thaPotM: Protege's Honeymoon Chapter 2
First out, A great big thanks to Chaos Productions for being so damn honest with me. It's those kinds of reviews that I'm after, which will help me improve greatly as a writer.
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"Where in the Nine Hells are they!" The commander of the Bloodgeld shouted, watching the scanners go bonkers and scrambling, visualizing instead a massive ant-war between the white ants and the black ants. "We had them on sight just last solar cycle and now the scanners are as much reliable as a backstabbing rogue on drugs!"
"Scanners are being jammed, due to interference on the planet's surface." Shadrac reported to her. "Recommended course of action is reconnaissance and generally asking around the public."
"That's too fucking soon!" She shouted at the computer. "We have zero readings regarding the planetary defenses and local security forces. I don't want to rush into a trap or something as stupid as a zealot charging in the van against a siege tank. Is that clear?"
"Aww, is the little organic scared of some pathetic defenses, hmmm?" Starscream inquired, having a grin to himself.
"Says the Transformer who ran away when the tough got real tough." She snapped at him. "Just because these locals don't have a space fleet or anything, it doesn't mean that they are primitive. Remember that Kroot job we pulled? Those plasma rifles just looked like ordinary pointy blades on a stick, and they melted right through our armor!"
"So, you're worried that a bunch of humans is gonna be the better of you?"
"Better safe than sorry, as they always say in the merc business."
"So what then, you gonna send a little scout down to see where he is?" Starscream asked, having a smirk to himself. When she saw that he was questioning her ability to hold this bunch of misfits of the galaxy together, she gave a smirk back.
"Oh, I'm sending a scout alright." She replied. "A special scout, indeed..."
Down in Marbella
The princess woke up first, due to the sunlight hitting her face. Much to her own surprise after some looking around, both she and Negi had come together during the night while they were asleep. The little teenager was hugging her, as if not wanting to let go of her.
Theo smiled. He was pretty much the same as a kid. Konoka had mentioned that he had the habit of sneaking off into people's beds, seeking the warmth of his elder cousin. Here though, she was the cousin. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Come to think of it, I haven't slept like this for a long time... She thought to herself, stretching her arms out. Okay, let's see what we could do today. I'm sure there's something we could-
She stopped right there as she felt something with her hand going down on the sheets. Something underneath it didn't feel very soft. In fact, 'twas a bit hard. Small, but hard. Oh no. Don't tell me... Daring to take a look down her hand, the royal girl saw that whatever it was under the sheets, it belonged to Negi. The princess immediately bolted out of the bed in shock, before taking some deep breaths. Okay, okay, calm down, Theo. Calm down, it can't be it. He's just a kid. It doesn't happen to boys his age... does it? She took a look at her sleeping husband in the bed, clinging on to the fading warmth from her side of the bed. From the way he's curled up, it could be... his... big toe. Yes! That's it! His big toe! Must have been.
But then again, how could she be so sure? How would she know that it was a big toe and not... what was that term, again? Damnit, should have listened more to slang terms regarding boys' little thingies down there.
Should I get Maru-chan? Oh, no, no, no, can't do that. Hakase-san would scorn me for letting her have a look. Wait, why am I getting overreacted over a little kid? Wait, that's it. I shouldn't be worried about something like this. It's probably not even for real. She was growing mighty confident, approaching the bed again. Negi's too young to think of girls and sex! No way it's his little thingy! She decided to have a peek, confident that it was his big toe. Seriously, he can be such a-
'Twas not his big toe at all. Moments later, Chachamaru was assaulted from behind by a princess running up and hugging her tightly, making the robot girl stumble about. "Maru-chan, help me!"
A bit later...
"I see..." Chachamaru said plainly, with the princess in front of her, nodding. "So Negi-sensei has gained an... erection in his sleep." She hesitated in finishing that.
"Yes... and I was too scared to stay in there, too." Theo sobbed. "I don't know how to handle this situation. I was never taught this by my private tutors."
"...Not even-"
"Not even Stratz-san." Theo confirmed for her, using the old name she used for Aristodemus, since 'Strategou' was too long for her at the time. She was only a Hellan year old back then. "He... thought it best to... avoid the subject." She finished meekly.
"Should I call the others back in Mahora Gakouen regarding this?"
"No." Theo snapped immediately. "...No. I think it's best that we just... leave it alone this time. I'm sure it'll pass over eventually."
"Very well, then. As you wish, Theo-hime." Chachamaru bowed at her. "I shall go prepare breakfast, if you are finished."
