(How's it going everybody? First of all thanks to the very few of you who've helped this fic reach one hundred reviews, even if some of you don't know Negima like a die hard fan does or don't even know it at all. I've had such a good weekend I got to go to Ramencon where I met three voice actors. Two were Monica Rial and Jamie Marchi who did voice over for Negima, and third was Todd Haberkorn. I visited their panels, got their autographs, and pictures with all three. It was a hell of a success. Well enjoy this new chapter.)
Negi and Dustin had left the bath getting back into their clothes and were on the run from their main pactio partners Kaede and Mana. However they didn't get far and were suddenly lifted off the ground by the two tall girls.
"Now then are you two ready to tell us exactly what was going on in the baths?" Mana asked with her eyes focused on Dustin who was sweating.
"Because we're all ears." Kaede added.
"Ok we'll talk!" Dustin cracked.
"But can we please talk about this somewhere quiet and with our other partners?" Negi pleaded.
Nodding the two girls took the boys finding Kasuga, Rin, Setsuna, and Zyphon and were discussing things in a corner of the lobby.
"What?!" the girls gasped.
"Someone found out about your magic?" Rin gasped in shock.
"And of all people it was both Sayo and Asakura?!" Kasuga shouted while Setsuna seemed a bit worried too.
"That's right, but the thing is…" Negi began but was cut off by Rin.
"What do we do now, if this spreads both Negi and Dustin will be in serious trouble." The young princess said.
"Especially considering Asakura-san is a big time gossip hound." Setsuna added.
"Girls you're not listening!" Dustin tried to speak up until Kazumi and Sayo approached with Chamo and Domino on their shoulders.
"Hey all what's up?" The red haired reporter greeted her two teachers as she walked up to them.
"Hey Kazumi." Dustin greeted her while Zyphon, and the girls were surprised he was speaking to her casually considering what everyone's been worried about.
Before the boys could explain Mana spoke, "Asakura-san, you should know better than to pick on kids."
"Pick on them, what are you talking about?" Kazumi asked in confusion but finally saw what she meant as Sayo spoke.
"No you got it all wrong Mana it's not like that." The ghost pleaded.
"Hm?" Kaede raised a brow.
"That's right, this reporter-neesan and spirit-neesan is on our side now!" Chamo told them.
"Our side?" Rin asked in confusion along with Setsuna.
"I, as a member of the news club, Asakura Kazumi, have been touched by the enthusiasm of both Chamo and Domino," she explained with a playful wink, "So Sayo and I will be acting as your agents in order to protect your secrets, Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei, nice working with you!"
"Eh?" Mana and Setsuna were confused.
Kazumi then pulled out some pictures, "And here I'm returning all photographic evidence I've had on me."
"Thank you Kazumi, this is so thoughtful of you." Negi smiled with tears of joy.
"Hey since Sayo and I are now partners with you and Dustin it's the least I could do." The redhead smiled.
"Partners?" Zyphon asked.
"Wait a minute, are you saying you two…" Mana turned to Sayo and Kazumi who held out pactio cards while Kazumi also showed them the mark of the spirit warrior under her arm.
"That's right Sayo and I are part of the dream team now like you, Kaede, Kasuga, and Rin." Kazumi explained.
"So that's what was going on in the bath." Kaede said.
"Well with both being partners both Master's Negi and Dustin will be safe from being exposed." Zyphon explained.
"Too true." Dustin admitted.
Soon Ayaka, Makie, Yuna, and Chizuru walked up to them, having finished with their baths, "What's going on Negi-sensei?" Ayaka asked curiously.
"Ah, you girls finished with your baths already," Negi asked and then told them, "Actually, Dustin and I were improving our relationships with Sayo and Kazumi just now."
"That's right." Asakura chimed in.
Dustin noticed the girls looking agitated on what the two said once again taking things the wrong way until Nitta arrived, "What's goin on here you girls should be in your rooms now! And don't even think about sneaking out, because if I catch any of you girls out of bed you'll be sitting seiza in the lobby!" the girls freaked hating to sit in seiza because it's a pain in the legs.
