Hello again and welcome back to the third chapter of "The paths we take".

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What previously happened in "The Paths we take"

And I have heard that there is a new BOY on campus that has built his own dojo and is finally done building it! I heard that he is coming to Harajuku today! (The place where Negi goes with Koneka to buy Asuna her birthday present.) Asakura said to the exciting class who were making plans to go to Harajuku today.

Setsuna was walking towards the back of the class as she heard Asakura's announcement. "Kaede. Will you come with me to check that dojo out after school?" she said to Kaede Nagase. Kaede nodded as Negi came back in.

So now on with the story. I'll hope you like it!

Kaede and Setsuna were walking down a forest path. The path was a low road with high slopes at the side's which gave a lot of shade because there were tree's on the top of the slopes blocking some of the sunlight. According to Asakura's information the dojo should have been built somewhere around here.

"So why are WE checking this out and not the teachers Sakurazaki-san?" Kaede asked as she followed Setsuna into the forest while looking to the sides. There were bushes all around and the path that they were walking on was about 5 meter wide.

"The teachers are still busy with repairing the barrier, the attempt of invading the school which was stopped by the barrier and the attack on the Shinto shrine." Setsuna said. "And of course Takamichi-sensei is still investigating the murder of Shinto and Shizuna-sensei is trying to help Mana with her trauma. In all this drama someone could easily set up a dojo without anyone noticing. The dean probably doesn't know of it or thinks it is a normal dojo."

"So what are we going to do if it is a normal dojo?" Kaede asked. "We could say that we want to learn how to fight. And I can use my chi to see if someone has magical powers or not." Setsuna said.

"For example you have no magical power inside your body but you do have very much chi inside your body. Of course it is still a basic skill so if someone hides his magical power then I won't notice it." Setsuna explained as Kaede was looking at the tree's on her right.

"Sakurazaki-san. I just saw a shadow moving but there was no body was present." Kaede said. "We are being watched." She said as she walked on ahead.

Setsuna looked at the place Kaede was looking and saw nothing. She then ran after Kaede and after 20 minutes of walking they reached a grassy field were the road stopped.

There was a wooden building with a small metal garage next to it. The wooden building was a 2 story building with the dojo on ground level. The building held the sign "Martial arts dojo. You want to learn, We want to teach."

At the garage there was a man sitting at a table working on a sword. There was a weapon rack next to the garage.

He looked up and said "What can I do for you fine ladies?" he asked as the man stood up. He was wearing a red overall and had silver long hair.

"We would like to train at your dojo if that is possible." Setsuna said as she and Kaede were first startled that the man had noticed them.

"Really? You have a sword on your back and don't walk around like you're an amateur. I can't see why you want any more training from me. Maybe you should be looking for Tõko Kuzunoha." The silver haired man said.

Setsuna was shocked. How could this man know something like this about Tõko-san? "I see, thank you. But do you mind if we spar against you? I wish to test my strength against the owner of this dojo." Setsuna said as she held her sword out ready to pull the blade out of the sheath.

"And what about me, degozaru? Do you think you could train me?" Kaede asked making sure that Setsuna wasn't seen as she checked for any magical signatures inside the silver haired man.

"Maybe. And the best way to find out is to fight." The silver haired man said as he grabbed a staff and swung it around a few times over his head. (1)

"Oh. And my name is Proto. What's yours?" as he swung his staff towards Kaede's legs, trying to make her fall.

"My name is Nagase Kaede. And you would need to do a little better degozaru." Kaede said as she had jumped up and was now standing on the staff.

Proto pulled the staff back up as Kaede jumped off from the top with a backflip and landed next to Setsuna who had her sword, still sheathed, ready.

"And?" Kaede asked as she grabbed a wooden knife.

"I do not sense any magical power from him. He does however has a rare chi balance." Setsuna said as she grabbed her sword.

"The lets start." Proto said as he jumped forward and swung his staff first at Setsuna who blocked with the hilt of her sword and used his left leg to kick Kaede at it.

Setsuna jumped back and unsheathed her sword. She charged with a cry and swung the sword towards Proto's ribs. "Cherry Blossom Slicer!"

