Sorry for the long wait guys. Chapter 13 is out for you to read now!

From now on, I won't add RWBY's comments anymore, since it's not going out too well. This will be pure story around Kuro and Negi dealing with the world's problems.

With that out of the way, enjoy the new chapter!

Clear ground, 3rd person POV

"Okay, you all ready?" Kuro clapped his hands together and asked everyone. After the day, the group has chosen another isolated clear ground so nobody would accidentally stumble into them while they're practicing magic.

And of course, he's not going to be the main one. Eva was. "First, Setsuna, repress your Ki. Ki and Magic could mix and cause problems if you have no practice with it."

"All...right, Evangeline." The girl complied.

"Next, you." Eva ordered Kuro next. "Turn off your protecting shield. I need to know if the boy could take all punishments."

Kuro just shrugged, causing her to iritate just a little bit. Then she said: "Negi, activate your contracts. All four of them."

Negi nodded, and he pulled out all the cards. "Invoke the contract for 180 seconds! Ministra Negi Konoe Konoka! Miyazaki Nodoka! Kagurazaka Asuna! Sakurazaki Setsuna!"

A burst of energy went through the Pactio participants, causing them to feel a little ticklish. And Konoka commented on that: "It tickles..." Which earned nods of agreement.

Though, Negi definitely felt a sudden drop in his inner energy. Kuro obviously saw and felt that as well, but he didn't say anything.

Eva continued: "Now, expand the anti-material shield onto everyone at full power, then the anti-magic shield!"

Asuna turned to Negi, to see the boy trying his best to follow the orders. But she could see the little fatigue on his face. Though, it's a training, so she couldn't say anything.

During the time Negi's holding the shield up, Eva asked Kuro: "Can you make a barrier?"

"Already done that when we're in here. But the ones who's aware of magic could still feel the force." Kuro answered.

Eva nodded. "That isn't much of a problem." And about three minutes, Eva ordered: "Now, fire 199 magic arrows into the sky to the North. Kuro's barrier could withstand that thing."

Kuro smirked. "If it's not?" Eva glared at him. Kuro immediately replied: "Just a joke, okay? But, a question, why 199 and not..."

"199 Spirits of Light! Gather unto me and strike at my enemy!" And with that, 199 arrows were fired off, collided into the barrier and created a massive explosion.

Everyone watched in awe as the spare energy created light with all sorts of colour in the air. Kuro observed it and commented: "That's a nice firework alright." He turned to Negi to see him leaning to his staff exhaustion. "You okay there, Negi?"

"I... am fine. Just a bit tired." Negi said through his heavy breathes.

Eva thought to herself: 'Still had a little energy left. Must be because he had trained with Kuro a bit before.' She then ordered: "How about..."

"A quick check first, Eva." Kuro interrupted him. "His poll of energy is almost depleted. Can't push him further."

Eva glared at him again. "This is MY training, Kuro. Don't interfere."

Kuro countered: "But he's not near invincible like us. He's currently having limits that we need to break through, but not in one shot."

Eva: "He got that because he didn't prepare enough. He should have known more when he asked me to be his master. I'm not going to show him mercy and get by with sloppy trainings!" Then she pointed her finger to the young teacher. "Listen here, boy! Excuses and tears won't work on me! Every complain will guarantee your blood to be drunk to the last drop! Don't forget it!"

"I will follow you until the end! I'm counting on you, Evangeline!" The loud exclaim from Negi made Eva sway a bit, and Kuro chuckled when he saw her reaction.

After the quick recover, Kuro said: "I think that's a little limit-pushing there. You are going to go through that a lot, but you're going to get stronger in no time."

Negi nodded. Eva then said: "Alright. Do that again for a few times, but each time increase the number of arrows by thirty! Don't you dare slack off!"

Kuro just chuckled at Eva's a little enthusiasm after Negi's answer to her. Then Clem nudged him. "What is it, Clem?"

She pointed to a direction. He gathered his power into the left eye and looked far away... he narrowed his eyes. "It's time, huh?"

