Bazinga! Here's the new chapter. Expect more to come.

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Not too far away in another dorm, another student of 2A woke up to the smell of cooking, she sat up, her long purple hair cascading down her shoulders.

"Good morning Yue."

Hearing the familiar voice, Class 2A seat 4, Library Club member Ayase Yue, turned to look at the kitchen area where another girl came out, smiling at her roommate, eyes covered by the bangs of her shoulder length purple hair.

"Good morning Nodoka," Yue yawned out, climbing down the ladder of the bunk bed. "You're up a bit early."

Class 2A seat 27, Library Club member Miyazaki Nodoka gave a small smile. "Yeah, well the weather outside woke me up, and I no longer felt sleepy so I though I should start getting breakfast ready."

Yue nodded in understanding at that. The storm from last night was still raging on outside, it was nearly impossible to see anything outside due to the heavy rain.

"So school is still cancelled I presume," she noted monotonously, picking up a juice box and starting to drink from it.

It was natural, the faculty were aware of how fierce the weather was and despite how tough the students of Mahora Academy could be, it would be unwise to ask them to venture to classes in this weather.

"Yeah it is," answered Nodoka as she went back to the kitchen to handle breakfast. "It's a pity though, the library will be most likely closed too."

Yue nodded in understanding as she took as seat beside their kotatsu, still sipping form her juice box. "I'm guessing everyone else are planing to have a party or something, that'd be just typical of our classmates."

"Haruna will probably be one of the ring leaders," noted Nodoka as she came back with two plates with their breakfast on. "She really loves parties."

"Yeah, most likely," mussed Yue, setting aside her juice and digging into her meal. "I wonder what she's doing right now."

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It had been a few hours since Haruna and Akira had awoken to find a young boy in place of a puppy in their room. They had soon found out that said boy was a hanyo, and Haruna being a secrets/gossip monger had spent most of this time squeezing every bit of info about the magical community that she could.

"So mages hide amongst us and go around helping people as Magister Magis?" summed up Haruna, after Kotaro had explained to her what a lot of mages in hiding strived to do.

"Well only those qualified or something like that," said Kotaro, biting into his sandwich. "I don't know much about that western stuff."

Haruna stroked her chin as she mulled over the information that Kotaro had given her throughout the morning. Akira had lost interest after the general subject of magic was over and went to have a shower.

But what interested Haruna most was this idea of a 'Magic World' which was ruled by two superpowers, the Hellas Empire and the Megalosembrian Senate.

To most this would of been akin to learning about two new countries that they hadn't heard about, to Haruna it was learning about potential future enemies/allies in her quest for world dommination.

And in a way learning about magic made it both easier and harder for her future goals. Harder in that there's many dangerous enemies out there and easier in that with magic she could start accumulating personal power and forming a baddass army.

'Hmmm, maybe I should learn some of that magic myself,' she mussed as she watched Kotaro finish his sandwich.

"Kotaro-kun, could you teach me some of this magic?" she asked the young boy expectantly, with her eyes sparkling batting her eyelashes.

"Nah can't do," he answered to which Haruna banged her forehead on the kotatsu.

"Why not?!" she asked indignantly, lifting her head.

Kotaro shrugged his shoulders. "Most of the stuff I learnt was just from watching, and I have a good knack for fighting, I have no idea how to teach it."

He then picked up a second sandwich a bit into it. "Besides, I told you I'm not staying."

Next thing he knew Haruna had placed her hands on his shoulders and had a dark aura around her as she grinned wickedly. "Kotaro-kun, what sort of man are you?"

"Eh?"

"Akira and I go through all this trouble of treating your wounds, giving you a bed to sleep in, especially since that bed had a hot piece of ass like Akira, and give you food and your way of showing gratitude is to just leave us?" she asked, looming over him. "You are nothing but a cowardly child."

Kotaro ground his teeth and glared at the girl. "I'm not a coward!" he yelled at her.

"Then prove it," said Haruna, crossing her arms under her chest. "Stay here and make it up to us, unless you're nothing but an ungrateful brat undeserving of being called a man."

Now Kotaro was in a dilemma, on the one hand the longer he stayed at the academy the more likely were the chances of him being caught by the local magic association, but on the other hand, the integrity of his manhood was being questioned.

It wasn't that he wasn't grateful to them, not at all, this had been the most kindness he'd received in a very long time, so the girl had a point that he owed them, but still it was risky.

But she was questioning his manhood dammit!

"Fine I'll stay," he grumbled, crossing his arms as Haruna smiled triumphantly.

