Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[novalysis]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Well, I enjoyed it, but here's my comments to it.

Spoiler for Thoughts, concerns:

You're mixing tenses. You should write in past tense rather than present tense.

Indeed, our wolf is rather unique individual, even among Familiars, in rather unique, though not completely unknown circumstances.

That really doesn't look too good.

I'd suggest...

Indeed, the wolfgirl was a rather unique individual, even among other Familiars, due to rather unique, though not completely unknown circumstances.

I prefer further to farther, but that's just me.

don't need an apostrophe here...

In practice of course, the farther the Dimensional “Distance” between a Familiar and its' master

its already signifies possession to master. (Old grammar lesson)

Her mistress, the legendary Ace Enforcer, Fate Testarossa often went on missions in distant reaches of the Dimensional Sea And given the frightening skill of that great Artificial Mage,

the "And" doesn't need a capital letter.

This line bothers me greatly.

Well, curiosity killed the cat. But I'm a wolf anyway, so that old saw ain't applicable to me. She wrly thought

Put a single apostrophe around Arf's thoughts, or put them in Italics, so we know that she's thinking to herself.

and wrly should be wryly

lavish stately sculptures of various beast attested to the status of its' inhabitant.

Again, its doesn't need the apostrophe to claim ownership.

to understand, remember this... If it is not "it's" as in "It Is", but instead it is its as in "the dog wagged its tail", it doesn't need the apostrophe.

When you have characters speak, you don't put a space between the quotation marks and the first letter of speaking.

Though Arf was insufficiently acquainted with the nuances of the language to read into its' tone

again, no apostrophe needed.

Arf willed herself to return to her original wolf form, in it's full size and glory

it's here means "it is", you just want its again.

She decided to play out the conversation to its' predictable conclusion.

Again, its doesn't need that apostrophe

That sounds like a rather improbable claim. That level of magics that summoned me here is almost certainly something that an evident untrained novice like her should have been able to manage.

"should" have a "not" after it or be "shouldn't".

“No. Stay. I have some other things to tell you” Louise continued undressing.

needs a comma after "you".

“ Well, I did the laundry for my previous mistress, among other things. That shouldn't be a problem” Arf commented

personally, I'd move the comma from after commented to after problem. But that's just me.

Okay, other than that, you still have the problem of having spaces between what's being said and your quotation marks.

I do like this, and I like how it's showing that Arf is being manipulated by the runes on her body.

This'll make for some interesting times, I think.

Thanks for those comments. Yes, it seems that I messed up on the its a little. I also didn't write this whole portion in a single seating, so I think I might have lost track of tenses sometimes.

Well, the rune connection works both ways too. Nothing is stopping Arf from manipulating the runes after all.

Originally Posted by Filraen

Something I forgot to mention the other time. I like your idea of using Arf because (on power levels) she isn't overpowering like in other ZnT crossovers.

And you still have sometimes a space after an opening quote.

Going nice.

There's a huge power jump from the first ZnT battle (against Guiche) and the second (against Folquet of the Crumbling Earth). That being said, I have quite a few chapter plans bouncing around, and in some of my plotting, I've considered not just wrecking one of the early Stations of the Canon, but also hitting it with a Starlight Breaker for good measure, early on.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Justin_Brett]

Yeah, I was reading a crossover where she summoned Ammy from Okami, and the first fight was just her pulverizing Forquet completely. Like, it wasn't even fair.

[Nanya01]

This is officially the longest arc of Blood That Flows.

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Walking out of the bath area, Tre raised an eyebrow as she saw Cinque, completely naked, in the changing area. "When did you get back?"

"About ten minutes ago." Cinque said while keeping her right eye closed.

"Did you get taller?" Tre blinked as she looked at Cinque, before looking down and raising an eyebrow. "Since when could you fly?"

"Apparently I learned how not long ago." Cinque rubbed the back of her head. "But, uh... How do I get down?"

Tre smirked and put a hand on Cinque's head, pushing her down. "Like that." She smirked as Cinque blushed hard. "It's not too hard, try not to let it go to your head."

Cinque nodded and entered the bathing area, she was sweaty and she was sure that she smelled, a bath would just be perfect for her.

(---)

The next morning...

Jail grinned as he looked at everyone around the table. "I take it that Tre already told you what my plan is, right?"

Agito growled from her position on Due's head. "You told all of them, but I was busy, so I don't know what's going on."

"Yes, yes, we all know." Quattro rolled her eyes. "Anyway, doctor, Lutecia's currently sleeping, and our other 'guest'..." Quattro looked at Nove, who rolled her eyes, "seems to be missing."

"She's currently unable to do anything." Uno shook her head. "Anyway, doctor, please explain to them."

Jail nodded and looked at everyone, a serious expression on his face. "I won't force you to take part of this mission, but it would be better if you did." Everyone stared at him, in shock. "This mission, I need all of you to go into Cranagan, and attack, drawing out the Riot Force, and getting the full attention of the Bureau."

"What about you?" Dieci asked, concerned, was he abandoning them?

"The doctor and I," Uno looked at them and sighed, "we will be leaving, the reason we ask if you wish to do the mission is because, those who don't, will be coming with us, but it would make it harder to make an escape from Cranagan."

"What is your plan, doctor?" Tre looked at Jail, who grinned at her. "Why do I not like the thought of being a distraction?"

"Because Uno and I are going to steal a ship." Jail held up a hand when Due started to ask about the Saint's Cradle. "I don't need it anymore, I just need a ship that can get into deep space." He sighed as the girls looked at him nervously. "I'm not leaving you forever, but I will be gone, so, those who do this mission..."

"I will," Nove spoke up, "Is there anything you want me to do?"

"You think you're doing a mission like this alone?" Wendi looked at Nove. "Anywhere you go, I'm following you, remember?"

"I can't leave them alone," Cinque said, her eye patch over her right eye again, "and I wish to see that knight and summoner again, I have questions for them."

Dieci sighed and hung her head. "If you go, you're going to need heavy firepower."

Otto and Deed looked at each other and nodded, before looking at Sette and Tre. "What about you two?" Deed asked them. "Otto and I will go with."

"You know that by going, you're going to get captured, right?" Uno sighed as the younger girls all nodded. "You just want to see if Subaru can keep her promise. Ugh, I swear, all my baby sisters are idiot!"

"I wish to fight as well." Sette said, surprising everyone. "Mr. Snuggles and I can fight and give you time to escape."

Sein looked down and sighed. "I'm not much of a fighter, but I can at least get people out of danger if things get out of..." She looked up as Jail interrupted her by saying her name. "Yes?" Her eyes widened as he tossed her something. Looking at it, her eyes widened. "This is..."

"Nemesis Heart," Jail nodded to her.

"The Knight Valkryie Armor?" Sein gasped as she looked at him. "Why me?"

"We won't need it, if you're going to stay here and cause problems for the Bureau, you might need it." Uno smirked at her and looked at Tre and Due. "What about you two?"

"I'm doing neither." Due said, causing people to look at her. "I've got something else I need to do, so, I'm not going to be fighting, nor am I going to escape to the stars." She held up a hand. "Agito and I have to do something, so, sorry, this ain't going to work for us, excuse me." Due got up and she and Agito left the room.

Quattro snorted and looked at them. "I think I'll go with you two, might be fun to see Al Hazard," she adjusted her glasses, "plus I have no desire to give the Bureau anything." She looked at Tre. "What about you? I'm sure if they need a pool drain, they can just have you sit on an open drain to plug it right up."

Tre twitched and glared at Quattro. "You know, I think I'll lead the attack. There's a few people I need to beat down."

"Such a barbarian." Quattro mock-gasped. "Though, I suppose for you, violence does have a certain... Appeal to it."

"Good work, Quattro," Levi said in the back of her head.

"Very well then," Jail turned away from them as a screen at the front of the table turned on, "at about noon tomorrow, there will be a lot of ships at the airport, not to mention that the Air Force is having several ships in for repairs and crew changes." He looked back at them, "it will be dangerous, extremely dangerous. If you wish to do this mission..."

"We already said we will," Tre scoffed, "don't doubt us, doctor. So, tomorrow, huh?" It was going to be dangerous and violent, but maybe it would be interesting.

(---)

Levi opened her eyes as she thought about what Quattro sent to her. "That bastard, changing everything like this..." She got up and paced back and forth. "This is going to be a problem," she took a deep breath as a thought came to her. "Quattro..."

"Yes, master?"

"Tomorrow, we're going to have to deal with a few things, make sure to get Lutecia to where we need her." Levi grinned and looked at Reinforce. "Even if I can't make use of this worthless Unison Device, I've got most of her mind now." A growl came from Levi's throat. "She deserves everything that I'm doing to her. For her role in ending my master, the fact that she dared to go against me, she will pay." A dark aura surrounded her body as she thought about what she was going to do.

"Master, what about those things that we collected from that planet?"

"You mean Earth?" Levi snorted at Quattro's question. "Pretty easy to get that stuff, it didn't even take me a month to get them all." Levi started chuckling as she looked at her hands as the image of round objects with yellow triangle stickers and red lines spreading out, forming a circle on it. Her fingers twitched as she grinned savagely. "If all else fails, I can turn this whole world into a wasteland in one shot."

"What about tomorrow, master? What should we do about Jail?"

"Don't worry," Levi put a hand on her face and gripped it, chuckling sinisterly, "just leave everything to me. This will take care of so much so fast. Have you been using the Relics like I told you to?"

"Of course I have."

Levi twitched at the thought of all the death and destruction that was to come tomorrow.

Her eyes glowed as the light itself seemed to darken around her face. "Tomorrow then, everything will be mine!"

(---)

"Daddy..." Rein Zwei, in her larger child form, looked at Hayate, who was still in bed. "Come on, daddy..." Her eyes widened as Hayate sat up, a haggard look on her face. "We'll find mommy, I know it. And Signum will be okay."

Hayate didn't answer, she only looked down.

"Zaffy might survive, daddy." Rein Zwei smiled, trying to get her father's attention. "Shamal says that if he can make it through tonight, he might just live." Hayate didn't respond to her. "Daddy, please say something..." Zwei balled her hands into fists and looked down. "Shamal's busy, Signum's getting operated on right now, Zaffy's hurt, Vita smelled funny but then started blowing stuff up and now she's training Erio, Caro, Teana and Ginga again. Vivio's fun, but she's... Please, daddy, talk to me." Zwei whimpered softly. "Teana's shoulder is healed now. We're all going to be really strong, but we need you, daddy."

Tears welled up in Zwei's eyes and she closed them before doing something she never thought she'd be doing in her life. "FINE!" She yelled at Hayate. "Just stay like that, then! Mommy would never stay like that!" Tears started to fall down her face as she trembled. "I miss my family, it's all falling apart and I can't stop it. Daddy, please..." Zwei fell to her knees, "I need you."

(---)

At an undisclosed location, there was an important meeting taking place...

"When do you think our informant will deal with Jail?"

"Let's not push it. She did contact us yesterday that she would be dealing with Jail soon."

"Soon is taking too long."

"We gave her complete reign to deal with him and his cyborgs."

"I'm more interested in those giant robots that she used to nearly kill off the Riot Force. Could you imagine if we had those as our bodies? We wouldn't have to hide ever again."

"Gentlemen, don't worry, when this is done, Levi said she won't bother us anymore."

"If Jail will be finished, then it is a good thing."

The three brains continued their conversation while they waited and watched.

It was all they could do since they gave up their bodies years ago.

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

This is officially the longest arc of Blood That Flows.

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Walking out of the bath area, Tre raised an eyebrow as she saw Cinque, completely naked, in the changing area. "When did you get back?"

"About ten minutes ago." Cinque said while keeping her right eye closed.

"Did you get taller?" Tre blinked as she looked at Cinque, before looking down and raising an eyebrow. "Since when could you fly?"

"Apparently I learned how not long ago." Cinque rubbed the back of her head. "But, uh... How do I get down?"

Tre smirked and put a hand on Cinque's head, pushing her down. "Like that." She smirked as Cinque blushed hard. "It's not too hard, try not to let it go to your head."

Cinque nodded and entered the bathing area, she was sweaty and she was sure that she smelled, a bath would just be perfect for her.

(---)

The next morning...

Jail grinned as he looked at everyone around the table. "I take it that Tre already told you what my plan is, right?"

Agito growled from her position on Due's head. "You told all of them, but I was busy, so I don't know what's going on."

"Yes, yes, we all know." Quattro rolled her eyes. "Anyway, doctor, Lutecia's currently sleeping, and our other 'guest'..." Quattro looked at Nove, who rolled her eyes, "seems to be missing."

"She's currently unable to do anything." Uno shook her head. "Anyway, doctor, please explain to them."