"What should we do, Granddad?" Yami whispered.

"Nothing. Negi needs to face him." Kuro whispered back.

Chachamaru overheard their conversation and she went to them. "What are you two talking about?"

Kuro whispered into her ears. "The wolf boy from before is heading here. But don't tell it to Negi or anyone."

She looked at Eva briefly. "But..."

"Oh, you can tell her, but in privacy." She nodded. At least she didn't have to disobey her master.

"Hey, Kuro!" Kuro looked at Eva, who showed her Pactio card with him. "Can you determine what ability this card gained for me?"

The assistant raised his eyebrow in curiosity. "I thought you would find out instantly."

Eva shook her head. "All it gained me is that weird outfit with two flying orbs."

"...What? I thought you would be smarter than that."

Eva blushed at his bluntless in embarrassment. "This is the first time I did so, okay?"

Kuro chuckled and took the card from her hand and observed. True to her words, she's in her adult form, wearing a suit that's similar to Next Black with Next White's color theme. While the wings weren't there, two floating orbs were next to her, though those designs were too hard to recognize what it could do.

Kuro rubbed his chin. "Have to admit, that's kind of hard to define."

Eva: "There are words on the orbs but I don't know where it was from."

"Hmm... how about you use it and I will try to translate it?" She nodded and received the card back. Then with a loud 'Adeat!', the card shone and covered Eva in light. Everyone stopped their activities to watch as Eva reappeared in her adult form, with those orbs with her. And the major of the girls were a bit jealous of that form of the vampire.

Kuro grabbed one of the orbs and observed it. Aside from some lines that made it look like mechanical, there was a tiny line of words on it, but he had to say that it's not something he's familiar with. "Well, one thing for certain that I don't know what language it is... let's cheat a bit."

He activated his 'Language Translation' Passive in his body so he could read it. And he started translating: "Time runs by itself, but it's easy to be stopped by the others." Immediately he grabbed the other and read: "Space changes constantly, but also stands still."

Eva sounded disappointed. "I thought it would be a sort of philosophy quote or something."

Kuro: "My problem is the language though. It looks quite ancient, but the way it spells, it sounds like from an advanced timeline... Wait... maybe..." He then pulled his phone out and took pictures of those lines, and he started tapping rapidly. The orbs floated back next to Eva, as she crossed her hands waiting for him to finish. After three minutes, he smacked his hand to his face. "No wonder..."

Yue asked: "What did you find?"

Kuro: "Turned out... the orbs Eva is having were Chao's friends' prototype researches. Those two can freeze time and space for a duration. She said both of them went missing after a failed experiment..."

Eva pinched her nose bridge. "That's it? I am a little bit..."

"But that's a strange thing." The vampire stopped her complain after hearing Kuro continuing his talk. "With a powerful being like Eva, she could have much more powerful stuffs, like a rewrite item or so..."

"But you said before that..." Yue gave out her theory. "... the Pactio needs some requirements to reach its full potentials, right? Could it be possible that there's something missing?"

Kuro blinked at Yue's words. "I... never said that."

"I did. But not to her." All turned their heads to a nearby rock to see T.O sitting there. "Just after when you stopped the conversation. Anyway, probably because you were unconscious, and Eva just stabbed you before, your relationship wasn't... good enough to make a good contract. I think that, like the case with Negi and Asuna, after you know more of each other, the Pactio will become more powerful."

Everyone took a moment to think about that answer... and then Kuro pulled out his sword and slashed T.O, who just disappeared in time. Kuro then groaned. "Does it have to come that way?"

Negi then asked: "So what exactly could Eva's artifacts do, Kuro?"

Kuro: "Freeze time and space... at least, if this one is the prototype. But I really doubt it."

Eva: "Then I will activate it..." Without further waiting, she grabbed both of the orbs...

And everything stopped around her. Not even the one who's supposed to surpass her in power moved...

"More like I let my body take the effect." Eva, not really surprised, turned to her left to see a ghostly Kuro flying off the body. "Yep, it works just like we predicted, but that's a total disappointment."

