Disclaimer: See Prologue

A/N: Ok short author's note this time just a HUGE LEMON WARNING. I got a little carried away again, so it turned into most of the chapter. I threw in short explanations of what's going on and what the general plan to get around the time stop. I was going to leave you all in suspense until it actually happened but I decided against it.

Also I would like to thank and praise the glorious Admins of and their new "reader traffic" section. This is the one and only thing this site had been missing and I am truly thankful that I will now know exactly how many different people are reading and not just how many hits. I'll even know what part of the world people who are reading my story are from. Pretty cool if you ask me.

And I just have one review that anon review that I want to talk about

Googoogachoo - My man you are absolutely right. But I have something very specific planned for our Hanyo friend so he has to just hold on for a few more chapters. As for the formula getting old, do you think i've kept mentioning Nodoka for no reason? As you'll see in this very chapter, that had a very specific purpose. So have faith my friend.

Chapter 10:

Shared Secrets

Ostia was practically on the other side of the world. Which lead to the problem of transportation. Normally they traveled on foot, because they had no real destination, and it made it easier to search since they weren't beholden to travel schedules. But it was far too long a trip and public transportation was out of the question.

For starters there were no teleporting stations in Ostia so they couldn't go that way. None of the commercial airship flights went out that far either. Which didn't matter, seeing as they were so famous, that trying to get on one of those ships would start a riot. Then by the time they got to where they were going half the world would know where they were. Meaning that they'd be hounded there too, which would only get worse when they actually set off for Ostia and some of the fanatics followed them. So that was out of the question too.

Really the only way there was to get a private ship to take them. That turned out not to be a problem thanks to Mana. She knew all the shadiest bars in the magical world, including the ones that old airship captains come to gamble in. Unfortunately for the old captains, there is no better poker face in either world than Mana's. It was against her very nature to gamble, she never took unnecessary risks, but this was pretty necessary.

It took her just over an hour to not only get enough money to cover getting a ship, but to get a captain mad enough at her to bet his. After she'd won the ship she consoled the stricken captain by selflessly giving him the rest of her winnings. Since she didn't really work to earn it, she didn't feel right keeping it.

So that's how they got to where they are now. Flying in an airship won on a bet, on their way to this mysterious meeting in Ostia with people who were almost certainly the enemy. Life with Negi was certainly an adventure.

The ship was big, it had rooms and holds everywhere. Since they weren't carrying any cargo, everyone got their own room. Even if they hadn't it wouldn't have been a problem, they just would've used the resort.

Some people were in the resort anyway, and had been since they boarded the ship. Negi, Eva, Asuna, Ku Fei, Setsuna, Kaede and Kotaro had been in there for almost 7 hours, a whole week for them. Everyone was there to train or help train. He was trying to get himself back in top form, or at least that's what he said. The other half of the truth was, he just didn't like flying.

There was a lot of work to be done and not a lot of time to do it. Kotaro said he'd stay in there for the entire time between now and the meeting. Which meant he'd be in there for over 6 months(). Kaede said she'd help him train while she was in there so he'd be ready by the time the meeting came.

(Good thing hanyo live longer than humans huh?)

But the real focus was Asuna. Both Negi and Eva were working with her almost non-stop. Negi had taken one or two breaks to spar with Kotaro. Those fights normally lasted hours, but Negi was cutting them short in order to go back. Making sure she was ready was the most important thing right now. If she could achieve her goal, this battle wouldn't be a problem.

Over the years, Asuna had learned that her latent ability to cancel magic ability was not just handy but down right priceless. She'd also learned that she could use it to shield more than just herself. The first time it happened,() she was saving an innocent bystander. A little girl had wandered into a street where Asuna and Kaede was taking on a group of mercenaries. One of their opponents charged up a large spell and Asuna stood in the middle of the street laughing. She figured it would really destroy their morale to watch such a powerful spell hit her dead on with no effect. Well at the last second she noticed the little girl frozen in place just a few feet away.

(Actually the first hint of this was when she started being able to protect her clothes from getting blown off.)

