Ruby: "Alright! Classes are over, and now it's our time!" "*Chuckle* Grab popcorn and soda, everyone. This will be a long night."
Weiss: "Hey, if you are telling the story to us, are there any chances we're going to answer reviews like before?" "Of course. Though, it will be rare."
Jaune: "So, after the previous chapter..." "Our old pal guessed about Clem's age during the time I was in Mahora. He said that she's around 10, since the child teacher was in the same age."
Pyrrha: "So was it right?" "Yeah, more or less. The story happened after I finished four years of training to become a Huntsman with the others. Also, the Creator just found out he typed down wrong our job: Hunter instead of Huntsman."
Monty: "Can't really blame him. These two sounded very similar. So, where have we stopped?" "Oh, right. I had to rush to save my student back then..."
Cherry Blossom Street
"Why… why is this happening to me?" Makie screamed in her mind as she's trying to run away from her chaser. She's just out from her shopping, as she walked on the Cherry Blossom Street to return to her dormitory. She has temporarily forgotten about the rumor about a devilish vampire attacking people here. Or more likely, she discarded it and thought that it's just a rumor. Until she felt someone standing behind her as she reached halfway.
She thought that's just another student, but when she turned back, she saw no one. She continued walking, and the feeling returned. Again, nothing. She then started gaining speed, and then ran for her life, as the feeling turned worse and worse.
And then, she stripped into a tree, and she turned back, and saw it. The creature of the night, the one in the rumor. And it's getting closer and closer, with a menacing laugh, it showed its fangs out… "N…NO! SOMEONE HELP!"
"Get out of my student now!" The creature only had a moment to turn, only to receive an arm swing to its body and it got flung away. Under the light of the moon, she could only see the long coat her savior wore as he's turning his back against her and standing between her and the creature. However, based on his tone, and what he just said…
"K…Kuro-sensei?"
The person didn't turn back immediately, but he asked: "You okay, Makie? Can you run?" She tried to stand up, but collapsed instantly, and she found out her ankle has been strained. "I'm sorry, but…" "Don't try to do it again." Her teacher was pointing something to the creature, that it hasn't been attacking them yet. Then, it disappeared, much to Makie's surprise.
"You…you chased it off?" "Temporary." He turned back and put the thing in his hand into the space between his back and his lab coat. He then carried Makie up bridal-style, making her yelp in embarrassment, and gathered her stuffs and started sprinting back to the dormitory. "Can't believe it happened right at the first night I arrived here."
Makie couldn't stop herself but asking: "How did you know that I was in danger?" "That… I will tell you in the future." She nodded, then giggled. "What's wrong?" "I just remembered that you said about 'tell you in the future' many times. What's your secret?" The new teacher sighed and said: "I think you girls already knew that my name is fake, right?" "We could guess that, but why?" "That, or trying to pronounce my full name wrong all the time." "Really? I don't think it's that hard…" "Believe me, even my own countrymen can say it wrong time to time." He then thought about something. "Hey, isn't Ako a nurse assistant? Does that mean she has something to fix your ankle?" "Yes. She always has medical treatments with her, so…" Then we better be fast, huh?" Then, to the girl's surprise, Kuro started running with high speed, making her grip on his coat to not fall off.
About a minute later, they have reached the dormitory's fairground. And again, to give Makie more surprise, Kuro straight up high-jumped from the ground to the floor where her room, 662, is located.
"Um, thank you Sensei, but you can…" "Not until you're fixed up, Makie." His seriousness shut her up, as he knocked on the door. A 'Hold on!' was heard, and a few seconds later, Ako opened the door. "Is there… Kuro-sensei? And Makie! What happened to you?" "Prepare a bed, Ako. Makie's ankle has been strained." Ako immediately nodded, as she rushed in and followed his order, and Kuro walked in (shoes taken off) and put the gymnast on the bed. Ako started looking for bandages and medicines, and Akira and Yuna rushed to Makie's side. The former girl asked: "What happened to you?" "Something attacked me during my way back. Luckily Kuro-sensei has chased it off and brought me back here."
Yuna then bowed to Kuro and said: "Thanks for saving our friend, Kuro-sensei!" "It's my job after all. But I have to warn you to not go alone through the Cherry Blossom Street at night, okay? High chance that you're going to get attacked like poor Makie here." "We heard you Kuro-sensei!"
