Negima 3: The Most Magical Christmas

Chapter 14: Ayaka's True Heart

The next day, Ayaka was the first to wake this time. And her morning couldn't be so peaceful. She read her favorite magazine as she sipped from a tea cup.

"Ah. What a pleasant morning. Just sitting at the table, reading while sipping tea and NO monkey brains like Asuna to disrupt my focus." Ayaka thought. But as she took another sip, she heard something that sounded like caroling.

"What's that? Who would be singing at this hour?" Ayaka asked. She went upstairs and could hear the singing coming from Fuka and Fumika's room.

"Oh geez. Not Fuka and Fumika." Ayaka groaned. She opened the door, abuptly interrupting Fuka and Fumika's caroling.

"Ayaka? What's up?" Fuka asked.

"Why are you guys singing at this time of morning? It's not even the afternoon. Besides, I'm trying to read downstairs if you know what I mean." Ayaka said. The twins just glanced at one another and shrugged.

"Uhhh....sorry?" Fuka asked. Ayaka sighed and asked them to please just keep the caroling down a notch.

"Oh. Okay. Sorry Ayaka. We were just practicing." Fumika said. Ayaka then left to head back down to the kitchen. But when she did, there was Asuna in her seat eating breakfast.

"What the?! Why are YOU in my seat Asuna?!" Ayaka shouted. Asuna huffed.

"I didn't see your name on this chair Ayaka. What's the matter? Just because your butt might've been in this seat before doesn't make it YOUR seat." Asuna said. As she continued eating, Ayaka growled.

"At least tell me what you did with my magazine and my tea?" Ayaka asked. Asuna glanced at Ayaka and pointed to the den, showing she moved them to the smaller table.

"Well, I suppose that is all right." Ayaka said. She went into the other room to continue reading. But soon enough, everyone was up and their noise was pestering Ayaka.

"Great. There goes a perfect morning." Ayaka muttered. But the annoyances didn't stop. Soon, all the ruckus around the house caused Ayaka to just want to get out of the house.

"That's it! Until your racket can settle down, I'm going for a walk. And when I get back, I hope it's queit." Ayaka said. She then closed the door and stormed off. Asuna watched from the nearby window.

"Guess someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Asuna said. Ayaka walked downtown and was soon trying to destress herself from everything that happened.

"I swear....sometimes, I wish I never was apart of that class of lunatics." Ayaka groaned, rubbing her head. She sighed and continued to walk, unintentionally bumping into another girl.

"Ow! Hey! Watch it you!" Ayaka shouted. The other girl groaned and glared at Ayaka.

"You're the one that walked into me you shouting lunatic!" she shouted. Suddenly, both girls gasped when they saw each other's faces. Ayaka and the girl both had long blonde hair but as Ayaka had blue eyes, the girl had chestnut colored eyes.

"Oh. Uhh...hi there. You look.....uhhh....nice." Ayaka said. The other girl stuttered.

"Uhh...yeah. You too." she said. Both girls giggled and looked away from one another. They kept their eyes apart until Ayaka felt brave enough to say something.

"My name's Ayaka Yukihiro. Who are you?" Ayaka asked. The girl stuttered a bit before her eyes met Ayaka again.

"Oh me? My name's Lily. A pleasure." Lily said, extending her hand. Ayaka shook her hand, making a new friend.

"Sorry about before. I guess that....I...I wasn't looking where I was going." Lily said. Ayaka chuckled.

"No. No. It was my fault. I was just....really frustrated at my classmates from homeroom." Ayaka said. Lily gasped.

"Wait. You have an annoying class? Me too!" Lily shouted. Ayaka gasped.

"No way! We're...We're just like twins!" Ayaka shouted. Both girls laughed and they could easily tell they met someone they would like. They were soon hanging out with one another for the rest of their time in town. They went to a clothing boutique, they ate lunch together and even enjoyed listening to the carolers around town.

"So, what about your class makes YOU annoyed?" Ayaka asked. Lily huffed.

"My classmates are such losers. All they wanna do is talk, talk and talk. Sheesh. It's STUDY hall people. Not "Talk Your Mouth Off" class." Lily said. Ayaka chuckled.

"Well, the class I'm in is, like, over thirty of the most annoying, crazy and messed up girls I ever met. Especially this one I know. Her name's Asuna." Ayaka said. Lily sighed.

"At least you don't have an old fart of a teacher." Lily said. Ayaka snickered, saying she probably lucked out when she spoke of her teacher being Negi Springfield.

"Wait. Springfield? You mean that little kid that is supposed to be living here? No way!" Lily gasped. Ayaka smirked.

"Yes. It's true. He's just one of the sweetest boys you could ever meet." Ayaka said. Lily suddenly looked away and she grinned.

"Well, if we've both got classmates that annoy us, I think I know a way we can finally get back at them for pestering us so much. Want in?" Lily asked. Ayaka chuckled.

