Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[Moczo]

Ah, yes, I forgot about that. Or maybe a better way to put it would be, "I scrubbed that from my memory."

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Moczo

transcends universes and defies anything resembling common sense.

Isn't that what Deadpool does on a regular basis?

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by WarpObscura

... So, if it doesn't make a bit of difference guys</Piccolo>,

Spoiler:

can we haz Eins back?

Heh, even if we could, it wouldn't be the same person, you know?

[Moczo]

Oh my God, what is this? Could it be that I have actually written something after a month of worthlessness?!

It could be! More than that, it is! The next chapter of Infinity is up on FF.net right here. Enjoy!

I briefly considered posting it here like the last one, but then I realized that was kinda silly to do. Breaking it into two posts is inconvenient, and most of the other chapters aren't here anyway. Maybe when I finish it and start up a sequel, I can post that here from the very beginning. Make a big pretty title for it and the whole nine yards.

Well, now that that's out of the way, time to start working on clowns. Those chapters tend to be much shorter, so hopefully it won't take me as long as this did.

[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for More Material Days:

After dropping Isis off and taking off into space again, Yuuno blinked as something came to him. “Okay, Rai…” Yuuno looked at the bluette, who blinked at him in confusion. “What was it that you stole back there on Mercadia?”

“Stole what?” She tried to pull off an innocent look but it was obvious he wasn‘t buying it. When he held out his hand, she pouted at him and walked over to a corner of the ship to pull out a book she had hidden before handing it to him.

Yuuno blinked in surprise since all he could see was a simple blue book. Although this one was rather heavy for its size. The only thing that it had that was different from normal books was a square metal clasp with a swirling mark on it. Grabbing the clasp, he was surprised that he couldn’t open it. “What the?”

“Incompatible user.”

Yuuno blinked, so the book could talk, it wasn’t that unusual. “Incompatible?”

“Incompatible user, will wait for a compatible user.”

Yuuno blinked as the square mark glowed and pushed his hand away from it. “What the heck?”

“It did the same to me, Yuu-nii…” Rai pouted as Yuuno shook his head and sighed.

“For now, just put it back, I’ll think of something later.” He looked at her and shook his head. “So, why’d you steal it if you couldn’t access it?”

She shrugged. “It seemed like a good idea at the time?”

“Ugh…” Deciding not to put too much thought on it now, he tried fiddling around with the communications systems again from his spot in the pilot’s seat. He had spent pretty much all day yesterday getting that together and figured that he would be able to make the proper repairs easily. Then he could give Chrono a call just to let him know what happened.

The funny thing is that no matter what he did, he couldn’t establish a stable subspace signal to transmit his message. He was certain that he did all the repairs correctly and that he bought the compatible equipment. For crying out loud, this thing cost him nearly a full week’s pay check! But still nothing. It was another mystery for him to solve… when Material-S and Material-D weren’t requiring him to be around.

Their conditions were both starting to deteriorate. They had pretty much slept through most of the previous day. While their fever hadn’t reached the extreme fatigued state he had seen Material-S in earlier, it wasn’t going away so easily even with proper fluids, nutrition and rest.

“Yuu-nii?”

“Hm?” He was surprised by the sudden hug from behind and gesture of affection from the Fate replica.

“Don’t get sick too, okay? Please? I want to see everybody happy and healthy… as we go travelling across the universe, discovering new people and aliens and finding out how much of a mess they make when they bleed!!”

He mentally erased that last sentence while patting Material-L‘s hand gently. “I won’t get sick, Rai-chan. Here, I’ll even do one of those pinky promises,” replied Yuuno as he held out his right pinkie.

In an instant, her own pinky finger had intertwined with his and a brilliant smile was on her face. “I’m gonna hold you to that!”

“Heh… you know, you never did finish telling me that story about the most fun you ever had when you and the others were kids.” He needed to take her mind off things and getting her to finish the story she started the previous day while he was working on repairs and checking in on the other two Materials should do just the trick.

“Well… where was I in that story?”

“Something about going after a huge mana battery being used to create a Dragon Whelp Nest?”

