A/N: The second chapter has arrived, aru! Arigatou for the reviews, minna, I'll respond next chapter! Suu! (I'll really try to make it long, I'll try) And I fail, 'cause I wanted FIVE reviews and I only got two. But if I get some this chappie, maybe I'll be happy again:smiles brightly:

Random note: the reason Chao isn't saying "-yo" and "-na" like she does in the manga will be revealed in future chapters. Anyways, Negima is not mine, but the plot and the OCs are!

Confessions of a Teenage Chinese Mage

Chapter 2. Heritage

"Practi-Bigi-Naru Ardescat!"

"Luucis!"

A beam of light shot out of the heart-topped wand that was in my right hand, while the Ministra Magi book was in my left. The light hit one of my broken beakers, smashing it into fragments.

"Amazing," I breathed. A slightly maniac smile was on my face, seeing that this was magic, all written in the book of my ancestors. Which made me realize that mages were my relatives. I wondered why my parents had kept this powerful secret from me for fourteen years.

Did they think I'd be scared? Did they think I couldn't take it?

It's not like I would go crazy with magic power…right?

I began practicing more incantations, with ice spells and fire spells and finally…all the basic spells I could do from the Ministra Magi book. I was surprised, but considering I was descended from mages, it made sense. "This book is amazing," I commented, now sitting on my bed and flipping pages. "How did Okaa-san get this, anyway?"

As I flipped pages, a page titled "The Thousand Master" caught my eye. "A thousand master? A master of what?" Thumbing back to the page, the title proclaimed "The Thousand Master: The Greatest Magister Magi." The article then described that a man, called Nagi Springfield, had mastered a thousand spells and became the world's greatest Magister Magi.

"Springfield"… That was my Okaa-san's heritage. She had always talked about a man who was her greatest ancestor, the most wonderful person of them all. I guessed that THIS was her greatest ancestor, and then I got to the part about his son.

"'…His son was Negi Springfield, the boy who vowed to catch up to his father no matter what. His current location is unknown, but he apparently lives in Wales.'"

"Wales? Is that a city?" I scanned the rest of the article, but nothing talked about Wales. I suspected it was indeed a city, but it was probably dead and gone just like those mysterious places called "Japan" and "America."

In the article, it showed a tall man with a wisecrack expression on his face, carrying a brown, wooden staff in his hand. I had previously read in the book that people used wood for magic, unlike the heart-topped, metal wand that had been bundled with the Ministra Magi handbook. His hair was reddish colored, and I noticed that at the edge of his rippling robes was a small boy, looking frightened. He, too, had the same kind of hair as the Thousands Master, and I knew who he was.

He was Negi.

"Chao-chan, I'm back." Okaa-san's voice rang through our house, and I snapped the book shut. She poked her head into my room and said, "Chao-chan, have you been practicing magic?"

I nodded. "I'm really good at it, Okaa-san. And I've realized a can do magic, just like those wizards in the fantasy novels."

She smiled. "As expected of the descendant of the Thousands Master. I possess very little magic, but I'm very happy my precious daughter can possess it."

I smiled back at her. I wanted to say, Okaa-san, I'm very happy too, but the words didn't come out. Instead, I said, "Okaa-san, who was the Thousands Master? Did he have a son?"

Okaa-san walked over to me and pushed my shoulder gently with her hand. This was a sign that she was going to tell me a very long story. I sank onto my messy bed, and she followed suit.

"Once upon a time, Chao-chan, there was a man named Nagi Springfield. He knew over a thousand spells, and he confronted many opponents, such as the famous criminal vampire Evangeline A. K. McDowell. One day, however, he vanished. He left a baby boy with his wife, though."

"The stuff in the book doesn't talk about his wife. What happened to her?"

"She died of sickness ten days after Nagi left. She put the baby in care of a niece, named Nekane. They lived in Wales, which was a very old city at that time. He grew up there for six years, until demons started attacking and petrifying the citizens. During this, Nekane became paralyzed, and it seemed there was no way that the six year old could cure it.

"But suddenly, Nagi appeared to his son. He healed Nekane, and gave the boy his staff. He hasn't been seen since, and nobody knows if he's alive or dead. The boy died some time ago, but he lived a very happy life."

I paused, taking this entire tale in. "The happy ending would be he met Nagi. So he'd have no regrets when he died. Then it would be a happy ending."

Okaa-san gave me that "Chao, you're so predictable" look, but gave me a kiss on my forehead and said, "Well, perhaps he did. But nobody knows for certain, Chao-chan."

I put my head on her soft shoulder, feeling a little bad for Negi. He looked for his father probably his whole life, and yet he never found him. What a sucky reward for all that hard work!

Of course, I wouldn't even dream of finding my Oji-san. If Oji-san doesn't want to be found, he won't be.

"Okaa-san…"

"Hm?"

"What…what happened to his son?"

Okaa-san's smiling face disappeared at the mention. "Well, Chao-chan…"

I looked up expectantly. "What happened to him?"

