"Nepgear will have her time soon, but not now. And the end-game 'minion' appears sooner than participated will always be the bad sight."

*Snuggling* "Hmm…warm-y…"

Don't question it. Just Clem feeling homey around me. Anyway, it's about five-thirty in the morning, and I'm a teacher, well assistant teacher, so waking up in this hour won't be a problem. In fact, I should be waking up to take morning tasks. Though, five-thirty is when I have made it appropriately, because it's 2 minutes until then. Then why did I wake up just a few minutes earlier?

"Puru…"

That… Creator, explain. Do I need to? Yep. You do. I'm not planning to scare anyone today. I agree with Kuro. And I'm sure they are… You're not in real world.

Not real… I use my power to check… and yep, we're in Uzume's Lala-land. If we're in that world… I move both of the girls out of the way, gently and without waking them up, and start walking around, as the world shapes itself. Then, to the point where I reach Schwarz's home. The family has resided in Zero Dimension, as they managed to fix the dimension up and people could live there now. Anyway, I open the door (This is dream world, so knocking is pointless), and walk directly to where I assume is their room. And when I open their room's door, I can see the couple cutely cuddling with each other. While I can sit in a chair and 'aww' at the scene, I need to know why the hell they dragged me, Clem and Plutia into this.

"Hey." I poke Uzume's face, making her shuffle a bit. Pinch, more shuffling. Deciding to pull out the cymbals, I just hover it above them and slam them together…only to be stopped in the middle by a black mist. I look down to see Schwarz's right eye opening. I move my eyes towards the door, as he gets the message and gets out of the bed, I make the instrument disappear and both of us go out of the room…

"What do you want, Father?" "Mind explaining why you two pulled me, Clem and Plutia into your soaked dream?" He looks around, confused. "Soaked? We didn't do anything…" And after that he blushes. "We…" "Just kidding. But judging by your actions, you DID it." And the red gets redder. "Anyway, why?" "I…" He turns to Uzume (we didn't close the door), as she just cuddles herself more into the blanket. "Um…probably too happy that she accidentally activated her power." I cross my arms, as he raises his hands in surrender. "Hey, don't ask me." "I wouldn't. But, why Plutia as well?" "That, I honestly don't know. Clem and you, I can understand, but her? No clue." "*Sigh* You almost made me think that Plutia REALLY got into the place I am now." "It's supposed to be secretive?" "Yes. Magic isn't common in this Earth, that's why…"

"KKKYYYYAAA!" Both of us cover our ears as Uzume screams her heart out, while trying to cover herself up. Oh and yeah, Schwarz still has his undershirt and his shorts, while his wife has the blanket as her 'clothes'. After the ringing wears out, I ask: "Really, Uzume? Do you have to do so?" "WWWWWhy are you here? And why don't you just close our door?" "You dragged us into your world." She blinks, then recognizes: "Right… I'M SORRY!" Another shriek, but this time it's more pleasant. "Seriously, next time, please check your power. And why the hell did you have to shriek when I already…" Two megaphones, one orange and one black, fly straight to my face, and if I didn't duck, then I would be glued to the wall behind me. "We don't WANT to be reminded that!" Both of the CPUs are exactly like tomatoes now (I can see through T.O's eyes, remember?).

"Anyway, I think there's a reason behind it." Now that catches Schwarz's attention. "Meaning?" "There's no reasons the Creator would let Uzume go wild like that. There's a high chance you two are going to visit where I'm working now, and Plutia maybe appear… oh NOW I remember why there's a wild Plutia there." Uzume now gets out of the bed, fully clothed (Dream world, if you already forgot), and asks: "Why?" "I asked her to make a skin for a robot girl. Maybe it's completed, so Creator reminded me of that."

Schwarz crosses his arms, his clothes returned, and asks: "You should have asked Noire for that." "I did, but that's more of biology and chemistry, not technology. And you remembered how I got troubles identifying real Charlotte before?" "Yeah… not even us would do that." "Anyway, I think it's enough now, I need to wake up and take care of the school trip. See you later in the future." "See you soon, Father. / Bye Kuro!"

Yang: "*LOL* Wow! Just a little pleasure and Uzume went all of like that!" "Yeah, it's stupid, but it happened."

Weiss: "*Shudder* I don't know if I want to know who will be Plutia's victims." "None of us would want to know."

Reality, 6 AM

*Snuggling* "Hmm… warm-y…"

I turn to the left, no Plutia. Okay, real world this time. I gently grab her arm and put it out of my body, then sit up without interrupting her sleep. Time to get to work.

Checking the trip… okay… the Nara park would be group 5's location… nah, not my problems today. I think I will take care of group 6, since there's my daughter, then Eva and Chachamaru. Zazie… not sure if she wants to go around… Setsuna, I would just push her towards Konoka. Easy.

"Planning something?" I turn to see Eva crossing her arms. "Why do you think that?" "You're smirking." I put my hand on my face to check, and yup, I am now. "Yeah. I'm trying to see if I could make Setsuna confess her feelings towards Konoka." The girl sits on the chair next to me. "You're into that stuffs?" "More like I'm a shipper. Even boy-boy if I see it fits." Eva raises her eyebrow questionably. "Really? And I thought you're just joking around. Turned out you're a pervert." "Hey. I don't really care about what people think when it comes to true love. Besides, you love…" She immediately covers my mouth with my hand, face turned red. "Don't you dare speak it out loud." I raise my right thumb for the agreement.

