Chachamaru's Feelings
Chapter 8 Depresing departures and Demons Part 2
Ultima: Heres the second part to chapter 7.
Asuna: Wow, I didn't think you would ever make a continuation chapter.
Ultima: I didn't either, but oh well. It happens.
Kazumi: So tell me, why exactly are we all hiding out here in this cabin deep in a forest that is unmarked on any map and is unknown to all except you?
Ultima: Were hiding...remember?
Kazumi: Oh yeah.
Ultima: Anyways, lets get on with the fic.
Disclaimer: Don't own a thing except for Suika, Leon, Akurei, Nusumu, Shizuka and Ultima.
Asuna: Wait...AND Ultima?
Ultima: Thats right, he's an OC, not me. I just borrowed the name because I liked it.
Konoka: You DO realize that this may hurt your reviews?
Ultima: Well they haven't exactly been coming in by the bunches now have they?
Konoka: Good point.
Setsuna: On with the fic.
Konoemons office
In a flash of light, everyone was teleported to the deans office. However, they didn't expect the warping magic to take anything out of them for as soon as Akurei, Nusumu, Leon, Ultima and Setsuna warped back, they immediatelly fell backwards and nearly passed out from exhaustion.
Konoemon had a gian sweatdrop on his head as he watched what happened. 'Maybe I used too much sephnir power?' he thought to himself as they all tried to stand up.
'Maybe it's for the best they are too tired to move.' Konoemon thought with a chuckle. After all, when they learn about the curse, they would all probably gang up on him and beat the crap out of him.
So all was good for him. Chachamaru, Eva, and Mana walked into the room but was surprised to see Setsuna sitting on the floor next to Ultima.
"Setsuna, whats wrong?" Mana asked as she walked over and picked up her friend. "The teleportation wiped us out of energy." she explained as she stood up with Mana's support.
Mana then bent down and helped Ultima up. "I'm amazed that you were also affected." she said as Ultima stood up on wobbly legs.
"Well...Setsuna is way stronger than me." Ultima said. Konoemon and Eva raised an eyebrow from this info and Setsuna and Mana looked as if someone just set fire to their most prized possession.
Chachamaru was unsure of Setsuna's strength now that she couldn't read power levels anymore, but she was pretty certain that this was a strange thing to hear.
"Anyways." Konoemon began, "The reason your all here is to help us fight an army of demons that are heading here to Mahora." he said as he narrowed his eyes.
Leon stood up quickly and nearly fell back down but he was too mad to care. "Hey old man, what the hell do you mean, we're gonna help you?" he asked as he tried to walk over to the deans desk.
"Exactly what I mean, I knew most of you would object to helping us, so I had the girls place these bracelets on you and they would teleport you back here to the school. Don't bother trying to take off the bracelets as they are bound to you and bind you to the school, much like Evangeline's Scholactus curse." he explained. Nusumu looked down at the bracelet, then over to Chachamaru. Chachamaru could see he was angry with her.
Setsuna dared not look at Ultima, she knew he would look at her with hurt in his eyes and she wouldn't be able to handle it. After all, he did help her and she went and betrayed him like this.
Eva and Leon had a small glaring match and Akurei looked at Mana quizically. Mana smiled before turning away. Leon grabbed onto the bracelet and tried to remove it but he was suddenly covered in fire.
"Gaaaaah!" Leon cried out as he let go of the bracelet, then the fire stopped. Akurei looked at the blue one on his wrist and also tapped it. A chill was sent throughout his body and he could have sworn he saw a snowflake.
Nusumu looked at the green one and guessed it was wind, and Ultima's was easy enough as it was yellow. So he would obviously get shocked if he tried to remove it.
"Now then, if you cooperate, I will remove the bracelets and let you all go, but thats only AFTER you help us." the dean said as he gave them all a stern look. Ultima and Nusumu nodded, Akurei merely shrugged and Leon snorted. Mana and Eva giggled, Chachamaru remained silent and Setsuna just stared at the dean.
Just as they were about to leave, Shizuka and Suika walked into the room. "So this where they disapear to!" Suika exclaimed happily as Shizuka just remained emotionless.
Nusumu walked up to them, "Well sis, Suika, looks like were gonna be fighting some demons for a while." he says. Shizuka looks a bit startled but then shakes her head.
Suika got a confused look on her face and it turned into a pout. "Leonnnn!" she said as she glomped her brother around the neck. He didn't even budge, "What is it?" he asked he tried his best to avoid her look.