"Yo Nitta, that's kinda harsh yo." Dustin quickly defended the girls but it made no difference as the older teacher turned to him with a firm look.
"You and Negi-sensei have always been too soft on these girls, but I won't be as lenient." he said, frowning as he gave Dustin a glare.
Dustin frowned back, "Too soft? You seriously have one unhealthy view of treating students."
Nitta scowled at Dustin before taking his leave with nothing left to say. Dustin muttered under his breath as the older teacher left, "Control freak!" He looked at the girls and spoke, "Don't listen to him, he just can't relate to students as well as we can."
"But he is right, it's late and you girls should return to your rooms." Negi added.
"Ok." They chimed together while returning to their rooms.
Negi and Dustin bid them a goodnight as they went back to their own room. Inside the girls room they were gossiping and complaining about how their Profs couldn't join them in their rooms for late night activities. Kazumi was leaning against the wall looking at the group in amusement and spoke, "Wouldn't it be a waste if the night just ended like this," Asakura asked with a smirk, "Why don't we and the rest of 3-A play a little game?" she suggested.
"A game, what sort of game?" Sakurako asked while Fumika and Ayaka voted against the game fearing it'll get them in trouble, but Fuka voted for it.
"We'll call it 'War of the lips'..." the red haired girl explained to her classmates as she stuck her tongue out at them playfully, "...A plan to get a 'Love Love Kiss' with Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei during the school trip!"
"Eeeh, a kiss with Negi/Dustin-kun!" the girls shouted in surprise.
"Hey, not so loud, Nitta might come back," Asakura quieted the girls down, then went on to explain the rules of the game, "The rules are simple, every group will choose two representatives. All they have to do is not get caught by Nitta-sensei and everyone else, and get a kiss from Negi-sensei or Dustin-sensei, who're somewhere in the building. You are allowed to sabotage the other teams, but the only weapons you can use are pillows. Those who do well will get a prize. However, if you get caught be Nitta-sensei, you can't tell him about the game and you'll have to sit in the seiza position until morning, and no one can help you."
"That's harsh, once you get caught, no one can help you-aru!" Ku Fei commented.
"What's the prize?" Fuka asked.
"It's a secret," Asakura said with a playful wink to her classmate, "But you should be looking forward to it."
"All right, sounds interesting!" Yuna smirked.
"I like the goal, a kiss with Negi-kun!" Makie added.
Asuna called, "That is sick, what's wrong with all you people. I don't know about anyone here but I'm not gonna let this happen." She said getting ready to go tell someone before Fuka called, "GET HER!"
Asuna found herself tackled by Negi's and Dustin's closest student admirers and was bounded and gagged before being tossed into a closet.
"Sorry Asuna, but we can't risk you spoiling our fun." Kazumi said.
"Sorry." Sayo said as they closed the closet door.
"So now that Asuna's out of the way how about it gals?" Kazumi asked smirking.
Ayaka grabbed the girl's shoulders and voiced her opinion, "Let's do it. As Iincho, I approve."
"Um, thanks..." the reporter replied as she sweat dropped from seeing Ayaka's face, it was kinda creepy, "Alright, every group should let me know which two contestants they will be choosing by 10:30! The game begins at 11:00!"
"Yeah!" the girls shouted, before they headed back into their rooms to discuss who would be competing.
When they were gone, Kazumi let out a small chuckle, "How was that? Everything went well right?" she asked as Chamo popped out of her blouse along with Domino.
"Yep, just what I'd expected from you. Everything is going according to plan." Chamo said excitedly.
"So what happens next?" Sayo asked.
"It's elementary my dear Sayo," Domino began quoting Sherlock Holmes, "It involves the pactio cards." He whipped out the copy cards of Mana, Kasuga, and Kazumi.
"That's right." Chamo whipped out the copy cards of Kaede, Rin, and Sayo.
