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Author's note: Hey everybody! Hope everyone enjoyed their week. I know I did especially when summer is just right around the corner. Can't wait for it. I love summer because of the nice weather. But it gets very humid in my area so it kinds of sucks at the same time. It gets really hot and humid, making my hair stand all out. I hate it!
You probably have noticed but I think I should mention this part. I will be skipping certain parts of the Negima canon manga. It's nothing personal but I can't fit in every little detail of the canon. It would just take too much time and too much space for the chapters. So I'll put only parts of the Negima canon that I think would fit best with the story that I am telling. If you get lost on certain points, you can always go back to the manga as a reference point. I just wanted to make that clear right now since all chapters from 11 and onwards will follow this similar format. Thanks for understanding. :)
Anyways, I want thank naioka1992 for being my beta and reading this chapter. I would also like to thank you all you readers for reviewing and favoriting this story! Without your support, I may not have continued with this series as much. Also, I enjoyed reading all of your reviews, especially ones concerning Chi-Chi. I laughed when reading them. They were good. Also, congratulations to Wajinator for being the 100th reviewer! Thank you for your awesome support! So, as a reward for your continuous awesome support as well everyone else's, I present to you guys Chapter 12 of Saiyan in Mahora! Enjoy!
Period 12: Extreme Training! Show Your Determination Negi Springfield!
"I am so going to kill Gohan," Asuna said tiredly. It was the day after she had agreed the tutoring from Chi-Chi, Gohan's mom. It was six in the evening and she was dead tired. Now she realized why Gohan and Goku were having some nervous sweats when discussing about the tutoring. "Gohan knew about this and had let me walk right into it," she said, clenching her fist in rage. "The next time I see him, I will let him know the definition of pain."
She entered into the dormitories and went to her corresponding floor. Once she got to her dorm room, she opened the door. "I'm home," she said as she took off her shoes. As she was taking off her shoes, she started to hear murmurs coming from the living room. She walked in and saw some of the girls from her class talking and surrounding the main table that stood in the middle of the room. "What's going on?" Asuna asked as she walked in.
"Asuna, what are you doing here?" Konoka asked.
"Well, this is my room isn't it?" Asuna said with a confused look on her face. She scanned the room and saw that Chizuru, Haruna, Setsuna, Yuna, Kazumi, Ku Fei, Kaede, Misa, and Shiina were present. Why are they all here? "Is it me or is there something going on?" she asked.
"So you didn't get the memo?" Konoka asked.
"What memo? What are you talking about?" Asuna responded. But before anyone could respond, the doorbell rang.
"I wonder who that could be at the door," Konoka said as she went to the door to answer it. As soon as she opened it, she realized who it was. It was a woman, namely…Son Chi-Chi. "Chi-Chi-san?"
"Hello Konoka-san, may I come in?" Chi-Chi asked with a smile. Konoka let her through, curious to why Gohan's mom was here or even knew about the room.
"What can I help you with Chi-Chi-san?" Konoka asked politely. She was starting to regret not cleaning up the place a bit.
Chi-Chi was unresponsive and continued on through the hallway and into the main living area of Konoka's and Asuna's dorm room. Once she entered, she got surprised looks from everyone present in the room. "Is everybody here?" Chi-Chi said as she scanned the room. No one responded to her question as they were unsure as to why Gohan's mom was here.
"Ummm…Gohan's mom I–" Asuna said.
"Chi-Chi, Asuna-san," corrected Chi-Chi.
"Chi-Chi," Asuna rudely corrected herself, "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I'm here because I hear that you all are interested in my son, Gohan," Chi-Chi said with a smile. Everyone flinched, especially Asuna.
"What are you talking about?" Asuna exclaimed with a blush. "I'm totally not interested in your son."
"That's not what I heard," Chi-Chi said. "Especially after you taken care of my son so well."
"Where did you hear that?" Asuna asked.
"I have my sources," Chi-Chi replied with a devilish smile. It's probably that perverted ermine, Asuna said to herself as she clenched her fist in anger. The next time I see him, I will crush him like the insect that he is!
Somewhere else…
"Achoo!" Chamo sneezed.
"Bless you Chamo-kun," said Negi. "Are you coming down with a cold?"
"I don't think so," replied the ermine. "Most likely, someone is talking about me and complimenting my skills." However, I do feel a cold shiver all of a sudden. I wonder why? Chamo said to himself.
Meanwhile…
Gohan, while giving a tour of the area to Goten and Goku, felt a sudden chill come over him. "Hey Dad, did you feel that?" Gohan asked.
Goku looked back at him. "Feel what?" the Saiyan replied.
"Nothing," Gohan sighed. "It must have been my imagination." But I can't overcome this feeling of dread. Although it is not hostile, it is making me a bit nervous, Gohan said to himself.
Back at Asuna and Konoka's room
"Anyways," said Chi-Chi to the girls present in the room, "because I heard about your interest in my son , I will have to review each one of you in order to see if you are wife quality to my baby boy."
"Wife quality?" Kazumi asked. "Wait are you saying that…"
"Correct, I will see if you have what it takes to be Gohan's wife," Chi-Chi said with a smile and folding her arms.
The room was silent for a bit until Asuna screamed out, "WHAT? Where did you get the conclusion of marrying Gohan?" Chi-Chi didn't respond but Asuna continued as she looked around the room. "C'mon girls, this is ridiculous. We should get going." She started to walk ahead but felt that no one was following her. She turned around and saw all the girls present twiddling their fingers and blushing as they were probably seeing themselves as Gohan's wife. "You can't be serious."
She walked over to Konoka. "Konoka you can't be really thinking about this?"
"I'm not sure yet Asuna but it would definitely get my grandfather off my back with the omai's," replied Konoka who let out a warm smile. Asuna groaned and went to the next one.
"Setsuna-san, you can't be thinking about this too?" Asuna asked.
Setsuna blushed red. "W-W-Well, Gohan-sensei is strong a-a-and we share some common things together," stuttered the usually stoic female warrior.
Asuna couldn't believe it. Even Setsuna was agreeing to this plan as well. She looked around the room. "Ku Fei?"
