The ten of them started running through the tunnel, once they got there they looked and saw several branches brimming with magical energy. As they were running towards the next tunnel, they started hearing footsteps in front of them.

"Wait, that...!" Asuna called out. "…Negi!"

In front of them was Negi, with his staff, magic ring and pactio cards. Asuna ran over and hugged Negi tightly, while they got reacquainted with each other.

"Wah, Asuna-San everyone!" Negi called out, with a smile.

"I'm so glad, I thought we'd never see you again." Nodoka said, with teary eyes.

"What's the plan team leader?" Takeo asked.

"We can't use the Time Machine on the surface." Negi answered. "So that'll mean we'll have to go deeper into the World Tree to get it to work."

"Alright then let's…" Takeo responded, but he stopped as his heart skipped a beat.

[Revenge~ you desire to see your foes killed by your hands~]

Takeo turned around as he felt someone's presence behind him, Takeo's eyes started blinking from red back to blue.

"Takeo are you alright?" Asuna asked, with a slightly worried expression. "You just spaced out."

"Yea, let's go." Takeo answered, as he regained his composure.

Everyone nodded in agreement and started going deeper into the World Tree, as they were going deeper and deeper down to the magical source. Takeo started hearing more and more voices in his head.

[Hatred~ hate them…despise them for everything they've done~]

The swirling black lines started going across both of his arms and legs, and his teeth started growing sharper. Takeo looked up and was focused on the girl's neck, his teeth started throbbing painfully.

"There's something wrong with me." Takeo thought, as he placed his hand over his mouth.

"Takeo-San!"

Takeo started hearing slightly growls, he turned his head and saw a large dragon standing behind them.

"That's the same one that we ran into!" Yue declared.

"Everyone Run!" Takeo ordered.

Everyone started running from the large dragon, Shiro looked and placed Yue and Nodoka on his back. Takeo placed the master card on his forehead.

"Se-Chan are you ready yet?" Takeo asked.

[Yes, teleport me now.] Setsuna answered.

Once Takeo summoned Setsuna using his master card and placed it back on his head, she noticed the marks on Takeo's body.

"Ta-Kun, those mark!" Setsuna called out.

"There's no time, we have to hurry!" Takeo responded.

"Setsuna-San, will you be able to stop that thing?" Negi asked, pointing at the dragon.

"Uh, even with special equipment that'd take a couple days." Setsuna answered.

After joining with the others they ran into the more spacious area, where Takeo started having more of a terrible reaction. An ominous magic energy started coming from Takeo's entire body, the marks started stretching throughout his entire body.

"Takeo-San!" Negi called out, with a look of worry.

"Takeo what's happening?" Asuna asked.

"Since there's more space, I'll try and hold off the dragon until you get that thing working." Takeo stated, as he walked towards the dragon. "I'm not strong enough to fight it a dragon, so I can hold it off for twenty seconds."

Just as he was preparing to fight the dragon, Kadae appeared next to him and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"No, Takeo-Dono in your current state you wouldn't be able to fight." Kadae stated.

"Fine, Kadae-Ch.…argh!" Takeo answered, but he felt and immense pain go through his head.

[Don't let her tell you not fight! There's no one in the damned who can tell you what to do!]

Takeo started gritted his teeth, as more of that ominous magic started spewing from his body.

"Kadae-San, Takeo-San grab on!" Takeo ordered.

Kadae grabbed Takeo's hand and joined hands with the other, once Negi activate the watch they were instantly sent back into time.

[Mahora Festival Final -Day 8:30 P.M.]

The appeared in the high skies of Mahora, and they started falling to the ground. As everyone was panicking, Takeo's eyes were closed and the marks started vanishing from his body. Once they were all gone he smirked and opened his eyes.

"Negi-Kun!" Takeo called out.

"Got it!" Negi responded. "Vente Nos."

Negi held his hand out and generate a powerful burst of wind that softened most of their falls, while Setsuna carried Konoka bridal style, Kadae landed on the top of the roof and Takeo landed on the ground with Yue in his arms.

"We're back!" Haruna called out.

"T-Takeo-San, could you perhaps let me down?" Yue asked, with a blushed face.

Takeo blushed and placed Yue back on the ground, but she turned and looked at Takeo with a look of worry.

"Are you alright, Takeo-San?" Yue asked.

"Yea, my body just had a reaction to whatever was…" Takeo answered.

"Negi-Sensei!"

They turned around and saw Negi on the ground with the time machine lying down next to him. Takeo placed his hand on Negi's head and shook his head.

"That large jump used up too much of Negi-Kun's magic power." Takeo said, with a worried expression. "Is there any place we can take him?"

"Well, there shouldn't be anyone at the library." Nodoka answered.

"Alright, let's go."

They started heading quietly towards the library, with a now weakened Negi. Once they got there, they locked the doors behind them and placed Negi on the couch so he could rest.

"Takeo, can't you bring some of Negi's magic back?" Asuna asked, as she put a blanket on him.

"Yea, I'll start…" Takeo answered.

"Takeo-Sama, you're still feeling the aftereffects of that curse." Shiro interjected. "If you use any of your magic energy to bring back Negi-Sama's you could unravel like before."

Takeo looked away, remembering what he did the last time he lost control of himself.

"What's this about a curse?" Chisame asked.

"Right, I never told I'm a Cursed Human/God Hybrid." Takeo answered with a straight face.

"What!"

As Haruna and Chisame were overreacting after discovering Takeo's heritage, he later turned around and saw Yue calling for him.

"Takeo-San, can't you use that same magic circle you used when I was learning magic?" Yue asked.

"Right, Shiro can you draw that circle again?" Takeo asked.

"Yes, Takeo-Sama." Shiro answered, as he drew the magic circle around Negi.

Once it was done, the white light started rejuvenating some of Negi's magic energy.

"Alright, with this done Negi-Kun should be up and ready in thirty minutes or more." Takeo stated. "Now, does anyone have any idea of how to stop the Forced Recognition?"

"With the information that we've gathered, I've already come up with a defensive plan." Chamo stated. "We need to guard the six points, with that done Chao won't be able to initiate her plan."

"But that won't be enough." Shiro stated. "Our ragtag group would still need to worry about Chao-Sama's robotic army."

"And there's the Giant Forced Recognition Magic with a scale that covers the entire world. On top of it being a ceremonial magic that uses magic formations, a complicated ceremony that lasts for more than ten minutes." Yue explained. "Under the limitation of the being a type of gran magic, the must is probably being held in a relatively large and open space."

"That's perfect, so while there are six people guarding the magic points and the rest of us will find and capture Chao." Chamo added.

As everyone was thinking over Chamo's idea.

"I guess we don't have any other ideas." Setsuna responded.

"Your plan is still filled with abnormalities de gozaru." Kadae added. "There's still the 3 kilometers in diameter where Chao-Dono could be."

"I really don't think I can cover a large area even with Instant Movement." Takeo added, with a slight sigh.

"No…it's a good plan, but I have an idea of my own." Negi interject, with the color returning to his face. "We'll turn it into an event for the last day."

After explaining his plan to everyone in greater detail, they wore a surprised expression.

"Are you sure we should have a plan that sounds that fun?" Haruna asked.

"That bold Negi-Sensei." Setsuna added.

"That sounds awesome." Takeo responded.

"Since Ayaka-San's family is the organizers we can ask her." Negi said.