Disclaimer: I don't want to get in trouble so I don't own Negima.
"Catherine, that's a nice name. That means the pure one right?"
"Yes, yes it does." Catherine smiled. There an awkward pause before Catherine cocked her head.
"Are you the ones who saved me?"
"I saved you girly." Said Nagi lounging like a cat.
"My name is Catherine, stupid. But still I owe you my thanks." She gave them all a once over.
"My goodness, you're all in such terrible shape. Let me help you!" She practically dove into her bag pulling out assorted bottles and jars. She sifted through the bottles, picking one up she dabbed the cloth that also came from her bag. In a flurry of movement she mopped up Nagi's face moving his shirt out of the way of other burns and cuts. He yelped in pain as she moved on to the other men.
"Darnit woman, that stings!" She looked up from healing Takamichi
"That means it's working!" She scowled. Amazingly enough his injuries were healing at an amazing pace and leaving no scar; he stared at Catherine who was making Takamichi drink some green liquid.
"You're a healing mage!"
"No, I'm not." She said sadly shifting the contents of her bag around.
"What do you mean you're not?"
"No, I'm descended from mages, but I'm not powerful enough to be considered as such." Nagi blinked in confusion.
"Wait, so you're not a mage, then, how do you live here?"
"I told you already, I'm descended from mages, but our power got weaker with each generation. I'm descended from the Life Mage." The all were staring now, the Life Mage was the most powerful healing mage in known history.
"That explains why you're a rich little bon-bon." Snorted Al, causing her to cringe slightly.
"Yes, that's right." She wasn't looking at them anymore. Nagi rose an eyebrow at her.
"What's with the face Birdy?" He questioned
"Catherine." She corrected.
"Do you have any you have any family?"
"My only family is my brother, my parents are dead."
"Where's your brother?"
"I don't know, he called the family a failure and vanished into the night. I haven't seen him for awhile."
"So what are we gonna do with Birdy?" Nagi chirped irritably. Takamichi rolled his eyes at Nagi.
"She'll travel with us of course. We could use a healer."
"Who are you kidding Takamichi, she's not a mage! She'll slow us down!" Takamichi glared at Nagi.
"I'm not a fully fledged mage either are you going to dump me on the side of the road too?"
"That's not fair, your training is progressing, and you're becoming more useful by the day." Catherine glared at him.
Well, if that's the way you want it, I'll travel by myself. I certainly don't need an arrogant jerk like you. I've healed your wounds, and repaid my debt. I'll find some work somewhere." She stuffed the containers in the bag. She slung the strap on her shoulder and jogged off her dress getting even dirtier. A couple called after her but she ignored those calls wiping away tears
"I don't need them; I can take care of myself. I find my brother and live with him. I'll prove that I'm no failure.' She told herself. She just kept running, she didn't look where she was going. The landscape passed in a blur. Before she knew it, day had faded into night. She set up a small camp on the edge of the forest. She grumbled as she curled up under towels she used for healing.
In the middle of the night she felt some one grab her and pull her out of her cocoon. She tried to scream ad struggled. The hands held tight, she continued to struggle. One of the hands slapped her hard and pulled at her clothes. Catherine bit his hand, since he let go she screamed as loud as she could. Then she saw her attacker clearly, it was a bulky man; and she knew what he wanted. He ripped the bodice of the dress in half. Catherine cried, she cried loudly praying that someone would come to her rescue. Then, just as the man grabbed her skirt; he froze and fell to the side. A pair of warm arms encircled her.
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Princess: I forgot to mention that the timeline will be a little different, not because I wanted to make it work for the story. I couldn't figure out the timeline. There were many contradictions. For one thing according to chapter 200 Nagi was fourteen when the crimson wing was started and Takamichi was around ten or nine. According to a flashback Nagi rescued Asuna when he was fourteen and she was five. But if this is true, why in the earlier volumes was Nagi in his twenties and Takamichi around nineteen when Asuna was around five? All I can say is what? It didn't make sense so I'm going on the assumption that Takamichi was nineteen and Nagi was around twenty five when they rescued Asuna. So ya, it might be different, I'm just confused about the whole thing.