"Found it! It would help easing the pain, Makie." After Ako's help, Makie's ankle has temporary relocated. "Though you have to pause your training for a few days before your ankle is completely fine." "Thanks Ako, and you too Sensei."
Kuro nodded. "Get better soon, Makie. Now, I should return to…" "Wait Sensei! How did you jump from the ground to our room like that?" That earned widen eyes from the other girls. Kuro sighed again and pulled his lab coat's sleeve up (he wears long-sleeved lab coat) and revealed some kind of black line running over his arm. "Exoskeleton. It enhances all of my abilities, that's why I can rush to your place that fast." The girls now were having stars in their eyes, as he just chuckled tiredly. "Please, take care of Makie. I'm going to rest now. See you all tomorrow." "Goodnight, Kuro-sensei!"
The next day
"You saw the vampire, Makie?" "I'm not sure, but I thought so. I saw its fangs and its black cloak…" "And Kuro-sensei just appeared and saved you? Wow, he's so amazing!" "But then the rumor was true?"
The students of class 3-A started the conversation about what happened last night, as some of them informed Negi of the story. Of course he turned worried, but grateful that Kuro was there to help his students…
"By the way, have any of you seen him this morning?" "I don't know…Hey Ayaka, do you know where he lives?" "In the same dormitory we're staying, why?" "WHAT?" And that started another conversation, and Asakura asked her in details: "How did he manage to stay there?" "He said to me that the Headmaster wanted him to stay there in order to help Negi better. And it seemed it worked pretty well that he managed to help Makie escaping dangers." And the story goes on…
"Negi-sensei!" Shizuna-sensei called him from the door. "Today is the school health checkup. Please tell everyone in 3-A to prepare accordingly." "Oh, right! Understood, Shizuna-sensei! Everyone, we are…"
"There's no need, Negi-sensei. I have all the measures here." Kuro suddenly appeared behind Shizuna-sensei, making her yelp in surprise, as Kuro gave Negi a paper, and he read to see that, indeed, all details in the check-up lists were filled with information of the girls.
The girls gathered around Negi and read it, and started speaking about how accurate it was. Asuna immediately asked Kuro: "Kuro-sensei! Did you peep on us?" She then noticed black bags under Kuro's eyes, as her tone got softer: "What happened to you last night?" "You know, saving Makie and such. After that, I had to send another Observer to observe the whole dormitory, in case if anything dangerous was around. Then I remembered about the health check-up, so I ordered it to do a scan and give me the details. The whole process was automatic, so don't worry about privacy invaded from me. And it took me all night to write the info down to paper."
Chao then cheekily smirked. "And you told me you knew just enough to live." "Eh, you didn't ask specifically OUCH!" Kuro held his head, as he turned back to see Shizuna-sensei with a paper fan in her right hand, as her eyes… seemed to shine up for a reason.
"We told you not to overwork, and yet you still did so! Did you forget what happened every time you did so? You always made us so worried with that tiresome expression of yours!" And after that was a barrage of hits from the motherly Shizuna on Kuro's head, who's holding it and tried to run away with Shizuna on his tail.
Class 3-A looked out of the windows/door to the direction of the teachers, as Asakura whispered in delight. "Never thought Shizuna-sensei would raise her voice up like that. Another surprise in two days, it has to be a new record from Kuro-sensei himself."
Negi sweatdrops at the scene, but then dismissed it. "Since the check-up was done thanks to Kuro-sensei, we should return back to our lesson now. Everyone return to your seat, please." Then he looked at the class roll, and suddenly he got shivered, as he felt someone glaring at him. He looked down to the far side of the class, and found out the resource. 'Evangeline A.K McDowell. Seat number 26. And Takamichi wrote 'Talk to her when she's troubled'. Not really the matter now, let's begin the lesson.'
Teacher's office
"Um, can you stop, Shizuna-sensei?" "Not until he learnt his lesson." "I said I'm sorry, okay?"
The other teachers watched in curiosity as the new assistant teacher, Kuro Orleans, who's hiding behind Takamichi-sensei from an angrily-smiling Shizuna-sensei. Never once in their careers in Mahora Academy would they see the motherly teacher acted like this.
"*Sigh* Knowing who you are, you wouldn't stop doing so." Shizuna put down the fan. "But next time, give us a call before you do so." "Y…Yes, Shizuna-san." "And one more thing." "Y…yes?" "Neko Café, Friday, 9 PM, don't be late." "R…Roger…" Shizuna, now satisfied, returned to normal and said: "Alright Kuro-sensei, you can return to your class now!" Then she just walked away like nothing happened.
