WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter twenty: Festival parts 6-bukokai tournament continued
I don't own Negima!
Kataro flexed his claws in anticipation, ever since Kyoto he's been waiting for a chance to fight the cowboy. He originally wanted a rematch with Kaede or Negi but all the two ever did was tell him that Jack was stronger than both of them together, after Jack's rampage he's waited patiently, training hours on end within the villa for this chance, he would show them that he was top dog.
Jack however was having different thoughts, knowing how the hanyou thought he could knew what was going through the dog-demons mind, unfortunately there was no hope of winning for the younger boy, the cowboy dropped into the stance Rubi had taught him as a child the style had no real name but it was simple and deadly, now he just had to wait for the dog-boy to make his move.
He didn't have to wait long, as soon as Kasumi gave the go ahead the hanyou launched forward at speeds no normal ten year could, swinging a fierce barrage of punches at the cowboy's head, but none of them connected as Jack easy dodged all the hits with the slightest of movement, with Kataro's abdomen completely unguarded Jack slammed his fist into the Hanyou's stomach erecting a painful moan from the younger boy, well the hanyou flew across the area.
"Damn," Kataro muttered under his breath, he gasped for breath as he held his abdomen; he has suspected it would be a hard fight but he never expected the cowboy could hit that hard! What's worse is he could tell he was holding back quite a bit, that really pisses him off! With burning rage he charges again at the cowboy sending a hard right at the older man's face only there wasn't any resistance even though he was sure he connected! Well Kataro was lost in his thoughts Jack counter-attacked, grabbing the Hanyou by the wrist, and then tossed him around like a rag doll smashing him several times into the floor.
"Amazing Kataro landed a direct hit in his opponents face, but it appeared to have no effect, could there be more than meets the eye? Let's find out with our recap screen!" Kasumi shouted motioning for the screen to play; well Kataro was still being tossed around, "Now as you can see folks with the help of our slow motion projector!" On the big screen it shows Jack moving his head out of the way at the last possible second making it appear that he was hit, when really he wasn't .
Jack finally released his hold on the hanyou tossing him across the area again, he watched the boy skip like a rock across water making it a pretty amusing sight. He just heard the red hair announcer girl finish showing everybody what happened, he really didn't see what the big deal was fussing over such a small technique, but figure it was probably something special to those outer world fighters. The crackling of Ki is heard, Jack turns back to face his opponent who didn't seem too pleased at being toyed with, and honesty the boy was so hot head it made him fun to tease.
"You basterd! Take this seriously; this is a man to man fight, not some game!" The angry Hanyou yelled, signs of an enraged transformation were obvious as the dog-boys hair and fangs began to length and his small body showing signs of server muscle increase. Despite the younger boys rage and impending transformation, Jack shrugged him off taunting him with the familiar "bring it" jester. It had the desired effect as the half transformed Kataro charged blindly again, attacking the cowboy head on. The Hanyou becomes even more frustrated when the cowboy continues to dodge his attacks with the slightest of ease, "Quit fooling around and fight damn you!"
"I am I the one fooling around or are you?" Jack asked the hanyou, the question stumped the younger man, snapping him out of his blind assault.
Kataro stood there puzzled by the cowboy's question. What did he mean he was the one fooling around? "What are you talking about? Of course I'm taking this seriously, fighting is what I live for! I've been fighting to win but so far you only been on the defensive. You also have been holding back. A real man fights with all he got till the bitter end!" He shouted hotly at the cowboy.
Jack looked curiously at the hanyou, "If that is your philosophy then why aren't you using your full strength?" He questioned the hanyou, "Do you honestly believe you can be me as you are now?" A grim look made its way on to Jack's face, "How foolish," before anyone knew what had happened Jack disappeared and reappeared beside Kataro and grabbed him by the neck than slammed him hard into the ground, making a ten diameter wide crater.
"I'll make you a deal Kataro if you can make me use more than 30% of my youkai. I'll personally train you for the next mouth in the villa," Jack said jumped out of the crater, landing on the other side of the area, waiting for the Hanyou's answer; he didn't have to wait long.
Dark demonic energy arose from the hole. Kataro emerged with a crazy grin that nearly spilt his face in two. "All I got to do is get you to 30% huh? Well I'll do better than that I'll make you use your full power and win! So you better clear your schedule with Kaede-nee-Chan, because I have a feeling you're going to busy for the next month." He declared finishing his transformation. His hair turned silver and grew down past his waist. Well his fangs and claws become more pronounced.
