So heres my third chapter for this Negima fanfic it took while because of computer problems and also this was my first shot at actual fighting(however small) and i found extremely trickier than i initially thought it would be. in other words feel free to review and correct any mistakes you might have found.

Disclaimer: I do not own Mahou Sensei Negima/Negi Magister Magi or whatever you might call... although it would be awesome if I did...

One heart beat.

Nothing...

Two heart beats...

Did I fail?

Three heart beats...

"Negi Watch out!"Asuna screamed.

The kid was shoved to the side by his partner as an explosion went off where he stood a few seconds ago.

"What's going on? The spell should have been finished by now!"Setsuna yelled while slicing the demon in front of her in half.

By pure instinct Negi activated Magia Erebea in thunder god mode and pulverized an enemy to the left. His mind was racing as fast as it could. Had he failed the spell? No, he had even felt the last surge of power, yet here they stood as if nothing had happened. Did Fate possess power that could stop a spell of this magnitude in its tracks? Noticing movement to the rear, he charged up an attack while turning around, his fist blazing with power.

"Now now, I'm not the enemy!"A hooded teenager stood in front of him; Negi's fist stopped by one of his fingers.

A high pitch noise passed right between them and something to their left exploded, sending dust and ashes flying in the air.

"I won't do you or your friends any harm, but they will" The stranger snapped his fingers and the two demons behind him were simply vaporized."Now you should try holding out here while i take care of the big bad one okay?"

Before the child teacher could put a single word the stranger had disappeared. Turning back to his friends, he spotted Nodoka and Yue being surrounded and charged in. Sliding between the legs of a lesser demon he shot bolts of lightning at two of them, killing one and crippling the other. He then shadow stepped on the shoulder of a third one and sent a flying kick to the head of a demon on the left while using the one he had teleported to as a launching platform. In mid-air he turned around and literally boosted trough the last demon.

"Are you alright?" he asked, turning to his students.

"They won't be for long Negi" Fate's voice was heard trough the echoes of battle, which died immediately after he spoke.

All attacks had stopped and in the middle of the lesser demons and other monstrosities stood a young boy of white and grey hair. Fate walked between the bodies of the demons while talking.

"I will commend your valiant efforts to foil my plans but it is now clear that whatever you were trying to accomplish failed and now, unless you surrender, I will kill every last one of yo-" Fate stopped talking as a hooded form appeared in front of him.

"So you're the famous Fate? I've heard a lot about you, can't say I'm impressed... unfortunately; I didn't come here to talk to an old relic of the past. I came for the Negi boy and his friends." Nicolas turned away from a stunned Averruncus and started making his way towards the equally stunned group of Mahora academy, any demons in his path simply disappearing without even being touched.

As he made his way towards the group, an explosion of power erupted behind him; Fate, who had apparently not liked being dismissed like he had been, charged Nicolas with all his powers hoping to obliterate to source of this humiliation. Nicolas turned around only to receive Fate's fist crashing in his face at a colossal speed. The wave of power levelled everyone around them; the ground cracked and caved in under them like a meteor crater. Nicolas, however, didn't moved an inch, didn't even flinch.

"Now, I can't have you make a scene" Nicolas snapped his fingers and everything Fate, his team, his army...everything just disappeared.

The wind blew on the plains were once stood an army of sizeable proportions. Negi, his class and Kotaro stood there mouth open wide in astonishment. Surprisingly, none of them were harmed, minus a bruise or two.

"This should hold him for a while... now back to business." Nicolas turned towards the stunned group and prepared for the reactions that would slowly but inevitably come after the shock dissipated... and it came.

All at once the group started screaming/menacing/asking questions all in a blur of words that no one could've understood. After the wave of sound started diminishing Negi stepped forward, slowly regaining composure tugging on his collar which suddenly seemed very much tighter around his neck

"Who the hell are you? I mean were did Fate go? What was that unbelievable power coming from you? AND WHY AM I GETTING CHOKED BY MY T-SHIRT?" Negi was now pulling on his collar with both hands to still be able to breath; everyone else seemed to struggle with the same problem.

"This should take care of that" Nicolas waved his hand and all their clothes took a considerably bigger size. "We need to talk about something much more important than killer clothes... the spell you tried to cast... congratulations... it worked a bit too well, but it worked. R bIt's been three years already but now it would seem that the world needs your help once again. Oh! And concerning the clothes it's your bodies taking back the 3 years they missed but really we need to get you somewhere safe before talking about this in greater details."

As Nicolas finished talking a great wave of power washed over them almost make them fall down, even Nicolas flinched at the shockwave.

"What was that!" Negi asked scared of the answer

"Greater demons... kill enough lesser ones and a big daddy comes out... and, judging by the force of that wave, we either have a dozen of them or one very very nasty one headed our way" Nicolas turned to the kid teacher "I need you to cast the strongest barrier spell you know and ask your friends to pitch in ALL their energy... you should all huddle together that way you will have less area to cover...now!"

Negi concentrated as the group squeezed together, He started feeling a great amount of power flowing through him and when he thought they had given him all the energy they could spare he realized they hadn't even pitched in yet. When did I get that much power? The wave of power from his comrades went crashing into him. So much power. Once he casted the strongest barrier spell he had ever seen, Nicolas gave a nod of approbation but he knew it wouldn't be enough so he pitched in and added another barrier spell over them, this one over thirty times stronger then what Negi had come up with.

When that was done he walked away from them and started chanting and weaving the biggest spell he knew, knowing that it would only slow down what was coming after them.

A few short seconds later, a single man appeared in front of Nicolas. All dressed in a black trench coat complete with the melon hat, he simply waited for the teenager to speak.

"How nice of you to drop by...Lucifer" Nicolas said.

duh duh duhhhhhh! so that's it for this time. I'm sorry it wasn't sooner... but now that my internet/computer/personnal life problem are over it should be a montly update...let's hope.