Fic: [Crossover] Ever After
Title: Yami To Boushi to Hon no Tabibito: Ever After
Series: CRossover
Type: Crossover
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2793918/9/
Eight: Negima! Three
Sadly, Asuna ended up being right about trouble coming, The flying barge ran into a stray Griffin later that evening, though the Valkyries had no trouble driving it off. Somewhat more troublesome was the dragon the turned up the next day, that required Hazuki to pitch in along with the others.
"Well," Quill noted mildly as the black haired, brown skinned woman followed the others off the barge, "you can now add dragon slayer to your resume."
"I don't want it on my resume," Hazuki rolled her eyes as the black haired girl looked around at the massive school.
"Wow," Lilith had to say, the busty blond also looking around wide eyed.
Ariadne was as impressive as they had been told, a city state that was the largest independent educational establishment in Mundus Magicus, yielding to no outside authority. It's Mage-Knights were legendary as were all the great magicians and scholars they turned out. It was a combination of floating islands and massive land development, the strange buildings covering a entire mountain, pretty much.
"We could get lost for days here," Hazuki noted as they walked along a main artery into the city, surrounded by the chattering mob of wedding guests and students.
"I wouldn't mind finding a private corner for just us," Lilith winked, leaning in close to whisper to Hazuki.
"Lilith," Hazuki blushed, but didn't actually pull away.
Collet Rallendoll trotted up to them, the young woman apologetic. "Sorry, I didn't mean to lose track of you," she said meekly.
"It's fine," Quill noted, having extended her device Cadeus into staff mode and was busily taking reading while she could.
"Do you think you could take us to the library Eve worked in?" Hazuki asked her briskly.
"Of course," Collet agreed, the young woman leading them off at a trot.
The academy was as impressive inside as the view from outside had implied. There were seemingly thousands of students streaming back and forth down marble paved hallways, hundreds of classrooms and the evidence of magic in use all around. And much to Lilith's annoyance there were a lot of young women giving Hazuki admiring glances.
"Why are all these women paying attention to Hazuki?" Lilith asked Collet as yet another girl lingered to stare at her.
"Uhm," Collet looked sort of embarrassed, "you see, the wedding of Setsuna and Naoko was very important to the students here, so it and the trip there and back were shown magically around the school."
Quill looked amused as she asked, "So they all saw Hazuki fight against a dragon and help beat back the raiders?"
"Pretty much," Collet agreed. She dropped her voice to add, "Her popularity isn't all that surprising, nearly. She's a tall, dark and handsome woman who's saved the two most loved figures at the school. She even has a fanclub, I hear!"
Lilith whimpered, "You have got to be kidding me..."
Hazuki, thankfully, was largely unaware of the fangirling going on, focused like a laser on finding clues to where Hatsumi might have gone. They made they way to the library, which was as awe inspiring as the rest of the campus. The library seemed to stretch to the sky as rows and rows of books were laid out on multiple levels, students either walking or flying to reach various shelves.
"Wow," Hazuki found herself repeating, craning her neck to look up at the higher levels.
"I could move in here," Quill noted, looking around her in awe. Under her breath she muttered, "I wonder if Cadeus' translation spell would let me read here..."
Deciding to just ignore Quill's book-gasming for now, Lilith asked Collet, "Where did Eve work in here?"
"In the arcane research area." Collet said, leading the three women to a lift to carry them up. Hazuki had to stop and go back for Quill, who had already popped a book open and was trying to scan it with her device.
"But Hazuki!" Quill complained as she was tugged along.
"We'll probably be sticking around a few days," Hazuki comforted her, "you can look around after we've looked for Hatsuki."
Lilith fought back a laugh as they rose through banks of books, the students looking and whispering as they passed. "Hazuki, can we rest a few days?" she asked.
"If Hatsumi isn't too far ahead of us, I don't want to lose any time," Hazuki fretted. She sighed, "But I did tell Quill we could..."
"If you don't rest up occasionally, you'll be too tired to go after her," Lilith pointed out to her gently. Hazuki had incredible determination, but she worried that the young woman would run herself into the ground.
"You're right," Hazuki smiled at her slightly, "thank you, Lilith."