"Well, it makes sense for me-aru. Gohan-sensei bested me in combat and it is in our tradition to marry strong warriors who beat us in combat-aru," Ku Fei said.
Asuna was left speechless. Even the Baka Yellow was giving into this as well. "Well Asuna-san, it looks everyone is agreeing to this except for you," Chi-Chi said. "Are you sure you don't want to participate?"
Asuna began to blush and trembled a bit until finally, "Fine! I will join in but only because I don't want any of my friends to fall into one of your games," Asuna said with a stern look. Konoka blinked a few times at the scene that was unfolding in front of her. According to her eyes, it seemed like sparks were flying between Asuna and Chi-Chi as well as some fearsome animals behind them.
"I like your attitude Asuna-san," Chi-Chi said as she backed off a bit. "However, attitude won't be enough to marry my son. You need more than that. You must have a strong resolve, proficient in using particular item of choice for example a frying pan in attack, have some fighting background, have education as a priority for your child, and…be an excellent cook."
"Cook?" Everyone asked.
"What do you mean by excellent cook de-gozarou?" Kaede asked.
"You must be ready to satisfy your husband's ferocious appetite," Chi-Chi said. "It doesn't matter if it is bad or there is little amount, the food must be delicious and there must be enough to feed at least 30 people or some cases 100 people. Asuna-san and Konoka-san know what I am talking about." Everyone blinked a few times by what she meant.
"I will teach you ladies the essentials to being a good wife," Chi-Chi said. "It will be one week long. As part of your graduation ceremony, you will have to cook and feed my family, especially Gohan, an excellent meal."
"But won't they get fat and full?" Yuna asked. She knew about Gohan's ferocious appetite but she didn't know about Goku and Goten's appetite. "I mean my meals are delicious and I could easily–"
"Oh I wouldn't worry about that, Yuna-san," Chizuru interrupted. "I'm sure that they wouldn't be able to finish one fifth of your meal."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Yuna exclaimed as she and Chizuru glared at each other. Sparks were rising and the tension was building inside the room. Chi-Chi let out a snicker. Everything is going according to plan, Chi-Chi said to herself. By the end of this week, I will determine who is worthy of marrying my Gohan.
"Alright ladies, it is time that we start the training," Chi-Chi said with a glint in her eye. The girls would have no idea on what was coming.
The next morning
Gohan was running up, as usual towards the school, trying not to be late. Thanks in due part by Goten, Gohan went to bed late and as a result, had woken up later than usual. He breathed a sigh of relief as he didn't get to see his mother on the way out. She would have chewed him alive for being late.
As Gohan kept on running, he noticed a figure in the distance. It was Negi. However, something caught Gohan's interest. Negi was running alone. He was usually running alongside with Asuna and Konoka in the morning but this time, they weren't there. I wonder why? Gohan thought to himself. "Negi-san!" Gohan cried out, trying to get the attention of the ten-year old teacher.
Negi turned his head around and saw Gohan waving at him. "Gohan-san! Good morning to you," Negi said as he slowed down a bit for Gohan to catch up. "How are you today?"
"I'm doing good Negi-san," replied the demi-saiyan. "How about you?"
"I'm okay thanks for asking," responded Negi. "I have been practicing some Chinese martial art moves that Master Ku Fei had given me yesterday. I have to be ready for Saturday." Negi clenched his fist in pride.
Gohan looked at him curiously and asked, "Saturday? What's on Saturday?"
"Oh," Negi immediately responded, "I am taking a disciple test from Evangeline-san. I need to be ready if I want to catch up to him. I started to train in the morning."
Gohan let out a smile. "So that's why you aren't with Asuna-san and Konoka-san," he said. "Well, why don't we train together?"
"Huh?"
"I mean, I have been meaning to get some training in," Gohan said with his Son grin.
"But Gohan-san, you are already so strong," Negi said in awe as he remembered what Gohan did during the Kyoto trip.
"That's true but like my dad and Piccolo-san always say, 'there is always someone stronger out there.' I need to be ready if I want to protect my friends," Gohan said.
Negi nodded. "It's a deal! Let's do our best then Gohan-san!" Negi said proudly as he lifted his hand to pound fists with Gohan. Gohan nodded in response.
"Right!" This will be a good opportunity to ask Dad about some new techniques, Gohan said to himself. I need to get stronger.
Later in the classroom…
"Good morning everyone!" Negi exclaimed happily as he and Gohan entered the room.
"Good morning senseis!" Some girls responded, while the others…well, let's just say they were looking not so good right now. This didn't miss Gohan's eye especially when Konoka, Yuna, Kazumi and Shiina were always very energetic and smiling whenever he entered the room. Now that he looked around, he saw Chizuru, Ku Fei, Kaede, Misa, Haruna, Setsuna and Asuna all in the same position. I wonder what happened to them, Gohan asked himself. I'll ask them during break.
Class went on as usual except that whenever Negi called on one of those girls, their responses were usually something like these:
"Must have an item ready to hit your loved one!"
"Must cook at least five times the normal serving of a household of five!"
"Child must be educated!"
"Child must not be a delinquent!"
"Must not follow grandfather's footsteps!"
And so on. Asuna, Ku Fei, Kaede however, kept on murmuring other things as well. Mostly, they were about the things that were going to show up in the mid-terms. Gohan immediately knew that his mom had something to do with it, but he decided to ask anyways to the other Baka Rangers, Yue and Makie about what happened during their first study session with Chi-Chi.
"Yue-san, Makie-san, how are the two of you today?" Gohan asked as he waved hello to his fellow students.
"Good Gohan-sensei," replied Yue. Makie just simply smiled and nodded in happiness.
"That's good to hear," Gohan said with his eyes closed and with a smile. "For a second there, I thought you guys hated me for making you do a study session with my mom." But as soon as he opened his eyes though, he immediately saw Yue and Makie have a depressing aura around them. "What happened?"
"It was horrible Gohan-sensei," Makie said. Gohan thought for a second that he saw her spirit fly away due to her depression. "Chi-Chi made us do work!"
Gohan blinked a few times. "Ummm…aren't you supposed to do work?" Makie flinched and suddenly the depressive aura around her became even darker. "I guess not," said Gohan with a smile. "Don't worry about it Makie-san. I am sure that you can do it. Just bear with it."
