The next morning Yue opened her eyes on the top bunk above Nodoka. Yawning once she lay up and looked around the room. The room was quiet. Looking at the clock next to her she saw it was about five in morning. Normally she wouldn't wake up so early, but something had woken her up today.

Looking at the couch, she saw Charlie was already gone. A moment later she heard a door shut from next door, and knew Asuna was up and about to deliver newspapers. Grabbing the edge and looking down, she saw Nodoka hugging her pillow facing the wall in deep sleep.

Last night Yue tried to talk to Nodoka about what happened yesterday afternoon. Nodoka hadn't stuck around long enough to hear Negi's reaction. To hear that he didn't mean what he was saying, but was just trying to sound professional. Yue knew Negi had to have some feelings for Nodoka, but Nodoka was too busy worrying to ever really notice her feelings for him were wanting to be returned.

Swinging herself back onto her bed she looked at her clock, she knew it would go off in half an hour. But she knew she wouldn't be able to sleep. To many things were on her mind. Pulling the blanket off her she climbed off the top bunk and got dressed. For some reason, she wanted to know what Charlie was doing up so early.


Walking through the deserted grounds of Mahora academy Yue looked around for any sign of Charlie. As she walked, she came to realize that hoping to find him in a place this large was child's play. Pulling her jacket closer to her, she took a breath and watched it hang in the air like a cloud before dispersing.

" Why is so cold?" Yue asked herself.

After she had been out for nearly an hour she sat on a bench just to rest a little. Looking to her left she saw Asuna walking towards her with nothing on her shoulders. Apparently she had finished her route. When she walked by they made eye contact and Asuna stopped.

" What are you doing up. Library or something?" Asuna asked, thinking that would be the only reason she was up.

" Just wanted to take a walk," Yue answered, " Have you seen Charlie?"

" Negi's assistant?" Asuna asked. Yue nodded. " Actually, I have. When I was leaving I saw him entering the woods. Not sure why."

" Thanks," Yue said, then began to jog towards the woods. Asuna watched her leave then turned around and began to run back to the dorms.


Yue entered the woods from the main path five minutes later. She listened carefully for any moment. The woods in the morning were a little eerie. A thin layer of mist was around her, and the ground was wet from the morning dew. Like the school grounds, the woods were quiet, except for the sound of nature.

Suddenly she heard someone talking. Following the voice she came to a forest clearing and saw Charlie standing twenty feet in front of her. He was shirtless and was wearing faded blue jeans. His feet were bare, and he seemed to have been chanting.

A moment later he stopped chanting and a copy of himself appeared in front of him. His fists began to glow light blue and he began to fight the copy.

" Training?" Yue asked herself, because that's what it seemed to be. Charlie had told her he was a mage, but this was still new to her.

Charlie's copy wasn't much of a challenge for himself. His copy was slower and weaker. Charlie chanted another spell and two more appeared. Fighting them all at once Yue looked around, sat on a tree stump and watched.

Charlie ducked under a punch then elbowed the copy that threw it. Catching another's fist's he twisted his arm behind its and then kicked it at another copy. Another charged from behind but Charlie jumped in the air and spun, round housing it in the face. When he landed he was facing Yue and saw her for the first time.

" What the hell.." he managed to saw before a copy punched him in the face. They were all about to jump him before he put his hands in the air and shouted, " Time out!"

The copies nodded then fused back with him. Charlie rubbed his jaw then walked over to Yue. Yue was cold, holding her coat close to her, but Charlie seemed unaffected by the weather.

" It's like thirty degrees outside," Yue said to him, " Are you nuts?"

" What're you doing here?" Charlie asked.

" Same question goes to you," Yue said then stood up off the tree stump. Charlie looked at the area he was training in. The grass was torn up, branches of the trees were bent and broken. Walking to a small tree where his shirt and shoes were hanging from he placed them back on then looked at his cell phone.

" Already six thirty," Charlie said then started to leave.

" Hey, get back here, and explain," Yue said to him. Charlie stopped then looked at her.

" Explain what? I was just training, that's it."

" Why don't you use that many spells? All Negi does is use spells," Yue said, not having of seen any other types of fighting.

" I don't know that many spells to be honest. The easiest spells are enhancement spells. Like to make me temporarily stronger, or faster. Those I know, so I use them. Unlike Negi, I can fight without magic, but with it, it just makes me stronger," Charlie explained.

" Can you fly? Negi can fly," Yue said to him. Charlie began to lift up off the ground, his clothes blowing as if a large gust of wind were on them. Even though the trees were standing still. He landed back down and smiled at her.

" What else can you do?"


