Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[Sunder the Gold]

No one commenting on Sette's own double-standard?

She calls Rio and Corona bigots, and then disparages them for being born naturally, and doesn't even realize the hypocrisy.

[Rising Dragon]

I don't think Sette was actually being racist there--she did, after all, speak truth. Through natural conception and birth, Corona and Rio's existence was, after all, random in nature; any number of factors could've ensured neither girl existed as they are now.

Vivio, on the other hand, was genetically engineered for a specific purpose, and thus her specific existence was sought out.

Of course, that doesn't make what Sette said any nicer...

[Nagumo]

Sette will learn 'Tact'... eventually.

[Sunder the Gold]

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

I don't think Sette was actually being racist there--she did, after all, speak truth. Through natural conception and birth, Corona and Rio's existence was, after all, random in nature; any number of factors could've ensured neither girl existed as they are now.

Vivio, on the other hand, was genetically engineered for a specific purpose, and thus her specific existence was sought out.

Of course, that doesn't make what Sette said any nicer...

Especially since Sette believed that Vivio's friends OUGHT to be envious of Vivio's artificial birth, and thus unhappy with their natural conceptions. Sette doesn't even question this notion; she just assumes it is true.

[Sunder the Gold]

AFTERMATH

Signum was the first to notice Hayate faint, and therefore the one to catch her mistress when she began to fall from the cold winter sky.

Immediately, the other Wolkenritter surrounded her. Shamal immediately began her medical scans, while Vita kept screaming Hayate's name and threatening to get in the way. Zafira hovered close enough to watch, yet far enough away to give Shamal space, and discretely positioned himself to intervene if any of the Bureau mages came too close.

Signum noted that Hayate's hair had reverted to its natural shade of brown. According to the faintest whispers of old, old memories, that meant...

Indeed, a miniature star emerged from her mistress' chest, floating a short distance away before resuming the manifested form of the Book's Will. The Administrative Program newly-christened "Reinforce".

The twisted expression of grief and fear on the other woman's face did not reassure the Sword Knight, but she'd already half-remembered that a Unison Device could not maintain a fusion when the human host's health began to fail.

But Shamal's voice broke through, urgent but unshakeable. "Vita, she's okay. She's alive, and the Book is no longer feeding upon her. Hayate is very weak right now, but I can keep her stabilized until we get her to a proper medical facility." The Knight of the Lake locked eyes with her leader's. "A Bureau facility would be ideal."

Signum nodded. It was nothing they hadn't discussed before, and the circumstances would hardly get better than this.

She turned her eyes to Zafira, who needed no other prompting. He floated over and took their mistress from Signum's hands. Arms that could have effortless crushed Hayate on her best day handled her with the utmost gentleness, and he cradled her against his broad chest to ward away the snowy chill.

Signum returned Laevantein to his standby form, and let him dangle from the chain she clutched lightly in her off-hand. So comparatively disarmed, she raised her hands in the universal gesture of surrender, and floated to a reserved distance in front of the Bureau enforcer.

"Chrono!" Testarossa protested, as the young man brandished his icy Device.

"On your guard, Fate," he warned her, never taking his eyes from Signum's. The Sword Knight approved.

"He is right, Testarossa," she said. "You may have forgotten, but we Wolkenritter are wanted and dangerous criminals."

He spoke up, "Yet I am to take it that you are surrendering to arrest now?"

"We live to serve our mistress. The Book's threat is ended, but even now her life is in danger. She needs your help. We gladly surrender our arms, our freedom, even our lives to you, as long she recieves your help right now."

He arched an eyebrow. "You would surrender and trust your mistress -- the mistress of the Book of Darkness -- to our custody, while the lot of you are disarmed, bound, limited and locked away from her and each other?" Signum could not stop the reflexive twitch of her sword hand's fingers, and he did not miss it. "To say nothing of being tried and convicted for your crimes?"

But Signum answered with the total conviction of one who had long accepted her course of action. "Without complaint, save that we would be more assured if our medic were allowed to remain by her side, if only to better inform your own physicians."

He stared at her, and then spoke to the air. "Captain?"

A holographic screen appeared to the enforcer's side, displaying the profile of an older woman with mint green hair. "Well, it sure sounds quite reasonable," the bureau woman remarked with a small, pleasant smile. "If the Wolkenritter immediately hand over their weapons and accept the care of the enforcers now surrounding your position, they may remain under guard while their medic and master are escorted to our ship's medical bay."

Signum nodded her head at her counterpart. "Thank you."

The other woman hummed noncommitally. Her smile didn't quite reach her eyes, which never left Signum's.

