Mahou Sensei Negima and all related elements and characters are the property and creation of Ken Akamatsu, and the author of this set of short pieces has made no material profit from it, and never will do.

Similarly, all non-Negima characters mentioned here are the properties of their respective copyright holders.

Any similarity between the characters and events of these ministories and anyone or anything ever actually seen in real life is a pure coincidence.

The warning about the first part still qualifies- Some of this material (or all of it) could disgust some of you, so some discretion is advised. Not to mention not taking it too seriously.

19- Negi, Chisame and Takane.

With both of them being savvy about the way things worked around him, they made their best to prevent him from sneezing on them at their wedding.

They took hand of each magical and scientific resource at their avail. The lenghts they went to for it amazed their friends. A contingency plan was made in case every other contingency plan failed. But when they were done with the preparations, they were pleased. There was no way he would sneeze in that fateful moment. They were sure about it, no doubts at all.

Needless to say, it still didn't work.

20- Negi, Chisame and Godel.

The Governor had never thought about it as a feasible political maneuver, but after learning it was pretty much the only slight hope he had to gain the group's favor over, he had adapted to it. It even had some unexpected collateral benefits, as well.

The boy reminded him so much of his mother.

21- Negi, Chisame and Chachamaru.

The robot initially rejected the offer.

"No, thanks" she answered. "I'll be just fine. I can't catch a cold, but you two can. And if I am under it with you, I'll take too much space".

"You sure?" Chisame frowned while opening the umbrella up. "Can't you rust or something like that?".

"Negative" the gynoid stated. "I am fully waterproof. Hakase performed an extensive underwater research and protection on me. I could remain submerged for a maximum of two weeks before starting to show signs of physical decay".

"Still, it's wrong to let a friend to soak under the rain" Negi insisted as he walked under the umbrella with the hacker. "Your dress will be messed up, as well".

"That is unconsequential" Chachamaru declared. "You two go on ahead".

"I still think we all can fit in fine if we stay close together" Negi refused to yield his point.

"I wouldn't mind" Hasegawa stated simply, motioning with her head for Chachamaru to get closer.

The robot doubted before finally relenting and joining them under the umbrella. They stepped outside almost stuck to each other, eventually making their way to their home. Completely soaked from heads to toes.

Chachamaru made up for it watching over their colds for the remainder of the week.

22- Negi, Chisame and Yue.

Rather soon, they learned all they had to do to win a discussion against him was to give him "that stare" at the same time.

23- Negi, Chisame and Anya.

Negi Springfield was really, really happy.

He hadn't seen his dear friend Anya Cocolova ever since she was sent to teach English at Japan's Mahora Academy. He hadn't been sure the fiery, short tempered Anya would do okay at teaching, but now he was relieved to see that apparently she was very, very loved by her students. Very.

Anya cleared her throat, a bit embarrassed and a bit angry herself before talking again. "Ahem. Well, I suppose that explains it, then. Sorry about all that. Your arrival kinda scared the girls. They aren't used to boys accidentally landing at the bath".

Negi laughed it off, not minding his black eye or the bandages around his head. "Ha, hah, I don't care. It was my own fault".

"I guess so" Anya quickly complied. "Anyway, this is my... roommate and Pactio partner, Hasegawa Chisame" she pointed to the scowling older girl with glasses sitting next to her. "Chisame-chan, he's Negi Springfield, the classmate I told you about".

Chisame barely aknowledged him with a bowing of her head. "Yes" she deadpaned. "She has talked a lot, a lot about you".

Negi felt it was almost as if this girl didn't like him at all. Then the words Anya had just uttered hit him like a runaway truck. "Pleased to meet you... your Pactio partner?".

Anya blushed deep crimson. "A ton of things happened!" she sputtered. "I've had to fight many times, and I needed Pactio partners, and your stupid ermine friend came here and has been busy ever since!". Honestly, the way Chamo liked seeing her kissing other girls was simply worrying.

"I see" Negi blinked. "So, how many—".

"Me, the three librarians, a ninja, the class reporter, a ghost and a shrine maiden" Chisame quickly replied.

