Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[NorthernFallout]

Originally Posted by Lycodrake

And this idea probably would fit better under the crossover thread anyway, unless it would just be Nanoha-verse characters...don't know for sure, though.

Nah, if it has Nanoha chars in it, and as such is posted within this sub-forum as a whole, it can be posted here, IMHO. It's been that way for a long time.

OCT and FFT, from time to time, cross-post as well. I've done it a multitude of times because it sort of fits in both ways, and people that follow what some of us writes sometimes only follow one thread and might as such miss out.

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by AtomicoX

Nah, if it has Nanoha chars in it, and as such is posted within this sub-forum as a whole, it can be posted here, IMHO. It's been that way for a long time.

OCT and FFT, from time to time, cross-post as well. I've done it a multitude of times because it sort of fits in both ways, and people that follow what some of us writes sometimes only follow one thread and might as such miss out.

Well, just making sure; I prefer to be "rather safe than sorry". XP

[MeisterBabylon]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

The crossover thread inspired me to tried a once buried idea, a crossover between MSLN and Command & Conquer. I manage to work up a prologue, but I'm still not sure about it and there are some points I'm considering to rewrite. Oh well, let's give it a try anyway.

Spoiler for Prologue:

Non-Administrated World #97. Usually the only kind of Bureau personnel that would take interest in that kind of world were their librarians, and that’s more because they’re thirsty for all kind of trivia. Members of the always busy Enforcer Corps rarely ever bothered to pay attention to NAW’s, even the ones inside their patrol area, since the Prime Directives disallowed interference to any civilizations yet to develop interdimensional travel unless lost-logias or dimensional cataclysms were involved.

So the fact that operative Chrono Harlouwn was currently digesting every piece of information he could get regarding the planet said something about his latest assignment.

Fifty-five MC. A strange material dubbed tiberium by the locals, its origins unknown but suspected as extraterrestrial, was discovered at a patch of land near the Tiber river, leeching metals and other heavy minerals out of the soil and concentrating them in crystal form. Able to spread to almost any kind of environment and capable of transforming the local ecosystem to its alien nature, tiberium quickly spread across the globe and started to terraform it, threatening every carbon-based life form there.

Tiberium. Chrono grimly noted that despite all the knowledge stored in the Infinity Library, there was little to no other record of any similar substance in known space. That it was slowly turning the planet into a death world did not help matters.

Forty-nine MC. Using their then state-of-the art technology to harvest the valuable resources from tiberium crystals, an international entity known as the Brotherhood of Nod became an economic superpower and used their newfound advantage to secretly amass a huge army while expanding their political lobbying as well as control of the media. Their confidence growing, the Brotherhood then began agitating their rival the United Nations, first with terror bombings, but later with large-scale military operations, and the UN responded by giving its previously classified military arm, the Global Defense Initiative, permission to retaliate. What followed was a bloody three years of open conflict between Nod and GDI, ending only after the latter fired an orbital strike which killed the Brotherhood’s chief figure Kane.

Several paragraphs passed, his eyes finally stopping at certain topic. It was something he was personally familiar with, and revisiting the event caused Chrono to clench his fist.

Sixty-five MC. Rogue Midchildan mage Precia Testarossa was found not only conducting illegal cloning experiments but also collecting incredibly dangerous lost-logias known as Jewel Seeds. A Bureau task force was send to capture her, but when her plans started to collapse the mad woman, seething with rage and spite, steered her besieged secret base the Garden of Time into the nearby NWA #97. Using the task force’s brief moment of indecisiveness on deciding what to do with the falling stronghold, Precia then threw all nine Seeds in her possession into the Garden’s core reactor, hoping to open a path to the mythical Alhazard. Instead, the unpredictable logias exploded, and while the blast was non-lethal the coverage was global. The dormant linker-cores of the human inhabitants reacted to the blast, and their sleeping magical potential suddenly became active. Bewildered and with yet another sudden change to their lives, the barely recovering planet was plunged into numerous regional conflicts which were collectively called the Awakening Crisis, one that took years before GDI and Nod managed to bring order to their respective territories; the witch-hunts only started to slowly subdue after the realization that instead of magic being exclusive to a selection of people everybody could actually harness it, albeit at varying degree, but even then magic-related clash still brew now and then, the words “unfair” and “destined” and “blasphemous” and “superior” and the likes being thrown back and forth.

Precia Testarossa. At the name, the scar on his neck suddenly ached again. Damn that woman!