Later

"ITADAKIMASU!" All students exclaim before digging in the breakfast. Class 3-A still has a lot of students who get hangover from yesterday's attack (they didn't know that). And obviously they're disappointed and angry that they lost their first night for apparently reasons.

Konoka, holding her tray of food, speaks to Negi while finding an empty seat: "Thanks for last night, Negi-sensei! Though, I don't remember much, I know that you, Asuna and Se-chan came to help me!" Yep, I left before she woke up. Negi scratches his head while smiling, with his eyes taking a glance to me. I put my index finger over my lips, indicating him to be quiet about my help. He takes it, and answers normally to Konoka. Then, she tries to get Setsuna to sit with her, but, you already know the scenario.

Then I notice someone's focusing at me. Turns out that's Zazie. I decide to open a telepathy to her: 'What is it Zazie?' 'My sister just got words from Fate. He's asking her to intervene.' 'Damn, that one fight got him worked up like that? Can you tell her to…' 'She already said no. But, when I talked to her, there's a person with her…' 'Can you describe that girl?' 'Long black hair, left eye has cursed symbol, wearing nothing aside the torn black cloak.' '…That's Death, my partner.' '…You mean Yama?' 'No, I mean Death. She's my partner from another universe. Though, I'm surprised that she could convince your sister to not help Fate.' 'Like I said before, likeable.' 'Thanks for that. Though, I would say it's a rare sight when you're talkative towards me.' 'You seem to earn a lot of respects from my sister just from that power alone.' 'Heh. When she knew I'm not that respectful, she would flip, hard.' 'Not so sure about it.'

"Are you planning to follow a group today?" "If they pull me to them. If not, I would just find a high place and overview everyone." "That would be impossible." "I have my ways, Nitta-sensei." I take a sip from my water glass, before saying: "Nitta-sensei, just tonight, let the students have their moments. Don't have to restrain them, as long as they don't disturb anyone." "Hm. I don't believe that's good for them." "I know you want the best for them, but each generation has their own funs. Also, 'perfection' is different from person to person." Yep, I'm trying to convince Nitta. Don't be surprised. "… If I hear any complains, you will be responsible to them." "I will, don't worry."

Third Person's POV

'YES! NITTA IS NOT ON OUR TAILS THIS NIGHT!' Basically all of students' thought when they overheard the conversation between the 'oldest' assistant and the most relentless teacher in the whole Mahora Academy. Now they could enjoy the nights with zero problems.

And when he stood up and planned to bring his tray away, Makie jumped on him to try and ask him to join her group… only she grabbed thin air, flew through him and fell flat right on the floor. The image of him flicked a bit, then disappeared, then the real Kuro appeared with his phone, light emitting to where the image just went off. "Makie, I know you're excited, but I'm holding a tray. Breaking them is not on my list today." Then he just casually walked off, like nothing happened.

And that just got summarized by Shizuna's simple words: "The advantages of time traveling."

Later…

"Look Dada! Deer everywhere!" Clem happily ran around and played with the infamous creatures here. And they seemed to like the girl too, as they let her pat them however she liked, and even didn't do anything when she rode on one of them.

"Don't bother them too much, Clem." Kuro just gently advised the little girl, as she returned back with a smiling 'Okay!'. He then looked at the rest of his current group. Zazie, really out of character, was smiling, with Eva just watch with no change in her usual expression, as so as Chachamaru. Setsuna was pulled to group 5, which Kuro planned to group up as well later.

"Eva, see something you like?" The girl just punched her assistant teacher in the stomach, making him rub it to reduce the pain. "Speaking about that, I heard that your granddaughter wanted me to be her Aunt." "Yeah?" "Why?" "*Snicker* You heard it from Shizuna, didn't you? She kind of left out a small detail: In my country, all females who's in a child's parent's generation and younger than them, then the child would call them Aunt no matter what. That's our culture." She then sent Kuro a very, very irritated glance, as the man just laughed, with Zazie just covered her mouth with her left hand to hide her smile. "Though, you could be her Aunt by the true meaning, since you're now half CPU." "I… have nothing to say with you."

With that out of the way, Zazie asked: "CPU? You mean Eva is not a human?" Kuro turned his head back and asked: "Uh, I thought you knew about Eva's glorious past?" And that earned him another punch to the chest. "Yes, but you said about CPU of…" "Console Patron Unit." "Oh."

Then Setsuna slammed right at the robot girl's back, causing her to stop on her track of escaping Konoka. "Come on Se-chan! Just call me Konoka like when we were… eh, Kuro-sensei?" "Yo!" Kuro just casually greeted back. "Leaving the poor Nodoka behind is not exactly a good idea, you two." With everyone tilting their heads in confusion, Kuro explained: "Konoka, remember right when you tried to get Setsuna eating together with you, Yue and Haruna kicked Asuna right out of Negi and lured her away? Yep, they're trying to get Nodoka having a date with Negi." He then pulled his phone out and swiped a bit, then showed everyone the date from something's eyes.

