Amelia frowned as she looked at Chrono. "So, what are you and the others going to do?"
"Right now, I've got some more questions than answers. I mean, Shabranigdo... Isn't he supposed to be sealed into humans? If that's the case, how'd he get free? And who was the host?"
"I know who it was." Both Amelia and Chrono blinked at Zest. "His name was Luke. I saw him alive a few months ago."
Chrono blinked. "Well, that's a bit convenient." Zest shrugged at him. "So, where was he?"
"A small village to the North and East of here. Luke said that he was going to stay there for awhile with Milina. There was some bandits in the area that were preying on the fishers of that village."
"Playing bodyguards?" Chrono raised an eyebrow as Zest shrugged.
"From what he said, it was easy work and got him some room and board for awhile."
Chrono nodded and frowned softly. "Well then, I think the thing to do is visit this place. I'm curious if anyone knows what happened."
Zest nodded at him and looked at everything, before sighing. "Princess, I wish you well with your kingdom's rebuilding."
Amelia nodded and sighed softly. "This is going to take years to fully rebuild." She turned to the others and bowed, smiling. "Thank you for aiding Seiryuun in our time of need."
Chrono nodded and blinked as he got a message. "Actually, since we didn't stop Shabranigdo until the fleet was almost here, well, there's a lot of Enforcers and other Bureau members on various ships..." He broke into a small grin as he heard Leti's laughter on the other side of his link. "I'm pretty sure that, since they're here, they wouldn't mind... A few days of hard work helping you rebuild your city."
Amelia smiled at that. "Well, if that's the case then, send them on down. We'll put them to work right away."
"I'd stay, but I have a few things I need to clear up first." Chrono said as he and Zest walked away. A moment later, a bunch of Bureau members appeared in front of Amelia.
"Alright you guys. Since you're all here to work, there won't be any trouble if myself, my father or my sister gives you an order for how the city should look, right?" Amelia smiled while putting her palms against each other and tilting her head. The cuteness of her face, combined with how pretty her body was shot down any sort of complaint they might have had.
(---)
Vita nearly jumped as she saw Reinforce walk up to her. "Um... So, where's everyone?"
"On the ship. You, myself, Chrono, and Zest are the only ones still on the planet." Vita nodded and Reinforce turned as Zest and Chrono walked up to them. "So, I take it things are in order now?"
Chrono nodded and jerked a thumb behind him. "Since they're out here, they're already getting paid, so, a few days with a few hundred people working around the clock should speed things up."
"What about patrolling Bureau space?" Vita raised an eyebrow as Chrono sighed. "Well?"
"Let's just say that not every Enforcer and Striker team has a ship with an Arc En Ciel equipped. We still have enough people to do some bare bones patrolling."
"Provided nothing major happens in the next ten days, we shouldn't have a problem." Zest nodded to them. "...Where did Lyos go?"
"He's going to stick around here for awhile, help Seiryuun's defenses until the city's back on its feet." A new voice spoke up. Turning, they blinked as Zelgadis and Luna walked up to them. "As for myself," Zelgadis continued to speak, "I'd like to come to your world."
"Huh?" Vita blinked at him.
"Well, considering that I'm as skilled as I am, I'm a little miffed that those Mazoku would go after children rather than myself. Plus, from what I've seen, your style of magic is pretty flexible, I wouldn't mind learning a few things myself. Besides, I'm sure that you guys wouldn't mind learning some Shamanistic magic."
Chrono nodded, smiling. "That'll be great. I'm sure that the Bureau would love to know more about this world's non-Black magic." He looked at Luna. "And, what about you?"
"You come from a world that uses magic and technology like my sister's world?" When Chrono nodded, Luna sighed softly. "I'd like to see it." He blinked at her in shock. "I... I don't have Holy magic anymore, and, I'll be honest, I used that to be so strong."
Chrono nodded at her. "I'm sure that we can find you some people who can help you out."
"Thank you." Luna nodded at him. "...How's my niece and sister?"
Chrono shrugged at her. "Well, I didn't hear that they died, so I'm sure that they're alive. Anyway, we should get going. Admiral Leti, we're ready for pickup."
"Four of you?"
"Make it six. These two want to come with us to our world."
"You know, if it wasn't for the fact that you're Lindy's son, I wouldn't even listen to this suggestion."
As the teleportation began, Chrono wondered what Leti was talking about.
(---)
On the ship...
Fate looked at Yuuno. "Hey, she's alive, right?" As much as she was trying to comfort him, she found her own words hollow, weak and full of sadness. Fate blinked as Yuuno grabbed her hand and squeezed hard. She looked at him more closely and found that he was having a hard time holding back his tears.
