(How's it going guys I'm back with part two of the last chapter. Enjoy away.)

Last time Negi and Dustin crossed paths with a Dragon Man known by the name of Traximus who was hired to eliminate the boys and nearly succeeded if not for the arrival of two figures named Sasha and Drake claiming to be Dragon Riders. Now we continue.

Chachamaru who had been carrying Eva through the forest to see what all the commotion about stopped upon seeing the boys, their partners and to Eva's surprise two dragons with people riding them. She noticed the one riding the Horntail dragon was sixteen years old about 6'4 with brown hair, wearing blue pants, sneakers, fingerless gloves, a brown shirt and a scabbard on his back containing a blade. While on the Chinese dragon was a nine year old girl wearing pink shorts and a top with the shade of white and pink.

"What is all this, dragons?" Eva asked.

The dragons look at each other as the Horntail spoke, "Who's this kid?"

"Kid?" Eva called, "I'll have you know you lizard lips I am Evangeline McDowell the Undying Mage of the magical world!"

Spike answered, "Name doesn't ring a bell." Eva face faulted with her pride shattered.

"Evangeline I'd like you to meet Drake and Sasha, they're Dragon riders, and their partners Spike and Fiona." Negi introduced them.

Eva's head rose up, "Dragon Riders? Of course, what other people would be able to ride on the backs of dragons?"

"Um you think we should discuss this elsewhere?" Fiona asked.

"I agree, and I'm getting hungry." Sasha admitted.

"Well we can't bring you back to the dorms seeing as how the people around here aren't accustomed to seeing dragons." Mana noted.

Negi turned to his magic instructor, "Evangeline…"

"No, no, and no! Absolutely not!" she replied.

"Mistress?" Chachamaru asked.

"I absolutely refuse to let dragons near my home." Eva replied.

"What've you got against Dragons?" Spike asked with a frown until Drake held his arm out.

"Easy there boy, please Miss McDowell I assure you our dragons will not be disruptive at all. I assure you." He replied.

Eva looked at him seeing the seriousness in his eyes, "Oh alright."

"Yay!" Sasha and Fiona cheered.

Soon enough they were all outside Eva's cabin while Fiona was swimming about in the lake close to the cabin while Spike was sitting peacefully. Drake and Sasha sat down as Chachamaru served tea while the boy teachers and their partners, and Zyphon sat around with Eva.

"So you know this Traximus?" Dustin asked.

"Yes he's a menace to all Dragon Riders." Sasha answered.

"Was once a Dragon Rider like us but decided to become a dragon himself, he also has tried disrupting the trust we Dragon Riders have with Dragons." Drake added.

"He convinces dragons that we don't need riders upon us and that they only hold us back." Spike explained.

"In a way I see his point, I mean are you really comfortable with humans riding on your backs like they own you?" Eva tempted.

"Of course we do!" Spike snapped, "The bond between Dragon Rider and dragon is something special when forged between the two. And Traximus only wishes to disrupt that bond between us."

"What reason has he decided to come here?" Kaede asked.

"We heard he took up a contract with some party against a boy mage and a boy spirit warrior, you and Dustin I presume Negi?" Drake asked.

"It appears that way." He answered.

"Well it's our job to bring him to justice, and so long as he's under contract he will come back for you two." Drake warned them.

"Great first we had a vampire at our throats a few weeks ago, now we got a dragon gunning for us." Dustin sighed.

"Don't worry master Dustin as long as me and Mana are with you you're not fighting alone." Zyphon cheered his creator up.

"He's right; if Traximus comes back we'll be ready." Mana smirked.

Dustin smiled as Kaede and Negi nodded as well, "Still I think we should warn the headmaster about the possibility of Traximus getting close to the school grounds." Negi said.

"Agreed, and you Drake should come with us that way he'll know we're not exaggerating." Mana noted.

"Will do, Sasha you wait here." Drake ordered.

"Ok." She said.

Drake gave Spike a warning look to make sure that nothing occurs between Eva and Sasha that could have disastrous results.

