Mahou Sensei Negima! 223

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[insert text: I will never give Asuna-san to you! Negi's wrath can no longer be stopped!!]
Negi: My answer is no! // ...Fate.
Fate: So you refuse to hand over the Princess. // That's what I thought you would say.
[Period 223: Negi's Party VS Fate's Party]

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Mahou Sensei Negima!
[insert text: All the power lies right here!!]

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Setsuna: ("Princess"...)
Chisame: (Who does he mean?)
Asuna: Uhh... // The table...
Negi: Then why did you bother to show yourself?
Fate: I'm not done talking yet. / Sit down, Negi-kun.

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Haruna: Hey there, Chiu-chi~!
Nodoka: Chisame-san!!
Chisame: Ahh, there you are, Miyazaki, Saotome! // That was fast!
Nodoka: Well, we just happened to be nearby...
Chisame: I see... / [aside]ugh, those disguises...[/aside]
Haruna: So? What's the deal? HE'S here, right?
Chisame: Yeah, he is. The white-haired boy, Fate. The kid presumably leading our enemies.
Nodoka: Are Negi-sensei and the others all right, Chisame-san?!
Chisame: They're all right for the moment. He wanted to negotiate peacefully or something, so they're just talking right now. // But he's so damn untrustworthy, you can smell the stink of it... // Hell, he's basically got all the tourists in the area as his hostages right now. / [aside]There's no way we should accept any offer from him.[/aside]
Haruna: So basically, we're in nasty little fix. But this could also be an incredible chance...

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Haruna: All right! It's time to put what we discussed yesterday into action!! Nodoka!!!
Chisame: What?! // You don't mean...?! // Not a chance!!! He's the enemy leader! It's far too dangerous!!
Nodoka: Um, we know it's dangerous, Chisame-san... // But if were to actually pull this off on their leader of all people...
Chisame: Fools!!! / We're basically dealing with terrorists here! // And not just any terrorists, either!! / [aside]this is basically equivalent to a group with a nuclear warhead![/aside] / If anything goes wrong in the slightest, you'll be killed! You mustn't do it!!
Nodoka: Don't worry... I can do it! / I've experienced real battle any number of times by now. I'm not like I was back before summer vacation... I'm prepared for this!
Chisame: No, you don't get it at all, Miyazaki! That's exactly what that kid's most afraid of... oh, just... look, if you die, that's it! // This is reality, not some kind of game!!
Haruna: Whoa, is Chiu-chi finally actually acknowledging this as reality?
Chisame: At any rate, we should at least wait for Kotarou to get here...
Shirabe: So very sorry to interrupt your little conversation...

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Shirabe: But would you like to taste... // ...a little sample of this "reality"?
Chisame/Nodoka/Haruna: ?!
Chisame: !! // (An enemy... with a card?!)
Shirabe: Adeat.

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Enemy: Fidicula Lunatica. // My name... / ...is Shirabe.
Chisame: Ngh... // (A battle, out of nowhere?!!)
Haruna: Imperium Graphices!!
Chisame: Sceptrum Virtuale!!
Nodoka: Diarium Ejus!

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Fate: Now then... Negi-kun. // To abandon an insignificant individual to save many... / A person unable to make that decision is unfit to be a leader. // If you try to save everything, you will merely end up losing everything.
Negi: Asu... She isn't an "insignificant individual"!!
Fate: Dear me... Your words are those of a naïve, coddled little boy.
Negi: Frankly, I can't stand the way you're talking or the things you're saying!
Fate: ...Very well. / I have a "Plan B" prepared... a compromise, for just this eventuality.
Negi: ...?! A "Plan B"...?

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Fate: I shall give up on the Princess. // All that I ask is that you ignore us; that you do not interfere with our activities. / That will be sufficient. / Do that, and I will grant all of you safe passage back to Mahora Academy.
Negi: ?!!
Asuna: Wha...?!
Setsuna: What did you say?!
Asuna: What are you talking about?! Are you saying you never even cared about us in the first place?!
Fate: That's exactly what I'm saying, Kagurazaka Asuna. // But since you seem to be a little slow, I shall make myself even clearer.
Asuna: Wha...?!
Fate: Negi-kun. // As you say, from a certain perspective, our ultimate goal...
Negi: (Ridiculous... What's going on here...?!)

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Fate: ...is to bring about the destruction of this world. // However, we have our reasons for what we attempt... / ...and it is sufficient for our purposes if you, who know nothing of these matters, simply stay out of this altogether.
Negi: ...So basically you're telling me to make a choice... // ...between this world and my own friends?
Fate: Exactly.
Negi: ...! // (I can bring everyone back home safely... // ...just as long as I abandon this world...? // That's... just...!!)
Setsuna: (These are incredible conditions!!! // Negi-sensei...!!)

