(Welcome back to my next installment guys. I hope you enjoy it.)
It was one afternoon, when all the students were clearing out, Negi and Dustin were leaving the building before changing in their casual garb, "So Dustin, what do you want to do today?"
"Actually Negi, I've made arrangements today. I'm going by the Mahora robotics club to see Chao and Satomi. They say they got some new inventions to try out and they want me to be there." The spike head explained.
"Oh I see." Negi answered feeling a little down that his friend already had plans.
"You ok?" Dustin asked.
"I'm fine, Dustin. I just didn't expect you to already make plans." Negi answered.
Dustin laid a hand on Negi's shoulder, "Don't worry man, I'm sure you'll find something to do. I mean take a look at where we are and who we're surrounded by."
Negi put a smile on, "Yes, you're right, Dustin."
"Of course I am. Well I'll catch ya later." Dustin said throwing out a hoverboard and surfed away.
When Dustin was gone, Negi once again sighed, "Maybe I should start planning ahead on what to do after school." He pondered.
"Negi-kun?" a female voice asked, as Negi turned around seeing Akira.
"Oh good afternoon, Akira." He greeted her.
"And a good afternoon to you too," she smiled before recalling his state, "Are you ok, you look confused."
"Oh sorry, it's just I'm not sure what to do now," he began, "Dustin already made plans so I don't know what to do with my time today." He sighed.
Akira looked at her sensei and Magister in concern, until an idea popped into her head, "Hey I got a suggestion," Negi looked up at the girl, "Why don't you come by the academy's pool and join me in my swimming club?"
"What really? Am I allowed to?" Negi asked.
"Of course, I'm sure no one else would mind," Akira assured, "After all last time you and Dustin-kun were there, none of the girls has a problem with it." She winked.
"Oh that's right," Negi replied, recalling the time when the Narutaki's gave Negi and Dustin a tour of the school. When they were shown the school's pool, each member of the Swim club surrounded the boys adored by their cuteness, which was no problem for Dustin, but embarrassing for Negi being surrounded by teen girls in school swimsuits. Though after all the situations he's been through with girls he's gotten accustomed to anything the males testosterone registered as arousing, "Well I suppose I could join you."
"Great, let's swing by the dorms so you can grab your trunks, because I'm sure you wouldn't feel comfy in the schools issued swimwear." Akira said.
"That's for sure." Negi answered.
"Well come on." Akira said as the two headed off.
Meanwhile, Dustin arrived at the robotics lab, where Chao and Satomi were in their lab coats, while going over some new creations they were concocting, "Hey girls I'm here."
"Dustin-sensei, welcome." Satomi greeted him.
"You're just in time," Chao began, "We were just about to test our newest invention. The Morph Watch." She held out a high tech watch.
"Morph Watch?" Dustin asked.
"Yes," Satomi began, "Whoever wears it will be allowed to morph into anyone they know or have seen. Perfect for costume parties."
"Would you like to be the test subject?" Chao offered.
"Is it really safe?" Dustin asked in worry.
"That's for you to help us find out." Satomi answered.
Dustin looked at the watch in curiosity, hoping he wouldn't end up getting stuck looking like someone else for awhile. But he couldn't resist as he took the watch and strapped it to his wrist, "So how does it work?"
"Just switch it on and whoever you think about the watch will record their mental image into it and allow you to take that form." Chao explained.
"All right, let's start with someone simple," Dustin said as he activated the watch and concentrated as he suddenly transformed into Negi, "Check it out I'm Negi!" he cheered until realizing even his voice became his, "I even sound like him."
"Astounding." Satomi gasped as she took notes on the transformations.
"Now let me try something else," Dustin began as he thought of another person he knew and suddenly he transformed from Negi into Takamichi, "Whoa, I'm old." He gasped in the senior teacher's voice.
"Good-good, try something else." Satomi beckoned him.
"Hm," Dustin pondered before getting another idea. He suddenly transformed from Takamichi into Mana. The girls were surprised as Dustin started speaking in Mana's voice, "I think Dustin-kun is the most adorable boy in the world! I just want to cuddle him into my soft bosom!" he said making his Mana body hug himself with his arms underneath his transformed body's bosoms as if he was showing a visual example. He saw the two girls were staring awkwardly at him and what he just made one of their most serious of fellow students say, "What, she won't say it out loud so I thought I'd hear it myself." He used the watch to transform himself back to his regular self.
"Well that's one invention down." Chao marked one off.
"And we got more for you to try out." Satomi said showing Dustin a whole table full of inventions.
Dustin's eyes widened and he thought, 'I feel like a guinea pig.'
