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Originally Posted by Nanya01

Shine 1 -45

Shine 46

Shine 47

Shine 48

Shine 49 A, B, C

Shine 49 D

Shine 49 E

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Shine 50:

Leti shook her head as she looked at the destroyed field. "Well, I hope the crews don't mind the extra work in the morning." She shook her head and looked at Mizetto.

"Yes, I'm sure that they won't mind..." She shook her head and wandered off to make the correct calls. "Though, I'm sure that that ground-keepers are going to have a conniption fit."

Leti sighed and made a mental note to tell her son it wasn't worth getting super powerful if all you did was make messes for others to clean up.

(---)

Later...

Hayate sat on the bed, bandages on her arms and forehead and fidgeted from the looks she was getting from Reinforce, who was on her own bed, Signum, Shamal and Zafira, the latter of which were fine. She had the feeling if Rein wasn't clinging tightly to Vita and glaring at Yuuno, she would probably be giving her the same look. "Um..." She looked at Nanoha and nearly giggled as the girl was in the same boat with Yuuno and Miyuki. She tapped her fingers together before rubbing the back of her head. "Well, um, can I say that I wanted to see just how good Nanoha-chan was in a fight?"

"Well, you found out." Reinforce sighed and shook her head before rubbing her eyes.

"Hayate..." Zafira spoke up, causing her to look at him. "We all know that you want to prove that you're worthy of having your power and that fighting Nanoha is a good way to prove that, we don't want you to push yourself too hard or get hurt doing so. So, please, take it easy for the rest of us at least."

Hayate ducked her head in embarrassment, but nodded. "Alright..."

Zafira shook his head. "Even if you push yourself on a mission and try your hardest, we would rather you not try so hard against a friend and ally. None of us want to see you back in your wheelchair."

Hayate looked at her bedsheets and gripped them tightly. "I... I..." She trembled softly. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to prove that I was worthy of the power I got, I wanted to prove that I was worthy of having you as my family and..." Her eyes widened as she felt arms wrap around her and pull her into a hug. "Shamal..?"

"You have always been worthy of being our master, Hayate. You gave us warm beds, warm food, nice baths and clothes and never once asked for us to do anything for you. You're just being silly if you think you aren't worthy of us."

Hayate sighed softly and hugged Shamal back. "I guess I was... I just got so excited to have a sparring match with Nanoha-chan that I wanted to prove something to myself."

Reinforce shook her head. "Hayate, just don't go and do something that crazy again, okay?" The girl nodded and the large device flopped onto the bed. "Now, I'm tired, so, please keep it down."

Even if Reinforce seemed upset about everything, there was a small smile on her face as she went to sleep. It was good seeing Hayate try so hard at something, even if the results landed the two of them in the infirmary.

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Elsewhere...

Mary stood in front of the Bureau's council as they looked over the data that she had presented them. "As you can see, while it didn't do everything that I had hoped, the Blaster Metal more than lived up to any reasonable expectations that anyone could place on it. If not for the Blast Mode that had been installed into their devices that they had used, both Knights would have been utterly killed by what injured them."

"It seems fairly costly." One of the council members spoke up, getting a nod from Mary.

"Yes, depending on the amount of body that needs to be covered with the person, it could be very expensive to outfit entire platoons with this armor mode." Mary bit her lip, she was sure that the council would approve of it, but she needed them to get behind it fully.

"Is there anyway to off-set the price of this?"

Mary shook her head. "At the moment, no. But, as you can see, my plan calls for only the strongest of Knights and mages to have this outfitted onto them by the year 0080. Having run calculations, anyone with less power than a AA rank would get no benefit from this armor." Hearing the murmurs through the council, Mary held up a hand. "Please, ladies and gentlemen, this is just one project that I have been working on." She clapped her hands twice and some orderlies wheeled in a cart with several sword hilts on them. "Recently, I managed to get my hands on a weapon of immense power and studying it led me to be able to make replicas of it."

"Replicas of what, exactly?"

"A legendary weapon, known for being able to block, counter, reflect and dispell magic, as well as amplify the magic the user has with it." Mary didn't understand it herself, but she was told that was the nature of the weapon. "These replicas, or as I'm calling them, Shine Swords, aren't quite as powerful as the original Sword of Light, however, they're able to do everything the original can do."

"How? If they're not as powerful..."

"I'm glad you asked." Mary nodded and snapped her fingers as several mages walked into the room. "These four are all going to shoot at me with their strongest spells and I will demonstrate the power of one of these Shine Swords for you." Walking into the open as the four lined up in front of her, Mary held her weapon in front of her. "Light Come Forth!" As the sword lit up, the four fired at her at the same time and Mary held the weapon in front of her as the blasts converged on her.

The council watched, with interest as none of the attacks managed to get past the sword. When they abated, the mages bowed and turned to leave as the sword itself shut off and Mary turned back to them as they looked on in interest.

"I can tell you, that was a lot harder than it appeared." Mary nodded as the weapon shut itself off. "As for these weapons, the Shine Swords, seeing as they're not the original Sword of Light, they have a limit to how long they can remain active, the stronger the spell they block, the less time they can remain active, however, I have managed to make it so that the power supply that they use can and will recharge on its own."

"How strong of a spell can these weapons block?" One of the council members asked, getting a shrug from Mary. "You don't know?!"

"While I based this one the original Sword of Light, I haven't tested the upper limits of the swords yet. The original Sword of Light was said to be able to block even SS rank destructive bombardment spells, so, since everything about the Shine Sword is the same as the Sword of Light, it would have to be tested against a SS rank bombardment spell to know the maximum limit, and I don't need to tell you that if it failed, the user would likely be destroyed as well."

"What is the upper limits you have tested?" One of the council members asked her.

"I have tested it against a spell that was ranked, at full power, AAA+, so I'm certain that it would suit members of the Bureau at all levels."

"How fast can you make these?"

Mary smirked softly. "With enough time and funding, I can have the entire Bureau, both active and in-active members with these Shine Swords in less than ten years, and the Blaster Metal, if I limit it to only the strongest Belkan Knights, can be done in even less time."

"I suggest, for now, make sure to equip our B and C rank members with these weapons as soon as possible before moving up to A rank magic users for these Shine Swords." Mary nodded, that was her plan. "As for this Blaster Metal enhancement, as per your recommendation, we shall give you funding so that AAA and higher Belkan Knights will receive this upgrade. As for A and AA rank members of the Bureau, there is no need to hurry with equipping the entire Bureau, just make sure to have enough within the ten year timetable that you have set up for yourself." Mary nodded to the member as the others on the council were nodding their heads in agreement. "If you find yourself with other legendary weapons and can reverse engineer them for the Bureau, please let us know and we shall make sure that you get the funding you need."

Mary nodded, quite happy with the ruling she was given. Internally, a small, chibified version of herself had her glasses gleaming white as she tossed her head back and laughed. 'Ohohohohohohohohohoho!'

Mary made a mental note to laugh like that when she was back in her lab.

Spoiler for Comments:

I'll still post the story, but that's about it, I doubt I'll be contributing much to AS from here on out.

I wonder what will Lina will say if Naga and Mary laugh their Noble woman's laugh....

And looks like things are evening out.... The cyborys getting offensive upgrade while TSAB getting mostly defensive upgrades...