Mahou Sensei Negima 261

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[TN: After returning from Japan, completing a hellish assignment (including losing about two hundred words in a crash and having to retype them from scratch), taking a breather and getting somewhat addicted to Tales of VS, I'm finally back and getting down to work on my backlog! Installment 1: two chapters of Negima.]

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Period 261: Kiss Kiss Carnival!♡
[Insert text: A wish upon a star in this otherworldly sky... Where will these feelings lead...?]
Natsumi: Whew... // A palace above the clouds... it really is like something out of a fairytale... // Oh, of course... if this really is Mars, then... // Those two little moons up there must be Phobos and Deimos... / ...Well, not that it really makes any difference... // ...My real problem right now is him... // (Calling me out to dance like that in front of all those rich types... // That was just terrible... I couldn't have been more embarrassed!)

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Flashback!Kotarou: You look plenty beautiful, Natsumi-neechan.
Natsumi: (No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! // He's not real, he's not real! The real Kotarou is a 10-year-old little kid! I can't be taken in! // That's right... I remember the time he made Negi-kun watch that Rider show that's on every Sunday and they played at being Riders together!)
Flashback!Kotarou: The Rider should be the model for every fighting man!
Flashback!Negi: R... Really...?
Flashback!Kotarou: The recent stuff especially is a total must-see!
Natsumi: (He really is still just a total kid, so...)
Girls: [aside]aaahhhh~! // Nagi-sama~~~!♡[/aside]
Kotarou: Hey, Negi... is this Governor-General guy not gonna hurry up and show his face already? / [aside]I dunno how much more I can take of these people...[/aside]
Negi: Apparently he's arriving an hour late; held up by some kind of official business.
Girls: [aside]Kojirou-sama~~~![/aside]
Negi: Until he does decide to appear, there's really not much that we can do. / [aside]let's just make sure we have a good grasp of the area and situation.[/aside]
Kotarou: Huh? Hey - over there! // It's those girls from Mahora!
Negi: Hm? Ah... / [aside]you're right...[/aside]
Takane: !
Mei: Ah...

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
[Insert text: Which of our Cinderellas will be joining the Prince tonight?]

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Natsumi: ...Mmm... But there's the whole Pactio issue as well... I do need to talk to Kotarou-kun about this one way or another... // Ah!
Negi: I see... the two of you came here for your summer holidays, and...
Takane: Indeed. I daresay the school will be handling the explanations for our absence, but... / [aside]there's still no word on reopening the Gates...[/aside]
Mei: I - I really look up to you! You've come so incredibly far, and -
Kotarou: Nah... it's really not that big a deal, you know...
Mei: Oh, no - I'll treasure this autograph...!
Natsumi: (Th... That's... Sakura Mei-chan... // ...from Mahora... // [aside]come to think of it, Asuna and the others said they ran into her...[/aside] // That's right... she's been like this about Kotarou-kun ever since he beat her at the school festival...)
Mei: [aside]if it wouldn't be too much trouble...[/aside]
Kotarou: [aside]sure, but could you quit it with the polite talk? You're older than me, y'know...[/aside]
Mei: [aside]ahaha... of course![/aside]

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Natsumi: (Ahhhh... she's... too cute... // Kotarou-kun seems to be enjoying himself more than he's letting on, too... // [aside]though of course, he's always nice to all girls...[/aside] // And she's such an honest, friendly type; I can't find any faults with her... // I'm just no match for someone like... // Wait... hm...? // "Match"...? In what...?) // Mmnhh...
Haruna: Negi-kun, Kota-kun. Could you come with me for a minute? There's something I have to talk to you about. It's urgent.
Negi: All right...
Kotarou: What is it?
Negi: What's this about?
Haruna: I heard the Governor-General is late, yes? / Well, that's perfect. This is the last chance we're likely to get. // The two of you... // ...are going to take this opportunity to form Pactios with all the girls who haven't done so yet! / Kotarou-kun, you with Natsumi, okay?♡

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Negi: Ehhhhhh~~?! Pactios?! Now?!
Kotarou: Why the heck?!
Natsumi: Wha - ? // Paru...!
Haruna: I believe I already explained the importance and advantages of everyone having Pactios?
Negi: W - Well, that's true, but... / To do it here in enemy territory...
Haruna: Negi-kun! // The secrets of this world, your father, your mother and everything... all of that is all very well. / But the most important thing to you right now... // ...is your friends, yes?
Negi: Y... // You're exactly right! / [aside]I haven't forgotten![/aside]
Haruna: Good! Then run off and get kissing~!♪
Negi: [aside]eh-[/aside]
Kotarou: Hold it! Why do I gotta go and form a Pactio with Natsumi-neechan?!
Haruna: Ohhhh~? I was under the impression that you were concerned about Natsumi-chan's safety...
Kotarou: Th... That's true, but...

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Kotarou: Even so... Why does that mean I've gotta go and k... // ...and kiss Natsumi-neechan...? That's just creepy...
Haruna: Dear me... // Hahahah... you really are a kid, aren't you, Kota-kun~?
Kotarou: What was that?!
Haruna: Should a real man be getting so worked up over one little kiss? Besides which, Kota-kun... // After what Rakan-san was saying before, you started to think that you might want to be a Magister Magi someday, didn't you? // Well then, surely you'd better start thinking about choosing a partner!♪ / [aside]choose Natsumi-chan, and you get to fulfil your wish to 'protect women' at the same time - two birds, one stone![/aside]
Kotarou: H - How did you know - ?! / [aside]can you read minds?![/aside]
Negi: [aside]...really?[/aside]
Haruna: Hahah... you shouldn't underestimate my power, you know. / [aside]You expected me to miss that reaction?[/aside] // Well then, good luck, you two~! / [aside]I've already sorted everything with Chamo-kun~![/aside]
Negi: Is that right...?
Kotarou: That girl's a freakin' scary one...