"Now that's a good boy," said Haruna, in the same way one would say it a dog as she ruffled his hair despite his protests.

She the stood up making her generous bosom bounce and stretched her arms. "I think it's time to start getting washed and dressed," she said as Akira came out of the bathroom already dressed and her hair done up in her typical ponytail.

Grabbing her own towel Haruna headed to the bathroom as Akira went to the fridge to find something to eat.

Kotaro meanwhile stretched his arms and lied down on his back with his arms behind his head. It had been one exhausting morning, after all the shenanigans and spending so long explaining all he could about the magical community. He was tired.

What was strangest of all was that he now had roommates, that was...weird, they'd done a lot for him and he guessed the bespectacled Nee-chan had a point of being a man and making it up to them.

"Excuse me Kotaro-kun," said Akira, now standing over the young boy. "Can I have a word with you?"

Lifting an eyebrow, Kotaro shrugged. "Sure," and he sat upright so as to better speak to the tall girl. "What is it?"

Nodding, Akira kneeled down so as to be closer to the boy's eye level. "I just want to say that you don't have to feel like you owe us anything."

Kotaro blinked in utter confusion. She didn't want to be paid back? "What...?"

She lifted a hand to silence him and continued. "I heard what you and Haruna were talking about before, truth is that was Haruna's way of asking you to stay, because neither of us in good conscience can let a child go wandering the streets on his own."

Kotaro opened his mouth to protest, but was silenced when Akira placed a hand on his shoulder.

"What I'm trying to say is that Haruna and I would be more than happy to have you stay with us," she them smiled softly at him. "No strings attached."

Kotaro's cheeks heated up as he stared at the smiling girl in front of him. Noticing he had been staring for a while, he quickly turned to look to the side. "Ye...yeah, got it."

Akira smiled again as she stood up and picked up her handbag.

"I'm going out now," she said, leaving the dog boy where he was and walking out the door. "See you later."

"Se...see ya latter," muttered Kotaro, who opted to lie back down on the floor as he gave a small wave in acknowledgement.

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Nodoka hummed happily as she walked down the hallway. She didn't usually hum like that, she was for all intents and purposes a very quiet person, but seeing as there wasn't anyone else around to hear and the fact that she was feeling quite happy despite the contrasting weather outside.

She saw Akira as she entered another dorm that was not her own. Nodoka guessed that she must have gone to see Ako, Makie or Yuna, either for some company or because Haruna had gone too far with her teasing.

Nodoka loved Haruna, just like how she loved Yue, but she knew that their friend could go too far sometimes and rarely was she sorry for them, don't get Nodoka wrong, she would actually miss these features of Haruna if they went, it's just that she can be a handful.

She finished this train of thought as she came to the door of her friend's dorm and knocked on it softly, but hard enough that someone would hear it from inside.

She didn't have to wait long though, as someone opened it not long after.

"Huh? Who are you?" asked the person that opened the door.

It was a b...boy, probably about three years or more younger than her, he had messy black hair and a small noticeable fang amongst his teeth when he spoke, and for a second she could of sworn she saw something move in his hair.

But that wasn't the issue here, there was a boy standing right in front of her, in Paru's dorm and wearing her clothes. What did that mean? What was going on?

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" asked the dark haired boy, leaning forward so that his face was right in front of hers. "Are you okay? Your face has gone all red."

She left out a small 'eep' and everything went black.

"Woah! Hey!" exclaimed Kotaro as he caught the girl before she fell on the ground.

What was with this weird girl? One moment she was just standing there all quiet with a red face and the next thing, she was unconscious.

As gently as he could, he shifted his hold on her to make it more comfortable. As he did the bangs covering her face shifted, revealing her entire face.

Now Kotaro may be ten-years-old, but even he could appreciate the beauty of the opposite sex at times. But good luck getting him to admit it.

And he had to admit, she was kinda cute, for a weirdo that is. Shaking his head out of those thoughts he decided to wake this girl as delicately as he could.

By shaking her of course.

"C'mon wake up dammit!" he growled, as he shook her.

Gonk.

He felt something hard and heavy impact against the side of his head, causing him to let go of the girl and go tumbling down the hallway. How much more can a guy take?

"Nodoka, are you alright?" asked a voice from where Kotaro had been standing before.

Rubbing his sore head, he sat up to see who was talking.

He saw another girl, probably a bit shorter than the first one, holding on to said unconscious girl, fanning her face as she tried to wake her up.

"Hey!" barked Kotaro, getting the girl's attention, as he stomped towards the shorter female. "What's the big idea?!"

Narrowing her eyes, the shorter girl laid down her unconscious friend gently on the ground, and held up a thick heavy book as it were a weapon.

