Story: Negima C+S

 

So there she was, minding her own business. Swimming a few laps around the school pool by herself. Working up her time. Akira swam through the water like a dolphin, like a salmon, effortlessly using the water tension to accelerate while minimising her drag. She was a slender girl who knew how to be as hydrodynamic as possible, fluid through fluid, a rapid swimmer with a superb time -

Yet when she reached the edge of the pool on one lap, she saw a pair of feet hanging over the edge of the pool. Looking up, she saw - Fuka and Fumika sitting up there looking down at her and smiling.

"Hello!" Fuka happily chirped. "How are you doing today, Akira?"

Akira smiled up at them. Though in all honesty she was a little apprehensive. These two were noted pranksters. They didn't tend to come by the swimming pool, so if they were here they must have thought of something they could do to poke a bit of fun at her. Not good.

"Say, is it really okay for you to swim all by yourself?" Fumika asked. "I mean, what if something happened to you while you were alone in the pool?"

"That's true, that's true!" Fuka fistpumped the air. "I mean, those long slender legs of yours might develop a cramp, and then there'd be nobody here to haul your pretty butt -"

"Such a a pretty butt..."

"-Out of the pool," Fuka finished. "Do you want us to watch you?"

"Oh no, I'm just finishing up for the day," Akira said. She looked around. The two of them were in their normal school clothes, and... Was that a carrot and a stick they were holding? What was that about? Ah, never mind. She was just gonna climb out of this pool real quick and hope they didn't grease up the - 

As she was climbing, there was a sound of wood striking wood. Turning her head, she saw something incredible. It was... Mana. Blocking a wooden staff that Fuka was about to use to clobber the back of Akira's head.

"Trying to knock her out, are you?" Mana asked, kicking the twin away while Akira scrambled out of the pool. By the time the twin had landed, Mana had whirled her rifle around - and fired two shots from her gun, sending the two of them off a few hours into the future. "Akira, what do you think of my breasts?"

"Eh?" Akira gasped. "Uh, they're okay I guess... Wait, why are you asking me that right now?"

"You're probably clear," Mana said. "You need to come with us, quickly before -"

"Before someone else finds you...?" Ah? Was that Hakase coming in from the girl's locker room? What was she wearing there?! She opened up her labcoat and there was nothing underneath at all! She was followed out by Chachamaru who was at least wearing a swimsuit, even if it was not one that could ever be considered appropriate for school wear. Really? A slingshot?! The little frills around the edges weren't helping that much, there might be more fabric in one of them than there was in the rest of the non-frilly parts of the bikini! "Chachamaru, bring her in!"

"Yes, understood," Chachamaru said, and then rushed forward, jumping clear across the pool. Mana took aim and fired, but Chachamaru twisted in mid air, moving around the bullets in a display that, frankly, made Akira jealous she couldn't move like that in the swimming pool.

"Run," Mana warned. "Do not fall asleep unless you are certain it is safe."

"Eh?!" Akira gasped. "What do you mean?! What's going - "

The emergency exit at the back of the pool burst open, and Asuna rushed inside. She grabbed Akira's hand and hauled her out. 

"No time to explain!" Asuna said, while behind them a fight was breaking out between Mana and Chachamaru that... it felt like she should be paying to see it, not running from it! "From what we can tell, there are two groups of perverts causing havoc in the school!"

"Huh? Perverts?" Akira blinked. "What do you -"

"Hey now girls, wear short skirts, then with every boy you'll flirt!" the cheerleaders sang along, performing an extremely risque cheerleading routine that bordered on the obscene. They were wearing porn parody versions of cheerleader uniforms, doing lots and lots of high kicks, making lewd gestures with their hips, and - for some reason Akira really wanted to wear a short skirt and flirt with every boy she -

"Snap out of it!" Asuna elbowed her. "This way!"

"That's right, and if you beeeeend over like this," Ku Fei said, wearing a thong leotard out in public. "You'll be able to properly stretch your glutes. See how that feels?"

Oh holy hannah, her butt was so tone and firm! Akira goggled, not wanting to look away - until Asuna hauled her inside another building. Woah! Wh-what was that?!

"The school has become a silent battleground for control over its soul and libido," Asuna said, panting heavily. "The perverts are out to get us. We might be the only hope left! Are you in?"

"Uh... Sure...?" Akira muttered to herself. "Who is 'we' so far? You, Mana, me...?"

"Sayo, Kazumi, Zazie, and... Ayaka," Asuna winced. "Urgh, can't believe she wound up on the same team as us. Anyway, are you in?"

Akira tilted her head and nodded. Yeah. Sure. Why not? While she'd rather be swimming right now this did seem pretty interesting, in its own way. 

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So, Mana and Chachamaru were fighting, and that's pretty awesome. Neither one was in the top tier for 'most dangerous in class', but they were both pretty damn high up there. Their methods of fighting were a bit different as well. Mana preferred using firearms, while Chachamaru liked to get in your face and ruin your day.

"You intend to stop our fun?" Chachamaru asked while whirling around to kick Mana in the side of the head. Mana used the butt of her rifle to block the brunt of the blow, but was still sent sliding across the side of the pool. "How unfortunate. Go to sleep for a bit. You will wake up feeling like a new woman."

"Go to hell," Mana replied, whirling her rifle around and taking aim - not at Chachamaru, but rather at Hakase. Unfortunately it seemed that the scientist was prepared for that, as she had a personal forcefield on her that repelled the bullet. Tsk!

Worse yet, she was pulling out some kind of device. By now, Asuna and Akira should have created enough distance that they were safe. Under these conditions the safest thing to do was - retreat before things got worse. Thus, Mana dropped a smoke bomb and hauled ass out of there before she got herself in trouble. If she was knocked out... if they managed to corrupt her then it would bring everything down!

Still, she didn't run <i>too</i> far... She clung to the upper part of the external doorframe and held her breath, waiting and watching as Chachamaru and Hakase looked outside.

"Ah, that's a shame," Hakase tsked. "I was hoping to make her view and listen to Chiu's show."

"Do you think she would fall under its influence?" Chachamaru asked.

"No, but it would plant a seed in her head..." Hakase sighed. "Oh well. We'll get her. We've got a few seed planters around campus already. By the time anyone realises what's happening there'll be too many perverts to fight back against."

Now that was a worrying, sobering thought. Mana waited until she was sure they'd left, then climbed down, intending to join back up with the others. They would all meet up before too long, but... Would it be too late? Perhaps she ought to try to send a few more perverts into the future to give them time to plan things out properly?

Little did she realise, but things were already much worse than she'd thought.