(Welcome back readers. Now we're getting into the final battle in Kyoto. Will Negi and Dustin be able to rescue Konoka before Chigusa uses her powers for her own desires? Find out.)

Somewhere by the mountains Chigusa and the boy Fate stood with a monkey oni holding Konoka who was tied up and a seal tag on her mouth to keep her from screaming.

"You did it newbie, how did you get past the temple's barrier? Oh ever mind, that doesn't matter right now, we have Konoka-ojou-sama. All we have to do now is take her to that place and it'll be our victory," Chigusa said as if she'd already won the battle, and when she heard Konoka's muffled protests she said, "Don't worry Ojou-sama, we won't do anything cruel to you."

"Hold it right there!" a voice called as the two and Konoka saw Negi, Dustin, Rin, Setsuna, and Zyphon ready for battle.

"Such persistence from the lot of you." Chigusa smirked.

"It's pointless for you to go any further Chigusa Amagasaki!" Setsuna began, "By sunrise others will have come to capture you."

"Like that scares me," the woman answered, "But since you're all here allow me to share with you a bit of Ojou-sama's power." She flung another seal tag on Konoka activating her powers.

"What's she doing?" Rin asked.

"She's using a summoning spell from the looks of it, a very high one." Chamo analyzed.

"Yes and look what she's summoning!" Zyphon motioned to several portals on the water.

Rising up from the portals was an entire army of Oni, "Oh man." Dustin sighed.

"You all have fun now, ta-ta!" Chigusa said as she and Fate took Konoka off.

"Get back here!" Negi tried to go after her but the Oni blocked his path.

"Get out of our way!" Dustin fired a spirit gun at the Oni destroying it.

"Dustin don't waste your spirit energy on them, Rin and I will handle things here!" Setsuna called.

"Are you sure?" Dustin asked.

"Yes, now hurry!" Setsuna called.

Negi and Dustin tried to get through but more Oni kept blocking their path. Dustin was ready to fire another spirit gun until something beat him to it destroying two of the Oni, "Where'd that come from?" Negi asked until they saw Mana holding her spirit rifle made from her own spirit energy.

"I told ya I'd make it." She smirked.

"Mana!" they called.

"And I'm not alone." Mana said as arriving onto the scene were Ku, Chao, Yuna, Makie, and Kasuga.

"Girls?" Negi gasped.

"Wow there are so many." Chao noticed all the Oni.

"This is a challenge." Ku said eagerly.

"Whoa are those real Oni?" Makie gasped.

"Well they don't look like costumes." Yuna said.

"Don't worry we can take them." Kasuga said as she got ready.

"Why're Yuna and Makie here?" Dustin asked Mana.

"Sorry but they insisted on coming." Mana replied.

"They haven't even learned about their abilities." Negi said.

"Actually Negi-kun, during today's free time I actually practiced with my artifact." Makie said.

"Me too-aru." Ku added.

"Adeat!" they called as a gymnasts' ribbon appeared in Makie's hand and a Bo-staff in Ku's.

"Alright let's get to work!" Yuna said concentrating spirit energy into her palm and held a basketball made of spirit energy. She dribbled it around some Oni dodging their grasps like they were basket ball players before throwing her basketball of spirit energy at one that destroyed it.

"Whoa." Dustin gasped.

"Dustin let's go!" Negi called.

"Right, come on Zyphon!"

"Right behind you master!" Zyphon followed the boys as the girls cleared a path for them.

As the boys and robot left the group started fighting the Oni with Makie using her ribbon that extended in length as it was sent forth wrapping around a few Oni and threw them into each other, "I love this thing!" Makie cheered.

Chao performed some Kung-Fu moves on three Oni before channeling spirit energy to her fist. She launched it backwards and forwards shouting, "Shotgun!" she nailed four Oni.

Ku twirled her staff before holding it out for it to extend in length and with one swing knocked several Oni off their feet, "Such a good weapon." She complimented it.

Mana seeing many Oni were surrounding her knew her spirit rifle would be useless so she powered it down and pulled out two hand guns and started shooting the Oni multiple times with magic bullets destroying them. She noticed Setsuna jump in concentrating spirit energy into her blade and sliced and diced three Oni making her curious.

"Setsuna don't tell me you made a pactio with Dustin?" she asked.