As they walked Negi spoke to Drake, "So Sasha is your daughter?"

"Half daughter really, see her parents were killed years ago when she was only three and was left in the care of me, in fact when she was born she was already baptized into Dragon Rider hood, that made training her in the art easier." He explained.

Dustin eyed the double edged sword on Drake's back, "Drake I have to say that is one serious wicked blade, where'd ya get it?"

"This? Well this is known as the Savage Sword." He answered.

Dustin stopped in his tracks, "Pardon me but did you say the Savage Sword?"

"Yup."

"OMG, this is the greatest thing ever!" Dustin eyed the sword in it's scabbard.

"What's so fantastic about the Savage Sword?" Kaede asked as Mana explained.

"The Savage Sword is a powerful weapon said to get stronger with every blow inflicted on the wielders enemies."

Drake nodded, "That's right, I was trained my whole life to guard and wield it to prevent it from falling into enemy hands."

"Enemies like Traximus?" Dustin asked.

"Precisely." He said as they walked along the school grounds where they heard gossip amongst some of the girls from other classes about how good looking Drake was.

"Well you must have that affect on all the gals." Dustin noted to Drake who answered.

"Except like some boys I don't see women as eye candy, I'm respectful of them."

Soon they were inside the headmaster's office where Drake explained everything to the old man, "I see," Dean Konoe stroked his beard "If this Traximus managed to get that far through the barrier he could very well make his way onto Mahora's school grounds."

"I'll be sure to patrol the borders extra thoroughly provided I receive extra payment." Mana said.

"Very well Mana, Kaede I trust you can help out as well?"

"Of course Headmaster."

"And we'll help to, after all Traximus is after me and Negi so it's only right." Dustin volunteered.

"Splendid, until then Drake and Sasha are welcome here as our guests," Konoe handed Drake a form, "This is where you'll be staying for the time seeing as how you'll be closer to your dragons without exposing them to the students."

Drake's eyes widened, "Well we won't have to look far for this place." Negi and Dustin looked worried while Rin smiled.

Soon they returned back to Eva's cabin where they found Sasha and Eva pulling on each other's faces while Chachamaru was trying to separate them, "Spike what happened?" Drake asked.

"Well Sasha asked Eva about her age and when Eva answered Sasha called her an old hag and you see the results." Spike answered.

Drake sighed as he split them up, "Now Sasha that's no way to treat our host."

"Host?" Sasha asked confused.

"Host?" Eva asked in shock.

"Yup, take a look." Drake showed her the form Konoe gave him.

"What? That old man's forcing me to share my cabin with two more, what am I running here a motel?" Eva ranted in outrage.

"Calm down Eva, I'm sure they won't be a bother." Rin calmed her.

Eva scoffed, "Alright, but you better keep your daughter in line otherwise I may be very tempted to nip her at the neck."

"I will do my best to keep my daughter from tormenting you, though I can't make real promises she's a tricky one, just like Loki the Norse God of mischief." He warned her.

"Terrific." Eva sighed.

"Well it's getting late we should get back to the dorms, goodnight you two and Rin keep an eye on them for Evangeline's sake." Negi chuckled.

"Will do Negi." Rin nodded as the group left.

Meanwhile in the dark lair of the Shadow Master, Traximus stood before him, "Was that a joke out there? Did I hire a clown?" the Shadow Master bellowed.

"I apologize, but this can be rectified if you allow me another chance, but this time I require the amulet of fire if I am to stand a chance against their combined talents." Traximus pleaded.

"Hmm, how can I be sure you won't up and leave if I give it to you?" his employer eyed him suspiciously.

"I see you require a form of trust, very well," Traximus made some hand signs before putting his claw on his employer's hand creating a dragon face seal on his palm.

"Well the dragon seal of trust, I see you are dead serious."

"Yes, that proves my loyalty for if I try to go against you I will lose my fire." Traximus explained.

"Very well you have yourself a deal, provided next time you take my Shadow Soldiers along for the ride, they after all also need to rectify their failure."

