"But Negi-sensei, are you sure?" asked Nodoka.
Negi wiped his corner of his mouth of dried blood and dirt. "I am fine!"
"Then boya what are you waiting for?" spouted Eva expecting the fight to end soon.
"But you can barely stand!" said a worried bookworm.
Eva turned her attention toward Nodoka, "If you do not have faith in the kid, then you should not get involved with magic. If you have any doubts in your heart that he can protect you...then you should walk away now," giggled Eva.
Nodoka looked down at the ground. "I have come this far with him. I will go whereever he may go. Not because I fell in love with him or that I am his partner. It is that we need each other," murmured Nodoka to herself.
"So I see that you are not taking my advice and leaving. So be it. You will see your precious sensei fall," snickered Eva.
"Centum glacies telum pierce hostes hostium," recited Eva.
"Curator of lux lucis contego mihi ex vulnero," touted Negi as the ice arrows bounce off of a light shield in front of Negi.
"Very good boya. You still have some fight in you," cackled Eva.
"What can I do to help sensei? If I use my artifact she will target me or send Chacha after me. And if that happens I will lose due to Chacha's overwhelming physical capabilities. After all she is a robot. But, I just can't stand here and not do anything. I do not want to be helpless at all. Think Nodoka," was what her inner voice said to herself.
"Glacialis glacies mucro of nex exorior," said by Eva, "How is your swordmanship boya? Has Setsuna-san taught you anything yet?"
"Ventus phasmatis , unda phasmatis , terra phasmatis , quod lux lucis phasmatis certamen effingo a mucro," said Negi as a sword appeared in his hand.
"Shall we dance kid," smiled Eva.
"Let us dance master," responded Negi with a smile.
The sword fight started off as a typical swashbuckling clanging of swords. Until Eva added a spell to the sword as her ice sword would wrap around Negi's sword and then shoot out tiny ice shards. Negi's face was pelted with a couple as one slice his previous scar on his left cheek.
"Ah the scar reopened," teased Eva, "Oh I am so sorry. Alright I am not sorry."
Nodoka was beginning to get mad at Eva's taunting.
"Where the hell is he? I have looked all through the campus, the school grounds, and the surrounding area and he is not here," said a depressive voice.
A cell phone rang as the voice answered it. "So have you found him yet?" asked the caller.
"No I have not. This damn place is so big. Just as big as Wales can be. That brat better not have ran away crying from here," replied the meek voice.
"Well try again. He will eventually show up. Did you check with the Dean yet? He might have went on a trip before coming back to Wales," said the caller.
"No...I have not," whispered the voice.
"Eva-chan I am warning you now. If you...," muddered Nodoka.
"Oh please! Like you can do anything to me? A shivering girl who barely has any magic trying to threaten me. I should just freeze you like I did Asuna-san. Matter of fact that is a good idea," laughed the sadistic undead blond vampire.
"Master you will NOT TOUCH HER," yelled the ten year old teacher.
"Atrum glacies clausus exorior quod propinquus super hostes hostium," recited by Eva.
"Lux lucis quod navitas exorior ut contego mihi," spoke Negi as he dashed towards Nodoka.
A glow of light and energy surrounded the girl and her teacher as the ice cracked to many pieces around them.
"Ah you are quicker then last time," sighed Eva.
"You have seen nothing yet...Master," smiled Negi having a glint in his eye.
Nodoka looked at her professor and blushed. "Thank you professor."
Negi did not acknowledge her and kept his focus on Eva.
"Curator of lux lucis caecus hostes hostium intus three secundus," said Negi as he dashed towards Eva.
"What are you planning now?" asked Eva as she was caught off guard.
"Oh you will see," said Negi as his spell hit Eva as soon as he got there as he took Eva's legs out from under her as he dashed slightly away from her.
Eva fell hard on the ground with her back. "Owe, that hurt."
Nodoka was giggling.
Eva prepared to get up as Negi yet again dashed at her as he did the same thing but hit her front of her legs so she would hit the ground face first.
"Why you bastard! You could have damaged my face," said a red faced Eva spitting out grass.
"You are not suppose to eat the grass Eva-chan," giggled Nodoka.
