A Wolf in Mahora
Chapter 32: She Won…
I don not own Negima or Naruto
Italics for thoughts and spells
Urgh my fanfics have been so hard to write for at-the-mo and it's driving me mad, hopefully this will tied me over to the next update of whatever I'm working on.
Looking now it seems as though Negima may be coming to it's close soon, have to say it's been a good story these past few years, got to wonder what I'll red when it's done.
XChapter StartX
After setting about learning about their new artifacts, Naruto's was being explained to him by Chisame Haruna proceeded to draw small doodles on her pad which all came to life from the page. "Ohh… s-s-sweet the crappy doodles I drew in the sketchbook are moving smoothly?" she said amazed at what her tool could do.
"Well seems like your artifact is able to summon the drawings you drew in your sketchbook as simple golems" Chamo explained while Haruna began scribbling madly in the book again "It's a fairy tale, this might be the most magic-like one up to this point." She created a few birds that flapped away flying "This is truly the dream of all the artists in the world, Naruto-kun thank you for giving me this awesome magic power" she said with Nodoka happily clapping for her friend in amazement.
"C-Chamo-kun mine is a textbook for basic magic" said Yue a little nervous looking at her book "Oh yeah looks like Yuecchi got the same thing as the beginner mage set that is handed out to children who enter the magic school I guess. It might be useful for Yuecchi since you're practically magic right now. But unfortunately it probably wont add to any strength combat strength for us" he muttered scratching his chin in contemplation.
"I… is that so?" she muttered thinking that Negi probably had something like this when he first started out, while with Naruto he was trying out some of the cards for practise. Naruto had also managed to dispel the robes but keep the book, staff and glasses as he practised since the robes would get in the way most likely. "Windy come forth swirl and capture my clones, Release" he said thrusting the staff to the card at the ethereal spirit of the card came out as the and did as commanded restraining the clones "Tueri Omne Pretiosum Quinquaginta Spiritus Lucis, Coèuntes, sagittent inimicum meam, Sagitta Magica Series Lucis" the fifty arrows of light were released upon the helpless clones and turned to poufs of smoke once the arrows met their target.
"Hmm… each card is strong in its own right but using them would drain me quickly from what I can tell, some cards are stronger than others too, still it's a useful artifact and the staff is a nice touch too, Abeat" he said to himself as he deactivated the card. "Do you ever run out of tricks Naruto?" asked the voice of Eva as she walked over and he smiled back "Not even sure of that myself" he chuckled.
"Naruto… I get the feeling you're going to be fairly busy on the last day of the festival, so I'll let you off the date we agreed on" he raised an eyebrow to this. "Eva-chan, is something up, I was kinda looking forward to the date" he said as she turned around to head back to her castle "Just call is women's intuition Naruto and leave it at that" she said as she walked back and Naruto stared at her retreating form. As this went on the others were trying to get Haruna to draw all manner of things and she agreeing to do so.
XBreakX
A few hours later Naruto was wandering the halls of the villa, he hadn't been able to sleep well and a nice walk might clear his head. He was in search of Eva too seeing as something was definitely up, as he rounded a corner he found a girl in a maid outfit "Eh… hello" he greeted the maid who bowed "Greetings Naruto Uzumaki-sama, my master sent me to retrieve you but you are already here. I have heard much about you from my little sister" she said to him in a tone Naruto recognized.
"You're Cha-chan's sister aren't you?" the maid nodded as she gestured with her hand "Master is this way please follow me" he nodded back as she lead him to a large room which had an open bath not unlike the one near the dorms. When he looked more carefully he found that in the bath was Eva waitng for him letting the water run through her hair "Ah, you're earlier than I expected Naruto" Naruto's tried to say something but no words came out as he stared Eva, something she took not of.
"Nice to see this form is too your liking somewhat, now stop standing around and come join me" she said covering her modesty slightly due to the amount of steam in the room. "Ah… Eh… Uh…" was all that came out, he may have been used to seeing girls accidently get striped but Eva just stood there naked in front of him making his brain shut down slightly.
"Wow… wonder if I'm the first to make you speechless. Strip and toss him since he can't do it himself" she ordered her two maids "Yes Master" they said in unison as the grabbed Naruto "Wai- What?" he cried as he found himself bare bodied and flung into the water making a huge splash. "Pua! Eva-chan that wasn't… nice…" his complaint was cut off as Eva was now in her adult form in front of him and he did have to agree that it was really hot.
"Bet you're wondering why I have you here at this time of night" she questioned as Naruto not thinking aid "Not really but I don't care right now" he said as Eva chuckled moving close to him in the water almost like a predator stalking its prey. "That's good, seems as though I can please you in both forms, but which is better for you?" she asked as he shook his head getting his mind out the gutter for a moment.
"Which form doesn't matter to me, Eva-chan is Eva-chan" he told her as she draped her arms around his neck "That is the correct answer and here's your prize" she said mashing her lips to his, and out of reflex Naruto put his round her back holding her. 'This is what I always wanted… you are so much better than him Naruto' was her thoughts as she bit his lips, pulling slightly as he stroked her back sending shivers up her spine.
"Now then I seem to recall you promising that I would be allowed to drink as much of your blood as I liked at the tournament correct?" she said her arms still wrapped round him. He chuckled "Indeed I did but would you like it from the arm of maybe you don't want to move from your comfy position right now?" he asked as she smiled "You trust me enough to let me drink from you neck?" he nodded, "I trust you Eva-chan" she smiled as she lowered her fans to his neck and plunging them in with a small grunt from him.
The blood for Eva though almost made her want to take him there and then, she was literally moaning while she fed off him. Naruto let her take her fill as it would be hard for her to rain him completely since he made as much blood as she took. When she was finished she told him to dry off and get changed in the clothes her servants had gotten for him.
"So you decided to have the date tonight instead then" said Naruto seeing the table set for two, as he wore a white suit and white pants, while Eva was in a black evening dress. "It makes a nice replacement for the school festival date, besides I have been to the festival many times already" she said with a wave of her hand as they sat down with their view overlook the beach and sea.
"So, seems you have relaxed over the issue with Chao then?" she said taking a sip of her wine "For now yes, I know it is a problem I'll have to deal with later. I'm still surprised by the whole time travel issue with how difficult the whole thing is, but I have to commend her for it. Also… I know she probably didn't plan to get as close to me as she did" he said digging into his steak which had been prepared by the maids.
"The boya is probably still going over everything in his head trying to discern what's right and wrong with what she id doing. after all she plans to reveal the secret that has been kept for centuries, it will no doubt cause changes in history" she mused chewing her food, her glass being refilled by Naruto who had used his tails to do so. "Maybe, but whether the change is good or bad is to be seen, after all with something as magic being exposed to this world who knows of the dangerous consequences" he said.
"Indeed but the boya was told he could change the past, perhaps her methods were to prevent so terrible event in the future" she rested her chin on her hand while her other absentmindedly stroked the tails by her side. "Time is not something to be trifled with and it may simple end up that Chao in this timeline was already set in the timeline of this world and her actions make no change" said Naruto putting his hands over his eyes "But I can't deny… her coming to the past may have been an act of desperation over her own time's state"
"Seems to me you need to think more clearly, come outside with me Naruto" she said wiping her mouth and leaving her seat as did Naruto and he followed her out onto the beach, Eva reverting to her child form and tucking her dress in for what she was about to do. Naruto removed his jacket and took off his tie in preparation.
"Are you prepared?" she smirked as he cracked his neck "Come…" he said as she charged going for a strong kick to his head which he ducked under, grabbing the leg and throwing her to the side "Naruto, you are strong we both know that, but it is your fear that holds you back from making your decision Lic lac la Lilac" she said calling for her magic arrows.
"Is it wrong to fear about whether stopping someone from their mission is the right thing? Tueri Omne Pretiosum" he shouted back calling his own both firing at each other the two spells cancelling out each other. "Not that fear I am talking about, when you showed me your true strength you feared how you would be seen, that fear is what holds you back. the fear of how if magic is revealed people would see you and if it would be the same as back then" she said as the two ran across the beach exchanging blows.
