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"THE SEVENTY EIGHTH MAHORA FESTIVAL OFFICIALLY BEGINS!"
"Wow, that's loud." Kuro comments, as he's sitting next to Albireo on the top of the clock tower, unnoticed by anyone.
"Shouldn't you be with the girls?"
"I mean, I should. But, let the girls be on their own time first before..." He then looks towards a few locations. "I jumped a few times."
"So I noticed." The other mage also feels the changes in the air. "You are trying to avoid Eva, huh?"
"...Not really. Just not wanting to joke with fate."
"With your luck, not even Death could help you escape."
"Yeah... anyway, enjoy the show." And with that, Kuro jumps out of the clock tower, before disappearing midair.
"...Enjoy huh? It shouldn't come from someone who works with time and space...Then again, he's staying like that forever..."
"...I suspect they just went into that one?" Kuro tries his best to not let out a chuckle, after seeing many customers' faces being totally green after they got out of the Haunted House of 3-A. "I hope no one fainted right inside the place."
"Two-third of them actually, Kuro-sensei." Setsuna sweat-drops when she remembered the faces the customers made after seeing what's inside the 'special house'. "At least the ones managing to stay conscious said it was worth the price they paid."
"And how much, may I ask?"
"Ten-fold the price!" Sakurako exclaims. "You told us to do that, remember?"
"I did. But I wasn't really expecting to be many..."
"A group of them actually dared to go in twice." The PR girls point towards one particular group, and Kuro sees that they are actually fine for some reasons.
...And Kuro knows why. "Those cheating... No wonder."
"You know them?" Sakurako asks in curiosity.
"Yeah... good job on the successful event, girls." Kuro praises, then walks towards the group, and locked one person's head with his arms. "Yoshiki you sneaky bastard. Can even pass through my Observers..."
"Kuro!" Everyone then cheers on the person, and with that he lets the person go. Yoshiki then tries to regain his breath while talking back: "Gosh. That's one hell of a headlock. I thought you would be the one standing out here."
"When I want to." Kuro just shrugs. "Anyway, it's nice to see you here. Yui, is your arm okay now?"
"Aside from the permanent scars, it still works properly." The former teacher answers. "That won't top what happened to you."
"Life. So where do you want to head next?"
"Dada?" Clem walks from the haunted house out to the group, wearing a vampire outfit. "Why are you here? I thought you're having a date with..." The moment she is about to say the next word, Kuro covers her mouth completely. "Ummmm..."
"What was that, Kuro? Already picking another girl?" Seiko smiles at the man mischievously. "Who is that lucky girl?"
"It's... complicated." Still covering the girl's mouth, Kuro pushes Clem right back to the Haunted House before returning back. "Don't bother to find me. I'm in a different appearance."
"'Am'? I think the word you should use is 'was'." Sakutaro guesses the situation.
"It's... I will tell you, but right now this place is not good for talking. Let's pick a cafe or so, and I will explain."
Time... skip or repeat?
"Thanks to Kuro we managed to go back in time." Setsuna says in relief. "But we should avoid anywhere that has us in it."
Negi nods. "I know. Kuro did tell me about the consequences if I didn't know how to deal with it. Anyway, we should..." Pulling out his note, Negi starts checking his schedule. "So I'm going to meet Nodoka at 4, and then the tournament knock-out round is at half past five. My patrol starts at seven..."
"Hmm... I think one and a half hour is not enough to meet with Nodoka, Sensei." Setsuna gives suggestion. "Maybe we have to let our future to help us with it."
"Kuro did tell us to call him if we want to return back, so just go all out with Nodoka, Aniki."
"But I have to meet with the others..."
"No! You're cancelling it now! Go and prepare for your date! Also get Konoka to help you."
"If you say... HEY, IT'S NOT A DATE CHAMO!"
...
Time skip
"NO WAY! I CAN'T ASK FOR SUCH THING!" Nodoka protests after hearing Saotome's suggestion. "I nearly fainted just thinking about it!"
"Calm down, will ya? It's nothing to be embarrassed about." The artist tries to talk some senses into the bookworm. "Take a deep breath... okay. Since Negi-sensei's not there yet, how about you trying to imagine it for practice?"
