Chapter 4, up and running. I've got a major headache going on right now.

After Class

Negi was walking back to the dean's office and rubbed his temples. The girls of his class could really give a person a headache. When he turned around, they would start messing around. Especially one girl in particular, Asuna Kagurazaka, almost every second, at least one pebble or eraser came flying at his head. Fortunately, he was able to dodge them all. But after a few minutes, Ayaka began arguing with Asuna, and it brewed into an all out fight. He had to break it up, and sent them both flying into the ceiling and falling into their chairs, completely stunned. He wondered if he could ask for an exchange between classes. Speaking of which, I wonder how Aria's doing, he thought, she's probably throwing a fit by now. He worried for the dean so he picked up the pace and practically ran to the dean's office.

When he reached there, he knocked three times and opened the door. When he opened the door, he saw Aria with her veins bulging from her temple. "Where is that idiot, I'm gonna kill him" was easily read on her face, so he meekly apologized several times. After a few minutes, Aria's anger seemed to break, so he helped her back onto the fold-able throne and walked her to a fountain.

At the fountain he took out the class roster, and with a marker, wrote beastly girl. He smiled contentedly, but when he looked up, he saw a girl, Nodoka Miyazaki was it, carrying a stack of books that clearly blocked her view. "That's quite dangerous," he said to Aria, "if she continues like that, she'll- AH! I knew it." He looked over at Aria, and when she nodded, he used a simple sleep spell and used an instant step to reach Nodoka and catch the books. Before she touched Negi's hands, she was already asleep. A few moments later, Negi heard a sound above him. Looking upwards, he saw the other two Library Exploration Club members looking down.

"Ara-ara~ What happened here?" asked Haruna, "Wait! Let me guess, you were just about to make lo-" Yue whacked her head with a large textbook and said, "shut up for a while and let him explain himself." Negi looked down and saw that one of the buttons was undone, the tie was loosened and part of her underwear was exposed. He blushed and said, "I-it's not like that, she was carrying so many books and then she fell off the stairs." Yue stared at him, suspicious, but then shrugged, "So long as you didn't do anything."

"Anyways, that reminds us, we forgot some stuff inside the classroom, can you help open the door so we can get it?" Haruna winked. Negi sighed, "First day of school and you're already forgetting stuff, how are you going to manage for the rest of your life. Well, if it's that necessary, I suppose I have to come along." He went back to the fountain, picked up Aria's throne, then walked up the stairs and gestured for the others to lead. Haruna and Yue raised their eyebrows at this sight and asked, "Who's that?"

"Oh, her? She is the princess of another country, she came along with me because she wanted to see what Japan was like. She's also a real otaku," he said, but the last comment earned him a punch that caused him to face-plant. However, the throne didn't even tilt. Instead, it sent out rods from the bottom to keep it still. "IDIOT! Why'd you tell them that!?" the 'princess' shouted.

"Ouch..." he groaned as he got back up, the rods retracted as he stood up, "that wasn't very nice."

"Um... can we go to the classroom now?" they sweat-dropped at the sight of their teacher being hit.

"Oh yeah, let's go then," he replied.

In Front of the Classroom

"SURPRISE!" Negi unlocked the door to see the classroom filled with all the students and teachers. He nearly drew his hidden sword at the surprise, but managed to keep his first instinct under control. He then asked, "What's going on here?" Ayaka appeared out of nowhere and grabbed his hand, saying, "We're having a welcome party of course, and for you I organized the entire thing on my own."

"Oi! Idiot! who said you organized the entire thing on your own?" a certain orange-haired girl asked with annoyance. Ayaka began shouting back, and eventually they began fighting. Negi got worried, but the other girls told him not to worry, explaining the situation. Takahata merely chuckled throughout the fight.

"Oi, Negi! You should try one of the nikuman, they're really good," Takahata called over to him. Negi's stomach growled, "That was embarrassing, I guess I can try a few. Aria, would you like some?"

When Aria nodded, he grabbed two plates and filled them with food. He brought the plate over to Aria, threw it up into the air, brought out a miniature fold-able table, caught the plate, and gently placed it on. Opening his coat partially, he took out golden forks and knives and a silken napkin laying them out by the plate. "Here you go, Aria," Negi said.

"Thank you," she said shyly.

"Is it okay if I go sit by Takamichi? I haven't see him in a long time, I'd like to catch up with what's been going on," Negi asked. Aria nodded and said, "But you have to take me with you."

"Yeah," he replied. He attached the table to the throne and moved it behind a chair next to where Takahata was sitting.

"So, how have you been doing Takamichi?" he asked as he sat down.

"Haha, I've been doing well, but it's really a funny story as to how I got here..."

End of Chapter 4.

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