Sarah: (Waves with a smile) While, seems the author was hospitalized due to a certain vampire…
Eva: (Glares) He started it…
Sarah: Yea… whatever… back to business. Like I said, seems the author was hospitalized; I'll be hosting this chapter for everyone!
MX: (Shakes chibi fist) WHY DO U GET TO HOST THIS CHAPTER? IM THE BLOODY EDITOR! It's my job to do these kinds of things when he's not here!
Sarah: Aw, cheer up!
MX: Hold on… (Looks into the distance before paling) Didn't you say he was hospitalized…?
Sarah: Yeah… so?
MX: Then… (Points to a fast approaching dust trail) What's that…?
Sarah: Hmm… it looks so familiar… masaka…!
APH: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STARTING THE CHAPTER WITHOUT ME! (Shakes a bandaged fist in the air)
All Negima Cast: … GYAAAHHH! HE'S BACK!
Random nurse: (Pops out of nowhere) Now, now, Mr. APH. (Grabs APH) You aren't supposed to move right now.
APH: GAAAHH! LET ME GO! LET ME GO! AAAHHH! I'LL KILL YOU ALL! LET ME GOOOOoooooo……. (Fades in the distance)
Narutaki twins: (Shiver…) A-anyway… here's another chapter of MY UNIQUE CARETAKER!
Disclaimer: DON'T OWN ANYTHING IN NEGIMA OTHER THAN SARAH!
Sarah: (Shake a chibi fist) HEY!
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"Any report of a missing child?" Asuna asks as Kamo types away on his personal lab top.
"Didn't I tell you it's alright?" Sarah asks and winces as a steel hammer smack her in the head.
"NO IT'S NOT ALRIGHT! HE COULD BE KIDNAPPED, THEN RAPED, THEN KILLED AND DUMPED INTO THE OCEAN WHERE THE SHARKS FEED OFF OF HIM AND THEN WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO FIND HIM!" Asuna exclaims as all the horrible things that can happen to the ten year old teacher appears in her mind. Kamo pauses in his typing as Sarah sweat drops.
"Hmm… anyway, I didn't find anything about a missing child report sent in yesterday…" Kamo says causing Asuna's head to drop. "But ane-san, I did found something about Evangeline…"
"Huh? Let me see!" Asuna exclaims as she moves the screen around. Sarah kneels behind the baka red as she peers over Asuna's shoulder. Her jaw hits the floor as she sees the amount of money under Evangeline's head. "HOLY!"
"Evangeline AK McDowell, also known as the Undying Mage, the Dark Evangeline, etc… also, she was a wanted criminal in several major countries and the price on her head is quite large… but it was canceled for 15 years now due to some circumstances." Kamo explains as he strokes his chin with two claws/fingers.
"What the hell was she doing all these years…?" Sarah asks as her left eye t witches non stop.
"WHAT THE…! WHAT IS SOMEONE DANGEROUS LIKE HER DOING IN OUR CLASS!" Asuna exclaims as her jaw nearly hits the table, squashing the ermine, who just happens to be right under Asuna's fist… "Hmm… anyway of beating her?" Asuna asks after shaking off the shock on the amount of money listed under the vampire. As if on cue, Kamo starts to type in more words on his lab top. A few seconds later, more files appear onto the screen.
"Hmm… while, it didn't say how to defeat her or her weakness. It did say that she's Dracula level hard to kill. There are witnesses where she gets right back up after getting blown to millions of pieces."
"Ah, that's not a hard fit after living for more than five hundred years…" Sarah whispers before snapping back to what Kamo says next.
"While no weapons seem to work on her, she can still be destroyed if she's weakened… and with one of the 'Guardians,' we might be able to stand a chance…" Kamo says before looking over to Sarah, who looks at him with an expression that clearly states 'what.' "If Sarah-nee here is willing to lend a hand, then we might be able to…"
"That's not possible." Sarah interrupts before back-handing the ermine into the wall. "I'm not killing her."
"But Sarah-san…" Asuna starts but stops as Sarah held up a hand.
"Like I said, I'm not killing her. We had some relationship in the past before, so sorry… besides, there are people here that don't want her dead…" Sarah whispered out the last part, too low to be heard by Asuna or the near-death ermine.
"… then what can we do…?" The baka red asks with a worry frown on her face.
"Well, if Negi-sama isn't back before tonight, I'll go look for him… as for now, I advise you to enjoy your weekend…" Sarah says with a small smile before walking out the door, leaving behind a worried baka ranger and a near-death ermine.
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"Why are you here in the forest Nagase-san?" Negi asks as he looks at the fox-eyed girl.
"Hmm, well, I always come here on the weekend to escape the civilization." Kaede explains with her trade mark smile on her face.
"Really?" Negi asks as he raises an eye brow.
"Well… I'm also here to train, and it's a very secretive training!" Kaede says as she winks at the child teacher.
"Eh… training?"
"Nin-nin!" Kaede says as a confirmation, completely missing the expression on Negi's face. 'Nin-nin…? Isn't that ninja training…?' The child teacher thought to himself with a sweat drop next to his head as his mouth hangs open and his eyes two small black dots. Meanwhile, Kaede has her own things to think about.
'Why is Negi-sensei here in the forest…? Judging from the aura around him, he's troubled… I wonder what's bugging him…' The ninja girl thought while her expression never changes on the outside. Just then, a thought came to her, 'hmm… I wonder what a little training will do to him…' "Negi-bouzo…"
"Hai?" Negi asks as he looks at the older girl with a confused expression.
"How would you like to train with me?" Kaede asks as she held out a finger as if listing a point.
"Eh? Training? What kind of training?"
"Well, survival training of course." The baka blue answers and giggles as Negi's eyes nearly budged out of their sockets. "In the mountain, there is no electricity, no running water, and most of all, no restaurants. You hunt for your own food here in the mountain. So, how about it, want to train with me?"
"…HAI!"