Negi made a shocked face.

"So, um, how's your fortune telling at London doing?" the short redhead changed the subject as fast as she could.

"Oh, err, it has been okay" Negi struggled to speak. "Nothing as interesting as your adventures here, but that may be about to change".

Chisame noticed Anya's subtle concern growth when she asked, "Why's that?".

Negi grew serious. "I'm going into the Magical World next month. That's why I came here. To say goodbye. I don't know how long will I be there. But I must go. I found some clues about my father's whereabouts".

Much to Chisame's shock, Anya stood up immediately. "I'll go with you!".

He backed away in a second. "N-No, you don't need to! You have your own duties here!".

"We'll have a month-long vacation starting next week!" Anya said. "I'm free for that time! If I go with you, I'm sure we'll find your Dad very quickly!".

"Are you really sure?" he asked.

"Hah!" his old friend laughed. "Of course! I've become very, very powerful since I arrived here! You won't believe who's been training me! Sincerely, Chiu, we can't let this guy to do anything by himself. He's always been a whiner and a loser. When we were at—".

Negi stood up as well, his visage souring down. "Thank you. But I don't think I need the help".

He started to walk for the door, making Anya to dart forward in a beeline for his right arm. "Wait, you idiot! I was just joking! Look, I'm sorry. Fine? I know how much does your Dad mean to you. I just... want to help. Honestly. Let me go with you".

He hesitated, before softening his expression and smiling again. "Thank you very much, Anya".

Chisame sighed.

"Then it's decided!" Anya took charge once more. "In the meanwhile, you can stay at our room!".

Chisame did a wild take. "What?".

Her young female teacher looked back at her. "He'll sleep at the couch, Chiu-chan. I promise he won't be a bother. You already got over your sleepwalking habits, didn't you, Negi?".

"Well, I, um... ehh...".

Anya patted him on a shoulder. "No worries! We'll just tie you down to the couch then!".

He smiled nervously. "Well thought, Anya!".

Hasegawa stared in disbelief. She didn't like the shape that was taking at all.

24- Negi, Chisame and Kotaro.

She sat quietly at the computer in their small shared room. With the wolf boy sitting on the floor right behind, looking utterly bored and miserable.

"Why do you still keep on doing that?" he complained.

She shrugged her shoulders, never taking her eyes away from the screen. "It gives me a sense of accomplishment, I guess".

"That's lame" Kotaro said. "We've been through the Magical World and beyond, saving everyone more than once and beating the unbeatable, and your biggest accomplishment comes from posing for a web camera? Laaaaaame".

"You wouldn't understand it" she humphed. "You're a boy. You can't understand a girl's feelings".

"Oh, so that's what you think of us?" the wolf boy grinned. He had her. "I'm going to tell Negi!".

"Negi is different" she was unfazed. "He has cultivated his body, mind and heart. You never went beyond the body".

He stood up and blew teasingly into her right ear. "But I've never heard you complaining about my body, eh?".

She forced a grin, spinning her chair around to face him. "You know, you're right, Kotaro-kun. As a matter of fact, your body's so great, I think it's unfair only Negi and me get to enjoy it".

He backed away, startled. "Wh-what do you mean?".

She stood up, towering over him menacingly.

That night...

"I'm home!" Negi cheerfully yelled as he walked in, back from the Dean's assignment. "What do you guys want for dinner? Tonight's my turn, right?".

He was suddenly rushed by a strange but very pretty girl with long black hair and dog ears, who clung to his shirt making him to blush.

"Negiiiiiiiii!" the girl cried in an oddly masculine voice. "It was so scary! I thought I'd die! Look, she even put a bra on me!".

She ripped her shirt open making Negi to gag, until he noticed her bra was stuffed, her chest was actually too flat, and it had some recognizable old battle scars all over it. "Kotaro-kun...?" he gawked looking at the teary face buried in makeup and lipstick before him. "Is that you...?".

Inugami Kotaro, veteran of a thousand rabid fights, nodded and whimpered like a puppy.

