Period 347: Can’t Stop The Love!
[This title is a sneaky reference to AI Love You - ‘daisuki ga tomaranai’ as opposed to ‘ai ga tomaranai’. Both ‘daisuki’ and ‘ai’ are terms for love.]
-1-
Negi: U-um, Ku-roshi! Please calm down, Ku Fei-san!
Splash: Ku Fei, unknowing, declares war on Negi!
Negi: Th-the truth is, um, right now my magic is…
Ku Fei: Right, I know, Negi-bouzu! Both your magic and your techniques are amazing!
But I don’t want you to hold back. I don’t want any regrets!
I want to test myself against your unwavering skill… um, I mean…
Negi: Oh, no! Ku Fei-san’s too distracted to understand what I’m saying!
She doesn’t realize that I can’t use any magic at all right now!
Wh-wh-what should I doooo?!
Ku Fei: Right! Even if I’m only one ten-thousandth part of you, and there’s no way I could possibly win!
But even so, if I do win, what would you say about becoming my husband? That’s not a bad condition, right?
Negi: What?!
Ku Fei: Accept my love!
Negi: Hang on!
Negi: This is really bad! Moreover, that’s the Staff of the Monkey King! This must be how Gushatz and Subrata felt! [I have no idea if I got those names right. They’re likely characters from The Journey to the West, though.]
This is bad on so many levels!
No, wait… think, me!
-2-
Negi: Look closely! This isn’t like you - panicking at the start!
Negi: Remember! What Master can do without magic…
Negi: And believe! Believe in those days you spent training with Ku Fei-san!
Splash: I will accept those feelings with all my strength!
-3-
Negi: Phew…
Ku Fei: Ow…
Ku Fei: Hang on, that sensation just now…
Negi-bouzu, your magic…?!
Negi: Ah, well, Yuuna-san probably…
Ku Fei: Oh my god, if I had hit you, I wouldn’t be able to look forward to the festival at all… it would have turned out like a murder scene…
Negi: Hahaha…
[Can’t read Ku’s aside.]
Ku Fei: Heh…
Ku Fei: Ahahaha! This is my loss! That’s a complete rout!
I got thrown this far by Negi-bouzu with no magic at all, and made it ring like a bell to boot!
-4-
Negi: What are you saying, Ku-roshi?
When it comes to physical strength, I couldn’t defeat you in a hundred years.
Ku Fei: Heh.
Ku Fei: You’re a [[strike: wizard, Harry]] mage, Negi-bouzu.
There’s no meaning to it if I don’t defeat you at your full strength.
Ku Fei: Someday for sure… I’ll defeat you at your full power, Negi-bouzu.
Prepare yourself, huh?
Negi: Understood.
Whenever… I’ll wait as long as I have to!
-5-
Ku Fei: Ahahaha! Is that so!
You’ve gotten pretty cheeky, Negi-bouzu!
Ku Fei: Oh, and… um…
Ku Fei: About what I said earlier!
Negi: Eh-
Ah, r-right!
Ku Fei: F-forget about it!
Negi: What?!
Ku Fei: T-the truth is, I’m still not entirely sure what I feel!
I mean, as warriors striving in the same art, my respect and liking for you are immense, of course, but!
Ku Fei: I mean… how would I put it to a guy… I mean, mainly, you’re not really my type… I’m into older guys, for one [older than Negi, I assume, not older guys like Asuna is], and more rugged, mature [maybe not], master-type guys, and muscles are a must-have… but I mean, you’ve always been kind of skinny, but recently you’ve started filling out, and you’re really not bad-looking at all, and, um…
Negi: U-um, Ku-roshi, please don’t feel like you have to go into that much detail…
Ku Fei: I mean… I still don’t have much confidence… but after seeing Yue and Honya exhibit so much courage…
I didn’t want to be the only one who wasn’t sure…
Negi: …I see. But,
I like you as well, Ku Fei-san. [Natural Casanova indeed!]
-6-
Ku Fei: Li…
Negi: N-no, I mean, well, I said I liked you, yes, but I didn’t mean it that way! I mean, I do like you, but-
Ku Fei: N-no, I get it! I totally get it! I’m not so stupid that I could get the wrong idea from that in this situation!
Negi: Well then,
I’m off!
Ku Fei: Right!
Ku Fei: Mm… I wonder if I was a little bit hasty there, confessing like that?
Aw man, what am I going to do next time I see him in class? How should I face him? I have no idea!
Kids: Oh, it’s the kid teacher!
Things must be tough for you. Keep up the good work!
Negi: Right, thanks!
If you’re not participating in the event, you should get outside the boundaries, please. It’s dangerous.
Negi: Oh?