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Setsuna: (You should accept his offer, for the moment at least! // There's no guarantee that he will keep his side of the bargain... // ...but if you simply agree to his conditions right now, we can put an end to this terrible hostage situation! // Sensei... // You don't have to mean it... just say you accept!! // You just have to buy us some time, so that we can seek help from Racan-san, and the military... // No, wait! That can't be right! // It can't possibly be that easy... // There's no reason for this boy to come out into the open like this just to offer us a set of conditions as flimsy as these! // But what if he has some kind of magical tool or Artifact with the power to absolutely enforce a "verbal commitment"? // In that case, we'd have to give an honest answer... // No, but somehow I get the feeling that these conditions are designed purely to drive Negi-sensei into a corner... // Either way, I can feel some kind of strange connection between him and Negi-sensei coming through in his actions...!! // Negi-se...
Fate: There is no reason for you to hesitate, Negi-kun.

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Fate: After all, this world... / ...bears no significance whatsoever to any of them. // True, it may bear some significance to you yourself, your father having been this world's hero... // But when it comes to your students, living an ordinary middle-school life in Eastern Japan, back in the real world... / ...wouldn't you say... // ...this world is little more than an "illusion" to all of them?
Negi: ...!!
Fate: What difficulty can there be in choosing between a mere "illusion" and the lives of your friends?
Negi: ... // I...

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Konoka: Whaaa?! // The leader of the bad guys is confronting Negi and the others?! // This is baaad~!
Racan: I see... Averruncus...
Chamo: You got it! // So come on, old guy, you've gotta help us out...
Racan: Ah, hell no. // I told ya, didn't I? I only fight for myself.
Chamo: [aside]whaaaat?! / Old guy...![/aside]
Racan: Well, it'd be a different story if you gave me five million or so...
Konoha: Racan-han...!
Racan: Hmm? Ojou-chan?

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Konoka: STUPID RACAN-HAN~~~! YOU JERK~~~!!
Racan: [aside]whaaaa?![/aside]
Konoka: Your friend's kids are in danger! How can you just stand there and do nothing?! / Even though you're super strong...! // And if that "Fate" kid is a survivor from those enemies of yours... / ...then surely this IS your ass that you should be wiping~~!! // It's not cool to act all tough and make Negi wipe your ass for you, you know~~~! / You gotta wipe your own ass~~~~~~!
Racan: [aside]wahahahahah![/aside] // I don't care how uncool I am, so nya~~~~h!
Chamo: [aside]ahhhh... a girl of her age shouting at the top of her voice about asses...[/aside]
Racan: Fine, fine... maybe I'll help out just a little, ojou-chan.
Konoka: Ahh...!

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Racan: I guess I can just send your daddy the bill. / [aside]five million should do it...[/aside] // [aside]that guy'll just pay, no questions asked...[/aside]
Konoka: whaaaaaaa?!
Racan: So... which way are we headed, Chamomile?
Chamomile: All right! Thanks so much for your help! They're on the other side of town... // ...Huh?! // Who are they?!
Koyomi: I... // ...I'm Koyomi...
Tamaki: Tamaki...
Koyomi: You must be Racan-dono. // The fact is, there is something we simply must discuss with you...

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Racan: Oh, ye~~~~~ah!♡
Koyomi: WHAAAAA?!
Chamo: Lifting their skirts right off the bat... / What are you, a kid?!
Racan: [aside]Hahahah![/aside] // Wheeeeew... Hahah. You on the left, with the cat-ears. // Is black really your colour, hm?
Koyomi: Wha - ?!
Racan: And horn-girl, on the right... // Y'know, you might want to try putting on some underwear...
Chamo: WHAAAAAAAT?!
Konoka: [aside]panty-less hygiene?[/aside]
Racan: [aside]ungh...[/aside]
Chamo: Y'know, kid, I think we might get along just - // Mngh!
Konoka: [aside]Chamo-ku~n...![/aside]
[sFX: flo~~~p]
Koyomi: I'd heard that Racan knows no boundaries, but still...
Racan: By the way, since these don't suit you, I took the liberty of removing them. // [aside]Stealth Undressing Jutsu!![/aside]
Chamo: NO WAY?!
Koyomi: AAAAAGHH?! / [aside]when did you...?![/aside] // W - W - W - We wanted to solve this with peaceful negotiation and with money, but a - after th - this...! // [aside]ahhh, this feels weird...![/aside] // W - W - We'll bring you to tears for this!!

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Koyomi: Adeat!!
Racan: Here to hold me off, huh? Heheh... I like that. // If I'm gonna fight either way, a couple of cute girls like you... // ...are just what I need!! // HO HEROS META CHILION PROSOPON!!
[TN: "The Hero With A Thousand Faces". And Akamatsu, STOP USING GREEK. GREEK ANNOYS ME. STICK TO LATIN. >_<]
Chamo: [aside]a pantyless duo...![/aside]
Konoka: [aside]why do I kinda feel like we're the bad guys here...?[/aside]
[insert text: An all-out confrontation?!!]