(And here we are with the conclusion of the Eva arc, Negi and Dustin have one final chance to defeat Evangeline. So they best make it count.)
After finding out what Eva was planning Dustin had went back to the dorms to tell his comrades who were taking it as best they could.
"Evangeline's using the school blackout to restore her powers?" Mana asked.
"That's what Chao told me." Dustin answered.
"How is this possible?" Kaede asked.
"I may not know my father's spell, but I'm willing to bet the curse he placed on Evangeline projects a barrier that surrounds the campus, which explains how she can't escape. If she's using the blackout to her advantage, then the barrier must run on an electric current around the campus just as the electricity that powers the campus lights and all." Negi theorizes.
"But what is this so called Mahora blackout?" Domino asked confused.
"It happens twice a year," Kasuga began, "It goes from 8 P.M till midnight where the campus shuts down its power for maintenance purposes."
"And that means she'll be powerful again for at least five hours." Chamo said.
"And she'll try and come after Negi and possibly me." Dustin added.
"Oh what can we do?" Zyphon sighed.
"The only thing we can do Zyphon, we're gonna stand and fight. And you're going to help me."
"I am?" Zyphon asked.
"That's right, with a little help from this." Dustin held up the microchip from Chao.
"What is that?" Zyphon asked.
"Just a little upgrade that's going to match you against Chachamaru," Dustin said opening up Zyphon's system and imputed the chip, "Begin downloading."
"Downloading commence." Zyphon answered while starting the process.
"Zyphon alone will not be enough to stop Evangeline and Chachamaru Dustin-kun, that's why it's time I helped you." Kasuga said.
"You sure about this Kasuga?" Dustin asked.
"I am, besides I'd like to see what kind of power I get. So whaddaya say Dustin-kun?" Kasuga smiled.
"Well I don't have any problems, Mana you ok with another assistant?" Dustin asked.
Mana answered with a smile, "It's not my choice for you to choose partners Dustin."
"Well then Kasuga let's make a partnership." Dustin answered.
"Alright!" Kasuga cheered.
"Domino, if you will."
"Way ahead of ya!" Domino drew up a pentagram on the floor.
Dustin stood in the circle as Kasuga squatted down and put her hands on his shoulders, "Alright Dustin-kun ya ready?"
"I am."
"Then here we go." The nun girl pulled Dustin into a kiss which Dustin returned. The seal glowed as spirit energy was being transferred into Kasuga.
"And the contract is complete, thank you thank you very much." Domino said in an Elvis voice.
The two parted lips and Dustin spoke, "Well Kasuga, welcome to the club."
"Good to be a part of it." She smiled.
"Two partners Dustin, you should be grateful." Kaede said.
"Believe me I am." Dustin answered as Mana leaned into him.
"So Dustin out of curiosity which kiss did you enjoy best?" she smirked making Dustin shake.
"What, Mana what're you asking me this for?"
"You know I'm curious too," Kasuga added, "Who was the better kisser, me or Mana?" the two surrounded him.
"Girls please I'd rather we not discuss this of all times!" Dustin pleaded while Negi, Kaede, Chamo, Domino, and Zyphon watched feeling amused.
Back at the school building on the roof Eva was with Chachamaru, "Yes tonight my powers will be restored and I shall finally be free of this blasted curse once I drain the boya dry." She laughed excitedly until she noticed her assistant looking a little bit in thought, "Chachamaru, is everything alright you've been spacey for days now."
"Well there is something you should know mistress." The robot began unsure.
"Yes?"
"Negi-sensei and Dustin-sensei have made probationary contracts with Kaede and Mana."
Eva's eyes lit up in caution, "What? You knew this, why didn't you tell me sooner!"
"I have no idea, but I have told you now at least." She answered.
"True better late than never, and even if those two are their partners it won't make a difference. We got five hours to start, I'm going Chachamaru." Eva walks.
"Oh mistress!" Chachamaru warned her as Eva tried leaping only to trip on a rail falling forward. Chachamaru rushed to Evangeline's aid as the vampire whined.
