Fang Vice Addiction
Chapter Four: Enter Chachazero
By Traingham
Negi took another generous sip of his tea and settled down in the couch looking back at Eva who studied him with the outmost pleasure. It was kind of comforting for her to have another vampire around campus for a change, and to make it even better the new vampire was the only person on campus that could become her "Match" when it came to the arts of magic. Add on that fact that he was her apprentice and everything was just right!
"So you want to tell me what happened today?" Evangeline asked, crossing her legs. Negi averted his eyes away from her and started to look around the room before responding, "Um, what do you mean?"
"What happened with you and the girls today? You were trying to keep your cool in class but we all know better than that." Eva licked her lips before offering him her trademark smirk. "You-wanted-a-bite." the vampiress leaned over, and tossed her hair to the side so she could reveal her neck. "Am I wrong?"
"I-I...yeah I did." Negi admitted dejectedly once he felt there weren't any excuses to use. "I don't think the girls will be safe unless I'm chained to the wall while I'm teaching. For some reason he saw a slight blush appear on his master's face when he said that.
"So go ahead. Give me the details."
"Do I have to?" Negi groaned with a blush.
"It's an order."
"...Mind serving me another cup of tea first?" Negi asked holding out his cup to her, but Eva shook her head and snapped her fingers. Chachamaru came from the kitchen and took the tray away making Negi bow his head sadly.
"I'm going to train you to suppress your blood lust, and resisting the urge for the tea is our first step." Evangeline placed her cup in the center of the table. "I'll even join you to make sure you go through with it."
"Man, this is going to be hard."
"Just go on with the story."
The Kuu-Fei scenario...
All of the new recruits sat around Ku-Fei in a circle in anticipation as they waited for her favorite student to come out before them. Right now the Chinese girl was feeling very impatient at the moment with how long it was taking Negi to change out of his suit. She tapped her foot on the floor in a rapid pace that threatened to cause a dent or crack if she continued.
"Negi! You come out now!" Ku ordered loudly. "Must not keep me waiting out here like this!"
"Y-yes ma'am!" Negi said sheepishly as he stepped out and walked in to the middle of the circle of girls. He began to blush under their gazes, and for some reason he felt his heartbeat accelerate at the sight of Ku-Fei's exposed legs. -It's happening again!-
"Disciple is forgetting manners!" Ku-Fei snapped at him as she gestured to the girls with her eyes.
"O-oh, I'm sorry!" Negi apologized before bowing to all of the new club members. "Greetings everyone, my name is Negi." His ears were immediately assaulted by girlish squeals of excitement at how adorable he looked. He sighed at this response and turned back to Ku-Fei who looked just as giddy. "C-can we begin now?"
"Of course!" she exclaimed before turning to all of the club members. "We demonstrate Kata of the martial art now. Not to be confused with sparring!" Ku-Fei got in position and started out her fluid movements capturing the eyes of all the girls. She nodded to Negi and he began to mimic her move for move without so much as touching her.
"Pick up pace!" she ordered.
"Y-yes ma'am!" said Negi, doing as he was told. Everything was going on well until he made a wrong step and fell over. Ku-Fei's eyes widened in fright and she attempted to catch him causing the both of them to fall to the floor. This was an awkward position for Negi who found himself being consumed by the deep pools of Ku-Fei's eyes. He slowly found his arms wrapping around her back and the girl started to blush.
"Negi-sensei...what you doing?" she asked as he leaned his head over until they were nose to nose.
"Ku-Fei?" he said dreamily, getting the unmistakable scent of the blood in her veins.
"W-what?"
"You smell great." His comment made her swoon for a few second before she snapped out of it, and narrowed her eyes playfully.
"This not time for naughty games!" she cried out throwing him off of her. "C-club over for today! All dismissed!" the announced frantically before winking at Negi. "Ha, ha! N-naughty boy!" she almost tripped over her other leg trying to leave the room.
"That didn't go too well." Negi explained.
"That actually sounded kind of perverted."
"I don't know why I'm acting this way! I can't help it!"
The Satsuki scenario...
"Oh man! Ku-san is probably going to let me have it next time." Negi said with a groan. He felt his stomach growl and winced before looking around. He had better satisfy himself of his hunger quick before his vampiric senses began to run wild. If he was suffering now he could only pray for the lord's guidance when a full moon was out at night. Not even Evangeline could control her thirst when that time came. "Maybe I should go have something to eat at Sat-chan's restaurant."
"Negi-chan!" two wild voices called from behind him. He whipped around all the while sweat-dropping to find himself face to face with Fumika, and Fuka. The twins were the last girls he needed to see tonight! He seriously wasn't in the mood to go on an adventure with them right now.
"Hi there girls." Negi greeted nervously.
"We heard you were hungry!" exclaimed Fuka with a smile.
"That we did!" Fumika added on.
