Author's Note- It's a 1000 pages give or take a few, I'll be writing more in a week or two! Just kidding. I'm a Beatles nut. Most of their songs seem to always fit in with Akamatsu's work. I will be writing more though! I'm putting my other projects on hold temporarily to do this one. Enjoy this next chapter!

Chapter 2- A Day in the Life

Satomi stepped into the classroom, now a slender woman aged around 25 years. She still however, wore her hair in the same fashion as when she was in middle school.

"Chachamaru! It's wonderful to see you awake after ten years!"

Chachamaru then wore a saddened expression.

"So it is true, what Negi has told me."

Negi frowned, and pulled his chair closer.

"I'm sorry love, but that's the fact."

Chachamaru wore a puzzled expression after Negi's latest statement.

"Why did you address me as 'love?"

Negi chuckled.

"Oh, I'm sorry Chachamaru. I guess my father's habits rubbed off on me as I got older, not that I knew any of em'."

"What does that mean anyway?"

"Hmm. I guess it's the way an Englishman such as myself would address a woman that's a close friend but not quite a girlfriend. Why do you ask? Am I offending you?"

Chachamaru blushed.

"No, not at all Negi. It's just that… you're so different from when you were younger. So cute and overly respectful, I kind of miss it."

Satomi pulled up a chair, and began to speak.

"Sorry to interrupt the reunion, but there is the business of what we're going to do now that Chachamaru is back."

"Negi, Satomi, I have a question. How is the dean doing? Is he even still around?"

"He's alive and kicking, oh that old man I think is in his eighties right now."

"That's wonderful! It will be very easy to begin my lessons again!"

Negi frowned again.

"It's not that easy love, because there are many other things besides school that we need to work out."

"Like what exactly?"

"Well… Evangeline literally 'pocketed' her cabin in one of those glass things, and so you have nowhere to stay."

"And the robotics laboratory is full."

The three sat in wonderment, their faces down as they considered ideas. Soon enough, Chachamaru's head rose.

"Negi?"

"Yes Chachamaru?"

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but if ten years have passed aren't Asuna and Konoka off living their lives?"

"I've totally forgotten! Yes, they would be!"

"Well then Master Negi, logic should tell you that if you still have that room in the dorms, you should be able to provide lodging for me."

"That's a perfect idea Chachamaru! It's just that…"

"Just what Negi?"

"I haven't been there for a few years. I know the dean says that I still have rights to the room, it's just that I don't know what the girls did when they left."

"Do you still have the key?"

"Yes."

"Then let's find out."

Negi, Satomi, and Chachamaru rose from their seats, and pushed in their chairs. They shut off the lights to the room, and walked down the hallway in silence. Soon they exited the building into the cool night air, and walked at a steady pace to the dorms. They ascended the few flights of stairs, and soon found themselves on the old familiar hallway. Negi pulled out his keys and began to flip through them. Soon enough he found the correct key, and inserted it into the lock on the door.

Soon, the door was opened to reveal that all of Negi's equipment remained untouched, the furniture in its original place. The sheets that were once on the bunk beds had been returned to the pure white that came with the original room. As Negi looked around, his laboratory remained untouched, and all other things were still in place.

"Wow this brings back memories. I remember when Konoka tackled me after she accidentally consumed some of the alcohol from an experiment and began… um… heh heh…"

Negi unconsciously blushed, thinking of the day.

"And began doing what Negi?" Chachamaru asked.

"Something that didn't get to me until now. Anyway, the room was trashed and Konoka and I bought Asuna a new clock."

Chachamaru entered the dark room and flipped on the lights.

"Where is Kamo-kun?"

"He was lifted of all charges for the panty thefts, and now I don't know what he does. I think he manages the trans-world media."

"Trans-world media?"

"Yeah, they changed some of the laws between the new and old worlds, and now some small trickle of media and stuff comes between the two."

Negi and Satomi entered the room and shut the door.

"Well, everything here seems to be working. I guess I'll have to sleep on the couch though, since my bed is too small."

Satomi turned to Negi.

"Uhh Negi? Why not just sleep on the bottom bunk of the old bunkbed? The girls aren't here anymore you know."

"I completely forgot!"

Chachamaru laughed.

"Master Negi, I hope you haven't aged to the point that your memory is ailing!"

Negi flattened his expression with annoyance.

"Well hey love, if you're gonna treat me like that you can just go back to sleep for another ten years!"

Negi glanced over to see Chachamaru no longer standing there.

"Chachamaru?"

Negi turned back to find Chachamaru face to face with him. She proceeded to flick him in the forehead.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"You could try to be a little nicer."

"Sorry."

Soon Satomi left the room, and Chachamaru and Negi were alone.

"So Negi, what do you plan on having for dinner?"

"I'm going to order out. Is there anything specific you like?"

"Why not have a normal dinner Negi? I can cook you know."

"Well… I think that probably most everything in the fridge is toast."

Negi stretched his hand toward the refrigerator, and using the same spell he did to summon his staff, he opened it from a distance to reveal some strange glowing green emanating from it. Soon a stench reached him. His face turned green.

"Yes… it's toast."

He slammed the door shut again, and turned to Chachamaru.

"I'm sorry, but we're going to have to order out."

There was a knock at the door. Chachamaru rose to answer it.

"Who could be up at this time of night?"

She opened the door to find the dean, carrying two paper bags which smelled of delicious food.

"Dean Konoe! It's wonderful to see you!"