Kuro then made a little zoom from position that looked directly into the couple's face, and everyone was seeing that Nodoka was trying to get all of her courage to confess… and failed every single time. He just sighed and pocketed his phone. "Come on, we're finding her now. Clem, we can return here later, let's go."

With Asuna

"Geez, where's everyone? Saying we should go together and…" After everyone has left her, she's walking around, enjoying the view while trying to see if she could find anyone. Then, she heard footsteps running towards her, and turned to see a crying Nodoka. "Honya-chan? Something happened to you?"

Later

"YOU CONFESSED TO NEGI-BOUZU?" "Yes…I mean no. I mean… I was going to, but… I was so clumsy back then, and I messed everything up." "You… you were serious…" Chamo just had an intent but subtle glance to Nodoka. "Yes…" "But then, why Negi? No offense, but he's still a child. Why do you have to…"

"Love doesn't exclude anything." The two turned to see group 6, with Konoka as well. "Seeing you two just now, I just thought back when I tried to make IF confess to Compa. Ah, that's quite a long time back then."

Nodoka just blushed more, while Chamo took the distraction to whisper to Asuna: "Hey, Kuro managed to have three wives, so he must know how a woman feels. How about we ask him to help Nodoka?" "I mean, sure, but would he help?"

The shy girl then noticed one of the names: "Compa? You mean your wife?" "Yeah, and IF is the other." Everyone then took a seat, as Kuro told his story: "Back then IF was a military soldier, while Compa was a nurse-in-training. For some circumstances, they were become best friends for quite a long time. Then, the two started developing feelings towards each other, but IF was too shy to talk about it, and Compa didn't want their friendship to break apart."

Nodoka asked: "Then, you married them… did one of them get heartbroken?" Kuro's eyes were thin lines when he looked at her. "Did I look like one who would do so? I married them at the same time." Then he pulled out an old picture, and when Nodoka looked at it, she can see why he said so. It's the marriage picture, with he standing in the middle, with his wives in their wedding dresses, smiling at the camera. "Wow… so pretty…"

"Was that so common nobody opposed that?" Asuna asked Kuro with an eyebrow raised. "Not common, but… time back then was very difficult." "How?" "It's something you shouldn't listen to, yet. Anyway, before that, I already knew their feelings, so I made a plan to make them confess to each other. And it worked out, though, they beat me up after."

Eva just smirked. "That's for two-timing." "No, that's not. They're just too embarrassed. Anyway, the point is, Nodoka, if you really love Negi, then you should tell him now. He might not be able to answer you right now, but he will do it. It's only a matter of time before he answers you, or he manages to find another half for him." And that earned him glares from the others, since it sounded like he was discouraging her…

But Nodoka just smiled. "Thanks Kuro-sensei. Now I know what I should do. I'm off now." Then she just put her teacup down and ran away…

Konoka then grabbed the picture and examined it closer. "Hm… do you have the picture with your third wife?" He just chuckled. "Ah ah ah. Not today. Showing those two is enough for a day." The girl gave back the picture. "Let's see if the girl succeeds. And prepare some medical treatments." Zazie tilts her head for confirmation. "A confession to a 10-year-old kid who's having a class to take care of and another problem is not a good combination."

"I LOVE GRATED RADISHES!" That made all of the ones hiding in the nearby bushes, except Kuro and Clem, fall comically. The remnants of the past were still there. "NO, I MEAN LUCKY… NO, I MEAN…"

"Shouldn't we stop this?" Kuro turned to Asuna, who has recovered. "I mean, he's only ten, and…" 'Three wives', 'Over a hundred years old' and 'Don't care about age' were floating above the assistant's head with arrows pointing right at him (comic style). "Never mind." He then pointed towards the scene… When Nodoka's taking a deep breath… "I'VE LIKED YOU SINCE THE DAY WE MET, NEGI-SENSEI! I LOVE YOU, NEGI-SENSEI!" "Eh?" That's Negi's only response before Nodoka continued: "I understand this could be troublesome to you, but I want you to know how I feel towards you. It's okay if you didn't answer now but… EXCUSE ME!" All confidences lost, as Nodoka ran away, leaving behind a confusion Negi. With all the problems before, and the confession, his mind turned into a mess and started spinning…

"Hey, don't fall asleep now, Negi-sensei. It's not night yet." Someone has got a hold on him before he fell to the ground. The young teacher turned back to see Kuro with a warm smile. "Come on, let's return, sit back and have a nice drink, and just let all the plans behind for now." Negi tried to argue, but the assistant just pushed him towards a direction, completely ignoring what the teacher's saying.

"Aw, Nodoka was so bold!" Konoka just exclaimed, as she turned to Setsuna… to see the girl sneaking away. "Hey, Se-chan! Don't run like that!" And the chase began again, with Setsuna being tsundere towards her Ojou-sama.

"*Sigh* This is a mess." Eva just muttered to herself, with Zazie nodding her head in agreement. "By the way, Kagurazaka, what happened last night?" "Well, I think you already knew that Konoka got kidnapped." "Who's the enemy?" "A person named Fate, a monkey woman named Chigusa if I'm right, and the girl attacked Kuro before, Tsukuyomi. And a bunch of her Shikigami."

"They smelt dead." Zazie suddenly said. Everyone turned to her, as she pointed to something, as they followed the direction… to see a trio walking hand-in-hand and admiring the place. They seemed to be at their seventeen, their hair color being brown, chestnut-colored and dark gray. "And they smelt a bit like Kuro."