Kaede evaded Proto's kick and grabbed his leg. "Now Sakurazaki-san!" She said as she held Proto's leg firmly as Setsuna charged.

Proto's eyes glimed as he used the staff to hit Kaede in her head. As he managed to break free from Kaede's grasp Setsuna was already on him. Setsuna swung her sword down at Proto expecting him to block.

The attack caused smoke and dust to rise from the ground.

After the smoke had cleared from the attack, they saw that the sword cut the ground instead of Proto. He was standing next to the weapon rack with a bunch of throwing knives. "You are quit dangerous, I need to take care of you first." Proto said.

In a blink of an eye his ten throwing knives were released and Setsuna was pulled back and pinned to a tree by the throwing knives. His eyes were of Kaede for that fatal second and he saw in the last second Kaede appearing before him with her fist full of Chi.

Kaede hit Proto full in his chest and he flew away by the hit and crashed into the dojo.

She jumped after Proto through the hole in the dojo as Setsuna had rid herself of all the throwing knives.

"Sakurazaki-san, can you come over here?" Kaede asked from inside the dojo.

"Sure and please, call me Setsuna." Setsuna said as she walked to the hole and climbed through.

Setsuna and Kaede came in a hallway and saw Proto lying in a pile of rubble at the other end of the hole. "Don't wake him yet. Let first see how he knew so much about the academy." Setsuna said as Kaede moved closer to Proto to wake him up.

"All right then. What are we loo-" Kaede said as she suddenly stopped speaking and looked at one of the many glass cases in the hallway. Under each of them stood a name, a personal message and there was an item stored inside. "What's that?"

"It looks like…there are statues inside. And look at these names. Morimochi Zabuza, Demon of the Hidden Mist, and there is just a huge sword inside!" Setsuna said.

"And look at these names. Uchiha Itatchi, Hosikage Kisame and even a man named Pain." Kaede said as she pointed at the glasses. "But the Hosikage guy doesn't have anything in his glass."

Setsuna was walking through the hallway looking left and right at the glass cases. She suddenly saw a much smaller case that was kind of hidden of the rest of the hallway she walked towards the glass and saw a picture of a small girl standing on a beach holding 2 pistols with a boy around her age standing next to her with a grin. Next to the picture was a necklace with a green sapphire in as the locker. When she looked at the name of the glass case it said Mana Tatsumiya, For the love of my life.

"KAEDE!" Setsuna yelled as she read the engraving. Kaede appeared next to Setsuna. "Yes, what is it?" she asked.

"Read this!" Setsuna said as she pointed at Mana's glass case. "It is about Mana!" Setsuna said to Kaede as she was starting to read.

"So you two know Mana Tatsumiya?" Proto asked?

Setsuna and Kaede turned around and got their weapons ready. "Easy, easy, you have already won." Proto said holding his hands halfway in the air.

"But do you know Mana Tatsumiya? It is very important." Proto said as Kaede and Setsuna lowered their weapons.

"Yes we know her. She is sorry was a fellow student in our class." Setsuna said. "And why is it so important? You do know that she is in a very bad condition right?" Setsuna asked.

"You mean the light by the temple? After witnessing such act your mind goes in a total denial or disbelieve. This necklace was given to me by one of her close friends. He is always traveling and he didn't have much free time to visit, so he asked me to deliver it seeing that I travel a lot less." Proto said.

"Is the close friend the one on the picture with her?" Kaede asked.

"The man on the picture died a few years after the picture was taken." Proto said. "But could you please take this necklace to her? If she doesn't want it will you return it? Maybe she wants it in the future." Proto asked as he opened the glass case and got the necklace out.

"Here." He said holding out a small box containing the necklace. "If you ever want to train again you should come here. We can give you the training that you like, though I am more of the endurance coach and small self-defence training we teach some of the university girls like boxing or small martial arts." Proto said as he waved the girls goodbye and walked to his workshop to repair the hole in the dojo.

Setsuna and Kaede were quit when walking back to school. "When are we going to give it to Mana?" Kaede asked.

"We could try now. If she hates it then we go back and kick that guy's ass again." Setsuna said with a shrug. "Proto, his name was Proto." Kaede said.

"Fine. Is she hates it THEN we will kick Proto's ass again." Setsuna said as they walked towards the infirmary.

