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(Magic Academy, England, May 1st, Graduation)
16 year old Negi Springfield smiled as he accepted his degree from the Grandmaster, turning he spotted his smiling Father and Mother in the crowd waving at him. His father had his goofy smile on his face and was trying to jump out of his chair while his mother looking annoyed attempted to pull him back down while shooting him a proud smile at the same time.
"Congratulations son," his mother Arika said smiling and embracing him after the ceremony had ended. "I'm so proud of you."
"Ha ha, I knew you could do it Negi," his father Nagi said clapping him on the back. "You've gotten really strong these past few years and even graduated top of your class."
"It's no big deal really," Negi said with a small blush as he scratched the back of his head.
"Pff, at least try to act like you accomplished something idiot," a young girl with long red hair said. Her name was Anya and she was Negi's best childhood friend, she flipped her hair back as she spoke and looked half way annoyed and half exasperated.
"Oh Negi I'm so happy for you," his cousin Nekane gushed hugging him as well.
"Well don't keep us in suspense you two," Anya's mothers said. "Tell us what your degrees have chosen for you."
The two of the nodded and opened their scrolls, Anya spoke first. "Oh neat! I'm going to be a Fortune Teller in London!"
"Nice," Nagi said. "London will be a fun place to live in, you will really enjoy that Anya."
"What about you Negi," Arkia asked her son.
"Let's see," Negi said opening the scroll with a hopeful expression. "It says, an English Teacher in Japan!"
"Score," Nagi said thumping Negi on the back. "That's Mahora Academy there Negi. That's a top tier Magic School which also doubles as a mundane one. I've been there many times and even have an old house nearby; you will have a lot of fun there and meet a lot of powerful mages. Takamichi also lives there and teaches as well at the Academy."
"Wonderful," Negi exclaimed excited. "It's been forever since we have seen Takamichi, it will be nice to catch up with him."
"Ha, you just want another chance to spar with him don't you Negi," Anya teased the red haired boy. "Ever since he tossed you around like a toy you've wanted a rematch."
"That too," Negi said not denying it and everyone laughed seeing the gleam in his eyes.
"Here Negi," his mother said handing him a letter. "It's from your older brother. He wanted me to tell you how sorry he was he couldn't make it but he couldn't get away from the association."
"It's alright," Negi said taking the letter eagerly. "I know how busy he is all the time, they don't like to let him get away too often in the magic world. Not that I can blame them, my brother is this and that world's foremost master of Alchemy."
Negi said that with pride as he always did when talking about his brother. His older brother Akira, was in his own way as famous as his war hero father, with his father's power and his mother's mind and looks he was a master at Alchemy based magic. An obscure and rare form of magic that most couldn't wield properly, Negi himself had zero talent with Alchemy much to his dismay but he swore up and down that he would reach the same heights as his brother even if he had to follow a different path to do it.
Akira always laughed and encouraged Negi whenever and however he could and was always sending messages back from Mundus Magicus to his family. Happy to have gotten a letter on his graduation day Negi opened the letter and the projected image of his older brother, blond haired and blue eyes at 23 years old looked back at him.
Hey little bro and congratulations on your graduation, sorry again that I couldn't be there in person but you know how uptight the people I work for are. They think that if they let me outside for more than a minute or two that I will run off to go on an adventure or something. I can't imagine where they got that impression of me.
Everyone laughed and shot Nagi a look to which he just looked away whistling innocently which no one bought for a moment. Arika just rolled her eyes and slipped her arm around her husband's waist waiting for the letter to finish.
But enough about that, now that you have your license you can begin independent training Negi. This is the most important step in your magical education because YOU get to choose where you go from here no matter where you diploma sends you for training. Remember to work hard and you will succeed at whatever you put your mind to, I believe in you. But it doesn't hurt to have a big brother willing to offer a leg up so I sent you something. Two somethings actually, one is a graduation present mum should give you now and another is for your seventeenth birthday tomorrow. Have fun and enjoy your party.
