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"Xellos appeared before you?" Lina asked Nanoha, who nodded, causing Lina to sigh and rub her forehead. "Great, just great. If that fruitcake showed up anywhere nearby..." She groaned and slumped. "Chrono..."

The boy looked at her, he, Yuuno, Fate and Arf had came back as Nanoha called to them, saying something important was going on. "What?"

"Regardless of when your mother gets back, we're going to have to stay."

"You mean it, Miss Lina?!" Amelia gasped, her eyes sparkling happily.

Lina sighed and looked at her husband. "Shiro..."

"It's okay." He smiled as he walked close to her and hugged her. "You know something's coming, and you've told me before that whenever Xellos shows up, bad things tend to happen."

Lina felt like rubbing her forehead, she just came back and now she had to deal with whatever plans that fruitcake had in store. "Thanks."

Amelia blushed and turned away as Shiro gave Lina a kiss on the lips, it was quick, but it was there and it was... SO romantic that it had her heart a flutter.

Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno just shook their heads, they had seen this way too often to really comment on it anymore.

"Amelia!" Prince Phil called into the house. "We need to get going! I need to tell the WONDEROUS news that Lina Inverse is not dead!"

Lina's eyes widened at hearing that. "Wait a second, Phil!"

"Ahahahahahahaha!" The large man started laughing as his daughter got into the carriage, looking embarrassed. "Don't worry, Miss Lina! With the information that you're back, any bandit gangs will surely break up. YAH!" He snapped at the reigns of the horses and they took off out of town at a high speed.

Zelgadis sighed as he watched them go. "Leave it to Phil to make things get weird again. Anyway, Lina, come to Seiryuun as soon as you can, if the fruitcake's involved somehow, we're going to need all the help we can get." He started walking, before stopping as a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"And... Just where do you think you're going?" Lina asked in a tight voice. "We don't have much in the way of clothes or other things, Zelgadis, so... We'll be right with you in a few moments, okay?"

Zelgadis nodded and grimaced as she let go of his shoulder. "Never thought that losing the stone skin could be a bad thing." He muttered, forgetting just how... Delicate he had been without the stone skin.

When Lina let go and turned her her parents, they had a knowing smile on their faces. "Mom? Dad?"

"Still got some wanderlust in you, huh?"

Lina shook her head at her father's question. "No. I just don't want whatever problems that Xellos is a prelude to to pop up back home." She took a deep breath and hugged her parents tightly. "I promise, when this calms down, I'll come visit more than once every sixteen years."

"It's okay." Her mother whispered to her. "Even if you don't show up again, the fact that you're still alive is more than enough for us. I'm glad you found happiness."

"Thank you." Lina said softly and blinked as she saw her sister walk into the room. "Sis?"

"I'm not going to go on whatever adventures you have, Lina." She chuckled and gave her sister a hug. "Just make sure that whatever you fight, you kill deader than dead."

After letting go of the hug, Lina nodded and grinned at her sister. "Right. Maybe when this is over, I'll introduce you guys to my older children."

"Take care." Luna smiled as she watched them leave.

(---)

"I guess I'm breaking my promise to you."

Lina shook her head. "No, you aren't, we promised we'd be in this together, Shiro, no matter what. And we both knew that my past life would eventually call for me." Why the heck couldn't Mazoku wait a few more decades before trying something crazy and stupid?

"I know." Shiro squeezed her shoulder tightly. "Not sure how much help I can be on this."

Lina shrugged and smiled at him. "Well... I don't know either. If you want, when Lindy gets back, you can spend time in the ship, making sure that we're all okay."

Shiro shook his head. "No, I'd rather be here, by your side." Even if he couldn't hurt a Mazoku with his weapons, he'd find some way to get by.

He wasn't going to let his family face a great threat alone.

"Before I forget, Lina..." Zelgadis turned to her. "Prince Phil is leading an expedition to the world outside of the barrier, it's scheduled to go in three days."

Lina nodded to him. It made sense, too much sense actually. The world had been split apart for over a thousand years, to suddenly have the barrier crash after so long, well... "Let's hurry then."

