Meetings - Part 7
So hey, turns out I'm a dirty dirty liar. You have my apologies, because I honestly don't have a good stupid excuse for my lateness, so instead you get a bad smart one. Real life happened and I'm stuck looking for a job, but also because I had most of this written out until I got to the end bits, then stopped and started staring like a truck hit me. It was dumb. Anyways, here's the last bit.
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As the group walked back to the classroom, Asuna took the chance to speak to the three. "So, why exactly are you three here? And what exactly do mages do, anyways?" She asked.
"Hah… Well, I'm here for training." Negi said sheepishly. "To learn how to become a great mage, you see. They've secretly assisted many great people in this world with their powers, and I want to do the same!"
"Except without the secret part, apparently." Anya jabbed as Negi made an 'urk' noise.
"Well, I was planning on telling everyone anyways…?" Negi said, only to wither under the force of Anya's glare.
"And what happens when the secret gets blown?" Asuna questioned.
"W-well…" Nekane started. "In the best case scenario, we would be sent home to Wales and our magic would be sealed."
"And in the worst, it'd be all of the above, plus getting turned into ermines!" Anya practically snarled. "And it's because my best friend just keeps his thoughts to himself too much instead of trusting us! What were you planning on doing when people found out, anyway!? Fighting all of them!?"
"If that's what it took to protect everyone, then yes." Negi stated as they walked up to the classroom.
Anya's blush was, needless to say, luminescent. "...Stupid! Watch the things you say!"
"Heheheheh… Oh, We're here!" Negi said.
Asuna then opened the door, streamers flying into the groups faces. "Welcome! Mr. Springfield!" As they said that, Kazumi grabbed Negi's hand and ushered him to his seat.
"C'mon, the guests of honor sit in the middle!" She said as Ayaka brought over Nekane and Anya.
"Haaahh… Thank you all very much!" Negi said, taking his drink. Off to the side, Asuna and Konoka were chatting.
"Soooo, What were you up to~?" Konoka sang out.
"Oh y'know, stuff…!" Asuna said, trying to dodge the subject. As they talked, Fuka and Fumika Narutaki burst into the room, something fuzzy and white in Fumika's arms.
"Hey, Hey! Look at what we found! Isn't it adorable!?" Fuka said, incredibly excited about their find as Fumika held the animal out, where it then proceeded to scamper onto Negi's table.
"Ah! Chamo!" Negi said in joy, even as Nekane held her face in her hands and Ayna began to convulse in nothing less than pure rage.
"Uwaah…! Is it your pet, Mr. Springfield?" Fumika asked as quite a few people began to crowd around the table.
"Ah! Yes, Chamo is a very close friend of mine. We've known each other since I was four, in fact!" Negi answered proudly, even as the cheerleaders began to examine him.
"What is it, some kind of mouse?" Sakurako asked, tilting her head as Chamo stared cutely at her.
"No, he's actually an ermine." Negi stated, looking intently at Chamo, who winked back at him before Konoka began to stroke his cheek.
"Still, no matter what he actually is, he's cute!" Konoka cheerfully said as Chamo began to purr in delight.
The moment was ruined, however, when Chamo opened his mouth.
"Aw yeah, that's the spot..." He said, a content expression on his face as the rest of the class looked on in shock.
"Ah! He talked!" Konoka said simply, withdrawing her hand. "Wait..." In an instant, Setsuna was upon them, twin blades drawn.
"Milady! Please, get back!" She said, only for Negi to block her with his staff. "What?"
"Sorry, not happening...!" Negi grunted, his reinforcement spell allowing him to push Setsuna to the back of the room, only for Konoka to suddenly smack Negi off to the side.
"NO SETCCHAN, I'LL KILL IT MYSELF." Konoka said, a visible aura of flame surrounding her as she cracked her knuckles.
"meep." Chamo stuttered, only for salvation to come in the form of Asuna dousing Konoka with a bucket of water.
"Okay, that's enough of that." She said before turning to Negi, who had pulled himself out of the blackboard. "So is this what you meant by telling everyone about magic?"
"Aheheh… Well, I wanted to get it all out of the way at once..." Negi said, rubbing the back of his head.
"And you thought that having CHAMO help you was a GOOD IDEA!?" Anya practically shrieked, grabbing him by the neck and beginning to throttle him.
"Regret, regret!" Negi choked out.
"Anya, please stop." Nekane pleaded, her face still held in her hands. It was possible that she had cried a little.
"Wait, then…" Haruna Saotome started, the gears in her head turning towards nefarious purposes.
"Magic's real!?" About half of the class exclaimed in shock.