You're Brother
Akria Springfield
"Well what did he send," Negi asked his mum excited. Presents from his older brother were always something to be excited about as they were always something cool or unique. Arika chuckled and handed over a small square box that she pulled out of her pocket, Negi opened the box and both he and Anya gasped.
Inside the box sat a simply metal ring with a band covered in inscriptions, "wow this is a metal based focus. Big brother must have made it with Alchemy, this is really rare. Something like this would go for hundreds of thousands on the market, Akira must have made it in his lab."
"Wow that's neat," Anya said as he slipped the ring onto his right middle finger.
"We will test it out later, what do you say son," Nagi said throwing one arm around Negi's shoulder. "Want to see if you can make your old man sweat yet?"
Negi's response was to throw a jab at his father's stomach which he blocked half-heartedly. They all laughed and began to make their way out of the school and on their way home, they had a part to get ready for tomorrow after all.
The next day in the afternoon Nagi was sitting in his office going through some paper work he had strewn across his desk. They had had Negi's party a few hours ago, he had given him his old wooden staff as a keep sake for graduating and Negi had loved it. He always loved that old thing, his son Akira had sent Negi a Roman Gladius with runes engraved on the sword, naturally the boy loved it.
Glancing up at the clock he saw the time and suddenly realized that it was the exact time Negi had been born 17 years ago which made him smile, he was now officially an adult in the eyes of magic. Suddenly he felt a twinge of magic and looked around the room, something from one of the piles of papers by his desk was signaling him. That only happened when some magically reinforced contract came into effect.
Digging through the papers he eventually found a slightly yellowed envelope with nothing written on the outside to tell what it was, curious he reached inside and pulled out the yellowing contract. Flipping it open he had barely read the first sentence before he felt fear begin to settle into his stomach. He read it through all the way once and then twice and then a third time to make sure he hadn't missed anything.
Dropping the paper on the desk he sat back and groaned loudly and with a depressed air, "god damn it Arika is going to skin me alive when she finds out."
"Finds out what dear," came a sweet but cold voice causing the man of a thousand spells to jerk up in his chair looking startled. Standing in the open doorway to his office stood his wife who looked suspicious and was tapping her foot slowly on the floor.
He thought about trying to play it off but only for a moment before he lifted the paper and motioned for Arika to take it. She walked forward and took it to read only for her face to pale as well as she did. Her eyes darted across the paper and then down to the bottom. There were only two signatures there but there were also four distinctive red dots as well and the magic in the paper thrummed signifying the power enforcing what was written.
"Nagi Springfield! What did you do!?" Arika suddenly shouted slamming her palm down on the desk top and looking very angry.
"I…I'm not sure," Nagi said in a small voice cowering before his wife. "I don't remember making this contract."
Arika looked down at the paper again and noted the date, "It's dated March 18, 1991. If I remember correctly that was the day you and your old team went out with Eishun to celebrate his daughters second birthday, you came back drunk off your ass and talking about some good deal you made. I guess I know what deal that was now Nagi, you pawned our son off at 5 years old to a 2 year old girl!"
"Now honey it's not all bad, I could have done it to a complete stranger," Nagi joked but quailed at the murderous look in his wife's eyes.
"You used a sacred artifact to seal this contract Nagi do you know what that means? If Negi and Konoka don't get married within 2 months of the contract activating and consummate the marriage not only do they both lose their magic which will most likely cripple them for life but you and Eishun will DIE! You sealed this in blood from all four of you, what the HELL were you doing with Negi's blood," Arika shouted.
"I keep a vial of Akira's and Negi's just in case someone tries to curse them or kidnap them," Nagi muttered poking his two pointer fingers together as he kneeled on the floor and looking up pitifully at his wife trying to dispel some of her rage.
"Well you certainly screwed the pooch with this one Nagi," Akira said bluntly making the man flinch. "So now you are the one that has to go tell our son her needs to get married to a girl he has never met before in his life."
