It's good that the Nakajima sisters had each other, because they likely had no other real friends growing up. It might be part of the reason why they get along with each other without any of the rivalry or resentment that most siblings feel for each other.
Possibly. Though on the other hand, TV does not give a realistic view of how "most" families are. My family is a lot like the Nakajimas in terms of closeness, and we don't have any of the drama.
Could be the same for the Nakajimas, they just get along well.
Stretching her arms above her head, Vita groaned slightly as she felt her back pop slightly. "Wow, was stiffer than I thought."
Behind her, Signum tapped Vita in the middle of her back, causing the redhead to turn to look at her. "I'd see Shamal later, I think your back is slightly out of alignment."
Vita grumbled, but nodded, she did feel a little off between her shoulders lately. "How'd you know?"
"Shamal and I have similar problems at times." Vita blinked at the swords woman. "A downside of being human, I guess, we've got years of using heavy weapons and being able to throw our bodies into everything we do, and now we're human..."
Vita nodded at that and sighed softly. "Signum, I was wondering, I never hear you talk about it, but, the past, what do you remember of it?"
Signum blinked at Vita and closed her eyes. "Lots of memory comes to me, but I think you want something specific, what is it?"
"I never knew you before we were servants to the book, I was just... Kind of curious about who you served as a Knight and what you remembered about the people you were around."
Signum closed her eyes and thought for a moment. "It's been a long time, Vita." Her eyes snapped open as she recalled a very early memory. "...Vita, you said that we never met until..."
"Until we were part of the book, why?" The redhead looked at Signum in confusion.
"...I think I need to sit down." Signum didn't like that memory that flooded into her mind.
Vita blinked and followed Signum into the living room. As she walked in, she took a look around the house, it wouldn't be long until they were going to leave for Mid-Childa and leave this home.
"As for your question, what do I remember about the past..." Signum trailed off as Vita sat down across from her. "I was a knight in service of one of the many kings of the time." Vita blinked as Signum's cheeks were tinged a bit pink. "I recall that I was a bit more to the king than just his personal knight, but, that's not really important right now." She gave Vita a flat look when the busty redhead started to giggle at her. "Alright, fine, from what I can remember, he was amazing, now zip it." Vita nodded, still grinning at Signum.
"Anyway, the man was a king, but an excellent fighter." Signum looked at the table as her mind took her back. "I was a little girl when I first met the king, when he was a knight. I wasn't quite the strong woman I am now."
"You weren't?" Vita blinked and Signum shook her head.
"I was a twig, smaller than you were when you were a child... And a slave."
Vita stared at Signum.
*Flash...*
The small girl with dirty pink hair stared at the man who displayed sword skills she had never imagined were possible as he slaughtered the last of her captors. Her eyes widened as he walked up to her. Whimpering, she put her hands above her face and tried to make him go away, not strike her down like he did to the others.
"...My king ordered me to slaughter them and everyone who was helping them. He did not tell me about their slave operations." The knight sounded remorseful. The next thing she knew, the chains around her ankles were shattered.
The girl looked at him in shock.
"You're free to go, little one." The man, he was a giant compared to the small pink-haired slave girl, smiled and turned to walk away.
The next thing he knew, his legs were being grabbed, turning to look down, she looked up at him. "...what?"
"Teach me." She said softly, causing him to raise an eyebrow.
"You want me to teach you how to use a sword?" She nodded and he smiled, kneeling down and gently picking up the girl. "...First thing we need to do is get some food into you. A twig of a girl like you won't be much of a sword fighter if she's too thin."
The girl nodded at him.
"What's your name?" When the girl was silent, he nodded. "Very well... I'll name you then." She blinked at him. "...Signum." Holding her by her sides in front of him, he nodded and smiled at her. "Yes, one day, you'll be the feared Knight Signum, who will crush those who oppose you."
The newly named Signum smiled softly and nodded. "And you are..?" She noticed for the first time that he had a thick beard on his face, scars on his forehead and long, dark blonde hair.
"Sen." He smiled at her. "But when we're in training, you will call me 'master'."
Signum nodded. "That won't be a problem, master."
Sen chuckled softly as he pulled Signum against his body. "I would normally make you walk, but right now, haste is more important."
Signum nodded as he ran with her in his arms.
*End Flash...*
"For the next ten years, I was his apprentice, until the day that I was knighted." Signum leaned back against the couch. "I had little idea that he was actually the king's son until he became king and made me the general of all his troops."
Vita stared at Signum. "That is... Um... Wow..."
Signum smirked at the redhead. "Not all of us have a good life, Vita." She sighed and leaned back.
"So, why did you make that deal with the book?"
Signum closed her eyes and thought for several minutes. When Vita was about to ask again, she spoke up. "When I said he was amazing, I meant it... Both as a warrior, and as someone that I gave my heart to." Signum looked at Vita, who had a stunned look on her face. "Seeing him cut down in front of me was more than I could take. I sold my soul then and there for revenge." A melancholic look crossed her face. "...If I could remember more, I sometimes wonder what Sen would have said to me about that choice."
Vita had nothing she could say. What Signum told her was... Pretty hard to take in.
"Vita, if you ever end up finding someone that you want to be with for the rest of your life, don't follow the path that I did." Signum watched as Vita nodded and got up to go to her room, before sighing. "You're a sister to me, Vita." Signum muttered to herself. "I don't want you to be hurt like I was."
This chapter and last but I'm too lazy to multi-quote so. I always wondered about Jail's gloves and what they really were but that sounds highly plausable. As for Levi it seems more and more people are getting suspicious of Quattro and her activities lately, I wonder if the doctor will start to suspect.
And as for this chapter, that was quite a nice story until the end, then the guy is killed, should have seen it coming really but still nice to see a sound piece of advice like that taken to heart.
I want Skyward Sword so badly, but I have to finish Christmas shopping first.
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"The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul"
"When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge"
"There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."
Stretching her arms above her head, Vita groaned slightly as she felt her back pop slightly. "Wow, was stiffer than I thought."
Behind her, Signum tapped Vita in the middle of her back, causing the redhead to turn to look at her. "I'd see Shamal later, I think your back is slightly out of alignment."
Vita grumbled, but nodded, she did feel a little off between her shoulders lately. "How'd you know?"
"Shamal and I have similar problems at times." Vita blinked at the swords woman. "A downside of being human, I guess, we've got years of using heavy weapons and being able to throw our bodies into everything we do, and now we're human..."
Vita nodded at that and sighed softly. "Signum, I was wondering, I never hear you talk about it, but, the past, what do you remember of it?"
Signum blinked at Vita and closed her eyes. "Lots of memory comes to me, but I think you want something specific, what is it?"
"I never knew you before we were servants to the book, I was just... Kind of curious about who you served as a Knight and what you remembered about the people you were around."
Signum closed her eyes and thought for a moment. "It's been a long time, Vita." Her eyes snapped open as she recalled a very early memory. "...Vita, you said that we never met until..."
"Until we were part of the book, why?" The redhead looked at Signum in confusion.
"...I think I need to sit down." Signum didn't like that memory that flooded into her mind.
Vita blinked and followed Signum into the living room. As she walked in, she took a look around the house, it wouldn't be long until they were going to leave for Mid-Childa and leave this home.
"As for your question, what do I remember about the past..." Signum trailed off as Vita sat down across from her. "I was a knight in service of one of the many kings of the time." Vita blinked as Signum's cheeks were tinged a bit pink. "I recall that I was a bit more to the king than just his personal knight, but, that's not really important right now." She gave Vita a flat look when the busty redhead started to giggle at her. "Alright, fine, from what I can remember, he was amazing, now zip it." Vita nodded, still grinning at Signum.
"Anyway, the man was a king, but an excellent fighter." Signum looked at the table as her mind took her back. "I was a little girl when I first met the king, when he was a knight. I wasn't quite the strong woman I am now."
"You weren't?" Vita blinked and Signum shook her head.
"I was a twig, smaller than you were when you were a child... And a slave."
Vita stared at Signum.
*Flash...*
The small girl with dirty pink hair stared at the man who displayed sword skills she had never imagined were possible as he slaughtered the last of her captors. Her eyes widened as he walked up to her. Whimpering, she put her hands above her face and tried to make him go away, not strike her down like he did to the others.
"...My king ordered me to slaughter them and everyone who was helping them. He did not tell me about their slave operations." The knight sounded remorseful. The next thing she knew, the chains around her ankles were shattered.
The girl looked at him in shock.
"You're free to go, little one." The man, he was a giant compared to the small pink-haired slave girl, smiled and turned to walk away.
The next thing he knew, his legs were being grabbed, turning to look down, she looked up at him. "...what?"
"Teach me." She said softly, causing him to raise an eyebrow.
"You want me to teach you how to use a sword?" She nodded and he smiled, kneeling down and gently picking up the girl. "...First thing we need to do is get some food into you. A twig of a girl like you won't be much of a sword fighter if she's too thin."
The girl nodded at him.
"What's your name?" When the girl was silent, he nodded. "Very well... I'll name you then." She blinked at him. "...Signum." Holding her by her sides in front of him, he nodded and smiled at her. "Yes, one day, you'll be the feared Knight Signum, who will crush those who oppose you."
The newly named Signum smiled softly and nodded. "And you are..?" She noticed for the first time that he had a thick beard on his face, scars on his forehead and long, dark blonde hair.
"Sen." He smiled at her. "But when we're in training, you will call me 'master'."
Signum nodded. "That won't be a problem, master."
Sen chuckled softly as he pulled Signum against his body. "I would normally make you walk, but right now, haste is more important."
Signum nodded as he ran with her in his arms.
*End Flash...*
"For the next ten years, I was his apprentice, until the day that I was knighted." Signum leaned back against the couch. "I had little idea that he was actually the king's son until he became king and made me the general of all his troops."
Vita stared at Signum. "That is... Um... Wow..."
Signum smirked at the redhead. "Not all of us have a good life, Vita." She sighed and leaned back.
"So, why did you make that deal with the book?"
Signum closed her eyes and thought for several minutes. When Vita was about to ask again, she spoke up. "When I said he was amazing, I meant it... Both as a warrior, and as someone that I gave my heart to." Signum looked at Vita, who had a stunned look on her face. "Seeing him cut down in front of me was more than I could take. I sold my soul then and there for revenge." A melancholic look crossed her face. "...If I could remember more, I sometimes wonder what Sen would have said to me about that choice."
Vita had nothing she could say. What Signum told her was... Pretty hard to take in.
"Vita, if you ever end up finding someone that you want to be with for the rest of your life, don't follow the path that I did." Signum watched as Vita nodded and got up to go to her room, before sighing. "You're a sister to me, Vita." Signum muttered to herself. "I don't want you to be hurt like I was."
Tons of things to say but i don't want to cast Rising Dragon's rage, not this close to December xDU
...still surprised that Signum shows a slight moment of vanity by refering to herself as a "strong woman" xDU.
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May 29 2010-2019
...9 years ago, the day after never would be the same
Stretching her arms above her head, Vita groaned slightly as she felt her back pop slightly. "Wow, was stiffer than I thought."
