Negi's Mother-Chapter 6

By NegimaFan

A/N: Once again, it's good to be back. In this chapter, Takahata has a meeting with my OC, Alastor, and Anya takes a look into Asuna's memory with disastrous results. Read and Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Mahou Sensei Negima.

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Asuna sat at a table outside the local coffee shop, her thoughts stirring, 'What is happening to me, could I really be in love with Negi?' She wasn't sure what she was more afraid of the fact that she may really be in love with Negi, or the possibility that Negi might simply be what many would call the 'rebound guy' so soon after Takahata had turned her down.

As if someone was purposely messing with her life, Asuna was interrupted from her thoughts about Negi by none other than Negi himself, "Asuna?"

"Ahh, oh Negi," she then proceeded to bash Negi's head in, "DON"T SCARE ME LIKE THAT."

"Ow," Negi cried, "Asuna, I just wanted to ask if you were okay."

"I'm fine," she lied, "what makes you think I'm not?"

"You seem distracted by something, is there anything I can do to help?"

At those words, a sudden image of her and Negi kissing appeared in her mind, 'Ahh bad thoughts, bad thoughts,' "No!!!" she screamed, causing a number of people to stare at her, "er, I mean, no Negi."

Negi raised an eyebrow, "I know you're lying Asuna."

"What, Ha Ha," Asuna's laugh was obviously false, "and why would I lie to you?"

Negi shrugged, "You tell me."

Asuna remained silent.

"Asuna…"

"What?"

"Would you…would come with me for a minute?"

Asuna briefly considered making up an excuse then she thought, 'What's the worst that can happen?' "Sure I'll come."

Negi smiled, gabbed Asuna's hand, and pulled her to their destination, "Come on, Asuna!"

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Takane D. Goodman was an unusual mage, and a tad hypocritical. She often reminded Mai of the importance of keeping calm in battle and never underestimate your opponent, though she did both quite often, and was stripped of her clothing because of it. Today it was normal patrolling duty, until she thought she saw a familiar face at the train station, "Mai," she whispered to the red-haired girl beside her, "is that Colonel Sanders from the Tournament during the Mahora-fest?"

Mai starred at the man, "I'm not sure, Oneesama, it could be him."

"What is he doing back here?"

"P-Perhaps we should contact Gandolfini-sama, and-"

"No, that will not be necessary, he hasn't done anything yet, and we'll just follow and keep tabs on him just to ensure that it stays that way."

"Y-Yes Oneesama."

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"Negi," Asuna was starting to get annoyed, "where are you taking me?"

"We're almost there, Asuna-san, look."

"Negi, what-" Asuna now realized where they were, it was a hill just outside the boarders of Mahora academy. The special thing about this particular spot was that from the top of the hill it was possible to see the whole of Mahora Academy, "Oh, I haven't been up here in ages, the views just breathtaking, isn't it?"

"Yes, it is," Negi paused for a moment, "Um, Asuna-san,"

Asuna turned to him, "Yes?"

"Um, for a while now, I've been about you and I think that I may…"

Asuna stared wide-eyed.

"…have feelings for you."

At this point, Asuna does an anime-style fall, and then yells angrily, "What's that supposed to me, huh? From what I gather you seem to have feelings for the entire class." 'Thank god, I thought he was going to confess his love for me or something.'

"No, no, not those sort of feelings, I don't know how to explain it, I've never felt this way before."

Asuna starred at him, "What do mean?"

"When I look at you, I get this funny, warm feeling in my heart, and even though you hit I feel safe in your arms," he grinned, "That must sound really stupid, huh, Asuna-san?"

Asuna looked straight into Negi's eyes, their faces mere inches apart, "No, that doesn't sound stupid at all."

At this point, Negi did one of the most spontaneous actions of his life and kissed Asuna, for a moment Asuna seemed to enjoy the kiss, it was first real kiss she had with him considering the last two were during the Evangeline incident and when he was influenced by the World Tree, so she wasn't actually to enjoy those kisses. A moment later, however, Asuna went wide-eyed and quickly broke away from Negi, ending the kiss. "Asuna," Negi asked, "what's wrong?"