Negi: Yes, my magic is coming ba…
Huh?
-7-
Negi: Uh- [THAT is an Oh Crap face.]
Negi: Waaah?!
Negi: Th-that was…?!
Negi: Al-Iskandaria?! [The kanji for which read ‘Cat Flying In The Sky’, by the way.] It can’t be… Chachamaru-san?!
Chisame: Are you an idiot? There’s no way she would do something like this.
I hacked into it via satellite uplink!
Negi: Ch-Chisame-sa…
-8-
Chisame: That’s right!
Paper: Belt Negi-sensei a good one
Chisame: As the representative of everyone in the class, I’ve come to beat your ass into pulp!
Negi: Hacking?!
I can’t believe you managed to get into a Pactio-created Artifact! It’s amazing!
Well, I mean, it could be really bad if used improperly, but…
Chisame: That’s. Not.
Mouse: Hyau!
Chisame: The friggin’ point, you dumbass!
Mouse: Chiu-tama, you’re so mean!
Negi: Wah!
Chisame: Basically, I’m gonna belt you, sensei!
Negi: Eh, but, I mean, why?
Chisame: This is the borrowed-items contest. It’s obvious, isn’t it?
Negi: Well, no, but a beating isn’t really something you can borrow! Neither is a husband, and I got asked for that earlier too!
Chisame: Since Kagurazaka went over there!
I’m gonna beat your ass in her place!
Negi: Uh, what do you-
Chisame: No arguing!
-9-
Chisame: Come on!
Grit your godddamn teeth!
Negi: Y-yes ma’am!
Chachamaru’s Paper: Safety First
Chisame: Cha… Chachamaru?!
Chisame: What do you think you’re doing?
Chachamaru: I could ask you the same, Chisame-san.
Chachamaru: There is no excuse for striking Negi-sensei.
Chisame: Pfft… come on, it’s not like a punch from me would even hurt. [aside]Well, hurt him, anyway.[/aside]
Chisame: That is not what I meant.
-10-
Mice: Chiu-sama! We’re being reverse-hacked, by the person standing directly in front of you!
Chisame: Tch. Dammit, Chachamaru…
Chachamaru: I cannot allow you to strike a teacher with no justification, no matter what you tell me. You will have to defeat me first.
Chachamaru: Moreover, after listening to Negi-sensei’s story, do you not understand?
Mice: She’s getting closer!
We can’t stop it!
Chisame: Mm… well, that’s true, but…
The more I thought about it, the more I just kinda wanted to punch him.
Negi: Hey!
Chachamaru: With what reason?
Chisame: I didn’t want to have to say this, but…
Whatever. Listen up, sensei.
Chisame: This is about that summer vacation. Got it?
…What Kagurazaka and the others believed in for that whole trip, and the one they set their hearts on helping…
Was you.
Chisame: Because we wanted to come back here.
Back to our daily lives at Mahora Academy.
Chisame: Back where we could act like dumbasses with our friends, and wonder about who you like… to where confessions and stuff like that were the most important thing.
That sort of careless daily life.
That was why. …Understand?
-11-
Chisame: Even so, you went back over there.
And you took Kagurazaka with you.
Chisame: So, well… I’m hitting you in her place, since she can’t anymore.
Chisame: When I hit you, I want you to think long and hard.
About where your real home is…
And what you really want to protect.
Chisame: Because if you ever forget that…
You’ll become just like them, sensei.
Negi: Chisame-san…
Chachamaru: …I see.
Chachamaru: Just as I expected, Chisame-san.
However…
Chachamaru: Are you really in a place wherein you can say such impressive things?
Chisame: What’s that?
Chisame: You wanna go right here?
Chachamaru: Yue-san and Ku Fei-san have already confessed.
Chachamaru: Now, Chisame-san…
Is it not about time you did as well?
-12-
Chisame: Conf… what?! What the hell are you saying?!
Chachamaru: Now is the time to make it clear where you stand!
Let us get it over with - your confession!
If you love him!
Chisame: I…!
Chisame: Are you braindead?! Why are we talking about loving anyone?!
I don’t love him!
Chachamaru: …Is that so?
Chachamaru: If I analyze the details of recent trends, however you look at it… [aside]Especially [something or other][/aside]
Chisame: What kind of friend keeps people under twenty-four hour surveillance?! [aside]That’s creepy![/aside]
Chisame: Anyway! That doesn’t have anything to do with what I’m taking about!
Chachamaru: Is that so?
Saying you want to become Negi-sensei’s advisor or similar from an outsider’s perspective, where you absolutely cannot be hurt, seems like nothing more than gloating.
Compared to the courage of Yue-san and the others, this seems simply like a cowardly way to avoid being rejected…
-13-
Chisame: And where do you get off saying that, you bolted bitch?!
