Known to many as the world's mighty protector, Negi Springfield is the homeroom teacher of Class 2-A from Mahora Academy. Since his first day, Negi has met and befriended many people, including his students, the lone dog hanyo Kotaro and even his enemies. He's done so with the strong support and trust given to him from the girls of Class 2-A, whom he has eached entered into a probationary contract with them. Out of them all, however, only one truly lent Negi her full support. And her name is Asuna Kagurazaka, the "bone headed" eighth student of Negi's class.
Through many trials and challenges, Negi and Asuna have saved the worlds of humans and wizards from certain destruction and have become great heroes. But what the boy prodigy does not realize is that while his fame grows, "another him" grows as the biggest threat to all mankind. But as of yet...neither side has met the other...until today...
Negima Nex: The Negative Plane
Chapter 1: A Reputation in Shambles
Our story begins deep within another world, completely closed away from the other side, except for a lone single portal. It is heavily guarded by the security force of Admiral Shadrux. He was a powerful man with a muscular figure, standing guard of the portal. He wore a long pitch black police officer uniform with long black pants stretching to his ankles. His skin was light dark brown and he kept a watchful eye with his red eyes.
"Keep your eyes open men. No telling when that sicko is going to show his face again." Shadrux said. Nearby, his men nodded. His men were all dressed in similar fashions to him. They wore mainly black SWAT team uniforms and carried strange guns on their right arms. The portal leading out of the world was heavily guarded by Shadrux and his men, stationing a fortified fortress around it. Shadrux patrolled by the front lines when one of his guards called him.
"SIR! It's...It's him! Target approaching from the east! He's right in front of us!" the guard called. Shadrux gasped, hurrying to the guard's side and looking out. In the distance, they saw nothing but a barren wasteland, covered by a thick dark sky with only a thin stream of lumination from a red sun. The fauna around them was all decaying and withered. But that was not what Shadrux observed.
"Well...he finally came." Shadrux said. Approaching in the distance was a small teenage boy, wearing a thick heavy fur lined coat that blew in the winds. His hair was blood red, glaring out in the distance with red eyes. His skin was the same color as Shadrux while he wore black gloves over his hands. Underneath his jacket, his clothes were exactly the same as Negi Springfield. By his side was a teenage girl with long flowing red orange hair, tied into two long pigtails by spiked orbs on the strands. She wore a gothic outfit, a black top over a white undershirt.
"So...we really doing this?" the girl asked. The small boy smirked.
"Of course we are." he said. He looked up in the distance, showing a face similar to Negi Springfield. But as he smiled, fangs were shown in his mouth. He and the girl stopped a few feet from the barricade, staring on at Admiral Shadrux and his men.
"Sir...what should we do?" one of his men asked. Shadrux said nothing, keeping his eyes fixed on the Negi clone. He then turned to his men.
"We all know what he wants men. This criminal and his croony want to escape the Negative Plane and head to the other side. We CAN'T let them." Shadrux said. The Negi clone grinned.
"Ready men? It's time! OPEN FIRE!" Shadrux yelled, waving his arm. The Negi clone grinned, quickly tearing off his coat and throwing it into the air. His gloves ripped apart as large red nails grew from his hands. He suddenly came charging, appearing like a savage beast on the hunt.
"Come on Admiral! Let's PLAY!" he exclaimed. The men began firing rounds of bullets towards the two. But the Negi clone was darting too fast for them to get a hit and he penetratred through, crashing down through the wooden door.
"Now Akusa! Let's go!" the boy cried.
"Right behind you Negor!" Akusa cried. She reached behind her and drew a large sword, with cracks at the edge of it. Its handle was blood red as she came charging. Shadrux growled.
"Men! Mobilize! Capture them!" Shadrux exclaimed. As rounds were still being fired from above, Negor sneered and charged inside. More soldiers came charging out, but were quickly slashed down by Negor's claws. He laughed with each soldier slain.
"Come on Shadrux! You've gotta do better than THIS!" Negor laughed. Outside, Akusa swung her blade and sent a ripple of energy crashing into the upper level, blasting off the soldiers firing from above. She then darted inside and followed behind Negor's trail of destruction. Shadrux observed everything with security cameras linked to a miniature communicator on his wrist. He growled more each time Negor continued on.
"That little...! He's not going to get the better of ME!" Shadrux yelled. On the first floor, Negor and Akusa continued their way through the fortress. Suddenly, the ceiling above came crashing down and they stopped to see Shadrux wearing a large battlesuit. Missiles suddenly sprouted from its back, all aimed at Negor.
"You won't get away this time you little piece of filth!" Shadrux yelled, opening fire. But Negor sneered and charged. He lunged for the missiles and slashed at them, causing them to explode in midair. He pounced off Shadrux's head and continued on. Akusa followed by sliding through the battle suit's legs.
"GET BACK HERE!" Shadrux roared. He swung the suit's arm, firing its giant grappling hand towards Negor. Negor looked back and grinned.
"Finally! Things are getting interesting!" Negor shouted. He rose one hand, forming a glowing red and black sphere in his palm. Akusa glanced at it and grinned.
"Hey Shadrux! CATCH!" Negor yelled. He threw it at the giant hand, smashing it to pieces and sending it straight up to Shadrux himself.
"What? NO!" Shadrux yelled. The impact caused a massive explosion. Negor looked back with a sinister smirk.
"Come Akusa! The portal awaits!" Negor called. He suddenly came to a screeching halt. His claws retracted and made a fist. He punched the ground straight below him, smashing the ground below and dropping them to the lower level. They entered into the room where the portal was.
