WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter 40: Silent as the grave roommate
I don't own Negima!
The blinding ray of the sun was the first thing Negi saw when he woke up. He sluggishly rolled out of bed, but then remembered he slept on the top bunk fell to the floor with a "thud"! Luckily his little fall didn't arose Ku-Fei, who was still sleeping peacefully on the bottom bunk holding her tiger pushie that Negi won at the festival for her. Tip toeing across to the built in kitchen Negi began preparing breakfast for them, and as the alluring smell of bacon filled the air, it attracted the attention of more than just his roommate.
Suddenly the door slammed open and awoke Ku-Fei from her half-awake/half-sleep state and almost made Negi drop the pan of eggs he was preparing. "Hello Negi, Ku-Fei! Can we have breakfast which you guys?" The twins yelled as they entered the room in their usual loud manner. Well an amused Kaede followed behind.
"Now settle down you two, you're being very rude to Negi and Ku." Kaede light scolded the two pinkettes. The scene reminded Negi of a mother and her children, but he knew better than to say it out loud.
"It's no trouble Kaede. You three are welcome to join us for breakfast, there's plenty for everyone." Then Negi noticed Jack was missing from the group. "Is Jack still sleeping?"
Kaede shook her head as she set the plates on the table. "No. He had some business to talk care of this morning, but enough of that let's eat!" She declared and they dug in like a pack of hungry hyenas, and in a few minutes every piece of food was gone.
Ku sighed as she patted her full tummy. "Ah, that was good Negi-Kun. We should do this more often."
Suddenly Negi's watch started beeping. It was a quarter to eight which means they were going to be late for class! "Oh no we're going to be late!" Negi yelled. Everyone quickly sprang into action, changing clothes, fixing up the crop circles in their hair, and then sprinting like mad men down the stairs and out on to the street. Just in time to join the wave of students that made up Mahora.
"It seems things are normal now." Negi said before he was ganged up, but reports asking hundred questions at once. "Well perhaps not entry normal. You girls get to class I'll be there soon!" He ordered. The girls complied and left him to the wolves, but with a little wind magic, and clothes tearing Negi was out of there in no less than five seconds. "Uh who ever said being famous was easy clearly didn't know shit as Jack would say." Then Negi continued on his way to class, thankfully there were no more interruptions.
Meanwhile in the Dean's office Jack, Rubi, and Sayo stood in front of the old wizard's desk. They were here to officially in role Sayo into the school as Rubi's daughter. Jack needed to be there to sign some papers that would officially write him down as Sayo's secondary contract in case of an emergency, since Rubi would be leaving till summer break for work.
"Sign here, here and here and initial here and contact number here, and address. Good you are now officially listed as Sayo's emergency contact, next of kin, and Guardian when Rubi isn't avoidable congratulations Jack." The Dean smiled at the misfit family. He was well aware of who Sayo really was and was happy that she would have another chance at life. "Now I believe that it almost time for you first class with Professor Springfield. Jack if you would please escort Sayo to her class."
"Sure," Jack said sleepily and walked out the door. Sayo being more polite bowed to the dean then ran after Jack.
"Sorry for his behavior, thank you for your help dean." Sayo said before she too ran off, eager to begin her new life. "Hey wait for me!"
The Dean chucked. It was nice to see a student actually exited for classes, but as much as he would love to dabble on, there was business to attend to. "I would like to personally thank you for your role in the Chao incident, and your nephew part as well. I'm sure you're very proud of him Rubi."
Rubi did her best to remain humble, but she wasn't exactly the one to play down things. "Damn right! You guy didn't stand a chance without us! I think a bonus is in order don't you? I was thinking a twenty percent raise would do nicely." She said with an evil grin. The Dean shuddered in his chair. Twenty percent! He was already paying her half a million American, and she wants a twenty percent increase! Maybe things would have been better with Chao.
"Now can't we talk about this Rubi? I mean twenty percent is a very hefty amount, how about five?" Causally Rubi drew one of her dual pistols, emptied all of the shells except one, spun the cylinder, and aimed for the door.
"I wonder how lucky the next person that walks through that door is hmm. I would say they have a five to one chance of not getting shoot, but then again there is always that little chance that-
"Alright ten percent but that's all I can offer!" The Dean declared.
Rubi grinned. "Ten percent that's fine. I'm glad we had this nice chat."
"Fine, fine just put that thing away!" The Dean demanded.
Rubi complied with a smile. "Thank you let us do business again sometime." She said walking out the door. The Dean sighed in relief when he was sure she was gone. He fearfully wondered how he was going to explain to his wife that he spent hundred thousand dollars.
"Oh please kill me now." He moaned.
