(Hi guys welcome to another chapter where more hilarity awaits the two child teachers.)
Harem update
Negi: Kaede, Ayaka, Makie, Ako, Akira, Kakizaki, Ku Fei, Sayo
Dustin: Mana, Zazie, Chao, Yuna, Sakurako, Chizuru, Haruna, Madoka
Last time after exiting the bath both Negi and Dustin returned to their rooms with their respective tenants. While Dustin was in the bathroom removing a patch on his chest revealing a red core, Mana and Zazie walked in on Dustin to see he had a secret on him.
"It's not what it looks like." Dustin said sheepishly while covering his chest until Mana approached him making him nervous.
"Dustin, we saw what we saw, you can't hide it now." Mana explained not going to let it go.
"…" Zazie added.
Dustin seeing no way he could fool the two older girls sighed putting his hands down revealing the core on his chest, "What is that?" Mana asked curiously.
"Well if I'm going to tell you then bring Negi and Kaede in here too, Negi also knows about this and I feel Kaede should as well since she already knows another secret." He hints to Mana who nodded.
"I'll go fetch them." Mana left.
Dustin sighed, "Why didn't I lock the bathroom door," He felt a pat on his head and looked seeing it was from Zazie trying to give him a comforting smile, "Well at least you know how to cheer a guy up when he's down."
Soon enough Negi and Kaede entered about ready for bed until Mana called them over. Negi looked to Dustin revealing what was under his patch, "They found out?"
"Unfortunately." Dustin replied.
"What is that?" Kaede asked concerned.
Mana spoke, "I'm not science expert but it looks like some kind of core."
"That's exactly what it is Mana." Dustin answered.
"How did that become a part of you?" Kaede asked curiously.
"Well this all started two years ago, I was attending Harvard at the time. One day I had an accident," Dustin began as his flashback played like a silent movie as he narrated, "You all know how I said inventing was strong quality I had, well one day I was in one of Harvard's science labs working on a new creation a fully functioning automaton or robot as it's commonly known as. This core I have on my chest was supposed to be the final piece to bring it to life. However one of the test tubes containing a chemical started becoming unstable for some reason and it exploded with me caught in the middle."
Negi listened having been told this story a few times. The girls were surprised while Zazie's expression remained neutral as Dustin continued, "The lab was totaled and I was pulled from the rubble. The one who owned science lab Professor Kaufman and Takamichi who was there at the time rushed me to a hospital; my heart was failing fast it would've be nearly impossible to find a transplant. Professor Kaufman however managed to get the core I was working on for my robot and offered to use it instead. It was a long shot, but they modified the core to my body and made it as a replacement for my heart," He explained leaving out the fact Takamichi and his Professor who was also a Spirit Warrior used magic and such to successfully install the core to his chest.
"Remarkable." Kaede gasped.
"Unreal." Zazie spoke softly.
"So without that core?" Mana asked.
Dustin nodded, "My body would've stopped functioning years ago. Make no mistake I am still a human, the only thing non human anymore is my heart. For two years I've had to keep it covered by latex patches to blend in with my body. If anyone else noticed this I would be considered a freak, so I trust you three girls can keep this from the girls?"
"As before your secret is safe with me." Kaede assured him.
"You can count on me too." Mana added while Zazie motioned as if she was zipping her lips up.
Dustin smiled, "Thanks girls, I appreciate you covering for me."
"Forget about it." Mana smiled as she ruffled the boy's hair and he chuckled.
"Well come on we better get some sleep, it's a school night after all." Kaede joked and the two boys chuckled.
So Negi and Kaede returned to their room for some sleep while Dustin, Mana, and Zazie went to bed as well.
The very next morning class came and went with the usual lessons and total ignorance of Asuna. Later Negi was at the fountain in regular clothes waiting for Dustin who had to take care of something. "I hope Dustin gets back soon, with Kaede at a meeting for the walking club it's boring out here."
"Negi-sensei?" Negi turned to see the library trio approaching him with Haruna and Yue appearing to be nudging Nodoka forward, "Sorry to bug you but we have a question about what we learned today in class." Haruna said.
