Well, i finally got the filler chapter done. I actually used it for a bit of character development, so everyone's happy. And i just realized that i haven't done this, so...

Harry Potter is the property of JK Rowling, while Mahou Sensei Negima belongs to the genuis who is Ken Akamatsu. I do not own either of them. If i did, THIS would be the latest arc in MSN and Order of the Phoenix at the same time.

So, enjoy please

Sundays were always quiet around the dorms. For some reason, the girls of 3A were never as hyper as they were on Saturdays. Maybe it was because off all the homework they neglected to do the day before? Or maybe it was because the next day was Monday? Whatever the reason, Yue always enjoyed Sunday. She didn't have to worry about someone interrupting her reading, save for Nodoka and Haruna. This Sunday morning found Yue quietly walking down to Library Island, a bag slung over her shoulder. The library itself was closed on Sundays, so Yue did not expect to find the main doors unlocked.

With her hand enclosed around the beginner wand in her skirt pocket, Yue tentatively nudged the door open with her shoulder. The deafening silence of Library Island was broken by Yue's shoes clicking against the polished granite floor.

"Hello?" Yue jumped nearly a foot in the air, sending off a fire spell as she landed. Her assailant revealed themselves, however, as Nodoka and Hermione. Yue's heart raced, as she realized that she nearly barbequed her best friend.

"I'm so sorry Nodoka!" She shouted, running over to her.

"I'm alright Yue," she replied, as Yue carefully looked her over. "I'm sorry we startled you." Looking over, she saw Hermione, none the worse for the wear, standing next to Nodoka. She said something in English, which made Nodoka giggle a bit.

"What did she say?" Yue asked. She may have been smart, but she wasn't a Baka Ranger for nothing; her grades in English were the fourth lowest in the class.

"She said that you have reactions nearly as good as one of her old teachers." Nodoka replied.

Taking it as a complement, Yue followed Nodoka and Hermione farther into the library.

"What are you two doing here so early Nodoka?" Yue asked.

"Well, Hermione-san wanted to know more about the library," she answered, her eyes following Hermione around. "I thought Sunday was the best day to show her around." Yue nodded, breaking eye contact with Nodoka. "If I knew you would have been up so early, I would have told you Yue."

"It's alright Nodoka," Yue replied, sitting down at one of the many reading tables scattered throughout the library. "I guess I wouldn't be too much help with Hermione-san anyways."

She began digging through her bag, non-verbally ending the conversation between them. When Yue looked back up, she saw that Nodoka had left, along with Hermione. Sighing to herself, Yue opened up her copy of the Inferno and began to lose herself in its pages.

As her mind absorbed the text she read, she began to daydream. Memories of the past few months of her life played across her skull like the previews of a movie. She remembered the Kyoto trip, about how she followed Konoka and Setsuna up into the mountains, the fear she felt as she saw her friends petrified before her eyes. Yue couldn't help but feel depressed; every role she played in Negi's adventures was minute compared to everyone else. Every one of Negi's partners, even the three girls who didn't have a pactio with him, had been more help.

Yue absentmindedly turned the page, no longer focusing on the words she read. Normally, she wouldn't worry herself about things as trivial as 'usefulness'; her grandfather had always taught her that measuring a person's worth through other people was a futile exercise. However, the previous night spent in Evangeline's resort had scared her. She had listened to Harry, Ron and Hermione's story of this Dark Lord and his terror campaign across Britain. It was completely different from rescuing Konoka to the charms seller from Kyoto, or stopping Chao's plot. This was a person; no a madman, who was not hesitant to murder, torture, and destroy. If Negi was going to be involved in a fight like that, what purpose would she, Yue, play?

Asuna, Setsuan, Ku Fei and Kaiede were all seasoned fighters, Konoka could heal almost any injury, and even Nodoka and Haruna were better equipped than she was. The only thing she had was a spell book. She saw Hermione as someone just as smart as she was, but far superior in terms of fighting ability. It wouldn't surprise her if Hermione made a pactio with Negi, only to get an artifact similar to her own. If that was the case, who would prove pivotal?

Two hands, wrapping themselves around her chest instantly snapped Yue back to reality. She fell off her chair and scurried underneath the table.