Behind her, Signum tapped Vita in the middle of her back, causing the redhead to turn to look at her. "I'd see Shamal later, I think your back is slightly out of alignment."
Vita grumbled, but nodded, she did feel a little off between her shoulders lately. "How'd you know?"
"Shamal and I have similar problems at times." Vita blinked at the swords woman. "A downside of being human, I guess, we've got years of using heavy weapons and being able to throw our bodies into everything we do, and now we're human..."
Vita was laying face down, her shirt off and the back of her bra undone as Shamal used her hands to press into her back, working various knots and tension out of the redhead's body. "Nnnngh." Vita groaned as Shamal suddenly put both hands on her shoulder blades and pushed down. "GAH!" Vita's eyes snapped open as she felt her spine pop loudly. "Woah..."
Shamal smiled and patted Vita's back before putting her bra back into place for the redhead. "You need to remember to stretch your back more these days, Vita."
Nodding, Vita sat up and scratched her head before moving her long french braided pony tail over her shoulder to hang down her back. "Hey, Shamal," idly she noted that Zafira had walked in sometime and was sitting in the corner, watching them. Of all the guys she knew, Vita didn't mind Zafira seeing her in clothes or not. He had seen her, Shamal and Signum naked several times in the past, there really wasn't anything new for him to look at. "I was talking to Signum earlier and I was wondering something," Vita put her shirt on and noted that Shamal was looking at her curiously, "do you have any memories from before we were part of the book?"
Shamal shook her head. "Not much, I'm afraid. Bits and pieces from my past float to the surface at times, I know that much."
"I might be able to clear something up." Shamal and Vita both turned to Zafira and blinked as he looked at Shamal. "You were always were an incredible healer, Shamal. You and I were the first two accepted by the book."
"We were?" Shamal asked, confused.
Zafira nodded to her. "You weren't someone who was a fighter. You were just a simple traveler." Shamal stared at him. "...A traveler with incredible magical power." Zafira shook his head. "I was a feral wolf at the time, hurt and alone. You found me and healed my body."
"Zafira, I don't..." Shamal frowned at the story. "What do you mean, I was just a traveler?"
"I don't know your story," Zafira shook his head, "I was a feral wolf, you really should have let me die that day."
"Zafira!" Both Vita and Shamal gasped at him.
"You don't recall, do you?" Shamal shook her head and Zafira nodded at that. "It's for the best." He stood up and started to walk out before a heavy weight slammed into him, causing him to crash into floor. "Vita?" He yelped as the strong redhead hugged him tightly. "What?"
"Tell us." Vita growled at him. Zafira looked at Shamal, who nodded as well.
Zafira sighed softly. "Very well..."
*Flash...*
Zafira panted as he looked at a woman with silver hair, red eyes and a sad expression on her face. "Who are you?"
"The Book of Darkness." The woman answered him. "...Well, not really, but close enough. You, on the other hand, are my Guardian Beast now."
Zafira blinked at that. "...What?" A scent assaulted his nose and he spun around to gasp at the sight of a blonde woman covered in blood and laying face down on the ground.
"You killed her." Zafira's eyes widened as he heard her voice. "All she wanted to do was heal your wounds, and when you were healthy enough, you attacked her and all she wanted was to make sure that you were okay."
He turned to look at the silver haired woman. "Can you help her?"
Crossing her arms under her chest, the woman looked at him with a serious expression. "Doing so will erase her memories forever. She will not even remember you when she comes around, and you are dooming her to an eternity of servitude."
Zafira closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Then, make sure that I never can forget what happened. I shall suffer for all your knights for the rest of time."
The woman smiled at him and patted him on the head. "One day, you will have to tell her that you killed her."
"When that time comes, I'll accept the punishment."
"Very well, my Guardian Beast of the Shield."
*End Flash...*
Shamal said nothing and Vita was sitting on the floor in shock after hearing that story.
Zafira silently stood up and left the two alone. He wasn't sure what to do now.
Moments after he got outside, he was stopped by someone laying on top of him and hugging him. "Zafira..."
"Hayate." Zafira murmured and closed his eyes as she ran her hands through his fur. "What are..."
"Shhh..." Hayate whispered to him. "I heard what happened, Zafira." She felt him tense up. "I'll talk to Shamal and Vita, too, but you should know that I'm not mad at you."
"You aren't?" Zafira blinked and felt his mistress shake her head against his body.
"No... I'm sad. Because my family is hurting so much."
Zafira wanted to say something, but found he couldn't as Rein Zwei flew in and sat on his head, before laying out on top of his head and turning to hug him.
"Zaffy isn't a mean wolf anymore, Zaffy is my big brother."
For some reason, that made him feel much better.
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Vita was laying face down, her shirt off and the back of her bra undone as Shamal used her hands to press into her back, working various knots and tension out of the redhead's body. "Nnnngh." Vita groaned as Shamal suddenly put both hands on her shoulder blades and pushed down. "GAH!" Vita's eyes snapped open as she felt her spine pop loudly. "Woah..."
Shamal smiled and patted Vita's back before putting her bra back into place for the redhead. "You need to remember to stretch your back more these days, Vita."
Nodding, Vita sat up and scratched her head before moving her long french braided pony tail over her shoulder to hang down her back. "Hey, Shamal," idly she noted that Zafira had walked in sometime and was sitting in the corner, watching them. Of all the guys she knew, Vita didn't mind Zafira seeing her in clothes or not. He had seen her, Shamal and Signum naked several times in the past, there really wasn't anything new for him to look at. "I was talking to Signum earlier and I was wondering something," Vita put her shirt on and noted that Shamal was looking at her curiously, "do you have any memories from before we were part of the book?"
Shamal shook her head. "Not much, I'm afraid. Bits and pieces from my past float to the surface at times, I know that much."
"I might be able to clear something up." Shamal and Vita both turned to Zafira and blinked as he looked at Shamal. "You were always were an incredible healer, Shamal. You and I were the first two accepted by the book."
"We were?" Shamal asked, confused.
Zafira nodded to her. "You weren't someone who was a fighter. You were just a simple traveler." Shamal stared at him. "...A traveler with incredible magical power." Zafira shook his head. "I was a feral wolf at the time, hurt and alone. You found me and healed my body."
"Zafira, I don't..." Shamal frowned at the story. "What do you mean, I was just a traveler?"
"I don't know your story," Zafira shook his head, "I was a feral wolf, you really should have let me die that day."
"Zafira!" Both Vita and Shamal gasped at him.
"You don't recall, do you?" Shamal shook her head and Zafira nodded at that. "It's for the best." He stood up and started to walk out before a heavy weight slammed into him, causing him to crash into floor. "Vita?" He yelped as the strong redhead hugged him tightly. "What?"
"Tell us." Vita growled at him. Zafira looked at Shamal, who nodded as well.
Zafira sighed softly. "Very well..."
*Flash...*
Zafira panted as he looked at a woman with silver hair, red eyes and a sad expression on her face. "Who are you?"
"The Book of Darkness." The woman answered him. "...Well, not really, but close enough. You, on the other hand, are my Guardian Beast now."
Zafira blinked at that. "...What?" A scent assaulted his nose and he spun around to gasp at the sight of a blonde woman covered in blood and laying face down on the ground.
"You killed her." Zafira's eyes widened as he heard her voice. "All she wanted to do was heal your wounds, and when you were healthy enough, you attacked her and all she wanted was to make sure that you were okay."
He turned to look at the silver haired woman. "Can you help her?"
Crossing her arms under her chest, the woman looked at him with a serious expression. "Doing so will erase her memories forever. She will not even remember you when she comes around, and you are dooming her to an eternity of servitude."
Zafira closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Then, make sure that I never can forget what happened. I shall suffer for all your knights for the rest of time."
The woman smiled at him and patted him on the head. "One day, you will have to tell her that you killed her."
"When that time comes, I'll accept the punishment."
"Very well, my Guardian Beast of the Shield."
*End Flash...*
Shamal said nothing and Vita was sitting on the floor in shock after hearing that story.
Zafira silently stood up and left the two alone. He wasn't sure what to do now.
Moments after he got outside, he was stopped by someone laying on top of him and hugging him. "Zafira..."
"Hayate." Zafira murmured and closed his eyes as she ran her hands through his fur. "What are..."
"Shhh..." Hayate whispered to him. "I heard what happened, Zafira." She felt him tense up. "I'll talk to Shamal and Vita, too, but you should know that I'm not mad at you."
"You aren't?" Zafira blinked and felt his mistress shake her head against his body.
"No... I'm sad. Because my family is hurting so much."
Zafira wanted to say something, but found he couldn't as Rein Zwei flew in and sat on his head, before laying out on top of his head and turning to hug him.
"Zaffy isn't a mean wolf anymore, Zaffy is my big brother."
For some reason, that made him feel much better.
That'd give a whole new dimension to that scene is strikers where he shields her during the battle for section six that might not even happen now. The one where they both end up in the hospital with Vita and Rein.
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"The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul"
"When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge"
"There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."
Vita was laying face down, her shirt off and the back of her bra undone as Shamal used her hands to press into her back, working various knots and tension out of the redhead's body. "Nnnngh." Vita groaned as Shamal suddenly put both hands on her shoulder blades and pushed down. "GAH!" Vita's eyes snapped open as she felt her spine pop loudly. "Woah..."
Shamal smiled and patted Vita's back before putting her bra back into place for the redhead. "You need to remember to stretch your back more these days, Vita."
Nodding, Vita sat up and scratched her head before moving her long french braided pony tail over her shoulder to hang down her back. "Hey, Shamal," idly she noted that Zafira had walked in sometime and was sitting in the corner, watching them. Of all the guys she knew, Vita didn't mind Zafira seeing her in clothes or not. He had seen her, Shamal and Signum naked several times in the past, there really wasn't anything new for him to look at. "I was talking to Signum earlier and I was wondering something," Vita put her shirt on and noted that Shamal was looking at her curiously, "do you have any memories from before we were part of the book?"
Shamal shook her head. "Not much, I'm afraid. Bits and pieces from my past float to the surface at times, I know that much."
"I might be able to clear something up." Shamal and Vita both turned to Zafira and blinked as he looked at Shamal. "You were always were an incredible healer, Shamal. You and I were the first two accepted by the book."
"We were?" Shamal asked, confused.
Zafira nodded to her. "You weren't someone who was a fighter. You were just a simple traveler." Shamal stared at him. "...A traveler with incredible magical power." Zafira shook his head. "I was a feral wolf at the time, hurt and alone. You found me and healed my body."
"Zafira, I don't..." Shamal frowned at the story. "What do you mean, I was just a traveler?"
"I don't know your story," Zafira shook his head, "I was a feral wolf, you really should have let me die that day."
"Zafira!" Both Vita and Shamal gasped at him.
"You don't recall, do you?" Shamal shook her head and Zafira nodded at that. "It's for the best." He stood up and started to walk out before a heavy weight slammed into him, causing him to crash into floor. "Vita?" He yelped as the strong redhead hugged him tightly. "What?"