"Of course Haruna-san, what is it?" Negi smiled delighted to help his students.
"Well actually it's Nodoka who has the question." Haruna and Yue nudged their friend forward.
"You see… sensei." Nodoka spoke shyly until Negi got a good look at her seeing her hair was moved out of her face a bit.
"Oh Nodoka you changed your hair didn't you?" Negi asked with a smile.
The shy bookworm blushed as Haruna chuckled and the other two helped take the bangs out of her face revealing her eyes, "See I told you he noticed. Doesn't she look cute sensei?" Haruna asked pimping for her friend. Unfortunately Nodoka started turning deep red from embarrassment. She quickly bowed her head, "I'm sorry sensei!" she took off running.
"Nodoka!" Haruna sighed.
"Don't worry Haruna I'm on it." Yue said running to catch the shy violet.
"Sorry about that sensei, and if ya see Dustin-kun tell him I say hi." She winked before running after her two closest friends.
"I wonder what all that was about?" Negi asked himself before shrugging his shoulders.
"Hey Negi!" Dustin called running up to him also in his regular wear.
"Dustin there you are, what were you up to?" Negi asked his panting friend.
"I finally did it." Dustin said with a smirk.
"Did what?" Negi raised a brow.
Dustin held out a vial of pink liquid, "Invented this."
"Uh what's that?" Negi asked a little worried. After spending so much time with Dustin and seeing his invent stuff he tended to be cautious, after all some of his creations have backfired more than once.
"I call this Negi Love Potion Number 9." Dustin smirked.
"Does it do what I think it's supposed to do?" Negi asked hearing that song.
"The opposite actually, instead of making the drinker fall in love with anything in sight, it makes the drinker totally irresistible to the opposite sex." Dustin raised his brows up and down giving him the hint.
"Why would you make that?" Negi asked.
"I'm an inventor Negi remember, and besides I've always wondered how strong a love potion would really be. And now we have the chance to put it to the test." Dustin acted giddy with excitement.
"We?" Negi gasped backing away a bit.
"Yeah I got a vial for you too." Dustin whipped out a second vial with the same liquid.
"Sorry Dustin but I must pass on this test…" Negi backed away as Dustin approached him.
"Don't worry it's only temporary it'll only last for half an hour tops." Dustin assured him.
"What if it doesn't?" Negi asked in worry.
Dustin tried to answer but paused, "I didn't think of that."
Negi sighed about to leave before Dustin decided to make him drink it but the two were stopped by someone, "Negi-bozu Dustin-kun!"
They turned seeing Chao, "Oh Chao, what can we do for you?" Dustin asked.
Chao smiled sweetly and held out a tray with two nikuman on it, "I made these nikuman for you both along with a special sauce on the inside."
Dustin and Negi marveled at the food with Dustin salivating a bit, "Wow it sure looks delicious."
"Thank you very much." Negi thanked the Chinese girl.
"Don't be shy now give it a whirl." She beckoned them.
The boys each took a nikuman, "Well Negi chow time!" Dustin said as they each took a bite. They started enjoying the delicate taste until the sauce started kicking in and their faces turned red along with steam appearing to shoot out of their ears and nostrils.
"AAAAHHHH!" Negi cried holding onto his throat while the veins in his eyes bulged from the hot food.
"CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!" Dustin cried as he breathed fire.
Chao was in shock, 'Oh no it's too much for them, I'll have to do something for them before their mouths burn off.' She thought searching around for a bottle of water in her bag but no such luck. Suddenly she spotted the two vials of pink liquid Dustin had. Not caring or having enough time to wonder what they were snatched them and uncorked them, "Hurry drink these!"
Negi and Dustin suddenly felt the mouth of vials at their lips and a cool liquid running down their throats. Once they finished the last drop of the two vials they gasped for air for cool now that the wildfire in their mouths were put out. After a small sigh of relief, they looked at Chao, "A-arigato, Chao you saved our stomachs from sunburn on the inside." Dustin chuckled.
She bowed several times in apology, "I'm so sorry! I'll make sure to use less Tabasco sauce next time."
"You do that Chao, and thanks for the tasty treat." Dustin said wrapping his arms around her for a friendly hug.
