WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter seventeen: explanations and meeting the folks
I don't own Negima!
The day after Vetis attacked the Negima group was taking the day easy or at least most were, Negi himself along with Fei-Ku were walking through the trees to clean up the skeletons and other things left behind from the battles. It wouldn't do for someone to come across them and call the police. Negi had left Jack and Kaede who were still recovering from their wounds to inform the twins on the existence of magic and why those men where after Jack.
Another matter that had to be taken care of was where would Kataro be staying? After being easy defeated by Kaede then Jack the hanyou was determine to stay and get stronger under their guidance, which the two didn't mind really but they didn't want him in their room. Finally they came to the decision to have Kataro pose as Jack's cousin and let the others girls decide on who wanted to take him in, they were still waiting on a response.
"Negi-kun, look at that over there!" Fei-Ku said pointing at a wooden cross in the place where Zero one of Jack's friends had fallen. There was no sign of bones or the struggle that has taken place last night. Hell there wasn't even a shell casing anywhere to be found! This perplexed the wizard as they went to each spot on found the same thing.
"Did someone already clean it up for us?" Fei-Ku asked the young wizard who was trying to thing off who could have done this; they had left no evidence other than the crosses which he guesses served as grave markers. There were a number of people who could have done this, but who knew about what happened last night and go through the trouble of making the graves.
They finally reach the base of the world tree even the magic circle was gone, along with Vetis's arm, and the blood. It was as if nothing happened, the wind blew throwing leaves up in the air blinding the two when the wind died down Chachamaru and Evangeline stood before them.
"Eva did you do this?" Negi asked the vampire but he doubted that she would have gone through the trouble; she may have ordered Chachamaru to clean it up just so the Dean wouldn't get on her case. She was after all the security guard of the academy as well as its prisoner. Though she doesn't really care to do her Job but then again, she has been here for fifteen years and Setsuna and Mana only started a year or two ago. This however was a debate for another day.
"Of course not Boyo, why would I go through the trouble of burying those pieces of trash? I did however see who did," the vampire smirked knowingly as she walked away for the two. Chachamaru bowed polity to both then followed after her master. She stopped right before the tree line giving the small teacher a little clue.
"If you go in that direction about ten kilometers, you may find some answers," the robot told them then hurried after her master. She didn't know why she helped them but it seems to the right thing to do, maybe she was growing a conscious, like Satomi said.
"What do you think Negi? Should we check it out?" the martial artist asked really she just enjoyed spending time with the wizard, like they did last night before the craziness started.
The wizard nodded they might find something or not but at least he could spend more time with Ku-Chan. He wrapped his arm around hers and walked in the direction Chachamaru pointed.
Back at the academy Jack and Kaede were sleeping away the day, it was the weekend meaning they would normally go camping in the woods, but both were still too injured to be training or at least that's what Konoka told them. They would have snuck out but the twins wanted to stay with them for the night meaning neither could get away without waking them up.
Speaking of the twins they had taken the existence of magic pretty well, promising to keep quiet if Jack taught them. The cowboy agreed after all what harm could they do with a little fire spell or two. Images of arson come to mind but he ignores them the girls wouldn't do anything malicious…right?
A sound off a cell phone vibrating caught everyone's in the room attention; it was Kaede's phone. She put her finger to her lips telling everybody to keep quiet well she answered it. While she was doing this Jack rolled out of bed with the twins clinging to his shoulders, he carried them over to the sofa so they come sleep a little longer. He then went to take a shower; letting the hot water fall down his body releasing the tension that had built up from last night's adventures; when he was done Kaede Knocked at the door.
"Jack, I got some news," the ninja said Jack could hear the worry in her voice; this had him worried as she was never worried.
"What's wrong?"
"My parents want to meet us meaning you and Me." she said getting on a fresh set of clothes.
"What's so bad about that?" He asked what could be so terrible about meeting her parents. He would have to meet them sometime.
"They want to meet you today before they go back home and they'll be here in about ten minutes!" she exclaimed yelling loud enough to wake the twins and make Jack slip in the shower.
"Well you better get in here then," he said opening door with towel wrapped around his waist causing all the girls in the room to blush as he began to dress right in front of them all!
"JACK!" Kaede yelled he could be so impulsive at times that it wasn't even funny. She let the matter drop though she still had to shower and get ready to introduce Jack to her parents.