Setsuna blushed, "Yes I did, but I did it so I'd have more power to fight for Ojou-sama!"

"I understand." Mana replied as they continued fighting.

Rin focused magic into her staff, "Fire torch!" fire was blasted from her staff at two Oni.

Kasuga concentrated her spirit energy in the form of a cross before blasting it nailing three Oni in the path of it, "Take that!" she smirked.

Setsuna tried sneaking through the fighting she saw a pillar of light shoot up into the sky, 'That pillar it can't be Ojou-sama! I have to go and help Negi-sensei and Dustin.' She thought only to get attacked by another but deflected the blow to see who it came from.

"Hi there Setsuna-sempai." Tsukuyomi giggled.

"Not you." Setsuna gasped knowing getting to Negi and Dustin will be put off.

Meanwhile by an altar moments ago Chigusa placed Konoka onto a table and motioned to a big rock, "See that rock over there? Inside lies a dangerous giant ogre that no one ever dared to conjure because it is uncontrollable. When it was last freed it took the then-elder and the Thousand Master to seal it away, but with your power Ojou-sama it can be controlled!" Chigusa ranted.

She approached Konoka rubbing the girl's forehead, "Forgive our crude ways Ojou-sama. I can promise there will be no pain. If anything there will be pleasure." She chuckled while Konoka looked scared out of her wits.

"So shall we begin?" Chigusa asked as she started uttering an incantation while Konoka started glowing and emitted a pillar of light upward to the sky.

Seeing this from afar were Negi, Dustin, and Zyphon, "What's that light?" Dustin asked.

Zyphon focused his eyes extending his visual to see what was happening and finally saw Konoka on a table with magic being drawn from her, "Oh dear, Konoka's in peril! We have to hurry!"

"Right, let's go Negi!" Dustin called as they tried flying faster only to get hit by a black summoning dog that knocked them off balance forcing them to land.

"What the hell was that?" Dustin asked.

"Look!" Domino cawed as they saw Kotaro Inugami approach.

"Well hey there boys, how's it going?"

"Kotaro?" Negi and Dustin gasped.

"Looks like I finally get my chance to have a rematch with you after all Negi," Kotaro smirked as he went to attack Negi but the boy wizard blocked his attack and gained some distance, "What the hell Negi? Don't hold back, fight me like a man!"

"I have no time for you Kotaro! My friend is in danger thanks to your so called boss!" Negi argued.

"Like I care what Chigusa-neesan does. I'm only in this scheme so I could fight strong opponents, and you Negi and more worthy than anyone I've ever faced!" Kotaro shot back.

Dustin sighed, "He's more hung up on fighting than I am."

"Indeed." Zyphon said dryly.

"Then I'll fight you once we resolve this thing, that's a promise!" Negi called.

"Like hell, it's now or never with me and you!" Kotaro called and smirked, "Unless you're not man enough just like your father!"

Negi frowned while Dustin looked at him, "Oh God he shouldn't have said that."

Negi launched for Kotaro who did the same only for a giant shuriken to land before both of them, "Whoa!" the boys gasped as a voice called.

"Clone attack!" suddenly Kotaro was knocked backwards hitting a tree.

"That voice!" Negi gasped as he saw the attacked was Kaede, "Kaede!" Kaede vanished and they looked up another tree seeing the real Kaede carrying Yue in her arms, "Kaede it is you!"

"Yue?" Dustin asked in confusion.

"I've come to offer you my help." Kaede said.

"And I got it all on tape." Kazumi said poking out from behind another tree holding a camera.

"Kazumi!" Dustin gasped.

"What're you all doing here?" Negi asked in confusion.

"Kazumi and I fled from the shrine and called Kaede." Yue explained.

"I'm sure you've also noticed the other girls joined me as well?" Kaede asked.

"More or less." Dustin admitted.

"You two should hurry I'll take care of things here." Kaede assured them.

"Are you sure?" Negi asked only to receive a rub on his head.

"Yes, now hurry!"

And with that Negi, Dustin, and Zyphon hurried off again but Kotaro wouldn't have it, "Hey you get back here! I'm not through with you yet!" he was then assaulted by kunai courtesy of Kaede as the ninja girl blocked him, "You with the legs out of my way! I've not been one for hitting women, but…"

Kaede smirked, "Kotaro is it? I understand you recognize Negi as a worthy opponent. But for now your fight is with me. For I am Koga Chunin Kaede Nagase! Prepare yourself!" she summoned some clones.

