Days later...
Smiling as she saw Arisa and her butler get off the plane, Suzuka waved at them. "Arisa-chan! Butler-san! Over here!"
Arisa smiled and took a few bags from her butler, who was still carrying the larger suitcase behind him. "Are you certain you can handle that?"
"Please, miss Bannings." He smiled at her. "You packed very light, only a couple dozen changes of clothes, some books and a portable gaming unit, I've hauled around heavier stuff before."
Arisa sweat-dropped heavily. "When you put it like that, I feel like a brat." She pouted when he chuckled at her. "Not funny."
"I'm sorry, miss Bannings, but you are not a brat, your friends keep you from becoming one." Arisa sweat-dropped again. "Though, I do find it odd that you like to spar with them so much."
"Well..." Arisa trailed off as they got close to the limo that Suzuka and Falin were at. "Finding out that I can do magic is just so neat."
"Plus you still want to pay Nanoha-chan back for keeping secrets." Suzuka giggled, causing Arisa's eyes to go stark white while she blushed.
"Suzuka!" Arisa yelled, dropped her bags and ran after her friend. "They didn't need to know that!"
Watching the two run around the car, both Falin and the butler laughed softly while putting the luggage into the trunk of the car. "Thank you for picking us up, miss Falin."
"Don't mention it." Falin smiled at him as she shut the trunk of the car. "Suzuka wanted to make sure that you had a ride in a comfortable car, not a rental." She turned to the two teens and gestured to the car. "Come along, Miss Arisa, Miss Suzuka, you can chase each other when we get back to the mansion." Laughing softly, Falin looked at the butler. "Will you join us?"
"I think I might, yes." He smiled at her and got into the passenger side in front after the two girls got into the limo.
Falin smiled as she got in and drove off.
(---)
A little later...
"Have you two given much thought to your future?" Noel asked Arisa and Suzuka as she poured them some tea. "From what I've heard, Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan, Hayate-chan and Yuuno-kun are all going to be leaving for Mid-Childa and working for that Bureau soon."
Arisa nodded and sighed softly. "Even if I wanted to go, someone needs to inherit my parent's company."
"I agree, as much as I would love to go with as well, I do have things to look forward to here, which means that I'll have to stick around here and continue my education." Suzuka smiled softly and took a sip of her tea. "After all, it would not be good for someone who was ignorant to inherit the family fortune and any businesses."
"Your sister would be first in line for it anyway, miss Suzuka," Noel smiled at the young heiress, "but, I must wonder, is the only reason that you're thinking of staying here because you think that you need more education?"
"I doubt that I could inherit my family's business if I didn't have more education." Arisa sighed softly. "After all, who would want an ignorant moron to run the company?"
"A lot of people, it would be easier to take over the company that way." Noel said before shaking her head. "But, you know..." She stood up and started to walk out of the room. "I've never heard of someone who spent time in a military to be truly disorganized, plus think of how it will look to your peers if you have experience traveling and seeing new places."
Arisa looked at her friend and blinked as a thought came to her. "You know, Suzuka..."
Suzuka smiled at Arisa. "Why not?" She giggled as Arisa nodded.
Outside of the room, Noel smiled softly. 'Could be interesting, I do hope that things work out.' A sudden loud thump had the whole house shaking. Quickly making her way outside, she stared at the small smoking crater in the middle of the yard. "...What happened?"
"Mr. Snuggles exploded!" Caro cried out while Arashi, Fried and Erio were looking shocked at what happened. The children were spending the day playing with the cats and kittens around the mansion. "Arashi-kun and Erio-kun were trying something and then it all exploded!"
"Just what did you do?" Suzuka asked as she came in to hear about her favorite kitten exploding again.
"They were trying some magic out and Arashi tried something weird and it all went boom!" Caro threw her hands high into the air, before dropping her head. "I'm sorry, Mr. Snuggles exploded and I couldn't stop it."
"Well, if he didn't survive," Arisa put her hands on Suzuka's shoulders as the purple-haired girl trembled softly, "at least he won't be in danger of exploding anymore."
"Not funny." Suzuka muttered softly, hoping that Mr. Snuggles was better off, wherever he was.
(---)
"Sette..." Tre spoke up as she looked at the tall pinkette. "There's a cat on your head."
Blinking, the tall partial Dragon reached to the top of her head and pulled off a small white kitten with black spots on it. "...It has a collar..." She looked at it more closely. "...Mr. Snuggles?"
"Meow." The cat tilted his head at Sette, who put it against her large breasts and idly started stroking it.
"I want to know how a cat magically appeared in here." Tre muttered and motioned for Sette to follow her. "Maybe the doctor will know."
"...Maybe." Sette nodded and wondered why the cat was making a rumbling noise. For some reason, it brought a small smile to her lips.