"Ow, ow, ow!"
"Mistress your nose is bleeding."
"Gah I can't stand this mortal weakness about not being able to fly!" Eva cried, "But all that will end tonight and Negi Springfield's blood will be mine! The Dark Evangel shall rise again!"
That night Chachamaru was at the campus computer hacking into the security system, "Force field down, mistress have your powers returned?"
Eva who was on the roof top had transformed into her adult form wearing the same outfit she wore when she fought Nagi, "Oh they've returned alright, and the Gospel of Darkness is back!"
Meanwhile when all of Mahora went dark Makie, Yuna, Ako, and Akira were in the bathhouse washing up and cried when the lights inside went out, "The lights went out already?" Yuna cried.
"And right in the middle of our bath?" Ako added.
"Makie you're the one who told us to bathe this late!" Yuna called but Makie had her back turned not even moving.
"Makie?" Akira asked.
In Makie's mind Eva's voice whispered, "Go my servant."
"Makie, are you alright?" Akira asked putting a hand on her friends shoulder as the gymnastics girl turned around grinning with fangs.
Elsewhere outside the school building, Negi, Dustin, Zyphon, Chamo, Domino, and the girls stood. "Alright girls, you check the east perimeter while the rest of us check west, if anything happens we'll alert each other, if nothing within an hour we meet back up here." Negi planned.
"Agreed." They all agreed.
"Let's move." Dustin said as they split up.
While Negi and Dustin were searching around with their animal familiars on their shoulders Zyphon was lighting the way projecting light from his eyes like two flashlights, "Whoo this place is like a ghost town this late, especially with no power." Dustin said.
"Just keep on alert Dustin, Evangeline could appear anytime and anywhere." Negi replied.
"Like how about over there?" Zyphon asked motioning up ahead.
The boys looked up ahead as Zyphon shined his light on someone standing, "Evangeline?" Negi asked until the girl came into the light revealing to be Makie still in the buff, "Makie?"
"Why the hell is she naked?" Dustin asked plugging his nose in case of a nosebleed.
"Negi Springfield Dustin Bowers, Evangeline challenges you to battle," Makie said in monotone, "In ten minutes come to the main bathhouse. We'll see you there!" she back flips off a railing and uses her ribbon to swing around from lamppost to lamppost leaving.
"Makie's become a pseudo vampire, but how?" Negi asked.
"Negi remember Evangeline bit her nights ago during the full moon," Dustin began, "But when the full moon passed she must've lost hold of Makie. But now that her powers are restored she's got Makie under her control."
"We got to go to Evangeline now, Dustin our cards." Negi said as he pulled out his copy of Kaede's pactio card while Dustin pulled out his copies of Mana's and Kasuga's card and they held them to their foreheads, 'Kaede.'
'Mana, Kasuga, do you copy?'
The girls were at that moment patrolling around the forest area until they stopped hearing their teachers call out to them.
'Dustin-kun.' Kasuga thought.
'We hear ya what's up?' Mana thought.
'Evangeline's at the main bathhouse and she's got Makie under her control.' Negi thought.
'The coward.' Kaede thought with a frown.
'Meet us as the bathhouse as fast as you can.' Dustin thought.
'Dustin don't be stupid it's obviously a trap.' Mana thought.
'We know that Mana, but if she's got Makie she could very well get the other girls, we'll go on ahead just meet us there, over an out.' Dustin's voice ended along with Negi ending his link.
"We gotta hurry." Kaede said as the three ran heading back to the dorms.
Meanwhile Negi had just finished arming himself with multiple staffs, elixirs, magical guns so he would be able to combat Evangeline, "Negi I got to say you look like a serious badass mage with all that gear." Dustin admitted.
"Arigato collecting old magical antiques is my hobby you know," Negi said, "Though I'm surprised you didn't bring any other weapons to help you fight."
"Don't worry about me Negi," he then thought, 'I got all the weapons I need.' He secretly switched his spirit amplifying cuffs to level one. 'Yes I can already feel my spirit energy growing.'