Nagi paled more than ever as his wife hoisted him up by his collar and began marching him down the hallway to his doom. At least he had lived a full life.
(Japan, Mahora Academy)
14 year old Konoka Konoe stood in a state of paralyzed shock in the office of the Headmaster of Mahora Academy Konoemon Konoe, who happened to be her Grandfather, and wondered vaguely if she had inhaled something hallucinogenic on her way there. Her Grandfather sat behind his desk as usual with his hands clasped in front of him looking both grave and sympathetic. Her father stood next to him head bowed looking very much ashamed, as he should be! The harsh thought shocked her but she could be forgiven for being upset.
Of the two bombshells that had just been dumped on her the idea that magic existed and that she had the talent to use it herself should have been a wonderful piece of news, and it was. Part of her wanted to get as many books on the subject as she could right then and demand that her father and grandfather begin teaching her right away. But her joy was overshadowed by another bombshell that was a little less welcome, that she had a marriage contract enforced by magic and signed in blood by her father. Made when he had been drunk it was not until he had been contacted by his friend and the father of her husband to be that he remembered.
The magic that had excited her so much minutes before now frightened her, a magic artifact that could enforce a written contract like this was very dangerous and underscored the facts her father told her about magic and why he had wanted to keep it from her for so long. If she didn't marry this unknown man and consummate the marriage within two months both she and he would be stripped of their magic which would probably cripple them for the remainder of their lives. Shorten their life spans at the minimum, not to mention killing her only parent her father and the father of her unknown groom.
Licking her lips she forced herself to speak calmly lest she start screaming, or crying, or both at her father and grandfather. "So, I assume this man is some 20 or 30 year old like the rest of the men from the marriage interviews you forced on me before grandfather," she asked not looking at her father.
"Actually no," Konoemon said softly stroking his beard. "He has only just turned 17 yesterday which is way the contract activated on his end first. Funny thing is he is supposed to be taking over as both your English and Homeroom teacher in the Fall from Takamichi so he was planning on coming here at the end of the summer break anyways. Now he and his family are on their way here now, they should be here on campus in a few hours. In fact Negi's mother sent a picture of the boy for you to see, she said you would probably want to know what he looks like before they arrive."
Konoka felt a flash of gratitude for the unknown woman who would probably be her mother in law very soon and took the picture her Grandfather handed her. Looking down at it she could help but suck in her breath a little bit. Red and Black spiky hair tied in a small ponytail with handsome English features and intelligent eyes all centered around a kind smile. Ok, so maybe it wasn't all bad, "he…is certainly handsome," she said slowly as though unwilling to admit even that much in this situation.
"From everything I have heard about this young man he is a kind and noble soul. Though you will have to judge his character for yourself when you meet him I will tell you this, according to his mother the first thing he did when he found out, after giving his father a wallop he justly deserved, was try to find a way to break the contract. Sure anyone would do that, but he was looking for a means of doing so that would neither kill my foolish son or his own father nor harm you, even if it meant giving up his own magic to do so," Konoemon said.
Konoka felt a pang of worry for the boy she hadn't even met yet, from the description her Father and Grandfather had given her. Even if they wouldn't die the process of losing one's magic was painful and permanent, for someone like this boy Negi to do so after having grown up with magic and had even just completed magic school from the sounds of it, to be willing to give it up for a stranger an to try and prevent the same thing for that stranger. The thought made her stomach do curious little flip flops inside her.
"Daughter," Eishun finally spoke up drawing her attention and glare. "I cannot apologize enough for what I have done to you; I am a failure as a father."
Konoka sighed feeling some, but not all, of her anger begin to fade. "Honestly father I've known most of my life that my husband would be chosen for me. And while the requirements of this engagement are a little more demanding than I was expecting, to be fair this young man looks much more appealing than most of the men grandfather has been trying to force on me. If half of what you two are trying to imply about him is true then at worst we should at least be able to tolerate each other. With luck we might actually develop feelings for each other, if the fates are kind."