"Tell us." Vita growled at him. Zafira looked at Shamal, who nodded as well.
Zafira sighed softly. "Very well..."
*Flash...*
Zafira panted as he looked at a woman with silver hair, red eyes and a sad expression on her face. "Who are you?"
"The Book of Darkness." The woman answered him. "...Well, not really, but close enough. You, on the other hand, are my Guardian Beast now."
Zafira blinked at that. "...What?" A scent assaulted his nose and he spun around to gasp at the sight of a blonde woman covered in blood and laying face down on the ground.
"You killed her." Zafira's eyes widened as he heard her voice. "All she wanted to do was heal your wounds, and when you were healthy enough, you attacked her and all she wanted was to make sure that you were okay."
He turned to look at the silver haired woman. "Can you help her?"
Crossing her arms under her chest, the woman looked at him with a serious expression. "Doing so will erase her memories forever. She will not even remember you when she comes around, and you are dooming her to an eternity of servitude."
Zafira closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Then, make sure that I never can forget what happened. I shall suffer for all your knights for the rest of time."
The woman smiled at him and patted him on the head. "One day, you will have to tell her that you killed her."
"When that time comes, I'll accept the punishment."
"Very well, my Guardian Beast of the Shield."
*End Flash...*
Shamal said nothing and Vita was sitting on the floor in shock after hearing that story.
Zafira silently stood up and left the two alone. He wasn't sure what to do now.
Moments after he got outside, he was stopped by someone laying on top of him and hugging him. "Zafira..."
"Hayate." Zafira murmured and closed his eyes as she ran her hands through his fur. "What are..."
"Shhh..." Hayate whispered to him. "I heard what happened, Zafira." She felt him tense up. "I'll talk to Shamal and Vita, too, but you should know that I'm not mad at you."
"You aren't?" Zafira blinked and felt his mistress shake her head against his body.
"No... I'm sad. Because my family is hurting so much."
Zafira wanted to say something, but found he couldn't as Rein Zwei flew in and sat on his head, before laying out on top of his head and turning to hug him.
"Zaffy isn't a mean wolf anymore, Zaffy is my big brother."
For some reason, that made him feel much better.
Odin: And I thought my reincarnate have some dark and edgy past... *shrugs* Oh well, the past is in the past. We must move on for our future dictated by our actions.
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
Erio looked around the park that he, Yuuno, Caro, Fried and Arf were at so early in the morning. "Why are we here?" He asked, yawning slightly, next to him, Caro was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Yuuno had his arms over his head as he stretched. "Because, Erio," he put his arms down and smiled at the two younger children, "not a lot of people are out at this time, and those that are don't pay attention to much."
"That's right." Arf grinned at them. "Besides, we wanted to talk to the two of you alone." Erio and Caro both blinked while Fried settled down on the ground and chirped in confusion. "Pretty soon Hayate is going to make an announcement to all of us. And if it's what we think it is, a lot of us are going to be moving to Mid-Childa to work for the Bureau."
Erio's eyes widened. "But... But..."
Arf smiled at him. "Don't worry, we want you and Caro to come with us to Mid-Childa, but if you're thinking of joining the Bureau to be closer to Fate, you'll probably find to be pretty hard." Erio looked saddened at that news. "Despite that, if you go, you'll make a lot of friends and be able to live pretty happily." Erio blinked at Arf, who, despite being in her child form, reminded him that she was more experienced than he was.
"What about you and Arisa?" Caro looked at Yuuno, worry on her face.
Yuuno walked over to her and knelt down. "I don't know about Arisa, I plan on joining the Bureau anyway. My home isn't Earth, my home is Mid-Childa, I like living here, but it's because I have so many friends," he smiled and ruffled Caro's pink hair, "and cute girls like you," Caro's face turned so red that he wondered if maybe he was overdoing it a little, "that it makes living here fun."
Arf giggled softly and looked at Erio. "Fate, Yuuno, myself, you two, we're not from Earth originally, we're all from Mid-Childa or some world close to it. I love mom, dad and the rest of the family a lot, I do, I just miss Mid-Childa." Granted, Arf didn't have much experience there, since she lived in the country-side with Fate and Linith, but it was still her old home, and part of her really wanted to go back, see her old stomping ground again, find her old pack and see how they were doing.
"You two don't like it here?" Caro asked, getting Yuuno to shake his head negatively. "But..."
"Just because I miss my home and my family doesn't mean that I don't like it here." Yuuno smiled at her. "Lina really missed her home, but she wasn't able to go home for a long time." He blinked as Caro suddenly hugged him. "Caro."
"Don't be sad."
Yuuno smiled and hugged her back, rubbing her back. "I'm fine. Just because I miss my home doesn't mean I'd give up my time here for anything."
"You look like you're saying goodbye forever." A new voice spoke up and Yuuno turned to see Reinforce and Rein Zwei coming up to them. "How are you doing today?"
"Just fine, Reinforce." Yuuno smiled as Caro let go and he was able to stand up. "Thanks for joining us."
She nodded and smiled as Zwei zipped over to Caro and gave the girl a high five before flying over to Erio and doing the same. "It's not a problem."
Arf smiled at the confused looks Erio and Caro had. "Even though mom's been teaching you some of her magic, you two do need to learn some Mid-Childan and Belkan style magic as well."
"I asked Reinforce to join us today since there's no one with more knowledge of Belkan magic out there." Yuuno smiled at her before looking at the two. "One thing you two need to remember about magic is this, no two people have the same ability for magic."
"Huh?" Erio scratched his head. "But I can do lightning magic just like Fate-san can." He held his palm upwards and a ball of electricity formed in it. "See? She's been helping me get control over it."
Yuuno nodded at him. "That's good, but unlike Fate, you use Belkan magic, Fate uses Mid-Childan magic." He looked at Reinforce. "I'm not sure what the difference is, other than the fact that Belkan fighters tend to prefer to fight up close compared to Mid-Childan mages."
"That's not entirely correct, Yuuno-san." Reinforce nodded at him. "Belkan Knights are more comfortable in fighting close and using their bodies to fight, as you've seen with Signum, Vita and Zafira. However, even among them, magic is extremely varied and versitile. Shamal, myself, Zwei and Hayate are not what you would call close range fighters."
"You can fight close range, mommy! I saw you fighting against big sis!"
Reinforce nodded to her daughter. "Yes, I can fight close range. But it's not what I'd say I excell at. I have taught Hayate how to fight against close range as well, but my true abilities are to unison with Hayate, and if I'm not unisoned with her, I prefer to fight at middle to long range against my opponents, as my spells are often times too dangerous to and others if they're close."
Erio scratched his head. "So, not everyone who uses Belkan likes to fight close?"
"That's right." Yuuno nodded at him. "Shamal, for example, is a powerful healer and is better at support magic than attacking. Even I'm not that good at attack magic."
"HUH?!" Erio and Caro stared at Yuuno.
"Bu, but I saw you and Nanoha-san fighting!" Caro pointed a shaky finger at Yuuno. "You were having a lot of fun and..."
"What boss means is that if you just use his Mid-Childan magic, he's not a fighter."
"HUH?!" The two yelled and looked at Yuuno in confusion.
"Sillies!" Rein Zwei giggled and floated in front of them. "Yuuno knows different styles of magic. His Mid-Childan magic is mostly barriers, healing and chains for combat. He also knows how to search for people and objects, but he's not a fighter. Lina-san taught him how to fight, but..." The small device looked at Yuuno. "Um, what happened?"
Yuuno chuckled softly. "While I have great talent for white magic and I learned Shamanism from Zelgadis really easily, I am horrible at Black magic."
Arf giggled at that. "I'll say, you could barely cast a Blast Ash, and even that was only enough to make a moth turn into goo."
Yuuno rolled his eyes. "Anyway, until I got Holy magic, and later Thoth Driver." He tapped his device, "I wasn't much of a fighter. For all my fighting, I was still mostly support until Vrabazard gave me his blessing." Yuuno took off his jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. Concentrating, he smiled when Erio and Caro's eyes lit up in shock and awe as the tattoo on his arms started to glow. "Fate and Nanoha, for example, both use Mid-Childan style of magic, but Nanoha is better at middle and long range than Fate is."
Both children nodded, they had seen that.
"You, Caro," Reinforce spoke up and smiled softly, "have skill in summoning, which is really rare, especially being able to summon Dragons like you can is rather special."
Caro blushed and looked away. "Nah uh..."
"And, you, Erio," Arf grinned at the boy, "you can turn your magic into lightning easily! That's really awesome!"
Erio blushed but smiled proudly. He liked hearing something like that, even if it made him embarrassed to hear it.
"Reinforce, Arf and myself are going to help you two learn basic Mid and Belkan magic." Yuuno nodded at the two. "Rein Zwei is here to learn what she can as well."
"Yay! I can help!" Rein Zwei smiled and zipped over to Caro's shoulder. "I won't let anyone down."
"...For some odd reason, I want to see Caro, Erio and Rein do Hare Hare Yukai." Reinforce muttered, drawing odd looks from Yuuno and Arf, both of whom stopped to imagine it.
"...That would be absolutely adorable." Yuuno muttered softly, causing the three children to blink in confusion.
(---)
On the other side of the park...
Signum nodded at her soon-to-be opponent. "Testarossa."
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Standby ready."
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
"How do you..."
"Your nipples are poking through the fabric." Signum's eyes narrowed as Fate blushed and looked down. "Stop that, if you're going to fight like that, then fight!" Signum rushed forward and Fate brought Bardiche up to block. "There is nothing wrong with using your body to distract your opponents, Testarossa." Signum pushed Fate back with her strength. "While I would not do something like that, you, on the other hand, seem to be someone to do that."
"What do you mean by that?!" Fate yelled at Signum as she had Bardiche pop a cartridge.
"Harken Sabre."
To Signum's surprise, Fate didn't launch the attack at her like she would normally do, instead she opted to rush in and slash at her body. Using Laevantein, Signum parried the attack, but found Fate's foot suddenly placed into her sternum, forcing her back. "That was new." Signum grunted and looked up to see Fate's attack spinning and rushing at her. "Ah heck."
Fate nodded as she saw the explosion and started to slowly walk towards where she was sure Signum's body was. "What did she mean by that? Using my body to distract my opponents." Fate then looked down and blushed as she saw that her breasts were bouncing with each step. "...Okay, so maybe I could use a bra when fighting."
When the dust cloud settled, Fate blinked as all she saw was Signum's coat laying on the ground. "What the?" Her red eyes widened and she spun around and tried to leap back, just missing Signum's counter attack.
Or she thought she did, as Signum's sword cut upwards right through her shirt, exposing her belly and the under sides of her breasts with that attack.
"What I meant, Testarossa," without her jacket, Signum had, to Fate's surprise, a rather tight sleeveless top on that did nothing to hide how curvy and muscular the woman really was, "is that your outfits tend to show a lot of your flesh and hide none of your physical assets, even so, it is a good strategy against most opponents."
Fate's face was red, she couldn't believe Signum would nearly rip her top off like that. "Huh?"
