Disclaimer: I don't own Mahou Sensei Negima.
A/N: I'm not too sure if I'm improving or not, but here's the next chapter.
Chapter 8: The Door to Darkness
"Oi! Get up! It's morning already!"
Vladimir opened his eyes just in time to see Evangeline shove her foot in his face.
"Eck! What the hell was that for?" asked Vladimir as he lifted Evangeline's foot from his face.
"How long do you plan on resting? You've been asleep for nearly 10 hours! My training isn't that hard."
"10 HOURS! AGH! WE MISSED THE EXAM! OUR CLASS WILL DEFINITELY COME IN LAST, NOW!"
"I didn't explain this place to you, yet? In this place, 24 hours is actually only one in the real world."
"Don't you think that you should've told me that earlier? What else haven't you told me?"
"Well, let's see… since I'm training you, I will require some of your blood for payment. It's hard to stay healthy for me if I don't get enough blood."
"Oh, did I not tell you? Dragon blood is poisonous if a large quantity is consumed."
"Now who's the one hiding things? That could have killed me!"
"I thought you knew! I mean, you've been alive for hundreds of years. You should know that! If you didn't know that then do you know what dragon blood CAN be used for?"
"Indulge me."
"If someone without magical powers ever drinks about one fluid ounce of dragon blood, they will temporarily gain magical powers. However, if a mage consumes more than a drop, they will have an extreme magical fever that can be life-threatening. On the other hand, some mages don't get sick, and their magic becomes more powerful."
"…"
"What?"
"When I first met you, you wouldn't say anything. Now you won't shut up! What makes you think I'm interested in that?"
"Well, you're the one that asked."
"Shut up! We're going to train."
Vladimir saw that Evangeline was pissed, so, to get her even angrier, he slowly got out of bed and slowly changed his clothes. By the time he was finally finished Evangeline had many throbbing veins popping all over her face.
"Are you angry about something?"
"Oh, no. I really enjoyed waiting for you to get ready. I mean, I guess you DO need to be ready for my special training," Evangeline said with heavy sarcasm.
"Special training with Kitty-chan. It's a dream-come-true," Vladimir replied with his sarcasm.
"Whoever said something about me training with you? I'm just taking you to where you are going to train. Follow me."
"Okay."
"Oh, one more thing…"
Evangeline turned around and looked straight at Vladimir.
"What?" Vladimir asked.
"DON'T EVER REFER TO ME AS 'KITTY'!" Evangeline screamed as she punched Vladimir, who was sent flying by the punch and landed sprawled out on the floor.
"Mental note: don't ever piss off Evangeline anymore. Now, let's continue," Vladimir said as he was rubbing his cheek.
Evangeline led Vladimir down many flights of stairs and hallways.
"So, how do you like this place?" Evangeline asked, trying to break the silence.
"I don't know. I mean, all I see are poorly lit hallways and doorways with no doors. Man, these decorators really have poor tastes1," Vladimir said with a smile.
"Very funny. We're all bawling with laughter. Look, we're almost there."
Vladimir and Evangeline were in front of a door that was about two stories high.
"Wow. This is the only door in this place and it's gigantic. Seriously, were you using this large door to make up for the rooms that don't have doors?"
"Shut up."
"Um… are we going inside?"
"No, you are."
"Shouldn't you come in, too? I mean you ARE my trainer."
"No. This is a special room that only allows one person in it at a time. Within it, a person must face the darkness of their heart. When you go in, you won't be able to come out without defeating your darkness, but you will obtain a strong weapon. Are you ready to face the darkness?"
"Why, yes I am. If it'll help me fight against my brother, then I will."
Vladimir opened the door and walked into the room.
"Wow. All I see is a big, empty room. How is this supposed to be dark?"
Vladimir turned around, but the door was gone.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Suddenly, there was an earthquake and the floor gave way. Vladimir fell into what appeared to be a cave. A figure approached him in the darkness.
"Who are you?" Vladimir asked.
"Come on, it hasn't even been that long."
The figure came forward to reveal that it was Vladislov.
"What are you doing here!?"
"I am here to engulf you. I am your darkness that you must defeat."
"What do you mean!?"
"My, my… so full of questions. Well, let's get started."
"What about my question?"
"I don't feel like answering. Now, it's time for us to start."
Vladimir pulled out his Dragon Bane.
"Um… you really don't know what you're doing, do you?" the Vladislov replica asked.
"Of course I do! I will fight you to the death!"
"Well… um… you won't need your sword for what we'll be doing."
"What?"
A roulette table appeared before them.
"What is this?"
"What does it look like? It's a table."
"I meant what is it for?"
"Why, for our game of course."
"Game?"
"Yep. It's a game were the loser dies and the winner lives."
"It sounds interesting. What kind of game is it?"
"The person spins the roulette. Whatever it lands on is what happens. As you can see, it says add or lose a certain amount of points. These points are our life force. We start out with 1000 points. If it hits zero, then you die. If you gain points, you take them away from your opponent. If you lose points, you give them to your opponent. Now, GAME START!"
1- From P.A.N.I.C.S. of roosterteeth