Side A : Mahora Sensei Keitaro!

Love Hina and Mahou Sensei Negima! Are owned and created by Ken Akamatsu. All characters are his creation and these are used for entertainment purposes only.

Chapter 9 : Power Up! The Undying Magi!

"These are the visitor quarters," said Keitaro as he led them inside. "Being that you're on the top floor, it allows for easy access to all facilities on all floors."

"Thanks. Hey, you get some rest, okay? No studying for you."

Keitaro sweated. "Yes ma'am."

Naru made a hmph sound and added, "I'm just worried you might push yourself too hard, too fast. That's all. Well, thanks."

As Naru breezed into the room, Kitsune paused and said, "She's just worried. You take care, okay?"

"I will," said Keitaro and Kitsune grinned and closed the door. He sighed and headed downstairs a level. "What a day it's been. Maybe I should rest up again."

Jiggling the door open with his key, Keitaro switched on the light and yawned, pulling his shirt off. "Boy I'm sleepy," said Keitaro as he looked around the room. It was empty and quiet. "They're probably out," he remarked to himself as he slid under his sheets. "With Tama-chan with Mutsumi-san, I may as well rest up before class tomorrow."

Flicking off the light, he soon sunk into slumber.

Several hours later, the sound of giggles came through the door as the door was opened up. "I think..." said Konoka, trying to orient her mind, "We should'a kept from drinking... and aging at the same time..."

Asuna giggled as she stumbled into the room, kicking off her new shoes. "We... had fun right? Negi... so hot... easier way than buying... booze..."

"I... think I'm going to bed.." said Konoka as she staggered around the room. "Whoops!"

Tumbling onto the floor, Konoka sighed, grabbed the soft pillow and said, "Sleepy time..."

"Konoka, where did ya go?" asked Asuna as she stumbled and fell onto Konoka. "Oh, there ya are..."

"Mm, soft pillow," said Konoka and she suddenly started to snore.

"Konoka? Aw fudge..." muttered Asuna as she drifted off into a drunken sleep.

"OH MY GOD!"

Asuna slowly opened one eye, and then another. The splitting headache reminded her of how much soda and Age Pills they had consumed. "Ow..." When you were twenty five, even the headaches were big.

Then her eyes focused and she looked down on her comfy pillow. Keitaro looked back at her, his shirt off and his pants half undone. She looked down at herself, her clothing in disarray and her panties around her ankles. Then she looked at Konoka who was sleeping, her new dress around her waist and her chest pillowed into Keitaro's arm. At the physical age of twenty five as well, she was very busty for her age. And then she looked at

Keitaro's panicked expression and said, "...This is awkward."

"God, it's too early!" shouted someone from across the hall. There was a banging at the door and then it was wrenched open as Ayaka stormed into the room, dressed in a bathrobe. "What the heck is someone... screaming... about...?"

Keitaro went to stone, Asuna was stricken with horrific fear and Konoka cuddled into his arm. Ayaka's mouth moved with no apparent sounds coming out of it.

Then, Konoka stirred, awoke and said, "Morning..." as she lazily got up and kissed Keitaro on the cheek.

At that moment, all hell broke loose as Kazumi looked into the room and exclaimed loudly, "SENSEI HAS TWO UNKNOWN LOVERS, DETAILS AT ELEVEN!"

"So yeah, if I change my name, cut my hair, get contacts, dye it, burn my fingerprints off and get an operation on my throat to make it a husky alto, we can be out of the country by five," said Asuna, palming her face into her hands.

"Are you CERTAIN you didn't do anything?" demanded Naru.

"Nothing! We came home a bit drunk since those age pills react like alcohol with soda," wailed Asuna. "I'm going to be expelled or shot or both!"

"Calm down Asuna," said Konoka. "They didn't RECOGNIZE us which is the good thing. Grandpa will probably figure it out sooner or later though..."

"We're doomed, we're doomed, my life is over, Takahata-sensei will think I'm a wanton slut..." moaned Asuna as Keitaro sighed. Naru hit him on the head.