Eva: "Hate to admit, but I agree with you."

Kuro looked at his body again, then suggested: "Hey Eva. Can you... try to deactivate the effect on ONE body?"

Eva: "What was the point? I could just freeze everything..."

"What if that artifact could freeze everything BUT allies?" Eva stopped her words and thought about it...

Then, Kuro's body collapsed to the ground, causing the ghost to wince. "Ouch. Should have thought about that."

Eva: "...so is it normal?"

Kuro asked back while possessing into his body: "Whaf? Me falling face-first on the floor?"

Eva: "That's not what I ask, but you can answer. I am talking about allies not being effected by the others' spells."

Kuro: "Well, that's game logic for you. I think you can deactivate it now."

A few seconds later everyone can move again. Negi, knowing about time stuffs, asked: "Did you find something, Eva? Kuro?"

Kuro: "Seems like she could pick WHOM to freeze. Don't know if that affected people's mind, but I don't look forward to it. Messing someone's mind is not something I like to do."

Eva crossed her arms in annoyance. "There is a 'but' behind it."

Kuro shrugged. "Always. Anyway, let's continue your training, Negi. Eva, take the lead."

A few hours later

"That went better than I thought." Kuro commented after the training.

"Well, Negi is a talented boy. Being a teacher of older girls proved it." Clem said in excitement.

"Yeah, I know." Suddenly Kuro raised his fingers up and started counting. "10...9..."

"Um... Dada, what are you doing?" Clem asked in confusion. By the way, the two were a bit further from the rest and their backs have turned to them.

"8...7... you will see...6...5..."

Suddenly heard shouting, Clem turned back to see Negi and Asuna shouting to each other. "Dada..."

"Just wait Clem. 3... 2... 1..."

"You JERK!" Despite having the barrier up, Negi was still swung away by the hit coming from a very angry Asuna's fan swing. Then, the girl ran away in embarrassment while shouting angrily.

"Zero. Yep, it just had to happen."

"And you don't bother to stop it."

"Not this time, Eva. Let them do their own things. I'm heading home now, if you need something, just call."

A week later, under the rain, nighttime

"Is everything in place?" The old man asked out loud.

"All according to plans. He won't interfere." The woman next to him spoke.

"I am a bit surprised that you would let this happen..."

"Something shouldn't be changed. You are not planning to kill, so we will let this pass... but if you change your mind midway..."

"I wouldn't dare to oppose The Queen of Anhihilation, would I?"

"You know your place, and that's enough. Carry on your plans."

A few moments later

"Dada, I found those girls sneaking in the vents." Kuro took his eyes of the papers he's reading, and he turned back to Clem who just walked into the room. And he saw her holding three nylon bags, each containing a blob of blue slime. And they looked like they're fearing for their lives.

Kuro asked his granddaughter: "Did you scare them?"

Clem: "I didn't..."

Yami: "Your face was like you're going to eat them..."

Clem blushed. "I just want to hug them. Anyway Dada, why are they here? I don't remember seeing slime community around here."

Kuro turned back to his work. "Ah, them? They are planning to kidnap the girls."

Yami grinned, making the slime girls shiver. "So I can dispose them?"

What he answered surprised all the girls. "Let them do their works."

Though, both Clem and Yami understood why. Clem asked: "Is this some kinds of test?"

Kuro: "In our view. Slime girls, I will let you do your work. But remember..." His Aura turned dark, making the slime girls want to run away in fear. "If I find out you hurt the girls in any ways... even being sucked into that bottle again won't save you from my wrath. That goes to Wilhelm as well. You understand?"

That earned him nods of fear. Clem then opened the door and dropped the slime girls out. Before they went, Clem said: "Don't hurt the girls. Or Dada will be mad." Remembering about the deadly Aura, they nodded quickly for evading out of the scene.

Clem closed the door, walked in and asked Kuro: "So this is a critical event, Dada?"

Kuro: "It is. Clem, if Negi asked for your help, help them. But not directly. You will understand."