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"AAAAHHH! HOW CAN SHE BE SO RELAX IN A TIME LIKE THIS?" Asuna exclaims before she rests her elbow on the platform inside the school's tower. Planting her face inside her hands, she signs with a worry frown still on her face. "Seriously, Sarah is being a little too relaxed… and she calls herself a caretaker… and where the heck is that brat anyway?"
"I'm sure aniki is alright…" Kamo says as he perches on Asuna's right shoulder.
"Oh, the boya left?" A voice says from behind the two. Turning around in an instance, Asuna finds herself face to face with no one other than Evangeline AK McDowell and Chachamaru. "EVANGELINE!" Asuna exclaims and puts on her guard as Chachamaru gives a small bow out of formality. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO NEGI-BOUZO?"
"Me? I didn't do anything. That boya left by himself. Speaking of which, where is that boya?" Evangeline says before looking left and right a bit.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH NEGI-BOUZO? If you're still after him, then I have no choice but to fight you…"
"AHAHAHAHA! I'm not chasing after him. Besides, even if I did catch him, I can't suck his blood anyway." Evangeline says, and as to proof her point, she pulls her lips a little to show her canines. "See? I'm just a mere mortal right now."
"Oh? I never expect to see you here…" A voice says from the stair case leading down to the first floor. Evangeline's face pales as she recognized the voice without even looking. "S-Sarah…"
"Don't worry; I'm not here to tear you into pieces. Well, at least I'll save that for later or something." Sarah jokes with a smile and a wave with a juice box in her other hand. "So, what's up?"
"Nothing… we're just leaving anyway. Come Chachamaru." Evangeline says as she gives Asuna one last look before turning on her heel with Chachamaru right behind her.
"Oh, one more thing…" Sarah starts and flicks Evangeline on the forehead lightly. "You have a lot of explaining to do once all this mess is over…"
"Mm…" The vampire moans knowing perfectly full will what Sarah means, so thus she, with her head down, walks out the tower with Chachamaru right behind her. "Achoo!"
"Ah… master, did you catch a cold?" Chachamaru asks as Evangeline suddenly sneezed with her face paler than usual.
"Err… -sniff- I think I did… -sniff- must be because of yesterday…" Evangeline says before sneezing once again. "I think I'll just rest for today… maybe…"
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"Wow… sugoi!" Negi exclaims as he looks down on the sight before him. He is standing on a small cliff with a river right under him. The river isn't deep, but wide enough that he can't just simply jump across. A little distance up the river is a small waterfall, which has a small rainbow over it. Down inside the river, many fish swim around happily, but mostly are Char.
"Aye, this river is very rich in Char, so we'll start our training here! But careful, they are very cautious animals, and if they hear some foot steps, they'll swim away immediately." Kaede says once again holding up a finger to emphasize the point.
"AH, HAI!" Negi exclaims. Just then, something pops into his mind. Scanning around, Negi couldn't find any fishing polls… and if there aren't any… then… "Nagase-san… what do we catch them with…?"
"Oh, with this!" Kaede answers, producing a small kunai from her pink ki. "We'll be using these little things to catch the fish. And we do it like this!" Producing two more, Kaede open one eye and throws all three kunais in the matter of a seconds, all hitting a fish as they speed into the river. Pulling on some invisible wires, Kaede willed the kunais to return to her, only that they all have a fish implied on it.
"Wow! SOGUI!" Negi exclaims with eyes as wide as saucers. "Yosh! Let me try!" Taking three kunais from his student, Negi held them between his fingers and wait for the perfect opportunity. He didn't have to wait long, as a few Char decides to jump out of the water just them. Timing his throw, Negi reared his arm back, and threw all the kunais as hard as he could… only to see two enter the water with splashes while the third is nowhere to be seen… 'Wait… SHIMATA!' Side stepping in the last second, the child teacher avoided getting penetrated by his own kunai as it lands right next to his left foot.
"Hmm, that's not how you suppose to do it." Kaede says with a smile before she jumps down the cliff, bounces off a rock, does a 720 spin in mid air, and then throws some kunais into the water before grabbing a tree branch that's sticking out from the cliff. Using her momentum, she swing once, twice, then let go as she propels herself back next to the kid, pulling back the invisible wires, and watch as more Char come flying from the water before she starts doing more difficult acrobatic moves to catches more. "You do it like this! Like this!"
"I CAN'T DO THAT!" Negi exclaims as his eyes almost budge out of their respective sockets…
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"The next thing on the menu is vegetables… you need to eat healthy stuff in order to be healthy!" Kaede says as she leads Negi through the forest looking for edible plants.
"Ah… that should be easy. After all, plants don't move." Negi says as he starts to look around the clearing they just arrive… only to find… 16 KAEDES? (MX: FREE FOR ALL! GRAB ONE! W00t IT'S CHRISTMAS IN FEBURARY!)
"If you split your body into 15 copies, you can gather them more quickly!" Kaede says in a matter of fact tone, completely ignoring the fact that her companion is a ten year old child.
"WAAAHH!"
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"Mm, they're delicious!" Negi says after taking a bite from their lunch.
"Nin, Nin! Life here in the mountains is very tasty!" Kaede says with a mouth full of fish and a smile. Negi sweat drops at the sight of the older girl munching happily on the fish.
"Ah… they do…" Negi says before he looks down at the grass and slowly nibbles on his fish. 'Maybe… if Nagase-san becomes my partner…wait, iie, what am I thinking? Using her only as a tool…' Negi thought as his eyes become a little more down casts. This action did not go unnoticed by the ninja girl.
'Hmm… still depressed… maybe more "fun" will help…' Standing up, Kaede tosses away the fish bone before stretching. "Alright! Let's start training again!"
"Eh? Already?" Negi exclaims after swallowing more fish.
"IN THE MOUNTAIN, YOU EAT WHAT YOU CATCH! THAT'S THE TRAINING!" Kaede exclaims before dashing off. "FOLLOW ME!"