"And how does it work?" Kazumi asked intrigued.
"We've already set up a magic circle around this entire hotel, if anyone kisses Aniki or Dustin while they're in the hotel, we'll be able to establish a contract immediately," Chamo's smile got even wider as he continued, "And seeing as one card is worth 50,000 ermine dollars, so if we get a bundle, we're gonna be millionaires!"
"It's perfect." Domino added.
"What's more, we're gonna make even more money out of the betting pools for the contest," Kazumi added as the girl and animals broke into a fit of laughter while Sayo played along but felt disturbed not being used to such scheming.
Meanwhile in Negi's and Dustin's room the two were kicking back as it was a few minutes till eleven when Mana, Kaede, and Setsuna entered, "Negi, Dustin, we're back from patrolling." Kaede told them as Setsuna shut the door.
"Zyphon, Rin, and Kasuga are patrolling from the baths; we'll be joining them there for a break." Setsuna added.
"Ok, we'll go on the next patrol. Negi told them, "Besides, I've been getting a weird feeling, like I shouldn't be here or something..."
"Yeah I get that too." Dustin agreed but didn't feel it was life threatening.
"Now that you mention it, I've been getting a weird feeling too." Setsuna agreed.
"But Negi, won't the other teachers worry if you and Dustin disappear in the middle of the night?" Kaede asked.
"Not to worry Kaede I got something to cover for me." Dustin said reaching into a duffel bag and pulled out a life like mannequin of himself with an authentic face mask of Dustin's face.
"Where'd you get that?" Mana asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it." Dustin replied wanting her to leave it at that.
"You know Negi-sensei you can borrow these 'Substitution Stencils' if you want." Setsuna offered as she held out a stack of people-like paper figures to Negi.
"What are they?" Negi asked, but before Setsuna could answer, the door was slammed opened and the girls barely managed to hide themselves from Shizuna-sensei.
"Negi-sensei, Dustin-sensei, it's almost time to go to bed." she told them.
"Oh, Shizuna-sensei, we were just about to go to sleep." Negi quickly lied as he moved towards the door to prevent Shizuna from entering the room.
"We'll watch over the students then, please leave everything to us. Since you're only kids, you both can sleep when your students do." Shizuna told them.
"O-Okay." Negi replied.
"We understand." Dustin replied.
"Don't leave your room, okay," Shizuna told them as she ran down the halls. Once she was out of their line of sight, she took of her disguise, showing that she was really Kazumi, "Let the games begin, boys." Chamo and Domino snickered.
"The school trip special operation, 'The War of the Lips' a plan to get a 'Love Love Kiss' with Negi-sensei is about to begin," Asakura announced from her mike, "But before we begin, let's introduce the contestants! From Group 1, we have Fuka and Fumika, the Narutaki sisters!"
"Onee-chan, I don't wanna do seiza in the lobby!" the younger twin said, nearly in tears.
"It'll be fine, we've learned all sorts of techniques from Kaede-nee," Fuka tried to reassure her sister, "Besides, if it all goes well we might even be able to kiss Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei!" she squealed as a blush formed on her face.
Fumika's worry lessened realizing that, "Yeah that would be nice."
"From group 2, we have Ku Fei and Lingshen Chao, representing the Martial Arts Club, with their physical powers, they shouldn't be underestimated!"
"Can you imagine how cool it'll be if we won?" Ku Fei asked her teammate as a light blush adorned her face, "Not only will we be the champions but I will get my very first kiss!"
"I know right, so are you going after Negi-bozu because I should tell you Dustin-kun's mine." Chao warned her.
"Oh but Chao you've already gotten to kiss Dustin-bozu why join?" Ku asked.
"Because I have a feeling the prize for kissing him is something I might know to well." She replied.
"Well I'm eager to get the prize if I kiss Negi-bozu." Ku said.
"And representing Group 3, we have Yukihiro Ayaka and Hasegawa Chisame! While Chisame shows no sign of interest at all, Iincho is a big favorite because of her clear intentions!"
