I'll assume Mid-Childa adapts Earth customs and keep it as is.
fraggle: are you going to adapt the mind of Kotomine and set the dead bodies up Tokiomi style?
All the priest has now are two mundane dead cats, the familiar spell destroyed when Gilgamesh killed them. But dead animals still make reasonable familiars, and a few extra eyes while you are hiding somewhere is always appreciated.....
All the priest has now are two mundane dead cats, the familiar spell destroyed when Gilgamesh killed them. But dead animals still make reasonable familiars, and a few extra eyes while you are hiding somewhere is always appreciated.....
I think I get what bhl mean.
Basically, Kirei set it up so that Shirou had to fight against the two cats. Chrono come in right as Shirou deliver the killing blow, and assuming that he doesn't know about the cats previous situation... Kinda like that time where Kirei set Kariya up in front of Aoi.
Basically, Kirei set it up so that Shirou had to fight against the two cats. Chrono come in right as Shirou deliver the killing blow, and assuming that he doesn't know about the cats previous situation... Kinda like that time where Kirei set Kariya up in front of Aoi.
But for Now Kirei has no clue on who they are, or to whom they were connected. Do not worry though, for he has other plans.......
"Arashi! Arashi!" Vivio ran over to her uncle and gasped at the tear on his back. "Hold on, I know some healing spells."
Arashi grimaced as white light emerged from Vivio's hands and covered his back, slowly mending the damaged flesh. "You stole that from Yuuno, didn't you?" He nearly laughed at Vivio's glare. It wasn't her fault that she was able to copy various magic just by looking at it. Well, only if she could understand it, which was why she had to actually learn how to use Astral magic first.
"Oh, shut up before you hurt yourself worse." Vivio groused at him, thankful he wasn't dead. She couldn't imagine how bad her mother, or worse, her grandmother would have handled it.
Einhart was looking around, partially for any more Mazoku, and partially because that bunny creature was interesting. It looked like a stuffed rabbit, but, it couldn't be, could it? After all, it had used magic, what kind of stuffed animal could use actual magic?
"What?" Pokota asked as Einhart looked at him. "Never seen a stuffed animal use magic before?"
"Most stuffed animals don't cast massive explosions like that." Einhart pointed out and was worried if this bunny ever met Tio. 'But then again...' Her thoughts trailed off as she imagined Tio suddenly pouncing the bunny and the two tumbling into a dust cloud of hilarious violence. '...Yeah, probably something like that.'
Pokota smirked at her. "What? You've never seen a Dragon Slave before?" He blinked when she shook her head. "Seriously? What kind of sheltered life have you lived?"
"Pokota." Lyos warned his companion. "Just because they don't know of the Dragon Slave doesn't mean that they lived sheltered lives. After all, even you..."
"Ah! Okay, I get it!" Pokota swung his short arms back and forth to quiet Lyos down.
"It is fine." Einhart sighed softly. "We have not been..."
"Why?!" Corona interrupted, yelling at Nove as tears welled up in her eyes. "Why didn't you take that offer?! We could have just told them..." She whimpered as her legs gave out on her. "I just want to go home..." She muttered as she sat on the grass.
"You really wanted to make a deal with a demon?" Nove asked, her voice cold and eyes harsh as she looked at the young girl. "You saw what they did to Rio. Do you think that they would just let us go?"
"They... They..." Corona whimpered, the harsh reality of what was going on around her was crashing down on her so harsh that she didn't know what to do. This wasn't something that she knew how to deal with.
Nove knelt down next to Corona and cupped the young girl's chin so she could look at Corona right in the eyes. "Mazoku aren't to be trusted. Even if they would let us go, there's no question that they would twist our words to benefit them." Corona whimpered and Nove let go of her chin. "Come on, can you walk?" Corona nodded and accepted Nove's hand as she was helped up.
"It's not my place, but..." Lyos spoke to Nove, "would you like to follow us? There's a small village about a half hour from here." He pointed North, parallel to the forest. "It's an old fishing village, but it gets a lot of information. Pokota and I were heading there to meet with an informant for a job I took."
"Lyos!" Pokota flew up at the older man and glared at him. "What the heck?! They don't need to know that!"
Lyos sighed at his companion. "True, but there's no reason to be secretive about what we're doing. Besides, they look like they've been having a hard time, and you annoy me at times." He smirked as Pokota exploded and started yelling about how he wasn't the best traveling companion himself.
"Thank you." Nove nodded at him. She could already feel stress starting to peel away from her with these two around. Even if they were still being hunted at least they could defend themselves now. "I... Corona!" She yelled as she saw Corona start to walk off. "Don't just..."
"I'll go." Ixpellia said as she ran ahead to keep up with her friend.
"Thanks, Ixy, but don't get too far ahead."
"Sure!" Ixpellia nodded as she followed Corona. "And it's Ixpellia!"
Lyos raised an eyebrow at Nove as Vivio helped Arashi up off the ground. "What was that about?"
"Her name's Ixpellia, but it can be a handful to pronounce at times, so we call her Ixy for short, but she keeps reminding us that it's Ixpellia." Nove shrugged and looked at Arashi. "You good to go, kid?"
"My back's hurting, but I'll be okay." Arashi didn't like how his back felt, but at least it wasn't too bad. He wasn't bleeding out all over the place at least. "Now what?"
Nove jerked her thumb after Corona and Ixpellia. "We follow them. Come on."
As they started to head in the direction Lyos indicated, Pokota flew back and glared at him. "Why would you ask them to come with? I know we need to meet up with Nila, but..."
"For one, you annoy me at times." Lyos smirked at Pokota's annoyed growl. "Secondly, they look like they need some help, and we're here. What's wrong with letting them follow? And lastly..." He smirked as he looked at Nove as she walked in front of him. "The view is a lot more enjoyable."
"...Huh?" Pokota looked at Lyos in confusion, not really understanding what he was talking about. He twitched as Lyos just smirked at him. "Damn it, stop treating me like that!"
"I have no idea what you mean." Lyos chuckled as he and Pokota walked off, leaving the battlefield behind them.
(---)
It was almost an hour later when Einhart finally saw the fishing village that Lyos had spoken of earlier. "We're almost there." Her face flushed when her stomach growled. "Not a moment too soon either."
"Come on, come on!" Arashi was looking back as Nove, Lyos and Pokota finally joined them. "We're almost there!"
"Excitable." Nove rolled her eyes, but was thankful that they were almost to a town. Even if it was small, at least it was better than being outside and completely vulnerable. She just hoped that the Mazoku didn't try attacking and holding people hostage in an attempt to get the villagers angry at them in an effort to drive them to an area where they could easily be captured.
"Nove, are you thinking something weird again?" Uno popped up as she looked at Nove. "Lemme guess, you saw this in a movie?"
"Nah, read it in a book, about a heroine who was apparently badly injured and transported to the future, but it turned out that she was a clone and had to fight against her friends and find out why the people she used to work for were so evil. It ended up being a complex and overly complicated plot by someone who was once thought long dead to go back in time and set things right." Nove sighed as Uno, Pokota and Lyos all looked at her funny. "It's a long story, the cliff-notes version just isn't as good."
Fifteen minutes later, the group was in a moderately sized bar and sitting at a table, waiting for a waitress to show up.
Lyos suddenly started chuckling loudly, much to the other's surprise. "I'm suddenly reminded of a situation years ago, when we stayed in a village for a few days and, oh, what happened..?" He leaned back, looking up, trying to remember, before he caught sight of a pretty girl in a waitress outfit and his eyes widened. "Oh yeah!" He suddenly snapped forward, leaning over the table. "Now I remember. Lina had Amelia, Filia and Sylphiel all dressing up as really cute waitresses and..." He trailed off at the stunned look that he was getting from the group. "...What?"
"Lina?" Vivio spoke up softly. "Lina Takamachi?" Lyos nodded, wondering how she knew Lina. "You knew my grandmother?"
Lyos stared at her. "...I didn't realize your grandmother was so old." Really, she didn't look that old the last time he saw her. Then again, it was around ten years ago. He sweat-dropped at the glare Vivio gave him. "...I guess there's more to it..?"
"Mom's not that old yet." Arashi rolled his eyes at Lyos, who stared at him. "It's a little complicated, but I'm the youngest son of Lina Takamachi. Vivio here was adopted by my big sister, Nanoha."
"Never mind that!" Nove spat as she glared at him. "Why didn't you tell us that you knew Filia sooner?!"
Lyos sighed and shook his head. "What would have been the point? I didn't know that you knew either of them, and I only just remembered that incident. It was well over a decade ago."
As Nove sat down, Uno spoke up. "What my temperamental sister was trying to say... They've been wondering where they're at, and knowing that this is a world that the Bureau has in its data base makes it a lot easier to find and..." She trailed off and blinked. "Oh, lovely. So, not only are we on a non-administered planet, we're on 500? The only SS ranked planet that the Bureau knows of?!" She turned to Nove and narrowed her eyes. "If you don't wish to die a virgin, I'd suggest finding a guy right now, all reports that the doctor found on this world indicate that you'll end up dead in a week."
Nove's face turned red and she slapped her hand over Jet Calibur. "Knock it off!" Around the table, Einhart, Vivio, Corona and Arashi looked a bit confused, though Arashi and Einhart eventually turned red as they figured out what Uno had been talking about.
Ixpellia looked... Amused. "Really, Nove? You're lucky you live in this day and age then. Most people back when Ancient Belka was around were considered adults when they were eight and lost that when they were ten."
"Does that mean..?" Nove trailed off and twitched when Ixpellia just grinned and shrugged at her. "You're quite devious."
"Oh, I know." Ixpellia giggled at her. "Comes with being a king, you know."
"What are they talking about?" Corona asked Vivio, who shrugged. The two looked at Einhart and wondered why she was blushing hard. "...Einhart?"
"It's, ah..." She glared at Lyos as he laughed while Pokota was banging his head on the table. "it's not funny! We don't talk about this at dinner!"
"Meh, just go watch some pigs for awhile, it's how I learned the basics." Lyos shrugged at the looks he was getting. "What? Most kids back home learned by watching animals." Suddenly Lyos lurched forward as someone slapped him in the back of his head. Turning and glaring at the person, he was about to speak his mind when he saw who it was. "Ah, Nila, it's you."
The others at the table looked at the person and found themselves a bit underwhelmed. It was hard not to. The person was a little short, but wore a light colored hood that obscured their face and a cloak around their body that only revealed black pants and a green shirt.
At least the shirt was tight enough to show that this Nila person was a petite woman, though her breasts were a bit on the small side.