"AAH! MATTE!" The child teacher shouts before quickly standing up and dashes after the older girl.
"COME ON! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" Kaede exclaims happily with a beaming smile as she jumps from one place to another.
"AAH! MATTE!" Negi shouts also jumping from one place to another; grateful for once that he has magic to support him then. The two continue as the sun slowly reaches for the mountain range in the east, signaling that the day is almost over…
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"You need to stop worrying about him…" Sarah groans for the nth time that day as she watches Asuna pace back and forth in the dorm room.
"How can you be so relaxed?" Asuna asks before she resumes her pacing.
"Why are you so worried? He isn't going to fall to his death or something…"
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"WHY ARE WE CLIMBING THIS HIGH?" Negi asks as he pushes another kunai into the face of the mountain.
"The mushrooms on the top of the mountains are delicious!" Kaede answers from her spot. Just then, a wind picks up, blowing her long pony tail to one side… as for our child teacher… lets just say he's not having fun…
"AAAHHH! NAGASE-SAN! HELP ME!"
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"FALL TO HIS DEATH? ARE YOU CRAZY?" Asuna exclaims appearing right in front of Sarah, who leans as far away as possible, only to find it futile. "DON'T SPEAK OF THINGS LIKE THAT!"
"Okay… just… calm down…" The caretaker says as she held up her hands in a defensive way.
"Hmph… I still can't believe how you stay so relaxed…" Asuna huffed before walking over to Kamo, who's once again typing away furiously on the lab top. "Any thing yet?"
"Nope… seriously, ane-san, aniki is going to be fine!" The ermine says with a reassuring grin.
"Like what he said… besides, he's not that stupid as to steal a bear's dinner or something." Sarah says as she looks out the window to see the setting sun…
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"WAAAAAHH! IT'S A BEAR! IT'S A BEAR!" Negi exclaims with tears shooting out of his eyes and his arms high in the air as he runs for his dear life. A huge brown bear with red glowing eyes chase behind him… reason… well…
"Nin, Nin!" Kaede says as she continues to spin the honey cones she 'obtained' on her fingers tips while giggling non stop.
"WAAAHHH!"
"ROOOAAARRR!"
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A while later…
"Ah… all that running and climbing made me sweaty." Negi says as he marches back towards their camp with the ninja girl right behind him.
"Oh? Do you want to take a bath?" Kaede asks with a beaming smile, her left eye cracks open a bit.
"Huh? Bath…?"
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"Mm… this is great!" Negi signs as he sinks lower into the large iron barrel. Kaede is kneeling next to the barrel, using a fan to fan at the fire that's heating the water. "This is so relaxing!" Negi says as he stretches and let the hot water sooth his muscles.
Looking up, Kaede gives off a smile before standing up. "It's that good huh?"
"Hai!" Negi exclaims with a smile, a genuine one.
"Hmm… Looks like you finally give me a smile." The ninja girl says, causing Negi to look like her bewildered. "Well then, scoot over!" Kaede says as she unties her sash and lets her pants fall.
"WAAAH! I-I-I-I'LL GET OUT!" Negi exclaims as he understands what Kaede is about to do.
"Hmm… there's no need!"
"AH! NO! I'LL GET OUT!"
"There's enough space. Scoot over will ya?"
"AAHH!" The next second, Negi finds himself between Kaede's legs, who for all purpose, is naked behind him as the day she was born. "Err… um…"
"Ah… it is pretty good." Kaede says before draping her arms around Negi and pull him in a bit. "Now, now, don't be shy!"
"Ah… um…" Negi stutters as his face redden, partially from the heat, partially from the position they're in. A comfortable silence sets in between the two as they continue to sit in the barrel, Kaede with a smile on while Negi also has a small content smile.
"Nagase-san is amazing…" Negi suddenly says, breaking the silence as Kaede look down at the top of his head with an eye brow raise. "I mean… you're only in middle school… and yet…"
"You mean these breasts?" Kaede jokes around, but to her delight, the child teacher immediately stiffen up and starts to stutter out unintelligent things. "I'm joking, haha!"
"Still, I admire Nagase-san. You're so strong…" Negi says after relaxing back down with a small sad smile.
"Negi-bouzo…" Kaede starts, only to pause for a second, "iie, Negi-sensei is still a ten year old child. No matter how you look at it, the teacher before me is still a child who grew up a bit too fast…"
"Nagase-san…?"
"It also seems like you have no idea what you're doing…"
"Ah… t-that's right…" Negi says, dumbfounded that this girl can read him so easily.
"Well, don't worry! Since you're only ten years old, you are bound to have obstacles… some obstacles will prove to be easy to remove, while others may be extremely difficult… However, if you hang in there and continue to try… no matter how difficult that obstacle is, you're bound to over come it…"
"But… I just ran away today…" Negi says with his mood become depressed again.
"Aw, you become depressed again!" Kaede whine, then she hugs Negi to her, who stiffens upon the contact. 'AHHH, HER BREASTS…!'
"Cheer up! You're just a little kid right now, so it's okay to want to run away. But remember, it's not always the answer…" Kaede finish with a smile as Negi just stares at her dumbfounded. Just then, the ninja girl decides that the mood is a little too serious for her liking. "Ma, ma, don't worry about it right now. Let's just enjoy the bath ne?"
"…Hai…" Negi says before sinking back into the hot water. "…Nagase-san…"
"Hmm?"
"Arigatou…" Negi says before looking up at the star-filled sky.
"Nin, Nin… You know… if you ever want to, you can always come with me to escape when things gets too tough… there'll at least be a bath for you here…" Kaede whispered next to Negi's ear, who shudders at the close distance. "Just rest today… you can worry about things later, ne?" With that, the ninja girl leans back against the barrel and stares up at the star-filled sky, sliding back into the comfortable silence just like before. 'I felt old giving that speech… but it's for Negi-bouzo ne?'
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"Hmm… I'm going to look for him now." Sarah says with a small smile before getting up, grabbing her 'jacket', and heads for the door.