"Fine I admit it I am scared but what the hell can I do about that? My power has always been my burden and I can't change that" he said as she managed to land a heavy hit to his abdomen sending him flying. "You are such an idiot some times" she flicked her finger and Naruto felt his body jerk 'Ah, the strings!' he thought as he covered his body in wind chakra to release himself "Does the opinions of everyone mean more than the opinions of those who truly know you. You have looked after the others making sure they are prepared for dangers but you subconsciously don't let them help you truly" she said feeling the strings snap.
"In the end you're just like the boya, wanting to do things on your own so you don't have to watch them face the danger you trained them for" she said with a smirk as her frown in return "Is that so wrong!" she Shundo-ed grabbing his head from behind "Of course it is" she said slamming him to the ground by his neck his tails flailing about.
"You have be able to do anything if you put your mind to it, but not everything. Let them share the burden you have or have you forgotten how much you mean to them and… me" she said now straddling his chest. "You've let them be as close as they want, you've let them see your memories but you still hide things. They trust you, you should gave them the same courtesy"
"B-But… I…" she grasped tighter around his neck "If you don't fully let them in and get past the fear of them seeing everything about you and your power. You are going to lose them all. Naruto… even if they all turned their back on you which they wont you would still have me. You gave me hope for something better in my life, in but a few short months I can't imagine my life with your smiling face. It is for that reason that I won't let you lost anyone since I can't bare to see you lose the bonds you forge and… I… I… I love you Naruto Uzumaki" she said lowering her lips once more.
Naruto made no movement as she did so; shocked by her confession knowing she was right. The incident with Chao and the knowledge of her mission unnerved him since he feared what the reveal of magic would mean for him. Even if Kaede had comforted him, he had yet to truly revel his power to her or the others, only Eva ha seen everything he could do really. 'Guess… I can still act foolish not matter what happens in life, but I have Eva, Chachamaru, Chizuru and the others to look after me. And I guess even I need someone to tell me when I'm making a mistake in how I handle things.' As she got up she looked at him "Tell anyone especially Al about this and I'll freeze your tongue off" she threatened making him smile "It's only grow back, but thanks Eva-chan, I love you too" he said as she smiled getting off.
After she had left Naruto decided to seek out Negi to talk with him over the Chao situation and his feelings over the whole thing before heading to bed, a few of the girls I the bed waiting for him, proving Eva was right in that he needn't just worry thing on his own but share them with the others.
XBreakX
"Everyone, did you all have a good night's sleep?" asked Negi as they all stood upon the exit pad of the villa "Yeah I slept like a baby" shouted Konoka "We practised plenty of times too" pointed out Haruna pumping her fist while Chisame shook her head behind them before noticing Naruto's face.
"Eh Naruto what happened to your cheek?" she asked since the place where Eva had hit had taken a few hits as they crossed fists earlier that morning "It's nothing but me and Negi have something to say" he told them as they all looked at the two with interest. "Chao-san is planning to carry out a terrible plan on the final day of the school festival. In other words her objective is to expose the existence of magic to the entire world" explained Negi as Naruto took over.
"We may not know how exactly she aims to do this, what we do know is that this will cause a mass reaction across the world. As a result we have no idea what problems may arise by people's normal lives receiving such a massive change so quickly and without warning." There were a few nods among the girls however some like Konoka wondered what the result would be if it succeeded.
"However to be honest… I do not know if Chao-san's final objective is really a bad thing or not…" muttered Negi staring at the time watch which got Asuna fuming over what had happened in the tunnels. "What are you talking about? Again with that, it's obvious it's bad right Naruto?" she asked as he shook his head much to her surprise.
"Naruto-nii and I talked this over last night but we have our own opinions on it. But the way I see it Chao-san has done some bad things in the process, such as confining Takamichi underground. As well as refusing my calls for a negotiation and lying to Naruto-nii over her past. However regardless of it being good or bad since the repercussions of her plan will be enormous were it to succeed we believe that we have a responsibility to stop her by using out own force."
"All we can ask is that you lend us your strength in the coming battle" finished Naruto his hand on Negi's shoulder the girls drew their pactio cards if they had one Haruna cheering "Leave it to us!" the other girls nodding bar Chisame rubbing her head of the headache of all this "After all this you two don't need to ask us again" said Asuna making the two boys smile.
"So are you all ready?" Naruto asked his partners "Hai, we're ready but what about Mana and Chao-dono? Are you cancelling their contracts de-gozaru?" asked Kaede as Naruto shook his head "No I won't it wouldn't feel right, besides the fact you all have the skills that it won't matter" he said as they all smirked pulling him into a group hug between the four of them. "We won't let you down Naruto-kun" said Chizuru, Zazie nodding in agreement next to her "Yeah, Naruto-kun no matter what we'll beat Chao and her world domination plan" said Haruna earning a chuckle. "Just remember to look after each other whatever happens, Negi let's go" he said down to him.
"Right, Hiscat" he called activating the exit but neither seeing the time watch activate once the exit was open. In a second the group had all exited the villa "Alright we're back, what do we do first" said Asuna her harisen at the ready. "Well Chao-san said she wouldn't do anything until the afternoon so… there's probably nothing for us to do until then" he said making a few girls face-plant.
"I believe everyone still has their own plans for the final day so…" Negi started but Haruna spoke up "Then let's break up for now?" she suggested with Negi nodding in agreement while Naruto was looking round the room with a bemused looking on his face "Hey Naruto what's up?" asked Chisame.
"It's nothing but… it feels like something's off around here and I can't place it" he said with Chisame letting out a sigh seeing as her whole life felt off these last couple days. "Okay we should all meet back here at 11 o'clock" said Negi as they all agreed and began leaving the room, no one noticing the note on the side of the villa readying "It's my victory-ne"
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"Naruto was travelling over the city on his pactio staff, he understood why Negi did this, it was quite fun really. However as he flew over the city from his skyward view he took note of why things felt off "It's all gone… everything from the festival is gone. This isn't right, I need to check things out" he said as he flew down to the street level changing the staff to key form just in case.
"Naruto!" a voiced called and he turned round to see Akira running toward him "Akira-chan what's wrong?" he said as she stopped her dressed in her uniform. "Naruto where have you been?" she asked getting a confused look "What do you mean I've only been gone an hour haven't I?" he replied as she shook her head "No you've been gone a week Naruto, after we were told all about magic"
As the words left her mouth Naruto face went pale as his hair, eyes widening at the discovery that he'd been gone a whole week and that Chao had succeeded. 'How the hell did sh- wait the watch. It can't be, can it. Did she set it to activate when we left the villa. I need to find Negi' Akira noticed the look on his face "Naruto that's not all. The Dean and other teachers are looking for you and Negi-sensei along side a bunch of people who apparently know you" she said worried for her teacher.
"Akira-chan, does the whole school know about this and magic?" he asked grabbing her shoulders, she gave a nod "Damn it, I need to go…" he said running off "Wait Naruto-kun!" she called as he turned her arm starched out "Be careful I think the people looking for you want to take you in" she said forgetting the suffix she used.
He gave a small nod "I will Akira-chan" with that he sped off but as he ran he knew he had several tails following him.
At another end of the school Asuna, Setsuna, Konoka and Chisame were walking together "Hey what do you think Asuna?" asked Konoka "Eh, about what?" she replied "About Chao-san's plan" Asuna turned to her friend "You mean about exposing magic to the world" Konoka nodded while Setsuna looked over intrigued by her friends opinion.
"I was thinking that maybe it's be okay that way" voiced Konoka getting surprised looks from her friends and a slight horrified look from Chisame as her jaw dropped at the prospect. "If everyone in the world started to learn healing type magic like me, wouldn't we be able to heal a lot more hurt or sick people than we can now" she elaborated twirling her wand about.
"Well…that might be true" Asuna said seeing the logic but Setsuna thankfully voicing the argument "However ojou-sama for this issue we can't just look at the positive side. We need to consider the negatives. Don't forget Naruto came from a place where there was advanced healing techniques but there were the people who used offensive techniques."