**********

“Based on the information that I’ve received from the Admiral and the engine schematics of the BUS, I’ve extrapolated where the ship is most likely to take this route.” A diagram of dimensional space came up along with a projected flight path for the meeting‘s multiple attendants to see which consisted of the three Aces, Chrono, Admiral Leti Lowran, First Lieutenant Signum and Second Lieutenant Vita. “There’s only a certain amount of supplies left on the ship and since they have to split it among more people, they’ll be forced to replenish at some point. But this is assuming that they intend to come to Mid-Childa.”

“I’m certain that they’ll be coming, Yaz. I saw in in their eyes,” said Chrono, who was fully recovered from his earlier ‘meltdown’. “They’ll be hungry for my blood.”

“It won’t be just your blood they’re after,” said Hayate from her spot on the conference table. “They’ll be targeting everyone who fought against the Corrupted Protection Program fifteen years ago. You, me, Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan and my Knights.”

“What do you mean by that?” asked Signum in a puzzled tone. “Do these replicas have some sort of link with those events?”

“Mariel told us that these ‘Materials’ are the remnants of the protection program,” replied Nanoha.

This definitely caught the attention of the two Ancient Belkan Knights. “Are you serious?! How is this possible?!” shouted Vita.

“The program jumped back to its remains after Reinforce chose to seal herself away and reformed itself into the three Materials before quietly vanishing from our sights. We just let it slip past us back then!” It was rare for Fate to show this level of frustration but considering the implications, nobody could blame her.

“…… permission to be excused,” whispered the Knight of the Iron Hammer in a coarse tone before she rushed her way out of the meeting.

“Signum, please go after her and make sure she doesn’t bust up Chrono’s ship.”

“Yes, Mistress.”

Hayate merely gave a small sad smile as Signum departed after Vita. “In a sense, whatever atrocities they may have committed will become our responsibility. Our negligence was what caused this situation to come this far.”

Noticing how quickly the mood was deteriorating, Leti attempted to try and salvage the meeting. “Well, you couldn’t have known back then! All the reasonable precautions were being taken!”

“But it wasn’t enough,” stressed Nanoha. Then a horrible thought came to her mind. “Wait a minute… Yuuno-kun was involved in that fight too! And they have him in their clutches!!”

“He wasn’t directly attacking though! He and Arf were just binding the program down so we could get clear shots at it!” But now, even Fate was worried for the Librarian’s well being. After all, it didn’t look like the Materials wouldn’t care much who they manage to get their hands on first as long as they got all of them.

“Chrono-kun, you have to let us search for him!”

He shook his head. “I can’t let you do that, Nanoha. I need all of you here to prepare the defenses for when those Materials do arrive. I’ll send out search parties to look out for his ship. They’ll all have an extraction team ready to be deployed so they can get him out safely.”

“But-!”

“You took an oath when you chose to wear that uniform, Captain Takamachi,” said Admiral Harlaown with just a hint of steel in his tone. “Your first priority is to protect the well-being of the citizens. Is that clear?”

There was a tense pause until she finally yielded with a barely audible “Yes, sir.”

He really wished he didn’t have to pull that on her but he had his own priorities. “Alright, everybody… we all have our assignments. With everybody pulling their weight and a little luck, we can prevent this from escalating any further. Dismissed.”

The Aces shuffled out of the room but not before Fate shot her brother a disappointed look which he managed to ignore. Yaz was the next to leave after packing up his presentation materials which left just Leti and Chrono in the conference room. “You know, Lindy probably would have been able to-”

“I’m not my mother,” said the male Harlaown in a sharp tone before getting up from his chair to head back to the bridge, leaving the other Admiral alone in the dark.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for More Material Days:

After dropping Isis off and taking off into space again, Yuuno blinked as something came to him. “Okay, Rai…” Yuuno looked at the bluette, who blinked at him in confusion. “What was it that you stole back there on Mercadia?”

“Stole what?” She tried to pull off an innocent look but it was obvious he wasn‘t buying it. When he held out his hand, she pouted at him and walked over to a corner of the ship to pull out a book she had hidden before handing it to him.