Negi turned to the animals and Zyphon, "Chamo Domino you two wait here for the girls, Zyphon you're coming in with us."
"Yes sir." Zyphon answered as the three crept into the girls bathhouse and saw the whole place was pitch black making it hard to see.
"I don't see anything is she really here?" Negi asked.
"Only one way to find out… EVANGELINE GET OUT HERE!" Dustin screamed.
"As you wish little boy." A sultry female voice said.
Negi, Dustin, and Zyphon look on top of a gazebo seeing adult Evangeline and Chachamaru wearing a made outfit appear out of the shadows.
"It's them." Dustin gasped.
"Coming here without partners, you're both either very brave or very stupid, either which matters not to me." Adult Eva said.
"Actually I did bring someone," Dustin said as Zyphon approached standing his ground.
Chachamaru was surprised to see another robot while Eva was befuddled, "What is that?" she asked.
Zyphon answered, "I am Zyphon, built by my master Dustin Bowers years ago. I've come here to aid my master in this battle."
"Hmm, he talks the talk, but compared to Chachamaru, let's see how he walks the walk." Eva smirked.
Dustin looked to see how Negi was but saw his friend was wide eyed and blushing, "Negi?"
"Evangeline?" Negi asked.
"Hm, yes?" Eva asked with a smile.
"As cute as you are in your regular form, as an adult you're beautiful." Negi said mesmerized by her adult beauty.
Eva couldn't help but blush, "Really, well aren't you sweet."
"Negi!' Dustin clonked his friends head, "This is no time to be drooling over the enemy no matter how hot they look."
Eva chuckled, "Look at you little boys and your squabbles."
"Stay out of this!" Dustin called.
Eva frowned, "Don't raise your tone like that to me child. Or you'll end up like them." Suddenly coming out of the shadows at her side were Makie, Akira, Yuna, and Ako all dressed in maid outfits like Chachamaru's.
"Makie, Ako, Akira!" Negi cried in shock.
"Yuna!" Dustin cried.
"You coward using my own students!" Negi accused Eva.
"It's called weakening your opponent Negi." Eva countered with a smirk.
Dustin frowned, "You! How could you? Spirit gun!" he aimed at his enemy launching a powerful spirit gun surprising Negi and Zyphon never seeing him launch an attack at that size.
Eva, Chachamaru, and the girls jumped away as the spirit gun nailed the gazebo destroying it. Dustin growled at his miss as Eva and her servants stood on the other side of the pool, "Quite a big attack Dustin, unfortunately your aim was off. Not surprising seeing as how you still have a long way to go before reaching your old man's level."
Dustin continued frowning, "You don't frighten me. You've turned my Yuna Akashi into a vampire! And now I'm going to make you pay for what you did to her!" he pointed at her.
"Ha, what do you intend to do, zap me with another useless spirit gun? You frighten me even less than the boya." Eva mocked him.
"THEN I WILL TEACH YOU TO FEAR ME!" Dustin screamed launching from his position flying across the pool heading for Eva.
"Dustin!" Negi called.
"Look out!" Zyphon called.
Dustin gasped as Yuna and Akira blocked his path to Evangeline forcing him to slow up with the two girls tackling him into the pool, "Get off me!" Dustin called trying to pry the girls off him while splashing about in the pool.
"We just wanna have some fun Dustin-kun." Yuna purred showing him her fangs.
"It'll all be over." Akira added.
"Dustin hang on!" Negi rushed to help him.
"Ah-ah-ah," Eva shook her index finger as Makie and Ako surrounded him, "Girls strip him."
"As you wish mistress." Ako answered in monotone as she and Makie were removing most of Negi's weapons.
"Hands off my staff!" Negi called as Makie grabbed his staff. Desperate he grabbed one of his vials and threw it up and it exploded releasing wind magic that ended up destroying the girl's maid outfits leaving them in the buff while the blast got to Yuna and Akira stripping them as well giving Dustin a chance to knock them off him and out of the pool.
"Good move boya, but the battle has just begun, Chachamaru!"
