Title: The Last Dance of the Phoenix
Disclaimer: I do not own Mahou Sensei Negima. All credit goes to Akamatsu Ken.
Chapter 5: Misunderstandings part 2
"Oh, Phoenix kun, I can't." Konoka blushed.
"It's fine, it's fine, this is just a thank you for all that you've done for me." Phoenix handed Konoka an ice cream cone. She reluctantly accepted it. He started to lick his mint chocolate chip ice cream and proceeded down the long, bustling street. Konoka followed closely behind him and started on her ice cream. They stopped outside a shop and glanced in. Phoenix's eyes lit up and he smiled at Konoka. "Found it." He proclaimed.
"Really?" Her eyes followed Phoenix's fingers. "Oh, you're right! There it is!"
"Ohh we HAVE to stop this." Misa whimpered from behind their hiding place. "Ayaka san's gonna kill us if we don't." The three stalkers flashed back to the loud voice and evil face Ayaka made over the phone. They shivered in fear.
"I know, but HOW?" Sakurako's face portrayed deep thought.
"We should buy everything they want! That way we can stall them long enough for everyone else to get here!" Madoka exclaimed. The other two nodded their heads and the three set to work, putting on costumes and sprinting to the store.
"Hmm, Konoka san, what do you think? Is this good enough?" Phoenix held up a small box. Konoka nodded her head in agreement.
"Un, Phoenix kun, that's fine." The three shoved the couple out of the way and grabbed the box.
"We want this!" They exclaimed. Phoenix glanced back and sweat dropped.
"There are some really violent shoppers here today, huh?" His eyes landed on something else. "Ah, I'll take-"
"We'll take that!" The three bellowed. Two dumbbells, eight matching clothes, and one game of 'Zombie Rider: Son in Law' later the three were out of money and Phoenix had purchased what he wanted.
"This is perfect!" He grinned as Konoka giggled.
"It took a while to find but yes it is perfect."
"All right let's go." Phoenix smiled as the two departed the shop. The three stalkers tried to go after them but could barely stand up.
"I lost all my money…" Madoka groaned.
"So did I…" Misa added.
"Ayaka san better get here fast…" After some rest the three picked themselves up and trudged after the 'couple'.
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"He's gonna get it… I'll rip him apart… we might be fired from what he did…" Beatrix was burning. Literally. Light had to dowse her with water whenever the group turned their backs to the two sibilings. Of course, Light was still laughing.
"Hahaha!" Light clutched his side in pain. Asuna looked concerned.
"You're going to suffocate, Light sensei."
"Too…late…" Light breathed out. He fell over and heaved in a few deep breaths.
"Kuu, when I get my hands on that Konoka…" Ayaka growled. Asuna's mind flashed back to the mess earlier this morning. Then a memory instigated in her head.
"This morning Konoka mentioned she came back from an omiai meeting… and…marriage?" She said uncertainly. Jaws dropped and Asuna froze at her own words. Beatrix was the first to speak.
"M-Marriage? H-how did Phoenix… Did he actually…" Beatrix stuttered. "If he did… oh Creator this is bad."
"Marriage! He can't! I-I won't stand for this!" Ayaka yelled.
"Man Nodoka, you're too late!" Haruna lamented. Nodoka had developed a sort of school girl crush on their teacher. Nodoka felt a heavy feeling come over her, but she also felt an anger towards Konoka.
"Marriage? Does that mean he's gotten over Sophie?" Light wondered out loud. Faces turned to him.
"Baka" Beatrix screamed at him. "They're not supposed to know that! Now you've just made the situation wors-"
"WHO'S SOPHIE?" The rest exclaimed. Light felt the severity of his situation. Through Beatrix's fist.
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Phoenix wandered through the sea of people, trying to find Konoka. He had just about as much luck as trying to find the metaphorical needle in a haystack. He weighed the notion of using his powers to find Konoka, but decided against it. He reached down to his pocket to pull out his phone, but then he remembered he forgot it at the dorm.
"Ugh, I knew that I shouldn't have left her there outside the park." Phoenix raked his hands through his hair in frustration. He was about to start chanting a spell, for his last resort but a few girls appeared in front of him.