Negi made his way to Chisame, who was silently working on her webpage. He peeked over her shoulder, and his jaw hung down. "Chiu's little sister, Kota-chan?".

Chisame only grinned perversely.

25- Negi, Chisame and Makie.

"Do you know why I do like being near you, Chisame-chan?" Makie chirped, skipping around like a playful child as she followed the taller girl.

"Why?" that taller girl mumbled.

"Well, you know how to listen... Most people will just eventually tell me to shut up, but you and Sensei just listen and listen and listen...".

"Mm-hmm" Chisame half-nodded. She decided it was better not to tell the gymnast she rarely even paid her any attention to begin with.

"And you never interrupt me even when I'm being silly and not making much sense. I truly appreciate that".

"Well, yeah. You're welcome. I think".

"Even when I'm annoying and not realizing it, you'll take it and tolerate me. Also, you have a pretty cool webpage".

"Not so loud, Baka! Someone might hear you!".

"Sorry!" Makie giggled apologetically. "Anyway, you're a really good friend. You scared me at first, but you actually are a pretty nice person!".

Chisame stopped at the sidewalk's edge. "I scared you? Why?".

"Well, y-you were so quiet and distant and cold... I didn't know what was the deal with you...".

"Like Mana?".

Makie blinked. "Mana-chan? Mana-chan has never been scary!".

Chisame facefaulted, then sprung back to her feet. "Are you telling me I was scarier than freakin' Tatsumiya Mana?".

"Uhh, Mana-chan is the strong and silent but trusty type. You were... the silent type".

"Wait, so I wasn't trusty at all? Was I only the quiet and creepy silent type? Like those guys you expect to freak out and start killing at random in any moment?".

"Uh, eh, ahh... No offense, but once I read this manga where a girl who was just like you put on a Dokuro-chan costume and started killing people with a mace. I think that made me afraid of you...".

"I'D NEVER DO SUCH A THING! YOU SHOULD STOP READING HARUNA'S JUNK!".

"B-But, like I said, I learned you were much better than that!".

"Gee, thank you very much" the hacker breathed out. She was about to add something else, but then a car speeded past by and splashed mud all over her.

Chisame stood motionless and mute for a moment, then accepted the tissue Makie pulled out of one of her pockets and handed to her. As she cleaned her face off, Makie couldn't help but giggling. She'd never tell Chiu-chan, but the real main reason (despite all others being true too) she liked being with her was it felt good to hang around someone who was more accident prone than herself, for a change.

26- Negi, Chisame and Misa.

The cheerleader lost her eternal smile when she saw him taking his shirt off to join them at the bath.

"My God!" she said under her breath. "When did you get... so many scars...".

He laughed it off shakily, his cheeks growing red. "Ahh, this... It's not a big deal, really... We just had to fight a lot when we were back there. It's okay, they'll heal in time...".

She was impressed and disconcerted. Naked, he didn't look like the same small boy they had stripped down and scrubbed off at the public bath when he started his teaching tenure. While not musclebound in any way, he had gained a lot of physical definition, becoming a lean, svelte yet powerful looking young man. But the scars were the thing that stood out the most.

"You must have suffered a lot..." she mused, at a loss for further words. She was unused to tragedies and struggles. Now she realized she barely understood those concepts beyond their basics. The scope of what he had to get through in the most recent times stunned her.

"We all did" Chisame sighed from where she was washing herself.

"You don't even have any scars on you" Misa snapped at her, wrapping an arm around the sensei's shoulders protectively.

"Not all the scars are physical" Hasegawa retorted in a very serious way.

"She's right" Negi agreed. "But you don't need to worry about that, Misa-san. Everything's fine now. I'm glad you didn't have to pass through anything of that".

The cheerleader, for once, seemed to sulk. But why? She should have been happy, she told herself. He was right; she had been spared a lot of suffering and turmoil. And yet, why couldn't she be happy about it? Why did she feel bad about all of that?

"I'm sorry" she said. "For not being there with you... when you needed us the most...".

She hugged him.

"Please let me be with you next time".

She tightened her hug.

"I don't want to be useless ever again".