"Hai mistress, sorry Negi-sensei." Chachamaru said flying right for Negi until she was tackled by Zyphon as the two bots rolled across the floor grappling until they got back on their feet and gained some distance between each other.
"Chachamaru, let's be reasonable and behave like civil robots." Zyphon pleaded.
"I'm sorry Zyphon but my orders are absolute." Chachamaru apologized.
Zyphon's robotic eyelids tighten, "So are mine." The two bots engaged in combat.
Adult Eva took off heading for Negi who descended on his staff and flew around engaging in a magical war with the vampire. When Eva unleashed a barrage of frozen arrows Negi quickly blasted a hole through the window and flew out as the arrows followed him, "I don't think so Evangeline!" he pulled out his magical gun and shot magical bullets destroying the ice arrows.
"A magical gun, how very rare. I'll have to ask him how he got enough to shell for such an item. Though I wonder if I should ask before or after I kill him?" Eva smirked.
"Mistress!" Chachamaru called, "There's still 72 minutes and 21 seconds until the blackout ends."
"Plenty of time, let's go!" Eva called as they went after Negi.
"Zyphon follow them!" Dustin ordered.
"But Dustin…"
"Just go!"
Taking his master's word he followed Eva and Chachamaru on his rocket boosters out the window to help Negi, "How for the girls." Dustin turned to the four sports girls who were naked still were ready to fight.
"Come on Dustin-kun, don't you wanna play?" Yuna finger motions him to come.
"Not with blood suckers I don't," Dustin answered and thought, 'These girls are definitely stronger at my current level even with my amplifying cuffs, I think it's time I juiced up a bit more.' He cranked the power up to level three on the gauge feeling his power increasing but was feeling a little twingy from the extra spirit energy amplified.
Dustin launched himself fighting against the girls being controlled by Eva's vampire influence and were proving to be given Dustin quite a challenge, 'I can't actually use my spirit guns on them it could destroy them. Oh where's help when ya need it?' suddenly a barrage of shuriken rain down forcing the girls to retreat back only for them tog et their heads clonked together by Mana and Kasuga.
Kaede joined the two other girls as Dustin got up, "Girls you made it."
"And it looks like just in time." Kasuga added.
"What happened?" Mana asked.
"Evangeline turned Makie, Yuna, Ako, and Akira into vampires." Dustin explained.
"So where is Negi?" Kaede looked around.
"He went off with Evangeline while Zyphon went after Chachamaru." He explained.
"We have to hurry." Mana said.
"But what about them?" Dustin looked at the unconscious girls.
"They'll be fine, come on." Mana said as they headed out of the bathhouse.
Meanwhile Negi was flying around being pursued by Eva and Chachamaru as Zyphon followed while heading for the Mahora bridge. Negi was descending down closer to the bridge only for Eva to launch another ice spell making icicle stalagmites rise up from the bridge trying to strike Negi who ended up falling off his staff while rolling across the bridge, "Darn." He grunted.
Eva chuckled as she and Chachamaru descended on the bridge, "The bridge is the closest to how far I can leave the grounds, attempting to cross it so you could escape me? Sorry boy it didn't work out." The two proceeded forward as Negi smirked.
"On the contrary it did!" Negi called as a seal appeared below the two as streams of light emerge from below and wrap around them tight and hard binding them, "A flytrap spell, and we walked right into it!" Eva shouted.
Negi got up smirking, "A little something I learned from a certain dream."
Zyphon landed by his side, "Well played master Negi, good show!"
"Arigato Zyphon, and now Evangeline, the battle is mine therefore you must surrender and swear to cease these vile acts!" Negi declared.
"Well played Negi however, the battle is not over yet." She laughed.
"How can you say that I have you completely immobilized you cannot break free!" Negi called.
"The spell is powerful yes, but inescapable, not so much. Chachamaru." She ordered.
"Yes mistress. Beginning execution of the flytrap release program. Sorry Negi-sensei." Chachamaru apologized.
"Oh this isn't good." Zyphon feared as Negi gasped as his trap was being negated.