"Eh? Matte, aren't you cold in that?" Asuna asks as she looks at Sarah's choice of outfit. Since it's Saturday, Sarah decides to ditch the school uniform and put on something a little more comfortable. And so, we find her in a white sleeveless shirt with a v-cut, a short jean skirt that reaches to the middle of her thigh, and a pair of boots that travel up to her shin. The boots are made with black leathers and a zipper is in the side of each boot for easy removal and a white triangle is at the tip of the boots. She let her hair down since the principal won't need anything from her now. Her blonde-reddish hair pools behind her as they drop all the way to her waist, while looking unbelievably soft, they also give off a wild feeling as strands of hair stick out here and there. With a shake of her head, Sarah lets them flap around to get them a bit untangled. (MX: purdy…)
Looking at herself, Sarah can't find what's wrong with her outfit, and that's what she said. "Never mind… just bring that baka back safe…"
"Yes ma'am." Sarah says with a small smile and a mock salute before she marches out the dorm and into the cold Saturday night. Konoka just happens to walk in when she spots Sarah down the street, trench cloak flapping behind her as she race down the empty road into the darkness, leaving behind a confused Konoka standing in the entrance of the dorm. "Aycha… where is she going?"
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At midnight…
Kaede crack open an eye as she felt a present near the clearing they're staying at. Looking to her right, the ninja girl finds Negi fast asleep on her arm with his blanket covering only his legs. Shaking her head gently, she carefully frees her arm and puts her pillow under the child teacher's head. Also, she carefully drapes the blanket back to cover Negi up properly. Satisfied, she puts on a stern expression before carefully unzipping the tent…
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'Hmm… this is where he should be…' Sarah thought to herself as she looks at a tent in the middle of a clearing. 'Yup, he's still easy to find…' Just then, somebody launch a kunai at Sarah, who caught in with one of her finger inside the hole on the handle before sending it back to the owner, who by now had gotten out of the tent. 'Hmm… interesting…'
The shadow figure suddenly vanished into thin air, but to Sarah, she merely moved… 'To the left…' SLAM! Putting up her left arm, she block a round house kick without effort before ducking as the figure do a high kick after first one failed. SWISH! Doing a back flip, Sarah easily avoids a low swipe. Extending her arms in mid air, Sarah slam them into the ground, spread her legs, and spins like a top, forcing the figure to retreat or gets smacked by one of the boot-clad heel. All of this happened in a matter of two seconds.
Jumping back up, the caretaker leans her head to the right as the figure sent a palm strike that can knock a normal adult unconscious. Grabbing the arm, she pulls the arm behind her, raise her right hand, and slam a palm strike just where the joint is. A clear POP reaches Sarah's ear, but she knows better, and as if on cue, the figure disappeared in a cloud of smock, leaving behind nothing. 'Bunshin… she's good…'
Picking up her left leg, Sarah avoided another low swipe, then she duck as a palm slams into the place where her head used to be. Raising her left arm, she forced an extremely hard upper cut into the figure's chin with a loud CRUNCH, only to watch as it poofed into non-existence. Just then, she reaches to her left and right, grab onto the set of fists that were heading toward her, pull them in until they're literally right in front of her. Jumping up, Sarah kneed the right one in the gut, using her momentum, she hand stands onto the arm of the left who, who's eyes widen in surprise. Smirking, Sarah lean forward before break dancing on the arm before slamming her right heel in an ax kick, killing the clone before it can even blink with an audible CRUNCH as its skull collapses.
Right before she touches the ground, Sarah twists her body and swipes her leg out in an arc, which connects with another clone's face, BAM knocking it into a tree before it disappears. 'Hmm… she got quite the stamina… the clones are getting denser by the second…' The caretaker muse before throwing her right fist out, slamming it into another's face in a right hook, smashing its skull before it disappears, leaving behind nothing that indicates that she was attacked. Another second pass before she hears what sounds like whistles from every direction. Knowing exactly what they are, Sarah crouches onto the ground, reaches up and catch three kunai. Putting them between her fingers, she sent them into three more with a flick of her wrist. CL-CL-CLINK! Jumping up, Sarah avoids the kunais that were meant for her shoulders. Twisting in midair, she avoids five more before snatching two in midair. Landing once again, she spins the kunais using the hole at the end of the handle and blocks a few more. CL-CL-CLI-CLI-CLINK! Satisfied, the caretaker let go the two kunais and watch as they penetrate the ground with little effort. Smirking, Sarah stands up to her full height and look around her surrounding as her blood race through her veins. 'Yup, she's good…'
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All the while this is happening… Kaede observe from a place where she thought she was well hidden. Looking at the figure, the ninja girl notice one thing that sent a chill down her spin… that the stranger never left her original spot… Sending two denser clones towards the stranger, Kaede watches as they got disposed of quickly like a hot knife through butter. 'That's not good… de-goruzu… I'm already tired… from sending clones that are almost as dense as the real body…' Dashing out, Kaede throws a flying kick, which connects with the back of the figure's head, much to her satisfaction. That satisfaction did not last long, as the figure appear unfazed, reaches back, grabs her ankle, and throw her away like a twig as Kaede finds herself sailing throw the air head first, heading for a very thick tree. Twisting her body at the last second, she manages to bounce of the tree before dashing into another place to hide.
Kaede is panting a little bit. She has no idea who this person is or what their motive is, but one thing is damn cleared… that person is good. 'Damn… she blocks all those strike like nothing… Let's try…' Dashing out from her hiding place, Kaede split herself into three perfect kage bunshins, all four of them raced in a different direction, and they had the stranger surrounded in a matter of seconds.