"Right!" Makie said excitedly. Gohan blinked a few times, curious to how the girl suddenly went from depressed to happy very fast.
The rest of the day went normally, except that Gohan kept on getting the death glare from Asuna. And also, the energetic girls from the class were unusually quiet. Gohan tried to ask them about why they were so quiet but all they did was blush heavily and avoid the subject. Gohan was curious to say the least but there was something else he had in mind.
DING! DING!
The bell rang, signifying that school was over. All the girls left their respective seats and went off to their club activities. Negi and Gohan, meanwhile, were walking back to the teacher's office when suddenly a figure came crashing into Negi. It was Makie!
"Makie-san?" Negi said.
"N-Negi-kun?" Makie responded.
Gohan noticed that Makie was crying and flabbergasted at the sight of running into Negi. "What's wrong Makie-san? You don't look so well."
"I-I just," stuttered Makie before she went running off in the opposite direction, away from Negi and Gohan's position. "Never mind!"
"Makie-san!" Negi yelled as he wanted to know what had happened to his student. "I wonder what's wrong?"
"Me too," Gohan nodded. "Anyways, Negi-san, you ready for some training tomorrow?"
"Yup!" Negi nodded. "When and where should we meet Gohan-san?"
"Hmmm," pondered the demi-saiyan. "How about 4 am in front of the World Tree?"
"Sounds good," Negi nodded.
The next morning
The alarm sounded off, but Negi hit the snooze button as quietly as possible as to not wake up his roommates, whom were exhausted and had Band-Aids on their fingers and some burn marks on their arms. Negi, at first, wondered what was going on and had asked them but the girls simply brushed him off and wouldn't tell him anything. The only thing that Negi heard from Asuna was, "I am going to kill Gohan soon."
Negi changed into some comfortable clothes to train in. He wasn't sure what Gohan had in mind for training but he was excited. He was going to learn two styles of martial arts! He couldn't wait. Once he was done changing, he closed the door behind him quietly and went off running towards the planned location.
He passed through the front gate, hoping to meet up with Gohan on the way. However, that was not the case. Maybe he is already there, Negi said to himself. I better hurry then. I don't want to be late. Negi hurried himself through the district until finally, he reached his destination.
Negi bent down a bit to catch his breath. He heard a chuckle in the air. "Already, you are tired out." Negi turned around and saw it was Gohan who had spoken. He was wearing his blue training dogi, the same one he wore during the Kyoto trip. "Man, you need to build up your stamina big time."
"Gohan-san…I'm only ten years old," Negi said, panting a bit. "I am not like you."
Gohan let out a smile. "Of course not. But keep in mind that Goten is younger than you and can easily out pace you." Negi didn't respond. What Gohan said made sense. After all, what Gohan had said yesterday in the morning was in Negi's mind the whole day.
After collecting his breath, Negi stood up and put on a determined face. "That means that I have to catch up then."
"That's the spirit," Gohan said with a smile.
"So Gohan-san, what are you going to teach me? Master Ku Fei-san already gave me some moves to practice on but I can't wait to learn some new ones!" Negi said with sparkles in his eyes.
Gohan let out a smirk as he took out a capsule, clicked it and threw it onto the ground. A poof occurred with Negi on the edge of his seat, ready for something like an instruction manual or something cool. However, his hopes were dashed when the smoke disappeared to reveal some clothes. Negi blinked a few times to make sure what he was seeing wasn't real. "Clothes?"
"Yup clothes. And special ones too," Gohan said as he went over to the pile of clothes to pick them up.
"Special clothes?" Negi said with sparkles in his eyes.
"That's right," Gohan said as he went to Negi and measured his size. He compared them to the clothes that he had in his hand, trying to figure out what size fitted the young mage. "Negi-san, could you please remove your shirt and shoes."
"Why Gohan-san?" Negi asked, curious to what the clothes were for. Maybe they are to increase someone's power like a special suit or maybe give him super powers. Or so he hoped.
"Trust me on this Negi-san," Gohan replied as Negi took off his shirt and shoes. "Now, put this undershirt on as well as the wristbands and leg guards." Negi nodded and proceeded to put on the clothes.
Once Negi finished putting back his original shirt and shoes back on, he didn't feel any different in terms of power. Negi let out a sigh of disappointment, hoping to have gained some sort of super power or something. "Ummm…Gohan-san, what are these clothes supposed to do? And what do they have to do with you showing me some moves?"
"Oh, I'm not showing you any moves," Gohan deadpanned.
Negi turned wide-eyed. "What? But I thought that you were going to train me?"
Gohan let out a smile. "Oh I am. But my training is different from conventional methods since I learned from my Dad and Piccolo-san. Anyways, I want you to do the simplest Kung Fu move that Ku Fei-san had taught you."
Negi, unsure to what was going on, shrugged and proceeded to do a move that Ku Fei had shown him two days earlier and had practicing it to make it like it was second nature. However, as he tried to go through the movements, Negi noticed something different as his body felt heavy….extremely heavy. Negi was having trouble to do the first movement as he tried to lift up his arms and legs with extreme difficulty. "Gohan-san, what did you do to me? Why can't I move?"
"I didn't do anything Negi-san," Gohan said. "The reason you can't move is that you are wearing weighted clothes."
"Weighted clothes?" Negi exclaimed. "Then I should take them off. This is too hard for me."
"No it isn't," Gohan said sternly. "Negi-san, if you want to be strong, then you are going to have to do things that will be really uncomfortable. If you want to catch up to whoever it is, you will have to push yourself past your limits. That is when the training will really begin. Trust me on this Negi-san, after a few weeks of wearing this, you will feel completely different."
"But it's too heavy!" Negi complained. "How can I train when I can't even move?"
"Glad that you don't have Piccolo-san as your sensei," muttered Gohan. However, Gohan let out a smile. "Negi-san, haven't you been using a bit of your magic to do things that other ten year olds wouldn't be able to do? I know that you have been doing it self-consciously and with the learning of Kung Fu, you have been toying around with ki." Negi turned wide-eyed and saw where Gohan was going with this. "The key to this exercise is to increase your magic and ki capacity. Pump some of it into your muscles to help move your body."