Jail nodded and looked at everyone, a serious expression on his face. "I won't force you to take part of this mission, but it would be better if you did." Everyone stared at him, in shock. "This mission, I need all of you to go into Cranagan, and attack, drawing out the Riot Force, and getting the full attention of the Bureau."

"What about you?" Dieci asked, concerned, was he abandoning them?

"The doctor and I," Uno looked at them and sighed, "we will be leaving, the reason we ask if you wish to do the mission is because, those who don't, will be coming with us, but it would make it harder to make an escape from Cranagan."

"What is your plan, doctor?" Tre looked at Jail, who grinned at her. "Why do I not like the thought of being a distraction?"

"Because Uno and I are going to steal a ship." Jail held up a hand when Due started to ask about the Saint's Cradle. "I don't need it anymore, I just need a ship that can get into deep space." He sighed as the girls looked at him nervously. "I'm not leaving you forever, but I will be gone, so, those who do this mission..."

"I will," Nove spoke up, "Is there anything you want me to do?"

"You think you're doing a mission like this alone?" Wendi looked at Nove. "Anywhere you go, I'm following you, remember?"

"I can't leave them alone," Cinque said, her eye patch over her right eye again, "and I wish to see that knight and summoner again, I have questions for them."

Dieci sighed and hung her head. "If you go, you're going to need heavy firepower."

Otto and Deed looked at each other and nodded, before looking at Sette and Tre. "What about you two?" Deed asked them. "Otto and I will go with."

"You know that by going, you're going to get captured, right?" Uno sighed as the younger girls all nodded. "You just want to see if Subaru can keep her promise. Ugh, I swear, all my baby sisters are idiot!"

"I wish to fight as well." Sette said, surprising everyone. "Mr. Snuggles and I can fight and give you time to escape."

Sein looked down and sighed. "I'm not much of a fighter, but I can at least get people out of danger if things get out of..." She looked up as Jail interrupted her by saying her name. "Yes?" Her eyes widened as he tossed her something. Looking at it, her eyes widened. "This is..."

"Nemesis Heart," Jail nodded to her.

"The Knight Valkryie Armor?" Sein gasped as she looked at him. "Why me?"

"We won't need it, if you're going to stay here and cause problems for the Bureau, you might need it." Uno smirked at her and looked at Tre and Due. "What about you two?"

"I'm doing neither." Due said, causing people to look at her. "I've got something else I need to do, so, I'm not going to be fighting, nor am I going to escape to the stars." She held up a hand. "Agito and I have to do something, so, sorry, this ain't going to work for us, excuse me." Due got up and she and Agito left the room.

Quattro snorted and looked at them. "I think I'll go with you two, might be fun to see Al Hazard," she adjusted her glasses, "plus I have no desire to give the Bureau anything." She looked at Tre. "What about you? I'm sure if they need a pool drain, they can just have you sit on an open drain to plug it right up."

Tre twitched and glared at Quattro. "You know, I think I'll lead the attack. There's a few people I need to beat down."

"Such a barbarian." Quattro mock-gasped. "Though, I suppose for you, violence does have a certain... Appeal to it."

"Good work, Quattro," Levi said in the back of her head.

"Very well then," Jail turned away from them as a screen at the front of the table turned on, "at about noon tomorrow, there will be a lot of ships at the airport, not to mention that the Air Force is having several ships in for repairs and crew changes." He looked back at them, "it will be dangerous, extremely dangerous. If you wish to do this mission..."

"We already said we will," Tre scoffed, "don't doubt us, doctor. So, tomorrow, huh?" It was going to be dangerous and violent, but maybe it would be interesting.

(---)

Levi opened her eyes as she thought about what Quattro sent to her. "That bastard, changing everything like this..." She got up and paced back and forth. "This is going to be a problem," she took a deep breath as a thought came to her. "Quattro..."

"Yes, master?"

"Tomorrow, we're going to have to deal with a few things, make sure to get Lutecia to where we need her." Levi grinned and looked at Reinforce. "Even if I can't make use of this worthless Unison Device, I've got most of her mind now." A growl came from Levi's throat. "She deserves everything that I'm doing to her. For her role in ending my master, the fact that she dared to go against me, she will pay." A dark aura surrounded her body as she thought about what she was going to do.

"Master, what about those things that we collected from that planet?"

"You mean Earth?" Levi snorted at Quattro's question. "Pretty easy to get that stuff, it didn't even take me a month to get them all." Levi started chuckling as she looked at her hands as the image of round objects with yellow triangle stickers and red lines spreading out, forming a circle on it. Her fingers twitched as she grinned savagely. "If all else fails, I can turn this whole world into a wasteland in one shot."

"What about tomorrow, master? What should we do about Jail?"

"Don't worry," Levi put a hand on her face and gripped it, chuckling sinisterly, "just leave everything to me. This will take care of so much so fast. Have you been using the Relics like I told you to?"

"Of course I have."

Levi twitched at the thought of all the death and destruction that was to come tomorrow.

Her eyes glowed as the light itself seemed to darken around her face. "Tomorrow then, everything will be mine!"

(---)

"Daddy..." Rein Zwei, in her larger child form, looked at Hayate, who was still in bed. "Come on, daddy..." Her eyes widened as Hayate sat up, a haggard look on her face. "We'll find mommy, I know it. And Signum will be okay."

Hayate didn't answer, she only looked down.

"Zaffy might survive, daddy." Rein Zwei smiled, trying to get her father's attention. "Shamal says that if he can make it through tonight, he might just live." Hayate didn't respond to her. "Daddy, please say something..." Zwei balled her hands into fists and looked down. "Shamal's busy, Signum's getting operated on right now, Zaffy's hurt, Vita smelled funny but then started blowing stuff up and now she's training Erio, Caro, Teana and Ginga again. Vivio's fun, but she's... Please, daddy, talk to me." Zwei whimpered softly. "Teana's shoulder is healed now. We're all going to be really strong, but we need you, daddy."

Tears welled up in Zwei's eyes and she closed them before doing something she never thought she'd be doing in her life. "FINE!" She yelled at Hayate. "Just stay like that, then! Mommy would never stay like that!" Tears started to fall down her face as she trembled. "I miss my family, it's all falling apart and I can't stop it. Daddy, please..." Zwei fell to her knees, "I need you."

(---)

At an undisclosed location, there was an important meeting taking place...

"When do you think our informant will deal with Jail?"

"Let's not push it. She did contact us yesterday that she would be dealing with Jail soon."

"Soon is taking too long."

"We gave her complete reign to deal with him and his cyborgs."

"I'm more interested in those giant robots that she used to nearly kill off the Riot Force. Could you imagine if we had those as our bodies? We wouldn't have to hide ever again."

"Gentlemen, don't worry, when this is done, Levi said she won't bother us anymore."

"If Jail will be finished, then it is a good thing."

The three brains continued their conversation while they waited and watched.

It was all they could do since they gave up their bodies years ago.

Odin: Where's those N-Jammers WHEN you need them!?

Me: They haven't invented in this timeline, Odin.

Odin: TCH!!!

Reia: Rein Ein! Oh no....

Val: Don't panic! Everything will be okay.

Reia: You sure?

Me: *Glares at Val.* Don't you answer that... You'll jinx us all....

[Nanya01]

All I know is...

You guys are going to hate me for what I do next.

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The next day...

Tre narrowed her eyes as she sat on a rooftop. "What time is it?"

A screen popped up near her. "Almost time, Tre-nee." Sein, decked out in the Knight Valkyrie Armor, saluted her. "I feel almost unbeatable in this."

"Don't let it go to your head, Sein." Tre looked at her. "We don't want to kill anyone if we can help it. I have a feeling that the Bureau's not going to be very friendly this time around."

"I hope that they're not too mad." A new screen popped up, revealing Cinque, "if they are, I'll take responsibility for it."

"Knock it off." Tre snorted at her. "We got another few minutes before we make a move."

"Right." Cinque and Sein nodded as their screens turned off.

Tre felt the urge to shudder for some reason. "Something's not right."

(---)

Jail nodded as he met up with Quattro, Uno was right behind him. "Are we ready?" When Quattro nodded, he grinned as she stepped in line, just in front of him. "This will be a glorious day. When all is said and done," he couldn't keep himself from laughing softly, "yes, when all is said and done, then everything I've done will be proven right."

"I agree," Quattro said as she continued to walk in front of Jail, "just one little problem with that." Before Jail could ask, there was a flash of light, before a squelching sound filled the hallway, causing Uno and Jail to stare in shock. Uno because she couldn't believe what she was seeing and Jail...

Because Quattro was holding a blade of pure light and energy and stabbing it through his chest.

"Quattro, what arRRRGH!" Uno cried out as something pierced her from behind. Looking down, she saw a similar blade shoved through her body. "...What?" Turning her head, her face paled, both from the blood loss and the fact that another Quattro materialized behind her. "...Who?"

"That would be the real Quattro who's stabbing you, Uno..." The Quattro in front of Jail smirked as she suddenly gained some height, her hair lengthened, darkened, changing from brown to blue. "Although," she took her glasses off, revealing purple-red eyes to Jail, "I am in Quattro's body."

"W...Who?" Jail asked as she smirked at him.

"My name? It's Levi, Jail." She swung her arm out, tearing his side out and causing him to collapse to the floor in a spray of blood. "Heh heh heh," she smirked as Quattro slashed upwards, tearing through Uno's shoulder and causing her to fall to her knees in shock, "there's a saying, about keeping your enemies closer than your friends. You were so obsessed about fighting against Mazoku that you never noticed me possessing and corrupting Quattro," she looked at Quattro, who grinned at her. "Then again, it wasn't hard, her soul was just so easy to twist into my image."

Jail clutched at his side, groaning in pain. "...They... They will stop you."

"Oh, you mean those cyborgs of yours?" Levi snorted. "Maybe, but the ones with the Dragon DNA in them, I've tweaked them, they can't hurt me at all." She gave him a grin. "I learned during my time here, dear... Doctor..." She waggled a finger. "Think about it, for so many years, I've been living with you, corrupting Quattro, I turned Lutecia into my little... Pet," she looked at Levi, "is Lutecia where she should be?"

Quattro smirked at Levi. "Wasn't hard, she's in the Cradle right now."

"Good." Levi grabbed Jail's bleeding body and then grabbed Uno. "I'll just dispose of these two worthless... Peons." She blinked as Quattro walked off. "Where are you off to?"

"To pay respects to Lutecia's mother..." Quattro smirked at Levi. "I think I'll just... Play with her for a few minutes, before ending her."

Levi just grinned at that. "I need to..." Her eyes darkened for a moment as she carried the two bleeding bodies out of the area, "take care of something as well."

(---)

Quattro smirked as she walked into the lab and saw Megane on the table, still out cold. "To think... Lutecia just wanted to see you again. Oh well, she won't want anything anymore soon." Quattro walked up to Megane and snorted at her. "You're completely used up, you know that? You wouldn't even be useful for our plan at all." Quattro snapped her arm out and a blade appeared in it. "Oh well." She raised the blade up high. "Before I kill you though," Quattro grinned and leaned in close to Megane, "your daughter was one hot and tight piece of ass, I enjoyed taking her all the time."

Quattro couldn't explain what happened next, it was so sudden and shocking that her mind couldn't process it.

"You..." Megane's eyes snapped open while her hand snapped up and around Quattro's throat, squeezing her neck hard, "hurt," a magical aura surrounded Megane's body as adrenaline poured through her body, "my daughter," Megane sat up, pushing Quattro down to her knees, "like THAT?!" Megane's other hand went to the top of Quattro's head and a moment later, there was an incredibly loud and sickening crack that filled the air as Quattro's body fell to the ground, completely limp.

Megane panted while looking down at Quattro's body, a snarl on her lips. "I might not have been a fighter, and I'm weak still, but you do not hurt my little girl and brag about it. If I ever find her..."

Groaning, Megane wondered several things, where Lutecia was, how long she had been out, where she was, and why was she in a latex space suit?

(---)

Levi frowned as she felt Quattro's soul return to the body. "What the hell?"

'It's that woman, Megane, she killed me!' Quattro snapped out angrily.

Levi smirked at that. "Don't worry too much, Quattro, I'll fix you up in a moment." She kicked a door open and grinned as she saw who was in it. "Looking for someone, Due?"

The blonde cyborg spun around and stared at the Mazoku. "Who?"

Levi chuckled heavily. "If you're looking for Lutecia, don't bother," she narrowed her eyes at the shape shifter as Due took several steps back, "she's been moved to my safe house, you aren't ever going to save her..."

"...What's with the blood?" Due hoped that Agito was far away at that moment.