Chrono knew exactly how disastrous the Jewel Seed Incident had been, for he had been part of the task force sent to handle the situation. Two ships, the Yazata and Ashura, the latter where he had been stationed at, had been assigned for it, a larger force than normal due to the volatile geopolitical situation of the planet. He remembered just how byzantine the whole ordeal had been: the Alicia Testarossa clone competing with the task force to reclaim the Jewel Seeds; GDI and Nod forces mistaking his unit for each other and thus opened fire; the massacre of the entire marines attached to Yazata during the siege of the Garden of Time; the sudden revelation of magic to an entire planet’s populace…the only small salve to the gaping wound had been the few Jewel Seeds they had managed to secure. Admiral Stannard, who had been in charge of the task force, had resigned because of it, partly because the Navy had needed someone to take the fall and partly because the person herself had been traumatized by the outcome, considering it as her greatest failure; rumor has it she had been caught several times trying to commit suicide, and was now under constant supervision and counseling. Precia Testarossa was never found, though Chrono liked to think that she had painfully burned to death when the Garden entered the atmosphere. As much as he wanted to find her alive so he could blast her head off – the stoic man very rarely ever wanted to do such a thing, but what the madwoman had caused was beyond forgiveness so much that the Bureau even sentenced her to death in absentia, just in case she was still alive; note that the last death sentence in Midchilda was a century ago – the prospect of Precia Testarossa causing even more damage to the barely intact world shuddered him.

There was a knock at the door. Before he could answer, it slid open and two figures entered the observatory deck: Senior Librarian Yuuno Scrya and Major Tiida Lanster. “Sir,” the latter saluted. ”Admiral Lindy told us that you’re here.”

“At ease. And drop the salutes for the duration of this mission; I don’t want you making me sniper target. Is Knight-Lieutenant Nouera not with you?“

“She is leading a battle prayer with her knights. Some of our men are also participating.“

“We will be reaching Earth in six hours.” Yuuno said. “You might want to get some rest. Enjoy sleeping while you can; it will soon be a luxury.”

Chrono waved his hand. “Yeah, I know. The Book of Darkness will require our full attention.” He rotated his chair, his audience now in his full view. “Lanster, how is the Raiders?”

The Raiders, more formally known as the Joint Special Warfare Group, was a mage commando unit created following the Jewel Seed Incident. Old-school critics had initially blamed the failure to the allocation of L-Class exploratory ships, pointing out that the cruisers only had point-defense systems and the strategic weapon Arc-en-Ciel, with no precision tactical weapons such as the Augustus cannons to be used for fire support, but Chrono found the analysis erroneous; any orbital bombardment would have alerted the locals who will believed that they were being invaded and returned fire with Ion Cannons and nuclear barrages, and though the ships could survive and retreat from the retaliation the mission still would have been a total failure. In his opinion, a compliment of dedicated field mages with training and experience in special operations would have been more useful than the cannons, as well as less likely to provoke nuclear retaliations. With great effort he’d then successfully convinced the Bureau to create such a unit, with operators all flight-capable and with Strikers qualification, hand-picked from multiple arms, and they had achieved notable successes in Midchilda and overseas. But recovering the Book of Darkness would be their first mission of such scale and importance.

“The ones who had never been to Earth are a bit nervous, but the ones who had are calm. Disturbingly calm, but calm.” It was not surprising. NWA #97 was dubbed “the Second Orussia” by the media for a reason – not only had it been the second world where a Bureau task force had been forced to pull back empty-handed in the decade, it was also a world with a staggeringly high number of violence and conflict involving mass-weaponries now outlawed by the Bureau, just like Orussia. “Don’t worry sir, if checked with the doctor and she said it’s just a minor pre-deployment nervousness. Overall morale is still as high as before.”

“Let’s hope it’s still high once they reach planetside. What about their equipments and supplies?”

“Everything is ready: 8mm mana-containment cartridges for the armed-devices, auxiliary-control type intelligent-devices as number-crunchers for the teleportation specialists, translation software with updated earth languages, emergency rations for one week for each operator, air-filtering apparatus to protect the lungs from tiberium-contaminated air in case of severe barrier failure and full-body barrier-jackets to cover the rest of the body….” His voice trailed off for a moment; he knew what horror happened when tiberium came into contact with the skin – he’d seen it. Regaining his composure, Tiida materialized a holo-screen displaying a file. “The details are all here, sir.”

“Good.” Chrono glanced at the data. “…Yuuno, still no news from Graham?”

“No.” The librarian answered. “Yesterday’s message, the one with the estimated coordinates of the Book, was the last.”

“I see.” Chrono answered, his ice-cold face hiding the storm in his mind. Gil Graham was a family friend and he and his familiars had mentored the young man. Should anything happen to him…

“Don’t worry sir; I think he’s still alive.” Tiida assured, and Chrono wondered if he had betrayed his emotions. That was bad since he slipped up back then; officers must never take it personal – it clouded judgment and affected critical decision-making. He must learn to steel himself harder. “When the old man refused to come with us and evacuate from Earth I think he’s crazy,” the major referenced to the covert evacuation effort conducted by the Raiders following the Awakening Crisis, “but to think he risked staying here looking for the Book based on data which our intelligence had dismissed as inconclusive and unreliable…and succeeded…” The major was clearly impressed. “Well, he’s resourceful enough to do those while surviving the planet’s turbulent years, so I doubt he’s down yet. Maybe he’s just maintaining communication silence, sending messages only when there are important updates.”

“Perhaps. But we must also consider the Book’s guardians. What if he got too close, and…”

“Chrono,” Yuuno interjected. “You’re thinking too much. He’s not alone, his familiars are with him. And he of all people would know better than to recklessly close in; he’s the one in charge during the previous incident, right?”