"Hehehe… Yes?" Negi said, prying himself free of Anya's death grip. It was then that he and the rest of the class noticed several people were absolutely not surprised by this.
"Yeah, I already knew." Mana admitted, not faking surprise at all, even as she tried to hide a pistol behind her back. "That'll be 50 yen, by the way." As she said this, she held out her other hand, much to everyone else's frustration.
"As did I." Setsuna said, sheathing her blades.
"I knew as well." Kaede said, not too subtly putting away several kunai.
"Yeaaaahhh... I figured it out when I saw those three kill some kind of demon by the World Tree." Chisame admitted.
"Wait, how did you know that!?" Kazumi asked, desperately writing everything down on her notepad.
"Sorry, that's my business, not yours." Chisame shot back.
"Oooh, oooh! Was it because you were filming for your cosplay blog!?" Makie eagerly asked as Chisame made a strangled noise from the back of her throat.
"Well, that explains that." Zazie said blandly. "Not like it wasn't obvious anyways."
"Wait, the thing about magic or the thing about Chisame's cosplay blog?" Haruna asked.
"Yes."
"I-Is there anyone else who already knew!?" Ayaka exclaimed, outraged.
"Well, if we're being honest..." Satsuki said, continuing to pass out food.
Ayaka joined Nekane in the 'holding our hands to our faces club'.
"I also knew." Satomi said, not even bothering to look up from her laptop. "Chao told myself and the rest of the science club when we and Evangeline were making Chachamaru."
"Ehhh!? Chachamaru's a robot!?" Makie exclaimed in surprise, only to receive blank stares in response.
"Makie, that one was so obvious that everyone else knew it. Except you." Yue blandly said, taking a long draw from her juice.
Makie let out a soft 'auuuuu' as she joined Ayaka and Nekane.
"What about you, Asuna?" Misa asked, turning to her friend.
"Who do you think figured it out to begin with, Misa!?" Asuna shot back.
"Heheh… Okay, fair point." Misa admitted, rubbing the back of her head as she remembered earlier. "What about Konoka?"
"I've known ever since I was a child. My parents and grandparents hold my eternal enmity for trying to keep it from me." She said, an aura of palpable fury around her.
"Ooh! Ooh! Us next!" Fuuka chirped holding her and her sisters hands to the air.
"Ehh!? Fuuka, we shouldn't…!" Fumika said, struggling to get some personal space.
"It's fine, you can tell them." Kaede said, nodding in approval.
"WAHOO!" Fuuka cheered, raising her other hand to the air. "We knew cause we're apprentice Ninja's and Kaede's our super awesome teacher!"
"Although, I'm kinda glad we haven't gone on any demon hunts yet..." Fumika whispered to herself.
"Oh yeah, Misora knows too." Mana offhandedly stated, causing the class to turn and see Misora trying to sneak off, a bag of chips in hand. "That'll be 200 yen, please." Once more, the money was handed to her as Misora was dragged back over.
"Uuuuugggggghhhhhh…! Cocone and Sister Shakti are going to be soooo pissed…!" Misora wailed to herself.
"Maybe they wouldn't be pissed if she grew a spine..." Asuna whispered to Konoka, who could only giggle in response.
"Heh… Well, if we're all coming out and saying it, I kinda knew too." Yuna sheepishly said.
"Ehh? You knew too, Yuna!? Why didn't you tell us?" Sakurako said.
"...I'll tell you guys later, okay? Let's just say people who aren't supposed to be in the know have a tendency to disappear." Yuna said, her expression distant.
"Dark." Haruna stated, before turning to Nodoka and wrapping her arm around her shoulder. "C'mon Honya, you didn't seem surprised! Mind tellin' us why?"
"Eeepp!" Nodoka cried, the sudden contact surprising her as she blushed, remembering Negi's arm wrapped around her. "W-well… It's… It's because M-Mr. Springfield s-saved m-me earlier today…!" She admitted, her blush practically luminescent.
"Uwaaah...!" Haruna exclaimed, proud of her friend. "Putting the moves on teach already? I knew you had it in you, Nodoka!"
"N-no, that's not…!"
#WHAP!#
"Oww… Yueeeee, what was that for!?" Haruna asked her third friend, who held a second, slightly smoking book in her left hand, even as she continued to read her first.
"You know not to tease Nodoka." Yue said, deadpan.
"But she's so teasable!" Haruna protested.
"Can we just get on with things!?" Ayaka asked, her head still in her hands.
"R-right..." Negi said, he and everyone else startled by Ayaka's sudden outburst. "Anyways, I promise I'll look after everyone here, alright?"