"Hey there. You lost?" Phoenix checked his surroundings. His eyes widened. He was in a shady alleyway with hotels surrounding him. He gulped.
"Ah, I need to go now." Phoenix turned to leave but one of the girls took his arm.
"Where are you going?" Phoenix was about to politely put them down when he spotted Konoka further down the alley, in a similar situation. He quickly removed himself from their grasp, and extracted Konoka from her predicament.
"Thanks Phoenix kun." Konoka smiled at him. Phoenix returned the action. He then heard a grumbling noise. He turned to Konoka who was blushing. He cocked an eyebrow.
"Hungry?" She nodded her head and Phoenix's eyes landed upon a café. He walked towards it and grabbed two chairs.
But, yet again, the three stalkers had followed them. They waited silently and watched the action unfold.
"Hm, what was Asuna like before?" Konoka repeated Phoenix's question. "Well she was the same as today, hardworking and funny but I didn't go to school before the fourth grade."
"Why?" Phoenix cocked an eyebrow. "Were you sick?"
"I don't really know what was wrong with me. But before Asuna, I had Setsuna san as my friend."
"Had? What happened?" Phoenix knitted his eyebrows together.
"I really don't know. She just left one day and never came back until I went to Mahora." Konoka and Phoenix absently eat their spaghetti, lost in their thoughts. Their faces drew together gradually. Then by the time they noticed they were sharing a strand of spaghetti, their lips were a centimeter apart. They hastily pulled away and flushed. The jaws of the three stalkers dropped.
"So, what about you Phoenix kun? Do you have any childhood friends from Wales?" Konoka inquired while taking a sip of water. Phoenix noticed she carried the same royal and courteous air around her as Sophie had.
"Well I have Anya, who went to the same school as I. She was my best friend. And there was…" Phoenix trailed off, entangled in thoughts about his previous wife, Sophie. The Konoka brought him back to reality with the thump of her cup landing on the table. "Sophie." He blurted out then covered his mouth. She looked quizzically at him.
"Who's Sophie?" Konoka asked. Phoenix cursed under his breath, but he had to provide an answer.
"She was… a dear friend." He answered slowly. "For a time." He added and blushed. A smirk came over Konoka's face.
"A friend huh?" Konoka's smirk was widening as Phoenix's face started to turn from the shade of tomatoes to magma. "Come on Phoenix you can tell me."
"All right," Phoenix gave in to Konoka. "She was my girlfriend. Please don't tell anyone, the girls are going to kill me and Asakura will have a field day." Konoka giggled.
"So how far did you go?" Konoka started to giggle profusely.
"All the wa-" Phoenix started before realizing what he was saying. His eyes flit to Konoka who was gaping at him. Phoenix could only raise his head to the sky and shout, "DAMN YOU TO HELL OLD MAN!"
And somewhere in the sky, a white bearded man, better known as the Creator, was rolling on the floor laughing at his 'evil' deed.
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"So yeah that's pretty much it." Light finished. He had told the girls about Sophie being Phoenix's ex-girlfriend back in Wales, through it was a lie. Haruna was giggling, Asuna was dumbfounded, and the remainder of girls were in shock.
"Phoenix is going to kill you Light." Beatrix frowned. "He never wanted that to get out."
"So how far has Phoenix sensei gone with this girlfriend?" Haruna wore a smirk similar to Konoka.
"All the way-" Beatrix stopped. Light went pale while the rest gasped in shock.
"Correction, Phoenix is going to kill US." Light spoke as if was the last words he would ever speak again. Beatrix nodded.
"I hope the old man can fix this mess before Phoenix can get to us." They chorused. Then Beatrix's face darkened.
"Or else we're not the only ones on Phoenix's death row."
"Oh crap." The Creator muttered to himself.
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"Want to go find a quiet place Phoenix kun?" Konoka smiled at Phoenix. Phoenix was hanging his head, he just spent the last hour explaining the 'situation' to Konoka.
