Mahou Sensei Negima! Fan Fiction ❯ Demon of Mahora ❯ Brothers: Opponents ( Chapter 17 )

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Brothers: Opponents
I no own Negima.


Averus soon caught up with Brent and Falco as they ran at a breakneck pace beneath the thick trees on their way to the lake where Chigusa and the ‘white haired youth’ were at.

“Esperit de la velocitat del vent ens concedeixi!” Averus shouted.

All three of them emitted a green glow for a second before their speed increased exponentially. Brent had calmed down a great deal and was remembering the faces of his petrified friends; Kazumi, Nodoka, Haruna, Yue, Setsuna, Konoka, Asuna, Negi…

‘Yue, Negi, Setsuna, Konoka, and Asuna! They weren’t there!’ He realized.

He heard his phone ring and checked who it was. Recently he had started giving his cell number to several of his classmates and Yue was one of them. He was relieved when he saw it was Yue who was calling him. He ripped his mask hastily so that she could recognize his voice.

“Yue! Are you okay?” He asked desperately.

“Brent-kun! It’s horrible Haruna and the others…” Yue said in a panicked tone.

“I know already and I’m already after the ones responsible!” He replied angrily.

“I’m scared, that white haired kid might after me.” Yue said in a worried tone “I called Kaede-san and she’s on her way to help! But that was a while ago… Eek!”

“Yue-san! Are you okay?”

He heard two voices before he heard Yue’s voice again.

“I’m okay, Kaede-san just got here.” She said.

“Good stick with her and you’ll be fine… I have to go now!” Brent said.

He hung up and returned the phone to his pocket. The three of them slowed to a stop as they heard the sound of an intense battle ahead of them. Brent could hear what sounded like an air rifle and someone shouting in Chinese, he peered through the bushes and his eyes went wide. He saw Asuna, Setsuna, Mana, and Ku Fei standing back to back… staring down what appeared to be nearly 320 Ogres. Brent knew immediately that they had been summoned to fight them… probably by Chigusa. They were all in a circle with twenty feet of space between them and the encircling Ogres. He saw that the girls were exhausted, gasping for breath and covered in sweat. He saw what he assumed to be the leader say something to the girls and saw Asuna shout something angrily back. He didn’t make out she said though. The lead ogre shook its head before shouting… causing all the Ogres to charge en mass.

“Averus do something!” Brent shouted as the shadows of the tree began to swallow all three of them.

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Ku Fei was exhausted, they had managed to take out half of the monsters but there were still 298 and they were all charging at them. She trembled as they roared at them and when they were five feet away she closed her eyes.

“Ombra Palissada.” Echoed a voice.

The next thing anybody knew their shadows had risen up to form a wall, blocking the girls from the Ogres as spikes shot out of the outside impaling several of the charging ogres. They stopped their charge and stood ready as the wall faded and vanished… revealing three new people.

“Who the hell are you?” The lead Ogre shouted.

Setsuna and Mana quickly assessed the three strangers that appeared from the shadows. One wore a high collared black trench coat , black cargo pants, black fingerless gloves, had black hair, and had a scythe with a three foot handle in his hands. But what really surprised them was the copious amount of matte black fog that flowed from his sleeves, the bottom of his trench coat and the cuffs of his pants. He stood perfectly still as he stared down the Ogres.

“I am… Averus the Reaper…” He said in a calm, cold voice.

The other guy looked like he was half-dragon… his skin was made up of scales that were red like fire, he had a four foot tail with a bladed tip, his hands and feet were clawed and they could only see the two horns on his head since there wasn’t any hair. He was still human in size and general shape. He was wearing a trench coat over his clothes and they could see an odd shotgun on his back. Their was a gust of wind blowing his coat open showing he had four more guns in holsters under his arms and on his thighs. Mana quickly identified two Magnum Revolvers and two Uzi’s.

“Falco the Red…” Falco growled.

The third figure the girls easily recognized but it still spoke.

“Kaore the Demon.” He said in a deep, gravelly voice “Nakitaka-san summoned me using a contract I gave to him for aiding me and as soon as I learned of the great travesty that has occurred I summoned my brothers to avenge those lost!”

