WolfGear Presents: Negima? The mage and the Gunslinger
Pairings: Negi X ku-Fei Kaede X OC
Chapter 39: Future's tale
I don't own Negima!
"This is a really long chapter, but probably the last one this long." WolfGear
June 14, 2043 Magic world in Springfield providence
It was a bright sunny day the wind gently blew the leaves of trees around the well beaten road that Chao Ku McCoy, and her parents Jack McCoy Jr. and Nu Fei McCoy traveled just about every Sunday to visit Nu's parents Negi and Ku Springfield. Chao loved visiting her grandparents; they always played with her, and gave her sweets when her parents weren't looking.
Jack Jr. or Jackie as his mother called him looked exactly like his father in every sense of the word, but their way of thinking was distant as the sun and the moon. Nu looked exactly like her mother, but her hair was more of a light orange color rather than blonde.
Looking ahead Jackie estimated that they weren't too far from the homestead were his in-laws had made their residence. After years of fighting bad guys, and helping the weak Negi Springfield settled down with his wife Ku, and lived a life of peace. To this day Jackie couldn't believe the he would ever be on such a personal level with such a legend, coarse his own family was legendary as well.
His father Jack McCoy Sr. also known as Jack the revelator was quite famous, he thought angry. Right now Jackie and his father were at a distance with each other or it was Jackie who wanted to keep a distance from his father, after he almost got his daughter killed by dragons a few months back, he refused to let his father even catch a glimpse of his granddaughter.
A sudden snap of a twig caught Jackie's attention; Nu also heard it and pushed Chao behind her leg, while Jackie drew his gun. They waited. Then all hell broke loose!
"Bandits," he shouted firing at their attackers, taking the first six down with ease, but more emerged from the trees, surrounding them in seconds!
Behind him Nu did her fair share with her martial arts but there was no way she could move from her position without putting Chao in danger, something that she would never allow! With a fist full of Ki she blasted five of their attackers away, then spun on her heel, and elbowed another in the stomach with the force of raging bull!
The bandit smashed into a tree with a "snap" meaning he wouldn't be moving any time soon. Nu was pleased. Anyone who tried to hurt her daughter deserved nothing less. A gun shoot rang out a bandit had tried to seek up behind her, but Jackie dropped him before he had a chance.
"Thanks Hun," she said. It appeared that was the all of them, though Nu thought it was a little strange for bandits to be hanging around this area, so calls her father's home. Negi Springfield, even in old age, was not someone you mess with.
Jackie inspected the bodies. "Who are these people? Are they stupid or suicidal?"
"Neither my friend just pawns to test your skill, and frankly I'm not impressed." a voice answered. "You two, Jackie McCoy and Nu McCoy have no magical potential at all! I must say I'm very displeased. I had hoped the offspring of two of the greatest magic users ever would be an interesting study, but alas it was not to be. Perhaps I will find what I'm looking for in your daughter?"
This angered Jackie. "Over my dead body asshole," he yelled firing his gun at what he thought was the source of the voice, but hit nothing but air.
"That, my friend can be arranged." All sudden the air was filled with a vile aura, one that sickened Jackie to his core. He turned and gave his wife one last command before he was implied by a stone spear.
"Run,"
Jack K. McCoy Sr. also known as Jack the revelator, strode through the trees of Springfield province, enjoying the green scenery. Right now he was on his way to visit his old friends Negi and Ku Springfield. It's been a few months since he visit, (the last time was when he met his granddaughter Chao for the first time, and lost his arm and eye saving her from dragons.) usually Kaede, his wife, would come along, but she was in the hospital recovering from her latest mission. He wasn't worried through she was being taken care of the best healer in centuries, their old friend Konoka Konoe, who insisted that she be the one to care for Kaede while he was away. He had no choice but to agree. He was sure by now Kaede was ready to break out of the hospital because of the healer's constant care. (The image of Kaede trying to scale down a wall with all of her arms and legs broken came to mind.)
Stopping Jack took a swift of air smelling the trees, flowers, and…blood? Yes it was the scent of blood he smelt, fresh too, and with another sniff he confirmed that it was human blood. This had him concerned, not many people lived in this region of mars. Quickening his pace he followed the scent to its source.
Nu lay huddled against the trunk of a springwood tree, covered in blood, she had just barely escaped her attacker, but it came at a price the life of her husband. She pulled Chao closer. She was the only thing that she had left; sadly Nu knew that she was not long for this world. Chao would be left alone with no parents, and worse a mad man was trying to capture her.
The sound of someone running through the underbrush of the forest caught Nu's attention, tears filled her eyes as the sound become louder and louder. This is it I'm, so sorry Chao! Nu waited for the final blow, but it never came. Instead salvation arrived wearing a cowboy hat.
"Jack!"
Jack rushed to his daughter-in-law's side, inspecting her condition, it didn't look good. Stone spikes have pierced both of her kidneys, and a third in her liver. All fatal injuries, it was amazing she was even alive.
"Jack," Nu said weakly, handing over her precocious bundle. "Please… take… care of… Chao…"
Taking the child Jack saw the last light of life drain from her eyes signifying Nu McCoy's passing into the next world. Jack placed Chao on the ground and removed a small cub from his satchel bag, and placed it in front of the corpse that once was his daughter, and stored it inside. It was a trans-dimension storing item; it would preserve Nu's body till he found a proper place to bury it.
Picking up Chao with is remaining arm; he noticed she had a bad bruise on her forehead. It certainly explained why she was so quiet, he mused making his way towards the scent of his son's blood. He knows his first priority should be to get Chao to safety, but despite his calm exterior he was burning with rage, thirsty for the blood of the one who took away the life of his son. He would remind the world why he was the Revelator!
The attacker waited patiently on a rock just of the road, wrapping a lock of his bone white hair in boredom as he watched the life drain from Jackie McCoy. It appeared his spear hadn't pierced the gunslinger's heart like he intended it too. Oh sure the boy would die, but it would be a slow death, and he thought it would be amusing to watch him struggle as he waited for his real prey to arrive. But so far it proved to be an absolute bore as the dying man ranted and raved about all the ways he would make him pay, really it was quite boring hearing the words "I'll kill you" over and over again.
"Will you shut up? Why can't you die like my other victims? Crying and bagging for you pathetic life, is that so much to ask for?" The white haired man yelled. His patience was at an end, he should just kill him now!
Jackie smirked, "What can't stand having people talk down to you, you dickless fuck? I know your kind thinks you're so superior, and then when the shit hits the fan you run like the little piece of shitfuck you are!" He laughed as blood began to drip from his mouth.