"I-I-NO!! This is wrong, this is all wrong!" tears were forming in Asuna's eyes.

"Asuna," tears were starting to form in Negi's eyes as well, "what did I do to upset you?"

"Negi, I know this going to sound strange, but, when I kissed you this time, it was like…like I'm kissing my brother or something."

Negi simply stood there in shock, 'Is that how Asuna-san sees me, like a little brother?'

"Negi," Asuna said shakily, "I'M SORRY!" she then proceeded to run, a get as far away as she could so could sort through these thoughts. Negi didn't follow her, he simply fell to the ground on his knees, his face a mess of tears.

Asuna was running so far so quickly, she neglected to see what was in front of her until a frying pan smashed into her face, knocking her out.

"Excellent work, Chachamaru, but isn't using a frying pan a little crude?"

"It was all I had available, master," Chachamaru replied.

"Whatever," said Anya, "Let's just get her back to your place so we can search through her mind in peace."

"Agreed," said Evangeline, "Let's just hope she has something I can use against her or," she turned to Anya and gave her a rather wicked grin, "I might get angry and take out your frustrations on you."

Though Anya didn't show it she was terrified of Evangeline, 'Please,' she thought, 'let there be something REALLY embarrassing in Asuna's mind.'

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Takahata was waiting with his head down, deep in thought, in a secluded area at Mahora Academy where mundanes could not penetrate, surrounded by trees, a lone table in the clearing, 'Where is he,' thought Takahata, 'he should have been here by now.'

"My you seem tense, Takamichi."

Takahata looked up, "Alastor Ida, apprentice to Albireo Imma, am I glad to see you."

Alastor smiled, and took the seat opposite of Takahata. Takahata looked over Alastor, he hadn't changed much over the years, the resemblance between him and Albireo was remarkable, they had the same facial expressions, wore the same clothes, used the same types of spells, they even had the same pactio artifact, a collection of magical journals. There were also a number of differences between him and Albireo. For one thing, Alastor was nearly a foot shorter than Albireo, and he had a slightly wider build. Also, unlike Albireo, Alastor did not take bad news as well as Albireo did.

"So, Takahata, what's so important that I had to come to Mahora Academy?"

"Well, you see, it seems that Asuna-san has fallen in love with Negi."

Alastor paused for a moment before bursting into a fit of laughter, "HA, HA,HA, good one Takmichi, now what's the real reason you brought me here."

Takahata remained silent.

Alastor was no longer smiling, "You're serious? She's really falling for Negi? Oh, I don't believe this, HOW COULD YOU SCREWED UP THIS BADLY?"

Takahata flinched slightly, Alastor was one of the few people he feared, "I never expected to her to confuse her protective nature for Negi with feelings of attraction for him."

"This cannot be happening," Alastor rubbed the bridge of nose, "are you telling me that there was not one other guy that she was attracted to around here?"

Takahata, once again, was silent.

"Takahata…" Alastor said slowly, "is there something you're not telling me?"

"Well, she was attracted to me for a time."

"And what happened that caused her to stop being attracted to you?" Alastor asked, fearing the answer.

"I…turned her down."

Alastor gaped at him, "ARE YOU IMCOMPETENT?!?! That would have solved all our problems, what possible reason did you have for turning her down?"

"I…didn't have such feelings for her."

"BULL…you've been attracted to her for years, at one time, you'd have given anything to have Asuna say that she loved you."

"That time…has come and gone."

Alastor grinded his teeth, "So what do you propose, then?"

"I propose, we restore Asuna's memories to her early."

Alastor's eyes went wide, "Are you nuts? We'd be destroying a decade's worth of work if we did that, there's no telling what would happen to her when's she's still this young, she won't be able to handle it all, especially the connection between her and Negi."

"We have no choice, and if you refuse to help me, then I'll simply remove the mental barrier I put on her and tell her the truth."

Alastor did a double-take, "YOU DID WHAT?"

"I put a mental barrier on her memories after Gateau died."