"Right, right... imagination practice..." However, the book shows her quite... a different story, and that makes her panic again. "I DIDN'T THINK IT LIKE THAT! CANCEL CANCEL!"
"Hey, I just remembered. About the rumor about the World Tree Legend *Yue: That's just a rumor* that, all kisses will work. So you just go for a normal kiss, or you can go for the deep kiss as well."
And with that, the book responds... "NO! DO NOT SHOW THAT! I'M NOT THINKING THAT WAY!"
"Thinking what way?" "NOTHING!"
...
Time skip
"They have been in that store for an hour already..." Asuna complains as her group has stayed hidden for quite a while.
"But they're chatting along quite happily! Just let them be for themselves." Konoka doesn't have the same mind as her friend.
"But it's too weak, Nodoka." Haruna is having a dark expression. "She needs a push if she wants it to be successful."
"Hey, wait up!" Setsuna tries to stop the artist, but it's too late. "Jeez, she likes too many heavy stuffs like..." Asuna then pokes her shoulder, causing her to turn to the other girl. "What is it, Asuna?"
The energetic girl points towards a couple, her eyes showing a little disbelief. "Are they... whoever I'm thinking of?"
Setsuna and Konoka look at the direction to see the couple. Both of them are facing the other directions so the girls can't see their faces, however, they can see the clothes. The man is wearing a black suit, fitting for a business man, with his short hair being white. While the woman is wearing a white shirt and a black dress, high heels, and she has long platinum golden hair. The couple is checking for some books, a bit close to Negi and Nodoka. And when they turn their faces to each other...
"KURO-SENSEI AND EVA?" The girls exclaim in shock. Never in their wild minds, would they think of seeing the scene before them, as they remember how cold and stoic Eva is. But, after Kuro arrived, she tended to be more friendly...
"Never thought it could happen." Kurome suddenly appears right behind the girls, and before Asuna and Setsuna could say anything, she covers both of their mouths. "Don't want to blow our covers, right?"
"Oh, Kurome. You are visiting Clem today?" Konoka greets back. "She's currently with..."
"Not now. T.O and I are trying to keep the time intact. Kuro's time-jump could be nasty sometimes."
"Oh." The girls say, as Kurome retracts her hands. Then Setsuna asks: "So can you tell me *points to Kuro and Eva* how that could happen?"
"Kinda a charming guy Kuro is." Kurome giggles. "But more likely Eva has found someone she could stay with for a long time. Negi and his father can't really stay that long if compared to Kuro."
"I thought it's sort of father-daughter relationship to be exact." Konoka wonders. "I mean, most of the times he takes care of us like a father..."
"Yes, but that's Kuro's side. Eva thought a little higher than that." Seeing the slight blush on the girls' faces, Kurome changes the subject: "Anyway, they are here to actually try to keep the other couple out of troubles."
"... OH RIGHT!" Setsuna whispers. "This place is close to the World Tree."
"...That rumor is true?" Asuna asks, not really surprised anymore.
"Yes. But that works only for confessions. Kuro already covered most of its power, but we still keep patrolling so no accidents could happen."
"But if that's the case, then why..." Konoka then points her fingers towards two girls, one is wearing a school uniform while the other looks like a church sister. "Who are they?"
Setsuna: "Two of the staff... Wait, why did Kuro and Eva have to change?"
"Would you feel embarrassed when someone sees a 20-year-old boy dating a child-like girl? And they don't really need anymore gossips from your classmates."
"...Good point."
"What are you doing, Negi-sensei?" Takane and Mei blush at the scene before them, as Nodoka is laying on top of Negi after their 'trip'.
And immediately Negi stands up and tries to defuse it: "It's nothing! We just tripped, that's all!"
"It's true, miss Takane." That gains the four's attention, as they turn to see the business man kneeling down and picking the books up. "Kinda their own faults when they dropped them down by accident though." Putting the books back to the shelf, he fixes his red sunglasses before focusing on Negi and Nodoka: "Can you two leave? I will deal with this."