"Urgh, Why me?" Chisame said as she let out a groan.
"Stop whining and support me, dammit! I'm going to defend Negi-sensei's lips with my life!" Ayaka announced fiercely.
"Group 4 gives us the confident pair from the athletics club, Akashi Yuna and Sasaki Makie!"
"Alright, we're gonna win this for both Negi and Dustin-kun!" Yuna boasted confidently.
Her teammate, however, had only one thing on her mind, "Hehehe, a kiss with Negi-kun!" she giggled.
"And finally, from group 5, we have the team from the library club, Ayase Yue and Miyazaki Nodoka!"
"Y-Yue…" Nodoka mumbled as a dark blush formed on her face.
"Don't worry Nodoka we're playing to win." The monotone girl stated.
"It's not that big a deal Yue." The bookworm replied.
"But it is, the girls underestimate us and our potential," Yue continued, "If we pull this off, the library girls will finally have a place in the higher ranks."
"Um if you say so." Nodoka blushed.
"Alright everyone, let the game begin!" Asakura shouted.
Meanwhile, Negi and Dustin let out another shiver again, what was this cold feeling that kept bothering them?
"We better head out Negi; my mannequin is in place for me." Dustin said noting the mannequin in his futon.
"Alright let me just set up one of these stencils from Setsuna." Negi said as he began writing his name on one of them with a brush, but he messed up his name several times, writing Nugi, Migi, Hogi Nupringfield, and Yagi, before finally writing his name correctly.
Negi let out a relived sigh, "Alright, I've written it. Talisman-san, Talisman-san, please take my place." he invoked, a light enveloped the man shaped piece of paper and it transformed into an exact replica of Negi.
"Hello, my name is Negi." the copy said.
"This is fantastic, we don't have spells like this in the west," Negi said as he examined his copy, "Alright, you stay here in my place and go to sleep," he ordered, while the copy nodded in understanding, "See you later, I'm going on patrol!" he shouted as the boys jumped out the window, a few seconds later a glowing light appeared from the trash can where Negi had thrown away his failed Substitution Stencils.
"Currently teams 2, 3, and 4 are approaching each other rapidly, I've got a feeling there's going to be a skirmish soon," Asakura announced as she, Domino, and Chamo observed the monitors that were hooked up to different cameras placed all over the building, while the other girls watched what was going on from their television, Teams 3 and 4 have met!" she declared as she changed to the monitor just in time for everyone to see Makie and Ayaka knock each other out with their pillows.
Yuna went to retaliate, but was tripped by Chisame, who still didn't seem interested in the game. Both girls were completely unaware that Ku Fei was coming up behind them. That is, until she did a sneak attack, attacking Chisame, Yuna, and Ayaka at the same time.
"A team 2 joins the fray, it's now a three-way battle! Will Kuu Fei of the martial arts club have the upper hand, or will she fall under the combined might of Iincho, Makie, and Yuna!" Kazumi shouted as they all watched the four battle it out.
"I've had enough of this. I'm out of here." Chisame walked off around a corner only to get stopped by Nitta who looked angry.
"Hasegawa-san, what're you doing out this late?"
"EEYAH!" Chisame cried.
The other girls hearing that gasped, "Oh no it's Nitta-sensei!" Makie cried.
"Every girl for herself!" Ayaka cried as they made a run for it.
"And it looks like Chisame has fallen to Nitta-sensei's might, while the girls have made a break for it." Asakura commentated excitedly.
"Hey Kazumi check it out." Domino cawed as they looked at another camera seeing Yue, Nodoka, Fuka, and Fumika, and they seemed to be staring each other down while outside Negi's and Dustin's room.
"Do you really think that you can oppose a unit of Kouga ninjas?!" Fuka asked Yue.
"I think that's what she's thinking Onee-chan..." Fumika said timidly.
"I'll hold them off Nodoka, you just hurry up and get through that door!" Yue told her friend as she assaulted the twins with two books.
