Another chapter and more plot twists and mysteries. I am always open to which you guys can create.

Anna: Get back to writing the chapter!

Me: oh crap I will. If I didn't have school all the time I would be able to think up and write new chapters.

Asuna: Like hell we will believe that so work on the chapters already!

Me: I am being assaulted by both sides. I wonder how Yoh and Negi will deal with this.

Yoh: *sneezes* I wonder who was talking about me.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Shaman King mentioned in this fic - all belongs to Hiroyuki Takei. I also do not own anything relating to mahou sensei negima. That's Ken Akamatsu's work.

Chapter 3: Pointless arguments

(In the last chapter)

The girls cheered. "Yay an adventure so early in our trip."

One of the girls known as Chisame Hasegawa shrugged. She had found it hard to get used to the craziness of the class. Only now has she given up on caring about pointless things. 'Still that boy had weird written all over him. Argh! Why am I stuck with the group of weirdos?'

Out the front of the graveyard:

Manta, Ryu, Miki and Zazie arrived at the graveyard. Ryu put Manta back on the ground.

Manta looked at Ryu. "What the fuck was that! You know that probably looked like a kidnapping." Manta yelled at Ryu.

Ryu apologized to Manta. "I'm sorry but you would have taken forever to get back here."

Manta sighed. "It's ok. Oh well we are almost there."

Miki watched the exchange. "Is it always like this with you guys?"

Manta turned around to Miki. "It can get a lot worse."

An explosion went off in front of them and Yoh was blown into the sky. The group watched in shock as he started flying towards them. Yoh was propelled into Miki's chest and they both knocked onto the ground. Yoh opened his eyes to see two breasts in front of his face. He was surprised and jumped back quickly. "I am soo sorry I didn't mean to do that."

Miki stood up and an evil aura surrounded her. "You bastard! How dare you touch me like that you pervert!" She yelled as she went up to Yoh and punched him in the face. (For all those who have seen Love Hina you will guess what is going to happen.) Yoh was propelled yet again into the sky back to the house where he landed on the ground in front of Anna.

"Oww. Please Anna can I have a break? I was just thrown two blocks and back." Yoh begged.

Anna looked at him curiously. "Why exactly did you fly back anyway?"

Yoh stopped moving suddenly as he blushed and then composed himself. "It's complicated."

Anna watched him and sighed. "Fine you can have a break. Get something to drink and to eat. Ryu and Manta should be back by now with the groceries." She grabbed a bottle of water and passed it over to Yoh.

Yoh caught the bottle and started to drink. He then heard the door to the inn open. He watched who came in and suddenly stopped drinking in shock. "Yyyoooou!" Yoh stuttered.

Miki was in the same kind of shock. "What is this pervert doing here?"

Yoh defended himself. "I am not a pervert. It was all a horrible accident I swear."

Anna wandered in to see what took Ryu so long. "WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN?" She yelled from the corridor before entering. Ryu and Manta tensed up. Anna walked up to them and noticed the two girls. She calmed down slightly. "Who are these two girls?" Anna asked.

Manta introduced them. "This is Miki and Zazie. Both of them are shamans and we met them at the supermarket. They wanted to meet other strong shamans."

Anna smiled which worried Yoh, Ryu and Manta. Miki and Zazie seemed oblivious to what was about to happen. "Perfect. Yoh needed a bit more difficult training. How about you *she points at Miki* fight Yoh if you are up to it?"

Miki had a devious on her face as she imagined beating the crap out of Yoh. "With pleasure." She said as she pulled from her bag a Tessen (Iron fan). The fan itself had a black background with a crescent moon. Miki had the fan closed and at the ready. She also had drawn from her bag a mortuary tablet. "You better be ready because I won't hold back."

Yoh picked himself up and called Amidamaru. Yoh had his sword, Harusame, already on him due to the training. "Can't we just settle things peacefully?" Yoh asked.

"NO so get ready cause I won't hold back." Miki said with an evil grin.