"Err, yeah I sorta am!" Negi replied taking a few steps away so he could make his escape, but Fuka ran beside him so he wouldn't be able to. "W-what's the matter."
"If you're going to Sat-chan's restaurant then you are going the wrong way!" Fuka explained with a shake of her head.
"That you are!" Fumika followed on. "She's cooking her special new energy bun recipe for the festival at the school cafeteria!" the young twin grabbed his arm and started to lead him with her. Fuka grabbed his other arm, and did the same.
"She wanted us to find you anyway!"
"Oh really?" Negi asked with a fake smile.
-Why me?-
Satsuki served Yue, and Nodoka their food with her usual smile before tending to the other buns that were still steaming. For being so energetic those twins were sure taking their time searching for Negi. Ku told her that he was still hanging around since she had just finished attempting to demonstrate the Kata in front of the new club members so he shouldn't be too hard to find. She didn't understand why Ku was so flustered when she mentioned to young teacher's name though.
"Negi-kun must be on the run from them." said Yue before taking a bite from her bun. Her words made Nodoka accidentally choke on her own food.
"Negi-sensei is c-coming?" asked the shy girl, dropping her bun on the plate.
"Did you not hear what Satsuki asked of the twins earlier?" Yue asked in her usual monotone voice. Just as she asked that question the twins burst in to the cafeteria with Negi in tow. The book girl left her plate on the counter, and immediately excused herself for the bathroom...where she really intended to go was never to be known.
"Just on time Negi-kun." announced Satsuki. "I'm taking out some buns from the steamer right now." When Negi took a seat next to Yue she set him up with a plate of buns. Negi's mouth watered at the very sight of the tasty morsels.
"Thanks alot Sat-chan!" Negi said happily. Satsuki placed a hand on his head, and offered him a smile that he couldn't help but smile back at.
"Anytime sensei. I just wanted to let you try out my new buns since you were looking kind of tired this morning." She didn't notice that Negi took her hands into his own. "These buns are going to accompany my new soup for the festival!"
"That's sounds great!" Negi praised before taking a whiff of her wrist. Just as he opened his mouth to bare his fangs he finally noticed that his students were looking at him. He paused for a moment to look back at them before letting go of Satsuki's hand. "...You're probably curious right now..."
"Are you alright Negi-sensei?" Yu asked worriedly. "You kind of looked like you were going to bite her."
"I was so hungry...I kind of lost myself there." Negi said with a nervous chuckle.
"Can you bite me?" Fumika asked playfully.
"Me too!" cried out Fuka.
"Um..." Negi stood up to get away from the twins. "...I'll be right back!" Negi took his leave with out a word leaving the girls to watch the cafeteria doors slam shut.
"He's been acting weird for the past few days." Satsuki remarked.
"So that's all that happened?" asked Evangeline with a disappointed expression. "You didn't shed any blood at all?"
"No." Negi shifted in his seat on the couch before averting his eyes and continuing. "Not yet." His words made his master chuckle evilly. To think that this boy was more afraid of himself than all the other dangers he could possibly face, but she decided to go along with it anyway.
"I can fix that problem for you, but in order to do that you will be under surveillance." Negi felt a shiver run down his spine when that oh so familiar smirk appeared on the vampire's face. "I haven't presented you with a familiar yet have I?"
"I-I have Chamo-kun." Negi retorted nervously. "He's fine for me."
"The ermine is only useful for little things, and besides you are a magician of dark ranks now. You need a familiar fit for a vampire, and I have just the partner for you." Evangeline let out a sigh of relief when she finished. It was about time that she came up with an excuse to relieve herself of her old sadistic partner. "Chachazero!"
"You called master?" asked the cute little puppet as she floated down to them in an instant. Negi's eye twitched when the puppet looked at him with a gleam in her eye.
"I'm not your master anymore." Evangeline said before gesturing to Negi. "The boy is your new master now, and you'll have to keep an eye on him so he won't bite anyone before the next full moon." Negi flinched at this information, and stood up to back away from the two.
"Chachazero? You want her to be my familiar?" the young sorcerer asked fearfully.
"You would have a problem with that?" asked the vampiress, raising an eyebrow at the very thought of the boy disobeying her. Negi wasn't one to disobey her before, but she wouldn't hesitate to punish him if he decided to now. Now Negi could have gone about this two ways: He could say no and spend the rest of his life with the sadistic puppet or...never mind there was only one way.
"O-of course not master." Negi answered with a bow. "I'm grateful for my new familiar." at his words Chachazero cried out with glee and took her place sitting on top of his head. Chachamaru entered the living room from the kitchen and cocked her head to the side in confusion when she saw her counterpart with Negi.
"Then it's settled." Evangeline concluded as she got up from the couch and headed for the staircase. "I'll see you tomorrow apprentice, and be warned..." Eva grinned menacingly. "If I find out that you've had a bite before me then our next session will be extended to three hours. Is that understood Negi?"