The Blazing General dared to ask, "Would it be acceptable to turn over my sword to Testarossa?"

The blonde startled at being brought back into the discussion. "M-me?!"

Signum noted the hint of warmth that flickered across the captain's face. "That would be acceptable. If you would be so kind, Fate-chan?"

"Y-yes, Captain! Ah, excuse me, Signum..."

The knight smiled at the small mage. "My thanks, Testarossa. I am assured that I leave him in capable hands."

"Ja," intoned the sword.

"Naturally," droned Testarossa's axe. The mage blushed, and held the pendant-sized Armed Device projectively to her chest.

"Then!" barked Vita, whirling on the white-clad young mage; Takamachi something-or-other. "You'd better take good care of Graf Eisen, Takamachi Nanoha!"

"Eh?! O-oh, of course, Vita-chan!"

"Don't call me '-chan'! I'm over a thousand years older than you, brat!"

"Eeeeh?!"

The Midchildan guardian beast looked over at Zafira. "I suppose someone needs to hold onto your jewelry, too, big guy."

Zafira grunted, and weighed the option of handing Hayate over to Reinforce that he might divest himself of his gauntlets and greaves. Jewelry, indeed.

Shamal looked uncertain. After all, it wasn't like she'd established herself a trusted rival in all of this mess. "Um..."

Takamachi piped up, "Oh, Yuuno-kun! You can trust him!'

"Uh?" stuttered the young boy present.

Testarossa looked to Signum and Shamal. "I will also vouch for him. He will take care of your device."

The boy blushed and shrank from the combined scrutiny of the Knights of Lake and Sword, but quickly straightened his back. "I'd be honored."

"Alright, alright!" Vita yelled, thrusting out her tiny fists side-by-side. "Hurry up and bind us! Jam limiters in us, throw us in the brig, whatever! Just help Hayate already!"

If the enforcer and his captain felt affronted by the demands of a hostile criminal, they gave no sign. "Amy, if you would kindly begin a transport for our two guests?"

[bhl88]

Vita so cute xD

[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for MD?!:

His sense of awareness was stirred by the sound of a heartbeat’s slow rhythm. But when Yuuno opened his green eyes, he saw only endless darkness.

It was only a small wish.

‘What was that?’ That voice sounded familiar.

The wish to grow up happy and healthy surrounded by loved ones is something many take for granted. But for children in broken homes, children who were suddenly struck by reality far too early…

In a second, the scenery changed to an accident scene at a traffic intersection in Nanoha’s hometown. Ambulances, police and fire crew were there, assessing the multi vehicle collision. On the left side, Yuuno could see a number of bodies being covered by sheets while survivors were being carried on stretchers by paramedics. Among them was a young girl with short brown hair, no older than seven.

He recognized her face quickly. ‘What is Hayate doing there?!’

They say that life is unfair and unforgiving. That is a fact created by an illogical and irrational world.

The librarian moved over to help but found that he was simply an observer of events once he saw someone pass through his body. ‘How did I get pulled into Hayate’s memory? What’s going on here?’

Dealing with the trauma from an event like this was more than enough for a young child to bear. But the flawed system created by human hands served only to magnify the mental stress.

The scenery changed again, showing the young Hayate stuck in a wheelchair in different waiting areas in Japanese family courtrooms.

They had the best of intentions to care for the wellbeing of the child but there was no sense of cohesion and harmony. Every decision was debated, every action was questioned and every single individual expressed their own opinion, save for the child herself. With such a flawed system, it was no wonder that old Uncle Graham managed to set things up the way he did.

It was only now that Yuuno recognized the voice. At first, it sounded a lot like Hayate but as it continued, the tone grew more cynical and regal. Just like…

It was truly a foolish tragedy, caused by the world’s lack of logic.

The scene exploded in a flurry of black feathers that eventually assembled into the familiar figure of Material-D. Yuuno tried to approach her but it was like his body refused to move. “Yami, what is this?”

“It is time to fix the irrationality of the world. We have to do this to ensure no more foolish tragedies like hers happen again. The people have had many opportunities over the centuries to correct this mistake. For all the ‘power’ that they have to make life free, to make life a beautiful adventure and create happiness, what have they accomplished?”

Her statement was accompanied with her magical aura flaring up.

“We are through with waiting. It is time to usher in the new era and fix the logic of the world once and for all.”

A beat…

“Even if we must drag every man, woman and child kicking and screaming to their new future.”

[hr]

“That took longer than expected. I thought you had mentioned that this spell of yours would be able to destroy all of these dragons simultaneously,” commented Sette as the last of the dragons finally sputtered their last breaths.