Negi nodded as he closed his eyes. He tried to call upon some magic as minimally as possible as well as some ki into his muscles. Once he was done, Negi opened his eyes and proceeded with the movements. This time it was easier but more exhausting to say the least.
Gohan smiled at the scene as Negi continued to do some Kung Fu movements for a few minutes now. Negi was sweating and getting pretty exhausted but that wasn't stopping him from reaching his goal: to catch up to the Thousand Master!
While watching Negi do some more intermediate movements, Gohan was about to say something but suddenly he felt a presence behind him. He turned around and saw Makie run up the stairs. But before he could say hi to her, she ran past him and hit Negi in the back. "Negi-kun!" This completely surprised the mage and because of the force behind the hit in the back, Negi started to lean over dangerously on the railing.
"WAH!" yelled Negi as he fell down the balcony (which wasn't very high) and landed on the ground with a loud thud.
"Negi-kun/-san!" Gohan and Makie exclaimed as they rushed down the steps to see if Negi was alright.
"Are you alright Negi-kun?" Makie asked.
"I'm fine Makie-san," Negi replied with a nervous smile. Gohan let out a sigh of relief that Negi wasn't hurt. He then turned his attention to Makie, who for the most part, was dressed up in running clothes.
"Makie-san, out for morning run?" asked the demi-saiyan.
"Yup," smiled Makie. "What are you two doing? Were those moves from Chinese Martial Arts?"
"They are!" responded the boy. "Ku Fei-san was kind enough to start the training two days ago. And Gohan-san is here to give me some pointers."
"Wow!" beamed Makie. "Well, whatever it is, it looks good!"
"Well, he has long way to go," Gohan said with a smile.
"Gohan-san!" Negi pouted.
"Hey," Makie said, "are you two trying to qualify for the academy's upcoming martial arts tournament or what?"
"Martial arts tournament?" Both Gohan and Negi asked. Gohan was surprised that there was a martial arts tournament here. Maybe he could enter and maybe he could get…
"There is a martial arts tournament here?" yelled a voice. Gohan, Negi and Makie turned their heads towards the direction of the voice to see Goku, beaming with big grin on his face. "Really? When is it?" asked the Saiyan.
"Ummm…I'm not sure actually," said a surprised Makie.
"Do really strong fighters participate?" Goku asked.
"I think so," Makie said.
"Great!" Goku exclaimed happily. He turned to Gohan and said, "Yosh! Gohan, let's invite Vegeta! I'm sure he would love to enter."
"I'm sure he would Dad," Gohan replied nervously as he began to think about what would happen to the other fighters in the tournament. Not that I don't want them to fight but I am worried about the people around them that might get hurt.
"Negi-kun," Makie said as she went close to Negi's face. "Is it just me, or are you more grown-up now that you're back from the school trip?"
"You think?" Negi asked, unsure to what she meant. Gohan kind of knew what Makie meant by that. Ever since the trip, Gohan was seeing a new side of Negi as well as his strive to become stronger.
"Will you do what you just did again?" Makie asked.
"S-Sure," Negi replied nervously, wondering how Makie had so much energy.
"Kung Fu, huh?" said a voice. Goku, Gohan, Negi and Makie turned around to see Evangeline and Chachamaru walking up to them. "Aren't you all spunky today."
"Good morning!" Negi and Gohan said.
"Eva-sama!" waved Makie. "Chachamaru-san! Morning!" Wait…why did I call her Eva-sama? Makie asked herself. Gohan wondered about that too but he would ask later.
"So now it's Kung Fu, huh?" Eva said. "Guess you're not interested in becoming my disciple, then."
"Dwah?" Negi flinched as he tried to explain the situation to Eva. "I-I'm just, um, trying to get down that other guy's moves, is…"
"Don't explain to me!" yelled Eva. "I didn't want to take on a disciple, anyway."
"What's going on?" Goku asked, trying to figure out what was going on and he wasn't the only one. Makie wanted to know what was going on as well.
Gohan let out a sigh as Negi had explained the situation before. "Well Negi-san was planning to become Evangeline-san's disciple," explained Gohan. However, he left out the part of being trained in the arts of magic combat. He knew that Goku would be able to understand that but he wasn't sure about Makie.
"See ya…'kid,'" Eva said as she walked away from the group along with Chachamaru. "Have fun playing 'Kung Fu,' huh?"
"Wait!" Negi yelled as anime tears came down from his eyes. But he stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Goku with his usual Son grin. "Goku-san?"
"Don't worry about Negi, I'm sure the little girl is just jealous that's all," Goku said. However, his statement caught the ire of Eva as she glared at Goku, blushing a bit.
"What makes you say that?" Eva said. "For that matter, what gives you the right to say that?"
"Well, it's obvious that you want to train him," Goku said. "But if you're not going to, I might as well be the one to do it." This caught Gohan's attention. His Dad, giving training to a boy he hardly knows? This is weird, Gohan said to himself. Dad never gives out training unless there is a reason behind it.
Eva, on the other hand, was getting angry as tick marks were appearing all over her head. "Do you realize who you are talking to old man? I can easily wipe the floor with my hands tied behind my back!"
Goku got into a fighting stance. "Great! I always like a challenge," said Goku with a smile. Tension was building in the air. Gohan knew that he had to stop this. After all, Eva had no idea what she was getting in to. Fighting Goku…that's like suicide!
"Okay, I think everyone needs to calm down," Gohan said as he got in between the two.
"Shut up assistant!" Eva yelled. "You are at fault too, especially since you are training him!"
"Wait hold on!" Gohan exclaimed. "I'm just giving Negi-san a few pointers that's all. I don't think it should be an issue. After all, the more masters that Negi-san has, the better."
"Yeah right," muttered Eva.
"Is this jealousy now, Mistress?" asked Chachamaru.
"What? Never!" Eva exclaimed.
"C'mon, Eva-chan, don't be so mean to Negi-kun," Makie said. "Why don't you just make him your disciple?" Disciple of what, I don't know.
"See, you are jealous," Goku said. "Admit it; you want Negi to be your disciple."
