Chapter 2: Awaken The Darkness
(The White Citadel)
The magic world was silent the moment Negi let out that dark roar through his mouth that day. Takahata's cigarette seemed to have ran cold for some reason, Rakan's sa-ke turned sour, Eva's wine turned to ash in her belly, trees all around trembled as if there was an earthquake and animals from the smallest ant to the mightiest dragons shook with fright not knowing what was fast approaching them.
But in another realm within a third dimension of the magic world, Fate Averncus awoke from his throne only to find an empty white wall with some of his golem knights guarding the area with all vigilance. "Hmm…" he muttered out before noticing footsteps coming from the hallway. "Ah… welcome back your highness…" she motioned to the long pig tailed red head girl wearing female warrior chest plate and a giant sword holstered in its scabbard on her back. "You seem well…"
"You know I don't usually do house calls Fate" Asuna, the twilight princess barked back at him with an irritating brow raised. "If you wanted to talk to me we could've just talked in telepathy. You do know that I'm very busy"
"Yes I know that very well. Which reminds me… how goes the maintenance of our army?"
Asuna huffed in her reply. "Considering what we've went through for the past few weeks I'm guessing we're at about to reach fifty million soldiers by tonight"
"Fifty million? Odd. You've reached ten million soldiers in just two days before"
"That's because you keep sending them off to fight before I could add them to my calculation!!" she barked. "If you keep sending them out on some silly errand to buy you pizza or something, then I doubt we'll reach half way towards our nominal grounds, in a week's time"
"Then I guess it was to be expected" Fate sighed, "Since we're on the subject already. Would you mind lending me a few hundred more? I have need of such a small number for a small task"
"Sending another scouting party to the other side?" she inquired. "If you want recon, then I suggest you use the flying ones instead of the ground ones. I still haven't perfected them either"
"That is to be expected since you do have a tendency to be afraid of heights"
"Hey! Are you making fun of me now!?"
"I was just stating to truth your highness"
"Please… don't call me that" Asuna sulked down comically. "It feels weird being called that all the time"
"Very well princess" Fate stepped down from his throne and walked towards her. "But to be honest, I'm not sending another scouting party. Tsukuyomi discovered another one of the enemy's war vessels cautiously entering our air space through the dimensional gate. It appears to be probing our defenses so I'd rather not take any chances with it"
"Hmph… fine. I'll have another hundred waiting for her by the portal in a minute" she quickly turned around and walked away, but Fate stopped her.
"Very good" he brushed past her shoulders with a small smile up his lips. "Oh and by the way. It appears Negi has finally found his father too" Asuna literally hit the breaks on her own shoes that moment when Fate said that. Her eyes widened with surprise and her sweat glands worked up on her face. She wanted to say something but she just couldn't find the words to fit the situation. She wanted to say congratulation to Negi, but that would just be lying to herself.
After a brief pause, she recomposed herself and said. "Then our battle has just become far more difficult. With him around, the White Army will be nothing more than child's play"
"True… but we still have 'those' in our arsenal"
"I'm afraid those new designs you sent me will take a little longer than expected" she told him almost instantly. "The designs are incredible but the materials needed to build them are hard to make. I should be able to make a thousand of them by tonight, but other than that I still can't guarantee that they will work the way you planned. I may need to reconfigure them if they're to work on our favor"
"Then do so. I do not intend to have a defective army at my command"
"Tch… you're starting to sound a lot more like an irritating king. Don't forget that you still have a promise to keep"
"Oh now now Kaguragaza Asuna, you need not worry. I will keep my end of the bargain as long as you remain loyal to my cause"
"Oh is that some kind of a silent threat? Don't forget that I'm strong enough to take you down from that seat of yours"
"Yes… I agree. If we should fight to the death, I would certainly be the one to lose. But don't you forget that you need me to bring about your dreams as well"
"Tch whatever… But do you still think that the Ostian army would bow to you with just this? I mean Negi did assemble a big group after all"
"Yes… he has. The host he has assembled is far larger than I could've hoped for. Honestly that boy never ceases to amaze me even after we've battled so many times"
"That's because you're just plain careless"
(Back at Negi's ruined village)
Setsuna and the other girls of class 3-A froze that moment when the dark blue flame burst out of the village, destroying every light-totem that Nagi erected an hour ago. As expected the barrier of the totems vanished, clearing the village of blinding light.