"You should have told me you were going to help them out." she said in a pouty voice. Leon turned to her and his face had a smile on it. "I'm sorry sis, but you know how I get when I want to save people!" he said as he had a huge grin on his face.
"Yay!" Suika said as she turned and ran out of the room. Everyone was staring at Leon as he suddenly went from having a grin on his face to his normal, blank expression. "What the hell are you all looking at?" he said as everyone sweatdropped.
"Soooo, I guess you don't like Suika seeing you act like a jerk?" Akurei said with a sly grin on his face. Leon's face scowled at this comment and would have gotten into a fight over it had Konoemon not intervened.
"Enough you two! Now lets get on to business here. You are NOT to inform the rest of the class about this mission, you are to protect them at all costs, and you are NOT allowed to show them any sign of the demons coming. Is that clear?" he said as he closed one eye and narrowed the other one.
Everyone nodded and left to go the courtyard where they would prepare for battle, however. Right as they were leaving, two certain pink haired girls poked their heads out from a nearby corner with a grin on their face.
"WHAT?! Are you sure you heard them correctly?" Negi asked in bewilderment as Fuuka and Fumika nodded. "Thats what we heard, apparently the headmaster doesn't want us involved with this one." Fumika said as Fuuka stepped forward.
"I think we should go talk to him about it, after all this is our school so we should be able to help protect it when the time is necesary, don't you think?" she said with a grin. Most of the class nodded in agreement and they all went to their different rooms to prepare for combat.
Mahora courtyard
Leon was looking through some binoculars into the distance where the demons were coming from. "Two more minutes." he said as he lowered the binoculars and handed them to Mana. She put them away and brought out her sniper rifle. She pulled back the loading cartridge and then started to load her guns with spiritual bullets.
Chachamaru had her new weapons with her. She was uncomfortable all of a sudden and she seemed to be shaking. She reached into her battle outfit and pulled out a small photo of Negi. 'Negi-sensei, if I don't survive...I hope someone can tell you how I truly feel in my place.' she thought as she held the photo close to her chest before putting it back in her outfit.
Setsuna was doing a once over sharpening with her sword and she was also stocking up on some paper dummies for her magic. She also had a small healing potion tucked under her belt in case things should get too hectic.
Evangeline was standing still, watching out to the distance. She could feel them, thousands, no...millions of demons heading towards them. Eva didn't say anything, her face remained blank and she was thinking back on different things in her past and wondering if this would really be the end for Mahora if they failed.
Ultima's sword was giving off a black glow as he stood there and watched the distance. Leon was just staring ahead, his twin gunblades were hanging by his side in their holsters and his small backpack was hanging off of his left arm.
Suika was fidgeting in nervousness, she hasn't fought a demon in a long time and she was unsure how well she would be able to deal with it. She had a firm grip on her rapier and she was chanting something over and over under her breath.
Akurei had a katana to his left side and a gauntlet in his right hand. He had a spear on his back and an axe in his left hand. He had a gun tucked away in his back pocket and a pop out blade under both his sleeves. "You a little weighed down there, Little Brother?" Leon said with sarcasm in his tone. Akurei frowned and turned towards Leon.
"You have no right to talk, you only have two gunblades and a backpack full of junk. What good is all that gonna do for you?" Akurei said as he glanced over to Leon's direction.
Leon only grinned, "At least I'll be able to maneauver myself better, unlike a certain person who thinks that the worlds ending because of a few low rate demons attacking a school." Leon said. Akurei just growled and went back to his packing.
Nusumu and Shizuka were doing their mind talking to one another. He had ahold of a handgun but it was mostly hidden under his cloak and a black knife in the other hand.
Shizuka had two long knives in her hands, both of them were red and they had a small black triangular shaped line going to the top and she has a mask over her face that covered over her nose and mouth and went down under her neck.
'So you honestly think we can handle direct combat sis? I mean, how long has it been since we've been in a real fight?' he asked her in mindthought as she shook her head. 'I'm not sure brother, but I'm sure we'll do allright. Besides, we have Leon, Ultima, and Suika here with us. So what worries do we have?' she thought to him.
'Yeah, I guess your right. Besides, if things get too hairy, we can just get to the back and let others take over.' he thought with a smile. She didn't smile however and only remained in her grim mood. The then turned to him with a serious expression, 'Nusumu, promise me. If one of us should fall, we will go on with life and we will not look back on this. Do you promise?'
