Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[DezoPenguin]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

It's something I'm debating at this point. It's not like the NSIS specifically needs clearance to use the information, and Chrono has enough power to do it on his own without having to all out tell Yuuno what it's for; but at the same time it feels weird because if he definitely knows, then that means that more people were lying to Nanoha about it than just Chrono and Lutecia (and possibly Lindy and Amy, but eh). And since I'm thinking of using this one-shot as a means to show how another person knows, I'm kind of wary of having too many people know because then it becomes a question of how Nanoha never found out in the first place.

Originally Posted by spawnofthejudge

Well, it's about position and relation. Yuuno knows by position, Fate by relation, Hayate by position. Nanoha eventually by relation (x2). She's not really in a position to know, and isn't close enough to Chrono to find out in a direct relation way.

If that makes sense.

And more to the point...Nanoha already knows about the NSIS. It's in "Caught Within Shadows"--Fate told her about Chrono being head of the agency back when Chrono was appointed (it's when they're discussing classified info, and Nanoha points out that Fate shouldn't even have told her about it and Fate gets all "You come first" about their marriage). What Nanoha didn't know until chapter 1 of "Sunrise" was that Lutecia was an agent with the NSIS--that's something that Chrono and Hayate (and maybe Verossa) of the canon cast were the only ones who knew.

Note that I'd strongly be against Yuuno knowing that Lutecia was an NSIS agent, because then you would have the lying-to-Nanoha issue. Telling Nanoha or not telling Nanoha that there's a secret agency in the TSAB is one thing; holding back the information that Vivio is dating a covert-ops agent and assassin is a very different matter. But there's no reason for Yuuno to know that; his dealings wouldn't necessarily be with field ops but with research and administration staff seeking data.

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

In false light, Yuuno is in on the secret, but not officially, and actually works with EAID (the information/hacking/computer-nerd section of NSIS), but it's all cloak-and-dagger stuff; EAID analysts hide behind various covers when requesting information from the Library. He doesn't actually know Celica, though--at least, not what she looks like (which is why she was able to go to the Library under a phony alias and research the Precursor Artifact), though they have corresponded through the Midchildan equivalent of e-mail, with Celica behind various aliases.

*snip*

This is how I've been working it, honestly. NSIS gets what they need from the Library the same way Celica did in Chapter 2--they lie like hell, use phony identities and forge Bureau-approved authorizations. As you said, Chrono's got enough power to give any of his technical agents or analysts enough authorizations and credentials to get pretty much anything they want out of the Library, without having to officially tell Yuuno anything.

This is definitely something I agree with--whether Yuuno does or does not know of the NSIS, and whether that knowledge is "You are the Head Librarian of the Infinity Library and you are Entitled to Know" or just something he picked up along the way, either way the NSIS would definitely use unofficial channels to access information, because they wouldn't want to leave any kind of data log of activities.

One thing to note--now that, post-"Sunrise," Vivio is in on the secret, she could actually be one of those unofficial channels.

The man is very trustworthy and does have access to more sensitive and dangerous information than any one person in the entire Bureau system (with the exception of Celica, perhaps), but if he knew for sure, then that would pose an issue re: Nanoha.

Again, remember that Nanoha does officially know...although there's nothing that says Yuuno knows that she knows, especially if his own knowledge is purely deduction. (Actually, Nanoha not being an idiot herself, she probably cornered Chrono and asked him point-blank who she could talk to about this and who she couldn't, and after substantial grumbling about blabbermouth sisters they'd get down to brass tacks.)

[spawnofthejudge]

Actually, Fate telling Nanoha is probably a crime.

Chrono would hold that over Nanoha's head to keep her quiet about the whole thing.

For that matter, Fate shouldn't know, for all that Chrono probably has a soft spot for her.

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for More Material Days:

The device flew right into the young woman's hands, instantly transforming into a heavy axe staff similar to Bardiche, leaving Yuuno with only more questions. As soon as she was ready, she took off in the air towards the battle. This time, Yuuno wouldn't be left behind and shifted into his own brown and green barrier jacket. Aside from it expanding to accommodate his growth and a pair of brown trousers to replace the shorts, it was still the same old design he used in his youth.

But by the time his barrier jacket was in place, the Fate lookalike already had a huge distance between them. He tried to pursue her as long as he could but it didn't take him too long for him to lose track of her visually as her form dissappeared into the thick clouds. He would have tried calling out to her telepathically but he didn't even get her name. 'Great... now how am I supposed to get to the bottom of all this?'

"MOVE, YOU PEASANT!!"

The sudden call from another female voice startled Yuuno out of his thoughts and allowed him enough time to get out of the way of a figure that barely managed to regain control of her flight. The librarian took a moment to let out a small sigh of relief. 'That was close...!'

"... that foolish servant girl... what was she thinking just tossing me out of the fight when I had that mongrel at my mercy?!"

Wait a second... her dialect and tone sounded eerily familiar to his ears. Yuuno slowly turned towards the new arrival and could only utter one word under his breath. "Hayate?"

Oh, she looked very similar to Hayate Yagami alright. The hairstyle and accessory looked the same along with the wings and barrier jacket setup. But that was as far as similarities went. Her hair colour was mostly silver with hints of darker gray hair near the end of the loosely hanging bangs and her green eyes... were somewhat off, which set off a few alarm bells in his head. The barrier jacket's colours were predominantly dark grey rather than white and there was no sign of her hat or staff although her Tome was active and floating by her side.

'Did... did she unison with a different device or something?' It seemed plausible but he had to be sure. He slowly approached the girl but didn't get too far as she snapped her head towards his direction. It was unnerving... those green eyes of hers that simply stared at his being as if judging him.

"What is it?"

Yuuno took a moment to calm down before speaking. "Hayate, what are you doing here? Do you know what's happen-" He suddenly stopped talking the moment he received a rather hostile look from the other person.

"What did you call me?" asked the girl in a cold tone.

"H-Hayate?" He was forced to back off as soon as she got up close in his personal space.

"I do not know that name but for some reason, that name makes my blood boil. If you wish to keep your tongue, you will not address me by that name again! Are we clear?!"

"Then what should I call you?"

She backed off and struck a rather regal pose. "I am the Lord of Darkness, Material-D. Burn that name into your memory, peasant!"

Still tinkering around with the bit to introduce the last Material.

Um, wow... D sure is harsh, huh? Heh, makes me wonder what the heck they're fighting against...

I think you got her spot-on, actually.

"I don't know who that is, but never say it again!" - Excellent line!