Takamachi just smiled nervously as Kuro slowly got out of his back. "Never saw that side of her. How did you manage to do so in the second day of your work?" "You might not believe it, but I got into problems with that side of her, like, everyday before I got here."
"And yet you managed to get a date from her…" Seruhiko-sensei said, but got interrupted by Kuro: "No, that's not a date. We have all reasons for not doing so."
"Then what would you call that?" Akashi-sensei just chuckled. "It's totally a…" And he shut up and shivered, along with the teachers who are aware of magic, as Kuro's left eye moved independently to the left corner, the pupil has turned into cursed symbol, then turned back to normal a brief second later. "Sorry, but that's a matter between me and her. Please don't interfere until I tell you all." They nodded slowly, as Kuro walked away with no other words.
"Wow, that's scary." Takamachi muttered to himself. "The Headmaster warned me about him, but I never thought it would be that horrific."
Time skip to afternoon…
"ZZZ…"
"Jeez, it seemed he's very tired after yesterday." Asuna, along with Negi and Chamo, walked up to the rooftop, to find Kuro lying under a shadow of the building and sleeping soundly.
"He's already tired after he met us, and then the trouble with the rumor-turned-truth last night added more to it."
Chamo then took out a 'cigarette' and started 'smoking'. "Even that busty teacher acted like that towards him, she must be very worried about him. But how did she know about him that much when it's the second day of him being here?"
"How is he doing, Negi-sensei?" Shizuna-sensei stood behind them, as Negi scratched his head. "We just found him. It seemed the problem took a toll on him."
Shizuna just sighed and sit next to the sleeping teacher, then moved his head and put it on her lap, not disturbing his sleep. "Working so hard, and yet receiving back nothing. It's good to see Hybrid Heart we know and love is still himself."
That earned surprise looks from the trio, as Negi asked: "Hybrid Heart? Who are you talking about, Shizuna-sensei?" The female teacher pointed to the person she's letting his head on her. Then Negi recognized: "Shizuna-sensei, you are a reincarnated person?"
Asuna asked Negi back in confusion: "What do you mean by 'reincarnated'?" "The Headmaster told me that Kuro-sensei is helping me as he said, but he's also finding his friends who are reincarnated, but he didn't know who they are…"
"But I saw him yesterday, and showed him enough hints to tell him who I was." Shizuna explained. "And I told him to meet me in Friday to talk about it, so now we don't have to speak much about it."
Chamo then asked: "Back a bit to the event last night. Did you have any clues about that creature?" "I do. It's your student, Negi. Evangeline A.K McDowell."
Chamo exclaimed in surprise: "Evangeline? The Dark Evangel? Why didn't you tell us she's in your class?" Negi shouted in protest: "How did I know she's there in the first place?"
Shizuna sighs, getting their attentions again. "From what I heard from Headmaster Konoe, your father sealed her in this school, not letting her go out and rampage. Maybe she's trying to get her power back to get revenge on you."
Negi looks uncertain about this, as he asked again: "Is there anything we can do about this?"
"There is little." All four of the awaked turned to the direction, to see a maid standing there, with her hands staying before her apron. "But if you want to help, then you might need to do the Pactio to increase your power, so that you might stand a chance fighting against Eva and Chachamaru."
Asuna: "That problematic…" Then she shouted: "Wait, Chachamaru? We had to fight her as well?" "Of course, she's the Vampire's partner."
Negi was having a mind distorting as he was trying to process what's going on. Then, he decided to ask a simple question: "Um, miss Maid, who are you?" "The name's Sakuya Izayoi, I'm the Chief Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. And I'm one of Kuro's personal maids." … "PERSONAL MAID?"
Evening, Cherry Blossom Street
"So we're heading back together. It's quite rare for us doing so, right Yue?" "Yes, Haruna. But Kuro-sensei warned us about the vampire in this street, so we have to be careful. Last night seemed to have drained him enough already." "But…can't we pick another way?" "Sorry Nodoka, but this is our only way. Maybe we can ask Fuka and Fumika to find us another route…"
The members of Library Exploration Club were heading back to their dormitory. Normally they had their works somewhere else, but at time like this and their new teacher's advise, they put their works aside and came back at the same time.
