I'm must have hit a record by now! Five updates in a 7-hour span! Here's the next chapter! We're getting close to the finale folks! I'm going to puke blood now so if you excuse me...

Disclaimer: Negima! belongs to a group of monkey for all I know, because I do know for a fact it doesn't belong to me!

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Screwed Up

Masayoshi walked in the town, feeling somewhat miserable, not too many people were out a time like this, but he was occasionally jostled when he wasn't careful. He roughly bumped into a man and stumbled to the ground. He sighed and just sat there on the sidewalk, trying to think about dream interpretation, but all he could come up with was he's just panicking about nothing. A pair of black shoes stopped in front of him, when Masayoshi looked up, a man with a gray goatee wearing crimson robes and a wide brimmed hat of matching color smiled down at him.

The man held a hand down by Masayoshi's face, "Come on up boy."

Masayoshi drank deeply from the cup, Masayoshi's alcohol tolerance was impressive for a 15 year old, but he could still get tipsy. He peered over to the man that was buying, what familiar clothes he wears… Masayoshi pretended not to notice the sword concealed by a cloaking spell, whoever this man was he knew who Masayoshi was as well. They sat in silence until the man began to talk, "Have you had any odd dreams lately Hell's Fire?"

Masayoshi sighed, "Yeah just one."

The man served himself another cup, "What'd you see?"

Masayoshi took another draft, "I died, that's all you need to know."

"You know… we're not here to harm you… it's the younger ones that will cause problems in the future…" The man commented.

Masayoshi laughed into his drink, "You don't think I know that? I'm from where you guys are from too…" Masayoshi motioned to the insignia on the man's cloak, then to one identical that was on Masayoshi's uniform. "That's the only reason you don't want to kill me."

The man nodded solemnly, "True… but you've seen the other side… you've seen what will happen."

Masayoshi nodded slowly, "Negi wouldn't do that… you know who the real problem is… I've seen the truth. I know you all have, but you look at like a lie, they've brainwashed all of you…" Masayoshi got up and bowed to the man and left.

The man still sat at the counter looking outside, "It's them that brainwashed you Hell's Fire."

Masayoshi began to try to put everything together, he thought back on everything, everything he was supposed to do, everything they wanted him to do. Then he thought about the old principal of the Japanese Magic Academy, the person that raised him ever since he was found as a small child, no more than four. I think I know what I have to do now… but it'll take some time…

Konoemon looked at the papers nodding, now we know who our enemies are… the paper was given to him by Takahata who sat in a chair opposite of Konoemon's desk. Konoemon looked up, "So the ones trying to harm Negi?"

Takahata nodded, "A cult that claims they are from the future. They're all over the world, but their base of operations is located somewhere in Japan. They say they kill those that cause problems in the future."

Konomon nodded at this and looked at the paper, "What about the Intermagi? Why are they here?"

"Probably some loose rouge around here, you know they keep all of their knowledge private."

Konoemon laughed, "So you don't know anything about them? No matter, they're allies. OK now what about this cult where that girl came from?"

Takahata thought about it for a second, "They are a different cult that practices shamanism. They're like the local gangs of Japan. Um… do you remember the great panty raid of '69?"

Konoemon laughed so hard he almost dropped the paper, "You mean that was them?"

Takahata shrugged, "Supposedly they were trying to summon the demon Andy, but one of their members sneezed and well… anyway the girl is a solo mage now, she claims that she's after a powerful spell book that can bring the dead back to life."

Konoemon waved Takahata away still laughing. Takahata was beginning to not worry so much about letting that pink haired girl go after they got their information.

Kazumi sat at her favorite bar, she doesn't drink, but this place was the best place for frozen yogurt at a cheap price at night. She silently ate the sweet delicacy in a sour mood, everyone's been laughing at her after her failed Valentine's Plan. She ate in silence until someone sat next to her, it was a pink haired girl wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts. Kazumi knew suspicious but this girl seemed really nice… nothing bad could come of it right?

Masayoshi got back to the dorms at around two o' clock and slept until nine. The Narutaki twins' actually had to wake him up. He got to class and nothing at all interesting was going on, not even when Negi caught on fire when Hakase showed him her newest invention.

He felt somewhat hung-over, even though he barely drank last night. He got outside and plopped down on a bench, in seconds he was out and slept it off.

Kazumi quickly found the snoozing boy and looked at him, he seemed so innocent that it almost seemed impossible that the girl was telling the truth, but Kazumi could tell it wasn't a lie, she was lied to enough to be able to separate lies from the fact.

"You know that boy that just arrived? Masayoshi Hitodama… he's a mage."

"What?" Kazumi dropped her spoon.

The girl's eyes began to water after she explained about magic, "He's a bad mage! He's killed so many for that book! You know that book, it's black and leather-bound?"

Kazumi nodded, her face blank as the girl spoke of Masayoshi as though he were a demon.

"They say that book is powerful enough to bring back the dead! I've been hunting that book down for years! If I could only get it, I- I might be able to bring my parents back!"

Kazumi had to ask, "What happened to them?"

"They call him Hell's Fire for a reason, with that book he can summon the very fires of hell and can even destroy entire cities with one spell! The book was meant to be for good, created by a group of great mages that wanted the world to be in peace, but he's perverted the book with evil…"

Kazumi almost cried as she went on about what he's done, "W-what can I do to help you?"

The girl took Kazumi's hand, "You can steal the book for me… but he'll kill you if he realizes you did it, take this pendent, it's enchanted so that when you grab the book you won't set off the defense mechanisms it'll also create a physical illusion of the book so he won't be suspicious unless he tries to read it.. If you do this, you won't be writing stories about others anymore, they'll be writing about you."

Kazumi looked at the pendent unsure of whether she should do this or not… she sighed realizing that what the girl said about Masayoshi was probably right, after all, that one time when he didn't have the book… she carefully reached for the book, her hand was shaking. She was so close, she touched it a screwed her eyes shut, expecting some sort of gruesome death, and only after she grabbed the book and held it to her chest did her eyes open. She looked at Masayoshi only once and ran, she ran as fast as she could, she ran straight to the district and found the building she was to drop it off at. She looked at the dilapidated home and set the book down at the door and ran back to Mahora, praying all the while that she did what was right.

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Ooh… could me OC really be the surprise bad guy? Yeah it's funny how my story went from all innocent and stuff to something like this huh? Well I believe I know now of how to finish my fanfic, it'll be over before 24 chapters I think. Any questions? Say it in your review and I'll be glad to tell you the inside information you might possibly need. Fifth update in one day! My pnuemonia ain't gettin' any betta either!

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Nothing to say here, just taking space right now!