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by spawnofthejudge

Actually, Fate telling Nanoha is probably a crime.

Chrono would hold that over Nanoha's head to keep her quiet about the whole thing.

For that matter, Fate shouldn't know, for all that Chrono probably has a soft spot for her.

Well, Fate and Nanoha definitely shouldn't know, but calling it a "crime" is harsh. There's no legal punishment for admitting such things so long as it's kept private between the parties; it's more a matter of the less people know about the NSIS and who the Shadows are as individuals, the better. Makes it harder to single them out for an attack.

[synaesthetic]

It depends on what Nanoha's security clearance looks like. If she's got the clearance to know these things officially, then it's no problem. If she doesn't have the proper security clearance, then if someone who officially knows told her, that person would be committing a crime--leaking classified information.

Plus Celica would probably hunt them down and put 200 gigs of gay bestiality porn on their office computer for making her job harder.

Edit: We should make a Shadowsverse Wiki.

[spawnofthejudge]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Well, Fate and Nanoha definitely shouldn't know, but calling it a "crime" is harsh. There's no legal punishment for admitting such things so long as it's kept private between the parties; it's more a matter of the less people know about the NSIS and who the Shadows are as individuals, the better. Makes it harder to single them out for an attack.

That makes no sense.

If someone with proper clearances admits to someone without proper clearances classified information, they have committed a crime (by violating a contract with the government - a non-disclosure agreement). Now, Chrono may be the person who determines whether a crime is committed in this fashion when it comes to NSIS information, including fact-of, agent identities, intel, etc., as he might determine what level of classification any of those pieces of information are.

Heck, if someone with proper clearances says aloud classified information outside of a Secured Area, they have committed a Security Violation (not a crime), no matter if they leaked the info to someone they shouldn't have, or not.

[Kaijo]

All this discussion is largely academic anyway. Well, it all relies on whether the character of someone like Chrono would run an operation like this in the first place, which is highly doubtful. You may as well be expecting Nanoha to summarily execute people instead of just knocking them out.

In short, do/write what you want, but arguing about what kind of sense it makes overall is fairly superfluous.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by spawnofthejudge

That makes no sense.

If someone with proper clearances admits to someone without proper clearances classified information, they have committed a crime (by violating a contract with the government - a non-disclosure agreement). Now, Chrono may be the person who determines whether a crime is committed in this fashion when it comes to NSIS information, including fact-of, agent identities, intel, etc., as he might determine what level of classification any of those pieces of information are.

Heck, if someone with proper clearances says aloud classified information outside of a Secured Area, they have committed a Security Violation (not a crime), no matter if they leaked the info to someone they shouldn't have, or not.

Honestly, you're questioning and discussing something I myself never figured out. And I still don't know how to. My original thought with the Shadows was that nobody knew about them simply because if they did know, they would be vulnerable and open to attack by an opposing organization or something. I never actually ironed out the details of what counted as a crime and what didn't by NSIS standards, so you're starting to delve into things that never crossed my mind.

Ultimately, though, I personally avoid it falling into "crime" territory because then Lutecia's breaking down and confessing to Vivio in "Shadow" has much nastier implications than I originally intended.

[synaesthetic]

Well, the folks over at NSIS tend to take care of their own, and in a situation like that I don't see anyone prosecuting anyone. I doubt Chrono would actually punish Lutecia for telling Vivio, but knowing him, he would probably give her a stern dressing-down in his office when he found out.

Then, off the record, he would likely worry about her.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Eh. I still say the opinions of others shouldn't hold so much power over you with something you want to write, but I'll back down on it.

Well, writing is meant to be read, so if no one is interested and won't read it, there's really no point. It's like practising really hard for a play you're in, only for no one to buy tickets. You wouldn't perform in front of an empty theater.

Every time I consider working on it, I keep thinking "It's not like anyone is looking forward to it, so why even bother?" and lose all motivation. No matter how much I try to convince myself otherwise, it doesn't work and I still feel like shit. No one ever brings it up or references it, and there's many people on record telling me the fic sucked in the first place and that the ViCia ending was the 'right' thing to do, so the evidence is stacked against me. Not to mention that when I posted the last batch of fics, I basically had to beg people to take a look at them. That's why I asked if anyone still cared in an attempt to tip the scales even a little bit.

Yes, I want to write it but I can't because I feel down when I think it'll just be a waste of time and I can't overcome that mindset by myself.

*Sigh* But I guess you wouldn't understand. Everytime you post something it results in 3 pages of discussion, everyone constantly mentions how they're looking forward to Vivio turning 18, and you've got like six other authors writing spin offs of your work. You have no reason to doubt yourself.

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for More Material Days:

The device flew right into the young woman's hands, instantly transforming into a heavy axe staff similar to Bardiche, leaving Yuuno with only more questions. As soon as she was ready, she took off in the air towards the battle. This time, Yuuno wouldn't be left behind and shifted into his own brown and green barrier jacket. Aside from it expanding to accommodate his growth and a pair of brown trousers to replace the shorts, it was still the same old design he used in his youth.

But by the time his barrier jacket was in place, the Fate lookalike already had a huge distance between them. He tried to pursue her as long as he could but it didn't take him too long for him to lose track of her visually as her form dissappeared into the thick clouds. He would have tried calling out to her telepathically but he didn't even get her name. 'Great... now how am I supposed to get to the bottom of all this?'

"MOVE, YOU PEASANT!!"

The sudden call from another female voice startled Yuuno out of his thoughts and allowed him enough time to get out of the way of a figure that barely managed to regain control of her flight. The librarian took a moment to let out a small sigh of relief. 'That was close...!'

"... that foolish servant girl... what was she thinking just tossing me out of the fight when I had that mongrel at my mercy?!"

Wait a second... her dialect and tone sounded eerily familiar to his ears. Yuuno slowly turned towards the new arrival and could only utter one word under his breath. "Hayate?"

Oh, she looked very similar to Hayate Yagami alright. The hairstyle and accessory looked the same along with the wings and barrier jacket setup. But that was as far as similarities went. Her hair colour was mostly silver with hints of darker gray hair near the end of the loosely hanging bangs and her green eyes... were somewhat off, which set off a few alarm bells in his head. The barrier jacket's colours were predominantly dark grey rather than white and there was no sign of her hat or staff although her Tome was active and floating by her side.

'Did... did she unison with a different device or something?' It seemed plausible but he had to be sure. He slowly approached the girl but didn't get too far as she snapped her head towards his direction. It was unnerving... those green eyes of hers that simply stared at his being as if judging him.