But out of all of them, Nagi was probably surprised the most because right after the barrier was destroyed, he felt a fist made contact onto his chin breaking through the shield he made to protect himself against physical attacks. "Gehhh!" he was thrown slightly upward and right back down to the ground like a chunk of old dried meat being tossed over and over again and again. "T… that was a seven layered shield. What kind of monster is able to get through that with just one hit?" as he looked at the hill where he was standing earlier, his body froze in shock to what replaced him there.
It was Negi carrying one of his respected students Kaede with one hand and the other hand burning in a dark blue flame that literally consumed all sorts of light. He looked down to his father, his mage cape still flapping down on his back, his eyes blood red like that from a demon and with a scowl that would even make Satan gladly take a dip in a pool of holy water for six days and six nights. His entire visage was frightening and even Eva herself trembled under that posture.
"Your fight is with me" he said demonically before placing Kaede down on the soft grass. His whole body resonated with so much dark energy that not even sun light could pierce through his skin.
"Negi!" Setsuna sputtered out in relief.
"Stay right where you are" he ordered in a strict and serious tone. "This is my fight…" Mana noticed his tone changed slightly and could already see that their strength level were too far apart to even begin to compare. She knew right that they would only be a hindrance to him in battle.
"Setsuna, let's go…" the markswoman urged her to agree. Setsuna was reluctant at first but seeing that she could barely even move her limbs, she agreed. Ku Fei carried Kaede on her back not once taking her eyes off the Thousand Master. Mana covered their retreat and quickly joined in to regroup with the rest of her classmates.
As both father and son once again stood on their ground, the village seemed to have suddenly turned quiet. Zazie, the gypsy of the class could feel the souls of the dead suddenly silenced themselves as if they were watching every moment of the battle between father and son. The souls of all who had perished here during the demon attack eyed the two, not taking a single blink hoping not miss one action at all.
For the first time in a long while, Nagi actually felt fear running through his bones. He had fought many opponents before and never even broken a sweat. He always knew that he would meet a strong opponent one day, but he never knew that the one to make him nervous in a fight would actually be his own flesh and blood, Negi.
"Looks like I underestimated you boyo. You managed break free from my spell after all" Negi did not reply. Instead he only gave him a stare that struck a bit of terror into his heart. "Oh well………… shall we get this over with?" the two of them quickly got into a battle stance, signaling that they were ready.
Just before the battle between father and son broke out, the rest of the Negi's students arrived on sight. "Negi sensei!" they called out to him. They were about to join in the battle as well, but Mana stopped them. "Hold it all of you! Don't move a muscle!" she ordered with a serious tone. "Don't interfere. This is their fight… we'd only get in their way"
"But what's up with that blue fire yo!?" Kotaro barked. "He never showed that technique to me to before!"
"Neither have any of us" Chisame muttered calmly. "But whatever Negi is doing, it's a thousand times more power than Magia Erabea"
"Eh, you can sense it Chichi?" Chamo appeared on top of the young lady's head a little vigorous.
"It's hard not to when you have a Pactio to read magical powers" she had her laptop on and from what she could see in the charts: Negi's magical energy reading was going beyond 10 million points. "But these readings…… they're beyond the natural boundaries of the magic world itself. Sensei… please don't hurt yourself"
A minute has passed after Negi and Nagi turned to their combat stances. Their eyes connected to one another, making it impossible to do any feint attacks or tricks that would require street smarts to figure out. So as long as their eyes remained together, every attack they do now will have to be used with only brute force… nothing else was required.
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The sound of a metal object hitting the floor became the starting signal of the fight. But Nagi was caught off guard when his son rushed to him with a burning fist that would've tore through his body like a drill if it weren't for his shield. "What the heck!? That was a twelfth level barrier and he broke it with just one punch?" he quickly took a defensive position and cast another magical arrow to even up the odds. "Alright boyo, this is it, time to get serious! Ten thousand magical arrows!" a hail of arrows suddenly filled the sky swarming nearly the entire horizon. The entire class of 3-A were terrified of such an attack.
But Negi on the other hand looked bored instead of excited or frightened. As the arrows were fired upon him, he waved his hand around and chanted a spell that he never even heard of before. "Dero Abyssilia… (Dark Abyss)" immediately a vortex of ungodly powers appeared in front of the boy, sucking everything into its dark whirlpool. The magical arrows Nagi sent out to attack was simply hurled away into nothingness.
