Disclaimer: I still do not own Mahou Sensei Negima.
A/N: I know this is kind of long, but I tried to explain most of the real Negima's first chapter here, so it became longer than I meant it to.
Chapter 2: The Kid Teacher and the Oxford Graduate
"Dragon Knight? What's that?" Negi and his group asked in unison.
"Well… it's complicated. However, it doesn't matter what my abilities are, just know that I'm strong. Now if it's alright with you, Negi, I would like to leave for Japan already," replied Vladimir.
"Sheesh, that's cold. But I'm ready to go, too," said Negi.
"Don't worry. Vladimir opens up more if you get closer to him," said the principal.
A few days later in Japan
"Wow! This is amazing!" said Negi, astounded by the city in which they just arrived.
"I prefer the country," said Vladimir.
"It seems that the principal was right. You are talking more."
"Whatever. I'm going to go ahead to the school. See you there," said Vladimir.
"Wait! Why don't we go together? I mean, aren't you supposed to help me with teaching anyways?"
"I have to be given some information that is vital to my investigation. I thought that I should go ahead and get that while I'm waiting for you there. I can run faster than a subway, so don't worry about that."
"Um… okay."
'Now that I think about it, he hasn't told me what he's investigating…' thought Negi.
Vladimir ran off while Negi hopped on board the subway.
Subway
"Wow! Japan is so crowded and there are so many women!" said the astounded Negi.
gossip What's with the kid?
He's a foreigner?
"Hey, kid. Where are you going? There are only middle and high school stops after this one," explained one of the women.
Negi began to get flustered.
ACHOO!
The cart was filled with a gust of wind and shot up all of the high schoolers' and middle schoolers' skirts. There was a big commotion about the wind, but the subway soon stopped and let off Negi and many of the other girls.
To all students: This is the guidance committee. This week is "Zero Late Attendances Week," and it's only 10 minutes until the bell! Let's hurry it up! Any student late will be issued with a yellow card. Please arrive early!
"I need to hurry, too! I can't be late on my first day," Negi said to himself as he cast a spell to make him run faster. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two girls speeding off towards the school. He ran and caught up to them.
"You think so? The fortune today is, 'You'll have a meeting with destiny,'" one of the girls said.
"Really?" replied the other.
"Also, it says saying the name of the man you like 10 times and barking makes him fall for you."
"NO WAY! TAKAHATA SENSEI! TAKAHATA SENSEI! TAKAHATA… what's everyone looking at?" Many people were eying the girl.
"You actually did it."
"I'll seriously kill you."
"You know, you sure are fast, Asuna. You're keeping up with me while I have skates."
"Well, excuse me for being fit, Konoka."
WHOOSH!
"You're love will be unrequited, ma'am," said Negi when he finally caught up to them.
Suddenly, the three stopped moving and the one called Asuna grabbed Negi's head and asked, "WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU BRAT!? TAKE IT BACK RIGHT NOW!"
"Aw, Asuna. Look at him. He's so cute," said the girl named Konoka.
"Negi! Now isn't the time to be flirting!" yelled Vladimir from a window in the school, where Negi, Asuna, and Konoka apparently almost ran right by.
"Asuna! Stop that this instant!" said an older man.
"Takahata!" yelled Asuna and Konoka.
"Hey, Takamichi!" hollered Negi.
"You know him!?" asked Asuna.
"Welcome to Mahora Academy, Negi-sensei," said Takahata.
"Sensei?" asked Konoka.
"What? You thought that the kid you were flirting with was an ordinary kid? Come on! Anyone could tell that this is a girls-only area," yelled Vladimir.
"Who the heck are you?" yelled Asuna.
"I don't have time for a Q&A," replied Vladimir.
Principal's Office
"I see. So, Negi, you're to be a teacher. Well, let's make it from today to March," said the principal, Konoemon. "Remember, if you mess up, then you'll be forced back at home. Let me introduce to you the school's guidance officer, Shizuna. By the way, Asuna and Konoka, could Negi stay in your room for a while?"
"FROM WHEN UNTIL WHEN, SIR!? I HATE BRATS LIKE HIM!" Asuna yelled. With that, Asuna and Konoka ran off to class, apparently forgetting all about Vladimir.
"Negi," said Shizuna, "here's the student roster. Okay, Negi and Vladimir, let me show you to the class."
"Vladimir, where are you staying?" asked Negi.
"I found a cave not that far from here that I can live in," replied Vladimir.
"A CAVE!?" screamed Negi.
"Umm, yeah? I used to live in the mountains back in my homeland. Caves remind me of the places up in those mountains. Besides, where would I sleep? Have you ever heard of a dragon sleeping in a house?"
"But you aren't a dragon."
"Well, when a dragon knight makes a pact with a dragon, the dragon resides in the knight's body. Because of that, the knight becomes dragon-like and starts to like things that a dragon likes, which, in my case, happens to be a cool, dark environment," explained Vladimir. "That is also why dragon knights have extraordinary powers."
"Wow! What other things happen?" asked Negi.
"I already told you, it's complicated. If I explained everything, then it would take at least a whole day."
"Vladimir and Negi-kun, this is the class," said Shizuna.
Negi looked through and saw a bunch of girls. He decided to look in the student roster and almost had a stroke.
"31 girls!? How can I remember everyone!?" yelled Negi.
"Hmm… do you not have a good memory?" asked Vladimir.
"What? I think I do, but no one can possibly memorize this whole list."
"Speak for yourself. Just by looking at that list once, I can tell you everyone of their names and their student number."
"REALLY!? Alright, then tell me the whole list right now."
