Disclaimer: I do not own Mahou Sensei Negima nor its characters or Mana Khemia. All I own are my OCs Isaac, Xak, Az and their familiars.


Chapter 12: Magi Extractum

"Leon huh? Don't think we can't take you down, your little squadron can't even handle Az here alone." Xak mocked, "You sure you want to fight?" He felt confident in his friend's abilities, knowing that they'd be able to handle whatever was thrown at them.

"Oh trust me, I can take you all. But not with this team." He held out his right arm and there was a flash of light as something appeared in his hand. It was a deep purple, a sort of cross between a guitar and a scythe. It's strings were reflected by the moonlight. "Now, let's rock. Shall we?" He began by plucking a few strings slowly, then picked up into a fast paced solo. Dark smoke started to surround his feet, worrying Isaac.

"W-what the hell is going on?" He stuttered, watching the smoke form into a mist, as the mist cleared, the boys were left, mouths agape along with their familiars. Demons. An army of them appeared out of the dark mist that appeared around Leon. "Now for the Encore!" He contined his playing, the demons charging out at them starting their attack.

"No time to get cold feet boys. We're going in." Xak commanded, drawing a card from his side belt, fueling it with his magic, it glowed from orange, to blue to green. Az drew his pistols again, reloading them.

Isaac sighed deeply, "Alright.." He brought his arms to the back of his head, stretching them out. "This is gonna be a bother.." He pulled out a few bombs from his bag and held on to them.

"Tch, I hope you can keep up." Xak smiled, "Alright. Let's go!" The trio and their familiars charged into the fight.

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"ISAAC!" Chisame shot up from her bed. Gasping for breath, she felt around for her glasses and put them on, she had noticed that Isaac had not come in that night and was still missing. He's still not back yet huh? ...ha.. I guess he'll probably be back tomorrow, he can't possibly stay out there for long. She sighed taking off her glasses and lying down in her bed again.

Morning had come and Isaac still hadn't returned, Chisame sighed for she knew that it was a sunday, she was left with nothing to do. She decided that it was actually time to go outside for a bit, she also thought that it would be a good idea to ask around if anyone had seen the black haired musician.

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"I know I don't know the guy, but he didn't come back last night, I'm sorta worried." A certain basketball player slumped on the bench, talking to a swimmer, and a football manager. "I sure hope Az is okay.."

"Hmm? What's this, Yuuna cares about her new room mate?" The swimmer mocked.

"Oh shut it Akira!" Yuuna huffed, "It's not like that!" She sighed to herself, as she saw Chisame walk up to them.

"Dare I ask, have you three seen Isaac-kun?" Chisame asked, pushing up her spectacles back up to the bridge of her nose. She sweatdropped, as the three all sighed with a wistful longing as soon as she mentioned Isaac. "I'll take that as a no then?"

"Well, my new room mate is missing too, Az-kun's a little off, but I hope he's okay." Yuuna sighed to herself, allowing something to click within Chisame's mind.

Az? Isn't he the physics teacher? Eh, whatever, boys will be boys, they probably just hung out somewhere are fell asleep around campus. She turned and started to walk away but she was called out by another voice. Negi's.

"Chisame-san!" Negi had run up to her, "Chisame-san, The dean wishes to see us."

Eh? What does the old man want with me?

A few minutes later, the two found themselves in the dean's office, he sat behind his desk as usual but with him were just a few of Negi's group; Asuna, Nodoka, Setsuna, and Kaede. "I bet you're all wonder why I've asked you to gather here." The dean started, "I believe you know that we've recently taken in 3 new members of staff here."

Is this gonna be about Isaac and those other teachers? Chisame took a seat in one of the open chairs with Negi, as the rest of the girls decided to stand.

The dean then continued on to explain that they were all magicians, and that they could use 'gambit' abilities, then added on to explain what 'gambit' abilities were. "Anyway, as of last night, all three of them went missing, I specifically gave them the mission to investigate the recent sightings of a cult on the outskirts of Mahora, they have yet to return."

"So... what coulda happened to them?" Asuna asked, "Maybe they just got lost?"