"But we could have a world with people flying on brooms and magic carpets, it would be so fun" she said her imagination in view to the others, who sweat dropped seeing it. "I don't want that" announced Chisame getting looks from the others "I feel like shivering just thinking about a world where fantasy gets jumbled together with reality. I only just resist going nuts at Naruto for already breaking that wall for me with the Clow cards he has. Honestly explaining a fictional magic item to a mage who has a copy is not something I want to repeat."
"But Sakurazaki is right even if there is healing type not everyone will use it. It's fact that any new power in the world will cause conflict in it" she sighed taking off her glasses "I like my normal life, leave the fantasy world to people like yourselves and Naruto." The girls were impressed by her speech but heard a couple girls giggling over how Konoka and the other probably still thought it was the school festival. Yue, Ayaka and the others also discovered the problem with the date issue as they found the local paper, while Ku Fei, Chizuru, Zazie and Kaede discovered on their own Negi himself learning from the other girls in the class when he met up with Natsumi.
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"You can all come out now" said Naruto his staff out as he made it to the middle of the forest halfway to Eva's cottage. "How did you sense us we had Mukuro hide our presence with an illusion" said Tsuna as he and the other Vongola came out of the trees "You can never truly hide your presence, do you know why?" he asked as the group stepped forward with their Vongola gear already on.
(Play Katanagatari- The Final Battle- do not own)
"Because to be unable to be sensed means your dead" he finished for them "The Dean hired you, right?" he asked as Tsuna reluctantly nodded "Naruto, your friend Chao caused an uproar with her stunt a week ago and people began asking questions, too many questions. Many of which followed the white haired teacher who had unimaginable powers in magic, the public wishes to speak with you over the ordeal so please come with us."
Naruto twirled his staff over his head "Not happening, if you want me it has to be the hard way" he told them his hair flaring slightly with his magical aura. "Kufufu, seems we have no choice then of well at least I get to test you ability truly now" said Mukuro slamming his staff down making fire shoot out the ground.
Naruto opened the book with the cards and two shot out "Maze, Illusion… trap Mukuro in a world with no escape till the battle is done, Release" he called as the magic shot out and four green slabs came around Mukuro and another on top closing it off. "You learned a new trick and one to keep him out, clever but is it enough" said Hibari as he charged forward.
"Well see" said Naruto as he blocked Hibari's tonfa wit the staff before ducking under the chain that was aimed at the back of her neck, kicking him away he used the end of the staff to catch the chain link and swung round to slam Hibari into a tree which he quickly bounced off before he hit. "Don't forget the others, before I bite you to death" he said as Naruto was forced t backhand Ryohei who countered with a punch with his gloved hand "Maximum Cannon" Naruto was forced back by the power for the blow but righted himself on the ground before jumping to avoid the twin blades of Yamamoto.
"Tueri Omne Pretiosum Septem et Nonaginta spiritus Lucis Coèuntes, sagittent inimicum meam, Sagitta Magica Series Lucis. Shot I call on you to empower my arrows, Release" he called casting the spell but also releasing the shot card to boost the arrows. "Rocket Bomb" shouted Gokudera throwing sticks of dynamite out to cushion the arrows with Yamamoto swung with his sword "Shigure Soren Ryu: Aggregate Art: Jiunoka" his blue flames shot out and covered the arrows which al slowed down to a standstill.
"Phew those arrows looked pretty dangerous good thing we stopped them right" said Yamamoto holding both swords still his eyes ready to battle. "Tueri Omne PretiosumPullulantes Pulli, Vinculum Facti Inimicum Captent, Wood come to my aid, Release" all around the vines shot out and grabbed them "What the he can do this too, Hibari you didn't tell us he could control plants as well" complained Gokudera "He never did it before so shut up, the herbivore and the child are still able to fight" he said as Tsuna and Lambo had managed to escape the trees that had now grow around them
The young man Lambo with his iron horns looked ready to charge but before he hand the chance to do anything Naruto held out a card "Sleep, Release" with that the cow shirt wearing boy fell over "Just you and me now Tsuna" said Naruto "Indeed but it looks like I was right to call for extra help" Naruto then felt massive pressure on his back as he slumped to the floor.
"You see Naruto, a friend of mine lent me his ring to use and it controls the power of the stars and gravity. I know you're a good person so don't do this just come with us and take the punishment decreed for you actions in aiding Chao" he said holding out his hand. Naruto pushed up against the massive force "I will not take punishment unless I deserve it and I know it won't be long after I'm held that people will seek out the power I have. It is for that reason I refuse Tsuna, you can tell my strength here would frighten people" he said as Tsuna nodded.
"Yes but we each do what we must" he said sadly wishing he didn't have to fight Naruto but knew he had to at least try or else Reborn would scold him again by forcing Bianchi's cooking on him. The two shot forward at each other Tsuna using the power of gravity to bring in Naruto faster but the white haired mage seemed to realize the extra speed and countered Tsuna's fist with his arm wrapping round it and head butting the mafia boss. Tsuna flipping in the air but steadying himself with his flame jets while Naruto wad used the fly spell to sprout wings on his staff while he readied his own fists for battle.
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Meanwhile Asuna and her group had all gone to get a drink "But you know… I still think it's a bad idea to expose magic to the world" said Asuna sipping her coffee, Konoka too her straw from her mouth "Ahn, Asuna thinks so too, why?" she slightly whined as no one wanted the fun world with mine ermines and talking dolls.
"There' there ojou-sama either way if we don't stop Chao-san there will be a huge disturbance at the school festival" while she said this Chisame tried t get her attention but Setsuna continued her speech. "Anyway I'm going to go out scout the schools underground" Chisame continued her efforts in vain quickly getting annoyed her hand reaching behind herself.
"Ojou-sama's group should just enjoy the final day of the festival until it's time" Chisame got fed up and smacked Setsuna on the head with a hammer "Listen Sakurazaki!" she said red faced at how she was acting. "Ha-Hasegawa-san!" Setsuna said surprised by her actions "Surprisingly airheaded, how cute. Look around you and take a good look. This…" she gestured to the fac the café was empty at this time f the day.
"… Ain't the scenery of the final day of the school festival" she told them as each looked confused by her statement "What are you talking about Chisame-chan? What do you mean? It's not the final day…?" as she asked the question Nodoka, Haruna, Ayaka and Haruna made it onto the scene.
"Asuna-san, everyone this is bad, Yue has found something bad" shouted Ayaka running toward them with the three. "Yes l-look at the date on this paper" she said handing the paper to Asuna who checked the date at the top. "Haa today is a week after the school festival?" she shouted in confusion as the two behind her were taken aback by this Konoka adopting the very surprised look on her face with her eyes blank in confusion.
"Eh but why? 'Cause that's impossible for a week to suddenly pass like that" she said gesturing with her hand to the other four "Yes but Asuna-san we all checked things all over such as the morning news on the TV, the train station and there's no mistake. But I'm a little concerned what has happened to Naruto-nii, he would have found this out quickly but none of us has seen him" said Ayaka putting her hand on her face in worry.
By this point Chisame had checked her notebook computer "There's no mistake about it. Today's June 30th" she confirmed after checking dates all over the world and shutting it. "B-but why? Did Eva-chan's resort malfunction or something…?"She asked her mind abuzz to how this happened.
"No… it's most likely not a malfunction de-gozaru" said Kaede as she arrived with, Ku Fei, Chizuru and Zazie We appear to have fallen into Chao-san's trap, that's all we can come up with" added Chizuru with Zazie nodding beside her What do you mean trap?" shouted Asuna slapping her hands down on a table while Chisame was thinking 'I knew it…'
"From what we can tell about the current situation, most likely a mechanism of some sort was set off when we left the resort de-gozaru. We had decided to bring the fight against Chao and her comrades on the final day of the festival. However when we left the resort full of fighting sprit a week had already passed. In other words we have lost to Chao-dono without even a fight de-gozaru" Kaede explained to the all.
