(Hey guys I'm back with another chapter for you all. Hope you enjoy it.)
One day on the school grounds Yuna, Akira, Ako, and Makie were using their free time before gym to have a little fun in throwing around a dodge ball. While having their fun they decided to have a talk about their favorite subject in other words Negi and Dustin.
"So Negi-kun and Dustin-kun have been here a week…what do you girls think of them?" Makie asked as she bumped the ball over to Akira.
"Well they have that cute thing going for them that's for sure. And they're so hardworking even for kids." Akira voiced her thoughts.
"Dustin-kun's also a blast to be around, he's fun, outgoing, and a pocketful of laughs and humor," Yuna mentioned happily, "I hope he and Negi-kun continue to teach us even after the semester ends."
"Me too, nothing against Takahata-sensei but I feel much more relaxed around Negi-kun and Dustin-kun." Ako added.
"Even if they're kids they're also good to talk to and they listen to us better than most teachers." Makie chirped.
"And maybe they'll come to us if they have problems of their own, I'm sure I can give them good advice." Yuna blushed.
"Yeah they're both perfect boyfriend material. I think I could be a good girlfriend." Makie added as her face turned cherry red.
"Not compared to me you wouldn't" A voice behind them spoke.
They turned around horrified at who they saw, "Yo-you're…" Ako stuttered in fright.
"Oh no." Akira gasped.
Meanwhile inside the teachers' office both Negi and Dustin were sitting at their desks looking over progress reports on their skill as teachers. "Check it out Negi, Yuna wrote how affective I am in terms of listening to students and not drone out pretending to be interested."
"That's nice, Makie wrote about how fun I'm making learning and that my lessons have made her a better student." Negi added until they looked over Asuna's.
"These two can drop dead for replacing Takahata-sensei, and they're little brats." The two read and frowned.
"I really don't like her." Dustin frowned.
"And she doesn't make teaching class that easy." Negi added with a sigh.
"Negi-sensei Dustin-sensei?" Shizuna called approaching
"Ah Shizuna-sensei, how are you?" Negi asked.
"I'm fine, I just saw you boys and figured now was as good a time as any to ask if you two were ready to fly solo?" she asked kindly.
"That's usually how we roll…but as teachers we've been ready since day one." Dustin chuckled.
"What he said." Negi agreed.
"Well that's good to know, I'm happy for you both." Shizuna said as a loud crash resounded in the room. A panting and crying Makie and Ako rushed up to Negi.
"NEGI-SENSEI DUSTIN-SENSEI WE NEED HELP" Makie shouted as the two girls reached them.
"Please senseis use your authority!" begged Ako.
Negi and Dustin looked seeing both Ako and Makie had several bruises along their faces and hands.
Dustin frowned as if his spirit energy was boiling, "Who did this to you?"
"W-w-we were a-a-att-attacked by the high school students." Ako stuttered.
Negi frowned, "Lead the way girls we'll handle this."
Ako and Makie led Negi and Dustin out of the office as Shizuna watched wondering what will happen.
Back out on the field a black haired high school girl laughed cockily while throwing a volleyball trying to hit the 2A girls, "How do you like that runts?"
"Hey what's your deal?" Akira shot.
"Yeah we're just trying to enjoy our free time!" Yuna shot as well.
"Well we're enjoying free time too, by playing what we like to call putting babies in their place," The high school girl said as she grabbed Akira by the hair dragging her, "Now let's show you another way to enjoy free time."
"Hey let go!" Akira cried as her hair got pulled.
"LET HER GO!"
They turned seeing Negi and Dustin approach, "What's all the trouble here?" Dustin demanded.
"Negi-sensei Dustin-sensei!" Akira and Yuna cried.
"Wait a minute they're the kid professors?" another high school girl mumbled to the others.
"Well answer us." Negi waited.
"These girls were causing us trouble, we were enjoying out free time and they showed up and attacked us." Akira cried getting free from the girls hold on her hair.
"Come again?" Dustin's eyes tightened.
Negi turned to the high schoolers, "You high schoolers should know better than to pick on those smaller than you, how shameful."
Dustin leaned close to his pal, "I don't think they're listening."
Suddenly the two were mob cuddled by the older girls, "You're so adorable, you're just like real teachers only miniaturized!" the lead cuddled with Negi's face.
"They're too cute to be true." Another girl said cuddling with Dustin who was getting annoyed.
"Get off… get off… GET OFF!" he burst the girls off him and Negi, "First you harass our students who did nothing to you and now you mob cuddle us, you truly are pathetic."
