(Welcome back everyone, hope you're all ready for the latest chapter. So enjoy.)

In class 2A Negi and Dustin were standing before their students ready to take attendance, "Good morning class prepare for attendance," Negi began looking at the roster seeing the first student's picture was blurry so he skipped over, "Yuna Akashi."

"Present!" Yuna called and noticed Dustin winking at her making her blush.

"Kazumi Asakura?" Negi asked but Dustin noticed Kazumi's mind was focused on her empty seat, "Asakura-san?"

Kazumi finally snapped out of it hearing her name, "Huh what, oh yeah here."

"Are you feeling alright Kazumi?" Dustin asked concerned.

"Uh yeah, Fab-O!" Kazumi chuckled sheepishly.

"Ok next we have… Yue Ayase?" Negi asked.

"Here." Yue answered in her deadpanned tone.

"Ako Izumi."

"Aqui!" Ako responded using the Spanish word for 'here'.

"Akira Okouchi?"

"President!" Akira joked around and the girls laughed as the boys continued attendance.

By the end of class the girls stuck around to gossip while Negi and Dustin were ready to leave until, "Negi-kun Dustin-kun!"

They turned around seeing Kazumi running up to them, "Hey Kazumi what's up?" Dustin asked.

"Kay well I've been wondering since this for awhile... why is that seat next to me always empty?" Negi and Dustin looked nervous not sure how to say it, "I'm just curious is all." She continued.

"Well Kazumi we're looking into it as well but we should have an answer for you soon ok?" Dustin explained.

"Really, well ok I guess I can wait." Kazumi admitted.

"Cool, well we'll catch you later." Dustin said as the boys hurried off.

Outside the campus Negi and Dustin were looking at the picture in the class roster student number one's faded image, "Sayo Aisaka." Negi pondered.

Dustin smiled, "Hard to imagine no one in the class knows she's really there."

"Well can you blame them Dustin she is a ghost after all. But how can you see her?" Negi asked curiously.

"A ghost's supernatural energy in a way is like deceased spirit energy and spirit warriors with a strong connection can sense their presence. I'm just glad mine's a strong connection."

"Well I've finally found a spell to allow us to see her, but we have to do it tonight." Negi instructed.

"Agreed that way we don't cause a calamity to the girls." Dustin chuckled.

When twilight was coming over by the dorms Dustin and Negi were heading off hoping to sneak off, "Hey boys." They stopped and turned seeing Haruna and Kazumi.

"Uh sup girls?" Dustin asked.

"So where're you two off to at this hour?" Haruna asked suspiciously while grinning.

"Just some teacher stuff is all." Negi answered.

"Yeah, teachers work what can ya do?" Dustin asked, "Well catch you later." He dragged Negi off before the girls could pry any further.

"Something's up." Haruna eyed them.

"I smell a scandal." Kazumi smirked.

Before they could try and follow them Yue approached, "Hey Haruna give me a hand with Nodoka will you?"

"Why what happened now?" the spectacled girl asked.

"She found your latest doujin." Yue answered and Haruna looked shock.

"Really what's this one involving Paru?" Kazumi asked curiously.

"Uh well ya know the usual." Haruna answered trying to cover up until Yue spilled the beans.

"Her latest involves both Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei."

"Yue!"

Kazumi grinned knowing if Haruna's latest novel involved their senseis it's no wonder Nodoka fainted., "Paru that's quite a statement." She chuckled hysterically.

"Yeah well ya know." Haruna said as she hurried with Yue to help Nodoka.

Meanwhile back at the school inside the dark classroom Negi and Dustin stood before the seat next to Kazumi's, "Ok Negi show time."

Negi nodded gripping his staff, "Cut through the fog and appear before me," he chanted as his staff glowed, "Tel Ma Amorista!"

Suddenly appearing in the seat was a figure sleeping with her face lying down on the desk. It appeared to be a girl with long white hair, red eyes, pale skin, and wore an old fashion 'sailor-fuku' school uniform. Dustin chuckled, "Negi it worked!"

Hearing Dustin's call the girl stirred in her sleep before waking up and looked up at the boys who were ecstatic, "Hello there, you're Sayo Aisaka correct?"