"Grrr…." Growled the young-looking vampire. "I make it a habit not to spend much time with kids including chit-chat with you, Sasaki Makie."
"What did you say?" Makie said angrily. "Now you see here, Eva-CHAN, you're not that far from being a kid yourself!" Gohan and Negi immediately flinched. Makie was digging herself into a big hole. Gohan knew all too well after he had called Eva a kid. "Hah! I guess you're forgetting that time when Negi-kun kicked your–"
"M-Makie-san…" Negi muttered, trying to stop her from saying something stupid that would make Eva even madder. But Makie didn't stop.
"Even without becoming your disciple, Negi-kun is gonna become a master in no time!" Goku nodded in agreement. Eva was getting mad now, with more tick marks appearing on her face.
"Negi-san, is this true?" asked Gohan. He was curious to know because there was a large discrepancy between Negi's and Eva's power levels.
"It's long story Gohan-san," Negi replied. "But Makie-san, has your memory…?"
"My what?" Makie responded with a dumbfounded face.
"Have it your way!" yelled Eva. "I've just decided to what test I'll put you to become my disciple! Try and use that precious Kung Fu of yours to land a blow on Chachamaru! If you can, you're in. But you'll be fighting one-on-one."
"Fine!" Goku said. "Negi can definitely do it! After all he is being helped by my son, Gohan!"
"W-Wait Dad, don't get carried away," Gohan said nervously.
"G-G-Goku-san!" Negi pleaded. He and Gohan knew that he wasn't ready for any combat just yet. Plus he was wearing the weighted clothes that Gohan had given him.
"Show him what for, Chachamaru," Eva said.
"Okay, but–"
"No buts! Do it!" ordered Eva. "And try not to hurt him too badly."
"Understood," replied the robot. "Pardon me, Negi-sensei…" Suddenly Chachamaru disappeared, which caught Makie by surprise as she couldn't spot the robot. But Gohan and Goku could as well as Negi. However, Negi was too slow to react as Chachamaru came in front of him and delivered a devastating kick that sent the young boy flying to the wall. As result of wearing the weighted clothes, when Negi crashed into the wall, he went through it.
"Negi-kun!" yelled Makie as she and Gohan rushed up to where Negi was.
Eva, meanwhile, let out a huff. "If you can't even get one hit on Chachamaru, you've got no potential anyway," Eva said as she and Chachamaru went their separate way. "We'll meet again, here, Sunday at noon…the deadline's extended till then. Do what you can to prepare." With that, they disappeared into the distance.
Goku, meanwhile, looked on and felt bad for Negi, but for the wrong reasons. "Man, I didn't think that he would be that weak. Since he was a teacher, I had expected him to be stronger."
"Dad!" Gohan said. "C'mon, Negi-san just started training and he is only ten years old. It's obvious that he underestimated Chachamaru-san's abilities." While he spoke, he and Makie helped up Negi from the ground.
"Ouch," Negi said while rubbing his neck. "I should have taken off the weighted clothes. I can't move around."
"You're wearing weighted clothes?" Goku asked.
"That's right Goku-san," replied Negi. "Gohan-san had given them to me for training but I think I should have them off."
"I agree Negi-san," Gohan said. "I didn't think that you would have to face Chachamaru-san as part of your test."
"No he should keep them on," Goku said.
"Huh?" All of them looked at Goku weirdly.
"Dad, I don't think Negi-san is ready for it," Gohan said.
"Sure he is," replied Goku. "Didn't you see how he tried to block the attack?" Gohan turned a bit wide-eyed as he remembered Chachamaru's attack. That's right! Gohan said to himself. Why didn't I think about that!
Gohan turned his head to Negi, who was curious to what Goku was referring to. "Negi-san," said Gohan, "you definitely need to keep on the weighted clothes until Sunday."
"What?" Negi exclaimed. "B-But, how am I supposed to work? Or even train when I can't even move?"
"Trust us Negi-san. My Dad and I know what we are doing," Gohan said reassuringly. Negi doubted Gohan for a bit but he decided to go with Gohan and Goku's plan with a nod. "That's the spirit. Alright, you should get changed. School is about to start."
"That's right!" Negi said as he stood up. "I will have to ask Ku Fei-san for more moves. I'll see you later Gohan-san!" Negi then hurried off back to the dormitories as he waved good-bye to Gohan and Goku.
Meanwhile…
"This is very impressive," Chi-Chi said as she monitored some computer screens that were set up by no other than…Asakura Kazumi. "I'm surprised that you set this up so quickly."
Kazumi smiled. "Well, I wanted to give you the best seat in the house on watching everyone's progress. After all, that was part of the deal."
"Of course," Chi-Chi replied. "You would skip the cooking competition while you gave me inside information on Gohan's suitors. I know the deal. I'm amazed on how cunning you are."
"Well what can I say," shrugged Kazumi. "I am the Mahora Reporter. I can get any information that is out there."
"I'm glad to hear that," Chi-Chi said. She then looked at the clock that was in the room. "Asakura-san, you should get to class. You don't want to be late."
"Well I want to…"
"You don't want to be late now," Chi-Chi said with a devilish smile and menacing aura that was scaring Kazumi. She knew that Chizuru had a devilish aura but Chi-Chi was on a whole different level. It was best that she didn't argue with the mother of her affections.
"Of course, I will be going now," Kazumi responded, grabbing her book bag. "I'll come back after school to check on the equipment." Kazumi waved goodbye at Chi-Chi and she responded the same way as well.
Once Kazumi was out the door, Chi-Chi let out a sigh and said, "You can come out now." A certain creature flinched behind the corner as he walked out slowly to meet with Chi-Chi's gaze.
"H-Hello," stuttered the creature.
"Hello…Chamo-san," Chi-Chi said. "How nice of you to join me. Please come up and have a seat with me."
Chamo flinched as he started to sweat nervously. He proceeded to climb up the desk and stood in front of the screens alongside Chi-Chi. "So Miss, did you get everything that you asked for?"
"Of course," replied Chi-Chi. "Everything is going according to plan. I didn't realize there were so many suitors for Gohan's hand in marriage. But thanks to your 'information,' I'm glad I was able to help my son pick out his new wife. And all of this wouldn't have been possible without your help Chamo-san."