Yuuno blinked in surprise since all he could see was a simple blue book. Although this one was rather heavy for its size. The only thing that it had that was different from normal books was a square metal clasp with a swirling mark on it. Grabbing the clasp, he was surprised that he couldn’t open it. “What the?”

“Incompatible user.”

Yuuno blinked, so the book could talk, it wasn’t that unusual. “Incompatible?”

“Incompatible user, will wait for a compatible user.”

Yuuno blinked as the square mark glowed and pushed his hand away from it. “What the heck?”

“It did the same to me, Yuu-nii…” Rai pouted as Yuuno shook his head and sighed.

“For now, just put it back, I’ll think of something later.” He looked at her and shook his head. “So, why’d you steal it if you couldn’t access it?”

She shrugged. “It seemed like a good idea at the time?”

“Ugh…” Deciding not to put too much thought on it now, he tried fiddling around with the communications systems again from his spot in the pilot’s seat. He had spent pretty much all day yesterday getting that together and figured that he would be able to make the proper repairs easily. Then he could give Chrono a call just to let him know what happened.

The funny thing is that no matter what he did, he couldn’t establish a stable subspace signal to transmit his message. He was certain that he did all the repairs correctly and that he bought the compatible equipment. For crying out loud, this thing cost him nearly a full week’s pay check! But still nothing. It was another mystery for him to solve… when Material-S and Material-D weren’t requiring him to be around.

Their conditions were both starting to deteriorate. They had pretty much slept through most of the previous day. While their fever hadn’t reached the extreme fatigued state he had seen Material-S in earlier, it wasn’t going away so easily even with proper fluids, nutrition and rest.

“Yuu-nii?”

“Hm?” He was surprised by the sudden hug from behind and gesture of affection from the Fate replica.

“Don’t get sick too, okay? Please? I want to see everybody happy and healthy… as we go travelling across the universe, discovering new people and aliens and finding out how much of a mess they make when they bleed!!”

He mentally erased that last sentence while patting Material-L‘s hand gently. “I won’t get sick, Rai-chan. Here, I’ll even do one of those pinky promises,” replied Yuuno as he held out his right pinkie.

In an instant, her own pinky finger had intertwined with his and a brilliant smile was on her face. “I’m gonna hold you to that!”

“Heh… you know, you never did finish telling me that story about the most fun you ever had when you and the others were kids.” He needed to take her mind off things and getting her to finish the story she started the previous day while he was working on repairs and checking in on the other two Materials should do just the trick.

“Well… where was I in that story?”

“Something about going after a huge mana battery being used to create a Dragon Whelp Nest?”

**********

“Based on the information that I’ve received from the Admiral and the engine schematics of the BUS, I’ve extrapolated where the ship is most likely to take this route.” A diagram of dimensional space came up along with a projected flight path for the meeting‘s multiple attendants to see which consisted of the three Aces, Chrono, Admiral Leti Lowran, First Lieutenant Signum and Second Lieutenant Vita. “There’s only a certain amount of supplies left on the ship and since they have to split it among more people, they’ll be forced to replenish at some point. But this is assuming that they intend to come to Mid-Childa.”

“I’m certain that they’ll be coming, Yaz. I saw in in their eyes,” said Chrono, who was fully recovered from his earlier ‘meltdown’. “They’ll be hungry for my blood.”

“It won’t be just your blood they’re after,” said Hayate from her spot on the conference table. “They’ll be targeting everyone who fought against the Corrupted Protection Program fifteen years ago. You, me, Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan and my Knights.”

“What do you mean by that?” asked Signum in a puzzled tone. “Do these replicas have some sort of link with those events?”

“Mariel told us that these ‘Materials’ are the remnants of the protection program,” replied Nanoha.

This definitely caught the attention of the two Ancient Belkan Knights. “Are you serious?! How is this possible?!” shouted Vita.

“The program jumped back to its remains after Reinforce chose to seal herself away and reformed itself into the three Materials before quietly vanishing from our sights. We just let it slip past us back then!” It was rare for Fate to show this level of frustration but considering the implications, nobody could blame her.

“…… permission to be excused,” whispered the Knight of the Iron Hammer in a coarse tone before she rushed her way out of the meeting.