"This is Nila Vesnire." Lyos introduced the woman as she pulled up a chair and sat down at the table, snapping her fingers for a waitress. "She's really good at gathering information, but she doesn't talk much."
Nila snorted as a waitress finally made her way over and gave them menus. After the waitress left, she pulled out a rolled up scroll and dropped it in front of Lyos.
"A map?" He asked as he opened it up, getting a nod from her. "...You sure about these locations? I mean, it would take a week to travel on foot. And I don't have the money to even rent one of those new automatic vehicles for even a day."
Nila snorted at him and gestured to the others.
Lyos sighed softly. "They're traveling with me. Picked them up a bit ago..." He trailed off as she narrowed her eyes. "Fine. I'll make sure to look for any magical items while on this journey."
Nila nodded and looked at Pokota, who was trying to get a better look at her face. The cloaked woman held a hand up and a sphere of fire appeared in it.
"Hey!" Pokota jumped back. "You want to fight?!"
"I wouldn't," Lyos pointed out. "I like this place, if you two are going to fight, I'll freeze you both before you do anything." He nodded as the two of them calmed down. "Pokota, Nila doesn't like people looking at her face, that's all."
"So," Nove spoke up, "what's going on, Lyos? What's with that map?"
Looking at Pokota, the blue-haired swordsman bit his lip as Pokota suddenly looked nervous. "Pokota here is a survivor of a bad plague that wiped out his home country. Most of the people are magically sealed so they can't get any sicker, and there's a cure for the plague now, but..."
"Lyos!" Pokota growled at him. "You didn't need to tell them that much!"
"They're coming with us, Pokota, they'd find out sooner or later." Lyos knew what it meant to keep secrets, but there was no reason to hide something this basic from them. "Besides, you're just looking for a way to help everyone, right?"
"I suppose..." Pokota grumbled. "But no more secret spilling, got it!?"
Lyos nodded and looked at the map and narrowed his eyes at some of the notes there. "Hmm... You've got to be kidding me! That weapon-smith is still alive?!" Looking at Nila, who nodded, Lyos
chuckled and put the map down. "That'll be the first place we go then. If anyone can help, he can."
"What about us?" Vivio asked Lyos, who thought about it for awhile. "What are we going to do?"
"Well, stick with me for awhile. We're not too terribly far from Seiryuun, about two or three weeks on foot." He sweat-dropped at the stunned looks he was getting. "I said on foot. It'll take less if we can hitch a ride towards Seiryuun. Anyway," he waved them off, "Seiryuun has a way to contact the world where you're from."
Nila looked at him sharply and Lyos shrugged. "It's not out of the way too much, and besides, I'll just meet you at the next town..." He trailed off as she shook her head. "...You're joining us?" She nodded and Lyos stared at her in shock. "...You usually work alone. What changed?"
Nila just shrugged and snapped her fingers again to get the waitress's attention.
Lyos sighed, he didn't know why Nila was so quiet, but he didn't mind. He had worked with her in the past a couple of times, but those were just trips into a trap-infested dungeon or cave, not a trip to find a weapon or item that could break a suspended sleep spell.
Oh well, he could think about it more when he had something to eat.
The waitress sweat-dropped as she got everyone's orders. None of them were overweight, so how the hell were they going to eat everything on the menu?
Oh well, it could be interesting at least.
Two hours later and the manager was crying about how he was ruined since it was an all-you-could eat special that day.
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"Arashi! Arashi!" Vivio ran over to her uncle and gasped at the tear on his back. "Hold on, I know some healing spells."
Arashi grimaced as white light emerged from Vivio's hands and covered his back, slowly mending the damaged flesh. "You stole that from Yuuno, didn't you?" He nearly laughed at Vivio's glare. It wasn't her fault that she was able to copy various magic just by looking at it. Well, only if she could understand it, which was why she had to actually learn how to use Astral magic first.
"Oh, shut up before you hurt yourself worse." Vivio groused at him, thankful he wasn't dead. She couldn't imagine how bad her mother, or worse, her grandmother would have handled it.
Einhart was looking around, partially for any more Mazoku, and partially because that bunny creature was interesting. It looked like a stuffed rabbit, but, it couldn't be, could it? After all, it had used magic, what kind of stuffed animal could use actual magic?
"What?" Pokota asked as Einhart looked at him. "Never seen a stuffed animal use magic before?"
"Most stuffed animals don't cast massive explosions like that." Einhart pointed out and was worried if this bunny ever met Tio. 'But then again...' Her thoughts trailed off as she imagined Tio suddenly pouncing the bunny and the two tumbling into a dust cloud of hilarious violence. '...Yeah, probably something like that.'
Pokota smirked at her. "What? You've never seen a Dragon Slave before?" He blinked when she shook her head. "Seriously? What kind of sheltered life have you lived?"
"Pokota." Lyos warned his companion. "Just because they don't know of the Dragon Slave doesn't mean that they lived sheltered lives. After all, even you..."
"Ah! Okay, I get it!" Pokota swung his short arms back and forth to quiet Lyos down.
"It is fine." Einhart sighed softly. "We have not been..."
"Why?!" Corona interrupted, yelling at Nove as tears welled up in her eyes. "Why didn't you take that offer?! We could have just told them..." She whimpered as her legs gave out on her. "I just want to go home..." She muttered as she sat on the grass.
"You really wanted to make a deal with a demon?" Nove asked, her voice cold and eyes harsh as she looked at the young girl. "You saw what they did to Rio. Do you think that they would just let us go?"
"They... They..." Corona whimpered, the harsh reality of what was going on around her was crashing down on her so harsh that she didn't know what to do. This wasn't something that she knew how to deal with.
Nove knelt down next to Corona and cupped the young girl's chin so she could look at Corona right in the eyes. "Mazoku aren't to be trusted. Even if they would let us go, there's no question that they would twist our words to benefit them." Corona whimpered and Nove let go of her chin. "Come on, can you walk?" Corona nodded and accepted Nove's hand as she was helped up.
"It's not my place, but..." Lyos spoke to Nove, "would you like to follow us? There's a small village about a half hour from here." He pointed North, parallel to the forest. "It's an old fishing village, but it gets a lot of information. Pokota and I were heading there to meet with an informant for a job I took."
"Lyos!" Pokota flew up at the older man and glared at him. "What the heck?! They don't need to know that!"
Lyos sighed at his companion. "True, but there's no reason to be secretive about what we're doing. Besides, they look like they've been having a hard time, and you annoy me at times." He smirked as Pokota exploded and started yelling about how he wasn't the best traveling companion himself.
"Thank you." Nove nodded at him. She could already feel stress starting to peel away from her with these two around. Even if they were still being hunted at least they could defend themselves now. "I... Corona!" She yelled as she saw Corona start to walk off. "Don't just..."
"I'll go." Ixpellia said as she ran ahead to keep up with her friend.
"Thanks, Ixy, but don't get too far ahead."
"Sure!" Ixpellia nodded as she followed Corona. "And it's Ixpellia!"
Lyos raised an eyebrow at Nove as Vivio helped Arashi up off the ground. "What was that about?"
"Her name's Ixpellia, but it can be a handful to pronounce at times, so we call her Ixy for short, but she keeps reminding us that it's Ixpellia." Nove shrugged and looked at Arashi. "You good to go, kid?"
"My back's hurting, but I'll be okay." Arashi didn't like how his back felt, but at least it wasn't too bad. He wasn't bleeding out all over the place at least. "Now what?"
Nove jerked her thumb after Corona and Ixpellia. "We follow them. Come on."
As they started to head in the direction Lyos indicated, Pokota flew back and glared at him. "Why would you ask them to come with? I know we need to meet up with Nila, but..."
"For one, you annoy me at times." Lyos smirked at Pokota's annoyed growl. "Secondly, they look like they need some help, and we're here. What's wrong with letting them follow? And lastly..." He smirked as he looked at Nove as she walked in front of him. "The view is a lot more enjoyable."
"...Huh?" Pokota looked at Lyos in confusion, not really understanding what he was talking about. He twitched as Lyos just smirked at him. "Damn it, stop treating me like that!"
"I have no idea what you mean." Lyos chuckled as he and Pokota walked off, leaving the battlefield behind them.
(---)
It was almost an hour later when Einhart finally saw the fishing village that Lyos had spoken of earlier. "We're almost there." Her face flushed when her stomach growled. "Not a moment too soon either."
"Come on, come on!" Arashi was looking back as Nove, Lyos and Pokota finally joined them. "We're almost there!"
"Excitable." Nove rolled her eyes, but was thankful that they were almost to a town. Even if it was small, at least it was better than being outside and completely vulnerable. She just hoped that the Mazoku didn't try attacking and holding people hostage in an attempt to get the villagers angry at them in an effort to drive them to an area where they could easily be captured.
"Nove, are you thinking something weird again?" Uno popped up as she looked at Nove. "Lemme guess, you saw this in a movie?"
"Nah, read it in a book, about a heroine who was apparently badly injured and transported to the future, but it turned out that she was a clone and had to fight against her friends and find out why the people she used to work for were so evil. It ended up being a complex and overly complicated plot by someone who was once thought long dead to go back in time and set things right." Nove sighed as Uno, Pokota and Lyos all looked at her funny. "It's a long story, the cliff-notes version just isn't as good."
Fifteen minutes later, the group was in a moderately sized bar and sitting at a table, waiting for a waitress to show up.
Lyos suddenly started chuckling loudly, much to the other's surprise. "I'm suddenly reminded of a situation years ago, when we stayed in a village for a few days and, oh, what happened..?" He leaned back, looking up, trying to remember, before he caught sight of a pretty girl in a waitress outfit and his eyes widened. "Oh yeah!" He suddenly snapped forward, leaning over the table. "Now I remember. Lina had Amelia, Filia and Sylphiel all dressing up as really cute waitresses and..." He trailed off at the stunned look that he was getting from the group. "...What?"
"Lina?" Vivio spoke up softly. "Lina Takamachi?" Lyos nodded, wondering how she knew Lina. "You knew my grandmother?"
Lyos stared at her. "...I didn't realize your grandmother was so old." Really, she didn't look that old the last time he saw her. Then again, it was around ten years ago. He sweat-dropped at the glare Vivio gave him. "...I guess there's more to it..?"
"Mom's not that old yet." Arashi rolled his eyes at Lyos, who stared at him. "It's a little complicated, but I'm the youngest son of Lina Takamachi. Vivio here was adopted by my big sister, Nanoha."
"Never mind that!" Nove spat as she glared at him. "Why didn't you tell us that you knew Filia sooner?!"