"Aww shucks Chi-Chi san, you don't have to praise me so much," blushed the little ermine. "I'm just glad I was able to use my ermine love skills to good use."
"Yes," Chi-Chi said as a menacing aura started to surround her. "But of course, let's not forget about those pictures…"
Chamo flinched. "Wait Chi-Chi-san, I can explain that…and…" Sweat was starting to pour all over Chamo as Chi-Chi came over to his position, cracking knuckles and taking out a frying pan. Chamo prayed to whatever deity that was out there in the hopes that he would survive the beatings that were soon coming from the legendary frying pan of death.
Later that day, once classes were over…
In a park that was near the World Tree, voices were being heard as fists were being clashed against each other. It was Negi and Ku Fei training while Gohan and Goku were looking at the scene from a distance. Sited right next to Gohan were Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna and an unattentive Goten, who was busy playing with the butterflies and other 'mystical' insects of the park.
"You learn pretty fast Negi-bozu, and you have talent," Ku Fei informed Negi as they continued sparring. "But if it's only 2 days' worth of training I don't think you'll have much of a chance-aru," Ku Fei informed him, suddenly moving her palm to Negi's face in an instant, pushing against it and knocking Negi flat on his back. "You lose!"
"So he won't be able to become Eva-chan's apprentice?" Asuna asked curiously to Gohan.
"Well, Negi-sensei IS an amateur when it comes to physical combat," Setsuna replied with a frown.
"I think Negi has a lot of potential," Goku spoke up with a smile, earning both girls attentions.
"What makes you say that Goku-san?" Setsuna asked.
"Well, Negi is wearing weighted clothes right now," Goku replied.
"Weighted clothes?" Everyone asked.
"Why is Negi-kun wearing weighted clothes?" Konoka asked.
"Because Negi-san asked me for some training," Gohan responded, turning everyone's attention to him. "So I gave him part of the training regime that my sensei, Piccolo-san did for me and what Dad's sensei, Muten Roshi did for him."
"Ah," Konoka nodded.
"So how much weight is Negi wearing?" Asuna asked Goku.
Goku turned to Gohan and asked, "Gohan?"
Gohan closed his eyes for a bit as he tried to remember the amount of weight he had given him. "Hmmmm, I'm not sure actually. I think it was around 70 kilograms."
"70 KILOGRAMS?" Everyone exclaimed.
"Are you sure that isn't a bit too much?" Asuna yelled worriedly.
"Nah, Negi is doing fine," Goku said as he tried to calm the girls down. "That weight is nothing. Why, Goten is wearing clothes that are weighing a ton."
Everyone facefaulted. "A ton?" Everyone exclaimed.
"That's nothing compared to what Piccolo-san made me wear when I was Negi's age," Gohan commented.
"How much did he make you wear Gohan-kun?" asked Konoka
"Hmmm…about…5 tons," Gohan said with a deadpanned face, causing everyone to face-fault. "What? Is there something wrong?" Asuna, trembled a bit of rage as she was getting tired of the weird Son family. She took out her fan and hit Gohan on the head. "Ouch, what was that for?"
"Baka!" yelled Asuna. "Don't make Negi follow your paths. You are guys are aliens! You can easily deal with weighted clothes better than humans."
"That's not true," responded Goku. "My best friend, Kuririn who is an Earthling, wore the same weighted clothes as me."
"That's right," continued Gohan. "Don't forget about Yamucha-san too."
Asuna flinched and muttered, "You guys are monsters."
"Goku-san," Setsuna spoke up after being quite for a while, "what are the benefits of wearing weighted clothes? Isn't that getting in the way of his training?"
"Actually, it isn't Setsuna-san," Gohan responded. "Look at Negi-san and how he is sparring. He is doing what normally should be able to do but with an additional 70 kilograms on his body. Imagine what would happen to Negi's speed if he were to continue to train for the next two days using the weighted clothes."
Everyone pondered a bit until finally Konoka spoke up. "His speed would increase."
"That's right," Goku said with a smile. "His body would so used to the heavy weight, that when taken off, he will feel like he was flying."
"That's... true," Setsuna replied, a bit surprised she hadn't noticed that.
"Then Negi-kun has a chance!" Konoka mused happily. Goku nodded as Gohan smiled at the scene. He agreed with his father whole heartedly. If his dad says that someone has potential, then they really do have potential.
"Negi-kun!" Makie called out as she suddenly showed up with Ako, the pink haired girl carrying a picnic basket with her, "I brought a whole bunch of boxed lunches!"
"Yay! Food!" yelled Goten as he rushed from where he was quickly, staring at the stack of boxes approaching the location. And he wasn't the only one. Goku, meanwhile, was salivating a bit.
"Are you sure you brought enough food Makie-san?" muttered Asuna.
"Ara? What do you mean Asuna?" Makie asked with a curious face.
Asuna let out a smile as she patted Makie on the shoulder. "You will see soon enough." Makie blinked a few times, unsure to what she meant. That is, after a few minutes later when all of the food was completely gone. Makie and Ako gasped at the scene as they witnessed Gohan, Goku, and Goten gulp down all of the food that she had brought. It was lucky that Negi didn't get to eat those large portions or else…something bad (and comical) would have happened to him.
"I'm sorry!" Makie said apologetically to Negi. "I thought I could help you by bringing you food but I guess I didn't bring enough."
"It's okay Makie-san", Negi replied, trying to calm her down with a smile.
"That's right," Asuna joined in. "You didn't know about the vacuum eaters." She sent a glare to the three Sons which immediately caused them to flinch, reminding them of how Asuna was kind of similar in certain ways to Chi-Chi.
"But you only have two days till... Sunday," Makie replied, seeming to remember something with a larger frown.
"Something wrong?" Gohan asked.
"I forgot!" She replied frantically, "I have the selection for the competition on Sunday!"
"Really?" Konoka asked. "Are you gonna be okay?"
"I... have no confidence at all actually," Makie admitted with a saddened look.
"Why not?" Gohan asked.
"Sensei said I act like a Primary school student", Makie replied, on the verge of tears," and I caused so much trouble for Negi-kun too... I'm useless."