"Right!" The excitable half of the class cheered.
However, even as the party went on, Chao Lingshen merely watched, a small smile on her face...
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As the group walked back to the classroom, Asuna took the chance to speak to the three. "So, why exactly are you three here? And what exactly do mages do, anyways?" She asked.
"Hah… Well, I'm here for training." Negi said sheepishly. "To learn how to become a great mage, you see. They've secretly assisted many great people in this world with their powers, and I want to do the same!"
"Except without the secret part, apparently." Anya jabbed as Negi made an 'urk' noise.
"Well, I was planning on telling everyone anyways…?" Negi said, only to wither under the force of Anya's glare.
"And what happens when the secret gets blown?" Asuna questioned.
"W-well…" Nekane started. "In the best case scenario, we would be sent home to Wales and our magic would be sealed."
"And in the worst, it'd be all of the above, plus getting turned into ermines!" Anya practically snarled. "And it's because my best friend just keeps his thoughts to himself too much instead of trusting us! What were you planning on doing when people found out, anyway!? Fighting all of them!?"
"If that's what it took to protect everyone, then yes." Negi stated as they walked up to the classroom.
Anya's blush was, needless to say, luminescent. "...Stupid! Watch the things you say!"
"Heheheheh… Oh, We're here!" Negi said.
Asuna then opened the door, streamers flying into the groups faces. "Welcome! Mr. Springfield!" As they said that, Kazumi grabbed Negi's hand and ushered him to his seat.
"C'mon, the guests of honor sit in the middle!" She said as Ayaka brought over Nekane and Anya.
"Haaahh… Thank you all very much!" Negi said, taking his drink. Off to the side, Asuna and Konoka were chatting.
"Soooo, What were you up to~?" Konoka sang out.
"Oh y'know, stuff…!" Asuna said, trying to dodge the subject. As they talked, Fuka and Fumika Narutaki burst into the room, something fuzzy and white in Fumika's arms.
"Hey, Hey! Look at what we found! Isn't it adorable!?" Fuka said, incredibly excited about their find as Fumika held the animal out, where it then proceeded to scamper onto Negi's table.
"Ah! Chamo!" Negi said in joy, even as Nekane held her face in her hands and Ayna began to convulse in nothing less than pure rage.
"Uwaah…! Is it your pet, Mr. Springfield?" Fumika asked as quite a few people began to crowd around the table.
"Ah! Yes, Chamo is a very close friend of mine. We've known each other since I was four, in fact!" Negi answered proudly, even as the cheerleaders began to examine him.
"What is it, some kind of mouse?" Sakurako asked, tilting her head as Chamo stared cutely at her.
"No, he's actually an ermine." Negi stated, looking intently at Chamo, who winked back at him before Konoka began to stroke his cheek.
"Still, no matter what he actually is, he's cute!" Konoka cheerfully said as Chamo began to purr in delight.
The moment was ruined, however, when Chamo opened his mouth.
"Aw yeah, that's the spot..." He said, a content expression on his face as the rest of the class looked on in shock.
"Ah! He talked!" Konoka said simply, withdrawing her hand. "Wait..." In an instant, Setsuna was upon them, twin blades drawn.
"Milady! Please, get back!" She said, only for Negi to block her with his staff. "What?"
"Sorry, not happening...!" Negi grunted, his reinforcement spell allowing him to push Setsuna to the back of the room, only for Konoka to suddenly smack Negi off to the side.
"NO SETCCHAN, I'LL KILL IT MYSELF." Konoka said, a visible aura of flame surrounding her as she cracked her knuckles.
"meep." Chamo stuttered, only for salvation to come in the form of Asuna dousing Konoka with a bucket of water.
"Okay, that's enough of that." She said before turning to Negi, who had pulled himself out of the blackboard. "So is this what you meant by telling everyone about magic?"
"Aheheh… Well, I wanted to get it all out of the way at once..." Negi said, rubbing the back of his head.
"And you thought that having CHAMO help you was a GOOD IDEA!?" Anya practically shrieked, grabbing him by the neck and beginning to throttle him.
"Regret, regret!" Negi choked out.
"Anya, please stop." Nekane pleaded, her face still held in her hands. It was possible that she had cried a little.
"Wait, then…" Haruna Saotome started, the gears in her head turning towards nefarious purposes.
"Magic's real!?" About half of the class exclaimed in shock.
"Hehehe… Yes?" Negi said, prying himself free of Anya's death grip. It was then that he and the rest of the class noticed several people were absolutely not surprised by this.