"Yes, yes. I'm fine now." Theo said, getting up. "I'm going to hit the showers."
"Hey, take me with you." A voice called to her, inside her head, and she looked around. "Over here, on the table." She saw that pearl dragon figurine that Negi had taken with them. "Let me join you in on the showers. I could use the cleaning."
Theo had some time trying to figure out what the dragon was called before she remembered what Negi had said back in Arcadia: "Come out, Argenta-san!" "So uh..." The princess started, picking up the figurine and walking off to the shower. "Argenta, was it?" She asked and then the figurine started to glow. Realizing that a dragon would come out, she rushed toward the showers. "Wait until we're there! Wait until we're there!"
When they came there, the big Silver dragon emerged in its big form, giving her wings some stretching and shaking her jugular and head. "Could you at least have waited until we were in here to come out?" Theo asked annoyed at the timing.
"I'm sorry, but I really felt like I needed to come out into this form." The dragon answered her. "Besides, I couldn't help but overhear the conversation versus my new given Master."
"Eh, Negi?" Theo said, undressing herself since she was going to hit the showers anyway. "You suggesting something about that?"
"I might... if you put the cold water on for the shower. I dislike the heat."
Theo considered the option, but since she had seen the thingy, it could very well dangle in the back of her head until the very worst time. "Okay." She agreed to the silver dragon's request and turned on the cold water, allowing the silver dragon to fully enjoy herself. "You know, it's not like dragons here on Earth are common, you know. What's more, those that do exist here are bipedal."
"I know that." Argenta replied calmly, scratching the left side of her head like a domestic cat. "I've seen other dragons through pictures Master has shown me. He tends to bring me out for gentle conversation and general talk about various things. He's been most helpful to my understanding of this world."
"So... you owe him a lot then, don't you?" Theo asked the magical beast whilst washing her own back.
"If you're referring to me having some sort of love affection for him, I do not. There is however, a certain desire for him in life. It must be something in his blood that makes this desire in other people." Argenta told her. "Anyway, my solution is quite simple..."
Later on, Chachamaru could hear a big "EEEEeeeeehhh!" from the bathroom, but she was in the middle of making breakfast, so she decided to leave it alone for now.
"What do you mean, by doing that?" Theodora demanded of the dragon whilst the two were still in the showers. "Are you insane or something? No way I'm doing it!"
"I never said that you would do it."
"Maru-chan is only three years old!" Theo countered her. "How could I live with-" It was then that she realized something else. "...You ain't seriously going in there, are you?"
"Why not? You're frightened enough as it is, and you rejected sending in the robot girl, so I'm the only one left, and I suggested it to start with."
"And just how in the world is a dragon going to accomplish something like that which you suggested with a mouth like yours?" Theo pointed out. "I mean, your mouth's huge. You could bite it off if you attempted it and went too hard on it."
"You make a very good point, there, Your Highness, but..." Argenta said before she rose to stand on two feet, whilst shrinking, her scales turning itself to skin and the limbs shrunk in muscle and got into more... feminine legs. In the end, before the royal princess of Hellas stood a flat-chested girl about Asuna's height, with short silver hair and eyes that reflected the dark night sky filled with stars. "...my kind of dragons are natural shapeshifters."
Moments later
Having been shoved inside, Argenta advanced on the bed, where Negi lay. She could hear the very nervous princess, still in a bathrobe, outside and jiggling her foot, anxious for the dragon girl to get things over with. Argenta, was still in the buff.
Regardless of what she had said earlier in the shower, the dragon did feel rather hesitant, now that she was actually going to... do it. But she was shoved in, the princess being her current master right now and told her to handle the situation, so... what the hell, might as well.
Argenta climbed onto the bed, still eying the young boy's face, in case he woke up. He must be a heavy sleeper now, or he has had a rough night. Either way, she was glad that he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon, as he was in deep sleep. Rather than removing the covers, she crawled in under them instead, relying on stealth being her ally this time. Wait, this time? When did she think that this would happen again? ...Never mind.
She finally reached the spot. It was all or nothing now. She had passed the point of no return already, now it was time for action. He wore his pajamas, bought some time ago to ensure nothing burst or ripped in case he tried smaller clothes.
Finally, she saw the thing. It was certainly... larger than she anticipated, as she hadn't seem it herself. Her actions were... hesitant, but she was in control. Taking hold of the thingy as the princess had dubbed it was making her shake nervously. A quick glance over at the boy's face showed that he was still in deep sleep. Then she was good to proceed.