"Negi-Negi-Negi, did you honestly think an obvious trap would catch me?" Eva asked rhetorically.
"Negi quickly!" Zyphon called as Negi was about to utter an incantation with his staff until Chachamaru swooped by snatching it.
"My staff!"
"Give that back!" Zyphon called trying to get it only for Evangeline to swat the robot away making him roll across the ground damaging his joints.
Eva took the wand, "So the wand of the Thousand Master, just the sight of this thing reminds me of him, well not anymore." She threw it off the bridge as it fell to the waters far below.
"NO!" Negi ran to the edge, "My father's staff, Evangeline how could you! You cheated me out of my legit victory!"
Adult Evangeline only scowled and slapped Negi in the face making him fall down with his glasses falling off his face, "Why don't you accept your defeat instead of whining like a baby? Admit you've been outsmarted and lost! Even your father would laugh at his misfortunes and overcome them!" Negi whimpered still recovering from the painful slap to the face.
Eva smirked as she lowered herself down toward Negi, "Still you did well tonight, better than I ever imagined. Now if you don't mind I'll be taking your blood now." She exposed her vampire fangs.
Chachamaru flinched at her mistress' motive, "Mistress don't you think you're being a bit too cruel, Negi-sensei's only a child after all."
"Hmm, don't worry Chachamaru I'm not going to kill him. In fact I've just developed a liking in this boy," she grinned while stroking his cheek, "Quite a resemblance to your father boya. I know how much you wanted to surpass him but the fact is it cannot happen now. But I commend you for the workout tonight; in fact I'll even give you a consolation prize," she cupped his face with her adult sized hands, "A nice hot kiss from me. So pucker up for the last kiss you'll ever receive." She grinned while moving in closer puckering up.
Negi started sweating and blushing, 'Oh great I'm going to die tonight at the hands of one of my own students. Well at least I'm going out with a kiss.' He thought.
As Evangeline was about to kiss Negi, "HEY FANG FACE!" Eva turned seeing Dustin launching at her, "Leave my pal alone!" he threw a punch nailing Eva in the face, which was strong enough to end her illusion returning her to her kid form.
She rolled across the bridge and got up, "You again?" she growled.
"That's right, and I brought in some backup." Dustin answered as the three girls arrived.
"Well Tatsumiya and Nagase, figures you'd be here," she noticed the third girl, "Misora, why're you here to?"
"Because I'm part of the crew Evangeline." She did a peace sign.
Eva turned to Chachamaru frowning if she left it out on purpose, "I had no ideas Misora-san was another partner mistress I swear."
Eva frowned, "No matter, because you're all too late, the boya's been defeated."
"I don't think so," Kaede replied, "Negi will not be defeated so long as we remain his comrades!" she drew her artifact being a cloak and surrounded herself in it vanishing.
"She's gone! Chachamaru search!" Eva ordered.
"Affirmative!" Chachamaru said scanning the area and found her and attacked forcing Kaede out of her camouflage cloak.
"Hang on Kaede!" Mana called whipping out her pistols firing her spirit bullets at Chachamaru who was dodging them as well but was slowing down from already taking enough hits from Kaede.
Evangeline conjured another ice spell aiming at Dustin and Negi who got back up collecting his glasses. The two jumped away as Kasuga called, "Hey Evangeline, leave them alone!" she concentrated her spirit energy creating a huge cross made from her spirit energy and sent it at Eva trapping her head and wrists in it like stockades.
"You got her!" Dustin called joyously.
Eva smirked, "A good move Misora, however," she burst out of her restraints, "Not strong enough to contain someone of my power."
"Oh no." Kasuga gasped wondering what to do next as Eva went for her.
"Kasuga no!" Dustin called as he blocked Eva taking an ice spear form her grazing a bit of his shoulder but no too serious.
"Dustin-kun!" Kasuga cried.
"Foolish boy." Eva scoffed.
Dustin frowned, "I'm finishing you here and now!" he cranked up his cuffs to five as they were beeping rapidly and he cried as his spirit energy was amplified dangerously further just as Chao warned him.