Back with Negi, he had just started to restore order to the class after the twins throw pies in Ayaka's face, enraging the blonde, causing her to go on a wild rampage around the room. As it happens Mana was reloading her spent shells at this time, meaning there was gunpowder spread all over her desk! So when Ayaka bumped into Sakurako, who for some reason had lit sparkers in the classroom, the sparks ignited the powder on Mana's desk causing a fire! To make matters worse, Zazie was juggling Satome's experimental laser fuel next to Mana, so they caught fire and exploded! The flames from the explosion landed directly on Negi's desk, and it was at that time that he secretly used a water spell to snuff out the flames, and drench the whole class.
The classroom was in shambles, desks were burnt, and all the girls looked like they just entered a wet T-shirt contest. This was the scene Jack and Sayo saw when they entered the classroom. Jack thought he had seen everything this class had to offer for trouble making, but this one really took the cake. On the other hand he didn't mind seeing Kaede in a soaking wet uniform.
Clearing his throat and suppressing the more erotic thoughts from his mind Jack spoke. "I see your having another one of those days today Negi, so I'll just cut to the chase. This is your new student Sayo Malone, she's my cousin, and is happy to be joining you. Also Kaede, your mom called this morning after you left. Apparently she's going to be in town this weekend and she wants to go out to eat with us. So I've made reservations at the Emperor's palace. You know that really fancy place that everyone talks about."
The whole class had their jaws on the floor. The Emperor's palace was not a place an ordinary person could get into, even someone like Ayaka with her family and influence had to wait to get on the list. In fact the Yukihiro family placed reservations six years ago, and is still waiting!
"See ya later!" Jack said exiting the room while lighting a smoke. There was no way he wanted to be around those girls when things were already this bad, and class only started three minutes ago. His theory proved correct, because as soon as he shut the door the class erupted into commotion again.
Inside the classroom, several things were happening at once, the first thing was the majority of the class ganged up around Sayo, and started asking a million questions in seconds, much like they did to Negi when he first came. The second things was Ayaka ranting, and raving on Kaede about the reservations Jack got on such short notice, while her family waited years. Finally Mana swiped Ayaka's check book and wrote out a check to herself for the damages to her equipment, plus a little extra for some equipment she's had her eye on.
Eventually Negi was able to calm everyone down to where he could finally begin his lecture. Before the bell rang he reminds everyone to study hard for the upcoming exams. With Chao gone, and Sayo finally having to pay attention in class, they were going to have to give it their all if they were going to pass.
"That's all for today class." Negi said dismissing them. "Please remember to study, and have a good day." And with that the girls flew out of their seats like horses out of the gate. "Ah so energetic," he said gathering his papers together. A shadow appeared on Negi's desk, looking up he noticed that it was none other than Sayo. "Hello there Sayo is everything alright? Do you need help with any of today's homework?" He asked the former ghost girl, but she shook her head no. "Ok. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Well…you see… the Dean never told me where I'm supposed to be staying, and I was wondering if you could help me Negi-Sensei." Sayo said shyly. She was still getting used to talking to living people again. It's quite a change from talking herself of for the last sixty years.
Negi sighed. It seems that's the one the Dean always forgets. "Well I'm sure you could bunk with Jack and Kaede till we find a place for you."
"But I heard that strange noises are heard from that room at night, what if it's haunted?" Sayo cried. This made Negi sweat drop, he had pretty good idea what was making the noises, and he was sure it wasn't ghosts.
"Well then how about we do this then, we'll go to the dorms later and see who has room for you, and if it comes down to it you can stay with me and Ku-chan." Negi said. You could see the relief in Sayo's amber eyes. "Will that be alright with you?"
Unable to contain her joy Sayo wrapped Negi in a surprisingly strong hug that could rival Ku-Fei's! "Oh thank you sensei, now can I ever repay you for all you've guys have done for me?"
"Stop… crushing… my ribs… would be… a start." Negi gasped. As soon as he said that Sayo released her grip, and drop the midget teacher onto the floor.
"Oh I'm so sorry!"
"It alright…" Negi said dusting himself off. "Now let's go see if we can find you a room."
"Hai." Negi took Sayo by the arm and lead her towards the dorms, though he knew she knew the way. It was the gentleman's way to escort a lady.
In time they arrived at the dorms. Already it was full of life as the residences were being as rowdy as ever. Sometimes it really scares me to come home, Negi thought to himself. Usually he would sneak in and avoid the girls, but that was unavoidable this time. He had to find a Sayo a dorm to stay in and there was plenty to choose from, now he just had to think of the best place where she would fit in.
Kasumi seemed the obvious choice at first, but he didn't know if they would connect like they did last time, and plus he wanted to keep as many students as he could in the dark about magic, and with Sayo's connects to Jack's aunt that could be much harder to do.
Next up was Konoka, and Asuna. Though Konoka had no qualms about Sayo staying Asuna was more reluctant, and argued that there wouldn't be enough room. She did how ever give Negi a list of girls that could did as an apology for her behavior a few months back. The list consisted of Satsuki who was Chao former roommate, Setsuna, Evangeline, and Zazie. All of them would be fine choices, but which one would be the best?