Kotaro was shocked before smirking, "Fine by me!" he summoned more hounds and they both went on the attack proving their strength.

"Whoa, this is so awesome!" Kazumi said as she filmed but using her spirit energy in conjuncture with her camera she was able to read Kotaro's and Kaede's strength levels and how much their attacks weakened the other.

Yue watched in fascination, 'This can't be a movie stunt like Zyphon claimed at Cinema village. This is all real, this action, and… this magic.' She thought.

As Negi and Dustin continued Negi spoke, "I sure hope Kaede can keep Kotaro busy."

"Aniki, Kotaro may be strong but he doesn't hit women. And Kaede-neesan should hold her own just fine." Chamo explained.

"Chamo's right Negi, let's just focus on Konoka and…" suddenly Dustin tackled Negi to the ground as a shadow gun almost nailed them.

"Close call." Negi gasped as they looked seeing Alistair descend from the air onto the ground.

"Miss me Dustin?" he asked.

"Alistair? You too?" the boy spirit warrior asked.

"Don't think I've forgotten about our fight Dustin. Now it's you and me here and now." Alistair declared.

Dustin frowned, "Negi take Zyphon and go!"

"What but Dustin!"

"Do it! I'll be alright, you need to help Konoka!"

Negi seeing his friend was serious didn't argue and took off with Zyphon leaving the two warriors to themselves, "So couldn't handle the defeat from today could you?" Dustin asked.

"Are you kidding I've never had a fight like that before in my life. But once tonight's done only one of us will walk away in one piece, and that's going to be me!" Alistair declared.

"We'll see." Dustin replied as they launched into battle throwing attack after attack from hand to hand to spirit/shadow attacks much like their previous fight only they were throwing out even more than that time.

"Don't think you can beat me with the same moves you used last time." Alistair warned Dustin.

"I didn't use all my moves last time." Dustin replied as he blocked Alistair's punch. He then used his free arm t deliver a shotgun to the dark warrior's chest knocking him back, but Alistair landed on his feet.

Back at the altar where Chigusa, Fate, and Konoka were, things had been going smoothly as Chigusa continued with the ritual.

"Are you almost done?" Fate inquired.

"Just a little longer." She replied.

"Oh…well, Negi's coming." The white haired boy stated calmly as he turned his head to where he had detected the ten year old mage.

"What, that brat," turning her head towards the lake, she could see a small figure that was flying across the water and heading straight towards them, speeding so fast that he was spraying the water with Zyphon following behind, "What a stubborn little brat!" she growled, although from where she was, she was in no position to do anything.

"Continue the ritual," Fate told her as he pulled out a talisman and faced the incoming mage, "I'll take care of him." He summoned a single winged Oni.

Negi seeing the Oni coming right at him had already empowered his body with magic and with a punch nailed right through the incoming Oni. He then uttered another incantation using his wind element to the water creating a mist to hide. Fate stood his ground waiting for Negi to charge him.

Suddenly Negi jumped of his staff as the white haired boy aimed a spell at him,

"...The staff?" Fate asked in surprise while Negi jumped from a nearby pillar towards the boy, positioned for an attack while his guard was down, however the punch never reached past the boy's barrier which had stopped the attack merely an inch from his face, leaving Negi and Chamo stunned at this revelation.

"Didn't I tell you it would have been better for you to stop," he stated calmly as he grabbed Negi's arm, restraining him, "Why would you choose close range combat, even if you know a fair amount of combat moves, why engage in a battle you cannot win? The son of the Thousand Master, huh? You're nothing but a child after all, it seems I have expected too much from you."

However, Negi reacted differently than what Fate had expected, he began laughing instead, "That's what you think!" he said with a wink before putting his palm on the boy's chest and with a simple command, "Release!" Fate was suddenly restrained by Negi's spell, the arrows of wind circled around their target and capturing him holding him in place.

"He cast a spell without chanting," Fate thought showing a surprised look on his face until he realized what it was, "I see, a delayed spell."

"Ya damn right," Chamo said victoriously as he flipped the white haired boy the bird, "He chanted the Sagitta Magica while we were in the mist, and at point blank range, anti-magic barriers only have a minimal effect!"

