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The Einsberg-Planeswalker Cycle

Chapter 3

It had been the third day since Owin had began his bodyguard tenure in Mahora Gakuen. So far the plan was proceeding faster than Owin had expected, but it was not something bad. He was in fact happy as now the plan & its results would happen faster. He wondered, however, whether Setsuna would take up his offer. He had been forced to play the "Ojou-sama" card rather early, but it seemed as though that alone would leave her intrigued in the idea. He had sensed that she cared for Konoka as more than just friends, & that suited Owin's plans just fine. There were fortunately no problems so far, & Owin was going to make sure it was kept that way.

He had entered the class much earlier than expected & saw the apparition again. "Good Morning, Owin-san" she said with a smile.

"Good morning, Aisaka" he replied.

"Has work been tough?".

"Actually this job is rather easy. Would you happen to know why is it that this class would need a bodyguard?".

"Well, that might have something to do with Konoka-san".

"The one with the rather large magical power?".

"I believe so. I don't know much about it, but apparently there are some people who want Konoka-san's power".

"I see. However, I had heard that Negi Springfield & Sakurazaki Setsuna were rather accomplished fighters. Wouldn't they be enough?".

"Sorry, I don't know much about Magic, but apparently the principal doesn't think they alone would be enough".

"Seems like it."

After a while, some more people had begun to come into the class. Owin noticed that this time, Yue seemed to be very angry with him, refusing to look in his directions. Then Owin noticed that the Ayaka girl was walking in his direction.

"Excuse me, Owin-san, I wanted to talk to you about something" Ayaka said.

"Speak".

"Well I would prefer to talk to you outside".

They both walked to the outside. Owin noticed that Ayaka seemed to be a bit nevous & she had her eyes downcast.

"Owin-san, I just wanted to apologize about the way I acted toward you on your first day. I may have come out a bit too angry & I wanted to say I'm sorry about the way I acted".

"That's it?"

"& also, I wanted to know if we can start over & be friends" she said.

"That's fine" Owin said already going back into the class.

"W-Wait! Do you accept my apology?" she stammered.

" I don't know. I guess" Owin said scratching the back of his head.

"That's all you have to say?!" Ayaka yelled, but by now Owin had closed the door & entered the class. He was already getting tired of her.

"I wonder, just who is that Owin guy?" Asakura asked.

"He doesn't seem very friendly" Haruna said.

"You're both wrong! Owin-san is actually very friendly!" Aisaka said.

"Oh, Sayo-chan! You've spoke to him before!" then suddenly Asakura reached into her bag & pulled out a notepad & a microphone connected to a small tape recorder. "How many times have you spoken with him? What does he talk to you about? When have you been talking to him? What does he ask about you?" Asakura began asking in rapid succession.

"Waaaaahhh! You're asking the questions way too fast Asakura-san!" Aisaka said, her head spinning from all the rapid-fire questions.

"Oi, Asakura! Stop asking the questions so loud! He'll hear you!" Haruna said warningly.

"I can hear you" Owin said, his head still in his arms as he slept like usual.

"EEK! See, now you're going to get him mad at us!" Haruna yelled in a panic.

"What's wrong with asking some questions, after all we barely know anything about the guy! It'll be a big scoop if I manage to actually be able to get some information about him, you know!" Asakura said with a grin.

At that point, Owin had gotten up. Everyone thought he was going to do something to Asakura, but instead he just walked out the classroom.

"See, I think you got him mad" Haruna said.

"It'll be alright. Anyway, Haruna-chan, do you know anything about that Owin guy?" Asakura asked, pointing the microphone at Haruna now.

"Of course I don't know anything about him! Have you ever seen me talk to him?!" Haruna yelled.

"Jeez, does anybody know anything about him?" Asakura asked with a frown as she began to swing the microphone around by its wire.

"I do. He's nothing but a war-monger!" Yue said angrily.

"Ehh, You've talked with him before, Yueecchi?" Asakura asked.

"Yes, he cares nothing about killing people & thinks the strong should rule the world" Yue said.

"Ehh, that means he's killed people before. Maybe he's a war veteran who's killed so many people that it doesn't bother him anymore?" Asakura asked, imagining Owin wearing army fatigues & running through a forest.

"Or maybe he's a really famous secret agent who's done missions all over the world for lots of different governments!" Makie said, imagining Owin wearing a tuxedo & dodging gun blasts.

"Or maybe he's a government agent sent in to investigate any weird goings-on in the school!" Haruna said, imagining Owin in a black suit flashing a police badge.

"I think you're all wrong! Owin-san is really a very nice person! He just looks scary & people misunderstand him!" Aisaka said, yelling & waving her arms.

