After I had recovered Chamo-kun, Konoka said that she was going to get him registered. 'Good thing that this place allows pets.' I mused to myself. I then turned my attention to Chamo.
"Alright Chamo, give me the straight and honest truth. What the hell are you doing here, not to mention why did you strip all the girls." I demanded. Chamo immediately woke up and looked at me with fear.
"Ahh, Aniki, it's just that I wanted to find you, so that I could get some debt collectors off my back. And as for the stripping, well you know what I'm like." Convinced that he was telling the truth, I kept up the questions.
"Why do you need me to get debt collectors off your back? I mean it's your problem, why can't you deal with it yourself?"
"Well you see bro. I still need to care for my sister back in Wales. So I was hoping that you would take me on as a familiar, and give me a small salary. Hell if you want I can help you with pactios, I can draw the circles rather fast and accurately." That had my attention. 'Pactios I might just need one to keep Konoka under wraps. Besides if anything bad happens she's the only one who knows about my magic.'
"Alright, I'll take you on as a familiar. How does 5000 yen a fortnight sound?" I didn't want to sound suspicious, but there was something about his angle that rubbed the wrong way.
"That's more than enough." He then straightened up, as if he just remembered something. "Oh yeah bro, whilst I was taking a little tour of the girl's bodies, I noticed that one of them in particular has the potential for a good partner." I slumped; I knew there was an angle to him. But I decided to play along for now.
"Ok who?" I asked gathering my roster and setting it down in front of him. "Is she in here?" As he searched the photos, he commented on, how they were a bunch of fine young ladies. At that comment I rolled my eyes. 'You have no idea Chamo.' Then I stopped, fur raised and pointing at one Nodoka Miyazaki.
"This one bro, this is the one with potential! It also says that she's 'really cute.'" I stiffened at that comment. I wrote that after she had started to show her face. If Konoka was here I was pretty sure I would get a small hit with a mallet. And by small I meant large, and by mallet I meant sledge hammer.
"Ok, I rather doubt that, she's kind of timid, and she is rather accident prone. I've caught her, literally, falling from the top of stairs whilst carrying books. On more than one occasion." Actually the second time I didn't know she was falling until she started screaming, then she fell on top of me. That one was pure luck. She was fine, I broke her fall, but I on the other hand had a small fracture in my leg. I healed that with magic soon after.
"Ahh but you don't have ermine fairy magic senses do you?" I just had a disbelieving face with an eyebrow cocked. "Well my senses say that she has super-latent potential just waiting to be unlocked."
"I'll think about it. Until I've made my decision you are not allowed to do anything involving pactios without my say so. Understand?" After seeing his affirmative nod I continued. "Good because there is already one person who knows about my magic. I'd like to keep that number but if push comes to shove, well you get the idea."
The remainder of the evening was spent by talking to each other about what we had done after we last saw each other. That was until Konoka came home, with the registry in hand. After some dinner, which of course I complimented her, saying that she would make a good wife. Konoka, being the kind that slept in the same bed as me, blushed furiously. No doubt imagining what it would be like if we were married. I couldn't help but chuckle at that thought.
It seems that Chamo caught onto this. Because after dinner, we were going to go to bed, Chamo tripped me and I ended up falling on top of her. That wasn't the worst part however, it seems that Chamo engineered this 'fall' so that I would land in a rather compromising position. Her legs were spread wide and my groin fell on hers. Not to mention that our mouths were almost touching each others. My left hand had the misfortune to look for support on her chest, causing me to feel her breast. Now being the good hormones that they were, they went rampant. I could feel a slight rise in my groin.
Add to the fact that the door opened revealing Asuna standing there. I reckon that she was looking for some dinner. But what she got was an eye full of me lying on top of her best friend, in a rather embarrassing position. So instead of rushing over to kill me, she instead closed the door and apparently went back to her dorm. I cursed what ever deity was watching over me.
I recalled where I was and looked back at Konoka. She was just looking at me, with those deep hazel eyes, so similar to my own. What little I could see of her was rather flustered. Then she spoke softly, really soft, almost like silky soft.
"Umm… are we going to stay like this for the night?" I finally figured out where I placed my hand, withdrawing my head and looking down. I spotted my hand, lightly cupping her breast. With a small 'ah' I quickly got off of Konoka and offered a hand to help her up. To which she gingerly accepted. After she took off to the shower, for what purpose I could only guess, probably the same reason I wanted to have one right now, I turned and glared at Chamo, who was trying to creep away despite my death-promising-glare.
I decided to let him off this time. But if he tried anything like that in the future I would not forgive him. But for now it was time for bed.
The next day was ok, not too bad but not too good either. It was bad because I couldn't help but think of what Chamo had said. If I were to become a successful mage I would need a competent partner. He said that there was some potential in Nodoka. I wouldn't put it past him to set us up even if I told him not to.
"Sensei, I've finished reading" said Ako Izumi. I don't know why but I wanted to ask a stupid question right then and there.
"Y-Yes good work Izumi-san. Um… I know that this is a bit abrupt, but I have a question for you. If you were to choose a p-partner you would turn down your teacher, right?" I knew it was a stupid question but I had to have it answered.
Half the girls in the classroom, let out a simultaneous 'eeeeh!' then Ako started to speak again. "T-T-That…Sensei, this is so sudden… I…That would be… I've almost reached my third year…B-But I mean…" she started to go a bit spastic at the moment. "I don't have any specific boy like that at the moment so…"
"How about you Miyazaki-san?" I just wanted an honest answer but they were all blushing and stuttering. Miyazaki almost got an answer out but Ayaka beat her to the punch.