"I, myself, prefer a fair fight, one on one with no outside interference, I do understand the importance of being able to mess with my opponent's head." Signum leaped at Fate and slashed downwards, forcing Fate to swing Bardiche upwards and block the attack. Fate's eyes widened as she felt her shirt roll up, exposing her chest completely and Signum smirked at how flustered Fate was getting. "If you were facing Hayate, she would be groping you instead of sparring right now."
"Signum, you..."
The pinkette leaned in closer. "If you find yourself against an opponent who's more interested in your body than fighting you, use that to your advantage to beat them." Fate blinked at the words, before Signum drove a knee into her stomach, sending her flying backwards.
Signum raised an eyebrow as Fate recovered fairly fast, other than her breasts bobbing from such an attack. "Reactive shields?"
"Had to learn something from Yuuno after all these years." Fate grinned at Signum. "Sonic Form."
"Sonic Drive."
Signum had to look away from the sudden flash of energy, but when it was done, she raised an eyebrow at Fate's new look. The skirt and most of the excess armor had been done away with, revealing Fate in a black pair of panties, metal boots, a skin-tight tank top that actually looked like it did a better job supporting her breasts than her normal armor did, and short gloves on her hands. "Interesting look, I did not know that it was fashionable to fight in your underwear."
Fate blushed and frowned at Signum. "They're bikini bottoms!"
"Keep telling yourself that."
Fate frowned at Signum's teases, but she couldn't deny that the bottom of her outfit really did look like she was wearing panties instead of bikini bottoms. "Signum," Fate said softly, Bardiche having shifted to its thinner blade mode in the process.
"Yes?" Signum could feel the palatable frustration surrounding Fate. It hadn't been her intention to tease the blonde, especially not to the degree that she had done it, but seeing Fate react like she was... Signum's thoughts were thrown off as binds snapped around her arms and legs, pinning her arms against her body and legs against each other.
"Let's see how you like it!" Fate yelled and zipped in. Before Signum knew what was happening, her top suddenly exploded, revealing her rather nice shaped breasts to the world.
Raising an eyebrow, Signum broke the binds before lashing out with her sword and clashing against Fate's sword. "We're reduced to stripping each other now?"
"You started it." Fate retorted, getting a roll of Signum's eyes.
"Yes, yes I did, but unlike you, Testarossa..." The next thing Fate knew, Signum threw a punch that landed on her right breast. "Fighting naked does not bother me."
Fate fell to the ground and clutched at her chest. "Owww..."
"I suggest that we stop." Signum said as she walked over to her jacket. "And, Testarossa, my intent was not to merely tease you to get a reaction, but to point out what you can do."
"So you want me to flash my opponents like a slut?" Fate asked and Signum shook her head while putting her coat on.
"Not at all, but against an opponent who is easily distracted, you should use those distractions against them." Signum turned and looked at Fate, who was starting to stand up. "After all, it would not be good to lose so easily, now would it?"
"Signum..." Fate muttered softly. "That was low of you."
"If I had been seeking to do more than teach you a friendly lesson, Testarossa, you would have been powerless to stop me." Fate's eyes widened as she looked at Signum, who had a stony expression on her face. Even though her jacket was open and covering her breasts, it probably wouldn't take much to reveal them to the world. "I have seen many female warriors fall just because of reactions similar to yours, and I do not wish the same for a friend."
Fate blinked at that. "I, wha, huh?"
Signum turned and started to walk away. "If bruising your ego and embarrassing you a little now keeps you from being humiliated and used by enemies later, then it was worth having you be angry at me for now."
Fate could only stare at Signum's backside as she walked away. She really had no comeback for that.
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Erio looked around the park that he, Yuuno, Caro, Fried and Arf were at so early in the morning. "Why are we here?" He asked, yawning slightly, next to him, Caro was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Yuuno had his arms over his head as he stretched. "Because, Erio," he put his arms down and smiled at the two younger children, "not a lot of people are out at this time, and those that are don't pay attention to much."
"That's right." Arf grinned at them. "Besides, we wanted to talk to the two of you alone." Erio and Caro both blinked while Fried settled down on the ground and chirped in confusion. "Pretty soon Hayate is going to make an announcement to all of us. And if it's what we think it is, a lot of us are going to be moving to Mid-Childa to work for the Bureau."
Erio's eyes widened. "But... But..."
Arf smiled at him. "Don't worry, we want you and Caro to come with us to Mid-Childa, but if you're thinking of joining the Bureau to be closer to Fate, you'll probably find to be pretty hard." Erio looked saddened at that news. "Despite that, if you go, you'll make a lot of friends and be able to live pretty happily." Erio blinked at Arf, who, despite being in her child form, reminded him that she was more experienced than he was.
"What about you and Arisa?" Caro looked at Yuuno, worry on her face.
Yuuno walked over to her and knelt down. "I don't know about Arisa, I plan on joining the Bureau anyway. My home isn't Earth, my home is Mid-Childa, I like living here, but it's because I have so many friends," he smiled and ruffled Caro's pink hair, "and cute girls like you," Caro's face turned so red that he wondered if maybe he was overdoing it a little, "that it makes living here fun."
Arf giggled softly and looked at Erio. "Fate, Yuuno, myself, you two, we're not from Earth originally, we're all from Mid-Childa or some world close to it. I love mom, dad and the rest of the family a lot, I do, I just miss Mid-Childa." Granted, Arf didn't have much experience there, since she lived in the country-side with Fate and Linith, but it was still her old home, and part of her really wanted to go back, see her old stomping ground again, find her old pack and see how they were doing.
"You two don't like it here?" Caro asked, getting Yuuno to shake his head negatively. "But..."
"Just because I miss my home and my family doesn't mean that I don't like it here." Yuuno smiled at her. "Lina really missed her home, but she wasn't able to go home for a long time." He blinked as Caro suddenly hugged him. "Caro."
"Don't be sad."
Yuuno smiled and hugged her back, rubbing her back. "I'm fine. Just because I miss my home doesn't mean I'd give up my time here for anything."
"You look like you're saying goodbye forever." A new voice spoke up and Yuuno turned to see Reinforce and Rein Zwei coming up to them. "How are you doing today?"
"Just fine, Reinforce." Yuuno smiled as Caro let go and he was able to stand up. "Thanks for joining us."
She nodded and smiled as Zwei zipped over to Caro and gave the girl a high five before flying over to Erio and doing the same. "It's not a problem."
Arf smiled at the confused looks Erio and Caro had. "Even though mom's been teaching you some of her magic, you two do need to learn some Mid-Childan and Belkan style magic as well."
"I asked Reinforce to join us today since there's no one with more knowledge of Belkan magic out there." Yuuno smiled at her before looking at the two. "One thing you two need to remember about magic is this, no two people have the same ability for magic."
"Huh?" Erio scratched his head. "But I can do lightning magic just like Fate-san can." He held his palm upwards and a ball of electricity formed in it. "See? She's been helping me get control over it."
Yuuno nodded at him. "That's good, but unlike Fate, you use Belkan magic, Fate uses Mid-Childan magic." He looked at Reinforce. "I'm not sure what the difference is, other than the fact that Belkan fighters tend to prefer to fight up close compared to Mid-Childan mages."
"That's not entirely correct, Yuuno-san." Reinforce nodded at him. "Belkan Knights are more comfortable in fighting close and using their bodies to fight, as you've seen with Signum, Vita and Zafira. However, even among them, magic is extremely varied and versitile. Shamal, myself, Zwei and Hayate are not what you would call close range fighters."
"You can fight close range, mommy! I saw you fighting against big sis!"
Reinforce nodded to her daughter. "Yes, I can fight close range. But it's not what I'd say I excell at. I have taught Hayate how to fight against close range as well, but my true abilities are to unison with Hayate, and if I'm not unisoned with her, I prefer to fight at middle to long range against my opponents, as my spells are often times too dangerous to and others if they're close."
Erio scratched his head. "So, not everyone who uses Belkan likes to fight close?"
"That's right." Yuuno nodded at him. "Shamal, for example, is a powerful healer and is better at support magic than attacking. Even I'm not that good at attack magic."
"HUH?!" Erio and Caro stared at Yuuno.
"Bu, but I saw you and Nanoha-san fighting!" Caro pointed a shaky finger at Yuuno. "You were having a lot of fun and..."
"What boss means is that if you just use his Mid-Childan magic, he's not a fighter."
"HUH?!" The two yelled and looked at Yuuno in confusion.
"Sillies!" Rein Zwei giggled and floated in front of them. "Yuuno knows different styles of magic. His Mid-Childan magic is mostly barriers, healing and chains for combat. He also knows how to search for people and objects, but he's not a fighter. Lina-san taught him how to fight, but..." The small device looked at Yuuno. "Um, what happened?"
Yuuno chuckled softly. "While I have great talent for white magic and I learned Shamanism from Zelgadis really easily, I am horrible at Black magic."
Arf giggled at that. "I'll say, you could barely cast a Blast Ash, and even that was only enough to make a moth turn into goo."
Yuuno rolled his eyes. "Anyway, until I got Holy magic, and later Thoth Driver." He tapped his device, "I wasn't much of a fighter. For all my fighting, I was still mostly support until Vrabazard gave me his blessing." Yuuno took off his jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. Concentrating, he smiled when Erio and Caro's eyes lit up in shock and awe as the tattoo on his arms started to glow. "Fate and Nanoha, for example, both use Mid-Childan style of magic, but Nanoha is better at middle and long range than Fate is."
Both children nodded, they had seen that.
"You, Caro," Reinforce spoke up and smiled softly, "have skill in summoning, which is really rare, especially being able to summon Dragons like you can is rather special."
Caro blushed and looked away. "Nah uh..."
"And, you, Erio," Arf grinned at the boy, "you can turn your magic into lightning easily! That's really awesome!"
Erio blushed but smiled proudly. He liked hearing something like that, even if it made him embarrassed to hear it.
"Reinforce, Arf and myself are going to help you two learn basic Mid and Belkan magic." Yuuno nodded at the two. "Rein Zwei is here to learn what she can as well."
"Yay! I can help!" Rein Zwei smiled and zipped over to Caro's shoulder. "I won't let anyone down."
"...For some odd reason, I want to see Caro, Erio and Rein do Hare Hare Yukai." Reinforce muttered, drawing odd looks from Yuuno and Arf, both of whom stopped to imagine it.
"...That would be absolutely adorable." Yuuno muttered softly, causing the three children to blink in confusion.
(---)
On the other side of the park...
Signum nodded at her soon-to-be opponent. "Testarossa."
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Standby ready."
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
"How do you..."
"Your nipples are poking through the fabric." Signum's eyes narrowed as Fate blushed and looked down. "Stop that, if you're going to fight like that, then fight!" Signum rushed forward and Fate brought Bardiche up to block. "There is nothing wrong with using your body to distract your opponents, Testarossa." Signum pushed Fate back with her strength. "While I would not do something like that, you, on the other hand, seem to be someone to do that."
"What do you mean by that?!" Fate yelled at Signum as she had Bardiche pop a cartridge.
"Harken Sabre."