"...I see, you've made such surprising progress. I've changed my opinion of you, Negi Springfield." Fate said surprisingly calmly despite his current situation.

"Hah, what are you so calm about punk, you're the one who got trapped!" Chamo shouted.

"The Arrows of Binding spell is only a basic spell, it'll take about ten seconds to get out of once you've been hit with it." Negi told Chamo, who quickly scoffed at that information.

"Those seconds are plenty enough Aniki, now go get Konoka-neesan!" he told the ten year old, who complied, but when they turned around to face their remaining enemy, she and Konoka were gone.

"Where is she, they were just here a second ago!" Zyphon gasped as he looked around, but looked up when Chamo told them to and they both instantly froze up.

In the large pillar of light there was a bit a movement before a form suddenly emerged from the rock that was ahead of the mage and the ermine. It was a two-faced, four-armed monster of huge proportions, but thankfully its lower body was still sealed away in the stone, but that still left its massive upper body to deal with. Its two different faces were at the front and back of its head, with the front having two horns while the back had one and there was another horn in the middle of its head.

"It seems that you're a few seconds too late, the summoning has just now been completed," Chigusa laughed as she and Konoka floated towards the monster's shoulder, "The two-faced, four-armed, giant demon, Ryomen Sukuna no Kami, a demonic god sealed away 1600 years ago..." she said before letting out another laugh, thinking her victory was assured.

"Oh this is not good at all." Zyphon worried.

From all the other battles with the girls and Dustin they could see the monstrosity emerge, "Whoa." The girls gasped.

Alistair smirked, "Looks like Chigusa pulled it off. Sucks for you huh?" he asked Dustin who frowned and they continued fighting.

Back at the altar Negi hadn't given up yet as he concentrated his magic launching a blast right for the giant ogre while Zyphon fired a barrage of missiles and lasers, but their combined attacks didn't even phase it.

"It was a good effort Negi, but sadly you failed." Fate said to Negi as the boy and Zyphon were prepared to fight him.

Setsuna who had noticed this had to get to Konoka, "Everyone give me some clear!"

"You got it!" Yuna called as she threw her spirit energy basketball to a few Oni destroying them while Makie used her ribbon to knock a few more out of the way. Setsuna managed to knock Tsukuyomi away as the Shinmei girl rushed for the location of Konoka.

Negi held Kaede's card to his forehead, "Kaede is everything ok?"

From Kaede's point she had Kotaro pinned to the ground, "Everything's good on my part, but I can assume it's not on yours."

"No, and I need some extra support prepare for teleportation."

"For what?" Kaede asked and in a flash she suddenly felt herself vanish and reappear at Negi's side along with Ku, Rin, and Makie.

"Girls thank goodness." Negi said.

"Whoa how did that happen?" Makie asked.

"He used teleportation magic with your pactio cards sweetie." Chamo explained.

"Wow that was cool." Ku said.

"Girls!" Setsuna arrived.

"Setsuna, Konoka's up there!" Negi motioned up to the captive and Chigusa on the monster's shoulder.

Setsuna looked determined, "I have to get up there."

"But you've already exhausted your spirit energy fighting the Oni." Yuna said.

Setsuna looked guilty, "Negi-sensei, girls…I have a secret that I've kept from all of you and Ojou-sama, and once you've seen my true form, I'll have to say goodbye…but now, with you all," she said as she slowly hunched over until beautiful white wings erupted from her back, looking back at their surprised expressions she sadly continued, "…This is my true form. I'm a monster, just like the…"

"Don't hand me bull like that!" a familiar voice called.

Setsuna and the others looked out onto the water seeing Dustin had arrived, "You a monster, Ha! I've only known you for a short time and I already know you're no monster. Monsters cause damage and destruction through mindlessness or for the hell of it. Monsters take innocent lives just for fun. Monsters have no heart in them, but you Setsuna are about as pure as your white wings, and therefore you are not a monster."

"Dustin…" Setsuna blushed.

"He's absolutely right." Mana said as she and the other girls approached with Yue and Kazumi dragging a wrist tied Kotaro by a rope courtesy of Kaede.

Everyone was smiling, "No matter what Setsuna you're still you, and nothing's gonna change that." Yuna said.