"Oh dear, Uno and Jail were so... Worthless, I just had to eliminate them, I just disposed of the bodies." Levi started laughing at Due. "If you must know, my dear," a dark aura enveloped her body, "I'm the Mazoku threat that Jail warned you about for all these years!"

Due's eyes widened and her face paled as a black ball of energy formed and twisted in Levi's hands. "And quite frankly, my dear, I hate you and all your sisters, now die!"

(---)

A few minutes later, Levi was walking down the hallway of the Saint's Cradle before closing her eyes. "Alright, Quattro, it's time." A giant black ball of energy formed in front of her, before a small white ball of energy erupted from Levi's body and entered the black ball of energy.

A moment later, Levi smirked as she saw her handiwork. "Excellent. You're now a full-out Mazoku, Quattro, and my Priest."

Quattro looked completely normal, save for the fact that her eyes were glowing red and her hair had white stripes in it. "...Glad to finally get my reward, my master." Quattro grinned and looked around the Cradle.

Levi smirked at that. "Get Lutecia ready for what's to come next." The Mazoku chuckled heavily. "Between those worthless cyborgs and the Megahs, no one will notice what will happen next." Levi threw her head back and started laughing heavily. "Yeeeeahahahahahahaheeeees! Now! Everything that exists, everything here! It WILL BE MINE!"

Quattro nodded, her eyes narrowed as she grinned at Levi. "So true, master, so true. Soon, we shall both get what's coming to us."

All she needed to do was wait a little more.

[Rising Dragon]

Yes! Neck-snappy!

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

All I know is...

You guys are going to hate me for what I do next.

StrikerS 1-60

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 61:

The next day...

Tre narrowed her eyes as she sat on a rooftop. "What time is it?"

A screen popped up near her. "Almost time, Tre-nee." Sein, decked out in the Knight Valkyrie Armor, saluted her. "I feel almost unbeatable in this."

"Don't let it go to your head, Sein." Tre looked at her. "We don't want to kill anyone if we can help it. I have a feeling that the Bureau's not going to be very friendly this time around."

"I hope that they're not too mad." A new screen popped up, revealing Cinque, "if they are, I'll take responsibility for it."

"Knock it off." Tre snorted at her. "We got another few minutes before we make a move."

"Right." Cinque and Sein nodded as their screens turned off.

Tre felt the urge to shudder for some reason. "Something's not right."

(---)

Jail nodded as he met up with Quattro, Uno was right behind him. "Are we ready?" When Quattro nodded, he grinned as she stepped in line, just in front of him. "This will be a glorious day. When all is said and done," he couldn't keep himself from laughing softly, "yes, when all is said and done, then everything I've done will be proven right."

"I agree," Quattro said as she continued to walk in front of Jail, "just one little problem with that." Before Jail could ask, there was a flash of light, before a squelching sound filled the hallway, causing Uno and Jail to stare in shock. Uno because she couldn't believe what she was seeing and Jail...

Because Quattro was holding a blade of pure light and energy and stabbing it through his chest.

"Quattro, what arRRRGH!" Uno cried out as something pierced her from behind. Looking down, she saw a similar blade shoved through her body. "...What?" Turning her head, her face paled, both from the blood loss and the fact that another Quattro materialized behind her. "...Who?"

"That would be the real Quattro who's stabbing you, Uno..." The Quattro in front of Jail smirked as she suddenly gained some height, her hair lengthened, darkened, changing from brown to blue. "Although," she took her glasses off, revealing purple-red eyes to Jail, "I am in Quattro's body."

"W...Who?" Jail asked as she smirked at him.

"My name? It's Levi, Jail." She swung her arm out, tearing his side out and causing him to collapse to the floor in a spray of blood. "Heh heh heh," she smirked as Quattro slashed upwards, tearing through Uno's shoulder and causing her to fall to her knees in shock, "there's a saying, about keeping your enemies closer than your friends. You were so obsessed about fighting against Mazoku that you never noticed me possessing and corrupting Quattro," she looked at Quattro, who grinned at her. "Then again, it wasn't hard, her soul was just so easy to twist into my image."

Jail clutched at his side, groaning in pain. "...They... They will stop you."

"Oh, you mean those cyborgs of yours?" Levi snorted. "Maybe, but the ones with the Dragon DNA in them, I've tweaked them, they can't hurt me at all." She gave him a grin. "I learned during my time here, dear... Doctor..." She waggled a finger. "Think about it, for so many years, I've been living with you, corrupting Quattro, I turned Lutecia into my little... Pet," she looked at Levi, "is Lutecia where she should be?"

Quattro smirked at Levi. "Wasn't hard, she's in the Cradle right now."

"Good." Levi grabbed Jail's bleeding body and then grabbed Uno. "I'll just dispose of these two worthless... Peons." She blinked as Quattro walked off. "Where are you off to?"

"To pay respects to Lutecia's mother..." Quattro smirked at Levi. "I think I'll just... Play with her for a few minutes, before ending her."

Levi just grinned at that. "I need to..." Her eyes darkened for a moment as she carried the two bleeding bodies out of the area, "take care of something as well."

(---)

Quattro smirked as she walked into the lab and saw Megane on the table, still out cold. "To think... Lutecia just wanted to see you again. Oh well, she won't want anything anymore soon." Quattro walked up to Megane and snorted at her. "You're completely used up, you know that? You wouldn't even be useful for our plan at all." Quattro snapped her arm out and a blade appeared in it. "Oh well." She raised the blade up high. "Before I kill you though," Quattro grinned and leaned in close to Megane, "your daughter was one hot and tight piece of ass, I enjoyed taking her all the time."

Quattro couldn't explain what happened next, it was so sudden and shocking that her mind couldn't process it.

"You..." Megane's eyes snapped open while her hand snapped up and around Quattro's throat, squeezing her neck hard, "hurt," a magical aura surrounded Megane's body as adrenaline poured through her body, "my daughter," Megane sat up, pushing Quattro down to her knees, "like THAT?!" Megane's other hand went to the top of Quattro's head and a moment later, there was an incredibly loud and sickening crack that filled the air as Quattro's body fell to the ground, completely limp.

Megane panted while looking down at Quattro's body, a snarl on her lips. "I might not have been a fighter, and I'm weak still, but you do not hurt my little girl and brag about it. If I ever find her..."

Groaning, Megane wondered several things, where Lutecia was, how long she had been out, where she was, and why was she in a latex space suit?

(---)

Levi frowned as she felt Quattro's soul return to the body. "What the hell?"

'It's that woman, Megane, she killed me!' Quattro snapped out angrily.

Levi smirked at that. "Don't worry too much, Quattro, I'll fix you up in a moment." She kicked a door open and grinned as she saw who was in it. "Looking for someone, Due?"

The blonde cyborg spun around and stared at the Mazoku. "Who?"

Levi chuckled heavily. "If you're looking for Lutecia, don't bother," she narrowed her eyes at the shape shifter as Due took several steps back, "she's been moved to my safe house, you aren't ever going to save her..."

"...What's with the blood?" Due hoped that Agito was far away at that moment.

"Oh dear, Uno and Jail were so... Worthless, I just had to eliminate them, I just disposed of the bodies." Levi started laughing at Due. "If you must know, my dear," a dark aura enveloped her body, "I'm the Mazoku threat that Jail warned you about for all these years!"

Due's eyes widened and her face paled as a black ball of energy formed and twisted in Levi's hands. "And quite frankly, my dear, I hate you and all your sisters, now die!"

(---)

A few minutes later, Levi was walking down the hallway of the Saint's Cradle before closing her eyes. "Alright, Quattro, it's time." A giant black ball of energy formed in front of her, before a small white ball of energy erupted from Levi's body and entered the black ball of energy.

A moment later, Levi smirked as she saw her handiwork. "Excellent. You're now a full-out Mazoku, Quattro, and my Priest."

Quattro looked completely normal, save for the fact that her eyes were glowing red and her hair had white stripes in it. "...Glad to finally get my reward, my master." Quattro grinned and looked around the Cradle.

Levi smirked at that. "Get Lutecia ready for what's to come next." The Mazoku chuckled heavily. "Between those worthless cyborgs and the Megahs, no one will notice what will happen next." Levi threw her head back and started laughing heavily. "Yeeeeahahahahahahaheeeees! Now! Everything that exists, everything here! It WILL BE MINE!"

Quattro nodded, her eyes narrowed as she grinned at Levi. "So true, master, so true. Soon, we shall both get what's coming to us."

All she needed to do was wait a little more.

Me: Anyone who want to kill Nanya.... Don't even think about it.

Odin: But if you want to kill Levi and Quattro, go ahead. We won't stop you.

Me: *Looks at Nanya* You didn't punched us in the gut this time, Nanya.

Val: You IMPALED us with Gea Bolg right to the heart.....

Sarah: MEDIC!!!

*Everyone looked at Nanya-Muse, who just saved Nanya from an assassination attempt by the BTF-haters, laying down on the ground bleeding from a sniper shot.*

Reia: Don't die yet!!! *Stared casting Curaga at Nanya-Muse*

Iris: Yeah... Just... *Assisted Reia at healing the wound.* Hang in there.

Amelia: Security!!!!

Me: Jeez... Zealots.... You really got to hate them...

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

All I know is...

You guys are going to hate me for what I do next.

*snip*

You're right, I think I hate you for this. But I kind of expected you to do something like this. =.=

[novalysis]

I really, really wonder how sane Lutecia will be at the end of all this. Better hope that memory wipe is a possible psychological treatment in the Nanoha-verse...

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

All I know is...

You guys are going to hate me for what I do next.

StrikerS 1-60

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 61:

The next day...

Tre narrowed her eyes as she sat on a rooftop. "What time is it?"

A screen popped up near her. "Almost time, Tre-nee." Sein, decked out in the Knight Valkyrie Armor, saluted her. "I feel almost unbeatable in this."

"Don't let it go to your head, Sein." Tre looked at her. "We don't want to kill anyone if we can help it. I have a feeling that the Bureau's not going to be very friendly this time around."

"I hope that they're not too mad." A new screen popped up, revealing Cinque, "if they are, I'll take responsibility for it."

"Knock it off." Tre snorted at her. "We got another few minutes before we make a move."

"Right." Cinque and Sein nodded as their screens turned off.

Tre felt the urge to shudder for some reason. "Something's not right."

(---)

Jail nodded as he met up with Quattro, Uno was right behind him. "Are we ready?" When Quattro nodded, he grinned as she stepped in line, just in front of him. "This will be a glorious day. When all is said and done," he couldn't keep himself from laughing softly, "yes, when all is said and done, then everything I've done will be proven right."

"I agree," Quattro said as she continued to walk in front of Jail, "just one little problem with that." Before Jail could ask, there was a flash of light, before a squelching sound filled the hallway, causing Uno and Jail to stare in shock. Uno because she couldn't believe what she was seeing and Jail...

Because Quattro was holding a blade of pure light and energy and stabbing it through his chest.

"Quattro, what arRRRGH!" Uno cried out as something pierced her from behind. Looking down, she saw a similar blade shoved through her body. "...What?" Turning her head, her face paled, both from the blood loss and the fact that another Quattro materialized behind her. "...Who?"

"That would be the real Quattro who's stabbing you, Uno..." The Quattro in front of Jail smirked as she suddenly gained some height, her hair lengthened, darkened, changing from brown to blue. "Although," she took her glasses off, revealing purple-red eyes to Jail, "I am in Quattro's body."

"W...Who?" Jail asked as she smirked at him.

"My name? It's Levi, Jail." She swung her arm out, tearing his side out and causing him to collapse to the floor in a spray of blood. "Heh heh heh," she smirked as Quattro slashed upwards, tearing through Uno's shoulder and causing her to fall to her knees in shock, "there's a saying, about keeping your enemies closer than your friends. You were so obsessed about fighting against Mazoku that you never noticed me possessing and corrupting Quattro," she looked at Quattro, who grinned at her. "Then again, it wasn't hard, her soul was just so easy to twist into my image."

Jail clutched at his side, groaning in pain. "...They... They will stop you."

"Oh, you mean those cyborgs of yours?" Levi snorted. "Maybe, but the ones with the Dragon DNA in them, I've tweaked them, they can't hurt me at all." She gave him a grin. "I learned during my time here, dear... Doctor..." She waggled a finger. "Think about it, for so many years, I've been living with you, corrupting Quattro, I turned Lutecia into my little... Pet," she looked at Levi, "is Lutecia where she should be?"

Quattro smirked at Levi. "Wasn't hard, she's in the Cradle right now."

"Good." Levi grabbed Jail's bleeding body and then grabbed Uno. "I'll just dispose of these two worthless... Peons." She blinked as Quattro walked off. "Where are you off to?"

