My first fanfic ive written about NanoFate which i hope will be the first of many. I'll link it to FanFiction.net since it a 10 page 1st chapter.
CHAPTER 1
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6329409/1/Re_encounter
"This is Lightning One, can anyone hear me?"a young looking girl with blonde hair and scarlet red eyes yelled onto her mic trying to reach her comrades on the battlefield. "Is anyone out there?" she looked around the crumbling city street, desperately hoping to see someone coming to her aid. Only hazy static came from her magical wireless communication device as she continued trying to reach for any survivors for help. Her twin blonde pony tails flying in the wind flapping wildly as shock waves of air blew past her raining rock debris all over her white cape and navy blue barrier jacket.
"Captain, we can't hold out here much longer!" a man wearing a green and blue robe with a metal chest plate, from the ground mage division, grabbed the girl by the shoulder yanking her behind a barricade of dug up pavement. An explosion from an artillery shell tore the street up in front of the barricade making the two of them crouch lower as debris got hurled over them and the ground shook trying to knock down the line of defense mages.
"We must hold out!" she yelled over the sound of red magical bullets, being fired by combat cyborgs and gadget drones taking refuge the building from across the street, whizzing past over her head. "The lives of thousands of Mid-Childians depend on us to hold them here until they finish evacuating into the ships!"
"This is suicide!" he screamed at her in terror his eyes danced wildly in his eye sockets. "We can't hold out against all these combat cyborgs and gadget drones!" An explosion from an artillery shell tore up a chunk of the makeshift barricade. The screams of the mages, holding the defense line, being torn up by enemy fire and shrapnel emphasized his point for a retreat.
She gritted her teeth looking around at the men and woman crouching behind their torn up makeshift barrier. The defenders firing magic shots futilely into the never-ending ranks of gadget drones shielding the combat cyborgs with an Anti-Magic Field canceling out every magical shot making them fizzle out harmlessly. Hanging her head she resigned to the hopelessly situation knowing that she needed to get her men and woman out safely to their own evacuation ships. "This is Fate Testarossa, all remaining forces ...retreat," she spoke the last words bitterly.
Two weeks earlier
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"Vivio!" Nanoha waved and called to a small girl, with shoulder length blonde hair and pretty green and red eyes, that was waving to her friends from school.
"Nanoha-mama!" Vivio ran up to a young woman with brunette hair tied into a side ponytail and jumped into her open arms.
Catching Vivio in her arms and hugging her tightly she asked, "How was your first day back at school?"
Lifting her daughter into her arms and carried her to the a yellow sedan.
"It was great!" she fidgeted with her mother's long silky brunette hair. "We didn't do much today but guess what? I'm in the same class with my friends Einhart, Lio and Corona again!"
"Isn't that nice," Nanoha smiled to her daughter as they drove home. "Well make sure to work hard and be nice to your friends again this year," she teased her daughter.
"Mou, mama you know I always do!" Vivio laughed off her mother's teasing as they pulled into the driveway of their home.
"Welcome home Vivio, Nanoha," Fate poked her head out of the kitchen greeting them.
"Fate-mama your home from work!"Vivio ran up to her and hugged Fate's waist from behind.
"Yup, I got a week off from work," she handed Vivio a small plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of warm caramel milk. Walking out of the kitchen she gave Nanoha a hug along with a quick peck on the cheek. "Since you have a week off school, where do you want to go for the week?" she sat down with her daughter at the table.
Vivio nibbled at her cookies thinking. "Um mm mmmm, Nanoha-mama is there anything special this week at grandma and grandpa's world?"
"Lets see, Nanoha called up her Magical Communication Device with her hand and flipped the screen though the Earth dates. "Mhmmn, how about this?" she turned the monitor of her MCD to Vivio. It's still summer vacation in Japan for another week and we can visit some friends that are off on vacation."
Fate coughed trying to hide her giggle. "Nan-cough-Nanoha!"
Nanoha looked at the blonde with a raised eyebrow suddenly remembering the summers they had spent together as teens. "Mou! Fate-chan that was so many years ago!" she sighed while looking at her lover's smug expression. "Don't bring that up in front of Vivio!"
"I'm sorry Nanoha," she hid her mouth in her sleeve. "I couldn't resist.".
The green and red eyes looked back and forth between the two mamas confused at their inside joke. "Mama, will mama's work friends come with us?" she asked the two of them.
"Mhmmn, I don't think so,Nanoha hugged Fate from behind stroking her hair thinking. "Teana and Subaru are busy taking their mage rank test, Caro and Eilo are off world right now too. Hayate well she has some urgent work. So yes it will just be family this time Vivio." Nanoha looked to Fate to see if she had anything to add.
Fate sighed longingly as she remembered the time they had together back then. "Ah, Nanoha you were so cute back then." She stared at the ceiling blankly and her mouth watering.
"Fate-chan!" Nanoha yelled at Fate making her snap out of her daydream.
"Oh, erhm sorry," The blonde's face flushed pink as she wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She winked at her lover and went upstairs. "I'll umm...start packing our things."
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"A trip back to Earth mhmmn Nanoha?" Fate got into the bathtub with Nanoha. "What is the occasion?" She splashes some water at Nanoha face.
"Fate sometimes your intuition can be scary, being able to guess these things," Nanoha sighed sinking deeper into the tub. "Well the TSAB (Time and Space Administration Bureau) is going on an expedition mission to some far away sector of space they think some planets with advance civilizations or Lost Logia can be found. They want me to be a part of this so called expedition."
Fate looked at her puzzled. "Well it can't be that long of a mission right?"
"Nyaahaha, it's going to take 3 months to get there"
"What!" Fate stood up in the bath splashing Nanoha all over with water."
"Yes, three darn months on one of those cramped state of the art navy ships".
"But but who is going to take care of Vivio!"
"Hayate says that she will do it...as much as she can, and our friend will pitch in whenever they can too. "Sorry," Nanoha sank lower into the water seeing the shock on Fate's face.
"It's not your fault," Fate lowering herself back down into the the water moving closer and slides herself beside Nanoha. "Just make sure you come home to us safe and sound," She hugs Nanoha around the waist putting Nanoha's head under her nose. "I'll do a little digging around to see this so called expedition mission of theirs."
"Mouu! I don't want to get you in trouble Fate-chan," Nanoha looked up at her lovers beautiful ruby eyes.
"Mamas where are you?" Vivio called from outside the bathroom.
"Eh hehe looks like we soaked for too long," Fate pecked Nanoha on the nose and got up grabbing at towel drying herself. "We are all packed and ready to go for the week, lets enjoy it as much as we can," she smiled at Nanoha gently. "Well, my princess shall we?" She offered her hand to Nanoha, pulling her up from the tub wrapping another towel around her helping her dry off.
"I love you Fate-chan." Nanoha hugged Fate pressing her body on Fate's.
"I love you too Nanoha." Fate pet Nanoha? head, kissing her forehead.
"Mama!" Vivio's cry startled the two of them, making them slowly pull apart from their embrace".
"Coming Vivio, wait a minute ok? Mama is getting dressed." Nanoha called back to Vivio. Slipping on a nightdress as she exited the steamy bathroom, walking up to Vivio picking her daughter in her arms. "I'm here," she stroke her daughter's hair pretty blonde hair. "Lets go to bed we have a big day tomorrow."
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"All ready to go Nanoha." Fate stepped into the off world teleporter beside Nanoha dropping their suitcases beside them. "Are you ready Vivio?" she looked down at Vivio clutching her little white bunny plushie.
"Mhmm!" Vivio nodded her head up and took Fate and Nanoha's hands while putting her plushie into the hood of a cute blue hoodie with cat ears sticking up from the hood.
"Alright Jesshera, we are ready for transport." She looked over to a girl in her mid-teens.