"Well let's see some action than, because your words are boring me." Jack said trying to anger the Hanyou. It didn't seem to work though as Kataro just stood there in his ready stance completely calm. It seems the Hanyou was finally taking the match seriously, which was good in Jack's case because it mean he doesn't have to hold back as much anymore. He grinned with excitement it was time to finally time to attack! Moving swiftly across the area Jack attacked head on for the first time since the start of the match, throwing several well aimed punches at the Hanyou.
Kataro barely dodged Jack's attacks, jumping over the cowboy when he attempted a sweeping kick that would have knocked him off balance if it connected, plus he remember that Jack wore steel toe boots. He remember seeing him knock down a stone wall with one of his kicks, reducing it to dust, he wasn't in too big of hurry to see what one would do to his knee cap. He was knocked out of his thoughts when he sensed Jack attacking from above with a drop kick aimed at his head! Kataro dashed to the side just as Jack's heel was about to connect to his head but instead hit the wood flooring below reducing to saw dust in an instant.
After the dust cleared Jack barely blocked the kick aimed at his head with his forearm, apparently Kataro thought he could get the jump on him when is sight was impaired. The hanyou should have known better he mused, swatting the boy away with his arm. However he wasn't able to get in a significant hit as the dog-boy jumped away then disappeared and reappeared behind him, taking the cowboy by surprise as he delivered a volley of Ki enhance attacks.
With all his might Kataro pounded on the Jack's exposed back, usually he didn't do this kind of thing but he knew that the cowboy would take any and all chances to gain the upper hand, pausing his attack, Kataro gathered huge amounts of Ki into his hand till it formed an energy ball five times the size of his body and launched it at Jack, practically blowing him out of the area! The crowded cheered behind him thinking he had won but he knew better as he kept up his guard waiting for the dust to clear. When it did it revealed Jack covered with dozens of little scratch marks and the cloths a little torn but overall he was fine.
Jack cranked his neck making a sharp "crack" echo throughout the area, "Amazing Ladies and gentleman! Contestant Jack just stood up from Contestant Kataro's attack as if it where nothing!" Kasumi shouted through her microphone. Everybody else was still recovering from seeing a kid turn into a werewolf thing and seeing Jack get up from an attack that should have crushed his bones!
The said cowboy was busy trying to drown out the noise from behind him; seriously couldn't these people just shut the fuck up! His vision was still swimming from that last attack. It was clear to him now that he would actually have to put some effort into this match. Gathering just enough youkai to change his eyes red, Jack took his stance again; ready to really bring it to the little dog-demon.
"Alright let's see you handle ten percent!" He declared rushing the dog boy. To almost everyone there he was nothing but a blur. Hitting Kataro into the air then bouncing off the sides of the stands gaining more and more momentum with each pass; nearly breaking the smaller boy in half!
Dammit! Kataro thought fiercely to himself, he could feel Jack's attack's get stronger with each attack. At this rate he was going to lose! "Is this it? Is this all I am? So weak that I can't even match 1/10 of his strength? Well skew that I'll show them! I'll show all of them that I am no weakling!" Black fur covered his entire body; his strength grew higher than ever before! This was his true strength! Grabbing Jack's leg he pulled the cowboy into his grip and let himself free fall toward the ground head first.
Jack cursed as Kataro held him tight; he gathered more energy making his muscles bulge as they filled with demonic energy, with his new strength Jack broke out of the werewolf's grip and locked his legs around Kataro's neck, putting the young fighter into a flying pile driver!
The crowd watched with baited breath as the two fighters fell from the sky, than crashed in to the middle of the arena causing a massive explosion. Finally when the dust cleared Jack stood over an unconscious Kataro; who had reverted back to his human form because of the impact. They watched in silence as Kasumi began the count down.
"And Ten! The winner is Jack McCoy with a splendid finish!" the crowd cheered with excitement. Well Jack picks up Kataro and carried him to the aid station. The boy was in desperate need of it but should recover quickly because of his demonic nature.
"Well looks like will be spending some more time together so you better rest up boy," he mumbles to the unconscious boy, Jack pulls a bit of his hair into his line of sight. It was barely there but if you looked closely you could see stands of orange hair mixed in with black, meaning he had gone over thirty percent and like he promised he would train the boy, though he could wait a few weeks before telling him.
"Now if everyone would please be patient as we fix the arena…again," Kasumi said. She wore they do this on purpose.
Well the arena was being repaired a different battle was taking place as the most tech savvy mage teachers tried to counter Chao's cyber-attacks from spreading the existence of magic but seeing how most of them only used the computer for solitaire they were pretty much doomed, but there was hope. A small cute destructive hope in the form of Chibi but it was better than nothing right? Standing by the major internet network connections tower was a dark figure so covered by the clothes they wore, you couldn't tell if it was male or female.
