Story: SBO Negima

As far as Chisame was concerned? The theatre club was out, out, out! Her thinking was pretty simple, really. If she started acting like a ditz for real in front of others, then the other her might take that as an excuse to take full time control, and that would be bad, bad, bad! At the very least it was opening to potential she didn't want to address! 

Meanwhile, her bimbo form would find it the time of her life. Showing off her ridiculous, over the top sex bomb body for a paying audience! Why, she could almost hear that other her tittering happily away! Pain in the neck! 

Unfortunately this did mean she had to seek a new audience. Someone to watch her, someone to talk with, someone that hadn't gone bimbo yet. There's a dreaded word - yet! While dressed like this, too! It was so humiliating, why did she have to put up with this nonsense, who had she ticked off to make this happen to her?!

Oh! There! Members of her class! The twins, Fuka and Fumika! Granted, she was setting herself up for a major prankfest by going to talk to those two, but it was better than having her brains empty into her boobs!

"Yoohoo!" she called out, then corrected herself. That was too ditzy! "Hey, you two! How's it going?"

Fuka and Fumika turned towards her, and - Let's think for a second here... Which was which again? Right, right! Fuka had her hair in the ponytails to the side!

"Oh, things are going well," Fuka said, though with a slightly nervous air about her. "How are you?"

"She's been acting weird for a while now," Fumika whispered in an almost conspiratorial style. Even though her sister was right there. Huh... Now that she thought about it, Fuka did seem more fidgety than usual. No matter! Never mind! So long as she was with these two, she was in the clear!

"Ahaha, never mind that!" Chisame embraced both sisters, arms around their shoulders and pulled them into a big squeeze together. "Come on, come on! Let's get to know each other better! It feels like we never, ever hang out!"

"Yeah, because you're too busy doing that whole netidol thing..." Fumika tossed her arm off and walked away, eyes off Chisame and Fuka as she shrugged with contempt. "It's rather hard to take you seriously when you're obviously up to something, you can't prank a prankster!"

Meanwhile, both Fuka and Chisame had transformed, as nobody that wasn't a bimbo was currently looking at them. They locked eyes, pushed their boobs together - and then Chisame nodded towards Fumika with a devious, deviant gleam in her eyes. The intent of both could not be more clear - Turn Fumika Bimbo Too For More Fun!

Chisame opened her mouth, thought about it some more, then instead turned towards the ground with finger outstretched, ready to write the word 'bimbo' in it - When a tranquilising dart struck her and then Fuka in the neck, dropping them to the ground.

"Huh?" Fumika grunted, then turned around to see her twin sister and Chisame lying in a heap, a dart sticking out their necks. "Eh?! Eh?! Who did that?! Who did that?! I mean - Who would dare to cross Fumika Narutaki, ninja extraordinaire?!"

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Not too far away, Zazie was nomming on a sandwich while watching Mana scan the school grounds with a sniper's rifle. This is the sort of thing that normally should be of deep, deep concern for her - but what the heck, it was interesting, and she was trying to guess at what Mana was up to.

"So... Am I here to make sure nobody catches you in the act?" Zazie asked. Mana ignored her. "Um... Am I here to get you water? Why are you paying me in food to make me sit here and watch you?"

"If I told you, I'd have to shoot you," Mana replied. "Tell me if you have to leave for literally any reason. It's absolutely vital to the success of my mission."

"Oka~ay!" Zazie said, opening her mouth wide and swallowing the sandwich whole. She had no idea what was going on, but you know what? It was still kinda fun! Wait, hold on a moment... They were spending time alone together, and she's feeding Zazie while asking her to stay close?

Was this... could it be... A date?!

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This might be hard to believe, but Haruna was a woman of her word. Not for any particular ethical reason. No, no. It was simply forward thinking. Break your word once, and nobody trusts you to keep it again. It's far better for everyone involved if you stay honest, have integrity, and give your word only if you intend to keep it.

Clearly, something was going on with Chisame. But also clearly, Haruna wasn't finding out anything from her. She was being too tight lipped about it. And so, it had led her to one place in particular where she could be sure of finding answers. The library. 

It wasn't especially hard logic to follow. You see, the library was a place bursting with knowledge, if only you knew where to look. And Haruna, well, she had a pretty good idea of where to look. You see, all that she had to do was take a good look through the mazelike hallways until she stumbled upon the familiar figure of - 

"Hi Nodo~oka!" Haruna called out, skipping along towards her dear, dear roomie, who - to Haruna's outright fascination - seemed to be surprised about something before Haruna even said anything. "Fancy meeting you he~ere!"

"Oh! Hi there Haruna!" Nodoka said in the tone of voice one uses when seeing the very last person one wishes to see at that moment in time. This made Nodoka the very person that Haruna very much wished to see the most right now.

You see, she'd been intending to use Nodoka as a font of knowledge rather than a potential person of interest. Someone she could spark the curiosity of, use her as a vehicle to locate other people of interest and then set about interrogating them instead. The very idea that her own roomie would be a person of interest - why, that was just plain <i>efficient</i>, wasn't it?

"Soo~" Haruna sang, rocking on her heels. "Have you noticed anything we~eird about Chisame recently?" she asked with a sparkle in her eye. Nodoka gulped nervously.

"Nope! I c-can't say that I have!" Nodoka immediately replied. "In fact, I haven't even seen her outside of class! Honest!"

Those who say 'honest' do so because they think someone might be lying to them. Ah, well... What it told Haruna was that Nodoka probably hadn't actually seen Chisame, but had a pretty good idea of what might be weird about her. That was easy to tell for a simple reason: She didn't ask what sort of weird thing Haruna might have in mind. Let's put the pressure on. Get her to spill her guts a bit more.

"Hrm, well... She was wearing the most unusual thing, you see," Haruna said. "Far more... revealing than her normal attire. At first I thought she was putting on a <i>special</i> show, but - Ah, she denied it! Then tried to run away... but not to anywhere private, instead she seemed determined to be seen as much as possible. Do you have any idea why she might do that?"

"Uh..." Nodoka looked like a deer in the headlights. Oh my. "M-Maybe it was a bet?" Her voice sounded like a church mouse. How cute! How quaint! How precious!

"A bet?" Haruna mused. "Oh, that's interesting. I wonder who would have placed a bet with her? It would have to be a sizable amount, don't you think?"

"Uhhhhhh..." Nodoka squeaked.

Alright. Now it was time to let her stew for a while. Pretend to leave, and then watch her from afar. "If you have no idea, that's fine. Track me down later if you think of anything, and then - "

"W-Wait!" Nodoka grabbed her sleeve. "Don't leave! Please, stick around a little longer!"

"Yes, please do stay a while longer," Chachamaru said, appearing out of nowhere with a stack of books. "The more, the merrier."

"What an unusual pair to see hanging out together," Haruna said. "What are you two up to in the library today?"

"We are now dat-" Chachamaru said. Only for Nodoka to slam her hand over her mouth.

"That's a bad joke!" Nodoka insisted. How cute! "Um! L-Listen, you don't mind... helping out do you? W-We need an extra pair of hands to look through a few things, and then - Um! Maybe we'll be able to help you figure out what's up with Chisame?"

It's worth noting that Haruna didn't buy for a second that 'we're dating' comment. She'd have pounced on it if she did. Of more interest, far greater interest, was the idea that... this was the lie she'd decided to tell.

Ohohohoho! How delicious! Whatever was going on around here, it must be truly tantalising beyond belief! If these two thought they could keep an eye on her to keep her from finding out what it was? Well, they'd soon enough learn the folly of underestimating Haruna Saotome!