Once she was done she let out a sigh of relief and felt full of energy.
"Alright, now both of you come back after school and we'll resume both of your training." Evangeline stated.
Shiro jumped on Takeo's head, while Chamo jumped on Negi's shoulder. The exited the cottage and started walking away, Takeo looked and saw the Negi was wobbling around. Takeo placed Negi on his back and started walking towards the dorm.
"T-Thank you, Takeo-San." Negi said, with a wiry smile.
"It's alright, but the way you were amazing when it came to using Magic. Thought your combat skill was seriously lacking a lot." Takeo declared.
"I know, but I don't know what path I should go for." Negi responded, as was trying to keep his eyes open. "A Magic Swordsman or a Wizard."
Takeo sighed at his question, he started looking at the sky.
"I told my brother he should pick a path that works for him, you shouldn't be a Magic Swordsman just because your dad was." Takeo stated, as he closed his eyes. "Pick your own path to…"
Just as he was about to finish, he looked down and stopped in place.
"Takeo-Sama, what's wrong?" Shiro asked.
"I was just lecturing Negi-Kun about not following his dad's path, but in actuality I'm doing to exact same thing." Takeo stated. "When I found out my dad was a Mage, I wanted to be just like him…so I chose combat instead of practicing real magic."
Negi looked at Takeo and noticed his tone of voice, it was an opposite path…but it was the very same way he felt.
"That is what we're training to overcome." Negi stated. "We were both walking in our father's shadow, we're both trying to become just like them. So instead of walking in their shadows, we can finally walk side-by-side as equals."
"Yea, you're right." Takeo responded, with a smile. "You know what Negi-Kun, from time to time you sound like a grown up instead of a child."
Both he and Negi started laughing together, at their different yet similar paths. Once Takeo dropped Negi off at his room, he headed towards his own room. Once he walked in he saw both Setsuna and Yue waiting for him.
"Uh, Yue-Chan. What're you doing here?" Takeo asked.
Both Yue and Setsuna stared at him with the same look on their face.
"Both Setsuna-San and I want to know." Yue answered. "We want to know what you're doing at Evangeline-San's cottage."
"You spend on over 2 to 3 hours for training there along with Negi-Sensei, but during class you're both exhausted." Setsuna added.
"I'm just training, it's nothing too…special." Takeo stated, as he started yawning loudly. "I'm going to take a quick shower then go to bed."
Takeo went inside of the bathroom and started taking a shower, as he was soaking his hair in the shower. He started becoming lost in thought.
"Why am I studying magic?" Takeo asked himself. "Was it I just because I wanted to learn about my dad. Was it because I was bored…or was it just because I wanted power?"
Takeo's mind was going over what happened in his past life, he was immediately reminded about the two tragedies that changed his life. About how he was unable to stop his until, so he strived for power. Or about how he was unable to protect that village, so he strived for revenge.
"Power or Revenge?" Takeo asked.
He stepped outside of the shower and dried off, he walked outside with his sleeping clothes on. He walked outside and he saw both Setsuna and Yue still looking at him.
"Hey, there something I'd like to show you two." Takeo stated.
"What?" Yue/Setsuna asked.
"This may sound weird, but I need you both to lie down in the bed any go to sleep." Takeo answered.
Both Yue and Setsuna looked at him with a deadpanned look, but they noticed the serious look on his face. They both lied down the bed and started to drift to sleep, Takeo lied down on the side of them with his hand on theirs.
"Fulmine Cadens De Trorum. Dream Fairy, Queen Maeve! Let her draw us to her while she is opening the gate!"
[Takeo's Memories]
Both Yue and Setsuna woke up in the middle of a park. The looked around and didn't recognize the area, they looked down and noticed they were they were both completely naked.
"W-What's going on?" Setsuna asked, with a blushed face.
"I don't know, this must be Takeo-San's memory." Yue answered, with a straight face.
"What makes you say that?" Setsuna asked.
Yue pointed in that direction and they saw a five year old Takeo, both of them blushed after seeing Takeo as a little kid.
"H-He's so cute." Setsuna stated, with a smiled.
The young Takeo looked and saw a group of kids bullying a kid wearing glasses, they snatched away the kid's glasses and started pushing him around.
"Nerd, Four-Eyed Freak." Those kids started repeating over and over again.
The kid started crying, one of the boy who was holding the kid's glasses felt a tap on their shoulder. He turned around and was immediately punched the face by Takeo, Takeo picked up the kid's glasses and held them in his hand.
"Great, if this guy again!" One of them exclaimed.
"You guy got five seconds to get out of here, before I beat you down." Takeo threatened, as he glared at them.
The boys ran away from Takeo, he sighed and handed the kid his glasses back.
"Thank you!" The boy exclaimed, as he placed his glasses on.
"No problem." Takeo responded, as he walked away.
As he was walking away he noticed most of the kids were trying to ignore him.
"Hey look it's him."
"You mean Takeo the Zero, because he has Zero Friends."
"There's just something odd about him."
Takeo look down and sighed, both Setsuna and Yue noticed his expression and made a saddened expression.
"Takeo-San, really didn't have any friends." Yue said.
"But, he still helped people out back then." Setsuna added, with a smile.
As Takeo was walking he immediately felt someone pull him in for a hug, Yue and Setsuna were surprised by what they saw.
"Th-That's…Ta-Kun's." Setsuna said nervously.
They looked and saw an even younger Chidori hugging Takeo lovingly.
"Aw, Ta-Chan. I can't get over how adorable you are." Chidori stated, with a smile.
"M-Mom, this is seriously embarrassing." Takeo stated, with an embarrassed expression.
Chidori then started hearing three babies crying in a carriage, Yue and Setsuna went over and saw the one year old triplets. Both of them couldn't help but notice how adorable they were when they were babies.
"Ta-Chan, can you watch them while I get their bottles?" Chidori asked.
"Sure mom." Takeo answered.
As Chidori was going through the babies' bag, Takeo was in front of them trying to calm them down.
"Aw, come on. Haruki, Haruto, Nariko." Takeo said in a soft tone.
Setsuna were impressed at how good of a brother Takeo was back then, but that soft tone vanished as Haruki spat his pacifier at Takeo's head. He gained a tick mark on his forehead, before he could say anythting.
Chidori walked over and put their bottles in their mouth, she smiled as her children began calming down.
"Aw, they're so adorable." Chidori stated, in a loving tone.
"Yea." Takeo answered.
After finishing their bottles, the three babies fell asleep. Chidori pushed the stroller towards their house, while Takeo followed her.
"So, Ta-Chan are you excited about going to Magic School?" Chidori asked.
"I really don't know why I'm going, I don't really have any interest in magic." Takeo answered.
"Oh come on, you like fighting so why not learn magic?" Chidori asked again.
Takeo made a saddened looked, which caught Chidori's attention.
"I know that, it's just like an instinct for me." Takeo stated. "And it kind of terrifies me, like there's someone telling me to fight, telling me to learn magic. It's like I'm being let around like a puppet on strings."
"Ta-Kun, really feels like that…I never noticed." Setsuna stated, with a slight ashamed expression.
"It's almost like, he didn't know who he was." Yue added. "Huh!"
Both even in only a memory, the sensed a cold expression. Chidori noticed someone was watching them, but before she could react she felt something piercing through her shoulder.
"M-Mom!" Takeo called out.
Chidori looked and saw a black flamed lance was through her shoulder. Standing behind her was a man with black hair, red eyes and wearing the Fire Dharma.