The disclaimer…

Canon Characters of Mahou Sensei Negima are all copywrited and created by Ken Akamatsu.

Also, Canon Characters of all other games, stories, and shows are all copywrited by their respective owners.

All other OC characters in this story are copywrited by moi, VersionZero.

Crossover:

Chapter 2: Truths That Surface

Kuroshiro's eyes opened as the attacks clashed. But he wasn't where he was expected to be. His consciousness was back in the VR Capsule. What happened? It opened and Kuroshiro pulled off the VR Helmet. Outside, Lucca and Robo waited, but Lucca looked a bit curious.

"What happened? Why was I pulled out of the virtual reality?"

"You lost. Simple as that."

"Defeated by Nanoha Takamachi. Don't take it personally."

"Robo's right. She was strong. I don't believe that was her full power, though she used all six of the cartridges in Raging Heart…"

Kuroshiro was surprised. Not full power? Lucca must've been kidding. But she was never the type to kid around. Clenching his fists, he was a bit annoyed. He looked at the clock on the table nearest to him. 5:37 PM… He'd been out for 7 minutes? The fight had felt a lot longer. And even though the fight was virtual… he still felt sore from all of the pain that he had felt during the fight.

"You modified the VR Capsule, didn't you?"

"You finally noticed?"

"I wouldn't feel like this if the VR Capsule wasn't modified."

"Haha. You said you wanted harder training, so I'm giving it to you. Besides, you sister doesn't know about it does she? Why don't you tell her?"

"She doesn't need to know why or that I'm doing this at all."

"But your sores will definitely show that you've been doing training anyways."

"So you'll tell her?"

"I won't if you won't. By the way, how in the world did you get your artifact. You can only get one through-"

"Pactio. I know. Now, I hope you won't be telling her about the artifact either."

"I won't but your sister has ways of figuring things out in that department."

Shrugging, Kuroshiro began to stretch a little. The battle was tiring. He'd expended a good amount of magic from it and he didn't have much left to spare. Realizing for the first time how much magic Dextera Deux required, he looked at his right hand. Most Ministralis and Ministra Magis were usually those without any talent within magical bounds, yet when he had made his pactio, he, as well as his partner, had gained artifacts. Was this due to the fact that they were both Magister Magis?

"By the way, Kuroshiro, let me have a look at your pactio card."

"Why?"

"Just out of curiosity."

Kuroshiro pulled out the pactio card and apprehensively gave Lucca the card. She examined it. A smirk found its way on the right side of her face. She seemed to be amused about his pactio card for some reason or another, but nonetheless interested. Though the pactio was, of course, a normal one. He couldn't have formed a permanent pactio at his age at any rate. Lucca had began to state the contents of the card, as followed:

"Curosiro Lingsen

Numerus: 0

Econtra Latus-eris

Virtus: Audacia

Directio: Occidens

Tonus: Candor et Nigror

Astralitas: Nix"

(A/N: A pactio card is written in Latin, so naturally, I did the same. More info on pactio cards are at wikipedia. Just look up "Pactio Cards." And for those who need a translation for these, here:

Kuroshiro Lingshen (Ks are written as Cs and "Sh" sounds are written as "S" sounds.)

Number: Zero (I myself am not sure about what the rules for the number should be, so I put 0 for the sake of opposites (0 is neither even nor odd).)

The Two Sides of a Coin (Referring to Kuroshiro's not only looks, but magical abilities.)

Strength: Courage (Usually referring to the type of mage/fighter they are or a personality trait.)

Direction: West (Not exactly sure of this one either…)

Color: White and Black (Usually only one color, but due to Kuroshiro's opposites thing, I gave him two opposite colors.)

Planet: Nix (Or can also by Nyx. Chose this particular one because of its relation to Nyx, the Greek God of Night.)

This is what all pactio cards have on them and should probably be noted for future chapters.)

Lucca stopped reading the card. Kuroshiro didn't know what was going through Lucca's head at this point and wondered. What was she thinking? Why was she so interested with his card?

"Hey Kuroshiro."

"What…?"

"You know that your card has 2 colors… right?"

"So? What're you getting at?"

Silence. There were only a few buzzing and beeping sounds as the machinery around them worked, along with some clanking as Robo worked. Lucca looked into Kuroshiro's eyes for a few seconds, but he turned his face away, getting a sudden shiver up his spine. Sighing, Lucca simply replied with a "Nevermind," and turned back to her work, dismissing him. Kuroshiro took the pactio card back and started walking towards the exit. It was around this time that, as he was about to open the door, the door pushed inwards and smacked him in the face. He fell backwards and rubbed his forehead. It really hurt… When Kuroshiro looked up, Marlene stood over him with a book in her hands. She looked down, meeting his gaze and smiled.

"What's up, Kuro-kun?"

"Marle…"

"Ah! Marlene-san came with the book that I asked for?"

"Yeah. It wasn't easy, but I managed to sneak it out of the Royal Library."