"What is it?"

Yuuno took a moment to calm down before speaking. "Hayate, what are you doing here? Do you know what's happen-" He suddenly stopped talking the moment he received a rather hostile look from the other person.

"What did you call me?" asked the girl in a cold tone.

"H-Hayate?" He was forced to back off as soon as she got up close in his personal space.

"I do not know that name but for some reason, that name makes my blood boil. If you wish to keep your tongue, you will not address me by that name again! Are we clear?!"

"Then what should I call you?"

She backed off and struck a rather regal pose. "I am the Lord of Darkness, Material-D. Burn that name into your memory, peasant!"

Still tinkering around with the bit to introduce the last Material.

Oh my, Yuuno's run into a real troublesome person, hasn't he? Now he just has to meet Material-S. I'm sure he'll be happy to find some one not psychotic!

[SilentOutlaw]

If it's worth anything Raiser, I enjoy your fics. And I would like to read it, if you wrote it.

BTW, are you gonna update Rise of the Demon Kaiser, anytime soon?

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

*Sigh* But I guess you wouldn't understand. Everytime you post something it results in 3 pages of discussion, everyone constantly mentions how they're looking forward to Vivio turning 18, and you've got like six other authors writing spin offs of your work. You have no reason to doubt yourself.

QFFT man. QFFT.

[DezoPenguin]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

It depends on what Nanoha's security clearance looks like. If she's got the clearance to know these things officially, then it's no problem. If she doesn't have the proper security clearance, then if someone who officially knows told her, that person would be committing a crime--leaking classified information.

Plus Celica would probably hunt them down and put 200 gigs of gay bestiality porn on their office computer for making her job harder.

Presumably you mean "the computer of the one who told her" instead of Nanoha's. Celica could lose 100 IQ points and still be nowhere near THAT stupid!

Edit: We should make a Shadowsverse Wiki.

Honestly, there's not all that much out there to Wiki about, when you get right down to it. RadiantBeam, being the person who created the idea, after all, hasn't sat down and cranked out reams of data on the NSIS in classic nerdgasm style simply because she never needed to do so for what she uses them for. Most of us are adding bits and pieces around the fringes, but lots of stories also throw in our own, "unofficial" take on things (for example, you bring in your own IAFW organization in order to better define the political status of the TSAB; deathcurse's non-fanon Crime Never Sleeps uses the NSIS as more akin to the CIA, in that in her fic it's a publicly existing agency whose operations are, however, covert and classified; also for example, all my stories that actually feature Vivio and Lutecia are in fact non-fanon so their take on the core relationship is babble!).

A fanfiction.net community makes more sense as a good way to organize everybody's stories (indeed, the TVTropes recommendation for "Shadowfire" accurately points out that the hardest thing about just RadiantBeam's ViCia stories alone is figuring out what they are and what order to read them in).

Originally Posted by spawnofthejudge

That makes no sense.

If someone with proper clearances admits to someone without proper clearances classified information, they have committed a crime (by violating a contract with the government - a non-disclosure agreement). Now, Chrono may be the person who determines whether a crime is committed in this fashion when it comes to NSIS information, including fact-of, agent identities, intel, etc., as he might determine what level of classification any of those pieces of information are.

Heck, if someone with proper clearances says aloud classified information outside of a Secured Area, they have committed a Security Violation (not a crime), no matter if they leaked the info to someone they shouldn't have, or not.

Originally Posted by RadiantBeam

Honestly, you're questioning and discussing something I myself never figured out. And I still don't know how to. My original thought with the Shadows was that nobody knew about them simply because if they did know, they would be vulnerable and open to attack by an opposing organization or something. I never actually ironed out the details of what counted as a crime and what didn't by NSIS standards, so you're starting to delve into things that never crossed my mind.

Ultimately, though, I personally avoid it falling into "crime" territory because then Lutecia's breaking down and confessing to Vivio in "Shadow" has much nastier implications than I originally intended.

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

Well, the folks over at NSIS tend to take care of their own, and in a situation like that I don't see anyone prosecuting anyone. I doubt Chrono would actually punish Lutecia for telling Vivio, but knowing him, he would probably give her a stern dressing-down in his office when he found out.

Then, off the record, he would likely worry about her.

Ahh, fun debates. Here we discuss the implications of disclosing data about an organization whose level of classification is unknown, to people whose level of security clearance is unknown, operating within a political/legal system with unknown parameters. Kind of like a big ball of "hell if I know!"

(Also consider the point that RadiantBeam alluded to above--there's two separate things to consider, the "you have disclosed classified data to an individual without sufficient clearance" question, which might be contractual or criminal, and there's the "a covert ops organization is now slotted off at you for disclosing classified data about them.")

I'd like to note that so far as I know, IRL, it's generally considered a bad thing for a covert operative to have an emotional breakdown and tell their significant other all about a mission which went wrong. Particularly given that the mission involved blackmail and ended in the deaths of innocent people. As the line goes, there's three levels of classification: Secret, Top Secret, and Don't Tell Your Wife.

On the other hand, the said significant other is also the agency director's niece and very likely holds a security clearance higher than exactly equal to God. So this is not one that anybody's going to take any official action against Lutecia over unless Vivio starts screaming in the streets over it.

Actually...I just realized, I actually already wrote about Chrono's response to this whole issue in "The Shadows We Cast." *pauses to reread* Damn, I always forget how much background detail I put in there. I need to go do something about that Ascension plot-thread I dropped in and then promptly totally forgot about.

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by DezoPenguin

indeed, the TVTropes recommendation for "Shadowfire" accurately points out that the hardest thing about just RadiantBeam's ViCia stories alone is figuring out what they are and what order to read them in.

Well, the whole order thing shouldn't be a problem since I listed the stories in order on my profile page. Unles they're specifically referring to the "Shadowfire" drabbles I've been posting, in which case I'm afraid to say I'd be no help. My basic mindset was that "these take place sometime over the series!" and pretty much ran wild with stuff I couldn't fit into the canon one-shots.

I need to go do something about that Ascension plot-thread I dropped in and then promptly totally forgot about.

.... I need to go back and reread that now; I totally forgot about that plot thread, too!

[WarpObscura]

... Wow, I guess such a simple question as Mr. Scrya's clearance and knowledge or lack thereof really has opened a can of worms.

Originally Posted by 00-Raiser

Well, writing is meant to be read, so if no one is interested and won't read it, there's really no point. It's like practising really hard for a play you're in, only for no one to buy tickets. You wouldn't perform in front of an empty theater.