“Signum, please go after her and make sure she doesn’t bust up Chrono’s ship.”

“Yes, Mistress.”

Hayate merely gave a small sad smile as Signum departed after Vita. “In a sense, whatever atrocities they may have committed will become our responsibility. Our negligence was what caused this situation to come this far.”

Noticing how quickly the mood was deteriorating, Leti attempted to try and salvage the meeting. “Well, you couldn’t have known back then! All the reasonable precautions were being taken!”

“But it wasn’t enough,” stressed Nanoha. Then a horrible thought came to her mind. “Wait a minute… Yuuno-kun was involved in that fight too! And they have him in their clutches!!”

“He wasn’t directly attacking though! He and Arf were just binding the program down so we could get clear shots at it!” But now, even Fate was worried for the Librarian’s well being. After all, it didn’t look like the Materials wouldn’t care much who they manage to get their hands on first as long as they got all of them.

“Chrono-kun, you have to let us search for him!”

He shook his head. “I can’t let you do that, Nanoha. I need all of you here to prepare the defenses for when those Materials do arrive. I’ll send out search parties to look out for his ship. They’ll all have an extraction team ready to be deployed so they can get him out safely.”

“But-!”

“You took an oath when you chose to wear that uniform, Captain Takamachi,” said Admiral Harlaown with just a hint of steel in his tone. “Your first priority is to protect the well-being of the citizens. Is that clear?”

There was a tense pause until she finally yielded with a barely audible “Yes, sir.”

He really wished he didn’t have to pull that on her but he had his own priorities. “Alright, everybody… we all have our assignments. With everybody pulling their weight and a little luck, we can prevent this from escalating any further. Dismissed.”

The Aces shuffled out of the room but not before Fate shot her brother a disappointed look which he managed to ignore. Yaz was the next to leave after packing up his presentation materials which left just Leti and Chrono in the conference room. “You know, Lindy probably would have been able to-”

“I’m not my mother,” said the male Harlaown in a sharp tone before getting up from his chair to head back to the bridge, leaving the other Admiral alone in the dark.

Oh my, we're heading for quite the confrontation. Though I guess there won't be much of a battle if S and D are on the bench. In any case, Yuuno has a lot of explaining to do...

[Jimmy C]

Originally Posted by Moczo

The next chapter of Infinity is up on FF.net right here. Enjoy!

Well-written, no complaints. Except that you missed a word in this line.

as long as none a weak spot in his shield he could be fairly certain they wouldn't kill him

Should be "as long as none hit a weak spot..."

[Megaolix]

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

Oh my, we're heading for quite the confrontation. Though I guess there won't be much of a battle if S and D are on the bench. In any case, Yuuno has a lot of explaining to do...

Yuuno will apparently solve that problem first. He just heard about a mana battery, you know? It's either go get that with only L as support, or get it on with D and S. While we all know which option we would take if we were in Yuuno's place, he'll never be able to look at Hayate and Nanoha in ths eyes again if it happens.

...But Dragon nest? Oh dear, are Caro and Erio going to be there? Are they aware of what is going on?

Wait, Yuuno only has L as support... OF COURSE they'll be here! Let's hope the encounter won't traumatize them (too much) and give them flashback each time they'll see Fate again.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Jimmy C

Well-written, no complaints. Except that you missed a word in this line.



Should be "as long as none hit a weak spot..."

Right you are. Corrected, along with a couple other typos I spotted and the addition of a few new lines I thought of while fixing them.

Thanks!

[vic-vic]

Yuuno will apparently solve that problem first. He just heard about a mana battery, you know? It's either go get that with only L as support, or get it on with D and S. While we all know which option we would take if we were in Yuuno's place, he'll never be able to look at Hayate and Nanoha in ths eyes again if it happens.

But he can look in the Material-S and Material-D eyes.

[Yasanagi]

Just to clarify, the Dragon Whelp Nest event is something that happened in the past. Here's what Yuuno said just for clarification:

“Heh… you know, you never did finish telling me that story about the most fun you ever had when you and the others were kids.”

[Megaolix]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Just to clarify, the Dragon Whelp Nest event is something that happened in the past. Here's what Yuuno said just for clarification:

“Heh… you know, you never did finish telling me that story about the most fun you ever had when you and the others were kids.”