Making yourself his personal secretary before any of us knew it!
Chachamaru: I simply want to become sensei’s strength.
A robot that can function nonstop is the most efficient…
Chisame: Don’t fuck with me, you stupid robot! You’re the closest to him already!
What’re you gonna do if he picks some other girl, huh?! You gonna be as cool and collected if that happens?!
Chachamaru: I would not mind. I would be glad to cheer her on.
Especially if that other girl were my best friend Chisame-san. I would be very happy. [Chachamaru threesome confirmed?]
Chisame: What?! Shut your face! Who needs you cheering them on?! And who the hell’s your best friend?!
More importantly, what about you?!
You haven’t confessed yet either, have you?!
Chachamaru: I am a robot. At present, I am satisfied with current conditions, without a confession or similar.
Chisame: What?!
-14-
Chisame: Heh! Well, I guess if you’re his secretary, he’ll be the one turning your screw from now on!
No wonder you’re satisfied with things!
God, even though you’re a robot, you’re one dirty girl!
Chachamaru: Wha-
Th-th-th-that’s…
Chisame: Hit the nail on the head, didn’t I?!
That’s disgusting!
Negi: Aaah… they’re serious about this! H-how did it come to this…?
A-as their teacher, I have to stop them…
Asuna: Come on! Leave the idiots to sort it out on their own and let’s get out of here.
Negi: Eh?
Chachamaru: Chi-Chisame-san, how can you say something like that so easily?!
Chisame: You’re one to talk! You sound like a meddlesome old hag!
Chachamaru: Hag…?!
Chisame: Besides, what’s so respectable about having confessed?!
What’s so great about the cynic or the baddie changing their attitude?! [I can’t quite figure out how to put what she’s saying into English…]
That sort of development is what I absolutely hate the…
Chisame: …most!
Chachamaru: Ah-
Chachamaru (pointing; that’s cute): Um… that is also a trigger button.
Chisame: Eh…
-15-
Chisame: Wha…
Mouse: We just finished converting it to the strip beam mode!
Chachamaru: Thank you very much.
[Why are the stockings part of her design now? I really don’t care about the reason. Mrowr.]
Chisame: Hang on, where the hell did Sensei go?!
Chachamaru: It appears that he has fled.
Chisame: …honestly. Even if I did say I like him, there are a bunch of ways you can take that.
Don’t tie them all up together.
Chachamaru: In other words, you truly do like him.
Chisame: I swear to god I am gonna twist your screw so hard-
Negi: Wait a moment, please, Asuna-san!
I just… since I got shot earlier, I haven’t been in the peak of physical condition…
Asuna: Oh, sorry, sorry.
-16-
Asuna: Honestly… those two have their spats, but they really do seem to get along well, don’t they?
Chisame: That was why. …Understand?
Asuna: Anyway, what the heck do the rest of the class think they’re doing, turning this into a personal thing!
Honestly, are they all dumb? God, even Iinchou. I can’t believe them.
Asuna: Come on, Negi, let’s go! I’ll stick with you.
Negi: Eh?
Asuna: They need to learn a lesson about fair play, right? I won’t let them get you so easily.
Chisame: …And you took Kagurazaka with you.
Negi: Forgive me…
For making you come along with me…
-17-
Negi: Forgive me…
Negi: Buh!
Asuna: What are you suddenly apologizing for?
I really don’t get you at all, you stupid Negi.
Asuna: Now then! This is our last Athletics Festival in middle school, so guess I’ll go all-out!
After all, whatever else, I’m your first partner…
Kagurazaka Asuna!
Haruna: Eheheh, it’s Asuna!
-18-
Yuuna: Wait a minute, it looks like Asuna’s gonna guard Negi-kun!
Makie: Seriously?
Haruna: Gh… damnit! Those two might truly be the strongest combination we have!
Makie: Hey…
I wonder if the one Negi-sensei really likes is…
Asuna, after all…
Haruna: What?
Haruna: W-well, in reality, that’s a very good question…
I mean, even I don’t really think that he’s anything more than a kid who can’t see past his dad…
Camera: Incoming transmission! Incoming transmission!
Yuuna: Asakura?
Kazumi: Did you guys know Ku-chan confessed?
Yuuna: Yeah, we heard it all the way over here. [aside]Ehehe. I’m glad for her.[/aside]
Kazumi: Oh, and Kakizaki’s group has dropped off the grid!
Yuuna: What, really?
Kazumi: But I have new info, too!
Kazumi: Apparently Negi-kun has someone he’s got his eye on!
Yuuna: Eh…
Splash: Negi’s true feelings are announced to the world at large!
Negima will continue next issue.