Chapter 2-Warm up

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NEGIMA! But that would be COOL!

Author's Ramblings: and now I bring you Chapter 2-Warm up
well not much to say other than the fact that I'm running out of Idea's(I didn't have many to begin with ; )but despite that I'll still continue. It would be a bad sign if my first fic didn't get finished. As before please don't by harsh in your reviews and write lotsa reviews. And who knows' maybe I'll be able to finish this and write another better one. Anyway with out further rambling ON WITH THE FIC!

Inside the cafeteria, or "Lodge" as the students had preferred to call it, a group of many students, most of which were 3-A students as the many other class's had decided to go home, Sat and the games victors were enjoying there bottomless Hot Chocolate. Whether or not the school had enough hot chocolate to call it "Bottomless" was anyone's guess but for the time being the narrowly victorious "Snow Maidens" didn't particularly care and simply enjoyed there prize

"That was GOOD! More please!" The cheerful Makie to the over worked serving staff

"After all that time in the snow it feels good to sip something hot" said a satisfied Kakazaki

"and the best part is it's bottomless Aru!" said a very happy Kuu fei

"Now girls. Try not to overdo it" said clearly concerned Negi

Don't worry Negi-Kun. No one here is gonna get sick said a Clearly unconcerned Kazumi

"If you think so…" said the still worried sensei
"Is it good Ojou-sama" said Setsuna who had just finished another helping (00)

"It is Secchan…but please stop calling me that. Go said kono-chan before"

"uh…Oh yes that…" Said Setsuna who just realized that, while caught up in the moment she let her tong slip

"I'm sorry for not knowing my place Ojou-sama" She said getting up and bowing

"Aw don't apologize. I want you to say Kono-chan" said a clearly disheartened Konoka

"B-but I can't. It is unright for me to call you anything other than what respects your social standing" said Setsuna who was about ready to recite the ranking system

"Okay Secchan. I have an idea" she said, then taking Setsuna by the wrist like she always did

Despite Konoka regularly doing this, Setsuna still had little to no resistance to it and, without any control, started blushing slightly

"Hey you two. Where do you think your goin off to" said Haruna in somewhat of a teasing voice

"Nowhere! Nowhere at all!" said a now greatly blushing Setsuna

"well then you two have fun" said Kazumi in an almost singsong voice

Setsuna's blush could have put 100'000 tomatoes to shame

"Don't worry Secchan. Nothing is gonna happen. I simply want to talk" said Konoka, her comment of "Gonna happen" making Setsuna blush even more if that were possible

Oj-ojousama…said Setsuna

"And that's precisely what I want to talk about" said Konoka with something of a mischievous tone to her voice

"You did great today Asuna-san. And you didn't have to use any magic and still beat even the non mundane's" Said Negi who was quite happy for Asuna

"Yeah but it would have been better if I had won. But those two…almost invincible as a team" said Asuna who was still a bit sore about losing but still happy to have had fun

"So Negi. Are you gonna ref the next game. Tomorrow's Saturday and we'll probably play something else

"Hmm well I think I'd like to join you. I haven't seen this much snow since a few years ago in Wales" Said negi turning to the window with an excited expression

"Well if your gonna join ya better be prepared to get your butt kicked" said a confident Asuna

"I'll watch out for you Asuna-san" said Negi

"By the way. Do you think that Eva-chan will compete later. We still have the rest of the afternoon and It would be pretty interesting to see a "Master of Ice" at play" said Asuna who wanted to prove her skills and maybe take the cocky vampire down a notch

"Asuna-san! You can't challenge her! She would pulverize us all and call it "Playing softly" said a panicky sensei

"Oh so you don't trust me eh? Do you have any faith in me at all? I mean I am your partner" said a somewhat insulted sounding Asuna

"And plus, what can she do without her powers" said Asuna quite simply

"But you've seen what she's capable of even without her powers and because it's not in the realm of Magic or Chi It's not considered an unfair advantage" said Negi in great worry, shivering at the mere thought of fighting Eva in any competition