"Wha?" to say the least the Thousand Master was impressed and yet the same time scarred of that power. He took a mental note to never again piss off Negi even if he is eating his favorite beef steak stew. "I guess cheap tricks and tactics really won't work in a fight like this. You've come far Negi" with a moments break given, the mage quickly rolled up his sleeves still grinning, but at the same time shaking with fear and excitement. He then took in several deep breaths to get his muscles to relax.
But on Negi's corner, he wasn't doing a darn thing. The boy just stood there… like he was waiting for his father to prepare himself.
As the dust rolled by the ruins of the empty destroyed houses of the village, Nagi soon took position and prepared himself for battle. "Denextrus Michelai!" the moment he cast those words out, Nagi's body was engulfed with powerful wind allowing him to float over the ground at any height. "Ok boyo, the gloves are off on this one! Let's see how strong you really are!" in a blink of an eye, he vanished in an instantaneous speed surprising everyone who was watching.
When Negi saw this, his left brow raised ever so slightly giving out a hint that he was somewhat surprised of that speed. But of course his eyes were trained so well that he could see where his father was going. After another moment, he quickly vanished into thin air leaving a trail of smoke in his place.
"They've vanished!?" Kasuga Misora (AKA: The nun) yelled in shock.
"No…" Yue replied sternly. "They're just moving too fast for our eyes to see"
"Eh? Can you see them Yue?" Nodoka questioned.
"Not really… but I can hear them fighting somewhere nearby. Who knows… they might even be right next to us and we wouldn't even know it"
"Wow… as expected from the great magician Yue" Chamo nodded proudly at her. "I guess all those days spent in that academy of wizards and witches weren't all a total lost after all"
"Hmm…" Yue didn't really know what to do right now, but her hearing skills could clearly tell where they were. "Chisame, can you pinpoint Negi's exact location with the Ala Alba badges? He should still have it on his coat"
"Yeah… great thinking Yue!" the computer genius quickly got to work using her mouse platoon. "And with the camera planted on it, we might be able to see what Negi sees" just when the computer screen popped up, her eyes widened with horror on what appeared then. True that they were able to locate Negi and see what he sees, but the boy was moving at such a speed that the pictures being transmitted were blurred in every second. "T… this is… crazy…"
"Well I guess there are just something's technology can't do" the ermine sighed.
"Nododka" Yue called to her best friend. "Do you think you can read their minds to see what Nagi's plans are? Now that he's busy fighting he won't be able to notice us doing anything"
"R… right… I think I can"
"You think that's a good idea Yue chan?" Haruna snickered in a comically-evil way. "To read the mind of your soon-to-be-father-in-law might make you lose a lot of points with Negi" the two girls froze in their actions to Paru's words. It was true… one of them had to marry Negi and if they lose points with the boy's father… it could prove disastrous on their relationship with their teacher.
Chisame and the others face faulted on them. To think that even in this situation they were still thinking of impressing the boy's old man for R-points (Relationship points).
"Eh… ugh…" Nodoka held out her book and shook in fear. Paru was usually right when it comes to love, but Nodoka just had to do something.
"You idiot!" Chisame barked which frightened the lot of them. "This isn't the time to be thinking that sort of stuff! We have other things to worry about!" she literally kicked Paru on the face and turned to Bookstore (Nodoka's nickname) for her power. "Don't just stand there! Read him!"
"Ehh… right!" not wanting to anger the computer genius anymore than she was now, Nodoka quickly got to her Pactio card. "Adeat!" she summoned out. "What is your name!" immediately the words began appearing on the Pactio card-book. Both Nagi and Negi's name appeared with ink appearing out of nowhere.
Nagi-Springfield (Nana)
Negi-Springfield (Negi bozu)
"Eh? Nagi's nickname is Nana?" Kotaro raised out a quizzled brow.
"Who cares!? All we need is Nagi's thoughts not Negi's. Nodoka, now!"
"Right! What is your aim!" again the words appeared on the book, writing in a scripted works which made it harder for the others to read. "Eh…"
"What the hell is this!? It's all scripted!?" the wolf boy groaned. "I can't read a darn thing!"
"As expected of the Thousand Master" Mana huffed. "Even reading his mind seems a lot more difficult than you could imagine"
"Relax little mutt. I can read it just fine" Chisame bonked him in the head as she read the words in her mind.