Yami: "You know he would enter this room and ask for you immediately."

Kuro put his pen down and stood up. "That's why I need you to tell him that I'm in Eva's resort. Interfering with things like this is going to mess the future. I hope you can deal with this by yourself." And with a flick of fingers, he was gone.

Yami sighed in Clem's mind. "I know I'm not the right person to say this, but Granddad's plans sometimes go horribly wrong."

Clem: "Like when we walked right into the room when he and aunt Charlotte..."

Yami blushed immediately. "Don't bring that up! And why aren't you embarrassed by that?"

Clem: "We are from Gamindustri, remember? Things like that would happen everyday to everyone."

The red on Yami's face was still there. "I don't know why you need me if you already knew stuffs like that..."

Clem tilted her head. "I still need you in being Bad Cop, right?"

Yami facepalmed.

The University Festival Stage

"What did you mean?" Wilhelm asked in surprise.

"It is like we said." Suramui shivered. "That man gave out the same Aura as the Queen of Anhihilation."

"And he DID know our plans, but he still let us go. With that warning." Purin continued. Even with a stoic face, Wilheim could see that the slime girl was troubled as well.

'I did tell you, didn't I?' The voice of Queen of Anhihilation echoed in their minds. 'If you are sucked in after succession, I will consider letting you out.'

"Don't bother." Wilhelm held his hat so it won't fly off due to the strong wind. "We are mercenaries. We will face the risks by ourselves."

'Very well. Good luck.' And with that the Queen of Anhihilation cut their connection.

"Can we even trust that woman?" Ameko asked in wonder.

"That woman was an ally of Ala Rubra, but perhaps she was the most mysterious one in that group." Not even the other mage of the team, Albireo Imma, could reach to that woman's level. Aside from the name everyone kept calling her after her feats, nobody knew who she was and where she was from, except maybe the team itself. The ones who could have known her identity were The Thousand Master and The Thousand Blades, but they turned silence about it. Many missions taken by her were all suicide missions, the ones that could guarantee death, and yet she returned with no single scratch. People would say that she's ultimately untouchable, and immortal as well considering she didn't seem to age at all.

But, being one of the High Rank demons, he knew it better. That woman was human, and she had gone through something that, not even the strongest demons would like to face. The amount of energy inside that woman had to surpass even the Dark Evangel if she could use magic in the Cerberus Canyon, a place where your magic was supposed to be locked away. And what she did to the monsters in there further nailed the title to the woman. Some demons have taken some interests to her, and most of them tried to abduct her, only to be toyed with then killed. Though, the ones who was just curious, they actually came back with minor scratches, or even got stronger for some reasons. They even tried to ask her to be a high rank in Demon Realm, but decline was always the answer.

But, while she earned respect from many, she also gained haters, the majority was actually the humanity itself. She was still having her bounty constantly raising through time, and yet she was still walking around like nothing happened. Even when assassins were sent to kill her, she could just knock them off while enjoying her drink in her favourite bar. To her, Death was the last thing she had to care about.

"Nevertheless..." Wilhelm continued. "We got the girls here. Let's wait for them to come..."

Amee asked: "What about that girl?"

Wilhelm asked again: "The one captured you?" Nods. "...Do you think she's powerful?"

Pudding: "Not in pure combat. But it could be her hiding it, like the man."

Wilhelm thought about it... and said: "I suspect she would be just like the boys. At least for now. If she comes with them, we will fight her as well. No holding back."

Moment later...

"KURO! SOMEONE HAS KIDNAPPED OUR STUDENTS!" Nearly pushing the door out of its frame, Negi and Kotarou rushed into the room looking for the person in statement, only to find the granddaughter of said one sitting in the kotatsu enjoying a cup of pudding. "Clem! Where is Kuro-sensei?"

"Dada is at Eva's place now. What do you need from him?"

Kotarou, however, was getting a similar feeling from the girl. "Wait a second, wasn't you bigger when we last met?"