"If it means humiliating Asuna, I'm all in sister." Ayaka said. Lily chuckled and began whispering her plan to Ayaka. Meanwhile, Asuna and Evangeline were just leaving for work. But another surprised followed as Sakurako, Kakizaki and Madoka stepped out next.

"What the? Where are you guys going?" Asuna asked.

"Where are we going? Duh. To our new jobs. We got a job being clerks at that super store downtown. You can't expect us to just sleep away our holiday break." Sakurako said. They then started off again, leaving Evangeline feeling a bit confused.

"Well, that was unexpected." Evangeline said. Asuna just shrugged and they were off again. Downtown, Ayaka and Lily were closing in on some of Lily's classmates.

"See them? Those two annoy me the most. Watch this." Lily said. As her classmates passed by, Lily threw a snowball at one of them. It nailed them in the head.

"Ow! Hey! Who threw that?!" the student asked. Ayaka and Lily snickered quietly.

"Oh. That was too precious." Ayaka said. Lily snickered.

"Well, I do stuff worse than that sometimes. But today, I just felt like throwing snowballs." Lily said. Ayaka wished that could work on Asuna, but knowing her, it wouldn't.

"Why? I thought throwing snowballs at people without getting seen was enough." Lily said. Ayaka scoffed.

"Asuna's worse than that. If anything, I'd love to cause her to fall into a frozen lake and freeze her pants right off." Ayaka said. But Ayaka did not know that those words gave Lily her most devious plan. Later on that day, Asuna and the kids from the orphanage were out playing in a snow covered field.

"All right kids. Stay close now. We don't need to lose any of you." Asuna said. All the kids nodded and soon were throwing snowballs, making angels and snowmen. But from a bush, Ayaka and Lily spied.

"Yeah. That's her. Miss Bell head there is Asuna." Ayaka said.

"Well, don't worry. I've got a special surprise just waiting for Asuna. When she gets onto the ice...." Lily said. Suddenly, Ayaka gasped.

"Wait. What about the ice?" Ayaka asked. Lily whispered it into her ear, causing Ayaka to gasp.

"Whoa! Isn't that....a bit extreme?" Ayaka asked. Lily scoffed.

"She really annoys you, right? Well, this is something I would do to anyone as annoying as her." Lily said. Ayaka gulped and looked out at Asuna, skating on the nearby pond. The kids all asked to see Asuna's skating and she couldn't resist. But Asuna wasn't aware that she was skating towards a loose chunk of ice, cut in the shape of a hole behind her.

"Hey! I wasn't serious when I said that earlier! Asuna might drown!" Ayaka shouted. Lily chuckled.

"Don't worry. She won't drown. All we gotta do is wait for her to finally say she'll stop annoying you and THEN we'll fish her out." Lily said. Ayak gasped.

"No!" Ayaka shouted. She suddenly darted out towards the ice and tackled Asuna, causing them to skid across the ice.

"What?! Ayaka! What's the deal?!" Asuna shouted.

"Asuna! You have to get off the ice! It's...It's gonna crack!" Ayaka shouted. Asuna asked what she was asking about before seeing the hole in the ice that she almost skated towards.

"Whoa! Where did THAT come from?!" Asuna shouted. Lily suddenly emerged from the bush, angry and beet red.

"Ayaka! Oh! You totally ruined our prank!" Lily shouted. Asuna glared up at Ayaka.

"Prank? Ayaka..." Asuna growled.

"Asuna...it's not what you think it is. I had no idea!" Ayaka stuttered. Asuna groaned and told Ayaka she had five seconds to get off her, which is just what Ayaka did.

"Ayaka, I don't get it. She annoys you so much at school, but now you just suddenly cared? What's up with that?" Lily asked. Asuna glanced at Lily and then Ayaka.

"Who's she?" Asuna asked. Ayaka sighed and stepped inbetween her and Asuna.

"Lily, what I said before...I didn't really mean it. Sure, Asuna gets on my nerves and I sometime wish she butt out. But...when you get down to it, I don't know who I'd be today without her." Ayaka said. Asuna was a little surprised to hear Ayaka's words, but she smiled.

"Wait. So....you really DO care about her?" Lily asked.

"Yeah. And my whole class likes me too. They're just....sometimes too immature and brattish sometimes that it annoys me." Ayaka said. Lily was surprised by all this.

"That's weird. At school, people always seem to call me the bully. And I'm the class representative of MY class." Lily said. Ayaka chuckled and put her hand on Lily.

"Well, I guess you just need to stop being a bully. Maybe then....you and your classmates can get along." Ayaka said. Lily thought to herself for a moment before taking Ayaka's advice.

"Are...You still wanna be friends?" Lily asked. Ayaka smiled and hugged Lily.

"Sure. We're still friends." she said. Lily smiled and thanked Ayaka, hugging her back. Asuna watched on with a smile, happy that Ayaka was able to stand up for her classmates.

END OF CHAPTER