They gasped as his spirit energy was radiating waves all around him and almost hitting the others who were keeping their distance form him, "Dustin!" Negi cried.
"What's happening to him?" Kaede asked.
"Master!" Zyphon cried.
"Get out of there!" Domino cawed.
"Too powerful, my body can't take it!" Dustin cried as he felt his core heart being overloaded, "Gotta get them off!" he screamed ripping both cuffs off his wrists causing them to deactivate and the spirit energy waves stopped. He fell to his knees exhausted from spirit energy overload.
Eva smirked, "So the boy tried to enhance his strength and it backfired, a foolish effort Dustin," she aimed her hand at him conjuring magic, "I'll just put you out of your own misery now."
Dustin thought, 'I don't have the strength to move away in time, Negi I'm sorry I failed you.'
Before Eva could attack Negi cried, "GET AWAY FROM MY FRIEND!" he pulled out a small wand with a star on the tip sending a wind blast at her blowing her off balance, "Your fight is with me Evangeline! And I'm not finished."
"If you insist Negi." Eva smirked as they started exchanging blasts of ice, wind, and thunder magic until they each launched a powerful blast of their own elemental magic.
"This is their strongest attacks, but it doesn't look like Aniki's managing well." Chamo worried.
"Hang in there Negi!" Dustin called but groaned from his weakened state.
"I will not surrender!" Negi cried until he sneezed sending an extra burst of wind from his sneeze to his wind spell that consumed Evangeline.
"You got her!" Kaede called.
"Mistress!" Chachamaru gasped.
The attack died down revealing Evangeline still alive but was reduced to being naked, which didn't bother her at all, "You've done it now squirt, as expected from his son."
"Uh sorry for the whole strip you thing." Negi waved his arms in apology.
"Don't be sorry aniki, you actually overpowered her!" Chamo congratulated.
"Sorry but this isn't over!" Eva was ready to attack until Chachamaru's eyes widened.
"Mistress no come back! New readings indicate Dustin-sensei's spirit energy waves have accelerated the blackout restoration process!" Chachamaru called.
"What?" Eva cried as all the light in Mahora city and the campus were being turned back on. When the lights returned a surge of magic zapped Evangeline forcing her to arch back in pain as she screamed while her magic was vanquished making her a regular girl again and started falling.
"What's happening?" Kasuga gasped.
"With the power back on, the force field's back in place making her powerless again," Chachamaru feared, "She's falling towards the lake and it's too deep for her to swim!"
Negi watching this frowned as he ran to the ledge, "if the fall doesn't kill her first! Evangeline!" he jumped over the ledge.
"Negi!" everyone cried.
Evangeline watched as Negi was falling right down with her, 'Fool he used up all his magic back there, he'll only die with me. But he reminds me of another fool I know.'
Suddenly Evangeline flashbacked to over fifteen years ago where she was hanging by the edge of a cliff while Nagi held onto her arm also hanging from the edge, "That was a pretty close call, huh little girl?"
Eva didn't respond until they heard the call of villagers, "Where'd she go! I don't know! Cursed vampire!"
She smirked and spoke, "Didn't you hear what they said? If you're not careful, I'll sink my fangs into you."
"Yeah sure, right," Nagi answered as he pulled her up to his waist and held onto her waist with his arm. Eva blushed at how tightly he held her and looked up at him, "What's say we get out of here?" he leaped off from the cliff.
The scene cut to both Nagi and Eva sitting around a campfire one night while fish were grilling over the fire, "I don't understand …Why do you… save me?" Eva asked confused.
"Who knows? That's just how I am," Nagi answered offering her fish on a stick, "Here have some," She accepted it, "Besides you don't always need a reason to save somebody's life."
Eva only turned her head, "Maybe… but I'm different."
"Of course you are, now eat up." He encouraged her. So she ate and her eyes lit up in enjoyment as she continued eating the fish.