To Signum's surprise, Fate didn't launch the attack at her like she would normally do, instead she opted to rush in and slash at her body. Using Laevantein, Signum parried the attack, but found Fate's foot suddenly placed into her sternum, forcing her back. "That was new." Signum grunted and looked up to see Fate's attack spinning and rushing at her. "Ah heck."
Fate nodded as she saw the explosion and started to slowly walk towards where she was sure Signum's body was. "What did she mean by that? Using my body to distract my opponents." Fate then looked down and blushed as she saw that her breasts were bouncing with each step. "...Okay, so maybe I could use a bra when fighting."
When the dust cloud settled, Fate blinked as all she saw was Signum's coat laying on the ground. "What the?" Her red eyes widened and she spun around and tried to leap back, just missing Signum's counter attack.
Or she thought she did, as Signum's sword cut upwards right through her shirt, exposing her belly and the under sides of her breasts with that attack.
"What I meant, Testarossa," without her jacket, Signum had, to Fate's surprise, a rather tight sleeveless top on that did nothing to hide how curvy and muscular the woman really was, "is that your outfits tend to show a lot of your flesh and hide none of your physical assets, even so, it is a good strategy against most opponents."
Fate's face was red, she couldn't believe Signum would nearly rip her top off like that. "Huh?"
"I, myself, prefer a fair fight, one on one with no outside interference, I do understand the importance of being able to mess with my opponent's head." Signum leaped at Fate and slashed downwards, forcing Fate to swing Bardiche upwards and block the attack. Fate's eyes widened as she felt her shirt roll up, exposing her chest completely and Signum smirked at how flustered Fate was getting. "If you were facing Hayate, she would be groping you instead of sparring right now."
"Signum, you..."
The pinkette leaned in closer. "If you find yourself against an opponent who's more interested in your body than fighting you, use that to your advantage to beat them." Fate blinked at the words, before Signum drove a knee into her stomach, sending her flying backwards.
Signum raised an eyebrow as Fate recovered fairly fast, other than her breasts bobbing from such an attack. "Reactive shields?"
"Had to learn something from Yuuno after all these years." Fate grinned at Signum. "Sonic Form."
"Sonic Drive."
Signum had to look away from the sudden flash of energy, but when it was done, she raised an eyebrow at Fate's new look. The skirt and most of the excess armor had been done away with, revealing Fate in a black pair of panties, metal boots, a skin-tight tank top that actually looked like it did a better job supporting her breasts than her normal armor did, and short gloves on her hands. "Interesting look, I did not know that it was fashionable to fight in your underwear."
Fate blushed and frowned at Signum. "They're bikini bottoms!"
"Keep telling yourself that."
Fate frowned at Signum's teases, but she couldn't deny that the bottom of her outfit really did look like she was wearing panties instead of bikini bottoms. "Signum," Fate said softly, Bardiche having shifted to its thinner blade mode in the process.
"Yes?" Signum could feel the palatable frustration surrounding Fate. It hadn't been her intention to tease the blonde, especially not to the degree that she had done it, but seeing Fate react like she was... Signum's thoughts were thrown off as binds snapped around her arms and legs, pinning her arms against her body and legs against each other.
"Let's see how you like it!" Fate yelled and zipped in. Before Signum knew what was happening, her top suddenly exploded, revealing her rather nice shaped breasts to the world.
Raising an eyebrow, Signum broke the binds before lashing out with her sword and clashing against Fate's sword. "We're reduced to stripping each other now?"
"You started it." Fate retorted, getting a roll of Signum's eyes.
"Yes, yes I did, but unlike you, Testarossa..." The next thing Fate knew, Signum threw a punch that landed on her right breast. "Fighting naked does not bother me."
Fate fell to the ground and clutched at her chest. "Owww..."
"I suggest that we stop." Signum said as she walked over to her jacket. "And, Testarossa, my intent was not to merely tease you to get a reaction, but to point out what you can do."
"So you want me to flash my opponents like a slut?" Fate asked and Signum shook her head while putting her coat on.
"Not at all, but against an opponent who is easily distracted, you should use those distractions against them." Signum turned and looked at Fate, who was starting to stand up. "After all, it would not be good to lose so easily, now would it?"
"Signum..." Fate muttered softly. "That was low of you."
"If I had been seeking to do more than teach you a friendly lesson, Testarossa, you would have been powerless to stop me." Fate's eyes widened as she looked at Signum, who had a stony expression on her face. Even though her jacket was open and covering her breasts, it probably wouldn't take much to reveal them to the world. "I have seen many female warriors fall just because of reactions similar to yours, and I do not wish the same for a friend."
Fate blinked at that. "I, wha, huh?"
Signum turned and started to walk away. "If bruising your ego and embarrassing you a little now keeps you from being humiliated and used by enemies later, then it was worth having you be angry at me for now."
Fate could only stare at Signum's backside as she walked away. She really had no comeback for that.
I'm going to be stuck with the image of Caro, Erio, and Rein doing Hare Hare Yukai for the rest of the day now...
Erio looked around the park that he, Yuuno, Caro, Fried and Arf were at so early in the morning. "Why are we here?" He asked, yawning slightly, next to him, Caro was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Yuuno had his arms over his head as he stretched. "Because, Erio," he put his arms down and smiled at the two younger children, "not a lot of people are out at this time, and those that are don't pay attention to much."
"That's right." Arf grinned at them. "Besides, we wanted to talk to the two of you alone." Erio and Caro both blinked while Fried settled down on the ground and chirped in confusion. "Pretty soon Hayate is going to make an announcement to all of us. And if it's what we think it is, a lot of us are going to be moving to Mid-Childa to work for the Bureau."
Erio's eyes widened. "But... But..."
Arf smiled at him. "Don't worry, we want you and Caro to come with us to Mid-Childa, but if you're thinking of joining the Bureau to be closer to Fate, you'll probably find to be pretty hard." Erio looked saddened at that news. "Despite that, if you go, you'll make a lot of friends and be able to live pretty happily." Erio blinked at Arf, who, despite being in her child form, reminded him that she was more experienced than he was.
"What about you and Arisa?" Caro looked at Yuuno, worry on her face.
Yuuno walked over to her and knelt down. "I don't know about Arisa, I plan on joining the Bureau anyway. My home isn't Earth, my home is Mid-Childa, I like living here, but it's because I have so many friends," he smiled and ruffled Caro's pink hair, "and cute girls like you," Caro's face turned so red that he wondered if maybe he was overdoing it a little, "that it makes living here fun."
Arf giggled softly and looked at Erio. "Fate, Yuuno, myself, you two, we're not from Earth originally, we're all from Mid-Childa or some world close to it. I love mom, dad and the rest of the family a lot, I do, I just miss Mid-Childa." Granted, Arf didn't have much experience there, since she lived in the country-side with Fate and Linith, but it was still her old home, and part of her really wanted to go back, see her old stomping ground again, find her old pack and see how they were doing.
"You two don't like it here?" Caro asked, getting Yuuno to shake his head negatively. "But..."
"Just because I miss my home and my family doesn't mean that I don't like it here." Yuuno smiled at her. "Lina really missed her home, but she wasn't able to go home for a long time." He blinked as Caro suddenly hugged him. "Caro."
"Don't be sad."
Yuuno smiled and hugged her back, rubbing her back. "I'm fine. Just because I miss my home doesn't mean I'd give up my time here for anything."
"You look like you're saying goodbye forever." A new voice spoke up and Yuuno turned to see Reinforce and Rein Zwei coming up to them. "How are you doing today?"
"Just fine, Reinforce." Yuuno smiled as Caro let go and he was able to stand up. "Thanks for joining us."
She nodded and smiled as Zwei zipped over to Caro and gave the girl a high five before flying over to Erio and doing the same. "It's not a problem."
Arf smiled at the confused looks Erio and Caro had. "Even though mom's been teaching you some of her magic, you two do need to learn some Mid-Childan and Belkan style magic as well."
"I asked Reinforce to join us today since there's no one with more knowledge of Belkan magic out there." Yuuno smiled at her before looking at the two. "One thing you two need to remember about magic is this, no two people have the same ability for magic."
"Huh?" Erio scratched his head. "But I can do lightning magic just like Fate-san can." He held his palm upwards and a ball of electricity formed in it. "See? She's been helping me get control over it."
Yuuno nodded at him. "That's good, but unlike Fate, you use Belkan magic, Fate uses Mid-Childan magic." He looked at Reinforce. "I'm not sure what the difference is, other than the fact that Belkan fighters tend to prefer to fight up close compared to Mid-Childan mages."
"That's not entirely correct, Yuuno-san." Reinforce nodded at him. "Belkan Knights are more comfortable in fighting close and using their bodies to fight, as you've seen with Signum, Vita and Zafira. However, even among them, magic is extremely varied and versitile. Shamal, myself, Zwei and Hayate are not what you would call close range fighters."
"You can fight close range, mommy! I saw you fighting against big sis!"
Reinforce nodded to her daughter. "Yes, I can fight close range. But it's not what I'd say I excell at. I have taught Hayate how to fight against close range as well, but my true abilities are to unison with Hayate, and if I'm not unisoned with her, I prefer to fight at middle to long range against my opponents, as my spells are often times too dangerous to and others if they're close."
Erio scratched his head. "So, not everyone who uses Belkan likes to fight close?"
"That's right." Yuuno nodded at him. "Shamal, for example, is a powerful healer and is better at support magic than attacking. Even I'm not that good at attack magic."
"HUH?!" Erio and Caro stared at Yuuno.
"Bu, but I saw you and Nanoha-san fighting!" Caro pointed a shaky finger at Yuuno. "You were having a lot of fun and..."
"What boss means is that if you just use his Mid-Childan magic, he's not a fighter."
"HUH?!" The two yelled and looked at Yuuno in confusion.
"Sillies!" Rein Zwei giggled and floated in front of them. "Yuuno knows different styles of magic. His Mid-Childan magic is mostly barriers, healing and chains for combat. He also knows how to search for people and objects, but he's not a fighter. Lina-san taught him how to fight, but..." The small device looked at Yuuno. "Um, what happened?"
Yuuno chuckled softly. "While I have great talent for white magic and I learned Shamanism from Zelgadis really easily, I am horrible at Black magic."
Arf giggled at that. "I'll say, you could barely cast a Blast Ash, and even that was only enough to make a moth turn into goo."
Yuuno rolled his eyes. "Anyway, until I got Holy magic, and later Thoth Driver." He tapped his device, "I wasn't much of a fighter. For all my fighting, I was still mostly support until Vrabazard gave me his blessing." Yuuno took off his jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. Concentrating, he smiled when Erio and Caro's eyes lit up in shock and awe as the tattoo on his arms started to glow. "Fate and Nanoha, for example, both use Mid-Childan style of magic, but Nanoha is better at middle and long range than Fate is."
Both children nodded, they had seen that.
"You, Caro," Reinforce spoke up and smiled softly, "have skill in summoning, which is really rare, especially being able to summon Dragons like you can is rather special."
Caro blushed and looked away. "Nah uh..."
"And, you, Erio," Arf grinned at the boy, "you can turn your magic into lightning easily! That's really awesome!"