Eishun flinched again but it was her grandfather who answered her, "I know we can only give our word granddaughter that Negi is a good man for you until they arrive. But please don't fret; I would like to set up an Omiai for you two to help break the ice so to speak."
"Somehow I knew you would," Konoka said sighing again. The next few hours were a blur as she quizzed her Grandfather, and sometimes her moping father, about magic with both promising to help her learn the art as soon as they could. She wouldn't really be able to start until after the wedding, which led to another possible problem. Not only did she need to marry this man but they had to consummate the marriage as well to satisfy the contract, however the nature of the contract meant she couldn't take any magic based anti-pregnancy potions which apparently never fail under normal circumstances. Furthermore magicals, especially those with large amounts of power like her and her fiancé, negated the effects of mundane anti-pregnancy pills. What all this meant was that there was a high probability she would end up pregnant on her wedding night, a mother at 14.
Soon she found herself in a room set aside by her grandfather specifically for Omiais, she wore a fetching red kimono with pink and white flowers and her hair done up with two pins on either side of her head. She wore light amounts of makeup, just some light lipstick and some blush, and kneeled on the mat while waiting for her husband to be to arrive. She was in the middle of thinking about how Asuna would react when she learned what had happened when she heard a commotion going on outside the room.
It went on for a few minutes and she heard raised voices coming through the wall, though not loud enough to understand, when the door across from her suddenly opened. She couldn't help but let out a little gasp when he walked through the door, he was even more handsome in person than he had been in his picture. But she instantly clamped down on her reaction, while he was certainly very handsome dare she say hot, that didn't mean his attitude would be to her liking. Surprisingly he wore a traditional male kimono that suited him despite her foreign features, as soon as he spotted her he shot her a kind smile that caused her breath to catch before speaking in nearly perfect Japanese.
"Hello Konoka-sama, it's a pleasure to meet you," he said kneeling down on the mat across the table from her. "I understand this must all be a big shock to you, both magic and binding contact of this nature, not the best way to get introduced to this world."
"Springfield-sama," she said formally bowing to him deeply from her kneeling position. "It is my honor to meet you."
"Now, now," he said chuckling and waving his hand while still smiling. "None of that overly formal stuff call me Negi-sama. I assume you would use sama I'm not used to using such phrases yet."
Konoka couldn't help but let her formal façade fade and returning his smile with one of her own while letting out a sigh of relief. "Negi-sama works for the moment, most anything else would either be too formal or too personal just yet."
"I'm glad," Negi said as he looked the girl over. His fiancé and boy had that been a surprise, was a 14 something just entering into her woman hood. He could see the beginnings of the curves on her body but she was still a young teenage girl, when he had learned the entirety of the situation he had landed his first ever punch on his father that dislocated the man's jaw. Mostly out of anger for this girl he had never met and only partly for himself, he didn't know this girl but like it or not he was committed to her now so he needed to do everything in his power to make things easier for her. "I wasn't really sure what to expect, even though my father spent most of the flight assuring me you were a good person despite only knowing you through letters from your father."
"My father and grandfather spent much of the time doing the same," Konoka said giggling. "Though considering the consequences if we don't complete the contract it's no surprise they were so desperate to reassure us that we would like the other."
"Well to my relief they seem to have been right," Negi said chuckling making Konoka blush slightly but smile in return.
"Yes it seems they were," she shot back and held back a girly squeal as he blushed adorably and rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. Foreign, sexy and a gentleman, already things were turning out better in her opinion than any of the men her grandfather tried to force on her.
Negi coughed getting his embarrassment under control, and fighting back the blush he felt when he noticed how cute Konoka was when she giggled. "About the contract Konoka-sama, you should know that the tool used to bind the contract is very rare and normally only ever used in important government contracts. There are less than 100 in existence and normally heavily regulated, the one my father has is one of the few not in government control. Suffice to say my mother tore the house apart until she found it and then destroyed the thing after she learned about the contract."