'Let's see how you fair against this…' The real Kaede thought before she orders all her clones to attack. All of them charge in at the same time, all of their palms raised, ready to deliver the blow when…
"That's enough…" The figure says before turning to face the real Kaede, vanished, and then appear right in front of her. The ninja girl's eyes widen as a pair of blood-red empty eyes stare at her. Just then, she felt something poke her stomach, stopping her in her track or forcing her to impale herself, then the person poked her nose, which surprises her to no end a bit before TAB! The figure flicks Kaede right in the forehead with enough force to send her back first into the ground. The figure vanished again, then Kaede felt her three bunshins vanished almost simultaneously, leaving the girl to stare wide-eyed at the star-filled sky… then the pain caught up to her as her forehead hurts a little.
"Ah… itai…" Kaede moans before getting a better look at the figure, who has walked into the moon light by now. "Ara… Sarah-san…"
"Hmm… you're not bad… except for you to defeat me; you'll have to train harder." Sarah says with a smile and her eyes closed. "Here." The caretaker says as she extends an arm. Without hesitation, Kaede accepted it and is pulled up by Sarah easily.
"Ano…" Kaede begins as she rubs at her forehead, hoping that she won't get a bruise up there.
"I'm here to look for a certain brat…" The caretaker answers before Kaede even finishes her question.
"Ah… soka… but you didn't have to be that harsh… de-goruzu…" Kaede says. "Killing three of my densest clones in a second, de-goruzu. You must be really strong."
"You have no idea…" Sarah says, but her voice sounded tired. "Still, mind if I stay near here a little? I'll probably just leave with him in the morning."
"Ah, no problem… thought the tent can only hold two people…" The ninja girl says as she rubs her neck sheepishly.
"Daijobou!" Sarah reassures her with a pad on the shoulder and a small gentle smile. "I have ways…" With that, the caretaker turns on her heels, and walks back into the darkness with a small wave, leaving behind a smiling Kaede and a still sleeping Negi… who surprising never woke up for all the noise that was caused by this little incident.
'Nose flicking… maybe I should use that to catch my opponent off guard…' Kaede muses with a dreamy expression before heading back inside the tent and assumes her original position, with her arm as Negi's pillow and her other behind her head…
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Morning came all too quickly, as Negi finds to his annoyance. Looking to his right, he finds Kaede still sleeping with a content smile on her face. Getting up slowly, he pulls out a piece of paper and wrote some notes down on it. Unzipping the tent, he walks out side and puts his hand in some strange seal (look at either manga or anime). 'Now… where are you…' Negi thought as he starts to search for his staff. He found it in a matter of seconds… the only problem is… its right behind him?
"Eh…?" Looking back, Negi finds himself face to face with a smiling Sarah, who has his staff in some sort of holster on her back. "Ah…"
"Miss me?" Sarah asks sweetly before handing the staff back to its rightful owner. "So, did you get things solved?"
"Uh-huh!" Negi answers before he puts on his jacket and looks at the sight of the sun raising form the mountain. "It's nice here huh?"
"Yea… we should come here sometime. I'm sure Kaede-san won't mind." Sarah says with a wink at the direction of the tent. "Oh well, let's go!"
"HAI!" Mounting his staff, Negi starts to levitate off the ground. Sarah jumps onto the staff after it's a good ten feet off the ground. Sitting down, she scans the area around her and takes in a deep breath before exhaling. "Well, let's go!" And thus, the two speed off towards the direction of the dorm, where a certain baka ranger is worrying herself to death.
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"Hmm…" Kaede sign to herself as she watches the two speeds off before lying back down. "So mages does exist… ma, but people like me don't have rights to talk…" Kaede says scratching her cheek. Just then, she remembers the note Sarah left behind. "Don't tell anyone huh…? Don't worry… I won't… Besides, I don't want to get skinned alive." Kaede sweat drops as she remembers what else is inside that note. It's complete with a chibi Sarah holding a peace sign. Reading it again, Kaede decides to go back to sleep, and so she just crumbles the paper up, and throws it to where she kept her supplies and falls right back to sleep…
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"Where are those two…" Asuna moans as she signs in defeat, after worrying about the two for almost the whole night. She flops onto the reel of the building she's standing in front of and signs again.
"Ane-san, it's no use worrying… Aniki is probably died by the hands of Sarah…" Just then, something drops from the sky, creating a lot of dust. "What the… masaka…"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A CHILD MALESTING MURDERER?" Sarah exclaims before back handing the ermine into the near by wall, a vein twitching on her forehead. "Damn ermine…"
"I-I didn't say that much…" The poor ermine says as he twitches on the floor with part of his soul flowing out of his nose.
"Ah… Sarah-san… if you're back, then…" Looking up, Asuna's face lit up as right above her, hovers the cause of her uneasiness.
"Ohayo Asuna-san…" Negi says sheepishly, landing next to the baka red, who signs in relief before suddenly smacking the child in the head with a paper fan. "YOU BAKA! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I WAS?"
"AHH! GOMEN… Well, if it helps, I'll let you know that I didn't fall down a cliff, chase by a bear, or get skinned by Sarah…" Negi says and watches as Asuna changes the receiver of her wrath to Sarah, who sweat dropped before asking one question: "Did you almost fall of a high cliff…?"
"Err… yes…" Negi answers truthfully and tilt his head as Sarah went a little pale. Taking a step away from Asuna, Sarah gulped before asking one last question. "Did you… steal a bear's dinner… and almost get eaten by it…?"
"Eh? How did you know?" Negi asks as he puts a finger on his lower lip, watches as Sarah becomes extremely pale while Asuna went from white to red in a matter of seconds.
'MUST! STOP! JINXING!' The caretaker yells in her mind as she held her hands up in a defensive position while backing awhile from a fuming Asuna. "N-now, now… it i-is only a coincidence… p-please don't d-do this to me… a-and… PUT THAT BRICK DOWN!"
"Anyway!" Kamo says, catching Asuna's attention, saving Sarah from some rather painful experience. "Aniki… what will you do now?" Kamo asks as he puts on a bandage that magically appears out of now where.
"Well, I decided that I'm going to face Evangeline-san. I won't run away any more." Negi says with determination in his eyes that burn so bright; it's scary to look at it.