'Oh boy… I can't believe Negi's gotten this strong already and to think he only turned ten. This power must be the last wave of his dark energy. I don't think I'll be able to defeat it head on, but if I can just hold him for about five more minutes than his power should disappear. Hopefully Eva should be able to bring the boy back together. Geeze kids these days: They don't know how to handle themselves when they have power. Oh yeah that reminds me, Negi's birthday is coming up soon. I guess I'll have to ask Al (Albireo Imma) to get him a present from downtown'
Chisame sweat dropped as she read the last sentence. "You know… the niceness of this book kind of ruins the tension" but then she noticed that Negi's thoughts were appearing on the next page. "Huh?" unlike his father, Negi's page were scribbled in words that were barely even understandable. It was as if his mind was in conflict of what he was trying to say.
'Perish… on… what… therefore he must… do not do that of will he… compare it with none… beginning… far… nearing the caves of wonder… a just world is false… Darkness consumes… the wind blows eastward. The door behind the front of us closes…'
"What in the world?"
"What's the matter? Chisame san?" Konoka said worryingly. "Is something wrong?"
"N… no… nothing. I just couldn't read something" she lied. She just didn't want the others to worry on what was going on through Negi's mind right now.
"Hey Konoka chan" Ku Fei called out. "We could use a little healing over here"
"Ah yes… of course" the young lady quickly rushed over to their side to give her friend's a full healing treatment. "Adeat!" she healed Ku Fei first and then Mana who had very little scratches on her. She then rushed to Kaede who had just recently regained consciousness. "Are you ok Kaede san?"
"Yeah… thanks de gozaru. My body may be healed but I still don't have the stamina to move just yet" she quickly got into a comfortable position sitting next to the wall to observe the fight. "Man… they must be so fast. My eyes can barely tell which of them is winning"
Konoka then turned to her bodyguard Setsuna who was still gripping on her sword and gritting her teeth in anger. "Thank you ojou-sama" she tried to stand up and help Negi but she could barely even lift her own legs up. "Arghh!"
"Set-chan! Don't move" her mistress gave her an arm as leverage. "Your wounds maybe healed but you're not ready to take action"
"But… I have to do something…" she urged her body to move but nothing was budging. "I can't let Negi do… all… the fighting…"
"Hey hey, don't worry about it de gozaru" Kaede smirked. "To go in battle winded like that is just as good as going to school without a pencil or notebook. We may as well sit back and rest for now. Besides…this level of combat… is far beyond what we are even capable of doing…"
Setsuna looked back at the battle and saw how Negi was fighting against his father. His moves were so accurate and so fast that he actually mastered all his techniques to perfection, leaving away all unnecessary movements. It was hard to admit it, but the boy really has surpassed everyone who he had trained with. Whether it was magic or combat Negi would drive himself to the edge of death to master that technique and he will not rest until he learns everything he can.
In a rare sight of anger, Setsuna stabbed her sword to the ground and cursed herself for being such a weak individual. "Is there really nothing I can do…?"
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Nagi threw a punch at his son which was again blocked and countered with another punch which he dodged. They two of them were using a wide variety of magic and combat martial arts on both ground and air level, making it neigh impossible to tell what the other person will do next. As mortal men watch this fight between father and son, they could possibly think this it was more of a battle between gods.
The magic they were using literally began to change the landscape of the place, heck some of the mountains that were used as landmarks were already none existent in this village.
"Pressure cube!"
Negi was suddenly trapped in an invisible box made entirely out of pressured air and began to squeeze him within. "Sorry boyo, but this is for your own good" Nagi was later surprised when his son broke free without even moving a finger. "Damn!"
"HAAAA!!" a flame punch came at him, but Nagi was able to block it. "Wind hammer!" a powerful force surged against Negi's body, sending him down to the ground.
By the time they were on solid ground they were both on the ground, everyone could see that they were both exhausted. They were panting at a normal rate, and their sweat glands were working overtime. Negi still had his father's staff with him but he doesn't seem to be using it anymore. "Looks like we're in a bit of a stalemate eh Negi? Don't think that either of us will leave here unscathed after all"
Silence filled the air before Negi spoke again. "Why did you leave?" his tone was dark and dry, like a voice rasping for water in the middle of the desert. They both dropped their posture and decided to have a little in-time-battle-conversation.
"Huh?"
"Why didn't you tell me that you were still alive back then? Why did you leave me with Nekane nee san? Where did you gone for the past five years?"