She didn't know what made her do it, but the next moment, she pulled him into a hug and the two buried their heads into the other one's shoulder, letting their bodies shake with soft sobs and cries as they were told that Nanoha's body was so flooded with magic that anything they could do wouldn't help her.
"Thanks, Fate." Yuuno said as he pulled away and wiped his eyes. The blonde girl nodded while blushing and wiping her eyes as well. "Still, if only..."
"Yuuno, why haven't you taken care of those marks yet?" Fate asked as she cupped his cheeks and ran her thumb down the scar marks on his cheek. "Don't tell me that you think scars are cool." Yuuno shook his head and blushed softly.
"Well, I can get them removed and..."
"Don't." Fate was blushing now as she looked at him. "I think it makes you look interesting."
Yuuno cracked a small smile, as did Fate, at that moment, before they were both giggling against each other. "Thanks, Fate."
"For what?" She let go of him, smiling and blushing softly. "At least Nanoha's alive, right?" Yuuno nodded and two sat down, sighing heavily. "You know, when she gets better, we're going to have to treat her to a good dinner."
"With how much we can eat?" Yuuno asked and Fate's eyes turned white and she nodded slowly. "We'd have to find an all-you-can-eat buffet for that."
Fate shrugged as she thought about it. A buffet like that sounded good.
The two blushed hard as their stomachs demanded food at that moment. "Um..." They looked at each other before heading out to see if they could get some food.
(---)
As Zelgadis and Luna were led to some rooms to rest, Zest frowned softly. Zelgadis had said that he already talked to his friends about leaving, so they understood at least. Luna was going to need to go to her home and explain to her parents, but for now, there was something they needed to take care of. "There." He pointed to the map. "There's a small village right there."
Chrono nodded as the ship moved closer to that place. "Zest, I'm curious, would you say that the Bureau was accurate in labeling this world SS class threat?"
"Fairly accurate." Zest nodded. "Even without a threat like that every day, there are creatures here, human, non-human, Mazoku, and various monsters that would be more of a threat than most people could handle. I would, however, recommend this place as an excellent training ground for more advanced members of the Bureau."
Chrono nodded, though he had some reservations about it, himself. "Well then... Shall we?"
Zest nodded as the two walked over to be teleported to the surface.
(---)
Appearing just outside of the village, Zest frowned as he saw the damages to the buildings. It wasn't major, but there was a lot of damage there that wasn't there the last time he was here. Granted, it may have been months ago, but there was something in the air that just felt like something bad had happened.
As they walked into town, Zest was sure something bad had happened. "What is..."
"Young man..." An old voice spoke up and Zest and Chrono both turned to see an older woman there. "You look familiar somehow..."
"The last time I was here, you may have saw me talking to a man named Luke."
The woman's eyes widened. "Oh, that poor boy..." She shook her head. "It was about a month ago..." She sighed heavily and looked into the distance. Turning, the two saw a burned down shack on the other edge of the village. "They lived on the edge of the village. One day, Luke was helping the fishers, it was a bit stormy out and..." She shook her head. "When he got back, his woman was dead on the floor."
"What happened?" Chrono looked at her and she sighed heavily.
"It was horrible... Bandits killed her." The woman sighed heavily and shook her head. "Which is odd... There haven't been bandits here in years. Not since that nice Inverse girl came by here about five years ago. Ah, I remember it well, she tore those bandits apart like they were nothing and saved the whole village. It was amazing."
"Yes, well, excuse us." Chrono nodded to her as he and Zest walked towards the hut. "You think it's odd?"
"How bandits suddenly appeared, killed one woman then didn't bother attacking the rest of the town? Of course." He was tired and sore and he was certain that his magic ability was heavily compromised from that last battle.
Zest was almost certain that if he had to fight a few bandits, he might have broken a sweat against them in his current condition.
As they got close to the house, Zest and Chrono both grimaced at the smell. "Must have burned a skunk or something." Chrono muttered as he looked at the place. "...Doubtful we'll find out what really happened here..."
"I can tell you." The two spun around as Xellos walked out from some shadows. "But, as you know, I can't tell you everything."
"Because you don't know?" Chrono narrowed his eyes as the Mazoku waggled his finger. "Why are you out here?"
Xellos put on an air of boredom. "Oh, I just happened to be in the neighborhood and I thought I'd follow you two."
