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The Mage and the Swordswoman
Chapter VIII "The Site"
Hello everyone hope you all enjoyed the story so far. Anyway, this chapter perhaps will be a little bit shorter, or maybe not. Anyway if I make any errors or mistakes during this chapter, please forgive me and pointed it out to me in the review okay? Thanks and here you go and enjoy.
Negi and Setsuna slowly walked through the dark corridor of the ruin that they have been briefed about.
The trip to this place was only a short one after they had crossed the bridge.
However, they were not told by anyone what would be inside once they entered.
Still, their hearts were not afraid as they were with one another, they were friends and partner after all and perhaps something else.
So together, side by side they slowly walked in the dark, very little light lidden stone corridor.
"Negi-sensei, have you ever seen anything like this before?" Setsuna asked as Chamo stood on Negi's shoulder looking around as if amazed by the sight and the architecture.
"Yes, I have." Negi replied as distant sounds echoed from the ends of the hallway to their auditory sensory.
Hearing the sound, Setsuna immediately put herself into a stance ready to draw out her sword while Negi readied his staff in front of him, prepared to brace for any impact and attack, while Chamo stood up from his resting.
Then it came.
A large group of flying creatures, which although Negi did not remember what they were called as despite he had read about them in a Encyclopedia of Monsters, but he remembered one thing, they are afraid of light.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister. Undettriginta spirituslucis Sagitta Magica, Series Lucis." Immediately twenty-nine arrows of light flew across the hallway.
Upon impact the creature all became dust and only a handful made it through, but they didn't survive long enough to touch any of them.
"Shimeiryu Hiken Fuujin Ranbu." Setsuna's sword cutting through the remaining creatures, made them turning back into dust.
"Let's go, Setsuna-san." Negi said as Chamo sat back down and rested.
As they continued on, they remained quiet as they realized that their would sound attract unwanted attention.
Setsuna then watched Negi as she thought about how much he had grown and where their relationship would take them.
"He surely had changed over the past two years." Setsuna thought as she walked slowly while she could hear the sound of her shoe hitting the stone ringing out in the dark.
"I have changed as well, because of him." Setsuna then smiled warmly as she remembered the events on their graduation trip in Kyoto.
She then remembered the embarrassing scene in the Onsen at the hotel as he saw her completely naked and well, her lower parts of the body. She then blushed at that as that was the most embarrassing time she ever had, but she did not mind now, because it was him.
Then she realized what thought she was having and quickly shook them off.
"What in the world am I thinking?" Setsuna said to herself as Negi and Chamo turned around with a sweat drop trying to see why she was shaking her head.
Noticing their gaze, she immediately told them it was nothing and seeing that she was fine, they believed in her.
Negi for the same time imagined what kind of information would they get concerning his father.
But then the thought quickly faded away as he think about the other people in his life.
"When I get information about where he is, will the others be happy?" Negi thought.
The first girl came into his mind was not Asuna, Nodoka, or Makaie, but it was Setsuna Sakurazaki, the girl right next to him.
Then he realizes one thing, he has started to like her amidst all the troubles they have faced, or should it be said that all the troubles they faced together were the reasons why his feelings now towards her was one of a romantic feeling.
"Maybe I…" Negi never finished that thought as he heard heavy crashing sounds echoing coming from straight ahead, as they reached a crossway.
Once again, Setsuna and Negi readied themselves, and judging from aura and the source of the sound, Negi decided it was best to launch a preemptive strike.
Setsuna quickly moved to where she would not hinder him as her senses told her to move aside from Negi.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister. Veniant spiritusaeriales fulgurientes, cum fulgrationi flet tempestas austrina. Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens." Then thunder along with wind blew through the corridor hitting the target.
The loud noises pauses for a second or two then it resumed this time at a quicker pace.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister. Sis mea pars per octoginta secundas. Ministra Negii Sacurazaci Setuna." Setsuna then readied herself to charge out as soon as the target was insight, while she called out the shorter magical blade.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Cantus Bellax." Negi then also transferred the mana to himself as he knew that whatever it was, it was going to be a difficult battle.
Then it appeared and to their surprise, it was a large red dragon with small wings.
"A dragon!" They quickly separated as they know what the dragon would do next.
And as they expected, a burst of fire came forth and melted the stone where they stood.
Setsuna then readied herself to jump high to cut the neck of the dragon and just moments before she carried out the plan, Negi gave the distraction she needed.
Negi charged right under the belly of the dragon and uses what he once pulled on Kotaro when they fought.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister. Unus Fulgor Concidens Noctem, In Mea Manu Ens Inimicum Edat. Fulguratio Albicans." It came at close range giving the dragon no room to maneuver shocking it for several seconds as Setsuna jumped up and went in for the kill.
"Shimeiryu Ougi Zanganken." It was the same attack she had often used but it had proven to be quite effective so once again, she carried out this attack.
Then the dragon was slained as it fell to the ground.
However, there was no time to celebrate the victory as they heard sounds of the same types of creature coming towards them and it sounded like more than ten of them.
"This way aniki, one-san." Chamo called as he noticed a sign written in ancient language.
"Chamo-kun?" Negi asked as they turn to that direction.
"That sign says storage and I can sense a large amount magical energy coming from that direction as well." Chamo quickly waved his short front legs telling them that it might be the place they were looking for.
"Let's go, Setsuna-san." Negi then grabbed Setsuna hand and once again resumed their journey.
Setsuna was shocked at first, but then she smiled as they together rantowards the unknown, where their hope lied ahead.
To be continued…
1st Edit: 03/01/2011
Hello readers, enjoying it? Reply to Kitsurumenokitsune's review, I know it is a record, but I am an average man, I need time to sleep. So, I will say unless I have nothing to do, the most I can do is three chapters a day. Well, it is becoming more like D&D, but I don't think that is a problem and anyway, please stay tuned for the next chapter as Setsuna will do something surprising next chapter.
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