Negi's Mother

by NegimaFan

My theory on who Negi's mother is, and what happened to her.

9. The Seal

Negi's Mother-Chapter 9

By NegimaFan

A/N: Well, the time has come, the votes have been tallied, and here it is:

Ayaka-0

Konoka-0

Setsuna-2

Ku Fei-2

Kaede-1

Nodoka-5

Yue-1

Yue and Nodoka-2

Konoka and Setsuna-8

Takane-0

Mana-8

Makie-0

Ako-0

Makie and Ako-0

Yuna-0

I don't believe it, it's a TIE! Well, it's been decided, Negi will be paired with Konoka and Setsuna, as well as Mana. I am shocked by the number of votes Mana received in the last chapter, and I am flattered that so many people cast their votes, now, on with the fic.

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Anya was fighting a massive migraine as she, Evangeline, and Chachamaru headed down the path to the Chao Bao Zai, "Ohh, my head, what kind of mental defenses does that girl have?"

Evangeline said nothing, but inwardly, she was pissed, 'What sort of mental defenses, indeed? No girl her age, no matter what kind of powers they have, should be able to have defenses of that caliber. It takes years, even decades, to be able to unconsciously block your deepest thoughts from being read. I should know, it took ME fifty years to perfect it.' Something didn't add up, just what happened in Asuna's past that is so secretive? Evangeline wanted to know, for some reason, she felt as if she was somehow connected to all of this, she just wish she knew how.

"Ohh," Anya groaned to herself, "what was I thinking destroying that mental barrier? There's no telling what could happen to her. If anyone finds out it was us," she shuddered, "they might turn me into an ermine."

Eva turned her head and stared at her, "Us? I wasn't the one who took down the barrier."

Anya glared at the chibi vampire, "Listen you, just keep quiet, if I go down I'll be sure to take you down with me!"

Eva snorted, "Don't worry I'll keep my mouth shut, but not because of you, but because I'd rather not have that redheaded pain harisen me if she ever found out we were in her mind."

"Good, good," Anya calmed down slightly, "we just have to stay calm and keep our mouths shut." Just then the pair of them bumped into a very worried looking Takahata, with a cloaked mage she didn't recognize.

"Anya," said Takahata, recognizing the red-headed girl, "I need to ask you, has Asuna…"

"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! I SWEAR!" screamed a terrified Anya, "SHE…SHE MADE ME DO IT!" pointing at Evangeline, "SHE THREATENED TO KILL ME IF I DIDN'T!"

"HEY! I DIDN'T FORCE YOU TO DO ANYTHING!" yelled a furious Evangeline.

"Um, I was going to ask you if she was by here recently. We're looking for her," replied Takahata.

"Oh," said Anya, grinning weakly, "Um, no, we just got here."

The cloaked mage glared at the redhead, "What did you do to Asuna-san?"

Anya gulped, 'Crud.'

Evangeline groaned, "Smooth, missy, real smooth."

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Negi, Konoka, and Setsuna hurried to the nurse's office. No one was there, so Setsuna and Konoka placed Asuna on one of the beds and then they all breathed a sigh of relief. "Well," said Negi, "does anyone have any idea why Asuna-san is acting this way? Did anything even remotely similar to this ever happen in the past?"

Konoka shook her head, "No, Negi-kun, I've never seen her act like this."

"Neither have I," the trio turned to see an exhausted Ayaka, her hair a mess, "I've known Asuna since she came here, and I've never once seen her act this way. Now will someone please tell me what's going on? And why was she calling you her 'Little Negi'?"

Negi sighed, "I wish I knew."

"Negi-kun," said Konoka, "when we were heading back to the dorms last night you said that the two of you talked for a little while and then she ran off, what happened that made her run off? You never told me."

Negi blushed profusely, "I…well…um…let's see…I sort of…well…I…"

"Yes?" Konoka asked intently.

"I sort of…kissed her."

For a moment there was silence, then Ayaka screamed, "WHAT!?! You kissed her? Did she force herself on you, or did she trick you into kissing her? Ohhh, why must I keep losing to that monkey girl!"

"N-No, I just…well…"

"Aww," Konoka smiled, "Asuna must have been embarrassed. But that doesn't explain why she's acting the way she is, did she say anything…odd after kissing you again?" Konoka chuckled, if you didn't count the pactio kiss or the time Negi was under the power of the World Tree, this was their first real kiss.

Negi lowered his head, "She said…she said it was like she was kissing her brother."

Konoka's smile faded slightly and a sweatdrop appeared on her forhead, 'Her brother? What kind of thing to say is that?'

Ayaka smirked inwardly, 'Now's my chance,' she thrust Negi in between her breasts, "Oh, Negi, I can't believe Asuna-baka would ever say something like that, I bet you're a wonderful kisser. Would you like me to give you a second opinion?" She then pulled Negi away from her breasts and pursed her lips, inching towards Negi's lips. Konoka and Setsuna starred in shock at Ayaka's abrupt, though not surprising, actions.

Negi blushed profusely, 'What do I do? What do I do?" Negi began to panic.

