[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Material Days IV:

'It was them who...?!' Yuuno had no time to think and quickly threw up a barrier to block the sudden attack that came out of nowhere. However, the sheer power that was behind that blast forced the Librarian to maintain heavy concentration just to ensure the defensive field wouldn't be broken. 'That spell back there... it's just as strong as Nanoha's Starlight Breaker but the casting speed isn't as long!' The effect of the attack spell caused some of the clouds to part, showing their male attacker wielding a gunblade device and dressed in a biker outfit. Magic circles surrounded his device which emitted a powerful aura of light to obscure his face although his short brown hair could be seen.

"Would you stop bawling already, Material-L?! We have to strike now while we have a chance!" snapped Material-D.

"But you'll just leave me alone again!" whined the Fate replica.

"Rai-chan, we have a battle to fight," said Material-S softly. "I promise that I will be fighting by your side."

In an instant, the tears vanished and Material-L had a happy little look on her face. "Kay!!" After releasing her friend and activating Vulnificus again, she spun it around a few times while singing a little song to herself. "Now is fighty time, fighty time! Blood, blood... BLOOD!!!"

There was a lot of emphasis put on that last word as her childish look instantly became malevolent while her magical aura erupted. To see such a sudden change in attitude startled Yuuno so much that the barrier wavered for just a moment and allowed the attacking spell to partially get through and graze his right side, leaving a rather nasty burn. "Guh!!"

"Ooh... that'll probably leave a nasty scar," commented the black-clad female hovering ahead of them.

"....!!" Even though she didn't say a word, the alarmed look on the face of Material-S was enough to spur Material-L into action. Transforming into into a lightning bolt and tackling the male Divider Wielder, it allowed the attack to stop and prevent any further danger to Yuuno's being. Now that he had a breather, he let go of the shield and started a healing spell on his injured side while he caught his breath.

Meanwhile, the Nanoha replica had summoned her own magic circle beneath her feet which was none other than the standard Mid-Childan circle but with mysterious spikes that protruded around the entire circle. "Fly... Phantasmic Fangs!!" The spikes then took on a life of their own as they peeled themselves off the circle before transforming into blue swords. They all flew towards the other woman, who summoned her shield thanks to the Tome she carried. However, the forceful impact of the swords against her own barrier drove her back into the thick clouds. Taking a moment to breathe, Material-S turned to address her fellow replica. "We need to get out of here."

"Excuse me?! Are you out of your mind?!" screeched Material-D.

"As we are now, we cannot defeat the enemy," stated Material-S in her calm tone.

The other woman wasn't too happy to hear that. "Just what is it that they have that's preventing us from beating them down like the mongrels they are?!"

"My attack spells haven't had as much effect on my opponent," recalled the Nanoha replica. "Any injuries he receives are healed quickly, most likely due to some self-healing factor. We need to move to another world to recover fully. Are you able to cast another teleportation spell?"

"There's one problem with that," said Material-D in a fake sweet tone before going back to her screeching. "YOU BUNGLED UP THE DESTINATION EQUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE DURING THE LAST TELEPORTATION!! How am I supposed to properly use Dimensional Transfer if I don't have the departure variables?!"

"Wait," rasped Yuuno, catching the attention of the two women. "I have a vessel in orbit. We can transport... there..."

"You... have a ship?" asked the Hayate replica in disbelief. It looks like she would have to re-evaluate this peon's worth.

"Just give me some time to prepare the transportation spell and make sure everyone's here before I cast it." He stopped his healing spell, which didn't really help too much against that burn of his, and started concentrating on the transportation spell.

"Understood." As the group now had a plan, Material-D began to administer whatever healing magic she could to Yuuno's side as he focused on the transporation spell while Material-S summoned her magic circle again, once again with the spikes. This time, as the multiple spikes peeled themselves off, they changed to green daggers instead of regular blue swords. "Phantasmic Fangs, Version Two... Tangle Bits!"

The green daggers flew off towards the battle while the Nanoha replica readied her device and had it load a new cartridge. "Maximum power..."

"Warning. Use of an S-ranked bombardment spell will leave mana reserves at critical levels. It is recommended that this action be aborted."

"Objection noted, Luciferion. Override," stated Material-S calmly.

"......" The device didn't respond which only added to the tense atmosphere.

"COMPLY." This time, the replica's tone was a bit more forceful, which finally got the device to start gathering magical energy and spring magical circles in front of the mage and underneath her feet.

"Order acknowledged, my Mistress."

As the ball of magical energy grew larger and larger from the residual mana in the atmosphere, the clouds begun to part and showed their opponents caught in the green magical web created by the daggers shot out by the Nanoha replica earlier and rounded up with the help of Material-L, who had returned to the group. "I'm almost ready!" shouted Yuuno as his own magical circles started to spring from his body.

The Nanoha replica nodded before beginning her aria in sync with her device. "Red stars gather... and tear through everything in a blaze of light!!"

"Oooh... this is gonna suck," grumbled the black-clad female from within the web as she prepared to muster up whatever defensive spells she had at her disposal.

"LUCIFERION BREAKER!!!"

Now that's going to leave a mark, methinks. *Looks at the scorched body next to me.* Yep. :-/