Stroking it lightly, Argenta felt more heat coming to herself, way above than what she normally allowed to herself, and in that state, she went a bit more harder on stroking Negi's rod than intended. Noticing this, she went more easy, to avoid waking him up. What is wrong with me? I'm getting heated up by this little action! That's not supposed to happen... Feeling inclined to end this quickly, she took his rod into her mouth, engulfing it slowly as to not wake him up.
She must have been watched over by some Goddess of luck or something like that, since Negi didn't wake up from this. The silver dragon now started to slowly bop her head up and down on the rob, using her tongue to lick it on reflex. Just to make sure that he wasn't gonna wake up anytime soon, she went slowly, but the more she did this, the more... arousal she felt coming to her. This wasn't something she had felt like before, and one thing for sure: It felt almost... heavenly for her.
Unfortunately, that was cut short as some warm liquid coming out of Negi's rod shot itself right into her mouth, almost making the dragon girl choke. As it was liquid, she swallowed on reaction, not knowing what it was to start with. She pulled her mouth off the rod, as it was shrinking rapidly now in her view, and she felt relieved that her mission was complete.
A slight moan from Negi gave her alert and the silver dragon quickly sprinted out of bed, taking one look at him. He had gone out of deep sleep at least, but not woken up yet. Her own heat hadn't disappeared, so she went out of the room now. "Well?" Theo asked her immediately after she closed the door.
"It's done. You need not worry longer, Your Highness." The dragon answered and started walking past her. "And I need another cold shower."
The princess left her alone and went into the bedroom to have a look herself. Seeing as Negi was still asleep, she found herself pleased and went for the closet to fetch her clothes for the day.
A couple of hours later
"...Look, I just don't understand." Negi tried to ask whilst in his older form as they walked the streets of the urban areas of Marbella. "How come that we're out in town shopping for clothes? And how come the bed was so sticky?"
"Don't ask me how it got sticky, Negi." Theo replied to him, walking in front of him, wearing sneakers instead of high heels, along with her casual Earth clothes. "And we're out shopping for clothes that our newest household member can wear."
"Huh?"
"Argenta-san." Theo answered him.
"...Wait, Argenta-san, the-" Negi recalled they were in public. "...You mean Argenta-san? How come she needs clothes?"
"Well, if your thick head doesn't register, she's a girl. Okay? A girl. Girls got special needs, from time to time."
"Now, you're simply mocking me." Negi told her as they entered an Indian clothes store. "I've been together with 30 teenage girls for more than a year now, Theo. I know something about girls' special needs."
"Well, I suppose you would know then that a girl above all things... wants to be quite fashionable in public, yes?" Theo asked, picking out a few clothes from racks for the silver dragon to try out while they were there. "Surely you must've helped them out with getting the right clothes, yeah?"
"Please, don't remind me. It takes me back to when the cheerleaders back home took me out on a shopping date." Negi waved his hands about. "Things went from odd to downright crazy that day." He informed as his wife walked over to the tryout booths. "Though I must say that Kakizaki-san did kinda look hot with those dark green lingerie- Gah! What am I saying!" He burst out after realizing that he was visualizing one of his students.
"Fufu, you must be rather popular with the girls back home, young man." The apparent runner of the store, an elder Indian man with a white beard complimented him as he walked by. "Trying to remain faithful to your wife?"
"...Yeah, you could say that." Negi answered him as a hidden flash from the booths told him that Argenta had been summoned. "It's really not what you think, Mister. I'm actually a teacher at a middle year school for elementary 7th to 9th grade, at an all girls school. ...This is so the last time someone is ever gonna hire an 18 year old man to teach a bunch of teenage girls where the age of consent is thirteen..."
"I can see that." The storekeeper said. "Still, your wife is quite the beauty. May I ask how it happened?"
"Huh? Me and Theo?" Negi had to doublecheck. "Well, you could say it was accidental... I mean, we had a little too much to drink one night and the next thing we know, vows were made and rings were on the fingers. Frankly, we barely know each other to the full extent... speaking of which, why am I telling you this?"
"I honestly do not know." The storekeeper said in response to him, holding his hands up. "Perhaps you should go see a therapist for this. I know of a good one not far from here."
"Negi." Theo called to him from the booths. "Could I get your opinion on these clothes?"
