Disclaimer: Third chapter...And I still have to put this here? what idiot reads these stories and thinks that the author is trying to rip them off? My head hurts from the stupidity of it all...I don't own Negima...
Mahou Sensei Negima: Complex Love.
Third Chapter: Inquiries.
It was around six thirty the next morning when Madoka finally awoke, listening to the hurried footsteps that reached her ears from the floor below as she tried to raise herself from a day of sleeping in, "What is going on down there? It's six in the morn-scratch that, six THIRTY in the morning! What do you need to do that can't wait until eight at least, Sakurako?"
"First off; it's me, Misa Kakizaki. Second; I'm just going out for a walk and…well, I can't just go out without cleaning up, can I?" Misa asked, sounding a little hurt from Madoka's small faux pa, "Oh, uh…s-sorry, Misa! I thought it was-"
"Yeah, Sakurako, I heard" Misa snapped, a hint of bitterness on her tongue, "I'm leaving for now and I probably won't be back until later, okay?"
Madoka replied quietly, "sure, no problem, Misa…"
Misa put her purse on her shoulder and walked out, her posture looking a little stiffer then normal for her.
Why do I have the feeling…that this is so bad?
Madoka shook her head, remembering the plan of action she had decided on just before falling asleep, reciting it as she went about the room, picking out a nice black shirt and blue jeans combo for the day while trying hard not to wake Sakurako, who looked as though she could sleep through the A-bomb.
"Okay, first things first! Take a shower, get dressed and then go find Setsuna, she should know what to do! I mean, she and Konoka are in a relationship, aren't they?" the girl whispered, walking into the bathroom provided in the dorm room, "but what was up with Misa, I wonder?"
Outside the room, Misa thought over her plan of attack.
Okay, all I have to do is speak with Konoka and see what she thinks! I mean, her and Setsuna have 'that' type of relationship, don't they? So, they should be the experts on this, shouldn't they?
Misa started walking towards Konoka's shared room, hoping that the girl may be able to help her and her 'problem'.
Thirteen minutes later, Madoka hopped out of the shower, haphazardly drying her body with a towel in one hand and brushing her teeth with the tooth brush in the other hand. After drying her body, she rinsed with mouth wash and began dressing herself.
Madoka zipped her pants up, slowing down as she finished up, "What do I do if Setsuna…what if she can't help me?" Madoka asked herself that question, allowing for the question to hang in the air while she contemplated it, "Or, what if the entire class finds out? God, what'll it do to Misa's reputation? She can't just go through life with everyone thinking she's…"
Madoka shook her head, "No, no! I'm not gonna let those thoughts get into my head! I mean, girls have crushes on other girls sometimes, right? So, maybe all I have to do is ride this one out…yeah, right…who am I kidding?" she looked down at the floor dejectedly, reaching out for the door after getting fully dressed and making her way to the door, grabbing her coat and hat before walking into the hallway and making her way to where Setsuna had been seen training a few days before.
As Madoka ran through the early morning traffic of Mahora city, she kept the destination firmly in her head as she walked down to the school's gym, hoping that Setsuna would be there training with her sword.
"God, at least she's predictable, that much is good! For me, anyways" Madoka muttered, reaching the gym and listening to Setsuna's grunts as the girl in question swung her blade deftly around in complex swoops and sweeps, fighting an unseen and nonexistent enemy, "well, now or never-"
"Hey, Setsuna-san!" Madoka yelled from across the gym, surprising the young swordswoman, "got a minute?"
"W-What d-do you-(Setsuna stopped to catch her breath)-want, Kugimiya-san?" the girl stood up straight, sheathing her blade before walking over to meet with the new arrival, "well, I wanted to ask a question that only you can answer…"
Elsewhere…
"Um, excuse me? Konoka? Are you there?" Misa was standing right outside the door to the shared room, waiting nervously as she started thinking about how she'd ask Konoka about her dream the night before, "There's something I…really need to ask you!" Misa stressed the word 'really'.
Seconds later, the pitter-patter of footsteps could be heard coming from the other side of the door, "I hope I didn't wake you guys or anything-"
"Oh, no! you didn't wake us at all, Ms Kakizaki!" Negi spoke, opening the door to reveal his pajama clad body, "Oh, Negi! You look so adorable in those PJs! I just wanna hug you and-" Misa was cut off from her attempt at molesting the boy as Asuna walked over, her pajamas hanging loosely to her form, "Misa? What are you doing here?"
"I-er-um…" Misa struggled for her reason for being there, "I,kinda wanted to talk with Konoka…if she's…around, perhaps?"
Negi looked over at Asuna, his face showing his confusion over the entire situation as they both invited Misa inside, with Negi walking over and getting Konoka's attention since she was in the kitchen making breakfast at the time, "Ms Kakizaki wishes to speak with you, Konoka-chan!"