"Geeze Yue, do you have any idea how hard it is to get your attention?" Haruna's head poked underneath the table, eyes locked on her. "You're lucky I didn't use my artifact. Or are you?" She asked, a perverted smile playing across her face.

"Paru!" Yue shouted, kicking her square in the face. Haruna was sent backwards, falling onto her rear, rubbing her nose. "You didn't need to grope me like that." Yue spat, crawling out from underneath the table.

"I spent five minutes trying to get your attention." She replied, standing back up.

"Don't be mad Yue-chan," much to her surprise, Konoka was helping her to her feet. "Paru-chan was afraid something was wrong with you." She then bent down and whispered in her ear. "And I sometimes do that to Set-chan, if she's feeling sad."

Yue's anger ebbed out of her. To be honest, it was Haruna. She was a good friend, but she sometimes thought with her libido, rather than her head. And Konoka was as honest as any girl in 3A, if not a bit of a ditz sometimes.

"What are you two doing here?" Yue asked, picking her book back up.

"Is it illegal for two members of the Library Expedition Club to go to the library on a Sunday?" Haruna asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Paru-chan wanted to know where you and Nodoka-chan went," Konoka told her, sitting down next to Yue. "And Set-chan thought I would be safe enough with you three." She added in the last part with a small smile.

"Nodoka took Hermione-san on a tour of the library." Yue reported, burying her head back in her book.

"That sounds like fun!" Konoka shouted, before disappearing between the bookcases in search of the duo. Haruna dropped into the seat next to Yue, pulling out a sketch pad and pencil.

"I think Hermione-chan is having an interesting time." She announced, as she diligently began work on her paper. Yue grunted in agreement, trying to lose herself once again in her book. "And Harry-san and Ron-san are interesting enough. Which one do you think she has eyes for?" Looking up, Yue noticed Haruna had a strange look in her eye.

"Why do you ask?" She inquired, setting her book down.

"No real reason," Haurna replied, erasing something on her pad. "I guess it's just wishful thinking."

"Wishful thinking?"

Haruna sighed, leaning back in her chair. "I guess I've just been feeling lonely, that's all."

"Why would you feel like that Paru?" Yue began fishing in her bag for another box of juice.

"Well, just seeing those three made me thinking about someone."

"Who?"

"That's the problem," she replied. "I don't know." Yue could detect a hint of sadness in her voice.

"I know half the class is going crazy over Negi-kun, and Konoka-chan has Setsuna-san. So I've just been wondering about me; about whether or not there's a boy out there for me."

Yue was speechless. She had always figured Haruna was more concerned with pairing other people together, rather than searching for a match herself. "My grandfather once told me, that love is when there is a person who you're willing to sacrifice anything to make them happy." Yue told her, trying to evoke some sentiment of comfort in her.

"I guess the real question is if there's someone out there who would be willing to do that for me," Haruna replied, sliding her pencil back into the spiral of her sketchpad. "I'm not exactly the easiest girl to get along with."

"You can be a bit strong-willed sometimes," Yue replied. "But some guys like that."

Smiling, Haruna stood up, motioning for Yue to do the same. "I guess we all need to find that special someone in our lives." She bent down towards Yue's ear. "I wonder if Negi-kun is special enough for both you and Nodoka-chan."

Yue felt a hot blush blossom across her face as Haruna reminded her of her crush on her teacher. "You promised you wouldn't bring that up again!" She shouted, chasing after her friend.

"But it's true, isn't it?" Haruna shouted back, dashing off in the direction Konoka took with Yue in pursuit.

After chasing each other around the bookshelves, they came across Nodoka, Konoka and Hermione. The clearing the three girls were in overlooked a large precipice that lead farther down into the bowels of Library Island. To Yue's surprise, Nodoka was climbing up a bookshelf, while Hermione and Konoka stood beneath her, a large stack of books piled at their feet.

"What are they doing?" Yue asked, looking up at Nodoka. However, as soon as her eyes reached her friend on the bookcase, she fell. Before anyone could even scream, Haruna shouted

"Adeat," and an instant later, Nodoka was suspended, inches off the stone floor by a mass of tentacles Haruna had summoned.

"Th-th thank you Paru-san!" Nodoka stammered as Haruna's summons placed her gently on the floor.