“I guess.” Chrono relented, admitting that it would do him no good to brood on the subject. “Still, this means we might not be able to rely on him for intel. If we still can’t contact him when we reach the planet, we’ll have to recon on our own. Use the first day to scry the region, observe every military presence be they GDI or Nod, look for any hints of the Book like abnormally large mana concentrations, and then start sending the teams on small numbers from the next day and onwards. Or would one day be too long?”

“No sir. Too soon, and we might as well charge blind.”

“Yuuno?”

“If the scans fail to show any mana build-up, then chances are the Book won’t be fully powered soon. There is however the possibility of the Book being hidden deep underground where our sensors can’t reach. Since we lack accurate intel one day is acceptable, be we’re gonna have to get the teams on stand-by and risk jumping at the slightest of hints. Worst case scenario is that the Book is almost ready and hidden from our scrying efforts so we might have little chance in containing the situation. Capturing its guardians while they’re lurking the region for linker-cores to drain might be our best bet.”

Tiida smirked. “Hoo, I didn’t expect such a risky proposal from a librarian.”

“The librarians you’ve met have probably never been involved with ancient artifacts of mass-destruction before.”

“True. Let’s just hope the old combat footages and records of their fighting style we’ve gathered has given a good estimation on their martial prowess.” Chrono grimly concluded. He didn’t like risking his troops without solid intel, but they might be running out of time. He could only hope that the scans would show something so they wouldn’t have to manually look at every nook and cranny. “We also have the locals to worry about. We should see if we could tap into their communications so that we can keep track of their movement. And there’s also the chance that they know something valuable…”

“Speaking of which…” Yuuno blurted. “Have you read the report regarding their current technology?”

“I’ve skimmed from start to finish, but I haven’t committed to the fine details yet. Why?”

“After the…Incident…they suddenly started to utilize magic-based technology.” He chocked at the last part, a pang of guilt resurfacing. “All infantry uses barrier-jackets now, their mages uses equipments suspiciously similar to mage-devices, their power packs stores mana instead of chemical energy as was the case of pre-magic civilizations, and…”

By now, Chrono seemed to understand where this conversation was heading and cut the list. “Yes, we’ve expected this. The Garden of Time was not vaporized, merely broken; the explosion split the land mass and its buildings into several huge chunks but about half of the structures survived the fall, if barely, since the Garden’s gravity manipulators had back-up generators and didn’t instantly go offline, allowing emergency protocols to soften the crash. There’s enough machinery, devices, spell books and whatnots that were collected by the locals to be studied and reverse-engineer.” Seeing that Yuuno was not convinced, he added emphasis on the next part. “You losing an intelligent-device did as much change as one droplet amidst a rainstorm.”

“You can’t be sure!”

A long uncomfortable silence followed the outburst, only broken by Major Lanster’s fake cough. “Is there something I should know?” He asked.

“Due to the confusion during the siege, our librarian here lost his mage-device, Rising Head or something.”

“It’s Raging Heart.”

“Ah.” Tiida nodded. “Was it a family heirloom?”

“What?” The librarian chuckled. “No, nothing sentimental like that. I merely stumbled upon it when analyzing a small dig site. It’s not a mighty Old Belkan artifact or anything –it was Midchildan design, that’s for sure- or else it would have been secured in a museum, and to be honest I don’t know how it ended up there; there was no data on its previous user at all. Maybe some rowdy tomb raiders had entered the catacombs before, but I have no idea why he or she left the mage-device there.” He stopped, noticing that he’s going off-track. “That’s not the point. As an intelligent-device, not only is Raging Heart equipped with a virtual training simulator that allows its user to learn every basic spell ranging from binds to barriers to body reinforcement to shooting, it can also evaluate the magical aptitude of its user and recommend the best skill development path!”

“A feature, which I must remind you, exists in other intelligent-devices as well.” Chrono coolly interjected. “More than half of our assault team perished during the Jewel Seed Incident, several of them carrying similar devices as well, and we never got the chance to retrieve them either. Not to mention that Precia Testarossa had an entire armory filled with custom-made mage-devices as well as the workshop and materiel to build more – aside from speculations that she was running some experimentation on device-crafting I don’t know why she needed so many, but fact is they were there.”

“Look, even if someone managed to get their hands on that mage-device, the fault lies more on manufacturers and regulation makers. It was the classic problem of balancing between security and accessibility; allowing everybody to use a mage-device means that there’s a risk of it being used by and unwanted person but locking it to one person’s exclusive use make things difficult someone else needs to use it, like say, when you are wounded and your partner lost their weapon.” Chrono paused, rubbing the bridge of his nose. “It was an oversight – our predecessors should have thought about it, but they didn’t because it had never caused a major issue before and they had more pressing matters to attend to; may I remind you that we are still a relatively young governmental entity. It wasn’t until after the Jewel Seed Incident that the new rule takes place and every team operating on Non-Administrated Worlds is required to lock their mage-devices to them and all members of their task force only. It is not your fault. Now can you please calm down?”

“I…” The librarian finally relented. “Fine.” Chrono decided to let him collect himself for a moment and gestured Tiida to come closer so they can discuss the reports.