Meanwhile at the Mahora indoor pool, Akira and her swim class began their club exercises in the water, while Negi was sitting on the ledge of the pool in his trunks, while his legs were in the water. He watched as the girls practiced and exercised in the water, especially Akira the most, 'Akira really is good at this. The way she moves through the water is so mystifying.' He thought while beginning to blush at his visual of her swimming under the water like a mermaid. He was brought out of his thoughts as he saw Akira swim up to him.
"Hey come on, Negi-kun," She began, "The point of you coming here was to have something to do. Are you gonna just sit their and let your legs wrinkle up while the rest of your body remains dry?" she joked.
"Well I didn't want to be in the way as you were all exercising." Negi replied.
"Well you won't, so come on." She pulled him into the water as he surfaced and shivered.
"Oh it's cold!"
"Come on some laps around the pool will warm you up." Akira said leading Negi through the water as they joined the rest of the club for some swimming laps. The more Negi swam, the more relaxed he became.
Hours later back at the robotics lab, Dustin had just finished trying out every new invention the class geniuses had made. The boy was sitting in a chair looking tired from all the testing he had to do with the inventions, "This was exhausting." He groaned.
"But all our inventions were a complete success." Satomi said proudly while Dustin rolled his eyes seeing she didn't have to do any of the actual testing.
"And it couldn't have been proved without your help, Dustin-kun." Chao said as she hugged the side of his head pressing it into her chest making him blush.
"No problem," Dustin replied until he checked his watch, "Hey club activities are over now. Time for you girls to punch out."
"Yeah, I got to see Satsuki about some more recipes we're working on." Chao said as she took off.
Dustin was about to leave until he saw Satomi still at a desk tinkering, "Uh Satomi, club activities are over."
"Yeah, I know." She answered while not turning away from her work.
"So you can go now, do other stuff." Dustin replied giving her a hint.
"This is what I do even after club activities end." She answered without looking back.
"Do you even leave the labs here?" Dustin asked rhetorically.
"Sometimes I do end up falling asleep here." She admitted but didn't felt embarrassed by it.
"Seriously?" Dustin gawked.
"That's just how I am." She answered.
Dustin scowled, as he slid over to Satomi's side surprising her, "Well I find it to be unhealthy. I understand being the smart girl in your class you're more devoted to scientific work and all, but all work and no play make's Jack a dull boy."
"Overused cliché." Satomi responded in deadpan.
"It may be an old saying, but it's the truth," Dustin replied, "I may have had to do a lot of studying at Harvard, but I didn't let it become my primary focus. I learned to balance my studies and have fun together."
"But to me this is fun." Satomi explained.
"And I understand that, but there's so much more out there Satomi. Stuff that keeps passing you by and you're held up here not realizing it." Dustin continued.
"Your point?" Satomi asked not getting it.
Dustin sighed in exasperation, while rolling his eyes, "Satomi, I'm not gonna let you do this to yourself he dragged her off her seat.
"Dustin-sensei, what're you doing?" she asked in shock.
"You're coming with me, Satomi. I'm gonna take you for a night on the town." Dustin answered.
"But I have stuff to do."
"Tonight it's not about work. It's about you learning to cut loose. And I'm the guy to do it."
"You're not gonna give up are you?" Satomi asked rhetorically.
"Not a chance." He grinned smugly.
Satomi sighed, "All right, but only because you insist."
"Excellent, but before we do you need more casual garb, than a lab coat and the school uniform."
"Well actually the only other kind of casual wear I have is an Einstein T-shirt." She admitted.
"No problem," Dustin smirked as he spoke into his watch, "Zyphon, come!"
Suddenly entering the room was Zyphon, "You called, master?"
"Zyphon, I'm taking Satomi out for the day, and she needs some casual wear. See if you can do something about it." He smirked.
"With pleasure." The robot answered.
"Dustin-sensei…" Satomi began but was grabbed by Zyphon and was brought behind a screen as Satomi was shouting protests and Zyphon was doing some measurements and changes on her.
Suddenly the screen slid to the side as Satomi stood wearing black and white sneakers, jeans, a red t-shirt with gear symbols on it, and blue wristbands. Dustin studied her look and applauded, "Yes, I like it!"
"Well I'm not sure." Satomi replied looking at herself.
"Nonsense you look splendid," Dustin assured her, "Now come on we're wasting precious time. See ya back at the dorms tonight, Zyphon."
"I'll let Mana and Zazie know you'll be late." Zyphon promised as the two went outside.