"So then, please tell us everything you know about Owin-san, Sayo-chan! What is his favorite food? His favorite drink? His favorite music? What does he do in his spare time? What kind of woman does he like? Is he pervert?" Asakura began asking in rapid-fire succession. "Kyaa! That's too many questions Asakura-saaaaaan!!" Aisaka yelled as she flew away from the room & through the room. "Ahh! Wait up, Sayo-chan!!" Asakura yelled as she ran after Aisaka right out of the room. "& there they go" Haruna said giggling. "Ne, Haruna-chan, what do you think about that Owin guy? Doesn't he seem really stand-offish?" Makie asked. "Well, it could just be that he's not used to starting conversations? He doesn't seem to talk to anybody unless he's spoken to" Haruna said as she rubbed her chin in thought. "Yeah but he really seems like he just doesn't like us or something" Sakurako said as she was fixing her pom-poms with Misa & Madoka. "Yeah that's true. & he seems to not like Negi-Sensei or something" said Madoka. "I don't know why. Everyone almost always gets along with Negi-sensei really well" said Misa. "Well, that's just us really" Madoka said making Misa laugh. "Maybe it's like I said before & he just doesn't like women?" Haruna said with a devilish little grin. "Maybe. But he seems to get along with Sayo-chan easily enough" Madoka said. "Hehe, maybe he only has a thing for ghosts?" Haruna asked. "That would be funny" Misa said as everybody laughed. After a while, Owin walked back into the class & went back to sleep. "I'm going to try talking to him" Misa said as she got up. She walked up to his desk.

"Umm, excuse me, Owin-san?" she asked with a cute smile.

"Yes?" Owin said, his face still in his arms & his head pointed to the window opposite from Misa.

"I wanted to ask, what country do you come from?".

" Somewhere far away" Owin answered dismissively.

"Like…?" Misa said trying to drag out an answer.

"It doesn't matter" Owin said.

"Well then, what do you do for a living?"

"Nothing much".

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No".

"Have you ever had a girlfriend?"

"No".

"Do you want a girlfriend?"

"No".

"Why not?".

"Because if she's like you she'll be annoying, now leave me alone" Owin said angrily.

"Fine" Misa said as she walked away.

"So, how did it go?" Madoka asked.

"He called me annoying & told me to leave" Misa said matter-of-factly.

"What?! Why does he have to be such a jerk all the time!" Madoka asked angrily as she got up from her chair & walked over to Owin. "Hey, why do you have to be such a jerk to my friend?" She asked as she slapped her hand on the table.

If Owin heard her, he made no indication as he continued to sleep. He was listening to her though, & her demanding tone was beginning to make him angry.

"Oi, wake up!" Madoka said as she began pushing his shoulder. This Owin couldn't stand & he got up. Madoka was taken aback as Owin went right next to her face.

"I have no need to explain myself to a child, Kugimiya Madoka, & do not presume that simply because you are confronting me I will back off" Owin said with a hint of malice in his voice.

"H-how dare you!" Madoka said as she raised her hand to slap him in the face, her friends getting up to stop her. Once her hand came within an inch of his face, Owin grabbed her wrist & flipped it, causing Madoka to flip head over heels & to land right on his table, smashing it to pieces.

Suddenly, everyone began to scream "Madoka" & ran to help the girl to her feet. "Hmm, seems I will need a new table" Owin said as he walked out the room, all the girls staring daggers at the man that had hurt their friend.

Owin had walked through the halls for quite a while before he was able to find a suitable table in an empty classroom. He was dragging it through the halls when he saw Negi waiting for him outside the classroom with a rather serious expression on his face. Owin sighed because now he knew the kid was going to get mad about what he had done.

"Owin-san! I need to have a word with you!" He said loudly.

"Not now, kid, I'm busy" Owin said dismissively.

"Yes, now! I can ignore you not being nice to them, but I cannot tolerate you hurting them!".

"Oh? You think you can stop me?"

"I will if I have to" Negi said. This Owin could not tolerate.

"Do you honestly think you can take on a planeswalker, kid?"

Suddenly, Negi began to feel as though an invisible hand were gripping his throat, strangling him. The pain was so intense that Negi couldn't even think of any spells & he could feel his eyes rolling into the back of his head.

"You listen & you listen well, Negi Springfield" Owin said as he moved closer to the gasping boy, his hold over him strong & firm. "There is no way you can ever hope to defeat me. I don't want to, but I could kill you, your class, even this entire plane if I wanted to. As long as you don't bother me to much, I won't kill you, but try my patience as you have done today, & I will. Don't test me" Owin said with as much malice as he could. Then suddenly Negi was thrown halfway across the room but whatever invisible force was choking him, & he began gasping for air as soon as he landed.

