MX: And down they go…
APH: To the endless pit…
Sarah: Of doom… (Blink) Wait! Why am I helping you two again? And what doom?
MX: You know, the dark tunnel that leads to hell.
APH: Yea, the one that seal you fait forever!
Eva: …I think all that studies mess their brain up…
MX: I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO HELLLLLLLLL!
APH: Hell, hell… shell, bell, sell, tile…
MX: Hmm… Yell, mail, mile, Nile…
APH: …Fail, pale, dale, and bio!
Asuna: That… is weird… and I don't think bio rhyme with hell…
MX: Now there is the 8 million year old fossilized crustation…
Asuna: Eh? CRUSTATION?
MX: It's a sort of shell… while we're on rhyme, I changed it to synonyms.
Asuna: …that is not a synonym…
MX: I DON'T CARE! (Pout at Asuna)
APH: Of course, then there's the whole biological weapon of mass destruction.
MX: And the nuclear weapon of mass destruction…
APH: Yup, we totally nuked the Japs! But of course, we're still developing that, so we'll focus on the whole issue with Nazi Germany.
MX: With the Jew Genocides…
APH: And the whole concentration camp crap! But then if you ask me, it's all just some stupid, psychopath (Hitler) doing what he believed was right and finally killed himself… or did he get himself killed?
MX: I think that's the Russian Tsar!
Eva: …yup, they are definitely messed up… And to not further scare the readers, here's the story…
Disclaimer: DON'T OWN ANYTHING BUT SARAH AND THE NEW CHAR!
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Everything is dark…
Sarah can't help but feel a little disturbed by it. No matter where she looks, all she sees is darkness; however, that doesn't mean she can't see herself… the only thing is, she isn't wearing her school uniform anymore.
What she has is a sort of white modified kimono, with it shortened to a little above her knees as well as having no sleeves at all. Her back and shoulder blade was also exposed due to the 'kimono' only surrounding her waist, held together by a large black obi sash about 25 centimeter wide with a large bow at the back. She's also wearing chest binding, which she finds isn't as tight as most female warriors like, but tight enough that it won't be a disturbance as well as allowing easy movement. Of course, this is all finished off by her booty short and her boots, which she wear when she's coming down the library. Turning her head here and there, Sarah gives off a small smile as she appreciates the 'kimono'.
'Hmm… I think I like it… wonder if I can make one just like this…' The caretaker muses to herself before movement out of the corner of her eyes caught her attention. Quickly turning towards it, she can only stare in amazement as the ground seems to ripple, and then a full length mirror appears from nothing and stops once it reaches its full height. Seven feet of glass and silver, framed off by gold frames with intriguing carving finished off the mirror. Walking towards it, Sarah blinks in confusion as what was showed in the mirror.
(MX: Muahahahaha, Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the bitchiest of them all?)
Inside the mirror, it shows a perfect reflection of her… while, almost perfect. The only thing that tells Sarah that this mirror isn't normal is that her bangs are going the opposite way, and her hair ISN'T PITCH BLACK! Although, the girl in there looks as if she's sleeping, with her arms crossed in front of her chest like a mummy while the same 'kimono' covered her body in the silk soft fabric… except they're also the polar opposite of Sarah's for the obi is white while the kimono is black. And the back ground is completely white, making the girl's hair looks like the sun and the moon. Her extremely pale skin, even paler than hers, also fascinates her. And she gives off an aura that makes the caretaker felt at ease while on edge, felt wanting to run while wanting to hug her, felt cold yet warm, and most of all, she felt familiar… yet completely unrecognizable…
'…who is she…?' The caretaker thought to herself as she reaches out a hand to touch the mirror, and quickly takes a step back as her hand pass right through. Looking at her hand, she slowly pushes it back into the mirror and watches as her hand touched the girl's smooth and flawless skin. Tracing her face, Sarah couldn't be help but feel as if she is touching something that is ethereal, something that isn't suppose to be touched, only be marveled at… yet something that is so beautiful that nobody, not even the one who has the strongest well, can resist the need to touch her. '…who are you…?'
Just then, the girl's eyes snapped open. A pair of golden eyes with slited-pupils stares at Sarah in confusion, then recognition, then shock, then finally one thing that Sarah somehow deemed shouldn't be there: fear.
"…who are you…?" Sarah, unbeknown to herself, asked out loud and watch with shock as the girl starts to panic.
"Y-you shouldn't be here…" The girl says with a voice so like hers yet unlike hers.
"W-what?"
"Y-you shouldn't be in here… Y-you're not supposed to be here… I-I don't a-allow it… I WON'T ALLOW IT!" The girl shouts as an unseen force pushed Sarah away, making the caretaker stumbled before falling unceremoniously onto her rear, blinking in shock as all that happened. The girl suddenly looked panicky yet apologetic. "S-sorry… I d-didn't mean… I…"
"…Who are you…? Should I know you…?" Sarah asks as she watches her perfect reflection slowly back away with tears gathering at the corner of her eyes.
"It's better if you don't remember…" The girl says with her eyes showing so much sadness, it's hard to bare. Sarah, not being used to subjected to so much sadness, reached into the mirror to try and comfort the familiar yet distance girl. "STAY AWAY FROM ME!" The strange girl screamed as she jumps away from Sarah, who reached further into the mirror to try and touch her.
"Wait…!"
"P-please…" The girl pleaded as she turned into a small ball, hugging her knees to herself while burying her face into her lap. "J-just… leave me alone… and never come back…" Suddenly, a pair of wings spread from the girl's back, onto to have their feathers turned into all sorts of blades and swords. The wings bends forward and slowly starts to cover the girl protectively… from what, Sarah is completely lost there.
"W-wait! AAAHH!" Sarah screamed as she was pulled away by an unseen force. She can only watch helplessly as the girl looks at her apologetically while mouthing one word that'll stay with her for quite a long time: "Sorry…"
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"Hmm… let's see… last time I heard the voice, it came from… OH MY GOD!" The little figure exclaimed as it quickly hovered over to the scene. A pile of junk ranging from old tables to large safe piled on a single person. How can it tell that it's a person? Well, the hand sticking out of the pile gives enough indication no? Still, it begins to panic as whoever is down there must be in a world of pain. "OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!"
Just then, magic of both pure white and pitch black starts to leak from the pile and a magic circle appeared under it all. "Huh?" The figure floated a little closer to the visible part of the circle and studied the pattern. "Hmm… this is… NOT GOOD!" Flying away in full speed, it just barely avoids the explosion as it sends all sorts of junk in every direction. After it was sure that it's safe, it slowly peeks out from its cover, only to gasp as what is under the pile.
Lying right in the center of the magic circle, a girl with hair that has both black and reddish-blonde strands mixed in it, perfectly balancing each other out. Her eyes are wide open, yet unfocused and lifeless, one is an empty red while the other cat-like yellow with a somewhat elliptic shape. However, that didn't last long as the girl's hair changed all into reddish-blonde and both her eyes changed into that empty red. The magic circled slowly faded from view as the black and white magic leaking from her slowly disappears, leaving behind only the faintest of white that still leaks out despite all that. Just then, the girl gasps as she suddenly shoots up sitting, panting and glancing around frankly, all the while muttering, "What? Who? Why? …Why?" The girl asks before burying her face into her hands, all the while panting as if she'd just wake up from some nightmare.
"Ano…" The small figure asks, catching the girl's attention, who quickly turn to it and regard it with a blank expression. "You okay?"
"…An elf… a child at that…" The girl muttered before she forced her breathing into normal and shakes her head with a chuckle. "…it's just a dream…" 'Then why does it feel so real?" Turning her attention back to the elf, the girl studied her with narrowed eyes. "Why are you down here, and all by yourself? Why would anyone leave their daughter down here?"
"Huh?" The elf asks as she tilts her head. "Why am I down here? Actually, I don't know myself. I just woke up about a hundred or two hundred years ago and found myself here… but that's beside the point. Why are you here?"
"Huh…?" The girl tilt her head before her eyes widen as things hit her like a tons of brick. "Oh shit… NEGI-SAMA!"
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A while ago…
Negi watches as everyone continues to fall down the dark tunnel. How long they'd been falling, he can't tell. What he can tell is that some how the statue is close enough to Sarah that it knocked her into a hole right at the side of the tunnel. Then he heard crashing and a lot of things falling… and then cursing… and of course, more things falling.
Still, Negi continues to ponder stuff before he felt a pair of arms surround him and hug him close. With wide eyes, Negi watch as Asuna shut her eyes tight and clenches her jaw for what was sure to be a hard and painful landing.
'Asuna-san…'
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"AAAAAHHH! WHAT TIME IS IT! WHAT DAY IS IT! AND FOR GOD'S SAKE! WHERE AM I!" Sarah exclaims in a panic as she search around the strange well lit place for her young charge, completely ignoring the small elf that sits on the ground and watch her with awe.
"…Ano…" The elf asks as she tilted her head in confusion.
"DAMN THAT STUPID OLD GEEZER! HITTING ME AND SENDING ME HERE! MAKING ME DREAM THAT WEIRD DREAM! I'M GOING TO MAKE HIM PAY!" Sarah continues to rant as she pace back and forth while gesturing wildly with her arms both due to anger and panic.
"…Ano…" The elf says a little louder, but it was still covered by Sarah's continue ranting.
"I'M GOING TO SKIN HIM ALIVE! IF NEGI-SAMA EVEN BROKE A SINGLE BONE, I'LL MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T GET TO SIT ON HIS-"
"… Ano…"
"I'LL CUT HIM INTO MILLIONS OF LITTLE PIECES BEFORE I REVIVE HIM AND CUT HIM INTO BILLIONS OF PIECES! Although the reviving part may not be true… BUT I'M STILL GOINT TO-"
"ANO!" The elf shout, gaining Sarah's startled look as the caretaker finally remembers her. "Mm… gomen for shouting… but I think you're talking about Negi Springfield?"