Negi is about to say the person's name, but the man puts a finger on his lips, signalling for him to be quiet. Negi understands and grabs Nodoka's hand, much to the girl's surprise, while apologizing the other duo: "Sorry Takane, but we take our leave now. He could answer you."
"HEY WAIT!" The 'nun' tries to call him back, but the teacher and his student have run away. Then she turns to the business man. "Why did you have to..." And she stops herself when the sunglasses is moved up a bit, so she could see the person's eyes. "Wait... you are..."
"I would like you to refrain using that name while I'm using this form." The accessory is backed down, as the man continues: "If I'm like this, call me Raiden."
Mei asks Takane: "Sis, you know him?"
The 'nun' sighs. "That's Kuro, Mei." Earning a gasp from the younger girl, Takane turns back to Raiden. "I hope this is not a test of yours..."
"Fifty fifty. Though, I have to say I discovered something quite interesting." Once the girls have gained attention, he continues again: "Magic of World Tree doesn't grant the wishes, it PUSHES the confessions. The moment it finds out an attempt for confession, the magic is released little by little so the confession works, and then uses the most to make sure the confession end well. In this way, it doesn't have to shine brightly, until the end of the festival."
Takane raises her eyebrow in suspicion, but then dismisses it: "At least you take your work seriously, unlike..."
"Who said I'm taking it seriously?" Raiden smirks cheekily. "Sorry girls, but I'm having a date to finish." And with that, the man just walks away, and back to the lady who's waiting for him.
"... Really?" Takane deadpans, and follows her eyes towards the man to see who he's dating... and gasps in disbelief. "No way..."
"What is it, Sis?" The older girl just points towards the couple, just in time to see the woman poking the man's forehead while pouting. "Aww, ain't they cute..."
"That's Kuro-sensei with The Dark Evangel, Mei." Earning blank stares from the younger girl, Takane starts typing on her phone. "At least we have something new about the World Tree. Let me send it to the others."
"Ho? That's an interesting discovery." The Headmaster strokes his beard as he reads the message. "So the magic affected even before the confession."
"That works nearly the same as Kuro." Shizuna giggles. "It's like the third person pushing the embarrassed couple to go further."
"That sounds the same." The Headmaster chuckles. Then both of them receive a second message with a picture... That makes both of them burst one laugh out before the older says: "That's even more interesting! Miss Shizuna, do we have any cameras nearby?"
Pulling out her N-Gear, the counselor opens the cam of the Observers. "Luckily for us both, I have accessed to these little guys..."
Time skip
"Why do I feel like we're being watched?" The woman asks in discomfort. The man then shows her his phone, with one of the cams pointing right at them. "Urgh, so much for our secret date..."
"Can't be helped. Your older self is known the most in the Magic World." Raiden puts out his phone, as he leans back on his chair. Right now the two are sitting in a cafe table on the rooftop, with nobody around. "Enjoying out date so far?"
"..." Instead of answering, Eva turns her head towards the World Tree, with her cheek lightly reddening up. "I... I am. It's been a while I have enjoyed anything..." Then she turns towards Raiden with a happy smile. "Thank you for helping me regaining the feels of a human being."
"Don't sweat it. It's my job to make everyone feel happy." He then looks at the World Tree, and feels the magic slowly building up. "That many confessions, huh? Hope nothing too problematic."
"..." Unknown to Raiden, Eva turns away and tries to use her right hand to cover her embarrassed face. 'I can't tell him that wish... He won't grant it...'
He will.
'You again?'
You know I watch regularly, right? Anyway, just wait till he gets all the magic.
'Why?'
Just wait.
'Hm...' She then turns back to see Raiden closing his eyes to let the magic of World Tree flowing towards him... and nearly collapses on the table if he doesn't put his hands on the table in time, and turns back to Kuro while panting heavily, causing Eva to ask in worry: "What happened?"
"... A bit... overwhelming... I underestimated it a bit..." Kuro tries to laugh through it, however his body is heating up with power... and something else. "Eva... I saw the flow coming directly to me holding the most magic... might tell me what you wished?"
Instead of answering, the woman stands up, transforms back into her normal self, and walks to another side of the table. Kuro's eyes follow her in confusion, and then much to his surprise, the girl leans towards him and places a kiss on his lips, a deep one, and then a bit of magic flows back into her. The kiss... lasts longer than he anticipated, and when she draws out, Kuro could feel Eva's breathing heavily in front of him, her aroma...