Negi, a little distracted, said back: "She is like that..." Then he remembered the other one. "Oh right. No, this one is the different one. Her name is Clementine, and to put it simple, she is the daughter of the twin of the one you fought before."

Not letting that go further, Yami took over and asked: "You said about the girls being kidnapped. Do you know where they are now?"

Hearing the shift in tone, Negi answered: "That man said about keeping them somewhere around World Tree."

"I see." Yami grabbed the controller and turned on the TV. Then she started scanning through The Observers' cameras... "There, in the University's area."

Negi nodded gratefully. Then Kotarou asked: "Um, you can fight right? How about you go with us and rescues the older sisters?"

Yami shrugged. "Sure. Dada would want me to..."

"But I want you to stay."

Kotarou immediately shouted to the face of the person who said that: "Are you kidding, Negi? She would be a great help..."

"I know she is." Negi interrupted. "But..." He looked straight at Yami's eyes. "You and Kuro already predicted this to happen. That's why you didn't act surprised when you saw us bursting in."

Seeing there was no point in lying, Yami nodded. "Yes. You are correct. However, Granddad did say I could help you, so..."

"And I appreciate it. But... Kuro knew something, and he wanted me to find it out myself. Thanks for your offer, but only Kotarou and I will go." Negi the grabbed Kotarou's shoulder and pulled him out of the room. "Let's go. We have little time to save them."

Yami watched the wolf boy trying to call back for her help before the door closed, then heard the sound of Negi's staff flying away. She then changed back into Clem, who spoke after that: "Negi grew up faster than we thought..."

'With our helps, that's easy to understand.' Kuro spoke through telepathy.

"Though, what will happen next?"

'Let it be its way. And I have told Mina to hold off Rom and Ram, so they won't be in the scene.'

Yami: "I thought the slime girls would go after them as well?"

'They're at Mina's place. They couldn't find them here.'

Clem suddenly asked: "Are you doing something to Eva?"

'... Clem, what was that you just asked?'

"You know, forgetting to lock the door..."

'... For you question, no. I am checking on Chachamaru's system. Looks like the energy converter works, and now we're moving to the heat radiator. We're planning to turn it into breathing system, so that she could change her hair however she wants.'

Yami: "Then what's the nibbling sound we're hearing?"

'... *Silence* ... Eva, what are you doing?'

'Hey, I need to replenish some of my magic back, okay? And you did say I could suck you off.' Both of them could heard the loli vampire talking, but it seems she was not aware that she's being heard through the telepathy.

"... um, you two have fun. And be careful of aunt Charlotte, okay?"

'HEY WAIT! THAT'S NOT...' The duo decided to end the telepathy instantly.

... Clem and Yami the giggled madly. Clem said first: "I know it's nothing, but without context..."

Yami: "We just have to wait for another beat down on Granddad. Now, back to the main event sir Creator."

In the flight

"What the hell were you thinking? I know she's a girl, but denying the willing help like that is not what a man would do!" Kotarou started 'lecturing' Negi about the previous situation.

Negi wasn't swayed a bit because of his partner's accusation. "I know that you are a bit mad. But, the reason is not that she can't help much, but because she and Kuro could have done everything without us interfering."

"Then why..."

"Did you remember the time we were in Kyoto? If he did everything, then we can't be like we are now. He knew everything, but he wants us to be stronger after events and events. We may judge his actions as bad ones, but we understand why he did so."

That created a silence between the two... then, Kotarou asked: "Did he count me as well?"

"Yes, he did. He also wanted you to join us as well, so you could find worthy opponents in safer ways, instead of joining people like Chigusa."

"That sounds... like a good deal. So you have trained after your trip to Kyoto?"

"With the help of Kuro and Eva."

"What's with this Kuro guy? Is he that strong?"

"Umm... he blasted off a universe by himself."

"... First of all, there are another universe out there?"

"Yes. Even before he came to Mahora."

"And second... JUST WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE IS THAT HE COULD DO THAT?" That little outburst nearly made Negi lose his balance, causing both of them (and Chamo as well) to panic for a few seconds.