"Ok let's start with Satsuki." Negi suggested as they approached the chiefs door. It was a tidy enough room with a much more adept kitchen then the other dorm rooms. And the smell, the smell was heavenly. A loaf of fresh bread had just been removed from the oven. The sent reminded Negi of his sister.
"Hello Negi, Sayo. I was just finished baking some homemade bread. Feel free to try some if you like." Satsuki offered. The two gladly accepted a slice, and chowed down. "So what brings you here today Sensei?"
"Oh yes. We were wondering if you wouldn't mind taking Sayo in as a roommate, since Chao… left." Negi said finishing his bread.
"I wouldn't mind at all." Satsuki said. "But I have to know are you allergic to anything? Because I have many different ingredients stored here for my cooking."
Sayo put her finger to lip in thought hard. She didn't remembering allergic to anything, but then again that was sixty years ago. "I don' think I am, but maybe we could test to see if I'm allergic or not to anything you have here."
Satsuki nodded in agreement, and walked towards the cupboard where she keeps her supplies. "I better warn you there's a lot of stuff in here." And she was not kidding. Not a single centimeter of space was wasted. "So shall we get started?"
It took over an hour, and after trying over ninety nine different ingredients they had found nothing that Sayo was allergic to, but there was still one more to try was shellfish. It was the moment of truth. Time seemed to move in slow motion as Sayo brought the piece of fish to her lips, and took a bite, swallowing it whole. They waited a full minute, and when it had passed they thought they we're in the clear, till Sayo covered her mouth with her hands.
"Sensei… I (Grumble) don't feel so good…"
"Bathrooms over there," Satsuki pointed to the other side of the room. Sayo took off like a bullet, and slammed the door shut on her way in. Not long after, they could hear the sounds of Sayo regurgitating her food in to the toilet, followed by a flush.
After calling the Shizuna-sensei the school nurse, requesting something to help settle Sayo's stomach, Negi and Sayo returned to their quest of finding a place for the former ghost as it was all too clear that she couldn't stay with Satsuki. Even if it was only one food there that Sayo was allergic too Shizuna-Sensei told them that long term exposer, even if she didn't eat the Shellfish, could lead to more problems.
So now they were on their way to Setsuna's room. When they arrived at the swordswoman's door they found that it was cracked open. Letting curiously get the better of them they peered inside for a look see. What they saw would scar them for life.
Posters, photos, and even some painting of Konoka hung all around the room, much like Ayaka's Negi collection, it really creepy them out. What was even worse was the swordswoman herself sat in the middle of the room staring at the TV screen that clearly showed Konoka in real time getting ready for bed!
"I must keep my eyes on Miss Konoka at all times even at the expense of her privacy." Setsuna declared. Her face flushed red as Konoka began to remove her underwear. "Oh miss Konoka!" She moaned. At this time Negi and Sayo decided to stop listening in and silently promised to never speak of this to anyone.
Now it was down to Eva and Zazie, but the Negi decided not to waste the time and skip straight to Zazie. Besides having Eva as a roommate would probably be a living nightmare. Really, Negi even wondered why they even bothered to write her on the list. It's not like Eva would agree anyways, and even if she did, she would probably force Sayo to do something weird. Like lick her feet, or clean the villa, or maybe something even more horrid.
"Sensei we're here," Sayo announced bringing Negi out of his mental rant. Gently she rapped on the door, and then they waited. And waited, and waited till finally the door opened revealing Zazie's blank stare.
"Hello Zazie, sorry to bother you this late hour, but I was wondering if you wouldn't mind letting Sayo stay with you." Negi said clearing his throat. Every time he tries to speak to Zazie she just keeps staring. It's a little unnerving really. "So… will you let her stay?"
Zazie stared, and then stared some more, then started juggling some wired birds while continuing to stare. Negi and Sayo started consider leaving when they heard a faint "Sure," then suddenly Sayo was grabbed and pulled into the room faster than the eye could see!
This left Negi standing alone in the hallway confused, but since he knew Sayo wouldn't be in any danger he shrugged his shoulders and headed towards his own room. In a hurry to spend some quality time with Ku-Fei after his long day.
Back in Zazie's dorm room the dark skinned foreigner was getting acquainted with her new roommate in an unusual way. Both sat on the floor, Sayo would ask a question, and Zazie would respond with "…".
"So… what kind of foods do you like?" Sayo asked. This was her tenth question already. Again Zazie's response, "…" was all she got in return, till finally she gave up. "I guess you can't make friends on the first day." She said out loud. "I'll be going to bed first, goodnight Zazie." Sayo wished crawling under the covers, but before she entered the blissfulness of the dream world she heard a soft "Good night" from the bunk below. With a smile she drifted to sleep.