"Mommy and Daddy want to know why Lord Ruby-Eye came back." The silver-haired girl spoke up as she popped out from Xellos' legs.
"Carona!" Her purple-haired twin pouted as she popped out from behind Xellos. "You know daddy doesn't want to give away secrets like that."
"Lena!" Carona frowned and pounced on her sister. "You ruined my fun!" She tackled her twin and the two started to roll around on the dirt. It wasn't the first time that they fought over something stupid and it wasn't going to be the last. Rangort had told them that they weren't allowed to zap each other with their power.
And when mommy was in her Dragon form and telling you you couldn't use magic against your sibling, you listened.
Xellos sighed softly. "Yes, well, Rangort thought they could use time with their father." He shrugged and looked at the place. "Huh, that's odd." He walked forward and frowned as the head of his staff glowed. "Well, I can safely say that there were no bandits that did this..." Xellos turned to look at them. "As for the rest, well... Excuse me, I have some hunting to do. Lena, Carona, let's go."
"Okay, daddy!" The twins chirped up as they appeared next to Xellos.
Xellos smirked and looked at Chrono. "By the way, tell Lina hi for me." He chuckled as he and his daughters disappeared.
"What do you think that was about?" Zest asked, getting a shrug from Chrono.
"If I knew, I'd be omniscient." Chrono sighed softly. "Well, whatever the case was, we have more information. So..."
Zest nodded, he did miss his home, even if it had some painful memories. "Let's go home."
(---)
Back on Earth...
"WAAAAAAHHH!!!" Arisa was pale as she, Arf, Suzuka, Erio, Kyouya and Arashi were at the hospital looking at Nanoha. "What happened?!"
Lina was tired looking and exhausted as she shook her head. "She nearly died out there." At least her hair had mostly returned to normal.
Mostly, because there were a lot of strands that still had a golden sheen to them.
"Onee-chan..." Arashi looked at Nanoha, who was pale in the face and just barely breathing. "Onee-chan, come on..." He walked over to his sister's bed and pushed on it. "Up! Up!"
Lina sighed as Arf picked up her son. "Arashi... Nanoha... Nanoha's really hurt right now and needs her rest, okay? As soon as she's better, she'll play with you, okay?"
Arashi pouted, but nodded. "Okay, mommy."
Lina sighed, her boy looked ready to cry at that moment because his big sister wasn't playing with him. "Your sister will be fine, Arashi... She just... Needs rest." For once, she was glad Shiro took Yuuno, Fate and Miyuki home after getting Nanoha checked in. She was also grateful that the Bureau was helping out and making up a cover story so that she didn't have to explain where Nanoha got that hole in her chest.
Still, Nanoha's body was rejecting any healing magic and Lina couldn't diffuse any more Chaos magic from Nanoha's body. It was the only thing keeping her alive at that moment.
It was going to be a long, long road to recovery.
(---)
Chrono groaned as he walked into his home. "I'm WAGH!" He yelped as Amy and Filia suddenly grabbed him and hugged him, sandwiching him between them. "Um, glad to see you two as well..."
"Chrono..." Amy, who was in front of him, blushed as she hugged him tightly. "Filia and I have some news for you."
"Uh, okay..." Chrono blinked as the two stepped away from him. "What?"
"We're both pregnant..." Amy began.
"With your children." Filia finished for her.
Chrono looked between them, several times, before his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he fainted dead away.
In the kitchen, Lindy fought back the urge to follow Val's example and start rolling on the floor laughing.
Chrono really did take after his father in more ways than one.
-Red End
A nice and fitting ending, it takes care of plot relevent points needed for StrikerS, Xellos has for the time being lost his catch phrase, and everyone should recover. Looking forward to the next arc. Also because of you I know own the first three seasons of slayer and three of the movies on DVD, not that I'm complaining but y'know.
EDIT: Page claim for the ends of loose ends.
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"The eyes are the windows that let us gaze upon the soul"
"When desperate there are two choices: Lock shields for the last stand or draw your sword for the final charge"
"There are no winners or losers, there are only the living and the dead."
Originally it had author's notes that was essentially me rubbing it in their faces. I had also marked it was N/F (Nanoha/Ferret) but I changed that too.
Basically the reason why I'm considered a troll by the NanoFate community.
Originally it had author's notes that was essentially me rubbing it in their faces. I had also marked it was N/F (Nanoha/Ferret) but I changed that too.
Basically the reason why I'm considered a troll by the NanoFate community.
Well, to be fair, Raiser, you WERE asking for it with the way you were acting with that fic.
