[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Spoiler for Material Days 32:

When Rai felt her awareness return to her, she noticed that she didn’t feel tired. In fact, if anything, she felt more energetic. “What?” She looked at her body and the cuts were healing themselves. “Did I get healed when I wasn’t looking?” She asked and looked down, her eyes widening at the slightly bloodied Yuuno.

"Unnggghhh..." Yuuno couldn't help but groan out loud. Dealing with that berserk side of hers was rather painful.

“Yuu-nii?” He cracked an eye open as he saw the naked woman straddling him. “Oh… Oh no…” Her eyes watered up and she hugged him tightly. “I did something bad, didn’t I?”

“Rai?” Sure, he was a little scared of her at that moment, but right now, she was acting more like a scared girl than some sort of monster. “What..?”

“I’m sorry…” She whimpered as she hugged him more. “I get… urges to destroy things… Hurt things… People…”

“What do you mean?” This was a twist, he wasn’t sure what to make of it, but maybe she’d actually talk to him more seriously instead of her half-insane self. When she just held him and trembled, he sighed and went quiet. He didn’t think that she cared too much about anything, but, as he closed his eyes and held her, he decided that if she considered him one of the things she cared about, he could live with it.

He just hoped that she wouldn’t go insane like that again. It was very scary.

(---)

Yami raised an eyebrow as she saw a ship, a rather large vessel, come out of the sky and land on the planet. “Now what?” She and Seikou had gotten out of the hot springs and had gotten dressed. The ship landed down only a short bit away from where their busted up ship was at.

“Maybe it’s some locals coming back from vacation?” Material-S blinked as the outer hatch opened up and a group of about six people exited the ship.

“Reverend Maru Kovanich, there seems to be some people on this world.” A man with feminine features said to another man dressed in a black suit and a white collar around his neck.

“I see that, Bishop Patrick Haru.” The man nodded, he walked up to Seikou and Yami and smiled. “Welcome to the hot spring planet Tenrei. I’m surprised to see others here as this isn't a world that well known to outsiders which is why we have chosen this location for our first religious retreat."

“It wasn’t by choice.” Seikou said, ignoring the man as she looked at the ship that he came in. “Impressive ship.”

“Isn’t it? Our members were generous enough to donate the funds to construct it.” Maru smiled, very pleased with himself. “Forgive me for not introducing ourselves properly. We are the Seekers of Absolute Truth, a religion dedicated to discovering and deciphering the riddles of the universe left behind by the Almighty. Our membership is rather small... just this group right now but we hope to grow as we go along!”

“A truth religion?” Yami raised an eyebrow and wished that Material-L was here now. She could have a field day with these people. “Do go on. What absolute truths do you preach about?”

“There are quite a few that we have discovered so far on our journey but the most prominent one would be this one." The bishop closed his eyes as he seemed to become extremely friendly and happy. “That two women, who raise a child together are obviously a family and in love with each other.”

“Indeed, for if one woman lost the one she obviously loved, she would not go and shack up with a man and bear his demon spawn,” continued the Reverend.

Seikou blinked and looked at Yami, who was giving them a half-lidded stare. “But, what if the women aren’t in love with each other like that?”

The whole group looked at her aghast while the bishop and the reverend had upset looks on their faces. “How dare you!?” Patrick exclaimed and stepped up to the two Materials, shaking a finger at them. “How dare you not see the wonder and beauty that is two women?! They don’t need a man…” He looked at the two of them. “And judging by the two of you, you two are obviously lovers.” He ignored the way that Yami blanched and glared at him. “So, you can obviously see where we’re coming from.”

“…As much as the thought of being with her is enticing, I’d prefer to be with Yuuno-san.” Next to her, Yami blanched even more as Seikou's blank blue eyes narrowed, slowly examining each and every member of this religious group. “They don’t seem to be very strong… may I?”

Material-D's only response was a shrug of indifference. “Go ahead. I’m good for awhile.” Then she gave a nasty little smile. “And please take your time.”

“Thank you.” The Nanoha replica then turned her attention to the Bishop and slowly walked up to him. "You insulted myself, Yami-"

"Call me 'Your Majesty'!"