"Negi…"
"I always thought you were really gone back then and I never once even thought that you were alive. When you came back when our village was attacked, why didn't you stay with me?" Nagi turned down his head in shame. In truth when he was waiting at the village that morning he had a whole speech prepared for Negi and simulated many answers for his questions too. But now that he was facing with the real thing, he realized that there was nothing on this side of the mortal realm that could possibly satisfy the boy's quest for answers. Perhaps the answers never existed at all. After a moment of silence, Negi soon became impatient for his father to reply and began charging for another attack.
"It was… to protect you…" he said finally, which calmed the boy down a little. "I have many enemies Negi and you and your cousin are the only family I have left. The longer I stayed with you the more dangerous it became for everyone who lived in this village and if I had brought you with me, it would mean to be a life on the run. That wasn't a life I wanted you to have… especially not after the war. (pause) I was only supposed to be gone for a month or two and come visit once in awhile. But Afterwords I discovered that the organization that I tried to destroy 20 years ago had one last survivor in it. So my absence became longer than it was supposed to be. (pause) I know I can't really understand how you feel Negi, but it pained me every single moment not to be with you. But...... knowing that my actions kept you alive balanced that pain. Every day I would contact Nekane or the village elders to tell me how you were doing. Even when you were in Mahora Takahata and the principal kept me updated on how you were doing"
Negi's face lit with surprise as to what his father said. "Takahata and… the head master… knew?" his voice was calmer now as if the anger that raged inside of him was disappearing.
"Yeah, but I didn't exactly tell them where I was so I couldn't be traced ahehehehehe" Nagi humored. "But… I swear Negi. I stake my name as a magus and the Thousand Master that no matter what came over me (dramatic pause) I still thought about you every single night and day…"
The ice in Negi's heart melted completely like a scoop of ice cream thrown in the middle of the Sahara desert. The darkness on his skin faded and only a hint of dark magic remained in his eyes. "So after all this time. You were doing this just… for me…" the anger that once fueled his dark magic soon began to disappear replaced by a lighter side of the world.
"Negi kun…"
"Negi bozu…"
"Negi sensei…"
"Aniki…"
But just when the darkness in his heart was about fade away… a voice echoed at the back of the boy's head, circulating the evil that was buried deep within.
"Lies!"
"AHH!!!" Negi screamed to the top of his lunges as the True Darkness once again reappeared on his body, but now this time it was actually hurting him.
"Negi!!!" Nagi was caught unexpected when the sudden burst of dark energy loomed over him. He dropped his guard down for a moment and then suddenly the whole world fell on top of him. "Negi, what's wrong!?"
"Shut the hell up!" the boy roared breaking out of his own character. "ARGGHHHH!!!" he held his head and tried to squeeze off the pain, but it did not work. The dark magic that was just on the verge of disappearing quickly returned and to everyone's surprise, it was a lot more powerful than it once was. "You… you lie! You only left the village to fulfill your pride! (FLARE) You abandoned us for your own selfish greed!"
"Negi, what's wrong with…?!" he was unable to finish when his son fired a ball of pure magical energy at him. "TCH!!!!"
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When the other girls saw this horrifying sight, they could not help but gasp in horror. To see the boy expressing such anger and hatred was pretty much rare or at least non-existent to some. They all wanted to help, but they were either too tired, wounded or just too scared to move.
"Negi… sensei…" Setsuna stood up from her crouching position and slowly trailed her way to where the battle was occurring.
"Set-chan!" Konoka held the samurai girl by her waist to prevent her from going any further. "Your wounds!"
"Ojou-sama, please let me go!" she pleaded. "I can't stay here any longer!"
"No! If you go there, you'll get yourself killed!"
"I…… I don't care… I have… help him" as she pulled the last of her strength up, she soon lost consciousness and fell to the ground in deep slumber.
(Eva's tent)
Nothing could be said about how shock Chachamaru felt when she saw Evangeline that moment when Negi's powers went berserk. The young vampire dropped her wine glass onto the floor with her hands shaking and her eyes widened in fear. The android and her counterpart Chachazero had never seen Negi like this and Eva being this scarred made it all the scarier.
"It… it can't be…" the vampiress muttered out. "How is that possible?"
"Master, what is wrong with Negi?" Chachamaru asked in a very worried tone but Eva was too scared to notice the change in her voice. "Didn't he have control over his dark magic?"