"Yosh! Ane-san…?"
"Alright… but only once!" Asuna says as she walks forward to Negi. "Alright Kamo, do your thing."
"YOSH!" Kamo exclaims producing a chalk from out of nowhere again. He starts to draw a circle around where Negi and Asuna stands, then another smaller circle, then he start to fill it with runes, lines, and designs. "Ah… Kamo-kun, isn't this…"
"Well, I decide that I might as well help you do this…" Asuna says with a shrug as Sarah just sits on the reel.
"Eh…? When…?"
"A few hours after you ran away." Sarah explains as she still stand a distance from Asuna, afraid for her life… un-life… SAME THING!
"YOSH! ALL DONE!" Kamo exclaims, and looking down, Negi finds himself standing at the opposite end of a pactio circle.
"You sure you want to do this?" Sarah asks one more time with a stoic face. Receiving a nod from Asuna, a small smile appears on her face as her eyes soften. "Well, then remember, it's a kiss…"
"ALRIGHT! LET'S DO IT! PAC-TI-OOOOOOO!" Kamo exclaims, and the circle suddenly gives off a purple light as it activates.
"AAAHH… It… feels good…" Asuna says with a blush. Shaking her head, she decides to stay focused. "Focus…"
"Remember ane-san, A KISS!" Kamo cheers in the side line before getting poked by Sarah in the stomach with a groan. The two watch as Asuna walks towards a flushed Negi, grab his face, and starts to lean in. The child reddens even more and closes his eyes as Asuna is no more than about five centimeters from him… just then she leans in… and… FREAKING KISSED HIS FOREHEAD!
"GAAAAHH! ANE-SAN! THAT WON'T DO!" Kamo exclaims as Sarah signs and poked him harder. "Still, PACTIOOOOO COMPLETE!" With that, the purple lights grew more intense and they surrounds the duo before dying down to reveal two flushed individual. A card suddenly appears in midair between them as it slowly drifts over to Asuna, who caught it with out effort. "Eh… what's this?"
"That, my friend, will be a pactio card." Sarah explains with a smile. "But what you have there isn't a 'complete' one or a mistake pactio if you may."
"Eh?" Getting a closer look, Asuna's face darken as there on the card is a badly drawn chibi Asuna that has a evil grin while she held a fist up with menace dancing inside her big eyes. The number 'eight' was imprinted on both the top left and bottom right of the card. Some marking is on the top right while on the bottom left is a small foot print, which Asuna assumes is her attack or something… Sweat dropping, Asuna's eyes turns into two small black dots as the corner of her mouth twitches a bit. "What… the…"
"Yup, mistake pactio are usually badly drawn and they either gives the minister little magic or not at all." Sarah says as she cross her arms under her breasts. Leaning back onto the reel, she gives off a small smile before continuing, "however, I think that since you're not going to be a complete partner, that'll do for now."
"Even if you say so… WHY DO I HAVE TO BE DRAWN SO BAD?" Asuna exclaims as tears pour from her eyes in a defeated manner. "HOW CAN MY CUTENESS BE DEFILED BY SUCH A BAD DRAWING!"
"Err… what cuteness…?" Sarah and Kamo mumble together, too low to be heard thanks to Asuna's ranting. "Still, let's get started!" Kamo says before hopping onto Negi's shoulder. "Aniki, let's go!"
"Eh? To where?" The confused child teacher asks.
"To take out Chachamaru of course!"
"EEEEEEHH? BUT-"
"NO BUTS! LET'S GO!" Asuna exclaims before grabbing one of Negi's arms and drags him off with Sarah following behind at a more casual pace.
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"Mou… I don't feel so good…" Evangeline moans as she and Chachamaru continue to walks down a road.
"Master, are you alright?" The faithful servant asks as Evangeline moans again and again.
"No… but that old geezer wants to see me… so I got to go anyway…" Evangeline says, signing as she close her eyes and hunches her shoulders. "I wish I can at least teleport…"
"Ah, Eva, there you are." A voice called out. Looking up, Evangeline finds Takamichi walking towards her with a casual smile on his face. "The principal is waiting you know."
"Mm… Chachamaru, go back first, I'll be fine…" The vampire says before following Takamichi towards the principal's office.
"…Hai master…"
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Walking down the street, Chachamaru decides that before going home, she'll take a slight detour to an old empty building. But first, she'll needs to get something…
"THANK YOU! COME AGAIN!" The store owner shouts as Chachamaru walks out from the grocery store, a plastic bag in hand and her ever emotionless face. Walking down the street, the robot encounters a small girl that's bawling her eyes out while pointing at a branch with a balloon stuck on it. "M-my… my b-balloon…"
Looking at the balloon, Chachamaru's back sudden pops open, revealing two thrusters, which come to life, scaring the little girl near death with her eyes so wide they're threatening to pop out of their sockets. Flying towards the balloon, the robot unhooks it from the branch and held it out for the little girl, who's now laughing and cheering in joy.
"NANIIIIIIIIII?" Asuna and Negi exclaim before ducking behind the wall they're spying from, only to turn and see a giggling Sarah. "She… she flies…"
"Oh… so this is Japan, as expected, letting a robot go to school." Kamo says while stroking his chin with a few nod of admiration.
"A r-robot?" Asuna stutters as her eyes become saucers.
"C-Chachamaru-san is a… a robot?" Negi asks, also equally shocked as his mouth hung opens.
"Well duh!" Sarah says still giggling. "What? You guys can't tell just by looking?" The caretaker says with a huge smile. "Besides, it's not that that strange to see a fully functional robot with technologies like those inside the campus."
"Err… yes… it's strange… and I'm very bad with technology…" Negi says with a sheepish laugh as Asuna blushes and turns her head away.
"I… I thought those were strange ear adornments…" Asuna says scratching her cheek with one finger.
"…you two are idiots…" Kamo says which earned him a one way ticket to the brick wall, courtesy of Asuna as she drags Negi away. "Hmph, let's go Negi-bouzo."