“Einheimische Seuche should have triggered a full reaction from each dragon the moment the carrier’s life force was extinguished. Perhaps it is because we used a hatchling as a carrier while the other dragons were older with stronger immune systems…?” Yami had her usual scowl on her face as she tried to figure out this riddle. “That should not make any difference! Accursed universal logic…”

“Universal logic?” That was the first time the Combat Cyborg heard of such a concept.

“All aspects of life and magic are governed by a general set of rules and logic as defined by the Root of Genesis, a metaphysical object believed to be the source of everything. Since Dragons in general are considered to be fierce creatures and highly resilient in many cultures, the Root reinforces that concept and makes them very difficult to deal with.”

She noted that her two retainers had spent quite a considerable amount of energy to deal with those creatures as it took nearly forty minutes for the first symptoms to show up once the carrier had been killed. Then it took nearly another forty five minutes to mop up everything as the effects of the Endemic Plague spell took a while to fully manifest and cause physical and mental fatigue for those elder dragons and actually become easy pickings.

“With this much time elapsed, they certainly would have escaped from the planet by now,” said Material-S with her usual monotone laced with a hint of anger.

“No, they’re still on this world,” replied Material-L.

“How do you know?” remarked the Starlight Destroyer.

“Because I have the techniques of Mantracker, my good friend.” Rai got into a pose. “Know your land, know your prey.”

“Then go apprehend them already!” screeched Yami.

Within moments, the Fate replica was blasting off back to the Alpine compound to begin her search there. A lot of things had definitely been packed up, mostly essential items and items of strong emotional value. It was obvious that they did not stay for too long here so her next step was to check the immediate outdoor surrounding of the residence.

‘If they had taken into the air, Seikou’s search spells would have picked up something.’ That left moving along the ground and in a few moments, her senses picked up light traces of movement such as footprints on the soil and blades of grass bending at a different angle due to someone moving past them. There had been some attempt to cover their tracks but it had been a rushed job as she could still pick up a trail.

And so Material-L moved. Each disturbance of the surroundings along with the attempted spell to hide those was quickly categorized and calculated to extrapolate the trail. But by the time she caught sight of them near a stretch of buildings no longer in use, a transportation spell had taken effect and teleported the group away. This time, they were definitely off world and judging by the magical array she had spotted before the group vanished; it was of Mid-Childan origin.

The prey had escaped and there was only one thought that ran through Rai’s head at the moment.

“With a performance like that, I would probably flunk Mantracker auditions.”

[hr]

Sickbay had been a flurry of activity with medical personnel being divided to look after their new patients. More of the focus was on Erio, Caro, Fried and Garyu as they had the more serious injuries. Lutecia did have someone examine her and thankfully, the ship had the tools to deal with the paralysis enchantment placed earlier so it was one less thing for Megane to worry about. However, her state of mind did not improve much.

For starters, they had essentially lost everything they had built on Carnaaji. Even with a big bank account on Mid-Childa thanks to years of interest on her savings and an offer from the Bureau to assist with housing needs, nothing could replace what they considered their home for many years.

Another thing that bothered Megane was the whereabouts of the Combat Cyborg who accompanied Yuuno and the Materials. She did mention this to the captain as part of the witness situation report she had given as soon as she came on board. Of course, he didn’t seem too pleased hearing about that development but said he would bring this up with the fleet commander.

So in the meantime, while the medical staff spent more time treating the injuries on the insectoid warrior and the Dragon summon, Megane could only sit by her child and listen to her vent as both Erio and Caro were asleep, recovering from their wounds.

“All those device projects I had been working on are down the drain. And it’s going to take a long time to build a new device workshop and restock it with all those parts.” Lutecia sighed. “I had been looking forward to testing those upgrades on Brunzel to see if it would have cut down on the time to create a Golem. Also, I had a surprise for Solfège but I guess that’s out the window for now.”

She was chattering away, trying to seem like her usual self but her mother was observant enough to see otherwise. “You should just rest for now.”

The sliding sound of the sickbay doors opening alerted her to the arrival of the ship’s captain, a seasoned man in his forties with light skin and hints of grey in his otherwise black hair. “I see that everyone is recovering nicely. That’s good news.”

“Captain, if you wanted a status report, you could have just called from the bridge,” replied one of the nurses assisting with Garyu’s treatment.

“Shouldn’t you be glad that I’m actually taking your advice and getting more exercise?” joked the other man.

“Um, Captain Jarama?” Megane suddenly stood up. “If I may ask, what was the outcome of your discussion with the fleet commander?”

He paused for a moment before addressing her. “Let’s take this discussion somewhere more private.”

