[Kyoto, from what I know that this 'Kyoto' is one of the Japan's famous cities where most tourists are focused on that city. Just the first day meeting so many planks that caused by the enemy, known as Kansai Magic Association. Not just the planks, but also meeting with serious problems, one is we learned that Setsuna and Konoka both of them are originally from Kyoto, and it seems like the enemy are targeted at Konoka for unknown reasons and labeled Setsuna as the traitor of them. As a teacher, I must protect them from any harm. And the other reason is that, I met one of my old enemies, Weiss, for unknown reason that he appeared in this world…]

Chapter 6: Kyoto Trip part 3 – How troublesome

~FFXMSN~

In the forest below the cliff

Meeting his old nemesis Weiss in front of him it's a shock for Vincent, he wasn't sure of what he needs to say.

"Long time no see, Vincent." Weiss said. "I was wondering how many years have passed since our last fight…"

"Weiss, what trickery is this…?" Vincent asked. "Who or what revived you? And what are you doing here?" Vincent asked further more slowly he raised his anger.

"Woah woah, cool your head down." Weiss said raising his hands. "As you can see, I've been revived back as a remnant by the Chaos, the God of Discord. You know him, right?"

"Remnant…" Vincent muttered as he recalls back that he's been summoned like the Silver Haired Men, which are the remnants of Sephiroth. "Revived as a remnant, to serve that God of Discord, the one that opposes Cosmos, the Goddess of Harmony by war with each other, right?" Vincent replied. 'That happens long time ago as Cloud being summoned by Lady Cosmos… but why now…? Is it related to those imprisoned demons?' Vincent thought.

"Correct." Weiss answered. "We have been revived to serve a purpose… to retrieve those vessels." Weiss stated his mission.

"Vessels…? Retrieve…? You don't mean those crystals?" Vincent asked to confirm.

"Yes, those 'crystals' you're saying that now." Weiss replied.

"Those demons are not something that is easily to be retrieve, how in the world that you all can retrieve that, and it's not easy to search." Vincent said.

This caught Weiss's attention, "…It's seems like you too, can't find their locations as well…" Weiss said.

"Then, just tell me why are you all wanted to retrieve those demons?" Vincent asked as he raised his volume.

Weiss laughed a bit, and then he then reply back, "Fine, I will tell you then." Vincent listens to Weiss's explanation. "Let's just said that your force of 'Light' there, your goddess there Cosmos the Goddess of Harmony, are sending you to exterminate the demons which has escaped from the god's realms, and apparently one of them has landed into this world." Weiss explained, "And for our force of 'Darkness', we are planning to retrieve the demon to give it to our dark lord, which is the Chaos the God of Discord."

"What…? What in the world that that God of Discord are planning to have those demons for?" Vincent asked as he didn't understand that part. "And what do you mean vessels?"

Weiss looked at him for a while, and then he laughed. "Ha ha ha! Your goddess didn't explain to you what those demons are for?"

"…What do you mean?" Vincent asked as he confused.

Weiss sighed. "Fine fine fine… I'll tell you. The reason why your gods there are imprisons those demons in a very special crystal which only use to imprison those demons so that it will be locked there for eternity? Those demons are actually the last trump card that is they are the vessel that stores enormous amount of pure energy for the dark gods to consume them will receive large amount of powers!" Weiss explained the role purposes of imprisoned demons, and this widens Vincent's eyes as he learned something outrageous. "That actually happened long time ago, and once our God achieved that power, our God of Discord will wage the war against your gods once again with great power!"

Vincent remained quiet as always, 'This is something totally outrageous… why Lady Cosmos didn't tell me about this?' Vincent thought with his serious expression.

"That is why your goddess there sent you to exterminate them before us!" Weiss said as he pointed at Vincent. "Ha! You think you can able to outsmart us? You all are underestimated us! However…" Weiss continued. "Those imprisoned demons are not weaklings, but it should be piece of cake for our captains."

"…Your captains? Who are your captains?" Vincent asked again, as he fears that he might know who their captains are.

Weiss looked at Vincent for a moment, "…Seems like I've explained quite a lot, you will know soon." Weiss replied before he drawn out his swords out, planning to have a fight against Vincent.

Vincent knew this will happen, he summons out Metal element. "Metal element, become my sword." The metal sphere is morphing its shapes and become the SOLDIER sword, Vincent grab the sword's grip and ready to fight. This gives Weiss a surprise by learning that Vincent has a new skill.

"Oh! You learned how to use sword! And where did you get that power?" Weiss asked as he dash toward to Vincent preparing an attack onto him.

"…I'm not in a mood to reply!" Vincent replied with cold tone as he charge toward Weiss and brings up his sword swinging toward to Weiss and blocked his attack, causing a loud clash between metals and bright lights emitted.

~FFXMSN~

To Asuna and Setsuna

Asuna and Setsuna reached the group five's sleeping quarters, Haruna, Nodoka and Konoka were asleep on the floor while Yue was sleeping soundly on a chair. "Well it seems like everyone fell asleep before me." Asuna said with a sweat-drop.

"I'm going to patrol the hallways." Setsuna told Asuna to go patrol.

"I got it. Let's change shifts sometime later tonight." Asuna replied. "Don't worry. I'll keep constant watch on Konoka." Asuna told Setsuna as she tries to cheer Setsuna up.

"…Sorry about this, Kagurazaka-san, if anything happens, please call for me right away, you're all alone here, so…" Setsuna said as she's glad that she has a reliable friend that helps her watching her princess Konoka. "Well… I'll be going…" Setsuna said bowing before leaving.

"See you later." Asuna replied thumbs up before Setsuna leaves. "Phew… what a day… But Sakurazaki-san sure isn't honest with herself…" Asuna said as she sits on the futon while taking off her outer clothes.

"Ah… who is it? Asuna?" Konoka said dazed as she awoke.

"Ah, Konoka? Sorry, did I wake you up?" Asuna asked, she then surprised as Konoka got up and walk off. "Konoka, where are you going?"

"Toilet…" Konoka replies half-sleeping.

'Well… if it is toilet, then I can't be helped.' Asuna thought as she's thought its safe for her to go to toilet. "Take care, ok?"

"Uh…" Konoka nodded replied.

Konoka walked towards the bathroom. 'I had a dream about playing with Se-Chan…' Konoka thought about her dreams. She has reached the toilet and opened it, then, she bumped into something soft, she was surprised to see there's a giant monkey has occupied the toilet inside there.

"…I'm still using it." The mystery woman in the monkey costume said. She then put handkerchief on Konoka's mouth drugging her. "Just kidding!" She dragged Konoka into bath room and shut it.

Few minutes later

Minutes had passed since Konoka had gone to the bathroom, and Asuna was getting worried. "She's taking pretty long time in the bathroom. Is she having a stomach ache?" Asuna said as she walked out the room.

"I have to use the bath room too." Yue said walking out of the room with her.

Toilet

"Hey Konoka are you done yet?" Asuna asked as she knocking the door waiting for the reply.

"I'm still using it." A voice that is Konoka replied from the bathroom.

"Ah, right… Sorry about that." Asuna replied, and Yue still trying to hold up.

Setsuna then came bustling into the room. "Kagurazaka-san, where is Konoka-ojou-sama?"

"She's in the bathroom." Asuna said. She was trying to help Yue control her bladder, because at this point she was basically doing the funky chicken.

"How long has it been!?" Setsuna asked as three of them arrived at the toilet.

"T-Ten minutes…" Yue said struggling. "W-we both drank from the spring this afternoon… so it might be because of that…" Yue stated the reason why required to use the toilet so badly.

"Konoka, you are in there right?" Asuna asked knocking on the door.

"I'm still using it." Konoka replied.

"…See?" Asuna said as she pointed at the door.

"Konoka-san, whatever you are doing, hurry up! I can't hold on much longer!" Yue said banging on the door shredding some tears.

"Are you really OK in there, Konoka-ojou-sama!?" Setsuna asked.

"I'm still using it." Again the same replied, Yue face faulted. She knocked on the door again. The same phrase was said.

"Is that so…" Setsuna could say only that.

Then, the same statement came out. "I'm still using it." This caused both Asuna and Setsuna realized it is something's wrong.

"I'm approaching my limit…" Yue mumbled towards the door.