"Takahata, please tell me you haven't released the mental barrier yet."

Takahata starred at him, "No, why?"

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Anya and Evangeline scoured Asuna's memories, searching for both embarrassing moments and anything that could provide clues towards her true feelings for Negi. After they had brought Asuna to Eva's house, the vampire set up a powerful barrier around the house to ensure that no one disturbed them for the next few hours. Already, Eva had learned that Asuna kept a drawer full of pictures of Takahata, Eishun Konoe, and any other older man she found attractive, that she was afraid of birthday candles ever since she accidentally set her hair on fire on her tenth birthday, and that when she first tried to use a tampon she…well let's not get into that. The point was, Evangeline had gained a lot of dirt on Asuna, and she couldn't be happier, "Heh, heh, who knew this pain-in-the-ass had so many embarrassing moments in her life."

"True, I wonder what else we can find o-" she stopped talking when she saw a magical barrier in front of her, it had a silvery aura to it, with noticeable cracks in a number of area, "A mental barrier."

"So, mages are still using these things to suppress people's memories. This one seems rather powerful, but crudely cast, I mean look at the many cracks that litter it."

Anya grinned, "I wonder what they're hiding from her?"

Eva shrugged, "I have no idea."

Anya turned to her, "Want to find out?"

Eva smirked wickedly, "Definitely."

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"Takahata," Alastor said, "taking down a mental barrier, especially when another one is already in place, is very dangerous."

"What do you mean?"

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Anya proceeded to the barriers edge.

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"When taking down a mental barrier, the memories of the person must be returned to them gently, if they return to her too quickly…"

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She lifted her staff above her head.

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"…Their past memories will mix with her newer memories, confusing her, making it hard for them to be in control…"

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She spoke the enchantment and swung her staff towards the barrier.

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"…in other words, Asuna would be in a mental battle, with herself. Her actions would become erratic, and she could become emotionally unstable. There's no telling what would happen to her if her memories returned to her quickly."

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Anya's staff had successfully smashed through the barrier, "Now, let's see what dark secrets were hidden from Asuna." Suddenly a powerful gust of wind enveloped Anya and Evangeline.

"What's going on, Anya-bozu?"

"I-I don't know, this has never happened before." The two girls flew though the air and then awakened in Evangeline's house.

"Master," Chachamaru asked worriedly, "are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Chachamaru," she then turned to Anya, "What happened?"

"I-I'm not sure, but I don't think that we should enter Asuna's mind again."

"Fine by me, I got what I wanted out of this, Chachamaru."

"Yes, master?"

"Take Asuna back to her room."

"Of course." She then picked up Asuna and flew off to the girls dorms. When she arrived, she found the room empty. She placed Asuna into her bed and left.

Several Hours Later

Negi and Konoka were fast asleep, they had found Asuna fast asleep and figured Asuna must have been exhausted, luckily she had the week off from her paper duties, so she could sleep in tomorrow.

Negi had proceeded to his cot, tonight her did not sneak into Asuna's while sleepwalking, Asuna had snuck into his cot.

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After Takahata and Alastor had finished their 'conversation' they agreed that they would discuss what they would do more thoroughly in the morning. What they had failed to notice, however, were two figures hiding in trees who had heard everything.

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Well, there's chapter 6, I hope you enjoyed it. Also I just want to say that while my two snoops know that there is a connection between Negi and Asuna, they have no idea what that connection. As for the consequences of Anya releasing breaking the barrier, well, you'll just have wait till next chapter to find out. Now, time for my latest poll. This one will be open for at least two more chapters, the poll is: Who should Negi be paired with? Here are your choices:

Ayaka

Konoka

Setsuna

Ku Fei

Kaede

Nodoka

Yue

Yue and Nodoka

Konoka and Setsuna

Takane

Mana

Makie

Ako

Makie and Ako

Yuna

Please vote for who you would like to see paired up with Negi. I look forward to who people will vote for. Also, a cookie to anyone who can guess what movie gave me the idea for the kiss scene. See you next chapter, please R&R.