"To pay respects to Lutecia's mother..." Quattro smirked at Levi. "I think I'll just... Play with her for a few minutes, before ending her."

Levi just grinned at that. "I need to..." Her eyes darkened for a moment as she carried the two bleeding bodies out of the area, "take care of something as well."

(---)

Quattro smirked as she walked into the lab and saw Megane on the table, still out cold. "To think... Lutecia just wanted to see you again. Oh well, she won't want anything anymore soon." Quattro walked up to Megane and snorted at her. "You're completely used up, you know that? You wouldn't even be useful for our plan at all." Quattro snapped her arm out and a blade appeared in it. "Oh well." She raised the blade up high. "Before I kill you though," Quattro grinned and leaned in close to Megane, "your daughter was one hot and tight piece of ass, I enjoyed taking her all the time."

Quattro couldn't explain what happened next, it was so sudden and shocking that her mind couldn't process it.

"You..." Megane's eyes snapped open while her hand snapped up and around Quattro's throat, squeezing her neck hard, "hurt," a magical aura surrounded Megane's body as adrenaline poured through her body, "my daughter," Megane sat up, pushing Quattro down to her knees, "like THAT?!" Megane's other hand went to the top of Quattro's head and a moment later, there was an incredibly loud and sickening crack that filled the air as Quattro's body fell to the ground, completely limp.

Megane panted while looking down at Quattro's body, a snarl on her lips. "I might not have been a fighter, and I'm weak still, but you do not hurt my little girl and brag about it. If I ever find her..."

Groaning, Megane wondered several things, where Lutecia was, how long she had been out, where she was, and why was she in a latex space suit?

(---)

Levi frowned as she felt Quattro's soul return to the body. "What the hell?"

'It's that woman, Megane, she killed me!' Quattro snapped out angrily.

Levi smirked at that. "Don't worry too much, Quattro, I'll fix you up in a moment." She kicked a door open and grinned as she saw who was in it. "Looking for someone, Due?"

The blonde cyborg spun around and stared at the Mazoku. "Who?"

Levi chuckled heavily. "If you're looking for Lutecia, don't bother," she narrowed her eyes at the shape shifter as Due took several steps back, "she's been moved to my safe house, you aren't ever going to save her..."

"...What's with the blood?" Due hoped that Agito was far away at that moment.

"Oh dear, Uno and Jail were so... Worthless, I just had to eliminate them, I just disposed of the bodies." Levi started laughing at Due. "If you must know, my dear," a dark aura enveloped her body, "I'm the Mazoku threat that Jail warned you about for all these years!"

Due's eyes widened and her face paled as a black ball of energy formed and twisted in Levi's hands. "And quite frankly, my dear, I hate you and all your sisters, now die!"

(---)

A few minutes later, Levi was walking down the hallway of the Saint's Cradle before closing her eyes. "Alright, Quattro, it's time." A giant black ball of energy formed in front of her, before a small white ball of energy erupted from Levi's body and entered the black ball of energy.

A moment later, Levi smirked as she saw her handiwork. "Excellent. You're now a full-out Mazoku, Quattro, and my Priest."

Quattro looked completely normal, save for the fact that her eyes were glowing red and her hair had white stripes in it. "...Glad to finally get my reward, my master." Quattro grinned and looked around the Cradle.

Levi smirked at that. "Get Lutecia ready for what's to come next." The Mazoku chuckled heavily. "Between those worthless cyborgs and the Megahs, no one will notice what will happen next." Levi threw her head back and started laughing heavily. "Yeeeeahahahahahahaheeeees! Now! Everything that exists, everything here! It WILL BE MINE!"

Quattro nodded, her eyes narrowed as she grinned at Levi. "So true, master, so true. Soon, we shall both get what's coming to us."

All she needed to do was wait a little more.

Damn it all, I swear to God, that is one I never saw coming. I was expecting more schemes and machination rather than a straight impalement even though something bad was going to happen, I figured turn Quattro into a Mazoku and posses Jail but this. Too bad he was one of my favourite characters from this fic. Such a shame.

[Sunder the Gold]

Bah. I wanted to write a short one-shot based on Yuuno and his clan, but this draft is too long and too info-dumpy. I'm giving up on it and trying something else.

But since I don't want to simply delete it, I'm going to post it here to collect whatever dust or attention deigns to cling to it.


FIRST FAILED DRAFT

Spoiler for Abandoned Draft:

For Yuuno Scrya, the Jewel Seeds were his own personal Pandora's Box, and he would spend the rest of his life never forgiving himself for opening it. Like his closest friends, he was simply too responsible by nature, freely blaming himself for mishaps beyond his control.

First was the transport ship that was destroyed over Earth. Surely, the Jewel Seeds themselves had been responsible for that catastrophe, and the blame for the deaths of all aboard could be laid at his feet. Even when he later learned of Presea Testarossa's cupability in that, he knew she would not have attacked that vessel if not for the Lost Logia it contained.

Second were the apparently rampant Jewel Seeds being scattered on a world without any ability to defend themselves against the danger. The death toll would continue to rise without swift intervention.

Third was the falling out with his own clan.

They'd told him to leave the mess to the Administration Bureau. It was the Bureau's job to keep the world safe from Lost Logia, and their responsibility for losing the things in the first place. The Scrya Clan and Yuuno particularly, the clan argued, had already done more than enough for the world by finding the Jewel Seeds in the first place and letting the property authorities take over.

Furthermore, the government of Erminia Kratz had offered them a very specific arrival date for inspecting and excavating a newly discovered Garean colony-ruin on one of their worlds. If they went galivanting off to some unadministered world now, the invitation would close and they could very likely never expect another opportunity.

So he'd set out on his own, approaching the TSAB personally for permission to assist with the retrieval of the Jewel Seeds. Naturally, the Bureau had contacted his family.

They gave permission. But not one of them followed after.

So Yuuno left for some planet called Earth, on a commercial flight paid for by the government, to begin investigating and retrieving the Jewel Seeds on his own until a Patrol Ship could be spared to come pick him up and handle the situation.

For a nine year old boy who'd grown up always surrounding by his clan of uncles, aunts and cousins, Yuuno had never been so alone.

He'd never directly answered Nanoha's question, that day aboard the Arthra, when she'd asked if he was lonely; he'd deflected the issue by pointing out how he'd always felt alone.

He'd told her the truth, but avoided acknowledging something he didn't really want to think about. Before he'd met her, and they had become friends, he'd felt lonelier in his entire life than he'd ever before thought possible.

Far better to enjoy her company, appreciating the comforting presence of his first real friend, a girl who refused to leave him alone, than to dwell on what he'd felt on the darkest day of his life.

[Nanya01]

StrikerS 1-60

StrikerS 61

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 62:

"It's time." Dieci whispered and pointed her cannon at a building in the distance. Charging up a powerful shot, she knew that she had to make it large so that her sisters could see it easily from wherever they were at in the city. "Heavy Barret... Fire."

She was certain that the building was empty, or at least very few people in it, she had scoped it out earlier and hadn't seen anything that would indicate that there was many people in it at all. It was probably some sort of warehouse.

When the building was hit, there was an explosion that filled the air, followed by a loud cry of hundreds of animals that were instantly slaughtered from Dieci's attack.

"MOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!"

Dieci's eyes widened, her jaw dropped, as did her cannon from her limp fingers and she turned blue in the face. "...Why were there cows in the middle of the city?"

If Dieci had seen the other side of the building, she would have understood. After all, a cattle slaughter plant would have cows in it, even in the middle of the city.

(---)

Chrono looked at the Riot Force in front of him. "This mission will hopefully be the last any of us have to partake against the current foe." A screen appeared in front of him. "As you can all see, our enemies are spread out across the city." He narrowed his eyes as he and the rest of the Riot Force watched the destruction of various property. "So far, in the past few minutes, your opponents have limited themselves to destroying property and no reports of any injuries have been seen, other than terrified people. Even so, remember that they are all extremely dangerous."

"SIR!" Lucino yelled as she looked up from her screen. "There's a major summoning sigal forming above the city." She turned back to her screen and paled. "Oh... My god. It's... Those things... Those robots, they're back."

Chrono fought back the urge to swear. Hayate just had to still be out of it and Signum had to be recovering from some sort of surgery at that moment too. "Seeing as those women haven't been attacking people, we will put these as our priority right now. How many are there?"

Lucino trembled as she got the data. "There are... Twelve, no... Thirteen of these robots out there right now."

"Sir!" Nanoha spoke up, getting Chrono to look at her. "I know that it may be a lot to say this, but we will need to take them on as individuals, not as a group."

"Forget it." Chrono shook his head. "Those monsters are so powerful that a group was barely able to handle one, taking on one by yourself would be suicide."

"With all due respect, Admiral," Nanoha narrowed her eyes at Chrono, who stared her in slight shock, "what held us back the first time we fought them was a lack of knowledge about them. In addition, none of those there were able to cut loose like they would normally be able to. If we are alone, we could easily cut loose and handle them, I'm sure."

Chrono could see the logic in that, but he still had reservations about this.

"If we go in a group," Nanoha continued, "there will be much worry about collateral damage to our allies." Her eyes narrowed, but she was silently pleading with him to see reason. "You were there, Chrono, when we took on Dark Star and Shabranigdo, you know how strong we are. Let us fight as powerfully as we can."

Chrono closed his eyes, before nodding slightly. "Very well, go ahead, go all out. I don't like this though."

"The longer we talk, the worse things will get!" Nanoha turned to look at the rest of the group. "Once we're out there, you'll be mostly on your own, for those of us who have done stuff like this before, just remember that when you get done with your robot, see if you can get to someone else and help them out." The older members nodded and Nanoha looked at the younger group that worked under her in training. "I know that all of you might be nervous, we're down several people right now, but remember this, we've been training you for situations like this. Remember your training and keep a clear head, and all of you will be fine."

"Before you leave," a new male voice spoke up as a large man in a brown uniform walked into the room, shocking several people, "it will please all of you to know that, as of this moment, the Riot Force no longer has to manually release its limiters, I released them on the way over."

"General Gaiz." Chrono looked at the man, stunned.

"I supported this Riot Force for exactly this reason, Admiral." Regius nodded and looked at everyone. "So, go out there, hold nothing back, but try not to destroy the city." They nodded and Regius stepped to the side. "So, get out there!"

A moment later, the group had left, leaving Regius to look at Chrono. "I would hope that those cyborgs won't be eliminated," Regius spoke to him, "after all, they would be very useful in the Bureau's ranks, don't you agree?"

Chrono snorted at him. "Trust me, I don't wish them dead, either, but with people injured and missing, none of our bosses will take the risk anymore."

"And yet, you never gave a kill on sight order." Regius smirked at him. "I must be getting soft in my old age," Chrono and Lucino blinked at that as Regius looked at the screen, "when I was younger, I might have had an execution order in place for those cyborgs, instead, I want to see what they can do with themselves."

He had a feeling that if Jail hadn't been in the position he was forced into, those girls might have been a powerful force to fight on the Bureau's side.

(---)

"Mama?" Vivio and Arashi stood next to Suzuka as Nanoha came up to them. "Are you going?"

Nanoha knelt down and smiled at Vivio. "Mama needs to go do something, but I'll be okay." She hugged Vivio when the girl ran to her. "Your mama will be fine." Vivio nodded, whimpering and Nanoha pulled back and held out her pinky finger. "You be a good girl for Suzuka-chan and Arashi, okay?"

Vivio hooked her pinky around Nanoha's and they shook. Nanoha smiled and gave Vivio a kiss on the forehead before looking at Suzuka and Arashi. "Thanks, Suzuka-chan."

"Hey, I'm mostly here to be a bodyguard for the people in this building anyway." Suzuka chuckled softly. "All I got is dumb muscle."

Nanoha smirked and stood up. "Thanks again, and Vivio," she looked at the small girl that she had grown attached to, "be strong for mama, okay?"

Vivio nodded at her and hugged her stuffed bunny. "Uh huh! Vivio's a big girl!"

"Yes you are." Nanoha smiled as she took off. "Thanks again, Suzuka-chan!" She waved while running off.

(---)

In the hospital wing of the Riot Force, Signum was awake and looking at her newly operated on arm, moving and rotating it from side to side.

"Well?" Shari smiled at her. "How is it?"

"Feels like you put several knives into my arm at the same time." Signum muttered and winced as her arm throbbed. "How long until I'm good again?"

"Well, you'll need to adjust to it, plus therapy and some other..." Shari trailed off at Signum's annoyed look. "As for the eye, well, I got you something, well, had one of my staff get you something, but I think it looks rather neat and you might like it." Shari smiled at Signum. "Close your eye."

Signum did just that, wondering what was going on." A moment later, she felt something being put around her head. "Shari, what are you doing?"

