Negima Neo: Wrath of the Androids
Chapter 9: The Boys Came to Town
The girls slept well that evening and woke bright and early, ready for school. However, almost like it was a "thing" with her, Asuna still continued to sleep.
"Come on Asuna. Time to wake up." Konoka said. Asuna grumbled and tossed her sheet. But Konoka got an idea and crept close as she could to Asuna.
"Hey Asuna. Negi's in bed with you again." Konoka said. Asuna's eyes shot opened and she yelled.
"Where?! Where?!" Asuna exclaimed. She saw Negi was eating and Konoka giggled.
"Oh ha ha. Real cute Konoka." Asuna grumbled. Asuna figured it was time to get up and hopped out of bed. Soon, everyone was dressed and ready for school. Class 2-A came together in their classroom just before the bell rang. Asuna found Kotaro sleeping again, like he was doing last week.
"And why is HE asleep?" Asuna asked. Anya took her seat by Kotaro and told him to wake up.
"Heh? Whuh?" Kotaro asked before drifting back to sleep. Anya groaned and used a spell to not only wake Kotaro, but send him flying out of his seat and land with a crash.
"Dagh! Who?! What?! Okay! I'm awake!" Kotaro exclaimed. The others chuckled.
"Oh. Thanks Anya." Kotaro said. Anya smirked as Kotaro climbed back into his seat. Negi took his place at the desk.
"All right. Good morning girls. I hope you all had a good weekend. Now then, today's lesson is...." Negi said. But just as he turned to the black board, they heard a weird sound. It sounded like a marching band coming down the hall.
"Huh? Wha...What's that sound?" Natsumi asked. Haruna, being closest to the door, tried to peek out the glass in the door.
"I don't know. But it sounds like an army is coming our way." Haruna said. Asuna wondered if Gragon's boys had finally shown and she quickly rushed to the door. Negi feared the same and joined her. Though they only opened the door a crack, they could hear the sound perfectly. It did sound like an army marching towards the classroom.
"Hang on. Let me try to...." Asuna said, turning to peek out the opening in the door. Asuna saw something that made her gasp.
"Asuna? What is it?! Is it Gragon?!" Yue asked, sounding shocked. Asuna shook her head.
"I think it's something worse. There's a whole bunch of BOYS walking down the hall." Asuna said. The girls gasped.
"Boys?! In OUR school?!" the twins exclaimed.
"But.....isn't Mahora Academy an all-girls academy?" Sayo asked. Kazumi had to see this and hurried to the door, shoving Asuna aside. Indeed, she saw a whole group of teenage boys walking down the hallway. They all wore Mahora uniforms and seemed to be led by a young child.
"Hey. Who's the little squirt in front?" Kazumi asked. Asuna went for another look and saw the teenaged boys were being led by a young girl, appearing to be Negi's age. Asuna wanted to snicker at first, but had no doubt this had to be Gragon's new androids. Negi peeked over Asuna's head.
"If that IS Gragon's newest army, then he must have an android for every last girl in the class." Negi thought. He then saw the girl leading them and his eyes almost bulged from his head.
"Is......she supposed to be ME?!" Negi thought. The group consisted of 32 male students and one female student.
"Keep it moving boys! Left! Right! Left!" the young girl called. Asuna closed the door and no one made a sound, hearing the boys march right by them. They didn't seem to either know they were passing by Class 2-A's room or they were not even going to.
"Hey. I don't get it. Where are they going?" Asuna whispered. No one answered, waiting until they heard them march completely pass. Asuna peeked out when she felt it was safe.
"That's weird. Maybe they aren't who we thought they were." Kazumi said. As the girls returned to their desks, Professor Takahata came in.
"Hello girls." he said.
"Good morning Professor Takahata!" the girls called. Takahata closed the door behind him before approaching Negi's desk.
"I assume you all noticed that we have a large group of teenage boys walking down the hall. Well, the dean said they're a class from another academy who participated in a exchange program. He said they'll be studying here for a while." Takahta said. Negi asked who the young girl ahead of them was.
"That was their teacher. Apparently, she's kind of like you Negi." Takahata said. Negi felt rather awkward of the fact that the young girl was meant to be him. But while Evangeline was holding back from laughing, Asuna couldn't help but feel this was all fishy.