Every time I consider working on it, I keep thinking "It's not like anyone is looking forward to it, so why even bother?" and lose all motivation. No matter how much I try to convince myself otherwise, it doesn't work and I still feel like shit. No one ever brings it up or references it, and there's many people on record telling me the fic sucked in the first place and that the ViCia ending was the 'right' thing to do, so the evidence is stacked against me. Not to mention that when I posted the last batch of fics, I basically had to beg people to take a look at them. That's why I asked if anyone still cared in an attempt to tip the scales even a little bit.

Yes, I want to write it but I can't because I feel down when I think it'll just be a waste of time and I can't overcome that mindset by myself.

*Sigh* But I guess you wouldn't understand. Everytime you post something it results in 3 pages of discussion, everyone constantly mentions how they're looking forward to Vivio turning 18, and you've got like six other authors writing spin offs of your work. You have no reason to doubt yourself.

Raiser, mate, you're not alone here. I have stuff that I also put a lot of effort into *COUGH*prinzvonsommerhoffnung*COUGH* that gets ignored at best, flamed at worst.

I still write. I write because I want to see it done. At first, I cared about reviews, about viewing statistics. It took me a while to realise that those ultimately don't matter. Once, I was disheartened by the flames, by the people who failed to recognise what I was driving at. I recognised only after some time that I had to write, that it would be victory for the naysayers if they succeeded in pushing me down, in never getting up again. I don't accept that. No one can keep a good man down but himself. History has proven that. Have I lost anything if no one bothers to read my work? Time? No. I don't consider it a waste of time. In fact, it helps me to stay focused on other things when I clear out the plot bunnies bounding about in my head. It is their loss, not mine.

Apologies for the insurmountable waist high fence of text.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by SilentOutlaw

If it's worth anything Raiser, I enjoy your fics. And I would like to read it, if you wrote it.

BTW, are you gonna update Rise of the Demon Kaiser, anytime soon?

Thank you for the support. Thanks to Yasanagi, Nya~n, and WarpObscura for speaking up too. Nanya and Satashi as well, who are always having to put up with me

I'm feeling a bit better now. Hopefully my mood'll pass once I get more than 4 hours of sleep...

Originally Posted by SilentOutlaw

BTW, are you gonna update Rise of the Demon Kaiser, anytime soon?

I'm glad you asked that I like when people say stuff like this because it tells me that some one remembers my fics and want more of them.

To answer your question specifically, I have the next chapter pretty much all planned out in my head, so it's just a question of when I can find some time to sit down and write it out. Sadly since I started working I usually have no energy to write when I get home during the week, so that just leaves the weekends. Weekends however are generally filled with anime-catching-up and general laziness Well, maybe this weekend I'll kick myself in the ass and get a move on...

But right now I'm working on a little something for those making visual novels. I'll post it in a bit

Originally Posted by WarpObscura

Raiser, mate, you're not alone here. I have stuff that I also put a lot of effort into *COUGH*prinzvonsommerhoffnung*COUGH* that gets ignored at best, flamed at worst.

I still write. I write because I want to see it done. At first, I cared about reviews, about viewing statistics. It took me a while to realise that those ultimately don't matter. Once, I was disheartened by the flames, by the people who failed to recognise what I was driving at. I recognised only after some time that I had to write, that it would be victory for the naysayers if they succeeded in pushing me down, in never getting up again. I don't accept that. No one can keep a good man down but himself. History has proven that. Have I lost anything if no one bothers to read my work? Time? No. I don't consider it a waste of time. In fact, it helps me to stay focused on other things when I clear out the plot bunnies bounding about in my head. It is their loss, not mine.

Well, while the flamers factor into it a bit, I think what's worse is that this community we have here which is supposed to be supportive isn't being very supportive. I've noticed in the past few weeks that any fic not set in the Shadowverse gets only one or two comments. Heck, the past few chapters of Nanya's Day in the Life have only me and deathcurse saying anything about them. Maybe people are just busy or on vacation or something, but then again as said before any Shadowverse fic posted gets pages of discussion. Heck, I had posted 2 fic ideas not too long ago but no one even acknowledged their existence.

It would just be nice to know that people care and appreciate the work of others, even if all they have to say is "I liked it." That's why it's my vow to review everything I read so that no one else feels neglected.

[Kaijo]

It's the way of humanity, there are cliques everywhere. I keep posting here for now, but yeah, it's tough to see good fics get buried because of talk about minutiae for a single fic. I write and post for me, but take it as a sign that your fic is perfect, if no one posts anything.; it means there was nothing wrong with it! ;p

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Kaijo

It's the way of humanity, there are cliques everywhere. I keep posting here for now, but yeah, it's tough to see good fics get buried because of talk about minutiae for a single fic. I write and post for me, but take it as a sign that your fic is perfect, if no one posts anything.; it means there was nothing wrong with it! ;p

The problem is, I know my stuff's not perfect.

When i get no comments towards anything of the like, I wonder "what's wrong with my fic?"

Not to mention that I'd like comments on things specifically in the chapter. Anything that sticks out. Cuz I write, and I really like a specific scene that I did, but I get no comments on any scenes, it makes me go "did anyone even like it?" even if I get comments saying "good job", I sometimes wonder if anyone even read any of the scenes.

[Tempy]

I actually have a terrible habit of not commenting unless there's something that really needs to be said. Despite this, I also feel kinda bad when I get few to little comments.

That said, I suppose I don't get much because I write with OCs...

Propagating the problem, awww yeah.

[Nanya01]

So... Here's a little something...

Honestly, I don't think it's complete, but I'll see what (if any) comments I get for it.

Spoiler for Day in the Life Chapter 37:

Day in the Life

Chapter 37

Escape
Part III

Disclaimer: I owned anything, I'd pay to get my housework done.

__________________________________________________ ________

She couldn't shake off her feeling of dread, something bad was going to happen. Hell, she was speeding down the highway at that moment, something bad was going to happen, she just knew it; and why the heck were there five cars piled up on top of each other in the middle of the road?

Slamming on the breaks, Signum grimaced as her car slid and swerved slightly until she was facing the side of the road. "What the..?" She mumbled and got out of the car, looking at the pile-up, until it literally exploded, the large metal frames went flying into the air as a figure walked through the resulting fire. When she could make out the person's frame, she could see that it was a man, a bit taller than her, he was wearing boots, black pants, a black open jacket that seemed needlessly long that revealed a gray shirt on underneath. He had hair that was glowing orange from the fire, it reached down a little past his shoulders, his eyes seemed to glow in the fire that was behind him. He had a two-handed axe in his right hand as he smirked at her.