Chachamaru suddenly shook a bit, before became normal and asked: "What do you mean by smell?" "Not sure myself…Is Kuro immortal or not?" Eva answered: "He died, but possessed himself… I don't know how that worked either."

"Then we ask them. There's no point guessing around." Asuna then stood up and walked to the trio. "Hey! Can I ask something from you three?"

The brown hair girl answered back: "Oh, but I'm not sure if I could answer you about this place. We're just arrived…" "No, not that. May I ask if you have seen something that terrified you before?"

The chestnut-colored hair girl retorted back: "That's not of your concern." The previous girl tried to calm her: "Come on now, Nari. It's just a question." "You know well that we're not talking about that anymore…"

The last girl agreed with the first girl: "We can answer her, there's nothing wrong with it." "Urgh, fine…"

"Kagurazaka, you idiot!" Eva punched the poor girl in the chest. "Don't ask stuffs like that out of nowhere! Have you forgotten that it's a sensitive topic!" "But if they're like Kuro, then we could ask something from them!" "That's what we assumed, not…"

"Did you just say Kuro?" The two stopped arguing and slowly focused back to the trio, who were having surprise looks on their faces. "Um, yes?" "Did he happen to not be Japanese?" "Uh, yes. He said he's from Vietnam…" The dark-gray hair girl: "Can you show us where he is now?" "We could, but I don't think now it's a good time. He's currently trying to comfort someone who has a little bit of info shock." Eva answered, then asked back: "How did you know him?" "He saved us and our friends from Hell itself."

Time skip

Kuro sat on the chair, drinking a soda can while smirking, unnoticed by the shocked teacher sitting next to him with his mind being wondering somewhere else, and his ermine munching food at his left.

"Never got confessed before, I see. Still, you're only ten, you wouldn't have known about this soon." Kuro casually spoke, as Negi started hugging his head, thinking about the scenario he might have to deal with. "But… but… I heard that Japanese women are shy!" "They were, they are, and they will be. But if they speak that directly towards someone, they really mean it." Then he remembered about his conversation with his cousin, Nekane. "What should I do now, Kuro? I can't just go ahead and deny her like that!" The questioned just sipped again, thinking about the possibilities. Then, he said: "It's up to you. Though, I advise you to avoid doing what you just said, at least, not saying it directly. But, focus on one task at a time. For now… Oh right! The bath time for us is near! Go ahead to the bathhouse and cool yourself off, it will help you a lot." Negi only nodded, but still felt bad about this, and started heading out.

Chamo just sweatdropped at his aniki's 'defeated' form, as he asked Kuro: "Would he be okay? I mean, I know the girl…" "I'm sure he could work something out. It's just a matter of time. Besides, shouldn't you be helping him?" "After finishing this." And a minute later: "I'm out now." "Good luck." "After the ermine's out of sight… "*Chuckle* Yeah, this will be a chaos night."

"Since when are you so professional about love?" "Since after I married, Nana. *Sip*" "But this is different Kuro. He's only a child." "A child with great mind and responsibility, Chihaya. I'm just helping him as best as I can." After another sip, and immediately a choke, he stood up and turned to his left to see who he's talking to. "Nana, Nari, Chihaya? Why are you here?" "Our school decided to pick this place for the school trip as well. Also, why didn't you call us when you escaped Heavenly Host?" "*Deadpan* I didn't even know which world you are in."

The trio was smirking at him, with Clem on Nana's back. Kuro just put his hands on his waist before saying: "But, judging by how you look now, it should have been a few years, especially when the group from Kisaragi tried to save me years ago." Nari: "Oh right! It seemed that you managed to save us all, and we have contacted each other over the past years!" "I have no doubts about it. Though, I thought the earlier victims…" "Even Saenoki and Kibiki were revived!" "… How does that… You know what, forget about it for now. Did Clem tell much about me?" Nana gave him a mischievous smile: "Enough to know. How about we sit down and talk about what you have missed?"

From the corner…

'Kuro-sensei was from that time? I heard that Heavenly Host was shut down because of some incidents in the past. Kuro and the three also said about 'victims' and 'revived'… And Naho Saenoki and Kou Kibiki were one of the famous people in dealing with mystical phenomenon. This would be one of my best scoops!'

To the five (counting Clem as well)

Chihaya: "We really thought we wouldn't see you again." "I thought so as well. But, didn't The Nine tell you about their re-visit?" "They only returned yesterday." "Hm, timeline differences, I guess. What happened after you escaped?"

Nari: "We returned back to our normal life with no troubles. But, the group from Byakudan School wasn't very happy that one of their friends couldn't return to them." "Did they know the truth?" "Only Kensuke. You killed Kizami but told only him." "He didn't tell it to anyone else?" "It's been the secret. Though, why were we the only ones remembering him?" "Because you knew he existed before. When anyone's trapped there, their existence is gone forever."

'Byakudan School? I never heard anything bad about it? And Kuro killed someone from there? Another research in the future it is.'

