Mahou Sensei Negima 259

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[TN: Sorry I was late with Negima this week. I've been pretty damn busy, my sleep schedule's been absolutely terrible, and I managed to get addicted to Project Diva on top of everything >< Just a heads-up - I'll almost certainly be late with Negima, as well as any other chapters that come out around Wednesday-Thursday, next week as well, because my flight back to England is on Thursday, and I'll be busy pretty much all Wednesday getting ready for that.]

1
[Insert text: Rakan VS Fate in a no-holds-barred battle?!!]
Rakan: Heh...

2-3
Rakan: So... You're the "Averruncus of Earth", are ya? // Twenty years ago the first, and ten years ago the second of you was done in by ol' Nagi... / ...so that makes you the "third".
Fate: ...I would ask you to refrain from referring to me in such an inelegant manner. // Jack Rakan.
Rakan: Oh yeah... "Fate", was it? / Not a bad name, for one you came up with yourself.
Fate: ......
Rakan: ...'Cause you're not quite like two before you, are ya? // Both of them really had the whole "leader of an evil organisation" thing going on... / ...but you strike me as more of a nihilist... or a cynicist... / Basically, a real depressing guy. // ...But on the other hand, there's a human-ness about you that the other two never had. / What's wrong? Got bored of the world? Bored of life?
Fate: .........
[Mahou Sensei Negima!]
[Period 259: The Top Elites Of The Magical World Do Battle!!]
[Insert text: ...After all these years, these two "justices" are about to collide!!!]

4
Fate: Not particularly. / I have not changed in the slightest. // I am merely here to fulfil my mission.
Rakan: Is that right? / ...And is this the same mission as ever? Destroying the world? // Give it up already, why don't you? / Even a doll can't go on doing what his long-gone boss wanted forever.
Fate: ...No, I am quite aware of the morality and the significance of my own actions. / Even if I am, as you say... a doll. // It is the method we pursue... / ...that will save the souls of the weakest ones... those who have not been blessed by God. ...There can be no doubt of that. / We are, after all, the successors to his will.
Rakan: Hmm... // It's always tough dealing with the real believers. // I guess I've just gotta fight you, huh?
Fate: So it would seem.
Rakan: You sure about this, though?

5
Rakan: You're a top-class fighter, that's for sure. But still... I don't know... // I'd say you're about to lose, you know?
Fate: ......
Girls: Fate-sama~~~~~~~! // Leave this to us!!! // There is no need for you to waste your time... / ...dealing with this musclebrained gorilla!

6
Fate: "Musclebrained gorilla"...?
Koyomi: It means he's an idiot!! // There's just no point at all talking to an idiot like that! He doesn't think! / His words will be a stain on your ears!
Fate: [aside]Oh...?[/aside]
Koyomi: His name is a stain on your lips!
Fate: [aside]...Really?[/aside]
Koyomi: Please, leave this battle to us!
Fate: [aside]But...[/aside]
Rakan: Pretty popular with your subordinates, aren't ya? Well, not that I mind! // If fighting's what I gotta do, I'd much rather do it... / ...with some cute girlies!♪
Koyomi: Ngh... Making fools of us again! Well, we're serious this time, too! / Even you cannot face all four of us if we go all out! // Hora... // Mgahh?!
Homura: ?!
Rakan: Hi-Ougi: Muon Mekuri & Nugashi-Jutsu!!!
[TN: Secret Ultimate Technique: Silent Flipping & Stripping]

7
Shirabe: Wha...
Homura: Wh - Why, you...
Rakan: RAAAAAAAKAAAAAAANNNNNN... // Soyokaze~~~♪ // BAKUFUUKEN!!!
[TN: "Rakan Gentle Breeze Tempest Fist"]
Koyomi: ?!!
Tamaki: [aside]which is it?[/aside]

8
Koyomi: Noooooo!
Tamaki: Ahh...
Homura: Ah...!
Shirabe: Ah...
Rakan: Creating a tempest whirling at speeds of a hundred kilometres per hour around the target, whilst the target herself feels nothing but the soft touch of a gentle breeze! Truly the ultimate wind technique for granting the dreams of men!!
Girls: Aaahhhhhh! // Nooooo!
Rakan: Wahahahahah! How d'you like that?! / I can see it! I can see it all~~! // Ngahahahah!
Koyomi: Ngh... // (That pervert...!) // Hora...
Rakan: Soyokaze Reppuuken!!
[TN: "Gentle Breeze Gale Fist"]
Koyomi: Mngaahh!
Fate: ...Can you not use your Artifact, Koyomi-kun?
Koyomi: Fate-samaaaa~!

