Disclaimer: I don't own Negima. I do however own my OC James
Before we start, I'm just going to say this: Really? ONE person? Just one? *Sigh* Well I guess it IS a little too early for me to be putting up polls, hell... I don't even have more than 5000 words yet. But to hell with being normal, I'll do what I bloody well feel like.
CardShark Of Mahora
As James was freaking out in the background Negi and Shizuna, seemingly not noticing his plight, continued talking.
"Try to remember everyone's name and face quickly, ok?" Shizuna said with a smile.
Negi was sweating nervously 'uuh... can I really teach so many older girls?' He thought, whatever confidence he had fading. 'They seem just like the girl I just met...oh man...my heart is pounding. Can I really become a teacher in a foreign country like this? Onee-Chan...Anya... will I be ok?'
Flashback
"Do your best Negi!" Shouted Negi's older sister as she watched him leave on the train to Mahora.
"Don't space out now!" Also shouted Anya.
Flashback end (Quick I know)
Negi, with a little more confidence from the flashback, started to open the class door. Meanwhile James had managed to stop his little 'Episode' for the moment and was right behind him.
'He's here' thought Asuna glumly, as two girls that looked like they should be in primary school giggled as they watched the door.
"Excuse me..." Said Negi as an eraser fell towards his head. Noticing it at the last second, he used his magic to make it float, momentarily forgetting that the room he was in was full of people that didn't know about magic. It only lasted for a second before he let it fall on his head, but it enough for Asuna to notice it.
'Huh?!' She thought. 'Did that eraser just...?'
"*Cough, cough* Ah...hahaha...I see...*cough* you really got me there." He said as the class Sweat dropped. James snickered.
Of course... he failed to notice the tripwire set up right in front of him, until he walked right into it.
"WAAH?!" He screamed as he tumbled to the ground where a bucket landed on his head. But it didn't stop there, oh...no the momentum kept him rolling as suction cup arrows coming out of who knows where hit him in his behind and his forehead.
"Ara, ara..." Shizuna said as her smile became a bit strained as most of the class (and James, who just walked in) laughed at the well executed prank.
The laughter continued for a few more seconds until they noticed that: instead of their teacher on the ground, there was a little kid rubbing his head in pain.
"EH?! A KID?!" they shouted as they hurried to the front of the room to help him.
"Hey are you ok?" said one of them
"Sorry about that!" Said a long haired blonde one. "We thought you were the new teacher!" Oh they were in for a surprise.
Shizuna clapped her hands to get their attention, which surprisingly, worked. "No, he IS your new teacher." She said. "Well, one of them." That confused some of them. "Come on introduce yourselves" She said as she turned her head towards them. "Negi-Kun, James-Kun."
One girl's attention was caught by that last name. 'Could it...?' She thought. Her golden eyes locked onto James.
"O...ok" Negi gulped still nervous.
"Sure" said James, not caring in the least about the several stares he was getting. Well except for one of them maybe.
"U...um... I'm... I'm..." He stuttered. He then took a large breath to calm himself down enough to introduce himself to his class.
"My name is Negi Springfield. From today onwards, I'll be teaching mag-... uh... English at this school." He stated.
James then stepped forward. For once not shuffling his cards. "And I will be Negi's assistant for the duration of his stay. My name is James Ricochet." He said with a small smile.
The golden eyed girl's eyes widened. 'It is him! But why is he here? I'll have to speak with him later.' she thought as she continued to stare at James.
Then Negi started speaking again. "We'll only be here for three terms, but it's nice to meet you all."
The class was dead silent for several seconds until something happened that they were unprepared for: "THE'RE SO CUTE!" They screamed as they swarmed the two young teachers.
"How old are you?" they asked the two.
"Uh...I'm ten years old..." Negi said, uncomfortable.
"Older than you'd think." James said cryptically, also a little uncomfortable.
"Where did you come from?"
"The back-hills of W...Wales." Negi replied.
"I'm from Australia." James said.
"Where are you living now?"
"I only just got here..."
"I have no idea. I haven't even found the place yet."
In the background, one girl with orangey-brown hair with round glasses walked up to Shizuna. "Is this for real...?" She asked the blonde teacher.
"Yes, absolutely." She replied.
"Are they really going to be our Home-room teachers?!" The girls crowding Negi and James asked excitedly. "Can we really have a cute kid and a hot guy like them?!" which made Negi and James Blush at being called 'cute' and 'hot'.
"Hey now, you can't 'have' them. They're not pets, you know." She lightly scolded them, but with no real force to it because she was enjoying the show.
This continued for a few more minutes. With the girls asking questions and Negi and James answering them, though James swore that the girl with rectangular glasses and the green hair with two antennae sticking out the front was trying to cop a feel.
Then suddenly Asuna rocketed out of her chair and grabbed Negi holding him up in the air. "Hey, you! What did you do with the blackboard eraser back there?" She demanded. "You did something weird, didn't you?"