"Really, last time I checked I'm not the one dying, and soon I'll have my revenge for what you father did to me, and my master, then I'm going to take that little girl of yours, and use her as a breeder for my experiments." The white haired man sneered. Jackie falls silent. The man smirks, but then feels a sharp pain in his chest. He looks down and sees Jackie's bowie knife stuck in his lung!
"Listen here asshole, stay away from my daughter or I'll…" Jackie never got to finish his threat as the last once of life drained his body. The last of his strength used up from throwing his knife. He didn't regret it though, he felt his father's aura approaching, and knew that he would take care of that asshole, and watch over his daughter. I'm sorry dad; I wish I could take back what I said.
It was at that very moment when the last of bit of life drained from Jack McCoy Jr.'s body that Jack McCoy Sr. arrived, witnessing his son's last moments of life. And his killer, a skinny, sickly looking man with white hair was standing right in front of him! The time for vengeance was at hand! What was worse he knew the killer.
"Fate," Jack growled. He desperately wanted to attack the white haired basterd, but his only arm was occupied holding Chao. Luckily or unluckily she had regained consciousness, lucky for Jack because he wouldn't have to watch her during the fight that was sure to ensue, and unlucky for Chao because she just saw her dad die.
"Daddy," she cried trying to wiggle out of Jack's strong grip, but he held her firm there was no reason to traumatize her even more by letting her get a closer look at Jackie's dead body.
Jack cooed the distraught child the best he could, "easy now Chao. It's going to be alright." He whispered. Chao ceased her struggles. "Good girl. Now listen to Grandpa Jack. I'm going to set you down on the ground, and when I do I want you to hide, and don't come out until I say so. Do you understand?" Chao nods. "Good," sets her on the ground. "Go!" Chao takes off at a dead run towards a nearby rock formation.
With the child out of the why Jack focus his attention on Fate, or at least his look alike. "Who are you? You look like Fate, but your aura says otherwise." The man grinned then shrugged.
"I am named Nalk Wani. I was made by my master from the remains of Fate. My purpose is to kill the ones who dared to stand in the way of my plans, and create a new body for him to inhabit." The now named Nalk explained. "I originally was going to use your son and his wife, but sadly they didn't have any of the magical power I expected them to have. Now I think I'll use your granddaughter's genetic material, along with the genetic samples of Negi to make my master's new body."
"The hell you will!" Jack yelled outraged. At least Fate had some sort of code of honor, but this guy, this guy was a true monster! Jack drew his modified .45 colt navy revolver that his father had given him before he died, and fired. The gun let loose a loud bang that sounded like thunder! The recoil was so strong that Jack actually skidded back two inches!
"Holy shit, he wasn't kidding when he said he modified this thing! Thank old man." Jack grinned observing the damage he dealt to his opponent. He was not displeased.
Nalk's left arm had been completely severed from his body, though no blood spilled out, signifying that the man was nothing more than an advanced magical golem. The reason that he had any power or personality was because of Fate's remains, which was fair to say that he was also the same level that Fate was when he died, or maybe Nalk was weaker because he was nothing more than a diluted clone of Fate. But Jack didn't have any more time to ponder on the man's origins as he started to pull himself together literary!
"Regeneration, that's impressive," Jack whistled. "Let's test how impressive!" He fired his five remaining bullets two in each arm, two in each leg, and one in the neck of them separating the limb from the body. Jack ejected his spent shells, and with skilled practiced began reloading his gun with one hand. As he was doing this Nalk's body shattered into stone shards, and began rearranging themselves into a whole body; it didn't take 30 seconds before he was back in one piece!
Nalk smirked evilly, "have I impressed you enough yet, Jack?"
"Not in the slightest," this time Jack fired magically enhanced bullets with fire element. The hot lead burned, and melted the stone man's skin, but overall did nothing significant.
"I believe it's my turn, Jack," Nalk said sinisterly. Hundreds of stone spikes appeared around him, and with a flick of the wrist sent them hurtling towards the cowboy.
"Damn," Jack cursed as he summoned a wall of magma from the earth to shield himself. Hot stones of magma scattered all over lighting nearby portions of the forest on fire! Though he loved the forest Jack didn't have time to worry about it as Nalk got close and personal, charging in with a spear of stone, and thrust at Jack who deflected the blow with his the butt of his gun, and then delivered a hard kick into the Stone users side sending him flying!
Jack winced, that last one really hurt his toe! After shaking away the pain Jack holstered his gun, he didn't want to go through the bother of reloading it again, plus it wasn't going to be of any help soon as Nalk continued to lash out with his spear. Jack reached to the left side of his belt and grasped hold of the sword hilt that hung there, but there was something strange about this sword, it had no blade.
"What are you going to do with that? Cut me with air?" Nalk mocked.
Jack smirked, this guy may have Fate's powers, but no his memories or his knowledge of magical weapons otherwise he would have realized that his hilt was much more then it appeared. "No not air, but I think fire would do nicely. What do you think up for a barbecue?" A blade of flame formed then compressed into a solid orange blade, and melted Nalk's spear with ease.
Quickly Nalk released his grip just as the sneering hot magma was about to come in contact with his hands. Angry he summoned more stone spikes, spears and swords at the cowboy, who cut them away leisurely as if he were simply cutting the grass.
"Really kid you should step up your game otherwise this will be over before you know it," Jack said as he disappeared then reappeared behind Nalk. "Like right now." He said deactivating his sword and replacing it on his belt as hundreds of oranges lines appeared all over Nalk. Everything stood still for what seemed like eternity, and then Nalk burst into flames and melted into a pile of harden lava rock.
Jack breathed sigh of exhaustion, he really was getting to old to do this crap. He began to walk towards Chao, who had moved from her position in the rocks to Jackie's body, and had gotten a hold of his satchel bag. He wondered what she wanted with that, but he figured she maybe just wanted some of her father's, or there was something inside it.
"Don't worry Chao nobody is going to hurt you," he reassured her, but her expression was one of horror not relief.
"Grandpa behind you!" She yelled as a stone spike in bedded itself into his shoulder, bringing Jack to his knees, and blood pouring from his mouth.
"What the fuck!"
Turning around, Jack saw Nalk alive and well, without even a single scratch on him! There was something else too, something had changed, his hair was black and ancient rune marks where tattooed over his body, and a black aura leaked from his body, but that wasn't all. There was something else; Jack wasn't quite sure how to describe it, but Nalk look almost female now.