“But still,” he added. “Do you ever wonder what kind of person might have found it?”

“…I honestly have no idea. Go get some shut eyes, Yuuno.”

Originally Posted by Craxuan

Uh, I could never imagine CnC together with Nanoha no matter what. Nanoha is already pretty idealistic in its own way, but CnC is just off the scales; no matter how military it tries to be I can never get serious with the game...

Nice work Tierias!

And Crax, never say never. Even though I discontinued it in its infancy, a prologue was created.

[Battle Control: Online]

[Filraen]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle Playdate Forging Meetings Search Valkyrie News

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake Oh Bandit Tree Old Iron Omakes 4, 5

Coda 1-5

Coda 6

Coda 7

Coda 8

Coda 9

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Coda 10:

...

I hadn't really stopped to think in the repercussions to have Quint alive: her relationship with Nove.

Originally Posted by Nanya01

And here comes the finale!

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle Playdate Forging Meetings Search Valkyrie News

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake Oh Bandit Tree Old Iron Omakes 4, 5

Coda 1-10

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek Finale - Coda End:

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Where did you put a time skip?... *reads again* You can't have a so big and meaningful time skip (from non-visible pregnancy to her two children being able to talk and walk) with just a "Later"

I had the idea Aston was a baby at first.

It looks like Sette is being a good keeper for Mr. Snuggles, I dare to say as good as Suzuka.

At first I thought it was a little strange, Tilda's death caused by Levi (not being her style), then I realized that happened.

I liked Levi in this chapter, and liked how create conflict in StrikerS given that your version of Jail doesn't look like wants to press the conflict like in canon.

The sad irony of Jail preparing herself for a Mazoku when one already messed up with all of them.

[Nanya01]

Time Skip, um...

Well, considering that the mini-arcs have been spaced apart weeks and sometimes months, it's been a couple of years now, so... Uh...

The twins aren't that old, just old enough to walk and talk.



Babies can do that at age 2... Right?

...

Can I please be given a hand-wave?

Edit: I'm going to admit this, right now...

The timeline, even to me, is a bit... Muddled, I guess you can say.

If you're asking for exact dates and ages... *Hangs head* It's one of the failings of this story, I don't have any exact dates and ages right now.

Forgive me?

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Time Skip, um...

Well, considering that the mini-arcs have been spaced apart weeks and sometimes months, it's been a couple of years now, so... Uh...

The twins aren't that old, just old enough to walk and talk.



Babies can do that at age 2... Right?

...

Can I please be given a hand-wave?

Edit: I'm going to admit this, right now...

The timeline, even to me, is a bit... Muddled, I guess you can say.

If you're asking for exact dates and ages... *Hangs head* It's one of the failings of this story, I don't have any exact dates and ages right now.

Forgive me?

...I want to pity you for making a possible plot hole here, but the fact you write so well drives me to shove the pity aside to laugh at this. Sorry.

I forgive you, at least...maybe. XP

[biodude711]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Time Skip, um...

Well, considering that the mini-arcs have been spaced apart weeks and sometimes months, it's been a couple of years now, so... Uh...

The twins aren't that old, just old enough to walk and talk.



Babies can do that at age 2... Right?

...

Can I please be given a hand-wave?

Edit: I'm going to admit this, right now...

The timeline, even to me, is a bit... Muddled, I guess you can say.

If you're asking for exact dates and ages... *Hangs head* It's one of the failings of this story, I don't have any exact dates and ages right now.

Forgive me?

I forgive you, Nanya.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Time Skip, um...

Well, considering that the mini-arcs have been spaced apart weeks and sometimes months, it's been a couple of years now, so... Uh...

The twins aren't that old, just old enough to walk and talk.



Babies can do that at age 2... Right?

...

Can I please be given a hand-wave?

Edit: I'm going to admit this, right now...

The timeline, even to me, is a bit... Muddled, I guess you can say.

If you're asking for exact dates and ages... *Hangs head* It's one of the failings of this story, I don't have any exact dates and ages right now.

Forgive me?

If you hadn't of said that you could have waited until the end and worked everything out before saying "I had this planned out all along." Now we simply have to accept the mages did it.

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by shiroi mahotsukai

If you hadn't of said that you could have waited until the end and worked everything out before saying "I had this planned out all along." Now we simply have to accept the mages did it.

Wizards did it? What does that make Nanya? =w=

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by shiroi mahotsukai

If you hadn't of said that you could have waited until the end and worked everything out before saying "I had this planned out all along." Now we simply have to accept the mages did it.

I *DO* have most of it planned...

But...

Horrible with some of the details.

That's why I like it if you guys can catch mistakes, then I can correct them.

[Filraen]

I'm not asking for exact chronology, just tell us when and roughly the amount of time. Note that for a previous timeskip you simply announced it without much fanfare (two years, and it wasn't even in the end of an arc)

Short version: replace "Later" with "A few years later".

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by Filraen

I'm not asking for exact chronology, but for a similar timeskip you simply announced it without much fanfare (two years, and it wasn't even in the and of an arc)

Short version: replace "Later" with "A few years later".