"Laevantein!" Signum gripped her device tightly. "I am Signum of the Time Space Administration Bureau, identify yourself and state your reasons for doing this."

He smirked at him. "Name's Vince..." He smirked and waved his hand back, sending the remaining flaming cars behind him flying backwards, where they crashed into even more abandoned cars. "As for my reasons? Well, would you believe that I was hired to kill you?"

Signum narrowed her eyes as Laevantein took its normal battle form. "Really?" With a thought, she called up her knight's armor and took a stance against her soon to be opponent.

Holding the axe above his head and spinning it around a few times, he smirked as he dropped it down, taking his own stance in response. "Heh, I was actually the second choice, I'm a bit more pricy than the first guy they chose."

Signum didn't waste any more words as she rushed him. She could talk after he was beaten.

Vince smirked at her and parried her first blow; the look of slight shock on her face was more than worth it. "You'll find that I'm a lot better than I look." He pushed her back and swung his axe down, creating a fissure in the ground which she avoided by flying up; sadly, her car didn't as it fell to its demise on the ground below the freeway. Flying up after her, he grimaced slightly as she anticipated his charge and her blade managed to parry his axe perfectly. "You're strong."

"Like you said, I'm better than I look." She intoned, a moment later, Laevantein snapped off a cartridge and her sword became engulfed in flames, which caused her assailant to grunt at the increased magical power as he was pushed away, his hands and weapon being covered in burns in the process. Narrowing her eyes, Signum followed him, not wanting to let up in her advantage. Her eyes widened as her opponent held up a hand and an invisible amount of force slammed into her body, sending her back. Signum managed to stop her reverse flight after a few meters, only to look up as her opponent was on top of her.

"Panzer Geist!" Laevantein called out, and just in time since she barely had time to block the double-handed strike from him and his axe.

"Aktenvernichtung Zerstörung." Vince's axe intoned as it glowed a bright purple before he pulled it down and pushed Signum away. He smirked as she screamed out in pain as purple lines covered her body, slicing into her arms, legs and torso. "Now you can die!" He cried out as he rushed Signum, his axe over his head as he drew in close to strike her down.

Signum cracked an eye open and, ignoring the intense slicing and burning pain across her body, she twisted Laevantein to the side. "Schlangenform!" Snapping her arm up quickly and biting her lip so that she didn't scream out in pain from doing that, she watched as the whip snapped up and slammed across his chest, sending him flying back and flipping over in mid air. Signum panted as the pain finally subsided and the purple energy dissipated from her body, leaving her deeply cut and bleeding from the lacerations on her body while her sword returned to its normal form.

Smirking as he floated back to an upright position, Vince could only chuckle as he looked at the bleeding Signum. "You really are tough, aren't you?" He had a hint of admiration in his voice, though it was laced with a taunting tone, he then swung his axe to the side, a purple glow covered it.

"Reißen Welle Fetzen." He spun the axe in his hands a few times before bringing it down.

Signum's eyes widened as she saw the wave of slicing energy flash at her. "Laevantein!" She brought up her shields as the energy washed over her.

(---)

"Signum" crashed through the glass doors that separated the kitchen from the outside. "Zafira, what...?"

"Knock it off." He growled at her, a Belkan magic circle appearing under him. "You aren't Signum, now drop the disguise."

"Drat." "Signum's" voice seemed to raise a few octaves as the hair changed from pink to green, her body size and shape didn't change that much, though Signum's worker uniform disappearing as it was replaced by green leggings and a gray-white sleeve-less shirt and fingerless black gloves, her hair went from pink to green as her eyes shifted to a shade of gray. "What gave me away?" A red blade of energy snapped into being in the palm of her right hand.

Zafira growled slightly. He didn't know anything about his opponent and she did have a fairly solid fighting stance, plus, he felt some sort of weird magical effect coming from her clothing. "One, you weren't walking the same way Signum does, two, your voice was a little higher than hers, and three, she had contacted me when we were in the kitchen."

She snapped her fingers at that. "Very well then." She did a short bow to him. "I guess I could tell you my name before I kill you and then the woman inside." She jumped back and into the air as several white spikes appeared where she was. "How rude."

"You threatened Hayate." Zafira growled out and took into the air after her. "I don't care about your name."

The woman snarled, before looking up as the sky suddenly lit up in a red hue as a large fireball filled the sky. "What the?"

Snarling from her position under it, Agito growled at the unknown woman. "You took Signum's form... You aren't worthy of looking like her!" She screamed throwing the large fireball down at the woman who held up her right hand and grimaced as the large fireball smashed into her. She bit back a scream as she felt several stabs to her backside.

"Enough of this!" She grunted out and spun her body around, the blade cutting the fireball in half, detonating it and then using her blade to cut through the white spikes of the Steel Yolk spell. Shaking her arm, she smirked at the disbelieving look on Agito's face and the hesitation in Zafira's movements. "What?" She chuckled at them. "Never thought that I could do that?" Grinning, she flipped back, her energy sword glowing brighter as she did so. "Too bad for you!" She let out a roar as she rushed the two of them.

(---)

"What's going on here?!" Subaru yelled as she, Teana and Teela met up with her sisters, all around them there were fires, explosions, people running around, screaming in terror.

"You think I know?!" Nove growled at her, not out of anger, but more out of annoyance and slight fear. She was worried that something bad was happening and she didn't know what to do at that time.

"None of us know." Dieci commented as she held her cannon a little nervously. "Cinque, any word yet?"

Turning to them, the shortest girl nodded as a map of the city came up. "There are some escaped prisoners causing problems in the city right now. Unfortunately, we aren't sure where they're at and there are a lot of problem areas spread across the city."

Teana sighed as she looked over the map. "Where are the worst of the problems?" The worst part, in her opinion, was how spread out the problem areas were. From the way she was seeing things, they would have to split up and cover more ground that way.

"Thankfully several of the rescue teams have already responded." Cinque pointed to several red circles. "Sadly this came up so fast that there wasn't any real way to organize everyone."

Teana looked at them and they all looked fairly nervous and anxious. "Alright, we should go to areas that need help." Cinque nodded at her as she pointed to the various points on the map. "Subaru, Nove, Wendi, you three are faster than the rest of us are, head to these points, they're further away than the rest of them are. Cinque, Dieci, Teela and I will take the areas that are closer to here."

"Right." They all nodded at her.