"Coming." He called back and went to the booths, excusing himself from the storekeeper. The first thing that caught his attention was the silver haired girl dressed in a colorful green and red Indian style boys' clothing, very similar to his own Chinese clothing, yet lacked in a few areas. "Whoa..."
"Well, what do you think?" His wife asked him as she showed up Argenta up close to him. "Don't you think that she looks good in these?"
"Well, uh..." The young man tried to give a straight opinion, seeing the silver dragon somewhat flustered at being dressed up like a doll. "She looks rather... appealing, I think."
"Master is too kind." Argenta spoke immediately, turning back into the booth. She could be heard stripping out of the outfit to try out a dress Theodora had picked for her as well.
"...Huh, and here I thought she'd be happy letting you see her dressed up." The princess said, looking at the booth. "Hey, can she wear what we'll buy? Her original clothes are soaked from an accident." She asked the storekeeper.
"Of course. It'll be 3200 euros."
"Uh-" Theo stopped there, to check her wallet and seeing how much she had in there. "...Do you take credit?"
"Didn't expect prices to be so high, I take it?" The storekeeper asked her.
"Well, yeah, something like that..." She answered meekly. "I mean, how was I supposed to know that it was gonna be expensive?"
"This isn't expensive at all, in some stores it is up to 40 000 euros." The storekeeper told them and Theo's jaw dropped.
"Well, shoot. What are we gonna do, then?" Negi asked as Argenta came out of the booth, wearing a beautiful purple dress, curious as to what is going on.
"Say... would you mind trying something out, young man, if it comes to money issues?" The storekeeper asked Negi gently.
"I'm not going to like this, am I?"
"Who knows?"
Meanwhile
Of all the dang Bots she raided Cybertron to bring back online, she picks me! ME! Starscream thought to himself as he went in the streets of the organic city, accompanied by one of her 'pets', somehow disguised as what the locals referred to as a... dog. He himself was portrayed through something technological as a young man in a neat suit, holding a leash to the "dog" as people saw it, making him look like an ordinary organic person.
He loathed it, totally.
Walking into a quiet alley, he shut off the illusion, revealing his real self, but the dog remained. "This is just ridiculous. How did she even make me human sized to start with?" He asked, and then seeing the dog looking at him. "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen a proper Bot before?"
He got a vicious sounding hiss in return. "Uh... well, that's not what I expected to hear." He said, as the dog closed its mouth as if it had been yawning. "And how am I supposed to find this target of ours? Humans look all the same to me. Eh, let's see... best get the basics down." He told himself whilst activating a hologram for himself. "Organic creature: Human." He told it, revealing two such humans, one male, one female. "Okay, eh... Shadrac."
"Yes, Starscream?" The Bloodgeld's computer responded to him.
"Give me the basic differences of human... what's the word, what's the word..." The rogue Transformer tried to find the proper word. "Biology!"
"Human. Imperial scientific name: Munthrek. Local scientific name: Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Translation: Thinking Thinking Man."
"Ugh..." Starscream felt disgusted with hearing that name. "Can they be more arrogant than that?"
"Males. Biological differences: Recieves deeper voices with age, facial hair constantly growing through the years, body and bone structure larger, with greater muscular mass. Broader shoulders and chest than female specimen. Pubic hair-"
"Okay, that's enough on male!" Starscream interrupted the computer there. "What about the female side?"
Female. Biological differences: Voice remains soft over the years, grows deeper with age more slowly than males. Torsal area, locally known as 'breasts' grows bigger over the years, to prepare for caring of offspring. Responsible for childbirth of the race. Lesser muscular mass than males."
"Okay... that's the basics..." Starscream told himself. "Now. Shadrac, get me a close up of the target we're after." The computer complied and revealed the target's face. "Alright, let's see... he got this feature... and that feature... along with those..." He studied the image closely. "Very well. I think I now know who we're after." He said whilst activating his hologram as a man again. "Let's go, then." He said, taking hold of the dog's leash and pulling it along back into the streets. "But how am I going to find him?"
"Special race today!" A crier called out not far from him, holding fliers. "Race around handmade track taking place today! THE place to be for fun!" He called, and as the robot approached. "Here, have a copy. It's the place to go today!"
"Um... thanks, I suppose." Starscream said in return and walked off, with the pet he'd been given. Skidplate organic buzzing about screaming in the streets! I'm getting very error shunt abort at Su- "...What's an elephant?"
A couple of kilometers outside of Marbella was a handmade track, formed as a stretched circle. Patched earth in the grass marked out where the race would take place and people were gathering to watch the riders get on with their mounts.