"Yes, Captain. Commencing transport," Jesshera turned to the console, her fingers dancing over the translucent keyboard. Her key strokes sounded like a machine gun as she tapped in the transport commands. Looking down on the monitor, double checking her work, her mid-length chestnut hair falling over her face. Brushing it back behind he ear, she turned back to the occupants in the teleporter. "All systems go, have a nice trip Agent Testarossa, Captain Takamachi, little Vivio," she gave them a casual salute and activated the transporter making them disappear in a shower of blue sparks.
A shower of blue sparks rained down on the hardwood floor inside a quite living room inside a house. A small thud echoed in the dark room as three figures materialized into the house. A small click came from the corner of the room near the door way, lite the room up.
"Nanoha?" a sleepy voiced yawned from the doorway. "Is that you?"
"Yes, it's me mom," Nanoha called to the woman standing at the doorway.
"I wasn't expecting you to come this early, it's still dark outside," Momoko (Nanoha's mother) sat down at the dining room table.
"Ummm, you're forgetting the time difference between our worlds mom." Nanoha corrected.
"Oh right, well Nanoha, Fate and Vivio your room is ready just leave the stuff down here and we?l sort it out tomorrow,she yawned and started back up stairs.
"Umm, mom...thanks for having us over," Fate thanked her politely and gave a small bow.
"You're always welcome in our house any day Fate," Momoko waved a little and walked up the stairs back to her room.
Nanoha and Fate muffled a giggle and crept upstairs to their room with Vivio in tow. The sun rising up above the roofs of the neighboring houses casting long shadows on the walls as the girls unpacked their stuff in Nanoha's old room with Vivio peacefully snoozing on the bed.
"I sure missed this place," Nanoha sighed as she when over the contents of her old room. Picking up a wood picture frame, with a picture of five young smiling girls in a white school uniforms, off her desk, she sighed touching her finger on each of pictures of the girls. "We were so small back then, Alisa, Suzuka, how long as it been since I saw you two in person,she mumbled to herself.
"Well, I the purpose of this trip is to visit our friends before you long mission," Fate popped up behind Nanoha hugging her waist. "I'm sure Alisa will be too happy to see you."
"Happy..eh hehe..your making fun of me again," Nanoha chuckled nervously. "She is going to kill me for not seeing her enough over the last few years."
"Well, lets make today a start," Fate countered. "I'm sure we can go over to Alisa's mansion and have a play date like we use to in middle school. "Vivio will get a blast playing in that zoo of dog and cats."
"Mou! Fate-chan" Nanoha paused to think. "Fine we will go but YOU will have to protect me," she stops packing for a moment and turns around bumping into Fate, putting on a puppy face, her finger poking at Fate's nose.
"You know I will always protect you, now and forever, now will you quit making that face before I do something that will wake everyone up!" Fate backs away holding her hands behind her back. "Erhm." Her cheeks blushed as red as her eyes which were looking down to the ground nervously. "Mmmm well,she looked outside trying to distract herself. "The the sun is up, we've been talking though out the morning, lets go down and eat." She hurried downstairs closing the door a little too hard.
Nanoha looked at the closed door with a blank expression then fell back on to the bed laughing. "Fate-chan you silly pervert." She woke and raced down after Fate leaving Vivio to snooze a little while longer. "So what's for breakfast honey?" Nanoha slid beside Fate in the kitchen.
"I think we will go with something simple, bacon and scrambled eggs sound good?" Fate took out a package of bacon from the freezer.
"Sounds fine to me,she raided the fridge of eggs, taking them over to the counter and cracking them into a bowl. "Scrambled eggs huh" a smile came to her lips. "Scramble FULL POWER!" her arms were a blur as she beat the eggs into a gooey oblivion.
"Oh Nanoha," Fate face palmed, laughing at Nanoha. "When will you ever grow up?"
"NEVER!" Nanoha pointed her fork at Fate and ran up close to her. "You like me this way," she winked at her poking Fate's cheek with the egg covered fork.
"Aren't we lively this morning." Momoko entered the kitchen area to see the two girls flirting with each other. "Don't bottle it up too much, I bet your friends back on Midchilda can't hear you two yet," she teased them.
"Oh hehe sorry mom," Nanoha broke away from Fate and started the frying pan to fry the eggs. "Fate-chan I'll finish up cooking, can you get Vivio?"
"Sure thing hon." Fate went upstairs and came down moments later giving Vivio a piggyback ride.
"Mama, Grand-mama, Good Morning!" Vivio waved to Nanoha and Momoko while riding on Fate's back.
"Good Morning Vivio!" Nanoha and Momoko called back, the smell of Nanoha's cooking filled the entire room. "Have a nice nap?"
"Mhmm!" she nodded her head and sat down at the table.
"Well today we are going to meet some friends from our days at school Vivio," Nanoha loaded her daughter's plate with food. "So make sure to eat well."
"OK Mama!" Vivio spooned her food quickly and gulped down her glass of caramel milk. "All done!"
"Gheez, Vivio you got bits of egg all over your face," Fate wiped it off Vivio's face with a small white towel. "There all clean, now wash up and we will get going."
"So you're going to see Alisa and Suzuka today right?" Momoko asked the two girls behind her mug of coffee.
"Yes," Nanoha shuddered a little, making Fate give a small giggle.
"Well I'm sure she will be happy, she has been calling me to ask you when you can come back to Earth." Momoko smiled and kept sipping away at her coffee.
"Happy...umm sure." she quietly replied and gave a pleading look at Fate.
"Mama, I'm ready!" Vivio came back a few minute later wearing in a cute frilly yellow dress with a brown ribbon around the waist. "Lets go!" she took Nanoha's hand and dragged her to the door.
"We will see you later," Fate waved back and closed the door behind them. "Well, lets go Nanoha." she egged Nanoha forward as they walked to Alisa's mansion.
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"We are finally there," Nanoha stood at the gate of a mansion and pressed the doorbell and quickly ran behind Fate. The gates opened with a loud eerie creaking and squeaks. "This is going to be bad!" she whispered behind Fate's ear shiver.
"Nanoha, Miss Ace of Aces, we are here on a mission." Fate scolded Nanoha playfully. "This mission requires a certain amount of diplomacy, which I'm sure you have done before." she continued smirking looking at her shocked lover's face. "Now in you go," she pushed Nanoha past the gates.
"Well I'm sure she is the Ace of Aces," a young woman with flowing blonde hair and green sparkly eye in a pink sleeveless shirt and black knee lengthened skirt walked out from behind a bush. "This little Ace is in a small spot trouble!" Alisa put her hands on her hips.
"Oh no," Nanoha hid behind Fate's shoulder.
"So why did it take you soooo long to come and see your best friends from school?" Alisa pouted leaning closer to Nanoha, their noses almost touching.
Nanoha sank lower behind Fate's shoulder. "Mage training?"
"You do that for every day you're not on Earth."
"Mad Scientist Terrorist and evil combat cyborgs?"
"You also get those everyday!"
"I have a daughter?"
"NO!"
"Forgive me?"
"Only, if you give me a hug." Alisa looked away trying to keep on her mad face.
Nanoha took a small step out from behind and taking baby steps step towards Alisa.
"Mmmmm." Alisa grumbled impatiently and flung out her arms grabbing Nanoha and hugging her tightly.
"Ow ow ow, Alisa your killing me!" Nanoha struggled to get out of her tight grip.
"No, this is your punishment for not visiting me for so long," Alisa loosened her grip.
"Now now Alisa don't go killing our friends now," Suzuki appeared behind with her long purple hair in a white hair band holding it back, the wind making her white dress flap in the wind. "It's so nice to see you Nanoha." She pet a small black kitten in her arms while smiling brightly to Nanoha.
"Kitty!" Vivio's voice rang out in the middle making them all stop and laugh. "Here kitty kitty!" Vivio ran up to Suzuki jumping up trying to get a closer looking at the cat.
"My you have a lively daughter Nanoha," she let the kitten go into Vivio's anxiously waiting arms.
"She is still learning," Nanoha walked over and gently pulled on one of Vivio's pigtails. "Vivio remember your manners."
"Sorry mama" she hugged the kitten tighter and bowed slightly at Alisa and Suzuki. "Good Morning!"
