[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Argent Solbright

Delurking to tell you that is the best piece I've seen from you so far (I didn't read everything you write but I think I did at least took a glimpse on almost all of your nanoha fics right from the first ones.) You know, I actually like that particular story a bit. Odd, heh?

Thanks! You can now find Behind the Smile here.

Originally Posted by Argent Solbright

Now, speaking about Hayate, I forgot the title but where is the continuation for that other HayatexYuuno story?

Three's Company is being worked on as the priority since Nanya chose it. I have been working on it, but this one was just finished first

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Spoiler for Changes PT 13:

"Well, this is certainly a mess." The ship's doctor shook his head. "Alright, first up." Pointing at Chrono, he smirked. "Don't go trying to stop berserk cuties like Nanoha anytime in the next few days and those burns will heal properly."

"Hey!" Chrono yelled indignantly as Amy and Lindy both chuckled at him..

"As for the rest, Arf suffered a mild concussion, but she'll be okay, Nanoha exhausted herself, we're just waiting for her to recover, Fate, well, she'll be just fine." The man smiled as he turned to Alicia, who was sitting by Fate's bed. The woman in question let out a sigh of relief. "She just bumped her head too hard and got knocked out, the blood came from a shallow cut just above the hairline, she'll be just fine."

"Thank you." Alicia said softly.

"As for Precia Testarossa, she's banged up pretty heavily, but I don't think she'll need any surgury to get better. It'll just take her longer." Considering Precia's advanced age, the doctor had doubts that she would survive, but that wasn't something he was going to tell anyone at that point.

Lindy nodded and stepped towards Alicia. "Can you come with me? We need to talk."

Alicia shook her head. "Please? I just want to be near my daughter."

Lindy smiled softly. "Of course... Chrono?"

"I'm going to make sure that Nanoha's alright." The boy said as he left the room.

Lindy smiled, it seemed that this was a good experience for him after all. Her face became solemn as she turned to Alicia. "I'll need your version of events for my reports."

"...I take it that there's going to be some criminal charges pressed onto my daughter, huh?"

"It's possible." Lindy wouldn't deny it, but if any charges would be brought up, they would be done after her report got back.

"...If there are any charges to be brought up against Fate, Arf or Linith, I'll take the blame for them." Lindy blinked at her. The blond shook her head. "Please, you have to understand, she's my daughter, I want what's best for her."

Lindy nodded, smiling softly. "Of course. Now, start from the beginning... How did Fate come to be?"

Alicia grimaced, she had a feeling she would be answering this question for some time to come.

(---)

"Nnngh..." She groaned and cracked an eye open. "What happened?" She asked, not expecting an answer from anyone.

"You got mad and nearly killed Precia Testarossa and gave Chrono a burn he won't soon forget."

She winced and looked at Yuuno, before gasping as she saw his hands. "You're hurt."

"Huh?" He looked down at his bandaged hands. "Ah, don't worry, they're just red, the doctor put a salve on them and wrapped them up so that they'd heal quickly." He chuckled at her softly. "How are you though? You passed out."

"Just tired..." Nanoha whimpered and sighed, she just wanted to sleep at that moment.

"Can I ask you something before you go to sleep?" Chrono asked as he walked into the room.

"Chrono-kun..." Nanoha's eyes widened as she saw the bandages from his fingers up past his elbows. "I'm sorry."

The older boy rolled his eyes. "Just tell me why you went so crazy back there."

Nanoha shifted and sat up fully. "...Fate did nothing wrong, she was just trying to help save that woman for her mother, and she was rejected... For just being different."

Chrono bit his lower lip, but he held his tongue for the moment.

"There's nothing more painful than being rejected or separated from your family." Nanoha said in a soft voice that had both boys looking at her. "...I saw what she did to Fate and I remembered how it felt when my dad got badly hurt..."

'Traumatic experience, huh?' Chrono thought to himself, well, at least things made some sense now.

"I couldn't bother them, not with my problems, I had to be strong for their sakes..." Nanoha gripped her head and stared blankly in front of her. "Don't want it... Don't want that ever again... No, never..." She blinked as she felt some arms wrap around her. "...Yuuno-kun?" She blinked at him as he smiled softly. "...Thank you." She hugged him back.

"Do you practice that or something?" Chrono had to shake his head. "Still doesn't explain just why she went so berserk..."

"My guess is, Raising Heart amplified her emotional state." Yuuno spoke up, getting a blink from both Chrono and Nanoha. "It's an Intelligent Device, they have a will of their own and at times they can either influence their owners slightly or rebell against their owners fully."

