Negi let out a depressed sigh. Could you really blame him? The young mage recently found out that something attack one of his students last night. The student was Sasaki Makie, also known as Baka Pink of the Baka Rangers, who were the worst five students Mahura Academy has ever seen. Sure they didn't do well on tests, but they made up for it in other areas.
Ayase Yue, Baka Black, was the leader of the Baka Rangers. She was also one of his smarter students. She just found studying to troublesome, like that Shikamaru guy from that ninja anime Negi saw that one time. She was also a member of the Library Expedition Club.
Ku Fei, Baka Yellow, was a member of the Chinese Martial Arts Research Society. She is probably right in the middle as far as Baka Ranger testing goes. She is an excellent fighter, and from what Negi has heard has never been defeated. At first the young teacher didn't believe the rumors, but after seeing her shatter a bookcase and later crack stone armor, when they were trapped in the Library basement, Negi started seeing some truth to those rumors.
Nagase Kaede, Baka Blue, was a member of the Strolling Club. Grade wise, she is second in command of the Baka Rangers. Not much was known about her except that she was fast. You'd have to be to catch a least a hundred falling books in a few seconds.
Kagurazaka Asuna, Baka Red, was a member of the Art Club. She's the bottom of the food chain when it comes to grades, even among the Baka Rangers. She has a paper route going through most of the faculty housing area. An interesting thing about her is that she seems immune to magic. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about her clothes.
Sasaki Makie, Baka Pink, was a member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Club. She's not much better than Asuna grade wise but at least she tries to improve. She even apologizes for doing badly on her tests. An odd thing about her was her hair was naturally pink. Back in Wales, such a thing was unheard of. Another odd thing about her was her gymnastics ribbon. She uses it like a monkey would use its tail. It can even support her own weight, allowing her to suspend herself in mid-air.
Negi let out another sigh from his place among the branches of the Giant Tree. It just seemed like a good place to think. Not many people would be able to bother him up here. People tended to stay away from the tree unless they were on a date, with all the rumors going around saying that who ever shares a kiss under the tree will be magically bound together forever.
The reason Negi Springfield was so depressed was because of what happened last night. Last night he found out what had attacked Makie. It was a vampire. The problem was that the vampire was another one of his students, Evangeline A. K. Mcdowell. Negi's father, Nagi, had apparently sealed her to the campus fifteen years ago. The only known way for her to escape was to drink the blood of one of Nagi's descendants. She started attacking her classmates to try to get to him. As a teacher he couldn't let anyone harm his students, but what was he supposed to do when the offender was another one of his students?
Sasaki Makie was wandering the grounds of Mahura Academy. She was heading towards the Giant Tree to watch the sunset. She was just released from the nurse's offices. Apparently, she passed out for some reason when she was walking down Sakura Lane to get to the bath house. Her neck has been itchy ever since she woke up.
When she arrived at the tree she heard something, that sounded a lot like some one sighing, and looked up. To her surprise, she saw her sensei sitting on one of the branches!
'He looks so sad up there! Knowing him he's probably worried about me. I should let him know I'm ok, and try to cheer him up.' the girl thought before using he ribbon to pull herself up to the lowest branch. Then by using a combination of her gymnastic skills and her trusty ribbon, she managed to make it to the branch just below her young sensei.
"Negi-kun!" Makie cried up to her young teacher, startling him, which caused him to almost fall off of the branch he was sitting on.
"Ma-Makie-san?! What are you doing here? I thought you were still in the infirmary!" Negi said as he looked down and saw who called up to him.
"I just got out. How did Negi-kun get up here?" Makie asked as she used her ribbon to swing up to the ten year old above her.
"That's not important. Why are you climbing up here? You should be trying to get some rest. You shouldn't strain yourself." Negi scolded her as best as a ten year old could scold an older girl, while conveniently dodging the question.
"You worry too much, sensei. I'm fine. Why are you so down?" Makie asked.
"I've just got a lot on my mind." Negi replied, honestly.
"I think I know what will cheer you up." Makie said playfully.
"Really? What is it?" Negi asked as he looked at his student.
"This." Makie replied before leaning in and giving her teacher a quick peck on the lips. What happened next was a complete shock to both of them.
Negi, Makie, and the Giant Tree began glowing with a mystic light that could be seen though out the entire campus. As the light dyed down two cards slowly fell from the sky. One card stopped at eye level with Makie and the other stopped at eye level with Negi. On both cards was an identical picture of Makie, twirling a red ribbon with little bats flying in the back ground.
"Negi-kun, what just happened?" Makie asked as she pulled a card out of the air.
"Are these…pactio cards?" Negi said as he pulled the remaining card out of the air and examined it.
"What are pactio cards?" Makie asked confused.
"Well, Makie-san, I think you…just became my partner." Negi said as he tried to figure out what happened. "Why do you have fangs?" he added almost as an after thought, after look at his student and noticing that she indeed had fangs.
AN: This story was inspired by the lack of Makie fics out there. It was also inspired by a Negima relationship generator that stated that if I was in Negima there would be an 86 percent chance of me marrying Makie. But I think that thing is a piece of crap because it also said that there was a hundred percent chance of me and Mana being 'Sweet Hearts.' The generator is at 'geocities (.) com/erushima/MNM (.) html
So how many people have been confused by this chapter?
I hope I got Negi and Makie's personality's right. I'm letting you know now that, Makie will not be his only partner. So please, feel free to voice your opinions on who you think Negi's other partners should be.
AN2: I fixed some of the grammar and spelling mistakes.