Just as Ayaka was about to lock lips with him, a clock came in contact with her forhead, "HEY SHOUTACON!" Konoka, Setsuna, Negi, and a throbbing Ayaka turned to see that Asuna was awake, and that she appeared pissed, "What have I told you about flirting with Negi!?!"

Konoka stared at the girl, "Asuna! You're already awake!"

"Yeah, I'm awake," groaned Asuna, she had a terrible headache, "Ohh, what hit me?"

Konoka shook slightly, she didn't want to tell her that Setsuna had knocked her out, "Um, that's not important right now, Asuna, why did you tell Negi-kun last night that kissing him felt like you were kissing your brother?"

Asuna raised an eyebrow at her question, "You're kidding right?"

"No, I'm serious Asuna, why did you say that to Negi?"

"Well, because Negi's my-"

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Alastor and Takahata were rushing to the Academy with three girls close behind. After 'asking' Anya what she had done, and finding out from a traumatized Takane that they headed to the school with an unconscious Asuna, the group, consisting of Alastor, Takahata, Anya, Eva, and Chachamaru, rushed as quickly as possible to get to Asuna before any of the other school mages discovered where Asuna was. "Damn it," yelled an exasperated Alastor, "I can only hope the contingency memories haven't gone into effect yet."

Takahata stared at him, "What contingency memories?"

"Well, when Albireo-sempai and I originally sealed Asuna's memories, a special seal was placed that would go into effect if there was a risk of Asuna accessing her true memories, but with what you and redhead," Anya shook slightly, "did to her, I have no idea what shape her mind is in, or if the seal activated yet, if what Takane told us about Asuna's actions were true, then for some reason the seal didn't activate, even though it should have. Of course that doesn't that there still isn't a chance of it activating."

Evangeline smirked, 'So, Asuna-baka does have secret memories kept from her.' She then spoke up, "So if you and Takamichi here both put up mental barriers, that means you have no idea what is wrong with Asuna?"

Alastor groaned, "No, I don't."

Anya spoke up, "Um, Albireo-sama…I've studied mental barriers, and…"

"THEN WHY DID YOU DO SOMETHING SO STUPID!?!?"

Anya 'eeped' then said, "W-Well, I don't understand, I never seen any text mention anything about the effects of having two mental barriers in one mind, why do you believe it's so dangerous?"

"You'd be hard pressed to find any text mention anything about more than one barrier in the mind, because there's rarely a cause for it. A mental barrier is like a dam for memories in the mind, it blocks a great deal of the memories, and lets certain memories pass through. Now, if a second barrier is placed, and if it's only meant to block memories from passing through and not filter them, like the one Takahata put on Asuna that blocked all but a few of her memories before she came to Mahora Academy, not only would the flow of memories be stopped, some of them would be forced back to the original barrier. Since the flow from the first barrier is still continuing the barriers then begin to feel increased pressured from the blocked memories. Couple that with Asuna's magical resistance and eventually even the most powerful mental barriers will start to decay, which is why she started to have bits of her old memories return. I wouldn't be surprised if the original barrier is also greatly weakened. When you destroyed Takahata's barrier you let loose nearly ten years of pressure, no human mind can possibly take the strain without severe repercussions."

Takahata grew worried, "The decay in the original barrier might explain why the seal didn't go off as you expected, but what was the seals purpose?"

"Well," said Albireo, "It was placed only as a last resort, if Asuna greatly risked discovering the connection between her and Negi."

At the mention of Negi, all three girls' eyes widened, 'Connection?' thought Evangeline.

Takahata grew more worried, "What does the seal do?!"

Albireo paused, then said, "If Asuna was to ever recover all of the memories that connected her and Negi and she risked learning the truth too soon, the seal would activate and reconfigure and reconstruct even some of her more recent memories so that she would believe that the connection between her and Negi was that Negi was her-"

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"-brother."

At this there was a long pause. Then everyone (except Asuna) yelled, "BROTHER?!?!"

"Yeah, Nagi-tuo-san adopted me when I was little and after he disappeared I was sent to Mahora and Negi was sent to live in Wales with Nekane. I thought I told you this, already, Konoka."

Negi was dumbstruck, "Wha-?"

Asuna stared at him, "What's with you, Negi? Look I already forgave you for your stupid stunt, just remember that just because we're not related by blood doesn't make you any less of my brother, but did you have to tell everyone? I swear, I could slug you for this."

The group simply stared at Asuna in shock. 'What in God's name has happened to Asuna?'

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Heh, heh, yes, now Asuna thinks she's Negi's brother. Oh, how will all of them, especially Negi, react from such a statement? Find out in the next chapter. Also, if you want to see an alternative look at someone who could be Negi's mother (though it's not likely) check out my newest story, 'Crimson Traitor' this story also includes a small theory I have in regards to Fate's origins, though it has been exaggerated in my story. Once again, I want to thank everyone who voted, I hope to start Negi's relationship with his small harem of girls. In the next chapter, it's what you have all been waiting for, ASUNA'S TRUE MEMORIES ARE RESTORED! But before that happens, we get to see how the gang reacts to an Asuna who thinks Negi is her brother. Until next time, please review.