i'm so sorry that it took so long. i have been lazy and i have other stories as well. i'm also obsessed with love hina at the moment...

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The Hunter's Secret

by Sk8er7

Chapter 3

The Punishment

"WHAT?" Neji jumped back in alarm at his friend's statement. "Are you serious?" A few heads turned, but other than that, no one had really noticed their teacher's outburst. Anya silenced her friend by putting her hand over his mouth.

"Yes," she replied solemnly. "But I might not have to." Negi's flailing arms died down and hung normally at his sides.

Asuna. She was... odd... She was nice in some ways. And though she had purely loathed Negi in the beginning, it seemed as though she didn't hate him as much now. Asuna even let him sleep with her; she smelt so much like his sister...

"Sister!" exclaimed Negi, tensing up. "How is she?" Anya smiled. This was just like Negi being overprotective of his friends and family.

"Sister is doing just fine," replied Anya. "She wanted me to tell you that she misses you." Negi sighed in relief.

"So you're here to watch Asuna-san?" asked Negi, his head clearing. Anya nodded.

"It's not everyday that you find someone who knows these things that isn't magic," she stated. "If she's a friend of yours, I don't really want to do it. The only reason I accepted was so I could come to visit you." She brought her hand to his cheek, nearly caressing it. She then added her other hand and was gripping his face lightly. And then she tugged. Negi's face pulled back to create something very funny. Anya laughed.

"Good to see you Negi!" Before the young English teacher could protest at his face being pulled like that, Anya had already slipped in and joined the other girls in their little party.

The ten year old sighed and plopped down onto the floor. It wasn't like he couldn't handle the class. Of course he could. But the shock at seeing his childhood friend at Mahora made him want to sit down. Anya and Mahora School District just did not mix.

Shaking his head furiously, Negi reached into his coat and pulled out a small bottle of water. Taking a refreshing gulp, he leaned back against his desk. As much as he liked his girls, he wasn't all that certain whether everything that they did could be trusted.

He could have laughed. Negi taught a very funny bunch of girls. And they loved him like a cute cuddly teddy bear. It was too bad that they couldn't respect him as an actual teacher...

Negi's entire class had been entirely dedicated to the welcoming party for Anya. Sakurako and her fellow cheerleaders had tried to set off some firecrackers, but Negi quickly stopped them with a simple water spell.

A few minutes before the bell, Negi's roommate, Asuna, came out from the party and approached the young mage-in-training.

"Do you know her from somewhere?" she questioned. Negi nodded mechanically, cursing as Asuna lifted an eyebrow in wonder.

"Is she... like you?" Her question was carefully concealed. In other words, it asked if she had magic. Negi froze and tensed, unsure of how to reply. He did not want to lie. Lying was dishonest and he was a very honesty boy.

"I don't know!" he exclaimed in reply. "She might have powers, but I don't know!" It was somewhat of a lie. Negi had never actually seen Anya cast her magic; the magic was at a bare minimum unless performed during a test. Even then, the students were taken into seperate rooms for examining.

"Right." It was quite obvious that she didn't believe him. Konoka came over, startling Asuna by tagging both of their shoulders.

"Hey Asuna! Hey Negi-sensei!" she greeted energenically. "Just what are the two of you talking about?" Konoka winked suggestively, but Asuna merely turned away with a huff.

"Just talking," was her vague reply. Knowing that she would not get anymore information out of her best friend, Konoka pulled Asuna towards the party and shoved a drink into her hands. "Have some fun!" was the excuse.

"Girls..." Negi pleaded pathetically. But no one heard him. He bowed his head down in shame and went over to his desk. Pulling out some papers he began to grade.

A night, a few days later, Negi and Asuna could be found sleeping quite peacefully. Konoka had been asked to stay at a sleepover with Sakurako and her roommates.

"Takahata-sensei!" Asuna murmured happily. Negi had slipped out of her fearsome grip and replaced it with a pillow. He even began to feel sorry for it. "I love you." She bent down and kissed the cotton before her eyes began to open. She was shocked to find a pillow in her arms and looked over at a startled Negi. She threw the dented head resting device at him before laying back down.

Negi put his head down and pulled the blanket up. "Do you really love Takamichi that much?" he asked.

"Be quiet!" she growled. Asuna quieted down and tried to fall asleep.

"I'm sorry, but I wanted to apologize for all the things I messed up for you with my magic," he murmured quietly. "And although I did mess up many things, I can also create good things." Asuna sat up and bonked her teacher in the head.

"If you want to flaunt your magic like that, I guess you won't mind if I tell everyone that you're a mage!" she said, sticking her tongue out.

"I KNEW IT!" the familiar voice of Anya shouted. There was a light in the middle of the room and some wind before Anya appeared in her traditional clothing.

"Anya!" exclaimed Negi in fear, "what are you doing here?" He was however ignored.

"Kagurazaka Asuna; you have received the punishment for knowing about our kind.Threatening to reveal our secret will sentence you to memory loss!" She waved her small wand at the oldest girl there and chanted her latin spell.

It hit Asuna square in the forhead. Her headwas pushed back a bit, before she held it in her hands. "Such a headache..." she grumbled. she clutched her head before looking up. The light was still visible in her room and she first saw Negi, who was right beside her.

"Who - who are you?"

DONE!

i'm sorry, this story is really terrible. i'm probably going to end it with a really cliche ending in the next chapter or something. It's sooooo short. please review anyways :)

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