"Something doesn't seem right…" Setsuna said. "Kagurazaka-san!" Setsuna looked at Asuna as she nodded, Asuna replied with nodding too as both of them planned to barge the door.

"I agreed." Asuna well agreed, both Yue and Setsuna barged the door, inside the toilet there was no one but a seal that used to deceive people.

"That is… a talking charm!?" Setsuna exclaimed. "Damn it! We've been tricked!"

"W-wh-what should we do!?" Both of them are in panicked, but both of them didn't see Yue behind them is trembling.

"I DON'T CARE WHAT THE HELL YOU GIRLS DO! JUST GET LET ME USE THE DAMN BATHROOM!" Yue shouted kicking the two girls out of the room.

~FFXMSN~

To Negi

Negi and Chamo are discussing how to use the card, until there's something's wrong going. "Konoka been kidnapped!" Asuna cried telling to Negi.

"EEEEEHH!?" Negi exclaimed as soon he heard this.

"Aniki! What's that?" Chamo asked pointing at the oncoming figure shadowing the moon. The figure landed with a crash and revealed to be the giant monkey costume from before. In her hands was Konoka.

"A MONKEY!" Negi surprised.

"A la la… I ran into you just then…" The mystery woman said. "It's the cute little mage…" Negi saw Konoka on her arms.

"Get back here with Konoka! Ras Tel Ma Scir MMMFF-!" Negi chanting a spell but has been interrupted by the shikigami. Asuna and Setsuna had arrived right after the monkey lady left.

[Start Music: Only A Plank Between One and Perdition – Final Fantasy 8]

"Negi-sensei!" Setsuna calls.

"Negi!" Asuna calls.

"She got away!" Negi told them.

"We're going to chase her!" Asuna said.

~FFXMSN~

To Vincent

Meanwhile to Vincent's situation, he is still fighting against Weiss. "You become much stronger than last time, Vincent. Even with sword." Weiss gave a compliment to Vincent while fighting.

'He's stronger and different than before… what improved him drastically?' Vincent thought as he noticed that Weiss's strength and movement is not same from the past. "Enough with that, and now may you tell me, what are you doing here? Shouldn't your group searching for the demon in this world now?" Vincent asked intelligently as he wanted to know why Weiss is doing here.

Weiss blocked the attack then he jumped back few meters away. "We are temporary formed an alliance with this 'Kan…sai…' whatsoever Association for few reasons. Number 1, we are just using them to get information. And for number 2, this is quite a coincidence, she faced you and she can't even win against you, so she told us to bait you away from your students there. As soon that I've learned that you're in this world… I got my chances to revenge from the humiliation that you gave me last time!" Weiss replied referring to his defeat during the Omega Weapon incident. "My role right now just to bait you out and kill you right here, I have no idea why they wanted your student that called Kono…ka, right?" Weiss replied grinning, and that statement instantly widens Vincent's eyes for late to realize that.

'Why didn't I realize this beforehand? They have joined the enemies!' Vincent thought as he turns around to return back, it was a mistake that he jumped down to here, but Weiss appeared in front of him to stop Vincent escaping.

"You think you can run from me? If you really want to rescue your cute students there, you have to pass through me!" Weiss stopped in front of him and attack him.

"…Damn!" Vincent muttered gritting his teeth blocking the attacks. He wanted to use his Cerberus to help quickly end this battle, but he couldn't due to the students that are inside the building right above the cliff, he doesn't want them to hear the gunshot sound, this will make the teachers to immediately cancel the trips and head back to Mahora, and this will fail Negi's assignment to pass the letter to their headquarter.

"And no worries, it's only just me here, the other doesn't want to waste their time to come bother the battle of me and you, and they seem not interested in this kidnapping or whatsoever of their plans…" Weiss explained. "And besides, I am also not interested in that woman's scheme, you better defeat me fast, or you won't be able to see your students back alive…" Weiss said grinning.

This time Vincent is readying his stance to prepare for the attacks, 'Negi, Setsuna, Asuna, Chamo… Please hold on and wait for me…' Vincent thought before their fight continues.

~FFXMSN~

To Negi

The group is chasing down the mystery woman in monkey suit that heading toward to the station. "This is bad! She's escaping into the station!" Negi shouted.

"Who the hell is in that giant monkey costume anyway?" Asuna asked sweat-dropped as they are chasing a very ridiculous enemy who wears a ridiculous costume.

"I think it's probably one of the charm users from the Kansai Magic Association!" Setsuna replied, they have entered the station and continue their chasing.

Inside the train station

"That suit is probably not normal suit either! So don't drop your guard!" Setsuna told them to be alert.

"There's something strange is going on in here! Even taking into account the fact that it's past the hour that they are supposed to shut down the power, and there aren't any passengers or staff here at all!" Asuna said as she noticed there are no people are station in there.

"It's the charms of warding! Ordinary people can't even get close!" Setsuna explained as she noticed there are some charms sticks on the walls. The group made it inside the train right before the door closed.

"Wah! We made into the train!" Negi said panting.

"Negi-sensei! Let's follow into the next carriage!" Setsuna said as they continue to chase the culprit till the end. "WAIIT!" The group managed to chase the culprit at the end of the train.

"Huhu… I guess it's time for the second of my charm-chans…" The mystery woman said as one of the shikigami monkey hold a charm and threw it to the group. "Charm-san, charm-san, facilitate my escape." Mystery woman begin to chants a spell. Water started to flow out of the charm and filled the carriage. The group started drowning inside the water carriage.

"Ho ho… You can all drown in this carriage. Bye~!" The mystery woman is already in the next carriage where the water didn't fill in as she enjoying watching the group drowning.

Negi is trying to chant a spell to do something for the least, but he was unable to chant because they are drowning in the carriage.

Inside Setsuna's thought, she cannot fail this once again due to the incident that she failed to conduct. "Zankusen!" She swung her sword, sending a spiral Ki attack at the charm, the charm split into half and the water stopped, the wave was strong enough to barge through the door, affecting the mystery woman as well. Both side managed to get out of the train through the opened doors, all the water gushed out of the train.

"Did you see that, monkey-woman? You'd better give up these attacks and hand over ojou-sama!" Setsuna demanded as she readied her nodachi.

The woman is panting from the short exhaustion, "You guys are not bad, but I'm not giving Konoka-ojou-sama back." The monkey woman said before bolting away, this had shocked most of the group. The woman started running again, and the chasing continues.

"Setsuna, what's going on!? Aren't they just trying to sabotage us!? Why did that monkey woman decided to kidnap Konoka only!?" Asuna asked.

"The truth is… before this all started… there were some members of the Kansai Magic Association who did not approve of Konoka-ojou-sama leaving for Mahora in the east... It is most likely that they want to use Konoka-oujo-sama's power to gain complete domination of the Kansai Magic Association." Setsuna replied, and this surprised them all.

"EH?" Asuna surprised.

"W… what!?" Negi shocked.

"Neither I nor the principal took them seriously enough. I didn't think they'd stoop to kidnapping her in the middle of a school trip… But the Kansai Magic Association is not above contracting people for underhanded dealings… it's not really surprising that they're engaging in such a forceful operation…" Setsuna explained further.

When they finally catch up the mystery woman in another location warded with charms, the woman took off the costume, made Negi realized the mystery woman was the woman in the train and one of the employees in the hotel.

"You're that woman!?" Negi exclaimed as he can recalls back the waitress from the Shinkansen during the trip.

"That's right, but that is as far as you'll get…" The monkey woman said.

"Where's Vincent-nii-san when we needed him!?" Chamo exclaimed.

"Oh… that's right. I forgot to mention something about your teacher there…" The woman answers. "I have a bodyguard that helps baiting him away from the hotel for me, to allow me to infiltrate in without facing him at all… My bodyguard is strong one, I can't even guarantee your teacher's life there~ too bad he's quite a hottie one~" The woman continues with slutty voice, and this somehow irritates both Setsuna and Asuna.

"Oh yeah!? Vincent won't lose to jerks like you people!" Asuna yelled.

"Yes! Vincent-sensei won't lose to people like you all!" Setsuna added in.

"Well, enough talks. I'll have you deal with the third of my charms." She then threw the charm

"I won't let you do as you pleased!" Setsuna dashed towards to try to stop the attack.

"Chew on this! Third charm technique. Kyoto 'DAI' Character. Burn!" The mystery woman chants, the charm landed on the floor and it exploded into flames creating the kanji for great (dai).