"Although this is just the theory we came up with at the moment" added Chizuru tapping her chin with her finger "Eh… then what about that? What happened with Chao-san's plan?" said Asuna completely shocked by her expression to how she the others had beaten so carefully. "Logically the fact that we are here means that the plan to expose magic has succeeded" said Zazie getting jaws dropped all round the group to the fact they had heard her voice.
"Then Zazie-san, if the plan succeeded does that mean the 'whole' world is aware of magic then?" asked Ayaka not surprised by Zazie's voice having always been able to understand her. Chisame popped up "I think you should take a look at this to find out" she told them as she showed a clip of Mei being interviewed by the reporters two days after the end of the festival. "If this is how it was in Mahora then I won't take long for the rest of the world to start questioning the existence of magic" said Zazie "This must be what Naruto-kun felt when we came out, has anyone seen signs of him or Negi-sensei?" she asked as all shook their heads.
"If this is what has happened he may have returned early to the resort with Negi-sensei and perhaps we should head back" suggested Setsuna as the others nodded. They all ran back toward the cottage but as they came closer they found the area close to it had been turn up and burned all over "What could have happened here?" questioned Konoka "A battle de-gozaru" stated Kaede rubbing her fingers against the scorched earth "And not long ago, but what could have caused this to happen?"
"You boy friend Naruto" said a voice and they all turned to see Hibari and several others stuck high in trees "Naruto went up against the herbivore and had to fight extremely hard not to kill him or the other way round. It ended a couple minutes ago over there I'd go check on him if I were you" he said pointing as they all rushed over a few staying behind "Do you need help down?" asked Konoka a little worried seeing them all there. "We're fine miss but your teacher may have had it a bit rough with Tsuna" said Yamamoto as next to him Ryohei was pumping his fist "Yeah but from all we could see it was a fight to the EXTREME!" this caused the girls to sweat drop at the mans expression.
"When they rushed over they found Naruto and Tsuna slumped down at trees opposite each other although Tsuna had branches restraining him, while Naruto was a little exhausted seeing as he had no time to unseal his restraints and the fact his pactio drained his magic very quickly. "Naruto-kun!" shouted the girls as they looked him over finding his clothes burned but overall okay with a few scratches and burns healing over.
Chizuru immediately activated her pactio and summoned her barrier to heal him over "Naruto-kun, what happened here why were you fighting your new friends?" asked Chizuru as he opened his eyes "They were sent to arrest me and take me in, no doubt Negi was probably taken in already. I managed to fight these guys off but I'm a little drained right now, any chance of some help" Kaede and Ku Fei being the strongest physically helped him to his feet.
"Naruto-kun about what has happened…" Zazie started but he raised his hand to stop her "I know, when I got to the school Akira-chan warned me about how it had been a week and the fact they wanted to take me in" he explained as they walked toward the cottage.
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As Naruto had said Negi had been taken in already and was currently being held in a magically sealed room. The door to his room opened as Gandolfini, Takahata and Seruhiko all walked in "I apologise for locking you up in a place like this Negi-sensei. We've had to hire outside help at the moment as well with the shortage of hands. Not to mention we are in a tight spot right now as well" he held up a holder for Negi to see.
"This report about Chao Lingshen from earlier, is this the truth" asked Gandolfini with a scowl on his face while Takamichi sighed in the back of the room "….Yes" answered Negi a little hesitant which set Gandolfini fuming "Ridiculous a plan to change history through the use of a time machine… time travel is impossible" not knowing that Negi for the past few days had been doing that very impossibility with Naruto. "Chao Lingshen is just a terrorist. Considering the kind of things she did on the final day of the festival" he said waving the report about.
Needing answers Negi decided to ask "G…Gandolfini-sensei what happened on the last day of the school festival? What exactly did Chao-san…?" Gandolfini calmed him self and adjusted his glasses before beginning to relay the failure of him and the other mages "We magisters have lost completely Negi-sense, to a single girl…"
Back at the cottage the girls and Naruto had discovered her note "Guess she new we'd be heading here when she set the time watch to activate" mused Naruto Kaede and Zazie supporting him "She's used a mages letter to record a message for us" said Zazie "What is a mages letter?" asked Ayaka. "Oh I know if you press play a sci-fi movie-ish 3-D image will…" by this point Asuna had pressed play.
"Yaa, Negi-sensei, Naruto-kun and his comrades, how are you?" said the image of Chao in her Chao Bao Zi apron "I'm sorry but with this… you guys have lost-ne. although it may be somewhat of an unfair defeat. However since I know your groups is fairly large and has someone like Naruto-kun I felt this tactic necessary, I hope you don't take this personally-ne" the girls plus Negi stared at the image of Chao with their full attention "I figured something like this would happen, so I had a time-triggered trap planted on that time machine I lent to Negi-bouzu and Naruto-kun right from the beginning-yo.
A trap that stops guys from reaching the final day-ne… if Negi-bouzu or Naruto-kun had joined I would've disabled it though. Now then you guys have fallen right into my trap and surprise right now you should be finding yourself with a changed past-yo. It's no longer possible for you guys to return to your previous daily life anymore… welcome to my new world."
Gandolfini and the others ( as did Chao's letter) explained how Chao had used the power of the world tree to activate a forced recognition spell that covered the entire planet making people's disbelief over the supernatural existences weaken so that people who think magic might exist would tip their scales so that they did believe it. That combined with the information leaked to the internet and video clips from the martial arts tournament only added to peoples belief of magic and despite any efforts to stop the information spreading within 6 months the whole population would believe in the existence of magic.
"…And those are the content of my plan-ne. from now on the chaos will probably continue for another 5 to 10 years and I realize that it'll cause you guys some troubles as well. But you know if you can just try living in it, you should find it's not a bad world-yo. Also Naruto-kun… I'll never see you again so this is my final good bye" she blew him a kiss in the image "Perhaps we may meet in the future everyone" with that the message ended the image fading out.
"I see, it's possible she chose this era because this is the era where the internet had just finished it's spread across the world" pointed out Chisame "So by doing the plan now she had an ease of getting information across the globe to reveal magic" elaborated Zazie, Chisame nodding a little glad that Zazie had a decent head on her shoulders compared to some of the others.
"Eh what? what do you mean" Asuna: exhibit A of girls with out a decent head "I don't really get what you're saying with all those hard terms you know?" shouted Asuna completely lost by what Chao had just said in her message. "EEi you really are a Baka, Baka red. Basically Chao's plan was a big success. I'm saying that at this rate the world will be heading straight for a magical fantasy filled with magic and dreams" Konoka in the back was smiling imagining the fun world again.
The door then opened to the room, Chao with the time watch walking in "Thank god everyone's here. Naruto-sama I have bad news… it's about Aniki" he shouted. Naruto crouched down and let him hop onto his shoulder "Let's head upstairs to discus this Chamo" the ermine nodded as the girls followed him upstairs.
"Chamo-kun what has happened to Negi-sensei?" asked Ayaka worriedly Chamo lit up a cigarette "Aniki is being held responsibility for Chao's victory and is going to be turned into an ermine. But… that's not all" he said a little nervous "What is it Chamo-kun" questioned Konoka as he took a large drag.
"When Negi was taken in I heard what the plan was for Naruto-sama… if they manage to capture him… Naruto-sama is being sealed to stay inside Mahora forever like Evangeline and you won't be allowed to see him" this brought gasps around the room and a small sad sigh from Naruto. "They can't do that it's not Negi or Naruto's fault this time right?" shouted Asuna banging her hands against the table.
"Considering the seriousness of the event and Naruto-sama's ties to it, the punishment is no surprise. Aniki is lucky being only ten so he'll likely only be an ermine for a few months, but he'll likely be deported back to his home country." He turned his head to Naruto taking a long drag "Naruto-sama however is a legal adult and an extremely powerful mage if Evangeline herself recognises his power. The fact is unless he gets sealed he becomes a wanted man across the world."
"S-so we'd n-never see either of them again" stuttered Nodoka thinking about losing both Negi and Naruto at once "I'm going to save him-aru, he's my apprentice-yo" Ku Fei clenched her fist at her proclamation worrying Setsuna "P-Please wait Ku Fei-san do you plan to go up against the mage teachers?"