"I will admit the knowledge that such things exist because of magic does put a damper on the whole experience," Konoka admitted.
"Well to make up for that I got permission from your father and grandfather to start teaching you the basics of magic," Negi said surprising Konoka. "There is a lot more to magic that I think you will enjoy."
"T-thank you Negi-sama," Konoka said surprised but smiling. "That's very thoughtful of you, I'm looking forward to what you can teach me."
"Hehehe," Negi chuckled right along with her before looking around. "Honestly this whole situation is really overly formal I think, this room isn't exactly the best for us to relax and get to know each other in."
"I feel the same," Konoka said sighing and looking around. "I've been in the room often as my grandfather tried to set me up with arranged marriages before this. I don't know if I should scream or cry that all that time was wasted because my Father of all people put me in a magic contract years ago. All those sunny days wasted."
"Tell you what," Negi said suddenly smiling and leaning forward. "How would you like to play a little prank on my father and your father and grandfather while going somewhere else to relax?"
"Tell me more," Konoka said with a suddenly wicked grin on her face. That grin grew wider and wider as Negi explained his idea.
(Outside, Waiting Room)
Arika looked around the room imperiously eyeing the worried forms of her idiot husband and Eishun as they sat across from each other. Her husband's cheek was still bruised, she had healed the bone but that was it and had forbidden him from healing the rest on pain of banishment form the bedroom for a year. At the moment it was banishment for 6 months, she had learned long ago that the best way to threaten Nagi Springfield was to deny him sex. Do that and he caved instantly.
Though now she would be partner less for 6 months as well, she would have to find additional ways to punish him beyond no sex. Konoka's grandfather and the headmaster of the school looked calm, but form the way he was stroking his beard she could tell he was worried as hell about the outcome of the situation if Negi and Konoka did not click. Mages in suits, guards, also filled the room and from their tense forms she knew these were the guards that loved their young charge and knew enough of the situation to worry for her.
They had suggested turning on the video cameras and microphones to see and hear how things were going but she had stepped on that idea instantly chastising them. She had no worry that things would work on between the two, her Negi was nothing but loving and kind and would make a good impression on the girl. Though she didn't know enough about Konoka herself to judge her, she had never met the girl after all.
Suddenly and shuffling was heard beyond the door to the room, the first loud noise they had heard. The walls and door were thick enough to block normal volume sounds, so the pounding of feet drew their attention to the door just before it suddenly slammed open and Konoka Konoe stormed out face twisted in anger, "WELL MAYBE I SHOULD LET YOU HANG THEN YOU INSUFFERABLE PIG," she shouted over her shoulder before storming toward the exit ignoring those in the room who were frozen in shock.
"NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME YOU STUCK UP PRINCESS," Negi roared pounding out of the room after her anger clear on display. "I DIDN'T FLY ALL THE WAY FROM ENGLAND TO BE HARPED AT BUT A STUCK UP LITTLE GIRL WITH DELUSIONS OF GRANDURE, I'm HERE TO SAVE YOUR UNGRATEFUL LIFE!"
"BULLSHIT," Konoka cursed which made her father and grandfather pale dramatically. Konoka never ever cursed let alone raise her voice to anyone. It just didn't happen with the girls normally kind and caring personality, "YOUR ONLY HERE TO SAVE YOUR OWN HIDE AND MAGIC. I'M NOT GOING TO BEND OVER AND OBEY LIKE A SLAVE TO SATISFY YOUR OVERBLOWN EGO!"
With that she ripped open the door and stormed out, Negi immediately made to follow her through the closing door. "GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT," he shouted as he made it through the door just as it closed on his heels. The waiting room was silent as Nagi, Eishun and Konoemon stared at the closed door faces pale as ash before Nagi groaned and put his face in his hands, "we are so dead," he moaned and Eishun moaned as well.
