"OW! That so totally hurts!" -- Charles Xavier

[cityship]

The battle against the Ohm raged on, and the casualties on the ground were mounting. Injured crew members got emergency treatment in the field, which largely amounted to patching them up so they wouldn't die sometime within the next fifteen minutes. After that, they were quickly picked up by shuttle and brought back to the ship, where they were sent to a medbay that was getting progressively more crowded.

The situation was growing increasingly dire, to the point that Stacy activated one of the AI's to help out.



"Please state the nature of the medical emergency."

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[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Negi's eyes went wide. He had seen that look before, that damn the torpedoes listen to your big sister feeling. She cared for him and he did too but to become like master... it was still okay in his opinion but...

Negi sniffled, and then clutched to Katara. "I'm sorry... I... I don't want to upset you or anything it's just... I don't want anyone getting hurt on my account, or what I do..."

"Oneesama I..."

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

"My isn't this a cozy scene?" broke in the familiar voice of his, well, familiar as Chamo grinned at the pair. "Any more and you two will cross the line huh? Why don't we make it official?"

And he thrust his hands up as a circle burst to life beneath the pair. "Go on Anesan! Kiss him!"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Ok, she was having an intimate conversation with Negi and then Chamo(it was ALWAYS HIM!) popped up, saying weird things. She batted at him, mad about what he saying, and then she remembered.

The pactio. The kiss.

"You want to have something to fall back on," Katara said, "and that can be in a form of a pactio. I see that. In that case..."

She seized Negi and have him a kiss. "To make sure you have power when you need it, Negi."

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

"Wait wha--?!"

And then there was an explosion of light in the medbay, throwing up magical force as Chamo who had been swatted exclaiming "PACTIOOOOOOO!"

The light coalesced and formed, and drifted down as Chamo held up a card. (http://s53.photobucket.com/albums/g56/shaungarin/Pactio/?action=view&current=katara2pactiocopy.png) "Nice look Anesan!"

Negi on the other hand was stunned that she would kiss him like this, but he was really too weak to fight it or process coherent thought.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara, on the other hand, was hardly perturbed. Of course she had no love of Negi as some of his female students might have. Instead, she smiled gently: it was another way she could lend her strength to someone she cared deeply about, and know he had her in his corner.

She got up, smiling at the card. She looked over at Negi. "I don't let people I care about do things that could hurt them," she told the boy. "Who you are, the people you care about...never forget them Negi-kun!"

She bowed a little. "That's why I do this."

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Negi blushed, stammered a little as he tried to align his brain a little. And then he nodded, smiling as he bowed a little as well. "Thank you Onesama... for being so kind."

Chamo used his magic and made a copy, handing the other one to Katara. "Hey Anesan, we'll brief you on your card abilities soon, but this ties you to Aniki now. To summon your artifact say Adeat, to put away say Abeat. And you can talk to him telepathically by placing it against your forehead and chanting Telepathia. We'll figure this out once Sasami gets enough strength to use hers too, so we can show you just how things work out."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara laughed softly, waiting for Negi to adjust. With his thanks, she shook her head. "You are my brother on ship: I'll protect you however I can, okay?"


She was a little confused by his instruction, but she would have to adjust as best she could. Whatever exchange of power that was happening, she had a purpose there somehow.

"What do you mean artifact? What can I do? Sasami hasn't done this yet?"

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

"Ah Anesan, I've got a lot to explain to you," said Chamo, ascending her shoulder and pointing at the card. "You're now Aniki's pactio partner which means you're his sword or shield like Sasami-chan is! She got armor and weapons while you seem to have something related to your waterbending. You see, an artifact is a powerful magical item that suits the user."

"No one knows what it is until you actually use it though," added Chamo thoughtfully.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

She could feel it in her bones, in her blood, that something had changed. It was a little weird: she'd only done this to protect Negi, make sure that no one would try to hurt him in understanding his power. She never ever dreamed it might benefit her too.

But she was slow to take power this way. She'd seen Azula: she knew how corruptible it could be. She had to move in a slow way, understand why she felt strong enough to take down places, but those didn't matter. She understood the Pactio.

"Ok," Katara said. "I will see what it shows me."

[ermine-flash.livejournal.com]

"Got it. I'll walk you through it. Aniki, get some rest. You'll be drained for a while."

Negi nodded, laying back down. "Listen to Chamo-kun Oneesama, he knows what he's talking about when it comes to pactio. Please for me?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

That was obvious, and so she said nothing for awhile.

"Ok, I'll listen," Katara said. "but no perverted things!"

[hisfathersstaff.livejournal.com]

Negi had to blush as Chamo grinned. "Alright, not a problem Anesan! Later Aniki!"

"Later Chamo-kun, Oneesama."