"…hai…"
"Would he happens to be nay tall and has spiky reddish-brown hair?" The elf asks as she floats into the air and gesture with her hands how tall the person is.
"…Hai…"
"Well, there are a group of people that just fell down right over EEP!" The elf never finished her sentence as Sarah roughly grabbed her and held her a few centimeters from her face.
"Please, where!" The caretaker asks, panic clearly in her voice as she pant from her exert a few moment ago.
"O-over there… by the lake…" The elf muttered with wide eyes as she pointed at the direction of the lake.
"Thanks!" Sarah exclaims before dashing towards the place, completely forgetting to let the elf go in her moment of panic.
'I have a feeling this will happen more often in the near future…' The elf thought as her eyes become spirals from the sudden increase in speed. "P-please slow down!"
"AH! Gomen!" Sarah says sheepishly as she skips to a stop just as she reached the lake. Putting the small elf softly onto the ground, the caretaker strolled forward to the group of people… well, unconscious people. "Yogata… they're unharmed."
"E-Edo…" The elf muttered as she lean here and there in dizziness before she regains her balance. "G-gomen… where are my manners? My name is Yuki. Just Yuki."
"Eh? Yuki?" Sarah asks before chuckling sheepishly. "Well, I'm Sarah. Sarah D. McDocland to be exact… and you don't want my full name. It's too long… Hey, you okay?" Sarah asks as Yuki's eyes complete turns into saucers as they regard Sarah. Those two pale blue eyes with no pupil somehow make Sarah fidget. "Err… is something- GAH!"
"S-S-S-S-SARAH D. MCDOCLAND!" Yuki exclaims as she latched herself onto Sarah's chest. "YOU'RE THE SARAH D. MCDOCLAND!"
"Err… I'm not that famous am I?" Sarah asks with a small blush from what Yuki had done a few second ago. Noticing the blush, Yuki quickly disengage before she floated in mid air.
"Gomenasai! It's not every day that you met someone so famous."
"I'm… flattered?"
"Soka… so Sarah is more powerful than in the forest eh?" A voice asks behind the caretaker, making both Yuki and Sarah tense before they both wipe around to see a girl with foxy eyes with her head tilt in consideration. "Ma, that's interesting."
"K-Kaede… how long…?" Sarah asks as she stare with disbelief at the girl.
"Mm… just about that little thing over there introduces herself…" Kaede says with a finger pointed to Yuki with a relaxed smile on her face. "Ma, wadashiwa Nagase Kaede. Yuroshiku!"
"…AAAH! I'M GOING TO BE TURNED INTO AN ERMINE!" Yuki exclaim as she waved her arms around in frenzy.
"Eh? That applies to you too?" Kaede asks with a question mark above her head before she turns around to the rest of the party. "Ma, better get them out of the water before they catch a cold…"
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"…That's strange… and to think that having two vampires in your class and a robot for classmate is weird enough." Kaede says as she nibbles at a fried mushroom. The party of two and a half had decided that they'll rest for now and go and find food. Of course, Sarah and Kaede both have survival training one way or another and Yuki happens to know the areas, they soon found enough food to last them for a while.
"Just because you never see one, doesn't mean they don't exist." Sarah says, who not long ago told Kaede the extend of their class's identity… of course, Kaede was soon sworn into a policy of secrecy, or in Sarah's words: 'one word and I'll skin you alive.'
"Well, it's still strange that we have all these things happening in our class ne? But I think I'm not someone who should talk nin-nin!" Kaede takes another bite out of the mushroom before she opens an eye and study Yuki for the first time. "But now that you mentioned it… I guess she does look sort of small…"
"What?" Yuki asks before she glances down at herself. She's at lest six inches tall, but that was considered small even for fairy elves. She's wearing a dress that looks few sizes too large for her, for it hung off one sling shoulder and expose her collar bone to all. The dress passes her feet, which wear a pair of small black boots. Also, her bleach blonde hair hangs all the way to her ankles. Two bangs hang down and frame her face, also making her pointy ears very pronounced. Speaking of her ears, they're about 1.5 centimeters long, and instead of pointing upward, they're pointing to the side. Her forehead is also covered by bangs that look Mana's… Actually, she can be passed as a mini-mana if it weren't for her hair and eyes and ears. "Mou… and to think that all those lifting could do me some good… or that's probably why I'm so small?" Yuki pout to no one as she cross her arm in front of her chest.
"Ma, don't worry about it." Sarah says before she looks at the group that was now lying on the shore of the lake. "I think they're about to wake up… Yuki, what are you going to do?"
"…Can I just hide in your pocket?" Yuki asks as she points as Sarah's 'jacket's' side pocket, which looks large enough to fit many things… "I mean… getting stuck in here for at least two hundred years is boring…"
Sharing a glance with Kaede, Sarah sighs in defeat before she looks at Yuki. "Go ahead." Sarah says only to be tackled by no other than the elf herself as she stick to her neck.
"THANK YOU THANK YOU!" The elf squeaked before she remembered something. "Oh right, be right back!" With that, the elf quickly flies away, leaving behind an amused Sarah with a confused Kaede.
"How old did you say she is again?" The ninja asks the caretaker with a confused frown on her face.
"Hehe, she's about 450 years old, give or take 50 years." The caretaker says before she stands up just as Yue starts to stir. "But she doesn't act her age ne?"
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Above the surface a few hours ago…
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING DOWN THERE!" A frantic Haruna exclaims as she yelled at the walkie-talkie, only to be greeted by more static.
"Fzzzzzzzz….."
Looking at the almost-fainting Nodoka, Haruna and the quiet girl decided on one action and one action along… to panic. "WAAAAAHH! SOMETHING MUST HAVE HAPPENED! WHAT SHOULD WE DO? WHAT SHOULD WE DO!" Haruna exclaims as she and Nodoka starts to run around in circles.
"W-W-W-WE SHOULD CONTACT SOMEONE…! B-B-B-B-B-BUT EVERYONE IS ASLEEP AT THIS HOUR!" Nodoka shouts as she waves her arms around like her rear was caught on fire. Both girls at this time had completely forgotten a certain ermine that is now slowly but surely creeping away from them… despite that it's painful to move at all…
'I-I better go tell Evangeline… I g-guess she's the only one that can help n-now…' Kamo thought as he crawl away from the two panicking girls, heading for the general direction of the blonde vampire's cabin… well, at least that's what he tries to do before Haruna quickly picked him up and charged in the direction of the dorm. '…There goes my escape/rescue plan…'
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"…" Asuna stirred as the smell of fried fish reached her nose. Propping herself up, she finds herself lying on a sandy shore with Negi right beside her. Yue is sitting on her left side rubbing her eyes as Ku Fei and Makie snort away for Kami knows how many more hours. "...W-where are we…?"
"…I don't know… all I know is that the stone thingy sent us down her after we failed the last question." Konoka says as she kneels in front of Asuna with some cooked mushrooms. "Aycha, have some. I think we'd fainted several hours from that fall."
"…And just where the hell is this place?" Asuna asks as she noticed that Ku Fei and Makie start to stir. Negi is also coming to… only that he's having a major headache for some reason…
Taking a look around, Negi took a few seconds to recollect his thought before his surrounding register. "Eh…? WHERE THE HELL IS THIS PLACE!"
"Ah…! Negi-kun… not so loud…" Makie whines as she rubs at her ears… of course she froze in place as she also register her surrounding. "Oh… I guess that not something you wake up to find everyday…"
"Ouchy… I'll feel that one later aru." Ku Fei says before she looks at her surrounding. "Wow… and to think that we survived that fall aru…"
"…Could it be…" Yue says as she continues to survey the mysterious place. "…Could this place be the legendary 'deep library'!"
"The deep library?" Negi asks as he watches the usually stoic Yue stare around with her eyes so wide it's hard to imagine that he's not dreaming.
"What's that?" Makie asks as she looks at Yue excited from the news.
"Even though it's underground… it's filled with a gentle light and overflowing with valuable items…" Yue starts with her eyes sparkling as stars appear around her, giving her a dreaming look. "F-for book lovers… this place is a paradise."
"Hehe, that's good to know ne?" Konoka says with a beaming smile before she takes another bite of her mushroom.
'By the way… where did she get that? And where are Sarah and Kaede?' Asuna wonders as Konoka happily chew on her mushroom.
"But of course…" Yue says catching everyone's attention as her mood suddenly darkens and the air around her seems to suck up light. A shadow falls onto her upper face, making her eyes shine with a unholy light as she lowers her head and says in a low voice, "…No one who'd seen the library had returned to tell the tale… BONK! Itai! Eh…?" Looking down at the object that hit her, Yue can only stare as she finds herself holding… a cooked fish?
"You know, it's not nice to scare them like that." A voice says from behind the group. As they turn around, they come face to face with Sarah and Kaede, both holding onto a few sticks that have either fish or a few mushrooms spiked on them.
"Eh? Sarah-chan! That's not nice." Konoka says suddenly popping out from behind Sarah and bonk her on the head with her steel hammer.
"Ma, welcome back to the land of the conscious, ne." Kaede says with a joking air as she nibbles on a fish.
"Still, with that taken care of, how do we get out of here?" Makie asks with a frightened frown on her face.
"Eh…? Now you mentioned it… HOW DO WE GET OUT OF HER ARU! THE FINAL IS THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW! AND WE WON'T MAKE IT BACK BY THEN ARU!" Ku Fei exclaims as she runs around in circle with tears literally pouring like a water fall from her eyes.
"EH! NO WAY! IF WE DON'T MAKE IT BACK THEN…!" Makie exclaims as the full situation down on her.