Arika however had a calculating look on her face a walked over opening the door, outside was a long pathway with buildings on either side. At the speed the two had been going an arguing she should have still been able to see them walking away but they were both gone and she felt a smile break out on her lips as she leaned back into the room, "it looks like our son and your daughter have pulled a little prank on all of us. Unless they started running after exiting the door they should still be in sight but they are gone, if I had to guess they ran off to get some alone time with one another."
That got the stunned guards to snap out of their daze as they ran out the door as Arika stepped out of the way shouting to one another as they tried to locate their runaway charge. Arika walked over and sat down across from the stunned three men and took a sip of tea before speaking, "honestly I don't think any of you have anything to worry about if they are getting along enough to prank you. They probably just wanted to give you all a scare for your mistake," She chuckled as the two fathers groaned again while Konoemon chuckled for real and the stroking of his beard slowed to calm levels.
(Above)
Konoka shrieked in excitement and joy as she spun through the air with her hair whipping around her face, as soon as they had gotten out of the building Negi had summoned a long wooden staff form a magic circle and before she realized it they were both seated on the staff and shooting up through the air. After assuring her that the spells he used would prevent her from falling off, and feeling his arms around her holding her in place, she had calmed down enough to enjoy the ride and view.
Though she admitted in the back of her mind that his arms around her and his chest against her back more than the supposed spells she could see or feel did the most to make her feel comfortable and safe. Very safe actually now that she thought about it and warm, Negi's chest was very warm and solid on her back and she was glad he couldn't see her blush.
She was sitting side saddle on the staff because of her kimono but to her surprised Negi's clothes had changed to normal beige pants a t-ship and sleeveless vest. He had explained at her look that he had used a spell to transfigure his clothes since he didn't have any Japanese clothes and had wanted her to feel more comfortable with him when they first met. That had sent a swarm of butterflies through her stomach and another blush across her face as she thanked him for his thoughtful actions.
Now she was looking over Mahora Academy from the air and loving the view, Negi asked if there was a place she liked to go relax where they could talk and hang out and she pointed out a place next to a small pond with grassy hills she liked to take naps on. Luckily not many people knew about it and the area was empty when they got there so they touched down next to her favorite tree and leaned against it. "So how long will it take for you to teach me how to fly like that," she asked her face flushed and her eyes shining with joy.
"Not long," Negi chuckled back. "Flying is pretty easy but there will be a few things you learn before that. Until then I would be more than happy to take you up as often as you want though," he offered to which she smiled widely.
"I will certainly take you up on you offer kind sir," she said with faux poise and they both broke down in giggles. "Wow this whole thing is so exciting; I'm surprised how much fun I'm having. Though the looks on my father and grandfather's faces were priceless."
"Yeah my father was in total brain lock," Negi chuckled remembering. "Though my mother will have probably figured it out pretty quickly, she is scary smart and she knows I would never raise my voice like that to a lady."
"Oh a lady am I," Konoka asked teasingly though the butterflies fluttered harder at his words. "I have to admit though she was really pretty, if I turn out half as beautiful as she is at that age I will be a happy woman."
"I have no doubt you will," Negi assured the girl and she giggled again though he noticed the almost wistful tone her voice had as she mentioned his mother. "Listen Konoka-sama."
"Just Konoka Negi," Konoka said surprising him. "The sama is not really necessary I think."
"Konoka then," Negi said feeling a bit warm inside that she allowed him to address her informally. That was a big deal here in Japan after all, "listen my parents told me what they knew about you before I arrived here. I know this is all probably really weighing you down but if you need someone to talk to in confidence my mother would be more than happy to help you and keep her silence."
Konoka froze up at that and Negi worried that he might have stepped over a line by bringing up her dead mother even indirectly, but then his fears were washed away as she shot him a tender if small smile. "Thank you Negi for that, I think I will later. My mother died when I was very young so I don't really remember her, my Father and Grandfather have done their best to take care of me. But I have often wished for an older woman I could take my thoughts and worries too."
