As everyone were talking about the tournament, all of the contestants were going to the orientation for the tournament. Takeo, Negi and the others were shocked to see who the host of the Tournament was.

[Students of Mahora and Visitors from outside the school welcome. Welcome to the Resurrection of the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament. Thank you to those who have gathered at such short notice.] Kazumi announced.

"Kazumi-Chan!" Takeo called out, with a surprised expression.

As they were confused at the idea of Kazumi hosting the competition, but he looked and saw a surprising sight.

[Now, lets hear the opening speech from the person who bought the event.] Kazumi announced. [The most popular student in the academy, the miss of 'Chao Bao Zi'...Chao Rin Shen.]

"Chao-Chan!" Takeo called out.

"What?! You mean even you didn't know?!" Asuna asked with a surprised expression.

"What make you think I know everything?" Takeo asked back.

[I bought this even for one reason!] Chao declared. [No matter if its from the Outer World or Inner World, I want to see the strongest person...that's my reason!]

"The Outer World? The Inner World?" Takeo asked himself. "Just how much does she know about magic?"

[This even was to allow people from the Inner World to challenge each other. But because of small video cameras being developed and the variety of styles being used, this even has drastically shrunk from what it was. But now I intend to revive the most exciting "Mahora Martial Arts Tournament!" Now use of projectile, bladed weapons, curses and incantations are also forbidden. And other techniques are okay as long as you obey these two rules.]

Everyone started getting more pump for the start of the tournament.

"Ta-Kun, do you know Chao-Chan?" Setsuna asked. "I mean before coming here."

"No, I haven't though I've noticed that she's been staring at me since I was enrolled in school." Takeo answered. [Why did she say something?]

Setsuna shook her head, but was still reeling by what Chao said to her. "I won't betray neither Negi-Kun nor Takeo-Kun. Besides I'm personally related to Negi-Kun, while I'm where I am right now because of Takeo-Kun."

Setsuna looked up and was looking at Chao with an untrusted glare.

"Is this really okay?" Negi asked, as he started freaking out.

"Looks like things are getting interesting." A familiar voice stated.

They turned around and saw Mana, Kadae with Fumika, Fuka and Ku Fei.

"Mana-Chan, Kadae-Chan, and Ku-Chan." Takeo stated, with a smirk. "This tournament just keeps getting interesting."

"Hello, Takeo-Dono." Kadae called out with her usual smile. "Are you entering this tournament to?"

"I really don't care about the prize money, I just want to fight." Takeo answered.

"Great, with Takeo-San, Mana-San, Master Ku and Kadae. We'll only make to 5th or 6th place." Negi stated, in a panicking.

"Don't forget about us." A familiar voice stated.

The six of them turned around and saw, Evangeline, Takahata and Jun.

"I wanted to see how far my pupils are progressed." Evangeline stated, as she stared at Negi. "And boy don't forget about our deal. If you lose to me you have to escort me for the entire last day."

"Since Negi and his friends are entering, I thought I should as well." Takahata added.

"I also wanted to see how far my idiot pupil as progressed." Jun stated, with a smirk on his face.

"Just don't destroy the stadium, old man." Takeo responded, with a deadpanned look.

As they started going over how the tournament would turn out, another announcement went off.

[Oh, there is one more thing that I forgot to mention one thing.] Chao announced. [Before the tournament dwindled, the last match of the tournament was a between two mysterious and skilled boys who appeared at the academy. The Winner a ten-year old boy by the name of Nagi Springfield, and the runner-up another ten-year old by the name of Raiden Ikazuchi. So if you've heard their names, try your hardest to rival their match.]

"Both of our dads, were in the tournament?" Negi/Takeo asked, in utter shock.

"Negi-Sensei's and Takeo's father." Yue added, with a surprised expression.

"Right, the Dean mentioned that...both of them entered the tournament and they nearly exposed magic in their match between each other." Takahata answered. "When they were about to be punished for it, they ran off."

"Takeo-San, let's have a great match!" Negi declared, with a smirk on his face.

"Yea." Takeo responded, with a smirk on his face.

[Until the qualifying round is over, we will continue to accept competitors regardless of age and gender.] Kazumi announced. [The second rounds begins on the second day of the festival at 8 am. From now, I announce the qualifying round starts now!]

After the remaining constants signed up for the competition, and picked from the ballets in front of them each of them took their separate stage.

[To pass the Mahora Martial Arts Tournament Preliminary Round, the contestants will be sorted into groups of 20 and will then engage in a battle royal.] Kazumi announced. [The last two standing in Group A-J]

In group both Takeo and Jun were placed in the same stage, both of them looked around and noticed the martial artists around them.

"Almost half of these guys are able to harness their Ki." Jun whispered to him.

"Doesn't matter, when we're going to be to ones who..." Takeo responded.

But they turned forward and noticed most of the fighters were sent flying out of the ring. They looked and noticed that it was the giant from before.

"Oh, it's Goliath/Meathead." Jun/Takeo said, in sync with a deadpanned look.

"Wait, you're the pretty boy who injured my boys weeks back." The giant stated.

Takeo gained a tick mark on his forehead, Jun noticed the expression on his face and stepped back a couple of inches.

"He never did like people calling him a pretty boy." Jun thought.

"I'm going to take care of you first!" The giant declared.

Takeo gripped his right fist, and the white swirling tattoos reappeared on Takeo's arm. He pulled his fist back and punched the giant in the stomach at full force. The giant gasped out of breath and was sent flying from the arena.

The competitors around him were gawking at him in utter shock.

[Whoa, T-Takeo Narukami just sent the giant flying with a single punch.] Kazumi announced.

"Anyone else want to call me a pretty boy?" Takeo asked, with a menacing glare.

He turned around and saw the contestant hiding behind Jun, he looked at them with a confused expression.

"This is kind of embarrassing to watch." Jun stated to himself. "That must've been the famed Magia Alethea, from what I can see it's almost ready for real combat."

In each of the groups the juniors high school student, the teachers, even the kids and cloaked strangers were completely overwhelming the competitors with their own abilities. Until the rosters was created.

Bracket A

[Mei Sakura] vs [Kotarou Murakami]

[Daigouin] vs [Colonel Sanders]

[Kaede Nagase] vs [Haruto Narukami]

[Mana Tatsumiya] vs [Ku Fei]

[Haruki Narukami] vs [Yukiko Yukimura]

Bracket B

[Tanaka] vs [Takane D. Goodman]

[Negi Springfield] vs [Takahata T. Takamichi]

[Asuna Kagurazaka] vs. [Setsuna Sakurazaki]

[Evangeline A.K. McDowell] vs [Keiichi Yamashita]

[Takeo Narukami] vs [Jun Huang]

"You've got to be kidding me!" Negi/Takeo called out.

"I'm fighting Takahata-San?!"

"I'm fighting that creature from hell?!"

Everyone standing behind them started laughing lightly because of the results of the tournament.

"Is fighting him that bad?" Kotarou asked.

"He could cause major damage to this entire area, if he lost control of himself." Takeo answered. "But, I'm going to battle him with everything I've got."

"Aw, Takeo-Kun sounding cool like always." A familiar voice stated.

Takeo turned around saw Chizuru standing behind him wearing a Chinese styled dress.

"Oh, hey. Chizuru-Chan." Takeo said with a smile.