"Not true-aru!" Ku Fei protested with a frown.
"You shouldn't say that," Konoka spoke up with a frown with Ako nodding in agreement.
"I know!" Asuna spoke up before Gohan could," Why don't you show us your gymnastics?"
"B-but... I can't do that!" a blushing Makie replied.
"I've never seen Makie-san's gymnastics before!" An excited Negi spoke up which only caused Makie's blush to increase even more.
"Come on!" Goten followed. "I want to see gymnattics."
"It's gymnastics Goten," Gohan corrected his little brother. He turned his attention to Makie as he was curious as well. "I want to see it too."
"O-Okay, j-just a little bit then," Makie replied with a frown, before pulling out her gymnastics ribbon and moving a bit away from the group so she could start her routine. Once she started though, everyone was in awe. Gohan found himself impressed at how good she was, though he didn't know much about gymnastics himself.
"U-um," Makie spoke as she finished, looking a bit nervous to hear what the others thought. "And that's how we do it..." Everyone was silent. Makie closed her eyes, fearing the worst.
"Wow!" Negi spoke first in awe, "That was great!"
"Eh?" Makie said with a surprised look on her face.
"That was awesome!" Goku joined in.
"B-but Sensei said I was childish," Makie protested with a frown.
"Who cares what he thinks?" Asuna said.
"Right!" Negi agreed with Asuna, smiling at a blushing Makie, "I don't know much about gymnastics, but I thought it was great! It was a beautifully honest and direct performance, just like I'd expect from Makie-san!"
"... I guess foreigners aren't shy when giving out compliments," Asuna mused, surprised at Negi's words.
"Th-thank you Negi-kun," Makie said with a smile to the child teacher, before looking sheepish. "But the test is the day after tomorrow."
"That's true", Negi replied, still smiling. "But now that you've come this far, the only thing you can do is go for it! For the next two days, let's both do our best!"
"Um... okay Negi-kun," Makie replied, blushing once again as she looked to her teacher.
"Negi-bozu!" Ku Fei suddenly spoke up, having finished her snacking. "Time to train!"
"Right!" Negi replied eagerly, rushing over to train once again.
"Gohan-sensei," Makie suddenly spoke, looking to the dark haired teacher. "Negi-kun isn't just cute... he's pretty cool too."
"I guess so," Gohan said with his usual Son grin.
The Next Morning…
Back at the World Tree, Negi continued to do the movements that Ku Fei had taught him during the limited time that they had together. Negi tried to ask why their time was so limited but the only response that he could get from Ku Fei was a smile, a blush, and a dash towards the opposite direction. Negi wanted to catch up to her but was stopped by Asuna and Konoka, who told him to let it go. It got Negi worried, but it didn't stop him from training in the morning.
Negi continued to do Kung Fu movements near the World Tree as he waited for Gohan to arrive. As he did his movements, Negi started to feel differently. Not because of the weighted clothes, which in fact Negi felt were getting a bit light, but something else was different. It was as if he could feel the presence of nature itself, feel the energy around him. It was only at the development stage but Negi wished to expand on this.
"Negi-san!" yelled a voice. Negi stopped his movements and turned his attention to the voice as he saw that it belonged to one Son Gohan.
"Gohan-san! Morning!" Negi waved hello to the demi-saiyan.
"Morning to you too," Gohan responded back. "It seems that you are getting the hang of Kung Fu."
"Yeah," Negi said as he clenched his fist. "I think that I will definitely pass this test."
"That's the spirit," Gohan said as he walked up to Negi. He started to inspect Negi and asked, "Negi-san, I was wondering on how you are feeling with the weights?"
"Actually a lot better Gohan-san," Negi replied. "I think I am getting the hang of the weights. To tell you the truth, I am starting to feel like they aren't there anymore."
"Really?" Gohan said with a smirk which caught Negi by surprise. Negi blinked a few times until he realized something about Gohan's unusual smirk.
"Wait…Gohan-san, you're not thinking…"
"Oh yes I am!" Gohan said as he sent out an unusual ki blast from his hand and towards Negi. As soon as the ki ball hit Negi, he suddenly felt the clothes a whole lot heavier.
"G-G-Gohan-san!" complained the boy. "What did you do to me? Why do I feel so much heavier?"
"Because Negi-san," explained Gohan, "I added more weight to the clothes."
"Huh?"
"Well, I didn't want you to get all comfortable with the current weight," Gohan said. "So I decided to add since it will give more training."
"G-G-Gohan-san," complained Negi, "I already had enough trouble as it was with the previous weight. Why add more?"
"Trust me on this Negi-san. By the time the test comes around, Evangeline-san will have no choice but to accept you as her disciple," Gohan said with his Son grin.
Negi was unsure. But if Gohan said that it will improve, then it must be true. Negi gave nod and proceeded to continue with his Kung Fu movements, pumping a mixture of magic and ki into his muscles to help move his body.
After a few minutes, Negi continued to do his movements as Gohan watched closely, making sure that if Negi were to fall off like last time, he would be there to help him. As he watched, Gohan felt a presence in the air. He turned around to see Makie running up to them. She was dressed differently. She was wearing a short skirt and a tank top. She also had…makeup? Why would she be wearing make-up? Gohan asked himself but decided not to expand on it anymore.
"Morning, Negi-kun, Gohan-sensei!" waved Makie hello which caused Negi to stop his movements and wave hello to incoming girl.
"Morning Makie-san!" Both Negi and Gohan said.
Negi noticed something different about Makie. "Is it just me, or are you extra-cute today?"
"I am?" Makie replied with a slight blush. "Glad you noticed! I took a little extra time getting ready today."
"But, you have come to practice right?" Gohan asked. "Getting dressed up is good and all, but aren't you going to get very sweaty?"
"Don't worry about it Gohan-sensei," Makie said smiling. "This outfit is easy to work out in."
"If you say so," muttered the demi-saiyan.
"At any rate Negi-kun…"
"Yes, Makie-san?" asked Negi. "Oh that's right, don't you have preliminaries day after tomorrow?"
"Uh-huh, and you've got your disciple test tomorrow at midnight," replied Makie.
"Two more days! Let's go for it!" Both of them said as they clutched their hands together. Gohan smiled at the scene.
