Chapter 4: Dodgeball! Rooftop Showdown!
P.E. Class
Class 2-A's Ako, Yuna, Makie, and Akira were hitting a volleyball to each other in the school's courtyard.
"Here you go!"
"Got it!"
"So, everyone, it has been 5 days since Negi-sensei and Vladi-kun have arrived at the school. What do you think of them so far?"
"Negi-kun isn't bad, being cute and all, while Vladimir is hot, but the only thing he does is sleep."
"Negi-kun really is giving his best, isn't he?"
"Even so, next year is exam year. Can we really rely on him?"
"So what? This school is an escalator until university."
"When it comes down to it all, he is only ten years old. There's some stuff that we just can't talk to him about like we could with Takahata-sensei."
"You're right. It's more like WEshould be listening to HISproblems." Yuna said.
"Hahaha! You mean as his experienced "onee-samas"?" Makie asked while punching the volleyball upwardly.
A group of girls in black uniforms interrupted them with, "Sheesh… throw the ball properly, why don't you? You guys as experienced onee-samas? Don't make us laugh."
"Y-you guys are…"
Meanwhile in the Teacher's Office
Shizuna walked up to Negi and asked, "Negi-sensei, how is your teacher's training coming along? Have you got a feel for it yet?"
"N-not yet," Negi replied weakly. "I'm younger than everyone else, so I get treated like a kid and no one comes to me for advice or anything…"
"NEGI-SENSEI!" Ako and Makie screamed while bursting through the door.
"Y-yes?"
"There's a fight on the school grounds! Look at this wound!" they plead.
"WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING!?" Negi yelled.
Back in the Courtyard
"Take this! Student senior attack!" one of the seniors launched a ball at Akira, which hit her in the arm.
"STOP THAT THIS INSTANT!" Negi came running through the courtyard, waving his arms rapidly. "WHO HAS BEEN HURTING MY STUDENTS!?"
All eyes turned to Negi.
"…"
"…What's with everyone?" Negi asked.
"HE'S SO CUTE!" the seniors squealed as they jumped him.
"EH!? Let me go!"
"I've got dibs on him first!"
"Let me have him!"
"Let me touch him, too!"
WHOMP!
A volleyball was slammed into the senior's leader's head.
"STOP THAT, YOU OLD HAGS!"
"What the hell was that!?" the senior screamed as she turned around.
"ASUNA-SAN, IINCHO-SAN!" Negi cried.
Iincho came forward and said, "This place has always been used by class 2-A. May I ask you OLD ladies to vacate the premises?"
"WHAT DID YOU CALL US!?"
"In short, old women like you belong in retirement homes. GET LOST!" demanded Asuna.
"WHAT WAS THAT!?"
"My, my. What's with this ruckus?" asked Takahata, who came out of nowhere. "I don't approve of fighting amongst girls, you know. Sorry everyone. However, you seniors do need to behave more mature towards middleschoolers."
With that the seniors left the courtyard.
Changing Rooms
"Takahata-sensei sure was cool back there."
"Yeah…"
"Now HE is someone you can rely on. Negi couldn't do anything and where was Vladimir?"
Meanwhile on the School's Roof
Vladimir woke up to a loud noise.
"Who's here?" he asked. He looked around and saw the seniors that were playing Volleyball looking back at him.
"IYAA! PERVERT!" they all screamed.
"W-what!?"
"You've been spying on us haven't you? Why else would a guy be here?"
"I was not spying on you people. If I was spying on anyone, then they would need to be hot. I'm here because I'm helping a teacher here."
"…"
"…What?"
"Did you just say we were all ugly?"
"Um… no, I think. Did I?"
"You did, you pervert!" One of the seniors launched a ball at Vladimir.
"Not good," Vladimir said as he tried to jump out of the way, but fell while doing so. "Ouch."
The door leading from the school to the roof opened. The class of 2-A arrived.
"Ah, you guys are finally here. Now you guys can talk to them. I'm going back to sleep," Vladimir said.
"WHY ARE YOU GUYS HERE!?" asked class 2-A.
"To play volleyball, what else?" they replied.
"You guys have a volleyball court near your dorms. You did this on purpose!" Asuna said.
There was a fierce argument going on. Negi was wondering what he should do when he saw Vladimir's eyes open in a violent manner.
"SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP! YOU SENIORS ARE SO ANNOYING!" Vladimir yelled, then went back to sleep.
This seemed to quiet everyone down.
"How about this?" Negi asked. "What if we have a sporting contest between these two classes to resolve the dispute?"
"AGREED!" everyone answered.
"What if we play dodgeball instead? You have more people than us, but we're older than you. Wouldn't that be more advantageous for you?" asked the senior leader.
"Okay!" Class 2-A agreed.
"Just one condition. If we win, Negi is ours," the seniors said.
"We should win, anyways," Asuna said.
"But what will we do if we lose? Will Vladi-kun be our new teacher?"
Vladimir's eyes shot open.
"Give me a ball," he demanded. "There's no way that I am being a teacher."
That started the dodgeball game. Vladimir took the ball, infused it with ki, and threw it at the leader. The ball's speed was so high that the senior couldn't see it. The ball bounced back to Vladimir and he threw it at another senior. He did this until all of the seniors were out. In the end, 3 seniors were knocked out, and the rest were bruised.
"Scary," said one of the students in class 2-A.
And thus, the dodgeball game was won by class 2-A without anyone getting taken out.