Ah dammit, I misunderstood. And I was looking forward to how much trauma Rai would inflict. Now matter how prepared they would be, seeing someone that look just like Fate act so different from her would throw them off for sure.

So what will Yuuno do then? He'll have to take care of that problem before it becomes critical, right? Or will Hückebein shows up first for the book (the book IS related to that, right?)?

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Megaolix

Ah dammit, I misunderstood. And I was looking forward to how much trauma Rai would inflict. Now matter how prepared they would be, seeing someone that look just like Fate act so different from her would throw them off for sure.

So what will Yuuno do then? He'll have to take care of that problem before it becomes critical, right? Or will Hückebein shows up first for the book (the book IS related to that, right?)?

Uh, why?

It's not the Book of the Silver Cross.

[Yasanagi]

The book was actually Nanya's idea. You can try bugging him for hints if you wish.

[Megaolix]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Uh, why?

It's not the Book of the Silver Cross.

Ah. I imagined it was related to it. My bad.

[Satashi]

Incase anyone is wondering where my CYOAs and normal daily updates went, it's like this: I normally write during lunch and at break at work. Lately, it's been so hot (heat index over 100 and sometimes over 110) that during break and lunch I just lay on my desk and try to get enough energy back to finish the day >.<

But on a good note, I have about 5k worth of Vampire!Fate that will be posted as a chapter soonish. Season 2 is heading toward the season finale, so look forward to it

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Quick and pointless question Satoshi, why is it season two?

[ZeroIchiNi]

Reply for Material Days

LOL I knew that L had that potential to break the 4th wall. What about the 5th wall of her being a fanfic character?

Looks like it's truly going to be a battle between the two grope. I bet it wouldn't come to this if they were to sit down and talk. Poor Communication Kills Trope in Nanoha series FTW.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by Moczo

Well, now that that's out of the way, time to start working on clowns. Those chapters tend to be much shorter, so hopefully it won't take me as long as this did.

Clowns. Clowns are good. Clowns are always good.

[Nanya01]

Spoiler for Material Days 28:

Nothing…

Vita couldn’t keep the tears from forming in her eyes as that word ran through her head. Nothing…

But, it couldn’t be, Reinforce said that the Protection Program would come back and corrupt her again and make her hurt Hayate.

All for nothing…

Vita closed her eyes, tears falling freely from them as she punched a nearby door. “All for nothing?! It can’t be!!” She screamed, her small body trembling in anger. “How could it?! She gave her life to save us, all of us, and it was for nothing?!” She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Signum looking at her, her leader’s eyes were shaded by her hair. “Signum…”

“You are a knight, Vita, one who is sworn to uphold your duty to your master at all times and keep your composure.” Signum’s voice was softly, almost monotone, causing Vita to hiccup a few times as she tried to stop herself from crying anymore. “However…” She lifted her head up, and Vita could see tears forming in her eyes. “It is appropriate to cry, in this instance.”

Trembling, Vita suddenly hugged Signum and cried into her abdomen. She couldn’t help it, she needed to vent somehow, and she just couldn’t hold it in anymore.

It helped when Signum was rubbing her back and feeling the same emotions she was.

When they recovered from this, neither would bring it up again and would deny it if anyone said anything, but for now, it was a time of mourning of a fallen comrade, one who fell senselessly.

They would deal with these “Materials” at a later time, when their heads were clearer.

(---)

Looking at Yami as she lay on the bed, well, the only bed, he had taken a few sheets to making hammocks in the room so that Seikou, Rai and himself could at least have a place to sleep when they were tired, Yuuno wondered just what he was going to do. He knew that the Materials were dangerous, and pretty self-serving, and yet…

Yami shifted slightly and opened her eyes to look at him, her face was rather calm as she looked up at him. “What are you looking at?” She asked, her voice soft and curious.

Yuuno shook his head at her. “Just someone who can’t get out of bed right now.”

“Who’s fault is that?” She asked, before shaking her head and slumping against the bed. “Can you help me?”