Eva spun around and faced Nodoka. Nodoka simply smiled.
Negi took the advantage of Eva's focus on Nodoka as he grabbed her from behind and planted her on the ground as he was on top of her.
Eva was so shocked by the strength of Negi and his move that she just looked up at him. She had to catch her breath before speaking.
"Get off of me boya! Or else!" sternly said by Eva.
"Um no master I will not. Do you give up?" smiled Negi.
Having Negi's hands around her wrist and straddling her made her blush. Negi saw it and made him uneasy. Nodoka did not like that position which they were in. Chachamaru looked confused.
"Well boya last time we were in this position you were on the bottom," smirked Eva.
Negi remembered the "kiss" that Eva gave him and blushed. Nodoka peaked at her book and saw what Negi was thinking and blushed even more red.
"Ah boya did not know you cared for me that way. You are not going to kiss me this time" teased Eva.
Eva looked at Chachamaru and nodded. Chachamaru opened a hidden area on her body and pushed a button. Within the castle the jail cell doors that the other girls were locked in were now open. The girls ran toward to get to Negi as fast as they could.
"So now what? Do you give up?" asked Negi.
"You did well, but if I was not distracted by her. You would never in a million years defeated me. I hope also Miss Miyazaki-sanlearn a lesson about what it takes to be a partner." lectured Eva still on the ground.
Eva leaned up as the girls from the castle arrived on the scene. Eva whispered in Negi's ear and started to nibbled on it as it drew blood. Eva licked the blood as the girls were either blushing or cheering him on to get kinky. Well alright only one girl was cheering them. Haruna was that girl.
Asuna rushed toward Negi as she grabbed him and pulled him off of Eva.
Yue walked toward Nodoka, "So you have survived. We all saw it. You did well."
"Thanks!" was Nodoka's reply.
"Professor you did well against an opponent like her," said Setsuna.
"Are you hurt anywhere? I can heal you," asked Konoka.
"No I am fine, but thank you for the offer," replied Negi.
"Good God if this is what it is then you freaks can have it," spoke Chisame.
Eva dusted herself off, "I hope you all learned from this experience. It is going to be rougher then what I put you all through. If you are not mentally ready then stay home and away from going on this trip."
"Hell if we are staying home," replied Haruna.
"Fine then. You have been warned. Chachamaru prepare them to leave here and return home. I think it has been long enough so they can get out of here," spoke Eva eloquently.
Negi collapsed onto the ground as Nodoka ran to him.
"Professor are you alright?" asked the bookworm.
"Yeah just needed to sit for a second," smiled Negi.
Nodoka took Negi's hand to pull him up. She used all her might as Negi got up. Unfortunely Nodoka footing was off as she pulled him towards her as they both fell. He was on top of her.
Both were blushing beat red as Nodoka quickly gave him a kiss on the cheek. Haruna yelled, "Kiss him on the mouth and not the cheek."
"I cannot do that with all the people around," exclaimed Nodoka.
"So if we were not here you would have kissed him on the lips?" asked Haruna giggling.
"Ah...well...um...absolutely....not," blushed Nodoka again.
"But you love him!" responded Haruna looking at Yue.
Yue did not show any signs of her feelings.
Negi passed out having his head on her chest with a smile on his face. Nodoka smiled but then realized this ecchi picture of him sleeping on top of her. Nodoka turned her head toward the other girls.
All the girls were blushing beat red as Eva produced the pink rose in its glass jar.
"You were the one who took the rose?" asked a clueless Asuna.
The other girls were giggling as Eva sighed, "Good grief!"
A/N: So this story almost was 2 years in the making. Too long in updating in a year and a half. I apologize to those who enjoyed this story. The dialog was weak but hopefully my next story I will learn and have a better understanding of it. The voice that was finding Negi was Anya of course if you have read the manga so far. This story took place after the Mahora festival and before the trip to Wales. My next tackle of a Negima story is an AkoxNegi venture. I know that Ako found out about Negi being Nagi and she says her feelings are over for him. But are they? I will try and explore that and have a nice time writing it. So Chapter one should be out in mid to late August.