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The scene was a campus, specifically a plaza in front of a towering tree nearly 100 feet tall. There, a young boy was fighting at incredibly high speeds, like a man possessed against multiple opponents. Having learned the power of the sensoriums, he had called up several people: Ku Fei, Setsuna Sakurazaki, Kaede Nagisa, and engaged them one on one in a series of violent escapdaes before they all laid into him as one.

Ducking a powerful open palm strike, Negi reversed the attack, driving Ku backwards into Setsuna who oofed, but the motion left him up for a clip upside the head from Kaede. He growled, spun around and met the ninja head on, the sound of powerful impacts reverberating like a staggering noise of thunder as they moved faster and faster, speeding up until there was a delayed stuttering noise. Quite abruptly Negi's opponent shifted into the face of Fate Avvernnicus and it spat one word: "Useless."

With a terrible cry, Negi atomized the construct with a punch. He stayed in position for a few seconds. And then the sound of the impact actually hit, rattling the scenery.

The other constructs vanished as Negi panted, his magic swirling and churning like a maelstrom. "Not enough..."

Getting up, the tattoos on his arms lit up with magic and he prepared to empower himself as a long string of Ancient Greek was subvocalized, thunder beginning to crackle in his hands. There was a soft warning in his head, chiding him for what he was about to do but he ignored it. "Thousand Bolts!"

The powerful high level magic spell erupted into being, swirling at the edge of his hands as he commanded "Stagnet!" And before it could discharge, it spun into a tight ball.

Suddenly, a terrible pain shot through his chest and he coughed, grasping his mouth as it became damp. Blood...? How?

That same voice warned him he was straining himself, that he wasn't fully healed. Reluctantly, he dismissed the spell. Something wasn't right.

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Even with her new friend, Sasami couldn't find anyone from her world. For the moment, though, she opted to wait in her search and decided to wander around. As she did, she came across the Sensoriums. Entering the room, she watched as Negi reached the tail end of his fight... then hunch over in pain.

"Oh, no... a-are you okay?!" Sasami called out, racing over to him.

Negi coughed, sputtering up blood and looking at his hands. "I'll... be okay," he managed, fishing in his pockets of the plantsuit for a rag or handkerchief he could dab to the blood trailing from his lips.

He wasn't, and coughing up blood was never a good sign. And yet the young boy looked up, straightening his back and looking the blue haired girl over with a hopefully reassuring smile. "I'll be okay. I'm Negi Springfield."

Sasami isn't too confident on Negi's condition, but at the same time, she didn't want to worry him as well. She returned the smile and nodded.

"I'm Sasami. It's nice to meet you, Negi." she said. "Um... what were you doing?"

Wiping his mouth and hiding the bloody hand behind his back, he replied, "Working out. I just needed to get some frustration out of my system. But I don't think its working at the moment at time."

He sighed, looking up at the constructs of the three fighters before they blurred away. "I tried meditating, but that didn't help."

Sasami turned back to look at the fighters just before they disappeared. She blinked a few times before she turned back to Negi.

"Who were they? Were they from your world?" Sasami asked.

"My students yes," said Negi. "The girl with the sword was Setsuna Sakurazaki. The blonde Chinese girl my master in the martial arts, Ku Fei, and a trusted friend Kaede Nagisa. All three of them are valuable and precious to me."

He rubbed his head. "I haven't done the teacher thing in so long, it almost feels alien to be thinking of planning out the school year."

"You're a teacher?" Sasami said, blinking at that revelation. "Wow, I didn't know you could be one at such a young age!"

"But, it must be hard..."

Negi nodded. "Yes, I graduated and was sent to be a teacher in Japan at Mahora Academy. And it is hard, considering my class. 31 unruly girls in one way or another."

He then grinned. "But I love teaching. It's one of my joys."

Sasami chuckled a bit. "Who knows? Might be able to do it here... though, I dunno if some people would enjoy that!"

She let out a sigh as she rubbed her head a bit. "...it's strange, though. I've really never been anywhere before by myself and this...."

Negi nodded, wondering of who could enjoy being taught by a ten year old when Sasami let out that sigh. "Well, I know how you feel. I went to Japan by myself. Sure I had friends, but some of the best part is meeting new people."

"Heh... maybe you're right..." Sasami said, remembering that not only did she run into him, but also Matt and Paula...

...and then her thoughts went back to her missing family and the fact that she hadn't found them. Her smile faded away and she turned to cling to Negi, the sounds of whimpering being heard.

She couldn't take it anymore - she had to cry somehow, somewhere.

Surprised at first and then worried, Negi wrapped his arms around Sasami. He promised himself he wouldn't cry too for the people he lost, and he hugged her to him, rubbing her back and hoping that she would run the course.

Sasami didn't mean to outright cry like she did. But, what can you expect for someone who just had everything ripped away...?

After awhile, though, she pulled away from Negi, her lower lip still trembling. "I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to start doing that, but... I..."

"I'm scared..."

"It's fine," said Negi, holding her close. "I know how it's like, losing everything. I've been alone... almost as long as I remember too."

He smiled, but it was a tired and sad one. "I'm an orphan, so I know how it is to be alone. My parents were never around even when I found out they're still possibly around."

"I'm scared too," he admitted. "Scared I failed everyone."

An orphan. That's what she was, too. That's what everyone was, pretty much. Though she was told that her family was probably in the pods, it didn't make her feel happy... she'd feel a bit better if they were here, in person.

"...you didn't fail... we... we couldn't of known... we didn't... I..." Sasami muttered before shaking her head. "I'm sorry. I'm making you upset, too..."

"Hey it's okay," assured Negi, trying to cheer her up a little. "I'm just trying to cope with everything myself. We can do it together, okay?"

He smiled a little, rubbing her back. "I've got a friend or two here that could help. And there's other places too. Though I've yet to sleep yet..."

Sasami was going to respond to what he had said until she heard that he hadn't slept.

"That's not good at all! You'll hurt yourself if you don't get any rest!" Sasami said. She pulled away from his hug and took his hands. "I... I know someone who has some rooms we can stay at! I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you stayed there, too!"

"Huh? Are you sure? I wouldn't want to intrude..." said Negi.

Truth be told, it was because he couldn't sleep by anyone that he was so very tired. And kinda dusty and smelly too, considering that he had come straight out of a warzone.

"Really, it's fine!" Sasami said. "I'm sure the others there wouldn't mind, either!"

Negi was a stubborn one, that's for sure. But, Sasami wasn't going to give up. Not yet.

"Well if you say it's okay, then let's go then." said Negi, blushing a little as he finally gave in. It would be nice to sleep in a bed again, considering he had been running on fumes lately.

"Lead the way!"

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