Disclaimer: I don't own Mahou Sensei Negima. This story is only for entertainment motives.


After the introduction the class became a chaos. Alex was being assaulted by infinite questions. There were all type of them, from how old he was and where he was from, to if he had a girlfriend and what kind of woman he liked. The last ones and a lot more questions that belonged more to gossip than to curiosity, were asked by the same girl, with predatory eyes and a recorder pointed at him. This wouldn't be very problematic if the other girls didn't pay more attention to these questions than to the ones they made. Alex was starting to think that Konoe didn't go further in the interrogatory because these girls could make it better.

Far better.

There were some that didn't ask as well. All the not completely humans and a few of the humans to be precise. After some minutes, Negi and one of the students got to calm the turmoil. Alex supposed she was the class president. When the silence returned to the classroom, Alex decided it was only fair to answer some of the questions since he had sensed their auras and souls in order to gather information.

"Well, I haven't any intention to answer the personal questions from our little journalist," he said looking at her. The only sign that she had heard him was a little smile that made clear she wasn't going to give up on the subject, "But for the others," he took a big breath, "I'm 22, from a little country to west, my favorite color is blue, my favorite animal is the wolf, my main hobby is to read and I like almost any type of food. Beyond that, you won't get more information for now. And I think you should start the class, right Negi-sensei?"

Alex walked to a corner and waited for Negi to catch up with the situation. After few seconds the young teacher nodded and began the class. Alex smiled at the confused stares he received from some students. It was a good tactic, answer enough questions to escape while they were processing the information. His age and origins were a lie of course, but the rest were all true.

He had planned to use the time to analyze how Negi taught the lesson and hopefully learn something, but just after began, the kid gave him the class roll with photos and names of all the students. It wasn't a bad idea, this method was faster than to ask to each girl. It had their seat number and the clubs that they... Oh.

The ghost was in the list. The first one indeed.

It seemed that someone could see her. Then, why had anybody done something about her? If she was a bad phantom, seal or destroy were the options. If she meant no harm, help her to leave this world was the answer. Maybe they could see her but not interact with her? Alex would like to ask these questions to somebody but pretend you didn't know anything about the supernatural had a bad side. He sighed. It seemed she was considered as a student, and now he was her teacher, so Alex had the task to help her. He would talk to her when the class wasn't full of persons.

With his new task in mind, Alex began to learn the name of the girls, specially searching for the three that got his attention. The techmagic android was Karakuri Chachamaru. He rolled his eyes, even her name was a bad pun about her nature. Perhaps everybody knew she was a robot and he was the only one who was being irrational.

Perhaps.

The second was the Void user, Kagurazaka Asuna. She seemed like a perfect normal girl, if you didn't count her natural affinity to one of the most destructive ways of power he had ever known. She had some annotations on her picture too, Alex supposed they were from Negi. It looked like the little teacher and her hadn't began very friendly but now they got along well. And what did it mean she had a great kick?

Speaking of the annotations, there were many of them. Those about the Fuuka twins were a little disturbing but the handwriting was different respect the others so it was possibly a prank. Another strange one was a big 'I won' over the sealed girl, Evangeline A. K. MacDowell. It seemed Negi had been very glad about the victory, but victory in what? Maybe it was related with her seal? Alex wanted to know more about it but it was impossible. The seal's structure wasn't on her, only its effects. He could sense the seal, but not what it was sealing. He hadn't given much importance to her before, but perhaps he should reconsider his decision.

The third was the potential reality traveler, Chao Lingshen. There wasn't any weird thing except the huge number of clubs she belonged to, and the kind of clubs they were. Cooking and martial arts were common, but bioengineering and quantum physics were not. But this could be good. If she had been playing with a particle accelerator there was a possibility she had interfered with the boundary this way and not crossing it. Not very likely, but it wouldn't be the weirdest thing Alex had seen.

One thing that had caught his attention was the library exploration club. Exploring a normal one was pointless, so the club had to be for library island. Four of the girls were on it, Miyazaki Nodoka, Ayase Yue, Saotome Haruna and Konoe Konoka who it looked like she was the principal's granddaughter. It would be interesting to learn what they did before he began his own search.

After memorizing his new students, Alex spent the rest of the time studying how the class worked. Negi wasn't a bad teacher despite his age. He explained the lesson clearly and taking care that all the girls were following him. Some of them seemed to have some difficulties but in general all were working. Alex smiled. He still didn't understand how this academy worked but he was sure the reason why a kid was a teacher, it had to be for his magic. However, the students hadn't been affected negatively for it and that was good. Focused and analyzing, the class ended without him realizing it.