"Oh, thank you, Negi!" the usually chipper girl replied, leaving the food to continue cooking and walking over to where Misa was standing, "You wanted to see me, Misa?"
Back at the gym-er, school halls?
"Whatever gave you the idea that Ojou-sama and I were in that type of torrid relationship, was wrong!" Setsuna screamed, running as though the hounds of hell were upon her as Madoka fought to keep up with her, dashing from one end of the school to the other in an attempt to avoid answering Madoka's question, "come on, Setsuna! Almost everyone in class knows about you two!" Madoka shouted to the girl up ahead, pouring more steam into her dash as her and Setsuna arrived in a long stretch of hallway.
As Setsuna turned the corner at the end of the hall, she inadvertently tripped on her training robe, sending her toppling to the floor and giving Madoka enough time to catch up with her.
"You can't get away from me now, Sakurazaki-san!" the girl shouted triumphantly, placing her weight onto Setsuna before interrogating the poor swordswoman.
However, unknown to the two girls, an unseen group stood at the entrance to the library, sure that the girls didn't even know that they were being watched as they listened in.
"Yue, what are they saying?" The redheaded Kazumi muttered, trying to listen in on the girls' conversation from the entrance, "How should I know? Aren't you the Mahora paparazzi, Asakura?"
Nodoka looked at Madoka and Setsuna as Madoka released the other girl from her hold, getting up and talking to the swordswoman face to face, "Maybe…"
"Oh yeah! Miyazaki's note book!" Kazumi jumped with glee, grabbing the shy girl beside her and persuading the girl to use her note book on Madoka, seeing as it seemed that Madoka was the one with something on her mind.
After some persuasion from her other three friends, Nodoka summoned her notebook, speaking Madoka's name and watching as the girl's thoughts were put into words…
And then wishing they hadn't…
"WOAH,WOAH! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS-" Kazumi freaked out, her eyes now as wide as saucers as she continued to read the thoughts, now the only one standing as Nodoka, Haruna and Yue all in unison fell to the floor, their faces all a shade of beet red at the rather…interesting thoughts and pictures that the book displayed.
Kazumi shut the notebook, handing it back to Nodoka before pulling the three girls up, "alright, we ditch the book, never speak of this again, find, and join, a FREAKIN' CONVENT, and put an X-rating on that damn thing!" she finished, pointing at the book that Nodoka held at arm's length.
The four girls dashed from the room, not caring that Setsuna or Madoka might have heard their rushed footfalls as they ran from the school.
"What was that?" Madoka wondered, looking back to the hallway that she and Setsuna had exited only a second ago.
"Never mind that, Kugimiya, you were saying?" Setsuna brought the other girl back to the topic of conversation that she had started, "Oh…well, I was just thinking that; seeing as you and Konoka seemed so close, you might have the answer to my predicament."
"I do not understand why you don't simply go and ask Misa yourself-"
"Because! I can't just walk up to her and say 'hey, would you like to rebel against society and go out with another girl?' I mean, even if I could ask her that, what would happen to our friendship-"
"But what could happen to your friendship if you don't be truthful in all ways? Wouldn't ti hurt your friendship if you kept those feelings bottled up, Madoka?" Setsuna took a deep breath before continuing, "If it were only a little while ago, you wouldn't have come to me with this type of question, but now you do. Why?"
"Well…" Madoka fished around for words, but couldn't find the right ones.
"I came to realize that I hurt others not just by being physically weak, but by being closed up, guarded, when I should be sharing those feelings with those who are close to me. And if others who call themselves friends, are repulsed by me for that reason, then I shouldn't surround myself with that type of company."
The two spoke for a few minutes longer, ending with Madoka saying her goodbyes and rushing off to the shopping center of Mahora city in hopes of finding Misa.
Back at the dorms.
"EHH?" Asuna looked at Misa with wide eyes, not believing what she ahd just heard come from the cheerleader's mouth and silently thanking the gods that Negi had gotten dressed and left to train with Kotaro a few seconds before this current topic came up, "you what?"
"I…Kinda…had this dream" Misa was absently playing with her fingers as she continued, "about Madoka…and me…" she struggled with the word, "Kissing."
Konoka giggled, "Wow! What was it like?"
"I don't think that's important right now, Konoka!" Asuna screamed, watching as Misa started blushing, "it was…deep."
The two other girls' jaws simultaneously hit the floor, "Thank god Negi's not here" Asuna whined.
A/N:Okay, a rather short chapter, but i figured I'd cut this chapter up into peices due to the length and the fact that I feel it'd be easier then pulling out one huge chapter...and besides, you guys get to read further into this! As for the reviews; thanks for the support, guys! to be honest, I didn't really think there was anyone else that liked this idea when i wrote the first chapter, but thanks for proving me wrong!
Oh, and I love to torture Kazumi at times...
See ya!