Nusumu was shocked at what he was hearing. 'Calm down sis, were not gonna die.' he began, but she cut him off, 'Brother! Promise me!' she thought again. Nusumu remained silent for a bit until he hung his head, 'Ok sis, I promise you.' he thought before they closed off the link.
Setsuna and Eva were discussing a strategy when suddenly, Negi and Co. came walking up to them. They were all dressed like they were ready for battle and they all had serious expressions on their faces. Eva spoke up, "What are you all doing here? Your supposed to be at the school!" she yelled.
Negi shook his head, "Evangeline, I'm sorry but this is our decision. We made this choice to come and fight for the school and we intend to stick with it. All of us." he said flatly.
Leon didn't move, Suika managed a weak smile, Ultima grinned, Nusumu and Shizuka shook their heads and Akurei scowled, 'this is no place for kids.' Nu, Shi, and Aku thought at the same time as they finished preparations.
The demons were coming in fast and there looked to be an endless amount of them as the skies grew dark with their approach. Everyone had a weapon drawn and they were all lined up and ready to go. Some of the weaker girls stayed in the backrow and decided to act as support.
This was their strategy. Some of their close range fighters would go in and start combat while the magic users and far ranged fighters gave them cover fire. The other people would use their support or healing magics to aid their partners.
Just as the battle was about to begin, a flash of black zoomed by everyone in the front and stopped in front of Negi. "So your going to have a party without me huh, Negi?" the voice said. The owner of this voice sounded young and cocky.
When Leon looked over he saw a boy with wolf ears and a black school uniform on. "Kotarou-kun!" Negi said as Kotarou gave a huge grin. "So what in the world is going on? I leave for a two month training period and when I get back your ready for war! What did you all do?" Kotarou asked.
Leon came over to them and pointed towards the demons, they were beginning to break through the school barrier. "Hey Kotarou was it? As you can see, demons are coming. Theres going to be a war here, so if you really are a wolf demon like I think you are, then get in the front row. Your going in with the close range fighters." Leon said as he went back to his place.
Kotarou grinned as he cracked his knuckles, "Allright then. Lets get this party started!" he said with excitement as he got in a ready position. Everyone in the front then pulled out their weapons and some in the back got some magic ready.
Before the fight began, Ultima went to the back where Konoka was and he handed her a small yellow book with what appeared to be a sun on it. Konoka looked confused by the item and took it, it began to give off a holy shine. "W-what is this?" she asked when she had ahold of it.
Ultima smiled a bit, "If demons get past us, and things are too much to handle. Use this lightning tome. It's a holy spell and it will protect you when you are exhausted." he explained as he turned and went back to the front. Some of the girls stared at the tome for a bit but that soon was forgotten as the roar of demons was heard just a few yards away.
Leon then raised a gunblade to the air, "Everyone, hold positions!" he said as the demons were nearly five yards away, "Fire!" he cried out. Negi, Eva, Suika, Nusumu, Konoka and Sayo fired off a spell, (Well, Sayo fired a ghost fire ball) as Mana, Nusumu, Kaede, Chachamaru, Hakase and Chao used their technology and guns to fire upon the demons.
The attacks hit the first and second row of demons coming in and they were immediatelly destroyed. "CHARGE!" Leon and Eva yelled out as everyone ran in and attacked. Right as soon as they gave the command, everyone in the front row charged forwards with their weapons raised.
Ultima raised his buster sword, Setsuna had her Yuunagi to the side, Kotarou had his claws out and was ready to strike forwards, Leon had his gunblades raised and Shizuka leapt forward and their weapons met the steel of the weapons of the demons.
Well, I've decided to end the chapter right before the battle. The next chapter is going to be a bit long but hopefully I can get it done within a weeks time, considering I don't run into any obstacles like homework or chores.
Asuna: Yeah, also we need people to review for the sake of the next chapter.
Thats right, I'm taking reviews right now. Vote on students you don't want to die in the next chapter. I already have a list of people that are going to die in the next chapter and if you so wish to keep a certain character alive then put the answer in a review or suffer for your choices, and mine.
Setsuna: Your getting a bit scary there.
I'm aware. Now then, everyone please review, and I MAY just actually get the chapter done within a five day period instead. After all, I don't think any of you want to be left with such a cliffhanger huh?
Well, now we're gonna put this fic away till tomorrow and go work on the other one. So we'll see you all later.
Everyone: Good night!