[Black_Wolf]

*De-Lurks*

Hey all *waves* thought i would follow the growing trend of people de-lurking the forum. I have to say, i have been a super-lurker for a long time, from on ff.net to this forum, been following since i saw the "boobtastically awesome" vampire!Fate pic!! *drools*

Anyway the threads really come to life recently, and i thought, well if im going to de-lurk im going to try and come in with a bang.

First up, FatexNanohaXHayate fic for the win inspiration....

Spoiler for FxNxH win!!:

I thought it might inspire some fics

Second, this is kinda new for me but i wanted to give it a try anyway. I am a whole FateNanoha shipper through and through, but i really like the idea of Fatenum / Nanovita. Anyway i thought i'd write a short ficlet, possible continuity, but wanted some feedback

Spoiler for Untitled Ficlet:

Sparks of yellow, closely followed by streaks of pink interlaced across the sky, shockwave after shockwave relentlessly pounded the world around them. A large clap of thunder signalled a break in the spar between the two mages. Rain poured around them, the black clouds blocking out nearly all light save for the random bright flashes of lightning. Both were panting heavily, the duel going on far longer than either expected, yet neither wanting to give in.

Blonde tresses whipped violently in the wind, a look of determination still upon her face. No words had been exchanged since the fight began, yet suddenly the opponent speaks.

“What’s wrong Testarossa?”

Signum has known all along that in the beginning, their duels were for pride and honour, but in more recent times, Fate used them as a way for venting stress. Signum knew something was wrong, it was whether Fate would tell her or not.

Fate mulled over the question, debating whether she should speak about her current dilemma. In fact, there was no problem, the problem was solved, it just had not come to the resolution that she had hoped for. She was sad, she was angry, she was embarrassed, but above all, she felt lost. She responded to the question.

“Bardiche, load cartridge!”

Signum sighed, it was going to be one of those duels, in response Levantine was readily equipped to receive the attack.

Fate rushed forward, the glowing scythe evaporating all the water that hit its form. Another crack of thunder as the two warriors continued their fight. Signum made block after block, countering after each and still a stalemate was the outcome.

Testarossa looked desperate to her, like a puppy that had lost its way, trying to forget everything by losing herself in the moment. She wanted to help, but she needed Fate to talk to her!

“Levantine!” a look of seriousness crossed Signum’s face; she needed to put an end to this. Her intelligent devices voice cut the through the silence. “Explosion!”

The blade burst forth into flames taking Fate by surprise, her wits and mind slowed by the torrent of emotions flowing through her head. Signum pushed harder forcing Fate onto the defensive.

“Tell me what’s wrong Testarossa!” Signum yelled over the thunder crashing around her.

“You wouldn’t understand!” Fate yelled in reply, pushing with her might against Signum’s attack.

“I won’t if you don’t tell me!” Signum pushed harder and Fate was rocketed into the ground below her.

Signum descended to the crater created by the Aces not so slow descent. Levantine poised at her side. Fate looked up at her, tears not so indiscreetly falling down her cheeks, somewhat hidden by the rain.

Signum’s piercing blue eyes turned softer, as if pleading for Fate to open up. Fates mouth was ready to respond with some reply before catching the gaze of her rival.

She broke.

Tears racked her body as she threw herself at Signum. Bardiche hung at her side. Signum was stunned to say the least. With a small amount of hesitation she returned Levantine and gently embraced Fate.


Signum’s voice was no more than a whisper, “What's wrong?”

The tears started to subside; reducing down to a choked sob before Fate slowly looked into the eyes of her comforter. Soft blue met teary red.

“I was rejected”

Signum was confused at first, rejected by what, a position, a person?

“I confessed to Nanoha that I wanted to be more than just friends, she ran from me”

Realisation started to dawn on the velka knight just what had happened, she tightened her grip on her.

“When we eventually talked, she said she didn’t see me that way and that she was sorry….I-..I..couldn’t handle it, I had to get away…”

Fate looked away dejectedly, and Signum was at a loss for what to say.

She slowly moved her hand to Fates chin and lifted her gaze to meet hers.

“It hurts now Testarossa, but if Nanoha could not like you the way you liked her it would have only lead to more pain than you feel now”

Fate nodded solemnly, it was hard to digest now, everything was a mess, how would she do missions? How would she deal with section 6? What possessed her to do such a thing?

Signum surprised herself and Fate by drawing her into a deeper hug, one she did not know she could give. Fate found herself comforted by this warm embrace despite the freezing cold surrounding them.

Signum’s thoughts were in a maelstrom as she hugged the lightning mage. She had had suspicions that Fate liked Nanoha, but had not delved into business she was not concerned with. But more than that, she was confused, why did she feel so safe in Fate’s embrace, what was the sense of relief when Fate said she was rejected by Nanoha?...... she couldn’t be? Could she? No it’s not possible guardians of the tome of the night sky are meant to protect their master, nothing else. Yet, what was this warm fuzzy feeling that felt nothing like any other she feels inside her?

She would not think on this too much, now was not the time, Fate needed support, and above all a warm place, they were soaked to the bone.

“We should get you out of the rain Testarossa, you will make yourself ill and were both exhausted”

Fate nodded once more, missing the feeling of being in Signum’s embrace, she had not felt that safe since……. A slight realization hit Fate, as she gasped slightly, causing Signum to look at her with a questioning gaze. Fate returned the gaze, albeit shyly.

“Can I erm, stay with you tonight? ……” Fate looked down at her shoe, scuffing one into the dirt. “I’d rather not go back to ….”

Fate didn’t have to finish, before she could react Signum had picked Fate up in her arms and leapt into the sky, her pink aura flashing wildly in the darkness.

Fate could only hold on to Signum, trying desperately not to grope her during the flight as she did not know where to hold on. Her cheeks coloured slightly as she was faced with an eyeful of Signum's, healthy bust, to say the least.

She got comfortable, enjoying the feeling of being held for a change, awaiting her destination.

I wrote it in a little over an hour, first fan fiction ever!!

Any feedback whether it be grammatical, writing style, character oc ness is gratefully received!!

Its now 12:54 pm nighttime in UK, thought the fic would take me small amount of time but kept going and going and *head smacks keyboard* so hopefully ill wake up to new vampire!Fate as reward *fingers crossed*

*phew* marathon post over.

Black_Wolf (will do rest of profile when less sleepy need a funny avatar/sig)

[Edit[Just read Satashis NewComer post just as i posted *slaps forehead* Think i got everything right bar the flashy titles!