"Where are we going, mom?" Nanoha asked as Lina looked into the distance.

"Seiryuun... There's a couple of people there I want to pick up."

Zelgadis gave her a look and slowed down his pace to match hers. "You do realize that it won't be fair to Gourry, right?"

Lina shook her head, oh, she knew. She knew that it wouldn't be fair at all. "But letting him think that I'm dead is even less fair."

"Lina." Zelgadis grabbed her shoulder. "It might be for the best. He'll be sad, but he'll move on, eventually. If he knows that you're alive..."

Lina nodded, she knew it wouldn't be pleasant. "Maybe so, but it's more cruel, I think, to let him think that I'm dead when I'm not."

Zelgadis watched as she got out of his grip and walked away. "...She grew up."

"Having to take care of children does that." Shiro said, catching his attention. "She might act like she did when she was younger, but I can tell you that she's likely not the same person you knew."

Zelgadis looked at her as she pointed various things out to Nanoha as she asked about them. "...No, She's not." And, honestly, he felt it was for the better.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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"Xellos appeared before you?" Lina asked Nanoha, who nodded, causing Lina to sigh and rub her forehead. "Great, just great. If that fruitcake showed up anywhere nearby..." She groaned and slumped. "Chrono..."

The boy looked at her, he, Yuuno, Fate and Arf had came back as Nanoha called to them, saying something important was going on. "What?"

"Regardless of when your mother gets back, we're going to have to stay."

"You mean it, Miss Lina?!" Amelia gasped, her eyes sparkling happily.

Lina sighed and looked at her husband. "Shiro..."

"It's okay." He smiled as he walked close to her and hugged her. "You know something's coming, and you've told me before that whenever Xellos shows up, bad things tend to happen."

Lina felt like rubbing her forehead, she just came back and now she had to deal with whatever plans that fruitcake had in store. "Thanks."

Amelia blushed and turned away as Shiro gave Lina a kiss on the lips, it was quick, but it was there and it was... SO romantic that it had her heart a flutter.

Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno just shook their heads, they had seen this way too often to really comment on it anymore.

"Amelia!" Prince Phil called into the house. "We need to get going! I need to tell the WONDEROUS news that Lina Inverse is not dead!"

Lina's eyes widened at hearing that. "Wait a second, Phil!"

"Ahahahahahahaha!" The large man started laughing as his daughter got into the carriage, looking embarrassed. "Don't worry, Miss Lina! With the information that you're back, any bandit gangs will surely break up. YAH!" He snapped at the reigns of the horses and they took off out of town at a high speed.

Zelgadis sighed as he watched them go. "Leave it to Phil to make things get weird again. Anyway, Lina, come to Seiryuun as soon as you can, if the fruitcake's involved somehow, we're going to need all the help we can get." He started walking, before stopping as a hand was placed on his shoulder.

"And... Just where do you think you're going?" Lina asked in a tight voice. "We don't have much in the way of clothes or other things, Zelgadis, so... We'll be right with you in a few moments, okay?"

Zelgadis nodded and grimaced as she let go of his shoulder. "Never thought that losing the stone skin could be a bad thing." He muttered, forgetting just how... Delicate he had been without the stone skin.

When Lina let go and turned her her parents, they had a knowing smile on their faces. "Mom? Dad?"

"Still got some wanderlust in you, huh?"

Lina shook her head at her father's question. "No. I just don't want whatever problems that Xellos is a prelude to to pop up back home." She took a deep breath and hugged her parents tightly. "I promise, when this calms down, I'll come visit more than once every sixteen years."

"It's okay." Her mother whispered to her. "Even if you don't show up again, the fact that you're still alive is more than enough for us. I'm glad you found happiness."

"Thank you." Lina said softly and blinked as she saw her sister walk into the room. "Sis?"

"I'm not going to go on whatever adventures you have, Lina." She chuckled and gave her sister a hug. "Just make sure that whatever you fight, you kill deader than dead."