"Awe." Chao cooed returning the hug and did one final bow before taking her leave.
Negi smiled until he saw what was used to cool their throats, it was the two vials that contained the love potion formula. Seeing that made his face turn to horror, "Dustin the vials!" he cried.
Dustin looked and saw his vials empty, "We drank the love potion?"
"This is bad we've become irresistible to the opposite sex!" Negi started panicking until Dustin held him still.
"Negi calm down, you remember Chao was here moments ago, and she didn't fall in love with us." Dustin reminded him.
"You're right, so then that means they're duds?" Negi asked.
"I guess so." Dustin sighed at his failed experiment.
"Oh thank God." Negi sighed in relief.
"Well back to the drawing board I guess." Dustin shrugged his shoulders.
Negi started looking in his bag and gasped, "Oh dear I forgot one of my books in the classroom."
"Oye," Dustin sighed, "Well let's go get it."
So the two headed back inside the main building and walked through the halls and were close to room 2A until they heard a call, "Negi-kun! Dustin-kun!"
Negi and Dustin turned around seeing Konoka waking towards them, followed by a reluctant Asuna. "Yes Konoka-san?" Negi asked.
"What's the buzz?" Dustin asked.
"I noticed Negi-kun left this book in class and I wanted to… to…" Konoka began as she gazed at the two professors.
"Konoka?" Asuna asked, noticing, like the boys, Konoka suddenly had a dreamy-eyed look as the girl stared at the kids. Konoka's face turned pink, and she took a step towards the duo.
"Negi-kun, Dustin-kun," she spoke softly and lovingly. "Looking at you two now… I suddenly see how… dreamy you are up close. So… kawaii…"
Konoka suddenly lunged forward, grabbing the boys with her arms and pulled them into a tight hug. Her cheeks nuzzled on against their faces as she let out a squeal dripping with sweetness and love.
"K-Konoka," Asuna cried in shock. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Yeah I'm all for getting attention but this?" Dustin asked until Negi whispered to him.
"I think your potion worked."
"It does, score!" Dustin cheered silently until Negi reminded him of their situation.
"Oh things can't possibly get worse." Negi sighed.
"Konoka-san!" another girl's voice called.
"Correction it can." Dustin winced as they saw Ayaka approach horrified by what was going on.
"You let go of them this minute or I'm gonna tell the dean!" she shouted in envy and jealousy over her ogling their two professors mainly Negi, "This is not appropriate they're our teachers!"
"But I can't help it, they're so dreamy see?" Konoka gleefully answered turning the two boys to face Ayaka.
Upon eyesight Ayaka fell victim to the potions affects and blushed, "Wow," the Iincho was suddenly down on her knees presenting Negi with a bouquet of flowers, "Please except this as a token up my un-denying love Negi-sensei!"
"What the hell?" Asuna shouted until they looked behind seeing more girls have fallen victim to the potions, specifically the cheerleaders and Makie.
"Negi/Dustin-kun…" the girls cooed while giggling.
The two boys slowly backed away as the girls were inching towards them, "Dustin what do we do?"
"Like you need to ask? RUN!" Dustin cried as the two started running down the hall with the girls running after him.
"Wait Dustin-kun, I baked this shortcake just for you!" Sakurako squealed holding out a plate with said shortcake on it.
"Negi-kun, why don't you try on this shirt I made in Home Ec, it's definitely your color!" Kakizaki squealed holding out a blue shirt.
As Negi and Dustin ran the red head boy spoke to his friend, "Why is the potion responding now?"
"I guess it took awhile for the effects to kick in." Dustin replied sheepishly.
Negi looked back seeing the stampede of girls, "Oh they're gaining!"
"Bigger problem!" Dustin motioned ahead to a fork in the hallway.
"You go right I'll take left!" Negi called as they split up and so did the girls.
Negi ran one corner but suddenly found his body ensnared by a ribbon courtesy of Makie, "Gotcha!" she giggled.
Negi spun himself free and tumbled down stairs. He got up to run again but found himself before a white horse with Ayaka riding on top laughing joyfully, "You can't run forever you big love muffin!"