"H-HEY! MAYBE THAT STATUE THING CAN TAKE US BACK UP AGAIN!" Asuna suggested as she also wave one arm around like crazy.
"P-PLEASE EVERYONE! CALM DOWN!" Negi shouts as he tries his best to calm down everyone… well, namely Asuna, Ku Fei, Makie, and a clueless Konoka that finds it fun to mimic everyone… 'B-but still… this places it…'
"Ow…" Asuna suddenly wince as she grabs her left arm, a pained frown on her face.
"A-ASUNA-SAN!" Negi exclaims as he is practically the only one that noticed.
"D-daijobou… it's nothing…" Asuna says as she puts on her best reassuring smile, but that didn't stop the child.
"B-BUT YOU HURT YOUR SHOULDER!" 'It's when we fell…' Clenching his staff, Negi decides the best course of action. 'Okay… it may not be my specialty… but at least I know some…' "Okay Asuna-san, I'm going to heal you…"
"Eh…? How are you going to…?"
"How am I going to what…?" The child asks before he looks at his wrist. "Ah…" 'That's right. I SEALED my magic away for THREE days… NOW I'M JUST AN ORDINARY KID!'
Meanwhile, the rest of the groups excluding Sarah and Kaede are discussing for ways of getting out of the place. They'd found a hole on the 'ceiling' that probably was where they dropped from… the only problem is how to reach it? And once in a while, either Sarah or Kaede will giggle at something or another, and Yue suspects that they know something that the others don't… and it has something to do with Sarah's bulging pocket that wasn't there a while ago. 'Hmm… suspicious…'
"E-EVERYONE! PLEASE DON'T WORRY!" The child teacher suddenly exclaims, catching everyone's attention as well as snapping Yue out of her train of thought. "I'm not sure how yet… but we'll definitely get out of here. But we can't just give up now! LET'S FIND A PLACE AND STUDY FOR THE FINAL!" As he finished his little speech, only silence greeted him… and crickets?
(RSP: Where the HELL did crickets come from?)
"…Pfff…" Ku Fei suddenly burst into a fit of giggles as she covered her mouth with one of her over-size sleeves. "G-gomen… i-it's just that… study… a-at a time like this aru?"
"Y-YES! SINCE I'M SURE WE'LL BE OUT OF HERE SOON!" Negi assured everyone again as he waved his arms about in a determined fashion.
"Negi-kun sure is optimistic!" Konoka says as she gives Negi a huge bear hug for no apparent reason.
"…Arigatou Negi-kun," Makie says with some tears around her eyes, "We'd got into this mess because of me… and Asuna… and we couldn't get our hands on the magic book…"
'…hmm… wonder how long it'll take them to find the elevator… fufufu' Sarah chuckled in her mind as she watched the Baka Rangers gather around her charge and start to formulate plans. 'I'm sure Yuki will get along with Negi-sama and Asuna just fine… as for Kamo… that'll take sometime…'
"Ma, I guess we'll have to keep silent for now…" Kaede says as she watches Negi wince and peer at his wrist. "…two days now…"
"…It's Saturday dawn… I guess you also better get going." Sarah says as she finishes her fish and starts to usher Kaede over to the group of girls who are grabbing books out of the shelves. "Besides, you're no better in studying just because you know about it."
"Ehehe… I guess you're right…" Kaede says sheepishly as she scratches her left cheek before she also joins the group with grabbing text books. That leaves Negi alone with Sarah, who at the first chance, starts to check her young charge for any injuries. Finding none, she nods in satisfaction before smacking Negi's head. "That's for making me worry!"
"H-how cruel…" Negi whined as he rubs his newly acquired bump. "Eh… by the way. I feel a new magic source down here."
"T-that'll be me!" A childish voice says from Sarah's pocket, and soon, a small elf emerged from the large pocket and sighed. A silver cross that was about as tall as she was appeared and leaned against her as she waved a tiny hand at the stunned kid. "Konichiwa! I'm Yuki… just Yuki."
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On the surface…
"SAY WHAT!" Ayaka shouts as she grabs a fist full of Sakurako's shirt and pulled her to her. "NEGI-SENSEI WILL GET FIRED IF WE'RE LAST AGAIN IN THE FINAL!"
"I-inncho… t-that's about it…" Sakurako says with sweat drops rolling down her face from pure terror at having to face Ayaka's 'dark side'.
"WELL WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THIS!" The president exclaims as she starts to shake the poor cheerleader with all her might… which is a lot mind you.
"AABUBUAA! B-B-BUT S-SENSEI TOLD ME N-NOT TO TELL!" Sakurako shouts as finally inncho stops shaking her like crazy and lets her go. Once she loses her support, the cheerleader falls onto the ground rear first as stars dance around her head. At that piece of news, the whole class of 2-A starts to murmur as their faces wore looks of disbelief.
"Damn it… at any rate, we're going to study! We're going to give it all we got until we couldn't do it anymore!" Ayaka shouts before she points an accusing finger at a few selected people… the really, REALLY smart ones. "AND EVEN THOSE THAT DON'T BOTH TRYING WILL DO IT TOO!"
"…Che, troublesome…" Chisame says with a sigh as Setsuna just tilted her head. The Narutaki twins hides behind Chizuru, who also tilting her head as she covered her grin with a hand.
"Aya! That's interesting!" The deemed 'onee-chan' of the class says with a giggle.
"…Looks like we don't have a choice…" Madoka says with a huge sweat drop on her head. Being the super genius of the whole school, her brain, instinct, and every thing that makes her what she is tells her that if she goes against Ayaka, there'll be hell to pay…
Just then, the door leading to that room was forcefully pushed open by no other than Haruna, following close by Nodoka. "INNCHO!" Haruna exclaims as she tackled Ayaka onto the ground with tears pouring out of her eyes. "W-WE GOT A BIG PROBLEM!"
"W-what? What is the meaning of this!" The class president demanded only to be picked up by Nodoka with surprising strength.
"NEGI-SENSEI AND THE BAKA RANGERS ARE MISSING!" The usually quiet girl exclaimed at the top of her lung, shocking everyone into silence for a few seconds as the two girls tried to catch their breath.
At that moment, everyone's face suddenly become very pale and only one thought went through their head before all hell broke loose: 'Oh f+k… we're screwed…'
(MX:hehe, I like that euphemism)
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"…I can't get to them…" Evangeline says as she desperately tries to make the crystal ball show where the little expedition went. Hugging the Negi plushy closer to her chest, she continues to try and find the life force of the party members.
"…Master, could something have happened to them?" Chachamaru asks. Even thought her voice devote of emotion, it's clear to Evangeline that she's worried.
'She'd grown a lot lately…' "…Don't even consider it. Sarah is with them. Unless that old geezer is somehow involved in this, there's no way they can block my signal…" Evangeline says before snaring at the crystal ball. "Come on… come on…"
"…Could it be of something that he did?" Chachamaru asks, clearly saying who that 'he' is. The young vampire looks her way before her brows meet.
"It's possible… GAAAAAAHH! DAMN IT NAGI! IF YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS! I'LL SKIN YOU ALIVE! YOU HEARD ME! I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND SKIN YOU ALIVE!"
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At a certain café in Europe…
A shiver went down the spine of a man drinking a cup of hot coffee. Putting the cup down, the man looks at the sky and raises an eye brow. "Some one must be thinking of ways to get rid of me… hmm, I wonder where I should go next…" Scratching his head, the man's face scrunch up as something picked at the back of his head.
"Why do I have a feeling that I'd forget someone that has something to do with a school and a curse…?" The man asks before he shrugs and went back to his coffee. "Oh well. I guess it's not important…"
Oh how wrong he was…
(MX: (looks accusingly at APH) I get the feeling your planning something)
(APH: Ask no questions and you'll get no lies )
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'Hmm… to think that an elf would be found here…' Negi muses to himself as he walks around the 'deep library', familiaring himself with the place as well as looking for any interesting articles that by any chance he would come back here , he could borrow them to study. 'Still, I wonder why she is here…' Turning a corner, Negi froze as right before his eyes; three naked girls are bathing will playing with the water. "Ah…"
(MX: KIIIIIITAAAAAAAAAA)
"Eh…?" Ku Fei and Makie stop what they were doing and stare wide eyed at the kid as Kaede just raises an eye brow. "KYAAA! NEGI-KUN IS SO ECCHI!"
"S-S-S-SORRY!" Negi exclaims as he tries to run away, only to be grabbed by the shirt as Kaede lift him up into the air.
"Well, well…" The ninja girl says as she teases the child, who tries to get away by flailing his arms wildly. '…I'm sure Sarah won't mind me a having little fun…'
"Fufufu… Oh look! He's all red! He's so cute!" Makie squeaked out as she pokes a finger at Negi's face.
"Negi-bouzo is ten years old after all… Are you interested in naked girls aru?" Ku Fei asks innocently with a mischievous grin on her face as she playfully pulled on Negi's cheek.
"…Ah… um… I-I'm used to seeing my sister…" Negi begins before he realize his mistake as he blush redder. "…A-AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN LIKE ME HAS ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST WHAT SO EVER IN ANYTHING LIKE NAKED GIRLS!"
"EEP!" Ku Fei and Makie exclaim before they crawl into a ball and rocks to and fro.
"N-Negi-kun is so mean…" Makie mumbled as she silently cries to herself.
"T-THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT! I-I…!" The child teacher stuttered as Kaede decided to put him down. Upon that chance, he ran as fast as he could out of that place, only to run head first into a half naked Sarah. "AH!"
"Eh? Negi-sama?" Sarah asks as she watches her charge cover his eyes quickly and start to side step away before blushing as she realize the reason. "Oops… my bad…" With that, she turns the child so he won't hit any obstacle and ushered him out. "…Watch out where you're going! SMACK! …And I'm so sure he won't hit that shelf too…"
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"…this… is getting nowhere…" Asuna says before she plants her head into the make-shift table of a wooden crate, smacking her forehead against a thick text book and cursing to herself.