The stage

"They are coming." After a 'fun conversation' with Asuna, Wilhelm turned serious as he could feel the son of Thousand Master and the run-away wolf Youkai flying towards them. "Like I said before, I will let you all go after we're done with him. It's not pity or so, but because we have greater risk on our back if you are hurt."

Asuna grunted. "And I bet that's someone like Kuro-sensei."

"We will see about that." Wind Arrows flew right at Wilhelm, but with the help of the pendant on Asuna's neck, he blocked them with no problems, though that drained the girl's energy and caused her to whine a bit in pain.

After landing, Negi immediately shouted: "We are here now! Let go of my students! They are not involved in this!" Then he noticed Asuna's revealing outfit. "Did he do pervert things to you, Asuna?"

"DID YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT UP? AND NO!" The girl immediately shouted back in embarrassment.

"NEGI-SENSEI!" The captured girls shouted in happiness that their teacher has come to save them... though, they were a bit disappointed that they didn't see the other one. But then they recognized the boy standing side-by-side with Negi.

Negi focused back to the old man. "Who are you? Why did you kidnap them? What happened between us didn't have them involved at any circumstances."

The man apologized: "Sorry for the rude acts Negi, but if I didn't do so, you won't fight with your full potential. I have told the girls, and I won't break it: I will let them go once you defeat me. That's all."

Negi narrowed his eyes and thought about the offer. But his thought was interrupted as Kotarou shouted: "Really? That's it? It's so easy!" But when Kotarou stepped forward, Negi put his staff before the wolf's chest to stop him. The boy growled and turned to Negi: "Hey, what gives?"

"This person is not easy to deal with."

Kotarou thought he was talking about him being defeated. "Hey! That was just me being careless..."

"I doubt it's careless alone, Kotarou. Look at his stance." Kotarou stopped looking at the teacher and focused on the opponent. "He's relaxing right now, but he still has his guard up. I can't see a potential blind spot on him."

Wilhelm was a little surprised that Negi has been so observant, despite being still in young age. But: 'I want you to take care of the kid teacher, and the assistant with him. Be aware, he could defeat me before, and there's a chance he already knew when you would arrive.' That's what the client told him... Then the one the girls met must be the assistant... He was definitely someone to look out...

Though, he didn't show it on his face. "For a young boy, you have quite keen eyes. Let's see how much you grow up after that event." He then snapped his fingers.

Negi was immediately alarmed because of that gesture. Then he felt something crawling on his legs, and he looked down to see a slime girl locking his and Kotarou's legs. He tried to move but the grip was too hard. Then, he had a tick of second to recognize two other slime girls jumping on them, and he could only cross his arms before him to block most of the damage the kicks could give him, but they sent both him and Kotarou crossing the stage and crashing into a row of benches.

While the slime girls attacked the boy, Wilhelm recalled the last moment. 'Negi managed to recognize the threat instantly and reacted fast enough to reduce most of the damage. Whoever training him is doing a good work.'

Eva's cottage

"What do you think?"

"Still amateur. He could have avoided the grab sooner."

Kuro, Eva, Chachamaru and Chachazero were watching the fight through one of the Observers' cameras. So far, Kuro was satisfied that Negi has improved further than he thought, while Eva didn't show it directly on her face.

Kuro smirked. "I think I have snapped too many times, it could give him traumatize."

"That's just a way to give away that you're about to attack."

"But they could never know what kind of attacks await them. That's the point."

"Still, not very effective if it's against people like me."

"True. But it improves his awareness. That's what I aim to."

"But, you're not going to directly help them?"

"No reasons. They could fight him themselves."

The fight

'They are way slower than Kuro.' Negi thought. Right now he's deflecting all the hits with no problems, with Kotarou helping him as well. Then, with a strong hit, they sent the slime girls far away. Then they rushed to Wilhelm, with the slime girls immediately on their back. Kotarou stood back and fought them, much to Wilhelm's surprise, as Negi fired a Light Arrow towards him, but it was blocked by the old man's raising hand. 'Just like when I trained with Kuro, he always blocks it somehow.' While Wilhelm was still not aware, Negi rushed behind him and raised the Demon-Sealing Bottle to seal him... but the pendant acted up again, draining the power inside Asuna and broke the spell, much to Negi's surprise. 'No way...'