Seikou ignored her friend's complaint. "...Yuuno-san and Rai at the same time…"

“And what are gullrk!” Patrick Haru’s eyes widened as Seikou’s hand seemed to disappear into his chest before pulling out a small glowing ball and consuming it. While the bishop's body slumped to the ground, the Nanoha replica's face slightly grimaced in disgust.

"How weak... but I suppose I cannot complain too much when this is all that is available." Seikou shook her head and snapped her fingers while pointing at the rest of the people, binding them all up in very strong and heavy binds. "Too weak to escape those binds?"

"Most likely they let any sort of magical development fade away and dedicated their lives to this 'religion' of theirs," commented Material-D from the side.

“No, no, NOOOO!” Maru screamed as Seikou’s eyes glowed brightly.

"By the time our companions return, your ashes will be scattered across this world and there will be nobody else to spread your gospel. That is your absolute truth," hissed Material-S before she plunged her hand into another member's body and consumed that Linker Core. “One down.” She seemed to smile slightly as she moved over to the Reverend who gazed defiantly at her.

“You’ll go to hell for this!!”

“I was in Hell once. Ate the devil and escaped.” Seikou then grabbed his Linker Core, getting him to scream in pain before she stuck it into her mouth and swallowed it whole. “Not very much here either. And certainly not very appetizing.”

Yami shrugged at that. “Just hurry it up before that peon comes back. He won’t like seeing you do this.”

Seikou raised an eyebrow at Yami, before nodding and smiling softly. “Of course.”

Material-D looked at the two dead bodies before kicking Maru Haru on top of the dead reverend. “Make sure to kick them over here when you’re done.” She smirked as Seikou did, in fact, kick over the dead bodies once she finished with them. Once every dead body was gathered, the Hayate replica spoke only two words. “Diabolic Emission.” As soon as the bodies disappeared in the sphere of darkness, she turned towards her companion. "So how are you feeling?"

“The energy those people gave wasn’t very much.” Material-S sighed and wondered why it was so hard to find people with decent Linker Cores these days. She then saw at the ship that they had come in. “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Yami smirked and nodded. “If it means getting out of here, I’m all for it… Plus it looks like it might have more room than the peon’s ship.”

“Let’s get everything out of Yuuno-san’s ship and move it over here then.”

Yami frowned at her. “What right do you have ordering me around?!” Seikou ignored her, since Yami helped her out anyway.

(---)

Nanoha sighed as she practically paced around her room. She couldn’t believe that Chrono had ordered her to not go out there and look for Yuuno personally. How could he stand it? He knows that his friend was in danger so why wasn’t he willing to go out and look for Yuuno personally?

“I know how you feel.” Fate said, tiredly as she stood by the door. “I’m not happy about it either, but I’m sure that my brother has his reasons.”

“Yuuno-kun’s our friend, Fate-chan. How can any of us turn a blind eye to him?” Nanoha was practically tearing up. “What if those 'Materials' decide that they don’t need him anymore and leave him on some sort of abandoned planet without any supplies?! That is if they don’t kill him first.” She blinked as she felt Fate hug her. “Fate…chan?”

“Shh… Yuuno will be alright.” Fate wasn’t sure about that herself. She was worried about him as well, but if she let Nanoha know that, the other woman would likely tear a few heads off and go looking for Yuuno personally.

And that was the last thing any of them needed at that moment.

Whoo, hotel has wireless! Now if all goes well I should be hanging out with Yasanagi in a few hours

Anyways, onto this bit. I gotta say you should stop with all the did-they-or-didn't-they sex stuff. Getting kind of old, and since you've done it for all 3 Materials now I think it'd be a good time to stop.

I also think you can lay off the zealot bashing. You've done that several times already too. Well, atleast this time it has plot relevence. I wonder how they're going to explain where this new ship came from

Still a bit worrying with regards to Seikou's character development though, since she was able to kill those guys with no remorse. It's clear she now has a fondness for Yuuno, so the thought that he'd disapprove of her actions should cause some hesitation. Maybe she'll have to struggle with guilt when she lies to him about it. That would be good.