The mounts in questions were trained elephants. The riders would run three laps around the track before finishing. Judged on how well they looked after their elephant, and came out of the situation rather unscathed, they would gain either first, second, or third place. And our own hero was going to be one of the riders.
"I'm not going to enjoy this, I knew it." He said, whilst still in his aged up form, seen as about twenty years of age now. "All of the things to do, I need to ride an elephant just to pay for some clothes."
"Oh, come on, Negi." Theo told him, straightening his riding outfit a little. "All that's required is that you do this race, and get either of the three places and we'll have made it. The storekeeper seems to have placed a lot of money on that you get at least third."
"I don't know how things are run in Hellas, but you are in for a smacked bottom after this." He said rather sternly, beginning to lose his temper.
"Uh-huh, and what would you do if you won this?" His wife asked him almost teasingly.
"Just hope I don't get some hitman after me for ruining a lot of people's fortunes. People are gonna be mad." Negi replied to her and walked over to his elephant. "So... any tips I could get before heading out there?"
"Don't fall off." The caretaker replied swiftly. The young man didn't know whether to find that encouraging or disheartening.
"Well, that's a start, at least." He said to himself as he climbed up with ease.
"She be a good girl. Just don't push her too hard." The caretaker told him once he got up there and the elephant began moving up to the starting point, the mage finding it difficult to maintain balance at first.
Theo on the other hand, walked over to the sidelines to watch her husband battle the ferocity of the elephants and their riders. Granted, she didn't know much about elephants to begin with, but she let it slide for now, taking a lean against the wall with the spectators above.
On that time, came a disguised Bot along with an odd-looking dog. He didn't find himself comfortable with the seats, so he leaned against the wall too. Eyeballing the big grey beasts, he thought that sports and entertainment on this version of Earth was primitive. But his dog was sniffing eagerly, and had its eyes set on what was on the beasts.
"On your marks." A crier called out and the riders got themselves ready. "Get ready... Set... Go!"
Back home at the Mansion
"Negi-sensei won?" Chachamaru asked surprised.
"Yeah." The wife of the house told her, almost laughing by recalling the events. "He almost fell off a few times, but he pulled through. Things got really out of hand when that weird dog on the side ran into the race, and the elephants went nearly ballistic when that happened. Despite, Negi managed to come out on top of it all."
"It sounds highly impressive. I expected our teacher to be rather good." The robot spoke softly.
"Yes... back then, he was really... cool up there..." Theo admitted quietly, but this was picked up by the green haired girl.
"Hime-sama, are you... getting feelings for Negi-sensei as well?" She asked innocently, but it was enough for the horned woman to spit something out of her mouth.
"Where did that come from?" She demanded of the robot.
"It was a question, simple and unemotional." Chachamaru tried to act all... robot-like. Keyword: tried. Her right foot was jiggling involuntary. "I just want to be sure if you have... feelings... for Negi-sensei." She had hesitated in saying 'feelings' to the princess, and her hand was balling together into a fist.
"Maru-chan..." The princess spoke softly. "...I'm just being friendly with Negi, that's all. There's no intent on getting any deeper with him, right now. Well, maybe when he's a lot older, but not now. This is just me getting some real good memories with him."
Chachamaru didn't say anything at first, just simply nodded. "...Where is Negi-sensei right now?"
"He hit the showers as soon as we got back. The smell of elephant was haunting us all the way back home. On an upside note, the storekeeper let us have the clothes we bought for free, and we got half the money he made out of winning the gambling." Theo said, holding up a bundle of Euros. "We got about some 20 grand out of it. Enough to buy you some clothes too, if you want it, Maru-chan."
"Erm... no thank you, Hime-sama." The robot girl replied, much to the horned woman's pouting.
"Call me Theo. I don't like it being called a princess all the time."
"What's being discussed here?" Negi asked coming out of the bathroom, wearing a bathrobe. The girls waved it off as nothing, and were saved by the doorbell ringing. Chacha went to open, leaving the married couple alone in the living room. "So... what was being talked about?"
"Well, Maru-chan was a bit worried over something, that's all." Theo explained to him. "She wanted to be sure of how I felt about you. Truth be told, this is just a vacation for me. Isn't that what we're here for? Just to relax?"
"Yes." Negi replied after a while. "It is. Nothing special, like with the other girls?"
