A Wolf in Mahora
Chapter 35: Fire, Armour and Biblio
I don not own Negima or Naruto
Italics for thoughts and spells
Hey got over 500 reviews an in the words of Fluttershy "Yay" speaking of which although my little pony is really girly the current series is quite good and I suggest giving it a look although like my friend said you ma lose a man card if you qualify but I never did as otaku is minus 15.
Poll results
Alucard 49
Simon 12
Jecht 16
Yoh 12
Warrior of Light 4
Scabbard (Third Fang's OC) 1
Well Alucard certainly is popular as expected, although Scabbard was only just added after I asked Third Fang's permission to use him. In all likelyhood I may end up using both as Negi has a couple teachers for the magical world training. But this is the alucard of hellsing.
So Alucard and Scabbard may end up working together since the tournament is two on two and I may ask Third Fang for shadow as she's go nuts in the world.
XChapter StartX
Naruto, Negi and the group ran through the street passing by a few downed robots "The sun is setting-aru. Oh man Chao-rin could be starting the grand magic at any moment now" said a worried Ku Fei as she ran ahead of the group with Naruto.
"Even if she has the time it takes to fully activate should give us enough time if she wants to spread the spells effect around the world. For now we have to meet up with Zazie-chan and the others" he said as a figured stepped round the corner.
"Chachamaru…?" said Ku Fei seeing the robot girl along side two younger looking versions each having a gun in their hand "Chachamaru has been cloned-aru" Ku Fei said alarmed.
"No she's been mass produced, that's not our Chachamaru, keep your guard up though" he told them twirling his staff and opening the book to draw a card out to deal with them.
"Priority targets confirmed, commencing combat" said the clone of Chachamaru as thrusters came out of her elbows and she blasted forward toward Naruto who held out his staff to stop her, a little uncomfortable fighting the robot as it had cha-chan's face. "Damn it a distracter" he said noticing the younger models raising their guns.
"Haruna-chan we need cover now" he shouted as Naruto held an electric shock go through the spear to him making him grit his teeth in pain.
"Right Imperium Graphices, Come Forth Decoy Chamo-kun Grand March" she said releasing several identical Chamo golems from her artifact in the path of the bullets effectively covering them from the fire. "Alright just like I thought the best strategy is to made the bullets detonate by throwing something at them before they hit you" said Haruna pumping her fist in success.
Chamo was sweating a little behind her on Yue's hat "Not a bad idea, but something about it annoys me…" he said feeling a little uncomfortable basically seeing himself be used like that.
Before the Chachamaru robot could attempt to hit him with a bullet she was intercepted and kicked away by Negi "Naruto-nii are you alright?" he asked not taking his eyes off her.
"Yes, I'm fine the shock just stings a little, but I know that's definitely not Cha-chan, if it was she would have hesitated a little" he said holding out the card in front of him "Now to deal with them" he said as someone else sped forward.
"Allow me to help-aru" said Ku Fei as she delivered a hard punch to the Chachamaru robot.
"Thank now, Shadow swallow these three an take them back to the dark, Release" he cried activating the card and summoning the spirit of the Shadow card, the shrouded figure that raised it's hands and the three robots felt their shadows surround them and drag them into the ground or at least tried at all three burst out of the shadows with a burst of light.
"Trapping technique cancelled, proceeding to engage targets with full force" said all three in unison as they took their stances.
"Damn it, their electric properties keep them from being held by the shadows and I can't waste too much power right now if I plan to use that" said Naruto to himself as Haruna and Ku Fei stepped in front of him.
"Naruto, Negi-bouzu, go ahead and leave things here to us-aru. If Chao's doing really bad things I want you two to stop her-aru. You have an idea of how to solve this right Naruto-aru?" she asked as he gave a small nod. "Then please because Chao's my best friend-ne" she said as both Negi and Naruto nodded.
Haruna went over and gave Naruto a small kiss on the lips "Go on Naruto-kun and lead this battle to its end with Negi-kun. I know you can so take care" she said holding her sketch pad out.
"I will Haruna-chan, and stay safe okay. Sorry I can't do as much as I'd like right now" he said as she shook her head at him.
"We'll be just fine, leave it all to us" she said as he smiled and ran with Negi, Yue and Nodoka.
As they ran the robots stepped forward Haruna summoned a metallic knight from her pad "Now, then… shall we go for a fancy one Haruna?" asked Ku Fei as Haruna gave an OK.
XBreakX
Up ahead the now group of four were getting closer to the plaza "The world plaza is just up ahead" said Negi up front with Naruto.
"H-Hey Yue, can I ask you something? Is Chao-san really wrong?" asked Nodoka to her friend. "Tatsumiya-san said se was helping out of her own will plus Yue's question back there…" she questioned her friend.
"That was..." she was cut off as she noticed something "Sensei, on the roof" she pointed to the Tanaka unit who fired at they four of them, Negi shot his magic arrows fast but was unable to move once her shit them.
'Oh no… post-skill stiffness…' he thought alarmed as his blasts hit the robot but was unable to dodge but was saved by Nodoka pushing him out the way.
Nodoka-chan" shouted Naruto quickly calling to his book to pull out the Time card "hang on Nodoka-chan we'll save you right…" he said about to activate.
"Naruto you can't!" she shouted making all their eyes widen as the time orb surrounded her. "You need your strength like Negi-sensei. I um… I can't be of any help this time so please both of you do you be-" she was cut off as the time bubble vanished with her.
"Damn it, this is getting bad very quickly, if it continues like this we won't be able to reach Chao-chan in time" said Naruto slamming his staff to the floor creating spider web cracks.
"Naruto-sama, Aniki, don't worry Nodoka-chan just got sent three hours forward, she's going to be fine." Said Chamo as Negi clenched his teeth.
"I knew that I was going to be causing troubles for others but…" said Negi and seeing where he was going Yue decided to interject.
"That's right Negi-sensei. Now that we have ragged everyone into this we must finish it no matter what. We all most go ahead if we're going to stop Chao-san" she told them.