"Uwaah!" Setsuna was late a second and was about to be bathed by flame.

"Sakurazaki-san!" Asuna rush toward Setsuna and grabbed her away from the flame.

"Those flames will ward off any normal person. Well then, this is goodbye." The woman said as she planning to leave the area.

"Damn you…" Asuna got angry at that woman with a tick mark. Then, they didn't see that Negi was already started chanting a spell.

"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Freyt Une Vende…" Negi chanting a spell, then he releases it upon the flames. "FRAN SALTATIO BLEUEREA!" The spell instantly extinguished the flames.

"WHAT THE…!" The mystery woman totally surprised while covering herself.

"We won't let you get away with her. Konoka-san is a student and an important person of ours!" Negi shouted as he took out a pactio card of Asuna and prepare to attack.

[End of the Music]

~FFXMSN~

Forest near the hotel

Vincent is struggling to win against Weiss as fast as possible so that he can go and assist Negi and others.

'I have no time to waste… At this rate, there would be no winner to both side, he's just want to waste my time. Guess it's time to try that.' Vincent thought. "Wood" he summons out Wood sphere on his left palm, "Nature, obey me." He used the Wood element to control the surrounding environment, where there's a lot of trees nearby.

"…?" Weiss wondering what is his opponent doing until he notices something around him changes.

The trees surrounding them suddenly starts moving on its own, then, the roots of each tree came out alive and starts attacking with its extended roots at Weiss relentlessly, Weiss was surprised at this rate of attacks and prepared to attack those incoming fast and deadly roots, Weiss dodged and cut down those relentless roots that almost rampaging the area. And luckily both of them are far away from the building on the cliff, so that the attacks won't reach the cliff and damage it. As Weiss managed to cut down some of roots, then the roots started to combine and twisted together, forming a strong incoming spiral attack that flying toward to Weiss in incredible speed, Weiss can't dodge the attack but try to block it with his own strength, cutting down several incoming roots but the numbers still not decreasing. The attack collides on Weiss, but the force was too strong for Weiss to block, the giant roots slammed onto him and sent him few meters away and clashed at the tree.

"Ugh…!" Weiss suffered some heavy damage from the hit. '…The hell was that?'

The roots unwrap itself and return back to their trunks and hid underground. "Give it up now, I have no time to waste fighting you." Vincent said before he starts running toward to Negi's presence hastily, leaving only the injured Weiss there.

Weiss looked at the direction where Vincent heading for a moment, a moment of quiet later he's started to laugh. "…Ha ha ha ha ha! He's become stronger! He's much stronger than last time! This is going to be enjoyable!" Weiss laughed as he satisfied that knowing Vincent has become much stronger. "He'll be the most worthy opponent…!"

Then, a shadow just came out of nowhere landed beside him and a person came out from the shadow, this time the person has a long unkempt black hair, his face covered with strips of metal and wearing a grey suit with a mechanical pair of wings spread from his back.

"Oh… Nero." Weiss stated.

"Brother, I've come to pick you up." Nero said as he kneels down beside Weiss to carry him by support him with his shoulder helping Weiss to stand up. "I've observed your fight just now, how strong he is now?" Nero asked.

Weiss looked at his brother for a while, he laughed again. "Ha ha ha! Well, he's become much stronger than last time, at the level of your satisfaction and the excitement."

Nero looked at his brother, "Hm… Then I'm looking forward to fight him next time then…" Nero said. "…Shall we go help that woman?"

"…I'm not planning to go… you said you want to fight him. Now you can go and try to face him." Weiss replied as he stood still before he disappears. "I'm going back first."

"Hm… Well, I want to, but not now…" Nero said before he disappeared as well.

To Vincent

'I don't trust his words, impossible for him to come alone without his other members… If they are facing the Chaos' minions… they won't stand a chance. I must make haste.' Vincent thought as he quickening himself passing through all the woods, leap over obstacles and buildings.

~FFXMSN~

To Negi

For Negi's group as they are facing the woman kidnapped Konoka, Negi started chanting a spell using the pactio card, a spell that enhance his partner's capabilities and also granting some new abilities. "SHIS MEA BALS BEL CENTUM OCTINDE SECONDUS! MINISTRA NEGI KAGURAZAKA ASUNA!" (Activate the contract for 180 seconds for the disciple of Negi, Kagurazaka Asuna!) An aura of energy had surrounded Asuna making her glow a white light.

Setsuna was astonished by seeing the magic chanted by Negi as she can felt that Asuna's power has enhanced. "Negi-sensei… Kagurazaka-san…"

"Sakurazaki-san! Let's go!" Asuna calls Setsuna to be ready.

"Ah! Yes!" Setsuna snapped out of her thoughts and readied.

"Sheesh! We could have gotten burnt back there if we weren't careful!" Asuna said as she irritated. "I'm not gonna let you off easily!"

'That boy extinguished my fire… and what was that light…? Is she one of those partners that western mages have?' The mystery woman thought.

"Aniki! Use it now!" Chamo told Negi.

"Asuna-san! I'm going to bring out your personal 'Artifact'! I think it's a 'Hamanotsurugi' weapon that only you can use!" Negi told to Asuna as he hurried up to Asuna's side.

"A weapon?" Asuna was surprised by knowing that she has a weapon. "Alright, give it to me!" Asuna replied back.

"Potentium excelgias Kagurazaka Asuna!" (Activate the ability Asuna Kagurazaka) Another light appeared in Asuna's hands and started to take shape.

"It's! It's coming! Amazing!" Asuna was expecting a giant sword will come, but wasn't what she expected, rather was disappointed because instead of a giant sword, she received a giant fan as her weapon, she got dumbstruck. "W… WHAT THE HELL!? It's just a normal fan!" Asuna yelled.

"H… HUH!? That's funny…?" Negi wondering did he do wrong step.

"Kagurazaka-san! Hurry!" Setsuna required backup.

"Yeah! Go for it, nee-san!" Chamo is cheering at Asuna.

"Alright! I guess there's no helping it!" Asuna yelled as she attempts to attack, both of them are about to attack, but were stopped by two giant stuffed animals. One looked like a giant plush bear and the other one is a giant monkey. The monkey block Asuna's fan, while the bear did the same with Setsuna. "Wha!? What the heck are them? They can move!?" Asuna asked as she surprised.

"It's like what I have said before! They must be her Zenki and Goki!" Setsuna replied as she struggling from the attack. "They may look weak on their appearance, but they are strong! Kagurazaka-san! Be careful!" Setsuna told Asuna not to drop her guard down.

"Ho ho ho! My Enki and Yuuki are pretty strong, you know! You'll never be a match for those two!" The mystery woman said hauling Konoka over her shoulder and attempt to walk away.

"Konoka! Damn it!" Asuna swung and banished the giant monkey, instantly destroyed the giant monkey. "Eat this…! Eh?" This somehow surprised the woman and Asuna herself.

"Wha!?" The woman surprised.

"Oh?" Asuna got surprised by her own power.

'…Just who the hell is that girl!? She just banished my monkey demon in one hit?' The woman thought. The others were astonished by Asuna.

"A… amazing, Kagurazaka-san!" Setsuna complimented Asuna.

"I… I don't know what is going on, but it looks like we can do this without Vincent here! Leave that bear to me and go after Konoka!" Asuna said. The bear seems got scared after seeing they banished monkey.

"I'm sorry about this! I'll leave it to you!" Setsuna replied as she started to go after the woman. "Give us back Konoka-ojou-sama!" Setsuna demanded, but then suddenly an unknown person appeared before her and blocked Setsuna's attack, this somehow surprised Setsuna for recognized the sword fighting style.

'…Damn! Isn't that sword fighting style…?' Setsuna thought. 'It can't be… not just a bodyguard… she even brought a Shinmeiryuu swordsman along to protect her? Where in the world that she find these people?'

The person got up apparently it's a girl in a Gothic Lolita dress and dusted herself off. She is wielding a dagger and a short sword. "Owwie… Sorry about that… I think I hurt my foot." The girl stood still. "Hello~ I'm from the Shinmeiryuu! Nice to meet you~" The girl greets.

"Eh… you're a Shinmeiryuu swordswoman?" Setsuna asked as she sweat-dropped by her appearance.