"Exactly, why I'm a robot and nobody has a problem with me just as no one here will have a problem with you, not even Konoka." Zyphon added.

"Everyone," Setsuna smiled and nodded, "Right, now to save Ojou-sama!" she flew on her wings heading upward while Dustin smiled.

"Way to go Setsuna."

"Dustin!" Alistair arrived; "You will not escape our fight!" they went on the attack again on the water.

Fate turned to Negi and his comrades, "I'm sorry to do this, but I grow tired of this fight." He uttered an incantation and zapped at them but the girls jumped away as did Negi but felt a sharp twinge in his right fist and saw it turned to stone.

"Negi-kun your hand!" Makie cried.

"It's been turned to stone." Ku gasped.

"Don't worry I'll be fine," he turned to Fate, "But I won't get anywhere with fighting him unless something's done about that barrier of his."

"Don't worry you got on and face him, I'll cover you." Mana assured.

Taking her advice Negi rushed into battle fighting Fate using every bit of martial arts Ku had taught him, but with Fate's barrier he didn't even need to block Negi himself. Mana had aimed precisely with her hand gun and shot a magic bullet that went past Negi and ate Fate that shattered his barrier.

"Impossible nothing's been able to shatter my barrier!" Fate gasped.

Mana smirked, "Spirit energized magical bullets, I love them."

With Fate's barrier demolished Negi grabbed the arm Fate tried to punch him with and slugged him right in the face with his stone hand shattering it leaving him right handless.

Meanwhile Setsuna had reached Konoka's and Chigusa's level.

"Chigusa hand Ojou-sama over now!" she dove right at Chigusa, dispatching her last defenses and grabbed Konoka, then as fast as she could, flew away from the demon's or Chigusa's reach.

"Ojou-sama! Ojou-sama! Are you alright? Speak to me!" Setsuna pleaded.

She removed the tag on her mouth and Konoka woke up, "Se-chan it is you! I knew you'd come and rescue me."

"Ojou-sama you're not hurt are you?" Setsuna gasped in worry.

Before Konoka could answer she blushed and looked embarrassed, "Actually just like the lady said I… kind of liked it! Is that naughty of me?"

Setsuna smiled patting her head, "It's ok now, you've got nothing to be ashamed of."

Suddenly Konoka gasped, "Se-chan your back."

"You mean these?" Setsuna motioned to her wings looking nervous.

Konoka smiled and giggled, "They're beautiful. You look just like an angel."

Back down by the altar Fate stood still for a moment, shocked at what had happened. Someone had actually managed to hit him and this was a full on punch straight to the face, and he wasn't going to stand for it.

"Someone was actually able to hit me...Negi Springfield!" he gave the boy a glare as he threw a punch. Negi could only watch as Fate neared him, with his fist raised and ready to strike at him, but when he was only a few inches away from the ten year old, a hand suddenly shot out from underneath Fate, clutching his arm tightly and preventing him from carrying out his attack. The two boys looked down to see Evangeline coming out of the white haired boy's shadow.

"Looks like you've been mistreating our Boya, young one," she said before striking the boy in the chest and sending him flying across the lake. She then turned to Negi and gave him a sly smirk and a wink, "We're even now, Boya. Kay?"

"Evangeline!" Negi shouted in surprise.

"Evangeline?" Yuna and Makie were confused.

"What she doing here all of a sudden?" Ku asked.

"Never mind that, we still need to do something about that." Mana motioned to giant ogre.

"Not to worry we got it covered." Evangeline said.

"Master, the barrier shell has been prepared." Chachamaru's voice said from nowhere, the group looked around and spotted her in the air, wearing a housemaid's clothes while sporting a big ass gun.

"Do it." Eva ordered, grinning.

"Roger." she replied, then fired the gun. A field of energy appeared around the surprised demon as soon as the shot hit it, "Please hurry, the barrier will only be effective for only a minute against an opponent of this size." she informed her master.

"You did well Boya, but you've still got a ways to go," Evangeline told him as she donned a cape that looked to be made up of what appeared to be bats, "Now listen up, in a large scale battle like this, a magic user's role is nothing more than heavy artillery, meaning you prepare a huge spell while your partner protects you. Just sit back and watch me show you the power of the ultimate mage," she said as she took off into the air, but then suddenly stopped and turned around, "Hey, make sure you take a good look!"