"That's the spirit," muttered Gohan.
"Makie-san, since we do only have the two days left, I've asked a special coach to help us train," Negi said.
"You have? Who?" Makie asked. Gohan was curious too. Negi didn't tell him about having a special coach. Maybe it was Goku who was going to help or maybe…
"Hohoho!" Everyone turned their heads around and look up in the sky to see a figure standing on the light post. Gohan squinted his eyes to try and see who it was. When sight was clearer, Gohan noticed it was Ku Fei or rather…Ku Fei…with a beard and a moustache? This can't be good, Gohan said to himself with a sweat drop.
"Negi-bouzu, from today onwards, you can call me Master Ku!" said the bearded girl. Makie was in shock at seeing Ku Fei and the fact that she was the special coach. "Negi-bouzu, it will be difficult to train you to hit a master within just two days-aru. Are you prepared for some harsh training-aru?"
"Yes!" Negi nodded. Makie joined as well, hoping that the training will help her as well. Gohan sighed.
"This will not go well," he muttered.
Later in the day…
Gohan let out a sigh. It was getting to be a long day today, especially after what happened this morning. Ku Fei did a series of training exercises that were clearly not meant the average person like Makie, for example, avoiding and defending against a horde of wooden poles while hanging upside down. Negi could have easily done it had it not been for wearing the weighted clothes and getting distracted by Makie, who kept getting her panties caught by every training exercise. Poor girl.
Gohan hoped that the afternoon training will be different, especially when Ku Fei won't use manga or old Chinese movies to help her out. Thank God that she didn't do Muten Roshi's training regime or even that of Piccolo's. Otherwise, Negi and Makie wouldn't have been able to survive.
Gohan bent back his seat as he looked upwards in thinking. "Awfully relaxed aren't you Gohan-sensei?" asked a voice. Gohan turned his head around to see Shizuna stand before him.
"Shizuna-sensei, how are you?" Gohan said as he got up from his chair and bowed politely to his Kouhai.
"I'm doing good Gohan-sensei. I have been hearing that your family had come to visit you," Shizuna said with a smile.
Gohan put his Son grin on. "That's right, although I haven't seen much of Mom."
"Ara, why is that?" Shizuna asked.
"Well, I guess my Mom is helping out the Baka Rangers with their studies," replied the demi-saiyan.
"That's good," Shizuna said. "Any improvements then?"
"Incredible improvements Shizuna-sensei," said an excited Gohan. "Negi-san gave a pop quiz today in class. I am looking over the results since Negi-san has other engagements. I am amazed by the scores."
"How so?"
"The Baka Rangers improved their scores by at least 70%," Gohan said as he showed the comparison between last week's quiz and today's quiz. "I don't know how they did it but with scores like these apply to the mid-terms, I am sure we will get the top of the academy."
Shizuna chuckled. "It seems like your mother's tutoring is helping them."
"I guess so," Gohan nervously laughed. He didn't want to mention to Shizuna or even talk about Chi-Chi studying techniques. After all, he knew from first-hand experience.
"Well, good luck to you Gohan-sensei," said Shizuna as she walked out the door. "I hope you have a good weekend."
"Thank you Shizuna-sensei." And with that Gohan went back to his desk to finish grading the papers.
After a few minutes, Gohan put everything away properly and left the teacher's room. He walked quickly through the hallways and down the stairs. He continued to walk until finally reaching the park where Negi and the group was.
As Gohan reached his destination, he noticed that Negi and Ku Fei had already started to spar against each other. Asuna and Setsuna clashed 'swords' with each other as well. Makie and Konoka look from a distance. Once Gohan had arrived, he got to hear the start of Makie's conversation with Asuna.
"Is Setsuna-san teaching you kendo Asuna-san?" Makie asked.
"Uh-huh," replied Asuna as she parried another slash from Setsuna's wooden sword.
"Negi-kun's training too," Makie said. "Why all of a sudden?"
"Well, there was something that happened during the school trip that…" Asuna said but stopped herself when she realized that she couldn't reveal too much information, especially on the fact that Negi was a mage and Gohan was a half-alien with godly powers. "In my case, it just sorta came together. I never really planned it. Now that I am practicing with Setsuna-san, though, I'm kinda enjoying it. In Negi's case, he does seem to be training for a reason…"
"There is?" Makie said, with sparkles surrounding her face and eyes. "He does? Why would Negi-kun–?"
"I'm not so sure I should say, come to think of it," replied Asuna.
"But…c'mon, you can trust me, spill!" Makie said.
"Why not ask him yourself?" asked Gohan as he appeared behind the girls, causing all of them to look at him.
"Well, I…"
"Negi-san may appear to not tell everyone what is going on, but if you ask him, I'm sure that he will tell you," Gohan said. "So don't be afraid."
Makie nodded in agreement. "Right. I'll do my best too."
"That's the spirit," Gohan said with his Son grin. "Hey have you guys seen my brother or my dad?" The girls shook their heads.
"Why do you ask Gohan-sensei?" Setsuna asked.
"Well, I was hoping to have Negi-san spar with Goten," said Gohan. "I think it will be good practice for him."
"You really think so?" Makie asked, unsure how Gohan's brother will be able to keep up with Negi's speed.
"Sure," Gohan replied. "I guess I can have him do it afterwards. Negi-san is going to need all the training he can get." The girls nodded in agreement.
Author's note: Part 2 done! Yay! Well I hope you like the tweaking of Negi's training. When I was reading other fanfics of Negima (especially the ones with the Naruto crossover) none of them have the main character do anything special with Negi. They just simply watched him train and do nothing (maybe make a few comments here and there that's all). So I decided to take another route, do something different: have Negi train with weighted clothes and learn on how to use ki. And best of all, he won't be the only one, just to let you know. I won't reveal any more information than that. You will have to keep reading for sure. It's going to make for some exciting battles ahead.
Oh yeah, Glossary time:
Kuririn: Goku's best friend. He is known as Krillin in the American dub.
Yamucha: The desert bandit and Bulma's ex-boyfriend. He is known as Yamcha in the American Dub.
Let me know what you guys think of the chapter! See you next week! Peace!