"I agree aru… I'm having a headache." Ku Fei says with a moaned as she rubs at her head.
"…Err…" Kaede mumbled as she turned her book this way and that, completely clueless about where to begin and where to end.
"Negi-kun… can we PLEASE rest now…" Makie whines as she collapses onto the wooden crate in front of her with several purple lines appearing under her left eye.
Yue and Konoka can be seen lying on the shore with make shift bathing suits from their uniform as they continues to read books. Being two of the four smart people there, they don't really need to study at all. And to quote the short yet stoic girl: "I hate studying…"
Negi right now has a huge sweat drop on his head as the corner of his mouth twitch now and then. It's fine if you teach a class full of bakas that keeps getting into weird situations now and then… but teaching four particular bakas how to study is… well, nearly impossible.
Lastly but not surprisingly, Sarah is also reading a book on top of a book shelf. A small smile is on her lips as her eyes moved here and there, eagerly taking in the information. What could be so interested you ask? Well, does the title Ways to Torture Human answer that question? (APH: …Remind me later to stay on her good side.) (MX: bit too late mate)
How in the world did they end up here in the first place? Well, to answer that question, we'll have to give a quick summary of what happened a few hours ago. After the Baka Rangers grabbed enough books, they'd somehow found a black board with white chalk as well as five wooden crates that were lying on a shore near the lake… What really surprised them is that they were already in the position they are in when they arrived. Sarah of course had a suspicion that it had something to do with a certain old man… but Yuki dismissed that saying that it was already there for quite some time now. Speaking of Yuki, Negi had formally met the small elf and had instantly taking on a liking to her. As for Asuna… well, she also met the small elf… but they didn't seem to get along for some reason…as for everything else this editor has tried to fill the gaps, for where I have failed please use your imagination.
(MX: BOOYA Kyon like narration, I have always wanted to do that since watching Suzumiya Haruhi episode one, WATCH IT IF YOU HAVENT!)
Now back to the present. Negi now finds himself in a corner as two of the four remaining Baka Rangers, namely Ku Fei and Makie, beg him to let them rest. For the past few hours, they'd covered the entire course of math, and are about to move onto the subject of English. Since they're in Japan and it's their native language, Japanese was deemed the least important subject as of now. And of course, after English comes science and then history… but let's get back to the matter at hand. Like we said, THEY'RE STUCK ON ENGLISH!
"Oh! I know!" Ku Fei suddenly exclaimed as a way of studying yet having fun at the same time pops into her head. "We can do 'decopin'!"
"Eh…? 'Decopin'…?" Sarah asks as what Ku Fei said caught her attention.
"Eh? How we do that?" Konoka asks with a confused face as Ku Fei stands up straight to explain.
"We're going to quiz each other. If a person answered it correctly, they're fine… But if they answered wrong, they'll receive a 'decopin' aru!"
"But the point is… what IS it?" Asuna asks with a frustrated frown on her face.
"Oh, it's basically a flick to the forehead, like this." Ku Fei says as she steps up to a book shelf and flicks it, causing it to break into its individual pieces as they were sent flying a few feet away.
"…Eh…!" Asuna and Makie mumbled as their face pale at the demonstration.
"Soka, so like this?" Kaede asks as she steps up to another book shelf and repeated the action, and watched as the same thing happens… only the remains of the bookshelf flew a little further.
"EEEEEEEEEEKKKK!" Asuna and Makie squeaked as their jaws dropped onto the ground.
"Oh, so it's like this?" Sarah ask as she also repeat the action to another book shelf, only this time the wood becomes splinters as the books were sent flying into a rock, creating craters in them, completely terrifying baka red and pink.
"Alright… first question…" Yue says completely unaffected by the display of strength as she flipped a book open while Konoka giggles madly.
"WE'LL DIE!" Asuna and Makie both exclaimed as a huge sweat drop appeared on both their heads.
"Daijobou! Humans are quite sturdy aru!" Ku Fei says with a confident smile while Kaede continues to do that relaxed smile. Sarah also gives them a small smile, although that maniac light in her eyes suggested other wise.
"THAT'S A LIE!" Asuna shouts as tears pour from her eyes like a fountain.
"NEGI-KUN! SAVE US!" Makie shouts with similar expression before she was snapped out of it. "Eh?" Said teacher is lightly snorting away on his make-shift desk as what just occurred completely passed over his head. "Oh my!"
"…Can't be helped… Sensei is just a ten year old after all." Yue says with the ever stoic face. Yet her tones suggested a slight worried look in them.
"It looks like it's night time then…" Asuna observed before she looked at her fellow students. "So what now?"
Shrugging off her 'jacket' and draping it over her charge, Sarah secured it before she stands up and snapped her book shut with a bam! Checking his wrist, Sarah finds only one black circle around it. 'So one more day to go eh?' "…There's nothing left to do but to study. Konoka and I will help the rest of you in English while Yue can help you in what ever she feels like… or she can just self-study."
"…Sounds good to me…" The shortest girl says before she grabs a science text book and walks over to her table. "Alright then… who needs science help…?"
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On the surface a few hours later…
The rest of the student body is now doing their best to memorize things for the final. After much panicking, Nodoka had once again surprised them with her determination as well as steady voice. Suggesting a group study, the whole 2-A eagerly accept it as they divide people up for different subjects. As it is, things are going well…
"It's tomorrow ne, Ayaka?" Chizuru asks the class president, who's studying as hard as she can with a face of concentration.
"Eh? Oh, gomen… yea, it's tomorrow…" The inncho says before a sad face settles on. "…I wish Negi-sensei is okay… heck, I'm even worry about that gorilla!"
"…Daijobou… I'm sure they're fine." Choa says with a pat on Ayaka's back before she walked over to another table to help.
"…I hope you're right…"
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"…" Negi slowly stirred from his peaceful sleep as he slowly lift his head up. "…Ah… must had fallen asleep…" Just then, he notices something. He didn't have a pillow before… Looking down, he finds himself staring at a pair of legs… Following them to their owner, Negi can only stare as he finds Sarah continues to read a book with absolutely no trace that she noticed what'd happened. "Ah!"
"…You're awake…" The caretaker says before she flips a page. Looking up for a moment, she glance at Negi with half-lid eyes. "How are you feeling?"
"…F-Fine… thank you…" The child teacher answered before he looks over his shoulder to see that the rest of the party members are all asleep… save for Makie, who probably went somewhere to do Kami knows what. "…How long was I out?"
"I say for about a few hours…" Yuki answers as she lifts herself on top of Sarah's head. "Negi-nii-sama sleeps like a rock."
"…D-do I now… hehehe…" Negi asks as he reddens from embarrassment. "…Ah! How long is it till the final? Rumblerumblerumblerumble… Eh?"
SPLASH! "KYAAAAA! NEGI-KUN! SAVE ME!" Makie exclaims as she, alone with the giant stone statue from before burst out from the lake near where the rest of them are, snapping all others up from the peaceful dreams only to have their eyes become saucer like at the reappearance of the golem.
"DAMN IT! THAT STONE THINGY IS BACK!" Asuna screams as she jumps into a defense position.
"IT'S A GOLEM!" Yue says correcting the other girl as she back steps a little. Being the only non-athletic Baka Ranger has its disadvantage.
"It must have fallen with us back then aru-yo!" Ku Fei exclaims as she also strike a defensive pose.
"…Shouldn't we help Makie-dono?" Kaede asks as she watch Makie flail her arms wildly, trying her best to loosen the golem's grip to no extent.
"Aycha…! What should we do now?" Konoka asks as she peeks out from Sarah's back… who has no idea how she got there in the first place.
"Hohoho!" The statue laugh as it look at the frighten Makie as well as the stiffen the Baka Rangers. What it really worrying is a certain reddish-blonde that looks annoyed.
"D-DON'T WORRY MY STUDENTS!" Negi exclaims as he rushed up to the front with his staff. "I'LL PROTECT YOU! SPIRITS OF LIGHT! GATHERS AND STRIKE DOWN MY FOE! TAKE THIS! MAGIC ARROWS!"
"Nani!" The statue exclaims as the others also stare in shock… not because of what their teacher had just done… but because of the huge letters that says 'silence' flow over Negi's head. "…edo…"
"Ma…" Kaede starts as she looks back at the kid; foreign stupidity as she knows has just stepped up a level.
"Magic arrow…?" Ku Fei asks with biddy eyes as she stares at Negi like he's crazy. Makie and the statue share a look before they both sweat dropped at him.
'Oh crap… I still don't have my magic power…!' Negi thought as he noticed the black circle that is still on his wrist.
'That baka…' Asuna and Sarah shared the same thought as Yuki stifle her giggles inside Sarah's pocket.
'Magic arrow…?' Yue thought suspiciously as her eyes narrowed just a bit. Konoka, of course, is still our lovable girl, completely clueless.
'Hoho… that was close...' The golem thought as it sweat dropped before its voice boomed out loud. "HOHOHO! YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE HERE ALIVE! MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP! IT TAKES THREE DAYS TO GET THROUGHT THE MAZE AND BACK!"
"N-NANI!" Makie exclaims, completely forgetting her position for once as she gaped at the golem like a gold fish.
"…Three days…" Yue says as her brows furrowed in frustration and panic.
"WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT TO THE FINAL ARU!" Ku Fei shouts to Negi with panic in her voice as well. Kaede is being Kaede as well as Konoka… Sarah is a completely different case.
'You wish you geezer…' The caretaker thought as her left eye brow twitched a few times.