Meanwhile Dustin was running down his hall, "Oh why'd I have to make that stupid potion anyway?" he cursed himself. He was so caught up with mentally scolding himself he didn't see where he was heading for and crashed into something that felt soft before he fell backwards on his rear. "Ow, what the?" he looked up and gasped seeing Chizuru Naba the most well endowed of the girls of 2A.
"Ara ara sorry Dustin-kun." Chizuru giggled apologetic.
"Uh no problem Chizuru-san, I uh better go now." He wanted to leave before she fell victim to the potion but was too late. Before he could even get up Chizuru got down on her knees on top of Dustin and looked at a small bruise on his forehead from his crash, "Oh my that's quite a bump," she gently rubbed it making Dustin blush from her gentle touch. She smiled sweetly, "I know how to make a boo-boo feel better." She puckered her lips planting a kiss on his forehead making him blush even more.
"Whoa, uh thanks." Dustin smiled sheepishly.
Chizuru giggled again, "You're welcome, after all I love taking care of children," she pulled him into an embrace making Dustin lay his head into her well proportioned breasts, "And if you like I could take of you." She cooed nuzzling her face in his hair.
Dustin was falling victim to Chizuru's motherly charms until he remembered what was happening. He quickly jumped out of her embrace, "Sorry appreciate your offer but I gotta go!" he dashed off.
Chizuru watched him leave and giggled, "Kawaii."
As Dustin continued to run for his life not wanting to run into any other girl he thought, 'I hope Negi's having better luck than me.'
Elsewhere with said boy Negi managed to escape Ayaka and Makie but was still on the run from the other girls, 'Oh this is bad, but all I need to do is wait until the potion wears off, and I hope it's soon.' He thought unaware he was heading right for a closed door and crashed into it falling onto his rear groaning, "Oh my head." He moaned rubbing his head.
The door to the room he ran into opened revealing Ako in a cute pink nurse get up, "Oh dear Negi-kun you're hurt!"
"Ako-san." Negi gasped knowing he had to leave but was pulled up by the nurse girl.
"Come on I'll tend to that wound," She dragged him into the nurse's office despite his attempts to run. He soon found himself sitting on a stool with Ako placing a bandage on his forehead, "There all better."
"Arigato Ako." Negi smiled nervously knowing the potion will affect her.
"No problem, it's my job being in first aid." Ako gave him a thumbs up.
"Well I should go now." Negi tried to get up but Ako sat him back down.
"Wait Negi-kun, I can give you a full check-up after all I need someone to test on and you're the perfect choice," Ako offered and before Negi could deny he found a tongue depressor in his mouth, "Hmm throat's normal," she the put on a stethoscope and put the one piece under Negi's shirt much to the boys discomfort and felt it against his chest, "Your heart's sure racing fast, Negi-kun are you feeling ok?" she leaned in close.
"Uh fine why do you ask?" Negi asked blushing from close contact.
"Because when someone's heart races at the way yours is either something's wrong with them, or they're in love," she got closer to his face, "Negi-kun are you in love?"
"Uh not exactly." He stammered knowing she's already succumbing to the potion's effects.
"Really, because I am." Ako swooned ready to lean in a kiss him but Negi ended up falling off his stool.
"Sorry Ako-san, gotta go!" he bolted out of the nurses office.
Meanwhile Dustin had opened a door and hid in another room, "Ok I should be safe here." He panted.
"Dustin-kun." A female voice said and his eyes widened as he turned seeing Yuna.
"Yuna-san?" Dustin gasped.
"I've been looking for you." Yuna said approaching him steering him away from the door.
"You have?" Dustin gasped feeling like an animal cornered by a lion.
"Yeah, and I'm onto your little secret." She said with a smirk.
"Secret, I don't know what you're talking about." Dustin said sheepishly.
"Don't think you can hide it from me, I know what you're hiding." Yuna said cornering him.
"You do?" Dustin gasped.
"Oh yes," Yuna began leaning forward and Dustin awaited her to announce he had a core for a heart and she whispered into his ear, "You like boobs don't you?"
Dustin's worry vanished and was replaced with confusion, "What?"