"Yes~ my name is Tsukuyomi by the way!" Tsukuyomi introduced herself to Setsuna. "It seems that you're my senpai in Shinmeiryuu…. But I have been assigned to protect her so I have to take this seriously."

"To send a bodyguard like you… The Shinmeiryuu must be short on personnel…" Setsuna said as she sweat-dropped again.

"Hmph! You'll get hurt if you underestimate her. Well I'll leave things to you Tsukuyomi-chan." The mystery woman said smirking.

"W-well then, shall we begin? Please go easy on me…" Tsukuyomi said as she suddenly dash attack Setsuna. Setsuna dropped her guard down and quickly block her attacks, but she didn't expect that Tsukuyomi is a strong opponent for her.

'She… She's better than she looks! This is bad…!' Setsuna thought as she's still inexperienced facing an opponent that share with her sword fighting style.

"Ho ho ho~ It seems like you are having some difficulty to fight against the tight attacks of an opponent with two swords… since they are used to using those giant monster-exterminator swords…" The woman commented.

Both Asuna and Setsuna are currently under pinned by their opponents. The woman attempts to escape. "Ho ho ho! Ok, we'll stop here!" The woman said, some of the shikigami monkeys are carrying unconscious Konoka and they are escaping. "We're only dealing with an amateur school student and an apprentice swordswoman, after all." However, she forgot one more person.

"…TEL MA SCIR MAGISTER UNDECIM SPIRITUM AERIALIS VINCULUM FACTEI INIMICUM CAPTENT!" (O, Eleven spirits of wind! Become my bonds and capture my enemy!) Negi finished chanting a spell.

"AAAH! CRAP! I FORGOT ABOUT THE BRAT!" The woman shouted as she forgotten one more person.

"It's too late! SAGITTA MAGIYA AER CAPTORAE!" (Magic projectile, Windy arrows of sealing) Negi shouted as he sent many magic arrows flying toward to the woman.

"Ehhh! Help!" The woman unconsciously used Konoka as her shield.

Negi saw this and quickly stop the attack by diverging. "Ah! Diverge!" All the magic arrows are missed the target. "Let go of Konoka! It's unfair to use her like that." Negi shouted. Setsuna tried to sneak up on her but the tiny monkeys grabbed her and pulled her down.

"Ho ho ho… I see what type of people you are…" The woman laughed as she learned something. "You're too weak… You will back off as soon as it looks like the hostage is going to get even slightly injured." The woman stood up and hauled Konoka on her shoulder, for a woman like her she's quite capable to carry a person with her slim body. "Ho ho ho! I must say she came in more in handy than I thought!" The woman laughed. "Then I should just keep using her like this!"

"What are you going to do to her?" Asuna said struggling against the giant plush bear that was holding her up.

"Well, we'll use drugs and spells on her, making her into our obedient puppet, listening to our every command. It will be great! He he he~" The woman replied as she chuckled, this statement of her ticks them off.

"What did you say…?" Asuna said as she's getting mad, Negi was too, and Setsuna was craving for the woman's blood.

"It looks like we win this time. Well, Konoka-ojou-sama's bottom has sure become pale… cute isn't it?" The woman smirked as she slowly moves her hand from Konoka's thigh onto bottom area. "See you later, you green-bottomed (she means greenhorn) little brats~ and goodbye from her bottom too~" She then slapped Konoka's rear end. Negi, Asuna, and Setsuna are intended to go all out as they broke through their opponents and charged toward to the woman, but then, they heard a sound, seizing their movements.

*Click* A triggering sound echoing around and silenced the entire area.

"Eh?" The woman heard a sound that is coming from behind her, then, she felt something touched behind her head, a three pointed object just touched on the back of her head. She wasn't sure what kind of object. She then smelled something from behind, a smell of gunpowder. She suddenly shivered up with a realization that there's a gun pointed at her head at this close. She slowly glance her eyes behind her, noticing there's a tall silhouette person standing there, Negi and others noticed there's a person there too. The woman didn't even sense there's a person coming to her at this close, and same goes to others included Tsukuyomi and other shikigamis.

"You sure got guts to mess with my students there… especially kidnapping." A cold voice that they all recognized that who's that person is.

"Vincent/-nii/-sensei/-nii-san!" Negi, Chamo, Asuna and Setsuna called his name loudly as they all glad that Vincent has arrived. Suddenly, they all felt shivered together, a cold and bloodlust killing intent swallowing whole area, making all of them overwhelmed with fear, even Tsukuyomi and other shikigamis. The woman is completely stood still there, unable to make any movements due to the overwhelming fears that are coming from behind her.

'…What… is this enormous bloodlust feeling…?' Setsuna thought as this is her first time felt this kind of powerful blood lust.

'…I'm… I'm scared…' Asuna thought as she's trembling. '…Is that… a gun?' Asuna sees Vincent's Cerberus pointing at woman's head. 'Why in the world Vincent has a gun…?'

'…Is this coming from… Vincent-nii…?' Negi thought.

"I've heard your conversation just now. You're intended to use drugs and spells to control her for your own purposes…" Vincent said as his voice becoming more threatening that giving out fears that none ordinary people can withstand. The whole place becomes quiet, very quiet that they can even hear their own heartbeats, and they hardly can breathe under this heavy pressure. "I wonder… what will happen if I blow your head off, wondering how much your blood will fill these stairs…" This gives the woman shaken up as she's completely being overwhelmed by fears, and this time Vincent isn't joking, he's seriously going to do so.

'…Isn't him that I told my bodyguard to distract him…? Where is him!?' The woman thought as she's unable to move. 'Some more… this person isn't kidding…!'

'Vi-Vincent-sensei… Don't tell me that you're going to kill her?' Setsuna thought as she heard Vincent's words, she then looked at Vincent's eyes, his eyes filled with cruel and merciless glare that can make anyone pissed before went out cold. 'His eyes… those eyes are no jokes… it tells me that he must have killed many lives out there before… Who is V-Vincent-sensei anyway…?'

Tsukuyomi can't even sense Vincent's presence coming to this close to her leader there, she quickly head back to her leader's side and try to protect her by attempts to attack Vincent. "Don't worry leader! I'm coming to save you~" Tsukuyomi ready her katana to give a thrust attack onto Vincent.

"D-don't, Tsukuyomi!" The woman told her to stop, but it was too late.

Vincent just move his head to right to dodge the attack, the moment he dodged the attack, Vincent readied a spell. "Stop" and cast it to Tsukuyomi. Clock ticking on Tsukuyomi suddenly slowed down and stopped, causing Tsukuyomi froze there and fell on the floor, and everyone was surprised by that unknown spell. "Don't interrupt me, girl." Vincent said. That moment Setsuna realized that Vincent is just scaring the woman, he didn't mean to kill anyone.

'…What is that spell Vincent-nii used? He just cast it without any incantation.' Negi thought.

"And, before I blow your head off… Could you take your hand off of my student there?" Vincent asked. The woman unconsciously moves her hand off from Konoka, letting Vincent to carry her gently like carrying a little girl with an arm with his left arm. 'Good… she's sleeping unharmed…' Vincent thought by checking Konoka's condition. Then, out of a sudden, a black smoke suddenly appeared behind him. Vincent sensed a presence appeared out of nowhere as he looked over his shoulder and quickly dodge an incoming attack by jump to the left.

"Kyaaa!" The woman shouted as she covering herself running away from that spot.

Vincent landed few meters away from there, he recognized that shadow, and it is one of the abilities of one of his old enemies that he knows. They can see there's a person coming out of the black smoke. Nero the Sable, the younger brother of Weiss the Immaculate, and also was once the member of the Deepground unit. A thin man with long unkempt black hair, his eyes is magenta with cat-like irises. A mechanical pair of iron wings spread from his back. He wears a grey Mako suit with broken strait-jacket arms, revealing tattoos extending to his wrists, and grey plain mid-calf boots with blue soles. Strips of metal cover his face.

"Nero the Sable…" Vincent stated as he begin point his Cerberus aiming at Nero.

'…Who is that?' Setsuna thought.

"Do not be alarmed, Vincent. I am not here to fight you, for I am just come to pick them up and retreat, since their plans have failed." Nero replied as he walk toward to frozen Tsukuyomi there and carry her over his shoulder. "Woman, come. We're retreating now." Nero calls the woman to come over to him.