"Though, do you think we will get attacked?" "Don't worry, we're going in group. There's no way that creature would dare to attack a group…"
"Then you are so mistaken, girls." The girls' face felt in fear as they looked up to see someone standing on the lamppost. "Ayase Yue, number 4. Saotome Haruna, number 14. Miyazaki Nodoka, number 27. I have missed my dinner last night, so you three will be the replacements for that." The creature then rushed down to the girls with high speed, causing the girls to run away in fear. And when the creature managed to grab Nodoka and planned to bite on her neck…
"Sagitaur Magika Air Captorae!" The creature immediately released the girl and brought up a Reflexio spell to block all arrows to its face.
"Negi-sensei!" Nodoka weakly said, then she's pulled back by Asuna, as the other girls were protected by Shizuna-sensei. "Negi-sensei, what is…" "No time to explain! Shizuna-sensei, get the girls out of here!" The teacher nodded, as she pulled Nodoka and the rest out of the street…
"Gr… Negi Springfield. I was frustrated that I lost my good deal of blood due to that bastard, and now you're denying it?" The creature took off the hood to reveal Evangeline's face.
"Stop it, Eva! Why are you doing it? Is that because my father sealed you here?" And that earned a look of surprise from the Vampire. "Where did you get that information?"
"From the Headmaster, obviously." The Vampire immediately dashed, as Kuro jumped down with his right katana stabbed right at where she just stood. Upon missing the hit, Kuro pulled the sword out and crossed it before him with his left katana. "Stop attacking people, Evangeline. You can get the blood if you asked the Headmaster to get some for you, right?"
The Shinso Vampire's expression turned disgust. "You mean those blood from hospitals? Those are way too dirty, and not flesh at all. Us Shinso Vampire won't lower ourselves to that point."
Kuro: "It's not about getting blood from where. Nagi sealed you here, so that you can overcome that bloodlust and to avoid you being hunted by the outside forces. You know that you're being hunted, right?" Eva countered back: "So? Once I got to my full power, no one will…" "Even The Lifemaker?"
… "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT NAME? FREEZE LANCE!" Eva shouted in anger, as she threw the magic bottles to Kuro, as they exploded right at him. However, he just stood there taking the full force… and nothing happened. "Gr…" Seeing that she couldn't win, the Vampire immediately ran away.
Kuro then turned to Negi and Asuna. "From this point, it's your work." They nodded as they started giving chase to Eva.
… *Sigh* Return back to the view.
Kuro's POV
It's too tiring now. Not even that sleep helped much. I let my body fall to the ground, as I snore away instantly. Even if I get attacked, don't care. Who can do so anyway?
…
…
*Sniff* I wake up to the smell of bacon in the morning. I open my eyes and look around… I'm not in the street, but rather the supervisor's room. I sit up on my bed and turn my head to the kitchen, so see Makie cooking alongside Ayaka. The smaller girl notices me, as she rushes to the long side of the bed and she asks me: "Kuro-sensei! Are you all right? Shizuna-sensei returned to the Cherry Blossom Street and saw you lying on the ground. She brought you here and…" "I see. I will thank her later. Though, why are you two here?"
Ayaka speaks from the kitchen: "It's still early in the morning, and we thought we could make breakfast in bed for you." I couldn't help but chuckle at the idea. "Thanks Ayaka, but unless you wish to become my wife, then I suggest not doing so to another gender. But I appreciate your try." That earns Ayaka a blush, as she turns away and mutters something, and I'm sure I can hear the word 'Negi' between the lines.
"Makie." The girl turns to me. "Can you bring me the tablet on the table? I need to call someone." She nods and does what I said. I thank her and receive the tablet, and tap the buttons to dial…
"How are you doing, Kuro?" A woman in her 40s answers the call. Makie 'aw' out of nowhere as she says: "Miss, you're so beautiful!"
The woman giggles. "Why thank you." Then she turns to Kuro. "How are your days there?" "Already into troubles, Compa." Another giggle. "Troubles follow you everywhere." "I know. Also, do you remember how long you can return to sport training after your ankle has been relocated?" "… Can you give me more details?" Kuro nods and he says to Makie: "Sit on the bed, Makie. Let her check on it."
After a quick look, Compa says: "Luckily it's not too much of a problem. But I suggest you to change the bandage every three days. About two weeks, find a doctor and get a better look about it." "I will. Thank you miss Compa!"