"The last feeling... what makes us no more than a primal being... please... give it to me..." Speaking through her panting due to the overwhelm of magic, Eva tries to phrase what she has wished, what she wanted after years of the path of loneliness...
"..." On one hand, Kuro could easily help her dealing with it, but...
'Congrats.' That one word drains all his blood away, as the yandere-like voice echoes in his mind.
'Ch...Charlotte... please, I...'
'I know you enough. Just head to Eva's cottage. I'm waiting there.'
'...' Looking at the vampire, who's impatiently sucking his blood on his neck while he's talking to his 'kinda jealous' wife, he waits for her to finish before saying: "Let... Let's get back to your house. We can... do whatever you want there."
Note: The Kiss Terminator has been prevented. That event never happened.
Time: Night?
"So, that happened huh?" Albireo comments, as he stands extremely far away so he won't be detected, and he sees Kuro transforming into Hybrid Heart and carrying Eva in his arms, turning invisible and flying away. "How did that feel? Great?"
"Don't ask the question you already knew the answer." Standing next to him, Kuro answers with a crimson face, and two hickeys on his neck, small but noticeable.
"Though, I'm curious. It seems only your third wife only had that attitude towards you, unlike your first wives..."
"They have each other, so I do have a small space for myself. Though, the girls sometimes just jumped on me all at once."
"Tough life. Though, I'm surprised again about the tournament knock-out..."
"Even I didn't anticipate that..."
Time... skip or repeat again?
"Uzume?" Heading towards the register for the tournament, Kuro is surprised to see the the CPU of Zero Dimension standing there already.
"Yep, it's me. Heard that you sponsored for this?" Uzume answers, and thanks to the loud noise the crowd's making, no one pays attention to the two.
"Yeah. Though, the knock-out will be inside the ground of the shrine. After that..."
"Yeah, I heard from Blanc, the elder one. So, let's get our names ready. I'm eager to fight the boy my daughter is fond of."
"...Not sure if you could fight him, but okay."
...
"Kuro? And Uzume as well?" Negi asks fearfully, as he sees the two exiting the register. "You are participating as well?"
"Why not? It's just for fun to us." The man shrugs.
Uzume starts messing up Negi's hair, much to his little discomfort. "Also, I want to see if you are a good person for Clem to be with."
"Come on, Mama. Don't bully him like that." Clem rescues Negi by pulling Uzume back, gaining her a giggle from the older CPU.
"But I like to see his cute sign."
"Oh? How about I do it to you too?" Wrapping the arms around Uzume's waist and making her yelp in embarrassment, Schwarz cuddles the girl in his hug.
"Well that aside, you don't go in?" Kuro asks in curiosity.
"We don't." Weiss answers. "We have our reasons."
"Well suit yourself."
The group behind Negi just giggles at the exchange. Then Mana notices Eva hiding behind her. "Eva? What are you doing?"
"...Nothing. Just stay like that for a while." Basing on the situation, Mana could tell Eva's hiding herself from Kuro, but couldn't tell the reason why.
Takamachi then asks Kuro: "Are you sure your sponsor is a bit too much? I mean, a hundred million yen for the grand prize?"
"I was even planning to ten-fold it, but decided to hold it back." Kuro cheekily answers. "So, ready to go, guys?"
"We are ready!" The group shouts in excitement.
Then, Takamachi walks closer to Kuro and whispers: "Try to hide that hickeys, you know?" That causes Kuro to immediately turn back and try to hide his neck by straightening his collar...
And Mana sees Eva's face being reddening even more. Seeing Mana's smile, Eva's eyes beg for her to say nothing, and Mana nods understandably.
"THE TIME HAS COME!" The announcer, who is Kazumi Asakura, shouts out. "LET THE QUALIFYING ROUND BEGIN!"