XBreakX
Back with Chisame and the others, seven mouse like spirits appeared in front of her "Chiu-sama we are at your command. We the seven electronic spirit cluster regiment leaders will obey your evey command" said the mouse its hand gesturing to a sign saying 'Please enter a name' with four spaces for letters under the sign.
"You're the electronic spirit that I've been hearing abut… huh… wait in an age like this you're restricting the name t 4 letters" Chisame said surprised at the limits of the spirits her hair still embering in the cyber space.
"Because we believe that data should be compact" said one of the spirits.
Chisame sweat dropped "Whatever anything's fine ! or B or C is fine. Tarou or Jirou or Saburou is fine to. Even AAAA is fine" she told the spirits to which they all waved their arms frantically a few being snatched up by Makie.
"Wha- Chiu-sama that's cruel" said one of the spirits waving it's arms about.
"That's right, and they're so cute too" said a happy Makie holding the little spirits while Ayaka behind her giggled.
"Then you name them" said Chisame as she brought up a display showing hers, Makie's and Ayaka's body asleep outside. 'Hmm our bodies remained like that… like I thought, that means only our minds have entered this electronic space… if my hair embering? Never mind I have to change my clothes since clothing can be changed freely I see. this outfit isn't very combat orientated I guess… what was that image on Naruto's card?' she thought as her staff glowed.
"Change Costume, Red Hunter" she said as her clothing became the same as Naruto's pactio card, complete with her trench coat. 'Wow this omake function is surprisingly useful a dream function for a cosplayer. This might actually be a nice find, I'll have to test it out on other costumes when I get out. But why do I feel stronger all of a sudden?'
"You look beautiful Chiu-sama" said all the mice in unison as she lookedover to them with a small sweat drop.
"Ah Chisame-chan what's with that look, is it from a anime or something?" asked Makie a little amazed at the outfit.
"Y-Yeah it is but what's with the names of those guys" she said as the mice named Kincha, Hanpe, Konnya, Chikuwafa, Negi, Naruto and Shirataki all rubbed the back of their heads.
"We have received these wonderful names from Makie-sama" they all said together as Makie also rubber the back of her head.
"Well if you guys like them that's fine then" she said with a shake of her head.
"Chisame-san could you please tell us the situation. Or maybe where this place is?" asked Ayaka looking round the space seeing many different kinds of fish but holding her swords to the side incase something like a shark attacked her and Makie.
"Well I guess you can say we're inside a game. Basically if we win in this game it will help out Negi-sensei and Naruto in real life too" she said knowing Ayaka would know the truth but hoping Makie bought the slight lie.
"Really, this is a game. What do you want us to do then?" asked Makie excited to help out Negi.
"Nothing much just stay there for now till I need you otherwise you might get in the way" as she said this a caution warning came up around her "What the heck? What;'s wrong?" she asked her spirits as she sat in the space and digital keyboards came by her fingers.
"The enemy's automated patrol program has noticed our presence" said Hanpe. "It looks like most of the school's computers are under the enemy's control. The school defence system is targeting us" reported Negi by his own little sceen.
"Open up the defence barrier program thing that was in the manual. That should hold them off for a bit" she told them but all seven looked sheepish as each had an install report running.
"Sorry the options haven't finished install yet, so no can do" said Naruto sounding apologetic.
"Eei you guys are useless" cried Chisame frustrated at the lack of help her spirits were being. None of them realized they were being watched and the person watcing them spoke to herself.
"Chisame-san… so you were there… I shall be your opponent" said Chachamaru I her safe location taking control of the school's system.
"An attack is coming" proclaimed Shirataki as a number of different were speeding toward the group.
"By attack you mean that swarm of fish? On top of that it's a swarm of tuna" she shouted seeing all the fish.
"It's a torrent of useless data, a Dos attack" said Negi as Chisame felt a little pressured by the situation.
"Calm down and think carefully before proceeding" said a voice from the necklace around Chisame's neck. "Combine one power with another to defend yourself" it commanded as Chisame began typing away at her keyboards energy swirling round the tip of her staff.
'This should hold them off but what did that voice mean by other power, it couldn't mean…' she thought as her hand subconsciously reached into the trench coat and seemed to disappear into a space in the coat before pulling out a long blade. "What a sword? Forget it, now all of you Back Off. Bucket Filtering" she shouted throwing her staff forward creating a shield between her and the fish before swinging the sword pushing the shield forward and it increasing in size as power was added to it.
"Wow… did I do that? and that voice what was it?" Chisame asked a little surprised that she had swung he sword so easily despite not being one of the strongest in her class.
"We can speak later child but for now concentrate on the task at hand" said the voice from her necklace as one of the spirits came over to Chisame.
"We did it Chiu-sama we held it back but we had no idea you were so strong" said Konnya.
"Neither did I but we have to be careful. If there had been any viruses n that date it could have been trouble. None of you guys touch anything over there" she told Ayaka and Makie before face faulting seeing Makie and Ayaka being stripped of their clothes by jellyfish with Chao Bao Zi written on them. "You touched them?" she said outraged.
"Because the jellyfish were cute" Makie said as her excuse giggling as the tentacles tickled her and kept stripping her and Ayaka who had lost al covering from her armour.
"Jellyfish are dangerous in real life too you know?" Chisame shouted at the girls stupidity "Iincho hurry up and switch before you end up naked for pity's sake" she told her as Ayaka blushed before her body glowed and her armour changed to a leopard-patterned chest plate and shoulder guard, and a cloth from her waist down. There were also a pair of leopard ears on her head, and a bushy tail.
"I would question your taste in what you call armour right now Iincho but I can't bring myself to" commented Chisame seeing Ayaka in a very provocative armour but was surprised when Ayaka quickly got rid of the jellyfish attacking Makie.
"Makie-san, use this to attack them" she said handing her a staff with a heart on the tip which she puller from her pocket dimension where her pactio had given her multiple pieces of equipment. "Just like we did yesterday" she told her as Makie nodded.
"Right Henshin, Biblio Pink Tulip" she shouted before waving the wand and blasting away all of the jellyfish "To protect the books of the world, Mahou Shoujo Biblion" she shouted as the jellyfish disappeared surprising both Chisame and Ayaka. I did it" Makie cheered seeing as the jellyfish were all gone.