"Right." He nodded. Konoka was blushing slightly at him, thinking about the comment she had unwittingly blurted out. It still echoed in her head: 'Well at least you're experienced Phoenix kun.' He flushed at the comment and stuttered for a while before just paying the bill and leaving. They sat down and Phoenix closed his eyes. Then he felt weight being applied to his lap. He cracked his eyes open and almost fainted at the sight of Konoka's head in his lap. But then he noticed she was snoring slightly. He cracked a smile.
"Hey guys, we've got company." Misa whispered. Following her were Light, Beatrix, Ayaka, Asuna, and the Libaray trio. "What are they doing now?"
"Sleeping. With her head in his lap!" Ayaka growled she tried to march forward but the group over powered her. Nodoka felt the jealousy towards Konoka increase.
"She's kind of cute like this." Phoenix smiled contently while absently using his finger to move a strand of hair away from her face. The longer he stared at her face the more he longed for Sophie. "It isn't fair to her if you keep using her to fill the void." He told himself. He smiled and planted a kiss on her cheek.
"THAT'S IT!" Ayaka burst from the bushes and ran towards her sensei. "Phoenix sensei!" Phoenix instantly moved his face away from Konoka's. He flushed.
"Wha-What is it Ayaka san?" Phoenix stuttered. Konoka stirred in her sleep and sat up groggily.
"We know all about your plans!" Phoenix was growing more confused by the minute.
"What plans?" Konoka asked.
"Don't play dumb with me Konoka, we've followed you the whole day!" Phoenix's eyes widened in recognition and Konoka giggled.
"It looks like they found out Phoenix kun." Phoenix laughed. "Might as well give it to her now." Phoenix nodded. He hid his hands behind his back, as did Konoka. The two smiled at each other and started.
"We have something to-"
"No! You can't be serious Phoenix!" Beatrix protested. "The dean will fire your ass out of Mahora if you do!"
"What?" Phoenix knitted his eyebrows together.
"Yeah, I agree with Beatrix, I mean take your time. You have a whole 3 years for the romance to build to that level." Light nodded sagely.
"Eh?" Phoenix was lost now.
"Come on, you can't marry my best friend without at least telling me first. I thought you were my friend too Phoenix?" Asuna frowned.
"WHAT?" Phoenix and Konoka exclaimed.
"As Class Representative, I won't stand for teacher-student relationships!" Ayaka growled at Konoka.
"NO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" Phoenix yelled over the mixture of voices.
"Eh?" Everyone chorused.
"What we were going to say, was 'Happy Birthday Asuna'." Phoenix held out a box and Konoka did the same. Asuna's face twisted into confusion. Then her eyes lit up and she took the presents and opened them. Inside was a new alarm clock and a mini organ.
"We went into town today to get you a birthday gift." Phoenix smiled. "It's the organ that plays your favorite tune."
"I got you an alarm clock because I broke the other one. I'm sorry, that mess earlier was my fault." Konoka apologized.
"So nothing happened?" Asuna questioned. Konoka was confused but Phoenix nodded.
"Nothing happened." He repeated.
"I thought so." Asuna turned to Ayaka. "See? I told you."
Ayaka turned to the cheerleaders, who were trying to sneak away. "Did you girls hear that?" They started to sweat.
"We're sorry!" They bowed their heads.
"All right, let's go." Asuna started to walk away but Haruna stopped her.
"Wait a minute Asuna san. Phoenix sensei." Phoenix turned to look at Haruna. "Does the name Sophie ring any bells?" Phoenix's face darkened. He turned towards Light and Beatrix. They started to sweat profusely.
"How much do you know?" Phoenix asked Haruna in a quiet voice.
"That you went all the way." Haruna smirked. Beatrix and Light seemed to be muttering prayers under their breaths. Phoenix hands were twitching.
"I thought that the old man was the only one on my death row." Phoenix grinned at the two with an evil look on his face. "Looks like I was wrong." At that point Light and Beatrix were running for the hills and the Creator was flying as fast as he could out of Japan.
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So that's a rap! Just to let you all know, I am currently working on a fanfic with Tsaieric, so I might be a little slow in updating but I'm working as much as I can. So 'till next time.