As the spell went off she reacted, grabbing the girl by the hand just as the spell hit the two of them. She had meant to use her body as a shield but she hadn't gotten there in time. She feared the worst, but when the smoke cleared, the girl was just as unharmed as she was. She had instinctively expanded her magical negation field around the little girl as well.

After that she start trying to actively train the ability to make it happen on command. She'd made progress, she could bring it out on will but only around one other person, who she had to be touching. She'd also managed to make a bubble effect around herself but it was only inches away from her skin, not big enough to fit a person in. But she wasn't consistent with the training so her skills were improving slowly.

Now they needed that ability to develop as quickly as possible so they were working on it almost non-stop. If she could make a field big enough to protect even just a few of them from the time stop, they just might have a fighting chance.

It wasn't until the end of their 7th day (or hour depending on the POV) that anyone finally came out. Even then, it was only Negi and Kaede who'd decided to leave or a little while. Everyone else stayed behind, Negi would've too but he was starting to worry about everyone else. He and Eva were going to take shifts from now on so that he could have time to plan and do other leader-ish stuff.

Negi told everyone about what was going on at the resort and some combination of curiosity, nostalgia, and plan old nosiness, suddenly everyone wanted to go to the resort for a few days. Negi wanted a break from the training and since Kaede just got back they both decided to stay behind, so did Nodoka, Yue, Chisame and Chachamaru all sighting some completely forgettable and unimportant reason as to why. (I won't trouble you with details.)

Negi wondered why he'd left in the first place. He'd come to check up on everyone, but they immediately went to where he'd just come from. At least he'd seen them all briefly, and they appeared to be okay. They would've told him if something was wrong… right?

So anyway, now that he had some time in the real world he might as well get some things together for when he'd had to go back. This way he could do most of the planning work in the resort without having to leave. Besides giving him more time, this way he could adapt the plan to the progress that was being made. Another reason he'd left though was because the suspense was killing him. He knew that sooner than later () they'd have to face these people, but he didn't know if they were going to be ready. The more days that past the more he worried and thought about it. A few less days in at the resort just might keep him sane.

(Even if the resort could make it feel like much later…)

He was in his room, collecting everything that he might need for the training and planning. He took off his shirt to change but something caught his eye. Turning towards the small desk in the room and was looking at a couple of maps he'd left out thinking about how much they'd help, when suddenly he had the odd feeling that he wasn't alone. He wasn't overly worried because his spider sense() wasn't tingling which meant his subconscious knew who it was, even if he didn't yet . But the utter lack of any sound or noticeable movement to accompany this visitor, really only left one suspect.

(More accurately described as the hair on the back of the neck; you know, the ones that stand on end when you're scared)

"Kaede, why do you always feel the need to sneak up on me like that?" He said with a smile, without turning around.

"Usually it's just for fun, but tonight is a little different." She walked up behind him and slipped her arms under his putting her hands on his chest and pulling his back against her. Soft, bare mounds met his back, and as his hands reached behind him finding her hips and caressing over the soft curves of her upper thighs, he confirmed his belief. She wasn't wearing any clothes.

"Wow, you came all the way here like that? I'm surprised, that's very brave of you." Negi was getting very excited, very quickly. Kaede had one of the sexiest bodies imaginable… no scratch that, you're imagination aint got shit on her, but you get the point. With large and perfect curves and everything between toned to perfection, Kaede could have passed for Aphrodite if only she were a blonde.

"Well I was getting changed and it occurred to me that you haven't gotten a proper viewing since that night in the bath at the resort.() With the 7 days we just spent in there, it's been almost two weeks."

(For those who don't already know, and haven't figured it out; Meet girl #2 from Chapter 2. So Negi's pre-existing relationships at the start of the story were Konoka and Kaede. He's now been with a total of 6 of the girls including Kaede.)

"You're right, it's been far too long. But with all this stuff going on…" Kaede brought a finger up and brushed it against his lips silencing him.

"I know, but for right now why don't you let me take your mind off of it?" Her hands forced him to turn around, not that he resisted much. Then looking into his eyes with her lips pouting she got down on her knees in front of him and in a soft pleading voice that almost begged she added. "Please Master?"