After letting go of the hug, Lina nodded and grinned at her sister. "Right. Maybe when this is over, I'll introduce you guys to my older children."

"Take care." Luna smiled as she watched them leave.

(---)

"I guess I'm breaking my promise to you."

Lina shook her head. "No, you aren't, we promised we'd be in this together, Shiro, no matter what. And we both knew that my past life would eventually call for me." Why the heck couldn't Mazoku wait a few more decades before trying something crazy and stupid?

"I know." Shiro squeezed her shoulder tightly. "Not sure how much help I can be on this."

Lina shrugged and smiled at him. "Well... I don't know either. If you want, when Lindy gets back, you can spend time in the ship, making sure that we're all okay."

Shiro shook his head. "No, I'd rather be here, by your side." Even if he couldn't hurt a Mazoku with his weapons, he'd find some way to get by.

He wasn't going to let his family face a great threat alone.

"Before I forget, Lina..." Zelgadis turned to her. "Prince Phil is leading an expedition to the world outside of the barrier, it's scheduled to go in three days."

Lina nodded to him. It made sense, too much sense actually. The world had been split apart for over a thousand years, to suddenly have the barrier crash after so long, well... "Let's hurry then."

"Where are we going, mom?" Nanoha asked as Lina looked into the distance.

"Seiryuun... There's a couple of people there I want to pick up."

Zelgadis gave her a look and slowed down his pace to match hers. "You do realize that it won't be fair to Gourry, right?"

Lina shook her head, oh, she knew. She knew that it wouldn't be fair at all. "But letting him think that I'm dead is even less fair."

"Lina." Zelgadis grabbed her shoulder. "It might be for the best. He'll be sad, but he'll move on, eventually. If he knows that you're alive..."

Lina nodded, she knew it wouldn't be pleasant. "Maybe so, but it's more cruel, I think, to let him think that I'm dead when I'm not."

Zelgadis watched as she got out of his grip and walked away. "...She grew up."

"Having to take care of children does that." Shiro said, catching his attention. "She might act like she did when she was younger, but I can tell you that she's likely not the same person you knew."

Zelgadis looked at her as she pointed various things out to Nanoha as she asked about them. "...No, She's not." And, honestly, he felt it was for the better.

*Reads through the last three chapters in rapid succession*

So... this story is going to be about a million billion chapters long, then? Because there are so many plots, Generals, and Priests getting involved here that it will basically have no choice but to continue forever.

Also... can I just say my guess right now? You've mentioned more than once how Shiro is useless against Mazoku, so I'm calling right now that he's going to get his hands on of the Weapons of Light at some point. Valgaav's running around, it could happen!

[Nanya01]

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"Gourry-dear..." Sylphiel sighed as she saw him sitting at the bar again. It wasn't that he was drinking himself to death, thankfully, she just wished that he wasn't so depressed all the time. Heck, even anger would be better than what he was going through right now. "Please."

"What?" He looked at the Sword of Light in his hands. "I should have thrown this away years ago!" Really, why did he listen to that man? All that happened was nothing but misfortune.

"Gourry-dear." Sylphiel sighed and sat down next to him, giving him support where she could. 'Miss Lina, why did you cast it? You knew that you shouldn't have.'

Strangely enough, blaming Lina didn't make her feel any better.

All she could do was support Gourry as best she could.

(---)

"Daddy!" Amelia pouted at her father as they rode back to Seiryuun. "Miss Lina probably doesn't want everyone to know that she's still alive."

"Nonesense!" Prince Phil laughed. "Besides, whether she's here or not, the mere threat of Lina Inverse hiding around the corner should be able to scare the rabble."

Amelia sighed, she loved her father, but sometimes, he was just... Weird. "Daddy, could you at least wait a little bit before announcing it? Like, after a city or two is blown up?"

Prince Phil sighed and looked at his daughter, who was puffing her cheeks in annoyance, before nodding. "Very well, I will wait at least a little bit of time before announcing that. But for now! We must go and get ready for the voyage to the outside world!"

