Disclaimer: Negima and Love Hina is the work of Ken Akamatsu.
Love Sara
Chaper 1: Pactio Card
Fall of 2001
Hinata Girls Dorm Manager's Room 204 Keitaro Urashima
Keitaro Urashima and Naru Narusegawa looks at the toys and trinkets inside the Lido-kun time capsule which they with Mutsumi Otohime buried like treasure chest at Hinata's sand box eighteen years ago.
A small wand with a star at its tip takes Naru's fancy.
"Keitaro, isn't this cute we must have been playing magic when we were kids" Naru waving it like child.
"Hahaha Magic really…." Keitaro laughs nervously remembering he has not yet told Naru one of his most deeply held secrets. True he is a Tokyo U student and a very promising archeologist but he is an utter dunce to what his family specializes on.
Not an inn, a teahouse or sweetshop that is.
I hope I was more like Nagi Onii-chan. Every time Mom and Dad talks to me to take over the family business they always compare me to him. Onii-chan you're so cool being the famous Thousand Master. Thinks Keitaro admiring supposedly deceased Nagi who was a big brother to him at home.
"Ara Ara I don't remember any of us putting that wand in here." Said Mutsumi who suddenly appeared out of nowhere snapping Keitaro out of his reverie.
"Eh? You mean we didn't put this cute thing in here maybe you're remembering it wrong Mutsumi-chan" said Naru holding the star tipped wand.
"I remember we played pirates and we made sure nobody knew its location" said Mutsumi clearly the one with more recollection than the other two.
"What? But Keitaro you said that Grandma Hina told you where it is." Naru cocking an eyebrow at Keitaro
"She did somehow she must have found out about it since neither of us remember where it is" said Keitaro
"Heyas Keitaro!" Su kicking Keitaro's face sprawling him on the floor.
"Ohh what's this…" Su rummaging through the toy box picking up a …card?
"Hey isn't this little witch cute" showing to Naru and Mutsumi the picture in the card.
"Isn't that…" said Naru
"She is so kawaii." Mutsumi with fluttering hearts around
Keitaro recovering from the kick sees a … a pactio card!
Number 00 with a Latin phrase that translates to Artifact Master
With cute little blond four year old girl wearing a witch's hat and costume in it
"Sara!" Keitaro yells unexpectedly recognizing the former resident baby girl of the all girls dorm. All of them miss the prankster, Su's fellow accomplice who was left in the kingdom of MolMol with her new parents Seta and Haruka.
A contract pactio card is created when a person becomes a mages disciple. Pactio partners act as a Mage's defense as they recite spells. Typical Mages are vulnerable to attacks without partners. A mage's power is shared with his partner and the cards not only can be used to telepathically communicate but also transform into magical artifacts
This is the tradition of Western mages as per the legend of a powerful mage with a valiant knight at her side saved the world.
Today it is normal that mages marry their partners of the opposite sex which are a beautiful girl or a handsome man.
"Keitaro what's wrong? Sara must have found our secret hiding spot when she was younger. Maybe she was here at Hinata sou and that's how Grandma found out" said Naru as the three girls look at Keitaro's reaction.
"Eh nothing…nothing" Keitaro scratching is head
Sara has a pactio card! Who is her Mage! Does she know all along my family secret?
But…I shouldn't be worried about ha ha she is practically family now with Aunt Haruka as her mom also Seta I think knows of the inner world with all his familiarity with Ki techniques.
Still I wonder with this pactio card and that wand in our box of promises does this mean she also promised herself to a boy till she grows up? Keitaro wonders remembering his meeting with Sara vaguely resembling Naru his first impression of her.
"I think we must bury back this time capsule with those" Keitaro pointing out the wand and the card
"Why Sara is so cute I miss her" Su holding on to the card
"Think about it when Sara grows up she'll remember this and look for it" said Keitaro
"Ara ara Maybe she made a childhood promise until they grow up with a boy to meet here at Hinata sou and then marry each other" said Mutsumi gigling
The shock of the statement turns Keitaro and Naru into stone. It's almost exactly the same situation they are in.
"Now that I think about it Sara wasn't too keen on making friends her age especially boys acting like a tomboy maybe she is waiting for her Prince Charming so she can open her heart." Naru smiling with stars glittering all over her
"But when Sara-chan first came here she never said she has been here before" said Su being the little girl's best friend handing over the card to Keitaro
"Maybe doesn't remember it very well like Naru" says Keitaro
Naru grabs Keitaro
"Keitaro, we must help Sara with her promised boy!" says a teary eyed Naru
"Wha… wha … What are you saying! This is just a hunch even if it's true we shouldn't interfere. Let Sara and her friend find out for themselves" Keitaro sweating
If we are not careful we are going to find ourselves memory wiped at worst me turned to an ermine.
