[Nanya01]

A couple of characters that you never expected are in this next part.

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle Playdate Forging Meetings Search Valkyrie News

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake Oh Bandit Tree Old Iron Omakes 4, 5

Coda 1-5

Coda 6

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Coda 7:

Back on Earth...

Chrono rubbed his forehead as he, Filia and Amy finally returned home after a couple of weeks of vacation. Well, that's what it was called, the truth was, it was finally their honeymoon and his mother had forced him to take his wives on a honeymoon. "I just hope our children aren't running mom into the ground." At least it was fairly late, he was certain that the children were in bed by now.

Rolling her eyes, Amy put a hand on his shoulders. "Relax, Chrono... I'm sure that the little ones didn't bother Lindy too much."

"Besides, I'm sure that Val was an excellent big brother to his little sisters and baby brother." Filia smiled as Chrono opened the door.

"I hope so, because I would hate to come home and see mom all frazzled and..." Chrono trailed off as he took two steps into his home. "...I sense something, something I've not felt since..."

"Chronosuke!" A rather familiar female voice shrieked out and Chrono found himself being pinned under a familiar gray haired cat girl. "Missed you so much!" Her tail waggled behind her. "How are you?!"

"L...Lotte?!" Chrono stared at the girl, who was grinning at him.

There was a clearing of throats and Lotte blinked and looked up, sweat-dropping at the dark aura that was surrounding Amy and Filia while their eyes glowed an eerie white color. "I was just saying hello..."

"And the thought of making out with our husband never crossed your mind?" Amy said flatly, getting a shake of Lotte's head as she jumped away from Chrono.

"Nah uh! Dad would be mad at me if I caused problems. I just wanted to say hello." The cat girl looked weird in normal clothes, a blue shirt and pants combo as she rubbed the back of her head, laughing nervously. "Please don't tell your mom or my dad that I was bad." She clapped her hands in front of her face and bowed her head. "Miss Lindy had to call a couple of favors in just to get us to come here."

"Then..." Amy trailed off as another cat girl, this one had longer hair on her head and was in a soft red colored shirt and gray pants, walked into the room. "Aria..." She said a bit coolly, causing the familiar, who was holding a sleeping baby in her hands.

"Hey, come on... Neither of us can do any magic outside of altering our shapes a little right now." Aria gulped softly and looked at Lotte. "You just had to pounce him, didn't you?"

"Couldn't help myself." Lotte sweat-dropped at the looks she was getting from Chrono's wives. "Please, we've been really good. Your children were all angels, didn't have any problems with them, outside of smelly diapers, at all."

"I don't know..." Amy trailed off as she walked over to Aria and took the baby in her hands. "Tell me, Karel, were Aria and Lotte good girls?" Amy smiled as her son started gurgling and waving his hands up at her. "Really? So they didn't try to make someone go berserk by pretending to kill their family in front of them?"

The twins winced and Chrono sighed as he stood up. "Amy, that was uncalled for." She looked at him in surprise and he looked at the twins. "Limiters?" He raised an eyebrow and they nodded sadly.

"We made a mistake, but father never wanted to do that to Hayate." Aria spoke to Chrono. "He just didn't know if there was any other way to stop something that couldn't be stopped normally. It was a last ditch effort and..."

"It's been years, Aria, Lotte, Amy..." Chrono shook his head as he looked at them. "They made a mistake, but I think they learned their lesson."

"You aren't mad?" Lotte said softly and smiled as he shook his head. "Thank you!" Lotte fell to her knees and bowed to him. "I'm so sorry about what..."

"Again, it's been years since that happened." Chrono shook his head. "How are Val, Liera and Lia doing?"

"Sleeping, except for Val." Aria gulped slightly at the look Amy gave her. "He woke up like ten minutes ago, I know it's late, but he said he wanted to..." Aria was knocked over as a ball of energy ran under her legs, causing her to lose balance as said ball of energy crashed into Filia, nearly knocking her over.

"Mom!" Val grinned up at his mother. "MISSED YOU!"

"Shhh!" Filia knelt down to hug her eldest son. "You'll wake your sisters up."

"Sorry." The boy said as he hugged his mother. "Was dad being stupid again?" Fate and Amy both laughed softly as Chrono rolled his eyes at the question.

"Nope." Filia smiled and kissed him on the forehead. "Not this time."

"Kay!" The young boy grinned and yawned loudly. "Moooom!" He whined when she told him it was time for bed.

"No arguing, young man, you're tired and you need your sleep. You don't want to be a runt Dragon when you grow up, do you?"

Val shook his head. "Nah uh!" He hugged Filia as the blonde carried him to his room.

"Amy..." Chrono looked at his wife, who sighed and looked at Aria, who was still on her butt, looking down at the floor.

