go haywire as the pilot struggled to fly it straight. As soon as the pilot was able to right the airship, it took off into the distance, not wanting to risk another electrical attack.
"You're a Huntress." Red said in awe as she looked at the blonde woman. "Can I have your autograph?" she asked with a squee.
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"Your actions tonight will not be taken lightly." the woman, who the also named Ruby Rose and Negi learned was named Glynda, scolded. Ruby was looking dejected while Negi did his best to look apologetic. The three of them were currently in the interrogation room of the nearby police station. "You put yourself and others at great risk tonight. The both of you."
"But they started it!" Ruby cried out.
"Still, you have to admit what we did was a bit reckless." Negi said. "We aren't the police, just two kids. We need to leave such things to the proper personnel."
"Well put young man." Glynda said as she adjusted her glasses. "If it were up to me, you would be sent home with a pat on the back."
Ruby smiled brightly at this.
Glynda's face then turned to a hardened glare. "And a slap on the wrist." she said as her riding crop smacked the table next to Ruby's hand, eliciting a small shriek. "But, there is someone who wants to meet the both of you."
The duo turned to face the door as it opened and a man walked in. The man had grey hair and wore a green suit. He held a cane in the crook of his arm while carrying a plate of cookies and a mug of something with his hands.
"Ruby Rose." the man said, leaning into the small girls face. "You have... silver eyes."
Ruby was obviously creeped out by this. "Uh... yes?"
The man placed the plate of cookies on the table before turning to Negi. "And... Negi Springfield if I'm correct?"
"Yes sir." Negi said with a nod of his head.
"You'll have to forgive my curiosity, but I'm afraid we don't have any records of you being a citizen of the Kingdom of Vale. Care to explain how this is?"
Negi scratched the back of his head. "Is that a problem?"
"Hmm, not a very big one. Perhaps someone just happened to misplace your file." the man said as he gauged Negi. "But given your reaction, I don't think that's the case."
"Well sir, it's kind of a long and hard to believe story. Perhaps it can wait a while?"
The man hummed in consideration, but finally nodded. "Very well. I can see that you must have extenuating circumstances. And I'll talk with you in private later."
"You don't know the half of it." Negi responded.
"So, miss Rose, tell me, where did you learn to do this?" the man asked as he pulled out a tablet-like device that was showing a video of the fight between Ruby, Negi, and the criminals.
"Signal Academy." she answered.
"They taught you how to wield one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" the man sounded incredulous, but Negi could pick up the curiosity in his voice.
"Well, one teacher in particular." Ruby said rather sheepishly.
"I see." the grey haired man said.
It was at this point that Ruby decided to take a cookie from the plate. She tentatively picks one up, eats it in a single bite, and then proceeds to shovel some more into her mouth.
"It's just that I've only ever seen one scythe wielder of that skill before. A dusty old crow."
"Thash muh unkuhl." Ruby replied, her mouth full of cookies. The man raised a brow at her remark. Moments later she swallowed and spoke again, this time clearly. "Sorry. That's my uncle Qrow. He's a teacher at Signal. I was complete garbage before he took me under his wing. And now, I'm all like Hooowaaah! Witchaaaa!" she made combat noises as she posed various karate-style moves.
"So I've noticed." the man said, putting his cup on the table and sitting in the chair opposite Ruby. " And what is an adorable girl such as yourself doing at a school designed to train warriors?"
"Well... I want to be a Huntress." Ruby answered.
"You want to slay monsters?"
"Yeah! I only have two more years of training left at Signal! And then I'm going to apply to Beacon!" Negi noticed that as Ruby continued to speak, the speed at which she was doing so sped up. "You see, my sister's starting there this year, and she's trying to become a Huntress, and I'm trying to become a Huntress 'cause I wanna help people. My parents always taught us to help others, so I thought, 'hey, I might as well make a career out of it'! I mean the police are alright, but Huntsmen and Huntresses are just so much more romantic and exciting and cool and really, gosh, you know!"
Glynda looked at the somewhat manic girl with a raised eyebrow, however her grey-haired companion maintained his composure. "Do you know who I am?"
"You're Professor Ozpin. You're the headmaster at Beacon." Ruby answered.
The headmaster smiled fondly at her. "Hello."
"Nice to meet you."
"So, do you want to come to my school?"
"More than anything." Ruby said with stars in her eyes.
Ozpin exchanged glances with Glynda, who showed her slight disapproval with a 'hmmph', before he turns back to Ruby. "Well, okay. I will pull some strings and have you join this year."
"WHAT?! REALLY?!" Ruby shrieked as she shot up out of her chair.
"Indeed miss Rose. I see the great potential that you have, and I wish to sharpen your skills now instead of waiting. So, what do you say? Answer yes and next week you'll be on an airship headed for Beacon Academy as a first year student." offered Ozpin.
"YES!" Ruby cheered as she jumped up and down in joy.
"Glynda, would you mind escorting miss Rose out so that she may fill out the appropriate paperwork."
"As you wish sir." answered the blonde.
Once the Huntress and aspiring Huntress left the room, Ozpin was finally able to speak with Negi alone. "So, what is your story?"
"I'll tell you, but I doubt you'll believe half of it..."
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"... And that's about the gist of it." Negi finished with a weak smile.
To his credit, Ozpin barely flinched. Half of him thought the boy before him made the whole story up, but it was far too detailed for that. That and the boy didn't show any telltale signs of lying. So either he was insane, actually believed his own story, or was telling the truth. However, with the recording of Negi's fight alongside Ruby, he saw the boy utilize unusual powers. As such, Ozpin was somewhat inclined to believe him. Especially if he could provide further evidence. What's more, if he was telling the truth, then maybe he could use his magic to do something for Amber.
"I see..." Ozpin eventually responded as he pushed up his glasses. "So you are stuck here until your friends come and find you, or until you rebuild your device?"
"Pretty much." Negi answered.
"Well, assuming your telling the truth, you will at the very least need a place to stay."
"I am willing to pay you back in whatever way I can in exchange for your aid." Negi offered with a bow.
"Hmm, I think we can work something out. You said you were a teacher?" Ozpin asked.