"Hey Yue, that's no fair!" Fuka cried.
"Yeah I'm sure hitting us with books goes against the rules!" Fumika cried.
Suddenly they froze seeing Ku and Chao arrive on the scene, "Well what do we have here?" Chao asked.
"Chao and Ku!" Fuka cried in shock.
Yue seeing them distracted pushed Nodoka inside the room so she can get a kiss from Negi and win for them, "No fair Yue, I wanted Negi-bozu's lips!" Ku cried.
"Sorry Ku, but this is what Nodoka needs as a step of overcoming her fear of men." Yue replied as the group went at it.
Chao tried to get to the room but found Fumika clinging to her leg like a koala bear, "No way Chao, you got to kiss Dustin-sensei already. Now it's my turn!"
"You'll have to fight me for him!" Chao warned her trying to shake the short girl off her leg.
Suddenly the girls heard Nodoka scream rang out from inside their teachers' room, "It seems that team 5's Miyazaki Nodoka managed to enter Negi's and Dustin's room, but failed to kiss either of them," Asakura announced, "Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei have escaped and the odds are still the same, while team 2's Lingshen Chao seems to be the one after Dustin along with Fumika-chan!"
"H-Hey nee-san, Asakura-neesan." Chamo called to his partner in crime.
"What?" she asked.
"I-I think I'm seeing things, because it looks like there're five Anikis..." Chamo told her as he pointed to the screen, and there were indeed five Negi's wondering around the halls.
"This can't be good." Asakura said as she looked at the screen in disbelief.
"What's going on?" Sayo asked in worry.
"Five Negi's but where's Dustin?" Domino wondered.
Each one of the Negi copies decided to approach one of the girls looking for them, Yue, Ayaka, Makie, Ku Fei, and Fuka, and asked them for a kiss from them, causing different reactions from said five girls. Yue was shocked and speechless, Ayaka was excited and began setting up a camera and putting on makeup, Makie looked embarrassed and shoved her pillow in her copy's face, all the copy that went after Ku Fei got was a painful kick upside his head that pinned him against a pillar, and Fuka had also been trembling with excitement.
"Is it okay if I kiss you Yue-san?" the Negi clone asked.
In response, Yue's whole face went red as she slowly backed away while the copy followed her, "N-Negi-sensei?"
"May I, Yue-san?" the copy asked as he took Yue's hands, the poor girl began stuttering before she tripped over the sleeping Nodoka. That didn't stop Negi as he slowly brought himself closer to her.
"I'm sorry, but it's because I want to kiss you, Yue-san..." the Negi clone said with a strange look in his eyes as he drew closer to Yue. The girl felt herself starting to give in to her teacher's advances, while she thought this whole situation was wrong. She adverted her eyes as she felt his breath on her lips, but that's when she noticed something weird. There were four other Negi's on the television screen!
Realizing that she had been fooled, Yue quickly pushed the fake Negi off her and shouted, "Who are you," she shouted as she pointed at the fake, only to be shocked as the fake's arms stretched out more than anyone's, much less a ten year olds, should be. "What!" she yelled in disbelief as her friend began to awaken.
"Hm, what's going on?" Nodoka asked, then looked at the scene before her in complete shock. The fake Negi leapt into the air in an attempt to kiss Nodoka, but was stopped abruptly by Yue as said girl smashed a book against his head.
"Y-Yue, you k-k-killed him!" Nodoka stuttered.
"Calm down Nodoka, this Negi-sensei is an imposter." Yue told her, and to further prove her point, the fake Negi burst into smoke and transformed into a man-shaped piece of paper.
At the death of their comrade, the four other Negi's stopped what they were doing and ran away from their targets, but the girls chased after them. Fortunately, the Negi's didn't go far, unfortunately, they all met at the same place, the lobby.
"Doubles?" the Narutaki's gasped.
"One of them has to be real." Yuna said.
"Free for all!" Makie cried as she went to grab one of the Negi's but was pushed aside as Ayaka grabbed one.