I sit on my chair, as Makie re-positions on my bed, as I speak: "By the way, Compa…Can you send me…" "No." "Compa~pls~." "One more month, Kuro. Or never. Bye bye." She then just casually ends the call…
Ayaka brings in the breakfast and puts it on the kotatsu (I changed the room so that it could fit one table and one kotatsu) as she says: "Breakfast is ready, Sen…sei…" She watches as Makie pats my head, while I'm crying in despair. "What…what happened, Makie?" "It seems his wife just denied a request from him." "Huhu…Why… I hate you…" "And he seems to turn from…" "No…I don't hate her… it's for someone else…"
Ayaka sweatdrops as she remembered the tantrum two days ago. "Come on now, Kuro-sensei. She will talk back to you. Now, just enjoy the breakfast, and then we head to our class!"
Class 3-A, third POV
"Puru…" "Come on now. It can't be that bad, Kuro-sensei." "No. It's that bad…"
The whole class was trying to find a way to cheer their depressed assistant teacher, as from what Makie and Ayaka said, 'he just got denied'.
Chao tried to diverse his attention to something else: "Makie told us about the exoskeleton. How about you show us about it?" That earned her a small sniff, and then Kuro sit straight up and started undressing his lab coat, much to the girls' embarrassment. When the coat was off, the girls and Negi could see the black skeleton running behind Kuro, with one end at the back of his neck, and the other ends on his arms and his legs. Then the skeleton extended to his finger tips and his feet.
"I told Makie and her roommates about this. For more about it, it's made of nano-machines, that's why it can expand bigger than it looked. When I rushed to Makie that night I only used the leg functions. It can create a protection armor, but it's a little clingy, so I'm not using that much." That earned stars in the girls' eyes, as Negi, Chao and Hakase started examining the exoskeleton. Then Chao asked: "If this one is so advanced, then why did you say your technology knowledge is just enough to live?" "*Chuckle* Some secrets should remain to be." Then the bell rang. "Thanks for cheering me up, girls. Now, onwards to lesson!"
But of course, before the girls returned to their seats, Kuro has already sent a warning glare to Eva, who glared back in anger. The night is going to be longer for both of them.
Afternoon, a random café…
"You're saying that even Kuro knew about The Lifemaker?" "There is no coincidence. That bastard knew how to push my buttons. Chao, if you have any bright ideas to deal with him, then tell me."
The two, along with Hakase and Chachamaru as the former was fixing the later, were discussing about what happened recently. Evangeline was very angry, this new teacher was bad, even worse than the Thousand Master and his team combined. Even they would make jokes during the fight, this person…
"I think you're the one pushing the wrong buttons here, Eva." Eva widened her eyes in surprise at Chao's words. "What do you mean?" "I think he's aware of what we are doing, heck, he even nearly made me go rouge just a few words in the morning. However, I can see how he worked: only when it involves to large scales, people or locations, would he directly intervene, otherwise he would leave us, or even help us as long as our plans are to help people. You tried to get blood from people, especially from your classmates, that's why it made him angry as much as you are now."
"But didn't he give you a threaten note?" "Yes, but he also said that's because my plans would ruin the future. If I change my plans, then he might help me even."
Hakase started spinning Chachamaru's spring key, as she said: "Eva, you might want to stop attacking people. Kuro wouldn't like it." The loli vampire grunted: "This is a perfect opportunity for me to get revenge on the Springfield. I almost lost yesterday if Chachamaru didn't show up! And that's with only that Springfield and his brat!"
"Then how about a last fight to end this problem?" The four turned to see a white hair maid, who's holding a letter of sort. She then gave it to Eva and said: "Tonight, The City Bridge, 9 PM, during the time when the Blackout happened. Full power, no limitations. You can bring your partner with any necessary weapons."
Hakase immediately asked in surprise: "No limitations and any necessary weapons? Also, who are you?" "Sakuya Izayoi, Kuro's personal maid." That earned hanging mouths from Chao and Hakase, as Chachamaru widened her eyes in surprise. "Now, I must leave. Not many people would know about my identity, so please keep it quite for a while before Kuro announced me to everyone." The maid then pulled out a pocket-watch, which design reminded Chao of her own, and then disappeared without a trace.