But, yeah, people need to forgive and give someone a second chance. (Fat chance with certain people)
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voted... and it's gonna be soo much easier to browse thru every arc if you split them up...
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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...
No, not fatal. In my dad it just swells, and in my grandmother it made her short of breath. My mother's grandmother had to go to the hospital for it, but I don't think I'm that extreme yet, at least.
Well, to be fair, Raiser, you WERE asking for it with the way you were acting with that fic.
But, yeah, people need to forgive and give someone a second chance. (Fat chance with certain people)
Oh yeah, there's no doubt I fucked up but I apologised many times and have never done anything like that again. I just don't think I deserve to be treated like some sort of devil spawn because of it...
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Originally Posted by RadiantBeam
Well, I'm knocked out of writing for at least a day or two now. My left arm has swelled up and it's hurting like hell.
Perfect chance to practise typing with your right hand. You can write with only one.
Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek Start- Yagami Start:
"Vita." Reinforce said sternly as the redhead blinked at her.
"Um, yes?" She was rather tired, they had just gotten home last night and other than Reinforce, everyone else was asleep.
Looking at Reinforce, Vita was slightly dismayed to see that the silver haired woman was not only cleaned up and dressed from the previous day, but also fully awake and seemingly dry. One thing that Vita couldn't understand was how Reinforce was the last one to go to sleep on any given day but always the first one to wake up the next morning.
Vita really wanted to know that trick, it would make it easier to be dressed properly instead of wearing a white muscle shirt and panties that didn't fully cover her butt that she threw on this morning.
Reinforce crooked a finger and beckoned Vita to walk over to where she was sitting on the couch. "Tell me something, Vita... Do you remember what you did to me yesterday?" Vita's face was blank for a moment, before her eyes went blank and her face paled as she started to sweat. "Now then, we can deal with it now, and you'll be sore for a little bit, or we can wait until after breakfast and you'll have to suffer your punishment while everyone can look at you."
Vita gulped and looked at Reinforce's eyes. Seeing as there was no way out of this, she sighed and hung her head. "...Right now, I guess." The next thing she knew, she was pulled down and her stomach was resting on Reinforce's legs. "Umm..." Vita whimpered as she felt Reinforce put her left hand on the small of her back while her right hand patted her butt.
"Remember, Vita... It's not nice to punch people in the jaws." Reinforce pulled Vita's panties down to her knees, exposing her bare bottom to the air before lifting her hand up and bringing it down on Vita's butt.
Vita winced as her butt was slapped. The sting from Reinforce's hand really did hurt. But the worst part was, in her mind, was the fact that she was just laying there and she knew that she really couldn't do anything to get away from it. "Ah!" She cried out as Reinforce slapped her butt again, this time hard enough to get her bra-less breasts to bounce from the hit. "Oww!" Vita could feel tears welling up in her eyes as Reinforce continued with her treatment.
"Tell me, Vita," Reinforce slapped Vita's butt again, "are," another slap, "you," another slap, "ever" yet again, another slap, "going," Reinforce was letting some anger get into her voice, and her slaps picked up in strength, "to," Vita let out a loud cry as Reinforce's spanking was turning her pert bottom as red as her hair, "hit," the slaps were coming down harder and faster than before, "me," Reinforce panted a bit as she held her hand up high, "again!?"
A loud crack on Vita's butt had the girl jumping off of Reinforce's lap and grabbing her butt. "No!! Noo! I'll never! Owww! I'll never do that again! Oww!" Tears were falling out of her eyes as she scooted along the floor.
Reinforce nodded and winced, Vita's butt was a lot more muscular than she thought. "Now, go stand in the corner for a few minutes."
"But, I..." Reinforce gave her a look that had her scrambling and crawling towards the corner.
"Just stand there for a few minutes, Vita, don't," Vita gulped as her hands were on her panties, "just leave them there."
"But, what if the others see me?" Vita whined as she stood straight up, her red bottom was practically throbbing in pain.
"Then you better hope they sleep longer." Reinforce nodded and hoped that a little humiliation would teach Vita a lesson.
Besides, it wouldn't have been the first time that someone walked in on her after a spanking.
Spoiler for Comment about the title and this arc.:
This arc is really going to be a character-driven bunch of mini-arcs.
Each mini-arc will be 2-5 (on average) parts that will focus on a small amount of characters at a time (2-5).
Thus, when a Mini-Arc ends, another one will begin (as soon as I can think of stuff. )
So, sorry about the confusion if you're wondering why.
Each Mini-arc will be labeled so you know who's going to be there.
Poor Vita tho.
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