WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter twenty: Festival part 9-bukokai tournament: hot blooded relatives
I don't own Negima!
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"Some people have very strange ways of showing their love for each other." By Rubi Malone
Jack was sitting by Kaede's bedside when he heard his match was up. He gave Kaede's hand a gentle squeeze as he stood up. Kaede wished him good luck and said she would come and watch as soon as Konoka finished treating her wounds, which according to the young healer would be fine after one last dose of healing.
Walking down the halls of the waiting area Jack pondered on what to do during his match against Rubi. One side of him told him to stick to the plan and not draw attention to himself so Chao had less proof of magic. Course after most of the first round matches that may not be relevant anymore, in the end he decides knowing that Rubi would be doing the same. Passing by the twins he hands them his hat and coat, not wanting them to be destroyed in the coming battle.
Rubi was already standing in the ring when Jack arrived. Truth be told she joined this tournament not for the money but for the chance to test how far Jack as come in his training. Which she assumed was the reason Thomas was here as well, but he would have to wait his turn, she was the one who raise him and trained him for the better part of a decade, and by god she was the one who was going to test him first! She at least deserves do that after everything that's happened.
Both stare into the others eyes sky blue meet chocolate brown an underline of emotion could be seen between the two, pride, respect, and the most important love. There was bond between them a bond that was forged over period of twelve years. Both relaxed their muscles and took their stances waiting for the call to begin. There were no words that need to be said not when you knew what the other was thinking, besides both prepared to speak with their fists.
Kasumi watch the two, than pull at her caller was it getting hot or was it just her? Raising her hand in the air she felt the eyes of the crowd on her back waiting for her start the match.
"Begin!" She yelled.
As soon as the call was given both fighters charged at each other fists surround in flames as they beat the living hell out of each other!
Jack dodged another punch, and then threw his own that connected with Rubi's cheek, but winced when he felt a hard kick in his ribs. Jumping to the side he attempted to swing around to Rubi's back side.
Seeing what Jack was trying to do, Rubi pivoted on the ball of her foot to deliver a powerful round house kick into the cowboy's abdomen, and then followed up with a second kick in the chin. With her opponent disoriented she wrapped her legs around his waist. In a show of great strength she lifted Jack into the air then crashed him down hard on to the floor face first!
That's going to leave a mark! Jack swore to himself, using his upper muscles he pushed himself off the ground, grapping Rubi by the ankle as he jumped at least twenty feet into the air. With a great heave he throws the fire-cat towards the ground only for her to land perfectly on her feet.
"Should have seen that coming." He grumbles. He didn't actually think that myth about cats was true but apparently it was. Charging up energy, Jack prepared to use one of his most favorite spells.
"Oh rabidus phasmatis of flamma! Permissum thy ira perussi thy hostilis Rabidus abyssus incendia!" Dark green flames exploded from his hand and shot down towards the ground practically roasting the audience a live!
Rubi smirks at the oncoming flames, she knew this was one of Jack's favorites an extremely deadly technique that can turn almost anything to ashes in a second, unfortunately he forgot that she was the one that helped him make it. Holding her hand directly above her head she literally caught the sneering hot flames then reformed them into a sizable green fireball and launch it back at it caster.
"Oh shit!" He yelled as the spun in midair just barely avoiding being barbecued by his own attack! He should have known nothing as small as that would have any effect on Rubi.
"Alright try this! Eternus flamma superum! Exorior quod debello fossor ut sto pro mihi, per vox obsido in meus un dignus manuum Flamma Extraho Trucido!" A massive pinkish colored fireball formed between Jack's hands than compress into the size of a basketball, an insane grin stretched across Jack's face as he cocked back his arm preparing to throw one of his most destructive attacks.
Inside her command center, Chao looked on in shock at what the insane Cowboy was doing, was he seriously going to launch that in this densely populated area? Being a fire mage herself she recognized one of the most devastating fire-spells in existence! The best thing to compare it to would be the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima!