"Hmm, you need to learn how to keep your comments to yourself." Sarah says with a teasing smile before putting the near unconscious ermine onto her head before jogging to catch up with the other two, pony tail swaying behind her in a lazy fashion as they turn a corner to continues to follow their unexpected… victim.
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"OH! IT'S CHACHAMARU!" A kid with brown hair shouts, catching another kid with black hair's attention. "AAH! IT'S CHACHAMARU-SAN!"
Said robot calmly walks toward a bridge with an old lady panting half way up. Looking up, Chachamaru walks up, kneel in front of her, and flash the old lady a smile. "Ah, Chachamaru-chan, so sorry to have to rely on you again." The old lady says with a smile as Chachamaru carries her across the bridge piggy style. All these time, the two kids are running around her in circles chanting 'Chachamaru is doing good deed again.'
"Ara… she seems to be quite popular around her." Asuna says with surprise written all over her face.
"This could be a trap." Kamo says onto of Sarah's head. Said person just roll her eyes and decide to keep her common to herself like she had advice a while ago.
"But Kamo-kun…" Negi says with uncertainty, but was interrupted by Kamo, who jab a claw towards the robot girl. "AH, SHE'S MOVING!"
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"SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE!" A man shouts from a crowd of gathered people as they watch a cat in a box float down the river, meowing for help while receiving none.
"OH! SO HORRIBLE! SOMEONE GET HELP!" A woman wailed as she watches the cats continue to get washed down stream. Just then, a figure walks towards the box against the fast current like it's nothing, grabs the box, and headed for the other side of the sewer. (I think it's a sewer…) "HOORAY! IT'S CHACHAMARU!"
"CHACHAMARU HAS DONE IT AGAIN!"
"CHACHAMARU-CHAN!"
Meanwhile, Negi and Asuna are gaping at the robot girl after witnessing the good deed. Looking down, Asuna has a hesitated grin on her face. "You sure it's a good idea…?"
"This can be something that she uses to get you to lower your guard!" Kamo says with a determination and shake a paw at Asuna. "Don't let it get to you!"
"…" Sarah continues to keep silent as tears pour down her face with her eyes giving off sparkles. "So… good…"
"Ah! She's moving again!" Negi exclaims before following Chachamaru again, except this time, he's not there to harm her, but curious as to where she's going…
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"Meow… meow… meow…" The cat continues to meow on top of Chachamaru's head, who's walking down the street again with a happy smile on her face, still unaware of the party of three and one fourth following behind her. Turning to her right, she enters what looks like an abandon church yard with its iron gate broken and rusted and its wall broken in many places as holes covered most part of it.
The 'pursuing' party duck behind the wall and peer over it to see Chachamaru standing calmly in the middle of the court yard. Wondering what she's doing, the group got their answer as a small grey cat suddenly appears. It gives off a meow before approaching the robot girl. Another cat follows behind the first, then two, then four, then more and more as cats seems to pour from the crack in the walls towards the servant, who's now kneeling and opening some sort of cans. Pouring the substance inside a dish she had brought alone, Chachamaru smile as the cats pooled around the large dish and starts to eat the tuna she had bought not long ago. The one that she had rescued also meowed happily before joining the ever increasing group.
"Ahh… so good…" Negi, Asuna, and Sarah chorused as tears stream down their face with a huge admiring smile on all their faces.
"THAT CAN ALSO BE A TRAP!" Kamo shouts with a vein popping on his forehead.
"But Kamo-kun…"
"NO BUTS!" Leaping off Sarah's head, the ermine charges into the courtyard and suck in a big breath before… "HEY YOU! CHACHAM-MUUUFFFF!"
Looking back, Chachamaru sees Negi holding Kamo's mouth, Sarah choking him while Asuna is ready to send him into kingdom come. "Negi-sensei, Asuna-san, Sarah-san… I was caught off guard…" The robot murmured before standing back up, scattering the group of cats, who senses the on coming battles. "I assure you that won't happen again…"
Taking a small step forward, Negi hold his staff in front of him as Kamo perch on top of Sarah's left shoulder. "Um… Chachamaru-san… is there anyway you can stop targeting me?"
"I'm sorry Negi-sensei, but master's order is absolute." Chachamaru answers, her expression never changing during all this time.
"Then I have no choice…" Negi says as he held up a hand. As if on cue, Asuna walks forward a bit and stands beside Negi. "Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister… activate contract for Kagurazaka Asuna for 120 seconds…" Just then, a white magic circle appears under Asuna, giving her a strange feeling that feels extremely good. Sarah takes a step back as she has no plan of interfering the battle what so ever.
Chachamaru is a bit surprised as Asuna, with a single leap, was sent literally gliding towards her. Covering the distance between Chachamaru and herself, Asuna thrust out a hand, which is deflected by Chachamaru. However, another hand come up a few centimeters away from her, and flicked her in the forehead with an audible CLICK.
'Fast… movement unlike that of an amateur…' Chachamaru thought to herself as she jumps backward, during the same time, Asuna drops to the ground and rolls to the side. Glancing back, she finds herself surprised once again as Negi finishes his final incarnation. 'Shimatta…'
"EIGHT ARROWS OF LIGHT!" Negi exclaims as eight arrows made of highly concentrated light race towards Chachamaru, who's calculation all her options in the matter of a second.
"Danger… danger… hostile projectile approaching, type; homing… no escape… no escape…" Chachamaru mumbles after she finishes her calculation. She stands up straight as the arrows sailed closer and closer. "If I'm unable to move… master, please feed the cats…"
Negi's eyes widen as he heard that statement, gritting his teeth, he decided that no matter what, he just can't do it. "I CAN'T DO IT! RETURN!" The missiles curved at the last seconds and sailed back towards Negi, who just realized his stupid mistakes. Sarah watches dumbfounded as all eight missiles strike into the caster, who was sent flying with a wail. "NEGI-SAMA/NEGI-BOUZO/ANIKI!"