"Just be careful out there. We don't really know who's behind this and we have no clue what's going on, but people are in trouble, so do your best to save them. If you need help, don't hesitate to call, okay?" When the others nodded, the group took off in various directions.

Teana couldn't help but think something bad was going to happen.

(---)

"Ahh!" Signum cried out as she crashed into a building, causing the weakened structure to collapse around her. She grimaced as she tried to stand up, before she fell to her knees and winced heavily. Blood flowed freely from her arms, legs and torso. Even breathing was painful to her at this moment; it felt like someone had taken her fire element and ignited it inside of her lungs.

Looking at her opponent, at least she could take comfort that he hadn't managed to get her into this position easily as his right arm hung uselessly by his side, his left eye was swelling shut from when she slammed the hilt of Laevantein into his skull, his coat was nothing but tatters. Then again, her own Knight Armor wasn't any better. Hell, she was almost certain that if she tried moving too much, her top would fall apart, leaving her nearly naked. Not that she hadn't been in that kind of situation in the past before and she honestly didn't care if she fought nude, the only reason she even made a note of it was because armor did offer her more protection in battle than fighting in the nude did.

"Well... I have to admit..." Vince said as he moved towards her slowly, his axe blade dragged along the ground as blood fell from his arm to the floor. "I've never met anyone who could give me such a fight... Signum, huh?" He swung his axe to the side. "I'll make sure that everyone knows of who you really were when you die. A powerful warrior."

"How... Considerate." Signum muttered as he nodded at her.

"Enthauptung Schrägstrich." His axe called out as he swung horizontally, right at her neck.

(---)

Subaru grunted as she threw debris from a collapsed building. If there was ever a time that she was thankful for being a cyborg, it was when she was pushing herself to save people's lives. "Is anyone in here?!" She cried out, straining to hear any noise. When there was a soft banging noise, she doubled her efforts and found a mostly destroyed car that looked like it had spun out of control before crashing into the building and causing it to collapse. Grimacing, but thankful that it hadn't exploded like they did in the movies, Subaru grabbed the driver's side door and ripped it off before helping the man out of the vehicle.

"Ugh, thank you..." For some reason, Subaru was reminded of some sort of skinny mammal, a ferret or weasel, and not in a good way, as the man spoke up. "I was just driving along when something exploded and sent me flying into this building."

"Right." Subaru nodded and helped him away from the debris. "Just sit here, I'm going to go back and look for more people." When the man nodded, she turned and ran back to the building, jumping over the car and ripping a door off the wall before she disappeared into the building.

The man blinked at her as she left, before shaking his head. "Man... Can't believe Pyro nearly killed me like that." Weasel muttered as he got up and walked to the nearest car. When he got behind the wheel and started it up, his eyes got a crazy gleam to them as he hit the gas, crashing through two telephone poles, several fences and causing cars to go flying off in sevral directions as he crashed into and through them. "Hehhehehheheh! Speed, faster, zoom! EXPLODE!"

Most people never thought anything about Weasel, even when he was driving, it didn't seem like he was anything more than a bad driver.

Those people never saw him crash a golf cart through a stone wall while continuing to rush on and run over five golfers while stealing a golf club and cracking someone's ribs with it as he drove by.

As she emerged from the building, Subaru was just glad that no one was inside the building. She was about to head to the next area when she heard a car suddenly pull away from the building. "What the?" She blinked at the car. "Hey! It's not safe!" She called out as she brought up Wing Road to chase after the car. "You can't be here! Get out of here!" She couldn't believe that the driver didn't even slow down as the car went through several cross-roads, through fences, poles and even a few cars on the road, seeing such disregard for property and life, Subaru doubled her speed to get caught up. It still took her several blocks to get caught up to the driver. "Hey! I said!" Her eyes widened as she saw the person in the car. "You..." She gasped out as he threw a pen at her, her barrier blocked it, but the ink inside the pen exploded all over her barrier and some of it covered her hair and barrier jacket. "Gah!" She was forced to push away from the car as the driver swerved it to the side and tried to smash her off of Wing Road.

Weasel shuddered as he drove faster. What the hell was that mage up to? Was she trying to kill them both? He saw her rushing after him on that blue magic road. Chuckling maniacally, he suddenly swerved and spun the car around to face Subaru. Seeing the way her eyes widened as she slammed into the front of his car almost made up for the fact that she crashed through the engine and ruined the car. Slipping out of the car, he made his way down the street as fast as he could, his hands skittered along the ground as he seemed to run on his hands and feet like the animal that he was called.

Shaking her head, Subaru looked up and groaned, she was going to feel that in the morning. Hearing the squeal of tires, her eyes widened as a large pickup truck was barreling at her. "Oh crap." She threw up a shield, a moment before the object crashed into her and the car, sending the car she was embedded in end over end before she got pinned between a wall and the car. She grunted and looked up as the pickup peeled away down the street. "You think I'm done because of THIS?!" Subaru screamed, a magic circle appearing under her. "Divine... BUSTER!" She couldn't move her arm very much, so it wasn't a very good punch, but the resulting energy did send what remained of the car flying into another building. Wincing, Subaru hoped that people had good insurance before she activated Wing Road again and chased after the guy. Her side, back and legs all hurt, but that was fine, she could deal with a bit of pain. Besides, if Nove ever heard about her being taken out by someone who crashed a car into her, she'd never hear the end of it.

(---)

"Burn, burn, burn!" Pyro laughed as he launched another fireball into a building and enjoyed the way that it exploded, flames washing out from it and igniting nearby buildings. He had to admit, the compression device that he was given was incredible. It felt a little weird for his magic to float around him before being sucked back into his device, but he couldn't disagree with the effects. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He spread his hands to the side and spun around, thick gushers of flames emerged from his fingertips as trees, cars, buildings, and even animals, were quickly burned to a crisp.

Flexing his fingers, he took several deep breaths and looked at the device he had been given. He hadn't realized just how tiring it would be to cast such magic like that. Mentally shrugging, he rubbed his hands together and chuckled. "This city... It will burn! To hell with Rudal and his plans! Everyone and everything will burn!!"

"I suppose asking you to surrender peacefully is out of the question, then." A gruff, young-sounding, and slightly sarcastic female voice spoke up. Turning and looking up, he was slightly surprised to see a redheaded girl in a red dress and poofy hat with a small hammer glaring at him. "Although I do need to tell you, if you fight back, I won't hold anything back."

Chuckling, Pyro smirked at the girl. "Call me Pyro, kid. What's your name?"