"Yes sir."

The very next morning Negi was riding with Dustin on his hover scooter while Zyphon was wheeling alongside them, "Sure hope those two haven't given Evangeline and Rin trouble." Negi said.

"Speaking of whom." Dustin looked seeing Chachamaru wheeling up to them with a sour looking Eva on her back along with Rin on the robot girl's shoulder, while Drake was carrying Sasha on his back as he ran along side them.

"Good morning everyone and how're we this morning?" Negi asked.

"Doing great, though same can't be said for Eva." Rin answered.

"Something wrong?" Negi asked.

Eva answered, "Oh something was wrong alright, that little pest and her dragon friend!"

"What happened?" Dustin asked afraid something would happen with them.

"Well when Eva woke up this morning she creamed herself with shaving cream courtesy of Sasha who sprayed it in her hand and used a feather on her nose to make her cream her face…" Rin began while Dustin was trying not to laugh.

"Don't you dare laugh!" Eva warned Dustin as Rin continued.

"When she got out of bed her feet got trapped in honey plastered beside her bed, and to top it up multiple water balloons and one big one dropped on her soaking her."

Dustin finally cracked with laughter, "Oh if only the Narutaki's were there they'd be proud!" Eva glared at him but it didn't work.

"Why would your daughter do such a thing?" Negi asked Drake.

"Well she is a prankster." He replied while Sasha gave an innocent look.

"Well just don't cause any havoc in class today, that's the last thing we need." Negi said.

"Yeah especially with the students we deal with." Dustin added.

"Don't worry, Sasha won't do anything will you now?" Drake eyed the girl.

"I promise." She said while Eva looked skeptical.

Soon enough the girls entered class followed by the boys, "Ohayo senseis!" the girls greeted.

"Ohayo girls please be seated." Dustin ordered as they did so.

"Now then today we will be having two guests joining us in class today and we'd like you to make them feel welcomed." Negi instructed.

"Alright you two come on in," Dustin ordered as the two walked in, "Girls we'd like you to meet Drake and Sasha."

"It's very nice to meet you ladies." Drake greeted.

"Let's get along well." Sasha added.

Negi and Dustin waited while Dustin mouthed a countdown before he reached one and half the girls burst from their seats crowding around the two with Drake getting compliments on how handsome he was while Sasha was getting all the cute comments. Drake was able to keep his cool and not succumb to any dirty thoughts while Sasha was blushing from the mob cuddling until Negi called.

"Alright girls back to your seats, you'll have plenty of tie to get to know the two after class."

"But right now we got class so let's get started." Dustin ordered.

"Hai!" the girls agreed as they returned to their seats while Drake and Sasha went in the far back behind Yue and Chisame to observe the class.

As the two boys started their lesson the father daughter watched and listened feeling impressed two boys their age could really teach a class of 32 girls. Sasha eyed the students from behind and noticed the bells in Asuna's hair. Smiling she pulled out small pebbles and flung it on a ruler past Yue and Chisame that got Asuna's one bell resulting in a small 'ding'.

Asuna hearing this looked in the back of her seeing Sasha stand around looking casual. Dismissing it she turned back around only to hear her bells ding again from something hitting it. She tried to ignore it but as she could still feel stuff clinging at her bells until she finally spun and shouted, "WILL YOU STOP DOING THAT?"

"Asuna!" Negi and Dustin gasped.

"Asuna what is your problem now, that you need to disrupt class?" Ayaka asked.

"Someone's chucking pebbles at my bells, and I know it's that little rat!" she motioned to Sasha.

"I can't help it I like that dinging sound." Sasha admitted.

"Well how about I ding you instead?" Asuna warned her planning to grab her but Drake blocked her.

"You have to forgive her she is a mischievous one but she means no harm."

"Depends who you're talking to." Eva muttered to herself.

Asuna huffed as she took her seat again leaving Negi and Dustin to continue their lesson.

