DISCLAIMER: I do not own Negima or Harry Potter. Negima is the property of Ken Akamatsu, and Harry Potter is the property of J.K. Rowling.
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Underline+Italics = character communicating with telepathy
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Chapter Six
The Lesson part 3
While the two mages were clashing, the students and even their teachers were staring at the screens, not believing their eyes.
"Un-unreal..." Hermione whispered. "This is no human magic battle. Not even in the most advanced textbooks I've read".
"Neither did I, and I've did a lot of research last year for the Triwizard Tournament." Harry whispered himself.
"Who the bloody hell are they?" Ron said out loud.
"Evangeline A. K. McDowell, vampiric mage also known as Dark Evangel, the most powerful dark mage in existence. And the other one is Negi Springfield, son of Nagi Springfield, known as the Thousand Master, the strongest mage ever, and of Arika Anarchia Entheophysia, the last queen of the kingdom of Vesperatia, fount of civilization and culture, founders of the world of magic, Mundus Magicus." Yue answered without looking away from the battle.
"And the human concept of the battle wasn't there from the start, since one's a vampire aru." Ku Fei added.
"You mean a real vampire?!" Malfoy yelled.
"Slow, de gozaru. On a battlefield you would have died 59, no make that 60 times" Kaede said disappointed. "Kinda slow in the head, aren't you kid?"
"Don't worry, dough, when Eva will be done with you won't take a step without looking over your shoulder" Haruna warned with a evil grin.
"Professor Snape! We can't have a vampire as a teacher! She'll drain our blood!" Draco yelled in terror.
"Don't worry you little coward. She won't drink blood of weaklings such as yourselves." Mana said with disgust.
"How dare you! I'm a Pure-Blood!" he said insulted.
"And yet you're the weakest one in this Resort. Ironic, yes?" Ku said amused.
"Enough chatter, Draco" Snape said still looking at the screen as Malfoy tried to protest.
"And in case you're wondering, mages usually start training around 4 and finish school at 10. And they learn not only magic, but also all the things mundanes would know until 30. Most mages become mage teachers like Negi-sensei or join NGOs like his father. And then there's the politic part but I don't want to talk about it." Yue informed them.
"Professor Springfield said the same thing during his speech" Hermione remarked. "I guess you really hate politicians".
"That would be an understatement" Nodoka for the first time.
"We'll tell you a few things about ourselves later. Now let's watch the fight, they're getting to the good part." Chao said, directing everyone's attention towards the screens.
Back to the battle…
After measuring each other through close combat, the two mages distanced themselves and started chanting once again.
"Lic lac la lillac! Centum spiritus glaciales, coeuntes inimucum concordant!"
"Ras tel ma scir magister! Centum spiritus fulgurales,, coeuntes inimucum concordant!"
" Sagitta Magica Series Glacialis!" / "Sagitta Magica Series Fulguralis!"
Two hundred magical arrows collided in the sky, exploding as if they were fireworks, and hiding them from each other with smoke and steam. Things remained like this until the smoke began to clear.
"Ras tel ma scir magister! Locos Umbrae Regnans Scáthach! In Manum Meum Dedo Iaculum Daemonium Cum Spinis Triginta! Iaculatio Fulgoris!" Negi chanted while closing in on Eva and summoned a spear of lightning. Grasping it with his right hand he said "Supplementum!" as the spear was absorbed within his fist. Then using the augmentation of his lightning form, he dodged Eva's blows and hit her with his right fist and saying "Dextra Emittam!" and thrust the lightning spear threw the vampire's body. But before he could continue his attack, Eva retaliated, apparently immune to the spear's numbing effect.
But as the distance between them grew again, their "Armationem" disappeared. But this time there was no room for small talk.
"Ras tel ma scir magister! To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon. Epigenentheto, apoleia keraune hos timeis pteirei. Hekatonkatis kai khiliakis astrapsato. Khiliarkhou Astrape!"
Lic lac la lillac! To Sumbolaion Diakonētō Moi, hē Krustallinē Basileia! Epigenēthētō, Taiōnion Erebos, Haiōnie Krustalle! Pasais Zōais ton Ison Thanaton, hos Ataraxia! Kosmikē Katastrophē!"
"Stagnet!" / "Stagnet!" they yelled, compressing the energies into spheres ten times the size of those from before.
"Complexio" / "Complexio!"