"Now let's see just put this disk here and this one here and everything should be set." The person said jamming a floppy disk into the computer sever, a devious smirk spread across their face as they planted, what would go down in history the weirdest, most insane, cyber crisis ever!
Back at the tournament grounds the maintenance men had just finish repairing the Arena for the umpteenth time today. Not that they really minded it was just more money for them at the end of the day.
"Thank you for waiting let's get the next match started Takane D. Goodman vs. Tanaka! Let's hope they don't destroy the arena this time." Kasumi said mellow dramatically, if it wasn't for the reward Chao was offering she wouldn't be doing this sort of thing but hey you got to make some sacrifices if you want the biggest story ever in the history of mankind! That was an offer in sane reporter would turn down.
She looks around to see everyone yelling for her start the match. Guess she got too lost in her thoughts; rubbing her head in embracement she began the match, "Sorry for the delay begin!"
"FUFUFUFU finally the time to show my true power has come! I may have been caught off guard last time but this time that idiotic cowboy won't…where the hell is he!"
"Nee-Chan! Jack-san told me to tell you, he thought your speech was boring and when to get a beer. I also gave him some money from your purse because he said you owed him for not breaking your neck earlier. Though he didn't say what for," Mei explained from the sidelines.
"Well no matter. You gaint muscle head there! Some halfhearted combat techniques won't defeat me, unless you come at me with full strength!" Takane shouted to her opponent.
"Understood being initial movement Max power," Tanaka said. Opening his mouth wide popping a cannon right out of his mouth! And fired a laser beam at the blonde who just barely managed to dodge, the attack!
"What the hell?" Takane gasped in disbelief. Why hasn't she heard about this? You would think if someone built a laser beam they would have announced it to the world by now. She didn't get to think on the matter further as Tanaka armed his rocket punch at her!
"Locked on," the robot said shooting his hands at the blonde making an explosion from the impact, well the crowd was informed about Tanaka's origin's by the mad scientist herself Satomi.
Meanwhile Jack, Negi, Kaede, and the twins where wondering around in search of some food and drink on Takane's money.
"Was it really ok for you take her money Jack? I mean it is stealing." Negi said conflicted about the idea of taking someone money without asking. He had hoped Kaede would have straightened out Jack's morals by now but it seems there are some things you just can't change.
"Relax Negi, it's all good. Besides I said she owned me for not breaking her neck when I threw into that dumpster the other day. A little yen is a small price to pay." He said throwing the "barrowed" money up into the air than catching it with practiced ease. Just as he was about to catch it again, Takahata appeared on the scene.
Having always wondered about the teacher Jack sent a fire bullet in the older man's direction, but it exploded half way.
"That's quite a welcome, Jack." Takahata greeted with a lazy smile, unperturbed he greeted the others as if nothing happened, "So how is Ku-Fei? Will she be able to continue?"
"We're still waiting for her to wake up but I believe that she'll wake up in time." Negi answered.
"That's good to hear. Now don't be late to our match Negi, I can't wait to see how much you improved." Takahata said walking away.
"I'm looking forward to it as well, Takamichi," Negi called after the older teacher.
"Come on let's get going. We have to hurry if we're going to get back in time for your match Negi." Jack urged them on.
Back at the arena after a valiant effort of dodging Tanaka's beams, Takane was finally hit head on a cloud of smoke concealed her from the audience. Many thought she had been incinerated from the blast. Lucky Satomi was there to ease everyone's minds or disturbed them even more.
"Unfortunately she's ok; there is no threat to her life." She said with a smile, though if you listened closely you could hear some disappointment. The fact that she seems disappointed of the failure of the blonde's demise was unnerving to the occupants around her.
"I'm acting submissive, so he get cocky," the blonde said "Now I'll show that blockhead my true power!" she declared. Only then did she notice that most of her clothes had been incarnated by the robots attack. Leaving her practically naked in front of the whole audience with only the bare amount of cloth covering her most private parts, in embarrassment and rage Takane summoned the strange power all females seem to have, and punched Tanaka right out of the arena making her the winner!
She then proceeds to run off the stage crying in embarrassment and shame. Luckily for her cameras were banned from the arena, so photos of her wouldn't circulate the web but the memory would be forever engraved in the minds of the men attending that day.
"Some extraordinary events have taken place here today, but somehow the tournament ground is having a huge arousal for various reasons! Next the six match were the child teacher many had have their eyes on will make his appearance!"
Author's note
Sorry it took so long to get his chapter up, lucky we had snow day so I finally got to finish it. By the way I was wondering if anyone would like to become my editor, I could use the help if anyone's interested.