Disclaimer: I do not own Negima, or its characters.

So You Think You Can Beat Evangeline?!

It's almost evening, and I have just arrived at Mahora Academy. I walk a ways from the school building, to a small cottage not too far away. I knock at the door, and the little vampire-mage, Evangeline A.K. McDowell answers it.

"Oh. It's you. What do you want?" She asks in an annoyed tone.

"I want you to help me with something!" I answer.

"Like?"

"Oh, a challenge sort of thing. It's more of a game really. Come on! You'd like helping with this!"

Evangeline sighed. "Look, I already thanked you for saving me that time. Do I really owe this favor to you?"

"Well," I said, thinking about it. "Yes. You do. And besides! You'll like this!"

She groans. "I doubt it."

"You get lots of blood!," I said, hoping that would tempt her into helping. She seemed to become interested. Then I handed her a vile filled with a blue potion. "Drink that, and you'll gain all of your powers back for the remainder of this challenge."

"All of my powers?" Evangeline asked. I nodded. "And I get blood? Lots and lots of blood?" I wasn't too sure about that, but I still nodded. She instantly drank the potion. "Okay! So now what?"

"Well," I said. "You'll go about your normal daily life. However, when someone reviews and challenges you, you'll fight them. If you win… well, that's when you get the blood. But if they win, then they have proved that they're strong enough to beat you."

"HA! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME!" Evangeline yelled like a maniac. "I AM THE DARK EVANGEL! Come at me only if you wish to meet your doom!! MUAHAHAHHAHAHA!!"

"O-kay," I said, taking a step back from her. "Now it's time to explain to everyone how this is going to work. I've written a note, and am now putting it up for everyone to see for a moment. Alright Eva?"

"Whatever," Evangeline said. "As long as I'm getting blood out of this, I don't care what you do."

Note-Hey, Pokepal Karai Natsume here. This is going to be a new challenge/game sort of thing.

Here's how it works.

You review and tell me how you would go up against Evangeline A.K. McDowell. And we'll see if it works out... Or not. (Sorry, I don't guarantee that anyone will survive. But if your game plan's good enough, then maybe you'll be lucky.)

You can use any weapon, or magic spell against her.

Leaks and Green Onions are not allowed. Neither is Negi Springfield (come on people, that's just cheating.)

You may also bring one character from another anime to help you if you don't want to go it solo. Though, since I may not know the anime, be sure to describe the other character a bit. I'll need to know a general battle plan that you will use as well.

Ex. I'm gonna hide behind the bush, and ambush her when she walks by!

If you want a friend to help you, describe the friend, their personality, and the weapons they plan to use.

Remember, during this entire game, Evangeline is going to be going about her normal activities. Meaning, you can pick any time and place to mount an attack against her. Even while she's in class. Think about your strategy carefully.

*takes note down.*

"Okay, that's the end of the note," I said, looking towards Evangeline. "Evangeline, there's already one challenge here for you from my friend Sapphire to kick things off. Are you up for this?"

"Whatever," Evangeline said.

"Alright. We'll start this challenge tomorrow."

* * *

The Next Day:

Sapphire arrives at Evangeline's house bright and early to start the challenge. She walks up to the door, shaking like a leaf, without a single weapon in her hand. "Wh-why did I let Karai talk me into this? I never agreed to fight Evangeline!"

I stay back, and watch her from a distance, amused. Seriously, I can't believe that I actually managed to talk her into this. She knocks, and Chachamaru answers.

"Ah. You must be Sapphire-san," Chachamaru said, bowing. "The Master has advised me to keep all of you 'yahoos' away until it is time for her to go to class. She seldom awakens at five in the morning."

"Ah! That's no fun," I yelled, jumping out of the bushes I was hiding in and running up to Chachamaru. "Let Sapphire wait inside then!"

"I…don't suppose that could hurt anything," Chachamaru said, stepping aside and letting Sapphire in. I come inside too, just to watch what happens.

"Please do not touch anything," Chachamaru said, walking towards another room. "I shall return to sleep mode until it is time to awaken the Master."

"S-so now what?" Sapphire asked, turning to me. I just sit down in a nearby chair.

"I don't know. It's your challenge. I'm not allowed to interfere. I'm only along this ride for moral support. Well, kinda. I don't think you stand a chance against Evangeline unarmed."

"Oh, real supportive," Sapphire said, the sarcasm noticeable in her voice. "Can I just back out of this now?! I'm doomed!"

"Oh, you're not doomed…"

She glares at me.

"Well, okay, maybe you are doomed."

"Aaahh… I don't know what to do!" Sapphire said, beginning to pace around the room. "I don't have any weapons! I don't have a thing!" As she's walking, she doesn't notice a small table in front of her and walks right into it, causing three glasses of liquid that were sitting on it to fall to the ground and break. "W-what was that?"

I walked over and picked up a piece of one of the containers. There was a label on it reading, 'Growth formula 1. Tested-works.' "Oh no…," I said, realizing now what Sapphire had done. "You're dead!"

"What? Why?!," She asked, panic beginning to rise up in her voice. I show her the bottle, and she instantly realizes it as well. " Oh I'm doomed. Please Karai! Can we call this off now?"

I think about it for a moment. " Nope. This just makes it all the more fun." I get an odd, evil smile as I sit back in the chair, and wait for the action to begin.

" I at least have to try and hide!," Sapphire yelled, running for a hiding spot. She found a place behind Eva's sofa.

It wasn't long before Chachamaru re-entered the room to announce that Evangeline was awake. Moment's later, the vampire mage came out of her room, to find me sitting in one of her chairs. " And what are you doing here this early?"

" Sapphire's challenge, remember?" I asked.

" Oh, yes, that..," She said, looking around. " Well alright, where is the girl?"