The next thing anyone knew Kaore vanished and reappeared atop the lead Ogres shoulders and flicked it’s wrist extending ‘Junsuisa ano Fujun Tamashi’ and showed it to the Ogre before holding it against its neck.

“You know what this will do to you… so tell me where the white haired youth is and I’ll spare you.” Kaore growled.

Ku was in awe at the demons speed and briefly wondered what it would be like to fight him.

As Brent held the blade against the leaders throat the other Ogres froze.

“He’s that way!” The Ogre said pointing off into the trees.

Brent vanished and reappeared in the circle of Ogres facing the four girls.

“Are you four okay?” He asked.

They all nodded and he turned back to face he Ogres.

“Sakurazaki-san, Kagurazaka-san, my brothers and I will clear a path through these Ogres so that you can get to Springfield-san and Konoka-ojousama.” Brent said as he crossed his arms “Kensei style: Way of the Falling Sakura Petals!”

He uncrossed his arms and all twenty kunai left there holders and started to swirl around him. He pointed at the Ogres and all the kunai shot straight in the direction passing through them unimpeded and sending them back to wherever they came from before returning to the holsters on his left shoulder and right thigh.

“Go now!” Brent shouted.

“You’re not thinking of leaving are you… Setsuna-sempai?” A female voice asked.

They all looked down the corridor that was made and saw a girl with two swords blocking the end.

“Tsukuyomi.” Falco growled.

“Falco-san… you are in violation of your contract by helping them… you do realize that don’t you?” She asked.

“My contract was broken by the employer when she allowed the residents of the Head temple be petrified… including three innocent teenage girls.” Falco growled.

“Oh dear… it doesn’t matter the Shinmei style can’t be beaten with your methods… what!” She said.

She was suddenly wrapped in shadows as Setsuna and Asuna ran past her and into the woods. Brent turned to Averus who smiled slightly before turning to Falco and groaning. Falco had a maniacal look on his face and his fingers were twitching.

“Tatsumiya-san… Ku Fei-san… Falco is going to remain here and help you while Averus and I go after the one responsible for the travesty at the temple.” Brent growled.

With a wave of his hands and a glance at Ku Fei. he and Averus were swallowed by the shadows and vanished. He and Averus reappeared outside the circle of Ogres and dashed off into the woods towards his prey. As they ran Averus hit something invisible and began to struggle to get free of it making Brent skid to a stop. He turned and saw the same woman from the temple they visited the first day.

“I may have underestimated you when we fought last time Reaper… but this time I won’t hold back!” She said as she reached into her robes and pulled out three slips of paper.

“Brother… go I can handle this woman.” Averus said calmly.

Brent nodded and dashed off. As he ran beneath the trees he heard the sound of waves against the shore and turned towards it. He emerged at the top of a large cliff overlooking an enormous boulder with sacred sutra’s and rope covering it. He looked around and saw the ‘White Haired Boy’ fighting who he assumed were Negi, Asuna and Setsuna. He changed into his hybrid state covered in dark fire and prepared to leap into the air when he felt a sharp pain followed by a stone arrow protruding from his shoulder, he returned to normal and turned to see his attacker. He saw at least fifty stone archers along with a man with a green vest, shorts, hat, and eyes looking at him with drawn bows pointed at him. Brent could immediately tell the man was a demon in disguise.

“Drop the illusion demon and show me your true form!” Brent growled as he pulled the arrow from his shoulder.

“Jussst asss obssservational asss I wasss informed.” The demon hissed.

Their was a swirl of dust and the man changed into a snake-man. He was twelve feet long had a cobra like head and two powerful arms… there were also fifty more stone archers with him.

Before I move on to slay my primary target… I‘M GOING TO RIP YOU INTO TINY LITTLE PIECE!!” Brent yelled demonically.


A/N:
Translation: Catalan to English
Esperit de la velocitat del vent ens concede: spirit of the wind grant us speed
Ombra Palissada: Shadow palisade

Japanese to English:

Junsuisa ano Fujin Tamashi: Purity of the Impure soul