Yeah, I think Filraen has the right idea here. Even if it's just that slight editing, it makes it sound a bit smoother.

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by Filraen

I'm not asking for exact chronology, just tell us when and roughly the amount of time. Note that for a previous timeskip you simply announced it without much fanfare (two years, and it wasn't even in the and of an arc)

Short version: replace "Later" with "A few years later".

That SPECIFIC later was actually within the same day.

Hmm...

*looks at Coda*

However, I can do something about it.

Edit: Actually... Hmm... *thinks*

Time frame from Healing to Cycle...

Nanoha was just over her injury in Healing and Cycle was the airport fire in StrikerS, so...

Uh...

I need more time to think right now.

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

That SPECIFIC later was actually within the same day.

Hmm...

*looks at Coda*

However, I can do something about it.

Edit: Actually... Hmm... *thinks*

Time frame from Healing to Cycle...

Nanoha was just over her injury in Healing and Cycle was the airport fire in StrikerS, so...

Uh...

I need more time to think right now.

Need some Chao Lingshen time-travel? Or just more time? XP

[Nanya01]

even though I pushed back Nanoha's injury till she was somewhere between 12 and 14 and Quint had her children later that year...

...

Still, enough time should have passed, I think, especially since Nanoha was 15 when the airport fire happened and this is about a year (give or take) removed from StrikerS.

[Filraen]

Some options:

- Reorder the scenes of Coda End: Numbers-Levi-Quint or Numbers-Quint-Levi depending of when you pretend to do the timeskip.

- You can make the Quint scene a StrikerS prologue (thus removing it from coda End)

- Give some signs in-story the pregnancy happened/is happening (for example, Genya, Gubaru and Ginga appear in Cycle; they could have a line, spoken or not, about it).

[Nanya01]

Hmm... Yeah, that last one could work easily enough too. *nods*

I'll fix my master copy, it'll be up on FF.Net when I post it there.

[blitz1/2]

Originally Posted by Lycodrake

Yeah, same here. CnC is one of the tactical games I grew up playing, but despite attempts to stay serious, I could never end up doing it...
Also, if we go by CnC mechanics or rules, Hayate and Nanoha would pretty much be OP, Hayate because of her AoE attacks, and Nanoha because of Starlight Breaker.

And this idea probably would fit better under the crossover thread anyway, unless it would just be Nanoha-verse characters...don't know for sure, though.

I thought nobody could take CnC seriously was because of the bad acting. xD.

Although I can KIND of see a crossover, although it could mean that Tiberium would be close to the Huckebein virus in Force. And with Nod = Huckebein, but they would have to claim that Tiberium is another form of magical matter that gives additional magical power, maybe at the cost of something.

maybe something close to dark energon maybe?

[Nanya01]

StrikerS...

GO!

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle Playdate Forging Meetings Search Valkyrie News Coda

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake Oh Bandit Tree Old Iron Omakes 4, 5

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS Start:

Hayate, dressed in a brown mini-skirt military outfit smiled and saluted at the preliminary staff of the new Riot Force group. "Morning, everyone." She said from her position on top of a small stage.

"Morning." The group said as one.

"As you know, this is the first official meeting of the new Riot Force group. As it stands, we are an experimental group that was formed to be able to move freely without red tape clogging us down, as well as the ability to respond to any sort of crisis, regardless if it's Ground Forces, Navy or Air Force that would take care of it normally. Because of the large amount of staff that will be here right away, we are also tasked with the policing of various Lost Logia that are smuggled through Cranagan. The Bureau will continue to police Lost Logia as normal, so we only have to deal with any that happens here, or if we run into them while on a mission." She fought the urge to smile as the various staff members nodded their heads. "Keep in mind, that not all of the staff is here yet. Over the next couple of weeks, there will be other members of the Bureau coming and joining us, so do not be surprised if you see many new faces in the coming days." Smiling, Hayate saluted everyone again. "I'm not big on speeches, so, I'll end it with one last word. Of the new people coming in, we're going to have a small amount of trainees coming in. I will ask that, even though they are younger and less experienced than most of us, that you give them an honest chance." When no one said anything, Hayate nodded at them. "Dismissed."

(---)

Later in the day...

Hayate sighed as she sat behind her desk and groaned softly. "Gods, I feel tired." She looked up as there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

"Hayate..." Hayate's eyes lit up as she saw Reinforce walk in, dressed in a similar outfit to what Hayate wore. "I take it that the morning meeting went well?"

"Yes, but I've been up for almost thirty hours straight." Hayate sighed softly. "Ugh, just getting the movers to get everything right, making sure that people know what they're doing and having to do the whole meet and greet with all the new recruits, I could use a nap."

"Don't push yourself too hard..." Reinforce said to her softly. "Where is everyone else?"

"They'll be here this afternoon, actually." Hayate smiled as she saw Rein Zwei and Zafira, the latter in wolf form, walk in. "This morning was just for the base staff. We'll be getting the rest of the staff soon."

"Daddy looks like she's going to pass out." Zwei said and floated over to Hayate, patting her on the head. "You should take a nap, daddy."