Kaede loved playing the submissive role, but even as he was being called master, Negi was quite sure that at the moment, she was the one in control. I mean really, could any man turn down such an invitation? "As you wish." He said as he went over to a small arm chair that was in the corner of the room. He sat down and with a snap of his fingers there were small candle flames all around except they were floating and missing their candles.() Negi sat there staring at Kaede who was still on her knees pressing out her already impressive chest to give Negi a full view, "Crawl to me."

(Admit it, you wish you could have magic and be that Pimp. I know you do… shit I do.)

She smiles and silently lent forward so she'd be on all fours. Negi watched her every so carefully as she slowly stalked her way over towards him. The look in her eyes was a burning mix of desire and hunger that could melt steel. The way her muscles moved under her skin as she sensually snaked her naked body back and forth she reminded Negi of a panther, beautiful and deadly.

When she finally got to him she used her head to nuzzle his legs open wider so she could kneel between them. She ran her hands up his legs and leaned forward, placing her ample breasts in his lap. Then she put an innocent and playful look on her face as she peered upwards at him. "Was that ok… Master?" She licked her lips slowly just before whispering the last word up at him.

To was too hard to resist, Negi leaned forward taking her face in his hands as he kissed her passionately. He grabbed a handful of hair and ever so slightly tugged it backwards breaking the kiss. Kaede's eyes stayed close and she was panting, only a soft moan escaped her lips as the tingling mix of pleasure with the smallest bit of pain drove her senses wild.

Negi got into the role pretty quickly, "You're teasing your master, you should know better. Now you must be punished." His tone was playful, and the looked on Kaede's face turned to excitement and anticipation.

"Please Master give me what I deserve." Kaede moved back and turned around then got on all fours again, except this time dropping her face close to the floor. Kaede's beautifully round ass was staring Negi in the face and with the lack of clothes that wasn't the only thing Negi was getting a perfect view of. It took all of his will power not to forget the game and take her right there. Better men have succumbed to lesser temptations, but Negi didn't want to deprive himself of the control he now possessed.

But it was impossible not to do something. So he started by her knees and caressed up the valley between her thighs. When he felt something moist he slowed his pace and added a little pressure. His tiny effort met with a tiny moan from Kaede, who tried to push her hips against his hand just to have him pull it away. She was about to give a small pout of protest when a stinging slap struck her ass. She moaned before she could help herself, the stinging of the slap mixing with the tingling excitement inside of her made her breathing heavy.

"I think someone is enjoying their punishment too much… maybe I shouldn't be so gentle." This time the slap was harder, leaving his handprint in red across her rear. This time she held the moan back, but her breath became even more erratic. She looked back at him with a hungry smile as she bit her lip. "That's my girl, hold it in."

He spanked her one last time. Kaede shivered as the mix of sensation rippled through her body. She looked back with a begging look and Negi smiled, "Does my little slave want something?" Kaede nodded her head but remained silent. "Well, what is it?"

Kaede was having fun playing her role and she started fidgeting and looking at the ground as if she were too shy to speak and barely whispered something, "I… w… m… i… m… m…"

Negi couldn't understand a word she said, "If you want it so badly you're going to have to say it so I can hear you." He smiled as she slowly turned around again this time as she came up between his legs she made sure to rub as much of herself against him as possible. She stood on her knees as her hands ran up his thighs and her face ran just inches from his chest.

Her hands found their mark, gripping tightly as she moaned into his ear. "I want Master inside my mouth." She began kissing her way back down his chest and Negi's body couldn't help but arch towards her kisses. But he had to remember who was in control.

So as her hands began to work at the bindings that kept her from her goal, Negi grinned down at her, tangled a hand in her hair and tugged, bringing her passionate devouring of him to a halt. Her hands kept working and disappointed, she looked up with a mixture of pout and confusion, to find Negi grinning at her devilishly. "What do you say?"

She gave a surprised and sexy smile at him as her hands finally wrapped around his bare manhood. His grip on her hair loosened and she put the tip between her lips and spoke with it between them.

"Please Master, may I suck your dick?" ()

Negi wondered when he'd died, because if this wasn't heaven, he didn't know what all that religious fuss was about.

