Disclaimer:

Due to my attempt at maintaining the intended characters' anonymity, I'll not be listing all the series I'm borrowing from here yet. That said, nothing here belongs to me. Really. Like, at all.

Not for profit, just your brief amusement.

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Negi awoke more lethargic than usual.

Perhaps it was due to the party they had last night, saving the secrecy of magic that Chao Lingshen so nearly exposed. Or maybe he was just feeling down about how they also had to say goodbye to her, because she did not belong in this timeline.

But, never the less, he had to get up. He was a teacher, a role model to his students!

Although said students were older than he was...

Getting breakfast, he went to join Asuna on her morning paper run, and quickly found himself out of breath.

"Hey...you alright?" Asuna turned around to him, looking worried.

Negi noticed this, and put on a brave face, one actually capable of convincing his student. "I'm fine, Asuna-san."

Asuna blinked. She had her doubts, and yet this one seemed sincere. "...Alright."

A flash of light behind Asuna, one she didn't see, but one that made Negi's face grow pale. The arrow came from behind a building and into some bushes, but he was unfamiliar with the spell required to cause it.

Feeling her doubts confirmed, she questioned him again. "Negi, what's wrong?"

"Asuna-san, someone's using magic in the open...!" Negi pointed to the building which had hidden the creator of the arrow. Asuka turned around as Negi ran past, his fatigue forgotten.

"Ah? Negi, wait!" Asuna chased him down, spotting the two...no, three figures.

All three were men, one was dressed entirely in white clothes which contrasted with his black hair...white shirt, white pants, and white cape, holding what was clearly some sort of magical bow, too. The glasses simply added to his piercing gaze. He was combating some sort of man with creepy golden eyes with vertical slits in them, something that simply screamed snake. He had long black hair, and was dressed in a tan robe with some sort of dark shirt and pants underneath, the robe held in place with a purple rope, of all things. He was wielding a sword that was too long and thin to really be called a sword anymore. The third man would surely have otherwise drawn them most attention had he been holding a weapon, with his fiery orange hair and scowl that scarily suited his face. He was dressed in far more casual clothes, a simple red tee and dark blue pants.

But what scared her most, was that she had never seen these men before in her life.

She hid from sight in the shadow of a building, breathing hard. Something was wrong with those men. Then she realised, Negi was still out in the open.

"Archer...you certainly live up to your class' reputation..." The man with the sword seemed to hiss...like a snake.

"Which class are you, then? I would guess Sabre, given the sword." The man called Archer said back.

"Kukuku...Perhaps I am, perhaps I'm not." The so called 'Sabre' replied.

"Considering you will die here, it would help me to know which class I no longer need to worry about. But you obviously won't part with that information..." Another arrow blasted the ground at Sabre's feet, having evaded the projectile, and snuck into the bushes, strangely blending in. "...Perhaps he was Assassin?" Then Negi was noticed. Archer levelled him a glare. "Boy, do you have any idea what you just witnessed?"

Negi shook his head, dumbfounded by the strange display. But that wasn't the right answer, because that meant he had witnessed the event.

Archer sighed heavily. This went against his moral code, however this contest must be kept secret. He lined another arrow up, this one at Negi.

"You were at the wrong place at the wrong time...sorry." Archer fired, hitting Negi in the chest.

And even with his innate magic resistance, blood began to gather on the ground where he fell.

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A/N

Ok, something to kick-start my muse. Tell me how much worse my writing has gotten, please. I need it to be back to normal before I resume Naruto of the Dawn, because in my opinion, that story deserves the very best I can offer.

This story is taking the rules from 'Fate/Stay Night''s Grail War, but sticking different servants and masters from different series and throwing them together in Mahora Academy as the battleground.

I think Archer and his master's identity should be easy to figure out, as would the identity of the other combatant. But I will be impressed if anyone can guess his class, or his master. Enough so that I might even offer them previews, or side scenes I decide to cut out of the final copy.

Anyway, that's enough of me for you, I'm sure.

Senge.