Negi's POV: " Wake up Negi-bozu! WAKE UP!" Asuna sang, jumping up and down in excitement for the start of a new day. Opening my eyes, I yawned loudly and rubbed my eyes. Blinking against the glare of the morning sun shining through the tent flaps, I rummaged around groggily for my glasses. Putting them on, I stood, stretched and picked up my staff, before walking out of the tent.
My attention was drawn to a far off sound of steel clanging against steel. Following the noise I wound up in a clearing where to my surprise, I saw the entire class of 2-A looking on as Kaede and Ku Fei fought in armed combat against Lyn. To my amazement, Lyn was coolly holding her own against the twin attacks of both a ninja (Kaede) and a martial arts master (Ku Fei) without any difficulty.
As the fighting wore on, Kaede made 16 multiples of herself, and proceeded to rain down attacks with a monstrous 6 foot shuriken upon Lyn, who in kind responded by drawing the Ensis Expulsum to its full length and to the surprise of everyone, split herself into seven separate copies that attacked and fought at seemingly random. The copies proceeded to beat back and crush Kaede's multiples, and subdue Ku Fei in quick time.
As the dust settled both Lyn and Kaede proceeded to circle around like a pair of wolves, neither blinking as they sized each other up. In the blink of an eye, both rushed each other weapons raised. Their weapons met with a resounding clang, then faster than the eye could follow, Lyn swatted Kaede's 6-foot shuriken out of the way as one would swat away an annoying fly.
Lyn then proceeded to unleash a furious barrage of cuts, thrusts and ripostes, forcing Kaede back against the furious onslaught. Eventually, with a casual flick of the wrist, Lyn sent Kaede's shuriken flying, where it embedded itself 20 feet up in a 200-foot redwood. With one swift motion, Lyn brought her blade down to Kaede's throat and asked "submit?" Kaede nodded her head and Lyn put away her sword.
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Lyn's POV: Turning around, I spotted Negi and Asuna staring at me with matching dumbstruck expressions on their faces. Chuckling I beckoned Negi forward. "Your next to spar me I told him…Use any means necessary. Turning on my heel, I walked to one end of the court, while Negi, rather nervously did the same. On the sidelines, everyone held their breath in anticipation.
"Swodahs ni eht tfel, thgil ni eht thgir. Release Shadow dance!" Shadowy copies of me flickered to life before disappearing. "Rastel Maskil Magister! duodeviginti phasmatis lux lucis, quindecim ventus spiculum eo per idem eadem idem semita! Tel ma amoris!" A circle of light erupted around him, and twenty-eight light arrows and fifteen wind arrows streaked toward me at breakneck speed. "Esaeler laes! Shadow Dance!" I flickered out of existence before reappearing behind Negi, while my shadow copies took the brunt of his assault. "Semalf ni eht tfel, dniw ni eht thgir, go Flaming Talons!" three waves of red-hot flames erupted from my hands and expanded outward in a vee-shaped arc, towards Negi.
Negi just barely managed to jump out of the way as it was part of his jacket was charred clean off by the intense heat, while the waves of fire crashed against the forest floor. Charring a large patch of grass into gray ash. "Eci ni eht tfel, sdniwmrots ni eht thgir, go Freeze Tornado!" A massive wave of spiraling ice and cold winds careened wildly outward, before bearing down on Negi. "Rastel Maskil Magister! Levitas subsisto ventus! Tel ma amoris!" A disk of compressed lightning flared up in front of Negi, and took the brunt of the attack, nullifying both itself and my frozen tornado.
"Tirips fo erif, emoc otno em, wolf otni em, flugne em, emusnoc em, ehtaerb ni em, Release Master seal! Hellfire Guardian! Adeat!" The Ensis Expulsum appeared in my hands and white-hot flames spread from the tip, down the blade of the sword, past the hand-guard, onto the hilt and then flowed over my hand and up my arm. It then spread over my shoulders, neck and face, before flowing down over my stomach, legs and feet.
As the fire spread, I grew taller, and so did my sword. I now stood twelve feet in height and my sword stretched fifteen feet. "Rastel Maskil Magister!Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of Levitas! Procella of Levitas! Tel ma amoris!" An absolutely massive bolt of lightning released itself from Negi's staff and crashed into me, forcing me back a few steps. "Tirips fo emalf yortsed ym seimene! Go Burning Eden!" I stabbed my sword deep into the earth as lines of flame spread out from it causing the earth to erupt, spouting geysers of flame. The flames spread and engulfed bushes leaving charred furrows in their wake.
The flames erupted around Negi and tried to engulf him. "Rastel Maskil Magister! Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of Levitas! Levitas Tempestas! Tel ma amoris!" A lightning storm let loose around him holding the fires at bay. However the radius of the storm was shrinking at a prodigious rate. Finally, the fires broke through the barrier of lightning and slammed into Negi, sending him rocketing through the air, smoke curling off him. With a loud thud he crashed onto the ground.
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Negi's POV: "Urg…I feel terrible." I groaned sitting up in a camp bed. "Oy! You're awake!" Asuna said in a singsong voice. "How do you feel?" She asked, peering intently at me. "I'm still rather sore, but otherwise I'm fine." "Good! Come on! Lyn is fighting Evangeline!" she shouted grabbing my wrist and dragging me out of the tent. We reached the clearing to an awe-inspiring sight. Lyn and Evangeline were trading magic-infused blows with each other, neither giving an inch.
Looking at Lyn, I noticed her expression. It was and edifice of pure hatred and rage. Evangeline's expression was a contorted visage of strained concentration and malice. "Lic Lac Li La Lilac! Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of obscurum!Vesica of caligo! Lilac!" A jagged wave of dark energy flew from Evangeline's hand as Lyn lunged at her. I noticed that Lyn's form kept shifting, from a towering 12-foot demon, to a little girl, to a translucent spirit, and back to her normal form.
"Srewop fo ssenkrad, rehtag ni ym dnah. Go! Nosferatu!" Lyn's hands shot out and caught the jagged wave of darkness. Said darkness then flowed into Lyn's hands. "Ssenkrad raeh ym llac. Ecriep eht reirrab fo eniht ymene. Go! FIST OF THE UNDYING!" Lyn's fist collided with Evangeline's stomach, with the force of a freight train behind it. At the same time, Evangeline's magic barrier materialized and shattered. With a bloodcurdling scream, Evangeline plummeted out of the air and slammed into the ground with enough force, to create a small crater when she landed. Lyn touched down next to her.
"Adeat!" "Your lucky I've had enough for today, Dark Evangel." Lyn spat, holding the Ensis Expulsum to Evangeline's throat. "So, I'd recommend that you submit, before I change my mind about letting your unlife continue." Lyn snapped, glowering at Evangeline. "Fine, so be it. I submit." Evangeline answered with loathing.