Hayate blinked and wondered why she suddenly felt so groggy. "...Sleeping..." She yawned before leaning forward and passing out while resting her head on her desk.

"I don't think that Lina taught you that sleep spell for something like that, Zwei." Reinforce shook her head and walked over to Hayate and picked the small woman up. "Please tell me that you didn't make it too deep."

Zwei shook her head. "Nah uh. Daddy was really tired, I used just enough to make a person feel like yawning."

Reinforce nodded as she carried Hayate over to the couch and put her down on it. "Very well, but, please, refrain from that in the future."

"Okay, mommy." Zwei saluted her mother while giving her a determined look. "...Will daddy be mad at me?"

"A little upset, but not angry, I think." Reinforce smiled at her daughter.

"Besides," Zafira spoke up and looked at the small device, "like you said, Hayate was pretty tired, a couple of hours of sleep won't hurt her."

Reinforce nodded and looked back at Hayate. "Until Hayate wakes up, I'll be in charge, do either of you have a problem with that?" They both shook their heads and Reinforce nodded to them. Thankfully, being in charge today was mostly just making sure that people knew what to do later.

Most everyone was a professional anyway, so it wouldn't be a problem.

Walking over to the desk, Reinforce raised an eyebrow. "Missions, already?" She narrowed her eyes at them and sighed heavily. "Looks like we won't get much time to get together today. There's a few scouting missions that are requested, and one to deal with some criminals and they need extra fire power."

"How dangerous?"

"Not very." Reinforce shook her head. "Just small time thugs, but they're holed up pretty good. Just some extra firepower to draw them out is needed."

"Zaffy and I can go." Rein Zwei saluted her mother. "Zaffy won't let me get hurt and I'll punish the bad guys."

Reinforce smiled lightly. "Very well, be careful out there you two."

They both nodded and Zafira turned to walk away and smiled to himself as he felt Zwei land on his back as he walked out.

Reinforce waited until they were gone before closing her eyes. "Vita, are you somewhere close?"

"GAH! Mom, what do you want?"

Reinforce smiled at the title, but continued. "Just where are you at?"

"...Um... Not out partying again?"

"...Vita, I swear, if you're hanging out at a club again, you'll be in such trouble..."

"I was just listening to the music. I swear, that's all. I wasn't looking for anything else." Vita's voice sounded sincere, so Reinforce decided to drop it at that moment. "I was just relaxing until I needed to show up. Something wrong?"

"While I trust them, I'd feel better if you were with Zwei and Zafira, they went to help subdue some criminals and I worry about them."

"Not a problem, I'll head out right away." Vita cut the communication there.

(---)

"Sorry guys, I gotta go." Vita gave a small salute to the people at the dance club, most of whom all groaned in dismay. "Hey, family first, you know." She rolled her eyes as she threw on a leather jacket and ran out the door, nodding to the bouncer. "Keep up the good work, Bill."

The bouncer smiled at her. "You're always welcome back here anytime, Vita."

Grinning, the busty redhead ran out of the dance hall and grimaced slightly. "...Why are dance halls open all day and night anyway?" She asked herself before frowning slightly. "Hey, mom, where is..." Vita nodded to herself as Reinforce gave her some directions before turning and running off in that direction. Even if she was restricted for flight in the city, she was still faster on foot than anyone besides Fate.

Vita stopped at a corner and grinned as she came across a motorcycle. 'Course, having one of these babies is just awesome.' It had taken her years of saving money, looking for deals and doing special favors to finally get a motorcycle, but it had been worth it in the end. Tossing on the helmet, she dropped the visor and got on the bike, turning it on and grinning as the engine roared to life. "Alright!"

While nothing could beat flying, this was a pretty close second in Vita's opinion.

(---)

Less than an hour later...

Vita arrived, somewhat grumpily, at the scene of several police cars in front of a two-story warehouse before nodding as she got off her bike after parking it and walking over to the captain before pulling her helmet off. "Bureau Captain Vita Yagami reporting in. What's the situation?"

"It's well in hand, ma'am." The captain saluted her. "Just moments ago, Sergeant Major Rein Zwei Yagami and Zafira Yagami showed up and went inside, and well..."

Vita looked up and sweat-dropped as a man was blown out of the window while crackling with lightning. "...Someone said she was a midget again." Vita shook her head and chuckled heavily. Her sister wasn't too forgiving when someone called her that.

"Is she like this very often?"

"Only if you call her a midget or try and take her food." Vita shook her head as another body came out, this time it was encased in a thin layer of ice. "She's not likely to kill them though, unless they somehow hurt Zafira." Zwei was so protective of her family that it would be cute if it wasn't for the fact that she was probably capable of re-writing local weather patterns when she got upset if she tried hard enough.

"And that's for trying to say that I was smaller than a nugget!" Zwei yelled as she floated out of the broken window, Zafira, still in wolf form, followed her, dragging five other, unconscious men out after him. "Sis!" Zwei spotted Vita instantly and flew over to her, trying, and failing, due to how small her tiny unison body was, to hug the redhead's breasts completely. "How are you? You don't smell funny today."