"I'm glad you're back Chachamaru! Satomi contacted me when she found out that you were active again. When she told me you two were moving into the dorms, I figured you might need something to eat seeing that the fridge has sat for a few years."

To the couple planning for dinner, the dean was like a Santa on Christmas carrying in two sacks of toys. He brought in the food and set it on the coffee table in front of the couch.

"I'll be leaving now. If you two need anything, don't hesitate to call me."

With that, the dean left.

"Well that was lucky, wasn't it Chachamaru?"

"Yes. Yes it was."

"Sit down Chachamaru, and I'll get us some plates."

Negi went to the kitchen and acquired two plates, forks, and knives. He returned to the living room and set the dishes on the table and began to dig through the bag. He pulled out a full cooked chicken, a dish of mashed potatoes, some steamed vegetables, and a small glass jar. Negi tried without result to remove the lid on the jar.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but can you open this for me Chachamaru?"

She reached out, and grabbed the lid tightly. Soon the unmarked jar was opened to reveal that it was filled with bagless tea. There was a note on the surface which Negi picked up.

Dear professor Springfield,

I respectfully ask you to try this new tea which I have grown and made myself. It really is rather simple, being made of a combination of dried tea leaves from my personal crop and the flavors extracted from peaches and raspberries. It's still experimental but I would like your opinion.

Sincerely, Dean Konoe

Soon, Negi had the tea brewed and served, and he and Chachamaru were able to begin their meal. As they ate in silence, Negi was deep in thought.

So how will I do this? I need to make this situation benefit for both Chachamaru and I.

As they finished their meal, they rose and Negi collected the dishes. He then put them in the sink and returned, sitting on the couch.

"Chachamaru, would you like to watch a movie?"

Before she could reply an extremely loud crash and rumble was heard. Negi ran to the door and opened it, looking out to see it pouring buckets all over the campus.

"Oh dear, looks like we're having another summer storm."

Chachamaru rose from the couch.

"Well then Negi, I think I'll take a bath before the power gets kicked out, seeing that I haven't had one in ten years."

Negi sighed and returned to the couch, sitting down heavily. Soon he heard the running water of the shower, and the familiar aroma of Crème Brûlée body wash was wafting through the room from beneath the bathroom door. The thunder and lightning continued, and soon enough the power went out. The room was excessively dark, and Negi cautiously rose from the couch trying not to trip over things while trying to find a practice wand. The bathroom door opened.

"Negi, why hasn't the building generator turned on?"

"I think it's broken."

Chachamaru, wrapped in a towel, made her way across the room in the dark.

"Here, I'll find you a light Negi."

"No it's quite alright Chachamaru, I'll find one."

As they probed their way through the room, neither one knew that they were on an inevitable collision course. Soon enough however, as they both came down each end of the short hallway they ran into each other with a loud thump when they hit the floor.

"Whoa! I'm sorry Chachamaru, I couldn't see!"

Negi could feel weight on top of him. As well as that, he felt two soft objects on his chest.

"Great, now I'll be all wet! What on earth are these soft, round… OH MY GOD! I'm sorry love, don't kill me, I'm not trying to be perverse!"

Soon, they rolled opposite directions in the hallway, and pulled themselves into sitting positions against the wall.

"Please forgive me Chachamaru, I didn't mean it."

Meanwhile, Chachamaru's face turned bright enough red from embarrassment that it could have served as a light source.

"It's… alright… Negi. I understand."

Silence reigned supreme. Soon enough however, Negi spoke.

"However I must say love, you feel smashing AND you smell just lovely!"

Chachamaru swung her outstretched hand across the opposite side of the hallway blindly, smacking Negi in the side of the head.

"Ow!"

"Pervert."

Soon, Negi fumbled along the wall behind him, and found a practice wand hanging.

"Ah, this is where I put it!"

He muttered a spell, and soon the hallway was lit up by the small wand. Negi began to laugh when he saw Chachamaru's embarrassed expression. This was soon met with another hit.

"Ow. Sorry."

Together, they rose from their sitting position, and made their way back to the bedroom at the end of the hall. Negi approached the dresser, and opened the doors to reveal Negi's and Chachamaru's entire collection of clothing hanging or folded.

"When you shut down ten years ago, Evangeline brought all your belongings to me. The girls and I found a place for this dresser, and it was kind of hard to get most of the items here in."

"Why did you do this?"

"I did it in anticipation of when you would reactivate."

"Oh, I see."

"I'll just leave now. Since you know magic, can you create some light?"

"Sadly no. It's one feature I've had difficulty with."

"Strange. I'll tell you what. I'll put on a blindfold, and hold this wand. You get into some pajamas. I won't look."

Soon Negi had a long white silk band wrapped around his head, covering his eyes. He continued to channel magic into the wand, and listened as Chachamaru continued to dress.

"Okay Negi, you can take off the blindfold."

He did as was instructed to find Chachamaru dressed in a white t shirt and pajama bottoms.

"Okay, very well. Now love, you can use a wand, correct?"

"Yes."

"Then since you can't seem to define a point on your body for the illumination spell, use the wand. I must change now as well."

"Okay Master."

The same process was repeated, and soon Negi was dressed in the same way Chachamaru was.

"The way we're dressed right now is just wonderful for summer weather."

They shut away the dresser, and then turned to the bunks.

"So what do we decide on here? Do you want the top Chachamaru?"

"No, you take the top and I'll take the bottom."

"Okay."

Soon Negi and Chachamaru were in bed, and readily fell asleep.