"So it succeeds." Wilhelm stopped standing still. "I won't hold back anymore. Prepare yourself, Negi Springfield, it will be the hardest fight you have faced till now." He then leaned his body forward a bit...

'An attack from behind!' Negi predicted the move, and managed to dodge the Demon Punch from behind delivered by Wilhelm.

Kotarou also dodged it, then grinned: "So now you're getting serious, old man? Bring it on!" As the respond, Wilhelm sent a valley of energy shots towards the two, making them block/dodge the hits as best as they could.

After regrouping, Negi warned Kotarou: "The bottle is not working anymore. He must have drained Asuna's power and used it to counter the bottle. Kuro told us about her power before, being able to nullify magic to an extreme extense."

Wilhelm temporarily stopped his attacks and said: "That friend of yours must have known a lot. Yes, that's her power, and it's called Magic Neutralization. But why is it possessed by a mere mortal girl, I wonder?"

Negi gripped his staff harder. It's true Kuro has warned him during the training, but he never went further than announcing it. Then he noticed Chamo jumping off his head, but when he saw him sneaking around, he immediately knew his friend had a plan, and he's going to give him time to do it.

His focus returned to Wilhelm, who's preparing a punch. "With your spells unusable, let's settle this up with our fists!"

Chachamaru: "Will everyone be okay?"

Kuro: "I'm sure of it. Without us heading in, they would still do fine... until a point that I'm trying to avoid a bit."

"You disappoint me, Negi." Wilhelm commented after he has knocked the boys to the ground. While Negi's trying to stand up, he continued: "Your attacks were powerful, but not enough to slow me down. And I can feel you pulling your punches. Don't you care about your students?"

"I do." Negi leaned on his staff before standing straight up. "I always care for my students. However, I have my own reasons for holding back."

'WHY IS HE HOLDING BACK?' That's all the girls' thought at that moment.

Wilhelm got surprised and decided to ask: "Oh, and they are?"

"First. Why did Kuro allow this to happen?" That immediately made everything seem to stop moving, except the rain. "With our students being in danger, he could just end everything before it even started." He exhaled then continued: "Second, it's his lessons. One of them is to NEVER use full force until you know who you are dealing with. And third, the most important one." He then pointed his index finger towards Wilhelm. "You must have been someone in my past. Or precisely... from the event happened six years ago to my village."

Only the sounds of dropping rain can be heard, as anyone was too stunned by what the young teacher just said. Then, Wilhelm started laughing, his voice echoing in the air and startling the girls. Then he asked: "What kind of paranoid teacher do you have there, Negi Springfield? But since you found out..." Wilhelm put his hat down and revealed his true face to everyone. "Yes. I was one of the few High Rank Demons that attacked your village, and I was about to petrify you too if that Magister and the girl sealed me in the bottle." He then put the hat back on his head and changed his head back to his human form. "So, the truth's out. You want to fight with all you currently have now?"

Negi closed his eyes and inhaled, holding his feelings back. Kotarou was a bit anxious, as he asked loudly: "Hey, Negi! Don't tell me you got scared after that?"

Negi exhaled and shook his head. Then, much to everyone's surprise, he bowed to Wilhelm. "Thanks for making the fight easier, mister Wilhelm."

Wilhelm asked back in confusion: "Why are you..." In a second, Negi was already before him, and delivered a Lightning-enchanted punch to the demon's chin, sending him flying to the air. Then, with a quick transition, he appeared right behind the front-blocking Wilhelm, and kicked him at the back and sent him crashing into multiple benches.

Landing on the ground next to Asuna and pulling the pendant away, he asked the girl: "You okay, Asuna? Did it hurt much?"

Asuna shook her head. "Not much...though..." She immediately kicked him to the arm, causing him to jump back in surprise. "WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT BAKA'S EVERY WORD, YOU SIMPLE-MINDED BRAT!"