"Well of course she is who else would she be?" Dustin reminded him.

"Um what?" the ghost asked.

"We can see you, isn't it wonderful we can really see!" Negi cheered, "It's very nice to meet you I'm your homeroom teacher Negi Springfield."

"And I'm his assistant Dustin Bowers. But I guess you probably know us already huh?"

"You can see me?" Sayo gasped, "It's amazing you two can really see me, I just can't believe it."

"It's true Sayo we really can see you." Negi assured her.

Sayo's eyes lit up while she shed tears of joy before smiling, "It's very nice to meet you two, I am Sayo Aisaka seat number one."

Dustin smiled looking at Negi, "She's cute for a ghost isn't she?"

Negi blushed but answered, "Yes very cute indeed."

"What me cute?" Sayo blushed and the boys nodded, "It's the first time I've ever received a compliment, thank you both."

"You're very welcome." Negi replied.

"Alright Sayo we got some questions we hope you can answer." Dustin began.

"Questions, uh sure ok," Sayo replied as she sat patiently and soon she replied, "You two are wondering why I'm a ghost?"

"Yeah I've read in the supernatural those dead become ghosts because they have unfinished business and are unable to crossover." Dustin explained.

"I've read it's mostly due to a regret they bare before they die." Negi added.

"Wow you guys really do know a lot don't you?" Sayo asked.

"How do you think we became teachers after all?" Dustin asked and all three chuckled.

"We were hoping to find out more about your past in hopes of helping you find peace." Negi added.

"I see, well the thing is senseis." The ghost began.

"Please call us Negi and Dustin." Dustin requested.

"Of course Negi-kun Dustin-kun," Sayo corrected herself, "The thing is about my past I can't really say."

"Oh my, was it something so bad it hurts?" Negi asked feeling regret prying too hard.

"No actually it's just over the last forty years of being dead I kinda forgot what my life was like when I was alive." She chuckled sheepishly.

Negi and Dustin looked wide eyed, "Well this was unexpected." They replied.

"Sorry I guess my memories have sort of slipped over time." Sayo rubbed the back of her head.

"Well Negi what do we do now?" Dustin asked.

"Well…" Negi started pondering until his head shot up, "I know! Sometimes when one has amnesia they visit the places around them that are most familiar hoping something might jog from their memories."

"Brilliant idea Negi!" Dustin patted his back.

"You think so?" Sayo asked hopefully.

"Of course, in fact let's try the girls' dorm maybe something there will spark your memory." Negi suggested.

"Alright then let's go!" Sayo said feeling jittery.

Dustin whispered to Negi, "But don't you think it's risky I mean granted the girls can't see her yet, but what if something happens?"

"Don't worry I'll make sure to cast the spell so all can see her." Negi assured him.

"Well then let's go." Dustin said as they left the classroom.

Soon they were outside the girl's dorm, "Well here were the class dorms." Dustin said.

"Oh wow I can't wait!" Sayo cheered.

"Now before you go in Sayo I should warn you that…" Negi began until he and Dustin saw her flying ahead into the doors, "Sayo!" they called.

"After her!" Dustin called as they started running until they reached the doors and opened it.

They gasped seeing the halls and corner turns, "Oh no where'd she go?" Negi panicked.

"Don't worry Negi I can track her spiritual energy." Dustin concentrated until he looked down a hall, "That way!" they started hurrying with Negi calling out quietly to her not wanting to draw any unwanted attention from the girls.

"Sayo! Sayo!" Negi whispered but wasn't getting any answers.

"Negi-kun Dustin-kun?" the two skidded to a halt seeing Kazumi.

"Kazumi!"

"What're you two doing, and who's Sayo?"

"Well you see she…" Negi stammered until they heard screaming coming from down the hall.

"What the?" Kazumi asked.

"Oh boy." Dustin and Negi sighed knowing something happened.

Soon the three arrived where Konoka and Asuna were looking shocked, "Asuna, Konoka what's going on?" Kazumi asked.

"I think my cell phone is haunted by a ghost." Konoka said while Dustin and Negi tensed up.

"A ghost?" Kazumi asked.