Nana: "Naho also has kept her promises to change the ritual correctly, so no one would have sent to there again. Kibiki also re-opened the case and helped sealing the problems." "Good enough. Did you have a regular meeting with each other?" "We did. We're planning to do another when the Mahora Festival came. Also, both Shinozaki and Saenoki said that the tree is magical!" "*Only nod in response*"

'Wait, The World Tree? And magic? It existed?'

Chihaya: "Enough about us. The little girl, Clem, called you Dada. Does it mean you're her father?" "Her Grandfather." "Her… what? Wait, how old are you now?" "Over a century." "How?" "Timeline differences. Also, if you're going to meet again in Mahora, then I will wait for you. I'm currently a teacher assistant there." "We heard that from your students. Anyway, are you free tomorrow?" "I could take a moment." "Great! Then you can meet up with the rest of our group! They really want to know what happened after we're safe." "I will try to make up the schedule, and thanks for the invitation." "No problem!"

'So he's not with us tomorrow. Alright! Let's ask him everything tonight!'

Kuro then looked at the watch of the hotel. "Well, I should go now. You girls should return as well." "Don't worry, we can take care of ourselves." "I see. I will meet you tomorrow, bye." "BYE KURO!"

'Now it's the good time!'

The bathhouse

'Okay, try to act normally. He won't know that…' "Don't even bother to try and fool me, Asakura. Just drop the disguise and come in." The girl yelped in surprise as she poked her head out of one of the big rocks in the place, and saw the assistant looking straight at her. The girl then sighed and put the hair away. "How did you know that's me?" "Do you remember about the new cameras in the dormitory? Those are mine, and I have already sent a few more around here. Also, I DID know that you eavesdropped our conversation, but I let you hear it. And don't bother using the recording to blackmail me, I could hack into your phone and return the favor."

The girl slightly stumbled back at how scary her teacher was now. Then, he just smiled. "Other than that, you can ask me if you want to. Just go in."

After the girl has managed to not freak out anymore, she started asking: "So all the time, you're using magic?" "Didn't I tell you all? That's technology. No magic involved. Yes, I can use it, but I wouldn't use it much unless it's urgent." "About Negi-sensei and Shizuna-sensei…" "Yeah, it's magic in their cases. Though, I haven't seen Mina using them before though, aside from when the 'date' you tried to stalk on us." "Mina? Who?" "Shizuna, when she was in her previous life." "P… so she's dead?" "Was. She's reincarnated as the motherly teacher you know. And also the twin." "Wait, Fuka and Fumika?" "Yes. Ram and Rom, respectively." "… I will stick with their current names. Also, you knew Naho and Kibiki?" "The girl tried to make us stuck in Heavenly Host, just to have her 'lover' having a big scoop. Turned out, curiosity killed the cat, literally." "But they looked nice…" "Only after I saved them from the eternal suffering. From what I heard from the trio, it seemed that I managed to rescue one of their 'lives', and they returned to their Earth." "One of… what?" "Lives. Eternal suffering, that's a term I come up with when I was there. Once they die in the cursed Heavenly Host, their existence was lost forever to the ones in reality." "That's sad…" "Depends on how you view it. Now, the girls are coming, so I will leave. But, Asakura, I want this conversation to stay in the dark. Only when I tell specific people about this, then you can't mutter a word about this, otherwise Negi will be in deep trouble." "I…" Not hearing the rest, Kuro just disappeared without a trace, as the girls of class 3-A started coming in. 'Well, at least now I know magic is real. I will ask the rest of his group later…'

Later

"THAT PAPARAZZI KNEW ABOUT MAGIC BECAUSE OF YOU?" "So? Like I said, the class will know, eventually." "BUT WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLES AT HANDS ALREADY!" "And we're going to need more people to distract the rest. Asakura is one that I can trust with that task." Kuro just casually drank his milk-shake, while listening to Asuna's scolding at him. Negi agreed with the young girl: "We can't let anymore of the students being involved to this. I mean…" "*Sigh* You forgot about my tasks? Helping you is one thing, finding my citizens back is second, but keeping the right future intact while not making much changes is the third and the most important one. There are things I want to keep in check. For you to know, if I didn't let Asakura follow me, she would have found out when she saw you saving the cat with your magic, and Chamo talking, and you flying out of the place..." Negi turned pale when he heard that. "Yeah, that's quite shocking, but that's the original path. Which would you prefer?"

"So it's all in your plans huh, Kuro-sensei?" The reporter walked to them, as she asked: "There are a few more questions I want to ask you, but… can Asuna…" "She's the first one to know about Negi's magic, so she can stay." "Oh, then it's okay."

Setsuna then asked: "What do you want to know?" "Have you heard of Heavenly Host Elementary School?" That rang a bell to the swordswoman. "I heard of it. Before we've suspected that there's something wrong with the school, but we can't put our hands in it." The reporter then pointed to Kuro: "He's the one who knew everything."

Asuna tried to remember about that place, as Asakura started asking: "Let's go through the rumors first. They said that the female teacher fell off the stairs and died, was that the truth?" "Nearly. It was the President who pushed her down. Though, from both of their views, I figure that it was just an accident." "Then, the teacher's daughter disappeared…" "Well, that's the real kicker. Though, I think I will give you the details after this trip. Don't want to ruin your fun now." Asakura just pouted, as Kuro laughed. "Come on now, don't show me that look. I'm heading back to my room now, call me if something bad happens."