"Something's coming again, they're sharks Makie-san get ready" shouted Ayaka who readied her two sword and swung releasing an arc of magic at the sharks while Makie held out her hand.
"Right Iincho-san, Biblio Aqua Rhapsody" she cried blasting the sharks with her own blast of magic.
"You know this is incredibly wired that not just Iincho is good at this but Makie too. Although the two of them do have talent . Still I think I can use them as replacement decoys or walls" Chisame smiled seeing how helpful both of them were being. "Let's go Iincho, Makie, follow me" she told them as she pointed forward both nodding and proceeding to follow her through the cyberspace.
XBreakX
Back with Naruto and the other two, he and Negi were on a roof and waiting for a panting Yue to catch up "Yue-san, your hand" said Negi holding out his hand as explosions went off behind him and Naruto.
"No sensei, you two go on ahead. I'm slowing you down. I'll catch up to you both later so go" she told them surprising Negi. "It's just like what Nodoka said earlier. It doesn't look like we'll be of any help in this battle. Earlier when you were having a bad dream I was worried that you might still be unsure of your decision" she said as Negi grabbed her hand and Naruto kept a look out for more robots.
"Looks like you have already cut that uncertainty loose too. Now Negi-sensei you and Naruto hurry to Chao-san's-" she stopped seeing the troubled look on Negi's face.
"No… not yet Yue-san. I will stop Chao-san. But… despite what I've learned I'm still not sure whether that's the right thing to do or not" Negi told her as he puller her onto the roof making her blush as their faces were pretty close, Naruto subtly using the Silent card to give them privacy. "Yue-san… please let me hear your words" asked Negi feeling Naruto seal them off for the moment.
XBreakX
"Goddamit this thing won't go down" said Naruto in his Shadow user pactio as one of the giant robots kept pushing against the shadow restraints and rapidly healing against all of his earlier attacks, it's arms that had been severed had regrown, the Ice fire not affecting regeneration.
"Can't hold… it" he said strained as the giant kicked him and the shadow binds away before stepping on the first marker. "Crap, the other's aren't fairing as well I bet. We're too weak like this and boss has to save for the final battle as much as he can" said the clone to himself as the seal beneath the robot lit up and shot light into the sky.
"Oh one down huh" said Evangeline observing the battle from above "Looks like you can't spit your power so well right now Naruto, although you're holding bak quite a bit it seems. Almost makes me want to find the real you to find out. Still what are you and the boya gonna do now that you're losing?"
"I reckin he and the brat will still win, after all master only picks the best to stalk" said Chachazero making a tick mark appear on Eva's head before taking a sip of sake to prevent her from throttling the doll.
"It doesn't matter who wins. I just want to see what he plans to do" said Eva as another figure dropped down beside her.
"Looks like you have no interest in the situations conclusion, even if you want to closely observe one participant in particular Hohoho" said the voice of the Dean as he floated beside Eva.
"It's you old geezer. It doesn't matter tome whether magic is exposed to the world of not, that's why" Eva said offhandedly.
"Is it really alright if Chao-kun's plan succeeds? You may never be able to see your cute apprentice again you know, although I doubt you'll be separated from Naruto-kun" he said knowing partially of what actions would be put into place if magic was exposed.
"If that happens, than that's as far as our tie of fate goes. For the boy it would mean that was only able to go that far. But in all honestly being by Naruto's side may not be that bad, now get out of here. The wine's going to taste bad" she told him as she was ignored and he poured a glass of his own wine.
"Don't say that, let me in too" he said infuriating Eva.
"Don't drink other people's wine" she shouted at him as he took a sip.
"Besides aren't you going to go and stop this?" he asked completely ignoring her shouts like he had for many years. If the young one's can stop this, then they will. If they can't then they'll take responsibility for it" he said lifting his eyebrow to look at Eva properly with his eye.
XBreakX
Chao around the same time was in her hidden location preparing the forced recognition spell "Here we are… it's the final stage at last-ne. "What's wrong… aren't you going to come Negi-bouzu, Naruto-kun?" she asked herself looking in the direction of the battle.
XBreakX
In another area a figure was bouncing abut leaving after images that were swallowed by black orbs. It was Kaede using her pactio's ability and using the shadow scarf around her neck to help adjust her movements to skilfully avoid Mana's bullets which thankfully were fooled when they hit afterimages from her pactio.
'I'm lucky the bullets can't tell the real me from an image and my artifact is useful for spaces like this, like being able to fly almost de-gozaru. But I don't know how long I can keep dodging Mana's bullets if they keep following me de-gozaru' Kaede thought as she bounced off the walls.
'Another 750m, it's now or never. I have to get in close range if I even think of beating her' she thought as the wall behind her cracked and wind seemed to swirl around her. 'Shukuchi Mukyou' with that the wall behind Kaede broke apart as she used a long distance version of Shundo to close the gap between her and Mana. 'Her artifact homes in so right now I'm in a bad situation but I think I have a way…' she thought creating clones and each holding out it's blade toward Mana.
'You lose Kaede…' thought Mana as she fired a shot from her rifle which sped toward her homing in on the original.
'Not quite Mana…' she said thought as all the blades shot out of the katanas and intercepted the bullets.
'Mu she counter my bullets with that sword of hers, she gotten close now' thought Mana as she tried to reload in time.
'Good it worked, now Void Shundo' focusing Ki to her feet she shot against the air, or would have if Mana didn't appear behind her on a magic seal and her artifact transformed into a sub-machine gun her cloak thrown away as well. She opened fire on Kaede who narrowly avoided as the blades surrounded her and blocked off the bullets.
"Displacement magic charm" said Kaede seeing what Mana had used. She was now a little worried as Mana while favouring long range was never to be underestimated at short range even if her Infinity Sword Technique held off the bullets.
"They're quite expensive at 800 thousand apiece. But against you it's worth it" said Mana waving the charm slightly.