"Hi there Shizuna-san. Can we see Mana?" Setsuna asked.

"Of course you can, though I doubt that she will show any reaction. She only eats if we feed her and sleeps when we put her into bed. It is the second door on the right." Shizuna said.

"Thank you." Setsuna said as she bowed and walked to Mana's room.

Inside was the psychiatrist trying to get Mana to react to various objects that he was holding.

"Please Miss Tatsumiya just nod if you recognize these objects." He said as he held up a guitar case, a pistol and finally a priestess uniform from her shrine.

Mana's eyes widened at the sight of the last object and she grabbed her head with her hands and started to scream as Setsuna and Kaede walked in.

The psychiatrist put the outfit down and sighed. "This happened every time… Oh! What can I do for you ladies?" he asked as he looked at Setsuna and Kaede.

"Can you tell us what is happening with Mana?" Kaede asked as Setsuna went over to Mana to calm her.

"She appears to be in a traumatic shock from the priestess outfit. It causes her a lot of pain every time she sees it." The psychiatrist said. "It appears that she is reliving a certain memory that has something to do with the outfit." (10 points if you know what memory I am talking about.)

"Can we try something?" Setsuna asked as Kaede grabbed the box with the necklace from her bag.

At an instant Mana's head and eyes shifted towards then box with the necklace.

"Well I guess it is all right seeing her reaction to just the box." The psychiatrist said.

Kaede handed the box to Setsuna and she held it in front of Mana.

"Okay Mana. I am opening the box now." Setsuna said as Mana's eyes were solemnly focused on the box.

Setsuna opened the box and got the necklace out. She then put the necklace around Mana's neck and then went back sitting to observe Mana's reaction.

Mana slowly grabbed the medallion and opened the hanger. This shocked Setsuna and Kaede. They thought that it was just a sapphire. A small light came from the medallion shining only in Mana's eyes.

As Mana looked at the picture inside tears came over her face. After ten minutes she stopped crying and lied down and looked away. "I would like to sleep now, so if you all could leave." She said with a soft voice.

Kaede nodded and grabbed the physician and pulled him outside. Setsuna followed and as soon as they were out they heard the sound of a pistol being reloaded inside Mana's room.

"Guess Proto was right." Kaede said.

"Yeah. Now let's get back to class." Setsuna said as they walked back to their classroom.

-Second part -

"All right class, for the school field trip I propose to go to Kyoto." Negi said to a cheering 3-A.

"Negi-sensei, for a class with so many foreign students it is normal to choose a destination like New York or Hawaii but seeing as this is your first time in Japan I think that we can agree with your request." Ayaka said.

"Really! Thank you!" Negi said as he held Ayaka's hand, who was blushing form Negi's reaction.

Setsuna and Kaede came into the room and saw Ayaka blushing. "oh Negi-sensei we just came from Mana. She says she feels all right." Setsuna said.

"Really? Well that's great! Then we can all go to Kyoto next week!" Negi said.

When the bell rang he dismissed his class and walked towards the headmaster's office.

(If you don't know how he gets his assignment then go read Negima! Volume 4)

"So how was the dojo?" Asakura asked.

"What dojo?" Kaede replied.

"You know which one. The one you went to yesterday when the majority of us went to the city looking for the handsome person who happened to build a dojo." Asakura said.

(I don't know if I should just say Asakura or Kazumi. It's your choice leave your vote's down in your reviews.)

"Oh, it was just a small wooden building where they teach self-defence." Kaede said. "Nothing new and it is quite a distance."

"But did you meet the blond handsome boy?" Kazumi said.

"Blond? We met a guy named Proto and he had long silver hair." Kaede said.

"That's strange, my information never said anything about a boy with silver hair that was with the blond." Kazumi said.

"Well from what I have seen it appears that Proto is smart. He has a small workshop next to the dojo and it had all these machines in it." Setsuna said. "They looked like the machines that you always carry around Hakase-san"

Satomi Hakase looked up when she heard her name. "Really?" Hakase said. 'Then I should get him to the tech lab in the university to see how good he is.' She thought as she continued to talk with Chao.