"Yes master." Negi replied dejectedly.
"You can go now." the vampiress climbed the stairs to the second floor and disappeared from sight. When Chachamaru was sure that her master was out of earshot she turned to Negi and asked, "What is the meaning of this Negi-sensei?"
"You mean Chachazero?" asked Negi.
"...Yes."
"Um, well Eva-san gave her to me as my new familiar."
"Negi-kun is my new master!" Chachazero announced as though Chachamaru didn't get the message already. She pulled lightly at Negi's hair to get his attention before suggesting, "We should head home master."
"I guess we should." Negi agreed before walking to the door, but Chachamaru was at the door in an instant to open it for him. "Heh...um, thanks Chacha-chan!"
"Me?" Chachazero asked hopefully, getting a look from her counterpart in return.
"He meant me." Chachamaru replied in a somewhat dark fashion. Negi paused to look at the current situation for a second, but waved it off since he didn't want to get in too deep.
"Alright then, see ya!" Negi left, and Chachamaru closed the door before leaning on it.
"...Am I jealous?"
The Next Day...
It was a beautiful morning and the morning rays from the sun were piercing the shades blocking the view from the window. The young sorcerer sleeping on the couch stretched before opening his eyes and taking a look around the room. Yep, everything was looking fine so he didn't happen to lose control over himself during the night. He got up quietly so as not to wake up his other two room mates and reached for his glasses that were supposed to be resting on the table, but they were nowhere in sight.
"That's weird." Negi mumbled softly. He was sure that he left them there last night, and he knew they couldn't have just disappeared on their own accord unless an animating spell was cated on them so where were the-
"Oh..."Negi realized the reason why when his vision suddenly became clear. Chachazero adjusted his glasses on his nose for him and sat on Negi's head before greeting him cheerfully.
"Good morning master Negi-kun!" she exclaimed.
"Shhhhh." he quieted her quickly. "Can't you see that everyone else is sleeping?"
"Yes, but I don't care." Chachazero simply replied. "Nothing in the world matters to me other than what matters to master."
"You don't have to call me master Chacha-chan. Just calling me Negi is alright by me, okay?"
"Affirmative Negi-chan."
"Let's go get something to eat."
"Wow. People are already awake?" Negi observed as he watched some students preparing their stands for the festival. There were cafe's being prepared as well as game stands for the other students during the festival. "Then Satsuki should already be at her restaurant!" Negi said excitedly. He was seriously in the mood for something to eat.
"HIYA NEGI!" a voice called from behind him. Negi turned around and spotted Kotaro running towards him with the usual grin on his face.
"G'morning Kotaro-kun!" Negi greeted his dog-eared friend. He wasn't too surprised to see the energetic boy up already as well.
"Hey, this is pretty cool huh?" Kotaro asked.
"Yeah, I really can't wait for the festival. This is gonna be really exciting..." Negi's excitement faltered a bit when he remembered his duties as a teacher. "...I'm probably going to be pretty busy though with my students and all."
"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about that Mr. Teacher." Kotaro teased before looking at Chachazero who looked back at him eeriely. "Err...what's that Negi-kun? Whatever happened to the ermine of yours?"
"This is my new partner Chachazero." Negi introduced the sadistic puppet. "Master gave her to me last night."
"R-really? The thing is kind of creepy."
"Can I stab him Negi-chan?" Chachazero suddenly asked not feeling too happy about being commented about in such a way.
"O-of course not!" Negi replied in horror. He was never going to get used to having her as a partner if she kept on acting this way. Kotaro's eyes twitched as he began to feel that he wouldn't be able to get along with the puppet.
"Anyway what're you about to do right now?"
"I was about to get something to eat at Satsuki's."
"Seriously? Let me come with you buddy!"
"Sure." Negi replied as he started walking again. Kotaro increased his pace so he would be walking side by side with his friend and smirked when a thought came to mind that he had been holding in for a long time.
"So did you hear about the martial arts tournament they were going to be holding during the festival?" asked the dog-eared boy.
"Nope." Negi answered. "Why? Do you want to go see it or something?"
"No, no, no! I want to participate in it!" Kotaro declared proudly.
"That's pretty cool. Good luck with that."
"You still don't get it do you?"
"What do you mean?" asked Negi with a sweat drop. Somehow he got the feeling this conversation was leading in a direction he wasn't going to be pleased with.
"I want you to sign up too Negi-kun!" Kotaro could feel himself dancing with joy. "This way we can compete against each other! You know, test our fighting skills and crush the competition!"
"That sounds alright but I told you I might be busy...besides..."
"Besides what?"
"I've got no chance in a pure martial arts tournament!"
"What do you mean? You've been trained by the crazy chick...er...what's her name again?"