"I think she's been making you fear her. She is a master of mental torment after all. Just to show you that she's not unstoppable I think I'll go challenge her right now

"NO!" cried out the now horrified sensei latching tightly around Asuna's leg in order to stop her

"Hey let go!" said a now annoyed Asuna

"Whowe! Look at that! Negi-kun is pouncing on Asuna! Said Haruna, Implying quite a bit

"You are SO lucky Asuna" said Fuuka

"The brat jumped me first!" said a now blushing Asuna

"What do you mean "First" said Yuna implying even more

"I-I mean! The kid jumped me that's what I mean!" said Asuna who's blush now rivaled one of Setsuna's world class Reddening's

"Look just drop it Okay!" said Asuna in great annoyance

"Okay we'll let you go this time" said Kazumi

"But if sensei can't stand to see you go and feels the need to grab you by the leg again then you'll never hear the end of it" said Haruna, almost like a threat, her rumormonger abilities ready to be used like a weapon

Meanwhile Negi was still latched tightly around Asuna's leg, in far to much fear of her challenging Eva to notice, let alone hear all the comments. And at that moment Asuna remembered, after much distracting blushing, that Negi was still around her leg

"Hey get off Bakana Negi!" said Asuna ,now trying to pry the terrified sensei off her leg, while drawing the least amount of attention to herself

"Please Asuna-san I beg of you don't challenge Master! If you egg her on she'll "Play Hard" said negi in whimper, thinking of the Many bruises covering his body from the last time she "Played Hard"

"She really has traumatized you hasn't she? Said Asuna in sympathy, having never seen Negi act this way before. Plus she had never known him to implore with this degree of strength

"I can take care of myself, But you can stay out of it. Besides, no one ever said you had to go up against her" said Asuna

"But Asuna-san you could get hurt" said Negi, not embarrassed to show that he cares about her

"Wow…the brat seems pretty worried for me. I guess if that's the case…
Okay Negi fine then. I'll keep away from Eva-chan." Said Asuna to a very relieved sensei

"Thank you Asuna-san" said Negi with a sound as though his greatest worries had been lifted

"Even without the show you just made I can still hear every single word and I think I'll take Asuna Kagurazaka up on her offer for a fight" said a voice that, with the first syllable, sent chills down his spine. And even more so when she said that comment "I can hear every single word" and then suddenly, as though what Asuna had said that made him feel so assured had never been said at all

"well then. If you think that I'll go down that easy without my powers the I'd be happy to make all your hope and confidence come crumbling down before you" said Evangeline, knowing full well that Negi was already terrified of her and, for her own amusement, wanted to instill as much fear as she could in her helpless victim
"I was planning to take your Lil Wizard Butt back to my resort Cuz I felt It needed some kicking. However, Now I've Decided to let you stay here and play, but only if I can join in on the "Fun" Said Eva already seeing the realization don upon the already terrified Sensei

"B-But I though you didn't want to play" said Negi, not able to hide the whimper in his voice

"Well I do Now. This can be considered your training for the day Boy" said Eva, looking as though she would be enjoying every torment filled second of "Play", much like she was enjoying his current state of fear

"Better drink up boy. You'll want every advantage you can get" said Eva devilishly
"And you too Asuna Kagurazaka. Your going to regret all that talk behind my back" said Eva looking as though she truly meant to make Asuna Regret it in every way

"Oooh…" moaned Negi, resigning himself to his fate

"I-I'm sorry Negi" said Asuna looking truly apologetic

"That's fine Asuna-san…she already said she was going to take me to her resort later anyway" said Negi looking unhappy to find out that he was doomed all along to be put through nightmarish training without any hope of a snowday

"But don't worry Negi. We'll beat her teach her for being a bully" said Asuna regaining her confidence

"I hope so Asuna-san" said Negi his voice lacking the same confidence as her's

"Don't get bummed out already! As long as you have to face her you might as well try to win. Or at least be more confident. So get confident ya dope" said Asuna in her best peptalk voice