"It's an honour Mana, now back to out little challenge then shall we?" she said releasing an arc of Ki from her blade that had shadow properties thanks to her artifact.
"Indeed, Dual Pistol" she commanded her artifact as the gun became two identical handguns that were her original from the card and proceeded to clash with Kaede firing off bullets that ended up being blocked by the blades surrounding her. With both artifacts cancelling out each other the battle became that of pure hand to hand combat. Both girls not willing to give the other an inch and smiling at their rivalry which had always existed between them, it had simply become the case where the surrounding battle didn't matter only the battle between the two.
XBreakX
"Caladbolg" cried a clone of Naruto firing his blade arrow at the giant that did nothing to slow him down. Not to mention the various robots that had been attacking him, slowing him down from getting more hits on the robots in front of him. The same could be said for the other cloes that had all been struggling dealing with both the giants and the army of robots at their feet.
Some of the clones had sadly fallen to the effects of the displacement bullets and as such only the Tracer clone and the Shadow user clone were let to defend the spots with had ended in failure.
"Th…This is bad. This is the worst possible situation. We have received reports that other than this world tree front plaza the 5 other defence points have been taken over and the Naruto hero units have been taken down as well by the enemy. If this remaining plaza gets taken over then it's all over. It'll be our defeat. The end!" shouted Kazumi into her mike informing the other participating of the situation.
"Will our school's defence magic knight brigade fall under the Martian robot army at this time? Were the new rules a little too harsh after all? Will the final school festival event end up with a disappointing end and no winner?" Kazumi continued.
"Hey what are you talking about Asakura?" said Yuuna panting her foot against a downed robots back with Fuka and Akira beside her. "I told you we took out most of the robots here already" she smiled as the others behind her cheered.
"But we mustn't throw away our hope. There's still a chance to recover from this situation. And that is to defeat the enemy's leader Chao Lingshen before the world tree front plaza gets taken over" said Kazumi knowing that they had about 20 minutes left at best. "The last boss Chao is waiting somewhere outdoors within the game area on top of a 30m wide ground drawing similar to this image" she said displaying the magic array.
"For the discoverer and capturer, they will be each awarded a special money prize which is higher than all the prizes of the previous years. Show you skills and participate. Audience members may participate as well" said Kazumi with Sayo wishing them good luck beside her unseen.
"Yuuna!" shouted Misa as she, Sakurako and Madoka came running to the front plaza. "It's coming its coming it's coming the big one's here!" they cried as the last of the giant robots approached the plaza with the united forces opening fire on it.
Around the same time Chizuru who had been tending to injuries in the field blinked as she spotted something in the corner of her eye. "Natsumi-chan hand me that telescope" she told her as the girl tilted her head in confusion.
"Isn't it a little strange to be star gazing right now Chizu-nee?" she asked her friend/big sister figure.
"Well something caught my eye and I'm thinking I may have found something" she said as natusmi brought the telescope over and Chizuru gazed through it to see something shinning in the sky. "So that's where you were Chao. Now there's no chance of you getting away" she smiled seeing the outline of the array.
Back at the plaza the last robot was getting closer to its target destination an had managed to release a powerful stripping blast on the participants.
Back at the headquarters Nutmeg was receiving new information. "We have some movement; it appears that the event organizers have received reports from the astronomy and photography department. The aviation department is trying to confirm right now" she reported to Mr. Akashi."This is… most likely a bingo; a power illumination has been confirmed on top of an airship idling 4000m in the air above the school" Nutmeg continued to report.
With the participants many were running to get a new robe quickly as had been stripped to heir underwear by the giant robot. "Kuu… this giant piece of junk. Everyone don't run away now. If this place falls then it's our defeat stand your ground and fight" shouted Yuuna rallying many as she stood slightly stripped by the blast but all of her modesty kept.
They continued to fire by the last giant just batted them away with a swipe of its hand and took another step forward. Seeing this Yuuna hanged her head in defeat… that was until a voice called out "Kyotouryuu Ougi: Ryuuryoku Kakou" as figure jumped right over the group and was directly in front of the giants torso and seemed to simply punch it. Only after a second did the giant get it's upper body separated from it's lower half, the latter seeming to crumble as it hit by a massive force.
The figure jumped and flipped back to where the other were and all got a good luck of who it was as someone else dropped by him. "Negi-kun, Naruto-kun" said Yuuna happily seeing the whiskered face of her teacher but blinked in confusion seeing his hair.
"Hey everyone" he greeted with a small wave, and as he did many girls found themselves blushing as Naruto was currently without anything to cover his sweating torso giving them all a free show.
Kazumi then got a report in her ear and shouted over to the two "Negi-kun Naruto-kun, I just heard that Chao is on an airship 4000m directly above the world tree" she informed them as Negi nodded getting on his staff and taking flight.
"Understood Asakura-san, see you in a bit Naruto-nii" said Negi going higher in the air.
"Negi-kun" cried Kazumi getting the boys attention "You realize the meaning of the action you are about to take right?" she asked him as he nodded. "I see… then there's nothing left to say… GO ON!" she shouted to him as he smiled and Naruto looked up at his little brother.
"Negi, give it all you can. I'll be right behind you, trust me and I'll back you up when you're up there" he said clenching his fist as he did the same.
"Right I'm going and I'll save the world and this school from Chao-san right now, Accleret" he cried as he shot into the sky. The others meanwhile crowded round Naruto and began asking questions. And meanwhile on a roof nearby Yue was watching Negi shoot off to the final confrontation with Chao.
"Now then one of our last Hero units, the famous Kid teacher Negi Springfield (10) is heading straight for the last boss Chao Lingshen 4000 meters into the skies of Mahora Academy. While down below our other Hero Unit Naruto Uzumaki is defending the last area from Chao's giant robot and looking good while he does so" said Kazumi into her mike thankfully not drooling all over it and shorting it out as she stared at Naruto like many others were.
"However there is no fixed scenario in this game. Everything isn't over just yet. The last boss Chao Lingshen has no intention to lose at all. Soon the final battle between this year's Mahora fight's runner up Negi and the organizer of the Mahora tournament along with being a practitioner of Shaolin Fist herself Chao Lingshen will begin. The game isn't over yet the robot army is still alive and kicking and we can't expect Naruto-kun to do all of the defending now do we?" there was a surrounding cheer as the last of the participants heard Kazumi.