"I guess she's still sore from her loss." Kaede chuckled with Kasuga.

"Lic Lac La Lac Lilac…" Evangeline chanted with one of her arms raised as she chanted in Latin. When her spell was finished she pointed her hands downward, the demon god was surrounded in ice, its entire body beginning to freeze.

"One after another, who the hell are you!" Chigusa shouted from on top of the giant's shoulder.

Eva merely laughed, "You're out of your league, woman! This spell creates a 150-square-foot area of absolute zero, even a giant monster like that can't defend against something like that! I am the vampire Evangeline, the Gospel of Darkness! Look upon my powers and despair!" and then she cackled like a maniac.

"Eva-chan is really getting into this..." Yuna commented as she stood beside the others, with everyone agreeing.

The vampire continued with her spell until she turned around and snapped her fingers, and finished. Suddenly the frozen adversary was shattered into pieces, with Chigusa thrown of her perch and falling down. Eva laughed again as she slowly descended, "Not even the great stone ogre of legend was any match for me!"

"S-She did it, that was amazing Eva-chan!" Makie shouted happily as Eva smiled.

"Guys look!" Kasuga called as they all noticed Dustin and Alistair going at it forcing them to fight around the altar while they backed away.

"Dustin's not looking so hot." Chao gasped seeing her fave boy slowing down.

"The fight's taking its toll on him." Mana gasped.

Dustin was down on one knee looking bruised, beaten, and exhausted while Alistair looked like he still had plenty of energy left to finish him, "And now Dustin after I finish you I will be declared a legend!"

Dustin frowned as his eyes started glowing light blue, "Alistair, you can knock me down all you want," he began as he was slowly ascending to his feet and when he was back on both legs he erupted, "BUT I'LL ALWAYS GET BACK UP!" he roared as a bright blue light engulfed him shooting a pillar into the light.

Everyone gasped as Dustin stood with his arms pumped and the bright blue glow surrounding him, "Now it's personal." He said.

"What's happening to him?" Yuna gasped.

"That's some aura." Ku gasped while Eva smirked.

"No kidding, his power level is off the charts." Kazumi said using her camera's spirit energy level indicator seeing Dustin's readings were infinite.

"I don't believe it, Dustin's got the Spirit Force." Mana gasped.

"The what?" Yue asked.

Chao explained, "Spirit Force is one of the strongest spirit attacks there is. It concentrates all of a spirit warriors energy making their power grow to infinite."

Dustin glowing with spirit energy started coming at Alistair from all sides like lightning striking with all his strength. Alistair was taking so many hits it was impossible for him to defend himself or predict Dustin's next movement.

'This power, it's just not possible! I've never faced such strength before in my life!' Alistair thought as he was getting pounded like crazy.

Suddenly Alistair crashed on the bridge of the altar as Dustin landed on it staring him down, "Now you're mine!"

"He's gonna unleash it all now." Mana said as everyone watched.

Dustin threw his arms backwards, "It's time for you to meet your match! SPIRIT FORCE!" he threw his arms out in front of him launching a colossal blast of spirit energy from both his fists aimed right at Alistair who was wide eyed as the attack collided with him.

Upon contact it resulted in an explosion on the altar while Alistair was launched backwards into the sky passing Setsuna and Konoka while screaming, "JAMBALAYA!" he vanished into the night sky.

The girls cheered but gasped as they saw the aura around Dustin vanish along with him dropping to his knees and almost falling forward but used his hands to keep himself up.

"Dustin-kun!" the girls called as his partners rushed over to him.

"Are you ok?" Yuna asked.

"Yeah," Dustin panted, "Using the spirit force sure takes it out of you."

"Come on we gotcha." Kasuga said as she and Chao helped him to his feet with their heads under his arms.

"Well done master Dustin! Well done!" Zyphon cheered.

Eva looked at him, "Not bad Dustin, I haven't seen such a powerful spirit force since your father. You may very well surpass him yet."

"Thanks." Dustin smiled.

"But I don't understand, Evangeline what about the barrier?" Kaede asked.

"Allow me to explain," Chachamaru began, "To continue fooling the powerful spirits who govern the curse, a complex ritual is required to wit… every five seconds the Headmaster must sign and seal a permission slip reading 'Evangeline is to be allowed to travel to Kyoto as part of normal school activities'." she explained while back at Mahora the dean was in fact doing exactly what she said and was looking tired from doing so.