"Vivio, mamas are now going to talk with their friends," Fate knelt down patting Vivio on the head. "You can go around back of the mansion and play with all the little animals but don't go into the woods."
"YAY!" Vivio ran off to the back. "COME HERE DOGGY!" her happy cries rang out from behind the house.
"Well Vivio sure is having fun," Alisa giggled and dragged Nanoha by the shoulder. "Lets go to the back and have some tea and some fun of our own," she called over one of her servants and asked her to bring over a tray of tea and snacks.
"Fun of our own? Nanoha mumbled to herself. "Sounds painful."
The four girls walked to the back and sat down at their old tea time table from when they were in elementary school. An old man with white hair and short beard wearing a suit soon came over with a cart line with silver plates and a white porcelain tea set with enough tea and snacks to sink a ship.
"Whaaa, this looks delicious!" Nanoha tried to pull away from Alisa's arm lock.
"NO, bad girl!" Alisa pulled her back and grabbed a chocolate chip cookie putting it in front of Nanoha mouth. "Say ahhh."
"Alisa, noo!" Nanoha sealed her lips turning away as Alisa kept poking the cooking in her lips. "Fate help me!" she pleaded to her. "You don't want others doing this to me do you?"
Fate gave Nanoha a small twitch of the lips. "Alisa you have my permission to tease Nanoha all you like," turning her head to face Nanoha. "I can do that to you any day I like. So I can live with it, and so can you." Fate gave Nanoha a peck on the cheek and a pat on the head and turn away to chat with Suzuki.
"Fate-chan you're evil!" Nanoha shouted and was pulled back by Alisa shoving a cookie in her mouth.
"Ah, that was fun." Fate slung Nanoha's arm over her shoulder. "We'll try to come again before we go back to Midchildia," she waved goodbye to Alisa and Suzuki. "Sooo, Nanoha how are you holding up?"
"Fate you are evil," Nanoha mumbled quietly as she slumps over Fate's shoulder like she was drunk.
"It wasn't that bad," Fate pats Nanoha on the back.
"…"
"Nanoha?" Fate looks beside her to see Nanoha snoozing away. "Awww, well lets hurry home." Fate lifts Nanoha up on to her back. "It is so nice having Nanoha here like this," she thought to herself. "If only these days will last longer," she sighed a little, carrying Nanoha back to her parent's house.-
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Blue spark danced down the teleporter as three girl materialized on the pad. "Welcome back Agent Fate, Captain Takamachi and Vivio its nighttime now on Midchilda so please be careful making your way back to base," Jesshera welcome the three of them back giving them another causal salute.
"Thanks," Nanoha wave to her, in better spirit since the first day of their holiday which she has come to call "The Alisa Incident."
Stepping out of the teleporter room the three girls headed back to the Section 6 living quarters while being welcomed back by their fellow mages.
"Well that was a fun week!" Nanoha opened up her suit case and flipped it upside down dumping all of their used cloths on the floor. "Beside being tortured by you and Alisa it was a nice vacation!" She flopped herself back first on to the bed and rolled around messing up the sheets.
"Yes, I wouldn't mind going back there again." Fate sat beside Nanoha holding her hand.
"Oh hush" Nanoha pulled away putting her arm over her eyes.
"Well, feel free to lay back. I have a week of cloths and stuff to sort out." Fate go up and sighed at the mess on the floor. "Vivio, can you go to go to bed yourself?" she called out into Vivio's room.
"Yes, Fate-mama," Vivio replied in a sleepy yawn, followed by a rustle of sheets. "Goodnight mamas."
"Goodnight Vivio," the two tried mamas sang back to their daughter in unison.
"Pull me up and I'll help you clean." Nanoha put her hand up in the air at Fate.
"Gheez Nanoha your more of a baby than Vivio," Fate grabbed her hand and yanked her up, not expecting Nanoha to come face first at her giving her a surprise kiss. "Mhrfmm! Na-Nano-ha!"
Pulling away and twirling away from Fate on to the messy living room, Nanoha licked her lips and stuck out her tongue at Fate who was flushed red. "Bleeeeeh, now lets clean up."
"Oh, never mind I'll take care of it, tomorrow you've got a long road trip starting tomorrow." Fate reached out pulling Nanoha playfully back beside her.
"But, but," Nanoha protested half heartedly.
"No buts, I'll take care of it," the blondie swept Nanoha off her feet and placed her in bed. "Its bed time," she took her finger and placed it over Nanoha's lips.
"Fine," she stripped off her clothes and tossed them into the mess. Nanoha spread herself all over the bed hiding her bare body under the sheets.
"Nanoha" Fate shook her head. "How am I suppose to get in?"
"Use your imagination," Nanoha smirked flashing her bare body from under the covers.
"You," Fate dived under the covers. "are going to pay for that little stunt."
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"Please wake up Master, it is now 296 cycles, 6 intervals, and 7 fractions." Raging Heart's alarm clock rang to wake her master up. "The expedition party leaves in 2 intervals and 3 fractions."
"Ugh, I hate early mornings." Nanoha covered her eyes with her arm keeping the beams of sun light shining though the blinds out of her eyes. "Fate-chan?" she looked over next to her to see Fate still snoozing away on her belly with Vivio sleeping on her back. Her head somehow managed to get under the pillow. "Silly bed head,shaking her head she waded though the mess of cloths from last night fixing her hair into a side tail trying to find a bite to eat in the fridge. Grabbing a bite she hurried to get dressed. "Raging Heart, record message and forward it to Baradiche please."
"Yes, my master," the little red jewel flashed and flew over and hovered in front of Nanoha recording a video. "Standby," Raging Heart paused. "Ready."
"Hi Fate-chan, umm sorry I didn't wake you but you look like you were having such a nice dream." Nanoha pointed the video recording to record Fate in her interesting sleeping position. "Vivio, Nanoha-mama will be gone for a little while, so be a good girl for Fate-mama and your friends ok?" she gave the small wave to the recording. "I'll try to be careful but you know me nyahaha, always pushing myself to the limit," she awkwardly scratched the back of her head shaking her head. "And I'll try not to worry about you two blowing up our apartment," she finished up her morning chores, walking out her apartment room while making the recording, with Raging Heart hovering with her as she walked though the quiet Mobile Section 6 hallways. Nanoha's footsteps echoed though the empty hallways, walking out though the front a bus idled waited for her.
"Captain Takamachi, nice to have you on board," a young man with light brown hair stood at the doors. I'll be your Captain for this merry three month trip on board my ship the Scarlet Swan."
"Wonderful, just wonderful, Captain?"she raised an eyebrow wondering what his name was.
"Captain Clifred of the Transdimensional Cruiser Scarlet Swan, my dear girl," he mused checking out his sexy passenger.
Nanoha shook her head and gave a small laugh almost forgetting that Raging Heart was still recording. "Well this is it," she gave a small sigh. "I'm off. I love the both of you so much; I'll miss the both of you." Taking a deep breath of cold morning air she go on the bus followed by the captain, the doors hissed closed.
"All aboard!" Clifred shouted to the amusement of fellow passengers. The bus engine revved as they drove off to the navy shipyard.
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Continued Chapter 2.
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After-Thoughts: This would be the first time I actually tried writing anything of this scale. Thanks for reading so far. I've always been fascinated by sci-fi and magic in one package and I discovered that when I watched Magical Lyrical Girls Nanoha/Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha series almost 4(?) years back.
One thing I bet all readers are probably face-palming at is the way I decided to keep time in Midchildia. "96 cycles, 6 intervals, and 7 fractions" would translate to "days of the year, hour of the day, minutes." I've always had a pet peeve when it came to timekeepers of the universe, its always based on Earth time standard 24/7. So I decided to add a new way to time keep.
I hope we meet again in Chapter 2 of Re-encounter.
FateSkyFire
Reposted as both link and spoiler thingy
I loved the family fluff scenes (clumsy Fate is funny), and it confirmed what I thought about Clifred. I'm sad Jail is dead, or not ...?