"Your right Asuna-san! She's being mean and I'm her teacher. If I cant have a bit of authority with her here then how can I call myself a teacher

"That's the Spirit Negi!" said Asuna sounding even more confident

"I can still here you"

"EEP!" Whimpers Negi

"Oh for the love of…

Elsewhere in the "Lodge

"Okay Secchan. I'd like to talk with you about "Ojou-Sama" and what to do with your Habit of calling me that" said Konoka Calmly

"Um…Yes…"said Setsuna not referring to Konoka by any name in order to remain neutral on the subject

"Why do you call me that?" said Konoka with an innocently naive expression dispite the fact that she knew all to well the answer

"Be-because it's proper. I am not permitted to call you anything else" said Setsuna, in her average formal voice

"Secchan! I don't care about class's or ranks. And even if I did, I still permit you to call me Kono-chan so call me Kono-chan!" said Konoka in an enforcing tone

"But it is still unright for me to refer to you by any name other than "Ojou-Sama" Setsuna said as though what she had said was an indisputable fact

Then Suddenly she felt a sharp pain across her head

Opening her shut eyelids, from wincing by the unexpected strike, she opened them yo see Konoka holding her trademark mini hammer

"Wh-wha Ojou-Sama…" Setsuna uttered in an unintelligible fashion only to receive another whack on the noggin

"Oww…"she whined lightly

"And THAT'S what'll happen whenever you say "Ojou-Sama" from now on"

"Uh...Ojo-I mean, That is-Wha?" Said Setsuna gibbering more than before and quickly correcting herself, to spare her head any more lumps

"You just nearly…oh what the heck!" said Konoka in a singsong tone giving her Secchan a gentle tap on the head, with no resistance from Setsuna

"Ar-are you serious?" said Setsuna in disbelief of the reality of what Konoka had just said

"Darn straight! You won't listen to me when I ask you to stop so this oughta "Train" you properly. You do seem to like things done properly" said Konoka Mischievously, grasping the mini hammer like an ultimate solution

"But Ojou-SamaWhackI cant call you anything else and If I did it would be the most dishonorable audacity" said Setsuna, willing to sacrifice an unharmed portion of her head for another lump

"C'mon! you know you wanna call me Kono-chan and the others wont think anything of it. What are you so embarrassed about" said Konoka, feeling as though merely saying "Kono-chan" should be the easiest thing in the world, which it should have been with Setsuna's head remaining the same shape

"It's just too improper. Ojou-SamaWhack is the only thing I can ever call you" said Setsuna as though her habit was an inescapable reality

And so time went on and on with them going back and fourth like, neither willing to except the other's solution or convince the other of there way. It was difficult to tell whether this was an argument or whether they were fighting over the best abd most effective way to be respectful to on another but, needless to say, this ongoing "Argument" had resulted in many more small lumps across Setsuna's noggin

until a solution was reached

"Okay Secchan…it looks like you'll never say anything other than "Ojou-Sama" to me" Setsuna winced at the name after all the punishment it had caused her

"So I got a better idea" said Konoka taking on her devious voice from today's "battle" causing Setsuna to shudder

"You like formality alot right. You prefer things to be proper right?" said Konoka, Setsuna hoping the direction this conversation was taking would allow her to say "Ojou-Sama" without any argument

"And also you seem to see things in a hierarchy of class's right? You think I'm superior to you, right?" said Konoka, sounding as though an plot, that was long constructed in her head, was about to be reveled, making Setsuna both wonder and fear where this was going

"Yes. I suppose you could say that" said Setsuna in response, almost as though curious as to what idea Konoka had come up with

"Then how about this. I Order You To Stop Calling Me "Ojou-Sama"

"Wh-wha?" said Setsuna not believing what she just heard

"That's right. I Order You To Stop Calling Me "Ojou-Sama"

"B-but Oj-I mean, Wha?"