"One second, okay, open your eye now!" Shari smiled as she held up a mirror for Signum, who opened her eye and stared at what she saw on her face. "I thought that a medical bandage for an eye-patch wasn't good enough for you. A leather eye-patch is far more bad-ass, don't you agree?"

"...What's with the small metal plate in the middle?"

"Extra protection for your damaged eye, until we can fix it."

Signum gently touched it with her left hand and nodded. "The eye-patch is rather large, but," a small grin came to her face, "I admit, I like this more than I probably should."

If anyone was to ask Signum why she liked it, she would just blame Hayate.

(---)

Vita and Rein Zwei were the first two to find a Megah in the middle of the city. "Well then, looks like..." Vita's eyes widened as she saw something she never wanted to see again. "No..."

Zwei stared, horrified by what she was seeing.

Around the Megah's feet, where several torn up and bleeding bodies of people who didn't get out of the way fast enough.

Vita growled as she saw the Megah pointing its cannon at a fleeing car. "Zwei!"

"Unison!"

"IN!" Vita and Zwei yelled at the same time, turning Vita's hair orange and her eyes a brilliant blue in color and her red outfit became white. Vita then rushed forward, Graf Eisen in its Gigant form. They would not let anymore people get hurt.

As they rushed at the Megah, it suddenly spun around and fired a powerful energy blast right at Vita, who held her hand out, a red triangle forming in front of her, blocking the attack, but forcing her to stop as it was a lot stronger than she remembered it being.

"Vita!" Zwei's voice was heard in her mind. "Does it look different?"

"Yeah," Vita grumbled softly. "It's those damned things it has on its arms, legs and torso." When the beam stopped firing, Vita dropped her shield, only to gasp as several arrow-like things were fired at her in a wide spray, she quickly created another barrier, only to blink as they all missed her. "...What was that for?"

"BEHIND!"

Rein's warning came a second too late as Vita was struck by at least eight arrows in her back and legs. "GAH!" Vita groaned as she felt the arrow heads tear into her muscles. Closing her eyes, she worked on forcing them out of her body before they became a problem. "At least they can't explode. But they tore through my armor so easily..."

A moment later, all of the arrows exploded, sending Vita to the ground with a scream of pain. "Zwei, you okay?" Vita groaned as she struggled to get up from that last attack. "Zwei?"

"I'm fine." Zwei said to her sister as Vita pulled herself to her feet. "How did it know how to do that?"

Vita grabbed Graf Eisen and looked at the Megah as it charged up another attack. "It's a lot more dangerous than the first one we fought was." Vita created a barrier in front of her as the Megah fired another shot. What shocked her though, was that the beam wasn't aimed at her, but rather the building behind her. Turning, Vita stared in shock as the building exploded, sending shrapnel in all directions. "Damn!" Vita held up both hands to block attacks from both sides and wondered just how the hell this thing knew how to be so effective.

"Above!" Vita looked up at Zwei's warning and stared as a giant foot was just above her. "Damn!" Quickly dropping her shields, Vita ignored the debris that pelted her and quickly zipped away from the Megah as it stomped down right where she was.

"Schwalbefliegen!"

Vita created a large metal ball in front of her and swung back with Graf Eisen when the Megah suddenly put on a burst of speed that it hadn't shown before, extended its blade and swung at her head. "Damn!" She swung Graf Eisen forward, hitting the blade and knocking it off course, only to stare as the Megah's left hand came in and punched her in the torso.

Vita's eyes were wide as her body, mind and physics seemed to need a moment to assert themselves. And just as fast as the sheer pain entered Vita's body, the moment was over and Vita was sent barreling down the street at rocket speeds, smashing into several cars before hitting a building and smashing through the wall, but stopping as she crashed into a desk.

"Ho...llly... shiii....ittt..." Vita managed to get out in a very broken and pained tone of voice. She was almost certain that a few of her organs had been crushed by that single blow.

Though, she wondered just how that thing could have gotten so dangerous so fast.

(---)

Levi smirked as she looked at the chair Lutecia was strapped to. The girl was unconscious, a helmet donned her head and a Belkan triangle was under her feet. "To think that between the data that I got, thanks to Uno's help, on the Riot Force, the video surveillance of their fights, and Lutecia's insect summons, I can effectively negate any advantage they might have."

A dark grin came to her face as she turned back to watch the fights unfold. "Any idiot can collect data, but a genius applies it properly."

(---)

"Unison Out!" Zwei gasped as she popped out of Vita's body, the redhead was twitching and groaning in pain. "Hold on! Resurrection!"

Zwei was hurting badly as well, but if she could get Vita back to fighting strength before the Megah attacked again, they'd have a chance. A light filled the room and Zwei turned to look as a large white beam was sent straight at them. "Too late."

Outside, the Megah looked on as it saw its deadly beam strike fast and true. Taking several steps forward, it intended to check on the damage it had done and confirm the death of the enemy.

A moment later, a large metal ball was flying straight at the Megah, who unsheathed its blade and slashed the ball in half.

Walking out of the smoking building, Vita panted, her body felt like crap and she thought she was about to die on the spot, but still... "You okay, Rein?" She asked her sister, who was unisoned with her again. It had been sheer luck that Rein's spell had fixed her enough to grab Zwei and roll out of the way of that beam, even so, she was pretty sure that she was going to suffer a major burn from that attack.

"I'm fine!" Rein said from inside of Vita. "I'll work on healing us, you just fight that thing!"

Vita nodded and looked at Graf Eisen, which was again in Gigant Form. "Ready, buddy?"

"Böe-Modus."

Vita threw her hands out to the side and let loose a yell as her white outfit became a metallic blue in color. "Round two." Vita pointed Graf Eisen at the Megah, "and this time, you won't be blowing me up!"

Spoiler for Comments:

What? You didn't think it would be easy, did you?

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS 1-60

StrikerS 61

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 62:

"It's time." Dieci whispered and pointed her cannon at a building in the distance. Charging up a powerful shot, she knew that she had to make it large so that her sisters could see it easily from wherever they were at in the city. "Heavy Barret... Fire."

She was certain that the building was empty, or at least very few people in it, she had scoped it out earlier and hadn't seen anything that would indicate that there was many people in it at all. It was probably some sort of warehouse.

When the building was hit, there was an explosion that filled the air, followed by a loud cry of hundreds of animals that were instantly slaughtered from Dieci's attack.

"MOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!"

Dieci's eyes widened, her jaw dropped, as did her cannon from her limp fingers and she turned blue in the face. "...Why were there cows in the middle of the city?"

If Dieci had seen the other side of the building, she would have understood. After all, a cattle slaughter plant would have cows in it, even in the middle of the city.

(---)

Chrono looked at the Riot Force in front of him. "This mission will hopefully be the last any of us have to partake against the current foe." A screen appeared in front of him. "As you can all see, our enemies are spread out across the city." He narrowed his eyes as he and the rest of the Riot Force watched the destruction of various property. "So far, in the past few minutes, your opponents have limited themselves to destroying property and no reports of any injuries have been seen, other than terrified people. Even so, remember that they are all extremely dangerous."

"SIR!" Lucino yelled as she looked up from her screen. "There's a major summoning sigal forming above the city." She turned back to her screen and paled. "Oh... My god. It's... Those things... Those robots, they're back."

Chrono fought back the urge to swear. Hayate just had to still be out of it and Signum had to be recovering from some sort of surgery at that moment too. "Seeing as those women haven't been attacking people, we will put these as our priority right now. How many are there?"

Lucino trembled as she got the data. "There are... Twelve, no... Thirteen of these robots out there right now."

"Sir!" Nanoha spoke up, getting Chrono to look at her. "I know that it may be a lot to say this, but we will need to take them on as individuals, not as a group."

"Forget it." Chrono shook his head. "Those monsters are so powerful that a group was barely able to handle one, taking on one by yourself would be suicide."

"With all due respect, Admiral," Nanoha narrowed her eyes at Chrono, who stared her in slight shock, "what held us back the first time we fought them was a lack of knowledge about them. In addition, none of those there were able to cut loose like they would normally be able to. If we are alone, we could easily cut loose and handle them, I'm sure."

Chrono could see the logic in that, but he still had reservations about this.

"If we go in a group," Nanoha continued, "there will be much worry about collateral damage to our allies." Her eyes narrowed, but she was silently pleading with him to see reason. "You were there, Chrono, when we took on Dark Star and Shabranigdo, you know how strong we are. Let us fight as powerfully as we can."

Chrono closed his eyes, before nodding slightly. "Very well, go ahead, go all out. I don't like this though."

"The longer we talk, the worse things will get!" Nanoha turned to look at the rest of the group. "Once we're out there, you'll be mostly on your own, for those of us who have done stuff like this before, just remember that when you get done with your robot, see if you can get to someone else and help them out." The older members nodded and Nanoha looked at the younger group that worked under her in training. "I know that all of you might be nervous, we're down several people right now, but remember this, we've been training you for situations like this. Remember your training and keep a clear head, and all of you will be fine."

"Before you leave," a new male voice spoke up as a large man in a brown uniform walked into the room, shocking several people, "it will please all of you to know that, as of this moment, the Riot Force no longer has to manually release its limiters, I released them on the way over."

"General Gaiz." Chrono looked at the man, stunned.

"I supported this Riot Force for exactly this reason, Admiral." Regius nodded and looked at everyone. "So, go out there, hold nothing back, but try not to destroy the city." They nodded and Regius stepped to the side. "So, get out there!"

A moment later, the group had left, leaving Regius to look at Chrono. "I would hope that those cyborgs won't be eliminated," Regius spoke to him, "after all, they would be very useful in the Bureau's ranks, don't you agree?"

Chrono snorted at him. "Trust me, I don't wish them dead, either, but with people injured and missing, none of our bosses will take the risk anymore."

"And yet, you never gave a kill on sight order." Regius smirked at him. "I must be getting soft in my old age," Chrono and Lucino blinked at that as Regius looked at the screen, "when I was younger, I might have had an execution order in place for those cyborgs, instead, I want to see what they can do with themselves."

He had a feeling that if Jail hadn't been in the position he was forced into, those girls might have been a powerful force to fight on the Bureau's side.

(---)

"Mama?" Vivio and Arashi stood next to Suzuka as Nanoha came up to them. "Are you going?"

Nanoha knelt down and smiled at Vivio. "Mama needs to go do something, but I'll be okay." She hugged Vivio when the girl ran to her. "Your mama will be fine." Vivio nodded, whimpering and Nanoha pulled back and held out her pinky finger. "You be a good girl for Suzuka-chan and Arashi, okay?"

Vivio hooked her pinky around Nanoha's and they shook. Nanoha smiled and gave Vivio a kiss on the forehead before looking at Suzuka and Arashi. "Thanks, Suzuka-chan."

"Hey, I'm mostly here to be a bodyguard for the people in this building anyway." Suzuka chuckled softly. "All I got is dumb muscle."

Nanoha smirked and stood up. "Thanks again, and Vivio," she looked at the small girl that she had grown attached to, "be strong for mama, okay?"

Vivio nodded at her and hugged her stuffed bunny. "Uh huh! Vivio's a big girl!"

"Yes you are." Nanoha smiled as she took off. "Thanks again, Suzuka-chan!" She waved while running off.

(---)

In the hospital wing of the Riot Force, Signum was awake and looking at her newly operated on arm, moving and rotating it from side to side.

"Well?" Shari smiled at her. "How is it?"

"Feels like you put several knives into my arm at the same time." Signum muttered and winced as her arm throbbed. "How long until I'm good again?"

"Well, you'll need to adjust to it, plus therapy and some other..." Shari trailed off at Signum's annoyed look. "As for the eye, well, I got you something, well, had one of my staff get you something, but I think it looks rather neat and you might like it." Shari smiled at Signum. "Close your eye."

Signum did just that, wondering what was going on." A moment later, she felt something being put around her head. "Shari, what are you doing?"

"One second, okay, open your eye now!" Shari smiled as she held up a mirror for Signum, who opened her eye and stared at what she saw on her face. "I thought that a medical bandage for an eye-patch wasn't good enough for you. A leather eye-patch is far more bad-ass, don't you agree?"

"...What's with the small metal plate in the middle?"

"Extra protection for your damaged eye, until we can fix it."

Signum gently touched it with her left hand and nodded. "The eye-patch is rather large, but," a small grin came to her face, "I admit, I like this more than I probably should."

If anyone was to ask Signum why she liked it, she would just blame Hayate.

(---)

Vita and Rein Zwei were the first two to find a Megah in the middle of the city. "Well then, looks like..." Vita's eyes widened as she saw something she never wanted to see again. "No..."

Zwei stared, horrified by what she was seeing.