"And as a reward for today, that old geezer agreed to endure the signing until we finish sightseeing tomorrow." Eva said with a grin.

"Every five seconds?" the girls gasped.

"Will he be ok?" Zyphon asked.

She merely shrugged, "This is his fault for not foreseeing something like this. He deserves to work a bit," and then she suddenly began to glow, and explained, "While outside and away from the barrier around the academy, I'm at my strongest. It feels good going all out after so long, eh Boya?"

Negi blushed, "Um yes."

Suddenly arriving was Tsukuyomi and whatever Oni were left, "Guess it's over huh?" one Oni asked.

"Yup, I've earned my pay time to go home," Tsukuyomi turned to Setsuna, "Sempai I loved that match we had next time though I'll win for sure." She vanished.

"See ya round girls, thanks for the fun." An Oni said as they started disappearing.

The girls chuckled seeing maybe the Oni weren't as bad as they thought. Suddenly they heard clapping and appearing was Fate looking battered up, "Bravo, well done Negi Springfield and company."

"You!" the girls got ready to attack but Fate held his hands out.

"No, I'm done. The fact I was able to have such an enjoyable match with Negi there has proven himself worthy in my eyes. Therefore I shall leave you in peace."

"Hold on, what is your name?" Negi asked.

The boy smiled, "You can call me Fate Averruncus." He vanished into a water portal.

Negi and Dustin smiled but Negi gasped as he suddenly collapsed onto the ground and lost consciousness, "Negi!" everyone gasped looking around him as Setsuna and Konoka wrapped in robes rushed over.

"What's wrong, de gozaru?" Kaede asked as everyone gathered around the fallen Negi whose condition was being checked out by Chachamaru.

"He's in a dangerous condition," she explained, "Negi-sensei's magic resistance is very high, so the petrification process is slow, but at this rate he will be unable to breathe when his neck petrifies and he'll suffocate."

"What! Can't you do something, Eva?!" Rin asked.

"I-I'm really bad at healing magic, I'm undead so I've never needed it." she replied worriedly.

"Then what do we do?" Makie cried.

"Ojou-sama." Setsuna suddenly spoke up.

"Yeah," she agreed as she stepped forward, "Um...Guys, i-is it okay if I kiss Negi-kun?" she asked, causing everyone to look at her strangely.

"Konoka, what are you saying! This is no tim…" Rin was cut off by her friend who tried explaining her motive.

"That's not what I mean! Y'know that pactio thing," she said, which stopped anybody from speaking, "Everyone, Set-chan told me everything, thank you. My classmates worked so hard to help me today...if I couldn't even do this much, I could never forgive myself."

"That's right, the pactio draws out the latent powers in the Ministra Magi. If we can use the healing powers Konoka-neesan used in Cinema Village..." Chamo explained.

Seeing everyone in agreement, Konoka bent down next to Negi and kissed him, and with a flash of light, the pactio had been form.

Very slowly, Negi opened his eyes and saw that Konoka was kneeling in front of him and behind her, he saw his pal and his classmates. Even more so his injuries had healed and his right hand was restored, "Konoka, thank goodness you're okay." he mumbled tiredly, but still managed to smile before getting up. As one everyone began cheering, while some like Dustin and Eva just grinned or breathed a sigh of relief, and Ku, Yuna, and Makie went so far as to jump up into the air repeatedly.

Konoka turned to Dustin, "Want me to help you too Dustin-kun?"

"Much appreciated." He smiled.

So Konoka unleashed her magic on Dustin healing his injuries and restoring his drained spirit energy. Dustin gasped as he turned to Chao and Kasuga, "Put me down, I can walk." So they sat him down as he stood up right feeling fine.

"We did it, we actually did it!" Negi cheered until he saw Dustin approach him.

The boys reached out and shook hands. Dustin still fist locked with Negi's patted his shoulder before raising a fist up with a nod to Negi who nodded back. They break off their handshake and stood together striking a fighter stance while the girls chuckled at their dramatics.

(And that's the chapter they've defeated Chigusa and her forces and stopped them from conquering Kyoto. Now all that's left is for them to finish things up for their final day and get everything else straightened out. Tune in next time readers.)