" Hiding," I answered.

" Why? Doesn't she want to fight me?"

" Um…," I said, looking towards the broken containers on the floor that I ' forgot' to clean up. "Er.." Evangeline caught site of what I was looking at, and then became furious.

" WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!"

" I didn't," I said. " That's why Sapphire's hiding. Seriously Eva, if I did that, I would be hiding at this point too. Maybe."

Evangeline looked around the room. " She's hiding here, yes? In my house?" I nodded.

" She's dead…" Evangeline ran around the room, looking behind things and under things, until she finally spotted Sapphire behind the couch. Noting the completely ticked off look on Eva's face, Sapphire ran for it.

" Wait! You have to fight her!," I called.

" No I don't!," She yelled back at me. " You talked me into this! I don't have to do a thing!" Still wanting to see what happened, I ran after Sapphire and Evangeline. Sapphire had made her way to Evangeline's bedroom, and had somehow managed to lock herself in the closet.

" This is going to be too easy," Evangeline said to herself, breaking down the closet door. She then grabbed Sapphire by the shirt and dragged her forward. " You're pathetic. Didn't even put up a fight."

Sapphire then quickly mumbled something, and a sudden force of energy knocked Evangeline away from her.

" What'd you do?," I asked.

" I put up a magical barrier.," Sapphire said, a nervous smile crossing her face. " Now Evangeline can't get to me."

" Oh I can't?," Evangeline asked. Then she just vanished.

" Oh crud!," Sapphire said, looking to see Evangeline standing right behind her. " H-how did you…?"

" Your force field was weak. I transported inside of it. Heh."

" Eeep!," Sapphire cried, putting down the force field and once again running for her life, causing me to follow.

" I am so doomed!," Sapphire yelled as she ran out of the house with Eva and I following.

" You might as well give up.," Evangeline said as she walked out of the house. " You can't escape."

Sapphire turned. " Fine then. I'll just have to beat you!"

" With what?," Evangeline asked.

" Err…," Sapphire said, digging in her pocket. " Found it!" She pulled out a red and white ball containing a Pokemon inside. " This!" She released a small round pink Pokemon from it, known as Jigglypuff.

Evangeline just stared at it blankly. " You're kidding. That thing? You honestly expect to defeat me with that?!"

" Uh… would this count as animal abuse?," I asked, looking through some legal looking documents that I have no idea how I obtained.

" Sing!," Sapphire commanded.

" Oh no," I said, getting some earplugs from my pocket and putting them in.

Evangeline started laughing. " Hahahaha! What's it supposed to do? Sing me into defeat! Hahahaha!"

Then the Jigglypuff began to sing. Sapphire now had a somewhat confident look on her face, as she watched Eva's eyes begin to close.

" Oh wow, it's working," I said to myself. " That was unexpected."

Eva's eyes fully closed and she fell to the ground.

" HA!," Sapphire yelled, jumping up and down triumphantly. " I did it! I won! I beat the Dark Evangel!"

" Not just yet." Sapphire turned to see Evangeline standing right behind her.

" How did…,"

" My vampiric barrier could block out the attack." She then grabbed Sapphire and dragged her closer. " And now, I'll take your blood."

She was about to bite Sapphire on the neck when Sapphire called out, " Transform!"

Evangeline looked up to see who Sapphire was talking to, and noticed another Evangeline standing in front of them.

" You'd best let go of my Master," The other Evangeline said. She then fired 7 arrows of Darkness at Evangeline. Evangeline dropped Sapphire and jumped out of the way, and then stared at the imposter.

" Who are you?," Eva asked it.

" I am you," The other Evangeline answered. " My Master has commanded it."

" Well what the hell is that supposed to mean?!," Evangeline demanded.

" That I am now you.," The other Eva said. " And I shall fight you."

Sapphire ran over to me while they talked. " Listen, I don't care about this challenge thing anymore! All I wanna do is get outta here now!" She then handed me two Pokeballs. " Here, there's the Jigglypuff I borrowed, and the Pokeball for my Ditto that's fighting out there." With that, she ran off.

" Wait!," I yelled. " You could win this! Come back!" It was too late though, she was going so fast that she'd probably already left the grounds of Mahora Academy all together.

I looked to the two Evangeline that were fighting each other. They were throwing one spell after another, and neither seemed to notice Sapphire had left. I sighed. " Oh well. I guess we should get started with the real challenges now." I then stepped onto the battlefield. " Hey, you two. It's over. Sapphire's gone."

Both of them stop and turn to me. " Sapphire's gone?," One of them asked.

" Yes," I answered.

" Really?," The other asked.

I sighed, and once again answered, " Yes."

" Hmm..," one of them said. " I believe I was promised some blood out of this." She turned to the other Evangeline. " I don't suppose you've ever really had a drink of blood before?"

The other Evangeline exposed her fangs. " No, but I suppose in the form of you I would quite like it."

Then they both start coming towards me.

" Oh no…," I say to myself. " Y-you guys… there will probably be some blood for you later… you know, after we get more challenges in." Noticing that they haven't stopped coming towards me, I then turn and begin to run for my life.

End?!!

So, that was Sapphire's challenge. We actually talked this over on the phone, and I was only in it for moral support. (Meaning I was the one friend who was supposed to be helping her, but since I set the whole thing up, well, not so much.) So, now that Sapphire's um, not-so-official challenge is out of the way-start reviewing and sending in yours.

Remember, not all are guaranteed to survive. (Though if you end up not surviving, you can appear in other chapters as one of Evangeline's minions if you want to. Or a ghost character, like Sayo.) Think carefully about your battle plan.

Now- If you're brave enough! If you're bold enough! If you think you can beat Evangeline! Start sending in those reviews, and let's get this thing started!