Around the Megah's feet, where several torn up and bleeding bodies of people who didn't get out of the way fast enough.

Vita growled as she saw the Megah pointing its cannon at a fleeing car. "Zwei!"

"Unison!"

"IN!" Vita and Zwei yelled at the same time, turning Vita's hair orange and her eyes a brilliant blue in color and her red outfit became white. Vita then rushed forward, Graf Eisen in its Gigant form. They would not let anymore people get hurt.

As they rushed at the Megah, it suddenly spun around and fired a powerful energy blast right at Vita, who held her hand out, a red triangle forming in front of her, blocking the attack, but forcing her to stop as it was a lot stronger than she remembered it being.

"Vita!" Zwei's voice was heard in her mind. "Does it look different?"

"Yeah," Vita grumbled softly. "It's those damned things it has on its arms, legs and torso." When the beam stopped firing, Vita dropped her shield, only to gasp as several arrow-like things were fired at her in a wide spray, she quickly created another barrier, only to blink as they all missed her. "...What was that for?"

"BEHIND!"

Rein's warning came a second too late as Vita was struck by at least eight arrows in her back and legs. "GAH!" Vita groaned as she felt the arrow heads tear into her muscles. Closing her eyes, she worked on forcing them out of her body before they became a problem. "At least they can't explode. But they tore through my armor so easily..."

A moment later, all of the arrows exploded, sending Vita to the ground with a scream of pain. "Zwei, you okay?" Vita groaned as she struggled to get up from that last attack. "Zwei?"

"I'm fine." Zwei said to her sister as Vita pulled herself to her feet. "How did it know how to do that?"

Vita grabbed Graf Eisen and looked at the Megah as it charged up another attack. "It's a lot more dangerous than the first one we fought was." Vita created a barrier in front of her as the Megah fired another shot. What shocked her though, was that the beam wasn't aimed at her, but rather the building behind her. Turning, Vita stared in shock as the building exploded, sending shrapnel in all directions. "Damn!" Vita held up both hands to block attacks from both sides and wondered just how the hell this thing knew how to be so effective.

"Above!" Vita looked up at Zwei's warning and stared as a giant foot was just above her. "Damn!" Quickly dropping her shields, Vita ignored the debris that pelted her and quickly zipped away from the Megah as it stomped down right where she was.

"Schwalbefliegen!"

Vita created a large metal ball in front of her and swung back with Graf Eisen when the Megah suddenly put on a burst of speed that it hadn't shown before, extended its blade and swung at her head. "Damn!" She swung Graf Eisen forward, hitting the blade and knocking it off course, only to stare as the Megah's left hand came in and punched her in the torso.

Vita's eyes were wide as her body, mind and physics seemed to need a moment to assert themselves. And just as fast as the sheer pain entered Vita's body, the moment was over and Vita was sent barreling down the street at rocket speeds, smashing into several cars before hitting a building and smashing through the wall, but stopping as she crashed into a desk.

"Ho...llly... shiii....ittt..." Vita managed to get out in a very broken and pained tone of voice. She was almost certain that a few of her organs had been crushed by that single blow.

Though, she wondered just how that thing could have gotten so dangerous so fast.

(---)

Levi smirked as she looked at the chair Lutecia was strapped to. The girl was unconscious, a helmet donned her head and a Belkan triangle was under her feet. "To think that between the data that I got, thanks to Uno's help, on the Riot Force, the video surveillance of their fights, and Lutecia's insect summons, I can effectively negate any advantage they might have."

A dark grin came to her face as she turned back to watch the fights unfold. "Any idiot can collect data, but a genius applies it properly."

(---)

"Unison Out!" Zwei gasped as she popped out of Vita's body, the redhead was twitching and groaning in pain. "Hold on! Resurrection!"

Zwei was hurting badly as well, but if she could get Vita back to fighting strength before the Megah attacked again, they'd have a chance. A light filled the room and Zwei turned to look as a large white beam was sent straight at them. "Too late."

Outside, the Megah looked on as it saw its deadly beam strike fast and true. Taking several steps forward, it intended to check on the damage it had done and confirm the death of the enemy.

A moment later, a large metal ball was flying straight at the Megah, who unsheathed its blade and slashed the ball in half.

Walking out of the smoking building, Vita panted, her body felt like crap and she thought she was about to die on the spot, but still... "You okay, Rein?" She asked her sister, who was unisoned with her again. It had been sheer luck that Rein's spell had fixed her enough to grab Zwei and roll out of the way of that beam, even so, she was pretty sure that she was going to suffer a major burn from that attack.

"I'm fine!" Rein said from inside of Vita. "I'll work on healing us, you just fight that thing!"

Vita nodded and looked at Graf Eisen, which was again in Gigant Form. "Ready, buddy?"

"Böe-Modus."

Vita threw her hands out to the side and let loose a yell as her white outfit became a metallic blue in color. "Round two." Vita pointed Graf Eisen at the Megah, "and this time, you won't be blowing me up!"

Spoiler for Comments:

What? You didn't think it would be easy, did you?

Me: Gundam Wing reference for Lutecia doing what Dorothy done to the Mobile Dolls using the ZERO System.

Odin: Levi, prepare to have an "Oh Crap" moment about you foes true capabilities.

Mariemeia: Corned Beef, Extremely WELL done anyone?

[NorthernFallout]

So it seems someone decided...*dons sunglasses* … to visit Lovetown again.

(Not that satisfied with it, but hey.)

Spoiler for ”Choices without Choices”:

Why do you have to look at me with those longing eyes of yours?

Why don’t you say anything about the way you are around me?

Why don’t you realize why I do what I do for you?

Why won’t you tell me your feelings?

Why can’t you say ‘I love you’?

*

A monitor pinged. Numbers scrolled across screens floating in mid-air. They floated in their own glow on the dark bridge and they pinged in unison. The notifications went unnoticed because there wasn’t anyone there to check them apart from one lone person who sat in the command chair, idly tapping his fingers on a panel.

“Running at optimal,” Chrono mumbled. The automatic file-system check had been running for a few hours and Chrono had concluded it would run without his observation or assistance. He could go to his quarters if he wanted to. But he remained there, not really looking at the screen in front of him.

Matters of importance was on his mind. Less important things as well, and they were the most pressing ones. Chrono didn’t like that. It meant he wasn’t focused, letting his personal worries get in the way of official matter.

He had actually asked Lindy about it. Not that it had helped. All she had said was that he was indecisive and that his troubles would go away if he made a choice. Chrono hadn’t understood what she meant by it. The troubles he had weren’t matters of choice. He hadn’t said what they exactly were. He didn’t even know himself. Yet, Lindy had refused to say anything, saying goodbye with a mother’s smile.

He leaned back and sighed. He wondered what to do while he tapped his fingers on the panel.

The door behind slid open with its familiar sound. He turned around and saw Amy enter, holding a cup of tea in each hand.

“Yo!” she said and grinned.

“Amy. Are you still up?”

She walked up to him and handed him a cup. “Yea. I had some paperwork. I saw you on the cameras in the control room.” She sat down on the step next to him. “So what are you doing?”

“Checking the automatic systems,” Chrono said and nodded at his panel. “Seems to be running fine, though.”

“I see.”

They both sipped on their tea. The steam from the cups rose slowly towards the transparent roof which separated them from space.

“Hey, Amy,” Chrono said after a while.

“Hmm?”

“How do you make a choice about a problem that you don’t know what it is?”

Amy tilted her head. “Hmm. First you identify the problem. Then you make the choice... I think.” She chuckled. “Sorry, I’m not good at this stuff.”

“Neither am I, as it turns out,” Chrono said and took another sip.

Amy rose her head upwards and stared into space. Chrono observed her. Something, for just a brief moment, crossed her face. It had been gone in an instant, but he had caught it. He didn’t know what it meant, however.

As he pondered the meaning, Amy looked down at her cup again. She was cradling it in her hands with a troubled expression.

“Amy-” Chrono began as she got to her feet. She let the cup remain on the floor. She turned to face him, hands clasped behind her back.

“I’m thinking of quitting,” she said.

Chrono looked at her, trying to spot a sign of a joke. When he didn’t find one he put the cup down beside him. “What are you saying? You can’t quit.”

Amy shrugged. “I can. I might. I mean, it fees like I have to move onwards. It has become... stale.”

“You don’t mean that,” Chrono said and stood up. He was aware his voice was close to anger and tried to control it. It only made him sound disappointed. “Things can change. Is there a problem with the crew?”

“No, not like that.” She avoided his eyes and lowered her voice. “Well...”

“Well what? Amy, we don’t want you to leave.” He sought for something else to say. “I don’t want you to leave.”

There it was again. The flash he had noticed earlier appeared before his eyes again. “Do you mean that?”

Chrono blinked and spread his arms. “Of course I do! Amy, what is going on with you?”

She took a step forward, staring at him. It was then that the pieces fell together inside his head. They had been there all the time. He had complicated things by himself, making himself blind in the process.

Amy rose on her toes to reach his lips with hers. Then she hugged him around the waist and buried her face in his chest.

“You can be quite daft sometimes,” Amy said in a tiny voice. Chrono wrapped his arms around her and laughed.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH .

[Keroko]

Suggest random couple, get awesome rare short in return.

Life is good.

[vic-vic]

Nanoha/Chrono

[Old_Iron]

Originally Posted by Keroko

Suggest random couple, get awesome rare short in return.

Life is good.

Yuuno/Tre

Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

Bah. I wanted to write a short one-shot based on Yuuno and his clan, but this draft is too long and too info-dumpy. I'm giving up on it and trying something else.

But since I don't want to simply delete it, I'm going to post it here to collect whatever dust or attention deigns to cling to it.

Spoiler for Abandoned Draft:

For Yuuno Scrya, the Jewel Seeds were his own personal Pandora's Box, and he would spend the rest of his life never forgiving himself for opening it. Like his closest friends, he was simply too responsible by nature, freely blaming himself for mishaps beyond his control.

First was the transport ship that was destroyed over Earth. Surely, the Jewel Seeds themselves had been responsible for that catastrophe, and the blame for the deaths of all aboard could be laid at his feet. Even when he later learned of Presea Testarossa's cupability in that, he knew she would not have attacked that vessel if not for the Lost Logia it contained.

Second were the apparently rampant Jewel Seeds being scattered on a world without any ability to defend themselves against the danger. The death toll would continue to rise without swift intervention.

Third was the falling out with his own clan.

They'd told him to leave the mess to the Administration Bureau. It was the Bureau's job to keep the world safe from Lost Logia, and their responsibility for losing the things in the first place. The Scrya Clan and Yuuno particularly, the clan argued, had already done more than enough for the world by finding the Jewel Seeds in the first place and letting the property authorities take over.

Furthermore, the government of Erminia Kratz had offered them a very specific arrival date for inspecting and excavating a newly discovered Garean colony-ruin on one of their worlds. If they went galivanting off to some unadministered world now, the invitation would close and they could very likely never expect another opportunity.

So he'd set out on his own, approaching the TSAB personally for permission to assist with the retrieval of the Jewel Seeds. Naturally, the Bureau had contacted his family.

They gave permission. But not one of them followed after.

So Yuuno left for some planet called Earth, on a commercial flight paid for by the government, to begin investigating and retrieving the Jewel Seeds on his own until a Patrol Ship could be spared to come pick him up and handle the situation.

For a nine year old boy who'd grown up always surrounding by his clan of uncles, aunts and cousins, Yuuno had never been so alone.

He'd never directly answered Nanoha's question, that day aboard the Arthra, when she'd asked if he was lonely; he'd deflected the issue by pointing out how he'd always felt alone.

He'd told her the truth, but avoided acknowledging something he didn't really want to think about. Before he'd met her, and they had become friends, he'd felt lonelier in his entire life than he'd ever before thought possible.

Far better to enjoy her company, appreciating the comforting presence of his first real friend, a girl who refused to leave him alone, than to dwell on what he'd felt on the darkest day of his life.

That was actually pretty good. I didn't think it was too info-dumpy or too long. If anything, it seems a good basis to flesh out more info as a prologue to S1.

Originally Posted by AtomicoX

So it seems someone decided...*dons sunglasses* … to visit Lovetown again.

(Not that satisfied with it, but hey.)

Spoiler for ”Choices without Choices”:

Why do you have to look at me with those longing eyes of yours?

Why don’t you say anything about the way you are around me?

Why don’t you realize why I do what I do for you?

Why won’t you tell me your feelings?

Why can’t you say ‘I love you’?

*

A monitor pinged. Numbers scrolled across screens floating in mid-air. They floated in their own glow on the dark bridge and they pinged in unison. The notifications went unnoticed because there wasn’t anyone there to check them apart from one lone person who sat in the command chair, idly tapping his fingers on a panel.