When class ended Drake and Sasha stayed behind for a bit to talk about themselves to the girls without saying that their father and adoptive daughter feeling that would be too much info for them. Later they returned to Eva's cabin where Spike and Sasha were relaxing, "So how was this class?" Sasha asked.

"Very enjoyable actually." Sasha admitted.

"Yeah and the girls here are very nice and some a little bit enthusiastic." Drake added.

"That's 3A for ya." Domino said as he perched on Dustin's shoulder.

"Though that bit with Asuna, you two should watch it she has a temper like a Roman candle." Dustin warned them.

"Yes it took her awhile for her to accept us as teachers." Negi added.

"Well we better get to our patrol, if Traximus comes we want to make sure he remains around here and not get too close to the campus grounds." Mana ordered.

"Right, Spike you all set?" Drake asked.

"Always." He answered.

"How about you Fiona?" Sasha asked.

"I've been waiting."

"Alright then let's get to work." Negi instructed as they each took a section around the Mahora forest.

Drake, Sasha, and their dragons were patrolling the eastern section, Negi, Rin, and Kaede were patrolling the western section, Dustin, Mana, and Zyphon were patrolling the northern part, and finally Eva and Chachamaru were patrolling the southern section.

Suddenly over by the Dragon Riders their dragons heads shot up and looked behind them as a squadron of Shadow Soldiers appeared surprising their riders.

"Whoa, Shadow Soldiers?" Drake asked.

"Think we can take them?" Sasha asked.

"We can try." Sasha said.

The Shadow Soldiers were jumping around from all around trying to confuse them, but they weren't about to be tricked that easily.

"Sasha Wind and Fire now!" Spike ordered as Sasha breathed a gust of wind from her mouth as Spike launched fire from his own which enveloped the Shadow soldiers making them vanish only for more to reappear.

"They're seriously persistent," Drake said, "Oh well guess it's time I got this out." He drew the Savage Sword.

As the shadow soldiers started attacking Drake was slicing at them reducing them to nothing while Sasha and Fiona were using gusts of wind to blow them away. Spike was swatting shadow soldiers away until one got on his back preparing to pierce it with its sword.

Before it could it was blasted by a spirit gun courtesy of Dustin who stood with everyone else, "Part came to you instead of me, I feel hurt." Dustin joked.

"Well now you can join it." Drake welcomed them.

"Indeed." A voice said as Traximus suddenly appeared wearing the amulet around his neck.

"Traximus." Drake and Sasha frowned.

"Drake and Sasha, Spike and Fiona, so nice of you four to join us." He greeted.

"Cut the sweet talk Traximus, we're bringing you back to face your crimes against all Dragon Riders." Drake pointed his sword at him.

"Very smooth plan Drake however it will fail as long as I got this." He shows off the amulet.

"The amulet of fire." Spike gasped.

"It's said to contain the fire power of a hundred dragons." Fiona feared.

"And it's correct!" Traximus unleashed a blast of fire.

"I got this!" Rin used a water spell like before but the water evaporated because of the intense heat.

"Look out!" Negi called as Kaede caught Rin jumping away before being engulfed into fire.

"Let's attack together." Mana said cocking her rifle.

"Agreed." Drake replied as they stood together against Traximus and the shadow soldiers.

"Attack!" Dustin called as they sprang into action.

Zyphon's arms morphed into laser cannons and began blasting the shadow soldiers one after another along side Mana, Kaede was using her ninja skills against more of the soldiers while Rin was using her own magic from her artifact to blast them away while Sasha and Fiona watched her blind side.

Negi, Dustin, and Drake faced Traximus down who smirked, "Alright you two let's attack from all sides!" Dustin called as he concentrated spirit energy into his palm and it started taking the form of a sword.

"Right!" Negi gripped his staff tight while Drake held the Savage Sword.

"Come and face your doom!" Traximus beckoned them.

The three did so coming at him from all sides with Negi firing his magical arrows at Traximus who took a few of the blows before he dodged the final three, "Good form boy wizard, but that attack got me all fired up!" he unleashed another blast of fire but Negi countered with a wind spell redirecting it back at him but it didn't even faze him.