Erio blushed but smiled proudly. He liked hearing something like that, even if it made him embarrassed to hear it.
"Reinforce, Arf and myself are going to help you two learn basic Mid and Belkan magic." Yuuno nodded at the two. "Rein Zwei is here to learn what she can as well."
"Yay! I can help!" Rein Zwei smiled and zipped over to Caro's shoulder. "I won't let anyone down."
"...For some odd reason, I want to see Caro, Erio and Rein do Hare Hare Yukai." Reinforce muttered, drawing odd looks from Yuuno and Arf, both of whom stopped to imagine it.
"...That would be absolutely adorable." Yuuno muttered softly, causing the three children to blink in confusion.
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On the other side of the park...
Signum nodded at her soon-to-be opponent. "Testarossa."
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Standby ready."
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
"How do you..."
"Your nipples are poking through the fabric." Signum's eyes narrowed as Fate blushed and looked down. "Stop that, if you're going to fight like that, then fight!" Signum rushed forward and Fate brought Bardiche up to block. "There is nothing wrong with using your body to distract your opponents, Testarossa." Signum pushed Fate back with her strength. "While I would not do something like that, you, on the other hand, seem to be someone to do that."
"What do you mean by that?!" Fate yelled at Signum as she had Bardiche pop a cartridge.
"Harken Sabre."
To Signum's surprise, Fate didn't launch the attack at her like she would normally do, instead she opted to rush in and slash at her body. Using Laevantein, Signum parried the attack, but found Fate's foot suddenly placed into her sternum, forcing her back. "That was new." Signum grunted and looked up to see Fate's attack spinning and rushing at her. "Ah heck."
Fate nodded as she saw the explosion and started to slowly walk towards where she was sure Signum's body was. "What did she mean by that? Using my body to distract my opponents." Fate then looked down and blushed as she saw that her breasts were bouncing with each step. "...Okay, so maybe I could use a bra when fighting."
When the dust cloud settled, Fate blinked as all she saw was Signum's coat laying on the ground. "What the?" Her red eyes widened and she spun around and tried to leap back, just missing Signum's counter attack.
Or she thought she did, as Signum's sword cut upwards right through her shirt, exposing her belly and the under sides of her breasts with that attack.
"What I meant, Testarossa," without her jacket, Signum had, to Fate's surprise, a rather tight sleeveless top on that did nothing to hide how curvy and muscular the woman really was, "is that your outfits tend to show a lot of your flesh and hide none of your physical assets, even so, it is a good strategy against most opponents."
Fate's face was red, she couldn't believe Signum would nearly rip her top off like that. "Huh?"
"I, myself, prefer a fair fight, one on one with no outside interference, I do understand the importance of being able to mess with my opponent's head." Signum leaped at Fate and slashed downwards, forcing Fate to swing Bardiche upwards and block the attack. Fate's eyes widened as she felt her shirt roll up, exposing her chest completely and Signum smirked at how flustered Fate was getting. "If you were facing Hayate, she would be groping you instead of sparring right now."
"Signum, you..."
The pinkette leaned in closer. "If you find yourself against an opponent who's more interested in your body than fighting you, use that to your advantage to beat them." Fate blinked at the words, before Signum drove a knee into her stomach, sending her flying backwards.
Signum raised an eyebrow as Fate recovered fairly fast, other than her breasts bobbing from such an attack. "Reactive shields?"
"Had to learn something from Yuuno after all these years." Fate grinned at Signum. "Sonic Form."
"Sonic Drive."
Signum had to look away from the sudden flash of energy, but when it was done, she raised an eyebrow at Fate's new look. The skirt and most of the excess armor had been done away with, revealing Fate in a black pair of panties, metal boots, a skin-tight tank top that actually looked like it did a better job supporting her breasts than her normal armor did, and short gloves on her hands. "Interesting look, I did not know that it was fashionable to fight in your underwear."
Fate blushed and frowned at Signum. "They're bikini bottoms!"
"Keep telling yourself that."
Fate frowned at Signum's teases, but she couldn't deny that the bottom of her outfit really did look like she was wearing panties instead of bikini bottoms. "Signum," Fate said softly, Bardiche having shifted to its thinner blade mode in the process.
"Yes?" Signum could feel the palatable frustration surrounding Fate. It hadn't been her intention to tease the blonde, especially not to the degree that she had done it, but seeing Fate react like she was... Signum's thoughts were thrown off as binds snapped around her arms and legs, pinning her arms against her body and legs against each other.
"Let's see how you like it!" Fate yelled and zipped in. Before Signum knew what was happening, her top suddenly exploded, revealing her rather nice shaped breasts to the world.
Raising an eyebrow, Signum broke the binds before lashing out with her sword and clashing against Fate's sword. "We're reduced to stripping each other now?"
"You started it." Fate retorted, getting a roll of Signum's eyes.
"Yes, yes I did, but unlike you, Testarossa..." The next thing Fate knew, Signum threw a punch that landed on her right breast. "Fighting naked does not bother me."
Fate fell to the ground and clutched at her chest. "Owww..."
"I suggest that we stop." Signum said as she walked over to her jacket. "And, Testarossa, my intent was not to merely tease you to get a reaction, but to point out what you can do."
"So you want me to flash my opponents like a slut?" Fate asked and Signum shook her head while putting her coat on.
"Not at all, but against an opponent who is easily distracted, you should use those distractions against them." Signum turned and looked at Fate, who was starting to stand up. "After all, it would not be good to lose so easily, now would it?"
"Signum..." Fate muttered softly. "That was low of you."
"If I had been seeking to do more than teach you a friendly lesson, Testarossa, you would have been powerless to stop me." Fate's eyes widened as she looked at Signum, who had a stony expression on her face. Even though her jacket was open and covering her breasts, it probably wouldn't take much to reveal them to the world. "I have seen many female warriors fall just because of reactions similar to yours, and I do not wish the same for a friend."
Fate blinked at that. "I, wha, huh?"
Signum turned and started to walk away. "If bruising your ego and embarrassing you a little now keeps you from being humiliated and used by enemies later, then it was worth having you be angry at me for now."
Fate could only stare at Signum's backside as she walked away. She really had no comeback for that.
The true sinister art of Clothing Damage, such a deadly weapon against our heroes may endanger even their strong wills and fighting spirit. And on the other hand Hare Hare Yukai was playing while reading this chapter and I couldn't help but imagine it.
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"The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul"
"When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge"
"There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."
Erio looked around the park that he, Yuuno, Caro, Fried and Arf were at so early in the morning. "Why are we here?" He asked, yawning slightly, next to him, Caro was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Yuuno had his arms over his head as he stretched. "Because, Erio," he put his arms down and smiled at the two younger children, "not a lot of people are out at this time, and those that are don't pay attention to much."
"That's right." Arf grinned at them. "Besides, we wanted to talk to the two of you alone." Erio and Caro both blinked while Fried settled down on the ground and chirped in confusion. "Pretty soon Hayate is going to make an announcement to all of us. And if it's what we think it is, a lot of us are going to be moving to Mid-Childa to work for the Bureau."
Erio's eyes widened. "But... But..."
Arf smiled at him. "Don't worry, we want you and Caro to come with us to Mid-Childa, but if you're thinking of joining the Bureau to be closer to Fate, you'll probably find to be pretty hard." Erio looked saddened at that news. "Despite that, if you go, you'll make a lot of friends and be able to live pretty happily." Erio blinked at Arf, who, despite being in her child form, reminded him that she was more experienced than he was.
"What about you and Arisa?" Caro looked at Yuuno, worry on her face.
Yuuno walked over to her and knelt down. "I don't know about Arisa, I plan on joining the Bureau anyway. My home isn't Earth, my home is Mid-Childa, I like living here, but it's because I have so many friends," he smiled and ruffled Caro's pink hair, "and cute girls like you," Caro's face turned so red that he wondered if maybe he was overdoing it a little, "that it makes living here fun."
Arf giggled softly and looked at Erio. "Fate, Yuuno, myself, you two, we're not from Earth originally, we're all from Mid-Childa or some world close to it. I love mom, dad and the rest of the family a lot, I do, I just miss Mid-Childa." Granted, Arf didn't have much experience there, since she lived in the country-side with Fate and Linith, but it was still her old home, and part of her really wanted to go back, see her old stomping ground again, find her old pack and see how they were doing.
"You two don't like it here?" Caro asked, getting Yuuno to shake his head negatively. "But..."
"Just because I miss my home and my family doesn't mean that I don't like it here." Yuuno smiled at her. "Lina really missed her home, but she wasn't able to go home for a long time." He blinked as Caro suddenly hugged him. "Caro."
"Don't be sad."
Yuuno smiled and hugged her back, rubbing her back. "I'm fine. Just because I miss my home doesn't mean I'd give up my time here for anything."
"You look like you're saying goodbye forever." A new voice spoke up and Yuuno turned to see Reinforce and Rein Zwei coming up to them. "How are you doing today?"
"Just fine, Reinforce." Yuuno smiled as Caro let go and he was able to stand up. "Thanks for joining us."
She nodded and smiled as Zwei zipped over to Caro and gave the girl a high five before flying over to Erio and doing the same. "It's not a problem."
Arf smiled at the confused looks Erio and Caro had. "Even though mom's been teaching you some of her magic, you two do need to learn some Mid-Childan and Belkan style magic as well."
"I asked Reinforce to join us today since there's no one with more knowledge of Belkan magic out there." Yuuno smiled at her before looking at the two. "One thing you two need to remember about magic is this, no two people have the same ability for magic."
"Huh?" Erio scratched his head. "But I can do lightning magic just like Fate-san can." He held his palm upwards and a ball of electricity formed in it. "See? She's been helping me get control over it."
Yuuno nodded at him. "That's good, but unlike Fate, you use Belkan magic, Fate uses Mid-Childan magic." He looked at Reinforce. "I'm not sure what the difference is, other than the fact that Belkan fighters tend to prefer to fight up close compared to Mid-Childan mages."
"That's not entirely correct, Yuuno-san." Reinforce nodded at him. "Belkan Knights are more comfortable in fighting close and using their bodies to fight, as you've seen with Signum, Vita and Zafira. However, even among them, magic is extremely varied and versitile. Shamal, myself, Zwei and Hayate are not what you would call close range fighters."
"You can fight close range, mommy! I saw you fighting against big sis!"
Reinforce nodded to her daughter. "Yes, I can fight close range. But it's not what I'd say I excell at. I have taught Hayate how to fight against close range as well, but my true abilities are to unison with Hayate, and if I'm not unisoned with her, I prefer to fight at middle to long range against my opponents, as my spells are often times too dangerous to and others if they're close."
Erio scratched his head. "So, not everyone who uses Belkan likes to fight close?"
"That's right." Yuuno nodded at him. "Shamal, for example, is a powerful healer and is better at support magic than attacking. Even I'm not that good at attack magic."
"HUH?!" Erio and Caro stared at Yuuno.
"Bu, but I saw you and Nanoha-san fighting!" Caro pointed a shaky finger at Yuuno. "You were having a lot of fun and..."