"Idiot do you really want Sara to end up like us!" says Naru
"But Naru we turned up just fine" said Keitaro then his head repeatedly beaten by Naru's fist
"Keitaro you idiot you know how much trouble and emotional hurt I went through before we finally got together I don't want Sara going through that!" Naru continually pummeling Keitaro as Su and Mutsumi sweatdrops looking at the scene
Two persons enter the room
"Shouldn't you guys think Sara's feelings first?" Kitsune with Shinobu just over hearing the conversation addressing Naru and Keitaro.
"Ah Kitsune, Shinobu" says Naru
"Umm what do you mean Kitsune" asks Shinobu
"My dears Sara is in love with Keitaro!" winks Kitsune stunning everyone
"What! Sara too! But she is just a kid!" says Keitaro hysterically with too many lumps on his head
"Keitaro, Keitaro while you were gone your little sister made a litmus test on who among us is in love with you those above the score of 50 is more than just friendship Sara's score was 62."
"Kanako's test couldn't that be accurate Sara hasn't shown any signs that she likes Keitaro that way" says Naru
"Naru you are so naïve. Did you know Sara was nervously confused when she saw Keitaro was about to kiss you while you were asleep." Says Kitsune
"She is kid of course she would be confused if this pervert took advantage of me" say Naru knocking her fist one more time at Keitaro's head
"Oww!" Keitaro moans
"Then why would she write this!" Kitsune flashes a piece of paper
Saying Keitaro Request Certificate in Sara's writing "I'll be looking for you" by Sara
"Sara also wants to go to Tokyo U just like the rest of you but she is too young for that. Her real reason is to see Keitaro who will undoubtedly be like Seta at the archeology dept. Also Naru, Keitaro, did you know the instigator to stop you guys from going to Tokyo U was in fact Sara." Kitsune making her final case to the couple referring to the incident where Kanako, Motoko, Shinobu, Su and Sara tried to stop them from fulfilling their promise just before they all went to Mol Mol.
All those present are surprised that Sara would be that manipulative.
Come to think of it at Mol Mol Sara stayed with Seta and Haruka maybe because she wanted to make sure they got there first at Todai than me and Naru. Thought Keitaro.
Suddenly Keitaro feels I'll intent directed at him that can only come from a practitioner of Ki.
Oh Oh thought Keitaro moving with Ki instant movement out the window
Disappearing from the eyes of Naru, Shinobu, Kitsune, Su and Mutsumi
But not from the eyes of Motoko Aoyama
"U…Urashima! Haven't you had enough. How many girls do you have to get your hands on before you're satisfied! You didn't even spare Sara!" cries Motoko the Shinmeiryuu swordswoman slashing following him outside.
"It wasn't my fault I didn't do anything to Sara!" Keitaro runs dodging the Ki attacks
"Zan Gan Ken no Tachi!"
Meanwhile at middle of Pacific. The Todai Ruins, Mol Mol
"Achoo…!" Someone must be talking about me thought Sara McDougal who has been repeatedly been sneezing these past minutes.
Author's Comments:
Here is my take on a Love Hina and Negima crossover.
For those who recognize the name Nagi. Nagi Springfield is the father of Negi Springfield protagonist male of Negima. As Setsuna asks Isn't Negi sensei British he believes in a buddha ? (saint).
I asked why two generations of Englishmen would have Japanese names.
Answer they are of Japanese decent.
At the age 10 a year before Keitaro was born Nagi Springfield was already in Japan even participating in the Mahora Festival Tournament.
Nagi, a mage dropout, he couldn't have been assigned a job at Japan.
My idea he was taken in by his Grandma Hina Urashima dub the Great Demon of Hinata Sou by the Shinmeiryuu. She is really creepy stalking Keitaro and Naru from the train depot all the way back to Hinata. Kanako's abilities are almost on par with Motoko plus she has a flying talking (it's ventriloquism I know except when Motoko was beating a voodoo doll) cat Kuro. Goth enough to be a witch in fact Ken Akamatsu drew her intro page as a witch.
Nagi came to live with Keitaro's family till his early teens when he joined the Mage war becoming the legendary Thousand Master and then living at the former Urashima family observatory at Kyoto.
Why does Sara have a pactio card? This is a Negi/Sara pairing. She with Negi made a accidental Pactio kiss at worst possible place. A place so dangerous that Hinata's elders sealed this place. Hinata Sou's abandoned inn a.k.a. the Love Annex. Normally destiny fate or the so called curse will bring these two together. It just so happens they were so young they don't remember (Negi age 2 ½, Sara age 4) and oh yes some ex-ronin Todai student destroyed the Annex by his sheer force of will is a factor.
By 2003 Sara would be a first year middle school student of what school you ask?
Mahora All Girls Academy where Negi is an English homeroom teacher of 3-A third year middle school.
There will be multiple Negi pairings of course but it will primarily focus on Negi and Sara's umm… relationship?
Just wait lol.