Lyos sighed and shook his head. "What would have been the point? I didn't know that you knew either of them, and I only just remembered that incident. It was well over a decade ago."
As Nove sat down, Uno spoke up. "What my temperamental sister was trying to say... They've been wondering where they're at, and knowing that this is a world that the Bureau has in its data base makes it a lot easier to find and..." She trailed off and blinked. "Oh, lovely. So, not only are we on a non-administered planet, we're on 500? The only SS ranked planet that the Bureau knows of?!" She turned to Nove and narrowed her eyes. "If you don't wish to die a virgin, I'd suggest finding a guy right now, all reports that the doctor found on this world indicate that you'll end up dead in a week."
Nove's face turned red and she slapped her hand over Jet Calibur. "Knock it off!" Around the table, Einhart, Vivio, Corona and Arashi looked a bit confused, though Arashi and Einhart eventually turned red as they figured out what Uno had been talking about.
Ixpellia looked... Amused. "Really, Nove? You're lucky you live in this day and age then. Most people back when Ancient Belka was around were considered adults when they were eight and lost that when they were ten."
"Does that mean..?" Nove trailed off and twitched when Ixpellia just grinned and shrugged at her. "You're quite devious."
"Oh, I know." Ixpellia giggled at her. "Comes with being a king, you know."
"What are they talking about?" Corona asked Vivio, who shrugged. The two looked at Einhart and wondered why she was blushing hard. "...Einhart?"
"It's, ah..." She glared at Lyos as he laughed while Pokota was banging his head on the table. "it's not funny! We don't talk about this at dinner!"
"Meh, just go watch some pigs for awhile, it's how I learned the basics." Lyos shrugged at the looks he was getting. "What? Most kids back home learned by watching animals." Suddenly Lyos lurched forward as someone slapped him in the back of his head. Turning and glaring at the person, he was about to speak his mind when he saw who it was. "Ah, Nila, it's you."
The others at the table looked at the person and found themselves a bit underwhelmed. It was hard not to. The person was a little short, but wore a light colored hood that obscured their face and a cloak around their body that only revealed black pants and a green shirt.
At least the shirt was tight enough to show that this Nila person was a petite woman, though her breasts were a bit on the small side.
"This is Nila Vesnire." Lyos introduced the woman as she pulled up a chair and sat down at the table, snapping her fingers for a waitress. "She's really good at gathering information, but she doesn't talk much."
Nila snorted as a waitress finally made her way over and gave them menus. After the waitress left, she pulled out a rolled up scroll and dropped it in front of Lyos.
"A map?" He asked as he opened it up, getting a nod from her. "...You sure about these locations? I mean, it would take a week to travel on foot. And I don't have the money to even rent one of those new automatic vehicles for even a day."
Nila snorted at him and gestured to the others.
Lyos sighed softly. "They're traveling with me. Picked them up a bit ago..." He trailed off as she narrowed her eyes. "Fine. I'll make sure to look for any magical items while on this journey."
Nila nodded and looked at Pokota, who was trying to get a better look at her face. The cloaked woman held a hand up and a sphere of fire appeared in it.
"Hey!" Pokota jumped back. "You want to fight?!"
"I wouldn't," Lyos pointed out. "I like this place, if you two are going to fight, I'll freeze you both before you do anything." He nodded as the two of them calmed down. "Pokota, Nila doesn't like people looking at her face, that's all."
"So," Nove spoke up, "what's going on, Lyos? What's with that map?"
Looking at Pokota, the blue-haired swordsman bit his lip as Pokota suddenly looked nervous. "Pokota here is a survivor of a bad plague that wiped out his home country. Most of the people are magically sealed so they can't get any sicker, and there's a cure for the plague now, but..."
"Lyos!" Pokota growled at him. "You didn't need to tell them that much!"
"They're coming with us, Pokota, they'd find out sooner or later." Lyos knew what it meant to keep secrets, but there was no reason to hide something this basic from them. "Besides, you're just looking for a way to help everyone, right?"
"I suppose..." Pokota grumbled. "But no more secret spilling, got it!?"
Lyos nodded and looked at the map and narrowed his eyes at some of the notes there. "Hmm... You've got to be kidding me! That weapon-smith is still alive?!" Looking at Nila, who nodded, Lyos
chuckled and put the map down. "That'll be the first place we go then. If anyone can help, he can."
"What about us?" Vivio asked Lyos, who thought about it for awhile. "What are we going to do?"
"Well, stick with me for awhile. We're not too terribly far from Seiryuun, about two or three weeks on foot." He sweat-dropped at the stunned looks he was getting. "I said on foot. It'll take less if we can hitch a ride towards Seiryuun. Anyway," he waved them off, "Seiryuun has a way to contact the world where you're from."
Nila looked at him sharply and Lyos shrugged. "It's not out of the way too much, and besides, I'll just meet you at the next town..." He trailed off as she shook her head. "...You're joining us?" She nodded and Lyos stared at her in shock. "...You usually work alone. What changed?"
Nila just shrugged and snapped her fingers again to get the waitress's attention.
Lyos sighed, he didn't know why Nila was so quiet, but he didn't mind. He had worked with her in the past a couple of times, but those were just trips into a trap-infested dungeon or cave, not a trip to find a weapon or item that could break a suspended sleep spell.
Oh well, he could think about it more when he had something to eat.
The waitress sweat-dropped as she got everyone's orders. None of them were overweight, so how the hell were they going to eat everything on the menu?
Oh well, it could be interesting at least.
Two hours later and the manager was crying about how he was ruined since it was an all-you-could eat special that day.
Spoiler for MST3K review:
Me: Ohh..... A shout out to Future Tense by Kaijo.
Odin: Indeed.
Val: That poor manager... I bet that will remind them of Lina and Gourry's food feast.
*The manager of the restaurant is sulking.*
Odin: it could be worse, mate. *pats the Manager on the back.* Sette could be with them.
*The manager faints.*
Reia: I wonder what Ixy meant about losing it while they're still a child.
Sarah: That is something we never know till the last moments.
Reia: Yeah.
Mariemeia: Ohohohoh. Someone got a crush.
*Reia grabs Mariemeia's neck and raise her up.*
Reia: Play matchmaker again, with or without Elane, or we'll beat you into a bloody pulp on the ground, before letting Nove's sisters pound you with their own punishments.
Mariemeia: ehehehehe...
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JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
"What do you mean you can't help us?!" Nanoha slammed the palms of her hands on the desk of the small being in front of her angrily. It had taken them almost two whole days to get back to Earth and locate the miniature version of Zelas Metallium in Hong Kong.
"Well, for one, you blew my doors in. I liked those doors. Two, you took out all my men." She sighed dramatically. "I should have had Xellos make a miniature version of himself, it would be so easy right now. I could make him do my work and I could just drink. Three, I have no reason to help you. Four, I'm a Mazoku. Five, even if I wanted to, traveling across the Dimensional Sea isn't possible right now." Zelas sighed, waiting for the inevitable demands. Really, what did they want from her? She wasn't some god of reality, she was a Mazoku, and even though she could make it rain oil in the middle of Nevada, she couldn't do everything.
Fate stepped forward and put a hand on Nanoha's shoulder. "What do you mean by that?" She knew how upset Nanoha was, a mixture of fear for Vivio and Arashi, plus her own natural hatred for Mazoku and tremendous power made for a very bad combination.
It was just too bad the being in front of them could probably wipe the floor with both of them if she was serious. Even with Yuuno and Lina just behind them, Zelas, even a miniature form of her, was a lot stronger than any human could ever hope to be.
Of course, that depended on her ego, most Mazoku had such huge egos that they never took a fight with a human seriously or they wanted something out of the fight, which was why even Mazoku such as a Lord could be defeated, even if just barely.
Zelas let out a long-suffering sigh. "I keep forgetting that you're still so young. Alright, listen up. Every few centuries, for some reason or another, travel between the different pillars becomes impossible for a short period of time. The last time this happened, about four hundred or so years ago, well, it wasn't majorly important, but it lasted upwards of a month. The time before that lasted almost a week. Any Mazoku or Shinzoku that's strong enough can feel it, considering what's between the dimensions, as for why?" Zelas shrugged and pointed to Nanoha. "Why don't you ask the Golden Lord yourself? You're the one touched with her power."
"I... I never..."
"Nanoha, Fate, you two go outside with Yuuno," Lina interrupted and stepped forward, "let me talk with her." She didn't even acknowledge as they nodded and left the room. "Zelas," Lina narrowed her eyes as she leaned forward, "my son, granddaughter and their friends are in real danger. How the hell can this just happen?"
Zelas merely shrugged at her. "I have no clue why it happens, I only know that it does. You're a human and have no real idea..."
"What it means to channel the power of Shabranigdo or some other demon?" Lina raised an eyebrow as Zelas nodded. "I know. Our souls are protected from feeling the same things you do, which is why we can cast stuff like the Dragon Slave, but you, for all your power, can't." Zelas nodded at Lina. "Though, one thing that bothers me... Could a Mazoku from another staff cast the Dragon Slave if they were on your world?"
Zelas blinked, a rather stunned look crossing her face. "...I have no idea, actually. Though, they probably wouldn't risk it."
"Anyway..." Lina waved her hand to dismiss that topic. "There's nothing you can do?"
"Not directly, no."
Lina nodded and gave Zelas a tight little grin. "I suppose so, though, if anything happens to them..."
Zelas merely raised an eyebrow at Lina. "Even if something did happen, what would I be able to do about it? It's not like my granddaughters decided to play a prank on them and sent them to our home staff."
"Fine." Lina turned and left the room.
Zelas narrowed her eyes as she thought about what she was told. She wasn't lying about traveling between dimensions at that moment. How long it would last... That was another matter entirely.
(---)
A couple of thugs outside looked at Nanoha, only to stumble away at the glare she leveled at them. Normally they weren't afraid of a short girl glaring at them, they had seen worse from their superiors after all.
No, it was the fact that her eyes suddenly seemed to glow gold and her body was covered in a pink glow that had them terrified. If one had more sympathy for them, they might feel sorry that the thugs would never be able to look at pink things ever again in the future.
Nanoha had to take deep breaths to get herself to calm down. It wouldn't be right to blow this city apart with her magic, even if it would make her feel better.
"Nanoha..." She turned to see Yuuno and Fate look at her in worry. "Come on," Yuuno held his hand out for her. "I know a few planets that are mostly desert, you can vent there."
