Disclaimer: I do not own Negima it belongs to Ken Akamatsu.

Setsuna nervously paced her dorm room. Hands behind her back and head bent, she kept up her pace mumbling every so often. Wearing a nice path horizontal from the door, Setsuna glanced over at her sword then the door before jerking her gaze away to continue in her thoughts.

Earlier today, Konoka – to Setsuna's surprise – was waiting outside of Setsuna's dorm with a serious expression on her face. Not used to the seriousness, Setsuna was ready for any type of bad news that may have happened. Instead, Konoka grabbed both of Setsuna's hands and looked her straight in the eyes. "Set-chan, I need you to promise me that you will not follow me today." Setsuna automatically began objecting to her 'princess', but Konoka interrupted her with a finger to the lips bringing about a furious blush to Setsuna's cheeks.

"No objections, Set-chan. I know that you want to protect me, but I need you to promise me that until I come back to your room, you are to stay." Konoka firmly stated while squeezing Setsuna's hand to display how serious she truly was. Not sure how to deal with this, Setsuna's mind raced with possibilities of what harm could befall her precious lady.

With a stubborn look, Setsuna shook her head and with the same seriousness, "No, my lady, I cannot abide by those commands. I will always be protecting you no matter what and no one not even you can hinder that." With a sigh, Konoka's eyes became shadowed by her bangs for a moment then she slowly looked into her knight's eyes.

"I did not want to have to do this, Set-chan, but you leave me no other choice." She softly whispered as if she was speaking more to herself than Setsuna. Eyes now completely uncovered revealing puppy eyes and a slight pout on her lips, Konoka knew exactly what to do to get her way from Setsuna.

Alarm flooded through the young samurai, she knew what was about to happen. 'Am I strong enough to withstand this? I haven't fully trained myself to be immune at times like these. Princess, you do not play fair!' her thoughts screamed throughout her being as she felt herself become more and more helpless to the attack. 'Demons! Monsters! Evil magicians! Anything but this, I'd rather face anything than this!'

Konoka's eyes watered and her bottom lip began quivering as she pressed her body against Setsuna's. Her hands lightly but firmly grabbing a hold of the front of the samurai's shirt, "Please, Set-chan, do this for me. I promise I will safely come back to you, but I need you to stay in your room until I come back. After this, I promise to do whatever you say." She pleaded as more tears gathered in her eyes.

Her shoulders dropping and her face now rivaling the sun's heat, Setsuna knew she was beaten. "How long are you planning on staying out?" she replied in utter failure, hanging her head.

"It should not take too long, maybe a few hours." Konoka squealed in delight as she hugged her knight.

"All right, but if you are any later, I am coming after you." Setsuna stated with determination. Konoka may have won, but Setsuna does not take the life of her princess lightly even if it meant breaking a promise. Konoka nodded then left Setsuna's room.

A few hours later and Setsuna had not once stopped pacing in worry. It was almost noon. In her estimation, a few hours are now up! Grabbing her sword, she yanked the door open to come face to face with the object of her affections. Almost colliding, Setsuna stopped herself in time and steadied her charge thanks to her constant training.

"Set-chan, I thought I had told you to stay in your room until I arrived." Konoka tried her hardest to not grin but failing miserably.

Pushing aside the guilt, Setsuna looked over her princess to make sure there was nothing out of place or a new bruise, cut, or injury formed. Seeing her in one piece and perfectly fine, Setsuna relaxed her grip on the sword. "I'm sorry, my lady, but I did say that after a few hours, I would come for you."

Smiling, Konoka grabbed Setsuna's hand, "I'm all right as you can see, nothing happened or went wrong to cause any sort of danger to me. I was inside of the school's barrier so nothing harmful could endanger me." She reassured her knight.

Setsuna was not completely convinced with that theory knowing that some demons or other threats have crossed the barrier, which is why she, Mana, and Evangeline along with some other teachers had become the second barrier and the last. Forcing her face to relax, Setsuna suddenly noticed Konoka holding bags in her other hand. "I'm sorry, princess; I didn't realize you were holding something. Let me carry it for you." She reached over, but Konoka moved her body to stop her.

Walking into the room pulling her reluctant and confused knight along, Konoka closed the door behind them. Bewildered, Setsuna silently stood there waiting while Konoka turned around and dug into the many bags. "Close your eyes, Set-chan." Konoka suddenly turned around with something behind her back, unsure of what is going to happen. Setsuna obeyed fully trusting her.

She felt her left hand being taken and something placed on her wrist. "Okay, you can open them." Setsuna's eyes automatically went to her left wrist to find a leather band tied onto it. Looking closer, she noticed dark thread sewed into the band forming the letter "S".

"I wanted to surprise you with this and knew if you followed, you would have found out. It was hard to hide it from you. I had it specially made with some strands of my hair woven to make the "S". This way, I will be near your heart no matter how far apart we are from one another." Konoka traced the letter with her fingers.

Setsuna was speechless. She had no idea at all what was going on but suspected something strange with Konoka's change of attitude for the last few weeks. Whenever she inquired about it, Konoka just shook it off as nothing. "I'm sorry I worried you, but I didn't know any other way to hide it from you." Konoka leaned in and kissed her knight on the cheek. Setsuna was blushing so badly.

To make matters worse, Setsuna's stomach decided it needed some attention as well that it let out a loud cry. Laughing, Konoka calmly grabbed the rest of the bags and entered the kitchen. "I thought that might happen so I grabbed some ingredients for lunch as well." She expertly began preparing the meal while Setsuna stayed stock still looking at her gift then reached up to touch the spot where Konoka kissed.

AN: Now, I plan on having this to be several chapters. I already have plans and ideas for this story to proceed. It all depends on you, readers. If I don't get any reviews about wanting more, then I will completely drop the story. I need reviews people, that way I know if it's being well received or not. Also, constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcomed. This is my first fanfiction and would love to improve on my writings. I can't do that unless I get reviews, right? So review, my dear readers. I need at least five reviews to write the next chapter. That is all!