"Excuse me." The classroom door slid open and Mana was standing there with her necklace around her neck. "Setsuna, Kaede. Thank you for bringing this to me." She said and walked inside to her seat.

Before anyone could ask questions Negi walked back into the class. "All right people that is the end of the day, if the remember to study well because we do have a small test tomorrow. Meaning that would the Baka rangers stay seated." Negi said as he got out some of the extra material for the Baka rangers.

As the class ended, Proto looked up from his workplace. "Ah your back. Did you find anything interesting?"

"Proto, I did some research and it seems I was just in time. But please leave me alone for now." Naruto said as he walked inside. "I am in the Hallway if you need me."

As Proto looked at Naruto he noticed that his cloak was stained with fresh blood and that he had a tired expression on his face.

"Crap, it seems that he is pissed because something went wrong. Now let's hope that he won't find out that there were people here. I repaired the hole and burned the used weapons and replaced them with identical ones. There is no way he could know that people were here." Proto thought as he went back inside his workshop.

Naruto was walking through the Hallway and walked straight to Mana's case. As he came there he noticed that the necklace was still in place.

"Mana, I hope that if I give this to you. You'll forgive me." Naruto said to himself as he opened the glass case.

When he touched the necklace he noticed two things. One, The necklace was cold and two there wasn't any dust on the glass case.

"PROTO!" Naruto screamed as he ran to Proto's Naruto slammed the door open he looked at a sweating Proto. "3 seconds."

"'snameonoftheglasscase'." Proto said in precisely 3 seconds.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Okay Proto, now the understandable version."

Proto, glad that Naruto wasn't going to attack him, calmed down. "Some of the classmates of Mana Tatsumiya came and requested to be trained here. One of them already had some training in kendo and we spared."

"When the second girl got a lucky hit on me after I disabled the kendo girl form the fight I got knocked unconscious. They went in the Hallway and looked around. After I woke up I found them staring at Miss Tatsumiya's case."

"They said that they would bring it to Mana and when they left I repaired the hole in the dojo and continued with my work." Proto said, now taking his time.

"And why didn't you mention it when I came back?" Naruto asked while opening the door to the training field and grabbing 2 wooden katana's.

"Ehm… I forgot? I was busy doing some maintenance on your training dummies." Proto said.

"Then you probably need a break right? You need to move your muscles once in a while." Naruto said as he threw one of the wooden katana's to Proto.

"Don't think I forgave you just yet." Naruto said as he got in his stance with the katana ready. "Ready? Fight!"

- (Third Part, also last part for this chapter!)-

(One week later. The day of the school trip.)

Naruto was walking towards the train station.

"The bullet train should leave in about one hour." He thought as he entered the train.

'Proto didn't know the names of the girls that came to the dojo. But I do know that Mana is in class 3-A so two of her classmates should be recognized by Proto if I show them the picture. All I need is a class roster.' Naruto thought as he seated himself in first class.

'But that can wait. First I have to go to Kyoto and call the Kansai Headquarters.' He thought as he looked at his schedule.

When Naruto heard some noise outside he looked down his path and saw a large group of girls, some adults and a small ten year old with an white ermine on his shoulder. The ten year old was holding a small flag with the letters "3-A"

'What the hell are they doing here? And why are they boarding this train headed for the Kanto area?' Naruto thought as the students started boarding the train.

"Hey there Negi-sensei! The karaoke yesterday was fun, we should do it again!" Sakurako Shiina said as Satsuki Yotsuba was selling some daifukes.

"3 daifukes please." Naruto ordered as he got a look at Negi. 'So that's Negi huh.'

"That's 320 yen." Satsuki said.

"Here. Is that your teacher?" Naruto said as he handed Satsuki a 500 yen coin. "Keep the change."

"Thank you and yes that is our teacher. Negi Springfield." Satsuki said as she smiled and walked back to the class.

As Satsuki walked away Naruto rubbed his left leg. 'Springfield…so the Springfield family lives on. I should watch out for that kid. If he is as strong as his father now then he will certainly get stronger in the future.'

When he looked back he saw Mana entering the train. She was wearing the necklace and looked healthy and happy.