Sorry for not posting a comment for your previous chapter here, I directly revieved at ff.net at the time, since I first saw it there (I only find this evenig that you also posted it here, on nanofate.us). ^_^;
I just have a little nitpick to say, Fate's device is called Bardiche, not Baradiche.
Looking forward to the next chapter !
It's only chapter two and I can say that I already hate Clifred xD I wonder what is he planing? Everything is more mysterious now that is related to Jail. I think our pour Nanoha will end being a prisoner in her own ship, I just hope that nothing bad happens to her and that Fate comes to her rescue.
The family scenes were nice, though I think Fate should be more competent in the domestic stuffs considering how motherly she is, that she helped with Chrono's kids, and that in Vivid she cooks when in home with Nanoha and Vivio too. Though it's not like I'm complaining, the fluff is very nice, you should totally write a fic just about their family life ^^
The saying goes for fighter pilots: You can make life and death decisions going at the speed of sound but you still can't think on your feet.
thats actually a real saying..... >.>
I feel so sad for Fate and Vivio, losing a loved one suddenly is something that's really hard to accept or endure.
Although I think there's something strange with the apparent destruction of Nanoha's ship, for now, I wonder how Fate and Vivio will cope up with such a sad event. ;_;
Looking forward to the next chapter.
I wonder how Fate will react when she'll see Nanoha again, it'll be a schock for her when that'll happen.
Yeah, I want to see Nanoha and Fate when they'll meet again *-*
Anyways, great story here o/ love it!
I wana see fate's reaction XD
I'm really lazy today, so here's a copy-paste of my ff.net review :
The TSAB have their hands full with the old Belkan warriors attack.
I wonder what'll happen between Fate and Nanoha.
As for the prophecy, the Belkan warriors makes me think they're the Dragon Tooth warriors, sowed on "holy" Mid-Childa.
I think I have an idea on who's going to be the new "star", and who's going to the void again.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
I'll try to do better next time ! ^_^;
Vivio save her mothers, I'm sure Fate will be proud of her daughter when she wake up.
With Vivio's help, I'm sure Fate will make Nanoha remember all her memories.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
I seriously need to make me some time to read the latest chapters of this fic... for the comments the newest chapters seem awesome, but I'm a slow reading English, and I have yet to read a few dozen of thousands of words to be up to chapter 5 >.<
The family moments between mothers and daughter were touching, as was the little moments everyone shared with their loved ones in the chapter.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
...I love you for the update :)
Everyone performed extremely well in this very difficult battle.
I wonder how Vivio will react when she'll meet her grandmother Precia and aunt Alicia.
It's really weird, I was just thinking of this story the other day, and when I checked online, -BAM!- there it was, update and all. :) ~ <3
Jail is even more crazier than he was before, and even more despicable then ever.
I'm worried about Lindy, her last sentence to Chrono gives me some ominous feeling.
I hope Fate and Vivio will save their newly reunited family.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Since it's quite late at home, here's a copy/paste of my ff.net review:
It seems most of our heroines will have to spend some time in the hospital after that. I wonder how Hayate will win against the now enraged, mind-controlled Testarossa Sisters.
Anyway, I think everyone will deserve some good vacation after these events.
And I hope you'll be doing the continuation.
Looking forward to the next chapter.
Chapter 2
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6329409/2/
"The Scarlet Swan huh…" Nanoha mused as the bus pulled up to the naval shipyards where no less that 20 Valance Class Transdimensional Cruisers were docked. The delta wing swept bow section and a round oval command and living section were light up like a Christmas tree by tiny windows. Behind the oval section, were five oversized cylindrical engines idling, the air behind them wavy from the heat. The ships docked in the service and repair bays with hundreds of dock personnel and machines servicing them for their future missions. Each dock spanned at least two city blocks and was as tall as a skyscraper. One particular ship being stood out of the rest, with scarlet red swan wings painted on the dorsal hull of the ship. "A very fitting name for your ship, Captain."
"I'm glad you can appreciate that, Captain Takamachi." Clifred nodded his head in appreciation while looking out of the bus's tinted windows. "State of the art ship, the first of its class since production," he continued to lecture about his ship as the bus stopped in front of the personnel loading bay.
"Umm, Captain?" the bus driver rolled his eyes at Clifred's boasting and decided to interrupt him. "We have arrived at the loading bay Captain?"
"Oh umm yes," he forced a cough trying to hide his mistake. "Well everyone out and get to your bunks." he flailed out his arms waving to everyone to pile out of the buss. "In 30 fractions I want all members of the ground and air mage teams to assemble on the bridge for briefing." he continued trying to sound like an officer.
"Yes SIR." Nanoha stood up at once along with everyone else and snapped him a quick salute and marched out of the bus. "Oh great, this is going to be one hell of an interesting road trip." she thought to herself while assembling with the others mages and crew of The Scarlet Swan on the loading elevator.
"Going up!" an old man, with a long white beard and thinning called out to the last of the would be crew of the Scarlet Swan. The old man wearing yellow jumpsuit and red hard hat marking him as a dry dock technician waved to the last of the stragglers making a run for the elevator.
Nanoha looked around to see that everyone was on board safely. "Ok, lift away technician-san!" giving him a quick thumbs up.
The old man gave her a quick smile and pressed the green button and the lift jerked up slowly. "Good luck young missy!" he waved to her with both arms from the ground.
The elevator rose lifting them up high in the air giving them a good view of the entire shipyard. The mumbled of cursing by the ground mages on the elevator complaining about not being on solid ground buzzed in the elevator while the cool morning wind howled into the elevator making cloths and hair fly flap around wildly.
"Mhmmm, this is the best feeling," Nanoha closed her eyes talking deep breaths taking in the morning air, feeling the wind blow at her as if she was flying under her own power. Opening her eyes she took in the morning view, the sun rose a tiny bit higher blinding her a little, squinting she could barely make out the Section 6 dormitories in the distance on the horizon. "I wonder if Fate-chan and Vivio are awake yet?" she asked herself worrying about them as the elevator suddenly went dark as they entered the belly of the swan.
"Welcome aboard the Scarlet Swan," a woman like mechanical voice came from a small speaker mounted on a steely gray wall. The room illuminated by intense blue lights shining down from the roof, welcomed the occupants of the elevators onto the ship. "Please check the notice board on your left for your section color and room assignments."
"Lets see..." she squeezed herself though the crowd looking up her room assignment on the board. "Mhmm, officers section...B deck...room 21A...air mage section color blue white blue..." she memorized the information on the board. Squeezing herself out of the crowd she hurried out the loading bay. The doors slid open quietly with a quiet ringing of a bell. "Blue white blue...ah there is my color," she followed her section color, painted on the floor and walls, up and down identical looking hallways bustling with personnel running back and forth, climbing up and down service tube ladders. "This is so tiring," Nanoha complained as she slowly walked the hallways following her color. "This ship might look good on the outside but it's...so bland inside." she sighed walking down a hallway that looked just like the room she got her room assignment in.
"I heard that missy." Clifred popped out behind a corner with his hand on his chin. "Don't go insulting my little baby."
"C-ca-captain!" she stuttered snapping a salute. "I...didn't...see-"
"Shhh," Clifred put his finger on Nanoha's lips silencing her. "I'll forgive you this time since you're such you are new, and might I say you are quite an interesting girl." he laughed seeing the shock on Nanoha's face. "But next time I won't be so forgiving and we will have a little private talk in my quarters, understand?" He gave her a perverted look and turned away making his way to an elevator."
"MOU! WHAT IS WITH THAT GUY!" she shouted angrily, stomping her foot on the ground when he gone. Her face blushing red, she stormed off to her room in silence.
"Please state your name and verification code please." the same mechanical voice from the cargo bay spoke to her though the door of her room as Nanoha tried to enter her room.
"Captain Takamachi, Nanoha, verification code 23-8-9-10-5-4-5-22-9-12." Nanoha typed into the small blue illuminated security box mounted on the wall beside the door.
"Identity verified." the mechanical voice hummed and with a small hisses the door heavy air tight gray metal opened and slide into the wall.