Anna was in the middle of the field with a stone in her hand. "The moment the stone hits the ground the fight begins. Are both sides ready?"

Miki smiled. "I am more than ready."

Yoh sighed. "If I must."

Anna watched the two shamans one last time before dropping the stone to begin the battle.

Meanwhile in a park in Tokyo:

Horohoro has had conflict in his life but nothing as confusing as what has been happening today. He was on a tree discussing with himself the possibilities. "First after getting of the train we are confronted by an annoying bastard named Hakel who thinks he is better than us by ignoring me!. Then I had to deal with Pirika's usual rant and then I meet a group of people who have a ghost with them yet don't know about shamans. Argh it's all just annoying and confusing. Why can't it be less mysterious? All I wanted to do was to become shaman king so I could cultivate a boundless patch of wild land grass for the koroppo kurus to survive and I get all this complication."

"Enjoying talking to yourself up there?" a voice called to Horohoro.

Horohoro reacted. "Who is there?"

A familiar face greeted Horohoro. Ren and his guardian spirit Bason were on the footpath. Ren was wearing his trademark cloak. It had only been a few days but the presence of Ren indicated just how close the start of the second part of the tournament was going to be. "It's only a few more days until the tournament and you spend your time waste your time talking nonsense. Honestly it shows your weakness."

Horohoro stared at him. "This is the first time I have doubted my abilities."

Ren instantly took notice. From his experience with Horohoro he knows that he was a person who was confident even against those who were stronger than him. "And why is that?"

Horohoro jumped to the ground. "Well when we got back here this morning we were confronted by a strange person who was faster than anyone I have ever seen and that was without a spirit. He blocked my attack with a simple wakizashi. He called himself Hakel Fury and he even shocked Yoh."

Ren took this all in. "It is just another person for me to take down. Well thanks for the info. Now get lost I am sick of seeing your moaning face."

Horohoro sighed. "Sure whatever. See you later Ren."

The two shamans went in their separate directions. Horohoro decided to go see Yoh to try and get his confidence back up.

Ren walked in the direction that Horohoro had come from. He left the park and went into the city. "Looks like the shaman king fight will be more interesting."

Meanwhile with Ala Alba (Negi's group if you didn't know that already):

Negi had no idea where to look for Zazie and Miki. They had no clues as to what to look for or whether or not there is actually anything in Tokyo. The only thing which seemed to draw their attention was their meeting with the blue haired boy who could see Sayo. The entire situation just confused him. He was glad however that he was able to get permission to go Tokyo on such short notice.

Flashback three days ago:

Negi and Asuna gathered everyone from Ala Alba after reading the letter. They went to Evangeline's cabin and into the training space which was created for Negi's magic training and just recently became the training space for Ala Alba. The dimensional space allows for a person to spend an entire day in the resort with only one hour passing in real life. The group consisted of Negi as the teacher supervisor, Asuna as the president, Eva as . The rest of the group consists of, Yue Ayase, Chachamaru Karakuri, Konoka Konoe, Setsuna Sakurazaki, Ku Fei, Haruna Saotome, Nodoka Miyazaki, Kaede Nagase, Chisame Hasegawa and Kotaro Inugami. Sayo Aisaka and Kazumi Asakura were unofficial members since they had no magical ability and only were involved because they knew Negi's secret. The group had gathered in the foyer and had all seen the letter. They were now discussing a course of action.

"This could be the clue we need in the search for your father Negi." Nodoka stated.

Konoka stepped in. "It seems to easy. As much as I want you to find your father it is hard to tell what might happen."

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Yue Ayase quoted.

"I am positive that this could get dangerous." Setsuna stated.

"Why do you think we all did training? If it wasn't going to be dangerous then anyone could have gone!" Asuna stated.

Chisame sighed. 'Yet again I am stuck with these idiot friends. Wait a second. Since when were they my friends?'

"I hope that the people we meet are strong. A good fight would be great aru." Ku stated.