"Well, I might try a shot at you once you're fully grown up and all..." Theo drew that sentence out. "But that's then. Right now, you can go play with the girls your age. Give you some more... time to get adapted to the changes done to you."
"Okay..." Negi said softly. He kinda liked that idea of taking it slowly, but if the girls had any plans right now with his current permanently aged up form, things weren't gonna go that way. That time when Kakizaki-san had used a coupon to get a bath with him after an accident she had with mud was a good example. Lucky for him, he was under the age of consent and she was only teasing.
Chachamaru came back from the door, holding an envelope. "It was a messenger. We've been invited to a special party tonight, hosted by the Yukihiro family. They have asked us to come 'dressed neatly', and show up at seven pm."
"Iinchou-san's family?" Negi asked. "Sounds like Iinchou-san will be there too."
"Most likely she's here to check up on us." Theo said, getting the pearl figurine and handing it to Negi. "Here, get Argenta out. We're all going. And we girls need to try dresses."
"Somehow, I feel like I'm building some sort of harem wherever I'm going..." Negi lamented himself.
Aboard the Bloodgeld
"If you were unable to somehow whoop my skidplates so easily, I'd squashed you for sending me out there among all those humans, Commander." Starscream yelled at his superior officer as he had returned to their ship, along with that pet he had been given, now in its real, almost serpent like form, yet rigid and bone-like and a long textured and black head. "All solar cycle I was down there, looking, and we didn't find the target at all."
"Shut up, Starscream." She snapped coldly at him, looking over a video recording of the day, skipping a few parts. "You did at least better than I anticipated. Reading up on human differences is a good start if we're gonna install some proper thinking circuits in that head of yours."
"Oh, that's it, I'll-"
"Freeze." She said, getting a picture on the vid. "Magnitize 30 times." The screen did that, as Shadrac ran the whole ship. "Resolution to perfect image." Shadrac cleared the image and the commander of the ship grinned to herself. "Well, well, well, Starscream. You actually found him without intending to. Good work."
"I- I did?" Starscream asked before regaining some composure. "Why, yes, I did. Wasn't hard to find him at all. Saw him straight away."
Leaving her 2nd in command to his delusions, the commander of the Bloodgeld rose up from her seat to strip down of her armor whilst proceeding to her quarters. "I'll be heading down ahead. Hacked Sat-track has revealed a party in town and he's likely to be there. Wait for my signal to show that he's there, and then you come down with a little something in that canister, Starscream." She instructed the Transformer, pointing at a round canister by the desk. "We'll do our business down there, leave and then everybody's happy. Well... except for our little target, the one they call Negi Springfield..."
Party
The party was being held at an open square in the City Park of Marbella, filled with trees of various kinds. Half the park had been reserved for this party and guests were filling up the place. Everyone had arrived dressed neatly as had been requested, to their own tastes as 'neatly' fitted them. Some came in the latest fashion for men/women, along with a personal touch to it, others came in tuxedos, dresses, whatever suited them. But nobody was badly dressed.
Our own hero had come in his own black tuxedo with open front, revealing his shirt. In addition to that, a longcoat had been put on, as in a way of saying that it was more stylish and (no offense to people) badass. Negi came in his aged up form, and the minute ladies of about his age laid their eyes on him, did they have plans for him, some of which included chloroform. Then it was shot down by the appearance of his wife, Theo, who had come in the same outfit he had first seen her in, revealing her midriff and the large cleavage that she had. But she showed the ring on her finger to tell the guys that she was married and therefore only plaything to one guy: Negi. You can imagine what looks they gave him.
Chachamaru wasn't so bad herself, dressed beautifully in a modern black miniskirt dress, her black legs mistaken for long boots over her slim legs, something the boys of the place found quite the eye-catching feature about her. Aside from the head antennae, of course. Argenta the silver dragon came in that Indian dress they got her earlier that day, along with some hair jewels.
"Heh, guess this turned out bigger than I expected of Ayaka." Theo commented deeply on the blond girl. "Although standard size for my family, this party is quite impressive."
"I've seen greater feats that Iinchou-san's family can undertake,Theo-sama." Chachamaru stepped to the class representative's defense. "It is likely that their fortunes is about at least a third, maybe half, of what the Imperial family of Hellas have currently."
"A third?" The princess exclaimed, stepping away a little from the robot. "...Well, she certainly went up more than a few notches in my book, in any case. Didn't say she was unimpressive, by the way."
"I feel quite comfortable here." Argenta said, seeing small children at the party as well, all of which above five years of age, at least. "I loved spending time with humans when I was still in the service of... other magi. And when I was once alive."