A book from the Royal Library? Why would Lucca have needed to get a book from the Royal Library? He managed to get a glimpse of the title on the cover. Praeteritus et Casus Pactio. Why did she need a book a pactios? Research? So many questions were going through his head that he had barely noticed that Marlene had been calling his name.

"Kuroshiro! Hey! Wake up!"

"Huh?"

His eyes then adjusted and saw Marlene, only upside down. Then he realized that he was still knocked over from when the door hit him. Marlene stepped back to give him room to get up and he flipped himself up. Sighing and rubbing his head for a moment, he said to Marlene,

"Can't you knock before entering? That really hurt you know…"

"Hehe, sorry Kuro-kun. I thought it was just Lucca-san in here."

"Haha. Sorry, Kuroshiro. Should have told you that Marlene was going to be visiting."

"It's fine. I just didn't expect it. But I have a question, Lucca. What exactly did you send Chao back in time with?"

"The only existing time machine strong enough to do that…"

"What…?"

"Epoch."

"I thought that Epoch could only travel in certain intervals of time."

"Only before, my little Marlene. Now, it's been modified. We happened to find Belthazar's blueprints. With a few modifications, you could easily travel through other periods of time. It' all about modifying the necessary components."

"I see… but you were originally from 1000 A.D. Why did you travel to 2100 A.D.?"

"They didn't have very good technologies back in 1000 A.D. So, I had gone forwards to the 2300 A.D. after the destruction of Lavos. Their technologies were much better than they were 1000 years before."

"I see… But still, why hadn't you stayed in 2300 A.D?"

"That's a s-e-c-r-e-t!"

He knew that Lucca was hiding something. But what? The silence soon after was annoying, in a way. Kuroshiro thought about why Lucca hadn't just sent Chao back in Epoch and picked her up from that time herself. It would've been a heck of a lot easier. Then, Marlene decided to break the silence. This also reminded him that he had something to do with her later.

"Well, Kuro-kun. Let's just go leave Lucca to her work then. Ashtear-sensei!"

"Have fun, you two."

Though they hadn't seen, Lucca gave them a devious smile. Who knows what was running through the scientist's mind right now. Time could only tell.

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Both of them smirked at each other and headed towards the door. As they left, Lucca had a devious smile on her face. She pushed her glasses up and turned back to her work. On the other side of the door, Kuroshiro and Marlene held hands, walking down the long corridor to the training field. It was silent for awhile until, that is, Kuroshiro decided to break the silence.

"Hey Marlene, why did Lucca need that book?"

"I dunno… I can never tell what she's thinking. Most of the time, she just takes what she needs and gives what we need without question. Why are you asking this?"

"She seems to be doing research on pactios… She asked to look at my card before you came in and the book seemed to be about pactio cards and the sort…"

"Are you afraid she's going to find out about us?"

"Not really… I'm more afraid about Chao finding out…"

"Are you that ashamed of me?"

Kuroshiro flushed. He wasn't expecting her to say something like that. At first, he didn't know what to say, but quickly came up with something that was true and believable.

"No, I just don't think their ready… and your parents would have a reason to kill me."

They both laughed at that and continued their walk. Kuroshiro looked out into the sky as he walked. He thought about today's training with Nanoha in the VR Capsule. He had lost. It seemed he had a lot of training to do, if he couldn't even keep up with a 9 year-old… The more he thought about it, though, the more down it got him. As if catching this change in mood, Marlene gripped Kuroshiro's hand a bit tighter. His eyesight turned to the blonde. She was blushing as she looked ahead. He seemed to be blushing as well, as she seemed to be trying to comfort him. But this ended, as they reached the field and they released each other. They moved to opposite sides of the field and faced each other. Marlene summoned her staff. It was a frost-blue staff with a snowflake at the top and it seemed to be making cold air around it, as a mist clearly appeared around it. Kuroshiro, having the ring on, didn't need to summon a staff.

"Okay Kuroshiro. Remember, don't hold back."

"I wouldn't worry about that. Adeat!"

Kuroshiro summoned Dextera Deux and began his incantation.

"Granil mastir. Tellia gran forlce. Flamma orior oriri ortus! Everbero!"

Flames erupted from Dextera Deux and launched themselves at Marlene, coming in a giant wave. Marlene stood there, however and chanted her spell.

"Dil filal, filalial dir. Phasma phantasmis moenia enim aqua, munimentum!"

A wall of water had surrounded Marlene and protected her from the entire attack just in the nick of time. Kuroshiro moved into the flames as this happened and Instant Stepped in front of the wall of water.

"Dextera Deux, bring loss to the enemy we face now. Drive Smash!"

The booster on his shoulder activated and he was boosted forwards into the wall. Still a bit tired from his battle, Drive Smash was weakened a bit, but it was enough to get him through the barrier. He looked around on the inside. Marlene wasn't there. He saw a shadow above him.

"Serius graoalis sagitta magica!"