Vita sweat-dropped at the looks she was getting. "I'm fine, mom wanted me to make sure that you and Zafira were okay." She blushed as Zafira looked at her while dropping the chained up men in front of the police. "Hey, I was clear on the other side of Cranagan, it took me nearly forty minutes to get out here."

"I didn't say anything." Zafira mentioned to her telepathically.

Vita just rolled her eyes and looked at the police captain, who was grinning at her, Zwei and Zafira. "We done, captain?"

He nodded at her. "Yep. If need a statement from you, we'll give you a call."

Vita smiled at him. "Cool. Zafira, Zwei, want a ride?"

Zwei grinned and nodded. "Uh huh!" Before Vita could say anything, Zwei flew up Vita's shirt sleeve before sliding into position between her large, comfortable breasts. "Ahhh!"

Vita felt like slapping herself in the face, but just shook her head, put her helmet on and got on the bike as Zafira turned back into human form and got on behind her. "A tank top and jeans?"

Zafira snorted at her and grabbed her side as she started up the bike and took off towards the new headquarters.

Spoiler for Comments:

I figured that if Fate, Nanoha, Signum and Shamal all have cars by now, why can't Vita have a motorcycle?

Also, if anyone knows how to describe Priss's motorcycle from Bubblegum Crisis, please, let me know, I'm drawing on that for Vita's bike here.

[Lycodrake]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS...

GO!

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle Playdate Forging Meetings Search Valkyrie News Coda

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake Oh Bandit Tree Old Iron Omakes 4, 5

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS Start:

Hayate, dressed in a brown mini-skirt military outfit smiled and saluted at the preliminary staff of the new Riot Force group. "Morning, everyone." She said from her position on top of a small stage.

"Morning." The group said as one.

"As you know, this is the first official meeting of the new Riot Force group. As it stands, we are an experimental group that was formed to be able to move freely without red tape clogging us down, as well as the ability to respond to any sort of crisis, regardless if it's Ground Forces, Navy or Air Force that would take care of it normally. Because of the large amount of staff that will be here right away, we are also tasked with the policing of various Lost Logia that are smuggled through Cranagan. The Bureau will continue to police Lost Logia as normal, so we only have to deal with any that happens here, or if we run into them while on a mission." She fought the urge to smile as the various staff members nodded their heads. "Keep in mind, that not all of the staff is here yet. Over the next couple of weeks, there will be other members of the Bureau coming and joining us, so do not be surprised if you see many new faces in the coming days." Smiling, Hayate saluted everyone again. "I'm not big on speeches, so, I'll end it with one last word. Of the new people coming in, we're going to have a small amount of trainees coming in. I will ask that, even though they are younger and less experienced than most of us, that you give them an honest chance." When no one said anything, Hayate nodded at them. "Dismissed."

(---)

Later in the day...

Hayate sighed as she sat behind her desk and groaned softly. "Gods, I feel tired." She looked up as there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

"Hayate..." Hayate's eyes lit up as she saw Reinforce walk in, dressed in a similar outfit to what Hayate wore. "I take it that the morning meeting went well?"

"Yes, but I've been up for almost thirty hours straight." Hayate sighed softly. "Ugh, just getting the movers to get everything right, making sure that people know what they're doing and having to do the whole meet and greet with all the new recruits, I could use a nap."

"Don't push yourself too hard..." Reinforce said to her softly. "Where is everyone else?"

"They'll be here this afternoon, actually." Hayate smiled as she saw Rein Zwei and Zafira, the latter in wolf form, walk in. "This morning was just for the base staff. We'll be getting the rest of the staff soon."

"Daddy looks like she's going to pass out." Zwei said and floated over to Hayate, patting her on the head. "You should take a nap, daddy."

Hayate blinked and wondered why she suddenly felt so groggy. "...Sleeping..." She yawned before leaning forward and passing out while resting her head on her desk.

"I don't think that Lina taught you that sleep spell for something like that, Zwei." Reinforce shook her head and walked over to Hayate and picked the small woman up. "Please tell me that you didn't make it too deep."

Zwei shook her head. "Nah uh. Daddy was really tired, I used just enough to make a person feel like yawning."

Reinforce nodded as she carried Hayate over to the couch and put her down on it. "Very well, but, please, refrain from that in the future."

"Okay, mommy." Zwei saluted her mother while giving her a determined look. "...Will daddy be mad at me?"

"A little upset, but not angry, I think." Reinforce smiled at her daughter.

"Besides," Zafira spoke up and looked at the small device, "like you said, Hayate was pretty tired, a couple of hours of sleep won't hurt her."

Reinforce nodded and looked back at Hayate. "Until Hayate wakes up, I'll be in charge, do either of you have a problem with that?" They both shook their heads and Reinforce nodded to them. Thankfully, being in charge today was mostly just making sure that people knew what to do later.

Most everyone was a professional anyway, so it wouldn't be a problem.

Walking over to the desk, Reinforce raised an eyebrow. "Missions, already?" She narrowed her eyes at them and sighed heavily. "Looks like we won't get much time to get together today. There's a few scouting missions that are requested, and one to deal with some criminals and they need extra fire power."

"How dangerous?"

