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How long had it been since Negi could truly cut loose? It had been quite a long time and Chamo and Barry were looking out for one another.

Stepping into the sensoriums, Negi looked over at the recreation of the Gravekeeper's Palace floating overhead. He could remember most of it, from regaining his memories of the attack that ruined the magical world and earth in a simultaneous blow, but stepping forward was Fate, the pale haired boy giving him a silent look.

The pair stared at each other for a long moment, and then seconds later, exploded into energy. Fists crashed against each others cheeks in a cross-counter as they skidded backwards.

"Come, Negi. Show me your plan." intoned Fate.

Negi grinned as his form changed, invoking his most powerful ability. His hair fanned out and became a long pink swathe of hair as his body glowed in a brilliant pink light as he shot forward, Fate coming to meet him in a devastating blow. The sound of violence could DEFINITELY be heard from behind the door in the sensorium, as the pair rained blow after blow down in a dizzying volley.

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"N-no. I just, I like bathing... as an adult. I dunno why. And I saw Sasami in the co-ed. She had a towel and all but uh..." stammered Negi.

Kaya put her hands on her hips. She loved Negi, and refused to have him become as lecherous as some of the people on the ship, or worse yet, Chamo the perverted ermine.

"And how did you feel?"

"... I don't know..." replied Negi softly. "I've never felt this way about her. I mean, normally it's embarrassing but..."

But he was already entering puberty, the young boy added a couple of years to his age at least. And he was fidgeting.

She took his hand. He wasn't being perverted, just embarrassed and confused about his feelings. She was glad he had mentioned it to her: she could only imagine what other people would have said to him.

"Those feelings you have, they're normal Negi," Kaya said. "You like Sasami, but you're also noticing she can become a woman, and you, well, you are older than you look sometimes. I'll stress, it is important to get to know her, and to remember NOT to become a slave to those feelings of yours. That kind of love between two people, it has to be mutually decided, ok?"

And hopefully later rather than sooner. She made a note to hang anyone trying to steer Negi closer to growing up THAT way faster than he needed to.

"So it's not weird?" inquired Negi. "I've seen my students naked a lot but I've never felt this way about them."

Saw his students naked a lot?! He must have sneezed quite a bit when he was starting out: well, she hoped that was the case anyway. But she was also concentrating on what else he said: even still, it was Sasami he actually cared about.

"Well, you might not want to tell people about seeing your students naked, but yes, its ok. It mean that you're starting to care about her, her more than anyone else. And if what I hear about her is true, she couldn't have picked a better person. She's still dealing with a lot of things about herself, some things she doesn't like. You're probably like a rock to her. I can't blame her for liking you either."

He MIGHT not want to running to Asuna and telling her he saw Sasami naked though.

"Ah heh... well I'm just being myself around her. It's weird, but I can be more... well, free is the word? I'm not her teacher, I'm her friend, and I think that makes the difference." admitted Negi, rubbing his head.

"Well why wouldn't you? It's great to have an understanding with someone you know very well, who gets you. And you both get along so well, its natural something would grow there."

This was actually starting to sound vaguely familiar somehow...

"That's true," admitted Negi. "Thanks Oneesama, really. I just needed that assurance I was doing everything okay."

"Anytime Negi. Besides, we all need a little guidance sometimes, even me. Feel free to come to me anytime you want, all right? Especially if it involves Sasami."

And this was sort of giving her food for thought now.

"Thanks. I just needed to figure out where to go from here," admitted Negi. "I just feel so different around her. It's kind of unnerving to wonder where that's leading me."

Kaya laughed lightly. "Just be yourself Negi. The reason you two are together in the first place is because you saw something you liked about each other. Over time, its natural it would become something more, that it would deepen. Don't fret about it: just see where it takes you both."

"That's really good advice. Thanks!" exclaimed Negi, grinning from ear to ear.

"Well, I do what I can," she said sagely, grinning. "But now, maybe there's something you can do for me. See, in all the time I've been in med bay, I've not been able to keep up on my training. About the only thing I can say positively, is that I think I' getting better with using the artifact."

"Oh that's good! I was worried that you hadn't had enough time using it," admitted Negi.

"No no, I've definitely made use of it," Kaya said "In fact, I helped heal that boy Hiccup with it when an alien had burst out of his chest, the poor boy. That was when his father was here, of course.

"But maybe you could help me train a bit? I'm not match for you in magic, obviously, but you are a combat mage too, aren't you?"

"Of course! I'm pretty good at that, and I could probably help with it," replied Negi.

"Great," Kaya said, readying herself. She stretched a moment, making sure she was nice and limber, then removed her outer clothing so she was just in her white wrappings.

"Ok, I'm ready!"

"All right. From what I remember you're a lot like in Tai Chi, so let's start with some basic combat stuff centered around the movement." Negi stepped in, throwing a punch to make certain that she was ready for it.

Kaya nodded, but kept an inner smile to herself. She had looked up Tai Chi the moment she heard the comparison to it with her bending. Once she realized what it was, it helped her in two ways: one was how to perfect her movement, how to shift into her stances much more easily. In a way they functioned as a second sort of scrolls for her.

But the other thing she had done was make sure she was trained opposite it too, in a way: after all, training in Prana bindu required rapid footwork, working with the environment around you to come at your opponent with your body as a weapon. It was more like firebending that way.

So at the throw of the punch, she knew Negi was testing her, so she decide to match the test by not even being there for the punch, rapidly appearing on his other side with a punch to the solar plexis.

Smack, Negi blocked it and smiled. "Well, I guess I don't have to hold back a little more than I should need to."

And in a rapid movement, spun inwards for a elbow strike.

"Exactly," Kaya huffed, right before seeing the elbow coming.

And she broke out of that playful mode, using her other arm to land a strike to his face. She wasn't going to be holding back herself: she wanted a serious spar.

Picking up the pace, he dodged the return strike, moving down and under as he used his smaller stature to strike to the middle, palm out.

Kaya figured he would dodge and use his size to his advantage: she couldn't blame him. Whats he could do, however, was roll with his punches. She blocked the punch and went for a kick with her knee, putting a little more force here.

There was a moment of surprise as Negi reacted, leaping up and using Kaya's own kick as leverage so he could counter, driving a knee-strike upwards into her chest as he pushed off reversing his momentum. If anything it would throw him backwards for some room.

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