"E-EVERYONE! DON'T GIVE UP!" Negi shouts with black dotted eyes as he sweats bullets. "AS LONG AS I HAVE MY STAFF! I'LL USE MAGIC TO HELP US MUHHHHHHH!"
"H-HEY NEGI/NEGI-SAMA!" Sarah and Asuna exclaim as they both clap their hands over Negi's mouth.
"Eh? Magic?" Konoka asks only to be reassured that there is no such thing as magic… completely ignoring that a stone golem just stands a few yards away from them.
"A-ANYWAY! I CAN'T GIVE UP! WE WON'T GIVE UP!" Asuna shouts as determination sets into her eyes.
"WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE BEFORE TOMORROW'S EXAM!" Sarah also says before glaring at her charge. "And if you ever make another stupid mistake like that… I'll squish you!"
"…H-hai… and Asuna-san! I know you were doing it for my sake as well…!" Negi says with tears of gratitude leaking from his eyes only to be smacked on the head by the girl.
"WRONG! A-ANYWAY! LET'S LOOK FOR AN EXIT!" Asuna says as her head turns this way and that.
"HOHOHO! IT'S NO USE! THERE'S NO EXIT! THERE IS NO ESCAPE!" 'But there's an elevator…' The statue thought before it started to advance onto the party.
"Why don't I go and grab our stuff, while you guys go have some fun with the purdy golem?" Konoka said before she skipped off towards where all their equipment was kept. Just then, something caught Yue's eyes.
"LOOK!" The girl exclaims before taking another sip from a juice pack. "LOOK AT WHERE THE GOLEM'S NECK IS!"
"What?" Everyone chorused as they look at the indicated direction. And sure enough, there lies the book that they were searching for. How it's still dry is another mystery though…
(MX: Miracle of FanFiction )
"IS THAT THE BOOK OF MER-WHATEVERISH?" Asuna asks as she points a finger at said book.
'…That must have fallen with us back then…' Negi thought as he clearly recalling seeing the book falling with them.
"ALRIGHT! WE'RE TAKING THAT BOOK! MAKEI-SAN! KU FEI-SAN! KAEDE-SAN!" Yue exclaims as she pointed a finger at the book. "GO!"
"Roger!" The three girls chorused before they leaped into action… well, two of them anyway.
"I'LL SHOW YOU THE POWER OF A MEMBER OF THE CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS RESEARCH FACILITY!" Ku Fei shouts as she dashed forwards and lashed out with a powerful punch that created cracks in the golem's leg. "HYA!"
"NANI!" The golem exclaims as its hand loosens and Makie used that time to leap out and into Kaede's arms, but not before she uses her ribbon and snatched the book away. "AAH! GIVE THAT BACK!"
"KYAA! SUCCESSS!" Makie exclaims as she cuddles the book in her chest while Kaede carries her off bridle style. The ninja girl dashed out away from the golem the first second her feet touched the ground. The rest soon followed.
"A-Amazing!" Negi says before his eyes lit up. "THE BAKA RANGERS REALLY ARE AWESOME AT ATHLETICS!"
" OTSU! WE GOT THE BOOK! NOW WHAT?" Asuna asks as she steps up so she's side by side with Yue.
"WE LOOK FOR A SHORTCUT BACK TO THE SURFACE!" The stoic girl commanded as she started to bark orders while still finding time to sip her juice. "MAKIE-SAN! HOLD THAT BOOK! KU FEI-SAN AND KAEDE-SAN WILL SLOW THE GOLEM DOWN IF IT'S ABSOLUTLY NECESSARY! SARAH-SAN AND ASUNA-SAN! LOOK OUT FOR NEGI-SENSEI! KONOKA-SAN, GIVE ME MY BAG!"
'…Amazing… uuh! If I have my magic…' Negi thought as he looked at his staff. 'B-but if everyone finds out… I'll be deported back home… I've got no choice but to run for it!'
"AH! WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM!" Makie exclaims as a narrow bridge comes into view. It can fit about two people at a time… the only problem is, they DON'T have time. "NARROW BRIDGE UP AHEAD!"
"…KAEDE! GRAB MAKIE AND KONOKA AND TURN RIGHT! KU FEI, YUE LEFT! I'LL GO WITH ASUNA AND NEGI-SAMA FOR THE BRIDGE. EVERYTHING CLEAR?" Sarah barked as she noticed that both ways leaded to the opposite side.
"YES MA'AM!" Kaede and Ku Fei exclaims before they both grabbed their respective escort(s) and separated the first and only cross road they come across. Asuna, Sarah, and Negi continue down towards and onto the bridge. Like all other places in the library, the bridge is framed by tall book shelves that are a few feet away from the bridge itself, giving just enough room for the golem to move, but not fast.
"I TOLD YOU THERE'S NO ESCAPE! JUST GIVE UP AND LET ME CATCH YOU!" The golem says as it charged after the group that went for the bridge.
"LIKE HELL WE WILL!" Asuna shouts as she sticks her tongue out at it. With that, she continues to dash down the long yet narrow bridge… only to find that there is no surface below her but water…? "What the…! EEK!"
Responding in no time, Sarah quickly picked up her 'escorts' and starts to run on the book shelves as she picks up speed, making Asuna's eyes to budge as Negi's jaw drop but for entirely different reasons.
"S-S-S-SARAH-SAN! I'D TOLD YOU NO WALL RUNNING! I STILL HAVEN'T REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME!"
"TOO BAD!" Sarah says playfully before she tosses the two 'escorts' forward with enough strength that she's sure they'll make back to the other side before jumping into mid air and collecting a gigantic ball of magic on top of her head. "EAT THIS!"
"SH-SHIMATA!" The golem exclaims as it was smacked backward after getting hit head first by that magic blast.
"HMPH! SERVE YOU RIGHT!" Sarah says triumphal as she also landed onto the other side.
"HEY GUYS! LOOK! AN EMERGENCY EXIT!" Makie shouts not far away from the trio as she points at a door that has the mark 'exit' on top of it.
"…then WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS OPENING IT!" Asuna asks as she dashed towards the exit with Negi and Sarah just a step behind.
"It says… 'what is the past tense of 'read'?'" Yue says, causing Asuna to trip and slide face first over towards the other.
"…Why are they asking this at a time like this aru?" Ku Fei asks as Kaede send a flying kick at the golem, who somehow caught up to them. "Oh wait! I know this! It's read! Slide! YATA!"
"WOW! SUGOI!" Makie says as the door slid open with no problem.
"NO TIME! INSIDE!" Sarah shouts as she pushed the rest of the group inside before picking up a confused Konoka and dashed inside with Kaede not far behind.
"W-WAIT!"
"Don't tell me, but is it because of the book?" Makie asks as she held up the book.
"I don't know! I just felt smarter all of a sudden…!" Ku Fei answered honestly, she did recall holding the book for a few seconds as Makie slipped before.
"EH? NOW WHAT!" Asuna exclaims as she witnesses a series of winding stairs that lead all the way up to Kami knows where.
"A SPIRAL STAIR CASE!" Yue exclaims as she takes another sip of her juice.
"CAN WE EVEN CLIMB THAT!" Konoka asks as her eyes widen at the sheer amount of steps that are visible for now.
"JUST CLIMB!" Makie shouted as the golem broke into the entrance and is now slowly advancing onto them.
"IT'S FUTILE! GIVE THAT BOOK BACK!" The golem bellowed only to sweat drop as it watched the group charging up the stairs, leaving behind a trail of dust in their wake. "F-FAST!"
"EEEESH! THIS IS EVEN HARDER THAN CLUB TRAINING!" Makie whines as she already starts to pant. "SOMEONE CARRY ME!"
"NO TIME! JUST RUN!" Ku Fei sang as a heart float out at the end of the sentence and she held her hands high above her head and let the sleeves flap against her arms.
"GIVE THAT BOOK BACK!" The statue shouts as it also starts to climb the stair, abide more slowly.
"NEVER! OOF!" Ku Fei shouts only to run into Kaede, "EH," making her push Sarah forward, "AH," who in turn pushes Konoka forward, "AYCHA," who accidentally tripped Asuna, "WHAT THE," who grabbed Yue, "AH," who lost balance and pushed Makie, "EEK," who also lost balance and pushed forward at Negi, whose face, unlucky, smashed into the stone wall that was the reason why everyone stopped at that very moment, "OUCH!"
"WHY IS THERE ANOTHER WALL!" Asuna curse as she rubs at her shine.
"This one says 'what is the value of 'x' in the diagram below?'" Yue says as she reads the inscription on the wall.
"…I know! X equals 46 degrees!" Kaede suddenly answered as she held the book high above her head. The expedition cheered as the wall slide inward, and soon everyone was on their merry way once again. This process repeats itself quite a few times. Each time a different area, and each time a different Baka Ranger answered them, with or without the book. They were slowly making their way to the end of the stairs as everyone rejoiced and double their pace… only to watch in horror as Yue tripped on a root.
"AH!"
"YUE-CHAN/YUE-SAN/YUE!"
"I-I caught my foot there… oh this tree roots…" Yue says as her face scrunch up in a show of pain.
"Y-YOU ALRIGHT!" Kaede asks from the head of the group as she looks down at the short girl.
"N-Negi-sensei… please go on without me…" Yue says as she held up the book for the teacher to take. "As long as the book is safe… we'll be out of the lowest rank…"
"I… I CAN'T DO THAT!" Negi exclaims before he crouch in front of the injured girl. "HERE! I'LL CARRY YOU!"
"…Un…" Yue blushes as she climb onto the child… only to blush even more as Negi falls face first into the stair. "…I guess you can't do it…"
"NO TIME!" Sarah suddenly shouts as she lift up Yue and toss her towards Kaede, who catches her and said 'nin-nin' at the same time. "GOT TO GO!"