"Sorry, Aria..." Amy walked over to the cat girl and knelt down. "...What's wrong?" For some reason, neither Aria nor Lotte seemed to be in good spirits. "I'm sorry about what I said, but..."

"It's not that, but father's getting older... And we're worried about him." Aria sighed softly. "Do those children forgive us?"

"You'll need to ask them." Chrono smiled softly and rubbed Lotte's head.

"We're afraid." Lotte whimpered softly. "Why would they forgive us? I mean, we did just..."

"If I know Nanoha like I think I do," Chrono interrupted her, "she doesn't hold grudges, except against those that tortured her and try to kill her friends. After all, she's good friends with Hayate's family, I don't think she hates you two for what happened."

"You think her mother will spank us again?" Lotte suddenly grabbed her butt and Aria shuddered in fright. "That hurt... We couldn't sit right for days! Even with healing magic!"

"That whip really hurt too." Aria nodded at her twin sister.

"How's your father doing?" Chrono asked the two, causing Aria to sigh softly.

"He hopes that everyone's doing okay, but you know he's not allowed to leave England. Your mother had to pull a lot of strings to get us to come here." Aria felt her shoulders slumping as Lotte stood up. "...Do you think Hayate hates him? He doesn't hear from her very often and he's worried that she's really mad at him."

Chrono shook his head. "I don't think she does," he frowned as Lotte looked down and trembled, sighing softly, he walked over to his old taskmaster and hugged her, much to Aria and Amy's surprise.

"Chronosuke!" Lotte hugged him tightly and started crying. "I'm so sorry!" She buried her face into his chest. "We were so wrong back then! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Chrono just sighed as Filia walked back into the room and blinked at the sight of him holding a sobbing catgirl in his arms.

"I hope this doesn't happen too often." Filia shook her head. "I'll make some tea."

Amy nodded as she took Karel to bed. "I'll join you soon."

Filia nodded and stepped behind Aria, before giving the cat girl a push over to Chrono. Part of her was upset when he hugged her as well, but seeing how sad and miserable the twins were, even she couldn't stay mad at them for too long.

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A little while later...

"So, that's what happened years ago." Filia said softly as she heard a brief over-view of what the twins, who had calmed down by now, had done in the past. "Can't say that I blame Amy for her comments though."

"I'm sorry too." Amy said, much to the twins' surprise. "I guess I'm just a little resentful that you two and your father got off scot-free."

"Not completely." Lotte spoke up and sighed as she looked down at her lap. "Father and the two of us are under some powerful limiters and we're only given enough money every month to survive. Well, a little more here and there, but we're also under constant watch by the Bureau."

"A glorified house arrest?" Amy blinked as they both nodded at her. "I'm a little surprised..."

"Father admitted to what he did." Aria shook her head. "The only special treatment he gets is a personal nurse." She blushed at that. "It's not like that. He's getting older, and we can't be there all the time, and even if we could, we don't know how to help him all the time, so, we have a nurse that lives with us. She's someone from the Bureau who doesn't mind living here anyway, so it's not a bad thing."

"Isolation from what you've come to know for years can sometimes be the worst punishment possible." Filia muttered softly, much to everyone's surprise. "...Even if people think that his punishment is light, the fact that he's now forced to live the rest of his life away from the people he knows and cares about really hurts." The Golden Dragon understood that better than anyone. There were so many nights that she would wake up in tears simply because she could never be near her people again that sometimes she wondered if maybe she wasn't punishing herself for some reason.

"Um..." Lotte poked her fingers together. "Can we live here for awhile? We can help watch your children... And father's in good hands... Plus we can call him whenever we need to and let him know what's going on here."

Chrono shrugged and looked at his wives. "It's up to you two, do we kick them out or let them live with us?"

"Well... If they do live with us..." Amy trailed off as the two looked at her hopefully. "They'll need to basically be maids around here."

"We can do that!" The two said at the same time.

"And keep your paws off of our husband." Filia spoke, getting a nod from the two of them.

Chrono smirked at them. "And you'll need to teach all four of our children how to use magic." The two blinked at him. "Hey, you two taught me, and I wasn't that talented after all."

When they nodded, Filia looked at Amy, who nodded at her. "Then it's decided, they can stay here for awhile. But, as for a place to stay..." She blinked as Aria turned into a gray cat.

"We don't take up much room." Lotte smiled at them.

"Fine, we'll need to get you some maid outfits for later." Filia nodded to them and tapped her fingers. "I wonder if the rumors about combat maids are real."

The others all sweat-dropped as Filia stood up and walked off, muttering something about lethal dusting.

"She is kidding, right?" Lotte looked at Chrono. "Tell me that she's joking."

"Filia saw Black Lagoon and thought Roberta was an awesome character and wanted a maid like her." Amy shook her head. "Looks like she'll get her wish."

Aria and Lotte both gulped, but were grateful they had a place to stay now.