"Right, we have the right to report you girls to the Deans office." Negi added taking a stand.
"A wise choice sensei," Ayaka approached with Asuna, "After all the young women of class 2A come here everyday so I strongly suggest you old hags go back to the high school and think about why you so desperately need to recapture you youth."
"Oh yeah why don't you make us?" a high school student asked.
"This is gonna get ugly." Dustin whispered to Negi.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Negi added.
"And another thing, how dare you place your hands on Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei!" Ayaka continued, "You better…" she continued until Asuna pushed her out of the way, "Alright Ayaka shut up before you overdo it."
"Ignore my street smart friend, but the fact that remains is you should get lost before we have to kick your blue-skirted butts." Asuna started.
"We've heard of you two, Asuna Kagurazaka and Ayaka Yukihiro," Eiko started, "You two may only be in middle school but you're already notorious for being pig-headed."
"I can see the pig-headed bit for Asuna." Dustin whispered to his pal who chuckled slightly.
"Everyone in the school knows about the troublesome antics you two have committed, and in any case," She said as she held the boys close while the profs struggled once again. "You greedy girls have been keeping these adorable teachers all to yourselves for way to long. So it's our turn to play with him now." She said and pecked them on their temples.
This only infuriated Ayaka seeing an older student do that to her own teachers, she ran up to Eiko knocking the boys of her hands and fought with her, "Get your lecherous paws off them!" she argued as Asuna jumped in to help the class rep.
Negi and Dustin frowned seeing things were getting out of control and before any more physical harm could be caused the two broke it up with Negi grabbing Ayaka's arm pulling her back while Dustin grabbed Asuna pulling her back, "That's enough out of both sides." Dustin said,
"Hey what's the big idea these hags need to be taught a lesson!" Asuna argued and Dustin glared.
"And then what, are you so agitated you have to stoop to their low? Sorry but that's not what we tolerate." Dustin added putting Asuna in her place.
"And the same for you Iincho I expected this much from Asuna, but you too, now that's disgraceful." Negi crossed his arms in disappointment.
Ayaka's eyes grew feared and guilty, "I'm so sorry sensei I don't know what came over me."
"Just remember fighting back like that will solve nothing." Negi warned her and Asuna.
Dustin turned to the high schoolers, "As for you lot, I think you've caused enough bile here for one day, away with you all!" he shooed them.
"Unless you want to be reported to the dean." Negi warned them.
Eiko sighed in defeat, "No sensei, come on girls." The high schoolers took their leave.
With the older students gone the teachers sighed in relief before Dustin turned to Negi, "Way to go Negi scared them right off."
"Because we did it together." Negi smiled as they did their handshake and looked at the girls, "Is everyone ok?" and what he got was a group hug by Akira, Makie, and Ako while Yuna latched onto Dustin.
"Negi-kun Dustin-kun you saved us thank you thank you!" they cried burying their faces in their chests with Yuna going so far as to pecking Dustin's cheek multiple times making the spike head blush.
"Ok-ok girls easy." Dustin chuckled as the girls eased up.
"You girls go ahead and get yourselves bandaged up, we'll tell your gym teacher you may be a little late." Negi instructed.
"Thanks again Negi-kun Dustin-kun." Makie smiled sweetly.
"We're so glad to have you two as teachers." Akira added as they left.
Negi and Dustin smiled at each other before they felt their heads ruffled. They looked up seeing Kaede and Mana, "I gotta say you boys did well handling that situation, we were afraid we would have to jump in and help you." Mana said.
"But you two handled it ok, congratulations." Kaede smiled.
"Thanks it's what we do." Dustin smiled confidently.
"Now you girls better join the others for gym class and we'll see you later." Negi ordered them and the two tall students.
"Negi Dustin." Takahata approached.
"Takamichi." Negi greeted.
"Is something wrong?" Dustin asked.
"Not exactly, but I do have a request of you boys." The older man explained and the two listened.
Meanwhile in the girls locker room 2A was getting ready for gym class, "Man I can't believe the nerve of those high schoolers." Yuna fumed.
"Yeah we never did anything to them." Ako added.
"What happened?" Fuka asked.
"The high schoolers attacked us during free period." Makie explained.
"Oh no, not them." Fumika gasped in worry.
"But Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei arrived and took care of them like that." Akira added.
"What?" the cheerleaders gasped.
"And we missed it?" Kakizaki whined.
"Don't waste your tears, those two got lucky, if it went any longer they probably would've messed up and Takahata-sensei would have had to bail them out." Asuna spat.