"Yuuno..." Nanoha bit her lower lip almost painfully. "I'm scared. My daughter, my brother, their friends, Nove... They're somewhere out there and they have no way for us to contact or help them. I... This is my fault... I thought that even if a Mazoku would cause problems..." She trailed off and walked up to Yuuno and Fate, sighing as they both hugged her without preamble. "I thought that, unlike mom, we'd have more time to teach them. I thought that because I'm younger than mom was when I got my magic, that I'd be able to be there when Vivio needed help. I... I'm so stupid."
"Nanoha," Fate hugged her tightly, "listen, you can't see the future. You made a mistake, but think, Nanoha, when you and mom saved me and helped Yuuno, it was just six of us, you, me, Yuuno, Arf, mom and Chrono that could do anything. Mom had to push our training hard." She sighed as Nanoha hugged her tightly.
"Vivio and her friends have us, Hayate and her family, all of the Riot Force, and new weapons and technology being developed," Yuuno continued as he squeezed Nanoha tightly. "There was never any reason to think that we would get separated for too long, plus, if they were sent to one of the other dimensions, we could trace them and follow if they went to the White one somehow..."
"I know, but..." Nanoha was grateful for their support, but it didn't mean anything, it was her fault and... "Are you two trembling?"
"I guess I'm scared too." Yuuno admitted with a chuckle. "I just wish we could send Arisa or Vita after them if we're stuck here." The three of them broke off the hug and stepped back, smiling nervously at each other. "So, now what?"
"Get Hayate to get people on standby in case the way opens soon?"
Yuuno, Fate and Nanoha all stared at Thoth Driver in shock. "Thoth, are you okay?" Fate had to ask slowly, hoping that the device was permanently like this now.
"Sure I am. By the way, boss, Fate's breasts have been growing again."
"Knock it off!" Yuuno yelled at his device, twitching. "Thanks for ruining the moment!"
"I'm glad it did." Lina spoke up as she walked out, the look on her face had the three of them hold back whatever comments they had. "Zelas wasn't lying. I didn't think much of it at the time, but my left eye's been throbbing pretty badly now." She grimaced and shook her head. "I'm not sure what's going on, but for now, the best we can do is hope they can survive until it clears up."
Nanoha frowned as she looked at her mother. "How did you warp to me when I called you? Don't you need to go through the Sea of Chaos?" Lina nodded. "But, if it's impossible to go between the different pillars, how could you..?"
"Because it's like saying that a cruise ship can't cross the ocean because of a bad storm, but people are skimming the beaches on speed boats. Dangerous, but doable." Lina scratched the back of her head before looking up into the sky. "As much as we like to think that we're in charge of stuff, we have to remember that the Lady decides everything. Thankfully she doesn't do much directly, but..."
"Sometimes I forget that you were consumed by her." Nanoha muttered as Lina looked at her. "Tell me, mom, you can communicate with her, why don't you talk to her and ask her about this?"
Lina grimaced at the thought of doing that again. "It's not as simple as you think..." She trailed off as something came to her. "Nanoha, I think it's time I actually taught you some Chaos magic." Nanoha's eyes widened as she took a step back. "I'm not going to ask you to cast the Giga Slave, but, if you want to talk to the Lady, you're going to need to learn how to control it..." She pointed at the gem that floated near her shoulder. "Without Raising Heart's help."
Nanoha sighed, slightly irritated. 'Well,' she grimaced, 'at least it'll take my mind off of what's happening for awhile.'
It didn't make her feel much better.
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"What do you mean you can't help us?!" Nanoha slammed the palms of her hands on the desk of the small being in front of her angrily. It had taken them almost two whole days to get back to Earth and locate the miniature version of Zelas Metallium in Hong Kong.
"Well, for one, you blew my doors in. I liked those doors. Two, you took out all my men." She sighed dramatically. "I should have had Xellos make a miniature version of himself, it would be so easy right now. I could make him do my work and I could just drink. Three, I have no reason to help you. Four, I'm a Mazoku. Five, even if I wanted to, traveling across the Dimensional Sea isn't possible right now." Zelas sighed, waiting for the inevitable demands. Really, what did they want from her? She wasn't some god of reality, she was a Mazoku, and even though she could make it rain oil in the middle of Nevada, she couldn't do everything.
Fate stepped forward and put a hand on Nanoha's shoulder. "What do you mean by that?" She knew how upset Nanoha was, a mixture of fear for Vivio and Arashi, plus her own natural hatred for Mazoku and tremendous power made for a very bad combination.
It was just too bad the being in front of them could probably wipe the floor with both of them if she was serious. Even with Yuuno and Lina just behind them, Zelas, even a miniature form of her, was a lot stronger than any human could ever hope to be.
Of course, that depended on her ego, most Mazoku had such huge egos that they never took a fight with a human seriously or they wanted something out of the fight, which was why even Mazoku such as a Lord could be defeated, even if just barely.
Zelas let out a long-suffering sigh. "I keep forgetting that you're still so young. Alright, listen up. Every few centuries, for some reason or another, travel between the different pillars becomes impossible for a short period of time. The last time this happened, about four hundred or so years ago, well, it wasn't majorly important, but it lasted upwards of a month. The time before that lasted almost a week. Any Mazoku or Shinzoku that's strong enough can feel it, considering what's between the dimensions, as for why?" Zelas shrugged and pointed to Nanoha. "Why don't you ask the Golden Lord yourself? You're the one touched with her power."
"I... I never..."
"Nanoha, Fate, you two go outside with Yuuno," Lina interrupted and stepped forward, "let me talk with her." She didn't even acknowledge as they nodded and left the room. "Zelas," Lina narrowed her eyes as she leaned forward, "my son, granddaughter and their friends are in real danger. How the hell can this just happen?"
Zelas merely shrugged at her. "I have no clue why it happens, I only know that it does. You're a human and have no real idea..."
"What it means to channel the power of Shabranigdo or some other demon?" Lina raised an eyebrow as Zelas nodded. "I know. Our souls are protected from feeling the same things you do, which is why we can cast stuff like the Dragon Slave, but you, for all your power, can't." Zelas nodded at Lina. "Though, one thing that bothers me... Could a Mazoku from another staff cast the Dragon Slave if they were on your world?"
Zelas blinked, a rather stunned look crossing her face. "...I have no idea, actually. Though, they probably wouldn't risk it."
"Anyway..." Lina waved her hand to dismiss that topic. "There's nothing you can do?"
"Not directly, no."
Lina nodded and gave Zelas a tight little grin. "I suppose so, though, if anything happens to them..."
Zelas merely raised an eyebrow at Lina. "Even if something did happen, what would I be able to do about it? It's not like my granddaughters decided to play a prank on them and sent them to our home staff."
"Fine." Lina turned and left the room.
Zelas narrowed her eyes as she thought about what she was told. She wasn't lying about traveling between dimensions at that moment. How long it would last... That was another matter entirely.
(---)
A couple of thugs outside looked at Nanoha, only to stumble away at the glare she leveled at them. Normally they weren't afraid of a short girl glaring at them, they had seen worse from their superiors after all.
No, it was the fact that her eyes suddenly seemed to glow gold and her body was covered in a pink glow that had them terrified. If one had more sympathy for them, they might feel sorry that the thugs would never be able to look at pink things ever again in the future.
Nanoha had to take deep breaths to get herself to calm down. It wouldn't be right to blow this city apart with her magic, even if it would make her feel better.
"Nanoha..." She turned to see Yuuno and Fate look at her in worry. "Come on," Yuuno held his hand out for her. "I know a few planets that are mostly desert, you can vent there."
"Yuuno..." Nanoha bit her lower lip almost painfully. "I'm scared. My daughter, my brother, their friends, Nove... They're somewhere out there and they have no way for us to contact or help them. I... This is my fault... I thought that even if a Mazoku would cause problems..." She trailed off and walked up to Yuuno and Fate, sighing as they both hugged her without preamble. "I thought that, unlike mom, we'd have more time to teach them. I thought that because I'm younger than mom was when I got my magic, that I'd be able to be there when Vivio needed help. I... I'm so stupid."
"Nanoha," Fate hugged her tightly, "listen, you can't see the future. You made a mistake, but think, Nanoha, when you and mom saved me and helped Yuuno, it was just six of us, you, me, Yuuno, Arf, mom and Chrono that could do anything. Mom had to push our training hard." She sighed as Nanoha hugged her tightly.
"Vivio and her friends have us, Hayate and her family, all of the Riot Force, and new weapons and technology being developed," Yuuno continued as he squeezed Nanoha tightly. "There was never any reason to think that we would get separated for too long, plus, if they were sent to one of the other dimensions, we could trace them and follow if they went to the White one somehow..."
"I know, but..." Nanoha was grateful for their support, but it didn't mean anything, it was her fault and... "Are you two trembling?"
"I guess I'm scared too." Yuuno admitted with a chuckle. "I just wish we could send Arisa or Vita after them if we're stuck here." The three of them broke off the hug and stepped back, smiling nervously at each other. "So, now what?"
"Get Hayate to get people on standby in case the way opens soon?"
Yuuno, Fate and Nanoha all stared at Thoth Driver in shock. "Thoth, are you okay?" Fate had to ask slowly, hoping that the device was permanently like this now.
"Sure I am. By the way, boss, Fate's breasts have been growing again."
"Knock it off!" Yuuno yelled at his device, twitching. "Thanks for ruining the moment!"
"I'm glad it did." Lina spoke up as she walked out, the look on her face had the three of them hold back whatever comments they had. "Zelas wasn't lying. I didn't think much of it at the time, but my left eye's been throbbing pretty badly now." She grimaced and shook her head. "I'm not sure what's going on, but for now, the best we can do is hope they can survive until it clears up."
Nanoha frowned as she looked at her mother. "How did you warp to me when I called you? Don't you need to go through the Sea of Chaos?" Lina nodded. "But, if it's impossible to go between the different pillars, how could you..?"
"Because it's like saying that a cruise ship can't cross the ocean because of a bad storm, but people are skimming the beaches on speed boats. Dangerous, but doable." Lina scratched the back of her head before looking up into the sky. "As much as we like to think that we're in charge of stuff, we have to remember that the Lady decides everything. Thankfully she doesn't do much directly, but..."
"Sometimes I forget that you were consumed by her." Nanoha muttered as Lina looked at her. "Tell me, mom, you can communicate with her, why don't you talk to her and ask her about this?"
Lina grimaced at the thought of doing that again. "It's not as simple as you think..." She trailed off as something came to her. "Nanoha, I think it's time I actually taught you some Chaos magic." Nanoha's eyes widened as she took a step back. "I'm not going to ask you to cast the Giga Slave, but, if you want to talk to the Lady, you're going to need to learn how to control it..." She pointed at the gem that floated near her shoulder. "Without Raising Heart's help."