"Negi-sensei! It would be super ok with me!" It was then that Kazumi Asakura butted in cutting Ayaka from any further comments.
"Negi-sensei, I've got some welcome news for you. Because our class is so spaced out, I'd say that about 4/5ths of them don't have boyfriends. I did research! If you're looking for a girlfriend you've got over 20 various girls to choose from!" It appears that Kazumi and the rest of the class haven't forgotten the rumor that involves me being a Prince and looking for a girl to be my Princess.
"Eh! No that's not what I meant!" I feverishly tried to explain but it was all in vain. Eventually I just sighed in defeat. "Ok class you're dismissed for the rest of the period. I'll be in the teacher's lounge if anyone needs me."
(Perspective Change)
The bell was just called, I still needed to go to Library Island and do my rounds. I should have asked Yue to take my rounds today. I should be by my Negi-kun's side, he seemed so depressed today.
I was about to leave the shoe locker room, when a note fell out of my locker. Curiously I picked it up and took a look. It read 'To Nodoka Miyazaki, From Negi Springfield.' Excitedly my heart sped up and I felt a blush on my cheeks. 'He sent me a letter, can this be true?' Carefully I opened the letter, not wanting to damage the letter that Negi-kun sent me.
As I finally opened the letter, I could already hear my heart in my ears. I started to read and with each word my heard sped faster and faster. 'Dear Miyazaki Nodoka-sama I will be waiting behind the dorms after class. Please be my partner. Negi.' As I stopped reading I felt like I was going to faint.
'He wants me to be his Partner! Yes in your face class rep, he's all mine!' I cheered silently. On the way home I was skipping in joy, all the while chanting in my head 'I am Negi-kun's Partner, I am Negi-kun's Partner, and no one will take him from me!'
Upon reaching my dorm I had to look my best if I was going to be Negi-kun's partner. So I got out my best sundress and put on a bit of makeup, just some eyeliner and lipstick. I also altered my hair so that it brought out my face. When I was done I rushed outside and behind the building to wait for my future husband.
(Perspective Change)
The day was finally over, I could go home and relax, with no one troubling me. That was my train of thought until I spotted Chamo running on his hind legs to catch up to me. Oh jeez he did set something up didn't he, I could already feel my shoulder slouching.
"Bro, Bro!" Chamo essentially shouted, I told him to keep his voice down. "Sorry but I saw that Nodoka girl getting bullied, it sounded like they were going to do something bad." Now I was blinded by anger, if I wasn't so angry then I could probably tell that Chamo was lying. But the thought of people doing something that I could only guess got me riled up.
"Where!" I half-demanded half-pleaded. "Tell me where she is!" Chamo responded by saying that she was behind the dorms. Immediately I took off flying on my staff, luckily there was no one around to see it.
I pushed the staff to fly at its fastest. 'Please Nodoka, please safe.' I chanted in my head. Within a single minute I reached the dorms, I landed about a block away to avoid being seen and sprinted behind the building. Where I saw, Nodoka, and no one but Nodoka.
Sighing to myself I went over to check on her. But as I got closer I noticed that she had changed her hair, put on some light make-up and was in a sun dress. Now I wanted to hurt Chamo, but my mind overrode that thought, in favor of checking if Nodoka was alright.
"Nodoka, are you alright?" I really hoped that she was and that I wasn't too late. As it turned out there wasn't even a mark on her.
"Negi-sensei, I got your letter." Now I was sure this was a set up by Chamo. "I want to be your partner too." Ok I knew that she had a crush on my but, that still shocked me.
"Chamo!" I whispered/shouted. "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
"Sorry bro, but it was necessary. Now just stay still." Before I could question him, he leapt off my shoulder, pulled out some chalk and started drawing a circle with speed and efficiency. I realized what this circle was and I almost panicked. It was a pactio circle.
"Negi-sensei, ever since you arrived, you've saved my life twice already. I want to do anything I can to repay you. If you want me to do anything, I'll do it." She sounded like she was making a pledge, but I knew that her words were from the heart. She really wanted this, even if she had no idea what it would entail. Just then Chamo finished the circle.
The circle suddenly lit up and emitted heat. It made me feel warm and for some unknown reason it lifted up Nodoka's skirt. I wanted to avert my eyes from her but I just couldn't, it was as if a force was making my lock my eyes with hers. Now I wasn't exactly clear on how one performs a pactio. But Chamo, it seems, does.
"You know, Aniki, you can perform any number of provisional contracts, so just chill out and give her a kiss on the lips." Even though I could feel my heart racing, I swear it just stopped for a second.
"K-Kiss her?" It was unfortunate that Nodoka heard me.
"A… A kiss?" She seemed nervous but then it vanished. "It's my first time, but if Negi-kun says so." I didn't really get to respond as Nodoka closed the remaining distance between us, got up on her toes and reached to connect out lips. I'm not really sure why, but my arms moved on their own. My hands moved up to her cheeks and cupped them, slowly pulling her towards me. Nodoka closed her eyes, and prepared to have her first kiss be taken away. I leaned down slightly and tilted my head lightly. I didn't really want to do it but my body was in control. I sucked in one last breath and pulled her up once more.
Our lips connected.