"We've recently recieved reports that there have been 'gambit hunters' in the area, we fear that they've been captured by them." The dean announced, still looking calm and collected as before.

"Gambit hunters, grandpa?" Konoka looked as clueless as ever, "What're they?"

"Konoe-sama did not mention, but Gambit Magicians are hunted for their abilities." Setsuna answered, causing everyone to turn towards her. "Gambit Magicians, though cast spells at random, have enough magical power to rival even yours, Ojou-sama. When captured, they will be extracted for their magic, then will be sent into slave labour."

..And that idiot Isaac's been captured!? This is bad.. Chisame fidgeted uncomfortably in her seat. "So.. where do you think they were taken?" She queried, forcing the worry out of her voice.

"In the mountains just east of here, I had Mana investigate the area for anything suspicious, she managed to find an entrance to some sort of cavern, I believe they are being held there for the time being. I would have sent in Mana, but.. Negi's group doesn't charge anything." The old man laughed whole heartedly, causing the rest of the group to sweatdrop.

"Cheap old fart.." Asuna sighed out loud.

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Isaac jarred awake as soon as the frozen cold water splashed his face, his vision was somewhat blurry, he obviously didn't have his glasses on his person. He attempted to move but his arms were binded by something, it was rattling, Chains? What happened..?

"Don't bother moving." A familiar voice said to him, the violet haired boy smirked, looking at his three prizes, the trio of gambit magicians were helpless as they were chained to the wall, Xak, who was the only other one awake, attempted to snap his fingers, but to to no avail, his hands were numbed, they weren't able to clench into fists either. "You two will be the first to witness.. 'Magi Extractum.'"

Leon strode over to what looked to be an operating table, he picked up a syringe from the tray next to it and continued over to Isaac, "This will hurt. Alot." He smirked as he brought the syringe close to Isaac's neck.

"WAIT!" Xak shouted, disrupting Leon's administering of the solution in the syringe. "...Do it to me instead.."

Isaac's eyes shot wide open, "X-Xak!?" Xak sighed heavily, they both watched the violet haired boy grin wildly, as he changed targets and walked towards Xak. "N-no! What're you gonna do to him!?" He was thoroughly ignored, the syringe was inserted into his neck, and with a grunt he started to feel dizzy.

"K-..knock out syrup..." Xak stuttered, his eyes losing focus until he finally drifted into darkness. He was taken down from his chains, and carried over to the table. He was laid down, face up as Leon walked over to the other side of the table, facing Isaac and Az, who was still unconcious.

"Watch closely boy." He held his hand over Xak's chest and his other hand over a sort of container, and started chanting something inaudible, his hand then started to glow a dark green colour, then red, then blue, it repeated the colour changes until Xak finally shot awake, yelping in pain. He couldn't move his body no matter how hard he tried. He was at the mercy of his captor.

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"Here it is everyone.." Negi said sternly as they approached the entrance to the cavern, the cavern was dark, but there were a few lanterns to light the way, "It sure is dark in here.." He lit the end of his staff to provide more light for his group.

They made their way inside, it hollowed out into a tunnel, the only light coming from Negi's staff,

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Xak was once again chained to the wall, he felt his power gone, he just hung there helplessly."Well then, now it's your turn." Leon grinned again as he did the same procedure to Isaac, holding the syringe in front of him. "Don't worry, after you, gunner boy's up next."

"You sure about that?" A voice said as he heard sound of a gun being reloaded behind him. "Heh.. that was a nice little nap. Before you hang up your prisoners, you should make sure that we're not carrying anything anywhere else." Az smiled to the violet haired boy and his friends, as he lifted his shirt to reveal another gun holster strapped to his abdomin.

"When the hell did you get free!?" Leon backed away from the guntoting magician, reaching for his guitar/scythe which was left leaning on the wall. He quickly pulled his hand away as Az shot at the guitar, encasing it in stone. "My awesome guitar!" He was too distracted by his guitar to notice that Az had freed Isaac and Xak, letting them escape.