(Sorry about the vulgarity, it's not really my style, but it's how it needed to be said. Note, I only mean that one line, I take back no other nastiness. If you get offended by smut, you're reading the wrong damn story)

Nodoka had gone back to her own room and as soon as she was alone she checked her book to see what Negi was doing. This was getting bad, it was like every time she was alone she couldn't help herself, she had to see what or who he was doing. And when she wasn't alone if Negi wasn't around she'd make excuses to sneak off long enough to check and make sure she wasn't missing anything.

The first time she looked he wasn't doing anything, just looking for some stuff around his room but when she looked again, she saw him with his shirt off and even though at first it had been innocent, soon things were looking up for our anxious onlooker. She saw as Negi's visitor appear and everything that happened since. It wasn't hard to tell even from the sketch silhouette who it was. With that hair and a body like that, it could only be one person.

She was kind of surprised, not that Kaede and Negi would do this but more at the how they were. She couldn't believe that the strong confident Kaede was acting so weak and helpless. It was equally strange seeing the normally reserved and polite Negi, being forceful and dominant.

But it didn't stop her from enjoying the show. If anything it made it more interesting. To watch them play their parts was exciting and new. It didn't take long before she'd abandoned all inhibition and began working on her own building frustrations. She worked slowly like they did, taking her time.

She was so the show and her own enjoyment she didn't even notice the light knock on her door. Or the stream of light that went across the floor as the door slowly opened.

Negi had quickly given Kaede what they both wanted, unable to handle anymore of her teasing terrorism. And boy was he glad he had. She was going absolutely wild on him. Her head was moving up and down almost viciously and her hands were all over him. She would slow down for a second to look up at him and see the euphoria that was plastered on his face. Moaning around him she'd go back to work even harder hoping the next time she looked up she could see him in even deeper ecstasy.

Negi noticed in one of his few moments of coherent thought during this glorious onslaught, that one of Kaede's hands was free and she was caressing herself with it. Negi smiled, "You must want to use that hand so badly." She moaned mmhmm, but never stopped. "Since you were good and didn't do it without permission, you may go ahead. But remember… you don't get to finish until I tell you to.

She nodded and immediately her hand reached between her legs. Kaede let out a long, deep, moan that sent vibrations through Negi's manhood, making him tingle all over. As Kaede worked feverishly on both Negi and herself, Negi could help but think to himself, 'Damn it's good to be me.'

Kaede felt Negi getting close and picked up her pace. Finally pushing all the way down on him as he went over the edge. When it was finished and she licked the last traces of his enjoyment off of her lips. She looked up at him with a questioning smile. "Was that good enough for you Master?" she gingerly played with him as he recovered from the waves of pleasure that had just racked his body.

He leaned up and kissed her, "It certainly was, you spoiled your Master." He stood up and motioned her to do the same. Now they stood together naked, Kaede put her hands behind her back and stood at full attention, presenting herself to Negi. His hands started on her shoulders but began softly caressing and exploring lower. It wasn't the heated kneading and grabbing of sexual contact this was more like someone admiring a perfect sculpture by running their hands along it.

"Now, it's time for master to spoil you back." Negi turned so Kaede's back was to the bed and then without warning he forcefully pushed her down. She gasped at first and then purred, as Negi crawled next to her. Her whole body arch and tried to make it so he was on top of her but he purposefully stayed off to the side. One hand propped up his head and the other began running up and down her body.

He leaned down and kissed and nibbled from the middle of her collar bone to her shoulder where he gave her a firm but harmless bite. Her whole body squirmed and her hands wanted so badly to satisfy the aching that she could feel building but she held strong.

She was repaid in kind as Negi's mouth began working it's way across the soft flesh of her breasts. His hands caressed there way lower and lower on her stomach as she squirmed trying to make them go lower faster. It wasn't until he had a nipple between his teeth and her gazed was transfixed on his face that his other hand pushed right inside her.