"This is your fault," said Naru.

"Mine? How is it MY fault?" demanded Keitaro.

"It just is. Deal with it."

"Okay, from what I can see, you have two options. Option one, you two return to your old bodies and this never happened since Keitaro's phantom women are never seen or heard from again," said Kitsune with a wide grin. "Two, you play it up and hope it becomes real."

"Fat chance of that happening!" shouted Asuna and regretted it as her head protested with a jackhammer.

"Three... Keitaro goes under cover." Finished Kitsune. "You have a bottle of that stuff, right?"

"Right here," said Asuna, digging it out of her pocket and handing it to Kitsune who checked the label over. "What's your idea then?"

"You two are going to go back to your normal ages and pretend this never happened," said Kitsune. "While Keitaro needs to buy some new clothing NOW."

"Eh?"

"At least my clothing is getting some use now," said Negi as he opted to become sixteen once more in the interest of Keitaro-preservation. Keitaro, now a little boy of ten looked at his body.

"Everything's so short," he said. As a little kid, his face was rounded, his hair was messy and he wore Negi's clothing. "At least it's not a bad fit..."

"Aw, you're so cute, sensei!" exclaimed Konoka who had grudgingly restored herself back to her fifteen year old state. Fortunately, the forms she and Asuna picked were at least twenty five and they looked quite different from their original fifteen year old forms.

"It's not MUCH of disguise but it's a disguise," said Kitsune with a nod. Naru rolled her eyes.

"You think ANYONE is going to be fooled?" asked Naru and Kitsune shrugged.

"In the meantime, we'll have to let Mutsumi-san substitute for me," said Keitaro, letting out a despondent sigh. "What a week this has been."

"Oh me oh my," said Mutsumi as she reached down and pulled at Keitaro's cheek. "You're so cute Keitaro-san! Lemme try one!"

"Eh?" asked Keitaro as Mutsumi pulled out a pill and swallowed it.

There was a customary poof of magic but when it resolved, Mutsumi stood there in a too-large shirt at the age of five. She giggled happily and said, "Lookie, I'm young again!"

"Aw, Mutsumi's so cute!" exclaimed Naru. "I'm starting to like this idea. Lets see if I can get down younger than that."

There was a poof and Naru stood there in her too-large dress at the age of two and a half. She stuck her finger into her mouth adorably and giggled.

"It's becoming a preschool in here," said Kitsune said as two more simultaneous poofs resulted in a six year old Konoka and a five year old Asuna. "Definitely a preschool."

"Na-chan!" exclaimed Mutsumi, giggling as she wrestled with Naru. "Look at you, you're so cute!"

"Hey, cut that out, it tickles!" laughed Naru as the group wrestled around. Negi and Keitaro laughed.

"They certainly are full of energy," said Negi as Asuna was dragged into the fray by a giggling Konoka.

"Yeah..." said Keitaro.

"Lets see who gets to first pounce on Keitaro-san!" announced Mutsumi. "Rock, paper, scissors!"

"Kyah, we're not ready yet!" exclaimed Naru and Asuna as they threw out their choices.

"Na-chan you're really bad at this. All you do is throw out scissors!"

Keitaro blinked and rubbed his eyes. "What... was that?"

"What was what?" asked Negi curiously.

"Um... nothing. I was just, spacing out there."

"Dogpile!" The pair suddenly found themselves being pounced on by a quartet of hyperactive giggling girls.

"It's the attack of the preschoolers," sighed Negi as he carried Naru on his back. Mutsumi had hitched a ride on Kitsune's back and Asuna and Konoka walked alongside in small dresses, hanging onto Keitaro who was playing the part of the big brother. "Everyone is staring."

"It's cause everyone is adorable," quipped Mutsumi. Somehow it was slightly eerie that they all retained their personalities and memories, but it would be detrimental for someone not to be able to do anything they did.

"Ooof, Naru-san, you're a little heavy for a preschooler," said Negi and Naru bonked him on the head with surprising force. "Ow!"