"Y-Yes!" The woman replied as she quickly goes beside Nero. Black smokes came out from below them and started shrouding them.

Nero looked at Vincent, "Vincent, I will look forward to fight you, be prepared…" Nero told before they disappeared within the smoke and their presences gone, the group seeing them had disappeared, Vincent lowered his Cerberus and holster back.

"Konoka-ojou-sama!" Setsuna shouted as they are coming toward to Vincent.

"That damn woman…" Asuna said as they stopped beside Vincent.

"The woman said that they were going to drug and use spells on Konoka-nee-san!" Chamo mentioned to them. "Is she okay?"

"Don't worry, she didn't been drugged, she's just unconscious." Vincent said, they all sighed in relief. "Setsuna, come." Vincent calls Setsuna to approach to him and gently put Konoka and let her rest on Setsuna's arms. Negi took off his yutaka and cover Konoka.

"Konoka-ojou-sama! Ojou-sama! Are you alright?" Setsuna asked, later, Konoka awake.

"Huh… Se-chan…?" Konoka said dreamily as she woke up. "Se-chan, I had a dream… that I was kidnapped by some strange monkeys… but Se-chan, Asuna-chan, Negi-kun and Vincent-kun came to save me…" Konoka told them that she had a weird dream.

"Thank goodness… it's all right now … Konoka-ojou-sama…" Setsuna said happily.

Konoka noticed something, she sniffled and smiled. "I'm happy. Se-chan doesn't hate me after all…"

"Eh… well I wanted to speak to Konoka-ojou-sama as well…" Setsuna replied, and then she realized her action by quickly walked moved away from Konoka. "I… I apologize!" This caused the confusion for them all by her sudden action.

"Se-chan?" Konoka wondered.

"Setsuna-san?" Negi asked.

"I am merely thankful that I was able to protect Konoka-ojou-sama… I wish that I had been able to do so quietly from the shadows, but…!" Setsuna further said then ran away shouting that she was sorry.

"Well, I suppose it's not easy for her to get along so well with Konoka…" Asuna said.

Vincent sighs, "Stop right there, Setsuna." Vincent said before he leaps after swordswoman, he stopped Setsuna, and they heard Asuna call out of her. "Asuna got something to tell you."

"We'll go take a look around Nara tomorrow okay! It's a promise!" Asuna shouted. They both looked at her as she's trying to help out two childhood friends.

"Come on, let's us go back to hotel." Vincent told before they began to walk back.

~FFXMSN~

Outside the station, on the streets

[Start Music: Calm before the Storm – Final Fantasy 7 Dirge of Cerberus]

In the end, Vincent had to carry them all in piggyback style due to their exhaustion running and chasing, they are walking back to hotel. With the sound of the calm night, and the breeze of the winds, Negi, Chamo, Konoka, and Asuna, are able to sleep soundly on Vincent's back, but Setsuna was still awake, staring at Vincent quietly for wondering about him.

"Setsuna, you can sleep now." Vincent broke the silence and talk quietly to Setsuna. "No need to stay alert."

"It's alright sensei. I'm not tired at all…" Setsuna replied.

"You should sleep now. You, Negi, Chamo and Asuna went through a lot of troubles caused by that woman, and you must sleep now to replenish your energy, or else tomorrow you won't be able to wake up." Vincent tells Setsuna to sleep.

"Erm… okay…" Setsuna take the advice. "Thanks… Vincent-sensei…"

"No need to say thanks, and no honorifics when we are outside the school and not in any school activities, okay?" Vincent said, and she nodded.

"Erm… Vincent-kun, may I ask something before I go to sleep?" Setsuna asked.

"Sure. Ask away." Vincent replied. '…Again with that honorific…'

"…What are you, Vincent-kun?" Setsuna asked, "Just now that you've released a powerful glare that none of us can withstand of it…" Setsuna stated the reason.

Vincent slightly turned his head to look at Setsuna and looked back to front. "…I'm a hybrid of human and monster, slightly similar to Evangeline." Vincent said, and surprised Setsuna that he knew Evangeline was not a human. "I already knew that you and Mana are the same." Setsuna even more surprised by Vincent. "And same as Zazie, but I can't tell what she is…"

"How and when did you know…?" Setsuna asked.

"I've already notice you all having different presences from the others before I become assistant teacher. And no worries, I won't tell others about your secrets, by the mean, I won't tell anyone who isn't supposed to know." Vincent replied.

"Thanks…" Setsuna thanks at Vincent.

"And… sorry about before, my mind is filled with rage just now by listening to that woman's words…" Vincent said. "Did I scare you all?"

"Ah… you don't have to apologizes, Vincent-kun… you did that for Konoka-ojou-sama…" Setsuna said, and Vincent relief that Setsuna didn't get angry.

"Setsuna, it's time for you to go to sleep, tomorrow morning, come find me and I will answer your remaining questions." Vincent said as she nodded and sleeps, and apparently, she's a fast sleeper. 'She's really tired after all this…' Vincent thought.

[End of the Music]

Hotel

Later for a while, they arrived back at the hotel, most of the students are asleep, Vincent are still carrying them all, he walk in front of their room, Vincent was skilled enough to open the door with his left hand while his right hand are supporting others. He walk in, slowly putting them down on the mat, he carry Setsuna, Konoka and Asuna, one by one in bridal style, back to their futon, covering them with blankets. "Good Night."

After that, he carry Negi as piggyback style, along with Chamo on Vincent's head, he left the room and close the door quietly, and they going back to their room, Vincent carry Negi and put him inside futon and cover him with blanket, along with Chamo on his side. Vincent left the room, he went out the hotel, going back to the fighting place before, the train station area, where he have to go back to fix all the damages, with his new power, which is Elementals Control, is totally a piece of cake for him. After he done repairing all the damages, he telepathy to Cosmos.

"Lady Cosmos, are you there?"

"Vincent… Sorry about this that I didn't tell you more about those demons…"

"…I have met with the Chaos the God of Discord's servants and they told me about those demons, why are you hiding this from me?"

"It just that… that I may fear of your transformation Chaos, would reacts to those demons… I'm just fear of the worse outcome when you meet one of them…"

"…Lady Cosmos… So you are worrying about me and my transformation… Do not worry about me, Lady Cosmos. My Chaos and I have been more than decades before I lose it… and we have adapted to resist the demon's influences. So I am positive that I won't be affected by those demons if I use my Limit Break."

"…Is that so… then I can able to stop worrying about that… But be wary Vincent, I don't know what Chaos the God of Discord and his servants might plot in your world right now… I will try my best to help you."

"…It would be best if you do that, Lady Cosmos, for I may fear that I alone may not able to do this while the other innocent people may get involves into this mess…"

"I'll try…" The telepathy cuts off.

'So that's why Lady Cosmos didn't tell me the details, she's just worried of my inner Chaos might reacts.' Vincent thought.

~FFXMSN~

Next morning in Hotel

The sun rise, and Setsuna awake from the sleep, and she did what Vincent said, she's on the way to Vincent's room, and she meet Vincent in suit at the half way staring viewing the scenery from here.

"You have some questions in your mind." Vincent said.

"Yes…" Setsuna said.

"Let's talk somewhere outside." Vincent suggests as he started walking, and Setsuna following him.

Garden

They walk outside and stopped somewhere where there's a small garden like area. "Ask away. Setsuna." Vincent was the first one to talk.

"What is your fighting style actually? I was once fought you with sword when we at the bath, and then you used gun to point at that woman's head, and some more, you cast an unknown spell onto Tsukuyomi and she… just stopped there." Setsuna asked.

"All of them, though the sword fighting wasn't my original style. I have many ways of fighting styles, most of the fighting styles are from my friends, and my fighting styles are depending on enemy's fighting style. For example, if my opponent use sword, I use sword. And if they play magic, I play with them with magic also, I always fight fair and square, and I will keep my limits." Vincent replied. "And if the situation getting tighter like yesterday night they captured Konoka, I have to play roughly, like just now I show no mercy to that woman."

"…And who was that the one rescued both of them?" Setsuna asked as she knows that Vincent knew. "It seems that you both know each other."

"…That one is one of my old enemies, although I don't know why he's in this place." Vincent replied. "However Setsuna, he's very different from Tsukuyomi and that woman that you face, he shouldn't be underestimated."

"Is he strong…?" Setsuna asked.