"Now before we end, I want to remind you to don't be late tomorrow. Prepare your baggage and we will meet in the train station" said Negi. All the students answered happily, speaking of the trip and how excited they were about it. Alex wasn't that happy. A trip? Like a school trip? And the next day of his arrive? He sighed, his timing was as good as always.

"Maybe it is too soon, but is Alex-sensei going to travel with us?" a girl asked. She was the class president, Yukihiro Ayaka if he remembered correctly. It was a good question. In normal circumstances, being a suspect of...something, they wouldn't want to take their eyes away from him. The principal had had a strange behaviour, but the most probably is Alex wouldn't go to the trip.

"Yes, he is coming."

Or not.

Alex turned to the voice. Shizuna was in the door, looking at him with her everlasting smile, "I have just talked with the principal and all had been arranged. Now you have a train ticket and a room in the hotel. "

Alex blinked. Twice. The mental processes of Konoemon Konoe evaded him, and that was frustrating. For an ancient being like the traveler, be able to read persons should be a easy task. However, that was an ability developed with time and human contact, an activity that he had neglected. Although his long age, much of the time had been spent in solitude, a fact that now Alex regretted, because the principal could read him while he couldn't. And for him, it was as if a toddler was overwhelming him in a poker game.

"Now that classes are over, the assigned teachers are going to have a reunion to planning the trip. Negi-sensei, Alex-sensei, I will bring both of you to the meeting."

Alex sighed and followed the woman. To sum up, he was the new teacher of a academy used as a cover for a magical organization, in a class full of potentially troublesome girls, forced to a school trip to god knows where and before he could give a simple glance to the library.

Perfect.


The meeting ended several hours later. Alex yawned while he was leaving the building. The trip was very traditional for what he knew. The destination was Kyoto, one of the most important cities of the country and a recurrent place to school trips. The students had days with programmed visits and days of free time. And the teachers, he included, had the task to look after the girls and make sure they behaved.

At first, Alex hadn't been very happy with the idea of the trip. His main reason to join this academy was to study the library and the fact he had to go to other city just when he had arrived was irritating. It was as if Konoe had done this only to bother him. For some reason, he couldn't discard this thought.

However, as the meeting proceeded he began to rethink the situation and see the bright side. Despite the curiosity he had for the library island, the possibilities of learn something new from its books were few. All of this was, in the end, something to do to not die for boredom. If sightseeing could do this job, it would be a fair change. Besides, after the current events, Alex wanted to improve his social ability. Spend more time with persons and less with books and artifacts would be a good start. Four voices protested in his head at this but he didn't pay attention. He hadn't said anything wrong, they weren't strict human after all.

The sun was setting while Alex was walking around the campus. The place was incredible and the orange light of the sunset only increased its beauty. He yawned, again. Maybe he was beginning to feel the lack of sleep. Since he had arrived at this reality, Alex hadn't slept or eat anything. The lack of proper currency made difficult to buy food or shelter. The faster way to obtain money was create something valuable by magic and sell it. However, do this before know the magical level of the world was risky. It wouldn't be the first time he ran into a magical association accusing him for falsification.

That was the reason he preferred to get a job or wait enough time. It wasn't a big deal anyway, thanks to his superior body the waiting didn't go beyond annoying. He had limits though, and it seemed he was reaching them. Fortunately, the hotel where they were going to sleep gave them meals as well. He could use the trip to recharge until his first payment. He could sleep in the train tomorrow too. That reminded him the need to create some luggage, it would be weird if he travel with nothing more that the clothes he wore.

Now he had to find something to kill time. He could take a look at the library island but it would be like taste a cake but not be able to eat it. Alex wandered around the academy, looking for anything that could be interesting. So far, he hadn't had any luck. That was when he found the library. Not the island one, but a normal one. Now that he saw it, he remembered Shizuna saying something about a library inside the academy because the library island wasn't a place to go to check doubts. Well, if he couldn't eat the cake he would take the cupcake.

The library was very extensive. Obviously, it wasn't the larger library of the world, but it was impressive nonetheless. Before he could search any book, something else caught his attention. A girl was sitting in front of one of the tables, filled with papers and books. It seemed she hadn't heard him arrive and was reading something very concentrated, not paying attention at her surroundings. Now that he could see her, Alex recognized her as one of his students, Miyazaki Nodoka.