"Mana…" whispered Naruto as he used his willpower to look away before she could spot him. He grabbed his head with his hands. "If I was just there sooner then we could have been together forever…"

Flashback It happens sometimes

"All right just get a little bit closer. Smile!" Naruto said as he took the photo of a younger Mana with her Magister Magi.

"Great. Now we have something that documented the memories of this place" Mike said as he walked towards Naruto.

"Shall I make 3 copies of this?" Naruto asked. "Then we all have something to remember the others." Naruto said as they looked at the picture and sat down on the beach.

"So, what are you going to do now Naruto? Are you going with the Major and her men? Or will you return home?" Mike asked.

"I don't know. The Major and her people are all familiar and super friendly." Naruto said.

"But will we see you again Naruto? I asked some of the Major's men Togasa and Batou." Mike said.
(15 point for anyone who knows the anime were I got Togasa, Batou and the Major from!)

"They say that the next few missions will be dangerous and that some undercover missions require you to have a cyber-brain. I am sure that in there unit everyone has one but I think I like you the way you are." Mike said.

"Well what if I go with you guys? Then maybe Mana wants to be my partner?" Naruto asked as he looked at Mana.

Mana who suddenly felt all the attention on her looked at Naruto and fidgeted. "Well….the thing is…I"

"She has already made a pactio with the one and only me!" Mike said. "So you need to get your own partner."

Mike leered forward to Naruto's face. "But why so much interest? Is it because of the party the Major's men have organized for all of us? You know, the one were people will be dancing?"

Naruto's face suddenly went sour. "How do you know that!" He sputtered as his face got red in embarrassment and anger.

"What is this about the party Naruto? Did you got your girl yet? After all you have the opening dance." Togasa said while he was standing with the sniper Seito.

Seito hit Togesa on his head. "Idiot it was supposed to be a surprise. Well now the cat's out of the bag. Naruto here was the one who said we should hold a dance, seeing that most of the people in the camp don't go home that often." Seito said as he got a cigarette out.

"We, of course, rejected but then the Major made a deal with Naruto here. He has to be the first one to dance and he has to finish as last otherwise he has to clean up the whole camp. And then I mean everything. From our think tanks to the bathroom, really everything. So he is better looking for someone to dance or he should start cleaning now. The party is in two days." Saito said as he took a drag of his cigarette and walked away with Togasa.

"And I take it that isn't the only reason why you want to have Mana as a partner right Naruto? Unfortunately she is already my partner so good luck." Mike teased.

"Wha-wha… I'll show you!" Naruto said as he huffed and stormed away towards the camp.

"…But…Naru…." Mana said as she looked at his retreating back.

"Oh don't worry Mana. He will find a girl no problem. I only riled him up a little" Mike said as he suddenly felt an evil eye upon him. As he looked back he saw Mana holding her gun at his back.

"Hey hey. You're not going to shoot are you?" Mike asked as he held up his hands and had a sweatdrop on his face.

"…It's worth it." Mana said as she aimed her gun at Mike's face. "However thanks to your actions we have to dance at the party and I HOPE that you're a good dancer." Mana said as she walked back to camp.

Relieved that she didn't shoot Mike followed her. "Relax, I am a natural dancer. It will be fine."

"I hope so for you because any mistakes in front of our friends and colleagues could end up…..fatal for you later on." Mana said as she reloaded her gun with her evil eye focused on Mike.

"Okay, Okay. No pressure" Mike said with a smile and a sweatdrop on his entire face.

(Now at the party!)

Everyone was there. If you looked around you saw battle hardened mercenaries who yesterday fought on the frontlines now in either dresses, suits or something that was a combination of one of the first two options with a cool party outfit.

"It's great to see everyone so relaxed and happy for once." Mike said a she was standing next to Mana in a black suit.

Mana was standing next to him in a small white dress with a flower in her hair. "Yes, it is nice to see that everybody has come." She said while looking around for her friend Naruto.

"All right everyone gather around! The Major is giving a speech." Batou said as he and the rest of the Major's men walked to the podium that was in the middle of the room.

"As you all probably know, yesterday we took down the last remaining stronghold of the enemy in this area. That said it means that tomorrow will either be your flight home, a flight to your next assignment or a flight to your friends. So this is our last evening here so if anyone has something to confess to someone else, do it now." The Major said as she looked into the direction of Mana with the confessing part.

