Disclaimer: I still do not own Negima!, but I recently bought the 16th installment in the manga.

A/N: I had a rough time getting this chapter finished because school has been a bitch this past week and I haven't had a lot of time. However, the few reviews I've gotten got me in the mood to continue. I had the money to but Microsoft Word, but I bought a bunch of manga instead. So, continue to point out any mistakes that you find or offer any advice.

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Mahora Campus- Dorms

"Well isn't this ironic?" Clare asked no one, she was annoyed that her and Sean had gotten this far just to be caught. She would probably laugh at the situation if this wasn't such an important matter. Clare began running scenarios through her head on how to get out of this without much conflict. All of them were ending in a big fight between them. With just her and Sean she wasn't sure if they'd win unless they went all out at once, and it still seemed vague they could win.

Sean saw that Clare was trying to think of something that would get them out of this predicament. He had an idea to get them out of here, but he suddenly felt a strong blood lust directed at him. He looked at the Negi party and immediately knew who it was coming from. Setsuna Sakurazaki's eyes had become slits and Sean knew why, he was carrying Konoka Konoe. He didn't waste another second and shot back up the stairs.

Setsuna wasted no time in flying up the stairs after him. She hoped no one was pursuing with her because Setsuna wasn't sure what she was going to do to him, all she knew was she wanted him dead unless he let Konoka go. It made her feel strange wanting him dead, but it also made her feel like something was waking up inside her. Setsuna suddenly realized she had better get better control of herself before she let her demon side out.

"What do you two want with Konoka-san and Asuna-san?" Negi asked the mysterious person in front of them. He heard them giggle a little bit and discovered, at least this person, was a girl of about Asuna's age.

Clare giggled because any other time she would have smart ass remark for this like, they were taking them shopping or for a night at a fancy restaurant. She supposed that's what she found funny, for the first time she could remember she couldn't think of anything to say. She was speechless and she had no idea why.

Her lack of remark allowed Clare to think of an idea of how to get out of there, and with any luck, her and Sean would meet up on the way back to the rendezvous point. If they didn't they'd probably have to leave him behind. Clare decided to put her plan into action, "Well you see... Now Sean attack them now!"

The four members of the team that were left looked up and instinctively jumped to the side. They didn't see anyone or feel their presence above them. The party soon realized that the mysterious girl had taken their confusion as an opportunity to run out the front door. When they had caught up with what had just happened the four took off after her.

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Sean felt Setsuna right on his back and he was taking every turn, running through every other hall, and finally ended up in the bath house, which he was glad to find none of the other girls in there. Setsuna was still right behind him, her killing intent was slowly subsiding but he could still feel a lot of anger coming off her, and he was beginning to wonder if he would stand a chance against her without any of his equipment. He ran on top of the water looking for a way out and couldn't find any other door out other than the one he came through, which he doubted he could get back to.

He looked up to see a sky light covering the bath house. He wanted to be a little more discrete on his exit, but he saw no other way.

'If only I had some time to think maybe I wouldn't have to use this for a way out.' Sean pondered, when he noticed they were coming up on a wall.

"You have no were else to run!" Setsuna shouted in fury as she continued her charge at him, sword now drawn.

He quickly incanted a spell and came to an abrupt stop at the wall and launched himself upward. He shot a magic arrow at the glass to shatter it and avoid damaging his hostage. When he had broken through with his prisoner he used a little more of his magic to land them safely on a rooftop, and when Sean landed with Konoka he continued his escape.

Setsuna squeezed the hilt of her blade tighter in anger until her hand began to bleed. She knew of a way after the cloaked man and would have normally taken a more logical way out, but that person had Konoka and she would be damned before she let him do anything to her. She sprouted her wings and shot through the sky light. Setsuna spent no time in locating him and pursuing him in the sky.

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Mahora Campus- Streets

"Stop!" Negi called to the mysterious woman to no avail. He wasn't sure if they'd catch her and he was wondering if he should have went with Setsuna to help her. Negi felt like he was going to have a panic attack from all of this, sure he knew Konoka would be an easy target to kidnap but he thought that if Asuna was with her there would be no problems. He never saw a scenario in which they would capture Asuna too.

Kotaro could almost feel the panic coming off his friend, "Calm down Negi we want get Asuna back if your constantly in a panic."

Negi calmed a little at his friends words, he turned to his friend with a smile, "You're right Kotaro, but I'm more worried that Setsuna-san is in trouble."

"Don't worry about Setsuna will be fine Negi-bozu," Kaede stated matter of factly, "but for now I have an idea on how to stop them."

Clare could feel all four of them on her back, she felt a slight change in two of them but thought nothing of it. She was staring to think about fighting them off quickly, however, she wasn't sure she could take all four of them. She remembered Sean and Haru saying that they should pose no real threat, but from what she was sensing they had have found some way to advance in power really fast. She took a sharp turn and found herself on the stretch to the rendezvous point, she smiled to herself and was just hoping Triella would have the warp spell ready. She also began to wonder if Sean was still alive.