“Running at optimal,” Chrono mumbled. The automatic file-system check had been running for a few hours and Chrono had concluded it would run without his observation or assistance. He could go to his quarters if he wanted to. But he remained there, not really looking at the screen in front of him.

Matters of importance was on his mind. Less important things as well, and they were the most pressing ones. Chrono didn’t like that. It meant he wasn’t focused, letting his personal worries get in the way of official matter.

He had actually asked Lindy about it. Not that it had helped. All she had said was that he was indecisive and that his troubles would go away if he made a choice. Chrono hadn’t understood what she meant by it. The troubles he had weren’t matters of choice. He hadn’t said what they exactly were. He didn’t even know himself. Yet, Lindy had refused to say anything, saying goodbye with a mother’s smile.

He leaned back and sighed. He wondered what to do while he tapped his fingers on the panel.

The door behind slid open with its familiar sound. He turned around and saw Amy enter, holding a cup of tea in each hand.

“Yo!” she said and grinned.

“Amy. Are you still up?”

She walked up to him and handed him a cup. “Yea. I had some paperwork. I saw you on the cameras in the control room.” She sat down on the step next to him. “So what are you doing?”

“Checking the automatic systems,” Chrono said and nodded at his panel. “Seems to be running fine, though.”

“I see.”

They both sipped on their tea. The steam from the cups rose slowly towards the transparent roof which separated them from space.

“Hey, Amy,” Chrono said after a while.

“Hmm?”

“How do you make a choice about a problem that you don’t know what it is?”

Amy tilted her head. “Hmm. First you identify the problem. Then you make the choice... I think.” She chuckled. “Sorry, I’m not good at this stuff.”

“Neither am I, as it turns out,” Chrono said and took another sip.

Amy rose her head upwards and stared into space. Chrono observed her. Something, for just a brief moment, crossed her face. It had been gone in an instant, but he had caught it. He didn’t know what it meant, however.

As he pondered the meaning, Amy looked down at her cup again. She was cradling it in her hands with a troubled expression.

“Amy-” Chrono began as she got to her feet. She let the cup remain on the floor. She turned to face him, hands clasped behind her back.

“I’m thinking of quitting,” she said.

Chrono looked at her, trying to spot a sign of a joke. When he didn’t find one he put the cup down beside him. “What are you saying? You can’t quit.”

Amy shrugged. “I can. I might. I mean, it fees like I have to move onwards. It has become... stale.”

“You don’t mean that,” Chrono said and stood up. He was aware his voice was close to anger and tried to control it. It only made him sound disappointed. “Things can change. Is there a problem with the crew?”

“No, not like that.” She avoided his eyes and lowered her voice. “Well...”

“Well what? Amy, we don’t want you to leave.” He sought for something else to say. “I don’t want you to leave.”

There it was again. The flash he had noticed earlier appeared before his eyes again. “Do you mean that?”

Chrono blinked and spread his arms. “Of course I do! Amy, what is going on with you?”

She took a step forward, staring at him. It was then that the pieces fell together inside his head. They had been there all the time. He had complicated things by himself, making himself blind in the process.

Amy rose on her toes to reach his lips with hers. Then she hugged him around the waist and buried her face in his chest.

“You can be quite daft sometimes,” Amy said in a tiny voice. Chrono wrapped his arms around her and laughed.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH .

Quite daft indeed. That was cute and I liked the dynamics between Amy and Chrono. There really needs to be more with these two.

[Nanya01]

StrikerS 1-60

StrikerS 61

StrikerS 62

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 63:

Arisa didn't find her current opponent in the traditional sense of running across it on the street.

It found her.

Arisa could only stare in shock as a Megah suddenly burst through a parking garage and reach towards her. Glaring at it, Arisa created a sword out of fire, or tried to, as she found that she couldn't get the flames in her hands to do anything more than flicker to life. "Dammit!" She dropped to the ground and rushed away, noting that she was going slower than she was used to. "What's going on?" She looked over her shoulder and stared in shock at how small her wings were. "Explains a lot." Concentrating for a moment, her wings re-ignited and she zipped down the street, spinning around to see the Megah looking at her, but not doing anything.

"Really?" Arisa narrowed her eyes as she condensed water into her hand, which then turned into a mace of solid ice. "Let's see you block this." Flying up above the Megah, Arisa smirked as it continued to look at her. "Sucker!" She pointed an open palm at the ground and smirked as it shook and rumbled, causing the Megah to lose its balance and fall to a knee. "Now, die!"

Several stone spikes were launched at the Megah from various angles and Arisa smirked, if all the Megahs were this easy, they wouldn't...

Her thoughts trailed off as the Megah suddenly ignited boosters on its hands, it's knee and foot and shot into the air so fast that she could only stare while the spikes she launched slammed into each other harmlessly. Looking up, Arisa's eyes widened as the thing fired a quick beam at her. "Crap!" Holding up her palm, she created a thick wall of ice in front of her and stared as the beam slammed into it, causing visible cracks to appear after one hit. Dropping out of the sky, Arisa closed her eyes and tried to think of what to do next.

Just before she hit the ground, she flipped over, landed on her feet and looked up, staring as several energy arrows were flying at her. "Damn!" Flying backwards, she gasped as the arrows suddenly stopped inches from the ground, turned towards her and zipped along right after her. Growling, Arisa threw her ice mace at them, once it was close enough, she snapped her fingers and nodded as it exploded into a wall of ice that looked like a frozen wave of water. Ignoring the explosions those arrowed did, she looked up and blinked as she didn't see the Megah anymore. "Where is..."

A shadow loomed over her and she turned around, paling as she saw an open hand grab her. "DAMN!" Arisa couldn't focus as the hand squeezed on her tightly, forcing her to scream as pressure was put on her body.

"Unlike us, you have the soul of the Supreme Dragon God in you."

Arisa had no idea why she was thinking about Vrabazard at a moment like that, but at least it was a distraction from the pain she was feeling.

"You aren't limited to elements like the people who use our power are. Even the Knight of Cephied did more than just that. What you can do is up to you to discover."

As the Megah's thumb pressed against Arisa's face and started to push her neck back in an effort to break it, Arisa growled. 'Easy for you to say, you stupid lava dragon...'

The Megah's hand suddenly erupted as a corona of energy surrounded Arisa. She was hunched over, before looking at the Megah, her eyes glowing silver-white. Holding up a hand, a brilliant ball of energy materialized, ignoring the AMS that surrounded the Megah.

Screaming in defiance, Arisa snapped her hand forward, slamming the ball of energy against the Megah's torso, causing an explosion that sent Arisa flying backwards, bouncing off the ground several times before coming to a stop next to a television shop. The glow faded from her eyes and she looked at the Megah, noting that it didn't have a head anymore. "Good..." At least she wouldn't have to worry about that one. Oddly enough, the thing didn't fall over, but since it wasn't moving, Arisa wasn't going to worry about it.

Though, she had a different problem at that moment, namely that she couldn't get her body to move at all. "What the hell is going on now?" At first she was worried that she was paralyzed, but she was able to get her toes to curl, if even slightly. "If someone says 'wiggle your big toe' right now, I'll get mad." She muttered to herself and then groaned, wishing that she hadn't seen all of Kill Bill just the other day. 'Stupid American movies.'

(---)

Fate found a Megah by the peir and narrowed her eyes as it blasted a ship to dust. "Bardiche, Rubin Blitz Mode."

"Get set."

Fate closed her eyes as her body was encased in light and cloth wrapped around her legs, body and arms, tightening and hardening around her body, becoming solid, instead of cloth-like. It wrapped around her neck to the underside of her jaw, her body armor was still black, but the armor on her arms, legs and neck was red. A thin blade formed in both hands and Fate narrowed her eyes at the Megah, who took notice of her. "I don't have time for you."

Rushing in, everything around Fate became a blur as she crossed the distance in a moment. There was a loud flash of light and Fate found herself having to close her eyes and look away from the Megah, driving her off course. When Fate could see again, she noticed that she was over the ocean. Turning around, she stared at the distance she had covered. "...Dammit, Alicia, do you know all of our powers or something?" There was no doubt in her mind that her sister was behind this sudden attack. Still, if Alicia had planned to counter each of their abilities, it wouldn't be easy. "Especially if it blinds me again."

Fate closed her eyes and took a breath, "Bardiche, visor, no light."

"Yes, sir."

A moment later, a visor covered Fate's eyes, blocking out all light and blinding her. "Alright, let's do this."

"Forward and to the left."

Fate smiled and rushed forward, doing just what Bardiche was instructing her to do. "You'll be my eyes, Bardiche, I can't trust myself right now."

"Yes, sir. Above, two hundred meters."

Adjusting her course, Fate raced upwards with a yell and smiled as her blades connected with something, what, she wasn't sure, but it was something.

"Sir, cannon is unoccupied."

Fate's eyes widened at that and fell backwards, shuddering as she felt a powerful blast of heat pass through where she was a moment ago. "Are they getting faster?"

"Negative, sir. Anticipation."

Fate suddenly felt cold at that. "Alicia, what kind of monsters have you made now?" If these machines could anticipate their movements, then things were about to get very ugly, very fast. "Bardiche, undo visor and use Sonic Zambar."

"Yes sir, Sonic Zambar, get set."

Fate gasped as the visor disappeared and she could see again. "Alright, ugly," Fate looked up at the Megah as it charged up a cannon blast, "try this." She slapped the two blades together, forming a very long, but thin sword out of energy in her hands.

Unlike Fate's other Zambar forms, this one wasn't quite as thick and intimidating. In fact, the blade looked more like an incredibly long katana. Fate pointed her Katana-Zambar at the Megah as it fired at her. By the time that the blast made it to Fate, she was already gone, zipping away from the blast and appearing above the Megah for only a brief moment, before she moved again, this time, ending up on the opposite side of it. "You are already dead." She whispered softly as she canceled her Sonic Zambar mode.

The Megah made no recognition that it was hurt...

Until it turned towards Fate and found its arms, legs, torso and head were chopped up into several pieces, causing it to fall to the ground harmlessly.

Fate turned and looked at her handiwork. "I'm sorry, I couldn't take the chance you would delay me too much."

(---)

Levi watched the fights that Arisa and Fate had and smirked. "Do you two think that it's that simple?" She snapped her fingers and laughed at what happened next. "You aren't going to win this one, girls."

Still, it was too soon to celebrate, she needed to remember that she didn't need to win, not yet.

(---)

Arisa's first thought that something was wrong was when one of those weird Gadget Drones appeared in the air. She thought it might have tried to come after her, which wouldn't be good in her current state. Her eyes widened as it landed on the Megah's head and extended its tentacles down into the Megah. "...This isn't good, is it?"

When the Megah took a step towards her, she whimpered, this wasn't going to be good, she knew it.

(---)

A sudden beam attack slammed into Fate from the side, sending her crashing into a building painfully. As she slid to the ground, Fate became painfully aware of the fact that her side had no armor on it anymore. Still, if she hadn't been wearing any armor, she might have been dead. Grimacing at the lack of defenses her hyper speed modes gave her, Fate turned to look what happened and stared as the air rippled, revealing a hidden Megah. "...She gave them cloaking? Bardiche, warn the others."

"Yes sir."

Forcing herself to her feet, Fate glared at the Megah and held out Bardiche in front of her. "I won't lose to you again!"

Fate's only warning that something bad was going to happen was when the Megah's eyes suddenly flashed and she found herself wrapped up with some sort of cable tentacles. "...I'm not into this kind of stuff!" Fate blurted out suddenly as two Gadget Drones seemed to materialize around her, binding her tightly. "...What the heck?!"

As she struggled to get free, and those damn cable tentacles were holding tight, Fate saw the Megah charging up another attack, "Bardiche... Mega Brand, under my feet, now!"

"Yes sir."

Fate closed her eyes and bit her lip as an explosion engulfed her, sending her and the ground upwards and tearing the cables apart. "NNNAGH!" Fate flexed her arms and legs, breaking out of the cables and throwing up a barrier in front of her to block the energy attack.

One thing was certain, these things were a lot more dangerous than she thought they could be.

[biodude711]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS 1-60

StrikerS 61

StrikerS 62

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 63:

Arisa didn't find her current opponent in the traditional sense of running across it on the street.

It found her.

Arisa could only stare in shock as a Megah suddenly burst through a parking garage and reach towards her. Glaring at it, Arisa created a sword out of fire, or tried to, as she found that she couldn't get the flames in her hands to do anything more than flicker to life. "Dammit!" She dropped to the ground and rushed away, noting that she was going slower than she was used to. "What's going on?" She looked over her shoulder and stared in shock at how small her wings were. "Explains a lot." Concentrating for a moment, her wings re-ignited and she zipped down the street, spinning around to see the Megah looking at her, but not doing anything.

