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The Einzberg-Planeswalker Cycle

Chapter 4

The plan seemed to have hit a snag. Owin was sitting on the school roof, staring at the whole of Mahora Gakuen's night life pondering. It seemed as though Setsuna was angry at him. He had not expected her to be so steadfast against using Keldon swordsmanship. He could sense her desire to learn it but she was resisting for some reason. Maybe it had something to do with Konoka. This was yet another problem. He had not expected Setsuna to be so steadfast in protecting someone. He had found out by searching Konoka's mind that the whole reason she had learned kendo was to protect Konoka. This went against a large part of the Keldon code. A Keldon warrior did not gain power for the sake of another, or for something so petty as revenge or money. A Keldon warrior desired the power for the sake of power, because they themselves desire beyond all things to gain power. If she was to have any chance at all at learning the swordsmanship or even to gain warsong, he would have to beat that out of her. He didn't mind her using her power to protect Konoka if so was her choice, but that cannot be her only reason or it would never work.

Another pressing matter was that boy sticking his nose in his business. For some reason that boy just loved to interfere in his matters, matters not concerning a lowly being such as him. In truth, Owin wanted to rip the boy's head right off his shoulders, but he knew if he did then Setsuna would hate him, & thus never agree to the training. Thus killing him was out of the question. Then there was the problem of Owin's anger issues. For just a while back there, his anger had gotten the better of him, & he came close to ruining everything right then & there. He had to make sure that he would keep his anger in check at all times from now on. All the things that could go wrong was beginning to agitate him. & here the plan was going so smoothly a few days ago.

Owin had stayed all night thinking when he noticed the sun had begun to rise. He entered the classroom early as usual & there was, as usual, the apparition. "Good morning, Owin-san" Aisaka said with a smile. "Good morning, Aisaka" he said sitting down.

"Thanks for defending me yesterday" he said as he put his in his arms.

"Oh, you're welcome" she replied, looking slightly taken aback.

"I think everybody hates me now for what I did".

"About Kugumiya-san?"

"Yeah. It's like no one around here has heard of self-defense or something"

"I think it's more about the fact that you hurt her so badly".

"Maybe. She shouldn't have come at me like that though".

"Hehe, not everyone seems to think like that".

"What did she have anyway?"

"A broken arm & some bruises on her back".

"Tch, that's not even a lot. Everyone made it seem like I crippled her".

"Everyone was worried about her".

"I guess".

Once more just like every other day, the kids began to enter the class, except it seemed as though they were already used to Owin's presence, as everyone ignored him. This suited Owin just fine, right up until Madoka walked in. She looked fine except that she had her left arm, the hand he had grasped, in a cast. Almost upon seeing him she made a beeline straight for Owin.

"You are the worst, Owin-san! You've done nothing but horrible things to the girls in this class, & I'm going to the principal to make sure you're fired!" she said angrily.

Owin took one look at her & rested on his arms again & said "Do as you please". This only served to make Madoka angrier.

"Is that all you have to say?! You're going to get fired, you hear me?! FIRED!" She yelled purposefully in his ear.

This made Owin get up. He went straight into her face so that they were only a few inches apart & he said, "If you don't shut up & sit down right now, you're going to need another cast".

"That won't happen!". Everyone turned toward the door to see Negi standing there looking serious. Great, the nuisance returns yet again, Owin thought.

"Owin-san, I already told you I will not let you hurt my students" Negi said, standing in front of Owin as Madoka got out of the way.

"& I already told you, kid, as long as they don't bother me, I won't. That one however won't shut up" Owin said, pointing straight at Madoka.

"As I have said before, you will NOT harm anybody" Negi said getting straight in Owin's face. This got him mad.

Owin then grabbed the boy from the collar of his shirt & lifted him off the ground. " & I have already told you, kid, that you can't stop me!". He then took Negi & threw him into the chalkboard, causing Negi to scream. "That's enough!". Owin looked at the class door & saw the other teacher known as Tackimichi Takahata standing there with a serious expression on his face. "Is there no end to you people?" Owin asked, trying to keep his anger in check. "You listen to me, Owin-kun. If you ever hurt Negi-kun again, you will have to answer to me" Takamichi said, putting his arm on Owin's shoulder. Who does this guy think he is?, Owin thought. "I'm shaking in my boots" Owin said sarcastically as he smacked Takamichi's hand away & walked out the classroom. "Wait, Owin-kun, come back!" Takamichi yelled while the girls looked after Negi. "Leave me alone old man!" Owin said continuing down the hall. "Wait, we're not done here yet!" Takamichi yelled running to keep up with him. Suddenly Owin stopped & began to move his head as though he were searching for something. "Like I said-" Takamichi began when Owin put his hand out to bar Takamichi. "Someone's coming. Someone not from the school" Owin said as he felt the presence. "What do you me-"Takamichi said when suddenly he felt it. There was a large presence of magical energy located somewhere outside the school. "You go back with the girls. I'm going to go welcome the visitor" Owin said as he went down the stairs. "Wait! That magical presence is far too large for you to take on by yourself! I'll go with you!" Takamichi said.

"I don't need your help, old man. This presence is no match for me. Go watch the girls".

"No, you don't know what you are talking about!" Takamichi said when all of a sudden he felt an invisible force wrap around him, constricting his movement & he fell to the floor.

"You just don't know how to follow orders, do you old man? I'll take care of it" Owin said, & he continued down the stairs, & he left the immovable Takamichi on the floor.