Group A
"AS EXPECTED OF KURO-SENSEI! IN A MINUTE, HE HAS MANAGED TO KNOCK OUT TEN OPPONENTS OUT OF THE FIGHT! AND... WOW! THAT GIRL MANAGED TO SUPLEX TO THE GUY TWICE AS HUGE AS HER, AND A DROPKICK FINISHES HIM OFF! ... WITH A SWIPE TO THE LEG OF KURO-SENSEI AND THE FLYING KICK FROM THE GIRL, THEIR LAST OPPONENT IS OUT! UZUME AND KURO ARE THE FIRST ONES TO GO IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT!"
Group B, C, D, E, F... nothing changes compared to the original
"It seems everyone is doing well..." Kuro comments as he watches the above groups doing their works. "I wonder what could change..."
"WHAT IS GOING ON? A DOPPELGANGER OF THE WINNING DUO IN GROUP A IN GROUP G?" That announcement really makes his head snap immediately to said group... to see the duo in black outfits completely dominating the group. "ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THE MIRROR MATCH IN THE MAIN TOURNAMENT? WE WILL SEE EVERYONE!"
"A surprise, isn't it?" T.O's voice snaps Kuro back to the duo, as the former continues: "It's been a while since our last fight. How about we settle this with the tournament?"
After hearing that, Kuro smiles and cracks his neck. "Oh ho. Now you say it. A mirror match, indeed."
Kurome greets Uzume: "Hello Uzume. Ready for the tournament?"
Uzume replies: "Of course! Let's see how much we have improved so far!"
"Also..." T.O points to group H. "We're going to have another surprise here."
"ANOTHER CHILD MADE IT TO THE MAIN TOURNAMENT! AND IT SEEMS THE FAME OF IT HAS ALSO CALLED OUT TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL!" Standing victorious at the middle of the battleground, Chaos does a thumb-up towards the other victor, being a 20-ish girl with long golden hair and lilac eyes...
"... The others are nearby, aren't they?" That earns Kuro nods from Kurome and T.O.
"WOHO! Another tournament! Don't care about price, give me the best fighters!"
The new face shouts in excitement, as everyone is waiting for the matches to be revealed.
"We're so dead..." Negi grimaces, as he sees who his opponents are. He doubts he could best half of them.
"Hey, man up! That's what we signed up for!" Kotarou tries to encourage the young teacher. "Besides, we have dealt with deadly problems before! Even if we lose, we grow stronger!"
"... Yeah, you are right!"
"That's the spirit!" Chaos joins in. "Hey, I heard your class is having a party tonight. Mind if we join?"
"We don't mind!" Asuna replies, with nods from the other girls. "The more the merrier!"
Takamachi then asks Kuro: "Can you introduce us the girl? You know her right?"
"Well... I think let the table tell you..."
"ALRIGHT, WE ARE SET! HERE'S THE MATCHES OF THE TOURNAMENT!" After Kazumi's announcement, the veil that covers the table drops, and everyone starts checking the matches:
MAHORA FIGHTING TOURNAMENT
K-O MATCH TABLE
Group A
Kuro vs T.O
Tatsumiya Mana vs Evangeline A.K. McDowell
Negi Springfield vs Tatahata T. Takamachi
Kurome Ankokuboshi vs Uzume Tennouboshi
Group B
Chaos vs Inugami Kotarou
Nagase Kaede vs Colonel Sanders
Yang Xiao Long vs Ku Fei
Kagurazaka Asuna vs Sakurazaki Setsuna
"I'M SO DEAD!" Negi exclaims in shock. Not only he has to face Takamachi right off the bat, but he also has to prepare himself to fight against God-tier fighters!
"... Now I'm also questioning my chance to win this." Kotarou also has a little doubt in this... absurd level of power in the tournament.
Ku Fei then walks towards the new girl. "So your name is Yang Xiao Long? You don't look like Chinese though..."
"Yep, that's my name. And I'm Kuro's friend."
Kuro nods. "And you know what that means, Ku Fei."
"Yeah." The two girls then handshake. "It will be a good fight. Do your worst!"
"Same to you!"
Asakura then announces the last message: "REMEMBER EVERYONE! THE FIRST FIGHT WILL START AT 8 A.M TOMORROW MORNING! DON'T BE LATE! FOR NOW, THE KNOCK-OUT MATCHES HAS GONE TO THE END! HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR FAIR SHARE OF SATISFACTION! SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW!"