"Not very." Reinforce shook her head. "Just small time thugs, but they're holed up pretty good. Just some extra firepower to draw them out is needed."

"Zaffy and I can go." Rein Zwei saluted her mother. "Zaffy won't let me get hurt and I'll punish the bad guys."

Reinforce smiled lightly. "Very well, be careful out there you two."

They both nodded and Zafira turned to walk away and smiled to himself as he felt Zwei land on his back as he walked out.

Reinforce waited until they were gone before closing her eyes. "Vita, are you somewhere close?"

"GAH! Mom, what do you want?"

Reinforce smiled at the title, but continued. "Just where are you at?"

"...Um... Not out partying again?"

"...Vita, I swear, if you're hanging out at a club again, you'll be in such trouble..."

"I was just listening to the music. I swear, that's all. I wasn't looking for anything else." Vita's voice sounded sincere, so Reinforce decided to drop it at that moment. "I was just relaxing until I needed to show up. Something wrong?"

"While I trust them, I'd feel better if you were with Zwei and Zafira, they went to help subdue some criminals and I worry about them."

"Not a problem, I'll head out right away." Vita cut the communication there.

(---)

"Sorry guys, I gotta go." Vita gave a small salute to the people at the dance club, most of whom all groaned in dismay. "Hey, family first, you know." She rolled her eyes as she threw on a leather jacket and ran out the door, nodding to the bouncer. "Keep up the good work, Bill."

The bouncer smiled at her. "You're always welcome back here anytime, Vita."

Grinning, the busty redhead ran out of the dance hall and grimaced slightly. "...Why are dance halls open all day and night anyway?" She asked herself before frowning slightly. "Hey, mom, where is..." Vita nodded to herself as Reinforce gave her some directions before turning and running off in that direction. Even if she was restricted for flight in the city, she was still faster on foot than anyone besides Fate.

Vita stopped at a corner and grinned as she came across a motorcycle. 'Course, having one of these babies is just awesome.' It had taken her years of saving money, looking for deals and doing special favors to finally get a motorcycle, but it had been worth it in the end. Tossing on the helmet, she dropped the visor and got on the bike, turning it on and grinning as the engine roared to life. "Alright!"

While nothing could beat flying, this was a pretty close second in Vita's opinion.

(---)

Less than an hour later...

Vita arrived, somewhat grumpily, at the scene of several police cars in front of a two-story warehouse before nodding as she got off her bike after parking it and walking over to the captain before pulling her helmet off. "Bureau Captain Vita Yagami reporting in. What's the situation?"

"It's well in hand, ma'am." The captain saluted her. "Just moments ago, Sergeant Major Rein Zwei Yagami and Zafira Yagami showed up and went inside, and well..."

Vita looked up and sweat-dropped as a man was blown out of the window while crackling with lightning. "...Someone said she was a midget again." Vita shook her head and chuckled heavily. Her sister wasn't too forgiving when someone called her that.

"Is she like this very often?"

"Only if you call her a midget or try and take her food." Vita shook her head as another body came out, this time it was encased in a thin layer of ice. "She's not likely to kill them though, unless they somehow hurt Zafira." Zwei was so protective of her family that it would be cute if it wasn't for the fact that she was probably capable of re-writing local weather patterns when she got upset if she tried hard enough.

"And that's for trying to say that I was smaller than a nugget!" Zwei yelled as she floated out of the broken window, Zafira, still in wolf form, followed her, dragging five other, unconscious men out after him. "Sis!" Zwei spotted Vita instantly and flew over to her, trying, and failing, due to how small her tiny unison body was, to hug the redhead's breasts completely. "How are you? You don't smell funny today."

Vita sweat-dropped at the looks she was getting. "I'm fine, mom wanted me to make sure that you and Zafira were okay." She blushed as Zafira looked at her while dropping the chained up men in front of the police. "Hey, I was clear on the other side of Cranagan, it took me nearly forty minutes to get out here."

"I didn't say anything." Zafira mentioned to her telepathically.

Vita just rolled her eyes and looked at the police captain, who was grinning at her, Zwei and Zafira. "We done, captain?"

He nodded at her. "Yep. If need a statement from you, we'll give you a call."

Vita smiled at him. "Cool. Zafira, Zwei, want a ride?"

Zwei grinned and nodded. "Uh huh!" Before Vita could say anything, Zwei flew up Vita's shirt sleeve before sliding into position between her large, comfortable breasts. "Ahhh!"

Vita felt like slapping herself in the face, but just shook her head, put her helmet on and got on the bike as Zafira turned back into human form and got on behind her. "A tank top and jeans?"

Zafira snorted at her and grabbed her side as she started up the bike and took off towards the new headquarters.

Spoiler for Comments:

I figured that if Fate, Nanoha, Signum and Shamal all have cars by now, why can't Vita have a motorcycle?

Also, if anyone knows how to describe Priss's motorcycle from Bubblegum Crisis, please, let me know, I'm drawing on that for Vita's bike here.

Zwei just makes me "d'awww..." almost every time. When she isn't doing that, she's having moments of BA.
Also, Vita-chan on a motorcycle is full of win. Seriously.