"Be careful Negi, Chao-chan always has back-up on her back-ups" said Naruto looking in the direction of hi little brother as he flew abopve the clouds but the other students around looking at the screen spotted something coming at Negi.
Negi himself had spotted something in the distance that sped toward him "Rapide Subsistat" he chanted coming to a immediate brake on his staff and as he did three time sphere activated in front of him which luckily he'd avoided.
Looking round Negi spotted a Chachamaru clone with wings flying toward him with a rifle loaded with time displacement bullets. But in trying to avoid the one around him he flew into an ambush with several aerial Tanaka units 'There's still so many around, this is bad' thought Negi as the Tanaka units opened fire.
Down below the students had their own problem "The giant robot that Naruto-kun broke into two is coming at us with its upper half" shouted Fuka pointing as Naruto stepped forward himself.
"I guess my job isn't finished then, cover me girls while I try and slow it down I've been told not to attack its upper body too much in case there's an explosion in which the demon sealed would be released' he thought the last part to himself.
Back up above Negi was shooting Sagitta Magica back at the Tanaka units in hopes of slowing them down and letting him get to Chao's position. But the Tanaka units were very mobile in the air "Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Kenotētos Astrapsatō de Temetō! Dios Tukos!" Negi cast the lightning axe spell of the robots taking a few out before shoting straight up toward the blimp 'I have to get to Chao-san regardless' in his rush Negi was almost caught by a displacement bullet flipping him on his staff.
'No good my posture…' he thought as one of the Chachamaru units took aim at Negi 'I can't avoid it…' he thought as it pulled the trigger. It was however knocked away by a shadow wolf and Negi found himself being grabbed by the back of his collar.
"Looks like it was a good idea to make a clone for down there and nice save there Kotaro" said Naruto in his Clow artefact standing on his staff that had wings jutting out the end of it while Kotaro hovered next to him with swirling wheels of shadow by his feet.
"Thanks Onii-san, but I expected a little better of Negi when it came to these small fry" said the hanyou with a shake of his head "But he is my rival after all so he can't be too good at everything" said Kotaro smirking down at Negi.
"Naruto-nii, Kotaro-kun" said Negi happily as Tanaka units surrounded them only to be cut apart by Setsuna and Asuna arriving on the scene. "Asuna-san, Setsuna-san" Negi said seeing his two partners.
Back on the ground the girls were a little surprised to find the Naruto they had was just another copy making them wonder where he was able to find so many copies of himself at such short notice. "Asuna-chan, need a lift?" said Naruto as he let Asuna drop onto his staffwhich didn't shake at all making Misora who was supposed to be her lift thankful as she wasn't the best at broom flying, Setsuna simply flapping her wings.
"Thanks Naruto, good to see you up here as well" said Asuna thankful for the assist, and for seeing him looking fine, although she didn notice he was sweating quite perfusely and his hand was trembling. 'Is he alright… is this what Chao meant when she said he can't use multiple pactios at the same time?' she thought in worry but didn't let it show on her face.
"Negi, when you see the opening, take it" said Naruto as Negi got back on his staff and Naruto drew out a card from his book and held it out in front of him. "I call upon the powers of the eternal flame, go forth and take down the enemies surrounding up and forge a path for Negi. Firey, Release and go forth" said Naruto as the fire sprit was released from her card and quickly set about taking out the other robots.
"Woooowwwwww" said Asuna seeing the spirit of the card fly around in a blaze of flames and by then some of the other teachers had arrived to see that their job right now was a bit easier due to the multiple aerial units being taken out. The people on the ground as well were amazed as the display of fire could be seen above them in the clouds alongside the TV.
Asuna shook her head as she spotted Negi staring ike the others "Negi, go now while you have the chance. Naruto has given you your chance and none of us want to see you disappear from our eyes so go beat Chao-san already" she said as Negi nodded and sped off.
"Naruto… will you be okay, you look tired" said Asuna concerned as she swung her sword taking out a couple of robots and Naruto moving his staff to catch her.
"I'm not using full strength, but I need to save a lot of it for later Asuna-chan and believe me I'll be glad once I have done it. Although I'm a little worried of the after effects" he admitted as he moved the staff to dodge the remaining robots.
As he flew higher and higher Negi thought to himself 'Thank you… everyone. I wasn't able to do anything alone. I couldn't have done anything without everyone especially you Naruto-nii. You have been there for me since we first met only a few months ago but you really have become a brother to me. I only made it all this way with you and everyone else helping me along the way'
XBreakX
Meanwhile on Chao's blimp Hakase was currently going through the incantation for the world recognition spell "The world lives within Alon. Time continues to move within the World. Creation arrives within time. Synchronization with the 12 spots of holy lands on eath as well as the moon is complete. All that's left is to occupy the plaza in front of the world tree… everything's almost ready" informed Hakase to Chao.
"Alright… Hakase begin the final stage of the ceremony with the final incantation-ne" said Chao to her friend.
"The completion incantation will take 11 minutes and 6 seconds is that alright?" she asked back to Chao who nodded at her. Chao told her "It's fine-yo, begin" but Hakase had a questioning look on her face.
"…Is this really the right thing to do Chao-san to go through with the plan… I mean to leave this and him all behind?" she asked her friend who seemed to notice something in the corner of her eye.
"Ahh… it seems the one to decide the propriety of this plan will not be me but him" she said gesturing to Negi who floated a little above the blimp in view of Hakase. "Negi-sensei!" said Hakase in shock seeing how they had been found.
"Chao-san and Hakase-san…" said Negi seeing the two girls and the large magical seal beneath them.
"You finally made it here Negi-bouzu. We're finally on the same stage now but it seems as though you came alone, where might I ask is Naruto-kun-ne?" she said as Negi floated down and landed on the blimp. "Or may I ask what will you do Negi-sensei-yo" she said smirking at him as Negi clenched his teeth.