Slowly, he returned the hug.

"You never were useless. Because when I was there, when I needed something to give me strength, I thought of you and the others. I remembered your smile. And I knew I couldn't let anything to happen to it. So please always keep on smiling, Misa-san. And I'll smile as well".

27- Negi, Chisame and Konoka.

It was good to have Konoka around.

Even if Setsuna had ended up romancing Asuna instead (although to be honest, it had been the other way around), she still was bound by honor and friendship to defend Konoka, so she always was nearby as well to some degree, and that meant protection even when Negi was away.

Money, obviously, wasn't an issue either. For a while, Chisame could buy herself tons of cosplay items, at least until the jump to adulthood killed her interest on it. Then, after becoming a programmer and career woman, she technically didn't need to work at all, although she still did it to avoid going crazy with boredom.

On the other hand, Konoka, not surprisingly, had chosen to become the housekeeper and stay at home all day long, taking care of the children and the chores. That was the only thing that actually bothered Chisame now, the fact her own children spent more time with Konoka than with herself. It felt wrong, so one day she decided to rethink her stance on life.

"So, what do you think I should do?" she asked Konoka.

"You could work at home" the black haired woman had suggested. "You only need your computer and a terminal to your job, right? I'm sure Itoshiki-san will understand".

Chisame hummed thoughtfully. You never knew with Itoshiki Rin. That woman alternated at random between heartless coldness and friendly understanding.

"Her family and mine go from way back" Konoka had sweetened the deal. "I could talk to her...".

Chisame held a hand up. "Thanks, but maybe it'll be better if I solve this myself".

Konoka nodded silently, then added, "What if I buy your company? That way, you'd be free to take Nana-chan and Kyo-kun there whenever you want".

The other woman sweatdropped. "Isn't that an overkill? And besides, what kind of child would like to go to my workplace?".

The Konoe heiress shrugged. "Nana-chan likes computers a lot. She's her mother's daughter".

Chisame laughed dryly. "As long as she doesn't start cosplaying for webcameras, I won't worry about that!".

Konoka's face froze.

Chisame had a bad feeling.

"Wait, don't tell me she has started to—".

Konoka laughed in an apologetical fashion. "Like I said, her mother's daughter! She showed interest, so I didn't think there was anything wrong with showing her your old page's backups, and—".

Chisame slammed both hands down on the table. "Okay, I'll start working here! Just so I can get that girl back on the right track!".

"Ah, Chiu-chan...! But you turned out just fine...!".

For a moment, Chisame felt tempted to tell her she thought otherwise.

But Konoka was smiling, and Chisame never had the heart to try and change that.

28- Negi, Chisame and Satsuki.

The battle that had started at the Magical World had eventually spilled into Mahora Academy itself.

That was the day the school had burned. Chisame would always look back at it with a mix of contradictory emotions.

First, there had been the horror. In the final battle between Negi and Fate, Shiori had sacrificed herself to stop one of Fate's attacks. That had finally pushed Negi over the edge. Totally overcome by the Magia Erebea, consumed by rage, he had rampaged through the already devastated campus, deaf to reasoning, plowing through every major fighter thrown into his way.

In their despair, the Ala Alba had turned to the only one of them who could stop him now.

Evangeline's face had become grim. "I might have to kill him" she warned.

They all had nearly jumped back, horrified.

"Stupid boyo" Eva mumbled, cracking her hands together. She advanced forward with resolution, yet not looking forward to it. "He did it all wrong. A pity. Just when I started to like him...".

But before she could tackle him on, they found someone else standing on his way, all by herself, on cracking pavement with an unreadable, soft but stern expression.

Eva's face twitched. Yotsuba Satsuki.

"Sensei" the cook had said. "Enough".

He had screeched to a halt, yet his face still betrayed every negative emotion he had bottled up. Breathing heavily, teeth bared, he growled at her, seemingly not recognizing her.

"I know it must be tough on you" Yotsuba had said, unafraid, still quiet and calm as ever. "You must feel you have failed us. And failed her. But that's the thing. You can't succeed every time at saving everyone. That's a part of life, just as everything else".