Chalking that up as a win Lilith hummed slightly as they left the lift, navigating the rows of books. It reminded her of the great library she and Eve had shared, thought thankfully it lacked the little pests. As they passed certain sections she felt a tingle, a faint trace of Eve's presence. It had been some time since she left, but Eve had definitely left a presence here.
"This is the desk she worked from," Collet said as a black haired girl got up, blinking in confusion.
"What's going on?" Aisha asked curiously.
"Aisha, we just need to borrow your space for a moment," Collet said politely. She looked at the other two, "How do you want to...?"
"I'll start," Lilith said briskly, "Quill, can you use your device to scan whatever energies I can make manifest?"
Quill let her device switch back to staff mode, Cadeus glowing faintly. "Ready," she reported.
Lilith stepped by the woman named Aisha and put her hands on the seemingly simple desk. As she did so it began to shimmer and glow, motes of green light dancing in the air around her, as well as appearing on nearby bookshelves.
"My goodness," Aisha gasped. As the shimmering green light washed over her she saw, for a moment, another her using a pole arm and fighting off armies of bandits.
"Interesting," Quill noted, "we're getting more multiversal bleed through than normal. It may be because of the higher background energy in this universe."
"Be careful," Hazuki cautioned, "I don't want you hurting yourselves."
Collet watched, using a small magical stone to record the events for the headmistress. "This is remarkable," she noted quietly, carefully not disturbing them.
"All right, I have the readings," Quill said as the green light died away, "Lilith?"
The green light cut off, and Lilith slumped tiredly. "Lilith!" Hazuki hurried to her side, helping support the woman before she fell.
"Sorry Hazuki," Lilith recovered after a few moments, "it was harder than usual, with all the extra energies around here."
"I'm glad you're all right," Hazuki said, helping her into a nearby chair.
Lilith enjoyed Hazuki touching her, but fought the urge to snuggle close. She knew being overly affectionate could drive Hazuki away. "The traces from Eve were unusually strong too," Lilith noted, "but I'm not sure why. We're... I'd guess at least several weeks behind at this rate."
"Agreed," Quill nodded, "though I did get better readings on the unique energies Lilith and Eve use. Hopefully we can track it better now."
"Let's hope," Hazuki agreed.
"So you came here looking for Rei?" Aisha asked curiously as they waited for Lilith to recover more. "I worked with her a bit..."
"Can you tell me about her?" Quill asked curiously.
"Very full of life," Aisha recalled, "everyone seemed to like her. She wasn't that good at her job, honestly, but no one minded because she was so sweet."
"I can imagine that," Hazuki admitted, smiling fondly. She looked at Lilith, "I think you're right about us needing a rest."
"Really?" Lilith beamed.
Hazuki looked over at Collet and asked, "Do you think your headmistress would object to us staying a few days?"
"I don't think she'd mind," Collet answered promptly, "though I hope you wouldn't mind letting a professor or two look you over?"
Hazuki made a face but nodded, "I think we could do that."
The group navigated their way out of the library, Lilith rapidly recovering her strength. The many fangirls continued to 'squee' over Hazuki, but she ignored it stoically as they walked the halls of the academy looking for someone in authority.
"The headmistress is probably already away on her honeymoon," Collet admitted, "but her second should be around."
The vice-principal was not the sort of person Hazuki was expecting. The tall, blue haired woman seemed quite serious, yet humor glinted in her eyes. Her family name was Chōun, but as she waved them to seats she asked them to call her Sei. "So," she asked as she leaned against her desk, "how can I help you?"
Quill had to fight not to notice how her white dress was split, showing a generous amount of leg. "We were wondering if we could avail ourselves to your hospitality for a few days," she said diplomatically.
Sei seemed quite aware that Quill was noticing her body, and it didn't terribly bother her. "I believe we can accommodate you," she smiled, "but we have a great deal of guests visiting because of the wedding. You might have to share rooms."
"That would be fine," Hazuki said, even though she dreaded the idea of sharing with one of the students here. She felt so much older than them, even though she knew that physically they were all about the same age.
"I think I can bump a student and let two of you share a room," Sei seemed to read Hazuki's mind as she continued, "and one of you could use my couch."
"I'll take it," Quill flashed a smile.