"Now Jack McCoy shall we begin round two? I hope you fair better than your friend Negi did, but then again you are much older than he was, so I guess I shouldn't expect too much from you." Nalk laughed, though it sounded like two people were talking. One sounded female one that sounded very familiar.
"Donet McGuiness," Jack muttered under his breath as he pulled the spike free from his shoulder. From what he could remember Donet was Fate's supposed "mother" she calmed, after he and Negi killed the little shit. He absolutely laughed at the thought that the white haired brat could possibly be human, and if he was he was a piss pour one. It was more logical that Fate and Donet's son just looked like, and she assumed that it was him after all the years he's been missing.
"What have you done to yourself?"
"I absorbed my son into my own body so that he may live on after you and Negi ended his sweet innocent life short!" Donet said accusingly at Jack the sighs of one who has gone off the deep end present in her speech.
"Lady you have lost your fucking mind if think that spawn of hell was your son, and even if he was that doesn't change that fact he tried to murder millions of innocent people in cold blood! Hell he and Negi fought over who had the better plan. Negi found a way to save everybody, but because Fate wanted to do it his way, which entailed killing all the magic folks, we had no choice but kill him." Jack said emotionlessly he felt no pity for this woman, or Fate.
"No, he was being controlled! I know it! You killed him! You killed him in cold blood you murder! And my revenge on you and Negi is almost complete once I defeat you I'll drag you to where Negi and Ku are and then I'll get your precious ninja bitch and I'll kill the last of your legacy before your very eyes!" A trail of green flames crashed into Donet right as the words left her mouth, there was no doubt Jack was angry.
"Die bitch!" Jack yelled sending an earth shattering punch into the demented woman's face that sent her flying through the trees. Jack wasn't finished though. Using instant movement he appeared next to Donet and grabbed hold of her and smashed her into a tree, shattering the trunk, and sending millions of wooden splinters into the air, but Jack wasn't done yet, no, after everything that happened to day he had reached his breaking point. With flame enhanced fist he savagely beat Donet into the ground!
Donet's body bucked under the force of Jack's blows. She knew that her body wouldn't be able to stand much more of this abuse, but what could she do? Jack kept aiming for her head, she could regenerate it, but it was taking all her strength just to do that! Soon there would be none left and she would meet her end as a pile of smashed rocks.
Then Donet caught sight of Chao out in open. An evil thought creep into her head as Jack pulled his arm back for another blow, and that's when she made her move! With a simple flick of her wrist Donet sent a single stone spike at the defenseless child!
Seeing what was happing Jack stopped his attack and used instant movement to appear in front of Chao, shielding her from the attack, but he paid the price as the spike imbedded itself into his back!
Donet wasn't done either, now that she had the advantage she threw more spikes at the two, all of them hitting Jack as he continued to shield Chao.
Grapping Chao with his only arm Jack fled into the forest keeping away from the crazed woman. Donet yelling cursed at him as he fled.
"You think you can out run me? You have no place to hide! I will… (Boom!) " A large explosion tore through Donet. Apparently Jack left some nitro behind and when Donet stood up she stepped on the bottle of flaming liquid resulting in her being blown to bits!
Knowing that his trap wouldn't slow her down for long Jack pushed himself, ignoring the pain of his injuries as he tried to find a place to regroup and recuperate. Finally he stumbled across a cave lined with veneficus stone. Special stone that suppressed magical aura, it was the perfect place to hide.
Inside the cave Jack let down his bundle and when to work on removing the spikes in his back. Which was very pain full, but he managed to get them all out, and as soon as he did his demonic healing kicked in and worked its magic. This time though it took a lot longer. It started to finally dawn on him that he was getting too old.
"Damn," Jack muttered. If he had both his arms and eyes he could have finished this fight a long time ago, but he quickly stopped that line of thinking. It was just his missing limbs that where holding him down. He let his anger get the best of him, and he acted recklessly. Nu and Jackie's death had finally sunk in. Some may think it cold, but he should have forgotten about them for the time being, there was nothing he could do for the dead, only the living, and right now the only other living person was Chao.
Chao stared at Jack, she could tell he was tired, he looked pale from using his magic, and his healing his wounds in such short time intervals, and it really started to show his true age. She wished there was something she could do to help him defeat the really bad lady, but what could she do? She may be smart for her age, but that was it. Then her daddy's satchel bag decided to remind her that it was on her shoulder. That's it! Daddy and I's gift for grandpa! Quickly Chao rummaged through the bag, making Jack stare wondering what the hell she was doing.
"What in the world has gotten into you?" Jack said as he moved closer, just as Chao gave an "Ah ha" and pulled out a big leather case from Jackie's bag. Chao pulled the clip locks of and revealed a mechanical left arm and eye.
"Daddy and I built it for you. Well I thought of the design and Daddy built it. It's a thank you for saving me." Chao explained. Jack touched the cool metal with his hand. His son built his for him? He thought Jackie didn't want anything to do with him anymore so why? Then Jack found a crumbled up letter in the hand, carefully he pulled out of the metal hand's grip and unfolded it.
The note read
Dear Dad.
I'm sorry. I got so mad at you after you saved Chao from those dragons giving up your arm and eye for her. She came to me with the blue prints for these new limbs and asked if I could make them as a thank you for you. I will admit I was reluctant at first, but then I realized I was being a piss poor son and started working. I know you always looked out for me, even when you were harsh you still never once did what I did to you. Shut you out of your live. I realize now it was stupid of me to blame you for something that was out of your control.
Sincerely your son
Jack McCoy Jr.
Jack felt his eyes moisten, his son, said he was sorry, and he even built him a new arm and eye, and he would never get to thank him. Grabbing his knife Jack cut open his severed lump of an arm and placed the mechanical one over the wound and watched in wonderment as wires connected to his skin and reconnect with his nervous system. For the first time in months Jack McCoy moved his left hand.
"Here," Chao said holding up the eye. "This is the control system. Daddy put in a lot of features that he thought you would enjoy. There's also an AI system."
"Sounds complicated, I still do wonder were you kids got your smarts." Jack chucked, thinking how both of Chao grandmothers were called Baka rangers in school as he placed the eye into his empty socket.
Once the eye was connected like the arm was, data screens appeared in Jack vision, along with a green haired girl with the strangest pair of ears he's ever seen.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I am the AI of this system. You may call me Chachamaru." The now name Chachamaru said with a bow.
Jack quirked an eyebrow at the AI, "ok… so what do you do exactly?" This computer crap always threw him for loop; the most he ever used a computer for was playing solitaire, now there was one inside his fricken head!