Chamo decided to approach the paparazzi. "Hey, Sis. Can you come here for a second?" The girl tilted her head, then followed the ermine to another corner. "Can you help me with something?" Chamo whispered something into the girl's ear. The two then smirked to each other. "That's not a bad idea. And I get the info for me exclusively, right?" "Of course." "Then let's go!"

An hour later

"The students are getting loud…" Kuro just sighed, as he was looking over the schedule of the trip. "This is not going to be fun… and the meeting with Musashigawa's group…"

"The past's catching up?" Shizuna sat next to him in the waiting room of the hotel. "You could say something like that. Remember Heavenly Host?" "That's where you died." "Yes. Turned out this world is its core reality." "And you're going to meet the ones you saved?" "Yeah." "It's okay. If you need to go, then I will help you making the excuses. That aside, you said the girls are loud, but I heard nothing… You put a silence device somewhere in the hotel." "Yeah. That's to counter Nitta." "*Giggle* Well, I hope you know what you're doing."

In the hallway of the bedrooms

"A KISS WITH NEGI-SENSEI AND KURO-SENSEI!" All class 3-A's students exclaimed, as Asakura explained her plan. "Yep. It's simple: each group will have two representatives. All you need to do is to reach to them, who are somewhere around the building, get a kiss from them. You can attack each other, but only pillows are allowed. Although Kuro-sensei said Nitta-sensei won't be a problem, we still have to be careful to not meet him. In the worst case, you CANNOT tell him about the game. There will be wonderful prizes for those who win. Simple, is it?" "Now that's something to do for the night!" "Let's do this everyone!" "Alright! Choose your contestants before ten thirty, and in eleven we begin!" "YEAH!"

Back to Kuro and Shizuna

He suddenly looked around to see if anyone's there, then turned into his female form. He then asked Shizuna: "Can you return back to your room? I'm not going back until the game's over." "What game?" "Class 3-A is planning for a game, and I will be the victim, along with Negi." "I see. Do you need me to look after him?" "No need. We're not in danger, but the girls are wild." "Okay then. Call me if you need something. I will."

'*Sigh* So it begins…' Considering we already knew about this, should you avoid them like plague for now? 'Only a very few knew about this form of mine, and they don't participate the game, so I'm good.' Better be safe than sorry. 'Don't worry. Also, about tomorrow…' Just do what you need to do. They will be okay. 'I hope so…'

11 o'clock

'Granddad, the girls are starting the game.' 'I know… oh right, did group 6 participate in the game?' '…Unfortunately, that's a yes.' '…What? Who?' 'Eva and Chachamaru.' '…They would look through my disguise instantly… Now I need to hide…' 'Good luck, Granddad.'

To the girls…

"ALRIGHT! THE OPERATION IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! BROADCASTING LIVE IS ASAKURA FROM THE NEWS CLUB! GROUP 2, 3 AND 4 ARE APPROACHING TO THE CENTER AREA! AND NO SIGHT OF NITTA YET! THIS IS GOOD FOR US!"

The girls who didn't participate this were cheering for their roommates, even Clem clapping her hands wildly and Zazie who just following for fun.

"AND FOR THE SURPRISING PART, EVA AND CHACHAMARU ARE ALSO TAKING PART OF THIS! THIS IS GOING TO BE A BLOODY FIGHT FOR A PRIZE SO HIGH!" "Though, I'm a little curious, Asakura-nee. Why would they join?" "Don't know. Maybe for fun? Or is she trying to aim for Kuro?" "Possible."

To Eva and Chachamaru

"Master wants a kiss?" "Hell no! However, this would be fun to go around and fight a bit. Even with pillows." "The others don't stand a chance." "Fei and Kaede are not that weak. And I'm weaker in this form, remember?"

The two were still wandering around the hotel, with Chachamaru being a literal radar as she could detect heat signal now (thanks to Chao and Kuro). And they're heading straight to group 5. "What should we do?" "Depends."

"Yue…" "Geez, why did Asakura have to make this game? Just when you just confessed to Negi-sensei as well…" "It's okay, Yue. This is just a game…" And Nodoka earned a devilish eye from Yue. "This is not a game anymore… *Eye turns normal* Negi is one of the most honest and upright people I know. Nodoka, you chose the right boy for your life." "Yue…"

"So you're heading to Negi, huh?" The two immediately faced group 6, as Yue raised her pillow and book in defense. "What about you two?" "A collaboration. You want it or not?" "Huh?" That earned Eva looks of confusion. "We saw your confession, Nodoka. And this game is like a test to you. But it doesn't have rule of not helping each other. We will cover you, and maybe I will get a fight in the way."

Yue was wielding the option, but then Nodoka asked: "Um… then, can we help you kiss Kuro?" That made the vampire blush in embarrassment. "Why do you say that?" "It seems you two have something for each other, so…" "We are not!" "But…" "No more talking! We're heading to Negi's room now!" Eva then just walked ahead, with her face being red like a tomato.

To the watchers

"GROUP 5 AND 6 ALLIED WITH EACH OTHER! THE OTHER GROUPS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY THEIR BEST TO KNOCK THEM OFF BEFORE REACHING THE PRIZE!"