"H-HEY YOU ALRIGHT!" Asuna asks as she and Negi was ushered up the stairs by a frantic Sarah, who keeps an eye on the ever advancing statue.
"H-HAI!" And so, the group continues to answer more questions as they stop once in a while to look at those annoying stone walls as well as the stupid golem. But of course, sometimes they can't help but stare, for who in their right mind would put 'what is the name of this thing' and show a picture of a badly drown flower to them… but hey, thats life…
"BLEEP! EH?" Looking down at her cell phone, Yue's face lit up as she sees two bars on the signal bar. "I'VE GOT SOME RECEPTION! I'M GOING TO CALL ABOVE GROUND FOR SOME HELP!"
"A-Above ground?" Makie asks as she pants from all the running they'd done.
"A-AH! LOOK EVERYONE, AN EXPRESS ELEVATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP FLOOR!" Negi suddenly exclaims as he points a finger at the end of the stairs. And sure enough, there it is! Lo and behold, an elevator that reaches all the way to the top!
"Where did that come from?" Ku Fei asks with biddy eyes before she shrugged and pushed the up bottom.
"C-can we get back up with this?" Konoka asks as she lean against Sarah, who looks like nothing happened as the caretaker arch an eye brow at the girl.
"I don't know… DIN! But we're about to find out!" Yue says as the elevator's doors opened. "EVERYONE IN!"
"A-ALRIGHT! WE MADE IT! NOW LET'S GO!" Asuna shouts as she pushes the bottom that marks '1F' with a grin… onto to stare at a voice says the one sentence that no one wants to hear at a time like this…: "Over weight!"
"…N-NOOOOOO!" All party members exclaim with their eyes turn into saucers will their mouth hang wide open.
"M-MOVE!" Sarah suddenly shouts as she produces several chains of kunais, hand some to Kaede, and the two throw them all down at once… except that the voice still says the same thing…: "OVER WEIGHT!"
"IIIIEEEEEEEEE!" The party members exclaim again as tears now starts to gather around their eyes. They were looking at each other and start to get all sorts of ideas…
"H-Hey, Asuna… how much do you weight?" Makie asks as said girl gape and glare at her.
"I-I'M NOT HEAVY OR FAT! You should ask Ku Fei!"
"A-ASUNA! JUST BECAUSE I EAT A LOT DOESN'T MEAN I'M FAT! ASK KAEDE!"
"…Ma… I'm probably having less fat than all of you combined… ask Sarah…"
"H-HEY! JUST BECAUSE I CARRIED ALL THOSE THINGS DOESN'T MEAN I'M FAT! Ask Yue!"
"…No way… ask Konoka…"
"Aycha… I'm not fat!"
"Guys!" Negi suddenly exclaims as he puts on foot out of the elevator and the notice of over weight stopped. "Look! We're only off by a little bit! Let's see what unneeded things we can throw away!"
The girls look at one another before they nodded, and start to take off their clothing.
"AWAWAWA! THAT'S NOT…!" Negi starts only to get smacked in the face by a shoe. From who, he can't tell thanks too all that madness.
"SHUT UP AND CLOSE YOUR EYES!" All the girls exclaim as Negi slaps both hands over his eyes and stood as still as possible. Yuki, during all the chaos, had floated behind and hid herself in Sarah's hair, which is thick enough to hide her efficiently. Once all the jackets, shoes, shirts, and skirts are off, Asuna pushed the bottom once more… only to hear: "OVER WEIGHT!"
"OUSOOOOOOOO!" The girls exclaimed again as they soon starts to take off their bras and panties and socks. (MX: I'm in HEAVEN!) Throwing those out too, Asuna once again tries to push the bottom…: "OVER WEIGHT!"
"NO USE! JUST AS WE THOUGHT!" All party members exclaim as tears now freely jetted from their eyes as everyone shared the same expression. Just then, a large stone hand appears at the stairs, and soon the golem's head follows.
"OHOHO! I'VE GOT YOU NOW!" It says with a triumphant tone as it slowly raised itself up.
(RSP: why didn't the nosebleeding force him off the stairs?)
(MX: he can't see detail, its infra-red)
"IIIIIYYYAAAAAANN!" All the girls excluding Sarah shouts with tears jetting out of their eyes like twin fountains as they cover themselves as best them as they can. Just then, Negi charged out of the elevator and held the staff high.
"N-NEGI!" Makie exclaims as she watches the teacher strike a defensive pose at the statue.
"MINA! PLEASE GO AHEAD WITHOUT ME AND TAKE THE EXAM! I'LL HOLD IT OFF AND CATCH UP LATER!" The child says with determination as he lower himself further.
"NEGI! YOU…!" Asuna starts as she looks at the kid's back. '…You can't use magic yet!'
"Damn it! GET BACK IN HERE NOW!" Sarah shouts as she tries to pull him in, only to have her hand smack away by Negi's staff. "WHA!"
"I'll defend my students no matter what… so please go on without me…" Negi says before he twirled his staff and held it high in front of him. "GOLEM! I'LL BE YOUR OPPONENT!"
"HOHOHO! YOU'VE GOT ADMIRABLE COURAGE!" It says before it raises one giant hand and shot it forward towards the child. "TAKE THIS!"
"DON'T!" A voice shouts as a hand grabbed Negi and pulled him out of range.
"AH!" Looking back, he sees himself being held by no one but Asuna. "A-ASUNA-SAN!"
"WHY DO YOU THINK WE CAME TO A PLACE SO DANGEROUS LIKE THIS!" The girl snapped as she glared at Negi. "If you're gone, then it's pointless to avoid being last!"
"B-BUT THE GOLEM-!"
"SCREW THE GOLEM! IT'S ALL THAT BOOKS FAULT!" Konoka snapped as she held the book above her head, ready to toss it when it's snatched out of her hand. "EH?"
"A-AH! THE BOOK!" Negi shouts as Sarah reared back her arm with the book tightly clenched in her hand.
"AH!" Ku Fei exclaims as she held up an arm and tried to stop Sarah.
"…" Yue stare as the book was poised for a mighty throw.
"…" Makie's eyes widen as what's about to happen registered into her mind.
"…I knew it…" Kaede mumbled as she sweat dropped.
"SCREW THIS! WE'RE GOING UP!" With that, she threw the book with all her might at the golem… which is a lot, and watch in satisfaction as it smacked against its face with a resounding SMACK!
"OH! AAAHHH! S-SHIMATA!" It cursed as it loose its balance and starts a long descend all the way down to the bottom of the stairs…
"Limit acceptable…" The voice says as the sign din-ed okay.
"AH! IT STOPPED!" Makie says happily before the entire group jumped into the elevator happily. As the elevator starts its trip up to the surface, all the members sank onto their rare and breathe a collective sigh of relief.
"I thought we're doomed for back there aru." Ku Fei says as she scratches the back of her head.
"The Library Island is terrifying!" Makie says with spirals instead of eyes.
"I thought it was fun!" Konoka says as a heart appears after the sentence.
"G-guys… the book…" Negi says before he got whacked in the head by his own caretaker.
"Baka… it doesn't matter. Besides, we're all safe ne?" Sarah says before something registered in her mind. "Oh, that's right… COVER YOUR EYES YOU PERVERT!"
"KYAAAH! NEGI-KUN/NEGI/NEGI-BOUZO!" SMACK!
"WHY ME!"
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"Where are they?" Ayaka asks as she bits her nail as the Baka Rangers and their sensei continues to be missing. Right now, everyone is already taking their seats for the final exam as a substitute already took Negi's place for it.
"Daijobou… they'll be fine." Chizuru whispered to her and patted her shoulder reassuringly.
'T-this isn't good… even if there are only five Baka Rangers, with them all getting five, our score will be reduced greatly…' Ayaka thought as a thought bubble of the Baka Rangers' chibi version laugh at her. 'And then there's Konoka-san… where is she!' A bubble with chibi-Konoka skipping around inside with a carefree smile on her face while humming happily. 'Finally, Sarah-san… DAMN THAT PERSON! SHE MUST'D KIDNAPPED NEGI-SENSEI ALL FOR HERSELF!' A bubble of chibi-Sarah with a tied up chibi-Negi next to her while laughing evilly. 'THAT MEANS ME AND NEGI-SENSEI'S FUTURE…!' A bubble with Negi and Ayaka holding hands while wearing wedding gowns shattered into millions of pieces in one second. 'I WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN!' Suddenly standing up, Ayaka turned around and addressed the whole classroom. "MINA-SAN! I'M EXPECTING YOU ALL TO EXERT AN EXTRA FIFTEEN PERCENT ON TODAY'S FINAL!"
"EEEEEEEHHH!"
"T-that's impossible…" Haruna says with a sweat drop.
"Eh, what should I do!" Fumika moaned as she lean back into her chair in defeat.
"AH! They're right there!" Natsumi suddenly exclaims as she flatten herself against the window.
"EH!"
"WHERE!"
"THERE! GO BAKA RANGERS!"
"EVERYONE, BACK TO YOUR SEATS!"
"HAI!"
Outside at the entrance of the building, the Baka Rangers plus three (and a half) panted at all the running around school, with Kaede carrying Yue while Sarah carrying Konoka. Yuki had to stay in the dorm after a short trip to get clothing. Of course, the first impression she has of Kamo is… well, she don't like him.
"Aya, late I see…" Shizuna says as she walks toward the group with a smile on. "A separate room was prepared for you guys. The examiner is…"
"No other than me!" Nita suddenly appears out of nowhere and starts to drag all seven girls into the building. "YOU GUYS ARE COMING WITH ME NOW!"
"LIKE WE HAVE A CHOICE!" They all whine as they were dragged into a room.
"GOOD LUCK GUYS! Because of me… the magic book was lost…" Negi, who'd follow them so far, shouted after them as the group was just about to enter the room.