"How can you say that Asuna?" Ayaka was ticked, "Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei broke up what could've been a bloodbath and that's all you have to say to their bravery!"
"Yeah Asuna Negi-kun and Dustin-kun saved us and you from getting into trouble as well." Yuna shot back.
"Whatever, come on volleyball on the roof girls." Asuna said as they headed up for the room to their volleyball court and when they made it to their surprise they saw the high school girls there and what's more Negi and Dustin where P.E outfits.
"Negi, Dustin, what're you two doing here and with them?" Asuna shouted.
"We're supposed to be substituting for your gym class and when we got here these amazons were already here." Negi said.
"What do you want now this is our court!" Yuna shot at the high school girls.
"Well it's our free time and we've decided to spend it playing some volleyball and this court on the roof has such a lovely view of the school grounds." Eiko said smirking.
"It's bad enough you invade on our free time now you're going to cause us trouble during our gym period?" Ayaka snapped as it looked like another brawl was going to erupt until Dustin called.
"Quiet! QUIET!" they all shut up turning their attention towards the boys.
"Now we hear your concerns, but we know a perfect way to resolve this dispute without engaging in violence. You'll each use the court for your own needs." Negi explained.
"That way both sides get what they want." Dustin added.
"Great idea senseis," Eiko smirked. "Alright it's a challenge, if we lose we'll give you back your precious court for good and make a solemn vow never to return again, agreed?" she asked the 2A students.
Negi sweat dropped, "Not quite what I was hoping for."
"That's easy for you to say you guys are bigger and stronger than we are!' Yuna argued.
Eiko smirked again, "Well in that case we'll play a more fitting game like dodge ball, we'll even be so kind as to throw in a handicap to be fair, eleven on our side versus twenty-three on yours?"
"We accept your challenge, hurling things at you sounds fun." Ayaka answered.
"Oh and by the way," Eiko started again and latched onto the boys, "If we win we get to keep Negi-kun and Dustin-kun here all to ourselves!"
"WHAT?" Asuna and Ayaka shouted.
"Women." Negi and Dustin sigh in defeat.
Soon enough the three Mahora cheerleaders were cheering the team of 2A on, "Go-Go let's go! Go-Go let's go 2A! Ready ok!"
While off to the side was Chachamaru launching fireworks in the sky as support while Evangeline stood by her side. Off to the other side the students that were on the bench were Setsuna, Kaede, Zazie, and Mana Tatsumiya.
Setsuna who's been one of the quiet girls looked up to Mana and Kaede, "How come you two aren't playing after all our senseis are on the line."
Kaede smiled, "Negi and Dustin can handle things without us."
Setsuna was surprised and looked at Mana who smiled, "We just need to believe in them." Setsuna with nothing left to say decided to just watch the match.
"This is a battle we cannot afford to lose, ready to kick some tail Asuna?" Ayaka asked her so called friend.
"You better believe I am." Asuna replied.
"I sure hope so, it'd be a pain to suddenly transfer to another class." Dustin sighed.
"And I don't want to go with those behemoths." Negi trembled.
"Don't worry guys we'll make sure to win." Yuna gave them a thumbs up and they returned the gesture feeling confident.
"Hope you're ready to die!" Eiko called acting intimidating which worked on the students who were panicking, "Heads up." She tossed the ball and it bounced off of Konoka's, Haruna's, and Fumika's heads.
"Three outs from class 2A!" a high school girl announced.
"Sorry." Konoka said to Asuna as she, Fumika, and Haruna go to the out section.
"Now for an encore!" Eiko threw the ball again and it got Kazumi, Fuka, and Yue.
"The game is dodge ball!" Ayaka lectures them.
"Well sorry but we can't budge!" Kazumi argued back and they realized with so many people on their team taking up their side of the court there's no place for them to run to making them sitting ducks.
"That's right, the more people you have on a team in dodge ball the less chance you have of saving yourself from getting hit." Dustin stated the fact.
"And you're just telling us this now?" Asuna shouted.
"I thought you'd know." Dustin answered.
"Everyone spread out!" Asuna ordered.
"Just what I was hoping for!" Eiko called, "Now to pick off the weakest link!" she aimed for Nodoka.
"Bookworm!" Yue called.
Nodoka shielded herself for the worse until Dustin held out his hand and caught the ball.
"Wow!" Haruna gasped.
"Dustin-kun's got game." Kazumi smiled.
"Thank you sensei." Nodoka said in relief.
"Don't mention it," Dustin answered, "Because if there's one thing I detest it's bullies, and this is what I feel when one harms a student!" he throws the ball nailing one high schooler.