He had shook his head angrily, a thick glob of drool escaping a corner of his mouth.

"Sensei. Listen to me" Satsuki insisted, never raising her voice. "You have taught us all a lot about life. But you still are a child, and you still need to learn a lot, too. Ideals are fine, and necessary, but every once in a while, we must accept we are human and we can't meet them every time we try. Chao-san knew it. She accepted her loss gracefully. Today, you have accomplished more than she ever did. You saved every last one of us. You don't need to ruin this. Don't destroy everything you have managed to save and preserve for the future".

Chisame fully opened her eyes in admiration at the small chubby figure unarmed in the face of the magical juggernaut. Next to her, Ku Fei stared blankly, her heart beating loudly. Konoka trembled nervously in Setsuna's arms. Sayo floated over a puzzled Kazumi's head. Evangeline began to smirk.

The cook opened her arms. "Look around. For all of them, life will go on. Thanks to you. But if they lose you, they'll lose a key part of those lives you've fought so hard to protect. Grow up, Sensei. Accept to take the bad with the good. And to build up from there. That's part of what means to be an adult. Monsters and children can throw tantrums and destroy everything around them. But men and women honor the memories of the fallen by building the future they would have liked to see".

Negi hissed, beginning to slump forward. Breathing in shorter, quicker gasps.

Then she smiled. "You look tired. Come with me. I'll cook a hot soup for you".

She received the quaking figure in her arms, like a mother catching her falling son. Around them, all of Class 3-A gathered closer, from an openly bawling Ayaka to a stoic look Mana. Zazie just smiled softly. Evangeline waved a hand around, aloofly.

"See that, you fools? Now that's perfect control over emotions. You could stand to learn a lot from her" the undead mage commented almost casually.

"Your heart has regained its usual pace, Mistress" Chachamaru commented, running a scan on her. "Does that mean you do feel safe about Sensei's rate of control success now?".

"MY HEART HAS BEEN DEAD FOR YEARS! DON'T SAY SUCH NONSENSE!".

Chisame sighed as she looked at the cook and the slowly relaxing boy she hugged warmly against herself. Then she smiled as well.

She could use some soup, too.

29- Negi, Chisame and Chamo.

The small white ermine merrily hopped into the room, rubbing his paws together, with a lecherous weasely smirk.

However, much to his shock, he didn't find anyone inside.

He only found the following sign hanging on a blank wall.

Dear Albert Chamomille:

I regret to announce you even I couldn't have the stomach to write any sort of sexual situation including you.

I honestly beg for your forgiveness and hope for your continued collaboration with our next projects.

Yours Truly, The Author.

Chamo took his paws to his head and shouted his grief to the heavens.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

30- Negi, Chisame and Yuuna.

Akashi Yuuna took her deepest breath ever and made an effort to speak as clearly and calmed as possible.

"Dad! I'm going to move out!".

Well, that had been easy. Now there came the hard part.

"I'm... going to marry, you know. We'd been planning it for some time now, but I didn't have the courage to tell you yet. Sensei offered to tell you himself, but I told him it was something I had to do. Ah, yeah, I... I'm going to marry Negi-Sensei. You approve, right? I-I mean, he's grown up now! It's not like people's going to keep thinking I'm with my little brother or anything! He's got an stable income and I know you and him get along well. Right? Okay. I'm glad you agree, really".

Fine, that hadn't been THAT hard either. Harder than fighting your way through a demon horde while almost out of ammo, but at least it had been quicker.

Now there came the really tricky part.

"And, um, since I'm at it, I'm kinda going to marry Chisame-chan too, hadn't I mentioned it?" she scratched the back of her head, forcing herself to smile. "Weird world, huh? Yeah. I thought you'd put that face, too. You should have seen Akira's when she learned about it. Her eyes went all—".

She bit her tongue. Crap, she shouldn't have said that last part!

"I-I-I mean, it's not like I valued Akira's opinion more than yours! That's not why I told her first! It's just, like I said, I had a harder time thinking how to tell you this! I'm sorry, Dad, really. I'm sorry if I have defrauded you. I know that kind of... arrangements isn't common even at the Magical World anymore. But... But it's something I really want to do".