At eight, a little before class started Charlie was in the bathroom with a pair of hair cutting scissors. His hair was still soaking wet from his bath. Which was something he hadn't taken in a long time.

" Someone should of told me a shower is hard to find around here," Charlie said while looking at himself in the mirror. A towel was around his waist held up by itself from part of it being tucked in.

" Can't be a teacher if they can't see my eyes," Charlie said then pulled the scissors down. Charlie looked at his hair and sighed, then let it fall into the sink. He snipped it, shorter, but not short. It wasn't in his eyes but it wasn't off his head either.

After ten minutes he started to snip the back of his hair letting it fall to the ground behind him. When he thought he was done he wet it hair again then shock the water out of it.

" Not bad."


The bell rang and everyone in 3-A sat down in their assigned seats. Negi took attendance. Everyone was there again. Standing up he began to write on the board again. Poetry, day two. Everyone copied the board as he wrote it down, then he faced the class with his book open.

" Yesterday we talked about the types of lines of poetry, today, we have types of poems. The first one in this unit we will discuss is called a Haiku. I would assume everyone knows what a Haiku is," Negi said, figuring since it was Japanese poetry and they were in Japan.

" It's a poem consisting of three lines. The first line with five syllables, the second seven, and the third five again," Nodoka answered.

" Very good. Now, a Haiku is usually based off nature. Would someone like the read the Haiku on page one eighty five?" No one raised their hand. Nodoka looked around the class then raised her hand because no one else would. " Go ahead Nodoka."

" 'The First cold shower, even the monkey seems to want, a little coat of straw.'"

" Thank you Nodoka. It may sound different than most poetry, but it is poetry. And it's your homework for tonight." Everyone moaned in annoyance. A moment later the back door slid open and everyone turned their head.

" Who's that guy?" Everyone asked each other.

" Wait, is that professor Nathan-I think so-what did he do to his hair?-What did he do to himself, he looks like a completely different person."

" Pardon me, what did I miss?" Charlie asked as he walked to the front of the room. Yesterday Charlie wore holey jeans, and a black shirt with the comment, ' I'm immature, unorganized, lazy and loud. BUT I'M FUN!' Today he was wearing jeans that were faded some with a greenish tint. A white dress shirt that wasn't buttoned all the way up showing his undershirt was a black shirt with a grey collar.

The cuffs of the shirt were unbuttoned and the sleeves where rolled up passed his elbows. His hair is what drove them off. Yesterday it was over his eyes and covering half of his face. Now it wasn't. It was cut half an inch above his eyes, but still messy and unkempt. His black hair was no longer covering his eyes, and now everyone could see they were green.

" Whoa," Yue said silently when she saw him.

" Did I miss the Haiku about the monkey?" Charlie asked. Negi nodded. " Makes no sense to me, but it's about a monkey so what's not to like."

Charlie walked passed Negi and took the book from his hands. Looking at where Negi left off he began to right on the board.

" Alright, a Haiku originated in Japan but when and where is still debated..." and class continued.


Charlie opened the door to the room with the key Haruna had copied for him. Shoving the key back into his pocket he unbuttoned his dress shirt then threw it onto the couch. Sitting on the couch he took a deep breath then looked around the room. His roommates were more or less at the library.

Looking at the shelves for something to read something caught his eye. It was a cover of a thin book that said ' Mahou Shoujo' on the cover. Opening it to the first page, he saw it was a manga. Taking it back to his couch he opened it up and started reading.

As he turned the third page the door opened and Yue walked in with her backpack over her shoulder. Throwing it to the ground she walked to the kitchen to get herself one of her juice boxes.

" Can you get me one of those?" Charlie asked without lifting his eyes.

" Alright, let's make some ground rules. The juice boxes are mine. The books are Nodoka's, and that is Haruna's," she said while pointing at the manga.

" So, no touchy?" Charlie asked.

" Yes," Yue said then moved his shirt and sat on the couch.

" Hey, no touchy," Charlie said to her.

" What?"

" The couch is mine. It's my bed for the meantime, so, it's mine. No touchy." Yue looked at him like he was crazy. " But, if you get me a juice box, I'll share."

" You're an ass," She said then got up off the couch and walked back into the kitchen.

" Thank you, I'd love one," Charlie said. A moment later he heard the fridge close and then the box hit him in the side of the face.

" Mmm, grape," Charlie said then stabbed the straw into the box. " Shouldn't you be at the library?"

" I had the tutoring session first. I have to go to that before I go to the library. I was just stopping by to drop off my bag and get a drink," she said then started towards the door.

" Did you start on the Haiku's yet. You need three by tomorrow."

" Doubt it." She said then closed the door.