"Geh...this is disappointing." Nanoha shoulders sank when she saw her room, which was literally a big steel box with a desk, a bed, and a wardrobe filled with air mage uniforms, with bright intense blue and white lights on the ceiling as lighting."
"Master, the briefing on the bridge will start in 5 fractions!" Raging Heart, blinked red, interrupted Nanoha warning her."
'Oh hell." Nanoha dropped her small duffel bag of belongs on the bed and bolted out the door for the bridge. "Bridge color code is red red blue...right?" Nanoha asked Raging Heart as she ran down the hallways dodging nimbly between people walking down the hallways.
"That is correct," the little red jewel chimed as it dangling from her neck.
Nanoha followed the color on the wall till they ended at a huge bulkhead with the word Bridge painted in red. "Does this guy have something for the color red?" she mused giggling to herself, as she entered her access code into the bridge security box. With a small toll of a bell the huge metal bulkheads hiss and slid opened letting her on the bridge where a small mass of mages were standing grouped together. Next to them where consoles with huge monitors being watched closely by the bridge crew officers. Occasionally someone typed something into the ship's computer, making the monitor flicker displaying a picture.
"Just in time," Nanoha sighed in relief seeing blue sparks rain on to the ground as others used teleporters to access the bridge."
"Tisk tisk tisk...Just in time isn't good enough for the Ace of Aces." Clifred swiveled his large fluffy red Captain's chair with his hands together in his lap. "But, lets save that for another time." he stood up and walked over to a huge tactical display board, in the middle of the bridge, that showed the route of their mission. "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure you know the objective and the importance of this mission. Though I wish we could have more ships, the commanders in their infinite wisdom have granted us only three, The Scarlet Swan, Warlock, and The Hummingbird. Each ship has 3 ground mage platoons of 15 personal each and 2 air mage wings of 5 personal each. Also we are in the presence of some precious cargo, the Ace of Aces herself." He pulled Nanoha out from the crowd and patted her on the back. "Captain Takamachi will be in charge of all you fly boys and girls so make sure to listen to her. She is the Whit-"
"Yes, yes, I will be your instructor for the duration of the mission." Nanoha shrugged off Clifred's hand and stepped forward cutting in front of him. "In 10 fractions I want all air mages on the training deck so I can see you in action.
Clifred blinked blankly as if he was slapped in the face. "Um, yes." He tried to continue lecturing. "Well you all know what's going on and what is at stake so don't disappoint me or the TSAB. Now dismissed"
"Yes, sir." Nanoha gave a sloppy salute to no one's notice. "Why am I always under the spotlight with this guy?" she grumbled to herself irritably. "The White Devil is going to put her two cents in when he gets out of line." she puffed and walked off the bridge making her way to the training deck.
"This woman..." he mused looking at her behind as she stalked away. "Things are going to get interesting for you soon my dear." he sat calmly back in his captain's chair reaching for the fleet wide communications. "This is the Captain, all ships and crew prepare for takeoff."
"Aye sir!" the helmsman replied and manned her station. "Engines are hot at 30%, taking off...now." The ship rumbled in reply as it took off rising slowly from the ground, the monitors displaying outside the ship steadily grew darker blue. "Sir, we have cleared the atmosphere," the helmsman reported again, the displays yielding a black window with tiny bright dots appeared on screen stating the obvious.
'Prepare of transdimensional shift!" Clifred order lazily as his bridge crew did the work.
"Transition in 5...4...3..." a giant hole at the bow of the ship ripped open in the blackness of space dazzling the crew of a display of mixed rainbow colors. "...2...1, entering transdimensional rift." The ship shuddered as it entered the rip in space into a dimensionless realm. "Transition successful, we are on our way captain, communications with Midchilda will terminated in 35 intervals.
"Good job helmsman." he praised her while spinning around in circles in his captain's chair. "Now the fun will being Doctor." he though grinning to himself.
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"Mhmmm, Nanoha?" Fate rolls sleepy on the bed in her wrinkled black nightdress trying to find Nanoha. "Weeerrr rrrrr yoooo." she mumbled semi-consciously as she slowly got up looking outside to see the sun had risen up. "Mhmmm," she shook her head trying to clear it, her already messy bed head with strands of blonde hair sticking out of her long flowing hair waved around wildly.
"Sir," Baradiche flashing bright yellow. "Nanoha has departed for her mission 3 intervals ago. Current time is 9 intervals and 30 fractions."
"What, whaaaaa?" she stood up on the bed in surprise bouncing up and down a little. "Oh crap, I missed her." she sank back down slowly sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Sir, there is a message for you from Nanoha since her departure." Baradiche continued trying to calm down his master. "Would you like me to play it?"
"Umm sure...go ahead and..." her shaky command was interrupted by Vivio coming out of her room.
"Fate-mama!" Vivio ran up and hugged Fate on the side clinging to her waist.
"Hold up Baradiche." she ordered her device as it created a monitor for Fate to view Nanoha's message.
"Fate-mama, up up please!" Vivio opened up her arms jumping up at Fate asking her to pick her up.
"Alright Vivio!" she bent down slightly irritated, scooping Vivio up letting her cling around her neck while sitting on her arm.
"Nanoha how do you do it alone when I'm not here?" Fate though to herself shaking her head.
"Fate-mama, where is Nanoha-mama?" Vivio looked around the house looking for Nanoha.
"Umm Vivio, Nanoha-mama will be gone for a little while." Fate hugged Vivio tighter seeing her tear up a little. "I thought Nanoha told you a week ago."
"How long?" Vivio sniffled quietly.
"Three months." Fate sighed.
Vivio's cute red and green eyes glistened with tears. "Mama..." Vivio started to cry as she was not use to not seeing Nanoha for long period of time.
"Oh Vivio, Nanoha will be back before you know it." Fate stroke Vivio head down to her back carrying her to the couch. "Nanoha-mama has left us a video before she left for her Vivio." she let Vivio down and made a quick sprint for Baradiche.
"Really Fate-mama?" Vivio wiped her tears with her nightshirt sleeve.
"Yes," Fate smiled to Vivio kissing her on her forehead. "Baradiche if you please?"
"Playing Sir." Baradiche summoned a monitor up in front of the two girls huddle on the couch.
"Hi Fate-chan, umm sorry I didn't wake you but you look like you were having such a nice dream." The picture turned to the bed showing Fate sleeping in a mess under the pillow.
"Nanoha!" Fate curled up tighter on the sofa, embarrassed seeing herself sleeping in such a messy way. "
"Vivio," the Nanoha in the video waved at Vivio.
"Nanoha-mama!" Vivio leaped up from the couch and moved closer, her nose almost touching the monitor.
"Nanoha-mama will be gone for a little while, so be a good girl for Fate-mama and your friends ok?" The Nanoha in the video continued.
Vivio nodded vigorously at the monitor as if Nanoha were there in person. "Yes, mama!"
"I'll try to be careful but you know me nyahaha, always pushing myself to the limit," Nanoha awkwardly scratched the back of her head shaking her head.
"Yes, you do," Fate pulled Vivio back from the monitor hugging Vivio on her lap.
"And I'll try not to worry about you two blowing up our apartment,"
"Oh, fine I will then." Fate stuck her tongue out at the Nanoha in the video. "Bleeeeeh" turning to Vivo and asked her, "You will help too right?"
"Yes, Fate-mama." Vivio jumped up on the sofa raising her fist! "But Nanoha-mama would be so angry at me so I can't" she laughed snuggling her head on Fate's tummy watching the rest of the video.
"Well this is it," Nanoha sighed after Fate and Vivio saw her getting teased by Clifred. "I'm off. I love the both of you so much; I'll miss the both of you."
"I love you too Nanoha." she paused the video at the last scene of Nanoha's face and touched it gently hoping that Nanoha would actually pop out.
A small sniff came from Fate's lap. "Nanoha-mama I love you, come back home soon mama." Vivio copying Fate reached up to the monitor.
"Video has ended." Baradiche announced and shut down, the last image of Nanoha slowly faded away.