"Naruto can't you talk with them, sure you can negotiate?" questioned Yue to the teacher his eyes closed thinking "No… with the current situation the mages have been pushed into a tight spot and in a way I and Negi became the scapegoats for the plan succeeding" he said as Chizuru and Zazie hugged his side "Naruto-kun we don't want to lose you, we have to do something" said Chizuru slightly wet eyed at the thought or never seeing the boy she loved again.
"Of course we can do something, we'll just blow them all away" said Asuna pulling out her pactio card, Chisame on the side then decided to ask "Oi small animal, what happened to the time machine you were carrying? If we can use that to return to the final day once again, wouldn't we be able to stop Chao's plan" the girls all looked hopeful at the idea.
"Chamo hand me the watch" the ermine threw the watch to Naruto who held it to his ear and then looked it over "We have a problem" he held out the watch "The hands aren't moving, the watch is out of power and I know what powered it, the world tree" he said as Chamo was sweating "but that means I can't be used to get us back then can it?"
Chisame at the side was shivering at the news "T…Then the world is really stuck like this…? W-what do we do…?" she said but stopped shivering as Naruto flicked her in the head. "What you all forget about the world tree is that it's power is mine. Ergo…" the watch began ticking again "…I can be used as a catalyst for activation."
"Then all we need to do is get Aniki free and we can get back?" said Chamo trying to think of an escape plan "In theory yes, I'm not sure how far back I can take us, I may not go far enough or too far" he pointed out putting the watch away while a few heads looked worried at his plan. "Anyway let's go save Negi! We'll figure out what to do after that" announced Asuna psyching herself to save her kid teacher. She hated being beaten without actually having a chance to fight herself.
"But Asuna-san to go against the mage teachers- let us think about this a little more" Setsuna tried to calm down her friend "We may not have the time Setsuna-chan, we have company" said Naruto feeling the two approaching signatures "Yes it appears they came for is now de-gozaru" added Kaede drawing her card.
"They must have found the Vongola and figured this is where I was or the fact it's Eva-chan's house, never the less… Shield Cover the House, Release" he called out activating the card and summoning a barrier round the cottage. "That won't hold Touko-san long, she's a Shinmeiryuu master her technique will get rid of it quickly" said Setsuna knowing the long haired woman outside with her sword next to the sun-glasses wearing mage teacher.
"Then we use the time we have wisely and prepare for the fight to get Negi-sensei, Adeat" said Zazie activating her pactio while the others who had one took their out preparing. "Oi why do we have to fight those guys, plus it looks like Naruto is still drained from his fight are we sure we can fight off those other teachers?" asked Chisame seeing Naruto struggling to stay awake by the looks of things.
"I can manage but I need help unsealing my restraints so Chizuru and Kaede-chan will be helping me wit that as we go. Plus Kaede-chan and the others can hold up a fair bit before things get too bad so don't give up hope" said Naruto as Chizuru and Kaede took his arms. "Where are the seals Naruto-kun?" she asked as he began informing her they needed to do.
"A barrier, guess we were right in that Naruto Uzumaki was here" muttered Touko before shouting "Uzumaki Naruto and the others in there making a total of 13 people. We know you're in there please come out peacefully and follow us. Take down this barrier or we will be force to take matters into our own hands, all we want is to ask some questions over the current incident. We will wait for five minutes before coming through" she said to the house occupants.
"Good we have time now time to think of a way out" said Chamo as he turned to Setsuna and Ayaka "Would you two be able to hold them off while the rest of us make a break for it?" he asked as ayak stepped forward "I will do what is necessary if it is to help Negi-sensei, Setsuna-san are you ready?" she said activating her pactio getting her armour and changing into a full-plated armour which covered her entire body and had two shields on her arms which looked to be able to combine into one.
"Wow, Iincho what is that?" said Asuna looking a little jealous at the cool pactio Ayaka had while she was holding her harisen "This armour is part of my pactio, I have various armour types this one happens to be a high-level defence armour I think I can hold off the mage teacher for a while" she said as she and Setsuna stepped out "So you came out… where's Uzumaki and everyone else?" she asked staring at the armoured Ayaka and Setsuna.
"Right now we cannot obey you Touko-san" sais Setsuna "We have a job to do and you are in our way" added Ayaka making the swordswoman twitch in annoyance "What did you say?" she said gritting her teeth. "The one on the right is a western mage. He uses non- incantation spells, his speciality is mostly likely wind severing and long range so you think your armour can defend against it?" Setsuna whispered getting a small nod from Ayaka.
"The one on the left is Kuzuha Touko, a Shinmeiryuu swordswoman; she married a western mage years ago and left for Kanto. Although it appears they got divorced. She is also the person who taught me swords after I arrived here. My honoured master… she's strong and always performs ina calm collected fashion" she informed Ayaka who shifted in her armour, ready to block the spells cast at her.
"Why… why won't you obey me Setsuna" asked Touko her sword hand shaking and her voice sounding strained "We have no time to explain right now… however please believe us. We are trying to make things better" she told her sensei. "So you can't tell me. That means…" her face had a very scary smile on it, almost blood thirsty "you people are the allies of Chao Lingshen like Uzumaki after all? The allies f Chao Lingshen who ruined my life…" the calmness Setsuna described didn't appear to be showing while she spoke.
"Ah… Kuzuha, how about calming down a little? Your veins are popping out, you know?" her mage partner informed her only for more veins to pop out of Touko's head "How can I be calm? Because of this incident I'm going to be forcibly exiled to the country of magic that I've never seen before. And on top of that I'm going to spend at least 3 years at the ermine camp you know?" she and her partner proceeded to argue over the fact she was also being separated from her new normal boyfriend as well.
Ayaka and Setsuna just standing around Ayaka turning to Setsuna "Calm and collected?" she said with a raised eyebrow "Well… um…" said a slightly embarrassed Setsuna at her sensei's actions before she turned back to them her Killer intent flaring. "I don't care whether you people are Chao Lingshen's allies or not. If you don't obey me then through this sword of mine you will" he words only made Setsuna sweat drop at her actions.
Ayaka but her shield in front of her and Setsuna when Touko charged with her sword "DIE! Rai Mei Ken" she shouted releasing the electric sword attack which was blocked by Ayaka's shields "Please calm down Touko-san, using that move is a bit much" said a now nervous Setsuna hopping back only to use her own sword to block Touko her eyes now looking very scary.
However Touko caught her drawn sword in her sheath and threw it away causing Setsuna to summon dual swords to block her assault, both blades shattering once her jumped away from her "Artifact huh, good job Setsuna" she complemented despite her eyes calling for blood. 'Even when agitated she remains cool headed with her swordsmanship, as expected of an experienced professional' she thought summoning two more blades.
Before Ayaka could move to help her she was forced to block several magic blasts from the other teacher her shields not even denting from the rapid barrage, calling upon her pactio she summoned a spear and using her skills threw it at the mage only for it to bounce off from more magic shots "Dig Dil Dillic Valhall" he began chanting which Ayaka summoned a throwing knife to stop but was forced to block Ki shots from Touko "Damn, I'm not used to these kind of fights yet" were her words at being unable to counter attack.
"Iincho!" said a distracted Setsuna which Touko capitalised on grabbing her face and pulling her into a throw "There's no way young and spiffy middle school girls like you people can ever understand my feelings" she threw Setsuna while the male teacher kept chanting.
"Vertatur Tempestas Aestive, Illis Carcarem Circumvertentem" the wind began swirling around Setsuna and Ayaka "Flans Carcer Venti Vertentis" the spell had now trapped the two in the tornado based prison. Inside the prison Ayaka sighed dispelling her defence armour to her base armour form "They were very good, a lot stronger than I ever expected really but then again I've never really fought before" she said as Setsuna patted her shoulder "For your first time Iincho I think you did fairly okay"
She smiled at the praise "Thanks but I still feel weak since Chao-san completely beat us without trying. Almost as easy as I beat Asuna at a game of chess, no challenge at all" she said as both grimaced "Indeed it seems we are no more than pieces on a board game for her. But Iincho do you have anything to get past this?" she asked. "I may have something for this but I don't know all the armours I have yet" she said as she closed her eyes before her armour began glowing.