"Naruto-nii won't fight someone he cares for Chao-san so it's up to me to put a stop to you!" she shouted determined as Chao had a small sad smile on her face for a moment before a confident smirk plastered on it.
"Very well then I too shall prove my beliefs with everything I have and show you why I have done what I have" said Chao throwing off her cloak to reveal her battle suit that seemed to have been slightly upgraded since the fight on the roof when he had seen her the day before. A Cassiopeia on her back glowed "Here I come" she said as Negi held out his own Cassiopeia unit.
Chao appeared behind Negi with bullets in hands only for Negi himself to appear behind Chao with his elbow ready to strike her, and connected with her back sending her flying. Surprising both her and Hakase, but Chao wasn't giving up as she teleported behind Negi and activated a displacement bullet and creating a time sphere around him and disappeared.
Chao however had not won as she was forced to dodge a strike from Negi. The two quickly having mid-air combat while teleporting around the blimp and each dodging the others attacks before separating to opposite sides of the blimp.
'This is truly a fight between Cassiopeia users; I can't even tell what's going on here. But I wonder if Chao was lying when she said it's based off a move of Naruto-sensei's?' Hakase thought to herself as she remembered Chao explaining how the idea for the Cassiopeia came into being.
"Fufu… Negi-bouzu I didn't expect for yo to actually get this far. For you to become so skilled with the Cassiopeia within such a short period of time… as expected of my honourable ancestor-ne. if I didn't know any better I'd say Naruto-kun had taught the theory for the technique-yo" said Chao in praise of Negi's abilities.
"Naruto-nii didn't but I remember seeing his memories and that combined with when I thought about using Cassiopeia it came right away. Even if iwere to take an unavoidable hit as long as I jump to another time during that instant I would be able to easily avoid it, no matter what kind of attack it is. Furthermore by repeatedly time jumping to the same space and time at super high speeds it is also possible to obtain a pseudo time stop effect" Negi explained the combat abilities of the Cassiopeia to which had been inspired by seeing Naruto use Hiraishin and his speeds in jinchuuriki mode.
"B…But Negi-sensei both of them are much easier said than done. To effectively make use of the Cassiopeia in direct combat, precision control down to the nanoseconds as well as accurate event prediction of the space time after jumping are a must…" Hakase went on to explain the complicated theories and processes involved in using Cassiopeia in combat.
"Umu… even the Cassiopeia 3rd that's on my back right now is being controlled by the highest performance AI as well-ne" said Chao wondering how Negi had pulled the feat off when not aided by technology of the original tool for the technique which she knew Naruto had on him.
"The trick behind this is this" he said holding out his Cassiopeia that had a two little spirtrs holding on to it.
"Are those spirits?" asked Hakase a little shocked by the simple technique used to help pull off a very complicated process.
"The most basic magics that any mage would've learned first, magic of moving small objects and magic of prophecy, these are the spirits that govern over those magics" said Negi as the winged spirit was turning the dial saying "I'm spinning ut…" while the little girl spirit with an antenna waved "I will predict-chuu"
"Now Chao-san with this you have lost your battle advantage. Please surrender peacefully and stop your plans" said Negi sure that Chao would surrender if her trump card was taken from her.
The girl just smiled at Negi "It's alright –yo, Hakase begin the final incantation" she told her friend who nodded albeit a little concerned.
"Chao-san!" shouted Negi at the girl "Were you listening to me? Now that you have lost your advantage given to you by Cassiopeia you cannot win against me. Stop the ceremonial magic immediately" he said at Chao.
"What's wrong Negi-buzu? You're getting pretty chatty-ne. it's not like you-yo" she said as Hakase began chanting. "That anxiety… are you hiding something…? No could it be that there's a reason you must finish this battle quickly, no?" said Chao now behind Negi as she looked at his Cassiopeia unit. "I knew it" she said as Negi cursed at his slip in concentration and Shundo-ed to the opposite side of the blimp.
"Hahahah… you still have a way to go before negotiating-ne. That Cassiopeia at best you'll get three… at worst it'll become useless after one more use-ne" Chao said laughing to herself as Negi was now panicking a little based off the amount he was sweating.
"…All I need is one hit" said Negi determined to win this battle.
Chao called forth her funnels to her side "Wait Negi-bouzu, before that one hit I'll ask you once more. Now that things have come this far, with your cleverness you should have figured it out already-ne. the meaning of my plan that is" said Chao floating above Negi.
"Will you not become my comrade, with you Naruto-kun might be convinced. The three of us could accomplish that slight bit of justice against this world of evil-doers?" she asked Negi who eyes glazed over for a second.
XBreakX
"Naruto will Negi be alright he seemed troubled when we saw him a moment ago. Aren't you worried of him seeing things Chao-san's way?" Asuna asked Naruto as he flew around the various robots attacking them before flying straight through allowing Asuna to cut them up.
"He'll be fine, Yue-chan slapped some sense into him, literally too. But like I said before the past cannot be changed and introducing something as huge bas magic to the world will upset the balance of power in it as well. Despite the good it can do it can do as much damage all the same" he smiled remembering Yue talking with Negi before.
"It was difficult for him… the ability of time travel and existence of magic may stop tradegies in the world, and him believing that staying here with us was selfish. I doubt I could really say anything to stop his train of thought but Yue-chan managed it no doubt" said Naruto.
"Naruto… what do you plan to do if your holding back you power?" asked Asuna a little nervous.
"Create a better reality for here and now and far ahead. But it will involve these cards" he told the girl showing her the two cards he planned to use.
XBreakX
In the split second Negi remembered his talk with Yue Chao saw an opening "Chance" she said teleporting behind him and thrusting her fists forward. There was the sound of breaking, but it was actually Negi jumping behind Chao and striking her Cassiopeia unit with his elbow.
She tried to counter by immediately jumping behind Negi, only for him to do the same 'Psuedo-time stop' she observed seeing she couldn't escape as Negi channelled arrows of lightning to his fist.
'It's useless Raika Houken' Negi's lightning powered fist hit Chao straight in the back shattering her Cassiopeia and sending her to the opposite side of the blimp.