"The probability of this evidence being substantial is estimated at 35% and the chance that there will be danger is certain." Chachamaru stated.

"Alright guys what will be our decision? Will we take up this opportunity or choose to stick with our England trip plans?" Negi asked.

"I am pretty sure you have already decided Negi de-gozaru." Kaede replied.

"We are with you 100 % Negi." Haruna stated.

Kotaro smiled. "Looks like we are off to Tokyo."

"Sayo and I would like to come as well if that is ok?" Kazumi asked.

"Sure now that that is decided we will have to get permission from the dean." Negi stated.

Eva smiled. "Oh not yet Negi. We still have a day of training left and I have to make this one memorable."

Negi shuddered as he considered the implications of this.

"This means all of you so time to get started." Eva grinned as she started some combat with Negi. Setsuna and Asuna started to spar. Konoka was on hand to help heal those who got hurt. Yue and Nodoka went to practice their magic while Haruna used her artifact to practice with Ku Fei and to make her golems stronger. Kotaro and Kaede had left to the forest zone to practice and Chisame, Kazumi and Sayo went to the side to avoid being hit and to make use of the time they had.

One hour in the real world time later:

"Ok make sure you pack everything you will need for the trip. Asuna, Konoka and I will go talk to the dean to get permission." Negi stated.

"Yes Negi!" The girls said as they separated back to the dorms. Kotaro and Kaede stayed in the resort for another hour for an extra days training.

They arrived at the office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." they heard the dean say.

They entered the door to be faced with the dean. Konoemon "The Dean" Konoe was Konoka's grandfather and also the dean of the school. He is also the chief of the Kanto Magic association but this fact isn't known by the students. Only the teachers who also practice magic know which includes Negi. He has giant eyebrows and a beard to suit. Although the top of his head has no hair he has grown a ponytail.

"Hello Negi. Did you come here to marry my granddaughter?" The dean asked.

"Oh you?" Konoka said as she produced a small mallet and hit her grandfather on the head in a comic fashion (Not very hard like you would expect from Asuna but rather a light tap. Asuna: Hey! That was a low blow. Me: "How did you get in my bracket explanation Asuna?" Asuna: "Don't mind that. Apologize!" Me: "Sure I am sorry Asuna for that statement. Now can we get back to the story?" Asuna: "Fine, go ahead. Me: "Thank you")

"I came here to put in a request for a last minute trip to Tokyo. The Ala Alba Club need permission to go for research." Negi stated.

"Oh and when will you plan to leave?" The dean asked.

"As soon as possible" Negi replied.

"I wish you the best of luck then. I approve. You can leave tomorrow morning. Don't worry about your class. Takamichi will cover for you." The dean smiled

"Thank you. It is much appreciated." Negi replied as he smiled.

Asuna was smiling as she listened intently. (I know this seems out of character but Negi begged her to not say anything before they left so they wouldn't ruin any chance of getting the permission. It's amazing what a kid that is about to cry can do to a person.)

Konoka went back up to Negi and Asuna.

"Please tell the class I am sorry I left without notice." Negi asked.

"Sure now you better get packing. The train will be leaving early in the morning." The dean stated as he sent the three to begin packing.

(End of Flashback. Negi seems to be the major contributor of flashbacks at the moment but just remember that the Negima plot is a lot further than the Shaman King plot so Negi has quite a bit that has happened. This will however be the last flashback for Negi for a while.)

The group decided that the only clue they could rely on at this point was the boy so the group split into several sections to go searching around for the boy. The sections were as followed. Negi, Kotaro, Asuna and Chachamaru were in one group. The next group consisted of the library club: Nodoka, Yue, Haruna and Chisame who was tagging along because they were responsible for researching about 'Shamans' which the boy mentioned. They would head to the library to research. Chisame saw this as the safest option and was less weird as looking for some boy in a city they didn't know well. The last group consisted of Ku Fei, Kaede, Konoka, Setsuna, Kazumi and Sayo. This group was going to search in the direction the boy went while Negi's group would search in the other direction. Their reasoning for this was that Asuna had a feeling about that direction and Negi was dragged off by Asuna. Kotaro and Chachamaru decided to follow them. Kaede had suggested to their group to follow the direction of the boy because it was an obvious path.