"Yeah, I already knew." Mana admitted, not faking surprise at all, even as she tried to hide a pistol behind her back. "That'll be 50 yen, by the way." As she said this, she held out her other hand, much to everyone else's frustration.
"As did I." Setsuna said, sheathing her blades.
"I knew as well." Kaede said, not too subtly putting away several kunai.
"Yeaaaahhh... I figured it out when I saw those three kill some kind of demon by the World Tree." Chisame admitted.
"Wait, how did you know that!?" Kazumi asked, desperately writing everything down on her notepad.
"Sorry, that's my business, not yours." Chisame shot back.
"Oooh, oooh! Was it because you were filming for your cosplay blog!?" Makie eagerly asked as Chisame made a strangled noise from the back of her throat.
"Well, that explains that." Zazie said blandly. "Not like it wasn't obvious anyways."
"Wait, the thing about magic or the thing about Chisame's cosplay blog?" Haruna asked.
"Yes."
"I-Is there anyone else who already knew!?" Ayaka exclaimed, outraged.
"Well, if we're being honest..." Satsuki said, continuing to pass out food.
Ayaka joined Nekane in the 'holding our hands to our faces club'.
"I also knew." Satomi said, not even bothering to look up from her laptop. "Chao told myself and the rest of the science club when we and Evangeline were making Chachamaru."
"Ehhh!? Chachamaru's a robot!?" Makie exclaimed in surprise, only to receive blank stares in response.
"Makie, that one was so obvious that everyone else knew it. Except you." Yue blandly said, taking a long draw from her juice.
Makie let out a soft 'auuuuu' as she joined Ayaka and Nekane.
"What about you, Asuna?" Misa asked, turning to her friend.
"Who do you think figured it out to begin with, Misa!?" Asuna shot back.
"Heheh… Okay, fair point." Misa admitted, rubbing the back of her head as she remembered earlier. "What about Konoka?"
"I've known ever since I was a child. My parents and grandparents hold my eternal enmity for trying to keep it from me." She said, an aura of palpable fury around her.
"Ooh! Ooh! Us next!" Fuuka chirped holding her and her sisters hands to the air.
"Ehh!? Fuuka, we shouldn't…!" Fumika said, struggling to get some personal space.
"It's fine, you can tell them." Kaede said, nodding in approval.
"WAHOO!" Fuuka cheered, raising her other hand to the air. "We knew cause we're apprentice Ninja's and Kaede's our super awesome teacher!"
"Although, I'm kinda glad we haven't gone on any demon hunts yet..." Fumika whispered to herself.
"Oh yeah, Misora knows too." Mana offhandedly stated, causing the class to turn and see Misora trying to sneak off, a bag of chips in hand. "That'll be 200 yen, please." Once more, the money was handed to her as Misora was dragged back over.
"Uuuuugggggghhhhhh…! Cocone and Sister Shakti are going to be soooo pissed…!" Misora wailed to herself.
"Maybe they wouldn't be pissed if she grew a spine..." Asuna whispered to Konoka, who could only giggle in response.
"Heh… Well, if we're all coming out and saying it, I kinda knew too." Yuna sheepishly said.
"Ehh? You knew too, Yuna!? Why didn't you tell us?" Sakurako said.
"...I'll tell you guys later, okay? Let's just say people who aren't supposed to be in the know have a tendency to disappear." Yuna said, her expression distant.
"Dark." Haruna stated, before turning to Nodoka and wrapping her arm around her shoulder. "C'mon Honya, you didn't seem surprised! Mind tellin' us why?"
"Eeepp!" Nodoka cried, the sudden contact surprising her as she blushed, remembering Negi's arm wrapped around her. "W-well… It's… It's because M-Mr. Springfield s-saved m-me earlier today…!" She admitted, her blush practically luminescent.
"Uwaaah...!" Haruna exclaimed, proud of her friend. "Putting the moves on teach already? I knew you had it in you, Nodoka!"
"N-no, that's not…!"
#WHAP!#
"Oww… Yueeeee, what was that for!?" Haruna asked her third friend, who held a second, slightly smoking book in her left hand, even as she continued to read her first.
"You know not to tease Nodoka." Yue said, deadpan.
"But she's so teasable!" Haruna protested.
"Can we just get on with things!?" Ayaka asked, her head still in her hands.
"R-right..." Negi said, he and everyone else startled by Ayaka's sudden outburst. "Anyways, I promise I'll look after everyone here, alright?"
"Right!" The excitable half of the class cheered.
However, even as the party went on, Chao Lingshen merely watched, a small smile on her face...
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