"Now let's party and as my youngest team member requested we have made a dancing area in the middle so for the people who want to go and dance. You will have to wait for Naruto as he is the opening act." The major said as she winked to several people and looked back to the entrance.

"Come on Naruto, there waiting for you." The major said as Mana turned around and saw Naruto standing in the door opening.

Naruto was wearing a dark blue suit and slowly walked inside. As all the people silently looked at him as he walked by Naruto suddenly turned around. "Let's get this party started!" He yelled as Saito hit the power for the music and loud music came from the boxes and the lamps turned on at the roof.

Everyone cheered and started dancing and drinking. As some people told stories of previous parties or encounters they all laughed as Naruto was dragged of the stage by Batou and placed next to Mana.

Naruto hit Batou as he was released he turned around and saw Mana standing next to Mike. "Hey! Did you found someone to dance whit you?" Mike asked as he yelled to get his voice over the sound of the music.

Naruto grinned. "Even better! A random girl came up and asked if I was one of the men that saved her village. I said yes and she asked if she could do anything to help me. Can you believe my luck?" Naruto said as he smiled and looked around for his partner.

"So? Where is she?" Mike asked also looking around for the mysterious girl.

Only Mana was looking at the boy's faces and noticed something odd. 'The Naru that I know wouldn't ask some stranger to dance whit him, it's probably that the girl asked if she could dance whit him at the party but how does she know that we have a party here?' Mana thought as she stepped away from Mike and Naruto and walked to were the Major was.

She finally was standing behind the Major with her men. As she reached up and tapped the Major on her back she turned around.

"Oh, what can I do for you Mana? Did that idiot confessed already or did you?" She asked as she looked at Mana.

Mana blushed at the mention of said idiot 'Naru…' but she shook her head.

"No, I was wondering what kind of people know of this party?" Mana said as she looked completely serious while Togasa handed some money to Saito.

"Well that would be us, the military commander in charge. And maybe some of the people in the regular army that came in a few days ago." Saito said as he put the money away. "They had some fierce resistance 2 days back by some of the local town's militia. Why do you ask?"

"Someone asked Naru if she could dance whit him here. Naru normally never ask anyone out so she must have known about the party." Mana said as Naruto suddenly appeared from behind.

"Hey what are you all talking about?" Naruto said as a slow song came up. "Will you dance whit me?" He asked Mana but he was pulled away by Batou.

"You are going to bring us to your partner right now." He said as he and the Major followed Naruto to one of the side entrances. "She doesn't like the crowd very much and had to go to the bathroom a few minutes ago." Naruto said, confused by the whole situation.

"So Mana do you want to dance?" Mike asked as he stood behind Mana holding his hand. "I believe our find friend chose this song for us." Mike said as he led Mana to the now empty dance floor.

As Mana and Mike were dancing around Naruto was standing whit Batou and the Major in the female bathroom. Naruto's partner was laying there in her bathroom stall with foam out of her mouth.

"She's dead. And it seems she left something for you." Batou said as he got his finger of the dead girls pulse and got a paper that was in her pocket out.

'Don't Play YoUr SONG' was scribbled quickly on the paper with sauce.

"Do you have any idea what this means Naruto?" The Major asked as Batou got up and put his jacket over the dead girl.

"I chose a song tonight and we did practice dancing on the music…" Naruto said as he suddenly rushed outside to the dance floor. He saw Mike and Mana dancing on the stage as only ones and the music was almost over.

"NO! NO! GET AWAY FROM THE STAGE!" Naruto yelled as he tried to crawl himself through the mass of people.

'What's wrong whit him?' Mike though as he suddenly heard a ticking sound from under the stage. Subtly he lifted Mana up as a pirouette and turned to Naruto. "Now you have to take care of her!" And he threw Mana of the stage towards Naruto.

Naruto cached Mana as the stage exploded, from under the stage armed militia men ran up from a tunnel whit their guns ready to fire.

Unfortunately for the militia, Batou had already passed some guns to Togesa and Saito. Who were killing the militia men who were waiting outside.

Batou shot all militia men dead before they had chance to aim their guns.