If they looked intense before, with the second "Armationem" they appeared even too dangerous to look at.
A moment later, they were exchanging blows, each time one was blocked, huge shockwaves occurred, so powerful that they were felt al the way to the spectator area.
"Hey, wasn't there supposed to be a barrier here?" some of the female students asked as the wind was messing up her hair.
"There is, but it only blocks magic that hit it. Can't do anything about the wind. Sorry, ne." Chao responded.
"Don't worry about it, it's better this way. It creates a good atmosphere." Harry said without taking his eyes away from the monitor.
"Heh, it seems he understood. He's so concentrated on the fight he's not even blinking." Chao thought. "He shows promise, ne".
As they exchanged blows, the difference in their normal power and experience became more and more obvious. Even though Negi had a huge advantage in speed, Eva avoided his attacks again and again and eventually knocked him into the ground causing a powerful tremor.
"That's not good enough, boya" grinned Evangeline as the young mage reverted to normal. "Come on, don't play around, I'm sure you had enough time to set up those delayed spells of yours!" she continued to smile in expectation.
From the ground, Negi responded with a grin of his own.
"Heh, caught me. Well, it's not I was keeping it a secret, I was just looking for the right timing. "Sinistra et Dextra Emissa Stagnet Khiliarkhou Astrape!" As he chanted, two spheres of energy similar to the previous one appeared, before he finished: "Duplex Complexio!".
With that, he absorbed the energy, merging with it, but unlike before, his physical features were changed, such as his hair that grew longer, reaching his waist and the most important fact was that he was now completely made of lightning. His mere presence, even though from far away, sent chills down everyone's spines, even to his fellow members of the Ala Alba.
"Amazing!" Chao whispered. "I've only seen recordings of it, but this feeling is beyond my every expectation! So this is the "Raiten Taisou Two Armationem"! Truly, he became a High Lightning Spirit!" the genius girl said in awe.
"It's Eva's first time seeing up close as well. Let's see how she fares." Chisame smirked.
"I wouldn't say Negi-bouzu has the advantage. Eva-dono also had time to set up some delayed spells" Kaede reasoned.
"Also, sensei is at a disadvantage." Chachamaru added.
"What do you mean? Asakura asked curiously.
"Sensei is near water. While his lightning power would be drained, Master's ice spells would get a considerable boost" the robot explained.
"Oh, no! It's like that time in Kyoto with that demon god Sukuna! He'll be encased into an Eternal Glacier and then finished off! Yue panicked.
"Sensei should know it as well." Nodoka with a small voice.
"And yet… why is he smiling?" Kotarou continued the thought.
"…Hm…could it be?!...." Chisame began.
"I've been expecting this, boya! the vampire yelled in delight. "But it's too late for you to make a comeback!" she added. "Emitam! Kosmikē Katastrophē!" As she chanted, she revered back to normal, released the energy she had within towards Negi.
Even with the speed he now had, Negi couldn't avoid that wide range freezing spell that engulfed him and his surroundings into an enormous glacier, even bigger then the one she had once used on Sukuna. But it didn't matter. After he was completely covered in ice, Negi also released the power of the two "Khiliarkhou Astrape" all the ice around him, leaving only the ground frozen and plain like a lake.
"Hm, not bad boya. But this is over." Eva said with a smirk. "Emitam! Nivis Tempestas Obscurans!"
The vortex of darkness and frost formed once again from her hands and headed towards Negi. But as she did that, Eva noticed the expression on Negi's face, or rather his smile.
"Emitam! Sagitta Magica Series Lucis!" . One thousand arrows of light appeared around the young mage and at a sign of his hands rained on the ice, drawing an immense magic circle. Before Eva's spell could reach him he chanted "Emissa Stagnet! Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens!". When the dark vortex reached him he raised his free hand towards it and chanted "Agite Extractio! Negica Magia Erebea Circuli Absorptionis Ex Tempore!" "Stagnet!".
As the dark energy gathered into a sphere in his hand, he looked at Eva and chanted.
"Duplex Complexio!" and for a second nothing happened.
And then, the spell patterns on his hands began to glow like golden flames, spreading across his entire body. When it reached his back, it began to reach out of his body taking the form of wings and changing its nature along the way. His right wing was white and radiated an electric aura while the left one was black and had a dark icy glow. As Negi raised his eyes towards Evangeline, she noticed that his eye color had changed. His left eye was green while the right one was blue. Just the opposite of Asuna's.