"E...eh?" Negi mumbled.
Losing her patience Asuna started shouting at Negi, shaking him around. "I want a clear explanation!"
James was about to intervene when... "Cut that out this instant!" a voice Called, Making Asuna stop Manhandling Negi and turn her head towards the sound.
It was another blond girl, but this one was about 15 or 16 years old. Her hair as stated before was blonde and reached to just past her back, she also had emerald green eyes.
"Everyone, return to your seats. You're making trouble for Sensei." She ordered. "How about letting him go now, Asuna-San? Although... that pose is so very suitable for a violent monkey like you."
A tick developed on Asuna's forehead. "What did you say?!" She growled.
The blonde ignored her and started speaking to Negi with a small blush. "Negi-Sensei, I've Heard that you're a genius who graduated from oxford! Teaching has nothing to do with age..." she paused for a second. "So please, continue with Home-room." She finished.
"Ah. Thank you..." he replied.
"What's with the 'nice girl' act, Iinchou?" Asuna asked.
"Ara" She replied. It's only natural that I'd look like a nice girl from the outside, since I'm a nice girl on the inside, too!"
"What nice girl?" Asuna whispered. "You Shouta-Kon!"
This started a rather comedic fight where the Blonde accused Asuna of an 'old man fetish' with the rest of the class cheering them on, and Negi trying and failing to get them to stop.
James sighed and turned to Shizuna. "Do you want the honours I should I?" He asked her gesturing in the direction of the catfight. "I have this one, after this you two are on your own." She said. James nodded. "That's okay with me I guess." He said.
Shizuna took a step forward and clapped her hands twice, getting the attention of the whole class. "Ok, ok. It's time for class girls." She said as the class headed back to their seats."You can take it from here, Negi-Sensei, James-Sensei.
"O...ok." Negi said nervously.
James noticed this and walked over to him. "Hey, don't worry kid I'll help ya if ya need it." He said, easing the young boy's nerves a bit.
"T...thank you James-San"
"No Problem kid."
As Negi tried to teach the class he was hindered by a few things, first...was his short height, which was solved by the blonde Iinchou by giving him a golden stepping stool with gems lining the middle. This had James and most of the class sweat dropping Thinking 'Shouta-Kon'.
The next problem was Asuna. She was flicking bits of eraser at Negi's head to see if she could bring out the 'weirdness' she saw with the blackboard eraser. This was stopped when she tried to do the same to James who was once again, shuffling his deck. When she flicked the first bit of it, he caught it, slowly turned his head towards her and smiled evilly, his red eye seemingly flashing, making him look demonic for a second. She paled and needless to say...she stopped throwing stuff at them both.
A few hours After class
"I guess I failed my first mission..." Said Negi sitting on some steps near a statue.
"Nah, Negi you didn't fail, it's just that it's your first day, classes are always extra rowdy when a new teacher arrives. There's no need to worry about it. It'll stop soon enough" Said James, as he was sitting next to Negi.
"I guess." Started Negi. "But still... what's with that girl's attitude?" He asked, to which James shrugged. "The principal said I should stay at her place today... but I really don't think she's going to let me... What should I do tonight...?" He said to himself.
Then Negi decided to get some childish revenge by drawing on her photo.
James then noticed someone walking down the main steps of Mahora carrying to many books to be safe, swaying as she descended. "Hey, Negi. Look." He said as she slowly walked down.
"Isn't that... number 27 Miyazaki Nodoka-San?" Negi said as he looked. "Looks like she's got a whole stack of books. Isn't that dangerous?" He asked as James nodded.
Suddenly Nodoka slipped and started to fall down the steps. Negi, Knowing magic cast a spell to slow her down when James ran past him and shouted. "CARD NET." Right as that was shouted, what could only be described as a swarm of poker cards flew out of James' sleeve and caught Nodoka as she fell. Only to be deposited into James's arms.
"You ok Nodoka-San?" He asked as he held her bridal style.
All she did was stare at him for a second and after that, she fainted.
"J...J...James-San... you're a mage too?!" Negi shouted as he ran up to him as James collected his cards by levitating them into his hands.
James covered Negi's mouth with his hand as he said."Shhhhh, keep it down kid, someone could be watching." He said.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" A voice screamed from behind them.
They flinched, and slowly-almost mechanically they turned their heads around to meet to gaping face of Asuna.
"Well..." Started James, as Asuna stared at them. "Fuck..."
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Author's notes
How's that for an ending, I feel that I'm getting better, slowly, but I think I am.
James pairing so far: Nodoka, Chachamaru.
Yep, the Quiet girls of 3A those two are now removed from the poll.
And as you can see, James's power is that he uses his magic to control the poker cards that he carries with him. It's more deadly than it sounds, trust me.
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