Time skip
Eva's Resort
"Mind explaining this, father?" Wrapping his right arm around his father's shoulder, Schwarz points his left ringer towards the hickeys on Kuro's neck and asks cheekily, causing the senior to blush.
"Ask your aunt Charlotte to know." Not wanting to directly say it, Kuro gives out the obvious hint to the younger to understand the situation.
"Who else could cause you... oh wait, is that... oh ho ho, the vampire girl as well, father?"
"Just... don't talk about it, please."
To Eva's group
"It seems the only one left is you, Kurome." Uzume teases her other self, causing the later to blush deeply.
"Blame that to T.O!"
"Don't blame him. You can't even confess to him..."
"Not you too, Charlotte!"
"..."
"You two surely turned his switch that far, huh? And then you gave him that as well. Luckily the girls didn't see it..."
"I think it's no problem if people see it though. I mean, they know..."
"I mean the one with the fangs."
"Oh... you have a point, Uzume."
"...Shouldn't you two start practicing for the tournament?"
"And you?"
"...Never mind what I said."
"Say... are you his..."
"Girlfriend. I feel better that way."
"Not going further?"
"No. I'm an immortal and he's an Undead, so we will have a lot of differences in our mind sets. With the relationship being like that, at least we could break apart easier."
"Aw. You should just go on like Charlotte."
"*Blush* That's not a compliment, Uzume."
Back to the men
"Anyway, I'm heading off for a bit to prepare for the main tournament."
Schwarz releases his grip on him. "Sure. I heard that you borrowed 'it' from Ozpin, right?"
"Yeah... See you later."
Back to time...
"Yeah... not very funny." A raven with red eyes then lands on Kuro's shoulder, as he turns to it. "The preparation is completed?" The raven nods. Kuro pats its head, but then gets peaked on his hand lightly, as the raven flies away. "Tsundere, as always." Kuro chuckles to himself.
"A friend of yours?" Knowing about the transformation spells, Albireo asks in curiosity.
"She's Yang's mother. Anyway..." Pointing his finger towards the direction of the shrine, Kuro says: "Albireo, you can see that, right?"
The mage turns, and nods. "Yes. Quite a great achievement without magic. But people down there do not notice?"
"Currently only the ones knowing about magic could see it. And then in the shrine, only the ones directly know about the tournament and the ones joining it later on will know about its existence. Even when magic is shown, nobody will believe it."
"So you want everyone to go all out?"
"That will be fun. Though, I won't let guns be used. That's just not like a fight tournament."
"I can understand. But... if we go all out, there might be bloodshed..."
"Don't worry. I have already thought that through."
The next morning
"Alright everyone! Let's head to the shrine!" Negi is the one leaving the cottage first, and everyone starts following... and stops immediately as the teacher does so as he notices something floating in the air. "Umm, everyone... that thing is in the direction of the shrine, right?"
"Wow, Amity Colosseum! Kuro is really going all out with this tournament huh?" Uzume comments upon seeing the floating structure.
"Wait, you know what it is?" Asuna asks in surprise.
"It's a place for Hunters and Huntresses to organize tournaments. From Remnant mind you. Kuro bringing this here means that we could fight seriously." Kurome explains.
"Uh... shouldn't we be worried that the thing is basically in the plain view?" Kotarou says his worry.
"That thing is only visible to a number of people." T.O suddenly appears in their middle, making most of the girls jump in surprise. "Also, we have cast a spell so that even if magic's showed, any non-magic-aware people won't suspect such a thing."
Negi says in marvel: "Wow, you guys really do so much for the tournament... alright everyone! Let's fight with our best to not disappoint the audience!"
"ROGER THAT!"
Chapter 16 end!
It actually took me a few minutes to mix the fights up, so it's somewhat more unique compared to the other fanfics.
Yeah, the teasing for lemon... that might happen in my other story *lenny face* but yeah, you guys could see that miles away after the previous chapters.
And yep, it will be nearly no limitations for the fights. So expect fights with real melee weapons to happen (no range weapons).
With that out, see you in the next chapters everyone!