Her head flew back as she moaned out in pleasure, her whole body trying to meet his sweet touch. Negi loved the power of this, the tiniest movements of his fingers and tongue, driving her crazy. She went over the edge much quicker than he'd expected. The excitement of the situation and her own anticipation must have got to her; she usually lasted much longer than that. But that didn't mean she was going to get off easy. (No pun intended)

"And here you were being so good tonight, but then you had to get impatient and couldn't wait. Now you'll have to be punished again." Negi and Kaede shared a wicked grin. This time when she turned around for her spanking Negi's hips meet hers as they came together as one. Once he was all of the way inside of her Negi slapped her ass hard. He could feel it shoot through her as she clenched around him.

She looked back at him biting her lip and said, "Please Master, don't be gentle."

This wasn't the first time one of the girls had caught another during some "personal time". In fact, it happened so often over the years that it wasn't even embarrassing anymore. So when Yue and Chisame saw Nodoka doing her thing from the door at first they were just going to turn around and leave.

Which is exactly what Chisame did and Yue started to as well but at the last second, she noticed something curious. Curiosity was Yue's biggest weakness; if she was a cat she would've been dead a very long time ago.

So before she could help herself, there she was quietly creeping across the room, getting closer and closer to Nodoka. When she got close enough her curiosity was confirmed. Nodoka was looking at her book while masturbating. Which meant she was getting off on someone's private thoughts. Yue got close enough to see the picture, her skills of stealth were much better than she'd thought. But as soon as she saw the face in the picture all of her silence went out the window.

Yue was in shock, "Oh my God, Nodoka what are you doing?" That wasn't really what she wanted to yell out but she didn't want to give away what really upset her.

Nodoka's entire body froze, her panties around her ankles and her hands all over herself. It took a second for her brain to absorb what had just happened. In that moment Chisame had gotten back inside the room and was now looking at the same thing Yue was. Which was surprisingly not the half naked Nodoka.

Instead they were nose deep in her book, with matching looks of absolute shook amazement. Nodoka quickly fixed herself and tried to explain. "It's not what it looks like…"

Yue was Nodoka's best friend and therefore had absolutely no need to sugar coat things with her. "Dear, we saw everything, what you were doing and what you were doing it to. There isn't anything else that looks like masturbating while watching two people having sex."

Chisame was still looking at the book. At one point holding it at arms length and turning it sideways. "Not just any two people either, this is Negi and Kaede. I didn't know that they were an item. Damn… would you look at that…" her show was cut short as Nodoka snatched the book back. She was upset by this as well, but she couldn't let it show any more than Yue could. They'd have their private moments of heartache later.

Nodoka didn't really want to have to say anything but the expectant looks on the other girls faces was telling her if she didn't start telling they were going to start asking. "I didn't mean to, it just kind of happened… I was in my tent and…"

Yue cut her off, "Wait you were in your "tent"? So this isn't you're first time doing this?"

"No… but.."

Chisame jumped in to, "You just said that you didn't mean to do it, but you've done it more than once. Maybe the first time you can claim it was an accident but not now that you've done it two separate times."

"Four times…" Nodoka guiltily corrected.

The two girls looked at her shaking there heads, and in unison they said "Okay, spill it!"

Nodoka certainly spilled it, she told them everything. By the end she was apologizing for all sorts of stuff.

But when it was all said and done the interrogating girls found themselves in a strange spot. As they talked about what they should do from here, whether they should turn Nodoka in, or keep her secret, they noticed something. They wanted to say how wrong immoral, sick and disgusting it was but deep down inside, they wanted to watch too.

Each of these girls had strong feelings for Negi, and yet were too afraid or insecure to try and do anything about it. This was the perfect way to live vicariously through their friends.

So they sat in silence for a moment, until the ever rational Yue came out with something that surprised her two companions, "Well seeing as we've already seen there's no harm in watching the rest. Right?" She didn't make eye contact until after she was finished speaking and even then she was just nervously trying to see their reactions.

Chisame help along the train of thought, "Yeah and I mean it's not really fair that Nodoka got to see everything and we only got a glimpse, I think it's only fair."

Nodoka didn't know what to say. While she was happy that it looked like they'd decided to keep the secret, now they wanted her to share the view. She knew she really didn't have much of a choice, but it was going to spoil all of her fun. "Okay but you have to promise not to tell anyone."