Owin walked into the classroom & saw that the table's remains were already cleared. He also noticed that the entire class was staring at him, some of them scared & some of them angry. Madoka was gone as well, presumably to the nurse's office he supposed. He flipped the table up & sat down, once again sleeping. It was a few minutes before Negi walked in, & he seemed to be trying to give no indication as to the fact that he was hurt, cheerfully teaching the class. It suited Owin fine, he didn't want to deal with the brat anyway.

After classes had ended, Owin left the classroom, walking through the school grounds when suddenly she called him.

"Owin-san!". Owin turned around to see that Setsuna had called him, & that she looked less than pleased.

"Yes, Setsuna?" he asked cheerfully.

"Why did you do that to Kugumiya-san?"

"You saw for yourself. She attempted to hit me & I defended myself. Is that a crime?"

"You went overboard. She was very badly hurt".

"Should I care?"

"More than that I know you attacked Negi-sensei. I can't forgive that".

"He threatened me. I just showed him the error of his ways, that's all"

"He seemed very hurt".

"He is but a child after all. Anyway, have you considered what we talked about earlier?" he asked.

"I have no need to learn a new sword style. Shinmeiryuu is enough" she said firmly.

"Oh really? I have a question".

"Yes?"

"How do you fight in Shinmeiryuu without your sword?"

"What?" Setsuna reached for her sword only to find that it was gone, only the sheath there. She looked from her sheath to Owin & saw that her sword was in his hands.

"Impossible! When did you-" Setsuna stammered, amazed that not only had she not felt the sword leave her side, but that she hadn't even seen him move.

"This is the result of Keldon swordsmanship training. If you allow me to train you, Setsuna, you will be capable of feats no one in this world can even dream of. You will be faster than light & stronger than any natural force. If you were to allow me to train you, there will be no one in this world capable of taking you on" Owin said, swinging Setsuna's sword around.

"Return Yuunagi to me" Setsuna said.

"But of course" Owin said, & before Setsuna knew it, she suddenly felt the familiar weight of her sword at her side, amazed that once again she didn't even see Owin move. "I know what we can do! Why don't we have a sparring match? This way you can see how good Keldon swordsmanship really is!" Owin said with a satisfied smile.

"Fine. I'll show you how strong Shinmeiryuu truly is!" Setsuna said, raising her sword into the standard kendo position, her feet apart & Yuunagi pointed straight at Owin's head.

"Come" Owin said as he raised his fists in what looked like a standard boxer position.

"Aren't you going to draw your sword?"

"Of course not. My hands will be more than enough. While it is called "Swordsmanship", the Keldon style focuses on using hand-to-hand combat as well as using multiple weapons, as well as striking quickly & efficiently. This is how we are able to take on large armies by ourselves. That's lesson number one, Setsuna" Owin said still keeping his smile of confidence.

"Like I said, I won't be training with you!" Setsuna said as she charged straight at Owin. Owin didn't even move as Setsuna tried to bring her sword down on his head, but right when the sword was about to touch him, he brought his hand up, & blocked the sword with his bare finger.

"Impossible!" Setsuna stammered as she tried to push her sword down but couldn't. How he possibly block her sword strike with a bare finger? Was this truly the power of his fighting style?

"Starting to see how powerful my style is? You can learn to do this too, y'know" Owin said, chatting with her as though they were merely enjoying tea together.

Setsuna disengaged her sword & in anger, began to swing her sword in a wild slashing combo. She had felled countless demons in this way, but she couldn't even take down this man, who continued to block her strikes with only her finger. Why? Why can't I manage to hit him even once? How can he block my sword so easily?! Setsuna began to think, already getting angry about the situation. No, calm down. He is still a man, so there has to be some weakness, Setsuna thought as she continued the assault. Then, she came at a Owin with a sword strike on his right side which was easily blocked, followed by an elbow to his face on the left, which was blocked as well. She then twisted her body so that her sword came all the way around & came at Owin's face on his left, which despite it's impressive speed, was still blocked. This is it!, Setsuna thought, & she then grabbed her sheath & swung out with both her sword & sheath on one side, which Owin was not fast enough to block & caught him swift on the jaw. Setsuna thought she had the match won, until she looked at Owin's face & saw that not only was he not hurt, but he was smiling. "Oh? Was that supposed to hurt?". Setsuna was so shocked that it hadn't hurt that she stood in place for a few seconds. What is this man?! I put almost all my strength into that one blow! How can he not be hurt?!. "I must say you have a rather disappointing hit strength. I can help you with that you know" Owin said with his so far ever present smile. "Damn you! Don't you understand? I'm happy with what I have!" Setsuna said angrily. "You're happy with that half-assed strength of yours? Are you so sure?" Owin said, & now he got close to Setsuna, as close as they had been that day in Evangeline's resort. "I can feel it in you, Sakurazaki Setsuna. You wish to see this great power I speak of. You do wish to learn it. Don't try to hide it" Owin said, his smile fading from his face. "You're wrong!" Setsuna yelled. "Here, let me show you a bit of the power" Owin said & suddenly, Setsuna had no idea what had happened, but it felt as though something like a freight train had hit straight on in the face, & Setsuna was sent flying into the school building, cracking the wall, & making her cough blood. Setsuna laid on the floor trying to recover from the devastating blow & wondering what in the world had just happened. "Do you see? You have no chance in hell of beating me. That is the overwhelming power of Keldon Swordsmanship. It would make you unstoppable if only you would allow me to teach you" Owin said. "Setsuna-san!" Owin heard someone yell & suddenly large magical bolts appeared in the sky directed right at Owin, which he irritatingly smacked out of the way. Suddenly, Negi had appeared along with Asuna, Ku-Fei, Kaede, Mana, Nodoka, Yue, & Haruna, all dressed in what he supposed was battle gear.