"Who are you?" she asked, lifting her arm to prepare to throw the book at a moments notice. "And what were you doing to Nodoka?"

"Who?" asked Kotaro, tilting his head, to which the girl sweatdropped.

She then gestured at the unconscious girl beside her. "Her. Nodoka. What were you doing?"

"I was trying to wake her up!" he answered. "I just answered the door and there she was with a face like a tomato and the next moment she's...well...that.," he finished by pointing at the girl in question.

The book bearing girl lifted an eyebrow, then turned to eye her unconscious friend and then at the open door. She then turned back to look at him with an inquisitive look. "You came from that room?" she asked pointing at the aforementioned room.

Kotaro nodded. "Yep, that's what I've been saying."

The girl again narrowed her eyes and then leaned in towards the dorm. "Haruna!" she called out.

The was an uncomfortable silence, at least for Kotaro, for a few slow moments before said silence was broken by the sound of a door opening and a familiar voice called out. "Yue? Is that you?"

Coming out of the bathroom was a towel clad Haruna with her hair still very damp. "What do you want?"

The girl called Yue then pointed at Kotaro. "Do you know him?"

Blinking in confusion, the perverted mangaka walked over to the door to look out to the side where the shorter girl was pointing. There she saw Kotaro standing, glaring at Yue.

"Oh Kotaro-kun, what are you doing out here?" she asked, as she noticed her new friend.

"So you know him?" asked Yue, looking in between the mangaka and the boy.

"Yep."

"Told ya," said Kotaro, crossing his arms smugly.

Then Haruna's eyes sparked as she remembered something. She then grabbed both Kotaro and Yue, who had started lifting up the unconscious girl off the ground, and dragged them into the dorm.

"Yuechi, Nodoka, I've got some great news to tell ya," she cackled.

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"Hello everyone," greeted Akira as she closed the door behind her. She then lifted an eyebrow. "Yuna shouldn't you be dressed by now?"

Her friend, Class 2A seat 2, Basketball Club member Akashi Yuna, who was lying down on her stomach in her pajamas as she watched TV looked up to look at her taller get friend. "What's the point? Classes are cancelled."

"True, but it's quite sloppy to not even bother to change," replied Akira, as she sat on the couch, next to a pink haired girl who was notably shorter than both Akira and Yuna. "Besides I would expect you to be one of the first to jump at setting up a 'No school' party."

Yuna just shrugged her shoulders. "The cheerleaders already have it covered, I think Sakurako has gone to ask Sat-chan and Chao to set up the food."

"Oh, goodie their food is always the best," cheered the pink haired girl. Class 2A seat 16, Gymnastics Club member, Sasaki Makie. She then turned to look at Akira. "Actually Akira, where were you last night?"

"Yeah, you were going to come over last night, but then you called and said you were too tired to come," noted a petite girl with silver hair, Class 2A seat 5, Boy's Football Club Manager Izumi Ako, from the kitchen as she washed the dishes.

"Yeah, what happened?" asked Yuna, turning to look at Akira.

Now all three girls were looking at a startled Akira who's pupils had become little dots.

"Uh...um...you see..." she stuttered as her mind raced. The whole ordeal with puppy Kotato-kun had left her exhausted last night so she had opted to go to bed early.

But she couldn't tell them that. They'd most likely ask to see the puppy, especially Makie who loved cute things, and she couldn't do that because said puppy was now a young boy living in her dorm.

She could always tell them the truth, she could trust them. But Kotaro had made it clear that those who revealed that magic existed got punished. She greatly cared and trusted her friends, but she wouldn't be able to bear having harm come to such a young boy.

Them she remembered something Haruna had said earlier.

'Forgive me for lying to you,' she thought solemnly.

"Oh...so...sorry about that but a...cousin of mine had come over," she said as convincingly as she could. "I had to go look for him last night because he's never been to Mahora before and the storm made it hard."

At this her friend's eyes widened.

"A cousin?" asked Makie.

"Came last night?" added Ako.

"And he's a boy?" finished Yuna, with a mischievous grin.

"Ye..yes," answered Akira nervously.

"Is he hot?" asked Yuna, who had by now stood up and was now stranding in front of her swimmer friend.

"N...no!" she half screamed in answer, her cheeks slightly pink. "I mean...he's...he's just a kid!"

Yuna raised her eyebrows, while Makie leaned in, "Really?"

"You've never mentioned having any cousins of that age, that I know of," noted Ako, who was done washing the dishes and had joined her friends in the lounge.

