Viral: Well it's been fun but like all good things, we must bring this story to a close. This is part 1 of the conclusion of Blades of a Feather. I've decided that once this story ends I will take on a few small projects until I can get motivated to do a long story like this again.

Disclaimer: Let's do this...LEEROY JENKINS!!!!! I do not own any of Negima, except for a few Dvd's and some action figures.

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REMINDER: Kuroi Is In San's Body!!! I'm not gonna repeat it all that much this chapter!!!! REMEMBER!!! ALSO ALTERNATE UNIVERSE!!! THINGS GO DIFFRENTLY HERE!!!!!

Chapter 11

Return of the Light

With power now steadily flowing through his body, Kuroi, now in San's body, made his way back to the tournament arena. He saw that everyone was currently wrapped up in the battle taking place. Glancing over to Setsuna, he saw that Konoka was with her as well.

'Perfect, what better way to make her come after me than kidnap her best friend.' Kuroi/San thought, concealing his prescence.

Sneaking up behind her, he quickly grabbed Konoka and started running like he stole something from a fruit vendors booth.

"Se-Chan!!!" Kokoka shouted out.

"Konoka!!" Setusna said. She took off after her followed by Negi and a few of the others.

"Let me go!! Let me go!!!" Konoka said, struggling to break free from Kuroi/San's grasp.

"Shut up!" He said, punching her in the stomach. This knocked her out and made it easier for him to run through the shrine. Looking back he could see Setsuna and the other chasing after him.

"Kurai Myoushu Style: Kumori Kami Shouheki!!"

Suddenly from the ground a black wall of energy arose just as Setsuna had stepped past the area where it now was. From the outside, you could see a large black dome concealing part of the Tatsumiya shrine. At this time Kuroi stopped running and turned back to Setsuna. She stopped and looked at him with a scowl on her face.

"Give her back!" She said, anger in her voice.

"Sure, if you can beat me." Kuroi said, throwing Konoka's body to the ground.

Setsuna blinded by rage charged at Kuroi/San and slashed at him with her deck brush in a fury that wasn't her. Kuroi could easily see where the attacks were coming from and dodge with ease.(Besides, she's using a deck brush, he ain't worried.) Setsuna continued this until Kuroi punched her in the face sending her flying back a few feet. The deck brush she had bounced off out of the combat area.

"Oh come on now. Don't tell me this is all you have to offer. Your fighting the main boss now. You can't afford to fight like that against me." Kuroi taunted.

"Main?" Setsuna moaned through her hand, as she held her face. Blood trickled down through her fingers and on to the ground.

"Yes. Since Kaishi's body was no longer useful to me I abandoned it and decided to use my underlings body to give me more power. What do you think? It's got less milage than my previous host. Makes it easier for me to fight."

Setsuna stood back up and wiped the blood from her face. "I think your sick." She said, the tone of anger in her voice now slowly decreasing. Kuroi grinned, before pulling a sword off his back and throwing it to Setsuna.

"Yunagi? How did you get this?" She asked in suprise.

"No more questions. You want to make me pay for what I did to your girlfriend, don't you?"

Setsuna drew her blade and started to attack Kuroi with a more focused attitude. Each slash she tried to hit him with he was still able to dodge easily. But after a few minutes of this she noticed that Kuroi left himself open after dodging. Setsuna thrusted her blade at Kuroi who dodged again, but then followed up with a side kick that landed a hard blow to his rib-cage.

"AGH!! Damn it!" He said, clutching his side. Kuroi knew that blew had shattered at least 3 or 4 of his ribs. He would no longer be able to move as fast and dodge like he did.

"Prepare to meet your end Kuroi." Setsuna said. "Shinmei-Ryu Hiken: Hyakuretsuoukazan!!!"

This attack was meant for multiple enemies but since Kuroi was in close range it didn't matter. The strike completly overwealmed Kuroi, cutting his body all over. Destroying the black cloak that San wore.

But upon San's possesed body was an amazing set of armor. It was pure black, or was until the multiple strikes that had made contact with it, leaving small multiple cracks and one very big crack on the front. The armor covered his whole body, except his head and hands. The side where he had been kicked had a very large hole in it, revealing a big bruise on his side.

"Even though that kick got me, the slashes didn't get through. Now let's finish this!!!" He shouted. Upon his back was another sword. A white sheathed sword. The one that was originally on Kaishi's back.

"Aka Tomoshibi!!!" He said, drawing the blade. The sword had a beautiful blade that seemed to never had been used in combat.

Kuroi started unleashing a barrage of sword swings and thrusts that seemed to be of that of an amature. Setsuna dodged and blocked them easily until she realized what he was doing. Her hand felt the wall of the shrine behind her as the blade landed a small scratch upon her cheek. She ducked down and pushed her palm upon the stomach area of Kuroi's armor.

"Shinmei-ryu Ougi: Zankūshō San!!!" The multiple 'Ki' projectiles struck all of Kuroi shattering the armor covering his top half. Also inflicting some heavy damage upon him.

"You...bitch..." He gasped. The blow had taken the wind out of him, but even though it was a powerful technique he was still able to stand his ground. He staggered back then for a second as Setsuna decided to land a well deserved slap to his face. That then sent him sliding back.

Out of breath Setsuna fell to one knee. The attacks she had done used up alot of her 'chi'. She had enough most likely for one or two more.

Kuroi quickly recovered from his blow to the face and made his way over to Setsuna. He kicked her down to the ground and kicked her in the stomach a few times before he pointed his sword at her face.

"Let your scream be heard by all as you die!" Kuroi cackled as he raised his sword to strike it into Setsuna.

All of a sudden he stopped. Setsuna watched as Kuroi's Aka Tomoshibi was knocked from his hand and through his stomach was a large double edged sword. Behind him clutching the sword tightly was Kaishi, a look of hatred upon his eyes. Over his shoulder was Konoka, who was still out.

"Father!" Setsuna said in a happy tone, even through the pain she felt from those last hits.

"What, you?! It can't be!! Your supposed to be dead!" Said Kuroi, a look of suprise on his face.

"Don't ever assume some one is dead. It'll lead to your downfall..." He glanced over at Setsuna for a moment then said, "Sorry I took so long honey. You ready?"

To be continued...

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Translations: (Yay! only One for now!)

Kumori Kami Shouheki: Shadow God Barrier

Viral: Jeez took me almost forever to finish this. A fact that some of you may have not known. I write my stories weeks in advance before ever posting chapter 1. It's never finished when I start posting but it gives me a reason to finish. When I started on this I was on chapter 9. It wasn't done yet but close to it. Now this part was finished on 6-5-07. Along with part 2 of the story. I just dont post one after another because it ruins the way the story goes. I'll post part 2 soon. And also I finished part 2 before this part.

Dont ask me why I did, it just made it easier to write this part. Till part 2...