"Ku-Fei-san?"
"Yeah, there ya go! I'm sure she would be disappointed in you if you decided to pass up this chance!"
"...I have to think about it." Negi finally replied with some hesitation.
"Negi-chan can crush the competition easily! Little dog boy over here won't stand a chance against your great power!" Chachazero boasted. "He should be lucky if you don't kill him by mistake."
"WHAT DID THAT PIECE OF JUNK JUST SAY?" Kotaro growled clenching his fist furiously. He tried to get at the puppet but Negi held him away for his own sake. "Let me at it Negi! I'll tear it in shreds before it makes another snide comment!"
"C-calm down!"
"B-but you heard what it said!" Kotaro yelled as he tried to get a swipe at Chachazero.
"She didn't mean it though."
"I meant every word." said the puppet as she began to dance on Negi's head to taunt the frustrated boy. Negi dodged another swipe from his friend and held his hand out in a desperate attempt to calm him down.
"Just stop it already! Calm down."
"Hmph." Kotaro scoffed. "Keep the little imp away from me our I swear I won't be responsible for my actions." he calmed down and tried as hard as he could to control himself from lunging at Negi to grab ahold of Chachazero. They finally made it to Satsuki's place without any trouble and took a seat to wait for her. Chachamaru came around from the back in her uniform and took and bowed to them.
"Good morning Negi-sensei." greeted Chachamaru before her eyes swiveled over to Chachazero. At the sight of her sitting on Negi's head the same feeling that plagued her last night awakened within her with a vengence. "I see you are getting close to Chachazero." she said darkly.
"I love master Negi-chan!" Chachazero declared. "I will honor him like my last master!"
"Heh, heh." Negi laughed awkwardly. "She is kind of cute...when she isn't blood thirsty." Chachamaru recoiled from his words and felt a deeper pang of jealousy. She seriously wasn't comfortable with Evangeline's set up but she couldn't go against her master's will.
"I will go get Satsuki-san." Chachamaru suddenly announced before walking away. Negi, and Kotaro looked at each other for a moment and shrugged.
"You think I said something wrong?" asked Negi.
"Course not!" replied Kotaro. "So have you made up your mind about the tournament?" he changed the subject to his liking immediately.
"Oh come o-"
"What is this I'm hearing about now?" asked a dark voice. Negi and Kotaro turned to see who it was and froze in place when they saw it was Evangeline. She looked at Chachazero with a grin before looking back at Negi and taking a seat.
"G-good morning master!" Negi greeted her with a bow, but he was struck by confusion when the vampiress cupped his chin in one hand and opened his mouth to study his canines. "Er..wrat aw ooh dwoing?" the sorcerer asked almost incoherently.
"They're growing in nicely." She winked at him and bared her own fangs. "Almost as lethal looking as my own now. I'm eager to test you out on the next full moon Negi-sensei. It will be an experience you won't forget."
"What are you two talking about?" Kotaro asked curiously.
"I'm talking about Negi becoming my new personal apprentice. He'll be doing more than training with me from now on."
"I'm not following."
"Haven't you noticed anything different about Negi's aura, mut?" Evangeline asked boredly as she let go of Negi. Kotaro would have attacked her for calling him a mutt but his "No hitting Girls" policy forbade him from doing so.
"He's gotten stronger since last time. That's natural since he's training with a mons- ACK!" Negi covered his mouth before he could complete his sentence. "He means that I'm being trained by the best!" Negi spoke for him.
"Such a dense fool he is." Evangeline mumbled with a sneer. Her eyes swiveled to her former partner who sat on Negi's head comfortably and asked ,"So how is Chachazero behaving?"
"Chachazero is an angel!" the puppet answered with a salute. A vein popped out on the vampiress' head and she growled, "I wasn't asking you idiot!" Her only response from the puppet was a little dance that only served to irritate her even further.
"She's just fine Master." replied Negi, patting the puppet on the head lightly. "She even helped me out when I woke up."
"How nice." said the vampiress with a nod of her head. She turned to the side when Chachamaru came out with Satsuki and greeted the cook. She felt that Sat-chan was the only girl in class besides Negi that was worthy of being talked by her.
"Good morning everyone. I hope I didn't keep you all waiting very long!" Satsuki said with a giggle. "I was busy preparing everything in the storage room. If it wasn't for Chachamaru-san I probably would have been in there forever."
"We can always depend on Chacha-chan." Negi praised the android.
"Me?" Chachazero asked.
"He meant me!" Chachamaru suddenly scolded. Everyone at the table except for Evangeline was taken by surprise from this. The android started to feel a little sheepish under her peers gazes, and turned away for the kitchen. "I will begin my duties. Excuse me."
"Is she okay?" Negi asked.
"Just fine you clueless disciple." Evangeline answered with a sigh.
"What?"
To be continued...