Hakase shook herself out of the surprise as she looked at the vampire, who's reading the letter… and clenched it in her hand. "That… that bastard thought he can solo me AND Chachamaru at the same time… and he even said that I would lose no matter what… THAT'S IT! THE BASTARD'S GOING DOWN TONIGHT!"
9 PM, Mahora City Bridge, Blackout
"I thought the fight was in secret!" "Do you expect a full-powered fight would go unnoticed?"
Evangeline and Chachamaru were standing on the bridge, facing Kuro on the other side. On the lines that hold the bridge, all teachers and students who are aware of magic were staying in safe distances, watching the fight going on.
Eva grunted, as Chachamaru prepared her energy-bullet guns. "Even if you're a mage, why do you think you can win against me, especially when you said you had a way to regain me my power? Even the full moon wouldn't help breaking the seal."
Kuro placed his left hand on his left katana's handle, as his right hand raised up and pointed to Eva. "Regaining power…"
Immediately, a surge of magic went to Eva's body, as she gasped in surprise of the power running through her… And within a minute, all of her power returned back.
"This…this feeling…" Unconsciously, the vampire floated up, as numerous bats swamped around her, completely covered her in darkness. Then, when the bats flew away, the Fear of Darkness, Dark Evangel, Doll Master, Maga Nosferatu, has returned. "Ah, my power… it's been a while." She then floated down, and pointed her finger at Kuro. "I suppose I have to thank you, boy. But, a duel is a duel, so I won't hold back, as you said it."
"Don't worry about it." Kuro calmly said, while pulling his katanas out. "Besides, I will take the power back, since it's mine after all."
That made the Shinso Vampire blink. "What?" "You heard me. The power you just gained is mine. I temporary gave you the right amount, no, even more, of magic back, so that you can fight with all you have."
"Headmaster Konoe…" He turned to see a worried Akashi-sensei. "You told us not to interfere, but…" "That's Kuro's desire actually. After this fight, the rumor of vampire attacks in Cherry Blossom Street will be over."
"Even when we're in the 'safe zones', they could have gone overboard…" "You don't have to worry about it, Sister Shakti." The anxious nun looked at Shizuna-sensei, who's having a small smile on her face. "Kuro knows what he's doing. He wouldn't let us be involved in this fight."
Negi held his staff in worry, as he asked: "Headmaster Konoe, would Kuro be okay?"
"Your power? Don't be foolish. I might have underestimated Bouya a bit, but I haven't sensed anything from you. Maybe a little bit of magic, but…" Kuro suddenly disappeared, and not letting Eva react, he reappeared right next to her and used his left katana's handle to hit the vampire to the stomach, sending her meters away. Upon sensing her opponent, Chachamaru turned her sniper to Kuro and fired, making him slide left and right to avoid the shots.
"Okay… I didn't expect that." Eva touched the part where she just got hit, and hissed. She then called out ice spears and started throwing them at Kuro, whose response was to dodge both their attacks. "Stay still!" She even had to use Nivis Casus and Crystallitatio Tellustris to affect the whole place, but Kuro always found his way out of the harmful attacks, either by teleporting or ice-skating through the barrages of shots. And during the fight, she noticed one odd thing: All he did after managing to dodge was standing still, and waiting for the attacks to come.
"Chachamaru, stop." The robot complied, as she rushed to her master's side. And again, Kuro just stood there, while examining the ice on the bridge. Evangeline could feel something very, VERY wrong about this, but she can't make it sense in her mind. 'Is… is he testing me? Or is he trying to drain me out before… How about this.' She then channeled: "Kenotetos astrapsato de temeto!" No reaction. "Dios Tukos!" The Vampire swung her arm down, creating a lighting attack hammering down to Kuro, making the area explode in thunder and smoke… And Kuro just flicked off dust off his coat.
Negi's mouth hung down, as he muttered: "He took the full hit, and he's still fine…" Then he asked Headmaster Konoe: "Sir, I thought Eva's specialty is ice?" "Yes, but that's a short spell to use. And it was used by Thousand Master before." "Used by… my father?"
"Tip number one, Eva." Kuro spoke, catching her attentions. "Never speak to an opponent, until you gain all of the details you need to know about that person." He then simply said: "Lightning Axe." Immediately Eva jumped to the side, just in time for an identical spell returned to their place, and it swiftly cut Chachamaru's right arm off.
That caught everyone off guards, as they never expected the new teacher just casted a spell he just met a few seconds before with much simpler words. Then, they heard Shizuna-sensei giggle. "As expected of Kuro."