"Satomi, raise the barrier shields around the audience, max power! Mana place as man of your strongest Fire charms around the arena as you can, we need to make sure no one in the audience is harmed, now move!" The time traveler commanded as her two comparators rushed to full fill her orders, she just hoped they would made it in time.
In the arena Rubi looked on in awe at her nephew's creation it was truly something you would expect from the son of John McCoy, however it was also a danger to the crowd around them, so she guess she had no choice but to do something less they all be incinerated. Focusing she channeled demonic energy throughout her body till she transformed into her she-cat form and gathered power large amounts of power for her own spell.
"Oh Nala era of Sanctus flamma Tribuo mihi vos vox, Cattus Regina Flamma!" An equally large crimson Fireball form than compressed in Rubi's hands, both gave a gleeful grin as they threw their spells at the other and collided in midair in a fight for dominance.
As the two infernos raged above, Chao's shields could barely hold back the force of the attacks, the water around the arena boiled over as temperature sky rocketed. If it weren't for Thomas who had decided to step in and keep the temperature outside the shield down, most of the people present would have died of heat stroke by now.
"Dammit you two, haven't you ever heard of little thing called restraint?" Thomas yelled at the two fighters, but he was mostly ignored.
Inside the arena, the two spells unable to overpower the other, imploded on themselves like a dying star. Well Jack floated down to the floor, which by the way was charred black now; Rubi banished a sword of fire before the young man.
"What do you say, Jack, care to test your blade against mine?" Asked the She-Cat, it was clear that throwing spells at one another was going to get them nowhere.
"You bet," he grinned summoning his own blades, both lunged forward fire meeting fire as they danced, slashing, hacking and stabbing as fire swirled all around them.
Chao inhaled calming breath as she watched the epic battle before her, so many unknown factors have already intruded on her plan, from the appearance of Jack all those mouths ago, to the arrival of Rubi, Thomas and the mysterious Colonel Sanders, but that was expected of any plan, at least they were able to keep the audience safe.
"Um…Chao, we may have a problem," Satomi said. Typing fiercely at her computer the scientist struggled to contain the virus that had infiltrated their system. It was completely shutting down there blogs about the tournament and crashed any computer that tried to access the site, the ones that were already on the site received millions of files of spam, making many leave. It was like nothing she ever witness before, not only was she not able to counter the virus, it was just too advance for the software she was using. This was saying a lot because it was designed by Chao in the far future, meaning their opponent was either very tech savvy or not of this time period.
"Have you tried counter program three through twelve?" Chao asked.
Her answer was not a good one, not only have Satomi already used them but the virus has already destroyed all there firewalls and taken over the central mainframe, meaning they were officially offline. To rub salt in the wound a mini wolf appeared on the screen and stuck its tang out in a mocking jester.
"It seems that you gals are having trouble," a voice called from the other side of the room. Chao and Satomi jump back stared at the stranger's appearance. None of the sensors where tripped, how did this person manage to get by technology years of head of anything today?
The stranger stepped out of the shadows, from his height and voice; the two determined that the stranger was male. He wore a black trench coat with a cowl that covered most of his face and black cowboy hat that cover the rest of his face in darkness, silver gray hair sprouted from underneath the man's hat, marking him as an older gentleman; if you looked closely enough you could make out three faint scars that ran down the left side of his face, sealing his left eye shut.
Chao the first to recover, being the one with battle field experience, she quickly took her stance and addressed the stranger, "Who are you and how did you get in here?" She demanded. Glaring hard at the black clad stranger, but she was hesitant to attack him. The power that flowed from him practically suffocated her; this was no ordinary old man.
"Well it's not really that important on how I got in here is it? I mean what good is that going to do you now? But I guess I should tell you my name at least but I can't tell you my real name." The stranger crossed his arms as he ponders about what he would like to be called, "I know how about Jakku-jiji!"