"Nanoha-mama is a strong girl." Fate petted Vivio on the head. "And you're her daughter so you must also be strong Vivio. Nanoha-mama would want you to grow up into a strong girl." Fate soothed Vivio kissing her on the forehead. "Her dreams for you are in Chris, your little bunny Intelligent Device."
"Mhmm, I'll work hard and be strong for Nanoha-mama." Vivio up and wiped away her tears throwing a few playful punches in the air. "Umm Fate-mama...I got school in 30 fractions." she said nervously as she glanced at the clock.
"WHAT!" Fate shot straight up from the couch stubbing her toe on the coffee table. "OW OW OW OW...Vivio get dressed, we are going right now!" she hopped on one foot jumping to her closet and pulled on a blue t-shirt and tight jeans.
"O-ok-okay!" Vivio ran off, coming back second later dressed in her tan vest with a brown skirt and white stockings school uniform.
Fate opened the fridge looking for something for both of them to snack on the way to school. "Lets see," she rummaged through the fridge to find platters of food ready with little post-it notes saying breakfast, lunch, dinner. "Nanoha you are a lifesaver. I just don't know how you do it." she grabbed the one marked breakfast and raced to the door with Vivio when suddenly the phone rang. "Oh what is it now!" she raced back for the phone. "Hello?"
"Hi its Hayate desu!" Hayate's voice cheerfully rang in the earpiece. "I need you in my office right now; we need to talk about Nanoha's mission."
"Can it wait?" Fate moaned into the mouthpiece tiredly. "I have to take Vivio to school!"
"Oh, okay." Hayate resigned hearing the stress in Fate's voice. "Well come by as soon as possible!"
"Ok bye!" Fate slammed the phone down a little too hard making it fall off the table. "AGRH! Ok Vivio, now we can go!" The two of them ran off to Fate's shiny sleek sports car with heavily tinted windows and bright yellow lightning decals on the hood and side.
"Fate-mama," Vivio hugged Fate. "Be strong, Nanoha-mama would want that from you too."
"Vivio…" Fate sighed happily and the two of them sped down the road to Vivio's school.
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"Alright everyone," Nanoha spoke to the 30 air mages, wearing a white t-shirts and blue athletic pants, gathering in front of her in The Scarlet Swan's training room. The training room was a simple gigantic empty room with magic emitters scattered on the ground to magically create any training environment like cities. "I can't believe how much they improved on this," Nanoha shook her head in amazement. "This training room is much more advance since Section 6 when I train my four forwards." she thought to herself in amusement turning to address her students. "I'm Captain Takamachi, and I'll be your instructor for the duration of the trip. Any questions about training come to me." she looked around talking in her students seeing several smile back at her and others looked like they were ready to drop dead. "Now I want a quick 5 on 5 scrimmage so sort yourselves out and hop to it." she clapped her hands as the group dispersed.
"Umm Captain." a young girl with brown hair walked up to Nanoha. "I think I need some help."
"Oh you're..." Nanoha's eyes widened talking in a familiar face.
"Y-yes, I'm Sergeant Jesshera." Jesshera quickly stated her rank and name. "We met briefly during your trip back to Earth. I-I'm currently posted on the Warlock."
"Yes, that's right." Nanoha nodded her head, remembering how diligent Jesshera was at her job. "So what do you need?"
"I...I've j..ju-ust recently learned to fly and I'm having t-tro-trouble using m-my new device." Jesshera stuttered a little embarrassed and scared that she was actually having a conversation with the rumored Legendary White Devil of the Air Corp. She isn't as scary as those air mages make her out to be." Jesshera though to herself a little relieved seeing the smile on Nanoha's face.
"Well it's a good chance now to break in your new device so that you two can learn to work with each other." Nanoha smiled to Jesshera. "What is your device?"
"It's a Midchilda and Belkan hybrid in shooting arts." Jesshera pulled out her device and activated it, making her hand glow in a radiant blue light.
"My, what a lovely device you have." Nanoha stared in awe as a bright blue bow, with fancy curled ends and dark blue grape sized jewel encrusted in the curls of the bow, flashed in Jesshera's hand.
"Nice to meet you my lady." the bow greeted Jesshera for the first time.
"Uh mhmm, nice to meet you too." Jesshera smiled weakly back to it.
"My lady, may I request a name?" the bow asked her with a mechanical anxiousness.
"Yes, you shall be," Jesshera paused thinking. "My FairFire, the arrow that lights the path for my destiny"
"Thank you my lady." FairFire shone brighter as if delighted by this.
"Good job, this is the beginning for the both of you." Nanoha gave Jesshera a thumbs up and a wink. "So what is the problem?
"Well, I just can't seem to shoot magic as well as I use to with the standard issued equipment." Jesshera sighed tiredly.
"FairFire may I borrow you for a minute?" Nanoha pondered thinking.
"Yes," FairFire replied as Jesshera gave him over to Nanoha.
"Let see, she pointed FairFire at a target and put her arm up to the blue magical beam where the bow string would be. "Tricky," Nanoha mumbled to herself while pulling back on the string closing her eyes concentrating, a slight humming sound came from the bow and a blue arrow as if made my lightning cracked in the middle of the bow. "SHOOT!" Nanoha released the blue magic draw string and the arrow shot out in a brilliant clap of thunder and bolts of magic blasting the target on the other side of the practice room to dust.
"Woo...wow..." Jesshera and a few other air mages looked at the carnage then back at Nanoha. "I see why she is so thought be so scary," Jesshera shook her head shaking a little in fear and excitement.
"A perfect shot." FairFire said admiringly.
"The White Devil indeed," someone murmured in the group of mages.
"Some say something?" Nanoha's ears twitched slightly in annoyance hearing her unofficial nickname, her hand reached for Raging Heart as if she was going to blast the mage who spoke out.
"I'm sure wouldn't want to be caught in the face with that." she thought wearily, looking at Nanoha then back at the carnage across the room.
"Thank you," Nanoha handed FairFire back to Jesshera. "Jesshera, you device is a tricky one. As you know most of us form magic from inside our device or as magic projectiles that we control using our mind and will. However, yours does something else entirely. Your device requires you to build up a lot of magic at once, storing it in the form of an arrow." Nanoha summoned up a monitor showing playback footage from her experiment with FairFire which showed a cracking bolt of magic in the middle of the bow. "After that you release the gathered magic in the form of the arrow bit by bit as you shoot separate shots or you can separate it around yourself so you can do a barrage." she rambled on technically until she noticed the confusion on Jesshera's face. "Ummm whoops sorry if I'm confusing you."
"Umm no, well just a bit." Jesshera flush slightly pink.
"Well simply you are the heavy artillery shooting mage or you can constantly store magic inside your device for rapid shooting." Nanoha explained again trying to make it simple. "Much like me..." Nanoha scratched the back of her head slightly embarrassed. "Though my energy stays inside my device and I pull it out as projectiles when I need it."
"Ah...I see," Jesshera hung her head, her shoulders slumping a little." No wonder my shots were so weak during basic training.
"Its fine," Nanoha pats Jesshera on the back. "Lets work our way back up from scratch during this trip."
"Yes, ma'am!" Jesshera eyes brightened up sparkling.
"But for now, I'm banning your use of cartridges for now," Nanoha warned. "Since your current ability to control your magic isn't that good yet, you'll risk blowing yourself up when the cartridge activates boosting the amount of magic you have at your disposal." she explained further. "Relying completely on your device to control magic flow is also a big no no." Nanoha wagged her index finger at FairFire.
"Yes ma'am." Jesshera took Nanoha's words to heart.
"Understood," FairFire chimed in.
"You can call me Nanoha if you like Jesshera." Nanoha giggled to herself at a feeling of Déjà Vu.
"Okay, Nanoha!"
"Great, for now I want you to practice your magic control for now." Nanoha instructed. "Run around the practice deck for 40 laps with FairFire activated while you continuously store magic inside of it." Nanoha crossed her arms thinking. "This will help you improve your magic and physical endurance."