"I monitor all the systems, and make sure everything is in working order. I can also programs weapons, recite spells, and have the spells pre-chanted and ready use without you having to mutter a single word." Chachamaru explained. "Would you like me to go over all available functions?"
"Yes please."
"Confirmed, now beginning Combat arm trial of product Alpha 1, the Alpha one is equip with a magic converter allowing magical energy to be remade into to pure energy used to charge proton weaponry, also the Alpha 1 is designed with a space time-space cub allowing it to transform into at least seven hundred and seventy seven different weapons. Also the energy converter unit allows you to access other elements of magic other than fire; I also have a date base of most element spell of every element. Finally the alpha 1 eye unit is the central mainframe for all collected data, and has proton laser capacities." Chachamaru paused. "Would you like to hear more?"
"No, thank you." Jack said. It felt like his head was about to explode from all this technical talk, but he like what he heard, now he could pretty much use any spell he wanted regardless of its elemental type wasting years to learn them!
This gave Jack an idea. "Chachamaru you said you have access to all known spells, does that include personal spells of individuals?"
"Only a limited amount, I currently have most spells of the McCoy's such as John, Thomas, Ray, and several others. Would like me to list them? There are only 727 entries."
"Maybe another time, now I would like you to go through my memories and see what you can pick on our opponent and see if you can come up with a way to put them down for good," Jack ordered. Chachamaru went to work analyzing the fight data, listening to the audio, and organizing everything into a nice and neat stat card for Jack to read, all this in 00.3 seconds.
"Conclusion based from optical data, and fighting records of Donet McGuiness and Fate Averruncus. I have confirmed that there is a way to defeat them." Chachamaru stated. She was happy to assist her master.
"How?"
"Donet's and Fate body is based on earth regeneration as long as a piece remains they can regenerate completely. I suggest first wearing them down first then destroy them without leaving anything behind." Chachamaru brought up multiple screens on how to do just that. Jack studied each of them with care (which means he wasn't really reading them.) trying to determine what would be the best thing to do.
Finally he came to a decision. It was a little different from anything that Chachamaru had planned, but it would work; now he just had to get everything in order.
"Chachamaru," Jack said getting the AI's attention.
"Yes?"
"Would you please bring up Ray McCoy's barrier spells for me?"
"Of course," she said bringing up the Reverend's file with his entire collection of barrier spells highlighted for Jack's convince. She also had what they did underneath each one. "Data search complete."
"Thank you," Jack said reading over the spells till he found the one he was looking for. "Let's give this magic converter a test drive shall we? Oh omnipotens unus, iacio vestri ventus in ut is penuriosus animus, Angelus pennae." (Trans lit: Oh almighty one, cast your favor on to this poor soul, Angel's wings)
A touch of Holy magic filled Jack's body, bringing peace, and tranquility, before detaching itself from him and over to Chao where it formed a ghostly winged figure that stood over the girl guarding her with its wings.
"Well I'll be the damn thing works!" Jack exclaimed happily, and then regained his composer. "Yes… well you stay here Chao. That spirit behind you will take you somewhere safe incase anything happens to me. Not that I think I'm going to lose of course, but better safe than sorry." Jack said causally as he walked towards the mouth of the cave, but stop short of leaving when Chao cried out for him.
"Grandpa come back safe! I… I don't want to lose you too!" She cried with tears dripping down her face.
It really touched Jack's old heart to hear her say that, he turned around and gave her his biggest smile. "Don't worry girlie. It take a lot more than some crazy stone throwing bitch to take me down, plus (points to his new left arm) I'll have you and Chachamaru watching my back, so sit tight and enjoy the show." With that Jack walked out of the cave disappearing from Chao's view.
Finding Donet was easy, all Jack had to do was make a little noise and she came to him like a cat to cat nip, and that's when he made his move. Springing the numerous traps he had hidden around the area beforehand he manipulated Donet using explosives and other mundane trap to make her thing he was getting desperate, and weak, but what really happening was beyond anything she could comprehend. Every now and then Jack would hurl out insults, angering the stone user to the point where she didn't even now that she was walking into her own demise.
"Come on, come on, come out and fight me you coward!" Donet screamed, Jack's mocking laughter was her answer.
"Why should I was the time to do that? I'm getting old you know, and plus you just not my type of woman you know, too ugly and too many anger issues. I bet that's why you're marriage failed." Jack was having Chachamaru dig up any dirty information on Donet that she could, and there was a lot! Turns out before she become the magic association's go to girl she had quiet the wild streak.
"Shut up!" Donet yelled as she stepped on yet another hidden explosive that rocketed her straight up into the air and with the help of gravity sent Donet crashing hard into the ground forming a five foot diameter crater! Now was the time to act.
Jumping from his hiding place, Jack grabbed hold of Donet's neck, picked her up, and then smashed her into the ground again! Placing a flat palm above the woman's face he began chanting one of his father personal lightning spells.
"Flap tui pennae ut rhythm of thunder quod lux lucis of clouds Thunderbird Clap!" (Flap your wings to the rhythm of the thunder and lightning of the clouds, Thunderbird Clap!) A ball of thunder formed in Jack's palm and launched itself point blank at Donet's face, shattering her stone body to pieces, and with the help of Chachamaru Jack already had his next spell ready.
"Cross of Judgment," the old cowboy whispered as Donet reformed just in time to be grabbed by the skeleton hands of the dead that pulled her to the cross and locked her in place. She wouldn't be going anywhere not with this spell. Jack watched blankly as Donet struggled against her bonds till she finally realized it was pointless and stopped.
"This is the Cross of Judgment. It's a spell used by Ray McCoy to hold the sinful for their judgment, it cancels all of your powers, and abilities. You are now at a very basic level, human. Normally I would just destroy you here and now, but I still need some information from you."
Donet looked at him angrily. How? She wondered how she lost so easy! Not half an hour ago she was so sure she was going to win! What was with that strange metal arm, where did this power come from, and how did he use these spells! Jack shouldn't be able to use anything other than fire spells so how?
"Hey pay attention!" Jack yelled, Donet's head snapped up to meet his gaze again. "Now earlier you said you had taken care of Negi and Ku. I want you to tell me where they are right now, and I may decide to be merciful."
"Fuck you!"
"Fine," Jack grabbed hold of Donet's head and used a mind reader's spell to find out where she had hidden Negi and Ku. He saw a vision of a burnt house, and two forms lying in the ashes. At first he was afraid that they had been burned alive, but then on closer inspection he saw they were not burned, bruised and beaten, yes, but still living.