"Wow you got a good arm Dustin-kun." Chao gasped.
"Thanks, I work out." Dustin admitted.
"Alright this one's mine!" Asuna took the ball and threw it for Eiko but to their shock she caught it just like that.
"What but how?" Ako gasped.
"Sorry but you girls are out of your league against us!" Eiko said as she and the girls threw off their uniforms to reveal their gym clothes underneath, "We are the Mahora Black Lilies, champions of the Kanto Dodge ball tournament."
"When did doge ball become a tournament?" Yuna gossiped with the girls.
"We stopped playing that in grade school." Makie added.
"How much you wanna bet they were the only team to enter this so called tournament?" Asuna added.
"How dare you insult the Mahora Black Lilies!" Eiko snapped and turned to two members, "Shii, Bibi, prepare for the triangle attack!"
"Triangle attack?" the girls laughed.
"Sensei I'll protect you!" Ayaka shielded Negi.
The three high schoolers attacked Ayaka from all sides with the ball and nailed her. "So that's why they call it the triangle attack, they're very good." Dustin admitted.
"Whose side are you on?" Asuna scolded him, but he ignored it.
Soon enough Eiko was picking off more of 2A then before until it was down to just Negi, Dustin, Asuna, Akira, Makie, Ako, Yuna, Satomi, Chao, Ku Fei, Natsumi, and Kasuga.
"Now for my next secret move!" Eiko called jumping high into the air, "Sun attack Death blow!"
Asuna shielded her eyes from looking at the sun's light that Eiko was next to and Asuna ended up getting nailed with the ball.
"Asuna!" the girls and the boys called.
"Are you ok?" Negi asked.
"Yeah I'm fine, I've felt better. Good luck prof, you're gonna need it." Asuna said going with the other out players.
"Without Asuna we don't stand a chance." Makie whined.
"They have all that strength and experience." Ako adds.
"It'll be ugly." Akira finishes.
'Strength and experience?' Dustin thought thinking back to his spirit warrior training.
Dustin was in a training room as Darius was observing him complete a training course. After Dustin finished he was approached by his master.
"Well done Dustin."
"Thank you master."
"Your training has drastically improved."
"Well it's no doubt to your endless training methods and dads." Dustin answered.
"Not quite," his instructor replied catching his attention, "While it's true me and your father have been training you well, you must also remember you yourself have strength and experience as well."
"I do?"
"Yes everyone is born with their own strengths, weaknesses, and experiences that what makes not only spirit warriors, but everyone in general different in forms of competition. That's what they must learn to use to their own advantage against their opponents. Remember that Dustin for one day you will need it like all others who came before you."
"You got it master." Dustin said as the flashback ended.
"Ready to wave the white flag?" Eiko asked.
The girls looked ready to surrender until Dustin turned to them, "Girls no matter what you mustn't surrender!"
"Sensei?" the girls gasped.
"Each of you has your own strengths and skills, and the only way to beat them at their own game is to use them, if not then there's no point in even playing." Dustin explained to help hoping to get through and Negi joined in.
"I agree, you've all come this far because you have your own strengths and the only way to win this is to use them as you've always been!" Negi added and soon enough.
"Our senseis are right!" Akira started, "We can't surrender to them."
"If we did that they'd take our homeroom teachers away, and we can't have that can we?" Makie asked the girls.
Yuna shook her head, "No not without putting up a good fight!"
"So let's give it our all!" Ako pumped a fist.
"Right on that's the spirit class 2A!" Sakurako called as she and her cheerleading friends called, "Victory!"
Everyone in the out section smiled seeing Negi and Dustin take authority. While Kaede and Mana watched feeling more proud of them than the other girls felt.
"They're so delusional they actually think they're going to win how pathetic." Eiko said to her team.
Nodoka who was watching from the side also felt moved by her sensei's words, "I wish there was something I could do to." She muttered to herself while Yue could hear her.
"Alright time to end this." Eiko said ready to throw the ball until Nodoka spoke up.
"Five second rule!" she declared, "It's against the rules for a player to hold the ball for more than five seconds."
"You can pass that ball to our side now thanks." Yue told the older girls.
"You can't just make up rules like that now kid." Shii shot at the two library girls.
"I didn't make it up," Nodoka replied holding up a sports book, "I keep this book of sports rules during free period just in case."
"Right on bookworm!" the girls cheered.
Eiko grumbled as she gave them the ball. Yuna took it and got ready, "Alright let's show them what we can do!" she ran towards them dribbling the ball, she jumped up, "It's a slam dunk!" she declared making a dunking move managing to knock two of the high school girls out.