"ALRIGHT, DADDY!" Amelia jumped to her feet. "We'll show the whole world the power of love and JUSTICE!" At that moment, the cart hit a bump and Amelia was tossed off of her feet and into the air.

"Amelia!"

"AAAHHHHH!!!" Amelia went flying up, up and away, without using any magic.

When Prince Phil found her, he found that she was alright. After all, she only landed on her head, nothing too important was damaged, though for some reason, she was spouting off lots of speeches of justice, which her father nodded in approval of.

"Well, as long as you're alright, daughter." Picking her up, Phil got back in the carriage, or rather, put his daughter in it and got back to driving the thing.

As royalty, Prince Phil really didn't do things normally.

Though, if one knew about his oldest daughter, Naga the White Serpent, it explained so much.

So was the fact that her outfit was something that Prince Phil's wife had left behind when she died.

(---)

Two days later...

Zelgadis looked slightly stunned as he and his companions walked into the gates of Seiryuun. "This... What..?"

Chrono sighed and hung his head at the glares that he was getting from the group. "I miscalculated, okay?" How was he supposed to know that seeing technology as advanced as the Arthra would freak someone out like that?

Lina sighed and called up a sphere of water, before dropping it on Zelgadis' head. "Better?"

"Much, actually." Zelgadis nodded as he got the excess water out of his clothes. "So, why don't you just use that ship of yours to get around?"

"To conspicuous." Chrono spoke up for Lina. "Besides, there are times of high magical interference, making it impossible to get into an area of conflict."

"I guess that could be a problem." Zelgadis nodded to him as they walked into Seiryuun. "So, what's the plan?"

"Find Gourry and Sylphiel." Lina sighed softly, she didn't want to do this, but she knew that it needed to be done. "We'll need the two of them... And if Amelia can get away from being a princess, I'll take her too." Heck, at this point, she'd take Naga. But she had no idea where to go to find her old traveling partner, and she really didn't want to be under-prepared for what was to come.

"Don't worry about a thing." Zelgadis nearly jumped as he heard that captain's voice in his head. He wasn't sure that he'd be used to this telepathy thing that he was just introduced to. "We'll support you from here. And if you need a quick lift, we'll be glad to give it."

"Better keep those offers to a minimum, mother. We're not on official assignment." Not yet, but if things were as bad as Lina feared, then they would be soon enough.

"Let's just find Gourry and Sylphiel and get out of here." Lina sighed. Honestly, this felt like it was going to be a very, VERY long trip.

(---)

"Huh, will ya look at this?" A ruffian grinned as he saw Gourry and Sylphiel sitting by the bar. "A drunk and a shrine maiden wench."

Sylphiel looked at him, before turning back to Gourry and rubbing his back, trying to get him out of his funk.

"Hey! Are you listening to me?!"

"Gourry-dear, come on, we should go." Sylphiel tried to get him to leave, but the depressed man just wouldn't budge.

"Just give us your goods, or we'll have to get... Nasty." He grinned as he looked at the two of them.

"Excuse me." A young girl's voice was heard and the ruffian turned to look at the little girl with reddish hair, a pink gem in her hands, and purple eyes, wearing a light colored traveling outfit as she looked at them. Behind her was a young blond haired, green-eyed boy in brown shorts, a green shirt and a cape and beside him was a blond girl with red eyes wearing a black outfit. "You shouldn't be causing problems in here."

"Get lost little girl." The man snapped his fingers and the three found themselves surrounded by a large group of people. "Or we might... Hurt you."

The girl didn't seem to be afraid, instead she just... Grinned. "Dil..." She held her left hand up, preparing to snap her fingers.

"Bran.." The boy did the same, but with his right hand.

"Do." The other girl finished as all three snapped their fingers at once.

The explosion was so powerful that the whole building was blown sky high, literally.

"Hey, boss! I can see my house from here!"

"Shaddup!"

Gourry blinked as he was starting to be lifted out of his chair. "...Are we moving?"

"Falling!" Sylphiel yelled, terrified as she grabbed his arm.