17 arrows made of ice formed and rained down on Kuroshiro. With the wall of water, there was nowhere to run. He had to break through the attack. Dextera Deux began to glow as Kuroshiro used one of his few non-incantation spells. He slammed the floor and roots erupted underneath him, moving around and above him to block out the ice arrows, along with pushing him into the air and towards Marlene. Moving quickly, Marlene flew out of there using her staff. The wall of water had disappeared by this time and they were both in the air (sort of). Kuroshiro pointed a finger at Marlene and the roots that he was standing on grew towards her, carrying them along with him at an incredible speed. Marlene went even higher into the sky. Soon, this became a chase battle, Kuroshiro chasing Marlene through the air. They moved faster and faster, but the roots soon became tangled into each other, forcing Kuroshiro to get off. Kuroshiro was the one to cast the next spell.

"Granil mastir. Tellia gran forlce. Igneus mico!"

There was a great flash of light, then the sound of flames erupting from the air. Multiple explosions were happening in the air and Marlene was being chased again. Getting slightly annoyed with what was happening; she climbed up and pulled her staff from under her, making her freefall.

"Dil filal, filalial dir. Subitus frigus!"

The air around Marlene was forced to be cold and the oxygen amount decreased greatly. The flames couldn't continue and Kuroshiro's attack was cancelled. They looked each other in the eyes as Marlene caught herself with her staff. A look of determination appeared in Marlene's eyes and Kuroshiro knew what was coming next.

"Dil filal, filalial dir. Convoco phasma phantasmis, colligo necnon advoco et valde animus. Exorior, Glacialis Bestia!"

Among Marlene's stronger spells, this was one of the higher ranked ones. Normally, a mage of Marlene's and Kuroshiro's age wouldn't be able to summon a great beast. In fact, Marlene was the only one who was known in history to be able to summon a great beast at this age. But that didn't matter right now. A giant spell formation appeared between the two, glowing and emanating a great power. Kuroshiro hadn't ever remembered that Marlene could cast a spell this strong. Then, something was coming out of the spell formation. It rose slowly, but it appeared to be a long, winding spirit. Kuroshiro watched with awe as the entire body appeared.

"Leviathan…"

The large serpent cocked its head and roared into the skies. It was loud… very loud… In fact, an alarm had gone off in the scientific facilities.

Class 4 Summoning Overflow. I repeat, Class 4 Summoning Overflow. Identified Beast: Leviathan. All personnel within the area must immediately find and intercept the beast before damage is caused. Obstruction and re-sealing procedures are to be taken.

Lucca and Robo were there in seconds, staring at the beast. Lucca had a smile on her face. Her mouth began to move as she was, from what Kuroshiro could tell, chanting a spell. Kuroshiro looked over to Marlene. She had fainted from the magical strain of the spell. The Leviathan was on its own, with the mage having been knocked out cold. It looked down upon its summoner. Its tail lifted and was about to slam on her. Kuroshiro, now alarmed, Instant Stepped in front of Marlene and blocked out the attack with Dextera Deux. The force of the attack wasn't enough to send him flying, but the shock of it was enough to stun him for a second. The tail was coming again. This time, though, Robo had intercepted the attack with his Rocket Arms. The Leviathan looked over in Lucca's and Robo's directions. With a look of rage, it opened it mouth at them and let loose a stream of water.

"Robo, Wall Magic precautions."

"Affirmative."

There was a glow from Robo's eyes as a gigantic wall of energy had appeared, blocking out the jet of water. Kuroshiro saw his chance. Dextera Deux began to glow as Kuroshiro had activated his first dual spell in a long time.

"Granil mastir. Tellia gran forlce. Ego advoco duo magus phasma phantasmis. Lux Lucis et Umbra. Exorior facio mei voluntas. Laedo ledo omnis hostus hostium!"

In one hand, the power of darkness. In the other, the power of light. Usually, both counteracted each other. But the power of both were equal in this case, and they melded. They gathered into Dextera Deux and transformed it into a cannon. Aiming carefully, Kuroshiro aimed for its core point on the forehead.

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Lucca watched with a certain curiosity and examined the cannon.

"That thing… it's no longer Dextera Deux. Robo, scan."

"Consider it done."

Within seconds and while holding the shield up to distract the Leviathan, Robo quickly gathered all of the data of the transformed artifact.

"Scan complete."

"Good. Let's see how this ends."

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Finally finishing the charge, Kuroshiro let loose all of his power in this one shot.

"Twilight Symphony!"

The cannon let loose hell as the shot fired off and pierced right through the creature's head. Not even able to scream in pain, the creature fell and faded, the magical energy disappearing alongside it. Kuroshiro fell sideways now, the energy the cannon had consumed being nearly all of his. He fell facing Marlene, oddly enough. They both lay next to each other, Kuroshiro's consciousness fading quickly. He heard Marlene say something just as he blacked out.

"Kuro…shiro… I…"

He couldn't hear the last of it, as his mind melded into the darkness of dreams.

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And that's Chapter 2. Hope you enjoyed this one. Did you guys think that Marlene and Kuroshiro were going on a date? Those who did, expect it to happen in the near future. But anyways, as usual, please read and review. I'd appreciate it and it'd let me know that I'm not a horrible writer or that I just suck. Thanks.