"Don't worry aru!" Ku Fei says with a beaming smile.
"Even without it, we'll try hard!" Makie says as she stifles a yawn.
"Clear your mind, and the flame will cool!" Kaede says as she puts Yue down.
"Thanks for tagging along though, Negi-sensei!" Yue says with a small bow before she limbed over to an empty seat.
"I'll see you later Negi-kun!" Konoka says with a wave and a wink before she also takes a seat.
"Negi-sama, don't worry, I'm the one that threw it away." Sarah says with a small smile before she turned her back on him. "Go get some rest. You'll need it."
"…Negi…" Asuna starts as she puts a hand on his shoulder. "It'll all be fine! We'll somehow pull out from the last place."
"…Asuna-san…" Negi mumbled as a worried frown appeared on his face…
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"Even if we say that…" Ku Fei mumbled as she gives off a huge yawn.
"W-why math…?" Kaede asks as for once, both her eyes are open.
"…" Yue is sort of dosing off next to Kaede as she starts to nod.
"My mind can't concentrate…" Makie whined as she resisted the urge to smack herself.
"…sleepy…" Asuna mumbled as she looked at the test questions one by one. Answering some by auto pilot and leave those that are confusing for later. Konoka meanwhile is smiling a tired smile as she writes answers down with half-lid eyes. Sarah is also writing answers down… but she's pinching herself once every now and then to keep herself awake.
Negi can only watch through the window with a worried expression as he wonders at his options. 'What should I do… everyone's tired… even SARAH is tired…' Just then, a small wind picked up as Negi once again felt rejuvenated. "AH! The seal wore off! Alright…!" Producing a small white flower, Negi held it to his face as he starts a chant. "Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Aroma of Flower, To My Allies, Restore Their Energy and Vitality With a Soft Wind… Refresh…" Finishing the chant, he held the flower towards the girls as it started to glow and a small wind picked up, washing over the seven girls as each and every one of them started to feel energy coursing through them once again.
'Wha…?' Asuna wonders as her mind become a lot clearer.
'This… feels nice…' Konoka thought as her eyes fully opened as she starts to scribble answers at a faster rate.
'Smelled nice…' Makie thought as she starts to answer all the questions she skipped.
'I suddenly felt enthusiastic…' Ku Fei thought as a small smile appeared on her lips.
'I'm not sleepy anymore…' Yue thought as she stops nodding and starts answering.
'My head is clear…' Kaede thought as she close her eyes for a second to enjoy the wind.
'…Negi-sama… arigatou…' Sarah thought as a smile grace her lips and she increased her rate of answering to almost as fast as Konoka. 'Now then… time to finish this…'
'That's all I can do for now…' Negi thought as he watches as everyone starts to write at a faster rate. 'Mina… gonbadei!'
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Time had past quickly as now the tests of the Baka Rangers plus two (minus Negi) are now in the hands of Shizuna as she continues to mark them. A smile play on her lips as she continued to see the progress the made. Just then, the principal walked in and limped his way over to her. "S-Shizuna-sensei… might massaging my back?"
"Iie, not at all." The woman says as she instructed him to lie down and she started on her work, only to gasp at all the tension she felt in them. "Oh my… what WERE you doing?"
"Hohoho… well… hm?" Konoemon stopped as he noticed the stack of paper lying on the desk. "Are those…?"
"Hai, it's Asuna and the other's test." Shizuna answered with a proud smile. "They're doing fine so far."
"Oh… soka… and thanks for the massage, I'll grade them…" And so, the test winds up in the principal's hands…
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A large amount of students are gathered around a large flat screen television that was hanging from the ceiling as they awaited for their results…
"Man… our school turns into a festival every time this happens…" Asuna mumbled as she looks around her with an annoyed look.
"It's coming soon aru!" Ku Fei says as she bounces from foot to foot.
"I wonder if we'll be okay… I mean Negi-kun did try his best…" Makie moaned as she stares at the screen.
"I wonder… we did study… but it was only for one day…" Yue says as she glanced over to the child teacher. Negi, having heard that, dropped his head as a frown replaced his eagerness.
"Hey!" Asuna says as she tapped at his head with a fist. "Keep your head up! We'd done all we could ne?"
"Negi-bouzo, I'm pretty confident about it. You should be too." Kaede says with she bent down to Negi's eye level and regarded him with one open eye.
"Ma, don't worry too much. I'm sure everything will be fine." Sarah says with a small smile, but on the inside, a chibi-Sarah is jumping around with anxiety.
"Mina-san! Thank you for the wait! We'll now be announcing the score of this term's final!" The screen suddenly changed to show a girl with twin pig tails with a mike in her hand and a beaming smile on her face. "Eighth grade's average is about 73.4 this year. For the midterm, it was 76.1, so it's a bit hard ne?"
"QUIT MESSING AROUND!"
"ANNOUNCE THE SCORE ALREADY!"
"MOU! I'M WORRIED!"
"OKAY, OKAY! Just trying to lighten the mood! Sheesh!" The girl says before she held up a clip board and look down at it. "Alright, the first place is… (Drum roll) … class A-…!"
"Eh! Could it be!" Negi asks as his hope sky rocketed at that moment.
"-F! WITH AVERAGE 80.8"
"…We didn't make it… But there are still other places!" Makie says as her hope lit up again.
"Second place! Class A-…"
"Alright!" Kaede says as she clenches her jaw.
"Class A… class A…" Asuna mumbled as she clenches her fists.
"-S! WITH AVERAGE 78.9" All the Baka Rangers face faulted before picking themselves up.
"There's the next one!" Yue says as her eyes harden with determination.
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"T-this can't be right! She's already announcing the tenth!" Ayaka asks as she watched from Chisame's laptop.
"This is bad…" The 'onee-chan' of the class, Chizuru says as she bit her lower lip.
"The eleventh place…!"
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"WHY ISN'T 2-A COMING OUT!" Makie asks as her eyes starts to tear up.
"D-don't worry yet, there are three classes…" Ku Fei says, although she's not so sure herself.
"The twenty-second class… Second grade, P class! 70.8"
"WAAAH! THIS DOESN'T LOOKS GOOD!" Sarah says as she starts to panic.
"If the next isn't 2-A…" Yue whispered as she chews the inside of her cheeks.
"...we'll be last…" Kaede finishes the sentence as she bite at her finger.
'I wonder if it's the right thing to throw away that book now…' Sarah thought as she guilt starts to rise up.
"The next one is the booby prize!"
"2-A…!" Makie says as she clenches her fist. Suddenly, she find her courage as determination sets in. "2-A… 2-A! 2-A! 2-A!"
"…2-A! 2-A! 2-A!" The whole Baka Rangers soon joined in, which then dragged the presented members of 2-A into it also as the announcer paused for effect.
"The twenty-third place is… 69.5! Eighth grade, class K!"
"…Nani…?" Asuna asks as the whole Baka Rangers turns into white marble statues.
"…Not good…" Sarah says with her jaws almost touching the floor.
"That means…" Negi says before…
"WE WERE LAST?" The whole campus trembled at the amazing volume of the class of 2-A as they cried in shock and disappointment.
"A-Average of 69.4... we're only off by .1!" Konoka says as she blinked at the monitor of Chisame's laptop.
"…No way… only 0.1 more…" Ayaka says as she starts to blame herself. "Why can't I get one more problem right… JUST ONE MORE!"
"Ma, ma… you've done enough…" Chizuru says as she hugs the class president to comfort her. "We'd got ten percent more than usual right?"
"DEMO! My Negi-sensei is…!"
"…Negi-sensei…" Nodoka whispered as Ayaka openly cried into the shoulder of Chizuru while Natsumi also joined her best friend to comfort the poor girl.
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Later, we found the duo consisted of Negi and Sarah walking towards the train station with all their stuff in hand. Both have their own thoughts in mind.
'Just… one more problem…' Sarah thought as she sighs in self defeat and guilt.
'…Onee-chan… I'm coming home now… the training didn't work out…' Negi thought as he paused at the front gate of Mahora and glance over his shoulder. 'Even though everyone tried hard… I'm happy.'
"Ma… it was fun…" Sarah says as she tried an optimistic approach to cheer her charge up.
"…Hai… it was fun…" Negi says before he turns fully towards the school and gives a formal bow at the waist.
"Aniki… don't worry. I'm sure it'll be alright." Kamo says as he climbs onto Negi's shoulder.
"Negi-nii-sama, don't blame yourself too much. You did your best." Yuki says as she climb out of Sarah's traveling cloak's breast pocket. "Beside, I always want to see Wales… you can show me around ne?" The elf says trying to cheer her new found friend up as a smiled to herself, which disappeared as she receives no reply.
"Let's go…" Sarah can only watch with a sad smile before she starts to walk away.
"Hai…"
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At the Mahora Campus Train Station, Negi and co. had just passed the gate leading to the platforms when the unexpected happens.
"NEGI!" Asuna shouts as she leaps over the gate and tackled Negi from behind. "G-GOMENASAI! I SHOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER!"
"…Don't worry about it… Asuna-san. You guys did your best ne?" Negi says as he turns around and flash Asuna an encouraging smile. "…I'm the one that failed as a teacher."
"That's not true!" The baka red says with a frown on her face.
"…Don't blame yourselves too much… I'm the one that tossed the book away." Sarah says with a sad smile, making both Asuna and Negi to look at her with wide eyes.
"…Daijobou… you shouldn't rely on magic too much ne?" Negi says with a smile, a genuine one at that.
"DEMO-!" Asuna starts only to be cut off by the kid himself.
"I appreciate what you did very much… and the rest of the class as well…" Negi says before he put that sad smile on again. "The time was short… but I was able to study on many things…"
"You shouldn't give up that easily…"
"Oh? What are you suggesting?" Sarah asks as she looked at Asuna with confusion.