Sei smiled back warmly, "I thought you might."
To be continued...
Series: CRossover
Type: Crossover
Links: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2793918/9/
Eight: Negima! Three
Sadly, Asuna ended up being right about trouble coming, The flying barge ran into a stray Griffin later that evening, though the Valkyries had no trouble driving it off. Somewhat more troublesome was the dragon the turned up the next day, that required Hazuki to pitch in along with the others.
"Well," Quill noted mildly as the black haired, brown skinned woman followed the others off the barge, "you can now add dragon slayer to your resume."
"I don't want it on my resume," Hazuki rolled her eyes as the black haired girl looked around at the massive school.
"Wow," Lilith had to say, the busty blond also looking around wide eyed.
Ariadne was as impressive as they had been told, a city state that was the largest independent educational establishment in Mundus Magicus, yielding to no outside authority. It's Mage-Knights were legendary as were all the great magicians and scholars they turned out. It was a combination of floating islands and massive land development, the strange buildings covering a entire mountain, pretty much.
"We could get lost for days here," Hazuki noted as they walked along a main artery into the city, surrounded by the chattering mob of wedding guests and students.
"I wouldn't mind finding a private corner for just us," Lilith winked, leaning in close to whisper to Hazuki.
"Lilith," Hazuki blushed, but didn't actually pull away.
Collet Rallendoll trotted up to them, the young woman apologetic. "Sorry, I didn't mean to lose track of you," she said meekly.
"It's fine," Quill noted, having extended her device Cadeus into staff mode and was busily taking reading while she could.
"Do you think you could take us to the library Eve worked in?" Hazuki asked her briskly.
"Of course," Collet agreed, the young woman leading them off at a trot.
The academy was as impressive inside as the view from outside had implied. There were seemingly thousands of students streaming back and forth down marble paved hallways, hundreds of classrooms and the evidence of magic in use all around. And much to Lilith's annoyance there were a lot of young women giving Hazuki admiring glances.
"Why are all these women paying attention to Hazuki?" Lilith asked Collet as yet another girl lingered to stare at her.
"Uhm," Collet looked sort of embarrassed, "you see, the wedding of Setsuna and Naoko was very important to the students here, so it and the trip there and back were shown magically around the school."
Quill looked amused as she asked, "So they all saw Hazuki fight against a dragon and help beat back the raiders?"
"Pretty much," Collet agreed. She dropped her voice to add, "Her popularity isn't all that surprising, nearly. She's a tall, dark and handsome woman who's saved the two most loved figures at the school. She even has a fanclub, I hear!"
Lilith whimpered, "You have got to be kidding me..."
Hazuki, thankfully, was largely unaware of the fangirling going on, focused like a laser on finding clues to where Hatsumi might have gone. They made they way to the library, which was as awe inspiring as the rest of the campus. The library seemed to stretch to the sky as rows and rows of books were laid out on multiple levels, students either walking or flying to reach various shelves.
"Wow," Hazuki found herself repeating, craning her neck to look up at the higher levels.
"I could move in here," Quill noted, looking around her in awe. Under her breath she muttered, "I wonder if Cadeus' translation spell would let me read here..."
Deciding to just ignore Quill's book-gasming for now, Lilith asked Collet, "Where did Eve work in here?"
"In the arcane research area." Collet said, leading the three women to a lift to carry them up. Hazuki had to stop and go back for Quill, who had already popped a book open and was trying to scan it with her device.
"But Hazuki!" Quill complained as she was tugged along.
"We'll probably be sticking around a few days," Hazuki comforted her, "you can look around after we've looked for Hatsuki."
Lilith fought back a laugh as they rose through banks of books, the students looking and whispering as they passed. "Hazuki, can we rest a few days?" she asked.
"If Hatsumi isn't too far ahead of us, I don't want to lose any time," Hazuki fretted. She sighed, "But I did tell Quill we could..."
"If you don't rest up occasionally, you'll be too tired to go after her," Lilith pointed out to her gently. Hazuki had incredible determination, but she worried that the young woman would run herself into the ground.
"You're right," Hazuki smiled at her slightly, "thank you, Lilith."