"Xak.. try snapping." Xak complied to Az's request, but found that even when he did, nothing happened. He'd completely lost his elemental abilities. "Damn it.. Looks like you can't use magic anymore.." Xak sighed, causing Isaac to look away.

I should have lost my magic.. Not him.. This is all my fault.. Isaac slumped onto a wall, he rubbed his eyes, remembering that he still couldn't see properly.

"Hey." Xak called out to him. "Don't start thinking this is your fault. Alright? I didn't want that guy getting a hold of your level of magic." he forced a smile, he couldn't believe it himself. He'd lived his entire life with his magicks, and with it finally gone, it felt strange. "By the way Az.. How DID you manage to get free?"

Az smirked as he showed them the chains still around his wrists, hinting that he broke out with brute force. Isaac stood mouth agape, Just how strong IS this guy!?

"Well, either way, we should be leaving now." Az sighed. "There's only one room in this place, so I don't think our familiars are around here, but then again, I was dragged here with only half my conciousness so I can't remember." The other two sweatdropped.

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"Geh.. how far in do we have to go!?" Asuna ranted, they'd been only walking a few minutes but it felt like an eternity. "You sure you're not just leading us in circles Negi?"

"I'm sure that I'm not Asuna, but I agree.. this is starting to get tiring." Negi sighed, they soon came across an object on the floor, they noticed it reflecting the light from Negi's staff. "Aren't those a pair of glasses?"

Setsuna picked up the glasses and noted the word 'Fernan' etched into the frame. "These are Isaac-san's.." She turned to the rest of the group, "He's probably further in."

They continued on, and finally heard something, they sounded like faint voices. The team crept forward, ready to attack at any moment.

"Geh.. Damn it.. I'll get that guy back for making a fool out of me.." The red and black wolf howled.

"Serves you right for rushing in there.." The small ginger cat mewed.

"Hah.. Even when you two are caged up you're still fighting.." The dragon sweatdropped, "So, what do you think is gonna happen to our masters?

"Who cares. I want out of here." The wolf growled, "The faster I can take that guy down, the better."

"Err.. boys?" The cat grabbed the attention of the other two familiars. Negi and his group witnessed the argument of the three familiars. "Uhh.. Meow?"

Negi was a bit taken aback. "A-are you three familiars? We're friends of Isaac's do you know him?"

Carbon perked up, "You know my master?" she asked anxiously. "You have to help him!" She cried out. Konoka moved closer to the small animal, smiling.

"Don't worry, we'll save Isaac-kun!" Her smile caused the cat to smile too. "Do you know where he is?"

"He's through that door, along with our masters as well." The dragon explained.

Negi sighed with relief, "Alright, Asuna-san, you and Konoka-san free these ones and get them out of here, Setsuna-san, Kaede-san and I will continue on."

"Fine. But be careful you three." Asuna sighed, deciding that it was useless to try to argue with him to let her go as well.

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The boys kept silent as they walked, further and further down they headed, until they finally saw a door, illuminated by a lantern. "Alright! A way outta this place." Az jeered out loud, trying to lighten the mood of the other two.

Isaac watched the ground in front of them as they walked, ..I should have taken it instead. I can't even control my powers.. let alone need them. Xak did the same, subconciously snapping his fingers although he knew nothing would happen.

They passed through the door in front of them, it was a large room, there were only two doors, the one they came through.. and one with a group in front of it, they were alarmed find three people in the room with them. "Guards!?" Az drew his gun, who was interrupted by Xak and Isaac.

"Wait, they're not guards.." Isaac explained, "Negi..?"

Negi sighed once more with relief, "Finally we've found you three, we thought this tunnel would never end."

Kaede and Setsuna bowed to the three, "Isaac-kun, Az-kun, Xak-kun.. We've come to rescue you."

They group of six were about to leave but were interrupted, by a voice from behind. "Hah! Don't think this is over you three." The group span around to see Leon, this time his guitar was back to its original state. "The guitar went back to normal after smashing on the ground, that stone case you put on it was too easy to break." He grinned.

"Isaac-kun.. who's this?" Negi whispered into Isaac's ear.

Isaac sighed deeply, "Our captor.. and the one who took away Xak's magic."