"Yeah. Does anyone but me think this could be Gragon's forces finally showing themselves?" Mana asked. The other girls glared at her, except for a silent juggling Zazie.
"Mana does have a point. We might wanna watch our backs." Makie said.
"But we're more prepared this time. Some of us have a whole new range of powers that I bet those metal twits won't see coming." Yue pointed out. But Nodoka reminded Yue that she barely survived her last fight from Saiko.
"Well, I think I can do better this time." Yue said.
"In any case, we're going to have to keep an extra eye on them. If they really ARE Gragon's androids, no telling how strong they are. He might've even tweeked the ones that came here before." Takahata said. But Asuna told Takahata that one of them, Gregor, seemed to have broken his ties to Gragon and was now going solo.
"Hmm. Is that so? Well, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for him. But in any case girls, stay sharp." Takahata said. Meanwhile, the boys had entered a vacant classroom and most took a seat at the desks.
"Heh. Not a bad place. I think I could get used to living here." one said. This was Saiko. Kobushi and the other androids had all came as well. As for the little girl, she was the android clone of Negi.
"Well, time to get down to business boys. Now I want to make sure that all of you remember what we're here for." she said with a smile. The others nodded.
"Yeah. We know. "Go and exterminate Class 2-A" was what the boss said. We got it." one teenage boy said. He had a tan shade to his skin and short black hair, meant to be the clone of Mana.
"If they're anything like Kobushi and the others said about their human counterparts, then this should be like exterminating a hive of helpless little bees." another chuckled. He was the clone Gragon created of Satomi, showing a pair of glasses.
"No kidding. Hey Kobushi! Tell us again how you nearly trounced that little Nagase girl!" another asked, the clone of Haruna. The young girl growled and slammed the table.
"Enough! You guys think you're SO cool. Well, don't act all cocky! Remember what one of them did to Gregor!" she exclaimed. The others paused, remembering the sight of Gregor being carried in with his severed arm.
"Oh yeah. Almost forgot about THAT." Saiko said. Maga groaned.
"You only say that because you like him." he said. The girl scoffed.
"Hey. That's right. She and Gregor were the first two the boss made, right?" Haruna's android asked. The boys started to mutter between each other as she turned away.
"Boys." she said. She fell silent as she reached into her pants pocket and took out a locket. Inside it was a picture of Gregor. She gazed on as the scene changes to Gregor sitting atop Mahora Academy's roof and staring out at the sun. He suddenly felt something strange and closed his eyes, picking up the auras of the other androids. Gregor huffed.
"So.....they came too? Hmph. And I thought I'd be the only android on campus." Gregor said. Just then, he heard someone land down behind him. He turned and saw Chachamaru.
"Correction. You are the SECOND android at Mahora Academy." she said. Gregor huffed.
"You looking to fight or something? Does my presence scare you?" Gregor asked. Chachamaru shook her head and scanned Gregor's physical body.
"Huh? Hey!" Gregor yelled, spotting her scanning. He took off and kept a good distance from her. Chachamaru and Gregor then glared at each other's eyes.
"You are the same as me. Why not join our side?" Chachamaru asked. Gregor seemed a bit shocked, but figured word must've gotten to all of Class 2-A by now.
"I don't wanna help you! Don't you get it?! I'm trying to kill one of your friends! Get that through your thick heads!" Gregor exclaimed. He then took off, leaving Chachamaru standing alone. But she wasn't alone as Evangeline arrived shortly after.
"So, I take it the block head didn't agree?" Evangeline asked. Chachamaru shook her head, making Evangeline sigh.
"I should have known. He's just as thick headed as Kagurazaka. But neverless, that boy has something strange about him. I sensed it ever since I saw him." Evangeline said. She remembered back to last night, when she was out for a walk and saw Asuna talking to Gregor outside their dorm room.
"Did your scanners pick up anything strange?" Evangeline asked. She glanced down at the small witch.
"Scans did not reveal anything in particular. What should I have been looking for?" Chachamaru asked. Evangeline sighed.
"Forget it. Let's go back. I have a feeling we're gonna be involved in a battle. And it's not that far off." Evangeline said.
"Yes master." Chachamaru said.
TO BE CONTINUED....