"I've noticed where your eyes have gazed certain times." Yuna smirked slyly.
Dustin didn't know whether to be relieved or shocked at her exclamation, "But wait a minute I don't…" Yuna shushed him with a finger to his lips.
"It's nothing to be ashamed about Dustin-kun, it's normal for boys to be fascinated with them, though surprising you're already getting into it before thirteen. I guess you mature fast don't you?" she gently rubbed her free hand across his face while he stood immobilized. She whispered into his ear once again seductively, "You know mine are still growing."
Dustin blushed at the information given to him and deep down couldn't help but feel delighted to know. As Yuna leaned in further looking ready to kiss him a shot sound was heard and Yuna's eyes widened. She laughed a bit before passing out, "What how did?" he looked up seeing Mana holding a small hand gun and Kaede standing at her side, "Mana Kaede?"
"Seems you could use some assistance Dustin." Kaede said.
Dustin looked at Mana seeing her fun and realized what happened, "Mana you shot your own classmate!"
Mana replied holding up a tranquilizer dart, "Don't worry a magic tranquilized, she'll be up later and by then the potion will have worn off."
"You know about the potion?" Dustin gasped.
"You left your formula paper lying around the room," She answered plainly, "You should be careful what you leave lying out in the open."
Dustin remembered and blushed sheepishly but remembered, "So how come you two aren't falling in love with me?"
Mana smirked, "Me and Kaede have downed special magic neutralization pills. After all your potion did include a bit of magic in them didn't they?"
"Well yeah some ingredients did come from one of Negi's books and… Oh my gosh Negi!" he remembered.
"We better find him before the girls tear him apart." Kaede suggested.
Soon the three started running around trying to find him until they heard two screams.
"That was Negi!" Dustin gasped.
"And the other was Miyazaki-san." Mana recognized.
"Sounded like it was coming from the library de gozaru." Kaede added as they hurried.
Mana tried opening the doors, "No good it's locked."
"I'll open it." Kaede got ready until Dustin held out his hand.
"No, I'm responsible for getting myself and Negi in this jam, it's the least I can do for him." He held out the index finger of his right hand out aiming at the door and the two girls started noticing his fingertip glowing light blue until a small sphere of energy appeared at the tip.
"What's happening?" Kaede asked Mana.
Mana smirked, "A spirit warrior's common attack."
Dustin kept his aim at the door and shouted, "Spirit Gun!" the sphere from his fingertip blasted from his finger like a gun and blew the doors down.
"Ohh!" Kaede gasped as they looked in seeing quite a compromising position of Negi on top of Nodoka with a bookcase pressing down on Negi's back.
"Negi!" Dustin called.
"Dustin help, this book case is going to crush us!" Negi cried.
"Hold on!" Kaede called jumping forward delivering a kick sending the bookcase flying off and landing on the ground taking the weight off Negi's back.
"Thank goodness," Negi gasped and looked down at Nodoka, "Oh dear Nodoka-san's unconscious."
"Probably from all the excitement." Dustin believed.
"Please tell me the potions affects have worn off." Negi begged his friend.
Dustin checked his watch, "It's all good it's been exactly a half an hour. The girls should be fine."
And it was as he said the girls who fell victim to the potion were back to normal but had massive headaches as an after effect. Of course Yuna wondered why she got tranqued in the neck. After then the two taller girls took the boys back to the dorms where they dropped Nodoka off back at her own room.
Negi was lying on his bunk panting, "I've never had such a tiring day."
"Sorry I couldn't have helped you sooner de gozaru." Kaede chuckled sheepishly.
"It's ok, what matters is both me and Dustin are safe."
Meanwhile Dustin was destroying his love potion formulas, "That's the last time I invent something that induces love."
Mana sat off to the side polishing one of her guns, "I'm glad to see you learned something from all this Dustin."
"I sure did, next time I'm inventing something that won't get me mauled. Like gravity boots." Dustin answered and Mana chuckled amusingly.
(And that's that chapter Dustin has a second secret that connects to his being alive. It sounds Iron Man-ish but he's not going to become an Iron Man-esque hero. Don't miss next time everybody.)