'Yue-san please tell truth, Chao-san needs to be stopped but at the same time I… I… I for the sake of our lives must do evil and that's something which I can't run away from. And you Naruto-nii when you shared your past you always looked for someone to see as a family but you have so much now and Chao-san's plan could take it all away, you are my nii-san and I don't want to lose you either' Negi remembered his words he spoke to Yue but also his brothers words.
'Negi, a long time ago I had a fight which tested my ideas of how the world worked and what was right and wrong. Whether doing the obvious thing was the right thing, it wasn't until I turned 16 I saw the truths of my world. But for you to manage it at age 10… I couldn't be more happy to call you my little brother, now fight as best as you can, I'll be right behind you' Negi truly felt happy hearing his brothers words.
As Chao pulled herself from the platform on the blimp her Cassiopeia crackling with energy now broken Negi's own Cassiopeia crackled "Chao-san I cannot deny you but I will not become your ally either, there is something I need to protect" said Negi as his Cassiopeia shattered.
"I figured you'd say that-yo" said Chao looking a little tired but still smirking. Meanwhile Hakase looked amazed 'C-Chao-san's Cassiopeia was actually destroyed… as expected of Negi-sensei' she thought maintaining control of the spell as a helicopter hovered over the blimp.
"We're at 4000m in the air. Everyone are you seeing this? Well is it going to work? No it's impossible!" said a reporter as the image came up on screen down below. "The last boss Chao is in tatters. The child teacher has landed the decisive hit" it reported as the other student's noticed something.
"Look the giant's movement is slowing down, Naruto-kun is holding it back slightly" shouted Madoka said pointing as the form of Naruto whose feet were dug into the ground as he tried to hold back the giant's advance.
"Come on Negi… this clone body won't last much longer" said a heavily sweating Naruto clone as he felt his chakra levels depleting alongside the magical strain he felt on his body. He then found someone was helping him by the side of him.
"You look like you could use some help" said the voice of Tsuna as he joined Naruto in holding back the giant.
"You know that would be appreciated Tsuna, to be honest this is a lot heavier that it looks oddly" said Naruto chuckling a little at the joke he made.
XBreakX
Back up above Negi was still in battle as Chao had now resorted to firing constant displacement bullets at Negi "Chao-san please stop already, the match is over" said Negi shifting onto his staff so he could dodge the attacks easier.
"No not yet-ne, Negi-bouzu. It's not over yet" she shouted sending her funnels to attack Negi directly but he dodged their blasts and smashed them and turned back to Chao. When he looked he saw he with at least a hundred displacement bullets in front of her all of which shot forward at Negi.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Mobili Tel" Negi chanted as he just about managed to dodge the numerous activated time spheres. "Those bullets are certainly a threat… however I will not get hit so easily anymore. Now that you have lost the Cassiopeia which guaranteed you an absolute advantage someone like you who cannot use magic cannot win against me, now Chao-san!" said Negi preparing himself.
"Magic-ne, now… I wonder about that? Code: 9784063637328 1929979004002 spell pattern circuits open. Seal released. Last Tale My Magic Scir Magister" underneath Chao a magic circle came into existence and Negi felt a magic power from Chao now.
Down below on his staff Naruto felt Chao's magic signature 'So I was right… you can use magic Chao-chan. But not fully based on what I can feel, the power I feel… so she learned the technique a little' Naruto thought to himself having felt a similar usage of power but Chao's was significantly weaker.
"Τὸ συμβόλαιον διακονῆτω μοί, ο τύραννε φλογός! Ἐπιγενηθήτω, φλόξ καθάρσεως, ῥομφαία φλογίνη! Negi-bouzu did you honestly believe I would have never considered learning to use magic when I am Negi-bouzu's and the Thousand Master's descendant along with being a partner of Naruto-kun" Chao smirked as a powerful flame surrounded her fist.
"Ῥευσάντων πῦρ καί θεῖον, ἇ ἐπέφλεγον Σόδομα, ἁμαρτωλούς, εἰς χοῦν θανάτου" she chanted which the headmaster took note of while watching and Negi prepared a powerful barrier to defend himself with. "Οὐρανία Φλόγωσις!" the massive fire spell was cast at Negi resulting in a huge explosion.
Before the headmaster could move Eva had her Enis Exsequens by his neck shaving a few hairs from his beard "Don't interfere… that's the path he chose. I won't forgive any foolish behaviors even if it's from you. Besides look, I didn't train him to drop dead that easily" said Eva as a slightly charred Negi shot out of the cloud of smoke.
"Wonderful you managed to withstand the one just now huh, Negi-bouzu?" said a heavily panting and sweating Chao.
'If my barrier wasn't open at full power I would've been beaten completely. A spell that's definitely higher than my level and on Naruto-nii's. But can something like that be possible? Even if Chao-san is a genius to be such a powerful magic user' thought Negi before he noticed something on Chao. 'What is this? There's a weird magic flow… something is not normal…' he thought curious.
What he saw was that Chao's body was covered in a strange spell pattern "Haha… now that we have come this far, there are no more strategies. All that's left is for our strengths carrying our thoughts to clash against one another-ne" said Chao smirking as the spell patterns glowed underneath her clothes.
'That's… spell patterns have been applied to Chao-san's entire body. I have never seen that magic style before… no science?' thought Negi in shock while Chao called upon her magic.
"Last Tale My Magic Scir Magister Evocatio Spiritualis De Undetriginta Salamandris Lancifiers" Chao casted her spell summoning 29 lance wielding fire spirits to her side.
'No doubt about it. Chao-san is forcefully channeling powerful magic to herself through the power of that spell pattern. But if she pushes herself this much it must be creating a huge burden on her body. Chao-san's doing this out of her will? That's…' thought Negi holding out his hand. "Please wait!" he cried to Chao.
"It's no use-ne" she said sending her spirits forward at Negi who grit his teeth.
"Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Evocatio Spiritualis De Septemdecim Valcyriis Mortiferis" Negi summoned 17 Valkyries spirits to combat Chao's spirits assault. Before he rushed forward the two mages meeting in the middle Chao grabbing Negi's fist. "You mustn't use that power, simply chanting a spell should already be causing great pain for you right? Why…?" asked Negi.
"Huh… so you even know about that? But…" Chao pulled Negi forward and delivered a jab to his stomach make him cough out from the blow. "What are you trying to do by slowing down now? You wanna get killed? Besides… now that we disagree with each other I have nothing left to say to you" Chao said as the two separated.
"I came to this age simply for this. 2 years of my life and all my efforts went into this. This plan is everything for me now Negi-bouzu and I won't be stopped with words Undemesoginta Spiritus Ignis" Chao charged her 52 fire arrows,
To counter Negi prepared his own spell "Ras Tel Ma Scir Magister Septem Iriginta Spiritus Lucis Coeuntes Sagitent Inimicum" he prepared his 27 arrows of light and the two cast their spells at the same time.
"Sagitta Magica Series Ignis/Lucis" the two cried as thir spells crashed between them each countering the other power vs power. Many watched the two battle on the screens in amazement and worry for the two, hoping they didn't get too hurt as they were still children. "Flagrantia Rubicans" shouted Chao casting another fire spell at Negi who dodged and readjusted himself in the air.
'This won't do. I can't let Chao-san use magic anymore. But simply telling her to stop won't work. Maybe I should tell her… Chao has bet everything on her plan so words alone can't stop her but maybe give me an edge' Negi thought as he began channelling the last of his magic. 'I will give this my all and hope that this works' he thought clenching his fist.
"Finally getting serious huh… that's right, that's what you should do. If you want to stop this plan then defeat me by force completely and without mercy. You're the son of the Thousand Master aren't you?" asked Chao panting as much as Negi was due to the strain of using magic and the prolonged battle as well.
"Chao-san… I have two things to ask. You said you came to this age for this plan and it's everything but in these past 2 years spent with Ku Fei-san and Hakase-san and Naruto-nii and everyone in the class, did it mean anything to you?" Negi asked as Chao had a moment of clarity.
"Everyone… Naruto-kun… you know you're right everyone and the man I fell in love with. Everything was beyond my complications, it's been so much fun but… even that is something of a momentary dream for me… but what was your other question?" Chao asked with a sad smile.
"Did you consider what would happen to Naruto-nii when you revealed the existence of magic?" he asked as she blinked in surprise at the odd question but then realized she really hadn't.
"Negi-bouzu… why are you asking that?" she said a little worried and Negi closed his eyes for a moment.
"Because if your plan succeeds Naruto-nii never leaves this place ever again and will be separated from everyone as it was deemed necessary for him and his power to be sealed in Mahora forever" he said as Chao gasped seeing what she would cause and really was at odds with herself.
'No it can't be, I thought Naruto-kun would end up leading the world, like he had done in his memories. After all that I end up making him a victim and taking away his family… but after what happens what I have to do is needed. Yet at the same time I'm sending someone I care for away for my own desires. Naruto-kun wouldn't be taken easily but he would live a life on the run. Do I continue or do I stop here… I just don't know anymore, all of this wasn't in any of my calculations, I need time to think I may be able to take him with me then he'll be safe' Chao said to herself as she raised her hands.
Negi seeing this channelled his magic "Last Tale My Magic Scir Magister Τὸ συμβόλαιον διακονῆτω μοί, ο τύραννε φλογός! Ἐπιγενηθήτω, φλόξ καθάρσεως, ῥομφαία φλογίνη!" Chao began chanting putting all of her remaining strength into it.
"Ras Tel Ma Sir Magister Veniant Spiritus Aeriales Fulgurientes" Negi chanted himself peparing his final spell to defeat and was chanting faster than Chao was as well.
Ῥευσάντων πῦρ καί θεῖον, ἇ ἐπέφλεγον Σόδομα, ἁμαρτωλούς, εἰς χοῦν θανάτου!/Cum Fulguratione Flet Tempestas Austrina" the two finished their incantations. Chao's hands had swirling fire around them while Negi had wind and lightning in them as they held out their hands.
"Οὐρανία Φλόγωσις!/Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens!" the two sent out their spells which became a battle of power. However Negi's spell seemed to overpower Chao's and ended up creating a backlash for her breaking her magic circuit that she made as she was engulfed by the blast.
"Chao-san!" said an alarmed Negi as he shot off to catch the girl before she fell to her death. Chao looked up and saw Negi headed for her but felt someone else catch her.
"I gotcha Chao-chan although your hair looks nice down like that" said the smiling face of Naruto as he held Chao in his arms, commenting as one of the girls buns had come loose. Down below Asuna was having an argument with Misora as she believed that Misora had been calling her heacy as the girl seemed to not be good with her broom.
"Na…Naruto-kun…?" said Chao seeing his smiling face "You're here…I… I… I'm so sorry but I have a plan to stop you bein-" Naruto put a finger on her lips.
"Don't worry I have my own ready Chao-chan" he said as a light from the blimp shot into the sky "So it got activated after all" Naruto muttered seeing the light of the forced recognition spell, he then noticed Negi cough up blood. 'Poor boy is too exhausted to keep afloat right now, at least out ride is on the way' Naruto thought moving to catch Negi.
"He did very well, despite using his own magic to power the Cassiopeia and the combat spells. He has more potential than I ever did that's for sure. And at least I don't have to worry too much about the spell right Chao-chan?" he said to the girl who gave a weak smile.
XChapter EndX
Well people I'm back, sorry for not updating in some time, life has been a little hecktic due to moving back for my final year of uni among other things. Plus using Uni internet so having trouble writing as I write faster on laptop. I will try to update as many of the other stories I can in the next couple of weeks but I have no set schedule for updating so you'll have to be patient for my other news I have begun writing a Bleach/Naruto xover and it's a slow process but I think it's coming nicely like a few other stories.
Next chapter will deal with the forced recognition spell and what was Naruto's plan for solving the issue of letting Chao stay and I will say it involves a depowering of Naruto so that I will no longer get complaints of him being too powerful.
Until then, Bye