The girls stare at him in bewilderment. Grandpa Jakku? That's really what he wants to be called. Pushing the matter aside Chao focus on something more important like what was Jakku doing here and what did he want.
"Ok, Jakku-san, what is it that you need of us simple scientists?" Chao asked. Dropping her stance it was obvious that she wouldn't be able to fight against this man and win, might as well play it safe for now.
"Ah yes, well if you simple scientist could lend me your assistance, I may feel inclined to do you a favor. " Jakku said pulling up the left sleeve of his Jacket, revealing a badly damaged mechanical arm. "Can either of you give this old thing a little tune up, I would be much alibied."
Chao looks curiously at the arm, it looks very similar to the ones equipped to Chachamaru but customized for the man's physical structure. "Sure I can probably fix this," Chao said taking a closer look, it was indeed very similar to her tech, it was almost as if she was the one who built it. Pulling a stood from underneath the table she began the process of rebuilding Jakku's arm.
Meanwhile back at the arena the battle between Jack and Rubi was really heating up. After just a few minutes of crossing blades, Jack was forced to transform in hopes to keep up the transformed Rubi. However well Jack's transformation gave him the speed to keep up with the fire-cat, but unfortunately Rubi's form was much more flexible then Jack's allowing the cat woman to nimbly dodge the cowboy's attacks, and strike at him with her own attack, gaining a hit almost every time the two clashed.
Jack breathed heavy as he swung his long sword, once again Rubi gracefully dodged the attack and before he could bring his second sword into play. The Fire-cat had already attacked and moved out of range. If he was going to win he would have to come up with a new strategy, but what could he do? His spells were useless as were his swords, and shooting fire bullets wouldn't be of any help as Rubi was the one that taught him how to shoot, so what was left for him to use?
Rubi grins mischievously as Jack ponders about what to do. It was fun to torment the young man, she knew it wasn't often that he was pushed to his limits; really he should have listened to her when she told him that his little tricks wouldn't always work. If he was having this much trouble fighting her in this form then he'll really sweat when he faces her true form.
"Jack, I hope your done brain storming because you're in for a nice treat!" She exclaims a huge smirk adorns her face as she prepares to go all out on the young man. "I'll show you what Fire-cat's true form looks like so take a picture because I don't do this often."
Gathering vast amounts of Ki and magic, Rubi's body pulses, and takes an even more feline shape with fur cover her entire body. Now the name Fire-cat is kind of deceiving, many would think that it would be just that a cat with some fire powers, but that isn't what this is. A fire-cat is actually about the size of a full grown liger, with an extra set of front legs and numerous sharp teeth made for ripping fresh apart.
Many stare in wonderment at Rubi's new form; her white fur shines in the light, with numerous black stripes running across her body, a slender tail whipped lazy in the air as she stretched her new muscles. With a great yawn she reveals her razor sharp teeth to the crowds, and stretches her face with her extra front paws.
Jack was unsure how to approach this new development never before has he fought such a creature. He points his finger at the hulking beast a small flame forming at the tip. When looking for answers to big problem it's better to start small. He quoted firing the fire bullet at the cat monster, but before the flaming projectile even reach the fire-cat, it disappears and reappears beside Jack, tackling the cowboy to the ground while its razor sharp claws gouge at his flesh.
Using his own claws Jack clawed at the cats hide, but they seem to have no effect as his claws bounce of the cat's steel like fur making sparks fall with every attempt. Finally the monster grows bored and leaps of the downed cowboy, practically shattering his rib cage from its sheer size.
Tired and covered in blood Jack struggles to stand, spitting the blood that gathered in his mouth on to the ground. He meets the creatures gaze his vision blurring from the blood lost. He struggles to keep himself standing but loses the battle as he falls to one knee. Looking up from his position he finds himself surrounded by darkness and fog. The strange thing is the fact that he can't feel any of his injuries. He quickly pinches himself to make sure he's not dreaming or dead…
"You're not dead boy. I just thought you could use a little hand is all." A voice said from the darkness. Turning around Jack is met with a face that he's only seen in the picture on Rubi wall.