"You remember we need to watch out for Uzumaki, he defeated the entire Vongola family and trapped them, not to mention Nagase Kaede, Ku Fei and Kagurazaka Asuna right?" asked the mage teacher to Touko. "Besides them there are several other presences inside, hopefully those Vongola tired Uzumaki out for us, if we beat him the others should comply obediently" said Touko as they jumped to the upper cottage door.
When they walked inside they found all 11 of them standing or sitting round the table as if waiting for them "Alright Uzumaki and the others, please come with us. We already have captured the other 2 outside" no one made any movement in the room. "We don't wish to fight with you, although I'm not sure why you people still choose to resist us. Your Negi-sensei is being protected by is right now and we will provide the same for Uzumaki as well so please come with…" none of the girls or Naruto had even turned their heads at this point annoying Touko as she was ignored "Wait are you people listening to me?" she cried a vein popping out.
"Because Touko-san, we aren't here" smiled the Naruto as he waved while the other girl's appearances seemed to drop and become cartoony and others turning into slips of paper "Damn, this is simple golems and substitution dolls" she cried as she and her partner were wrapped in chains coming from Naruto's hands. "Well we got you at least if you let them escape" said a smirking Touko despite being tied up.
"That would be right if I wasn't just a clone Touko-san. As it is you have caught no one and have been outsmarted by a bunch of how did you say 'Spiffy middle school girls' were I think were your words" he smirked as several veins popped on her head "When I get my hands on you, you're dead. You hear me DEAD!" she shouted while her partner shook his head.
Not far away the girls were now running away "Yahoo the escape was a big success!" shouted Haruna happily in her pactio wear with sketchpad. "I'm just glad your pactio helped us in our escape Haruna-chan, you worked pretty fast with those drawings" said Naruto his pactio deactivated for now running with the others her seals released.
"Well the great genius Paru-sama has no limits when it comes to my art but how are you holding up now Naruto-kun" she asked as he smirked "Better, I should be able to get us back to the past now but we need Negi first then worry about that" he told them. Asuna turned to Haruna squeezing her chest "The boobs on the me that you drew weren't big weren't that?" she asked as she and Konoka giggled "That's service too, service!" cried Haruna deactivating her pactio "I want to have boobs like that too" said Konoka happily.
"Big boobs aren't always good, many people stare at you and sometimes you end up straining your shoulders and back" said Chizuru running "I agree with you Chizuru-san size isn't always the best, it can be difficult when training de-gozaru" this whole conversation had Naruto shaking his head at, not believing they were talking about breast size right now, Chamo meanwhile was loving it. The girls all looking at the bouncing chest of Chizuru with envy even Chisame found herself glancing at her and the other well built girls in the group seeing as they were Naruto's partner, then looking down at herself with slight worry.
"Naruto was it alright to leave Setsuna-san and Iincho behind like that?" asked Yue concerned about the others "They'll catch up in a bit but for now we need to get as far away as we can before reinforcements get called" he told her "Naruto-kun there's a phonebox up ahead didn't Chamo say he needed Chisame-san to check something" asked Zazie "What a telephone box on a forest trail like this?" said the surprised Chisame seeing it.
"Can you connect to it Chisame-chan?" asked Naruto as Chisame took out her notebook a little out of breath from the running "Yeah but it's an ISDN so it'll be a little slow" he nodded turning to Chamo on Yue's head "Chamo what does she need to search for?" he asked the ermine.
"Look for the home page of the Mahora's university's the world tree's most devoted lovers club" he told her making many look at him strangly "What? why the home page of such a pathetic sounding group?" she asked the Ethernet cable hanging from her mouth as she flipped open her notebook "Chisame –chan just do it and fast, looks as though there's reinforcements" he took out another pactio
"Stop right there" shouted the voice of Takane as she stood with several shadow familiars and one large one behind her while Mei and a bespectacled girls stood in front of her. "Wait you're that stripper from Ursula!" cried Haruna making Takane's jaw drop "Strip-..?" she said red-faced remembering the times she'd unintentionally been naked in the past few days, even more so when she spotted Naruto.
She shook her head trying to ignore the comment "Well alright… if you people are willing to come with us peacefully then fine. But if you resist at all then I the ally of justice Takane D. Goodman shall pass judgement on all of you" she said with a vein popping out from the stripper comment. "This may not be good right now, anyone have ideas?" asked Naruto wondering if he's need to use a powerful attack to break through the blockade.
Asuna on the other hand had a flash on inspiration remembering how her harisen could dispel all of Takane's familiars and her clothes could be dispelled with her harisen. 'Eh… does this mean I might actually do pretty well here?'
Back at the cottage the male mage had managed to get a shot off at Naruto dispelling the clone and the chains but Touko-san was now an a very annoyed mood as she stepped back outside We must chase after them" she said loudly while her partner adjusted his glasses "Kuzuha… things aren't going to get any worse than this. Anyway you don't have to be so dead serious about this job" he told her shaking his head.
"What are you talking about?" she shouted at him before noticing the tornado spell was gone and Ayaka was now in an armour that was black with a silver trim and had feather like wings on the back. The armour covered most of her limbs but left her abdomen exposed. She was also carrying a sword in hand that we outstretched since she had dispelled the trap with Setsuna's help.
"I'm very sorry Touko-san we will be keeping you two from leaving for a while" said Setsuna readying her dual blades "Indeed I may not be the best with my skills but I'm sure we can both handle you" said Ayaka grasping her sword with both hands. The male mage raised his eyebrow mildly impressed at the girls tenacity "You've got guts" Touko on the other hand had veins popping again as she drew her sword out "Setsuna" she said with a strained smile.
Back with the other group Asuna turned to Naruto "Hey Naruto don't use anything, you need your strength for later let me handle this alright" seeing the plan in her eyes he put his pactio away "Good luck then Asuna-chan" he smiled. She nodded turning back to Takane "Ku Fei you ready?" the martial artist just smirked "Yeah-aru."
Both dashed straight for Takane who tried to block them but Asuna swung her harisen tearing away at her shadows 'What, my shields of black clak are like paper scraps?' thought Takane as her clothes were torn on her right side from the swing. In her distraction Ku Fei swung her fist forward "Pa Chuan" she exclaimed her fist striking with the force of a cannon but Takane was able to block it at the last second with her absolute shadow defence.
"It blocked it-aru, not bad at all" said an impressed Ku Fei as she and Asuna were forced to dodge shadow spears from Takane but it managed to catch Asuna with it's arm knocking her back. "Mei, Nutmeg, chastise them" commanded Takane to the others "Yes onee-sama" replied the two.
"Lap Chap La Chapp Lugpool/Maple Naple Alamode" the two chanted their activation keys "Oi ain't those the so-called incantations or something?" asked Chisame "Yes but don't worry Chisame-chan those two have back up" said Naruto reassuring her. "Ex Limno Exisistat Exundans Undina… in Alveum/Ex Limno Exsisitat Exurens Salamandra Inimicum Involvat Igne." The shadow familiars' surrounded Ku Fei as the girls finished their fire and water spells "Vinctus Aquarius/Captus Flammeus" they called as the elemental swirls charged toward the group.
However before they got close both were batted away by Kaede using her pactio shuriken form that was spinning around her arm with black markings around her hand or Zazie with her boots while the familiars surrounding Asuna were slashed and dispelled by her pactio now in sword form "What more artifacts" said a shocked Nutmeg.
Asuna took another swing getting rid of more of the familiars with Ku Fei taking out just as many "What all at once, how is that…?" said a confused Takane seeing her shadows taken down so easily both girls giving Kaede and Zazie the thumbs up for their help. "Sakura Mei's Artifact, Favor Purgandi, Ad Summam…" she chanted preparing her broom and doing a massive sweep "Exarmatio!" she cried releasing the spell which Asuna got in front of with her sword.