"You almost slipped Secchan. You wouldn't wanna disobey your "Superior" said Konoka looking amused at Setsuna's speechlessness Upon believing her ear's and what they had just told her

"Now say "Kono-chan" said Konoka in her best commanding voice, which came out as more of a miserably failed attempt at formality to the point of being "Silly sounding"

I-I-I-yes "Kono-chan" said Setsuna struggling with every single syllable, but despite this, still caused Konoka squeal with delight

"You said it! You finally said it!" cheered Konoka Happily

meanwhile the only thoughts on Setsuna's mind were
"That was so...

"Bratty" though Setsuna thinking of no other way to describe Konoka's tactic, thinking that she must have learned this sort of cheap mental paradox strategy from Eva

"C'mon Secchan! It Isn't that hard to say Kono-chan all the time. I'm sure you'll get used to it" said Konoka. You could almost "See" the Mischievous looking Li'l Heart at the end of her sentence

"So just say Kono-chan!"

"I-yes Kono-chan" said Setsuna quickly conforming to the reality of things but still blushing because of Konoka's very apparent "Dominance"

"That's good Secchan. Thanks" she said, Immediately losing her mischievous tone and returning to her more casual, laidback tone, which made Setsuna wonder how she could have done that so fast

"Uh Yes Kono-chan" said Setsuna, having better adjusted, said it with less stuttering

"Alright Secchan, now that that's settled let's go back to the cafeteria. Wouldn't want anyone getting the wrong idea" said Konoka, giggling at this thought while Setsuna blushed more than she had at all that day

"Oj-Kono-chan!" said Setsuna receiving a light tap from Konoka's mini hammer who then put it away in her "Hammer Space"

"Please don't say things like that Kono-chan! Such a thing would be unright!" said Setsuna, her growing blush making Konoka giggle even more

"You know Secchan. You really are very, very cute when you blush like that" she said placing her hand on Setsuna's cheek to feel her warmth for during the cold' cold snow fall, which caused Setsuna to blush even further, like she could faint from the blushing at any moment
"K-Kono-chan" said Setsuna truly not having anything to say

hearing her adorable stuttering voice and seeing her redden further, Konoka couldn't resist the urge to hug her guardian tightly around her arm making Setsuna's blush, somehow, worsen

but despite her desire to either hug back, or gently remove Konoka's arm, she admitted defeat and allowed Konoka's affectional display to continue and so they, who had found privacy elsewhere, far away, in the "Lodge" walked back to the student filled Cafeteria, staying like that, with Konoka's arm clenched tightly around Setsuna's, like holding on as though to not let her Secchan escape or be somehow taken away' so they remained beside eachother for the entirety of the walk back

of course the moment remained until they actually entered the caf

"What the heck were you two up to for so long" said Makie curiously too the entering pair

"Never mind that, what are you up to now" said Fuuka, observing the two, with Konoka holding Setsuna closely

"Uh…this is just!" said Setsuna, now beginning to panic, knowing full well what was about to come next

"you two really do make the perfect couple" said Kakizaki, who looked, like many before he, amused at Setsuna's flustered expression

"But we're…! this is…! We were just talking and she started hugging me!" said Setsuna, looking flabbergasted and her blush rising and rising by the second

"That is so cute!" said most of the students in unison and by this point even the shyer or more humble students began to giggle

"Well you do almost always seem to be starring at her in class" said Madoka, who had not allowed this fact to go unnoticed

"And you do always seem to be looking for or her looking for you. You come to me all the time searching for one another

"But I just-I just!" said Setsuna, unable to mutter even five syllable's properly

"Now let's get back to the topic of "What the heck were you two up to for so long!" said Makie, remembering her last question

"But all we did was talk! Nothing at all like your suggesting!" said Setsuna who's face had gone to near maximum redness

"Konoka meanwhile didm't mind what was chappening in the least as she had still not let go of her Secchan's arm. She rather enjoyed the sight of Setsuna's blush and her adorable reactions to the interrogation. And also she had to admit that Secchan felt awfully warm, so holding her closely felt comforting and pleasant