Owin arrived to see the entire front yard in chaos. Negi was fighting with his partners against a endless horde of demons, while the magical teachers of the school were helping out. It seemed to be a dire situation for everyone as the demons were putting up a good fight. He looked around for Setsuna & found her guarding Konoka, who was healing a young boy who had been injured. She fought fiercely against all the demons, but Owin saw that not only was she completely surrounded, she was bleeding rather badly from a large gash on her back. Owin decided to step in, & ripped the demons apart with the strange pressure he had used on Negi. "Yo, my little pupil" Owin said with a grin. "You!" Setsuna said apparently out of disbelief. Then Owin's face grew serious. "Sakurazaki Setsuna, I want you to witness this battle closely. Watch how truly fierce a Keldon warrior is in battle" Owin said & he walked away.

Owin pulled out his mana-saving artifact & used some mana to cast a large blue bouncing spell to place all the Mahora people on top of the school roof. "I don't want anyone to interfere in this! I'll take care of them!" Owin shouted as he marched straight into the hoard.

"Is he insane?!" Gandolfini yelled as he prepared to jump down. "Stop. Let him go". It was the principal, standing right next to him.

"Principal, what are you talking about?! There's no way he can take on that huge army by himself!" Gandolfini said incredulously.

"You're wrong. If what I've heard of this man is true, he'll have no problem" The principal said with a smile on his face.

Chigusa was having a ball. Finally she would get her revenge on the annoying brat that foiled her plans back in Kyoto. With all these demons here with her, plus Tsukuyomi on her side, she would definitely kill that annoying runt.

Owin continued without being interrupted by the demons straight to three people. One was a young girl in a rather frilly dress. The other seemed to be a woman in her mid-twenties with glasses.

"Who are you? One of the boys lackeys?" Chigusa asked.

"Don't insult me, I work for the school" Owin said, scratching the back of his head.

"Whoever you are, you're obviously an idiot for walking right toward us! Get him, my demons!" Chigusa yelled, & the demons charged at Owin.

Then suddenly, every demon in the yard, the thousands of them, blew up in a haze of blood & gore which promptly disappeared. "What in the hell just happened here?!" Chigusa yelled, wondering where her demons had gone.

"I'll give you five seconds to give up & run away. After that I kill you" Owin said casually.

"Don't mess with me! I have no idea what you did to all my demons, but there's no way you can take us on!" Chigusa said as she & Tsukuyomi went into their battle stances.

"& that would be five" Owin said, & suddenly both of their heads were sliced from their bodies, rolling on the ground as large rivers of blood were spilled from their bodies. Setsuna saw the whole thing in amazement. How can one being be so unbelievably powerful?, she thought to herself. Both of those people had caused no end of trouble for Negi-sensei & herself, so how can one person kill them both with no effort at all? She looked at Owin in amazement, him standing there watching the bodies bleed freely, Tsukuyomi's sword in his hand, apparently having been used to slice it's own owner. Then suddenly an unbelievable force pushed down on everybody in the vicinity. It was so strong that it forced Setsuna & Konoka to the ground. She looked at Owin as she struggled to move, only to see that he was standing like normal, as though he couldn't feel anything. Then, the ground began to crumble, & fire began to shoot out from the cracks. Then a large being emerged from the cracks. It was at least as tall as a skyscraper, with red skin & red slits for eyes. Fire seemed to ooze off of it as the being reached it's full height. Setsuna could only identify the creature as an extremely powerful demon.

"Human, I thank you for releasing me from those creatures control" The creature said in a dark, deep voice. Then Setsuna knew what had happened. By killing Chigusa & her lackeys, he had killed the only people that were constraining the monster, & now it was going to run rampant over the school. Setsuna cursed the foolish planeswalker for his mistake.

"So you must be the presence that I've been feeling" Owin said, looking right at the creature without any showing of fear.

"Yes. As thanks for releasing me, I give you an offer. Join me as I take over the world, & you'll be one of the few beings I will allow to live" the monster said.

"Who do you think you're talking to? Owinheim von Einzburg serves no one. Especially a demon weak enough to be controlled by humans" Owin said, laughing in the creature's face. This shocked Setsuna. So he hadn't done it on purpose after all? But still, could he take on such an immensely huge creature on his own?

"You fool! I am giving you a chance to live! Do you honestly think you can hope to defeat me?!" the demon yelled, a immensely large growl that shook the entire school.

"You're the one who doesn't stand a chance fool" Owin said with a crooked smile.

"Fine then. You will be first to die!" the demon yelled. The creature then rose its hand & materialized an immense sword at least as tall as himself, a sword as red as blood. It brought the sword down on Owin, & the collision created a huge shockwave, shooting dirt out from underneath it & causing all the windows of the school to burst. It took all of Setsuna's strength to keep her & Konoka from being blown away as they held on to a nearby stair handrail. Damn, there's no way Owin could have survived that!, Setsuna thought, now wondering how in the world how they were going to fight that monster. However, after the dust settled, Setsuna saw something that shook the very foundations of her belief in what was real & what wasn't.

Owin was there. He was alive. The blow had not even hit him. Setsuna looked closely & saw that Owin had once again blocked the huge sword with nothing but his naked finger.

"I-Impossible! What in the hell are you?!" The demon asked not able to believe what he was seeing. "I have no need to explain something to a dead creature" Owin said.

"Dead? What are you-" it was about to ask, when suddenly it stopped speaking, & its eyes were stuck wide open. It stood like this for quite a long time, about fifteen seconds, & everyone was wondering what had happened. Then suddenly, a drop of blood began to drip from the creature's head. Then another, then another. Then, without any warning, the creature fell into two pieces, as it's body was cut in half down the middle. Owin stood there, covered in the demon's blood with a smile on his face. As Setsuna gazed at the wreckage, at the bloody remains of the demon, at the unbelievably powerful man standing there completely covered in blood, only one thought was in her head.

This man is truly a monster.

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