Negi meanwhile was walking outside the academy with Akira, "I'm glad you decided to take me out for today, Akira." Negi thanked her.
"No problem, Negi-kun. I like hanging out with you." She admitted as she rubbed his head playfully.
"And I'm glad I got to join you and the others today in your club activities," Negi added, "That swim was just what I needed."
"Always glad to be there for you, Negi-kun. Just like how you're always there for us." Akira said as they stopped in front of a café and ordered a drink each.
"So what's new with you, Akira?" Negi asked starting up a conversation.
"Everything's ok. What about you, not working too hard I hope in both teaching and with Eva?" Akira hoped.
"Don't worry I've learned to not push myself too hard with my combat training. Rin makes sure I don't." he admitted.
"That's good, because even though we've been preoccupied with Ragnarok and his minions, we all need to enjoy the time of peace we have until they strike." Akira added.
"Yes. Dustin's told me multiple times, so has Kotaro and Alistair." Negi took a sip of his drink.
"And how are you boys getting along?" Akira asked.
"Very well actually. Kotaro, Alistair, and Fate do make for good additions to mine and Dustin's male brigade." Negi joked resulting in the two laughing.
"It feels nice being here along with you and shooting the breeze like this, Negi-kun." Akira said.
"I know." Negi agreed as the two smiled at each other.
Meanwhile, Dustin and Satomi were riding on the boy's hover scooter through Mahora city. Dustin was whooping and hollering while Satomi was holding onto him, "I got to admit Dustin when you build them, you really build them."
"This was one way to focus my scientific side in conjuncture with my living large side." Dustin joked as he made a turn and pulled to a halt.
"Why're we stopping?" she asked.
"This is the first place where I'm gonna teach you about living it up," Dustin explained as they got off the scooter and it folded back up with Dustin putting it into his jacket.
Satomi looked up seeing they were outside the arcade Dustin and Negi would go to, "An arcade?"
"Yes, regular games aren't challenging enough for someone of your intellect," Dustin began, "The games here however are truly challenging. You may end up finding something to your enjoyment."
"I'm still not sure about this." Satomi answered in doubt.
"Trust me, would your own sensei steer you wrong?" Dustin asked.
"Well…" Satomi never got to finish her answer as she was dragged inside by Dustin.
Once inside, they were looking around at all the games being occupied by players, "Let me start you up with something I think may be just your field."
"Uh ok." She replied as Dustin brought her over to a 3D robot fighting game.
"Behold Wreck Em Robots. This is one of the top fighting games here. Try your luck and you may very well enjoy it." He assured her.
"Well if you insist," Satomi said as she put in a quarter and selected her robot avatar while the CPU chose its own. When the match began Satomi was working the controls as best as she could while fighting her opponent. At first she was looking bored while playing it until the match got harder and she lost the first round, "Ok you rust bucket, you messed with the wrong scientist!" Satomi swore to the CPU as she doubled her efforts and started winning.
Dustin watched in amusement seeing she was starting to loosen up, 'Man I love the way I work.' He thought.
Elsewhere, Negi and Akira were walking through the city enjoying the nice weather while a lot of people were watching them passing off questionable looks, "I always get these looks whenever I go outside the academy with any of the other girls. Perhaps I should've gone as Nagi and save us both from this."
"Don't think that way, Negi-kun," Akira began, "I don't have a problem with walking beside you out in public, and neither should you." She held him close as she looked up at her curiously, while she gave him an assuring smile.
Negi taking what she said to heart smiled back, realizing she was right, "Yes. I shouldn't worry so much about this." He got his head ruffled in response.
"That's my little professor." She giggled as Negi smiled in return.
Later, Dustin and Satomi were leaving the arcade, with Satomi looking excited, "I made the top score! I'd like to see anyone try and top that."
"It would take a miracle," Dustin humored her, while enjoying her new sense of excitement, "Now are ya glad I invited you out?"
"As much as I'd hate to admit it going against my principles," Satomi began, "I'm actually glad you brought me out of the lab. Even though I joined the girls everywhere else we went, Ayaka's island, her resort, her lodge, and even New York I still would prefer labs and working with machines."
"Well my dear, we still got a lot more to cover, and I have my hunches you're going to like them." Dustin smirked.
And the next thing Satomi knew, she was at the movies with Dustin as they were watching a Sci-Fi film about robots rising up against their creators because they started evolving past their programming. Satomi would make a few nitpicks in her mind about some scientific logic used in the film that she found highly questionable, but another side of her was forcing her to stop thinking and enjoy the movie. When they exited, both were laughing, "Oh man can you believe the way that bot just grabbed his creator by the throat and crushed his lungs like that?" Dustin asked.