"He's strong and cruel sometimes." Vincent replied. "That's why you need to be strong for try not to get overwhelm by their strengths."

Setsuna went quiet for a moment, then. "Then… Vincent-sensei, will you train me?" Setsuna asked. Vincent looked at her for a moment, he smirked.

"You're the second one who requested me." Vincent said.

"Eh? Then who's the first one?" Setsuna asked.

"Your classmate, Nagase Kaede, the kunoichi girl, she reminds me of one of my old friends, very childish and energetic like Narutaki twins." Vincent said, and Setsuna giggles. "Alright, I will help you train like what I train Kaede."

Setsuna is glad to hear that. "Thank you sensei!" Setsuna is thanking to her teacher.

"And don't always call me sensei. We're on the same side. Just call me Vincent by my name." Vincent said.

"Yes!" Setsuna responded.

"You could call me '-sensei' when we're still having school activities like right now…" Vincent said. "Setsuna, let's go back to hotel. We don't want to get any misunderstanding from them." Vincent said, she nodded and they walking back to hotel.

~FFXMSN~

Group 5's room

In the morning, the students were going to for breakfast. One girl however was still in her room. Nodoka was on her knees looking at a Negi shaped bobble head. "Negi-sensei, I-if it's ok with you…w-we have free activity time today, so would you like to gi-, to ga-, to gh-. Um- would you like to come with us? Would you?" Nodoka stuttered. She was practicing to ask Negi to go with them to the park. Then, her classmates Yue and Haruna are standing at the door calling Nodoka.

"Hey Nodoka it's breakfast time~" Haruna said at the door with a sing song voice.

"Everyone is going to the gathering hall on the first floor." Yue informed her.

"A-Alright." Nodoka agreed putting her hair up in a ponytail.

~FFXMSN~

Dining Hall

The hall was full of the Mahora students from all four classes. They were eating and chatting up with their friends about the first day of the trip. Sadly for a majority of class 3-A, they were had a hangover, which they don't even know they have or knew how they got it.

"Uuu… I don't remember a thing after we went to the Kiyomizu Temple Waterfall yesterday…" Ayaka said frowning.

"And we missed out on the first night of the trip too! Damn it!" Yuna exclaimed.

"Uuuu… while we were… unconscious… I felt like someone carries me back, I wonder who it is…." Makie wondering. "It feels comfortable…"

"Oh, that would be Vincent-sensei carried you all back to hotel." Misa answered.

Ayaka gave a confused look, "Eh? You're lying right? There's no way a person can carry us all." Ayaka said.

"No! I'm not lying! You can ask others if you wanted to!" Misa exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's true. Vincent-sensei carried you all back to hotel, by himself." Shizuna mentioned as she appeared behind them, the girls turned back facing at teacher.

"No way! Vincent-sensei was that strong?!" Yuna asked as she surprised.

"Yeah, it's true, we all watched at Vincent-sensei carried you all like nothing." Akira replied. Kazumi appeared and show them the photo of yesterday that she took, showing Vincent carrying the drunken girls with gentle face. The previous drunken girls all surprised at the photo. They looking at Vincent that is walking around amongst the groups, Negi and the occupants are at group 5's table.

"Had enough sleep yesterday?" Vincent asked as he stopped at the group 5.

"Yeah, and somehow your back was very comfortable." Asuna replied and Setsuna nodded for agree and blushed.

"Yeah it is!" Negi added in.

'…Sleeping on my back really comfortable…?' Vincent thought as he walks away to check other groups. '…Weird…'

"Vincent-nii, you're not eating?" Negi asked.

"Sorry Negi, I'm not hungry yet." Vincent replied.

Konoka appeared and sit with her group. "Negi-kun, you look a bit sleepy~!" Konoka said.

"Ah, Konoka-san! Good morning!" Negi greets.

"Thanks for last night. I don't really understand what had happened, but I know you, Vincent-kun, Asuna and Se-chan helped me out." Konoka said as she gesturing her finger up to her lips.

"W… Well… I was following Setsuna-san and Vincent-nii…" Negi said while scratching his head.

'Thank god she doesn't even care about the details…' Chamo thought while sweat-dropped.

Konoka then noticed her childhood friend Setsuna was sitting with the group. "Ah Se-chan." Konoka smiled at the swordswoman. Setsuna slowly got up with her tray of food and went started walking away. "Ah! Why are you leaving? Don't be embarrassed! Let's eat together!" Then, Setsuna began running away.

"Don't run away!" Konoka seemingly shouted and starts chasing as Setsuna actually ran away.

"Setsuna-san~!" Negi is chasing Setsuna also.

"I'm not running away!" Setsuna shouted while running away, the others are watching at them confusingly, and some of them are surprised by first time seeing Setsuna act like that.

'…Shy as always…' Vincent thought at Setsuna's actions.

"What was that about?" Ako wondered. "That's the first time I've seen Sakurazaki-san with an expression like that."

"I wonder if something happened last night…" Makie asked aloud.

"Uuu… are they having fun without letting me in on it?!" Yuna exclaimed while clenching fist.

"Ahhhh! I'm definitely not sleeping tonight!" Sakurako spoke out for all the girls of 3-A. That moment Vincent exit out of the dining hall.

'I better start checking around the hotel… just worry when will the enemies strike.' Vincent thought. 'For the students I'll leave them to Negi, Asuna, and Setsuna in the meantime…'

Lobby

After breakfast Negi and Asuna went head to the lobby. "Thank god we managed to get her back yesterday from that monkey woman without any problems." Asuna started the conversation. "It also looks like Konoka and Sakurazaki-san is getting along now too, I think."

"Yes! But that bad onee-san could come back, so we've got to be careful." Negi said stay alert. 'According to today's schedules, the groups will be split up today for activities around Nara… as the teacher, what should I do? I couldn't hand the letter over yesterday because of everything that happened… and we're Nara today, so…' Negi thought with his hand under his chin, while Nodoka was behind him.

His musing was severely interrupted as a Makie hugged and tackled him at the same time. "Negi-kun, come along with our group today!" Makie shouted, you can see that other group members are waiting to ask their teacher Negi out.

"Just a moment, Negi-sensei is coming along with group 3!" Ayaka interjected getting in the way of Makie.

"Ah! What!? I asked first!" Makie yelled back as the two started arguing again to see who will claim Negi.

"Not fair! Our group wants him too!" Fuuka of the Narutaki twin joined in.

"What's this? Are they fighting over Negi-kun again?" Sakurako arrived at the scene.

As the groups are struggling to get their teacher Negi to join in their group of whoever win. "Negi-sensei!" Nodoka shouted sudden, silencing them all. "I-if it's okay with you, we have free activity time today. Would you like to come with us?" Nodoka asked mustering up all her courage to do so. Everyone was so surprised by her that all movement stopped.

"Miyazaki-san…" Negi muttered as they all looking at Nodoka. 'Hm… Group 5 looks the most likely to be attacked by that monkey-onee-san. Konoka-san is with them, and so Asuna-san and Setsuna-san. So…' Negi thought carefully. "All right, Miyazaki-san. I'll go with you and group 5 today!" Negi replied accepting her request.

"Ooh!" This truly surprised everyone by her courage and they went to cheer at Nodoka. Sooner or later, Negi and the group 5 have left the hotel riding the bus and toward to Nara Park.

~FFXMSN~

To Vincent

Vincent haven't decide which group should he go with yet, because he's in a very deep thought about yesterday incident as he sitting on the couch crossing his legs and arms and his eyes closed as well. '…Done the patrol just now and check every single area… there's no presences of them appeared before… It doesn't seem like they are spying on us…' Vincent thought. '…Now that I know that Weiss and Nero are in this world, this means that the others might be here… except Shelke… I'm positive that she won't be here and not in their group as well…'

Akira from group 4, hiding behind the column and staring at Vincent was sitting on the crouch while thinking of something, and she decided to straight go ask Vincent. "Vincent-sensei." Akira asked without hesitate. Vincent opened his eyes looked up facing Akira.

"Yes, Akira?" Vincent replied.

"C… Can you come with our group 4 to Nara Park?" Akira asked with blush.

"Hm… let's see…" Vincent said while thinking, 'Negi and group 5 are going to Nara Park as well, might as accompany them.' then he decided, "Alright. I'll be waiting here." Vincent agreed and informed to Akira.