Chalking that up as a win Lilith hummed slightly as they left the lift, navigating the rows of books. It reminded her of the great library she and Eve had shared, thought thankfully it lacked the little pests. As they passed certain sections she felt a tingle, a faint trace of Eve's presence. It had been some time since she left, but Eve had definitely left a presence here.
"This is the desk she worked from," Collet said as a black haired girl got up, blinking in confusion.
"What's going on?" Aisha asked curiously.
"Aisha, we just need to borrow your space for a moment," Collet said politely. She looked at the other two, "How do you want to...?"
"I'll start," Lilith said briskly, "Quill, can you use your device to scan whatever energies I can make manifest?"
Quill let her device switch back to staff mode, Cadeus glowing faintly. "Ready," she reported.
Lilith stepped by the woman named Aisha and put her hands on the seemingly simple desk. As she did so it began to shimmer and glow, motes of green light dancing in the air around her, as well as appearing on nearby bookshelves.
"My goodness," Aisha gasped. As the shimmering green light washed over her she saw, for a moment, another her using a pole arm and fighting off armies of bandits.
"Interesting," Quill noted, "we're getting more multiversal bleed through than normal. It may be because of the higher background energy in this universe."
"Be careful," Hazuki cautioned, "I don't want you hurting yourselves."
Collet watched, using a small magical stone to record the events for the headmistress. "This is remarkable," she noted quietly, carefully not disturbing them.
"All right, I have the readings," Quill said as the green light died away, "Lilith?"
The green light cut off, and Lilith slumped tiredly. "Lilith!" Hazuki hurried to her side, helping support the woman before she fell.
"Sorry Hazuki," Lilith recovered after a few moments, "it was harder than usual, with all the extra energies around here."
"I'm glad you're all right," Hazuki said, helping her into a nearby chair.
Lilith enjoyed Hazuki touching her, but fought the urge to snuggle close. She knew being overly affectionate could drive Hazuki away. "The traces from Eve were unusually strong too," Lilith noted, "but I'm not sure why. We're... I'd guess at least several weeks behind at this rate."
"Agreed," Quill nodded, "though I did get better readings on the unique energies Lilith and Eve use. Hopefully we can track it better now."
"Let's hope," Hazuki agreed.
"So you came here looking for Rei?" Aisha asked curiously as they waited for Lilith to recover more. "I worked with her a bit..."
"Can you tell me about her?" Quill asked curiously.
"Very full of life," Aisha recalled, "everyone seemed to like her. She wasn't that good at her job, honestly, but no one minded because she was so sweet."
"I can imagine that," Hazuki admitted, smiling fondly. She looked at Lilith, "I think you're right about us needing a rest."
"Really?" Lilith beamed.
Hazuki looked over at Collet and asked, "Do you think your headmistress would object to us staying a few days?"
"I don't think she'd mind," Collet answered promptly, "though I hope you wouldn't mind letting a professor or two look you over?"
Hazuki made a face but nodded, "I think we could do that."
The group navigated their way out of the library, Lilith rapidly recovering her strength. The many fangirls continued to 'squee' over Hazuki, but she ignored it stoically as they walked the halls of the academy looking for someone in authority.
"The headmistress is probably already away on her honeymoon," Collet admitted, "but her second should be around."
The vice-principal was not the sort of person Hazuki was expecting. The tall, blue haired woman seemed quite serious, yet humor glinted in her eyes. Her family name was Chōun, but as she waved them to seats she asked them to call her Sei. "So," she asked as she leaned against her desk, "how can I help you?"
Quill had to fight not to notice how her white dress was split, showing a generous amount of leg. "We were wondering if we could avail ourselves to your hospitality for a few days," she said diplomatically.
Sei seemed quite aware that Quill was noticing her body, and it didn't terribly bother her. "I believe we can accommodate you," she smiled, "but we have a great deal of guests visiting because of the wedding. You might have to share rooms."
"That would be fine," Hazuki said, even though she dreaded the idea of sharing with one of the students here. She felt so much older than them, even though she knew that physically they were all about the same age.
"I think I can bump a student and let two of you share a room," Sei seemed to read Hazuki's mind as she continued, "and one of you could use my couch."
"I'll take it," Quill flashed a smile.
Sei smiled back warmly, "I thought you might."
To be continued...