She looked at her feet. "I just hope I'm not doing anything Mom would disapprove. I'm afraid to ask. Would she get angry? Because, Dad, I have thought about this for weeks and weeks, and I'm still unsure of what we'll do after the fact, but... I really think I'll regret it for the rest of my life if I don't do it".

"Dad, I'm sorry you can't be my Charming Prince anymore. But I'll always love you all the same. I hope you still can love me as well".

She bit her lower lip and looked at her reflection at the mirror. It had been the best performing so far, she thought. It still needed to polish a few areas, but it'd have to do. She would correct her mistakes in a few moments while doing the real deal, assuming she wouldn't chicken out again, assuming she even could make the words out this time.

She rubbed her own head hard with a hand, ruffling her dark hair. Dammit, girl! You're Yuuna the Kid! You're fearless! You can do this!

You can do this for them!

Tightening a fist, she decided she would do it that time. She turned around and walked for the door, opening it with a single strong yank. Nothing would stop her now!

She stopped immediately when she saw her wide-eyed father standing right before her room's door.

"...!" she said.

"..." he said. Like father, like daughter.

"... How long have you been there?" she managed to squeak out.

"Well..." he slowly started. "I came as soon as I heard you screaming 'DAD! I WANT TO MOVE OUT!' So, how long does that make it for you?".

Yuuna's face went ghostly pale. "I... I guess I overdid it with my opening. Wait a moment. You heard all that while just standing out there? Does that mean you were spying on me?".

Professot Akashi seemed to return a bit more to reality now. "I suppose I... was just sort of afraid to interrupt you. I wanted to listen to what you had to said, but... well, Yuuna, all these days you have been like you wanted to tell me something, but just pulled away at the last moment. I must say I was as afraid to ask you as you were of telling me. This time, I wanted to know".

His daughter nodded very slowly, blushing. "So... you noticed it, huh?".

"I had to be blind and deaf to not notice it. I hadn't guessed the why, of course, but—".

"But?" she looked up at him, trembling nervously.

"I shouldn't be that surprised" he sighed. "You had spent too much time with them for too long".

"Too much time? Too long?" she made a distraught face. "So you don't approve?".

"I never said that!" he breathed in and out. "It isn't easy to assimilate, right, but... Yuuna-chan, I'll always respect your decisions. I'll always trust you". He put his hands on her shoulders. "It's your life. Live it with whoever you want and however you want as long as you're happy. Negi-sensei and Hasegawa are good people. I'm sure they'll always care about you as much as I've done".

Yuuna was starting to cry. "Thank you...".

"Don't cry! It's so unlike you. You haven't cried in years" he passed a hand through her hair. His smile was sad, but sincere. "Don't worry about your mother. She always was far much more liberal than me! If she were here, I'm sure she'll be kicking me in the shins and saying 'Be happier about Yuuna'! But I doubt I could be any happier than I'm now".

She sniffled. "You look... kinda sad...".

"You can be supremely sad and supremely happy at the same time. I'll miss you, yes. But I'm glad you found your own Prince, and your own happiness. I'm glad you can step out of my shadow, open your wings and fly away. Never look back, Yuuna. Always aim for the future".

She hugged his body, crying even more now. "I love you...!".

"And I do love you, too" he quietly said. "See? You are sad and happy now, as well. But that's the thing about taking the path of your own heart. The sadness will pass away, but the happiness will remain".

Yuuna nodded her head giving some soft sobs. He rubbed her eyes tenderly with the back of a hand.

"And I will always stay here for whenever you and them need me, Yuuna. Remember that. No more secrets between us from now on, right? I'm sorry I kept secrets from you for so long. But I'm glad to see you will be a much more honest person than I ever was".

"Dad..." she whispered. "Thank you. For everything".

Yuuna relaxed against him, closing her eyes. Enjoying his warmth. For a moment, she was a child again.

But when she opened them back, she would be a woman forever.