"Hey you guys!" called out Shinobu as she and Sarah ran up. "Oh, who're the kids? They're so cute!"

"There's an uproar centered around these two getting drunk and sleeping in the same futon as the Ronin-sensei," said Naru from Negi's shoulders and Sarah stifled a snicker but failed, bursting into laughter.

"Bwahahahaha! This is RICH! So that's Naru? And lemme guess, Konoka and Asuna?"

"How did you figure that?" asked Asuna in her little voice.

"You still wear your bells, dork," said Sarah, leaning down and ringing one of her ponytail bells.

"Who's the last one?" asked Shinobu.

"Otohime Mutsumi, nice to meet ya," said Mutsumi cutely. "I'm really twenty one!"

"Aw, she's adorable!" exclaimed Shinobu. "C'mon, we gotta show Su and Motoko this. They're over at the Technology Labs."

"Please try to keep your kids from running around," said a tired looking technician as he eyed the small group of kids and adults. "Satomi-sempai is coming out soon."

There was a fierce explosion from the other room and four girls were flung out of the room, smouldering. "Nyah ha ha!" laughed Su as she got up and helped Satomi to her feet. "Looks like the coils overheated."

"I think so, and I think I didn't align the heat sinks properly," said Satomi as she dusted off her coat. "Are you two all right, Setsuna-san, Motoko-san?"

"We'll be fine," said Motoko, getting to her feet. "Oh hello everyone. Who are the children?"

"It's a long story that involves hiding," said Naru from Negi's shoulders. "Suffice to say it, those two got tipsy when you take Age Pills with carbonated drinks and wound up half-naked in the Ronin-sensei's bed."

"Why... that... cad!" exclaimed Motoko, burning with unholy fire. There was also flames marking Setsuna and Keitaro hid behind Negi. "Where is the bastard? I will smite Urashima myself!"

"Um, hi?" said Keitaro, peeking out from behind his Negi-shaped-meatshield. "Please don't hurt me."

Motoko made an "ergh" sound and reluctantly sheathed the sword that had come out when she was angry. "I cannot strike a child, even if he is the bastard."

"But you strike me all the time," said Negi and Motoko gave him a look that plainly read 'Don't Tempt Me'.

"You are... intact, Konoka-ojousama?" asked Setsuna and Konoka looked at her curiously with all the innocence a little girl could muster. "Thank god," she sighed heavily.

"Magic is quite interesting," said Satomi casually. "So... how much magic did this take?"

"One highly concentrated pill," said Negi with a sigh. "It really seems that anyone we encounter knows of, or will find out of magic early on."

"Fuuuuuu..." said Satomi, a speculative gleam in her eyes.

"Where do you suppose sensei is? He was up and about yesterday," said Haruna.

"There was a ruckus at the dorm this morning," said Yue. "He was seen fleeing the scene with two women around the age of twenty five."

"Eehhhh? Sensei and two women?" asked Nodoka.

"It's probably another misunderstanding," said Yue with a shrug.

"Mm," agreed Kaede as she and the rest of the Baka Rangers were gathered around their desks before the class began. "Where's Baka Red?"

"Probably in the thick of things-aru," said Ku Fei with a sagely nod.

"Sensei approaches!" called out Sakurako from the door and the girls moved towards their seats. The door opened and she called out, "Stand!"

The door slid open and a hand caught the eraser that fell from the ceiling. "Fuu, that was close," said Negi as he strode into the room. With Mutsumi still giggling as a kid on his shoulders, Negi walked into the room.

It had been Satomi's idea to see the reaction of various people in an experiment. Normally they would have refused but all information would be highly classified. So as a result, they remained as their kid forms except for Asuna and Konoka who skidded into the classroom and joined their classmates as Negi picked up Mutsumi from his shoulders and set her on the front desk. "Sorry I'm late," he said cheerfully. "I'm your substitute teacher as Miss Otohime is at Sasaki Seminar today. My name is Nagi Springfield and I'm going to teach your English class today. Please be seated."