Chrono shrugged, it was as good an explination as any. Plus it reminded him why Storage and Armed devices were more common; they couldn't screw with their owners.

Yuuno chuckled softly. "Of course, it could be that Raising Heart didn't like what it felt from Nanoha and wanted to make the source go away."

"That's... Putting it mildly..." Nanoha deadpanned as she slumped back against the bed. "Chrono-kun, please, I just want some more sleep."

"Sure." He nodded as he and Yuuno left the room.

"Hey, Chrono..." Yuuno spoke up after they left the room. "Are you going to charge Linith for what she did?"

"I'll have to put it in the report at least, and most likely, yeah, she'll get charged with attempted murder and kidnapping." Sometimes cases were a pain in the ass. If Alicia, Linith, Fate and Arf had been bad people, he and Lindy would have no problem throwing them into prison for the next three hundred years. But they weren't, which made any judgment call hard to do.

"Well, I don't want to press charges." Chrono blinked a few times at Yuuno, who shook his head. "She just wanted to help her master, nothing more. She even said that she didn't want to hurt me, so I don't think she's a bad person."

"Alright, if that's what you want." Chrono shrugged and walked off, he needed to talk to his mother anyway.

(---)

"So, in the meantime, we'll be staying in orbit, just above Earth..." Lindy was talking to her crew. "At least until Nanoha has recovered and can go back to her home." After all, going back to Mid-Childa with someone who wasn't registered with the Bureau would look like they were kidnapping her. "In addition, we need to wait to hear from Head Quarters for what they want to do on this case." As everyone nodded, she sighed and sat back in her chair before turning to look at Yuuno. "You're welcome to come back with us to Mid-Childa. I'm sure that your family is worried."

"Ah." Yuuno took on a slightly surprised look before he shook his head. "Um, no, actually, I'd rather stay here on Earth for now. Even if I went home now, I doubt I'd see any of my clan. We're always out digging up something new and exciting."

"Plus you're worried about Nanoha, huh?" Amy piped in, giggling as Yuuno's face turned bright red.

Lindy chuckled softly. "Alright then, when we go back, we'll leave you here with her."

"Thank you." Yuuno nodded, bowing.

(---)

A few days later...

Nanoha groaned as her cell phone rang. Sitting up in her bed, she picked it up. "Hello?" Her eyes widened. "Uh huh... uh huh... Okay! I'll see you down there!" She hung up her phone and started getting dressed.

"What is it, Nanoha?" Yuuno was in his ferret form and didn't look at her as she got dressed, out of respect for her privacy.

"They're heading back to Mid-Childa today. Miss Lindy got word from her bosses on what they're going to do with Miss Alicia and Fate. I'm going down to the pier to say goodbye."

"I'll come with you." Yuuno smiled. It didn't seem like anything bad was going to happen at least.

(---)

It took about fifteen minutes at max speed for Nanoha to make it to the pier in question. "Fate!" She smiled as she saw the blond, dressed in a white shirt and shorts. "Hey..." She blinked as Fate didn't turn around and she got close to her. "What's wrong..?"

"Why?" Fate asked, her voice seemed to be cracking up as she spun and Nanoha gasped, taking a step back as she saw the unbridled anger in those eyes. "Why did you interfere? If you hadn't, then we would have gotten ten Jewel Seeds before the Bureau got involved and mother would have gotten what she needed..."

"Fate..?" Nanoha looked at Yuuno, who was riding on her shoulder, in confusion. The ferret had no answer to give her. "What..." She turned back to Fate. "What do you mean?"

"If you hadn't interfered, I'd be living with mother happily, instead of being taken away from her!" Fate spun and ran to Arf, clinging to the taller girl.

Nanoha's eyes were wide, she didn't understand at all. "What..?"

"Don't be mad at her." Arf's voice was heard by both Nanoha and Yuuno. "We overheard someone saying that since Fate's a clone of her mother... They're going to split Lady Alicia and Fate up."

"What?" Nanoha looked at Fate, who was crying even more now. "But..."

Chrono sighed and walked up to them, speaking softly. "Alicia created Fate using illegal research, making Artifical Humans, such as clones, is a heavy taboo on our world. In nearly all cases, the child is taken away from the parents."

"But, Chrono..."

"I'll see what I can do, okay?" He smiled at her softly. "There hasn't been a formal decision yet, and mother and I will do all that we can to help her, okay?"

Nanoha nodded and looked at Fate, hoping for the best.

13 is bad luck after all.

Page claim for 1337-ness.

Well, certainly not the friendly parting we got at the end of season 1 And now the court battle begins! Some one call Pheonix Wright!