Negi was childishly offended as he shouted back: "Hey! He's a great teacher! He knew more than us, remember?"

"And that would be truth, I have to say so myself." The two and Kotarou turned to where Wilhelm landed. "That enchanted spell was very powerful. And the quick transition and the fake-out..."

"Kuro has pointed out her flaw in power in my training." Negi explained. "Her Magic Nullification, it sounded very strong on paper, but it couldn't block everything that's not projectiles, passive spells, buffs or unexpected spells. The ones I used were the third case, so it couldn't protect you. Now..." Negi put her staff on his back, and prepared himself. "Kotarou, the pendant is out, so he won't be able to use Asuna's power anymore. Let us settle this problem, then we can talk later."

Seeing the boy he has fought before has turned stronger, Kotarou laughed in satisfaction, then prepared himself as well. "Now that's a man I was looking for, Negi! Let's finish this!"

Wilhelm stood up and prepared his punches. "This has turned into an interesting point. Negi, Kotarou, show me what you got!"

Kuro smiled. "He passed. Let us go to the scene, Eva."

Eva: "I'm not going to cheer him up."

Kuro: "I need to talk to a certain someone there. The fight would be over when we reach them."

Moment later...

"You have won." Wilhelm laid on the ground defeated. The slime girls have been sealed after the girls have bursted out of their prison. "Are you going to finish me off, Negi?"

The boy shook his head. "I have no reason to kill. True, you kidnapped my students to fight me, but in the end you kept your promises to not hurt them. You are bad, but you are not evil."

Wilhelm winked and smiled: "Oh you are a bit wrong, I am evil."

"If you are one, then why not killing people instead of petrifying them?" Everyone turned to the voice and prepared to fight against the person who said that. But, when they saw this one's identity... "It's like when people judged me, after all..."

The ones who saw this person's appearance before were too shocked to speak a word. Then, Negi managed to find a few words: "You... you are..."

"Ah, The Queen of Annihilation." The demon called out the title of the woman. "Coming here to give a last goodbye?"

"Maybe she wants to talk to me." Kuro and Eva appeared to the scene, surprising everyone again. "Am I right, The Queen of Annihilation?"

"You are half-correct." The woman then raised her right hand up, and the Demon-Sealing Bottle floated out of Negi's hand, and then released the Slime girls out. "Me being here has raised a lot of questions in your mind. I'm sure of it."

Kuro crossed his arms before his chest and said: "Definitely... My future self."

The woman smiled, and transformed into the assistant himself. Her voice has turned to his as well. "Though, don't ask questions about critical events."

Kuro shrugged. "I already have a few answers already." Then he turned to Wilhelm and saw his surprised face. "Yes, I knew everything. That's why I didn't intervene. And The Queen of Annihilation was me travelling to the past and turning into my female version and being active till now." Then he looked up to his future self, who turned back into QoA. "Having a little derail back to mundane world?"

"Something along the line. Take care of your future, Kuro." The QoA then disappeared with no further words.

Kuro gazed back to Welhelm and saw him starting fading with the Slime girls. "Don't cross our paths in the future. You can visit us though."

Wilhelm laughed one last time. "So that's the true face of QoA. The Demons back there are going to have one hell of a migrain! HAHAHAHA!" His laugh echoed even after he has disappeared along with his companions.

Kuro chuckled. "Demons." Then he felt the glares from everyone. "I'm going to explain, don't worry about..."

"BAKA KURO!"

Chapter 13 end!

Yeah, I'm skipping events that feels like fan-service ones, but not all so don't worry. Though I could create one, just like what Eva did to Kuro ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

If you think Negi has learnt too quickly, then you're a bit wrong. Kuro only taught about fighting strategies, not strength training. That's Eva's works. That's why he could give Wilhelm surprise, but not dealing enough damage to harm him.

The next ones will be around the Festival Arc. And this will be the time of massive collision into Negima world. See you again in the future chapters!