She snarled at him when he mentioned "kid" to her. "Iron Hammer Knight Vita!" She held out her small hammer. "And Graf Eisen, the Black Iron Count!"

"Well then, Vita and Graf Eisen..." He said mockingly at them as his hands lit up on fire. "Let's see how well you do." Snapping his hand forward, he let loose with a gout of flame that splashed against her shield.

"Is that all you've got?!" Vita yelled at him over the roar of the flame. "Cartridge Load!"

"Rakete Form!" Graf Eisen called out as it changed shapes.

Pyro stared as Vita let out a wordless scream and rushed down at him, her shields leading the way. "No way!" He started pumping more and more fire into his attack, increasing the heat and energy trying to stop her, the ground under his feet started to scortch and burn . His eyes widened as her attack didn't stop, he was forced to abandon his attack and jump back moments before her hammer swung through where his body was. Still, even dodging the attack had left him off balance and staggering. The girl didn't let up, even as her face and hands had some burn marks on them from the last attack.

Growling, Vita charged him again, Graf Eisen erupting behind her as she chased her opponent down. Something was wrong, she could feel it.

Cupping his hands above his head, Pyro growled at Vita. "EAT PLASMA!" He screamed, launching a concentrated, super powerful and hot blast of pure burning fire at her. Around the two of them, buildings exploded, the ground spontaneously combusted and all heat seemed to be sucked out of the area as the sphere of heat raced from his fingers towards Vita.

Vita let out a grunt as she put up a several layered barrier in front of her.

"BURN IN HELL!" Pyro's voice seemed to echo from all angles around her as several pillars of fire seemed to erupt from him and converge around her.

"Nnn... No way!" Vita's eyes widened as the flames converged onto her body all at once.

(---)

Zafira let out a yell as he was slashed away from the woman again. Agito was doing far better than he was, mostly because she was so small that the woman couldn't actually hit her. Still, he wished that things were going better for him, no matter what they did to the woman, she seemed to just shrug it off, before laughing at them and counter attacking. At this rate, he was going to fail to protect Hayate. His eyes seemed to gleam as he got back up, he wouldn't allow that to happen.

"Stupid pixie." The woman growled as she finally got close enough and grabbed Agito out of mid-air. "Now you can ahhh!" She cried out as Zafira crashed into her side, grabbed her legs with his mouth and twisted his neck, throwing her to the ground and down into a tree in the yard.

"Agito."

"I'm fine." She panted as she rubbed her arm. "Caught me by surprise." They both had to fly to the side as several energy spears flew through where the two of them had just been a moment ago.

The woman snarled at them as she floated back into the air. "You two... You two will suffer, then I'll drag you to your master, I'll kill you in front of her eyes and then I'll take my time..." Her snarl slowly turned to a smirk. "I wonder how cute her screams will be? Maybe she'll like the pain and want more, just before I plunge this sword into her gut and end her life?" The looks of rage on their faces was just so delightful to the woman. "Oh, before I forget..." She grabbed the tree and ripped it out of the ground all the way to its roots. "You might want to do a better job at protecting her!" She screamed as she threw the tree at the house at a high speed.

"No!" Agito cried out, she could set the tree on fire, but that would just make things worse. Zafira growled and several blinding white spikes shot up from the ground, shredding into the tree, but not stopping the momentum.

The woman grinned, before blinking as the tree stopped in mid air and suddenly exploded violently. "What the?" She couldn't believe it, how the hell did that thing explode like that?

"Barrier protection... Complete." The familiar, and very welcome voice of Shamal spoke up as she and Klarer Wind encased the house in a green bubble. The blond panted softly, she was just happy to get there in time to save Hayate. Still, that had been shocking that the woman had so much strength to rip a tree out of the ground so easily and throw it at such high speeds.

Suddenly Zafira cried out in pain as an energy blade stabbed him through the leg, getting their attention to the woman, who smirked at Zafira and kicked him straight into the house.

"You really have no chance to defeat me." She chuckled as Agito flew back to guard Shamal, who was using some quick healing magic on his leg. "Just give up and maybe I'll make your deaths painless." She paused for a moment before smirking at them. "Painless, sorry, forgot that this blade doesn't do painless. But at least you'll be dead before you really suffer."

Shamal frowned at the woman. "You know nothing about the Wolkenritter." She stood as Klarer Wind pulled away from her finger tips. "To give up and fail to protect our master is the greatest sin that any of us knights could make."

The woman smirked at her. "An injured wolf, an incompatible unison device and a support Knight against me?" She started chuckling, before laughing at them. "The three of you together have no chance at all! Your master is sick and weakened and even if she was here, you would still lose! Now you can just..." She trailed off as the air suddenly started to get cool as her sword-hand suddenly froze. "...What the?"

"You won't harm them anymore!" A new voice spoke up as a silver-haired unison device appeared in front of the group. "I won't let any more harm come to my family!" Behind her, Zafira managed to stand back up, even as the woman shattered the ice that surrounded her hand.

She smirked at them. "If maybe that hammer user or the knight leader was here, I'd be worried, but even the four of you together can't win." She jumped back, her eyes taking an insane look as she rushed forward. "So GIVE UP!"

"Rein!" Zafira called out, getting a look from the unison device, before she nodded and flipped back while Zafira jumped up, the two started glowing in power, getting a look of surprise from the woman.

"Unison... IN!" Rein called out as the two were surrounded by a ball of energy and combined into one.

"You're TOO LATE!" She screamed as her blade lashed forward, she ignored the attacks by Agito and Shamal as she plunged her energy blade towards the Unisoned Zafira.

Everyone stopped as they stared as the blade that was blocking hers, it was white in color with a light blue aura surrounding it. She gasped as a kick hit her in the gut, sending her flying back away from Zafira. Clutching her stomach, she looked up as Zafira, dressed in a light blue version of his typical black combat outfit stood there, an energy blade of his own in his right hand. His white hair had darkened slightly while the blue hair on his tail and ears had turned purple, his gauntlets had taken on a blue sheen as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"Why weren't you fighting like that before?" Agito muttered, but was glad that he was okay.

The woman smirked at them as she stood up. "I'll admit, this makes things more interesting... But it makes no difference!" She cried out as she waved her free hand from right to left, several energy spears appearing in front of her. "GO!" She snapped her sword downwards, the spears flying straight at Zafira, who narrowed his eyes, before snapping his wrist up. Agito, Shamal and the enemy woman's eyes widened as a veritable wall of light spikes shot out of the ground, blocking the spears with ease.

"Impossible." The woman took a nervous step back.