"Thank you I hope you enjoy the rest of your life, no matter how short it is." Jack said as he walked away. Thunder sounded in the clouds above, and then a bright pillar of light smashed down on the cross where Donet laid bond and incinerated everything down to the last atom.
Back at the cave Chao waited anxiously for Jack's return, he has been gone for about twenty minutes from what she could guess when she poked her head out to look up at the drifting sun in the sky. She was starting to worry for the old cowboy's safety, what if he lost, or he won but is too injured to make it back to the cave? Millions of different results and solutions ran through the young genus's mind, so much so that she didn't hear Jack enter the cave, and fall to his knees beside her, causing her to fret over him.
"Grandpa," Chao exclaimed as she crawled over to the old cowboy, the angel's wings barrier dissipated with its summoner's return.
"I'm fine," Jack said gently pushing the child aside, and leaned against the moist, ruff, stone wall of the cave with a sigh. All the damage from the earlier fight had caught up with him, and from Chachamaru's scan, he found out he only had 30% of his power left, which may sound like a lot, but it really makes you feel your age, plus it means no magic unless he wanted end up in a coma, or worse die, which would really suck after all the trouble he went through to stay alive.
Slowly Jack could feel the alluring call of sleep seeping through his body, but he snapped himself awake! Negi and Ku were still out there somewhere dying, and he was about to take a nap! Talk about a poor savor.
But the main problem was that he couldn't use magic, and Negi's place was still at least ten-twenty clicks away! How could he possibly make it there in time without flying, and carrying a child! Then the gleam of his new metal arm caught his attention.
"Chachamaru does this system have anyway for me to fly?" Jack asked Chachamaru.
Unfortunately she didn't have any good news. "I'm afraid not master, but it does have a number of rockets, if that can help you in anyway." She said bringing up a display panel of a number of rockets types. It may not be exactly what he wanted, but Jack could make this work.
"Ok, how about a grappling hook?" Jack asked.
"Yes."
Jack smirked, "good."
In a few minutes Jack had his grappling hook attached to a guided missile, it amazed him how the items appeared out of the arm, and take shape to what he was thinking; it was truly a work of art. But that was enough of that, it was time to move!
"Ready girlie," Jack asked the trembling child in his remaining flesh arm.
"Um… grandpa I don't think this is very safe."
"Nonsense, it's totally safe now, blast off!" Jack yelled igniting the rocket and launching them into the sky! Chao screaming bloody murder, well Jack laughed like a lunatic.
When they finally touched ground about a mile away from the remains of Negi's house, Chao felt like her heart was going to leap out of her chest! Was her daddy's daddy really that crazy? In the short amount of time that she had spent with him she had grown fond of him. There was something different about him, different from Grandpa Negi or her daddy, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
"Ok where here," Jack said grimly as they arrived at what used to be Negi's house. The two inhabitants were right where Donet left them. After quickly checking their pulse, to ensure that they were truly alive, Jack breathed a sigh of relief when he felt the thumb, thumb, thumb of a heart beat in both of them. "Well that good, but I think we're at the end of our rope now."
It was true; they were out in the middle of nowhere hundreds of miles away from any civilization or means of help, Jack barely had enough energy to keep him going, and to rest to regain his strength would mean Negi and Ku's death! Damn if only he had brought some potions with him!
"Wait a second," he muttered, then searched franticly through his satchel bag, and pulled out a single five ounce vile filled with a red liquid. It was a bottle of a very effective healing potion that Konoka had given him a while ago. It's supposed to length the amount of time a person has well there on deaths door, like Negi and Ku are, it would at best give him another three hours at least, he thought excitedly. Then frowned, three hours to do what?
Suddenly a loud roar echoed from the canyons beyond the ridge where he had lost his arm, and eye saving Chao from dragons… dragons! The idea hit Jack like a bolt of lightning. It stupid, unthinkable, and totally what he need.
"Stay here, and feed this stuff to Negi and Ku, be sure to give them a couple of drops at a time. Do you understand Chao?" Jack asked and received a nod yes. "Good girl," He said and ran towards the direction of the roar.
"Wait where are you going," Chao yelled.
Jack turned and grinned, "I'm going to hitch us a ride."
In the canyon beyond Negi's house there was once a prosperous clan of red fire dragons that had made their home in the rough wasteland. Now after their brutal slaughter at the hands of Jack K. McCoy, all that remained of this once proud race was a graveyard of bones, and skulls, all were killed, all but one, Timaius the last red fire dragon in Springfield province.
Now the said dragon stood guard over his clan's remains, he was scared head to tail, and old as time. With nothing else left in his life he waited for his death at the hands of time. Really he mused to himself why should he wait? He was banished after some youngster beat him in the fight for which dragon would lead the clan, and looked what happen! When he had left he had hoped they would be safe in the younger, stronger, dragon's claws, but his hoped was dashed by the man in black. If only… if only he had the chance to battle that man! At least he could die fighting like his kin!
Suddenly he caught whiff of a scent in the wind, a human scent to be exact, and a very familiar human scent, with a mighty flap if his wings Timaius leaped into sky and soared, trying to find the source of the scent.
This is it, he thought as he flew onwards to what he thought would be his honorable end, but he was caught off guard when he saw the murder of his kin, standing on a cliff with a rope that humans use to tame his kind.
"You're a big sucker ain't cha pal?" Jack said as he twirled his rope in his hand. "That's fine. I need a big guy like you, so if you please calm down, and left me rope you we can be on our way."
Timaius could not believe what he was hearing, surly his human must be rusty, but it sounded like he wanted to tame him, and be his steed. What kind of insanity was this? The killer of his kin, asking him to be his dragon steed, and what was worse he was actually considering it! The thought angered him beyond imagination, but he longed for a purpose in this world even if that purpose was serving the one who killed his kin. Though he would not yield easy! With a mighty roar Timaius extended his challenge to Jack who gladly accepted.
"A fighter I see, I think we're going to get along just fine." He grinned as the rolls of razor sharp teeth drew near.
Chao waited patiently for Jack to return, she had given the medicine to Negi and Ku as instructed, and she could tell that they were improving, but it was only temporary. She worked her little five year old genus mind at full stream to find a way to help her beloved grandparents, but came up with nothing!
She may know how to draw up plans to a highly advanced mechanical limb, and AI system, but she didn't know anything about how to mix plants and make potions! Mom made her study everything there was to know about machines, and computers, but never once did she teach her a thing about plants, herbs or potions! She always said "Grandpa Jack can teach you that."