Takamachi-sensei asked in surprise: "You knew he's going to do something like that?" "I think he's still playing around, Takamachi-sensei. If he's serious, he wouldn't even bother to call out the names of the spell, nonetheless chant it."
The vampire coughed, as the smoke was covering the whole place. 'Damn it. Now Chachamaru lost one of her arms. The bastard already counted ahead the possible ways to beat her. But, in the whole fight, I haven't used all of my power, so maybe…'
"Tip number two." Kuro appeared above her and sent four red energy waves down, forcing her to use Reflexio to block it, but the shield broke after the last hit, making her stagger a bit. Seeing the girl moving slightly off the position, Kuro immediately stabbed downward, creating a shockwave that knocked the girl far away more. "Don't attack first, unless you can prevent your opponent from countering back."
'Okay, that's it! I'm not going to be humiliated anymore!' "Magia Erebea!"
"Oh dear…" Headmaster Konoe's sweat started running on his forehead, the same with the others. Negi, confused, asked him: "What is that?" "You… will see…"
An ice sphere covered the whole bridge, as everyone has to fly up to avoid being frozen in the ice. When they looked down, they saw the change of Dark Evangel. UQ Holder's Magia Erebea appearance. Negi gasped in surprise: "So this is the legendary Vampire…"
"Didn't think you would use this against me, Kitty." Kuro floated lazily in the air, completely unfazed by the sight. Upon hearing the nickname, the evil witch snapped. "YOU! Today will be the day you die! Ice Saber Rondo!" Numerous rotating ice blades were aimed at the assistant, and he just deflected all of them with no problems with his katanas.
Now, to this point, the Dark Evangel finally recognized it: 'He NEVER treated this fight as a serious one! To him, I'm just a doll, being easily pulled by the strings. Well, if you want that, let's see how well you are in close combat!' Still having the ice element, she flew straight to Kuro and delivered a right hook right at his chin, only to be blocked by his now free left hand. 'Figures...' "Hehehe…" 'Huh?' She saw Kuro not holding any of his katanas, and he's… smiling? From the beginning, he didn't smile once, then why… "Now you're speaking MY LANGUAGE!" She then got punched away again, but this time, Kuro followed up by a flying kick to the same target, but Eva managed to evade away, causing Kuro to slam into the ice floor, creating a big crack to the surface. Eva, for the first time, grimaced at the damage that boy just did: the crack was easily as big as half the bridge's surface, and if that hit her… Then, she noticed a strange thing on her, and put her hand on her face and realized:
She's smiling. For a long time after that Springfield sealed her here… she's smiling, because of the thrill of the battle between her and the new assistant. And there's one more thing: She didn't feel the need to drink blood, at least not now…
"Ha…haha… HAHAHA! So THAT'S your plan! Alright boy, if you want me to stop attacking people, then show me all you got!" "Heard you loud and clear!" Kuro then made an uppercut from the ground and headed right to Eva, who just dodged and delivered a kick to Kuro's back, sending him away a bit. Regaining balance, Kuro sent a quick cross punch, and from there, the two started exchanging punches and kicks, neither bothered to even attempt to block hits, since some of the strikes just hit each other. Then, with one last hit to each other's face, they separated for a moment, before their right hands lightened up and created fire/ice sword, and started slashing, explosions appeared anywhere they moved to. Neither cared about what the audience was thinking, all they knew now, the fight will last in their minds for a long time.
The audience are dumbfounded at the scene before them, as the ice started melting away, but Kuro and the Dark Evangel had no signs of stopping soon. Negi turned a bit fearful, as he asked Shizuna-sensei: "You knew Kuro-sensei, right? Can you tell us what we should do now?"
The teacher focused at the fight, and she could see the smiles on their faces. "Hm…I suggest…not doing anything now. Let them calm down first."
Headmaster then noticed Chachamaru floating to them with her sliced arm carried by her fine arm. "Miss Karakuri, do you know how to fix it?" "I will ask miss Chao or miss Hakase to do so. But more importantly…" "Let them be. I think Kuro's plan just grew fruit now." "What made you say so, Shizuna-sensei?" "I just knew it."