The girls sat down as Negi grinned to himself. Going under his fathers name would feasibly separate anyone from pegging Negi as the cool and cultured Nagi. "You were working out the Neo Horizons, book, right? Well please turn to page seventy four..."

Looking up at the class, many of the girls were sighing. Nodoka recognized him immediately and was blushing. And at the back, a girl was seething. Blinking at the reaction he got from her, he pulled out the chart Keitaro gave him and checked the seating. 'Evangeline... so she's the vampire. I wonder why she's angry at me?'

"That'll be all for today," said Negi. "Remember that your sensei will be back tomorrow and he expects you to read. Is that understood?"

"Yes sensei," the girls chorused as they gathered up their things. In the clamor, Evangeline got up and strode through the crowd. Walking up to Negi, she stared at him and said,

"Nagi..."

"Um, yes?"

"Bastard." She snapped angrily, her gaze penetrating and even. "I thought it was the real Nagi for a moment."

Negi flinched at the venom in Evangeline's voice. "You knew my father?"

"So you are his son," said Evangeline. "Hmph. You can't be more than that ten year old brat that came by with Naru and Kitsune. So, why the deception?"

"Sort of an experiment," said Negi.

"Well... sensei," she said, stressing the word, "Watch your back."

"Fun girl," said Negi as she walked away with Chachamaru in tow, "For a psycho."

"I think she's lonely," said Mutsumi, having kept mostly quiet through the day. "Negi-chan, can you let me down, I want to go talk to her."

"Be careful," said Negi. "I could feel some magic from her."

"Fu fu fu," laughed Mutsumi and she headed out the door.

"So that's it," said Evangeline as they stared at the computer screen. "The reason why we never found out what grounds the spell is because it is tied into the electrical field around it."

"Yes," said Chachamaru as she manipulated the programs with her interfaces. "Tonight there will be a scheduled maintenance for the power grid and it will give us an opening to bring down the electrical field."

"So... tonight I'll get my power back, and I think I know the first thing I'm going to do."

"Um, hello?" asked Mutsumi as she peeked around the corner. Evangeline jumped and Chachamaru's eyebrows rose. "I was looking around and wanted to talk to you and..."

"This little girl is under an illusion mistress," said Chachamaru. "Scanners indicate she is Otohime Mutsumi, our substitute for the last two days."

"Miss Otohime, is it?" said Evangeline. "Well, you just heard too much now."

"EEEEEE!"

"Scary stuff, huh Tama-chan?" said Keitaro as he wandered the halls of the dorm. "It's going to be dark soon."

"This is a city wide announcement. The power will be shut off for seventy five minutes in one minute, twenty seconds. Please do not go out during this maintenance period."

"And there it goes," said Keitaro as he passed the baths. The sound of girls bathing could be heard in the large room and Keitaro sighed. Closing his eyes, he stepped into the room and called out, "The power will be off in a minute! Anyone bathing please return to your rooms!"

"Eeew, sensei don't look over here!" cried Makie.

"My eyes are shut!" called out Keitaro.

Then, the lights went off.

"Field down mistress. Your powers have returned."

High above the city, a tall shapely form stood, her ragged cloak fluttering in the wind. She was dressed in black leather and one sharpened canine emerged from her mouth in a sinister grin. "Back with a vengeance."

"Eeew, it's dark now!" cried Akira. "Can't we get out now, Makie-chan?"

"Sorry, I didn't know it was going to shut down this soon!" called out Makie as she grabbed her towel. Beside her, Yuna and Ako scrambled for their clothing. "Sensei, are you still there?"

Fumbling around in the darkness, Akira picked up a waterproof flashlight and played it towards the door. There, Keitaro stood, hands at his side. "Sensei?" asked Akira.

"Fu fu fu," laughed Keitaro.

"Um, sensei, you're being really creepy," said Makie, covering herself with her towel. "Sensei? Are you listening?"

He looked up and the girls stiffened at his expression. An unholy glint was in his eyes as fangs elongated from his mouth. "Sensei's not here anymore," he whispered and then there was screaming.

The flashlight went up into the air and fell into the water below.