To Kuro

'Well damn. Never thought that Eva would help the girls.' To be honest, she's just acting tough. Remember UQ Holder? She's way more relaxed. 'And maybe because she's free from the past.' And she is now, considering you broke her out of the seal. 'Could be.'

Back to the 'battlefield'

"What will we do if we win-aru? It will be my first kiss!" "Uh-huh!" "But then, who would kiss whom?" "Hm… your pick, Fei."

The conversation's interrupted when they saw group 5 and 6. Kaede immediately swung her pillow down, as Chachamaru just raised her right arm to block it. Then, she grabbed the ninja girl's arm before swinging her away, letting her crash on the floor, hard. Eva then ran towards Fei and swung her pillow uppercut, but Fei dodged in time and delivered a kick (with a pillow covering it) to Eva's blocking arm. Kaede stood up and started pillow-fighting the robot girl, not noticing that group 5 has already escaped the scene. With a low sweep, Eva lifted Fei out of the ground and quickly pushed her away, but the Chinese girl recovered instantly and threw the pillow right at Eva and kicked the girl in the stomach (still pillow covering).

Watchers' point of view

"GROUP 2 AND 6 ARE FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER! I NEVER THOUGHT THAT EVANGELINE WOULD BE THIS GOOD AT FIGHTING THOUGH, SHE'S HOLDING HERSELF VERY WELL AGAINST FEI!"

To group 5

Yue: "I wonder why they would help us…" "But wasn't that good? We don't have to fight them…" When they're near Negi's room, they saw that Kuro was sitting right next to the door that led to the room. Curiously, the two walked towards the assistant, as he greeted them: "Hey there." Nodoka asked: "Is… Is Negi-sensei inside?" "Yeah, he is."

In group 6's room

"Aw, I thought that's Dada." "*Head tilting in confusion*" "It's just a projection."

To the scene

Yue: "Did you know about the game?" "Yah. But Negi didn't. Which is going to be fun."

Nodoka: "You are… being involved too…" His image suddenly flicked a bit, making the girl yelp. Yue immediately understood, as she remembered what happened in breakfast time. "This is just your image." "Yeah. I'm hiding somewhere else. Now, go. The others are reaching here now." And with that, Kuro disappeared.

Yue just shook her head and opened the door. "Let's go, Konoka. We can't waste anytime now when we have reached the place."

Group 1, Watchers' Point of View

"Group 1 is… not exactly heading to Negi's room now…maybe they're trying to find Kuro-sensei instead." "But, isn't that a risky move? I mean, Kuro could be anywhere right now." "But that would make the search worth."

To group 1

"Ram, do you think, we can do that to him?" "Well, he's not against it. Besides, it's on the cheek, nothing serious." The twin was wandering around the place, while avoiding making contacts with any of the groups. Also, they remembered about the projections, and about how Kuro could easily disguise, so they're looking at every single corner that he could have hidden himself into…

And miraculously, they saw him just sitting there, right at the open, with no hints of trying to escape, as he's reading a book with a glass of water on the table.

Watchers

"This is awkward… even when he DID know about our game… he's still sitting there…" "Now this is tricky. Either he's a real deal, or just a projection like before. Group 1 has to decide their decision carefully."

Group 1

"Well, there's always that way to check." Ram raised her pillow up and threw it right to the figure's face… for Kuro to grab it instantly. "Yep, he's the real deal."

Kuro gave it back to Fuka as the twin got near him, and returned reading the book. "That's one way. Though, I would like you to think about me before doing so." Rom looked a bit down. "You don't want to…" "Not what I mean. I mean that, if you two kiss me, even only on the cheek, can you protect me from Blanc's wrath?" The two blinked. Kuro just sighed. "Remember Trick?" And that made the girls' faces scowl in disgust. "Sorry about reminding you two that. But yeah, that would happen to me if Blanc heard about this."

"Don't worry, Kuro." Kuro just glanced at Fumika, who smiled warmly to him. "Blanc wouldn't mind. And this is our life now, Blanc can't be with us forever." "Yeah! Also, you will protect us, because we're from the same place, right? Count this as our thanks to you!" Looking at the girls' hopeful faces, Kuro can't really do anything but to accept that. "Fine. To be fair, you're not little girls anymore." The girls just cheered and each kissed him on each of the cheek, earning a little pink on the man's face. Fumika just giggled. "You're blushing, Kuro." "Obviously. Kissing is always felt foreign to me." Fuka just laughed. "IF and Compa would tease you a lot about that." "Yeah, they did."

Watchers

The rest of group 1 was cheering for their roommates' success, as Asakura spoke through the speaker: "GROUP 1 HAS SUCCESSFULLY KISSED KURO-SENSEI, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE CHEEK! NOW, LET'S SEE WHO CAN…" Then a static voice interrupted her, as she looked at the cam of group 1, to see that Kuro was speaking through his phone: "Though, be careful. The rest will have a little surprise when they managed to find Negi." Then the static went off, as Kuro started reading book again, with Fuka and Fumika leaning on his shoulder, reading it as well. Asakura didn't understand why Kuro-sensei just said so, then she heard Chamo calling her: "Um, Asakura-nee… I think I know why he said so… We got a problem here…"