"Really?" Arisa narrowed her eyes as she condensed water into her hand, which then turned into a mace of solid ice. "Let's see you block this." Flying up above the Megah, Arisa smirked as it continued to look at her. "Sucker!" She pointed an open palm at the ground and smirked as it shook and rumbled, causing the Megah to lose its balance and fall to a knee. "Now, die!"

Several stone spikes were launched at the Megah from various angles and Arisa smirked, if all the Megahs were this easy, they wouldn't...

Her thoughts trailed off as the Megah suddenly ignited boosters on its hands, it's knee and foot and shot into the air so fast that she could only stare while the spikes she launched slammed into each other harmlessly. Looking up, Arisa's eyes widened as the thing fired a quick beam at her. "Crap!" Holding up her palm, she created a thick wall of ice in front of her and stared as the beam slammed into it, causing visible cracks to appear after one hit. Dropping out of the sky, Arisa closed her eyes and tried to think of what to do next.

Just before she hit the ground, she flipped over, landed on her feet and looked up, staring as several energy arrows were flying at her. "Damn!" Flying backwards, she gasped as the arrows suddenly stopped inches from the ground, turned towards her and zipped along right after her. Growling, Arisa threw her ice mace at them, once it was close enough, she snapped her fingers and nodded as it exploded into a wall of ice that looked like a frozen wave of water. Ignoring the explosions those arrowed did, she looked up and blinked as she didn't see the Megah anymore. "Where is..."

A shadow loomed over her and she turned around, paling as she saw an open hand grab her. "DAMN!" Arisa couldn't focus as the hand squeezed on her tightly, forcing her to scream as pressure was put on her body.

"Unlike us, you have the soul of the Supreme Dragon God in you."

Arisa had no idea why she was thinking about Vrabazard at a moment like that, but at least it was a distraction from the pain she was feeling.

"You aren't limited to elements like the people who use our power are. Even the Knight of Cephied did more than just that. What you can do is up to you to discover."

As the Megah's thumb pressed against Arisa's face and started to push her neck back in an effort to break it, Arisa growled. 'Easy for you to say, you stupid lava dragon...'

The Megah's hand suddenly erupted as a corona of energy surrounded Arisa. She was hunched over, before looking at the Megah, her eyes glowing silver-white. Holding up a hand, a brilliant ball of energy materialized, ignoring the AMS that surrounded the Megah.

Screaming in defiance, Arisa snapped her hand forward, slamming the ball of energy against the Megah's torso, causing an explosion that sent Arisa flying backwards, bouncing off the ground several times before coming to a stop next to a television shop. The glow faded from her eyes and she looked at the Megah, noting that it didn't have a head anymore. "Good..." At least she wouldn't have to worry about that one. Oddly enough, the thing didn't fall over, but since it wasn't moving, Arisa wasn't going to worry about it.

Though, she had a different problem at that moment, namely that she couldn't get her body to move at all. "What the hell is going on now?" At first she was worried that she was paralyzed, but she was able to get her toes to curl, if even slightly. "If someone says 'wiggle your big toe' right now, I'll get mad." She muttered to herself and then groaned, wishing that she hadn't seen all of Kill Bill just the other day. 'Stupid American movies.'

(---)

Fate found a Megah by the peir and narrowed her eyes as it blasted a ship to dust. "Bardiche, Rubin Blitz Mode."

"Get set."

Fate closed her eyes as her body was encased in light and cloth wrapped around her legs, body and arms, tightening and hardening around her body, becoming solid, instead of cloth-like. It wrapped around her neck to the underside of her jaw, her body armor was still black, but the armor on her arms, legs and neck was red. A thin blade formed in both hands and Fate narrowed her eyes at the Megah, who took notice of her. "I don't have time for you."

Rushing in, everything around Fate became a blur as she crossed the distance in a moment. There was a loud flash of light and Fate found herself having to close her eyes and look away from the Megah, driving her off course. When Fate could see again, she noticed that she was over the ocean. Turning around, she stared at the distance she had covered. "...Dammit, Alicia, do you know all of our powers or something?" There was no doubt in her mind that her sister was behind this sudden attack. Still, if Alicia had planned to counter each of their abilities, it wouldn't be easy. "Especially if it blinds me again."

Fate closed her eyes and took a breath, "Bardiche, visor, no light."

"Yes, sir."

A moment later, a visor covered Fate's eyes, blocking out all light and blinding her. "Alright, let's do this."

"Forward and to the left."

Fate smiled and rushed forward, doing just what Bardiche was instructing her to do. "You'll be my eyes, Bardiche, I can't trust myself right now."

"Yes, sir. Above, two hundred meters."

Adjusting her course, Fate raced upwards with a yell and smiled as her blades connected with something, what, she wasn't sure, but it was something.

"Sir, cannon is unoccupied."

Fate's eyes widened at that and fell backwards, shuddering as she felt a powerful blast of heat pass through where she was a moment ago. "Are they getting faster?"

"Negative, sir. Anticipation."

Fate suddenly felt cold at that. "Alicia, what kind of monsters have you made now?" If these machines could anticipate their movements, then things were about to get very ugly, very fast. "Bardiche, undo visor and use Sonic Zambar."

"Yes sir, Sonic Zambar, get set."

Fate gasped as the visor disappeared and she could see again. "Alright, ugly," Fate looked up at the Megah as it charged up a cannon blast, "try this." She slapped the two blades together, forming a very long, but thin sword out of energy in her hands.

Unlike Fate's other Zambar forms, this one wasn't quite as thick and intimidating. In fact, the blade looked more like an incredibly long katana. Fate pointed her Katana-Zambar at the Megah as it fired at her. By the time that the blast made it to Fate, she was already gone, zipping away from the blast and appearing above the Megah for only a brief moment, before she moved again, this time, ending up on the opposite side of it. "You are already dead." She whispered softly as she canceled her Sonic Zambar mode.

The Megah made no recognition that it was hurt...

Until it turned towards Fate and found its arms, legs, torso and head were chopped up into several pieces, causing it to fall to the ground harmlessly.

Fate turned and looked at her handiwork. "I'm sorry, I couldn't take the chance you would delay me too much."

(---)

Levi watched the fights that Arisa and Fate had and smirked. "Do you two think that it's that simple?" She snapped her fingers and laughed at what happened next. "You aren't going to win this one, girls."

Still, it was too soon to celebrate, she needed to remember that she didn't need to win, not yet.

(---)

Arisa's first thought that something was wrong was when one of those weird Gadget Drones appeared in the air. She thought it might have tried to come after her, which wouldn't be good in her current state. Her eyes widened as it landed on the Megah's head and extended its tentacles down into the Megah. "...This isn't good, is it?"

When the Megah took a step towards her, she whimpered, this wasn't going to be good, she knew it.

(---)

A sudden beam attack slammed into Fate from the side, sending her crashing into a building painfully. As she slid to the ground, Fate became painfully aware of the fact that her side had no armor on it anymore. Still, if she hadn't been wearing any armor, she might have been dead. Grimacing at the lack of defenses her hyper speed modes gave her, Fate turned to look what happened and stared as the air rippled, revealing a hidden Megah. "...She gave them cloaking? Bardiche, warn the others."

"Yes sir."

Forcing herself to her feet, Fate glared at the Megah and held out Bardiche in front of her. "I won't lose to you again!"

Fate's only warning that something bad was going to happen was when the Megah's eyes suddenly flashed and she found herself wrapped up with some sort of cable tentacles. "...I'm not into this kind of stuff!" Fate blurted out suddenly as two Gadget Drones seemed to materialize around her, binding her tightly. "...What the heck?!"

As she struggled to get free, and those damn cable tentacles were holding tight, Fate saw the Megah charging up another attack, "Bardiche... Mega Brand, under my feet, now!"

"Yes sir."

Fate closed her eyes and bit her lip as an explosion engulfed her, sending her and the ground upwards and tearing the cables apart. "NNNAGH!" Fate flexed her arms and legs, breaking out of the cables and throwing up a barrier in front of her to block the energy attack.

One thing was certain, these things were a lot more dangerous than she thought they could be.

Well, it looks like our heroes need to one-hit-kill the Megahs in order to eventually come out on top, cause what they are using now just isn't enough.

[Sunder the Gold]

Originally Posted by Old_Iron

That was actually pretty good. I didn't think it was too info-dumpy or too long. If anything, it seems a good basis to flesh out more info as a prologue to S1.

It needs to be told with much more dialogue, and I really ought to write the "9/10 years old" part of his life first so that I can allude to his issues in that period without getting bogged down explaining them in detail.


Second failed draft:

Spoiler for Second Dive into Yuuno's head:

Yuuno Scrya had never intended to become Chief of the Infinite Library. More to the point, he'd never meant to make the Main Office his new home.

When he'd first left his clan behind to chase after the Jewel Seeds in the year 66, he'd known that his clan would already be gone on the next expedition before he returned.

He'd known that he would not be able to follow after them, as he had no money to pay for interstellar commercial flights, and his clan did not have the funds to spare for a prodigal son to come catching up after straying out on his own.

He had not known that the Jewel Seed incident would culminate in a wide-scale dimensional disturbance that would block any safe chance of returning to Midchilda for perhaps an entire year, but that revelation meant relatively little when it turned up. Even if he'd returned to his home planet, his family would not be there. He'd likely have to stay with a state-sponsored orphanage, as the Scrya Clan had no permanent holdings; they camped out in the wilderness or book hotels for the brief periods they returned to civilization.

So in that respect, the inability to return "home" was something of a blessing, since Nanoha insisted on letting him stay with her in the meantime.

Moreover, it was... nice to stay a little longer with the first real friend he'd ever made. In fact, he'd actually begun to dread the day that he finally reunited with his clan, since that would mean he'd likely never see Nanoha again.

As he watched her exchange correspondence with the girl known as Fate, he wondered to himself, "Will she think of me, too, when I'm gone? When I'm back home, alone among my clan, can I look forward to Nanoha keeping me in her life and thoughts through letters?"

Of course, though he'd never be so ingrateful to Nanoha as to mention it, pretending to be the Takamachi family's pet had its share of trials.

Yuuno had never been part of a family that did not expect him to contribute. Quite reasonably, the Takamachi family did not expect a ferret to contribute. They expected him to be clean, quiet, cute, and to stay out of trouble... But no matter how much he wanted, he could not help with the cooking, or the cafe, or maintaining the dojo, or any of the housekeeping chores.

No one expected a ferret to give an opinion, or contribute to a conversation. He could watch the family sit down and talk at breakfast and dinner, and he could follow Nanoha to her tea-times and outings with her friends, but he could never join the conversations himself. Nanoha's friends... couldn't become his own friends. Not really.

In fact, he grew ever more uncomfortable and humiliated with enduring the condescending affection that humans showered on a cute but dumb animal.

Not to mention the total lack of modesty. As a Midchildan, and a virtual nomad at that, Yuuno was no stranger to public bathing. But girls and women naturally didn't think to act with as much restraint around a simple ferret as they would a nine year old boy. Occassionally, even Nanoha forgot, and he'd see far more of his friend that he felt was really proper.

And sometimes, Nanoha's parents, or her brother and his girlfriend, didn't always notice that a ferret was in the room before they started getting... affectionate.

He began suffering from recurring nightmares where he himself was human and naked, and everyone turned on him in anger for his deciet... or they were still including him as much as always, and the girls were still petting him all over...

He... really, really didn't know what to make of the second kind of dream, and the strangeness of it made it just as unwelcome as the nightmares of judgment and wrath.

So he was grateful for the call from Chrono, to come back aboard the Arthra and help out with Fate's trial and magical training. He'd have done so willingly anyway, of course, but when Fate later expressed regret that her problems had pulled him away from Nanoha, he could only laugh uncomfortably and change the subject.

Yuuno/Tre

Setting aside how impossible that seems, it would introduce a neat point of drama for Tre.

If she betrays the doctor for Scrya, and finally accepts rehabilitation, she knows that Sette will finally agree to leave the prison as well. The only reason Sette remains there, wasting her life away, is because of her loyalty to Tre.

Tre has to weigh her loyalty to the doctor against her loyalty to her innocent sister and the man she is starting to care for.

Alternatively, she doesn't really care for him (at first), and just as everyone is warning Yuuno might be the case, she's merely trying to engineer a future escape attempt while also earning her sister some freedom.

Quite daft indeed. That was cute and I liked the dynamics between Amy and Chrono. There really needs to be more with these two.

More slice-of-life in the pre-teen years of the Nanoha cast is essential. This also allows us to include more Amy, and especially more Amy/Chrono.