"Well he's kind of a distant relative," stated Akira nervously. This secret keeping was pretty hard and it hadn't even been one minute yet. "Maybe twice or thrice removed."

"Can we meet him?" asked Makie, who had jumped to her feet in excitement and was looking at her tall friend with wide expectant eyes.

"Yeah Akira, you know the saying family of a friend is a friend," said Yuna.

"I don't think that's a real saying," murmured Ako.

"But still you should introduce us," said Yuna, ignoring Ako's statement. "C'mon there's nothing else to do."

Yet again, internally Akira was panicking. She couldn't introduce these guys to Kotaro yet, they'd probably ask him all these questions about him being her cousin and because they'd not have time to set their stories up the truth would get out.

"I will I will," she said raising her arms placatingly, hoping to calm her friends down. "Put not just yet."

At this Makie pouted cutely. "Why not?"

"Well you see," said Akira nervously. Come on, need a good excuse!

"He's new in town and he was very tired from his trip," she said. "I'll gladly introduce you, but I think i should maybe...um prepare him?"

That last bit sounded far too fake and by Yuna's skeptic expression she had noticed.

"I'll introduce you at the party," Akira said quickly, trying to not let her panic take over. " then he'd be able to meet everyone else too."

While Yuna still seemed skeptical, fortunately Ako and Makie seemed satisfied with the answer though Makie still seemed a bit disappointed.

Finally Yuna sighed. "Fine, if you want to hide him from your true vs that's fine," said Yuna as she went back to watching TV, before adding. "I know she isn't Iincho but are you sure about leaving him with Paru?"

Akira sweatdropped at the statement. She may have to go back to check on them soon.

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It had been three minutes since Miyazaki Nodoka had regained consciousness and during those three minutes Haruna had told both her and her best friend some rather unbelievable news once all were sat around the kotatsu.

"I don't believe it," droned out Yue, monotonously sipping from her juice box and eying both Haruna and the supposed hanyo.

"But it's true!" whined Haruna like a little child whose parents wouldn't believe her. She then turned to Kotaro. "Isn't it Kotaro-kun?"

Kotaro opted to look to the side avoiding the gaze of the bespectacled girl. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh come on," whined Haruna, distressed that Kotaro wasn't helping her.

In all honesty Nodoka wanted to believe Haruna. Who wouldn't? That magic was real was something she had dreamt of many times. Not only that, she claimed that the young boy sitting across from her was a hanyo.

Both she and Yue were aware that Haruna wasn't one to lie to them, but still the fact remained that it was a pretty unbelievable story. Not only that, she claimed that the young boy sitting across from her was a hanyo.

Nodoka stared at the young boy in front of her who looked quite uncomfortable to be in the middle of this argument.

As the boy seemed to sense he was being stared at he turned to look at the shy librarian.

Feeling her cheeks redden, Nodoka lowered her gaze to avoid eye contact.

"Listen Haruna," said Yue, running a hand down her face. "If you have actual proof, show us okay? I'd love to believe you but this all seems very illogical unless there's some concrete proof."

"Fine I'll give ya proof," said Haruna.

And much to the surprise of everyone present she put her hand down the back of Kotaro's pants. Well actually they were her own pants but still.

"What are you doing?!" screeched Yue in terror while Nodoka's face became bright enough to be seen from space. "Stop molesting that child!"

In another dorm a certain blonde girl sneezed

Haruna grinned as she found what she was looking for, ignoring Kotaro's protest, and then pulled.

Much to Yue and Nodoka's shock what Haruna pulled out from the boy's pants was a tail. (That's not a euphemism, she actually pulled out his tail, get your heads out of the gutter!)

In doing so she gave said tail a good yank which made the dog boy yelp in protest accidentally making his ears pop out of their hiding place within his mop of messy hair.

"See," said Haruna, letting go of the tail then grabbing the ears before they could go back into the mop of hair. "Real dog ears and real dog tail, he's a hanyo!"

"Fascinating," muttered Yue, as she leaned in to look at the ears personally. She took one in between her fingers to feel how authentic it is. She the checked to see where they connected with the scalp. "These...these are authentic!"

"Re...really?" gasped Nodoka, who was too shy to approach the boy.

"Told ya," said Haruna smugly. She then wrapped her arms around Kotaro and pulled him up against her chest. "I'm telling ya girls this is the beginning of whole new life!" she then started laughing maniacally.

The dorm door suddenly swung open and was quickly closed as Akira ran into the room.

She then looked at her roommates in panic. "Kotaro-kun, Haruna I need to tell you...what are Yue-san and Nodoka-san doing here?" she asked.