"Yes I heard a voice coming from my cell asking me all sorts of questions but I didn't even have my phone on." Konoka explained.

"Don't be so naïve Konoka, this can't be the work of a ghost." Asuna said.

"It can't?" Konoka asked as the others were curious.

"Of course, this has to be the work of a Chupacabra!" Asuna pumped her fist up.

"Chupacabra?' Kazumi and Konoka asked confused.

"What brought that on?" Dustin asked until Negi and him started slinking away but didn't go unnoticed by Kazumi.

They hid around a corner, "She's almost out of my range Negi." Dustin explained.

"I'll see if I can help." Negi gripped his staff muttering an incantation until Kazumi popped around the corner.

"So what're you two doing?"

"Uh-oh." They gasped.

"Fess up kidos you're never going to get anything past this gal." Kazumi smirked.

"It's nothing really." Negi protested.

"Uh-huh sorry not buying it." Kazumi answered.

'Oh no what to do?' Negi thought in panic until Dustin spoke.

"Alright Kazumi we have a confession to make!"

"Dustin!" Negi gasped.

"Hey if we're gonna tell them, we might as well do it now."

"Tell me what?" Kazumi asked waiting.

"Well the thing is Kazumi." Negi stammered nervously.

After a difficult explanation without exposing magic or spirit energy Kazumi looked excited, "OMG a ghost at Mahora academy, now this is what I call a huge scoop!" she turned to her professors taking their hands, "Negi-kun Dustin-kun I am so glad you told me this, I never would've guessed I shared a desk with a student ghost."

"Look we're planning to tell the girls about her could you keep it quiet until then?" Negi pleaded.

"Sorry but there is freedom of the press plus I'm a journalist it's my job to tell people things." Kazumi replied.

Dustin spoke up, "Yes but let me tell you something about journalism from a readers POV Kazumi. Its one thing to let people know about stuff be it boring or exciting, it can also be dangerous especially for the person the journalist exposes. In some cases exposing someone for doing something wrong is one thing but for who they are is another. Not only would that be bad for Sayo but you could put everyone in the dorms in a fright with the way you expose things. Think about the feelings of those instead of yourself."

Kazumi looked moved at Dustin's words, "Dustin-kun I…" she was interrupted by a sudden scream from down the hall, "Whoa it's the ghost!" she took off.

"Kazumi-san wait!" Negi called as he and Dustin ran after her. Soon they reached Chao and Satsuki's room where Satsuki looked worried while Chao was in a fighting pose.

"Satsuki-san Chao-san!" Negi called.

"What happened?" Dustin asked.

"Negi-sensei Dustin-sensei." Satsuki gasped in relief.

"Did the ghost come in here?" Kazumi asked hopefully.

"Did you say a ghost?" Chao asked.

"Seriously that's what that was?" Satsuki asked concerned.

"Are you girls all right?" Negi asked concerned.

"We're fine." Satsuki answered.

"Then what was with the scream?" Dustin asked.

"One of the nikuman, it looks weird!" Chao answered.

The looked over at some nikuman and noticed one had a bite taken out of it, 'Sayo.' Negi and Dustin thought as they left hoping to catch her.

"What is that ghost doing?" Dustin asked his friend.

"I don't know she must be having a bit of fun." Negi answered.

"Well we better do something before something else happens." Dustin replied.

Meanwhile with said ghost she had found her way into the dorm room of Akira and Kasuga. The swimmer girl was feeding her pet arowana in his fish tank while Kasuga was doing yoga. "There you go Yamamoto." Akira smiled.

Sayo floated over putting her hands on Akira's shoulders looking at the fish, "Oh you named him Yamamoto good name Akira, he looks so funny."

Akira started shivering from the ghostly touch as Kasuga saw her shaking, "You ok Akira?"

"I think so I just got chills all of a sudden." Akira shivered.

Sayo realizing it was because of her backed away, "I'm so sorry!" she accidentally bumped into Kasuga who twitched up in the middle of her Yoga, "Oh no not again!" Sayo dove into the floor escaping as Negi, Dustin, and Kazumi arrived hearing the cries.

"Everyone ok?" Dustin asked.