Nanoha sighed, slightly irritated. 'Well,' she grimaced, 'at least it'll take my mind off of what's happening for awhile.'
It didn't make her feel much better.
Spoiler for MST3K review:
Me: Poor underlings. They're are now scared to the color pink.
Odin: Being blasted by the White Nightmare is surely gonna make anyone traumatized by the events.
Iris: Zelas have no clue that her granddaughters really warped the kids to the Red world.
Reia: More Chaos type spells? *Looked at Lina.* May I join the class? *puppy dog eyes.*
Athrun: GAH! Rei!? You got enough spells that can make Nukes and other WMD looks like a block buster,
Cagali: I agree. Unless *Got that mischievous look that would make Excellen proud.* you got a passion for some explosive orgasm.
Meyrin: Cagali...
Cagali: *Still got that mischievous look.* Yes?
Meyrin: Knock it off! *Aims a MAN-PAD at her co-wife.*
Odin: *Sighs.* At least frostbite is not here at the moment...
Me: Yeah.
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SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
The lights in the room were dim as several pairs of eyes stared at the naked person who was kneeling and panting. "Now then..." One of the voices said and the ping of a button was pressed. "Let's see what happens to test subject 698."
The test subject, a blue-skinned child, screamed as several needles attached to tubes drove into its back, a red liquid pouring into the body. The child twitched as the needles were pulled out of its back. "Now."
There was a swishing sound as something passed by the body. The people watching the subject nodded as the arm was severed at the elbow, causing the child to fall over, screaming in pain.
"Impressive." One of the people said as the arm regrew instantly. "To think it's this useful. Keep the tests up. I want to know the limits." The group watched as the child was knocked from side to side, limbs flying in all directions, the chest and stomach being blown open and the insides spilling out before being removed. "So fast, even the hair regrows almost instantly."
"Yes, well, let's turn up the pressure, shall we? Let's see what happens if we do..." The person speaking trailed off as thumps were heard from outside of the room. "What is going on? I told those fools to not disturb us!"
The door crashed inwards and several bodies fell forward, all clearly dead. "Hey guys," a fairly tall and very busty woman with dark skin, blonde hair and a yellow eye grinned at them, "I'd ask if you want to see a dead body, but that would be redundant, wouldn't it?"
"Who are you?" One of the group asked as they looked at her. One of her eyes was covered behind some sort of leather and glass eye patch over her right eye. She wore a blue full bodysuit and had a pair of swords in her hands that were stained with blood.
"I'm Sigfried. And this is Roy." She stepped to the side as a girl with short boots, green short short that were unbuckled and partially unzipped with a belt hanging undone in the front. How it kept her shorts from falling off was a mystery. She had a weird tattoo that went from her left shoulder down to her left leg, black gloves on her hands and a black tank top that only barely covered her own impressive chest. Long red hair seemed to stick out at various points, looking almost like a porcupine, and on her eyes were a pair of round goggles that hid her eyes as she grinned at them.
"And you're a bunch of circus freaks." A large pair of Gatling guns appeared in her right hand and five RPGs appeared in her left hand. "So," the grins on the two girls increased as the redhead pulled the trigger, "goodbye."
About ten seconds later, all of the scientists in the room were nothing more than bloody smears on the ground.
"Cypha, why do you get to be Sigfried all the time?"
Cypha rolled her good eye and walked into the room, ignoring the carnage. "Because, Arnage, someone has to introduce a gun nut like you." She snorted as Arnage dismissed her guns and pulled her goggles up onto the top of her head. "Anyway..." Cypha narrowed her eye as she looked at the computers, the ones that weren't covered in blood or riddled with holes. "Thought so... Experimenting with the Eclipse virus, huh?"
Arnage blinked and looked at the computer. "Really? I can't tell... What language is that?"
"None of the common ones." Cypha admitted. "I can read it though." Cypha twitched as she looked over the computer. "Sunnvabitch!"
"What?" Arnage took a step back as Cypha sliced the computer in two. "What?" She watched as Cypha suddenly threw her Katanas as some large containers, cutting through them and causing the liquid to splash everywhere. "Cypha?"
"Don't let that stuff touch you. It reacts to the Eclipse virus and sends it into overdrive." Cypha recalled her Katana with the wire she had attached to it before turning and shattering the glass that held the experimental child, who was screaming and twitching. Looking up, the child looked at Cypha with scared eyes. "What's your name?"
"S...St...ell...a..." The child screamed as she thrashed. "It hurts!"
Cypha picked Stella up and was about to leave when she heard footsteps. "Well, well..." It didn't take long for about ten armed guards to appear in the room, pointing various weapons at them. "How's the health plan, boys?" A grin appeared on her face as they seemed to point their weapons at her and Stella. "Apparently it's great!"
Arnage watched as Cypha slaughtered most of the armed guards, leaving two of them alive. "Cypha, what are you?"
Cypha put Stella down and gave the young child her katana. "Stella, if you want the pain to stop, you need to use that and kill them." It wasn't a pleasant statement. If it wasn't for the fact that Stella had been infected with the virus, Cypha would have handed Stella off to Arnage.
It took about a minute later before the two guards were dead and Arnage walked over to Cypha and Stella, the latter was currently puking her guts out. "So..."
"Sorry, kiddo." Cypha picked up Stella after she got to her feet unsteadily. "We'll find you some animals or something to slaughter, right now, we're getting out of here."
As they ran out of the building, Arnage smirked and pulled out her rocket launcher before firing several missiles that didn't seem to run out into the building, quickly reducing it to rubble. "So, Cypha... What was the point of coming out here anyway?" The planet was mostly plains and the temperature was nice, but there weren't many people.
"Levi wasn't on the ship and I wanted to stretch my legs." Cypha snort as she walked off. "Come on, Stella..." The little girl in her arms looked up in confusion. "We're going to deal with that stuff they put into you as soon as possible."
Stella nodded and put her head on Cypha's chest. She didn't know what was going on, but at least Cypha and Arnage seemed like nice people. And the pain she was feeling was no longer bothering her as much. Maybe they could make it go away completely.
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My fics Due to certain things, I am not here, find me over on TFF.
The lights in the room were dim as several pairs of eyes stared at the naked person who was kneeling and panting. "Now then..." One of the voices said and the ping of a button was pressed. "Let's see what happens to test subject 698."
The test subject, a blue-skinned child, screamed as several needles attached to tubes drove into its back, a red liquid pouring into the body. The child twitched as the needles were pulled out of its back. "Now."
There was a swishing sound as something passed by the body. The people watching the subject nodded as the arm was severed at the elbow, causing the child to fall over, screaming in pain.
"Impressive." One of the people said as the arm regrew instantly. "To think it's this useful. Keep the tests up. I want to know the limits." The group watched as the child was knocked from side to side, limbs flying in all directions, the chest and stomach being blown open and the insides spilling out before being removed. "So fast, even the hair regrows almost instantly."
"Yes, well, let's turn up the pressure, shall we? Let's see what happens if we do..." The person speaking trailed off as thumps were heard from outside of the room. "What is going on? I told those fools to not disturb us!"
The door crashed inwards and several bodies fell forward, all clearly dead. "Hey guys," a fairly tall and very busty woman with dark skin, blonde hair and a yellow eye grinned at them, "I'd ask if you want to see a dead body, but that would be redundant, wouldn't it?"
"Who are you?" One of the group asked as they looked at her. One of her eyes was covered behind some sort of leather and glass eye patch over her right eye. She wore a blue full bodysuit and had a pair of swords in her hands that were stained with blood.
"I'm Sigfried. And this is Roy." She stepped to the side as a girl with short boots, green short short that were unbuckled and partially unzipped with a belt hanging undone in the front. How it kept her shorts from falling off was a mystery. She had a weird tattoo that went from her left shoulder down to her left leg, black gloves on her hands and a black tank top that only barely covered her own impressive chest. Long red hair seemed to stick out at various points, looking almost like a porcupine, and on her eyes were a pair of round goggles that hid her eyes as she grinned at them.
"And you're a bunch of circus freaks." A large pair of Gatling guns appeared in her right hand and five RPGs appeared in her left hand. "So," the grins on the two girls increased as the redhead pulled the trigger, "goodbye."
About ten seconds later, all of the scientists in the room were nothing more than bloody smears on the ground.
"Cypha, why do you get to be Sigfried all the time?"
Cypha rolled her good eye and walked into the room, ignoring the carnage. "Because, Arnage, someone has to introduce a gun nut like you." She snorted as Arnage dismissed her guns and pulled her goggles up onto the top of her head. "Anyway..." Cypha narrowed her eye as she looked at the computers, the ones that weren't covered in blood or riddled with holes. "Thought so... Experimenting with the Eclipse virus, huh?"
Arnage blinked and looked at the computer. "Really? I can't tell... What language is that?"
"None of the common ones." Cypha admitted. "I can read it though." Cypha twitched as she looked over the computer. "Sunnvabitch!"
"What?" Arnage took a step back as Cypha sliced the computer in two. "What?" She watched as Cypha suddenly threw her Katanas as some large containers, cutting through them and causing the liquid to splash everywhere. "Cypha?"
"Don't let that stuff touch you. It reacts to the Eclipse virus and sends it into overdrive." Cypha recalled her Katana with the wire she had attached to it before turning and shattering the glass that held the experimental child, who was screaming and twitching. Looking up, the child looked at Cypha with scared eyes. "What's your name?"
"S...St...ell...a..." The child screamed as she thrashed. "It hurts!"
Cypha picked Stella up and was about to leave when she heard footsteps. "Well, well..." It didn't take long for about ten armed guards to appear in the room, pointing various weapons at them. "How's the health plan, boys?" A grin appeared on her face as they seemed to point their weapons at her and Stella. "Apparently it's great!"
Arnage watched as Cypha slaughtered most of the armed guards, leaving two of them alive. "Cypha, what are you?"
Cypha put Stella down and gave the young child her katana. "Stella, if you want the pain to stop, you need to use that and kill them." It wasn't a pleasant statement. If it wasn't for the fact that Stella had been infected with the virus, Cypha would have handed Stella off to Arnage.
It took about a minute later before the two guards were dead and Arnage walked over to Cypha and Stella, the latter was currently puking her guts out. "So..."
"Sorry, kiddo." Cypha picked up Stella after she got to her feet unsteadily. "We'll find you some animals or something to slaughter, right now, we're getting out of here."
As they ran out of the building, Arnage smirked and pulled out her rocket launcher before firing several missiles that didn't seem to run out into the building, quickly reducing it to rubble. "So, Cypha... What was the point of coming out here anyway?" The planet was mostly plains and the temperature was nice, but there weren't many people.