"Everyone listen! We have enemy militia attacking. They probably have men from the regular army supplying them weapons." Major said as she ran to the front entrance.

"Yes, Sir." The other mercenaries said as they got some pistols and ran outside while being covered by Saito and Batou.

Mana and Naruto slowly walked towards the stage. They looked at Mike and Naruto noticed that he was still breathing. "Mike, MIKE!" he said as he ran and sat down next to Mike.

"Togesa! Get those kids to safety" the Major ordered as she ran outside and joined the fight.

Togesa came next to Naruto and looked at Mike. "Naruto! We need some bandages, painkillers and something that can go for a stretcher! Mana go to the medical tent and tell them we got a case 4." Togasa ordered as he looked at Mike's wounds.

As Naruto and Mana ran to go warn the right people and get the supplies Togesa looked Mike over one more time. "You will have a bad surgery kid so unless you have something to heal you now you will probably die." Togasa said.

"I…need…a…pactio…with…Naruto…" Mike said as he struggled with breathing.

"All right." Togasa said. 'Saito! Get Naruto back to my position now!' he spoke through cyber link.

'No problem.' Saito replied as he looked for Naruto. "Naruto! Back to Togasa, NOW!" Saito yelled as he saw him hiding behind a wall with an enemy tank standing next to him.

Naruto nodded and swung his arm to the tank. "Demon Fist Crunch!" as he hit the tank it flipped over the side and lay on its top. Naruto took this opportunity to run back to Togasa and Mike while Saito was shooting down the dazed militia men. 'He is coming your way Togesa.' He said through the cyber link.

As Naruto ran down he saw that a large part of the regular army had joined the militia and was fighting against their much smaller group of elite mercenaries.

"Togesa! Those regular army guys have joined the militia!" Naruto said as he jumped threw one of the windows and saw Mike sitting with a pactio circle around him.

"Oh no-no-no-no-no. Just NO" Naruto said as he backed away.

"Naruto, this is my only chance. You have been beaten up before and do you really think that in a warzone like this I can get the medical help I need?" Mike said as he coughed up some blood.

"My only chance is to make a pactio whit you so hurry up! Before I collapse from the pain and injuries" Mike said as he tried to keep himself steady.

Naruto was still hesitating but walked closer. "All right then, but don't tell Mana okay?" Naruto asked as he leant forward.

"Don't worry I already know what kind of artefact you will get from me." Mike said as suddenly light came around them and Naruto said "Adeat!"

A glass mirror appeared and as Mike looked into the mirror a stream of light connected the minds of Naruto, Mike and Mana who came running. "I told you already. You'll take care….of …Mana now okay?" Mike said as the mirror transformed in a small Safire medallion.

"We need to go, NOW!" Batou said as he jumped back and grabbed Mana who collapsed after the stream of light ended.

"Call our friends at the water. Let the launch the missile's up at the enemy's entrances and send in the hovercrafts. We are falling back." The Major ordered as the rest of the mercenaries were falling back too due to the regular army overwhelming them with the number of soldiers.

(End flashback. Was it any good? Leave your opinion in the reviews.)

As Naruto was relieving this memory he suddenly heard a large shout form the cabin of 3-A.

"KYAAAAH what are all these frogs doing here!"

So that is the end of chapter 3!

There are 2 things that you can leave in you reviews (if you review)

1: From what kind of Anime came the Major, Batou, Saito and Togesa?

2: The choice if I should call Kazumi Asakura just Asakura or Kazumi?

And it has been a year (give or take a month) since I started with this story and this third chapter has already more words then the previous 2!

And to be fair, I wrote this chapter in about a week and a half of my vacation so I can only update when I have the inspiration.

It is the same kind of staff that Zhou you has in Dynasteny Warriors 7. He is with the Sun.

And that is IT for the third chapter of NarutoNegima crossover 'The paths we take'

Next up is the Kyoto ark. I plan to do that in 3 chapters seeing as it is also 3 volumes in the Negima! series.

Until next time this was Dude45.

Wishing you all a happy Christmas, Easter, April's Fools day, 4th of July for the Americans and a Koniginnendag for the Dutch people and any other holiday that happened between the time span of this chapter and the previous chapter.