"Ah I see..." Jesshera blinked slightly shocked at the amount of work she needs to do.
"After that," Nanoha summoned up a aluminum drink can from the virtual environment and tossed it to Jesshera. "Use your magic shots to play a game of keep up with the can."
"Y...ye...yes."
"I know it sounds silly but it will do you wonders." Nanoha explained gently. "It's the same way I trained without going through the basic training at the TSAB training program." Nanoha chuckled trying not to brag.
"I'll try." Jesshera sighed reluctantly walking to the perimeter of the training room.
"Well get to it or do I need to give you a little more encouragement," Nanoha's eyes sparkled and activated Raging Heart into Excellion Mode. The little red jewel flashed, turning into a staff with a gold triangular head with a large red jewel in the middle surrounded by spikes swept back to the rod.
"Yes, master I think we do." Raging Heart added in, the red jewel glowed red in anticipation.
"UHHH NO NO NO ITS FINE!" Jesshera took off sprinting around the training room.
"What a diligent young mage." Nanoha nodded her head approvingly turning to the other air mages behind her assembled in a groups of 10. "Alright, now that since one team is one person short I'll fill in for her." Nanoha walked up to a waiting group of mages.
"Oh god." a small wince came from somewhere in the crowd of mages.
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"Alright Hayate, what's so urgent that you had to call me up in the morning?" Fate limped tiredly into Hayate's office late in the afternoon with Vivio quietly following behind her. "I have work chores now!" she shook her head trying to clear her mind. "Taking Vivio to school, then picking her up after school, cleaning, cooking! I don't know how Nanoha does it!"
"Oh my bad," Hayate, dressed In her officer's uniform colored in shades of blue marking her as a member of the Navy, rose up from behind her big wooden desk grabbing a teapot and three cups from a table beside her desk.. "Well would talking about Nanoha be important enough?" Hayate teased Fate while leading her to a small sitting area with blue fluffy couches and an glass coffee table.
"Well, well of course it is!" Fate tried to sound offended. Turning to Vivio she asked, "Vivio, Fate-mama has some work to do with Hayate so-."
"Auntie Hayate," Hayate injected indignantly.
Rolling her eyes Fate turned back to Vivio. "Auntie Hayate, so be please be good?"
"Ok, Fate-mama." Vivio nodded hugging Fate kissing her on the cheek.
"Tell you what Vivio, in the closet in the back room I have some cloths that are your size that you might like," Hayate's eyes sparkled. "You can go try them on and pick one that you like to take home with you later, ok?"
"Thank you, Auntie Hayate!" Vivio skipped up to Hayate and gave her a hug, chugging down a cup of tea and ran to the closet in the back room.
"Have some Jasmine tea it will calm the nerves." Hayate poured the tea into a cup and offered it to Fate.
"Thanks," Fate took the cup and slumped back sliding down the couch relaxing herself. "So, I'm not the only one poking around Nanoha's weird mission, am I?" she took a sip of tea and sighed appreciatively.
"Ah, haha, you caught us. Teana, Subaru and me have been digging around since the order came though to transfer Nanoha to the expedition team." Hayate put her arm behind her back laughing shamelessly. "Oh by the way, Teana and Subaru passed the their class B mage test."
"Well good on them," Fate crossing her arms and nodding her head as if she expected no less of them.
"Anyways back to Nanoha," Hayate continued. "Here is the simple story of it all. One day some ranking officer detected a large energy signature that could not be naturally occurring far out in space. And now they are sending a team to investigate it."
"I see," Fate took another sip of tea.
"But the strange part is this letter they sent me requesting Nanoha's transfer," Hayate rummaged in her pocket pulling out a yellow letter throwing it on the desk. "I just seems suspicious..." she said grimly. "It came literally last minute, a week before the mission started!"
"Well let see," Fate picked up the yellow document and started reading.
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Transfer Orders
To: Hayate Yagami
Rank: Commander
Regarding: Takamachi Nanoha
As of 289 cycles Captain Takamachi Nanoha will be transferred to the 601st Expeditionary Force that will leave Midchilda at 296 for 3 month. This order cannot be disputed.
If this order is disputed or not followed Command will have no choice but to disband Mobile Unit Section 6 under the pretense of being a disruptive organization of the Mage Forces.
Article 33 subsection B amendment 5 – the monopolization of personnel.
Article 45 section A subsection C amendment 2 – overstepping authority
- Time and Space Administration Bureau
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"This is a load of nonsense!" Fate threw the letter down on the coffee table.
"I know, it makes no sense at all." Hayate sighed. "Command literally asked me to reform Section six in less than half a year since we disbanded since the JS Incident. Our record service and conduct record has been rated exceptional by the admiralty. So I really don't know what they got on us when they throw this little charade when they suddenly want to disband us like this."
"Well we are a small group with exceptionally powerful mages in every rank." Fate tried to loosen up the tension. "And the ground forces are still probably bummed out that you did their job for them during the JS Incident."
"Anyway," Hayate coughed trying to not smile at Fate's joke. "The approval for the mission was made by some Captain Clifred from the Navy."
"Do you know who found the so called energy signature?" Fate slumped over thinking.
'Mhmm let see," Hayate shuffled over the papers on the coffee table. "Captain...Clif...red." her eyes widened as she read the name.
"Clifred?" Fate shot up in her seat remembering the man Nanoha had accidentally included in her farewell video. "But he is the one leading the expedition force!"
"What?" Hayate stood up as well. "There is seriously something not right going on here." she scrambled over the papers on the table. "Even I can't create a mission and approve it myself, much less then lead it!" she huffed. "And they say I'm overstepping authority!"
"Well we need to report this and do something about it!" Fate tried to keep her voice even.
"I know but there isn't much we can do!" Hayate winced, not usually seeing Fate this flustered. "I know, lets try and contact Nanoha, chances are slim but we might just get a connection." she tried to calm her down.
"Oh eh ok," Fate slowly sat back down calling up her MCD. "Lets cross our fingers and hope this works." She turned to her own device "Baradiche connect me to HQ communications please."
"Yes sir," Baradiche's light blinked. "Connecting to HQ COM." a small pause followed. "Connected Sir."
"Thank you," she pulled up a communications monitor between Hayate and her.
"This is HQ COM how can I help you today?" the empty yellow monitor floating on the coffee table spoke.
"This is Agent Fate Testarossa, I would like a private communications channel to Captain Takamachi Nanoha who is on the Expeditionary Mission." Fate spoke to the empty monitor.
"Under my authority Commander Yagami Hayate of Section 6." she quickly added to Fate's order.
"Working..." the voice paused for a few moments. "Connected, though clarity may suffer as the ship is in dimensionless space."
"Thank you," Fate closed the monitor and pulled up another one showing a white wall on the screen. "Nanoha?" Fate asked and was rewarded by a small explosion on the wall making her jump up from her seat. "WHAT THE HELL!"
A brunette haired girl wearing a white barrier jacket lined by blue and pink edges flew by the monitor showing her as a blur. "Fate-chan?" Another explosion drowns out whatever else was said.
"Nanoha what is going on?" Fate shouted into the monitor panicking as streaks of magical bullets in a multitude of colors shot past the monitor.
"Fate-chan you caught me at a bad time!" the blur yelled into the monitor as it flew by.
"Who are you fighting?" Fate demanded.
"I'm just pounding some newbies!" Nanoha explained as she whizzed by again. "Give me a second..." Nanoha yelled again followed a short pause of quiet.
A man somewhere off monitor shouted "RETREAT!"
"Starlight Breaker!" Nanoha's voice came from off screen as well. "SHOOT!" The screen flooding in a bright shade of magenta, the screams of men and woman as they were shot down by Nanoha filling the room. "Well, I guess that is it for the training mission." she announced to her students. "Dismissed." Nanoha's face quickly reappeared in the screen. "Oh hi Fate, I didn't know that you could call me."
"Naaaanoooohaaaaa..." Fate scolded her. "What did I say about over stressing yourself?"