"Levi wasn't on the ship and I wanted to stretch my legs." Cypha snort as she walked off. "Come on, Stella..." The little girl in her arms looked up in confusion. "We're going to deal with that stuff they put into you as soon as possible."
Stella nodded and put her head on Cypha's chest. She didn't know what was going on, but at least Cypha and Arnage seemed like nice people. And the pain she was feeling was no longer bothering her as much. Maybe they could make it go away completely.
No MST3k review for now... and I just finish making a refrigerated cake made from chocolate grahams crackers...
And Oh boy... whatta mess...
Is this the start of the Time Paradox or something?
Odin: What do you think, NEET?
Me: I said I will not have a MST3k review, Odin.
*turned around to see no one's behind me.*
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Darwin's nominee are best for laughs.
MGLN "Befriending" shows love thru superior firepower (Zenryokou Zenkai!)
Gundams are your worst nightmare in the battlefield.
SRW beats all foes.
JAM Project pwns all!!!
And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
Well, this is my first foray into the Nanoha fandom in a long time, so please so easy on me.
Spoiler for BGM: Yume no Owari:
"Hey, do you mind... if I rest a bit?
"It's fine. You must be tired."
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Hayate Yagami opened her eyes. Strange, when did she lie down? The last thing she remembers was talking to an old friend.
As the former Commander sat up to take note of her surroundings, she notices two things out of the ordinary.
The first was the location around her. It was a beautiful hill, covered in green. But ... there was supposed to be more than just green grass. She distinctly recalls at least several tombstones here.
The second was herself. She was much much younger than she remembered, around only 20 or so when in reality, she should be approaching a hundred by now.
Pinching herself to make sure that this wasn't a dream, Hayate winced at the pain. Nope, this was real. Nursing the bruise on her cheeks, the brunette stand up and stretched, heading toward the city in the distance.
She immediately recognized it as Uminari. But... this was the Uminari of time long past, not the Uminari that she was living in. There were no spaceships the sky, no flying cars passing by on the street. Everything was just like when she was but a young girl. She was sure that she even passed by the old Midori-ya.
Hayate decided to check to see if her house was there. It wasn't different than how she remembered, but ... something about if feels off.
She was surprised to find somebody home. And judging by the number of shoes and the sound coming from the living room, it was quite a crowd. Cautiously, Hayate entered.
She froze.
Zafira was curled in his wolf form, sleeping peacefully. Vita, Rein Zwei and Agito were shouting gleefully, their eyes never leaving the massacre on the TV. Their shout turn into curse as their respective characters were killed. Signum and Shamal were quietly sipping tea on the couch, smiling at the trio's antics. But most important of all, was the silver haired woman scolding the three gamers of their foul mouth. A woman that she haven't seen ever since she was nine.
"...Reinforce...?" It was barely a whisper, but the others caught it.
Before Hayate knows it, Vita, Rein and Agito had tackled her to the ground. Signum, Shamal and Zafira - who has changed back into his human form - managed to pry the three off of Hayate. As Hayate tries to get up, she looks up and saw Reinforce Eins offering a hand to her, a gentle smile on her face.
"Welcome home, Master"
"... I'm home everyone."
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"... Sleep well, Hayate. I hope you find peace in the other side."
Well, this is my first foray into the Nanoha fandom in a long time, so please so easy on me.
Spoiler for BGM: Yume no Owari:
"Hey, do you mind... if I rest a bit?
"It's fine. You must be tired."
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Hayate Yagami opened her eyes. Strange, when did she lie down? The last thing she remembers was talking to an old friend.
As the former Commander sat up to take note of her surroundings, she notices two things out of the ordinary.
The first was the location around her. It was a beautiful hill, covered in green. But ... there was supposed to be more than just green grass. She distinctly recalls at least several tombstones here.
The second was herself. She was much much younger than she remembered, around only 20 or so when in reality, she should be approaching a hundred by now.
Pinching herself to make sure that this wasn't a dream, Hayate winced at the pain. Nope, this was real. Nursing the bruise on her cheeks, the brunette stand up and stretched, heading toward the city in the distance.
She immediately recognized it as Uminari. But... this was the Uminari of time long past, not the Uminari that she was living in. There were no spaceships the sky, no flying cars passing by on the street. Everything was just like when she was but a young girl. She was sure that she even passed by the old Midori-ya.
Hayate decided to check to see if her house was there. It wasn't different than how she remembered, but ... something about if feels off.
She was surprised to find somebody home. And judging by the number of shoes and the sound coming from the living room, it was quite a crowd. Cautiously, Hayate entered.
She froze.
Zafira was curled in his wolf form, sleeping peacefully. Vita, Rein Zwei and Agito were shouting gleefully, their eyes never leaving the massacre on the TV. Their shout turn into curse as their respective characters were killed. Signum and Shamal were quietly sipping tea on the couch, smiling at the trio's antics. But most important of all, was the silver haired woman scolding the three gamers of their foul mouth. A woman that she haven't seen ever since she was nine.
"...Reinforce...?" It was barely a whisper, but the others caught it.
Before Hayate knows it, Vita, Rein and Agito had tackled her to the ground. Signum, Shamal and Zafira - who has changed back into his human form - managed to pry the three off of Hayate. As Hayate tries to get up, she looks up and saw Reinforce Eins offering a hand to her, a gentle smile on her face.
"Welcome home, Master"
"... I'm home everyone."
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"... Sleep well, Hayate. I hope you find peace in the other side."
Short. Sweet. A little sad. But overall a beautiful piece. Well done, sir.
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Oh yeah... I write things, don't I? Enjoy the fruits of my lunch break.
Spoiler for A Hard Day's Reward:
Yagami Hayate was not in a good mood.
Her day thus far had been one hellish meeting to another, each more irritating and superfluous than the last. Interspersed between these pointless gatherings, and indeed they were possibly the most pointless things she had ever had the misfortune of bearing witness to, there had bee a veritable tidal wave of paperwork to do.
It was as if all the layers of hell had opened up and released a bounty of malevolent demons. Each crafted out of ink, printer paper, and pure evil. It was wholly inexcusable! In this age of digital and magical media, paperwork should have been little more than a sheaf or two. Not towers which stretched into the heavens and threatened to crush her favorite desk. The antique had been a present her family had all pitched in to purchase in celebration of her promotion.
Regardless, it had suffered greatly under such vile weight and it had taken a missed lunch and nearly missed meetings to save the wooden construct. She would be having words with a certain individual about collateral damage the first chance she got.
And the meetings, oh how horrid they had been. The exhausted brunette had been ready to blow the vast majority of the participants into dust with a well placed Hraesvalgr or Ragnarok. The spell choice was wholly dependent on her mood and the meeting subject. Unfortunately by the end of the day, she had begun to file everyone under the Triple Breaker category. She would find a way, even if Fate or Nanoha were unavailable.
To add further insult to injury, when she reached home, tired beyond belief, exhausted in both body and mind, she realized she still had to cook dinner. Hayate had been ready to weep in frustration at this revelation and fall into a despair of takeout or instant noodles. Would her family forgive her? SHe certainly hoped so.
Never did it occur to her to simply call home and ask someone else to cook. Preferably someone who was not Shamal. Hayate loved the Knight. She truly did. The woman was like a mother to her, despite falling under the umbrella of 'Hayate's Children' with the rest of the Wolkenritter. But to dare contemplate the blonde taking up utensils and attempting to conjure up a delicious home cooked meal was the height of folly.
They were still finding colonies of those... things in the back yard which had come out of Shamal's recent foray into the realm of potato salad. Even if the neighborhood children found the wars waged between them and the local insect population to be amusing, she most assuredly did not.
Upon stepping into the living room of the curiously quiet home, she came upon the final nail in her coffin. There, in her favorite seat, sat Vita with a Cheshire grin wider than ever seen before. What's more, her favorite seat was occupied by her favorite chair. A chair so comfortable it threatened to devour an occupant too weak to resist the call into a relaxing slumber more potent than any drug.
Yet it was ultimately the theft of her favorite seat which finally drove her to despair. Crumbling to her knees, the sight of Vita upon Yuuno's lap was far too much. It had been the one hope. The one ray of sunshine in this otherwise wretched day, to come home and luxuriate upon her husband's lap.
But her most loyal Knight had stolen it from her. Stolen so simply. As though it were simply lying there, ripe for the taking.
Hayate was barely aware of the chuckle coming from the redhead, too awash in anguish was she.
"I got my payment in full. So I'll be taking my leave~" The brunette heard the words spoken by Vita, heard the thump and pitter patter of feet as they drew closer. But she was too tired at the moment to really care. She just wanted something to eat and some rest. A hand came to rest upon her shoulder. A small hand, full of power. "I'm going out to see a movie and chill for a bit with Nanoha and Signum. Shamal's staying overnight at the hospital. Zwei's hanging out with Agito. And Zafira has a date. Dinner's on the table. Have fun~"
Hayate could only blink as her most rambunctious Knight took her leave with the same grin still firmly plastered onto her face. "Eh?"
She... didn't have to cook? She could... relax a bit?
She felt herself being brought to her feet by a pair of strong hands and before long was looking into the eyes of their owner. When had he gotten over here? "And you say I'm bad when I have a bad day?"
"Quiet you... You're not supposed to speak against your Mistress." Her words were half whispered as she was walked into the kitchen by the blonde man and sat down with as much grace one could manage from plopping down like a sack of potatoes. It had been a really hard day. She stared down at the table to see what had been laid out upon it.
Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.
They were still hot.
Yuuno sat down across from her and smiled. "One of your subordinates saw you walking down the hall like the dead and gave me a call. I couldn't get home in time to really do anything, so Vita took the reins."
Hayate smiled somewhat teasingly as she felt some of her vigor return to her. "Is that why she stole my favorite seat?" A sip of the soup flooded her body with warmth and life. Chasing away stress like a grand army.
"It was the payment she demanded. It seemed a small price to pay at the time." It was lap time until Hayate came home or twenty rounds in a row on the training grounds. And he really did not want to go twenty rounds with an energized hammer knight. Five was bad enough.
She pouted, crumbs on her lips from a bite of the simple, yet scrumptious sandwich. "She should know by now that you lap belongs to me. And you shouldn't encourage her."
Yuuno waved his hands defensively. "I'll try my best." They'd done this song and dance before. No matter what they did, Vita always seemed to find a way or reason to take up residence on his lap. He reached over with a napkin and wiped away the crumbs on his wife's mouth, eliciting a bemused expression from her.
