CHAPTER 7: Reconciliation

"Mom, where's dad? My computer broke down again."

"Oh, it's you, Amar. Your father is in his lab downstairs, but maybe you wouldn't want to disturb him right now. He had another repairing work, and I hear that it's quite urgent too."

"I'll go and check. You're coming, Negi?"

"Ah… sure. Why not?"

It's already day two of 6-A's visit to Amar Ma'aruf's hometown. Finally, all of them learnt that the bloodsucking culprit was not Evangeline AK McDowell; instead it was her older sister Camilla AK McDowell. From what was observed at last night's battle, Camilla can enter and control Eva's body like how the Doll Master controls her victims with thin threads.

But the bad thing is, she was completely hard to beat, since she can dodge Chris and his' Item Crushes, evade Lin Xian's Black Hole Rip and Negi's spells effortlessly.

"Dad?"

"Yeah, I'm here."

"Uh, why does your lab reeked Eva's scent, dad?"

"Good question. She's over here, waiting me to finish working on Chachamaru."

"What happened?" Negi asked.

"She came 3 a.m. in the morning because Chachamaru is damaged quite terribly. Lucky for her that I didn't go straight to bed after work yesterday."

"I see."

That afternoon, Amar sat alone on his favorite tree when Eva came over and sat at the base of the tree. Amar jumped down and landed as soft as a cat.

"Eva, what's going on?"

"…"

"Oh please, tell me something?"

"No."

"Then why Chachamaru end up like that?"

"I think it had something to do with Camilla."

"Why didn't you tell me about it earlier?"

"Because I don't feel to, but I think that she was attracted to the new energy I acquired."

"?"

"The first few vampire incidents were one of my doings. But the recent ones involve her entirely." Eva said, looking irked. "Centuries ago, I was a normal human but when I wake up from my sleep, I realized that I had turned into a vampire. The bite mark was gone, but I always saw a dream about her biting my neck."

"It's a sign?"

"Who cares. But since Chachamaru is not available right now, I need a Magistra Magi to replace her until she's fixed."

"What is that?"

"That means someone can be my partner."

"!"

"Evangeline, he's confused. He hadn't any experience in magic." Negi said.

Negi then helped Eva to explain about pactio and their uses. Additionally, he had to demonstrate them with his Ministra Magi partners, Asuna, Konoka, Setsuna, Yue, Chisame, Haruna and Nodoka.

"So then, I'm able to use magic too?"

"Yes you can, judging by your hidden powers."

"I think I should make a pactio before anything else goes wrong. Ermine." She said, calling Chamo at the end of her speech.

"Right. I'll do it right away."

"How did you do this 'pactio' thing again?"

"Practically, someone will have to kiss or make a blood exchange." Eva then noticed Amar's worried face. "Don't worry. It won't count as your first kiss."

Amar Ma'aruf was still in doubt, regardless of the vampire's words.

"I'll speed this up for you."

"!"

Without warning, Eva kissed the inu hanyou. The circle glows bright and a card formed on air. As it floated to his hands, Amar is surprised to see the card. First of all, his name in the card was Eriol Hiiraigawa in Latin instead of Amar Ma'aruf. The card was decorated with banners and in that card; he was wearing something like he had seen in his dreams, black garb with a black cape behind him, glowing red in the inside. No dog ears or tails, but his hair is still white.

"You will know how to use the card later." Eva said as she swaggered off.

Later, Amar went the opposite way towards his father's lab to check on Chachamaru's condition.

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"Dad? Are you around?"

"Amar-san, your father had just left."

"Chachamaru! You're alright after all!"

"But, Hideki-san had told me not to do anything for now. I'm not fully repaired yet."

"Well then, If you're alright, I can go back to my room and continue doing my homework. Thanks for the other day, Chahcamaru."

"It's okay."

Later that midnight, Amar was going on overnight in his studies. He was busy doing the homework assignment given by the teacher. At that time, he heard the sound of breaking glass from his older sister's room.

Painful screams could be heard from there, making Amar even worried. Negi could also hear the screams, and both Amar with Negi bolted out of their rooms.

"Resha-nee-chan! Sherry-nee-chan! Open up!"

"It's locked, Amar, we need to get through!" Negi urged.

"I hope this'll do."

KRAACK!

Immediately, Amar kicked the door open. As it crashed to the wall, he saw something he was not expecting to see.

"Who the hell – Camilla!"

"Wrong timing, half breed. You're late."

In the vampire's hands was the twins Resha and Sherry. Both of them had newly marked and still bleeding bite mark on their neck. Infuriated, Amar ran towards Camilla and jumped towards her. However, he missed and fell off the window. Luckily, the tree branches cushioned his fall.

"We will meet again, and oh, I'm taking other prisoners with me, including that precious girl of yours."

"Stay away from Sakura!"

However, Amar's warning fell into deaf ears as the vampire left the dark sky.

"You're okay, Amar-san?"

"I'm fine, but the other's not!"

Meanwhile, the girls are having an activity when Negi called Asuna. She had told her partners, and they're off to the Yamato Shrine. Chris Belmont was well aware of this and he followed them on the way there.

As they ran towards the shrine, the vampire hunter caught a glimpse of Camilla flying low across the sky.

She smirked, before throwing an envelope at the hunter.

Chris caught the item before she disappeared again.

A/N: What's going on, you ask? It's a secret; but I'll make sure that everything is all right. For Ancient Death, don't worry. Chachamaru will be just fine. Keep on reading and reviewing, everyone! TQ!