"Student Number 1: Sayo Aisaka
Student Number 2: Yuna Akashi
Student Number 3: Kazumi Asakura
Student Number 4: Yue Ayase
Student Number 5: Ako Izumi
Student Number 6: Akira Okochi
Student Number 7: Misa Kakizaki
Student Number 8: Asuna Kagurazaka, which is one of the girls you were with this morning
Student Number 9: Misora Kasuga
Student Number 10: Chachamaru Karakuri
Student Number 11: Madoka Kugimiya
Student Number 12: Kū Fei
Student Number 13: Konoka Konoe, she is the other girl from this morning
Student Number 14: Haruna Saotome
Student Number 15: Setsuna Sakurazaki
Student Number 16: Makie Sasaki
Student Number 17: Sakurako Shiina
Student Number 18: Mana Tatsumiya
Student Number 19: Chao Lingshen
Student Number 20: Kaede Nagase
Student Number 21: Chizuru Naba
Student Number 22: Fuka Narutaki
Student Number 23: Fumika Narutaki
Student Number 24: Satomi Hakase
Student Number 25: Chisame Hasegawa
Student Number 26: Evangeline A.K. McDowell, whom I believe you've heard of
Student Number 27: Nodoka Miyazaki
Student Number 28: Natsumi Murakami
Student Number 29: Ayaka Yukihiro
Student Number 30: Satsuki Yotsuba
Student Number 31: Zazie Rainyday
and let's not forget about me,
To-be Student Number 32: Vladimir Vavilov."
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT!? No one should have that good of a memory!"
"Heheheh. Actually, you were tilting the list so much that I could see everyone's names."
"Then, you were lying about having a good memory?"
"Yep. Anyways, hurry up and get inside the classroom."
"Oh, right," said Negi as he opened the door. He took a few steps in the door and noticed an eraser falling towards his head. He tried to dodge it, but tripped on a rope and got his head stuck in a bucket. Negi went flailing across the floor until he finally came to a stop when he hit the teacher's desk.
"Eek! It's a kid! We're sorry! We thought you were our teacher!" exclaimed the class.
"Don't be sorry. He is your new teacher," said Shizuna. "Also, this is your new classmate, Vladimir."
Vladimir came inside the room, but everyone's attention was on Negi. Seeing how he was unnoticed, he went to a corner of the room, sat down on the floor, and then fell asleep.
"Everyone, my name is Negi Springfield. I shall be teaching you Ma… English for three terms. It's nice to meet you all."
"…"
"…"
"HE'S SO CUTE!" all the girls screamed. It was loud enough to wake up Vladimir, who happens to be a heavy sleeper. The girls barraged Negi with numerous questions. "HOW OLD ARE YOU!? WHERE ARE YOU FROM!? HOW'D YOU BECOME A TEACHER!?"
"I'm ten, from Wales, and I became a teacher by… umm… training?" Negi answered the last question awkwardly, since he knew no one would believe him if he said, "I became a teacher through rigorous training in a magical school in Wales so that I can search for my long lost father who stopped a war about ten years ago."
Most of the girls jumped on Negi and started hugging him.
"Are you smart enough to be our teacher?" a girl asked him.
"I'm fluent in English up to a university graduate's level," he replied while thinking, "This is the greatest welcome I've ever had for something."
All of a sudden, everyone turned to Vladimir, who happened to be asleep again, as if they just noticed him. Then, the girls started murmuring amongst themselves.
Who's he? He's kind of hot.
He looks like he's from a different country than Negi.
The gossiping girls stopped talking as two of the girls, Fuka and Fumika, ran up to Vladimir and grabbed his cheeks. Vladimir, thinking he was being under attack by someone, woke up instantly, and shot forward at his assailants. However, one girl, Ku Fei saw his reaction and was able to prevent Vladimir from hurting either of the twins.
"Sorry," Vladimir said, "you two startled me. I took various martial arts classes and one of them taught me how to react to an attacker if I was asleep."
"You're fast," said Ku Fei.
"Maybe…" Vladimir replied.
"You're not one for words, are you?" asked Ku Fei.
Suddenly, as if nothing happened, all of the girls turned their barrage of questions towards Vladimir.
"Who are you?"
"Vladimir. (Were you all not listening to Shizuna?)"
"Where are you from?"
"Some mountains in Russia."
"How old are you?"
"15…" Vladimir said, rather annoyed.
"If you're from Russia, then do you know Russian?"
"Um… yeah?" Vladimir answered, thinking about how stupid people could be.
"Do you know English?"
"Yeah."
"Then, why are you in this class?"
"To look after Negi."
"If you know English and Russian, then do you also know Japanese?"
"…"
"Um.. do you?"
"No, I don't. This whole conversation has been in Russian. Couldn't you tell?" There was a high level of sarcasm in Vladimir's voice.
"But that means that you know three languages. You must be really smart. Shouldn't you be the teacher?"
"No. I'm a detective. I came to Japan because of a case. Helping Negi is my second objective."
"A DETECTIVE!? Don't lie to us! There's no way someone your age could be smart enough to have a job like that!"
Vladimir looked at them with an impassive expression and said, "I don't care if you believe me or not."
"Wait a second," said Asuna. "You said you were investigating a case in Japan, right? What exactly happened here?"
"I'm looking for someone. He is most likely this world's most dangerous inhabitant. His name is Vladislov. He is the reason why my life is so screwed up."
"What did he do?"
"… He killed my whole clan… my family." Vladimir looked into space with a deranged look on his face. This face told the class to not bother Vladimir for a while.