"I expected you to do something, but this beyond my wildest dreams. No mater, I have one last trick up my sleeve as well." the vampire said before adding "But it's the first time I physically do this". "Sinistra et Dextra Emissa Stagnet Kosmikē Katastrophē!"
She chanted before adding "Duplex Complexio!".
The temperature suddenly went down all over the Resort. Around her, the moisture from the ice Negi melted began to freeze. Snow flakes began to fall all over the battlefield. And what had changed the most was Evangeline, who was no completely made of living dark ice, reminding those who were watching of some ancient goddess of frost.
"Now boya…" she said in a deep voice that was heard all over the Resort. She then took out her artifact and said "Adeat! Anuli Tartara!" And the dark ring appeared on the middle finger of her left hand. When she clenched her left fist, darkness poured out of the ring and took the form of a vampiric blade strapped to her wrist. Then, as she clenched her left fist, a blade of ice erupted from her forearm. Grinning evilly, she finished her sentence "…let's end this!" and dived towards him.
At the same time, Negi spread his wings and charged at her while summoning his artifact: "Adeat! Gladius Negationis! . "So be it!" he said in a voice that resonated in the entire resort, but unlike Eva's icy tone, his voice was warm and kind, very similar to his normal voice.
As they approached, their power levels seemed to rise even further, making the spectators tremble in fear of their clash.
But at that moment Asuna appeared in the sky above the point they would meet and focused her power into her artifact while slashing towards the ground and engulfing the two mages into a wave of energy that instantly returned them to they normal child forms. After she did that, she dived after them and caught them before they hit the ground. Needless to say, they were completely exhausted.
After they arrived at the observatory, Asuna was assaulted by the students who were disappointed in the outcome.
"Why did you stopped them?"
"How did you do that?"
"We wanted to see who's stronger!"
As their cries were getting on her nerves, she lost her temper and yelled at them:
"Settle down you damn brats! Do you have any idea what could have happened if those kind of powers were to clash?"
"And what exactly could have happened?" Snape inquired curiously.
"I don't think you want to know" Chao answered with a grim look on her face.
"Try me" he responded defiantly.
"Very well, I'll show you the most likely scenario" Chachamaru intervened and approached Chisame's artifact and grasped it.
At that moment, Negi and Eva appeared on the screen clashing. The explosion that resulted filled the resort, destroyed it and did the castle of Hogwarts, leaving a humongous crater. The only ones left were Negi, Asuna and Evangeline who said: "Oops! We overdid it! Well, At least I don't need to train all those weaklings anymore.". End of simulation.
The silence that followed was interrupted by Chao's remark"
"As expected of my honored ancestor!" she said and bowed towards Negi.
"T-thanks. Well, I guess that enough demonstrations for this lifetime." Negi said in a trembling and exhausted voice. "The other classes will have to settle with a recording."
Suddenly, a row of applause was directed towards the two combatants.
"Thank you" the young mage said while Eva simply gave them a smile before looking towards Chachamaru and declaring "I'm hungry" making everyone's hearts stop for a second before she continued "Order the preparation of lunch." and they sighted relived.
"Now that I think about it, what time is it? Hermione asked Yue who was closest to her. "How long have we been in here?"
"Oh, just a little over five hours" she answered naturally.
"What?" the students and teachers alike yelled.
"We missed three classes!" someone yelled.
"We have to go!" another said.
"You can't do that. Once you step foot into this place, you can't leave for 24 hours. I didn't ask you to bring pajamas just because it looked like a good joke." Negi announced them.
"What did you say?"
"Don't worry though, 24 hours in here means an hour outside. This is a time dilation field." the young mage assured them staggering.
"Now if you excuse me I need to rest for a bit…" he began but suddenly coughed blood. "Damn…" he muttered.
"Hold on Negi-kun!" Konoka said as she appeared beside him in Setsuna's arms. "Adeat! Flabellum Euri, Flabellum Australe".
And then, with a wave of her fan, she channeled her healing power in Negi, healing him completely.
"Thank you, Konoka-san. I'm fine now." Negi regained his composure.
"I'm sure you are" Asuna said knowing better and putting her hand on his forehead and negating the effects of the "Encroachment of Magia Erebea".
"Thanks Asuna" Negi said secretly to the girl.
"Anytime, Negi" Asuna responded with a smile.