"What were you thinking Nodoka-chan!" Haruna shouted, hauling Nodoka to her feet.

"Her-hermione-san wanted one of the books off the top shelf. She said she wanted to read up on the history of the school. And you know there aren't any ladders around here."

Yue looked up at the monolith of shelves. It was easily forty feet tall, though its top was far from the cavernous ceiling of the building. Sighing to herself, Yue reached into her bag and pulled out a rope with a grapple attached to it.

"Nodoka-san, what was the call number of that book?" Yue asked, as she withdrew a climbing harness as well. Yue began plotting out her ascent plan while Nodoka told her the number of the book.

"Stand back please." She announced, spinning the grapple around.

With a whistle, Yue sent it flying overhead, connecting with the wooden bookshelf with a meaty 'thud'. After a few tugs on it, Yue clipped it into the carabineer on her harness.

"Be careful Yue." Haruna cautioned, placing a hand on her friend's shoulders.

"Just be ready with a safety net if the rope snaps." Yue told her as she began climbing.

It would come as a surprise to anyone outside of Mahora to know that the girls of the Library Trio were some of the fittest in the class. Scaling the massive bookshelves and exploring the interior of the library had given the girls incredible physique. While it did not show on the outside, the ease in which Yue scaled the bookshelf was a testament to the hard work the three girls did while mapping out the inside of the library.

Within less than a minute, Yue had drawn level with the bookshelf corresponding to the book's call number. She quickly scanned the shelves, reciting the number a few times out loud. She noticed that the book was a somewhat thick tome, bound in brown leather with a gold trim. With a grunt of exertion, Yue took the book off its shelf and dropped it into the pouch she wore on her harness. With a quick re-adjustment, Yue quickly repelled down the shelf, staggering slightly at her sudden landing.

"That wasn't so hard." Yue announced, handing the book to Hermione. She noticed that the mousey-haired girl practically had stars in her eyes.

"What's with her?" Yue asked, nudging Nodoka. Yue, Konoka and Haruna stepped back slightly as the two girls began to converse in English. To Yue's curiosity, Nodoka was watching Hermione in fascination.

"What'd she say?" Konoka asked.

"She said she was impressed with Yue-chan's abilities," Nodoka reported. "She didn't know someone like you could be so athletic." Hermione began speaking again, while Nodoka listened intently.

"She said she's a bit jealous of you, Yue-Yue. She's always wanted to be more than a bookworm, but she said her school isn't a place for someone with physical strength." Nodoka gasped as Hermione continued her monologue.

"What'd she say now?" Haruna asked, leaning over Yue's shoulder.

"She-she wants to learn kendo from Setsuna-san." Nodoka reported. The three girls gasped in amazement.

"Set-chan would love to teach you kendo Hermy-chan!" Konoka shouted, grabbing Hermione's hands.

Yue watched as Nodoka translated Konoka's announcement. The girls started working themselves into a fervor over something, but Yue wasn't following the conversation. Part of her, the part that was so heavy not too long ago, felt at ease. It wasn't that she felt superior to Hermione, but it was that she felt that Hermione wasn't superior to her. Her heart still ached with a twinge of uselessness, but this time, it didn't feel like the weight of the world.

A small sound suddenly caught Yue's attention. Looking around, she noticed a white, fuzzy basketball-shaped thing making its way across the floor, dragging a burlap sack.

"Shichimi-san!" Yue exclaimed, realizing what the thing was.

"Yue-chan, I'm glad we were able to meet again mya~." The super-deformed cat told her.

"Where are you going?" Yue asked, eyeing the bag.

"Oh, we realized that we do not have a place here. It would be best if we made out exit now mya~." Yue nodded understandingly.

"What's in the bag?" She asked, curiosity getting the better of her. Suddenly, to her surprise, the bag started shaking violently as a muffled voice began shouting.

"It's just Motsu mya~" The cat told her, before resuming her crawl across the floor. "Oh, and tell Hermione-chan that not all is as it appears to her, mya~"

Well, Shichimi decided it was time for them to leave, since everyone didn't exactly want them there. Oh well.

I really like the Library Trio. Them, Chhisame and Asakura are my top five characters. Sure Negi's powerful and all, but those five seem like genuine people to me. But, that's just my opinion.

Next Chapter: Something comes to Mahora