Sometime later by highlands Eva was standing with her puppet Chacahcazero as Nagi was looking back at her, "Please stay, I know we'll be happy together." The puppet said on behalf of her mistress.
Nagi sighed, "Come on, you've been following me around for a month now Eva. I think it's about time that… we go our separate ways."
Eva blushed, "I don't… we're meant to be together, and I'll keep chasing you around, even to the end of the earth until you agree." She promised.
Nagi sighed and mumbled, "Wonder if Ross has this kind of problem with the ladies?"
She then recalled the events of Nagi with Roswell and Bianca's encounter with her and Nagi invoking the curse on her, "INFERNUS SCHOLASTICUS!" Nagi called as the spell effected Eva.
The final flashback took her to Dean Konoe's office at Mahora academy where she stood in her school uniform embarrassed in anger while she tries pulling her short skirt down feeling mortified by it. While around her was Konoe himself along with the Bowers couple and Nagi laughing.
"Oh nice! You look great, love. Top of the line!" Nagi laughed.
"I got to hand it to ya Nagi, this was a great idea." Bianca said.
"One of your rare great ideas." Roswell added.
The dean stroked his beard, "Indeed she doesn't look like someone with a huge bounty on her now."
"I'll kill you! I'll drain you with every last drop!" Eva cursed.
"Now, now… form what I've been told, student life can be fun. If you try, you might even learn to like it." Nagi encouraged her.
"Nagi's right Eva, try giving it a chance." Bianca encouraged her.
"Now let me see… she's obviously far too mature for high school… perhaps junior high will be best for her." The dean suggested.
"Not a bad choice Konoe." Roswell agreed.
Eva huffed with a few tears forming in her eyes, Nagi responded by patting her head, "I'll be back for your graduation. Try living in the light for a change, Evangeline… then I will break the spell."
The little vampire looked up at the man she once loved with a tear rolling down her face and replied, "Ok."
The flashback ended as Eva thought, 'Liar.' Suddenly she was brought out of her thoughts feeling her wrist grabbed. Her eyes shot open as she saw Negi who summoned his staff back and was riding it.
"I gotcha!" Negi called lifting her up pulling her into his lap wrapping his left arm underneath her legs and his right arm around her shoulders forcing her to wrap her arm around his neck.
"Negi!" Kaede called.
"They're alright!" Kasuga cheered as Mana nodded.
"Mistress, thank goodness." Chachamaru sighed in relief.
Dustin held onto the ledge of the bridge watching, "Way to go man."
"That's aniki for you!" Chamo cheered.
Negi flew back above the bridge as Evangeline held onto him but looked at him, "I don't understand why did you save me?"
"Well without your power you became my student again. Besides I don't think you need a reason to save somebodies life." He smiled making Eva blush seeing a bit of Nagi in him.
She sighed, "Father like son." She gasped as she was pulled closer into Negi's chest and wanted to protest but he spoke before her.
"While you may be an enemy Evangeline, I'm so glad you're not hurt. After all you're still my student regardless." He said soothingly making her blush.
When they descended back to the ground Chachamaru gave Evangeline her vampire cloak to preserve her modesty.
"Way to go Negi, ya did it." Dustin smirked.
Negi smiled and turned to Evangeline, "It's official that I won, and I decide you stop these evil acts and come to class!"
Eva sighed and glanced at him, "Oh alright, I certainly owe you for this one."
"And too top it off I'll write under your part of the roster, 'my first victory." Negi said writing it in his roster.
Eva gasped and growled running over to him, "Don't you dare you smug little brat! You know if it wasn't for your friend's power meltdown the power wouldn't have come on earlier, and you would've been dead meat!"
"Fair is fair." Negi chuckled.
Kaede spoke to Chachamaru, "So does that mean that they've made up and they're not fighting anymore?"
"Hard to say actually." The robot admitted as Eva was pinching Negi's cheeks while he still smiled.
"Rest assured Evangeline I have no intention of keeping you here forever. I'm going to work harder and free you from my father's curse or at least enable you to leave the grounds for certain things, I promise you."