"You girls happen to see a ghost come by?" Kazumi asked readying her camera.

"What you're kidding me right?" Akira asked.

"A ghost?" Kasuga gasped.

"Negi she's close, come on!" Dustin said as he led the way followed by Negi and Kazumi.

"So like how do you know where she is?" Kazumi asked her second teacher.

"Let's just say I'm a supernatural sensor." Dustin explained without telling the total truth.

"Hey what's up?" they looked seeing Kaede leaning against a wall.

"Kaede?" Negi gasped.

"Well ya see…" Dustin began but Kazumi interrupted.

"Ok get this Kaede but there's a ghost in the dorms."

"A ghost?" Kaede asked raising a brow.

"That's right, and we're looking for her." Kazumi said as Kaede turned to the boys.

"Does this involve?"

"We'll explain later right now we have to find her before something else happens." Dustin said as they started searching.

Meanwhile Sayo had wandered into the room of Nodoka and Yue with Nodoka reading a book while Yue was making a house of cards, Nodoka turned to her friend, "Hey Yue look at… AH!" she gasped seeing two card floating, "Yue look!"

Yue who had turned to grab some juice saw the floating cards and gawked. As it turned out Sayo was holding the two cards up, "I'm actually good at this, it's my specialty." Sayo smiled.

The two short library girls let out a shriek of terror as Haruna and Ku overhearing it went in, "Guys are you ok?" Haruna asked concerned.

"What happened?" Ku asked.

The two girls shivered while pointing to the fallen house of cards, "G-G-G-Ghost." They stammered as Negi, Dustin, Kazumi, and Kaede entered.

"A ghost you say?" Kazumi asked.

"Negi we got to find her!" Dustin said as they tried to find her.

Sayo had been passing through the walls of the girls dorms before she stopped in the Narutaki's room playing with two stuffed bunnies, "Awe so cute." Sayo said making them dance while the twins screamed at their bunnies moving on their own.

Sayo had left the twins room going across the hall to another room where Satomi and Chisame were working on some computer stuff as Sayo flew into the machine appearing on the screen, "Wow I'm on TV!"

"Whoa what a virus!" the girls gasped.

Sayo immediately left entering the room of the cheerleaders and started eating some noodles from a cup, "Wow instant ramen is good." The cheerleaders panicked at the sight of their food being eaten out of thin air.

Sayo suddenly traveled into Mana and Zazie's room where the ghost girl had tried on one of Zazie's cute jester outfits, "Wow how do I look?" she asked nobody in particular.

"Zazie's clothes are alive." Zazie said quietly and calmly.

Mana readied a gun, "I'll take care of that."

"No wait please don't shoot me!" Sayo cried as Mana cocked her rifle and the ghost let out a scared cry until the door slammed open.

"Mana don't!" Dustin called as the two girls looked at the group that entered.

"Dustin, what's up?" Mana asked.

"Sayo thank goodness." Negi approached the floating outfit.

"Oh Negi-sensei, I thought I was going to be killed." Sayo cried.

"But you're already dead." Dustin reminded her.

"So she's right there?" Kazumi asked.

"Kazumi, Kaede gather the girls together so we can sort this out." Negi instructed.

"Right." Kaede said as the girls left.

Soon in the foyer of the dorms all the girls gathered around a circular table with worried and confused expressions, "I'm sorry I was just so happy I didn't mean to cause any trouble." Sayo apologized to the professors.

"It's ok Sayo we understand." Negi calmed her.

"So she's right there?" Haruna asked eyeing the table.

"Only we can't see her at all?" Yue added.

"It's scary!" Fuka cried.

"For real!" Fumika added.

"Keep calm ladies me and Negi can vouch for Sayo these incidents had no malicious intent she was merely trying to fit in with you girls." Dustin reasoned.

"You can go and say that." Makie began.

"But if we can't see her it's hard to feel that way." Ayaka voiced her opinion.

"We can't help but feel how terrifying she might be." Chizuru added as they envisioned an evil spirit.

Negi and Dustin looked worried as Dustin whispered, "This is bad Negi they're starting to doubt Sayo, we got to do something before…"

"Alright then!" Asuna shouted, "We'll teach this malevolent spirit not to scare us let's exorcise her back to the depths of hell!" she ranted acting like a sadist and Sayo was looking terrified.