Chachamaru stares at Negi as Asuna shakes him while Sarah light smacks his cheek with his head resting on her laps. Kamo is also by his side trying everything he can with his small body to get some kind of response. To sum it up, all three of them are wearing identical worried frowns. Narrowing her eyes, Chachamaru activates her jet packs and flee from the scene immediately, leaving behind a huge cloud of dust and the grocery bag.
"Ah, she got away…" Kamo says with a sign as Negi finally gives a twitch every time Sarah makes contact with his cheeks. "Why did you let her escape?"
"I… I can't do it… A-after all, Chachamaru-san is still my student…" Negi says before falling back to the land of unconsciousness. Sarah let out a breath she doesn't know that she's holding and looks at the general direction where Chachamaru had fled to. Giving out a genuine smile, Sarah thought to muses to herself as she picks up Negi's body. 'Well, he sure got a good heart… like someone I know…'
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Warning! Randomness!
"…and so, that concludes the meeting…" Konoemon says as he strokes his bread. Evangeline gives off a relived sign as she turns on her heel to leave.
"Well, I'll see you around… edo…?" Evangeline gasps as she finds her legs gave out under her and fall face first into the waiting arm of Takamichi. "Ara…?"
"Hmm, you caught a cold… did you do something stupid?" The older man asks after feeling Evangeline's forehead.
"COURSE NOT!" The child-vampire snaps, smacking the hand away and quickly standing back up. "AND I DON'T HAVE A COLD! I'M FEELING AS HEALTHY AS A NEW BORN!"
"Are you sure…? Cause if you want, we can always call in Shizuna and let her have a look." The principal offers as he watches Evangeline's face, which is a little green by the way.
"I'M AS SURE AS I CAN BE!" The vampire snaps again before sinking back onto the floor with a moan. "Or maybe not…" Just then, a there came a knock on from the door.
"Come in." Konoemon says and smile as Chachamaru walks into the room and freeze as she sees her master moaning on the ground. "Ah… master…"
"I'm feeling fine…" Evangeline assured again as she struggles to get up on her feet. Once she's up, she starts to sway towards the door. Once she reaches it, she suddenly trips, slamming face first into the huge wooden door. Recoiling from the shock, she takes a step away and just happened to land on a robber ball that suddenly appears out of now where. "SQEAUK! GAAAHH! SMACK!"
"OHOHO! SO THAT'S WHERE MY ROBBER BALL WENT!" Konoemon exclaims happily before he picks up said ball.
"WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU… never mind…" Evangeline says before she walks into the hall, only to get knocked down by Konoka, who charges into the office with a huge beaming smile. "SMACK! Owie…" Standing up again, Evangeline walks further down the hall, but was send flying as Ako pushes pass her, eyes as wide as saucers with tears shooting out of them. BAM! A second later, Kazumi steps onto Evangeline with a microphone held out on her out stretched hand, leaving a few pairs of foot prints on the poor vampire. "SQUISH! AH! GOMEN EVA-CHAN!"
"GAAAAH!" Shooting up like a rocket, Evangeline shakes a fist at Kazumi. "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" Just then, she was run over by Nodoka, who's chased by Haruna for some unknown reason. "Grrrr…"
"NO-DO-KA!" A voice calls from the opposite end of the hall way, causing Evangeline to flinch from her spot on the floor. Soon, Yue also run over Evangeline, leaving another pair of foot prints on her. "BONK! Owie… Chachamaru…"
"Hai master…?"
"How many people are there now?" Evangeline asks afraid of the answer… but we all know that evil doers get what they deserved.
"There are about… the entire class of 2-A running towards this way now…" Chachamaru answered truthfully and watch as her master becomes as white as snow. Moaning, Evangeline laid face flat on the cement floor, waiting for her 'divine punishment' to come. "Chachamaru… "
"Hai master?" Chachamaru asks as she plaster herself against the wall in prepare for the small stampede that is only a few meters away.
"Remember the bandages… and make some chicken soup later too… STEP! WAAAAAAAHHHH! SQUISH! CRUNCH! SNAP! CRUSH!" And so, Evangeline was bed ridden for the rest of the day… and probably the next week to. Who knows, just continue to read and find out…
END OF RANDOMNESS!
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Eva: Mou… (Put a bag of ice on her forehead) Do you really need to make me sick…?
MX: Well duh! It's important for the next chapter!
APH: (Crawls on stage) what I miss?
MX: Why are you all tied up in ropes…? And how in Hell did you get here?
APH: (Grins sheepishly) Err… long story short, the nurses tries to stop me from moving… which didn't work as you can see.
Sarah: Well, that explains why you're all tied up…
Chizuru: Aya! I know a way to cure injuries very fast!
APH: Err… no thanks ba-chan…
Chizuru: (Fire appears on her back ground as she smile EXTEMELY sweetly) Ba…chan…
APH: … (Start to slowly crawl away with sweat pouring from his head) I'll… be going now…
Sarah: Anyway… the deadline for the Sayo case will be the end of the Eva-arc. SO PLEASE PEOPLE! VOTE! ANIME OR MANGA!
Sayo: (Pat Sarah on the shoulder) I prefer anime style… at least that way I don't have to run…
Sarah: (Look at Sayo) Sorry… but the author wants you to run… Anyway, thz you guys for supporting all these times! The author is thinking about making an arc that introduce an opponent for me in the tournament arc… and hope you guys love the little fighting scene. It's just a little glimpse of what I can do… Again, thz you guys for supporting!
MX: NOW THEN! (Grab Sayo's right hand) How about it? You and me, together, to a café down the street?
Sayo: (blush) ah… um… err…
Kazumi: (Smack MX's hand away) HANDS OFF!
MX: (Cuddle his hand) So cold… Wait… how the hell did I grab her hand…?
Editors Note: I m sorry that this chapter took so long, entirely my fault I moved. But saying this, the next chapter should be up very soon.
Now while you're already here,
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