"What boss means is that if you just use his Mid-Childan magic, he's not a fighter."
"HUH?!" The two yelled and looked at Yuuno in confusion.
"Sillies!" Rein Zwei giggled and floated in front of them. "Yuuno knows different styles of magic. His Mid-Childan magic is mostly barriers, healing and chains for combat. He also knows how to search for people and objects, but he's not a fighter. Lina-san taught him how to fight, but..." The small device looked at Yuuno. "Um, what happened?"
Yuuno chuckled softly. "While I have great talent for white magic and I learned Shamanism from Zelgadis really easily, I am horrible at Black magic."
Arf giggled at that. "I'll say, you could barely cast a Blast Ash, and even that was only enough to make a moth turn into goo."
Yuuno rolled his eyes. "Anyway, until I got Holy magic, and later Thoth Driver." He tapped his device, "I wasn't much of a fighter. For all my fighting, I was still mostly support until Vrabazard gave me his blessing." Yuuno took off his jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. Concentrating, he smiled when Erio and Caro's eyes lit up in shock and awe as the tattoo on his arms started to glow. "Fate and Nanoha, for example, both use Mid-Childan style of magic, but Nanoha is better at middle and long range than Fate is."
Both children nodded, they had seen that.
"You, Caro," Reinforce spoke up and smiled softly, "have skill in summoning, which is really rare, especially being able to summon Dragons like you can is rather special."
Caro blushed and looked away. "Nah uh..."
"And, you, Erio," Arf grinned at the boy, "you can turn your magic into lightning easily! That's really awesome!"
Erio blushed but smiled proudly. He liked hearing something like that, even if it made him embarrassed to hear it.
"Reinforce, Arf and myself are going to help you two learn basic Mid and Belkan magic." Yuuno nodded at the two. "Rein Zwei is here to learn what she can as well."
"Yay! I can help!" Rein Zwei smiled and zipped over to Caro's shoulder. "I won't let anyone down."
"...For some odd reason, I want to see Caro, Erio and Rein do Hare Hare Yukai." Reinforce muttered, drawing odd looks from Yuuno and Arf, both of whom stopped to imagine it.
"...That would be absolutely adorable." Yuuno muttered softly, causing the three children to blink in confusion.
(---)
On the other side of the park...
Signum nodded at her soon-to-be opponent. "Testarossa."
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Standby ready."
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
"How do you..."
"Your nipples are poking through the fabric." Signum's eyes narrowed as Fate blushed and looked down. "Stop that, if you're going to fight like that, then fight!" Signum rushed forward and Fate brought Bardiche up to block. "There is nothing wrong with using your body to distract your opponents, Testarossa." Signum pushed Fate back with her strength. "While I would not do something like that, you, on the other hand, seem to be someone to do that."
"What do you mean by that?!" Fate yelled at Signum as she had Bardiche pop a cartridge.
"Harken Sabre."
To Signum's surprise, Fate didn't launch the attack at her like she would normally do, instead she opted to rush in and slash at her body. Using Laevantein, Signum parried the attack, but found Fate's foot suddenly placed into her sternum, forcing her back. "That was new." Signum grunted and looked up to see Fate's attack spinning and rushing at her. "Ah heck."
Fate nodded as she saw the explosion and started to slowly walk towards where she was sure Signum's body was. "What did she mean by that? Using my body to distract my opponents." Fate then looked down and blushed as she saw that her breasts were bouncing with each step. "...Okay, so maybe I could use a bra when fighting."
When the dust cloud settled, Fate blinked as all she saw was Signum's coat laying on the ground. "What the?" Her red eyes widened and she spun around and tried to leap back, just missing Signum's counter attack.
Or she thought she did, as Signum's sword cut upwards right through her shirt, exposing her belly and the under sides of her breasts with that attack.
"What I meant, Testarossa," without her jacket, Signum had, to Fate's surprise, a rather tight sleeveless top on that did nothing to hide how curvy and muscular the woman really was, "is that your outfits tend to show a lot of your flesh and hide none of your physical assets, even so, it is a good strategy against most opponents."
Fate's face was red, she couldn't believe Signum would nearly rip her top off like that. "Huh?"
"I, myself, prefer a fair fight, one on one with no outside interference, I do understand the importance of being able to mess with my opponent's head." Signum leaped at Fate and slashed downwards, forcing Fate to swing Bardiche upwards and block the attack. Fate's eyes widened as she felt her shirt roll up, exposing her chest completely and Signum smirked at how flustered Fate was getting. "If you were facing Hayate, she would be groping you instead of sparring right now."
"Signum, you..."
The pinkette leaned in closer. "If you find yourself against an opponent who's more interested in your body than fighting you, use that to your advantage to beat them." Fate blinked at the words, before Signum drove a knee into her stomach, sending her flying backwards.
Signum raised an eyebrow as Fate recovered fairly fast, other than her breasts bobbing from such an attack. "Reactive shields?"
"Had to learn something from Yuuno after all these years." Fate grinned at Signum. "Sonic Form."
"Sonic Drive."
Signum had to look away from the sudden flash of energy, but when it was done, she raised an eyebrow at Fate's new look. The skirt and most of the excess armor had been done away with, revealing Fate in a black pair of panties, metal boots, a skin-tight tank top that actually looked like it did a better job supporting her breasts than her normal armor did, and short gloves on her hands. "Interesting look, I did not know that it was fashionable to fight in your underwear."
Fate blushed and frowned at Signum. "They're bikini bottoms!"
"Keep telling yourself that."
Fate frowned at Signum's teases, but she couldn't deny that the bottom of her outfit really did look like she was wearing panties instead of bikini bottoms. "Signum," Fate said softly, Bardiche having shifted to its thinner blade mode in the process.
"Yes?" Signum could feel the palatable frustration surrounding Fate. It hadn't been her intention to tease the blonde, especially not to the degree that she had done it, but seeing Fate react like she was... Signum's thoughts were thrown off as binds snapped around her arms and legs, pinning her arms against her body and legs against each other.
"Let's see how you like it!" Fate yelled and zipped in. Before Signum knew what was happening, her top suddenly exploded, revealing her rather nice shaped breasts to the world.
Raising an eyebrow, Signum broke the binds before lashing out with her sword and clashing against Fate's sword. "We're reduced to stripping each other now?"
"You started it." Fate retorted, getting a roll of Signum's eyes.
"Yes, yes I did, but unlike you, Testarossa..." The next thing Fate knew, Signum threw a punch that landed on her right breast. "Fighting naked does not bother me."
Fate fell to the ground and clutched at her chest. "Owww..."
"I suggest that we stop." Signum said as she walked over to her jacket. "And, Testarossa, my intent was not to merely tease you to get a reaction, but to point out what you can do."
"So you want me to flash my opponents like a slut?" Fate asked and Signum shook her head while putting her coat on.
"Not at all, but against an opponent who is easily distracted, you should use those distractions against them." Signum turned and looked at Fate, who was starting to stand up. "After all, it would not be good to lose so easily, now would it?"
"Signum..." Fate muttered softly. "That was low of you."
"If I had been seeking to do more than teach you a friendly lesson, Testarossa, you would have been powerless to stop me." Fate's eyes widened as she looked at Signum, who had a stony expression on her face. Even though her jacket was open and covering her breasts, it probably wouldn't take much to reveal them to the world. "I have seen many female warriors fall just because of reactions similar to yours, and I do not wish the same for a friend."
Fate blinked at that. "I, wha, huh?"
Signum turned and started to walk away. "If bruising your ego and embarrassing you a little now keeps you from being humiliated and used by enemies later, then it was worth having you be angry at me for now."
Fate could only stare at Signum's backside as she walked away. She really had no comeback for that.
An important advice from Signum indeed, that makes me question how really embarassed can be Fate if she dresses up in stripperiffic combat attire frequently.
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May 29 2010-2019
...9 years ago, the day after never would be the same
Erio looked around the park that he, Yuuno, Caro, Fried and Arf were at so early in the morning. "Why are we here?" He asked, yawning slightly, next to him, Caro was rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Yuuno had his arms over his head as he stretched. "Because, Erio," he put his arms down and smiled at the two younger children, "not a lot of people are out at this time, and those that are don't pay attention to much."
"That's right." Arf grinned at them. "Besides, we wanted to talk to the two of you alone." Erio and Caro both blinked while Fried settled down on the ground and chirped in confusion. "Pretty soon Hayate is going to make an announcement to all of us. And if it's what we think it is, a lot of us are going to be moving to Mid-Childa to work for the Bureau."
Erio's eyes widened. "But... But..."
Arf smiled at him. "Don't worry, we want you and Caro to come with us to Mid-Childa, but if you're thinking of joining the Bureau to be closer to Fate, you'll probably find to be pretty hard." Erio looked saddened at that news. "Despite that, if you go, you'll make a lot of friends and be able to live pretty happily." Erio blinked at Arf, who, despite being in her child form, reminded him that she was more experienced than he was.
"What about you and Arisa?" Caro looked at Yuuno, worry on her face.
Yuuno walked over to her and knelt down. "I don't know about Arisa, I plan on joining the Bureau anyway. My home isn't Earth, my home is Mid-Childa, I like living here, but it's because I have so many friends," he smiled and ruffled Caro's pink hair, "and cute girls like you," Caro's face turned so red that he wondered if maybe he was overdoing it a little, "that it makes living here fun."
Arf giggled softly and looked at Erio. "Fate, Yuuno, myself, you two, we're not from Earth originally, we're all from Mid-Childa or some world close to it. I love mom, dad and the rest of the family a lot, I do, I just miss Mid-Childa." Granted, Arf didn't have much experience there, since she lived in the country-side with Fate and Linith, but it was still her old home, and part of her really wanted to go back, see her old stomping ground again, find her old pack and see how they were doing.
"You two don't like it here?" Caro asked, getting Yuuno to shake his head negatively. "But..."
"Just because I miss my home and my family doesn't mean that I don't like it here." Yuuno smiled at her. "Lina really missed her home, but she wasn't able to go home for a long time." He blinked as Caro suddenly hugged him. "Caro."
"Don't be sad."
Yuuno smiled and hugged her back, rubbing her back. "I'm fine. Just because I miss my home doesn't mean I'd give up my time here for anything."
"You look like you're saying goodbye forever." A new voice spoke up and Yuuno turned to see Reinforce and Rein Zwei coming up to them. "How are you doing today?"
"Just fine, Reinforce." Yuuno smiled as Caro let go and he was able to stand up. "Thanks for joining us."
She nodded and smiled as Zwei zipped over to Caro and gave the girl a high five before flying over to Erio and doing the same. "It's not a problem."
Arf smiled at the confused looks Erio and Caro had. "Even though mom's been teaching you some of her magic, you two do need to learn some Mid-Childan and Belkan style magic as well."
"I asked Reinforce to join us today since there's no one with more knowledge of Belkan magic out there." Yuuno smiled at her before looking at the two. "One thing you two need to remember about magic is this, no two people have the same ability for magic."