"No please don't do that!"

Dustin frowned, "That's enough out of you Asuna!" he confronted her, "Are you so scared of something you can't see or hear you have to think its evil? You truly are a heartless woman."

"Who're you calling heartless kid! And how can you two see her while the rest of us can't!" she questioned back and some of the girls started wondering too but Dustin was prepared.

"Because I have the ability to look beyond what normal eyes can see, that shows how aware I am of my surroundings. And I'm glad me and Negi found her because the truth is all she wants is a friend and others to at least notice her!" Dustin argued back at the bells girl.

While the girls watched Dustin and Asuna argue Negi had secretly uttered an incantation and soon Sayo became visible to all the girls, "Hey is that Sayo?" Kazumi gasped.

"You're right it is her." Kaede gasped as well.

"Wow she is real." Yuna gasped.

"And she's so adorable." Konoka squealed.

"Wait you all can see me?" Sayo looked around the crowding girls.

"We sure can, wow so ghosts can look this cute?" Haruna asked.

Dustin smirked going over to Sayo, "You see Asuna does that look like a malevolent spirit to you?"

Asuna analyzed her, "She could still be putting on an act." She replied skeptically.

"Asuna!" Konoka crossed her arms.

"I'm kidding, jeez." Asuna replied.

"So you all see Sayo is a good ghost she's just been lonely for so long, she could really use some friends." Negi explained.

"So that's it, well then why not?" Haruna asked.

Sayo was confused at this as the other girls voiced their opinions, "Since you're a member of 2A it's only right." Yuna replied.

"We'd love to be your friends Sayo." Nodoka added.

"What really, oh girls thank you." Sayo shed some happy tears while Negi and Dustin looked at each other smiling.

"We did it." They did their handshake.

Later back at the classroom Negi and Dustin were with Sayo and Kazumi, "So nothing in the dorms sparked a memory?" Negi asked.

"Nope sorry."

"Well that's ok, there's no need to rush." Negi replied.

"Well don't worry Sayo I'm gonna help you reclaim your old memories too, in fact maybe you can help me as my assistant reporter." Kazumi said.

"What really?" Sayo gasped in joy.

"I could use a good info gatherer." The paparazzi chick replied.

"I'd love that Kazumi." Sayo laughed.

Negi smiled, "Dustin why don't you and Kazumi-san go back to the dorms I'll meet up with you there."

"Alright." Dustin said as the two left Negi and Sayo alone.

"Sayo I have one final gift for you."

"A gift?"

"Mhmm." Negi said putting a finger to her ghostly torso uttering another incantation and her body glowed.

When the glow died down she looked at herself seeing no physical changes, "What happened?"

"Let me show you." Negi said as he pulled Sayo into an embrace and to the ghost girls surprise she could feel his hug and wasn't phasing through him.

"I-I can feel this." Sayo gasped.

"Yes I know it takes a lot of practice for you to be able to touch things so I enabled you to have a sense of touch and feeling without you needing to put so much effort into it." Negi explained.

"Negi-kun, thank you." Sayo cried.

"You're welcome." Negi smiled.

"Uh Negi-kun if you don't mind would allow me to give something to you too?"

"What is it?" Negi asked and gasped as he felt the ghost peck his cheek, "Sayo?"

"Was that too cold?" Sayo asked worried.

"No, in fact it felt warm." Negi smiled.

Sayo smiled as the two continued embracing happily unaware Dustin and Kazumi were watching outside smiling, "It's a Kodak moment." Dustin said.

"And quite a sight." Kazumi took a picture of them.

The very next morning in class Negi and Dustin were taking attendance, "Alright then, Sayo Aisaka." Negi spoke.

"I'm present!" Sayo replied as Kazumi took a photo of her.

Negi and Dustin smiled seeing their ghost student would fit in just fine with the girls. "Well Negi another successful accomplishment."

"Yeah." Negi agreed.

(And that's the chapter don't miss next time where the boys discover their true challenge as being teachers and they may end up losing their jobs should they fail it. Catch you all later.)