On the far side of Mahora campus just were the barrier ended Negi and Fei-Ku found themselves on the banks of the large lake that was on school grounds. They had followed Chachamaru's direction as best they could but it was a little difficult to stay on track between the uneven terrain and constantly losing their sense of direction, Negi deep thinking didn't help them with finding the place either.
As they walked the young wizard had started to think about how powerful Jack had become sense they come here. Back in the future they were about at the same level, but after they went sent back both of them had become greatly weaker than they were used to, though they were more powerful then they originally were at this point in time. It still bothered him on how powerful Jack had become in the last few months, first with finding the Musashi scroll, then he told Negi about his own magia erebea and now he was part demon (not by choice) but he could probably fight Jack Rakan on almost equal footing now.
He knew he shouldn't be jealous of his friend and perhaps this how Kataro always felt when they fought together in the tournament. It was just so hard to feel so useless again after years of homing his skills to the point where people said he surpassed his father the Thousand Master.
"Negi-Kun, were here," Fei-Ku said snapping the young wizard out of his inner mussing. They had indeed arrived the air was heavy with the lingering presence of magic and the smell of burnt flesh. They crept over the rocks that were above the beach. Looking down they saw the white said stretch for miles, but what really caught their attention was the pile of black ashes that lay mixed in with the sand.
"Let's go take a look," He said using his wind magic to float down on to the sand, while Fei-Ku just jumped down kicking up a cloud of sand as she landed. They stood over the ashes Negi used a simple identification spell to conform that the ashes were indeed of a human's but was unable to tell who it was; how there was nothing else to be found Negi prepared to Jump back up the ledge when the sound of splashing caught his attention.
There standing in the shining blue water was Fei-Ku in her birthday suit splashing around in the waves, yelling at him to come join her, knowing the martial artist would drag him in herself. He stripped down and jumped in after her; keeping his boxers on of course.
Kaede and Jack were standing by the water fountain at the center of campus. They had gotten cleaned up in record time, Kaede dress in a green sundress that her grandmother had given her as a gift for her birthday, her hair was tied in its normal ponytail. Jack wore a dark red button up shirt and pair of black Jeans, with the black cowboy boots he wore for special occasions; he had pulled his hair into a short ponytail as well that reached just past the base of his neck. They had left the twins with Konoka and Setsuna for the day, though the chances of another kidnapper showing up were slim to none they felt better with some who could fight watching over them, plus they could keep them out of mischief.
Yuudai and Kaeda Nagase walk towards the fountain taking in the scenery that Mahora had to offer with its lush forests and many historical building, both of them had attended in their youth Kaeda at the girl's academy and Yuudai at the boy's university. It was where they first met where they found each other and fell in love.
Kaeda was excited to meet her daughter's boyfriend; yesterday's events were a little confusing because of her daughter's sudden departure; she just brushed it off as kids these days always being in a rush. Her Husband however was having different thoughts; he was mostly thinking of how he would ruff up the boy if he did anything to hurt his little girl. Last night was still on his mind as well, what if the boy turned out to be some trouble maker he was going to everything he could keep him away from his daughter, he would honesty rather training in martial arts then dating a boy if the those were the options.
"Dear, where here," his wife said pulling on the sleeve of his suit; she was pointing towards the fountain where his beautiful daughter was standing next to the guy in the picture she showed them last night. He put on his most intimating face; he was going make sure this boy knew who he was dealing with.
Jack saw two adults that could only be Kaede's parents approach them, her mother stood about his height making her just a little taller than Kaede, her father stood while over his head by at least about an inch. He could tell the man was trying his best to intimate him; he just gave a warm smile and offered his hand.
"Jack McCoy, pleased to meet you, sir" Yuudai extended his hand enveloping Jack's giving the cowboy his firmest grip. He was surprised when Jack's grip almost crashed his hand! He pulled his hand back shaking away the pain, but making sure the two women didn't notice.
"Well, let's get going shall we?" Kaede chirped she saw her father and Jack's little display of male testosterone and knew it was only going to get worse as the day dragged on. She suggested that they eat at the plaza, such it was such a nice day out.
They walk down the streets many people greeted Jack, asking how he was doing and trying to offer him gifts for an odd job he did for them or for the time he kicked ruff Houser's out because they were harassing them; Kaede's parents were shocked at how popular Jack around the town people.