After half an hour
"Ha…ha…" "Have enough, Eva-chan?" "I… I guess so…" The girl's now lying on the bridge, breathing heavily as the power slowly slipped away and returned to its owner, who's sitting next to her. "So you have that much power under your sleeves, boy. And yet you're able to hide away everything. I'm impressed." "Don't call me boy, please. At least call me Kuro. And I'm older than even the Headmaster." "Still younger than me, b…Kuro."
"So, what was your plan, Kuro?" Everyone has gathered around the two, as the one asking the question was Shizuna. Kuro explained: "I know Eva is not evil, but letting her suck blood from unwillingly people is not good either, and the full moon made the matter worse. So I decided to convert her bloodlust into another type, the lust for fighting." "And that's definitely easier to deal with… I see."
Eva then asked: "Then what's that build-up from before?" "That… you caught me right in wrong times, so I really wasn't in the right mood to deal with. Luckily that battle lust helped me as well." "Two birds with one stone, huh? I can get behind that."
Takamachi: "So, what now?" Kuro looked at Eva's face, and asked back: "Can you stop attacking people now?" "Depends. If you can create fights like this…" "Well, I don't like pulling the whole school staffs here, so maybe… How about a compensation?"
With that, she sat up and looked at the assistant, who has lowered the collar down a bit. Everyone was a bit alarmed, with Headmaster voiced everyone's concern: "Wait a second, Kuro. I thought…" "I did deny her needs twice in a row, so I think she deserved to at least have her hunger sated."
Eva turned away in hesitation this time. "I'm fine now, so…" "I insist. Besides, maybe you can try to find out if your Darkness can stay alongside with my Holy side."
"HOLY SIDE?" Sister Shakti shouted in surprise. "You are not human?"
"You mean the white part of your transformation?" The Headmaster said, as everyone looked at him for the answer. "I saw him falling down from the sky with his transformation. By the way, can you explain how you can give miss Evangeline while still being able to fight her with full strength?"
"I didn't even use my full strength." Kuro just nonchalantly said, causing everyone's eyes to turn into O in confusion. "Eva-chan, if you gain full strength, your own power, then how much destruction you can create before you get depleted? No resistance, I have to add." "Hmm… let me remember… a few cities like Kyoto before I stopped to replenish my power."
Kuro nodded, and lifted his left palm up, as a hologram of some kind of planet appeared. Everyone leaned closer to see the detail, but then Kuro closed his palm, and the planet disappeared. The others didn't really understand why he did it, but Shizuna's face turned dark. "You did it…" "I'm sorry Shizuna. But to ease your fear, there were no more survivors, and many had been teleported away, or some were cases like yours." "I know, but it's not easy to imagine it."
"Chu." Deciding it's irrelevant, Eva bit on Kuro's right neck and drank some of his blood. "Hmm, not bad. But I don't feel anything different." "Probably because it's still at night. Alright everyone, the show's over! Let's return to our home and call it a day!" He suddenly stood up, and with the bite wound closed, sued everyone out and walked back to the dormitory.
…
"Well!" Shizuna clapped her hands together, her expression has returned to normal. "Like he said, the problem is over! Let's return back..."
"I forgot one thing." Kuro turned back and started connecting Chachamaru's arm back to normal. "Sorry for the sudden cut. Had to do so in order to make the plan work." "It's okay Kuro-sensei." He nodded, and this time he teleported away.
"Wow…" Negi was still awed at everything. Then, he asked Eva: "Can you return back to your place, or…" "I can take care of myself, Bouya. Chachamaru, let's return." "Yes, my mistress." The loli vampire floated up with Chachamaru and flew away. Everyone looked dumbfound a bit, then decided to follow their examples…
Only for Takamachi to ask a crucial question: "Wait, what about the bridge?"
Nora: "Yeah, what happened to the bridge?" "A half of hour later I remembered about the bridge being destroyed during our fight, so I returned there to fix it."
Ozpin: "Now I have to ask this one before I forgot: How did the girl manage to get into your room in the morning?" "Maybe it's because I wasn't the one who confirmed that the door was locked, I was unconscious during that point."
Glynda: "What happened to the Vampire after that?" "Nothing much." "So there's something." "Yeah, but that's for the next chapter, at least."
Blake: "What about the request you asked Compa?" "... *T.T* My favorite pudding..."
Yang: "*Laugh* In one month? That's harsh." "It was. *T.T*"
Ruby: "Is there anything more worth to notice... Right! Who was Shizuka?" "That remained to be in the next chapter..."