"Good going Negor! Now let's blow this place!" Akusa shouted. Negor sneered, starting his approach on the portal. But suddenly, he heard Shadrux's yell. He looked up at his hole and saw Shadrux lunging down. He suddenly hit a nearby control panel and mechanical limbs fired out, firmly grasping onto Negor's arms and legs. They locked him in place.
"H...Hey! What...gives?" Negor asked. Shadrux smirked.
"You thought I'd let you just waltz in and allow you to escape. Well, you've got some skill Negor. For twenty years now, you've evaded my capture. But now...you're both mine." Shadrux said, approaching Negor. But as he did, Negor started to glow black.
"What'cha got to say for yourself...criminal?" Shadrux asked. Suddenly, Negor glanced at him. His eyes turned to slits. Shadrux gasped, seeing Negor's body starting to flux and expand, like he was transforming.
"I don't know...tell me. How does it REALLY feel...knowing that you're...a total WEAKLING?" Negor exclaimed. Suddenly, the scene goes black and Shadrux screams, struck down by Negor.
On the Other Side...
We shift now from the Negative Plane to Mahora Academy, the biggest all girl academy in the world. It has been roughly five months since Class 2-A had their last Christmas party and approximately a year since Negor attempted his attack. We join Negi out for an after school jog with Asuna, Konoka, Nodoka, Setsuna and the members of the Walking Club. Everyone wore track suits as they ran around the dorm grounds.
"It was really nice of you to come join us for a jog Negi. Going out is a lot of fun when you're with others." Kaede said. Asuna smirked.
"Well, we didn't have much else to do. And I've been telling Negi he needs to do something else other than train non-stop." Asuna said. Konoka giggled.
"Yeah. Going for a jog is fun. It's great exercise and a lot of fun too!" Konoka said. Setsuna smirked, reminding Konoka she mentioned "fun" twice. Chamo rode on Negi's shoulder.
"Just be glad that it's been great weather. It used to be raining non-stop for the past few days." Chamo said. Asuna huffed.
"It sure was. I HATED being confided inside our room because it was raining cats and dogs outside." Asuna said. Negi smiled.
"Hmm? What are you smiling about professor? Did we say something funny?" Fuka asked. Negi shook his head.
"No. It's not that. I just enjoy all the time I can spend with my students. You're all so unique that it's rather funny." Negi said. The twins chuckled as Asuna suddenly stopped, catching Negi by the collar of his sirt.
"We're "unique" huh? So what did ya mean by that?" Asuna asked. Negi looked on at Asuna, asking if he said something wrong. Asuna suddenly clutched Negi's head in a headlock, rubbing his head.
"No. You didn't say something wrong. I just wanna know what you meant when you called us UNIQUE. Did you used to think of us as just some peppy schoolgirls or something?" Asuna asked. Negi stuttered.
"N...No! Asuna! I never said such...gagh! You're rubbing my head too hard!" Negi called. Setsuna sighed. Kaede heard someone panting and turned behind her, seeing Anya catching up.
"Ugh! Finally! Couldn't you all have waited for me? I thought we were walking...not going for a twenty mile RUN!" Anya exclaimed, swinging her arms in the air. Kaede chuckled.
"Come on now Anya. I thought you'd remember the club's plans a little better than that." Kaede said. Anya groaned.
"Still...the least you could do is slow down! I was sweating like a COW back there!" Anya shouted. Asuna lightly snickered.
"You could use it Anya. Or has someone not noticed she's getting a bit..."round"?" Asuna asked. Anya gasped, turning beat red. Her anger quickly sky rocketed after that.
"TAKE THAT BACK KAGURAZAKA! I AM NOT ROUND!" Anya exclaimed, whipping out her magic wand. Negi sighed.
"Man. Anya can't take a joke, can she?" Chamo thought, observing with Negi.
Meanwhile...
We take a quick moment to come down to the Mahora City airport. The airport was extremely crowded today, filled with many people who had important things to do and places to be. A stewardess picked up the phone to the loudspeaker.
"Attentions passengers. Flight number 537 has just arrived. Please report to Gate 13 if you are boarding for the next flight to Wales." the stewardess announced. As the passengers aboard the plane stepped out into the lobby, we notice a strange group of teenaged boys and girls stepping out with the rest. Each had different colored hair, one boy had pure white hair. He wore large lensed glasses over his gold eyes, a baggy blue sleeved jacket over a yellow undershirt and long tan pants.
"Finally. We're here. I swear...that plane ride over was the WORST trip I ever took." he said. The others gathered around him. They consisted of a red haired girl with hair stretching down to her stomach, a teen boy with spiky yellow hair and another girl with short, silver hair with a long braid down her back.
"Well Leonard, any ideas as to how we're gonna find Negi? I mean...this city is supposed to be HUGE. He could be anywhere." the red head girl asked. Leonard adjusted his glasses.
"We'll find him. Don't worry." Leonard said. He then reached into his pants pocket and fished out a small newspaper clipping. It was an article showing a silhouette of Negi with long claws attacking the Magic Academy.
"Can you still believe Negi attacked our school? I mean...come on. We were classmates together. What would make him do it?" the blonde teen asked. Leonard stuck the clipping back in his pants pocket.
"Who knows? Come on. Let's go find Negi and ask. Maybe we'll get the answers we want." Leonard said. He and the others started to leave the airport and head outside. But standing up above the airport roof, the silhouette of Negi was standing against the sun.
TO BE CONTINUED...