"Pucker up Negi-sensei." Ayaka moved in planting on his lips only for it to explode into smoke with a force that knocked Iincho to the floor with all that being left of the fake was the substitution stencil.
"That was a fake." Chao gasped.
"Maybe it's this one!" Fuka grabbed a third clone and pecked him on the cheek only for it to blow up into smoke as well turning back into a substitution stencil.
"A dud." Fumika gasped seeing only two clones left.
Yue scowled at this joke and grabbed Nodoka, "Get in there!" Nodoka stumbled before her lips landed on one of the clones and poof it exploded on her.
"One left, it has to be the real Negi-kun." Makie gasped.
"Get him!" Fuka called only for a small spirit gun to be shot into the clone's neck which was more than enough to make it blow into smoke blinding the girls until the smoke cleared.
They then saw Negi and Dustin walk onto the scene, "What the heck's going on here?" Dustin asked.
Chao, Ku, Makie, and Yuna being the only conscious girls who weren't completely caught in the last explosion noticed them.
"Negi-bozu!" Ku called.
"Dustin-kun's with him!" Yuna added.
"Then they're not fakes!" Makie cried in joy.
"Dustin we should probably run." Negi said in worry.
"Agreed!" Dustin called as they were about to turn tail and run for it only for Ku and Chao to flip over them and halt them in place.
"Ku-Roshi!" Negi gasped.
"Forgive me Negi-bozu!" Ku announced as she pulled her teacher and disciple into a kiss much to the boy's shock as magic was absorbed into Ku.
Dustin found his face cupped by Chao's hands, "You said you wanted me as one of your partners Dustin-kun, now you'll get me." She put her lips to his activating the pactio and Chao felt spirit energy course through her.
When the Chinese girls parted from the boys, the teachers found themselves spun around to face Makie and Yuna, "Our turn now." Makie cheered as she pulled Negi into a kiss while blushing.
"You're mine Dustin-kun," Yuna smirked pulling him into a kiss and could feel something course through her, 'Wow what's this warm feeling flowing through my body? Whatever it is I like it.'
Negi and Dustin were utterly surprised but before they or any of the girls could say anything Nitta-sensei appeared with Asakura, Sayo, Domino, Chamo, and all the other girls that participated in the game in tow and he looked pissed. Upon seeing their little group he seemed to get angrier and began yelling at them.
"It's seiza for all of you until dawn, and that goes for you both Negi and Dustin-sensei! I can't believe you were playing with your stude…" he gasped feeling something shot at him. He laughed stupidly before falling flat on his face.
The boys and girls were shocked to find a tranquilizer dart in his ass and saw Zyphon with Setsuna, and Negi and Dustin's other partners. Dustin noticed an opening in Zyphon's palm and knew he shot the tranquilizer into Nitta.
"Zyphon." He chuckled.
"No one talks to my master like that." The robot replied.
"Is he alright?" Ayaka asked about Nitta.
"It's ok; he's just knocked out from the dart." Zyphon assured.
"Alright Zyphon take Nitta-sensei back to his room, and you girls return to your rooms." Negi ordered.
As the girls were ready to leave Dustin called, "Everyone except you lot." He motioned to his and Negi's familiars, Kazumi, Sayo, Chao, Ku, Yuna, and Makie.
Soon enough the group were back in Negi and Dustin's room where Kazumi, Chamo, and Domino were getting a firm talking too by Dustin, Mana, and Kaede.
"Honestly Kazumi, you just had to do this." Dustin sighed.
"Hey it was for a good cause you know." Kazumi replied.
"But you got the whole class riled up because of this." Mana said glaring at Chamo and Domino.
"We're so sorry, we don't know what came over us!" Chamo cried.
Yuna, Makie, and Ku were confused at what was going on hearing Negi's ermine speak while Chao remained calm having known everything from the start and all.
"Uh just what's going on?" Makie asked.
"I don't know." Yuna said.