"Owin-san! Why are you fighting with Setsuna-san?!" Negi asked, his wand pointed at Owin.

"We were having a sparring match, that's all" Owin said casually.

"Even so, this looks more like a fight!"

"It doesn't concern you kid, so don't interrupt!" Owin said.

"No! As a teacher I won't allow you to attack my students!".

"Damn your annoying kid! Get out of the way or I'll move you!" Owin said, already getting agitated.

Negi didn't even bother answering & instead launched his thunderbolt spell, which Owin smacked out of the way again.

"Kid, I wasn't going to kill her you know! You're having a misunderstanding" Owin said.

"Even so, I cannot allow something like this to go on" Negi said as he prepared another spell.

"You sure you want to die over a misunderstanding?" Owin said, getting very agitated at how childish the boy was acting.

"I won't allow you to hurt my students! Just now that blast could have killed Setsuna-san!"

"No, it couldn't! I deliberately held back so that it wouldn't kill her! I'm trying to offer her a chance to train her in swordsmanship" Owin said.

"You don't need to try to kill her if you want her to study under you!"

"Didn't you just hear me, you fucking little kid! I just said I held back!". Now Owin was passed annoyed & was getting extremely angry. He was getting so angry that he was allowing his power to leak through, causing him to be surrounded in a red aura & causing the ground to shake underneath them.

Now Negi didn't know what to do. It seemed as though Owin had begun to get very angry, & Negi knew that Owin was extremely strong. It was just a good thing that he had everyone with him. He knew that if they were there with him, then they stood a fighting chance.

"Kid, I'm going to tell you right now. Leave if you want to live" Owin said as he struggled to get his anger in check & his power under control.

"No, I will stop you from hurting my students!" Negi said, getting ready to fight.

"YOU HONESTLY THINK YOU CAN STOP ME!!" Owin screamed. Then suddenly Negi suddenly felt as though invisible hands like the ones before were gripping him again, & suddenly his arm bent the wrong way, & everyone heard the sickening crunch & snap as the bones in Negi's right arm were broken. Negi fell to the ground screaming in pain as everyone rushed over to see if he was all right. "Why you!" Asuna yelled as she charged at Owin with her large sword. Suddenly a strange force smacked right into Asuna & sent her flying right into the school building, causing her to fall unconscious. As Negi laid on the floor, screaming in pain, Owin finally managed to take control of his anger, & his power level lowered. He then walked over to Negi, & instantly everyone got ready to fight him. Instead, Owin ignored them & pulled the same mana-producing artifact from before & cast a white healing spell on Negi, mending his broken arm. As Negi flexed his arm, Owin put an arm in his shoulder & spoke almost in a whisper. "I let my anger take control of me for a minute there, but I assure you I wasn't going to kill Setsuna. I wanted to show her how strong Keldon swordsmanship is, that's all. I mended your broken arm this one time, but if you get in my way again, I will kill you Negi Springfield. I won't hurt your students unless they bother me, thus I recommend you don't put them in harm's way again as you have done today. If you want to die, do it by yourself, kid" Owin said, still trying to keep his anger under control. Then he got up & walked away.

Wow, now we sure have an idea as to how strong Owin really is! He whooped everybody! Anyway, This chapter was really fun to write because it practically just wrote itself. I tried to add a little bit of comedy with Haruna & everyone else but Owin is too dead pan serious for comedy. Also, after reading through the chapter Owin's anger problem really came through didn't it? As usual, constructive criticism & reviews are welcome & desired so feel free! Thanks for reading!