Finally they sat down to eat, because of all the different restaurants and food stands you could almost whatever you wanted to eat from traditional Japanese dishes to foods from the Americas, for this reason it known as the world food plaza, it also had a number of stores to shop at.
Yuudai and Kaeda ordered a beef pot to share, while Kaede and Jack ordered steaks with a side of potatoes and gravy. They ate in awkward silence Jack and Yuudai glaring at each other as they chewed their meat, both women could only sigh at their display Kaeda at her husband's antics against Jack and Kaede for Jack taking him up on them. Could he just be the bigger man and try get along with her father?
Finally Kaeda decided to break the silence asking Jack about his schooling and where he was from you know general questions you ask a stranger. Also it was pretty obvious that he wasn't from around here if his skin color, speech and the way he was dress was any indication.
"Well as you can see I'm American. I come from a small rural area in south Texas; I came here with a friend of mine from England whose Kaede's homeroom teacher actually. As for schooling I have a degree in agriculture." He answered chewing a on a piece of beef, Kaeda asked him about his parents and what they do, they question was expected but Jack still seem a little hesitant answer. "I lived with my aunt since I was four or something, my father's somewhere out in the world doing what I don't know but he sends my Aunt a letter every couple of years, just to let us know he's still alive."
"What about your mother?" Kaeda asked feeling sorry for the man.
"She died when I was young never really got a chance to really know her, but I guess I could never tell the difference because mom and Auntie because they were twins. Thinking about it now I haven't checked in with her since…well I don't know when," he said a little embarrassed he hadn't contacted the woman who raised him to manhood in what three, four mouths? He was really starting to wonder if she even remembers she has a nephew, what with all her drinking and constant jobs around the world. Aunt Rubi is a Free-lance mercenary that never really wanted kids but she did take the time to give him an education and teach him how to shoot.
Suddenly Jack's phone started going off stopping any further questions as he answered, he wondered who could be calling it not like anybody knew he had a cell phone other than…Oh god! He was too late to realize who was calling and if he had check his caller ID he would have not even bothered to answer at least not now! That was no longer an option however as familiar female voice screaming into ears so loud he had hold the phone away at least a foot.
"You God Damned of bitch, Do you have any Idea how worried I was about you piece of shit! You haven't called, sent a letter or even a damn souvenir in the past five fucking mouths!" Jack's Aunt Rubi yelled over the phone, there was a loud humming sound in the background indicating she was on a plane; which was strange because she hated to fly.
"Sorry Rubi time just got away from me, must of picked it up from pops," Jack joked trying to calm his aunt's rage, he was going to call sometime when he got the courage to face her wrath, at least she was on the other side of the world.
"Whatever just come and pick me up at the Tokyo airport in an hour." She ordered hanging up her phone.
"Wait you coming to Japan!" but he line she already hung up leaving him no chose but to go get her. Great he thought to himself another problem just lining up with the rest. At least they were going to the airport anyways to see off Kaede's parents. Hopefully they would be gone by the time Rubi arrived, because he had a feeling these little meet and greet would get a lot more tense if his blood thirsty Aunt entered the picture.
They finished their meal and had some more small talk mostly Kaeda asked Jack about how he and Kaede meet and how far they were in their relationship. Well Yuudai kept interrogating Jack about his intentions to his innocent little girl. Jack had the idea to tell the man that his 'little' girl wasn't so little anymore and she could make her own decisions but held his tongue. His Aunt was coming to give him a licking and felt too out of it to try and fight with the older man.
At the airport which was packed with hundreds of people waiting for their flights, Kaede's parents had were about to board well Jack and Kaede waited off to side out of the way of others. Kaeda gave the each of them a hug and waved good bye well Yuudai gave Jack a I'm watching you look. They waved them off and watched as their plane took off.
"So where is this aunt off yours?" Kaede asked just as woman wearing combat pants usually wore by the US military with combat boots and a black leather Jacket with a red t-shirt underneath, her hair was raven black, and had cold dangerous blue eyes.
"Right over there" He said trying to make himself invisible by hiding with the crowd but it proved to be useless as Rubi march right over to them yelling.
"Hey there Kido you ready to for an ass kicking, because Rubi Riva Malone is here!"