He blinked a few times as he looked at her, her eyes were shifting around before she looked at him, her previous arrogance was gone, revealing a rather… nervous and timid looking girl in her place. “Yami?”

“I don’t like asking for help… But you helped Material-S, so, help me… Please..?”

(---)

Einhart Stratos ignored the sweat that was rolling down her body as she continued working with the heavy weights in the Nakajima’s mini-gym. But even as her body worked, her mind was elsewhere. Heck, she didn’t even protest when Nove took over Touma’s combat training.

Ever since she saw the images of those women on the TV that got everyone in an uproar, a part of her realized that this was the beginning of the end. The peace would be shattered and those three mages would bring about a new darkness to this world that would dwarf that of Ancient Belka.

She was terrified of what possibilities lay in store should those women reach Mid-Childa but at the same time, she was somewhat excited for this opportunity for she saw this as a chance for redemption. She would do what her ancestor could not and protect everything she held dear with her fists. If she could do that, then the ghosts that haunted her lineage could be put to rest and she could look towards the future.

After her last repetition, she replaced the barbell and took the towel next to her to wipe off the sweat. As she headed to the kitchen to get a glass of water, she saw Touma limping in from the backyard. “Touma-kun?”

“Oh… hey, Einhart… looking good as always… ow…” He moved his body in the nearest chair by the kitchen table so he could rest.

She briefly blushed from his little compliment on her appearance before clearing her throat to regain composure. “I see that Nove-sensei’s working you hard,” commented Einhart softly.

“Yeah. Strike Arts is pretty hardcore,” said the boy while he slowly caught his breath.

“Perhaps but it‘s not as intense when compared to Kaiser Arts.” She took a seat right next to Thoma as he laughed a little.

“Heh… I guess…”

“I could show you sometime.” She looked at him closely, getting a blush from him. “It is… Very intense and we’d have to be even closer.”

Touma blushed as images came to his mind before shaking his head as Einhart tilted her head to look at him curiously. “Ah, um, sure… Just let me recover first.”

She smiled at him and nodded. “Sure.” A small part of her mind suddenly became super deformed, and started squealing with its hands right up to its mouth as it wiggled around happily. “Tomorrow then?”

“Sure.” He chuckled nervously as she smiled at him. For some weird reason, he felt that he was doomed, and not just from the butt-kicking he was probably going to endure.

(---)

Roughly an hour later, Seikou raised an eyebrow as she looked at Yuuno and Yami, Yuuno looked incredibly relaxed, though exhausted and Yami… “You look like you had fun.”

“That’s none of your business.” She blushed and turned away. “But, yes, it was enjoyable…” She smirked at Seikou and stretched. “I haven’t felt this energized in a long while.”

“I see.” Seikou nodded and looked at Yuuno. “I will need energy soon as well…”

Yuuno shook his head and readjusted his glasses. “I don’t think that I can help anymore for today. At least wait until tomorrow.” He sighed when Seikou nodded, but he could see the disappointment in her eyes. “Anyway…” He blinked as the ship suddenly seemed to stop. “What’s going on?”

“I don’t know, Yuu-nii, suddenly the controls went “WHEE!” and started glowing red before flying off into another direction.” Rai crossed her arms and pouted, <I>she</I> wanted to be the one to make the ship glow red and go off in random directions, it wasn’t fair!

“This isn’t a good thing, Rai.” Yuuno shook his head and sighed. “Looks like one of the engines blew a fuse or something. I’ll go check it out.”

“Okay!” Rai grinned as she leaned back in the chair. “Ne, ne, Yami-chan.”

“Call me ‘Your Majesty‘,” grumbled Material-D before giving the Fate replica her attention. “What do you want?”

Rai grinned at her. “Yuu-nii’s nice, huh?” When Yami rolled her eyes at the blue haired woman, Rai pouted and spun around in her chair. “You’re no fun.”

Yami ignored her, sat down in front of the console and smiled softly with her eyes closed. That had been… Rather enjoyable, she would need to do it again… She turned to look at Rai and Seikou before shaking her head. ‘After he’s taken care of them.’ She thought to herself. Yami might have been a bit of a brat and self-serving, but she really did care about Seikou and Rai and not much else.

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