Hi, It's Kota here. I'm in a much more solemn mood now. I've just finished rereading a great book (Ender's game, be sure to read it!) and I've been listening to good music to get me in the mood of writing, and I'm obsessed with my story. I'm getting so absorbed, that I didn't post up this spaced ch! Im so sorry! But here it is.
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By: ASElk, ASKota, AsunaNegi, all of these are my aliases.
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"Hey, the bleeding stopped!"
Konoka and Asuna kneeled by Negi's limp form. Even though the bleeding stopped, there was still a large chance that he could die.
"Come on Negi-bozu! Don't die on us!" Asuna said. 'Don't die on me,' Asuna thought.
Konoka got an idea. "Maybe I can heal him with my magic!" Konoka said. As Konoka started using her magic on Negi, Asuna turned to Eva and the strange boy. Eva was floating a few feet off the ground, and was holding the boy by his collar. He was battered and broken, and his mask had a crack in it. Surprisingly, he made no more effort to continue the fight.
"You have done well to survive this long. I see you can nullify magic, although not quite so much as Asuna-san. Hmph. You are no real challenge. It's time for you to die." Eva taunted. Then she noticed he wasn't afraid. "What, no fear?"
"I have learned what I wanted to," he panted. "There are others like me, and even ones who are more powerful. I admit I went a little too far with Negi Springfield, but I can die knowing that there are others out there."
"Hmph. A nice speech, but it wont save you." Eva pulled her fist back, and launched it toward the boy.
'So this is how it ends,' he thought. 'Heh, an irony. I came here to find ones like me, but its ones like me that will kill me. Farewell, and good riddance.' Time seemed to slow as the punch came. He knew that he could never survive that hit. He would die, but he would die happy.
"Stop! Don't kill him. Don't...Kill...Him..." Negi managed raspy. Eva halted. He had surprised her, and from the looks of it, Konoka and Asuna too. Her fist was a few centimeters from the boy's face.
"What do you mean, boy?" Eva demanded.
"Just...don't...kill..." Negi collapsed.
"Well, looks like I'll spare your life, at least for the time being. But first, lets see what's under that mask." Eva said menacingly.
"Wait...don't-" the boy began. Eva ripped off the mask, revealing the boy's face. Even though the rest of him was beaten, his face under the mask was unharmed. His left eye was a bright, deep blue, but his right was a soft green. His face was very different, but Eva was taken back by the faint similarities to Negi's face. She noticed, however, that he was younger than she had expected. This boy had to be 13!
"...Well, now I know why you wear the mask." Eva said.
"Yes, my eyes. Too easy to recognize in a crowd..." The boy collapsed. Konoka rushed over to tend to him. Even he had his limit. Asuna was surprised by the similarities between the boy and Negi, even to herself. It startled her. But she realized that right her main concern should be Negi. The shield between this strange dimension and the real world faded. Eva fell to the ground, a normal girl again.
Chachamaru came to Asuna. "I will take him to the hospital wing," Chachamaru stated. Asuna nodded. As Chachamaru flew off, Asuna began to wonder if she would lose one of her dearest friends.
"You never really appreciate what you have until its gone..." Asuna acknowledged silently. The breeze blew her hair, and she gazed toward the sky.
Negi woke up to find himself in a white room, and on a white bed. He looked around, and was startled to find himself in a hospital. Asuna had fallen asleep in her chair, and her head was laying on Negi's bed. Konoka and Setsuna were asleep, too. Konoka had started to lean on Setsuna slightly. Eva was sitting in a chair next to Chachamaru, who was standing. The clock on the wall said it was morning.
Eva noticed he was awake. "Ah, so the immortal boy has come around."
"Eva, what happened... Ah!" A lance of pain drove through Negi's chest. Asuna stirred.
"So, you don't remember the fight with the mysterious boy?" Eva asked.
Asuna woke up completely, and when she realized Negi was awake, she stood straight in her chair, and asked "How long has he been awake, Eva-san?".
"He just woke up, but he can't talk. It causes him pain to do so," Eva said with a bored tone.
"Well, I'm not surprised," Asuna said. "He broke 2 ribs, bruised another, broke his leg, and took quite a beating to his head. And he's all covered in bruise marks. Honestly, I'm wondering how he managed to fight like this!"
Negi's eyes widened. Had he really been so badly hurt? He hadn't noticed any pain while fighting... He thought back. Asuna and Konoka had been captured... He didn't want anything to happen to them. He remembered he had fought, and almost collapsed. But when he looked at Konoka, then Asuna, and something lit up. He found a hidden reserve of energy and adrenalin. He had renewed his fight to protect those who had needed protection. Asuna and Konoka had looked so helpless behind the shield. He thought back again. Asuna had been crying! Was she crying about being stuck in a small area? Or was it seeing Negi's wounds? Or something else entirely? Wait, how come he had payed so much attention, he realized that Asuna was crying?
"Hey, I'm talking to you!" Eva poked him on the head, and Negi was sent spiraling into an abyss of pain.
"Stop that, your hurting him!" Asuna said, coming to the rescue.
"Well, now I know he's listening. Negi-bozu, I know you can communicate telepathicly without pactio cards now. Talk to Asuna and get her to say what you want to say!" Eva said impatiently.
By this time Konoka and Setsuna awoke, and were watching the commotion. Negi decided to go with Eva's suggestion, and soon he had explained everything that he remembered through Asuna, save the strange vision. While the others were celebrating Negi's return to life, Asuna was standing in the corner, looking at the floor. Negi thought about the vision, and the strange woman who had helped him. Was she really whom he thought she was? Or was he imagining things? But the eyes... the eyes were real. he remembered. He thought and debated with himself about the woman until night, even during the visits from his class. At night, he drifted off, vaguely muttering "The eyes, such beautiful eyes..." until he fell asleep.
I didn't get to remaster this ch, its just spaced. It's my original work. Read and Review, please.
Kota