Gourry blinked and grabbed the Sword of Light out of mid air and jumped for the open door, before bouncing off of a few rooftops and walls, past three flying children and onto the ground below, moments before the building crashed back down, amazingly enough, it was intact, if a bit cracked up.

"What was that?" A voice, a familiarly haunting voice caused both Sylphiel and Gourry to turn, slowly turn, as they saw someone they never thought to see again glaring up at the three children as they floated down and looking sheepish. "I leave you three alone for five seconds and you start blowing stuff up without me?!"

"Sorry, mom." The little girl in white said and bowed her head.

"...MOTHER?!" Both Gourry and Sylphiel gasped as the woman in question turned to look at them. "LINA!" They both yelled and ran to her, hugging her tightly.

There were questions, they needed answers, but for now, those could wait.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Well at least neither of them half-expecter her to be a Mazoku, I guess travelling with that kind of person puts some dents in one's definition of "impossible".
Nanoha is becoming more and more like Lina every chapter...it's really quite scary.

[Nanya01]

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After they had finally let go of Lina, mostly due to her turning blue from the force of the hugs, the two looked at her rather awkwardly.

Looking at them, Lina sighed heavily, she could see how confused they were, and she was honestly not as confident as she had been before. "Gourry, Sylphiel..." It had been so long since she had seen them, it... it was nice.

"Lina..." Gourry looked at the kids, then back at her. "...So... Um..."

Lina sighed and nodded at him. "Meet my daughters, Nanoha and Fate, and my houseguest, Yuuno Scrya."

"Lina!" Gourry blinked as he saw a man, a boy and an orange-haired girl that he had never seen before. Or maybe he had, he couldn't remember.

Lina walked up to the man and took his hand in such a way that had Sylphiel gasping and holding her hands over her mouth. "Gourry, Sylphiel... Meet Shiro Takamachi. My husband."

Gourry looked stunned as he looked at the man, then at Lina, before he took a deep breath. "What happened, Lina? The last time I saw you, I... Uh..." He closed his eyes and tapped his head. "I chased you somewhere, but I don't recall what happened after that."

"You don't recall very much to begin with." Zelgadis said as he walked up to the group. "Lina ended up on another world for a long time."

Gourry scratched his head. "Another world? You mean like that Overworld place you said once?"

Lina face-faulted. "You REMEMBER that?!" She honestly wondered if he really had memory problems or was just faking it so that everyone underestimated him.

"Yeah, hard not to when you said you wouldn't let me eat if I didn't pay attention." Gourry rubbed the back of his head and Lina sighed, oh well, at least he remembered SOMETHING!!

"But, yes, Gourry, I was sent to another world for a long time, I came back to say hello, but something happened."

"A new adventure?" Sylphiel spoke up and Lina nodded to her. "But they..." She gestured to the kids, who looked at her in confusion. "Miss Lina, what you deal with is too..."

"If it wasn't for these kids, I wouldn't be here right now." Lina spoke up and looked at them. "These kids would go and get involved even if I didn't want to." She smiled at all of them. "So, I figure, the best I can do is help them out, make sure that they come back alive."

"Ah, Zelgadis..." Gourry spoke up as he looked at his friend. "How are you not rock?"

Zelgadis smiled as he looked down at his arm. "I still am, I just look normal."

"So..." Sylphiel spoke up. "Miss Lina, what is going on?"

"I don't know." Lina shook her head. "A certain fruitcake, who heralds bad things, showed up and Zelgadis said that there's going to be an exploration to the world outside of the barrier soon."

Sylphiel's eyes widened. "Oh! That's right... Miss Lina, what are we..."

"You can do whatever you want, Sylphiel." Lina pointed at Gourry. "But as for the lunk head here, I need either you to come with, or you can give my husband the Sword of Light and stay here if you want."

"No way." Gourry shook his head and gripped his sword. "I'm coming with."

"I wish to go as well." Sylphiel nodded to her. "I may not be that good for combat, but I can heal and give support."

Lina nodded and looked at her group. "So... Zel, just where is the Seiryuun fleet going to be?"