Eva gasped ceasing the face pulling and blushed, "You-you would do that?" Negi smiled and nodded until another thought came to Evangeline and she pinched his face again shouting, "Hold on, how many years will that take? So help me I should bite you when the next full moon comes around!"
Kasuga spoke to Chachamaru, "Does Evangeline always act like this?"
"No… in fact, my log contains no memory of her ever being this happy." Chachamaru smiled as Zyphon stood up and smiled seeing everything turned out ok.
Eva scoffed, "Whatever, Chachamaru let's go home."
"Of course master." She said standing by her side and they started walking of until they stopped.
"By the way boya…" Eva began grabbing his attention as she turned slightly showing a small blush and a small tear in her eye, "Thank you for saving my life."
Negi smiled, "Your very welcome." The two continued along as Kaede put a hand on her profs shoulder smiling.
"Congratulations Negi, you did great."
"I couldn't have done it without all of you." Negi looked around at his comrades.
"We're always here for ya Negi." Dustin nodded.
Zyphon suddenly realized, "Oh my we have to get back and de-vampire the girls."
"He's right, come on let's go!" Negi said as Dustin tried to fly but fell.
"Sorry my spirit energy is too low for me to fly." Dustin groaned until Zyphon placed him on his shoulder.
"Allow me master, hang on!" he took off on his rockets as the others headed back to the bathhouse.
Back at the bathhouse the lights were on again sand the group saw Makie, Ako, Yuna, and Akira wrapped in towels. They looked at their necks seeing no marks.
"Their bite marks have already been removed." Mana noticed.
"But who?" Negi asked unaware of Takamichi walking out of the bathhouse having taken care of it.
"Hey they're coming too." Kasuga said as the four were waking up.
"Hey what happened?" Makie asked.
"My head hurts." Ako groaned.
"You took quite a spill girls." Dustin said.
"Dustin-kun, Negi-kun?" Akira asked.
"What happened?" Yuna asked.
"You know that vampire that attacked Makie on Sakura blvd?" Mana began, "Well it came back and put you four under its curse."
"It what?" Akira and Ako gasped.
"But it's alright Negi-kun and Dustin-kun saved you." Kasuga added while Negi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly while Dustin smiled.
"You guys saved us?" Makie gasped joyfully.
"Oh yes, in fact here's a little dialogue I collected while the battle went on." Zyphon began confusing Negi and Dustin as he played a recording of what happened.
"You don't frighten me. You've turned my Yuna Akashi into a vampire! And now I'm going to make you pay for what you did to her!" Dustin's voice played
"Ha, what do you intend to do… You frighten me even less than the boya." Eva's voice played.
"THEN I WILL TEACH YOU TO FEAR ME!" Dustin screamed.
Zyphon ended the recording as the girls looked at Dustin oddly that he addressed Yuna as his own. While Yuna who was closest to the boy looked down at him as he stammered, "Well ya see, I, you know how you say things…" Yuna smirked a bit while putting her hands on her hips, "Um (Whistles), uh I must go." Dustin tried to walk away but was pulled back by Yuna who wrapped her arms around him holding him close.
"Well aren't you the sweetest guy I've ever known?" she asked joyously.
Dustin smiled seeing how she was taking it well, "Well you know I…" he was cut off as she wrapped her right hand on the back of his head and her left hand on his waist pulling him into a big kiss making his face turn red. This stunt put shocks on the others faces while Mana's eye twitched. When Yuna's lips parted with Dustin's. The guy chuckled before fainting in Yuna's embrace.
Negi chuckled, "Oh Dustin." Suddenly he was surrounded by Makie, Ako, and Akira.
"Negi-kun arigato!" they cried as they smothered the English boy with hugs and kisses making him turn red as well while Chamo drooled over the action.
"Alls well that ends well right?" Zyphon asked.
"Hai." Kaede agreed.
(And that's the chapter, the Evangeline arc is completed. But this doesn't mean I'll be jumping to the Kyoto arc right away. Next time Negi and Dustin will be getting a surprise visit from some of their closest people. See ya then.)