As for Setsuna, she could not take anymore

"Please everyone, Just stop! Enough all ready!" said Setsuna imploringly

"All right all right, leave the poor girl alone. I suppose she's had enough" said Kazumi on a surprisingly mercifully tone, Much to Setsuna's gratefulness

"I guess we wouldn't want you to faint right her Setsuna-san" said Sakurako in mercy

"All right Lovebirds" this caused Setsuna much blushing" Before you got here we were getting ready to go back out, so get ready" said kazumi, almost like a leader, despite Ayaka's presents

"That's my job!" said Ayaka, almost whiniely

"before you got here" she said starting with her Inicho voice" Evangeline-san!" she said pointing an accusing finger at a nonchalant Eva" had challenged poor Negi-sensei to a Snow war and no one here can interfere!" said Ayaka who looked as though this was a terrible tragedy, which, too her, it probably was

"So you can either play in the snow or come with us to help cheer on Negi-sensei" said Ayaka who it seemed, had organized the entire cheering section which consisted of most all the class

"That sounds fine. We'll help cheer on Negi-Kun. Right Secchan" said Konoka who had still not let go of Setsuna, much to her embarrassment of the attention drawn to them

"Yes Kono-chan. We'll also help to cheer Negi-sensei" said Setsuna seriously to Ayaka despite a still cold Konoka clenched tightly to her arm

"Alright! That's good of you Konoka-san, Sakurazaki-san" said Ayaka who it seemed was pleased that Konoka was clearly no threat whatsoever as long as Setsuna was around

"All right everyone" said Ayaka to the hall full of students "We'll be heading out soon so get ready" she said with her natural talent for speaking too crowds

Meanwhile with Negi and Asuna

Negi was practicing kata's that he hoped would help him against Evangeline.
His many forms, although graceful and elegant, still looked worthless in the use of snow

"Negi you had better rest up. I wont help you if your to tired to go up against Eva-chan

"I just want to get in some last minute training…" he says continuing with his martial arts forms

"You Idiot! You'll be way to tired and then what! If you already have bad a chance at full strength then what chance could you have if your too weak!" said Asuna who's logic made far too much sense for Negi to argue with

"Okay Asuna-san…" said Negi, slowing his movements to a complete standstill

"That's better" said Asuna, looking pleased

the moment was silent. All that could be heard has Negi's slow exhaling.The silence was broken by Asuna

"So Negi…How do you plan to beat Eva-chan. Do you think there's any hope"

"I really don't know" said Negi

"What! So you don't even have a plan formed. Why weren't you planning a strategy instead of all the martial arts! Bakana Negi!" said Asuna now looking annoyed with the foolish child sensei

Negi of course quickly realized the stupidity of this, as it all hit him at once

"OH NO! Your right!" exclaimed Negi"I should have been planning instead of practicing Kata's!"

"You still have some time. Just relax and plan out some kinda strategy" suggested Asuna to Negi, who could not deny the logic of this and did as instructed

" This is going to be a tough match" sighed Negi "Master will be using the same tactics she use's with magic. Plus, she'll be relentless and wont stop until I have hypothermia" said Negi with apparent fear
"Hey! Are you forgetting that I'm there. All we have to do is take her out quickly before she can cheat or something like that. Trust me, We'll be fine"

It was, however, clear that Asuna's encouraging words had not helped to calm his nerves as much as she had hoped

""Negi! Are you even listening to me! Were gonna win so stop moping!"

Negi knew full well that Evangeline had no mercy for him to speak of. He also knew that if he went down then Evangeline would Attack Asuna Next and could harm her. Her encouragement, although honest and of good intention, could only be seen by Negi as Inspiration spoken from an ignorant mouth

"Asuna-san…I want you to drop from the match…"

End of "Warm Up"

Cliffy!

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Actually, I've had this chapter playing in my mind for a while now, and was prepared to update, but refused to unless I get 3 reviews

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