Negi and Dustin looked at the girls knowing that because of their familiar's stunts they now have no choice since they've officially but unintentionally made probationary contracts with them.
"Well girls Dustin and I have a lot to tell you." Negi said.
"So please listen well because we don't like to repeat ourselves." Dustin added.
So the four nodded as Negi and Dustin explained themselves very carefully for girls like Makie and Ku being the bakas that they are. Once they covered themselves and all they explained about the situation and cover up for their class trip.
"And that covers the whole story up to now." Dustin finished.
"Wow, so Negi-kun's a mage in training who came to Mahora as part of it?" Makie asked as Negi nodded.
"And Dustin-kun is a spirit warrior in training who joined Negi-kun as part of his own training?" Yuna asked.
"That's the idea." Dustin nodded.
"So Negi-bozu's training in hopes of finding his father The Thousand Master?" Ku asked as Kaede nodded.
"And you all here formed probationary contracts with the two of them becoming their partners?" Yuna added.
"That's right." Kasuga replied.
"And this whole trip is a way for you boys to protect Konoka from the Kansai Magic Association while delivering a letter to their superior?" Chao asked.
"Uh-huh." Dustin nodded.
"So you girls see we absolutely implore you all to see reason not to tell any of the other girls about this." Negi said.
"Because if anyone else found out you'd be turned into an ermine right?" Makie said realizing it.
"Correct."
The four girls looked at each other before they nodded and turned to them, "We promise." Yuna said.
"Eh?" the other girls asked.
"Well we figured since we're all now your partners we should also play a part in this." Makie said.
"That's right, after all you do so much for all of us it's the least we can do." Ku added.
"Alright then it's official! The four of us are part of the Dustin-Negi super squad!" Yuna ranted.
"Where'd you come up with that?" Dustin asked while Yuna chuckled sheepishly about it just coming to her by instinct.
"Well then nee-sans, if you're serious about it then you're going to need these." Chamo said as he and Domino reached behind their backs pulling out four cards one for each of the new girls.
"Wow my pictures on it." Makie cheered looking at her card.
"Hey mine too." Yuna added excitedly.
"What are they?" Ku asked.
"Pactio cards, each card gives it's user a special power up and some with an artifact to go with it." Chamo explained.
"While in terms of becoming partners to a spirit warrior Chao and Yuna, the two of you are now capable of accessing spirit energy which you can now use mirroring your own talents." Domino explained.
"Far out, so that's what I felt build up in me." Yuna understood now.
"Well girls here ya go." Domino said as they handed off their cards to the girls.
"Well then, let's do it ladies!" Dustin said holding Chao and Yuna in a headlock playfully as they all chuckled.
Meanwhile far from the hotel outside a building was the monkey woman and Tsukuyomi debating on their next move until the boy who talked to the woman before approached still hidden in the shadows, "Hey Chigusa!"
The monkey woman identified as Chigusa looked back, "Yes?"
"I want in on the next fight. I need to stretch my legs."
"Oh and do you think you're ready for it, after all the boy wizard and boy spirit warrior are not to be taken lightly." Chigusa smirked.
"I didn't say I was going alone." He replied as another boy who was in the shadows approached. The only noticeable trait the second had was that he had something short and furry sticking out of his rear.
"Yeah, I'd like to see how a Western mage fights."
"Very well then boys, tomorrow I'll let you deal with them." Chigusa said and the two boys looked eager.
Meanwhile back at the hotel everyone seemed to have forgotten about Asuna who was still tied up and locked in the closet.
Pactio update:
Negi: Kaede, Rin, Sayo, Ku Fei, Makie
Dustin: Mana, Kasuga, Kazumi, Yuna, Chao
(And that's the chapter. I know I'm tampering with the basic plot of Negima by not letting Nodoka gain a pactio card but I did say this wouldn't have anything Negi/Nodoka related. Just enjoy the fic and be prepared for Negi and Dustin meeting their latest matches yet. See ya then.)