So anyway, I was on a roll for freetime and decided to work here, I just can't concentrate on my other fanfic so this is all I can get through right now! Cool huh? So I'd like to thank anyone who reviewed, special thanks to my newest passengers, and extra special thanks to the people that's been around since the beginning! Thank you and goodnight!

Disclaimer: Guess who forgot about my infamous disclaimers! I did! So… yeah… Negima… no papers that say I own it. Not that there are any papers that actually say I exist either. Oh well I'll tell them to write it out to Alex, he's a good sport.

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Screwed Up

Sho stood before his masters, great and powerful magi that have forever maintained the balance of the world… until now. He held his head up proudly, he was chosen over all others to save his home, to fight to regain the balance. They handed him a weapon, then they cast a spell on him, at first it was like a tingling in his fingers, then suddenly it became an agonizing tour through hell, his entire body felt as though it was about to burn to nothing, then it was over. He fell to the ground, knees and hands on the ground gasping for breath. He looked up to stare at his masters, they spoke to him simultaneously, their words were like a healing balm to his horrid pain, "You will go to assassinate these people," they threw a scroll down at his hands, "They are the ones who dare upset our perfect balance, the spell we have cast is your uniform, it will protect you from magic, but your own magic will be weakened, learn to fight, learn to kill, and you will be our sword in this war."

He ducked as another ninja knife flew past his left ear, he smirked as he threw the knife at the uniformed boy, the boy suddenly disappeared and reappeared nearby. Sho swung the knife at its full extension, chain and all, to the right hoping to hit the girl, but she evaded the attack. He arched his back and brought the knife flying in an arc over his head then in a large circle, forcing the two to press against the walls of the empty lot. The ninja was putting up a futile fight, yet the mage was just dancing and evading his attacks, no fun!

Masayoshi quickly blended into the shadows and retreated back to the alley where this started. Kaede and him made an uneasy truce when the Dean said there was a great threat in the nearby marketing town, when they got there they found Setsuna defeated and her attacker in an alley, then multiple small skirmishes between the two parties erupted as Kaede and Masayoshi tried to get Setsuna to safety, or the danger away from Setsuna, and the attacker trying to kill them all. He suddenly felt a strong will of protection over the students, it wierded him out.

He quickly kneeled over Setsuna's body; he turned around and could hear the clang of metal on walls, and various shouts and yells. He picked her up and put her on his back and quickly ran off towards the school praying that she'll be OK. She was breathing harshly, blood trickled from a gash on the back of her head. Masayoshi felt odd running with her on his back, but then again leaving her there to die didn't go too well with karma either.

Kaede dodged another wild attack; he doesn't appear to be even trying. She touched the pouch on her side where she kept the razor needles and ninja knives, if she's not careful she's going to have to go hand-to-hand combat. She drew three knives in each hand and threw them accurately; Sho smiled and grabbed his chain and caught one, kicked one going for his head, and the other fell on the ground bisected by the knife. Kaede grabbed three more needles; this is going to be a long battle…

Negi stood outside of the school, pacing. He knew what was going on in town, he received the news too late to go with Masayoshi, but he knew if he went now he might just get everyone in danger. He squinted at an odd figure approaching the gate, he ran towards the gate to find Masayoshi struggling with the door.

Masayoshi finally became fed up with the door and kicked it multiple times until Negi suddenly appeared and opened it. Masayoshi and Negi quickly and silently took Setsuna to the nurse's office, Masayoshi gently set her down on the bed and turned to Negi, "We're going to need to help crazy ninja girl, she won't stand a chance for much longer."

Negi took a second to blink, "You mean you want us to fly over there?" He made a motion towards his staff. Masayoshi didn't say anything as he tightened the strap on his book. Negi shrugged and opened a window; he jumped on his staff as Masayoshi closed his eyes and chanted up a spell.

Negi's eyes widened as he realized what spell Masayoshi was casting, "No! Masayoshi! Don't say it!"

Masayoshi opened an eye, "Huh?" which he shouldn't have because the last syllable in that certain spell was huh. A purple magic circle opened up beneath Negi and Masayoshi and they suddenly reappeared in the girls' baths, which unfortunately for Masayoshi and Negi, was currently being used by nearly every girl in Mahora Campus. And since they knew Negi wasn't around they didn't even bother with the bathing suits. Masayoshi and Negi both turned a deep shade of red; Masayoshi sharply held his breath and clasped his hand over Negi's eyes and re-did the spell, this time to Kaede and Sho. Luckily for the both of them no one noticed two boys hovering twenty feet obove the baths, Negi might be cute, but Masayoshi doing something like that would have ended with him unable to move for the next month.

Sho stood smiling defiantly as Kaede hid in the shadows, she was bleeding from a deep wound on her side. Sho laughed as he spun the knife in a wide circle over his head, "Come on girl! Death is calling!"

Kaede reached into her pouch, she had her own knife, a weapon very similar to the one the manic boy had. She took out the knife and chain, then she dashed out of the shadows straight towards the insane fighter.

Sho smiled cruelly and turned a full 360 which, in turn, made his knife spin in a huge circle with enough momentum to cut through a boar, Kaede jumped before the blade reached her and she was nearly right over the attacker. His eyes grew wide and his teeth clenched as realization hit him almost as hard as the knife that Kaede threw. But not that hard.

Masayoshi stood in the lot, on the floor were scattered needles, shattered knives, blood, shards of metal, clothing, and Kaede. She's alive, Negi is currently healing her. Masayoshi dropped his book, he sank to his knees. Sho disappeared, the only thing to prove his existence is a puddle of blood, and the tip of a finger on the metal gauntlet. Masayoshi licked his lips, from here on is it just going to get worse? If that was the first of the assassins… if that's just a grunt… will the younger magic-users survive? A thought suddenly came to Masayoshi, "Hey Negi, since when are you a healer?"

"Since Tuesday."

"…cool."

2 days later

Setsuna sat up on the bed, staring blankly out the window, "So… he's alive?"

A figure in the shadows spoke to the bleeding, kneeling boy in a grayish uniform, "So… he's alive?"

Kaede sighed, she was sitting on a stool positioned by Setsuna's bed, "I really don't know… I don't know anybody who could've survived that de gozaru…"

Sho lowered his head in shame, "I have failed this mission… I could not get into the school, but I noticed another person from the list so…"

Setsuna shook her head, "That's not good enough! H-how could he have bested me? If I ever face him again…"

Sho shook his head, "But it's not good enough! H-how could I have been so easily distracted? If I ever face them again…"

Masayoshi suddenly burst into the room, a great smile on his face, "Hey Settchan! I figured out why you sucked so badly at that battle! It turns out you were cursed by some spell! What are the chances?"

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And there you have it my friends! I added a bit of humor, some poor to decent fighting scenes, coincidental conversations, and a huge plot movement! What more can you ask for? Ah getting a big head here, so damn proud of myself… well I'll see you guys around! Leave a review and I'll be motivated to write really fast!

Slight Translations/Explanations:

Settchan's Curse – Please re-read chapter 3 then go: 1… 2… 3… Oh! We get it!