CHAPTER 13: Within These Castle Walls (Part III: Dead Beat)
While Amar Ma'aruf, Chris Belmont and Evangeline had gone through their obstacles, Negi and his Ministra Magis had been transported straight at the under halls of Camilla's castle. They had discovered a large puddle of blue pudding-y substance at the final room of the hallway.
They just stared at it until in silence until Asuna steps forward.
"This is not going to bring us anywhere, Negi."
"I know, but I had a familiar feeling about this…"
Asuna ignored her teacher, instead, she marched towards the substance and she proceeded to hit it with her harisen (fan).
"!"
"A-Asuna!! Watch out!"
To the shock to the others including to the pig-tailed girl herself, a hand formed on the jelly, resisting the fan's impact and later it threw Asuna few feet away. Yue and Nodoka quickly ran towards the girl.
"Uh-oh… something tells me that this situation is like the Slime Sisters we fought before…" Kotarou said.
"Yes, but they are not the Slime Sisters. They are Doppelgangers. We need to act fast is we want to finish it off." Yue said, looking up from her encyclopedia (A/N: For some reason, she reminded me of Charlotte Aulin, in a little ways.).
Asuna's Doppelganger then readied her fan before she came at Negi at full speed, much faster than the original.
Since Negi had no time on incanting spells, he resorted to using Raika Houken. The impact of the attack managed to make the copy fly few feet backwards, in the opposite direction of the real Asuna.
"That's… huh?!"
This time, the doppelganger stood up before melting in one place. It stood up again as Negi Springfield instead.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Veniant spīritūs āeriālēs fulgurientēs, cum fulgurātiōne flet tempestās austrīna! Jovis Tempestās Fulguriēns!"
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Veniant spīritūs āeriālēs fulgurientēs, cum fulgurātiōne flet tempestās austrīna! Jovis Tempestās Fulguriēns!" Negi quickly used the same spell to counter the one used by the fake.
After that, Kaede swung her large cross shuriken towards the fake Negi, and it proceeded to mostrously cut the copy in half. It returned to a lump of jelly first, but late it regenerated as Kaede herself.
I get it… they will change every single time if they're hit. The problem is, we don't know its weakspot. It doesn't matter if I use Amar-san's way.
Kaede backed a bit, putting a small scroll in her mouth. Within seconds, she used her jutsu against the jelly. In other words, Kaede breathed fire against the doppelganger.
"Everyone! Look!"
Everyone looked at the place where the doppelganger was burnt. The Doppelganger, now missing some height, regenerated while taking the form of Kaede again.
"Take it by the fire! Negi! Use your fire spell!"
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Omne flammāns flammā purgātūs, Domine Extinctiōnis et Signum Regenerātiōnis, in meā manū ēns inimīcum edat! Flāgrantia Rubicāns!" (Lit: Ever-burning fire of purification, Lord of Destruction and Sign of Rebirth, gather in my hand and strike my enemy! Red Blaze!)
Now, Negi unleashed the Flāgrantia Rubicāns spell, which burnt the arms of the copy.
Fei Ku took this advantantage to beat the doppelganger up.
"Fei Ku! Out of the way!"
"Negi-sensei! Finish it!"
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister, Ūnus fulgor concidēns noctem, in meā manū ēns inimīcum edat! Fulgurātiō Albicans!" (Lit: A bolt of lightning to cut through the night, spring forth from my hand and strike my enemy! White Lightning!)
Negi's final spell for the fight finished the immobile doppelganger, as he managed to fry it up as well.
"We did it! We managed to beat the monster!"
"There is no monster there. It's jelly."
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"Never mind. You'll get it later."
The large door started to shake when they had finished with the monster, making all of the go in a stance.
"TIMBER!"
Negi's eyes tweaked with surprise. He knew that voice.
"Everyone! Away from the door!"
At Negi's warning, his students quickly moved away from the hazard.
CRASH!
The door fell and this made dust fly around, making them cough. However, instead of an enemy, the ones who kicked the door open were Chris Belmont and Amar Ma'aruf. As the dust cleared, Negi's team approached Amar Ma'aruf and Chris Belmont. Behind them was the twin sisters Resha and Sherry, together with Evangeline and Amar's animal familiars.
"Looks like we meet again, lucky to say the least." He said, crossing his arms at his chest.
"Are they the vampires we met before?" Asuna asked.
"No. Amar returned his sisters back to normal by the Item Crush."
"I see. So, what now?"
"I'm suggesting we paint the castle red. C'mon guys! Let's beat 'em up!"
"Let's go!"
Before long, the team started to rush out of the underhall, and into the hallways of the castle.
A/N: Yeah, this is another chapter I managed to finish. Keep on reading and reviewing! I'm outta here. TQ.
S/N: Long download times paid off the wait for TMM PSX game. However, I had some minor issues with the darn ePSXe (speeding up all in a sudden) and PSXeven(Playing the music right). I prefer using CVGS when my computer is Windows ME.