It now accrued to her that she knew very little about her Grandpa Jack. Nobody talked about him, well Grandpa Negi, and Grandma Ku did, but they always made him sound like some bedtime story hero. Mommy and daddy only gave brief pieces information about him before they changed the subject. All that Chao was able to conclude about Jack when she put all of the information she had on him together was he was good at fighting, surviving in the wild, knew how to make potions and rune circles, and that he lived somewhere in Texas.
"Yeah, really know him well don't you," She said to herself. "Ok, what do I know about him now that I met him? He is strong, he's clever, and he cares about his family and (Flap of wings) completely insane!" Chao screamed in shock. Up above Jack rode on the back of a scared up red fire dragon. He grinned as he directed the giant lizard to the ground.
Jack jumped down, landed, and picked up the prone forms of Negi and Ku and jumped back on the dragon's back and tied them down with rope; this only took a few seconds.
"You know you're not the first to think me insane." Jack said as he jumped down and scooped Chao up into his arms, then jumped back on Timaius's back. "But I prefer the term resourceful." He said whipping the rains he secured to Timaius's neck, the dragon beat its mighty wings and took flight.
"Come on, come on! We got to hurry!" Jack spurred Timaius faster. The old dragon gave a grunt and increased its speed, but not so much that it would tire quickly.
"Grandpa, where are we going?" Chao asked, struggling to yell over the rushing winds.
"We're going to the last battle site, there's a portal there that will take us right to where we need to be." Jack replied. The last battle site or the ruins of Ostia the place where Negi and his comrades faced off against Cosmo Entelechies, it was there Negi and Jack became legends, but that's not what was important, what is, is the portal there. It connects directly to Mahora Academy, where Konoka Konoe the greatest white mage in a thousand years set up her hospital. The problem with taking this path is the thousands of Mage Knights that stand guard.
Eric Duff a captain Mage Knight took his post like usual, and like usual he despised his job. You see Eric grew up hearing the tales of Nagi and John and later Negi and Jack; this inspired him to join the Mage Knight corps. He dreamed of one day becoming a legend like his heroes. He graduated top of his class, and rose to the rank of captain in just two years, but then things hit rock bottom. He was assigned to Ostia. Absolutely nothing ever happened here. At least till today.
"Dragon!" One of the soldiers yelled. Eric looked to the horizon. At first he didn't see anything, but then he saw a speck in the distance that gradually became bigger and bigger till it finally took shape into the monstrous form of dragon… a very big dragon to boot!
"All men to their posts," Eric commanded his men, but it was too late the beast was too close.
"YEEEEHAAAAWWWW," Jack screamed as he crashed Timaius directly into the center of the fortress that was constructed around the portal. The government built it so there wouldn't be any unauthorized use of the portal, but he thought with his reputation they could stand to let him use it just this once. "Alright, let's get this show on the road, teleport to Mahora Academy!" he commanded, and a gaint flash of light engulfed them, leaving nothing but air and confused soldiers behind.
Konoka Konoe, White Mage, Head of the Mahora Hospital, and Dean of Mahora for the advancement of science and magic was currently taking her usual stroll around campus. Over the years Mahora had explained beyond anybody's imagination, now it truly was a city of learning. In fact it expanded so much that Konoka had the Fuuka and Fumika run the school, well she attended to things at the hospital. Making a turn by the park Konoka caught the sight of her long time best friend and head of security Setsuna Sakurazaki.
"Good morning Konoka," the swordswoman greeted, stepping in line with the doctor.
"Good morning to you too Setsuna," Konoka greeted in return, she always loved these morning walks they took together, but sometimes she wished that they could have a little change in routine.
Since they day they quit adventuring around the world and began running the school it's been the same thing over and over again. She would wake up, eat breakfast, meet Setsuna at the park, check on the twins to make sure they didn't try to spend all the schools money on something strange like a giant infallible clown… again, and then she would go to hospital, do some paperwork and check on her patients, then go home to Evangeline's cottage at around midnight. The vampire left her the house after Negi freed her from her prison.
"I wish something exciting would happen, it's been so boring lately, don't you agree Setsuna?" Konoka asked the swordswoman, but she didn't reply. Konoka turned to see what caused her friend's silence, Setsuna stood with her mouth agape staring at the sky. This puzzled the healer, "Setsuna what's wrong?"
"That!" She said pointing towards the sky above the world tree. Konoka looked too and saw that they sky was glowing!
"What's going on? Is it an attack from the magic world?" The light was starting to take shape, both girls could tell it was a dragon… well… because dragons are not that hard to identify really. Finally the light dispersed leaving a gaint red fire dragon floating in the sky. Needless to say panic filled the streets pretty damn quickly.
"Well I don't think it's an attack," Setsuna said as students brushed past her, Konoka looked at her friend confused.
"Why do you say that Setsuna," Konoka asked.
"Because Jack is riding the dragon," the swordswoman sighed. Why did Jack always have to cause so many ruckuses? Why couldn't he ever just travel like everyone else? "Come on it looks like he's going to the hospital. We better find out what he wants."
"You're right let's go!" Konoka said running toward the hospital with Setsuna not far behind.
At the hospital things were getting messy fast, relations between normal and magic folk were still very touchy and with Jack's little entrance the doctors at the hospital were reluctant to give Negi and Ku treatment, this caused Jack to become very, very angry.
"Your fucken doctors, your job is to help any sick of wounded persons of any race or being, so I would suggest you stop wasting time and help my friend or I'll burn this place to the ground with you inside!" Jack threaten the staff, who shrunk back in fear, they were starting to regret their decision.
But a voice of salvation called out, "Jack if you even lay a single scratch on these walls, you will have me to deal with!" Konoka yelled as she entered the building with Setsuna following close behind. "And you," She pointed towards the doctors, "Your fired!"
"But," the one of the doctors pleaded, but the sound of Setsuna drawing her sword had them running towards the door.
Setsuna scuffed "Good riddance."
"Now Jack…" Konoka started, but the prone forms of Negi and Ku had stopped her mid-sentence. "What happened?"
"No times to explain just help them!" Jack exclaimed.
Wasting no time Konoka called out two nearby nurses to bring stretchers. They complied without a fuss, and in record time they had Negi and Ku of to the healing room, where a one team worked to keep Ku stable, well Konoka worked on Negi. Meanwhile Jack, Chao, and Setsuna were paying Kaede a visit.