"I've only heard stories about this power from my grandmother" Eva explained still shaking. "When a person accumulates a substantial amount of darkness within his heart… he will lose his ability to control dark magic, making it take a form of its own. Dark magic feeds on a person's dark desire and negative emotions. You could say that it's the fuel that makes the fire grow bigger. But if you overfeed it, it can quickly become a forest fire that can no longer be controlled. When that happens, your darkest side becomes apparent and you no longer have control over what you do" she quickly recomposed herself and sat back on the chair. "I tried accomplishing this feat before back in my days when I roamed the world freely against mankind, but no matter how evil I tried, I could never reach this state of complete madness"
"Then what happens to the user?"
"………… Once the user achieves this form, he becomes… an entirely different entity of this world……… a being of nearly unlimited powers. A being that requires nothing and will stop at nothing until he gets what he desires…… a Darkova"
(Back in the village)
"… A Darkova…" Nagi muttered in horror. He gritted in teeth in anger of not being able to do anything to prevent his son from delving deeper into the dark side of magic. "Damn… I was too late"
"NAGGGIIIIIII!!!!!" Negi's roar became that of a beast of pure rage. It echoed deep within the mountains and everyone heard it as clear as the day before them. Before the Thousand Master knew it, his son charged at him, laying a punch which would've broke his bones in an instant if it weren't for his magic shield.
"Damn it! Negi, stop this!" he leaped away hoping not to harm his son. "I don't want to hurt you Negi!"
"DIEEE!!" again the boy let out a powerful magic ball made entirely out of the blue fire that burned his body. Even now his surgically enhanced skin was being ripped apart by the access heat.
"ARGH!" Nagi took the blow head on but it burned everything else around him. Even the earth that he stood on was charcoaled to pitch black. "Ok… maybe standing still wasn't exactly the best thing to do" he mumbled jokingly. But before his body could react, Negi appeared in front of him instantly and laid a punch onto his stomach crushing his ribs and sending him towards an old bar that the occupants of the village used to hand out. "Ahh… damn… didn't see that one coming" he tried to get up, but Negi again laid another blow to his face, crushing the Thousand Master even deeper into the ruins.
Usually by now Nagi would be unleashing everything but as he saw his son in such pain and sadness he couldn't help but feel slightly anguished. "ARGHHH!!" Negi lunged himself towards the mage, going in for the kill.
"Damn it!" unable to create a barrier fast enough or to move at all Nagi blocked, but he didn't know if he was strong enough to stop that power. He braced himself for impact and prepared for the worst. He knew that he wouldn't leave this place without a wound or two but to be killed by his own flesh and blood was probably something his enemies would say 'IRONY!' But as he waited for the attack to finish him off, it never came.
"Oi oi, you're getting soft old buddy…" came Rakan's voice which surprised the Thousand Master. "I never thought I'd see the day that the Thousand Master would be defeated by his own son"
"Jack!?"
"You must've lost your touch… Nagi…" Takahata added with a smirk up his lips. The two of them added their shield against Negi's blow, sending him six feet away from their position. The Death Glasses mage lowered his shield a little bit and turned to the boy who was now a monster of his former self. A total opposite you may call it for a lack of a better term. "I never imagined that I would actually see Negi like this. This boy has gone through so much his mind can barely hold itself together"
"Takahata!?"
"We'll catch up on old times later old friend. Right now we have to stop your son from making us part of history!"
"I agree!" Rakan nodded in agreement. "You made one of a kid kiddo. I wonder if you had any more children they'll be as troublesome as this one" they all turned to Negi was on his hands and feet as if he was like a cornered animal prepared to fight to the death. "So what's the plan? Do we just wait for him to burn out or what?" Takahata could not reply since he did not have a plan to fight such a powerful opponent.
"That's a start" the teacher replied trembling slightly. "Right now Negi is not himself so it's possible that a few of us could leave with some bruises… he may even kill us without even knowing it. I haven't seen his full strength yet so I don't know what he's capable of"
"Well… he managed to beat me in my full strength" Rakan proudly stated smirking. "Does that count as something?"
"Then I suggest with withdraw to a better location. If we can draw him out to the open, we can stall him until he exhausted himself"
"No…" Nagi said suddenly which made both of them turn to him. "I'm through running. For all these times I've just been running and hiding from my enemies and my fears, but no more. It's because of my cowardice that made him like this. (Arghh!) This is my redemption to make up for lost time! (long pause) (panting) Come at me Negi!"