"Thank you sensei!" Akira heard this and happy, she went and tells the other group members. 'I'm glad that he's agreed. Mana will be surprised.' Akira thought with blush. "Girls, I managed to ask Vincent-sensei and he agreed to go with us." Akira said when she arrived at their group 4 quarters.

"Woah! Really?" Yuna, the leader of their group 4, asked as she stood up. Akira nodded. "Alright, let's move out girls!" The leader told them to get ready.

"That's nice thing to do, Akira, because I need to visit the temple over there." Mana said. They all heard and they ready to move, they went and seeing Vincent sat in the lounge, waiting for them while reading magazine, he noticed them and put away the magazine.

"Shall we go girls?" Vincent asked before he stands up from his seat and they nodded. '…Might as well take some break… Keep on thinking won't help.'

~FFXMSN~

Nara Park

The group 5 arrived at the Nara Park. "Wow! There's a lot of deer here!" Negi said happily. He ran up to one and started to pet it. "This is so cool! Look at me Asuna-san! Ackkk!" Negi was bit by one of the deer.

"Yeah, yeah whatever Negi." Asuna replied without even care.

Nodoka was happily/lovingly watching her teacher and his actions from behind the group before Yue and Haruna appeared. "Well done Nodoka!" Nodoka's two librarian friends said as they kicked her from behind. Yue was still drinking her juice, and Haruna was well Haruna.

"I've changed my opinion of you! I didn't think you had that kind of courage in you!" Haruna complimented as her book worm.

"I was moved!" Yue nodded as she agreed.

"Ehehehe thank you… It is really nice to wonder around Nara with Negi-sensei. I no longer have any regrets this year!" Nodoka said. Two of them paused for a while before Haruna take action.

"Idiot!" Haruna shouted as she slapped Nodoka's face onto the ground and Yue sweat-dropped. "How can you be satisfied with this? This is where you have to start putting the pressure on!" said the love expert. "You have to confess to him, Nodoka… Right here, right now! You have to tell Negi-sensei how you feel!" Haruna told to her book worm to continue push on efforts.

"EEEH? T… That's impossible!" Nodoka surprised as she heard that.

"It's not impossible! You got that!? School trips are meant to be exhilarating for both boys and girls! According to the Mahora Romance Research Society's research, confessions during school trips have a success rate of greater than 87%." Haruna explained.

"E-eighty-seven…?" Nodoka surprised by the percentage of Haruna given randomly.

'This is so typical of her…' Yue thought sweat-dropped.

"And if you manage to become a couple today, tomorrow, during individual free activity day, you can go on a love-love date in casual clothes all by yourselves!" Haruna further explained and told her the plans. An image of Negi in gentleman clothes and Nodoka in casual clothes is walking in love birds.

'Love-love date with N-Negi-sensei… 87%...' Nodoka's heart is beating erratically in her chest. "I… It-it-it it's so sudden! I'm worried about this, b-b-but… the date…"

"What are you saying?! You've already come this far! It'll be OK! The new 'you' can do it!" Haruna encouraged her friend while pumping her fist in the air.

"Fight, Nodoka." Yue said pumping her fist into the air also.

"All right! First, we've got to get her and Negi-sensei alone together!" Haruna said as she began to moves.

"Roger!" Yue followed up.

"AH! Just a minute! I'm not mentally ready yet!" Nodoka shouted after her friends who ran towards Negi.

Meanwhile to Asuna, Setsuna and Negi

The trio is walking around in the park, "Looks like the monkey-onee-san isn't coming, is she?" Negi commented as he walked around the park with Asuna and Setsuna.

"I think we'll be okay today…" Setsuna replied. "But just in case, I sent shikigami to watch over the other groups to make sure nothing occurs. If something does happen I'll know. I'll do all I can to protect Konoka-ojou-sama from the shadows. You two can enjoy your time on the trip." Asuna heard this and having a recall back from what Vincent said to her.

"Asuna, she's just acting like a bodyguard like a ninja protecting the princess from the shadows, something you call kunoichi. If this keeps goes on, Konoka won't be able to talk to her normally and both of them won't end well. Setsuna just need to spend some times with Konoka, knowing her feelings and knowing her truth and Setsuna will be able to knows her feelings, so she can able to protect her even more. Asuna, try to talk with her more to change her mind and encourage her." The words from Vincent told to Asuna before.

"Protecting her from the shadows? Oh come on, you can protect her while being by her side and talking to her, you know. Don't be like a ninja protecting princess from shadows, will you?" Asuna said.

"N-no, someone like me cannot be so carefree alongside ojou-sama…" Setsuna replied.

"Ho ho ho~ Not this again~ what are you so embarrassed about, Sakurazaki-san?" Asuna asked as she teasing at Setsuna.

"I-I'm not embarrassed!" Setsuna yelled back.

Their conversation ended when the rest of their group appeared. "Asuna! Let's go look at the Buddha statue together!" Haruna said already pushing Asuna, and Yue helped to kick Asuna away from Negi.

"Se-chan! I bought some dangos. Want to eat them together?" Konoka came asking her old friend with dangos on her hands.

"Just a min… What the… What are you guys doing!?" Asuna asked in confused as she's being dragged away by Yue and Haruna.

"Don't worry about it!" Haruna replied as she and Yue are dragging Asuna away from Negi.

"I… I'm sorry, ojou-sama, but I have an urgent task that…!" Setsuna said in hurry running away from Konoka.

"Aa-n Se-chan, why are you keeps calling me ojou-sama~?" Konoka asked chasing at Setsuna.

Negi looked at them confused and wondering. Just then Nodoka arrived panting. "Negi…-sensei…" Nodoka calls Negi, her heartbeat racing much more than usual.

"Oh Miyazaki-san." Negi turns back and noticing Nodoka is standing behind him. "It seems as everyone has run off somewhere. Do you want to walk around by ourselves?" Negi asked.

"Um…Gladly!" Nodoka quickly replied and thought. '…All right! Un! I'm going to give it my best!' Nodoka thought tries to pump up her courage.

Buddha Temple

Both of them walked toward to the Buddhist temple. "Wow this temple is huge."

"Wah! You're right." Negi commented as well staring at the statue in front of them.

'…Phew… I'm happy even when it's just the two of us walking together!' Nodoka thought, and then she's snapped out of her thoughts. 'Ah! No, no! I've got to confess! I've got to confess!' Nodoka thought again. Spying on the two were Haruna and Yue. They were watching to make sure their friend actually did what she said she would.

The two librarians hiding behind the column are rooting their book worm. 'Go for it, Nodoka!' Haruna thought.

'We've chased Asuna-san and the others away!' Yue thought.

'You've got to confess now, Nodoka!' Nodoka thought for herself. "U… Um… Negi-sensei!" Nodoka calls.

"Yes?" Negi replied as he threw a coin.

"Sensei! I… I… I… I love…" Nodoka stuttered. "…Buddha statues!" This caused both Yue and Haruna face-faulted.

"Eh? That's quite an artful interest you have there, just like Yue." Negi said as he stared at the giant Buddha in front of them.

"What the hell was that?" Haruna whispered.

"You idiot!" Yue whispered.

"Hauuu! S… sorry!" Nodoka whispered back.

On her next attempt, they both went to the stand that sell charms, "Negi sensei, I um, l-lucky!" Nodoka once again attempted to confess but failed. Oddly enough a charms stand, which gave out lucky charms, was in front of them. Both Yue and Haruna are face-faulted again.

"You want to get a fortune too huh?" Negi asked and he tried.

"No! That's not what… I meant to say I love…" Nodoka said crying anime tears.

"Oh… It's says daikyou…" (The worst kind of fortune you can receive) Negi said also crying anime tears.

'It's no good… I can't say it…' Nodoka thought twiddling her fingers as she started to give up.

"Ah, Miyazaki-san. Look at this! It's a big hole, just like on the Buddha statue's nose! If you pass through it, they say you'll become smarter and your wishes will come true." Negi tell her about this to try to cheer her up.

"Eh!? Wish comes true? I'll do it! I'll pass through it!" Nodoka asked as she heard and perking up instantly. 'Maybe if I go through it I'll be able to say it…' Nodoka thought. She went into the hole and nearly made it out but half. "M… my bottom is stuck!" Nodoka cried in anime tears again.

