All Purpose Negima Fanfiction Thread

Wait, you are saddled with planning your birthday? I thought you were supposed to just sit there and have to sulk while watching everyone as they try to hide all the preparations and presents for your birthday

It is about 9 AM where I am. I will have you all know that for the next few hours, barring meals, calls of nature and church, that I will be scanning, refining and posting the drawings I have so far of the forum regulars/Ala Iridia.

So far I have me, Anemoi, OM, Mega-dark and Radical Taoist.

I've always had to

Both groups stood in silent expectation as the local Evangeline, still in the same swimsuit, paced before them, back and forth, still wearing the same swimsuit. Her steps were measured and calculated, strangely sensual even if not blatantly so. Out the corners of her eyes, she spied the males' reactions. The ermine was gulping aloud as expected. Her boya was beginning to shift around in place discreetly, perhaps only due to natural childhood impatience, although she prefered to think otherwise. The older boya, on the other hand, seemed very collected and not really fazed at all, which made her scowl. Despair seemed too flushed to even look straight at her, which pleased her. Good to see the melodramatic hack could feel her touch too, despite his habitual claims of being unfeeling to everything.

She smirked, shifting her slim hips just a bit as she stopped right before him, adressing the small crowd as a whole. "Okay, everyone. Listen, and listen well. These decisions are already final. I won't hear disagreements on them. I won't entertain notions of changing them. If you are going to tell me you have better options in mind, I will laugh at you, cancel your training since you already obviously surpassed me, and won't allow you to ever return here, since you clearly wouldn't need my help anyway. And yes, I was born before modern democracy, in case you were wondering. Any final questions before I start listing your arrangements?"

They all shook their heads with varying degrees of reluctance, ranging from annoyance to intimidation.

"Boya," Evangeline told Negi. "You will undergoing basic testing with Despair, your other self, and this woman," she dismissively pointed at Takane, ignoring the young female's angry glare. "They all are more or less versed on the use of dark and shadow magic, which seems to be the type best suited for you." Negi himself, Chisame, Misa, Sakurako, Misora and Asuna made concerned faces at those words, but didn't dare to argue for the moment.

"Kakizaki," Eva told Misa. "Your Artifact demands for good aim and coordination skills, which you obviously lack to shameful degrees. This girl will teach you the basics of precision in aiming and shooting," she gestured towards a gulping Mei. "Shiina, your Artifact is a support one, but support tools are of little use if your adversary can strike you down before you get to help your Magister. Thus, I leave you on the hands of experienced supporting Ministra." She beckoned to Nodoka, Yue and Haruna. "Try and teach this airhead something about her place in a battlefield. How to move across the sidelines while still being of use to her Master."

Next, Eva snapped her fingers on Twiligh Red's direction. "Kagurazaka, you'll be charged exclusively with teaching this girl the ropes on the use of her Artifact, and her own natural abilities," she said, pointing at Asuna with a thumb. "Be as harsh as you can. Don't mince your strenght. From what my other self told me, she'll need to steel herself as much as humanly possible."

Asuna blinked, repeating the words that had left the strongest impression on her. "My own... natural abilities...?"

"Sakurazaki," Eva told Setsuna. "Take this sorry excuse for a nun..." she sneered in direction of a half-pouting, half-snarling Misora, "And attempt teaching her how to use her feet properly. So far, all her speed has been good for is for running her straight into traps. Other than Boya himself, you're the fastest member of his team, so I trust I can leave this to you. You shouldn't have any problems with it, I assume?"

Setsuna nodded only once, stoically. "I will do my best for it."

"That's reassuring," Eva deadpanned. "As for you, Hasegawa, Hakase, come with me. I have a special kind of training for you two."

"Excuse me?" Calculator of all people dared to speak. "Shouldn't... Shouldn't I be charged with her?" she poked a finger towards Chisame. "Much like in Asuna's case?"

The vampiress huffed. "Are you deaf? Didn't you listen when I said I didn't want any discussions on this? I want you to look through the local Maginet, to search for any clues on my stupid other self's ridiculous problem. It's embarrassing, to see myself like that. Unlike Kagurazaka's case, your Artifact only looks the same as Hasegawa's, but has a highly different use. You would know as much about using it as you'd know how to pilot an airplane. Besides, unlike you, she is a Primary Partner. As such, she should be much more battle active than you are."

Chisame couldn't help gasping.

"S-S-Sorry..." Ai stammered timidly, "B-But what about us...?"

"Oh, right, you're here as well," Eva grumbled, looking at her, Matoi and Cocone. I have no use for you. You can go anywhere you want to as long as it isn't off the marked limits. Preferably to some highly lethal place where you can dispose of yourselves."

"There are such places here?" Nozomu asked with reborn hope.

Eva threw an icy glare at him. "Concentrate on helping the Boya, half-a-man!"

Matoi stood right before Chisame. "I'll stay all the way behind Chisame-sama, offering her my undying moral support!"

Eva shrugged. "As you wish. You?" she asked Ai.

The shy 3-F student shrunk under that sharp, humorless stare, her words not coming out, until Itoshiki sighed. "Please do come with us, Kaga-san. We could use someone taking notes on our activities, so we can compare and contrast results later."

The girl nodded very nervously. "I-I-I'd be glad to help, Sensei! I only hope I can do it with some success!"

Cocone had, of course, grabbed one of Misora's hands, squeezing it warmly. The older girl smiled down at her, thankfully.

Evangeline clapped. "Well, that's all I have to say on the matter. We'll meet back here in five exact hours, when I'll tell you the next step of your training."

"F-F-Five hours...!" Misa eeped.

Eva glared at her. "Isn't it enough for you? Fine, five and a half, then."

Misa bit her tongue before it could betray her saying anything else.

.... Dude, that sucks - and that's in spite of me having stopped believing that birthdays should be celebrated around 10 years ago! I don't see a single reason why you should be saddled with all that unless you're living alone with no friends! (Obviously not the case with you)

@Cygan: What mega-dark said. If you want, give a description of what your avatar should look like and I'll add you to the Work-in-progress list.