Back to group 2 and 6

"I didn't think you could hold yourself against Fei, Eva." The two groups have stopped fighting, briefly. "I though you're sealed in the school." "Kuro's blood in me broke it. Anyway…" Someone just ran past them, as they all looked at the direction… to see that's Negi-sensei. The two groups decided to give a chase, not because of the game, but because they saw Negi's expression was a bit off…

And when they reached the reception part of the building, they met the other groups… with four Negi standing right at the middle of the room. During the confusion, Kaede held one Negi up, and Ku Fei delivered the kiss… only for the fake to explode and create smoke everywhere. The rest then ran away, as the others started giving chase…

With the exception of group 6, and group 2 being unconscious, as Eva looked at the assistant and group 1, who were reading the book in peace. Well, more like only Kuro, the twin has already slept peacefully. Eva decided to sit next to them, followed by Chachamaru, as she asked Kuro: "So they kissed you?" "On the cheek." "And you accepted that?" "Thought about it before. The other assistants have run before, but in the end, they would still be kissed, with the possibility of anyone. So, I decided to just accept it." He then turned to Chachamaru. "By the way, there's a present for you in your room." "For…me? *Tilting head*" "Yeah. So, you want to wait for group 5 to win or not?" "It's vampire's hour now." "Ah, right. Well, suit yourself."

The Watchers

"So… group 1, 2 and 6 are out of the game… But the others are still giving chases to Negi… and all of them failed. So that means, ALL THE BETS BELONG TO ME NOW!" And with the raging responses from the girls, Kuro had to speak it out: "Asakura, don't forget group 5. They're still in the game. By the way, they just found the real Negi."

With the 'winning' group

"Um, Miyazaki-san, about what happened afternoon…" Negi bowed to the girls and started the conversation, as Nodoka tried to stop him. In the background, Kuro has nudged the twin so they woke up and watched the scene with group 2 (consciousness regained) and 6, with Asuna and Setsuna just stopped right at the corner. "I'm sorry. Unlike Kuro-sensei, I know nothing about love. All I know is that I like everyone, but only in the teacher-student relationship, and friendship as well…" "Umm… Sensei…" "I can't give you a proper answer, but…" The teacher then looked up and smiled. "How about we start off as friends?" And of course, a 'Okay!' was the girl's answer.

'Well, still on the track.' 'Like you would let it in another way?' 'Obviously not. Also, Yue, you better…' Kuro's thought was interrupted as the bookworm did exactly like in the original. 'Nice.'

The Watchers

"AND THAT'S THE END OF THE GAME, WITH GROUP 1 AND GROUP 5'S VICTORIES! THE PRIZES WILL BE SHOWN IN THE NEXT MORNING! STAY TUNED EVERYONE!" And with that, Asakura turned off the mic as she leaned back to the chair. "How many cards do we have, Chamo?" "Let me count… we have 3 real cards, from group 1 and 5, and 4 fake cards… Not bad, I would say so myself." "And Nitta's nowhere either…" Kuro's voice rang up: "But that doesn't mean you can stay up all night. Return to your room and get some rest. Tomorrow will be a long day." And turned off. "Alright, if he said so. Chamo, let's go." "Okay!"

Back to it

"You girls should go as well. The cheering will be for tomorrow. And you too, Negi." The others nodded and followed Kuro's orders.

When Chachamaru, Eva and Setsuna reached their room, they're greeted by a smiling Zazie and a pouty Clem. Eva just casually asked: "What?" "I thought you're going to kiss Dada." And that immediately earned Clem a pillow to the face. Chachamaru then looked at the corner of the room, and saw a large package, the height was as same as hers. "What is that?" Clem put the pillow down and looked at the robot girl's pointing direction. "I don't know. Dada left that here and told me nothing." The robot girl went to the package and opened it… to reveal something that made Eva and Setsuna hang their mouths and Zazie widen her eyes in surprise: a human-sized Chachamaru doll.

Even the robot girl was surprised about this, then she noticed a letter being held in the doll's hand. She picked it up and read: "Your skin needs more time for us to take care of. This doll is a gift from the Goddess, and it's to prove how insanely detailed that girl can make one. Sincerely, Kuro."

Clem walked to the doll and poked it a few times. "That's Aunt Plutia's work alright. Hey, Chachamaru, maybe this will be your new weapon." "Weapon? A doll as a weapon?" That's literally everyone else's question. "Yes. Aunt Plutia usually uses Neptune doll as her weapon most of the time fighting monsters." That made everyone's mind wander a bit about how 'insane and strong' the 'woman' is if she could do things like that. Clem just giggled. "You can ask more details tomorrow. For now, let's hit the bed."

Monty: "Considering how you interact with Eva, we think you two could be a couple." "Maybe, but that's out of question. In one of the happy endings, she married to Negi's father. *Showing the picture*"

Nora: "Wow, that's so cute." "Yep." "But then, a little kiss wouldn't be a problem, right?" "If I didn't get speared right after, then maybe."

Ozpin: "About the trio from another school..." "Yeah, I was surprised as well. Can't believe the two series are in one universe."

Jaune: "Is it a bad thing?" "Not exactly, but it will make the situation complicated."

Ruby: "And the confession. You managed to courage the shy girl. Good job!" "Thanks."

Glynda: "What about the Dream-land? You said the couple will appear soon." "Yeah, but that's the future matter. For next part is the next day, and it's more intense..."