According to the class roll, she was the academy library officer, besides a member of the library exploration club. Now that he remembered, it was very careless of him to only notice the last one. The other way, he would have known the existence of this library and spared him the aimless walk. She had an annotation too, 'very cute' if he remembered correctly. Alex smiled, maybe the little teacher had feelings for one of his students? Crushes at his age were common after all.

Alex got behind her and looked at what she was doing. There were many documents to get books from the library and many papers with schedules and annotations she was making. She hadn't yet noticed him so he called her attention.

"It looks like you have some paperwork to do, isn't it?" Alex said with a smile.

He had to agree with Negi, her yelp was indeed a little cute. The scare made her jump in the chair and lost her balance, falling backward. Fortunately, thanks to his position Alex could catch her before the gravity finished his job. Now she was almost horizontally, looking up and Alex holding the chair and looking down, their faces a little too much close. He found the situation amusing but it seemed the girl was troubled with it, a huge blush rising in her face. Her mind was about to shut down when she recognized him.

"A-Alex-sensei?" Nodoka asked shyly.

The teacher nodded and returned the chair to its original position, "Good afternoon. Sorry for the scare, it wasn't my intention."

"N-No, I was, I mean... it wasn't your fault. But, what are you doing here?" Nodoka asked with a bit more of confidence.

"I was wandering when I found this place and I couldn't miss the opportunity to visit it. You were so focused in your work that you didn't hear me, so I got closer to greet you."

She looked at the floor, the blush still in her face.

"S-Sorry," she said ashamed, "I have to leave the paperwork done before the trip and..."

"Don't worry." Alex interrupted her and smiled, "To have a great power of concentration isn't a bad thing. Quite the opposite. But shouldn't you be preparing for tomorrow?"

"Y-Yes, but I have to finish this first and make notes for my replacement for the trip." she answered with decision.

Alex looked at the table. She had already done a good deal of the work, but there was a mountain of papers remaining. It was already dusk, did she pretend to stay until night? However she seemed very determined to do it. Then there was only one option.

"Ok," Alex said sitting in a chair, "Then I will help you. This way we'll end faster."

Nodoka began to agitate her hands trying to change his mind, that she didn't need help, but the teacher gave her a look that indicated she wouldn't succeed. With a renovated blush and a nearly inaudible 'thank you' she sat in the chair and they began to work.


The rest of the time passed in silence. However, for Nodoka it wasn't an awkward silence. She was used to the quietness of the library, being surrounded only by books, and she liked it. Being with her new teacher was something similar. It wasn't like he was a book, but the calmness that emanated from him was pleasant. Besides, he was helping her even though she hadn't asked him. She smiled slightly, the new teacher was very nice, she like him.

...

N-Not like that! She had enough with her feelings for Negi-sensei. She mentally sighed, that was the biggest issue. Her best friend Yui, had said she must to take courage and confess to him in the trip but she thought it was impossible. And even if she did it, it wouldn't change anything. They were teacher and student, not to mention the age gap. But maybe... maybe he felt the same and then they... they...

"Nodoka, are you okay?" Alex asked trying to hide a grin.

The voice of the teacher brought her out of her thoughts. Then she began to process what she was thinking and a new kind of red emerged in her face. If it were physically possible she would be fuming.

Nodoka nodded faintly and continued her work. This was not the time to think about it.


In the end, they finished when the last rays of light disappeared from the sky. After the incident in which he had heard her mumbling 'Negi-sensei' with a dreamy look, Nodoka began to work faster. Alex sighed, it was obvious she liked him. This was a complicated matter, for many reasons. It didn't look like it would end well. However, Alex decided to not interfere. Love issues were something that humans had to endure all their lives, and mistakes were a part of the journey.

Besides, looking at his own record he wasn't a love expert anyway.

After finish the work, Nodoka had had to close the library. It was a shame he couldn't inspect the books but at least he had helped one of his students. Alex escorted her to the tram and after thanked him one more time, she left. Now he was alone again, and with plenty of time. He needed to create some luggage but that wouldn't take too much time. Well, he had decided to sleep in the train, so he could spend the rest of the night searching information about Kyoto. And find the train station, that would be a good point.

With a yawn Alex began to go to the park where he had past the last week. Tomorrow he would have to travel but at least it seemed it would be typical and without problems...

Right?