"Ehh?" Negi surprised, both Yue and Haruna dropped down again. "Are you alright? Here let me help you out!" Negi quickly go and help pulling her out by holding her hands. He keep pulling and pulling until he pulled her out but landed in an awkward situation. She landed on top of him giving him a full view of her undergarment. "A-Again!"

"Hyaah!" Nodoka screamed. 'I couldn't say it and now I did something very inappropriate. *sniff* I'm no good after all.' Nodoka thought as she started crying before running away. "I'm sorry Negi-sensei!" she apologized and ran out of the temple.

"Ah! Miyazaki-san!?" Negi call her back while holding her purse. Both Yue and Haruna sweat-dropped and surprised to see their book worm running away, this turns out the plans are not going well, for them.

~FFXMSN~

Meanwhile at Vincent

Nara Park

(Around like Yue, Haruna and Konoka pushing away Asuna and Setsuna away from Negi, leaving Nodoka alone with Negi)

Entrance

[Start Music: Dreams and Pride – Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core]

Vincent and group 4 arrived at the Nara Park by bus, Vincent, along with group 4: Mana, Ako, Yuna, Akira, and Makie. They walking toward the gate and seeing a lot of deer nearby. Nara Park was filled with beautiful tame deer, completely at ease in the presence of humans, and there were various food stands along the paved walkways.

"So this is Nara Park…" Vincent said while watching the nearby scene, but he doesn't know what else he needs to add on more to compliment. 'I just don't know how to compliment these places…'

"Vincent-sensei, is this your first time?" Yuna asked looking around.

"Apparently, yes." Vincent replied. "What about you girls?"

"My first time also!" Yuna replied.

"Same as me!" Makie replied.

"My first time too, sensei." Akira replied politely.

"Same here." Ako replied.

"I have been here many times, because there's a shrine nearby, I work part time as a priestess at here and Mahora, and sometimes I delivery something from Mahora to here." Mana replied.

"You're a shrine priestess?" Vincent asked as he heard and she nodded. 'I have never thought about her as a priestess…' Vincent thought.

"Vincent-sensei, since we all came here, how about we pay a visit at the shrine for a while? I got something I need to deliver." Mana asked.

"Alright, you can lead us the way." Vincent replied and Mana nodded.

"Thank you, sensei." Mana thanking Vincent for allowing her, as they follow Mana to the shrine, Vincent noticed one of the deer; apparently, it was the largest deer in the area and walking toward Vincent. He stopped for a while, he lifted his hand to its head and the deer began to happily nuzzle his hand, slowly the other deer joined them and surrounds Vincent, others were watching at Vincent with awe face.

Vincent says, "Weird creatures… What do I have to do with you all…?" Vincent crouches down with one knee on the ground, putting his hands under their chin and began to rub them; the deer responded from his action and began to lick him. "Hey there, stop licking on my face…" Vincent struggling try not to let the deer continues to lick his face, but he couldn't.

The girls keep on watching at Vincent as it's very rare things to happen, and later they all having a different thoughts.

"Vincent-sensei~ let me join~" Makie said as she coming toward to her teacher for wanting to pat these deer.

'I never thought Vincent-sensei can be this awesome!' Yuna thought.

'Wow… not only he's strong, he's even so friendly with nature animals…' Akira thought with blush.

'Cool…' Ako thought.

'Vincent-sensei looks so cute like that…' That was all Mana able to thoughts and chuckling.

Vincent noticed the others were watching at him, he began to stands up. "Did I wasting your time, girls?" Vincent said, making them snapped from their thoughts. "Alright you guys, I gotta go…" Vincent said and wave at the deer and they going back to their place. "Sorry girls, I was distracted… I have no idea why these animals are attracted to me." Vincent said with apologetic tone walking toward to them.

"Oh! Don't worry sensei! We still have plenty of time!" Yuna exclaimed.

"Oh, then we should head to the shrine that Mana need to go, after that, we come back here to play with deer alright?" Vincent said.

"But… what if the deer bite, if we want to touch?" Ako asked.

"…I don't think they will bite, you could see that they all want to play, they won't bite." Vincent replied. "Come on, let's go." They all follow Mana leading to the shrine for delivering something to the shrine.

Shrine

They are arrived at the shrine, with a large and red wooden building in the eastern style. Mana soon left the group, and the others are exploring the area while Mana ran for her errand. For Vincent, he couldn't help but been impressed by the scenery nearby, it was beautiful. The girls walk to the shrine and make themselves some wishes by hanging around Ema, leaving Vincent alone wondering. (Ema are small wooden plagues that are usually located below sacred trees in Japanese shrines, any worshippers write their prayers or wishes and later hanging up at the shrine there)

'…I could get used to this environment… Peaceful…' Vincent thought enjoying the scenery. '…Although I have a mission need to accomplish.' Later, he see a monk greets farewell to Mana as she bow back at monk, the monk are around 40s, strong looking face, his body has some muscles, his height is slightly taller than Vincent. Vincent noticed that the monk is very strong, or stronger than Mana and Kaede.

Makie, Yuna, Akira and Ako approach to Mana, they greet at the monk with the proper languages, and Vincent walking toward them, this caused the monk change his eye's direction towards to Vincent.

The monk walks toward Vincent, the girls watching at them with curious, the monk and Vincent stopped walking and leaving them 2 meters away and staring each other's, few seconds later, the monk the first one to says, "You must be these young girls' teacher." He said with strong tone.

"You are correct, elder monk." Vincent replied with gentle tone.

The monk gave him a small bow and says. "Well met, young man."

"Well met to you too, elder monk." Vincent said back while he bows back. '…Now this is the second time someone called me young…'

"Hm… I felt that you are strong, care for some sparring?" The monk request for a sudden fight, this makes the girls, even Mana, surprised by sudden.

"Elder!" Mana exclaimed.

"Don't worry Mana, I just want to test him is he capable to protect you and your friends or not." Monk said. "So, young man, are you capable to protect your students? Are you going to risk your life to protect the ones you precious?! ARE YOU?!" He said very loud at the end of the words, frightening the girls, Vincent realized that the monk wasn't joking and he take it seriously. The girls, even Mana, started to tense as the monk said. "Are you ready, young man?"

'…He just saw through me and knows about me in this instant… He's a serious one… This is my first time meeting an interesting ordinary person… I'm impressed.' Vincent thought, Vincent stared at the monk with cold stare and reply, "Yes, I'm willing to protect my students, even if I die." The monk heard and knowing him was serious.

"Alright, wait here, I get something for you." The monk said before he went inside. The girls, even Mana run approach Vincent.

"Vincent-sensei, why in the world did you agreed with him?" Mana asked with serious concern tone.

"Mana-san, who is that monk…?" Yuna asked.

"He is the head monk of this shrine. He's strong, stronger than Kaede, probably…" Mana replied with concern tone. Yuna and other girls gasped as they heard this.

'That monk's level just as half level as Evangeline…' Vincent noticed that Mana's face was really in concern about this; he has never seen Mana was this worry before, even with other girls. 'Hm…' Vincent thought making a little smiling. Vincent went approach to Mana, patting her head and say, "Don't worry Mana, I'll be alright, just trust me." Vincent said to her with confident tone, Mana look at him and seeing Vincent's face, there's no any trace of fear or worry. The monk walk out carrying 2 staffs, Vincent tells the girls to stay back. "Girls, stay far away from here." And the girls listened to him and walk away, except Mana. "Mana… Don't worry about me… I'll be fine." Vincent said to Mana, she sighed and nodded, with worry face.

"Mana, I need you to help start counting." The monk tells Mana, and she nodded. The monk threw one of the staffs to Vincent, he grabbed it and the monk readied his fighting pose.

Vincent spins the staff in very fast speed, and he readied his fighting pose, he hold his staff in a lance stance, and says. "I'm ready."

"Good." The monk nod at Mana and she nod back, she raise her hand to the air, the silence takes over, everyone can hear the wind breeze, the winds blowing the leafs flying toward the shrine.

Few seconds pass, she shout, "Start!" as she brings her hand down like she does a chop. The two warriors leaped simultaneously and their positions had already closed the 15 feet gap in between them in a second and their staff's tip is connected, and a shockwave flew through the area causing a powerful gust.

END OF THE CHAPTER 6

NEXT CHAPTER: Kyoto Trip part 4 – A Break Day