"Al right Yuna!" Ku Fei cheered.
"Well done." Dustin gave a peace sign and a wink to her and she blushed.
Soon the ball was coming to Ako and she brought her leg back and kicked it, "Goal!" she called nailing another high school girl.
Eiko reached to grab the ball but Makie used her ribbon to grab it and started using it to whip the ball all around knocking out more girls. "Come on that's got to be against the rules!" Eiko complained but no one cared.
Suddenly Ku and Chao performed a double kick move with the ball, and Satomi used a mechanical device to grab the ball and launch it back at the girls. Soon the girls of class 2A took control of the match until Dustin got the ball.
"Now time for my number one finish!" he threw his arm back before launching it, "TADOME DAH!" the ball nailed Eiko as the clock stopped.
"Times up, the winning team is class 2A." the ref declared.
"WHOO-HOO!" Yuna cheered as she danced with Makie.
"We did it! We did it!" Makie cheered.
"We won!" Ako jumped in joy.
"Victory!" Negi and Dustin cheered high fiving.
Eiko frowned at them, "They think they're all that, well I'll show them!" she shouted throwing the ball right for them until Negi and Dustin slid before the girls catching the ball looking angry.
"That wasn't nice!" they accidentally combined their spirit energy and wind nature magic launching the ball at Eiko who caught it but she and several of the high school girls were caught in Negi's wind spell that destroyed their gym clothes reducing them to their underwear.
"Nosebleed!" Dustin shouted plugging his nose while the girls were shocked at what happened while Kaede and Mana stifled a chuckle knowing how it happened.
Eiko covered herself up, "We'll be back brats!" the high school girls bolted for it.
Negi and Dustin looked sheepish, "You think they'll make us buy them new uniforms?" Negi asked.
"Why it's not like they can blame their clothes flying off on us, when it comes down to it they just got in the way of a powerful throw." Dustin answered until the girls were swarming around them.
"That was awesome Negi-kun Dustin-kun!" Kasuga cheered.
"What do you guys call that move it could've been used in the match?" Kazumi asked curiously.
"That was uh…" Negi stammered wondering what to say until Dustin spoke.
"That was the Majestic double combo blow."
"Wow it sure lives up to its name." Haruna admitted.
"Well girls this has been a fun match and I must say both me and Dustin are proud of each and every one of you. We couldn't ask for a better class.' Negi smiled with Dustin as the girls looked happy their teachers were pleased.
"We couldn't have done it without you guys." Chao said.
"Is true you give us confidence boost." Ku added.
"I know let's give them a victory toss!" Makie suggested.
"I'm all for that!" Yuna cheered as the girls started tossing Negi and Dustin up in the air as the boys enjoyed it.
Everyone was however unaware of Takamichi and Shizuna watching from the doorway to the roof, "Well-well, Negi-kun and Dustin-kun are getting to be as popular as you are." The nurse told the older man.
Takahata chuckled, "Maybe so but it seems to me they're more of friends to them than teachers. But maybe that's just as well."
That night at the dorms Negi was getting ready for bed as Kaede came out of the bathroom, "You must really be tired Negi it's been one hell of a day after all."
"True, but in the end everything worked out fine didn't it?" Negi asked.
"It sure did," Kaede began walking up to him leaning closer and Negi blushed as he felt his student peck her on the cheek, "And I'm very proud of you Negi-kun."
Negi blushed and chuckled sheepishly at what his student did before both of them went to sleep.
While back in Mana and Zazie's room Dustin had finished getting ready for bed and stepped out of the bathroom, "I'm hoping tomorrow's not a long day," He yawned as Zazie approached, "Zazie?"
"From me." She said softly before planting a light kiss on Dustin's right cheek surprising him.
"Whoa, not that I'm not flattered by it, but why?" Dustin asked.
"For remaining our sensei." She answered before heading to bed.
Dustin smiled before feeling Mana lay a hand on his shoulder, "Looks like someone's becoming popular."
"I guess you're right, well I'm just happy me and Negi are still teaching 2A. After all leaving that class would also mean leaving you and Zazie, and I wouldn't want that." Dustin explained.
Mana smiled, "Well you know what?" she leaned forward giving Dustin a peck on the cheek surprising him even more, "Neither would I." she gave him a smile before heading to bed as well.
Dustin felt the side of his face where both girls kissed him and smiled, 'I love Mahora academy.' He thought before going to bed himself.
(And that's it. Both of them got their chance to show leadership and command in a game of dodge ball, don't miss next time where they come into contact with the only student whose always overlooked in class.)