"Ehhh?" Nanoha ducked a little lower off screen, so only her eyes and hair were visible on screen, hiding from Fate's scolding.
"What did I say about pushing yourself too hard?" Fate pouted again.
"We don't have time for togetherness right now!" Hayate interrupted the two of them. "We have been digging around the circumstance of your mission and we found some odd things."
"Odd things?" Nanoha composed herself now curious.
"Your mission we someone is using it for..." the line went dead the screen displaying connection lost.
"Ugh..." Fate gritted her teeth pressing for the reconnect button. "Not working...stupid stupid communications!"
"All we can hope for is for Nanoha to think the rest up herself." Hayate face-palmed wearily. "She is smart and strong, she'll work it out."
"I hope so." Fate replied grimly. "But I'll keep trying to reconnect," Fate irritably kept jabbing at the reconnect button.
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"My, my naughty girls need to be punished." Clifred thought to himself while typing on his personal pad on his captain's chair which read Transmission Jammed. "Give me the horn to all our ships." he asked the communications officer.
"Sir you are live," the com officer made a lame joke out of boredom.
"To all ships of the fleet, The Scarlet Swan will drop out of dimensionless space in 4 intervals to make repairs, Warlock and The Hummingbird will continue on present course. All crews return to their respective ships immediately and refrain from intership travel. You all have 15 fractions to do so." Clifred announced to the other ships.
"Doctor it is almost time," he said telepathically to someone. "We need to start a little earlier than expected."
"Set the clock 4 intervals," Clifred ordered.
"Current time 17 intervals 00 fraction. Setting exit of dimensionless space in 4 intervals, Aye" the helms man announced. "Dimensional exit at 21 intervals 00 fractions set."
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"I seriously have a bad feeling about this…" Fate sighed rubbing her temple stressed out as she kept trying to reconnect to Nanoha with no success.
"Agent Testarossa," a man in the standard brown Section 6 uniform walked into Hayate's office.
"Yes?" Fate stood up addressing him.
"We need you to come to the teleporter room, we need you on Long Term Orbital Detention Facility #616253 immediately." he ushered her out of the room.
"Why do you need me there?" Fate asked puzzled getting up and walking to the door with the man. "Oh, Hayate can you look after Vivio for me?"
"Sure can," Hayate winked to Fate. "We are gonna have a blast."
"Thanks," she hurried out and followed the man though the halls of Section 6 which we're bustling with people. "So what is so urgent that you need me right away?"
"There is someone in the prison complex that concerns you." he replied not saying much more following her to the teleporter room as she steps on and got showered by blue sparks.
Fate materialized in another shower of blue sparks on a hard steel floor and was greeted by four prison guards wearing black plated armor suits with a helmet and heavily tinted visors that covered the entire body.
"Agent Testarossa?" one of the black armored guards spoke to her from behind the helmet visor.
"Yes." she nodded showing her ID Card to the guard.
"Welcome to Long Term Orbital Detention Facility #616253 Agent Testarossa." The guard extended a handshake to Fate. "Your work sure keeps us busy."
"Glad to be of service." Fate smiled shaking the guard's hand.
"There is someone we need you to see," the guard waved to Fate asking her to follow them, the other three guards took up walking behind them.
"Security seems...tighter than usual." Fate mused as they walked down the plain metal hallways of the prison. At every occupied jail cell door stood another armored guard.
"Well, we had a death," one of the guards informed her.
"Well I'm not surprised most prisoners in this facility have life sentences." Fate replied becoming more puzzled by the minute, but she held back her questions.
"Well this is not just any prisoner." the front guard stopped in front of a cell and palmed the biometric reader on the door. The door hissed open slowly revealing a man with purple hair and wide open yellow cat like eyes lying on the ground face up wearing a white straight jacket.
"Doctor Jail Scaglietti," Fate scarlet red eyes narrowed as she saw him. "Are you saying he's..."
"Yes he did, just 3 intervals and 30 fractions ago." a guard reported flipping though a paper pad of medical records. "At 17 intervals today."
"What about his other three accomplices, Uno, Tre, Quattro, and Sette.: she asked frantically. "Are they still in their Orbital Detention faculties?" Pausing for a moment she added "Alive?"
"They are…ehm…missing." The guard coughed. "They escaped around the same time of Scaglietti's death."
"How did this happen?" Fate looked at them with shock on her face.
"We are investigating that right now," the guard sighed shaking his head tiredly. "But we right now don't have any leads on who did it but cause of death seems to be…poison. Though how he got poison, we don't know how that either."
"Well I suppose I should help as well?" Fate sighed as she thought warily about dealing with Scaglietti a second time. A loud quick alarm burst rang thought the entire complex breaking Fate's train of thought.
"What was that?" she asked trying to hide her confusion.
"Oh that's just the hourly bell," the guard chuckled at Fate's over vigilance. "The normal bell is broken so we rewired it.
"I'd like to have everything you got on his murder case," Fate gave the body on the cell ground a pitiful look and slammed the door close.
"This way, Agent Testarossa." The guards have a gestured asking her to follow him.
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"Sir the clock has run down," a crewman reported as the timer on his console flashed a zero. "Dropping out of dimensionless space," The ship shuddered slightly while the lights grew a little brighter. "Transition successful."
"Very good now-" Clifred was cut off by the emergency alarm. "What is going on?" he screamed over the alarm demanding an explanation.
"I don't know sir, our engines are locked down and running hot." The lights on the bridge glowed brighter from the excess energy as the crewman reported.
"Well unlock it!" Clifred order him. "Use the manual override!"
"The engines are going critical, power relays are being blown out across the ship!" another bridge officers explained as a section of the ceiling blew out. "Manual override is unsuccessful."
"Well, shut down the reactor!" Clifred ordered racing to the console that controlled engine output, pushing the man sitting at the console aside, typing in a command.
"Sir that's not a reactor shutdown code." the man sitting at the console watched Clifred enter in a strange command into the ship's computer.
"Trust me," Clifred gave him a quick grin and took off back into his captain's chair.
"No effect sir!" the helmsman reported. "I'm losing control!" The ship lurched to the left throwing the people stand off their feet into the walls.
"Well this is it..." he grabbed the ship wide announcement microphone. "All hand abandon sh-"
An explosion from one of the bridge consoles cut him off.
The Scarlet Swan in the empty void of space seem to drift as it bow dipped to the left and began to flip over. The dark blackness of space around The Scarlet Swan appear to glow whiter until the ship was engulfed by a sphere of blinding white light as if another star was born for a few seconds. When the light dimmed not a trace of the ship was left.
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After-Thoughts:
Phew that was chapter 2 folks ending on a sad/conspiring note. I admit writing is getting more fun by the day. When I was writing chapter 1 I was hoping to make 10 pages...which felt like eternity. This is 17(16 without after-thoughts/preview) pages without breaking a sweat. Though I'd say this is more of a technical chapter to get things into motion but I hope you'll enjoy it none the less.
Family fluff scenes...I'll have more of that here and there and later (poor Vivio T_T). But I promise I have at least one family scene every chapter.
One question I had was what is the total out of the cycle, interval, fraction way of keeping time and day. Well considering the physics…(yuck) and info from StrikerS I've decided on this.
1) Since Midchilda as two moons large moons it should be bigger than Earth, so by logic it should have a longer day (longer minutes or hours)
2) Days or cycles I would like to say it is easy to say but lets for the sake of uniqueness have it slightly longer than your average Earth year since the hours and minutes are also longer.
Thanks for reading Chapter 2 of Re:Encounter
Hope to see you in Chapter 3
FateSkyFire
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Chapter 3 Preview! (Yes I'm starting preview nao...in no particular order .)
"Welcome to my toy factory, you've kept me waiting."...
"You are a sick man you know that?"...
"My little extension of the obsolete Project F at its finest."...
"Do you want to know how it will be like to be little again?"...
"Vivio, come here I have something I need to tell you,"...
Posted as spoiler thiny and link take your pick enjoy X3
double posting sorry but no comments since last one so eh (bump) ^^;;