Urg… who knew writing could affect my health like this… Well here's one of the prologue of the first Climatic battle between multiple forces... enjoy it.

Disclaimer Hehe, used the same disclaimer twice… I heard about some battle to the death for Negima! But I heard nobody won, so I guess what that means? Preemptive strike!

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Screwed Up

Masayoshi, Negi, and Chamo stood in the living room, Masayoshi blew a puff of air, "So… uh… anything wrong with this picture?"

Negi looked at the once lively room, full of his happy-go-lucky students, now asleep and silent. But the air was a bit odd… there was magic in the air, too much to just come from Masayoshi and Negi. Negi's eyes drooped a bit, Masayoshi, taking this into mind pulled Negi back into the kitchen. Negi felt normal now.

Masayoshi made a clicking sound with is tongue, "I thought so… someone must have my book."

Negi looked around simply confused, "What about the one you're carrying aro-"

Masayoshi held one hand over the book and slammed it down on the cover, his hand went right through and the book vanished, in its place, a small pendant the size of Negi's fist. Masayoshi sighed as he held it up close to his face, examining the runes carved in the sides, "A very powerful doppelganger, one created by some really powerful magic too. I say cultic, recently made by someone who's studied this for a while. Damn… I never noticed… it was even cold too… someone must have cast a strong sleeping spell in the room that everyone was in."

Three girls suddenly walked through the doors: Ku Fei, Setsuna, and Kazumi Asakura shuffled in; their eyes barely opened and appear to not know of their actions. Masayoshi and Negi just stared at the trio as they entered the kitchen single-file. Then something very random happened; Ku Fei opened the fridge and passed a couple of slices of bread to Setsuna, who then gave it to Asakura who set it on the table. This repeated with various ingredients until three completed sandwiches were made. Masayoshi looked out the window as the three slept-ate, his eyes widened and then when they were about to go back to the living room Masayoshi took Negi's staff and hit each of the girls over the head once.

Setsuna was the first one to react, her eyes snapped open and she brought her sword down on Masayoshi's head. She soon realized what she did and knelt down to the now comatose boy, checking for vital signs. Ku Fei shook her head twice and looked around confused and somewhat intrigued of how she got into the kitchen. Asakura rubbed her head and like Ku Fei, was looking around confused. Negi was flailing his arms every which way trying to help Masayoshi and at the same time try to explain what was going on, which was very difficult because even he doesn't know what's happening.

The girl finished her chant, and slowly made her way into the building, preparing herself for a dual of magics. She looked at the gate suspiciously, it was sliced cleanly in half. She stood before the main doorway, and found that this too, has been neatly cut apart. She made note that there is possibly more than just Hell's Fire she had to worry about.

Sho laughed as he found his way into the lobby, all of the girls were asleep, his job was made that much easier. He quickly searched through all of the girls and finally found one of the one's he was supposed to assassinate, a girl with long black hair with a smile always on her face, she looks so happy and in peace. Sho held his knife under her throat preparing to cut it open, but noticed a shadow to his right. He spun around and came face-to-face with a very angry Setsuna, "Nobody touches ojou-sama." Setsuna spun around and delivered a powerful kick to Sho's chest which sent him spiraling through a door and into the wide, main corridor.

Sho hit the wall and slid down, coughing out a bit of blood from his lungs. He wiped it off his face and faced the swords girl. He smiled and made a clicking noise with his tongue and threw his knife in her direction, Suddenly it struck a piece of wood and stuck, a piece of wood held by Ku Fei, holding it like a bat. Sho pulled the chain quickly and ducked as the momentum of the knife sent it torpedoing towards his head. He shook his head laughing, "Well well, now that all the players are present, the game begins."

Masayoshi, Negi and Asakura ran towards the side entrance of the mansion, Negi prayed that Ku Fei and Setsuna made it to the girls safely, Masayoshi was shaking his head and cursing of how he could be so foolish as to let his book escape him, Asakura ran after them both with a heavy heart, from what they've told her, this is all her fault, the girl is using that book for bad purposes, tears mingled with the rain as they made it outside, it's my fault if anyone gets hurt… Masayoshi wouldn't do this… I've put everyone in danger… for a taste of fame…

Negi and Masayoshi stopped when a figure descended from the sky, she landed softly as she mockingly smiled at them, "Negi Springfield and Hell's Fire, such an odd team."

Asakura called out to the girl, "You lied to me!"

The pink haired girl laughed, "Of course fools such as you would do anything for power! But I didn't lie, Hell's Fire did kill my parents…"

Masayoshi sighed, "Marie… I didn't kill them; it was that god damn book that's done this…"

Asakura yelled over the lightning, "I don't understand any of this!" Negi nodded, he too, was in the dark.

Masayoshi closed his eyes in self disgust as Marie laughed, "You mean nobody knows about Hell's Fire? He's not from your world you know… he came from a magical dimension, actually your future. You see… Negi, the Mahora Dean's granddaughter, and some others will accidentally make the two dimensions collide! It's terrible… that's why some magi from the future came to kill you all… to prevent that from happening. That friend of yours is one of those magi."

Negi looked down at the dark grass, "Are you from the future too?"

"No, but I could care less if the future is saved or not, all I need to do is get the power back in this book and become the most powerful magi in the world!"

Masayoshi laughed, "The only way you get that power back in the book is if you kill me! You really expect me to let you do this? They sent me here to kill Negi, but I know there is a peaceful way to solve this! I was six when they sent me, my old principal raised me, he taught me peace over violence! I know what to do... and to do that, I need my book. Turn it over or die, it's your choice."

Marie stuck her tongue out at the boy as she opened the book.

Negi suddenly felt ill, Masayoshi was originally here to kill me, but for some reason he doesn't want to… now another group from the future are trying to kill me because I ruined the future? And some other girl wants to do something to Masayoshi's book. Why do I sound funny in my head? It's all italic…

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I need to take my medicine so I have to be quick, I really appreciate the reviews everyone leaves me, makes me feel real good to write. I also want to say that this is going to be the first climatic battle, so there may be more. Or it could be the one and only. Depends if my conditions get worse or not, hmph, even though I'm sick I still go to school, I'm such an idiot.

Slight Translations/Explanations:

Nothing you guys should have any problems with.