The spell ended up stripping several of the girls… and Naruto causing many a star at the toned body of Naruto who was down to his boxers "Oh come on… I thought only Negi did this" cried Naruto "Ah I-I did it" aid Mei happily at her success "I did it onee-sama" Takane although wasn't paying attention staring at the 8-pack abs of Naruto subconsciously licking her lips.
"Sorry Mei-chan" said Asuna still clothed holding her sword "it looks like those kind of things don't work on me" she said running forward dispelling both the shadows and magic arrows fired at her with a swing of her sword before jumping to cut down Takane's massive shadow down. 'As I suspected she's a complete magic canceller, the natural enemy for us mages. If that's the case then what a dangerous…' her thoughts were cut off as while keeping track of Asuna she failed to see Ku Fei get in front of her and land her blow "Forgive me for the surprise attack-aru Takane-san" smiled Ku Fei as Takane slumped over unconscious.
It was unfortunate that hers, Nutmeg's and Mei's clothes were all constructs of Takane's shadow abilities so when she went down all three girls ended up naked. It was fortunate Naruto had extra clothes sealed away for him self and the girls who were bound by a fake Chamo golem created by Haruna. "Wha… what… what is that? What are you going to do with that?" said a slightly panicked Mei as Nodoka stood in front of her with her pactio at the ready.
"No I'm sorry. Um I'm really sorry uh, um Sakura Mei-san about where Negi-sensei is at" Mei seemed to realise what the artifact could do based off how much she was panicking. "I see…" said Chisame looking over the home page "Certainly the number is… but you know small animal will this really work?" she asked the ermine. "That's what I'm hoping for, it's our best chance to give him a boost but we only have a few hours left so we have to hurry and save Aniki."
"Negi-sensei's location is showing up!" shouted Nodoka as the information started appearing on her diary describing his location "Incredible, you really can't hide anything from honya-aru" said an amazed Ku Fei while Haruna glared evilly "truly a devilish woman" she teased her making the girl turn red "Auu stop it Haruna" she said to her friend.
"Hauu on top of failing the mission, even out intelligence" cried Mei "Poor onee-sama she was looking forward to finishing her training and heading out to work in the world too" she said looking over at the still unconscious Takane. Naruto kneeled down to the girl and ruffled her hair "Mei-chan, don't worry we'll fix thing in the past and make thing better okay" he said to the girl who nodded slightly wanting to trust the smiling man before her.
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At the castle where Negi was being held with Takamichi the two ere having a discussion "Takamichi how is it even with you around, Chao-san's plan could be stopped. Even though there are so many other strong looking mage teachers around to" said Negi to the elder teacher. "Yeah… all the mages in the school were taken out in one after another in their confusion… including me. By the time we realized what was going on her operation was already over" he said taking the cigarette from his mouth shocking Negi who really thought there was no way to beat Takamichi.
"Even Takamichi…" he said as Takamichi remembered the day "Actually I did manage to corner Chao-kun once. But before that a certain person told me about Chao-kun's plan" his mind remembered a bowing Yotsuba. "At the very last moment I hesitated for an instant, that's when she got me. Most likely I was shot by Tatsumiya Mana-kun, a total defeat" he said with a sigh but shocking Negi once more. "By the captain? Were you shot? Were you hurt?" he asked rapidly to which Takamichi shook his head.
"No there were no casualties and that's the scariest thing about Chao-kun. Regardless of this being such a large-scale incident there wasn't a single case of death of injury" more details of the battle came to mind. "Chao-ku's party was specific with the bullets they used. It's hard to believe but… you're out if you get hit by one of those, no matter what kind of master you are. Not to mention Mana-kun armed with that artifact from Naruto-kun was able to take most of us out in no time, even Chao-kun was able to battle me with hers I had to use kanka with her as a result. The bullets they used could only be used on that day but it was the most effective weapon to use for the battle."
Negi was listening confused to all the information he was being given "As for Chao-kun's combat techniques…" Negi finally decided to question "Wait Takamichi why are you telling me all this? Even if you talk about the school festival now…" he said on his feet now.
"because of what you said earlier abut the time machine" Negi blinked in surprise to the fact Takamichi had believed him where as Gandolfini and the others refused to believe the idea of time travel device made by Chao. "I'm not in a position to help you right now but Naruto-kun, Asuna-kun and the others will be coming to save you. You're going back right Negi-kun? Together with your brother and comrades to the final day to stop Chao-kun's plan and return the world to normal" he said calmly knowing that Naruto would make sure to help Negi in the coming or past battle as it were.
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It was true as outside the castle Naruto and the others were ready to storm the place and get Negi back "Is everyone ready for this?" he asked as they all pumped their fists, except Chisame. "Alright let's head out then" he said as they all ran toward the building.
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Back with Negi who had a happy expression at Takamichi believing him "You believe me Takamichi? Then tell Gandolfini-sensei and the others to let me out of…" Takamichi shook his head "No I'm not in a position to help you" he said a little sadly "After all it has already been decided that we will be turned into ermines while Naruto is to be sealed in Mahora like Evangeline-kun" he told him not really wanting to think what would happen when the girls were forced to never see him again like ordered.
"Is that so… Takamichi at the very last moment when you had Chao-san cornered, you said you hesitated right? What was that about?" he questioned as Takamichi sighed again stubbing out his cigarette "Yeah, of curse Chao-kun's actions that time around cannot be approved of. But yeah for example, if the Thousand Master was here then maybe he might have actually joined Chao-kun's side for this one since he was the kind of person who didn't dwell on details" he said remembering his days with Nagi and the others and how brash he was too.
"Eh… dad would've gone to Chao-san's side" said Negi curiously "Yeah this is just a pretty wild guess though. "For someone like you who's aiming to become a magister magi I think you know this perfectly but even now the world is filled with people who are suffering from conflicts and poverty" Takamichi said solemnly thinking about the horrible things he's seen on missions and while travelling in the magical world. "We work hard day and night in order to save those people. However there are many restrictions and there's nothing we can do with the limitations of our activities. There's a limit to out power. But… in this world where magic has been exposed which was aimed for and realized by Chao-kun we can move freely. No more people might be saved from this as well, not just with our powers
"N… no way! Wait Takamichi then Chao-san was right? Chao-san was trying to save the world after all…!" he said slightly alarmed and thinking if he made the wrong choice. "No that's not it, I didn't say that. the world isn't that simple you can't save the world just like that. but it's true ttaht at the end of Chao-kun's plan there was a possibility that more people could be saved by this compared to us doing nothing at all… and that's why I hesitated" he explained.
"B…But then… we can't say that Chao-san is wrong but then what is happening with Naruto-nii is wrong despite the chance of things turning out for the better" he began scratching at his head at his confusion. "Negi-kun, even if Chao-kun's plan a great cause her methods aren't fully justifies and as you can see there were consequences she didn't plan for like Naruto-kun. It's one of the reasons I think she's wrong then again Naruto would never be captured if he didn't want to be. He's have probably ran with all the girls if her could, and I'd let him too" he said lighting another cigarette.
"Then we should stop Chao-san's plan after all if that's going to happen…?" he said "There's no guarantee that would've happened in reality if Naruto-kun hadn't fought n such a level in the tournament nobody would be all too concerned. I'll leave that decision to you though we have already lost. After all I don't think I have the right to say anything. And I'm sorry if I ended up confusing you with all this" he said the last part after noticing Negi's worried expression.
It was at this point Takamichi's phone began ringing "Yeah… I see… understood. Can you let Gandolfini and the others know as well?" he said as he flipped the phone shut. Excuse me for a bit" he said to Negi heading toward the door which rumbled as it opened "W-What's wrong?"
"Looks as though I was right… Naruto-kun and the other are here to save you" he said as he left the room the door shutting behind him. As that moment the group were heading down a spiral staircase having gotten the drop on Gandolfini and Seruhiko and hid them away as they entered the secret entrance to the building.
The entrance happened to be a 'Massive' spiral staircase "Oi, oi h…honya is this really the right way?" asked Chisame not particularly like the amount of running she rushed she's had to do so far. "Y-Yes supposedly the best way to get past the magical security systems is to go down this old stairwell" she explained looking at her book still, her body naturally more careful when ii was in hand so she didn't fall.
