The man walked towards him and summoned black flames in his hand.

"I don't know why, your father put so much faith in you." The man stated, as he shaped the flames into a blade. "Now die along with everyone else you failed to protect!"

The man thrust the sword through Takeo's chest. The darkness from the blade started corroding Takeo's body through his wound, his eyes of vengeance started to appear.

"I-I, need power…I don't care what it is…I just need…"

An unknown person's fist punched Takeo in the face, sending him skidding through the ground. He looked up and saw an obscured man glaring at him.

"Wake up already…Dumbass!" The person shouted.

Takeo woke up covered in sweat, he looked and saw Shiro lying down next to him. Takeo gritted his teeth, as he placed his hand the scar on his side.

[The Hotel Cafeteria]

Takeo walked into the cafeteria yawning, he walked through the line and quickly got his breakfast.

"Hey, Takeo-Kun!" Yuna called out.

Takeo saw her, Akira and Ako and walked over to their table.

"Morning~." Takeo said, with a long yawn.

"What's wrong Takeo-Kun? Did you not get any sleep last night?" Akira asked, with a worried expression.

"No, it's not that. It's just some nightmare I always have before I wake up in the morning." Takeo answered.

"A nightmare about what?" Ako asked.

"Ah, about some bastard I got into a fight with when I was a kid." Takeo answered, as he took a bite out of his food.

"A fight?" Ako asked. "What happened?"

Too tired to eat Takeo dropped his food on his plate.

"That guy beat the hell out of me and gave me a scar on my side as a reminder." Takeo answered, he lifted up his shirt and showed them the x-shaped scar on his side.

"That's terrible!" Akira stated, looking at the scar.

"What happened?" Yuna asked.

"That was the same day my dad showed up and beat the crap out of the guy." Takeo answered, as he placed his shirt down.

"I really don't know what happened to him after that, but it wasn't the only thing I failed at." Takeo made a sadden expression after saying that.

"Hey, Takeo-Kun. Do you mind playing a game with me?" Yuna asked, with a smirk.

Takeo looked at her with a confused expression, as Yuna smiled at him.

"Uh, what game exactly?" Takeo asked. Yuna looked at him with another one of her smiles.

"Just meet me at the basketball court, and wear something comfortable." Yuna answered, with a smile.

[Kyoto's Basketball Court]

Minutes later, Takeo was walking into the park wearing dark blue basketball shorts and black jersey shirt.

"Where is she?" Takeo asked as he looked around.

"Takeo-Kun." Yuna called out.

He turned around and saw Yuna running towards him with a basketball in her hand.

"Yuna-Chan, why did you call me out here?" Takeo asked, with a questioning expression.

"Oh, come on you have time for at least one game." Yuna stated, as she passed Takeo the ball.

He caught the ball and started dribbling it on the ground.

"Alright, let's get started." Takeo said, with a slight smile.

Both of them started playing an hour-long game of basketball. Both of their scores were tied and both were sweating near exhaustion.

"She's too good, and I'm feeling something radiating from her body…magic energy." Takeo thought.

"Got you, Takeo-Kun!" Yuna said.

She passed by him with the basketball in her hand and dunked it, as she was smiling she lost her balance. As she was falling towards the ground, Takeo dove in and caught her in his arms.

"That was a good match." Takeo said, with a smile. "Thanks, Yuna-Chan. I needed that."

"Told you." Yuna responded, with a smirk. "So what do you want to do next?"

Takeo looked and saw an ice cream stand, Yuna nodded in agreement. After paying for their deserts, both Takeo and Yuna sat down at a park bench. They both started talking about their family lives.

"So your dad's a professor at one of the schools at Mahora." Takeo said, with a surprised expression.

"Yep, he's a college professor. And my mom…my mom…" Yuna answered with a smile, but she suddenly went silent.

"Your mom's…?" Takeo asked, already knowing what happened.

"She died when I was little, we always did a lot of fun things together." Yuna answered, with a saddened smile. "…we even played a little game. Where I was a little mage and she was my instructor."

Yuna started imaging when she was a child with a wand in her hand and her mom was giving her a lesson. She unconsciously grabbed Takeo's hand, and started waving her hand around like she was holding a wand.

"Practe Bigi Nar. Light."

A small light appeared in Yuna's hand while she wasn't realizing it.

"She really is a born mage." Takeo thought.

He looked and saw the saddened look on Yuna's face. He placed his arm around Yuna and pulled her in for a hug, which surprised her.

"It's okay to miss your mom, if you ever need to talk about it. Then you can come to me." Takeo said, with a smile.

Yuna smiled bright and gave Takeo a big endearing hug.

"Thank you, Takeo-Kun." Yuna said, with a smile as cried in his arms.

"I should probably talk to her dad, about this." Takeo thought, as he placed his hand on her head.

Over an hour later, both Yuna and Takeo had used the hot springs after their match. Both of them ran into Ayaka, Makie, Fuka and Fumika, watching something.

"Uh, what're you guys doing?" Takeo asked, he looked and saw Negi freaking out. "Oh, god. The stress has finally gotten to him."

"I wonder what's wrong with Negi-Kun." Maki said.

"Judging by his appearance. Whatever it is, it's big." Ayaka added.

"Maybe he just ate something he shouldn't have." Yuna implied.

Both Ayaka and Makie walked over and began asking him something.

"N…No…nothing happened…no one confessed to me or anything…!" Negi shouted, but stopped.

"Oh, so that's what happened." Takeo responded. "Well, it's got nothing to do with me."

Takeo walked away, Shiro ran over and jumped back on his head.

"Wow, you really do love riding on top of my head." Takeo whispered to Shiro.

"I always like riding on top of your head while in this form." Shiro responded quietly.

Takeo and into both Asuna and Setsuna.

"Hey, Asuna-Chan and Se-Chan!" Takeo called out, with a smile.

"Hey, Ta-Kun." Setsuna said, smiling back at him.

"Hey, Takeo." Asuna added.

"Uh, guys who exactly confessed to Negi-Kun." Takeo asked, as Negi ran away.

Both Setsuna and Asuna looked at each other, before looking at him again. Setsuna walked up and whispered it into his ear, Takeo's eyes widened in surprise.

"You mean, Nodoka-Chan actually confessed to Negi-Kun?" Takeo whispered to them, with a look of disbelief.

"It was incredible she gained the courage to confess to Negi-Sensei." Setsuna said with a surprised look.

"A little courage is true Magic." Takeo mumbled to himself.

"What?" Asuna asked. "Wait, Negi said that one time.

"It's a good thing to know. To her it means no matter how powerful or talented a mage you are showing true courage is what really makes you great." Takeo answered, with a smile.

"Your mother sounds like a smart and wonderful person." Asuna stated, with a smile.

"Just wait until you meet her, she'll sure surprise you." Takeo responded with a smile. "Guys, I'm taking Shiro out for a walk."

Shiro sighed and jumped off of Takeo's head, both of them started walking outside.

"Ta-Kun, can I join you?" Setsuna asked.