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Mahora Campus- Rooftops

Sean could almost feel the steel of her blade on his neck as he was jumping from rooftop to rooftop. He felt that her killing intent had come to a rise again, and toping it all of she now had wings. He was starting to think he wouldn't make it back in time and they would take off without him.

"Could you at least lose the wings so it's fair?" Sean called out to the half-demon girl behind him.

"Put Konoka down and leave and I won't bring you to an away from death!" Setsuna shouted back in fury.

"Sorry, if I did that my leader would kill me five times over."

Setsuna was getting close to him, put he was still managing to avoid her blade. Sean was hoping he was close because he couldn't keep this up much longer. He jumped to another rooftop, barely avoiding another attack, when he saw the gathering spot just a short way off in the distance.

'Good they're still there,' he thought in relief.

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Just Outside Mahora Campus

"They're hear," Souchirou called to the other three, "and they didn't get out unnoticed."

"Triella is the spell almost finished?" Haru asked calmly.

"Yes, but it won't be finished right as they get," Triella started, "We'll need a barrier to keep them from interrupting the spell."

"I'll start a delayed spell barrier then. Tatsumiya-san could you stop any that are to close please?"

"No problem." Mana stated as she pulled out her sniper and took aim.

Clare was about outside the campus when she saw the two known as Kaede and Ku-Fei jump out from behind the buildings. Ku-Fei shot a kick right at the captor, which she easily jumped up to avoid. Kaede saw that her foe was now in a defenseless position and propelled herself at the cloaked woman. Clare saw her coming and blocked her punch, and used the momentum to flip herself over Kaede.

Negi and Kotaro now found their opportunity to attack, Kotaro dropped his art of the doppleganger that was replacing Ku-Fei and Kaede. They both charged at her as she was dropping out of the air. Clare saw that she was going to take the hit.

"Shit," was the only thing she could think to say.

"We have you now!" Negi and Kotaro shouted. They almost made contact when they were suddenly hit by some projectiles that brought them back down to earth.

"What hit you?" Ku-Fei asked confused.

The four looked over in the direction the cloaked girl was heading to see that Mana had shot them.

"Mana?"

"Commander Tatsumiya?" Negi asked shocked.

A little farther away Sean was now running on flat ground toward his group. Setsuna saw the oppurtunity and dive bombed right at him. She was almost on him when she was brought out of the sky by a projectile that paralyzed her. She slammed into the ground hard and looked up to see that one of her friends, Mana Tatsumiya, had shot her down.

"Surprised to see you two aren't dead," Souchirou sarcastically welcomed them back.

"Shut up Souchirou, I'd like to have seen you get out of there without getting caught," Clare retorted.

"Get us out of here Triella," Sean instructed ignoring the other two fighting.

"It will take a while longer," Triella continued her incantation.

"Activating barrier then," Haru called out to his team.

A magic barrier had surrounded them by the time Negi's crew had recovered.

"Mana-san why you with bad guys?" Ku-Fei asked.

"They were the highest bidder," she answered simply.

"Let go of Konoka and Asuna-san!" Setsuna demanded.

"Sorry we can't do that," commented what they guessed was the leader.

"Who are you people and why are you taking Asuna-san and Konoka-san for?" Negi asked trying his best to remain calm.

"Who are we? I think we could do that. Everyone tell them your name and remove your hood."

"Sean Shepard," the male on the far left removed his. He had dark hazel eyes that were covered by a pair of glasses and they seemed to study everything they looked at. He had really short brown hear that that barely touched his forehead. His skin was slightly tanned and he looked about sixteen.

"Triella Ichinose," the female on the far right removed her hood. Her eyes were a bright green and appeared calm and saw through everything, almost like she could look at your soul. Her hair was brown and seemed to to stop just above her shoulder blades. She looked quite beautiful and looked about fifteen.

"Souchriou Makihara," came the obnoxious voice of the one to the left of Triella. His eyed looked mischievous and were a shade of green. His hair was a vivid red and was spiked up wildly. He was shorter than the others and looked younger as well, around twelve maybe.

"Clare Amadeus," this voice was spiteful and arrogant but also innocent. She had dark blue eyes that looked almost psychotic. Her hair was blond and was tied up in the back, but came down just above her eyebrows except for two braids to each side. She looked about fourteen.

"Haru Tomoya," came the one who they suspected to be the leader. His eyes were full of leadership and were a bright yellow. His hair was a raven color and covered his eyes a bit. He also looked about sixteen and was slightly pale.

"However if you want to know what we're doing you'll have to come find us," Haru finished, as he and his group waved goodbye tauntingly and vanished.

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A/N: Well there's chapter 3 I hate to cut if off there but I was running out of creative material. Next chapter may be a while because I'm thinking of starting a Haruhi Suzumiya story. Please R/R I only have 4 reviews and over 100 hits. Also provide any constructive criticism that you can provide. Til' the next chapter, later.