Dinner was finished in relative silence. LIttle small talk was made as Hayate simply wished to relax and enjoy the dinner presented to her. Yuuno was all too willing to grant her wish.
As the dishes sat in the sink, soaking in a considerable depth of water, Hayate leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and sighed contentedly. A simple meal of comfort food with her husband had done her a world of good. No longer did she feel like loosing the end of times upon an undefined number of irritating and idiotic individuals. Nor was she plotting the downfall of the government solely out of spite for being assailed with stupidity and inhumane amounts of actual paperwork.
Her traitorous line of thinking began to make her tense up and she could feel her shoulders start to ache once more. Still being clad in her uniform did not help things in the slightest.
Caught by surprise was she when a pair of heavy hands placed themselves gently upon her shoulders. Looking up, she saw a somewhat mischievous glint in Yuuno's eyes. "Ah... Yuuno?" It was this glint which tended to precede a fair number of things. Many of which left her either a twitching ruin or a satisfied wreck. Sometimes a combination of both. But right now, she doubted she would be capable of either.
Yuuno merely smiled and set to work.
Almost immediately, she felt herself begin to melt. His strong hands massaging away the stress in her shoulders with powerful motions. Her muscles felt as though they were concrete mere moments ago. Now they were rapidly making their way towards a jelly-like state.
A soft moan escaped her lips as the horrid accumulation of tension flowed away from her shoulders beneath Yuuno's ministrations. "Mmm... A little... harder please..." Her barely audible plea is met with a an affirmative in the form of yet stronger motions.
Her head lolled forward as a silly little smile drew itself on her face, one of Yuuno's hands moving to being working on the nape of her neck. The other had other ideas in mind.
"Lets get you out of that uniform." Hayate nodded slowly in agreement whilst watching a skilled hand reach around to begin undoing the buttons on her shirt. A part of her mind not addled by pleasant feelings or tiredness commented on how much easier it was to remove military garments than it was a Barrier Jacket.
With a comfortingly easy pace, the buttons were undone one by one, each release granting a slight more relief than the last to her tired frame. Before long, she was free of the uniform shirt. No longer bound by the stiff garment, Hayate slumped in her seat, granting even easier access to her neck and shoulders. She felt so much better already. "This is bliss..."
Yuuno leaned in and whispered next to her ear as his hands slowed in their task. "Its not over just yet." Indeed, she had relaxed considerably. But he was not about to simply leave her be with a mere shoulder rub. No, tonight he finally had a rare opportunity to pamper her a little. And he would not allow the chance to slip through his fingers.
Before Hayate could question as to what still lay to come, Yuuno had scooped her up into his arms into a bridal carry. Her squeak of surprise brought a slight twinge of red to her cheeks. Looking up with a halfhearted glare, her gaze was met with a playful one. Oh, she'd get him for this. He knew she was not too fond of being picked up so suddenly. "Yuuno, much as I'm enjoying this, I would very much appreciate an explanation~" Her tone was mirthful, if carrying a slight undercurrent of irritation.
He chuckled as he carried her from the dining room to the living room. "My wife has had a horrendous day and thanks to the graciousness of certain individuals, we have the evening to ourselves. I intend to take full advantage of the situation."
Hayate placed a finger on his chest, drawing playful circles upon it even as her voice sounded a somewhat downcast. "You should have picked a night when I'm not so tired. I'd be more than willing to take advantage of your kindness~"
Setting his wife down on her favorite chair, Yuuno grinned as he loomed over her. "Who said anything about you taking advantage of me?" He kissed her gently before moving down towards her slender waist. The sound of a zipper seemed to echo in the room as he undid the binding of her dress skirt. It was with a well practiced ease he slid the garment off of Hayate's seated form. The article was cast aside, leaving the now blushing brunette clad only in her white dress shirt and navy hued cotton undergarments.
She fidgeted under his gaze. Even after all this time, she was still weak to attack. Granted she rarely gave him a chance to go on the offensive, but on the rare occasion Yuuno managed to gain the upper hand, he made short work of whatever meager defenses she could muster. It was both mortifying and exhilarating for the perverse woman.
Further and further down Yuuno traveled, trailing a hand along Hayate's soft legs until he was kneeling before her reclining form.
There was but a moment before he grasped her left foot and began to work his fingers into the poor, abused appendage. Pressing, rubbing, and kneading the tender flesh.
Hayate always knew her legs and feet were sensitive, something Yuuno oft took full advantage of. Now was no exception. She could truly feel the knots and tension being worked away. It was no mere sensation of relief, but something far closer to a genuine pleasure. Her lips parted in moan of contentment. Maybe she should have a bad day more often if this was what awaited her at home.
Tight muscles were stretched until they began to relax, leaving her feeling limp and light with each action. Gently, Yuuno pulled on her toes and each pop of the joint sent a small shiver up her spine. The part of her mind saying this shouldn't feel as good as it did was promptly ignored. Even more so when he began to lavish more attention to the small digits, rubbing them in circular motions with his thumb.
The spark flying up her spine turned into a jolt as he began to work his way up, starting at the heel and slowly advancing along one slender leg.
She continued to moan incoherently as she luxuriated in the feeling of her flesh being kneaded into a substance not all too dissimilar to putty. Calves and hamstrings, once taut and sore, were now limber and relieved. Had she really done so much walking today? They had felt like iron before Yuuno sunk his fingers into them, working away her stress in a supremely pleasurable way.
Even working his way up to her thighs, her husband continued his ministrations. He would not miss a single spot as he worked his magic upon her supple flesh.
Hayate was struck by how intense Yuuno's expression was. Single-minded in its dedication to the task at hand. The notion of doing anything less than his best was unacceptable ad it showed upon his face. Oh why did she have to be so tired? He could put such energy and drive into other activities. Activities she felt she had not nearly enough time for as of late. Damn her duties for getting in the way of her funtime.
Just as she was about to curse aloud about the unfairness of it all, the massage came to a an unfortunate halt. She looked into Yuuno's emerald gaze with a questioning expression. Why did he have to stop? It felt so good. If he was just going to leave her like this, she was going to be very displeased. Her answer was given as he made his way back down her legs ad took her right foot into his hands.
Yuuno was not done by far. He would not rest until he had worked her over quite thoroughly.
Hayate gave a gasp as he set to work once more, repeating his sensuous massage with her other leg. This was criminal, so very criminal. When had he gotten this good? After a moment of deliberate, she realized she didn't really care. Not when he was inflicting such a pleasurable feeling upon her.
Yet all good things must come to and end. And for Hayate, the end came in the form of heavy eyelids attempting to fall and cover her world in darkness. No, not now... She wants to enjoy this for a little longer...
Unfortunately, it was not to be.
Yuuno's massage upon her weary legs had lulled her into a much needed rest. A rest she slipped into with a smile on her face and a moan at her lips. She would wake in the morning feeling refreshed and invigorated. A feeling Hayate must have in order to be Hayate.
He carefully picked up his sleeping wife's form from the chair with a smile, planting a gentle kiss upon her cheek as he did so. "Goodnight Hayate, sweet dreams."
His only reply as he carried her to bed was a mumble and a smile.
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The Art of Shipping is as profound as it is dangerous; not for the faint of heart nor the weak of will, it makes gods and devils out of us all.
Oh yeah... I write things, don't I? Enjoy the fruits of my lunch break.
Spoiler for A Hard Day's Reward:
Yagami Hayate was not in a good mood.
Her day thus far had been one hellish meeting to another, each more irritating and superfluous than the last. Interspersed between these pointless gatherings, and indeed they were possibly the most pointless things she had ever had the misfortune of bearing witness to, there had bee a veritable tidal wave of paperwork to do.
It was as if all the layers of hell had opened up and released a bounty of malevolent demons. Each crafted out of ink, printer paper, and pure evil. It was wholly inexcusable! In this age of digital and magical media, paperwork should have been little more than a sheaf or two. Not towers which stretched into the heavens and threatened to crush her favorite desk. The antique had been a present her family had all pitched in to purchase in celebration of her promotion.
Regardless, it had suffered greatly under such vile weight and it had taken a missed lunch and nearly missed meetings to save the wooden construct. She would be having words with a certain individual about collateral damage the first chance she got.
And the meetings, oh how horrid they had been. The exhausted brunette had been ready to blow the vast majority of the participants into dust with a well placed Hraesvalgr or Ragnarok. The spell choice was wholly dependent on her mood and the meeting subject. Unfortunately by the end of the day, she had begun to file everyone under the Triple Breaker category. She would find a way, even if Fate or Nanoha were unavailable.
To add further insult to injury, when she reached home, tired beyond belief, exhausted in both body and mind, she realized she still had to cook dinner. Hayate had been ready to weep in frustration at this revelation and fall into a despair of takeout or instant noodles. Would her family forgive her? SHe certainly hoped so.
Never did it occur to her to simply call home and ask someone else to cook. Preferably someone who was not Shamal. Hayate loved the Knight. She truly did. The woman was like a mother to her, despite falling under the umbrella of 'Hayate's Children' with the rest of the Wolkenritter. But to dare contemplate the blonde taking up utensils and attempting to conjure up a delicious home cooked meal was the height of folly.
They were still finding colonies of those... things in the back yard which had come out of Shamal's recent foray into the realm of potato salad. Even if the neighborhood children found the wars waged between them and the local insect population to be amusing, she most assuredly did not.
Upon stepping into the living room of the curiously quiet home, she came upon the final nail in her coffin. There, in her favorite seat, sat Vita with a Cheshire grin wider than ever seen before. What's more, her favorite seat was occupied by her favorite chair. A chair so comfortable it threatened to devour an occupant too weak to resist the call into a relaxing slumber more potent than any drug.
Yet it was ultimately the theft of her favorite seat which finally drove her to despair. Crumbling to her knees, the sight of Vita upon Yuuno's lap was far too much. It had been the one hope. The one ray of sunshine in this otherwise wretched day, to come home and luxuriate upon her husband's lap.
But her most loyal Knight had stolen it from her. Stolen so simply. As though it were simply lying there, ripe for the taking.
Hayate was barely aware of the chuckle coming from the redhead, too awash in anguish was she.
"I got my payment in full. So I'll be taking my leave~" The brunette heard the words spoken by Vita, heard the thump and pitter patter of feet as they drew closer. But she was too tired at the moment to really care. She just wanted something to eat and some rest. A hand came to rest upon her shoulder. A small hand, full of power. "I'm going out to see a movie and chill for a bit with Nanoha and Signum. Shamal's staying overnight at the hospital. Zwei's hanging out with Agito. And Zafira has a date. Dinner's on the table. Have fun~"
Hayate could only blink as her most rambunctious Knight took her leave with the same grin still firmly plastered onto her face. "Eh?"