"Are you really alright with that?" Asuna asks as she bent down to Negi's eye level. "You want to become a Magi-whatever right? You'll catch up to your father right?"
"Ane-san… Aniki didn't want to-" Kamo begins onto be cut off again.
"…I don't want to give up…" Negi says only to drop his head, "I don't want to give up… but… GOODBYE!" Without warning, the child charged into the train station, leaving behind a stunned Sarah and a surprised Asuna.
"HEY!" Asuna leaps into action as she tackled the kid once more, hugging him from behind as she restrained his movement. "BAKA! Didn't I say not to go!"
"…Asuna…san…"
"NEGI-SENSEI!" Nodoka yelled as she runs towards the trio. She reached the gate only to be stopped, ran into it, tripped, and flips backward and falls onto her rear.
"Ara…" Asuna, Negi, and Sarah chorused with sweat drops appearing on their head as they stare at the librarian.
"…Negi-sensei…" Nodoka starts as she brush herself off and clenched her fist. "…P-PLEASE don't go… I want you here! …Forever… and ever…"
"Miyazaki-san…" Negi murmured as he looks at the quiet and usually shy girl.
"If Negi-sensei goes… I'll…" Nodoka stopped and look away, not entirely sure what she'll do. The words 'I'll go with you' almost went out without her realizing it.
"Honya-chan…" Asuna stare at the girl as she looks from Negi to Nodoka, to Negi, and back.
"…don't try anything stupid…" Sarah says even knowing full well what the girl was about to say.
"That's not…!"
"NEGI-KUN!" A voice shouts, interrupting Nodoka as all members turn to find the rest of Baka Rangers and the Library Expedition running towards them. "MATTE!"
"Mina…" Asuna whispered as she watches everyone jumped over the gate and rushing over to the stunned child. Sarah regards all this with a stoic expression before she allows a small smile to grace her lips.
"THAT'S MEAN NEGI-KUN!" Makie whines as she glomped the poor kid.
"Leaving without saying anything…" Haruna says, although a smile is present on her face.
"I'll just ask ji-chan to give you another chance!" Konoka says as she bent down to look at the silent kid.
"Work hard towards your goal Negi-bouzo!" Kaede says with her ever relaxed smile on. But this one has a hint of encouragement in it.
"I'll fight together with you aru!" Ku Fei says as a flame blazed in her eyes.
"Get our signatures and ask for it formally." Yue suggested, for once, allowing emotion to show on her face as she stared right into Negi's wide eyes.
"Negi-sensei…" Nodoka starts as she also tried to climb the gate. But being book smart but some what shy, she's not very good with athletics. In other words, she slipped and fell. If it weren't for Sarah, she'd hurt herself… but she doesn't remember someone else behind her…
"Ah… you…" Sarah says as she glances over Nodoka's shoulder at the new comer.
"Hohoho, daijobou des ka?" A voice old yet merry asks the shy girl, who gasps as she looks up into the eyes of the most important person in the whole campus…
"How about it? Negi-kun?" Makie asks as they finished agreeing on one idea to make Negi stay as their sensei.
"Ne? It sounds good to me aru!" Ku Fei full-heartily agreed.
"Did someone call?" A voice asks as its owner sets a surprised Nodoka down.
"Eh? Principal!"
"Oji-chan!"
"Sorry…" Konoemon starts as he considerably paled. "… I was grading the late group's paper… and I was late to submit them…"
"Then…" Asuna begins as she looks at the old man.
"… that means…" Kaede says as she tilts her head towards one side.
"…we weren't…" Yue's eyes widen as the meaning set it.
"…we weren't last…?" Sarah asks as her eyes widen and her mouth hangs open.
"T-that's right…" Konoemon says as he prepares himself for the worst. "The final result didn't include Asuna-chan and the others' grades."
"Really?" Konoka asks with a blank expression for once.
"But adding our grades won't…" Ku Fei says with a defeated smile on her face.
"Well then, should we announce them right now?" The principal asks as he produced a stack of paper out. "First off… Sasaki Makie… average 66."
"Eh! Ouso!" The pink-haired girl squeak as her eyes shines with hope. "YADA!"
"It's okay to be dedicated to athletics… but study more ne?"
"Ah… ehehehe…"
"Next, Ku Fei, 67! Nagase Kaede… 65."
"Oh…" The duo gasps before they start to bounce around in glee. "WE DID IT! WE DID IT!"
"Next off, Ayase Yue… 67... so study a little more seriously ne?"
"…Dream on…" The short girl says, although a smile is now playing at her lips.
"Lastly, Kagurazaka Asuna… 71."
"Eh…?"
"You did try very hard didn't you Asuna-chan."
"SUGOI!" Konoka exclaims as she glomps the stunned girl.
"NICE!" Makie cheered as Ku Fei 'ooh' and 'ah' at her.
"Then…"
Back at the school, the screen suddenly says that 'due to principal missing several grades… scores are being recalculated…'
"Eh?"
"Nani?"
"What's this about…?"
"The mark had being recalculated… With the grade of seven unincluded people from 2-A, 2-A's average is 80.4! With this, 2-A's new rank is… SECOND PLACE!"
"…Eh…?" Ayaka exclaim in disbelieves before the whole 2-A erupts in cheers. People clap at them as other congratulate them. Oh heck, even some envy them. But all in all… they're happy for them.
As back in the train station, the Baka Rangers and Library Expedition celebrate at the newly acquired rank. However, a certain child is still doubtful.
"Demo… we didn't have the book…"
"You mean this?" Konoemon says as he held up a book. "If reading something like this makes you smarter, you're happy to try!"
Taking the book from him, Sarah flips it open and read a few page before her eyes budge from their sockets. "N-nani…"
"Eh?" Taking the book from the caretaker, Asuna also read a few lines before… "A… shopping list…?"
"Ehehe… sorry about that. I think I'd mess up the book with something else…" The principal chuckles as he slowly back away from a certain ticked off vampire, who's radiating a huge killer intent with Kami knows what in her head.
"…You… YOU OLD FART! I'LL KILL YOU!" Sarah exclaim as she literally chased out Konoemon, who somehow despite his old age, ran like the wind.
"AAAHH! SARAH-CHAN! DON'T KILL MY GRANDPA!" Konoka exclaimed playfully as she also joined in the chase. The rest just laughed at the display of speed and the opportunity to learn more about what went through Sarah's mind… well, the horror of it anyway.
'If the principal had the magic book…that means the thing at the Library Island… were all the principal's…' Negi thought as his eyes widen from the realization. '…I think I've got a headache.'
"OHOHO! SARAH-CHAN! WHAT'S THE MATTER! CAN'T CATCH AN OLD MAN LIKE ME?"
"GAAAAAHH! I'LL SLICE YOU INTO PIECES!"
"AYCHA! THIS IS FUN!"
'Fufufu… I'll enjoy my stay with them…' Yuki thought as she peeked from Sarah's pocket and get a front row seat of the chase… literally. 'But first… I think I'm going to puke…'
"Hey! That means I can stay!" Negi asks as he follows the chase with his head turning here and there.
"HOHOHO! 2-A IS THE NICE CLASS NE!" The principal laugh as Sarah magically pulled out a bokken and starts to swing like crazy… wait, she is crazy.
"AH! HAHAHA! HAI!" Negi exclaims happily before he felt a hand on his head.
"For now on… look forward to the third year… please take care of us ne?" Asuna says with a wink as she ruffles Negi's already messy hair.
"…HAI!"
"NOW THAT'S WONDERFUL!" Makie suddenly exclaimed as she glomped the kid once again.
"It was a great comeback!" Kaede says as she folded her arms behind her.
"NEGI-BOUZO IS THE BEST ARU-YO!" Ku Fei says as she followed Makie's example and glomped the poor kid.
"NEGI-KUN!" Konoka, having abandoned the chase, joined the dog pile as she also adds her weight onto it.
"HAHA! NEGI-BOUZO!" Haruna laughed as she also adds her weight onto the pile.
"AH! N-NEGI-SENSEI!" Nodoka squeaked out as she watches Negi getting squashed by her classmates.
"M-MINA-SAN! HAHA… I CAN'T BREATH!"
"H-HEY! GET OFF HIM! YOU'RE CRUSHING HIM!"
"STUPID OLD FART! GET BACK HERE!"
"HOHO! KONO-CHAN! HELP YOUR POOR DEFENSELESS JI-CHAN!"
" NO WAY! YOU PROBABLY DESERVED IT!"
"G-GET OFF ME! KU FEI-CHAN!"
" NO WAY! HAHAHA!"
"…Life… is good." Kaede says to Kamo as the ermine crawled onto her shoulder and smoke at a chocolate cigarette. '…Now I wonder what's for dinner…'
…And so, another day, another adventure, the life of one Negi Springfield is about to begin… If you thought the beginning of this whole this is the start, you're so wrong…
"PLEASE TAKE CARE OF US NEGI-SENSEI!"
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(EDITORS NOTE: Under the current situation I am saying this of my own free will and am not being forced into anything ahem… "watch Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, because it is the best and cant be beat, go Suzumiya go")
MX: you SOAB why the hell did you make it that long?
APH: hehe, I got the inspiration, and I couldn't stop writing
MX: damn sagaefghwerhfad
APH: Well, too bad. Now then, back to official business.
Sarah: What official business?
APH: The whole voting thing. Still, ASUNA-TIME ARC! YES OR NO! End of school-trip arc.
Eva: Well, hopefully it'll be another few weeks before he starts the torturing again.
MX: We're flattered. But don't bet on that ne?
Whole Negima Cast: …We need a vacation…
APH: Oh! One more thing… (Grab MX and force him to bow) GOMEN FOR THE TARDYNESS!