"Hey honey how ya doing?" Jack said cheerfully, but Kaede knew something was wrong. She could hear it in his voice and then there was Chao, who was currently resting in Setsuna's arms, all this plus the fact that Jack looked completely worn out.
"What happened," She demanded.
Jack couldn't make eye contact with his wife; he stared down at his new metal arm, and then looked to Setsuna. "Could you give us a moment please?" Giving a short bow, Setsuna left the room still carrying Chao with her, knowing that everything would be explained later.
"Well," Kaede prompted.
"I got some bad news Hun." Jack began, but hesitated finally he said the first thing that came to his mind. "They're dead."
Kaede quirked an eyebrow, "Whose dead." A feeling of dread began to claw at her heart.
"Jackie and Nu," Jack whispered, but he knew she heard him.
"This isn't funny Jack! This better not be one your jokes!" But in her heart Kaede knew he wasn't joking. Tears spill from her eyes. "No…no…nononononononono!" She screamed, covering her face with her hands. Jack gently put his arm around her, but she pushed him away and started beating on his chest with her fist. "No you're lying! You're lying! He's not dead! My baby not dead!" Kaede screamed, till finally she couldn't scream anymore, and her punches lost their strength.
"It's going to be ok." Jack cocooned as Kaede began to drift a sleep. "It's going to be ok."
Two months later Mahora Hospital VIP Wing
Two months have passed since the death of Jackie and Nu McCoy. They were buried on the McCoy family ranch in Texas one month ago, next to Jack's parents. The funeral was small family and friend only. Since that day a dark cloud loomed over the McCoy and Springfield families.
Negi and Ku who had survived there injuries were devastated at loss of their beloved daughter. Konoka thought it would be a bad idea to tell them so soon after they just got out of surgery, but Jack said they had a right to know.
Kaede was equally devastated, for almost a whole week she refused to eat any food, till Jack had Chao start eating with her, and now Kaede spend most of her time playing games with her granddaughter or anything else to keep her busy since her limbs have finally healed enough that she can move on her own.
Jack would spend most of his time tending to Timaius, smoking on the roof of the hospital, or visiting the others, but he spent most of his time watching over Chao to the point where Konoka threaten to tyrannize the cowboy if he didn't start sleeping properly.
Finally one day Jack gathered Kaede, Negi, and Ku in the same room. He had something important to tell them. "I've been thinking."
"That's dangerous," Negi joked. Everybody gave a small smile at the red head's joke.
"Yeah, yeah," Jack brushed him off. "Anyways I've been thinking about having Chao start training."
Everybody looked at the other then answered, "What have you been smoking on that roof?"
"Training important, but Chao so young Nya?" Ku protested in broken English.
Negi protested against Jack's plan too, "I agree with Ku, Chao should have a normal childhood, something that none of us really had."
"Just what are you thinking Jack! She just lost her parents and now you want to put even more stress on her?" Kaede protested as well.
"Alright just stop and let me explain. By the way it was just tobacco like usual." Jack said. "Now our kids were killed by one of our old enemies, and this one was a watered down vision of Fate. Before I got this arm I got trashed. Negi and Ku got beaten to near death, and Kaede was injured by a few mid-level demons. Now I know we don't like to talk about this, but we old, too old in fact to protect ourselves, let alone our loved ones! Which why Chao needs to be strong, strong enough that she doesn't need us to protect her anymore. This time it was just Fate. What happens if it's someone even stronger? I'll tell you what. We die, but it won't just be us it will be our legacy as well, and it's our duty to make sure the next generation is stronger. I'm sorry to say that we failed with Nu and Jackie, but I'm not going to let my granddaughter suffer any more for my mistakes! Do you understand?"
Kaede, Negi, and Ku all looked at each other, everything that Jack said was true and they knew it. Without any hesitation they allowed Jack to start Chao's training, well they finished recovering. By the morning Jack and Chao had disappeared.
9 years later Evangeline's cottage underground lab
Inside a super-secret lab hidden under the world tree, female figure was working hard; sending sparks flying every time she pressed her tool to the device she was working on. Just a few more ticks and it's done! With this everything will be better! One last weld, she couldn't screw this up.
"HEY CHAO," a loud voice called out, breaking the girls on concretion.
"Grandpa!" Chao yelled throwing her goggles to the floor. "I told you not to seek up on me when I'm working!"
"Yeah, yeah," Jack said brushing her off as he looked at two female mechanical bodies with green hair. "I see you got Chachamaru's body made. I'm sure she'll be happy to be out of my eye after all these years, but tell me why are there two?"
"The larger one is Chachamaru Alpha, and the other is Chachamaru Beta. I'm making my own Chachamaru base on the original's data." Chao explained.
Jack smiled, "Hear that Chachamaru? Sounds like you got yourself a daughter! Congrats!"
Chachamaru blushed, "Thank you master."
Looking closer at the bodies Jack noticed that the Alpha unit's skin looked almost like human flesh making it very hard to tell that it was a robots body, well the beta unit's skin looked human enough it you could easy tell that it was metallic.
"Why is the Alpha unit's skin so much more advanced than the betas?" Jack wondered aloud. Someone like Chao is always going for the better, so why have an inferior model made?
Pausing from her work Chao explained. "I don't want to bring too advanced technology with me when I go to the past."
Jack sighed, not this again, he thought to himself. He always hated Negi for telling her that time travel is possible! Now she's been doing nothing, but trying to figure out how to build a time machine, and by the look of things she was almost done.
"So you're really going to through with this plan of yours?"
"Yes,"
Jack sighed again; he's been doing that a lot lately. "Fine, but first I need to take care of something," He said placing his left hand on top of Chao's head, muttering a spell that caused a bright light to form. "There that should do it."
"What did you do?" Chao demanded pushing away the metal hand. She hated it when he did this kind of stuff!
"I just placed a minor memory changing spell in you. When you travel back, all you'll know is your Negi's descendent, the reasons you traveled back, and that your name is Chao Lingshin." Jack said lighting a smoke.
"Why did you do that?"
"Because I can, now you better get moving or you'll miss you chance. The world's trees magic won't last forever." Jack told the soon to be time traveler, secretly smiling at the look of bewilderment that adorned the teens face.
"How did you… Oh never mind I got to get going!" Chao exclaimed. She quickly piled everything she needed into her bag and sprinted out the door, never looking back.
"Master,"
"Yes, Chachamaru?"
"Why didn't you stop her?" Chachamaru asked. It was strange that her master would just let Chao go with nothing more than a little memory manipulation.