"I think you said something about having no chance..." Agito taunted her before launching out with several fireballs that the woman didn't even bother blocking. Agito practically growled as that attack had just as much effect as all of her previous attacks did.

Smirking, the woman rushed forward, only blink as Zafira met her charge dead on, his blade clashed with hers. Narrowing her eyes, she used her free hand to punch at Zafira, only to blink as he caught it and pulled on it. "Impossible!" Her eyes widened as she was pulled down so that she was facing the ground before Zafira dropped a heel onto the back of her head, sending her crashing to the ground. She didn't stay on the ground very long before she was back in the air. "Where are..." Her eyes widened as a kick landed to the side of her head, sending her tumbling through the air. Growling, she righted herself in the air and pointed her sword at Zafira. "I'll..." She wasn't able to complete her sentence as several binds seemed to wrap around her arms and legs. "What the?!"

"Klarer Wind and I won't let you." Shamal said softly as she and her rings held down the woman.

Before she could move, an energy blade was at her throat as Zafira narrowed his eyes at her. "Give up." He growled out. "Your armor won't protect your neck."

"...Fine... I give up." Her energy sword dissipated as she was lowered to the ground. When she was told to take off the armor, she faked a shocked look. "You want to see me naked? My, my! You are forward." Seeing the irritated look on Zafira's face, she rolled her eyes at him. "Fine..." She muttered and looked at her hands. "It's a little hard to take this off if someone's binding my arms."

"Just dispel it." Shamal said as she walked up to the woman, Agito floated near her.

The woman closed her eyes at that. "There's a small problem." She suddenly smirked as the three wondered what the question was. The binds around her wrists snapped as the energy blade snapped back to life as she took a swing at Shamal's head. "You're DEAD!"

Shamal's eyes widened as everything seemed to move in slow motion, the red blade moved towards her neck. She was able to trace the movement fully, but she couldn't seem to get her mind to catch up with what she wanted to do. Even if she could, it was so sudden, so fast that all she could do was curse the fact that she had gotten too close to the opponent without making sure that she was truly incapacitated.

The blade stopped mere centimeters from her neck. The woman's eyes were wide as she tried to breathe, her hand shaking and going numb as blood trickled from her mouth. "Gud... jub..." She stumbled back and fell to the ground, unmoving as Zafira's blade protruded from her throat.

The Guardian Beast turned to Shamal and put his hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay?"

She nodded at the question and closed her eyes, taking several breaths. "Thank you, Zafira. How about you?" She was worried about him; it had been so long since any of them had actually had to kill someone.

Zafira said nothing as there was a quick flash of light and Rein appeared floating near him, looking worried, whether it was for him or something else, he wasn't too sure. "We should make sure Hayate's alright."

"I'll call Carim and let her know what happened here." Shamal told him as he moved towards the house. At the very least, this might cause some serious problems for Hayate if the truth wasn't fully disclosed as soon as possible.

Before getting to the house, Agito grabbed Rein and with a frown on her face, spun the other unison device to face her. "You were supposed to watch Meister! What the heck were you thinking!?"

Rein shook her head and trembled as she took shuddering breaths. "You were all hurting... And Hayate... Hayate..."

*Flashback...*

"Rein..." Hayate coughed and looked at the unison device as it floated near her nervously. "Go..."

"But..!" Rein tried to argue with Hayate, who coughed some more, before groaning and grabbing her bucket, before trying to expel the contents of her stomach.

Groaning, Hayate flopped onto her back, shuddered and groaned in discomfort. "Go... Rein... Help our family..." She smiled softly before she reached up and gently caressed Rein's face. "You are the Wind of Blessing, Reinforce..." Rein grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "I gave you that name... To support and bless our family when they were in need of help."

"Hayate..." Rein sniffled slightly.

"So... Go..." Hayate lowered her hand and closed her eyes. "Save our family, protect all of us... I have faith in you."

Rein nodded, a determined look on her face as she left the room. "I won't let... Anyone hurt my family!" She called out as she flew out to the battle, getting a smile from Hayate in response.

*End Flashback...*

"...Oh..." Agito nodded, before sighing and hugging Rein. "Thanks... We might have been in trouble without your help." When Rein hugged her back, Agito smiled, but quickly let go. "Come on, we need to see how Meister's doing."

(---)

Nove grimaced as she kicked the door to the roof off and got the children in the building out. "Come on! It's not safe here!" Thankfully the children, all five of them, didn't question her and ran after her as she moved towards the edge. "Stay still for a moment." She stomped on the ground and her airliner went from where she was to the ground, spinning around a few times before it got to the ground. "Okay, I'm going to go ahead, follow right after me, okay?" When they nodded, she jumped on the magic road and rolled backwards, making sure to keep her eye on the children as they got on and ran after her. About half way down, there was an explosion and one of the girls got knocked off of the path and started falling. "Dammit!" Nove cursed, but was thankful that she could jump up and grab the girl before she seriously got hurt. "Alright! Hurry up!" She yelled and was gratified to see that the kids had done just that and gotten down from her Airliner. "Okay, follow me! I'll get you all out of here!"

Setting down the girl in her arms, she was rather taken aback by the fact that she seemed more annoyed than scared. "You okay?" She nodded at Nove as the redhead led them away from the fires and explosions. "I didn't hurt you, did I?" The girl shook her head negatively to that. "What's wrong then?"

"I fell off, I should be more balanced than that." When she heard that, Nove nodded in understanding. Now that she looked, she could tell that the girl had some combat training already.

"Don't worry about it, surprises happen and you can't help it." When the girl nodded and didn't say anything more, Nove sighed and coughed slightly. The fires were starting to get out of hand and she had taken a lung full of smoke already. "There's the ambulance and fire truck." She was grateful that most of the children picked up their speed and ran as fast as they could to the paramedics. "You should get going." The girl nodded and Nove couldn't help but admire how stoic the girl was being at this time. "Hey, what's your name?"

The girl pointed at herself and Nove nodded. "Einhart. Einhart Stratos."

Nove mock-saluted the girl. "Alright, Einhart, keep yourself save, okay?"

"What's your name?" The silverly green-haired girl asked, her mismatched eyes showing her curiosity.

"Nove Nakajima." The cyborg smiled at her before turning around and rushing back towards the fires. Even if all she could do was break stuff, she'd do all that she could to use those skills to save people.

"Nove Nakajima..." Einhart whispered softly before closing her eyes. "I will become stronger the next time we meet." She whispered and walked to the ambulance.

I wonder how many people want to kill me right now...

*Claims the page in the name of protective shields*