"That sounds a bit-"
"My, my, this is the one you told me about, Ayaka?" An old female voice asked, as they turned to see the class representative in a gorgeous dress, yet it was casual, along with her hair in a bun. Next to her, was a rather older version of her, like an aging flower, withering, but slowly for sure.
"Why yes, this is him, Mother." Ayaka confirmed for her. "This, is Negi-sensei." She frowned on seeing Theodora's arm latched on to Negi, but she kept quiet about it this time. "Along with his new wife, too."
Her mother went up close to inspect the young man, along with Theo. "...I see. This is a good young man, Ayaka. I would have approved, myself. Shame that he got married..."
"What?" The teacher was completely confused. "Um, you're Iinchou-san's mother? Well, I, uh, did not expect you here of all places, Ma'am..."
"Handsome, intelligent and a gentleman." Ayaka's mother listed the features as the people around enjoyed themselves for a change, talking amongst each and gossiping. "Just like you said, Ayaka." She commented her daughter in a soothing and gentle tone. "Yes, we've haven't had the pleasure, Mr. Springfield. I am Ayaka's mother, Mrs. Yukihiro. Ma'am works just nicely."
"Um... pleased to meet you, I suppose..."
"And who is this lady who got your heart carried away, hm?" The older lady wasted no time in finding out who Theo was. "Wasn't aware you were into tanned people, Mr. Springfield."
"M-me?" Theo asked, before answering fully. "Well, I think I owe you an explanation for it. My name is Theodora, and I haven't actually known Negi for that long, really. We only met about six months or so, and we were on opposite sides of positions, then. Now... well, the whole marriage is just something our parents complained to us about for weeks."
"Y-yeah, my uncle in particular wanted me married once I got of age." Negi added to the cooked-up story of how it happened. "I met Theo again about two weeks ago, we talked and... well, here we are."
"Oh, so it's a form of, personal/political marriage, then? Surely you must have talked to your parents and Negi's uncle about this." Ayaka's mother asked them.
"Yeah, we did." Theo answered her whilst Ayaka stood quiet, knowing the actual truth and being a victim of that night as well. "Negi's uncle is an excellent doctor in Britain, having some big hopes for him. My father is... the president of a big company, I won't bother you with the name, you wouldn't understand it anyway. My mother runs a charity program for homeless. Both of them had so much busy time, it's a wonder how they managed to find a way to nag me about finding myself a good man to be with."
"That's a bit of an understatement." Negi said as well. "If I hadn't come around sooner, they would have forced her to get married. We agreed on this together under two meetings and then found some quiet chapel. Wasn't easy."
"Hmm, I guess not every marriage is of happy conscience and love, I suppose." The representative's mother stated after a pause, before being called over by someone. "Excuse me, but take your time. Walk around, enjoy yourselves. Mazel tov. Ayaka, can I trust you to be with them for the evening?"
"Of course, Mother." Ayaka answered politely. "I will see to it." Pleased with the answer, Ayaka's mother left them to talk amongst themselves. The blond representative immediately stepped in closer. "Good save, but you could have made some modifications to it." She whispered.
"Well, what would you have done?" Theo asked back in whisper as well. "I can't go about telling people I'm an actual princess, can I? Plus, we didn't have an 'official' cover story as to how we got married, we just made it up on the spot."
"I suppose..." Ayaka agreed, albeit reluctantly. "If that's the case, then keep that story. It'll save you a lot of confusion in the future whilst here and keep people off your back."
"Okay." Negi answered. "But what are you doing here, Iinchou-san? I thought you were supposed to be in Japan."
"I was. But then Mother sends me this invitation to this party for the good of Father's company, and I have to attend as his daughter." Ayaka answered him in return, having some discern in her voice, genuinely. "I didn't come here to interrupt you or anything, as much as I want to..." She said that last part quietly, as to hide it from the one she loved. "...I also figured out for myself that we could use my family's funding, in case things do get out of hand. But I don't know if it would work the way things are now. And Father would try to avoid talking with Aristodemus-san, since he probably hasn't heard of him before. I've gone out of one political mess where we can't get any help, only to be put into another where the chances of getting help are slim, even if it's family." She paused to sigh almost depressed. "I feel like I'm a load to the team."
