The Hunter's Secret

by Sk8er7

Chapter 2

Confessions

"Anya!" Negi repeated, barely believing what he was seeing. Anya's face broke into a large smile.

"Hey Negi!" She tackled him, giving him a ferocious hug, earning jealous looks from the majority of the classroom. "It's been so long!"

She continued to embrace her long time friend, before she noticed that he had done nothing welcoming in return. "What's wrong?"

Negi had swirls in his eyes from dizziness. How he became dizzy, she was not sure.

"Negi?" She shook him violently, trying to wake him. "Come on, wake up!"

Soon enough, the young magician's eyes regained their normal look and he stared at his childhood friend.

"Is it really you Anya?" he asked. She grinned and nodded happily. "But why are you here?" Muttering something quickly in English, Negi stopped his questioning, but continued to give her an uncertain look.

Finally noticing that all eyes were on them, Negi quickly stood up, and offered his hand to Anya. He pulled her up and led her to the front of the class.

"Um, everyone, this is my good friend Anya from England. She is going to be in our class." Anya bowed, smiling sincerely.

"Hello, my name is Anya. I came from England, but I am here to learn about Japanese customs and to perfect my manner of speaking," she told the class in fluent Japanese.

"You're so cute!" Nearly all of the girls in Negi's class went up to pull the new girl to join them.

"This calls for a celebration!" declared Haruna. From out of nowhere, beverages and refreshments appeared and were being consumed by the girls.

"Hey." Asuna walked up to Negi. "Does she know...?" Negi was not sure how to answer. What was he supposed to say? Should he lie or tell the truth. Well, he literally sucked at lying so the truth was a much better path.

"Yes, she does," he replied. They just sat, along with a few other loner's, as Anya was consumed by the crowd of excited girls.

"Negi-sensei," began Yue, "how old is Anya?" Negi thought for a moment. How old was she anyways.

"I think that she's about eleven years of age," he told her. Yue nodded, digesting this information.

Miss Evangeline A. McDowell's eyes narrowed as she watched Anya. Her partner, Chachamaru also set her gaze upon the young girl.

"She has magic," murmured Evangeline softly, so only Chachamaru could hear. The taller girl nodded and they left the classroom, unnoticed by Negi, but definitely by Asuna.

Eyeing Negi's old pal, Asuna began to wonder. Why was she here. Did she have magic? What was her reason to be here?

Minutes passed, which turned into hours. Eventually, Asuna was pulled into the chatter and had a few shots of beer. Quite a few students seemed rather woozy.

Slipping out from her new friends, Anya swiftly made her way to Negi.

"Hi, Negi," she greeted. Anya looked behind her, making sure that no one had missed her presence. She pulled him into a corner of the classroom.

"Why are you here?" asked Negi once more. Anya sighed, and her eyes glazed over with a sad look.

"Are you sure that you want to know?" she asked. Negi looked slightly puzzled, but nodded.

"Did Sister send you?" he guessed. But Anya just shook her head.

"Sister knows nothing of this." A solemn look appeared and she pulled him deeper into the corner.

'What could be so secretive?' Negi wondered mentally. Where was Anya's cheerful attitude? What had happened to her? She seemed so different. Had something awful occured.

"I am a hunter." Negi stared in confusion at her.

"Do you shoot animals for game?" he asked. Angrily, Anya bopped Negi on the head. She loved animals and would never kill them for sport. Sighing, she began her explanation.

"In Medieval Times, when people feared magic, there were few that found out about our secrets. Most kept quiet, believing that it was their insanity speaking. But there were few who expressed their knowledge.

"Those individuals had to be found and their memories gotten rid of. Unfortunately, the people would not give in so easily. They put up fights and would flee. Eventually it would turn into a hunt to erase all of their recollections of magic.

"To this day, there are very few who do find out, but their memories are being modified." Negi nodded, but still did not understand.

"But, why are you here -!" He understood. Negi opened his mouth, but words were useless.

"Yes, Negi. Asuna knows of your magic. I am a hunter. And my purpose here is to erase her memory."

DONE!

wow, that took forever! and it was so short! i have WRITER'S BLOCK! weep weep im so sad, i was dreading this day.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE READ SOME OTHER STORIES PEOPLE!

and farewell with that.

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