"You could just float down like I am if you wanted there's enough space" said Naruto floating down using his staff with Zazie and Chizuru holding onto him as they descended and Kaede sitting on the end of it "You now what, I will 40 minute of walking down stairs is to much let me on" she said as Kaede held out her hand for her allowing Chisame on the staff between Chizuru and Kaede 'Well at least it's better than walking'
"Asuna-san's magic cancelling ability?" mused Yue looking at her book which explained it "it appears to be a quite a… no a top=class ability isn't it?" Yue asked Chamo still on her shoulder "Well yeah" he confirmed as Yue looked though it again.
"On top of that it's extremely rare. Even now records say that only a few of them exist within the entire magic world, why does Asuna-san have an ability like that?" she questioned Chamo "Who knows that's…" something suddenly hit Chamo and not literally for a change.
"Wait Yuecchi, how come you know so much about it?" he questioned her extensive knowledge "It was written in my artifact" she answered "In the beginners textbook?" he asked as she shook her head "No it appears that this is not just a text book after all…" before she could explain further Asuna shouted "We're here, 30th floor underground" Naruto had let the girls off but kept his staff at his side for now in case there was a defence set up.
'Strange… it took 40 minutes for thirty floors…?' questioned Yue while Asuna rushed ahead 'I'm coming to save you now Negi. I won't let you get turned into an ermine and Naruto-kun won't ever be separate from us or me' she didn't fully realise what she was thinking but this would be a thought for later.
"P…Please wait Asuna-san I have a bad feeling about…" said Yue trying to stop Asuna who turned "Eh what Yue-chan?" she said not noticing the drooling beast in front of her. She was pulled out of the way before Naruto was shot back into the wall behind them by the stairs "Naruto!" they cried seeing the wall crack behind him but he quickly got to his feet.
"Be careful there's more than one" he said stretching his back making it crack "But what the hell is this, you can't be serious" shouted a slightly scared Chisame "A real Cerberus?" said an alarmed Haruna while Nodoka was a little stuck looking at the mythical beast and before Ku Fei could make a move a Hippogrif dropped down on the group.
However in reality Naruto was not seeing what they were seeing, instead he was in front of something else, he was looking into the eyes of what appeared to be a werewolf. "This isn't real" he said to himself "Naruto what isn't real?" asked Zazie behind him her stance ready to attack the beast "Don't move it's an illusion and a good one at that" he explained.
"But how can you tell, it looks real to me de-gozaru" commented Kaede edging herself around the side to attack the werewolf with her kusarigama "Because no one else is around us" he said and the girls looked and saw this to be true ""Unfortunately illusions aren't my specialty and I'm not sure how to dispel them" he said nervously rubbing the back of his head.
"WHAT!P" they all shouted "Well I was never an illusion user really so I kind of skipped over a little, I was gonna get back to it at some point but things came up" he said a little nervous under the girls gazes. "Naruto-kun, you really should at least have a plan right" said Chizuru smiling but her aura a little menacing "Erm wait for Asuna to dispel it with magic cancel" was his only response. And what do we do about that in the mean time?" Zazie asked "This…" he said snapping his fingers and the wolf being ensnared in vines "Although I can't dispel them I can layer them over another"
The girls stopped glaring as he had stopped a lot of trouble and thankfully Yue discovering that her pactio was more of an encyclopaedia than a beginner text book came up with a method dispelling the illusion world leaving them all at the bottom of the stairs with a small witch with four dolls in front of her.
"What the heck that big pinch just now was all a dream?" shouted Haruna once she realized the truth with Yue nodding in the back and pointing to the culprit and before Asuna and Ku Fei could have a go at her for what she had shown them. Asuna more angry for being forced to fight against Takamichi Naruto had kneled down to the witch and took off her hat revealing her to be a very young girl "Little girl what are you doing down here?" he asked calmly currently using his tails to restrain Asuna from throwing a fit but let go once she and Ku Fei had seen the teary eyed girl.
"I'm sorry mister but P…Papa is going to be turned into an ermine and I just wanted t help" she said crying but Naruto pulled out a tissue for her "It's alright but you should be on your own like this, go back and find your Papa okay ojou-chan" he said smiling warmly at her while Asuna and Ku Fei blanched realising they almost beat up a small kid but also how they were bested by her as well.
"Sorry mister but thank you" she said running off out the tunnel "Yue-chan well done figuring it out, not many would be able to tell at first glance about that powerful illusion" she nodded to the praise "I made a gamble to escape however but it turned out correct this time" she said in her usual tone.
"In any case let's move ahead the whole illusion took up a lot of our time" he said as they all followed the little girl into the tunnel "Oi wait you people" shouted Chisame behind them "Just wait a second. Are you guys alright with continuing like this? Didn't that fight mean anything to you?" she asked them all.
"If we continue on like this we might end up that again you know? We're just female middle school students. We're different from storybook characters with some confusing mission or destiny" she shouted with Naruto thinking 'If she only knew…' he thought remembering his past. "Honya, you too it's great that the one just now was an illusion but next time you might get more hurt you know?" she tried to warn them.
"Yeah that one just now was really painful and scary but if we don't do something we may never see Negi-sensei again" she said determined. But Chisame continued her argument "But is that enough for you to risk your life? Are you prepared for that? No, even if you were would it have any meaning? To be blunt the relationship between that brat and us is just a teacher and his students Naruto is the same we aren't obligated to go this far for him" she shouted them all hoping that one would see sense.
Zazie began walking over to her 'Thank Kami some to see sense' thought Chisame as the girl came over and simply flicked her in the head "it's not student teacher for us Chisame-san. Each of us cares for Negi-sensei or Naruto-kun a lot more than you think. I, Chizuru-san and Kaede-san have each gone past that line already and we each know we need him as he needs us. It's the same with Negi-sensei each of them has had their lives improved in a way they would've never expected. Like it or not even your life has been changed for the better since they each entered your life and the fact is you are only looking out for us Chisame-san" with that she walked back over to the rest many faces stunned by the powerful words by the usually silent girl, Chisame herself moved by them as she followed after them as they made their way through the tunnel and caught up to Zazie.
"You know I kind of like it now your speaking Zazie, I'm surprised you don't talk more" she said impressed as the dark girl nodded "Perhaps but right now I need to speak up to help my friends out, when this is over I may end up going back to my usual habits. Still I'm glad your still with us Chisame-san I feel you will be needed if we are going to beat Chao-san, plus if you didn't you'd be stuck in this world where normality would become a thing of the past." Chisame shivered as the image of everyone using magic sprung to mind but then remembered something.
"What did you mean when you said you'd gone past the line with Naruto?" she asked curious as Zazie turned to her again "The way man and women do in taking a step in a relationship. Something that no doubt would get him fired if brought to public attention" she told her as Chisame's eyes went white and her face red realizing what the circus performer was saying.
'No way, it can't be. It just isn't possible all of them have been… that close to Naruto I mean I can see why but all of them and their not bothered in the least. Could this have something to do with the troubled past Chachamaru was talking about when I asked her about Naruto. I need to ask him about this later cause if it's true I really need to think things over' was her internal thoughts on the matter of Naruto who she glanced at running next to Asuna the two sharing and look and heading toward the end of the tunnel.
'We're coming Negi' was what the two thought as they ran ready to save Negi and head back to the past to battle with Chao and save the world in a sense.
XChapter EndX
Wow this has to be my longest chapter so far but since I haven't updated in a while I guess it's alright. Now before I get comments yes I'm having Zazie talk the reason being only Ayaka and Naruto can understand her silent speech but as shown recently she can talk and it was in a dire situation so I see no harm in doing it here.
I added the whole Naruto sealing again to promote a conflict for Negi and Chao when they all meet up again. I hope the battle scenes were okay for people, the music helped a little with writing them. Next chapter goes to the return to the past and the beginning of the battle for Mahora so look forward to it people.
Also if anyone would like to Beta my work for any of my stories please contact me as people are always commenting on my grammer and stuff. This would be for 'Any' story I have but I would like one for this one two
Until next time, Bye