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KuFei: Yes?
Negi: Master Ku! // I have something to discuss with you!
KuFei: Wh - What might that be~aru? Negi-bouzu-dono...
Negi: The fact is... // I have decided to request to form a Pactio with you!
KuFei: Eh...? // Wh - Whaaa?! // Why are you asking me~aru?
Negi: No particular reason, but I have made my decision!!!
KuFei: Where is this sudden enthusiasm coming from?! It's creepy! // I mean, I know that forming a Pactio is a good idea... And I am prepared for this... I am, but... / The issue of k - of k - of kissing you is a little...

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KuFei: I simply cannot do it~aru!!
Negi: What are you talking about, Master Ku?! // [aside]this isn't like you![/aside]
KuFei: Th - Th - Th - That is not it~aru! My family has a very old law dictating that I must never surrender my lips to one weaker than myself~aru!
Negi: Wha~~~t?! That's the first I've heard about this!
KuFei: I'm not making it up~aru! A - At any rate... // I... I must challenge you!! // As long as you are unable to defeat me... / ...I am unable to accept your proposal!
Negi: I see... a challenge. // I understand completely, Master!

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People: What's all this? / The gladiator, Nagi, seems to be putting on some kind of show... // Who is that girl facing him? / A fool. / [aside]there's no way she could defeat Nagi.[/aisde] // No, I hear she was one of the masters responsible for training him... / Really? A young girl like that? // Hahahah... well, this should be interesting. / Now, which of them should I bet on...?
Negi: Erm... why exactly...
KuFei: Well, we could hardly start an all-out fight in the middle of the ball~aru.
Negi: (Wh... What now...? When it comes to actual physical combat, I still have a way to go, so I thought it might be an interesting match... // But arm wrestling is completely different; it will be over in an instant... I might injure her if I'm not careful...)

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Chachamaru: Well, then... // Ready...
Negi: (Sh... Should I hold back...? // No, that's just not...)
KuFei: (I... If I lose here, then... I'll have to k... to k... // No, I am prepared for this... I am, but... my heart still isn't ready... // No... but... ahh... // As his master... // I cannot allow myself to be so easily defeated~aru!)
Chachamaru: Go!

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People: I... It's over?!
Mei: Nagi couldn't have... lost?! / No way...!
People: No, wait... look! // It's not over!
Negi: (I underestimated her!!)

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Negi: (This force... this calibre of ki...! Master Ku cannot have been neglecting her training for an instant!!)
People: I... Incredible... She's competing with that Nagi on more-than-even footing... / Just who is this girl...? // Wait... wasn't there that story last month, about someone annihilating the infamous underworld organisation of Shangri-La... / Oh, yes... the wandering female bodyguard, said to have appeared in the Nyan-Nyan main restaurant... / You're not saying this is her?!
Chamo: Whoa, whoa...
Chisame: Just what has that kenpo-nut been getting up to...?
Negi: (I must apologise for my misconduct! // Master Ku! // Your student, Negi Springfield... // ...will face you will all his might!!)
KuFei: Ah... // Nn... / ghh...

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KuFei: (Nghh... at just ten years of age... // Making a face like that~aru... // It won't be... that easy...) // Aahh...! // (Ughh... it really is no good~aru... // N...no... wait a moment... // I... I'm still... not ready for... // Ah... No... // I... I can't~~~~~~~~~~~~!)

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KuFei: Ahh!
Chachamaru: We have a winner!!
Negi: You were incredible, Master Ku.
KuFei: No, no, it is you who were incredible... as perhaps I should have expected~aru. / I suppose I must acknowledge my defeat... which means that, ah... / ...means that... // ......
Negi: I - Is something the matter?
KuFei: No, I, ah, um, ah - ah - ah - // NOTHING WHATSOEVER~ARU~!
Negi: Master Ku!! // ...

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Negi: Ku Fei-san!! // I... I'm very sorry. Just thinking about the Pactio, I was getting ahead of myself... // I wasn't considering your feelings properly. // If you really don't want to do it, then I...
KuFei: Oh, don't be silly!♡
Negi: Eh...?

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Chamo: PAC // TIO!!
KuFei: I... I just had to prepare myself properly, that's all~aru. // It was my first time, after all... // I'm not like you, after all, kissing about ten different people already... I'm a pure maiden~aru! / [aside]nyahaha // that certainly was... soft...[/aside]
Negi: M - Master Ku!!

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KuFei: Adeat!! // Shinchintetsu Jizaikon!!
[TN: "Divine-Rare-Iron Free-Cane". Also known as the 'so-glad-I-don't-have-to-come-up-with-a-proper-translation-for-this-one'.]
KuFei: Anyway, might I ask if you are properly prepared for the consequences of this? // [aside]hmmm... a cane... // whoa... it's heavy?! hmmm... pretty interesting...[/aside]
Negi: Eh...?
KuFei: Now that you have violated my lips... // ...you are committed to become my groom!♡ / Once we get back, you'll be the new heir to the Ku Clan!
Negi: NOBODY EVER TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT THAT~! // [aside]whaaaaa?![/aside]
KuFei: Ahahahahah... only joking!♡ It's just a joke~aru!
Chamo: (Although, considering what Aniki's descendant looked like... / ...suddenly it doesn't seem so far out there after all...)
Chachamaru: ...
Kotarou: (Where's Natsumi-neechan got to...?)
[Insert text: The more kisses, the more drama!♡ Whose lips will be the next to fall?!!]