"Huh?" Erio scratched his head. "But I can do lightning magic just like Fate-san can." He held his palm upwards and a ball of electricity formed in it. "See? She's been helping me get control over it."
Yuuno nodded at him. "That's good, but unlike Fate, you use Belkan magic, Fate uses Mid-Childan magic." He looked at Reinforce. "I'm not sure what the difference is, other than the fact that Belkan fighters tend to prefer to fight up close compared to Mid-Childan mages."
"That's not entirely correct, Yuuno-san." Reinforce nodded at him. "Belkan Knights are more comfortable in fighting close and using their bodies to fight, as you've seen with Signum, Vita and Zafira. However, even among them, magic is extremely varied and versitile. Shamal, myself, Zwei and Hayate are not what you would call close range fighters."
"You can fight close range, mommy! I saw you fighting against big sis!"
Reinforce nodded to her daughter. "Yes, I can fight close range. But it's not what I'd say I excell at. I have taught Hayate how to fight against close range as well, but my true abilities are to unison with Hayate, and if I'm not unisoned with her, I prefer to fight at middle to long range against my opponents, as my spells are often times too dangerous to and others if they're close."
Erio scratched his head. "So, not everyone who uses Belkan likes to fight close?"
"That's right." Yuuno nodded at him. "Shamal, for example, is a powerful healer and is better at support magic than attacking. Even I'm not that good at attack magic."
"HUH?!" Erio and Caro stared at Yuuno.
"Bu, but I saw you and Nanoha-san fighting!" Caro pointed a shaky finger at Yuuno. "You were having a lot of fun and..."
"What boss means is that if you just use his Mid-Childan magic, he's not a fighter."
"HUH?!" The two yelled and looked at Yuuno in confusion.
"Sillies!" Rein Zwei giggled and floated in front of them. "Yuuno knows different styles of magic. His Mid-Childan magic is mostly barriers, healing and chains for combat. He also knows how to search for people and objects, but he's not a fighter. Lina-san taught him how to fight, but..." The small device looked at Yuuno. "Um, what happened?"
Yuuno chuckled softly. "While I have great talent for white magic and I learned Shamanism from Zelgadis really easily, I am horrible at Black magic."
Arf giggled at that. "I'll say, you could barely cast a Blast Ash, and even that was only enough to make a moth turn into goo."
Yuuno rolled his eyes. "Anyway, until I got Holy magic, and later Thoth Driver." He tapped his device, "I wasn't much of a fighter. For all my fighting, I was still mostly support until Vrabazard gave me his blessing." Yuuno took off his jacket, revealing a white tank top under it. Concentrating, he smiled when Erio and Caro's eyes lit up in shock and awe as the tattoo on his arms started to glow. "Fate and Nanoha, for example, both use Mid-Childan style of magic, but Nanoha is better at middle and long range than Fate is."
Both children nodded, they had seen that.
"You, Caro," Reinforce spoke up and smiled softly, "have skill in summoning, which is really rare, especially being able to summon Dragons like you can is rather special."
Caro blushed and looked away. "Nah uh..."
"And, you, Erio," Arf grinned at the boy, "you can turn your magic into lightning easily! That's really awesome!"
Erio blushed but smiled proudly. He liked hearing something like that, even if it made him embarrassed to hear it.
"Reinforce, Arf and myself are going to help you two learn basic Mid and Belkan magic." Yuuno nodded at the two. "Rein Zwei is here to learn what she can as well."
"Yay! I can help!" Rein Zwei smiled and zipped over to Caro's shoulder. "I won't let anyone down."
"...For some odd reason, I want to see Caro, Erio and Rein do Hare Hare Yukai." Reinforce muttered, drawing odd looks from Yuuno and Arf, both of whom stopped to imagine it.
"...That would be absolutely adorable." Yuuno muttered softly, causing the three children to blink in confusion.
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On the other side of the park...
Signum nodded at her soon-to-be opponent. "Testarossa."
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Standby ready."
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
"How do you..."
"Your nipples are poking through the fabric." Signum's eyes narrowed as Fate blushed and looked down. "Stop that, if you're going to fight like that, then fight!" Signum rushed forward and Fate brought Bardiche up to block. "There is nothing wrong with using your body to distract your opponents, Testarossa." Signum pushed Fate back with her strength. "While I would not do something like that, you, on the other hand, seem to be someone to do that."
"What do you mean by that?!" Fate yelled at Signum as she had Bardiche pop a cartridge.
"Harken Sabre."
To Signum's surprise, Fate didn't launch the attack at her like she would normally do, instead she opted to rush in and slash at her body. Using Laevantein, Signum parried the attack, but found Fate's foot suddenly placed into her sternum, forcing her back. "That was new." Signum grunted and looked up to see Fate's attack spinning and rushing at her. "Ah heck."
Fate nodded as she saw the explosion and started to slowly walk towards where she was sure Signum's body was. "What did she mean by that? Using my body to distract my opponents." Fate then looked down and blushed as she saw that her breasts were bouncing with each step. "...Okay, so maybe I could use a bra when fighting."
When the dust cloud settled, Fate blinked as all she saw was Signum's coat laying on the ground. "What the?" Her red eyes widened and she spun around and tried to leap back, just missing Signum's counter attack.
Or she thought she did, as Signum's sword cut upwards right through her shirt, exposing her belly and the under sides of her breasts with that attack.
"What I meant, Testarossa," without her jacket, Signum had, to Fate's surprise, a rather tight sleeveless top on that did nothing to hide how curvy and muscular the woman really was, "is that your outfits tend to show a lot of your flesh and hide none of your physical assets, even so, it is a good strategy against most opponents."
Fate's face was red, she couldn't believe Signum would nearly rip her top off like that. "Huh?"
"I, myself, prefer a fair fight, one on one with no outside interference, I do understand the importance of being able to mess with my opponent's head." Signum leaped at Fate and slashed downwards, forcing Fate to swing Bardiche upwards and block the attack. Fate's eyes widened as she felt her shirt roll up, exposing her chest completely and Signum smirked at how flustered Fate was getting. "If you were facing Hayate, she would be groping you instead of sparring right now."
"Signum, you..."
The pinkette leaned in closer. "If you find yourself against an opponent who's more interested in your body than fighting you, use that to your advantage to beat them." Fate blinked at the words, before Signum drove a knee into her stomach, sending her flying backwards.
Signum raised an eyebrow as Fate recovered fairly fast, other than her breasts bobbing from such an attack. "Reactive shields?"
"Had to learn something from Yuuno after all these years." Fate grinned at Signum. "Sonic Form."
"Sonic Drive."
Signum had to look away from the sudden flash of energy, but when it was done, she raised an eyebrow at Fate's new look. The skirt and most of the excess armor had been done away with, revealing Fate in a black pair of panties, metal boots, a skin-tight tank top that actually looked like it did a better job supporting her breasts than her normal armor did, and short gloves on her hands. "Interesting look, I did not know that it was fashionable to fight in your underwear."
Fate blushed and frowned at Signum. "They're bikini bottoms!"
"Keep telling yourself that."
Fate frowned at Signum's teases, but she couldn't deny that the bottom of her outfit really did look like she was wearing panties instead of bikini bottoms. "Signum," Fate said softly, Bardiche having shifted to its thinner blade mode in the process.
"Yes?" Signum could feel the palatable frustration surrounding Fate. It hadn't been her intention to tease the blonde, especially not to the degree that she had done it, but seeing Fate react like she was... Signum's thoughts were thrown off as binds snapped around her arms and legs, pinning her arms against her body and legs against each other.
"Let's see how you like it!" Fate yelled and zipped in. Before Signum knew what was happening, her top suddenly exploded, revealing her rather nice shaped breasts to the world.
Raising an eyebrow, Signum broke the binds before lashing out with her sword and clashing against Fate's sword. "We're reduced to stripping each other now?"
"You started it." Fate retorted, getting a roll of Signum's eyes.
"Yes, yes I did, but unlike you, Testarossa..." The next thing Fate knew, Signum threw a punch that landed on her right breast. "Fighting naked does not bother me."
Fate fell to the ground and clutched at her chest. "Owww..."
"I suggest that we stop." Signum said as she walked over to her jacket. "And, Testarossa, my intent was not to merely tease you to get a reaction, but to point out what you can do."
"So you want me to flash my opponents like a slut?" Fate asked and Signum shook her head while putting her coat on.
"Not at all, but against an opponent who is easily distracted, you should use those distractions against them." Signum turned and looked at Fate, who was starting to stand up. "After all, it would not be good to lose so easily, now would it?"
"Signum..." Fate muttered softly. "That was low of you."
"If I had been seeking to do more than teach you a friendly lesson, Testarossa, you would have been powerless to stop me." Fate's eyes widened as she looked at Signum, who had a stony expression on her face. Even though her jacket was open and covering her breasts, it probably wouldn't take much to reveal them to the world. "I have seen many female warriors fall just because of reactions similar to yours, and I do not wish the same for a friend."
Fate blinked at that. "I, wha, huh?"
Signum turned and started to walk away. "If bruising your ego and embarrassing you a little now keeps you from being humiliated and used by enemies later, then it was worth having you be angry at me for now."
Fate could only stare at Signum's backside as she walked away. She really had no comeback for that.
Me: Caro, Erio and Rein doing the Hare Hare Yukai? *mind crashed to sever cuteness*
Odin: So it's training time for the newbies.
Mariemeia: And Fate's barrier jacket in normal and sonic form are showing more skin than she would normally would. Is she trying to get a certain ferret's attention?
Elane: Probably so. She's better off taking the armor design of a Assassin Cross or a much more comfortable combat armor that looks like a one piece, normal swimsuit rather than a stripperific one.
Val: At least it's not a duplicate of Naga's clothes. Lina will blow a fuse and to nuts if she see Fate in that outfit.
Reia: Who was Fate taking advice on barrier jacket from? Excellen Browning?
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
To be fair it seems that the fashion style of Fate's combat attires were impossed by Precia initally until it sticked into Fate's mind.
At least it's not from Kaguya Nambu from Endless Frontier... Coz' her clothes are usually a few size smaller that it has to be...
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
"Signum." Fate had her lips into a tight smile as she held Bardiche in front of her. "Are you ready?" Signum nodded. "Bardiche, set up."
"Get set." Standby ready is Nanoha's XD.
Signum raised an eyebrow as she saw Fate's new outfit. Metal boots covered her feet and stockings went from her feet almost all the way to her thighs, a short mini skirt preserved her modesty while a dark, sleeveless shirt covered her top, though it was so tight that Signum could actually see that Fate likely didn't have a bra on under that armor, leaving her arms down to her elbows exposed. Her right hand had a metal glove while her left hand had a fingerless glove on it, both of which extended to her elbows. "Interesting design." Signum nodded as she called up Laevantein and her own knight armor. "It still seems thin though."
"It's a lot tougher than you think it is." Fate nodded to the pinkette.
"Testarossa," Signum tilted her head, causing Fate to blink, "in the future, I would suggest having a jacket on over your shirt, for more protection, and a bra on under your shirt." Fate's eyes widened and her face turned completely red.
2011-11-21, 15:22
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