"Fool, you can't fight a dragon with fire." Traximus laughed.

"He's right Negi, against him we'll have to be on a different offense, Dustin follow my lead!" Drake called as the two sword users maneuvered around Traximus using their swords to strike at the dragon while Spike was behind him delivering a slash to his back while Negi channeled magic into his fist and flew at Traximus delivering a punch to his face nailing him into a tree only for him to peel off and crack his neck.

"That was very good you lot," he admitted, "Sadly I'm not running out of fire anytime soon."

"He's right; we got to get that amulet from him." Drake whispered amongst his allies.

Dustin formulated a plan before calling, "Negi follow me!" Negi did so as they jumped from branch to branch before they reached Traximus and began using Chinese Martial arts moves against him.

Drake could only whistle at how good the two kids were performing their martial arts moves. He suddenly caught on as to what they were trying to do and whistled for Spike who flew by and got on his back, "Alright Spike charge!" he called as Spike flew right for Traximus still being distracted by Negi and Dustin.

"Negi move!" Dustin ordered as they jumped away as Traximus saw Spike and Drake heading right for them.

"What?" he gasped.

"Spike give Traximus a light show!"

"You got it!" Spike released a ray of light blinding Traximus confusing him enough for Drake to slash the amulet off his neck and catch it.

When Traximus came to his senses he saw he wasn't wearing the amulet and that Drake had it, "Give that back to me!" he ordered.

"Sorry but you got enough fire in that hot head." Drake answered.

"But let's see if your head had anything hard in it!" Dustin called as he flew alongside Negi with his fist powered up with spirit energy while Negi's fist was powered up with magic. The two threw their fists back side by side delivering a double pounding blow at Traximus' face sending him crashing down to the ground leaving behind a body print.

The remaining shadow soldiers seeing this were stricken with fright as they looked up seeing they were surrounded, "We're out of here!" they vanished.

"And that's game." Drake said as Negi and Dustin look at each other with smiles before they lock fists with a snicker while Traximus was in a daze.

Back in the Shadow Master's lair the guy himself sat on a throne having witnessed the whole thing, "Pathetic, I should've known better than to rely on him. No matter as they say, tomorrow is another day."

After the events caused in the forest Traximus was brought back to the order of the Dragon Riders where Drake and Sasha were giving Negi, Dustin, and their partners the news.

"So did ya find anything about Traximus' employer?" Dustin asked.

"Barely anything, all we got was that he went by the name of Shadow Master, ring a bell to any of you?" Negi, Dustin, Mana, Rin, and Eva shook their heads.

"Well sorry we couldn't be of anymore help to you guys in finding out who's after you." Spike said.

"You all did what you could, and that's all we could ask of you." Negi replied.

"Thanks for all your help." Kaede thanked them.

"Well thank you guys for helping us bring Traximus in, he won't be leading any rebellion against Dragon Riders anytime soon." Drake thanked them.

"Which is good news for us." Sasha added.

"So I guess this is goodbye huh?" Dustin asked.

"It appears so." Fiona answered.

"Well if you're ever in the neighborhood feel free to drop by." Negi offered.

"As long as you don't have to bunk with me again." Eva added.

"Thanks guys," Drake said as he mounted onto Spike while Sasha got on Fiona, "Well we'll be seeing ya!" he called as he and Spike flew off.

"Goodbye!" Sasha called as she flew off to join her father.

They waved goodbye to their new friends as they flew off into the sky, "Well guys now that that's out of the way let's go eat." Dustin suggested.

"I'm all for that." Domino agreed.

"Here-here." Kaede put in.

The others laughed as they left the forest to get some grub having had enough excitement for one day, but knew they would be in for more excitement the next day knowing them.

(And that's the final chap of this arc for D.J Scales. Don't miss next time where it's a costume party at Mahora and everyone's invited including unearthly spirits. Catch you all later.)