She... didn't have to cook? She could... relax a bit?
She felt herself being brought to her feet by a pair of strong hands and before long was looking into the eyes of their owner. When had he gotten over here? "And you say I'm bad when I have a bad day?"
"Quiet you... You're not supposed to speak against your Mistress." Her words were half whispered as she was walked into the kitchen by the blonde man and sat down with as much grace one could manage from plopping down like a sack of potatoes. It had been a really hard day. She stared down at the table to see what had been laid out upon it.
Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.
They were still hot.
Yuuno sat down across from her and smiled. "One of your subordinates saw you walking down the hall like the dead and gave me a call. I couldn't get home in time to really do anything, so Vita took the reins."
Hayate smiled somewhat teasingly as she felt some of her vigor return to her. "Is that why she stole my favorite seat?" A sip of the soup flooded her body with warmth and life. Chasing away stress like a grand army.
"It was the payment she demanded. It seemed a small price to pay at the time." It was lap time until Hayate came home or twenty rounds in a row on the training grounds. And he really did not want to go twenty rounds with an energized hammer knight. Five was bad enough.
She pouted, crumbs on her lips from a bite of the simple, yet scrumptious sandwich. "She should know by now that you lap belongs to me. And you shouldn't encourage her."
Yuuno waved his hands defensively. "I'll try my best." They'd done this song and dance before. No matter what they did, Vita always seemed to find a way or reason to take up residence on his lap. He reached over with a napkin and wiped away the crumbs on his wife's mouth, eliciting a bemused expression from her.
Dinner was finished in relative silence. LIttle small talk was made as Hayate simply wished to relax and enjoy the dinner presented to her. Yuuno was all too willing to grant her wish.
As the dishes sat in the sink, soaking in a considerable depth of water, Hayate leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes, and sighed contentedly. A simple meal of comfort food with her husband had done her a world of good. No longer did she feel like loosing the end of times upon an undefined number of irritating and idiotic individuals. Nor was she plotting the downfall of the government solely out of spite for being assailed with stupidity and inhumane amounts of actual paperwork.
Her traitorous line of thinking began to make her tense up and she could feel her shoulders start to ache once more. Still being clad in her uniform did not help things in the slightest.
Caught by surprise was she when a pair of heavy hands placed themselves gently upon her shoulders. Looking up, she saw a somewhat mischievous glint in Yuuno's eyes. "Ah... Yuuno?" It was this glint which tended to precede a fair number of things. Many of which left her either a twitching ruin or a satisfied wreck. Sometimes a combination of both. But right now, she doubted she would be capable of either.
Yuuno merely smiled and set to work.
Almost immediately, she felt herself begin to melt. His strong hands massaging away the stress in her shoulders with powerful motions. Her muscles felt as though they were concrete mere moments ago. Now they were rapidly making their way towards a jelly-like state.
A soft moan escaped her lips as the horrid accumulation of tension flowed away from her shoulders beneath Yuuno's ministrations. "Mmm... A little... harder please..." Her barely audible plea is met with a an affirmative in the form of yet stronger motions.
Her head lolled forward as a silly little smile drew itself on her face, one of Yuuno's hands moving to being working on the nape of her neck. The other had other ideas in mind.
"Lets get you out of that uniform." Hayate nodded slowly in agreement whilst watching a skilled hand reach around to begin undoing the buttons on her shirt. A part of her mind not addled by pleasant feelings or tiredness commented on how much easier it was to remove military garments than it was a Barrier Jacket.
With a comfortingly easy pace, the buttons were undone one by one, each release granting a slight more relief than the last to her tired frame. Before long, she was free of the uniform shirt. No longer bound by the stiff garment, Hayate slumped in her seat, granting even easier access to her neck and shoulders. She felt so much better already. "This is bliss..."
Yuuno leaned in and whispered next to her ear as his hands slowed in their task. "Its not over just yet." Indeed, she had relaxed considerably. But he was not about to simply leave her be with a mere shoulder rub. No, tonight he finally had a rare opportunity to pamper her a little. And he would not allow the chance to slip through his fingers.
Before Hayate could question as to what still lay to come, Yuuno had scooped her up into his arms into a bridal carry. Her squeak of surprise brought a slight twinge of red to her cheeks. Looking up with a halfhearted glare, her gaze was met with a playful one. Oh, she'd get him for this. He knew she was not too fond of being picked up so suddenly. "Yuuno, much as I'm enjoying this, I would very much appreciate an explanation~" Her tone was mirthful, if carrying a slight undercurrent of irritation.
He chuckled as he carried her from the dining room to the living room. "My wife has had a horrendous day and thanks to the graciousness of certain individuals, we have the evening to ourselves. I intend to take full advantage of the situation."
Hayate placed a finger on his chest, drawing playful circles upon it even as her voice sounded a somewhat downcast. "You should have picked a night when I'm not so tired. I'd be more than willing to take advantage of your kindness~"
Setting his wife down on her favorite chair, Yuuno grinned as he loomed over her. "Who said anything about you taking advantage of me?" He kissed her gently before moving down towards her slender waist. The sound of a zipper seemed to echo in the room as he undid the binding of her dress skirt. It was with a well practiced ease he slid the garment off of Hayate's seated form. The article was cast aside, leaving the now blushing brunette clad only in her white dress shirt and navy hued cotton undergarments.
She fidgeted under his gaze. Even after all this time, she was still weak to attack. Granted she rarely gave him a chance to go on the offensive, but on the rare occasion Yuuno managed to gain the upper hand, he made short work of whatever meager defenses she could muster. It was both mortifying and exhilarating for the perverse woman.
Further and further down Yuuno traveled, trailing a hand along Hayate's soft legs until he was kneeling before her reclining form.
There was but a moment before he grasped her left foot and began to work his fingers into the poor, abused appendage. Pressing, rubbing, and kneading the tender flesh.
Hayate always knew her legs and feet were sensitive, something Yuuno oft took full advantage of. Now was no exception. She could truly feel the knots and tension being worked away. It was no mere sensation of relief, but something far closer to a genuine pleasure. Her lips parted in moan of contentment. Maybe she should have a bad day more often if this was what awaited her at home.
Tight muscles were stretched until they began to relax, leaving her feeling limp and light with each action. Gently, Yuuno pulled on her toes and each pop of the joint sent a small shiver up her spine. The part of her mind saying this shouldn't feel as good as it did was promptly ignored. Even more so when he began to lavish more attention to the small digits, rubbing them in circular motions with his thumb.
The spark flying up her spine turned into a jolt as he began to work his way up, starting at the heel and slowly advancing along one slender leg.
She continued to moan incoherently as she luxuriated in the feeling of her flesh being kneaded into a substance not all too dissimilar to putty. Calves and hamstrings, once taut and sore, were now limber and relieved. Had she really done so much walking today? They had felt like iron before Yuuno sunk his fingers into them, working away her stress in a supremely pleasurable way.
Even working his way up to her thighs, her husband continued his ministrations. He would not miss a single spot as he worked his magic upon her supple flesh.
Hayate was struck by how intense Yuuno's expression was. Single-minded in its dedication to the task at hand. The notion of doing anything less than his best was unacceptable ad it showed upon his face. Oh why did she have to be so tired? He could put such energy and drive into other activities. Activities she felt she had not nearly enough time for as of late. Damn her duties for getting in the way of her funtime.
Just as she was about to curse aloud about the unfairness of it all, the massage came to a an unfortunate halt. She looked into Yuuno's emerald gaze with a questioning expression. Why did he have to stop? It felt so good. If he was just going to leave her like this, she was going to be very displeased. Her answer was given as he made his way back down her legs ad took her right foot into his hands.
Yuuno was not done by far. He would not rest until he had worked her over quite thoroughly.
Hayate gave a gasp as he set to work once more, repeating his sensuous massage with her other leg. This was criminal, so very criminal. When had he gotten this good? After a moment of deliberate, she realized she didn't really care. Not when he was inflicting such a pleasurable feeling upon her.
Yet all good things must come to and end. And for Hayate, the end came in the form of heavy eyelids attempting to fall and cover her world in darkness. No, not now... She wants to enjoy this for a little longer...
Unfortunately, it was not to be.
Yuuno's massage upon her weary legs had lulled her into a much needed rest. A rest she slipped into with a smile on her face and a moan at her lips. She would wake in the morning feeling refreshed and invigorated. A feeling Hayate must have in order to be Hayate.
He carefully picked up his sleeping wife's form from the chair with a smile, planting a gentle kiss upon her cheek as he did so. "Goodnight Hayate, sweet dreams."
His only reply as he carried her to bed was a mumble and a smile.
Your YuunoxHayate fandom always gave me a D'aaawww-ish expression on my face, it is very painful to my jaw when I didn't expect it coming.
There is a mystery in this short that make me raise my brow...
It makes me wonder how in the world did Yuuno make Vita like him so much enough to sit on his lap.
Is it some sort of sweet trap to lure Yuuno to his doom when he is vulnerable and least expecting Graf Eisen to slam on the back of his head? Vita could have had a resolve for revenge because she was unable to break his barrier.
Your YuunoxHayate fandom always gave me a D'aaawww-ish expression on my face, it is very painful to my jaw when I didn't expect it coming.
There is a mystery in this short that make me raise my brow...
It makes me wonder how in the world did Yuuno make Vita like him so much enough to sit on his lap.
Is it some sort of sweet trap to lure Yuuno to his doom when he is vulnerable and least expecting Graf Eisen to slam on the back of his head? Vita could have had a resolve for revenge because she was unable to break his barrier.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yuuno/Hayate is really fun to write. And I get to indulge my evil side by inflicting cavities. =3
Were I to slap some continuity onto this, then I'd probably figure it out in some concrete manner. The first thought was Yuuno's lap is simply that comfortable. Another could be even Vita is willing to be treated like a kid.
There was also a part of me thinking along the lines of Vita saying "What's your is mine. And what's mine is also mine." Interpret as you will.
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The Art of Shipping is as profound as it is dangerous; not for the faint of heart nor the weak of will, it makes gods and devils out of us all.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yuuno/Hayate is really fun to write. And I get to indulge my evil side by inflicting cavities. =3
Were I to slap some continuity onto this, then I'd probably figure it out in some concrete manner. The first thought was Yuuno's lap is simply that comfortable. Another could be even Vita is willing to be treated like a kid.
There was also a part of me thinking along the lines of Vita saying "What's your is mine. And what's mine is also mine." Interpret as you will.