"A little gruesome," Satomi admitted, "I hope I don't get nightmares about Chachamaru doing that to me." She shuddered.
"Why would you ever think that? Chachamaru's as gentle as a lamb." Dustin replied.
"So you're saying you won't ever think about Zyphon rising up against you?" Satomi questioned him.
"Not in the slightest. Zyphon's too good to ever consider doing that. Besides he likes working at my side as my assistant."
"Well you got a point." Satomi admitted.
Soon it was reaching nighttime, and Dustin and Satomi were walking back to the dorms, "I don't think I've ever had this much fun today without leaving the school." Satomi said.
"Just like promised you, Satomi," Dustin said, "So how do you feel now?"
"Well I feel fantastic! I never knew I was missing so much outside the labs." She admitted.
"So does that mean you'll not stay held up in the lab as much?" Dustin asked hopefully.
"Possibly, if I don't have too much to do." She replied truthfully.
"Good enough answer for me," Dustin answered, "Catch you in class tomorrow." He flew up to the dorm window of Mana and Zazie's room.
"Goodnight Dustin-sensei." She said before heading inside.
Meanwhile that night, Akira had brought Negi into the Mahora forest, "Where are taking me now, Akira? It's late."
"I know sensei, but I really want to show you this." Akira said leading him into a clear opening revealing the creek where he and Dustin would go to for a dip in privacy.
"Why here?" Negi asked.
"Well I've been working on my pactio abilities with water and I got something new I want you see." Akira explained.
"You mean get in the water, but we didn't even…" Negi trailed off.
"I know, but hey we've all seen each other in the buff, so there's no point in being so prudish." Akira admitted as she started stripping, while Negi realizing she was right started doing the same, but still had a bit of discomfort.
When both were finally in the nude, Negi stared in awe at Akira's gorgeous naked body as the moonlight reflected off her. He started blushing at her, and thought, 'Akira's positively beautiful.'
Akira turned to Negi who quickly collected his thoughts, "You ready, Negi-kun?"
"Yes, I'm ready," He confirmed as the older girl brought her little professor into the water and started floating around and swam to get used to the waters temperature, "Oh this feels nice." He said in a soothing tone.
"Doesn't it?" Akira asked as she swam.
"So what's this technique you want to show me?" Negi asked curiously.
"Well you're gonna have to come closer to me, Negi-kun," She explained. So Negi swam as close as he could to her, until Akira wrapped her arms around him holding him closer to her bare form, with her breasts pressing into his chest causing him to get aroused, "Ok here we go." Akira started muttering something in Latin and her body started glowing which was surprising Negi.
Suddenly they were being lowered into the water, which started worrying Negi. When they were under the water, the boy held his breath and hoped Akira wouldn't keep them both under the water for too long or risk suffocating. He looked around noticing they were both contained in a large bubble, and that Akira wasn't holding her breath, 'What is this?' he thought.
Akira turned to him, "You can breathe, Negi-kun. It's all right."
Negi taking his chance opened his mouth and realized he was able to breathe inside the bubble, "Akira, how is this?"
"Like I said, it's something I've been working on with my pactio ability," Akira explained, "I've created a bubble barrier surrounding us allowing us to move through the water without any worry of losing breath. Plus it gives us a real chance to experience the gloriousness of water up close in person."
Negi looked and gasped seeing all the fishes swimming around them, almost as if they were at an aquarium, but it was up close and actually inside the water, "It really is beautiful." He gasped.
"I know. And I like it better when I'm sharing it with you, Negi-kun." She added.
"Akira…" Negi gasped seeing she did all this for him brought joy to his heart. He reached out wrapping his arms around his student and pactio partner, as she did the same as they hugged, "Arigato, Akira. I'm glad you invited me to spend time with you today."
"And I'm glad you accepted by offer." Akira smiled as she hugged the boy.
The raised their heads up and looked into each others eyes, before leaning closer until their lips met. They engaged in a passionate kiss as Negi wrapped his arms around Akira's body, and she wrapped her own arms around his neck. Akira thought, 'This warm sensation of Negi-kun's is so beautiful and welcoming.' She continued to kiss him.
Negi thought as he continued to kiss Akira and stroke her back in the process, 'I'm so lucky I could do this with Akira. Perhaps not spending the day with Dustin today was a good thing.' They continued making out inside the giant bubble as the fish in the creek swam around them and past them.
(And there's the chapter. Dustin got to bring Satomi out of her sanctuary and Negi got some time with Akira. Hope you liked it guys.)