[hr]

“So, yeah… that’s what happened. Their bodies turned all sparkly and disappeared. It kinda reminded me about transporter energizing special effects from the Enterprise-D and-”

“Enough.” That one single word from the Starlight Destroyer immediately caused Material-L’s yapping to cease. “It’s unfortunate that things have turned out like this but if I recall correctly, Her Majesty has sufficient information to transport us to where Yuuno-san is being held.”

Yami looked a little startled before responding. “To be honest, I would like a bit more certainty in regards to where those coordinates would lead us.”

“Even in the event that we do transport into the heart of enemy territory, we will be mentally prepared for the possibility of fighting our way out while the enemy would be caught completely off guard.”

Rai quickly grinned. “So today is the day you plan to surpass Asura? Defy all sense of logic with recklessness just to get Yuu-nii back?”

Any response Seikou might have had was cut off by Sette. “Incoming objects detected.”

Rifugio Spirituale.

The instant the spell had been activated by Sette’s book to protect the group, one of the objects slammed hard on the ground. Even though the actual landing was five kilometres away from their position, it still created quite the shockwave and sent dust and debris scattering everywhere.

“Ugh… it’s raining photon torpedoes!” complained Material-L.

“So they’ve resorted to orbital bombardment,” muttered Material-D. “Everyone standby and prepare for Dimensional Transfer!”

“How long will you need to prepare for transport?” asked Sette as another charge detonated in close proximity to the shield.

On cue, a large Belkan Triangle sprang up beneath the group of four. “Everything is already in place. However, the spell is likely to take a fairly large amount of magical power. I will need some time to recover afterwards.”

“Understood,” replied Material-S. “Rai, Sette: form a perimeter around Yami.”

“Hmph… and now you go back to not calling me ‘Your Majesty’,” grumbled the Hayate replica. Once the others got into position, she triggered the spell and within moments, the four were off the planet.

[bhl88]

Yuuno still in coma?

[YF19EX]

Its alive!

[bhl88]

Breathe, Yuu-nii, breathe!, as Rai stuck her tongue inside his mouth.

[WarpObscura]

That took a while, b-baka</tsundere>

[Twi]

.....Was Yami channeling the Elites in her speech?

[WarpObscura]

Elites? How? “Even if we must drag every man, woman and child kicking and screaming to their new future” sounds more like Wrex and Uvenk in Mass Effect 2.

[Craxuan]

That was a damn good quote though. Awesome chapter as usual.

[Chanthien]

So, I'm planning on writing a fanfiction set some time between A's and Strikers, and I would like to ask a few questions to flesh out the background, since my knowledge of Nanoha is limited to the anime and the sound stages (and a little bit of Vivio and Force but that's not relevant). What I would like to know is do we know what exactly it is that Nanoha did before she became a combat instructor? Given that she was injured during a mission with Vita, I presume that she did some sort of footwork, but are there any more details than that? Like, say, what exactly it is that she did, or how old was Nanoha when she suffered her infamous injury? I was given to understand that there are some manga series, among other materials, that talk about this time period, so if possible I would like to ask if anyone can provide me with the information?

[bhl88]

Originally Posted by Chanthien

So, I'm planning on writing a fanfiction set some time between A's and Strikers, and I would like to ask a few questions to flesh out the background, since my knowledge of Nanoha is limited to the anime and the sound stages (and a little bit of Vivio and Force but that's not relevant). What I would like to know is do we know what exactly it is that Nanoha did before she became a combat instructor? Given that she was injured during a mission with Vita, I presume that she did some sort of footwork, but are there any more details than that? Like, say, what exactly it is that she did, or how old was Nanoha when she suffered her infamous injury? I was given to understand that there are some manga series, among other materials, that talk about this time period, so if possible I would like to ask if anyone can provide me with the information?

I believe that she wanted to be an instructor post-case.

She designed it a specific way after a fatal injury.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Chanthien

What I would like to know is do we know what exactly it is that Nanoha did before she became a combat instructor?

Helped the Bureau on soome cases as a special collaborator.

Got mauled.

Allowed to leave hospital after unspecified time of rehabilitation.

Joined the Bureau.

Got trained along with other recruits by the old lady that cameod on StrikerS.

Joined the Instructor Corps.

I think that's all we know on the subject.

[Rising Dragon]

IIRC, Nanoha expressed an interest in becoming an instructor as early as A's, just after the Book of Darkness Incident came to a close.

[Tiresias]

Did she even already know such occupation exist at the time? Did she already know about the Bureau beyond the Navy task force she had worked with?

[Akiyoshi]

How about this?

Signum and Cypha fall both victim of a Freaky Friday Flip ending up swaping minds. I could be either comcal or mistery/drama xD