Konoka's group turned the corner which the mystery boy had turned. The ice which had been there was gone now. They walked down the street and looked for any signs of ice. They couldn't find any. Just when they were about to give up they saw a boy walking from the park with a strange cloak on. In fact everything about the boy seemed to indicate something different. Kaede could sense the violence the boy had caused and was instantly on guard. "Be prepared everyone. That boy seems strange de-gozaru."

Setsuna had also sensed the danger and was ready to protect Konoka.

The boy took notice of them. "Your right Bason they seem to have some skills despite being mere humans." The boy seemed to say to himself.

Ku Fei perked up when hearing the name. "Aru? That name sounds like a Chinese general I heard about in history." (Ku Fei usually doesn't listen or learn in class but since this was about fighting and her home country China she actually listened and learned this bit of info.)

"Why is he talking to himself?" Konoka asked.

Sayo noticed who he is talking to. "He isn't talking to himself. He is talking to a person in armor hovering above him."

Ren yawned. "If you aren't going to do anything then I am going to leave." Ren said as he started to walk away.

"Wait. Would you happen to know a blue haired boy who can produce ice?" Kazumi asked.

Ren stopped. "Would any of you be named Hakel Fury?"

They looked confused. "No."

"Then you aren't worth my time. Come on Bason I want to get something to eat." Ren stated as he continued to walk away.

"How dare you speak to Ojō-sama like that!" Setsuna stated as she charged forward with her sword drawn.

Ren looked back and drew from a mortuary tablet a kwan dao (If you haven't seen Shaman King yet or don't know what I am referring to basically a kwan dao is similar to a halberd but with one curved edge and one straight edge following the handle. If this doesn't help then search up kwan dao in Google images. There are a few pictures which depict it well.) He had Bason in his hands for spirit unity.

Setsuna was surprised when Ren's weapon appeared and knew instantly that he knew how to use it. She jumped forward and dodged the quick strikes which Ren was thrusting towards her. She jumped high into the air and started performing a Shinmei-ryū technique. Before she could perform it though she was caught by Kaede who stopped her.

"Be patient de-gozaru. I am sorry for my friends haste but we were searching for clues in this city and we were hoping that boy could explain things further." Kaede stated.

Ren started laughing. "Haha Horohoro wouldn't be able to tell you anything. He has the mentality of a four year old."

"Then could you help explain some things to us?" Konoka asked with puppy dog eyes.

Ren sighed. "I don't feel like explaining it to you but I can lead you to someone who can." He then went to explain the directions to the inn. "His name is Yoh and he will be more than happy to explain. Now if you will excuse me I have things to do." Ren said as he walked away.

The girls smiled. They finally found a lead and they called Asuna to tell them the info. It just so happened that Asuna had led the group in that general direction so they would be able to get there in no time. The research group was also near the direction so they decided to regroup before going to meet the person called 'Yoh'.

Next chapter: I wonder what happened to Yoh and Miki. I hope there isn't a budding romance.

Anna: like I would let that happen.

Asuna: He must being running low on material. That was a terrible joke.

Me: I am trying the best I can. It's not like you two can think of better.

Asuna: We beg to differ.

Me: Huh?

Anna: Time to show him our title.

Next chapter: The clash of the titans. I wonder if Horohoro can make an ice cream with his powers?

Me: I have to admit that is better than my title.

Anna: See?

Asuna: maybe we should write the story instead of you.

Me: you don't have the grades for that but I will admit it is a good title.

The next chapter will see a few different situations including the obvious meeting of Yoh and Ala Alba. Also the fight between Yoh and Miki will have a conclusion. Thanks for reading and feel free to review. I will try and have less delay between chapters. Sorry but I have had school work which has bogged me down.

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