Tall well-built figure, black hair with a full beard, brown eyes, and three claw like scars on the right cheek. Wearing a beat up cowboy hat and trench coat was none other than his father John K. McCoy also known as the revelator.
"What are you doing here? And where is here exactly?" Jack growls at his father. Even though he had stopped questioning what the older man was doing for the past decade, he still felt some resentment towards the man who ignored him for the better part of his life or may be those were his past self's feelings. Fighting down the urge to attack his old man, Jack decides to take the high road this time.
"Well, right now were in your mind as for why I'm here. I've came to give you hand with defeating Rubi." John explained. He could see the flash of anger in his son's eyes. He knew he said the wrong thing. "It's not like I'm going to help you fight or anything so settle down."
Jack released the anger that had formed and continued to listen, "Ok, Glad we got that straightened out. Now you formed a True Pactio with someone right?"
Jack nods
"Ok, now a true Pactio is more than just a fancy way to get two artifacts. Its true power is the fact that the bond can give the other their power giving birth to a whole new transformation. You just have to activate the contract and say your partner's name to activate it. Well that's all I got to say now go show Rubi whose boss!" John said as he begins to fade away, "Oh and don't worry about Vetis! I already took care of him!" He adds his voice growing fainter and fainter till he was completely gone.
Jack looks around him the world seems to be standing still just a few centimeters away was Rubi's razor sharp teeth ready to bit his head off. Despite that Jack wonders if what happened just know was true or some crazy illusion created by his injuries. Might as well try what the old man said.
Time started to slowly move forward, Rubi's gaint cat form drew closer and closer with each word he spoke, "Partner Kaede grant me you're power, activating contract!" As Jack spoke he thought he heard the faint whisper of Kaede's voice but it was quickly forgotten as everything decided to start moving normally.
From the crowds point of view it looked like Jack's head was about to be bitten clean off, when a blinding light erupted from the cowboy forcing everybody to look away from the sheer intensity. When the light faded, all eyes were on the transformed Rubi who looked around, bewildered as to where her prey had run off to, a dark shadow fell over the fire cat as Jack clothed in a black shinobi similar to Kaede's landed on the monster's back.
"Well this is interesting." Jack muttered. Jumping high into the air, avoiding the claw that would have left a nasty cut, when he landed again, this time on the ground, Rubi attacked, lashing out with three of her four front paws. But Jack was able to avoid all of the attacks leaving afterimages behind to distract the beast. "It seems that I have acquired Kaede's ninja skills…very interesting I wonder what else I can do now."
Using instant movement combined with his own speed Jack moved at blinding speeds, moving so fast that he left a trail of afterimages in his wake, confusing Rubi's primitive mind even further.
"Let's try this…Adeat!"
Four bead rosaries appear around Jack's arms and legs. Summoning five shadow clones, he orders them to surround the fire cat on all sides and use the beads to immobilize its limbs.
"Alright time to finish this!" He declares. Creating three more clones and Jumping into the air, all four held huge Ki spheres in both hands. "Jack-Ninpo: Hachi Sange Seishin"
All four drop their attacks on the monster well the six on the ground attack with Ki enhance claws, ripping through the cat monster's steel hide with ease as the eight Ki spheres hammer from above. When the dust settled Rubi had reverted to her human form and now lay unconscious on the broken floor of the arena.
"Um…winner contestant Jack," Kasumi said faintly, things have become just a little bit overwhelming, "Please wait well we repair the arena…or replace it."
Author's note
Technique guide
Jack-Ninpo: Hachi Sange Seishin (Jack-Style: Eight Falling Stars) A modified version of Kaede's own original technique.
The True Pactio transformation is like Jack and Kaede switching professions or styles, in this case Jack gains Kaede's Uniform and techniques and If Kaede transformed she would have Jack's Guns and fire magic.