"Don't say that." Negi cheered her up, as he gestured for their whole group to walk further into the park. "Iinchou-san, you are an important person to our group. Maybe not as a fighter, like Asuna-san or Ku Fei-san, or a good supporter like Yue-san or... Nodoka-san," He added, as he recalled the bookworm. "But because of your leadership. You keep a generally calm head when you put yourself into a situation and you become determined to see something through. No one can take that away from you. You can hold yourself in combat if need be, but when put in command of a group, that is where you shine. This, is your role, Iinchou-san."
Ayaka had never felt more flushed in her life ever before in her lifetime. Such words were enough to boost her self-esteem to the fullest, and the fact that he was all aged up, as she had seen for the first time (as she could remember), left even more room for the luminescent blush she was getting. She couldn't find any response whatsoever to what he had just told her, and felt her knees buckle down. Luckily, Chachamaru caught her from falling down to the ground. "Ain't we encouraging this evening?" Theo asked her husband whilst pinching his cheek. "If you like her that much, then why did you marry me of all people?"
"What brought this on?" Negi asked, as Argenta watched them in silence.
"Well, obviously you like the girls in your class more than others. Me for instance, since I'm not part of it." Theo accused him, getting on to him.
"Now, wait a minute, I never stated that." Negi protested as they began to have what seemed as their first argument. "I may like them, but it's all equally. I don't have a favorite among them."
"Not even Honya-chan?" The princess got in real close and the husband blushed like crazy upon recalling a memory about the mentioned girl. "See? No favorite, my butt. You still can't get over her." She said, as they were in a secluded part of the park, cut off from the other guests.
"Why are you going out on me now?" Negi demanded to know, raising his voice a little. "You said you didn't have any feelings for me right now, and yet you act like this. Why's that?"
"I-" She stopped there and took a few paces away from him to lean against a wall. "I don't know. I honestly don't-" The roar of a jet engine cut off as something big in the night sky flew over the park in about mach 2. "What?"
The jet plane came back and seemed to come onto a crash course with the main plaza of the park, right in front of the building there. Only, it did not crash, it slowed down severely and parts on it switched places through various joints and most parts formed together in order to create a large, metallic humanoid like body, formed out of an airplane with guns on its side. "Everybody stand still." It ordered them as the guns were directed at the guests. They complied, but they were still just as terrified.
A sound gunshot more near them silenced them all, and nearly every eye turned towards another intruder, though in a wonderfully designed dress, but she didn't seem human at all, save for the same body structure. She sported several firearms on her as well, as she stalked the plaza area. "Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen." She addressed all as Negi and his group of ladies hid behind a line of palm trees and more of her goons showed up out of blue, large white colored bots with flash lights for heads, but sporting dangerous guns as well. "We are tonight's entertainment, in the form of professional interstellar assassins."
Who the hell did I piss off enough for this to happen?
A/N: Who indeed...?
I was meaning to write down the elephant race in detail, but I couldn't. Either I was just lazy, or I didn't know how to do it to begin with. Just listen to the song "Holabaloo" by Dr. Bombay if you want a rough image of what happened.
That's it for now. Wait! Omake!
Omake
Back at Mahora Academy, things were going as they normally should for most students. Let's have a look at one particular girl.
Alicia Testarossa was the perfect little girl in class. She did her homework, helped the teacher from time to time, made friends with the other girls in class. As she was blonde with red eyes, she was quite popular in her class. Even with boys. "Say, Testarossa-san... would you mind be with us for a few moments? We can check out buying cellphones together."
"Sorry, but I was promised some time together with my grandfather today." Alicia answered back as the mentioned old man came into view from around the corner after Takahata-sensei did so. "Need to go, but we'll do it some other day, okay?" She asked whilst running to him, waving at the classmates.
"Okay..." A few called back at her as she was picked up and carried on her grandpa's shoulder. "Testarossa-san really likes being with him, doesn't she?"
"Yeah... Aris-sensei is quite strict, but he's really nice. If only Nitta-sensei from Junior High could be the same..." Another lamented.
Anyway, back at the little girl. "Nee... Father, can I ask you something?"
"Yes. Go ahead, Alicia." Aris answered as he walked on, holding her steady to keep up the illusion.
"You and Mother... had fun together when I came back, right?" Alicia asked him innocently.
"Yeah... you could say that we did have fun..." He answered her, though somewhat nervously.
"Does that mean that I'm gonna be an onee-san?" Alicia had the sweetest tone to her voice, but the words she picked stopped her dad right in his tracks. He remained silent for some time, that she decided to hop down from his shoulder. "Father?"