9
Collet: Wo~~w!♪ / Hahaha... we seem pretty out of place here, huh~?

10
Emily: Can we try not to hang about like visiting tourists from some backwards rural village? // A ball such as this is nothing to get so worked up about! // Besides, I would ask you not to forget why it is that we have been permitted to take part in this ball as students rather than guards... // We must be proper about this...!
vonKatze: Oh, we know! It's because Yue here turned out to be friends with the son of the one and only Nagi-sama~!
duChat: You're amazing, Yue~~~!
Collet: ...
vonKatze: Uh-huh, uh-huh! And I heard you're from the old world as well, right? / What's it like there? I'd love to know~! / [aside]we learn about it in lessons, but there's hardly any pictures or anything...[/aside]
duChat: Are "mobile phones" even more awesome than telepathy?
Beatrix: I thought I told you, Yue doesn't have any memory of...
Collet: That's right... tonight, you're going to be meeting your friends... // ...and then we might have to say goodbye, huh...
Yue: Ah...

11
Collet: I'm so glad for you, Yue... / [aside]I mean, this was all my fault in the first place... I'm just happy it turned out okay...[/aside]
Yue: C - Collet... // B - But... / I mean, it certainly is nice that I'll be able to go back... / ...but I don't know if I'm ready yet... // I don't even have my memories back right now... and there's no guarantee we can even make it back... / It just seems too sudden to say goodbye to all of you like this...! // A - And it's a terrible crime to abandon one's unit during a mission, as well...
Emily: I daresay the President will recognise your proper withdrawal from the unit.
Yue: Class Rep...
Emily: Hmph... Frankly, it will be a weight off my back not having to deal with a burden to the team such as yourself. // Go, and be done with it.
Collet: C - Class Rep, you don't have to be like that...!
Yue: ......
Beatrix: Ojou-sama...? Surely you were telling me earlier about how you were glad to have found a worthy rival to compete with... I was under the impression you were rather fond of her...
Emily: Bea?!! I thought I told you never to mention that to anyone - !
Collet/Yue: ...

12
Emily: All right... I admit it will be a great loss to Ariadne if you are to leave us now. // Who, might I ask, do you think is paying for your education and your living costs? Your scholarship funds are provided on the assumption that you will one day serve as a member of the Knights! / As such, if you do not wish to be branded a scholarship thief, I suggest you make sure to come back to Ariadne one day... // ...and pay the debts that you... // Hm?
duChat: ...
vonKatze: Mmph...
Emily: You find something amusing?!!
Yue: Class Rep...
Collet: Uh-huh! She's right, of course! It's not like we're saying goodbye forever! / You'll be back someday, right, Yue~?
Yue: Yes... Yes, I will.
People: [aside]it's Nagi~! // Nagi-sama is here~![/aside]
Emily/Collet: WHERE?!
vonKatze: ...You two just forgot Yue existed, didn't you.

13
Kotarou: [aside]ugh...[/aside]
People: [aside]Kojirou-kun! // Kojirou-sama! // Nagi-sama! // Nagi-sama! // Nagi-sama! // Nagi-sama~~!♡
Emily: Aahhh... Nagi-sama just winked at me...?!
Collet: Wha - it was at me!!
Yue: ...

14
Tamaki: Tamaki Artifact... // Encompandentia Infinita.
Rakan: Oopsie-daisy! // This thing again, huh... // Works in my favour to be honest; now I don't have to worry about damaging the surroundings...
Tamaki: We will give you no opportunity to destroy the barrier as you did before. / And no aid will come for you... Prepare yourself.

15
Koyomi: Change Beast!!
Homura: Change Fire-Spirit!!
Rakan: I see... getting serious, are we? / So those Artifacts aren't all you've got. // Hngh... // ...ngahhh!

16
Rakan: (Crap, what's this? // ...Sound?!)
Shirabe: Our Artifacts, too, should not be forgotten. // Fidicula Lunatica. // Kyrie!! // Homura... the dust explosion!
Homura: I know!

17
Homura: Fool... you underestimated us!! // Koyomi... finish him!!
Koyomi: Yeah! // Hora...
[TN: Is she ever going to get to use that Artifact? XD]
Koyomi: Ngah?!

18
Koyomi: L - L - L - Let us goooooo!
Rakan: Ahahahah...
Homura: (Impossible... he's unharmed?! // Wh... What's more... // He's holding my flame-converted form with his bare hands...?! // Ahh... Come to think of it, during the match... // ...he was trading punches with that Negi when he was transformed into lightning...)
Rakan: Anyway, girlies... / [aside]I've been wondering for a while...[/aside] // You're certainly pretty tough fighters, all of you... / ...but you're still just ordinary girls as far as I can see. // The hell're you doing working for this idiot anyway?
Homura: ...!!
[Insert text: These girls hold the key to Fate's secrets?!!]