I had never seen Okaa-san like this: suddenly all weird and sad, as though she didn't want to talk about it. Looking back on it, I thought I should have never pressed her, but being her only, spoiled child I pressed on eagerly.

"Negi-kun – that's his name – died of a terrible disease. I…I'm sorry, Chao-chan, but I need to get something to drink, okay?"

I nodded, and could feel Okaa-san's tears swelling up behind her dark brown eyes, as she's described as "the eyes of a great ancestor." She quietly exited my room, and then I felt bad about bugging her for what happened.

I decided to do some sleuthing of my own. After all, I wanted to know how my ancestor Negi died.

Getting up from my bed, I climbed out the window (which is the best sneaking out plan for any Martian girl or boy) and softly landed on the grass of Mars.

Back in 1900s, people said that Mars was unbearable and unlivable place, which was very, very hot and had craters and things like that. However, in 2009, the Earth was completely covered in water (called global warming, I think) and people had to use spaceships and move to Mars. Somehow, they were able to live on the fourth planet from the sun. But soon, a race called the Martians were suddenly living on the planet.

They were upset and angry that humans had settled in their planet. But I'm not exactly sure how the humans resolved with us Martians, but I do know there are some humans living among us. I guess that's where my Okaa-san and Oji-san fit in. Oji-san is half Chinese and half Martian, while Okaa-san is just a human. I've come to accept humans and my race, though.

The sleuthing that I'm looking for is a professor named Hakase Sao.

Sao is my best friend on Mars. His father abandoned him and his mother when he was just a baby, and when he was twelve, she died. His mother adopted her maiden name shortly after his father's leave.

Sao's laboratory was just down the road. He was the smartest person I knew, so maybe he knew how Negi died. I ran toward his lab, in high hopes that he could solve the mystery.

At Sao's Laboratory…

"Sao-kun!" I burst through the laboratory's doors to see him working on some robot his mother designed. His goggles were on, as well as his glasses, making his brown eyes seem more huge than usual. He looked up and smiled at me.

"Hey, Chao, what's up?" Sao took off his goggles and pointed toward a chair.

"Ne, Sao-kun, I need help. It's about my family." I climbed on top of the chair, my plaid skirt swishing back and forth as I moved.

Sao looked concerned. "Is this about Kei Min?"

Sao didn't like fathers very much, considering his left his mother and him.

I shook my head. "No, no. It's not about Oji-san. It's about this boy named Negi Springfield. I want to find out how he died."

Sao took off his oval-shaped glasses thoughtfully. "Hmm…Springfield, huh. I think Mom might have it in her record book." He then walked over to his mother's huge bookshelf, crammed to the seams with difficult books Sao had all memorized. Like I said, he's super smart.

I jumped off the chair and walked next to him as he thoughtfully searched the leather-bound books. Finally, he pulled one out titled "Great Heroic Achievements in Mars History." He began thumbing through the pages, and finally reached the right page. "I've read that a boy named Negi Springfield somehow saved Mars from some great evil. How, I have no idea." He held the book out to me.

"Oh, thank you, Sao-kun!" I took the huge book from Sao, of course giving him a thankful hug after that. Sao just playfully punched me on the shoulder. "I'm gonna work on this robot, 'k? You just read that book. Call me if you need me."

I snorted. "As if!"

We shared a knowing smile as he put his glasses and goggles back on, then exited this part of the lab. Smiling to myself, I opened the book to the page Sao opened to, and began to read.

"Negi Springfield was born in Wales, United Kingdom, and he graduated from Magic Academy with top honors. He then was transferred to teaching Mahora Gakuen, an all girls' school, in Japan. He taught English there, and was very popular among the Chuutobu's students."

That part made me smile. How could middle school girls think Negi was not cute?

"He became a Ministra Magi three years later. He married, but it is unknown whom he married. It is likely to believe that it was one of his former students. When Negi became thirty-three, and had settled down with his wife and children, a powerful and deadly evil sprang up. It is believed it was the emperor of all demons, and Negi was the only one who could stop it. It was because the demon wanted to exterminate the Thousands Master's son, and had forbade any other magic to come between them.


He began battling the demon and his minions, with help from his Ministra Magis (who were actually his wife and former students). They actually began to defeat the demon, but with an enormous comeback of power, knocking all his Magis out. So it was only Negi and the demon left. They battled their very hardest, and finally Negi had the demon on his knees. However, Negi had very little magic left that would drain him of his life.

Negi decided that since he was the only one who could kill it, he would sacrifice his life for everyone who was precious to him. Using his last bit of magic to destroy the demon, Negi died with a triumphant smile on his face."

Suddenly, everything became very still. All the whirring of machines was abruptly stopped, the birds stopped twittering outside, and all that stuff.

I then felt some hot wetness on my face, making its way down. Slowly, I took out my compact makeup thing and looked at my face.

Hot tears were streaming down my pale face.

No wonder Okaa-san was going to cry after I asked her about Negi.

He died.

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A/N: NYAN! An evil cliffhanger, I know. It took so unbelievably long for this to get done! DX But I hoped you enjoyed it, and look out for chappie 3!