"Well my mum always wanted a daughter but she only got me and my older brother, she will probably smother you if you let her get her hands on you," Negi said joking but Konoka giggled.
"I think I would like that," she said and then surprised him by leaning her head on his shoulder. "So when is the wedding then, I think I remember my father mentioning the contact had a two month lifespan before it kills our fathers and drains out magic?"
"True," Negi said in a serious voice. "However it would be a bad idea to wait until the very last moment. A wedding with magic requires certain ceremonies especially with this contract in place, if something comes up and we have to postpone for whatever reason it would be bad to not have any time to fall back on. If you don't have any problems we can set the date for a month from now and spend the time between then and now going on dates and getting to know each other as best as we can before the time to say I do."
Konoka winced at that but reluctantly found herself nodding in agreement, "really one or two months isn't going to make a huge difference where our relationship is concerned. Though I suppose the nature of the magic means we will have to…ah…consummate the relationship on the same night as the wedding."
Konoka blushed crimson and Negi did the same, "U-hum…yeah. That is what the contract requires," Negi said looking uncomfortable.
"You…uh…haven't been with anyone else? Have you," she asked and then kicked herself for asking. She didn't know why she asked but a part of her was curious and didn't know how she wanted him to answer.
"W…What," Negi asked looking startled as his head twisted fast to look down at her. "NO! I mean no, I'm sorry Konoka I didn't mean to over react. I've never…done it with anyone else. I've never even had a girlfriend before."
"Really, I would think someone as handsome as you would have girls lining up to go out with him," she asked surprised then slapped her hand over her mouth embarrassed at what she said without thinking.
Negi blushed and then started chuckling while Konoka adopted a cute pout and turned away, "well it's nice to know you think I'm handsome, I happen to think you're pretty cute myself."
Konoka laughed happy and then another thought crossed her mind, "well I'm glad you think that and I'm sure that we probably need to be heading back soon. But before that, since we are going to be getting married in a month, do you think we could…kiss?"
Negi blinked down at her and they were both blushing but the uncertainty in his eyes gave way to confidence after only a moment of thought. "Sure I would like that," he said and the slowly began to inch his face closer to hers. When he was only moments away Konoka felt her breathing increase and her eyes fluttered closed, then his lips were on hers.
Contrary to trashy romance novels there was no explosion or fireworks going off in her head signaling that she had met her soulmate, but it was very nice. His lips were soft and warm against hers and they molded nicely, her lips tingled and she felt their breath mingle slightly as their mouths opened a little against one another. She let out a little whimper of pleasure as he pulled back pulling on her bottom lip slightly and opened her eyes, misty with desire to look into his equally pleased ones.
"Again," he asked and she nodded mutely and they kissed again. They spent almost 15 minutes under the tree making out like two teenagers on a date, though she was sitting in his lap by the end of it their hands stayed well inside safe zones. When they finally managed to pull away from one another Negi helped her up and they flew back to the school landing in front of their parents and grandparent they walked towards them holding hands and with flushed faces to the relieved expressions of the men and the knowing look of Negi's mother.
AN: Well that's a wrap, the end of my first chapter of my first Negima story. Naturally as you might have guessed it's a Negi x Konoka story, no harem, with the possibility of Setsuna joining them later as a sort of guardian mistress to them both. Major changes to the Negima lore, Negi is older and has an older brother and both his parents are alive. You will be seeing more of them later and Negi's brother Akira as well.
Next chapter will be a time skip to the wedding and the wedding night with a brief overview of the month they spent together. I want to get to the beginning of the manga as quickly as possible. Word of warning there will be a lemon between Negi and Konoka but it will be marked if you want to skip it. Though I would like a vote from the reviewers if she should be pregnant or not, if so then they will simply use one of the resort spheres to dilate time and let her have the baby before going back to Mahora. If not then no big deal though I would like some responses quickly as i'm almost done with the second chapter already.
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