Exhaling a cloud of smoke Jack explained. "She needs to learn these things on her own, plus I'm interested to see how she'll change things." He took another drag of his cigarette. "By the way did you take precautionary measures like I asked?"
Chachamaru nodded. "Yes, I have installed a time watch directly into the Alpha one's arm system. We are now immune to any time shifts. The world around us will change to occurring events well, we stay the same, also I will be able to track what was changed, and how."
"Good," Jack said. "Because I think we're about to see our new future." The room around Jack began to shift, his sense of balance was lost to him, and it felt like he was in the middle of an earthquake, but as soon as it started it end.
Jack observed his surroundings. The lab was gone in its place was an empty basement filled with dust as if it hadn't been used in years. Maybe it hadn't. "Are you still here Chachamaru?"
"Yes master," She replied.
"Good, let's go topside and see what's been changed." The stairs groaned under the cowboy's weight, but held till he stepped onto the next floor, and the stairs fell way. Looking around Jack noticed that the cabin was in poor condition, but the sighs that someone was living here were obvious. Empty cans of foods littered the floor in the corner was a mat were someone made their bedding, and smell of unwashed bodies filled the air. "Damn something stinks in here." Jack said disgusted.
Then suddenly someone leaped out from the shadows and tackled him! "The one stinks around here is you murder!" the person yelled as they tried to stabbed Jack with a knife, a very familiar knife!
"Kaede?" Jack said bewildered as he held the ninja by her wrist, the point of her knife just centimeters way from piercing his skull! "What in the hell are you doing woman!" He yelled angry. Why in the world was his own wife trying to kill him?
"Shut up! I will avenge my friends!" Kaede shouted, pushing harder on the blade bring it even closer to Jack's face!
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Jack shouted back. Calling on his demonic strength Jack managed to push the blade away, kick Kaede of him, and jump to his feet. Unfortunately the sudden surge of power was too much for his aged body to handle, and he became light headed and fell to his knees.
Recovering from her flight Kaede grabbed another knife and stalked towards the downed Cowboy. She raised her blade high into the air, and was about to deliver the finishing blow when a blast of dark energy blasted the blade from her hand. Kaede turned to see you the interloper was and stood shell shocked when she saw Evangeline standing by the door with her palm still smoking.
"That will be quite enough of that." The vampire said strolling into the cabin. She gave a Jack a belief look over then dismissed him like a piece of garbage. "Besides he's not the right one anyways."
"What do you mean Eva?" Kaede asked. "Of course it's him! He's the one who caused all this! He's the reason the worlds been destroyed!"
Eva sighed. Why did humans have to be so narrowed minded, she wondered. "Take a better look fool. Does that wrinkly old man look anything like the one we've been fighting? Or has power full? He barely could handle you let alone me."
A groan caught the two women's attention. Jack slowly rose to his feet. "Could someone please tell me what's going on?"
Eva pointed towards the door. "Look outside and everything will explain itself." She said. Jack did as he was told and walked out on to the porch, and was devastated by what he saw. The whole forest, the school, and even the city were in ruins. It was indescribable. The best thing he could compare it to were the old world war two photos he seen, but even those could barely compare.
"What happened?" Jack whispered.
Eva answered, "You."
Jack, Kaede, and Evangeline sat on the floor of the cabin with a glass of whisky (donated by Jack) in hand. In the middle of them was Jack's left eye that projected a holographic picture of Chachamaru.
"Ok Chachamaru show us how this happened, and don't leave anything out." Jack commanded the AI.
"Of course master, this all started when Chao traveled back to the year 2001 and began attending Mahora Academy under the name Chao Lingshin. For two years Chao lived there undercover till Negi Springfield was assigned to be a teacher there. When the time of the World tree festival came about she exposed the existence of magic the world, and Negi was turned into animal. I would like to remind you master that this was the time period before you and Negi traveled back in time. Now returning the subject at hand, because Negi was turned into animal he never graduated and became a Minster Magi. This means he never met Jack in Blackwater five years later and with magic exposed to the world the magic folk feared that the non-magic would start the witch trails again, they did decided the only way to defend themselves was to purge the non-magic beings from the earth. Millions were wiped out in a matter of days, and soon civil war followed. The Gunslinger Mages rose in defense of the normal humans and were killed of till only one remained, Jack K. McCoy. In your rage you broke open the hell gates and became the Fire demon king. Now with your unstoppable power you destroyed both sides, leaving only a few survivors and a wasteland behind." Chachamaru ended her story and returned to inside the eye.
Jack took drink and sighed. No matter which way you said it, it was still his fault that this happened. All because he let Chao go to the past! He would love to go fix his mistake, but he doesn't have the power to activate the watch, and the world trees burned to ashes! What the hell was he going to do!
"Need help?" Eva smirked. "I could give my power. That should be enough to power you little watch."
"How do you know about the watch?"
"Chao showed it to me when I met her. Back then I thought wouldn't care if she changed history, but I must say I regret my words. Besides an eternity of this wasteland get boring really fast." Eva focused her power into a single purple ball and sent it into Jack's left arm. "Now don't go wasting it you idiotic human…" and with that Evangeline A K McDowell the dark queen drew her last breath.
"Thank you friend I will remember this." After saying a prayer for the vampire, Jack prepared to leave when Kaede grabbed his arm.
"Talk me with you." She demanded. She was sure that he was going to refuse, but she wasn't-
"Ok."
"Oh, that wasn't how I thought this was going to go."
"Yeah surprising… anyways time to go!" Jack grabbed hold of Kaede and activated the watch sending them through time.
2003 Mahora Academy festival first day with Jack
Evangeline was enjoying a nice cup of tea in her cottage when a bright light flashed before her and dumped two bodies on her table! Crushing all her fine China, and spilling her tea on her expensive dress. "What in the bloody hell is going on?"
Before She could receive answer the two intruders where gone! This made her angry, but then she noticed that all her china was fixed and her dress cleaned as if it never happened. "Uh I'm never mixing green tea and wine together again!"
Meanwhile the two table crashers, Jack and Kaede, were already getting busy. "Ok we need to get things set up, so Chao loses, but yet things change for the better. Understand the plan?" Jack asked Kaede. The ninja gave a nod of understanding. "Good."
Author's note
Time line ages
Future Jack age 57. Had kid at age 29
Future Kaede 56 Had kid at age 28
Future Negi 50 had kid at age 24
Future Ku 56 had kid at age 28
Jack Jr 28 had kid at age 23 born 2015
Nu 26 had kid at age 21 born 2017
Chao age 5 born 2038