The girls looked at one another with an evil grin and in stereo said "Deal." With that Nodoka reopened the book and the three girls sat in silence watching the show.

The only way to describe the sex between Negi and Kaede was ferocious. Negi was going wild on Kaede and she was loving every minute of it. Two physically perfect specimens, showing exactly how physical they could get. If it had been two normal people, they both would've broken their pelvis by now.

They tossed and turned changing positions often, never once coming apart, thanks to some incredible flexibility. The dominance game they were playing earlier was completely forgotten now, as they did it, like they do it on the Discovery channel.() Their bodies covered in a glistening layer of sweat, moans escaping from both of them, it was pretty safe to say that they were having a damn good time.

(Anyone remember the song 'The Bad Touch'?)

Kaede eventually wound up on top, riding Negi like a cowboy. She through her head back and called out all sorts of things as she slammed down again and again. She screamed out one last time calling Negi's name as her whole body was filled with tingling euphoria. After the waves of pleasure faded she collapsed on top of him, kissing him deeply as her face came next to his.

"Oh my god… Negi… that was amazing." Trying to catch her breath, Kaede spoke with the sex smile() plastered on her face.

(You know, the smile that let's the whole world know you just got lucky. Whether you want it to or not.)

"Thank you… You were… pretty amazing… yourself." He wrapped his arms around her, gently tracing imaginary lines on her back with his fingertips. She bit his chest playfully and they shared a laugh. "You know… I've got the weirdest feeling that we're being watched."

"Well if so, they certainly got one hell of a show."

The three witnesses in question all shared a look at Negi's statement. Nodoka slowly closed the book as they all stared at the page in shock. All their faces were red and though none of them admitted it, the room suddenly felt much hotter.

Nodoka being the most experienced voyeur in the room was the first to collect her thoughts enough to speak, "So now do you see why I couldn't stop watching?"

As if in a trance the two girls, with blank looks on their faces just nodded slowly. Just as Nodoka did after her first time they were trying to cope with how much it hurt to see him with someone else, and then they had to add in the fact that it had been fun... no, more like mesmerizing to watch.

Nodoka was getting nervous. "Please don't tell anyone else about this. Not only about me watching but don't tell everyone about them either. I know exactly how everyone feels about Negi, it would rip some of them apart if they knew about this." Nodoka's concern was genuine and visible on her face.

The two girls huddled up for a second then broke and nodded at each other. Yue said, "No problem, no one will find out about this. On one condition, from now on you come get us whenever there is 'a show' going on."

Nodoka was completely taken back. She'd been expecting a variety of answers and that wasn't even on the list. She wasn't sure what to think. On one hand this would keep her secret safe because now they were just as guilty as her. On the other hand, this kind of killed her ability to really enjoy watching.

She had no choice, she succumb to the lesser of the two evils, "Okay deal."

After he'd gotten himself cleaned up he decided that the best thing for him to do would be just to go back to the resort and continue to help the training. He was surprised when he was met there by almost everyone else. Most of the girls who'd went in were coming back out, having spent 3 days inside. Chisame, Yue and Nodoka who all seemed to be acting strange were going to the resort, Yue mentioned something about research.

Kaede also showed up just before they went into the resort. Normally the simple gesture of her letting her hand graze across Negi's back would've been missed in all the confusion but three sets of eyes were watching the two of them like hawks.

Once everyone who was going was ready Negi activated the seal and a flash of light later, they were back as the resort. It didn't even take Kotaro 3 seconds to reach them and before anyone could say a word he'd tackled Kaede right off the side of the resort.

Negi could tell already, this was going to be a very interesting day.

End Chapter

A/N: I left a hint to one of the bigger secrets in my story somewhere in this chapter. Did anyone catch it? A small inconsistency, something you'd have to be paying close attention to notice.

Some of my more observant reviewers I suspect will be asking me about this, or telling me to fix the mistake, whether they know it's what I mean or not. If you think you know what I'm talking about please review and call me out for it. It has to do with a very important piece of info concerning our Hero.

Also, how did you guys like Nodoka being caught? It would've went longer but I was trying to keep my word count under 10,000 and the way that I originally planned would've taken forever.

Anyway until next time,
Donny BlaZe