"Not far from here, thankfully." Zelgadis nodded to her. "If we hurry, we can probably get there before Prince Phil."

"Well..." Arf spoke up. "Why don't we just have Lindy drop us off just outside of the town?"

Zelgadis shuddered slightly, the technology made him leery. Especially that teleportation stuff that they did. But it was faster than walking, or even flying. "Not a bad idea." He conceded and braced himself mentally for the teleportation.

Shiro saw Gourry giving him a look and stepped away from his wife. "Excuse me for a moment."

Yuuno blinked as Gourry and Shiro walked off and turned into an alleyway, causing Lina to sigh. "What?"

"Mages, fighters, swordsmen, it doesn't matter if they're young or old, we always feel a need to prove ourselves to each other." Lina shook her head. She didn't begrudge things like this, L-sama knew how many times she did something similar in her own life.

Nanoha looked at Fate, then at Yuuno. "Yuuno-kun, we weren't that bad, were we?"

He gave them a flat stare. "The two of you took one look at each other before deciding to try and blow each other up."

Sylphiel looked at Lina, then at Nanoha and walked up to her old friend. "Um, Miss Lina... Are you happy with him?"

Lina smiled softly and nodded, before wrapping an arm around Sylphiel's shoulders. "Yeah. Lemme tell you about what I do for a living." She giggled at Sylphiel as she explained.

"...You... Bakery... Cooking... Huh?"

Arf walked up to Sylphiel and tapped her on the hip. "...I think you broke her."

"Probably." Lina laughed softly.

(---)

There was a clang of metal on metal as Shiro parried Gourry's stab forward. "Tell me something, Gourry, did you love her?" He kicked forward, pushing the younger blond back slightly. Even so, he didn't press his advantage. He wasn't trying to kill the lad after all, and he wasn't as nimble as he had been when he had gotten injured in the past.

"I don't know." Gourry admitted as he and Shiro traded blade strikes against each other again. He was a bit loathe to admit it, but the man was incredibly skilled, easily a match for him. "Tell me, is she happy at least?"

"I hope so." Shiro nodded as he and Gourry rushed in, their blades clashing and grinding against each other. "She never complains about it, and if she was unhappy, I know that she'd tell me."

Gourry chuckled at that. "Yeah, that sounds like Lina alright."

The two split apart for a moment and Shiro smiled at Gourry. He wasn't jealous of Lina's old boyfriend. Hell, Lina never was upset that Kyouya came from another woman, so why should he be upset about the fact that she had an old boyfriend. "I dunno how helpful I can be, but I'm not going to let my wife and children fight something this dangerous without helping them."

Gourry nodded and the two men put their weapons away. "I feel the same way." At least he felt better about everything.

Fate watched as the two came out from the alley and frowned softly. "Mom? What are we going to do next?"

Lina sighed softly. "First, we meet up with the Seiryuun fleet, grab Amelia, then get across the ocean. Once we do, we'll have to scout on the ground until we run into the problem that's going to happen." It always worked in the past, and knowing Xellos, he'd lead them right to where they needed to go. It was pretty hard to avoid his plans, even if you knew that he was manipulating you.

(---)

Meanwhile...

Lyos stood with his feet in the ocean and waited, and waited. When the sun crept over the horizon, he tossed the gem up, grabbed his large weapon and slashed down, carving the gem in half, before he was surrounded by water and energy and launched at a very high speed, across the planet. "WOOOOOAAAAAAAHHH!!"

He wouldn't let the world be destroyed, he would stop it at any cost. He just knew that he could.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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After they had finally let go of Lina, mostly due to her turning blue from the force of the hugs, the two looked at her rather awkwardly.

Looking at them, Lina sighed heavily, she could see how confused they were, and she was honestly not as confident as she had been before. "Gourry, Sylphiel..." It had been so long since she had seen them, it... it was nice.

"Lina..." Gourry looked at the kids, then back at her. "...So... Um..."

Lina sighed and nodded at him. "Meet my daughters, Nanoha and Fate, and my houseguest, Yuuno Scrya."

"Lina!" Gourry blinked as he saw a man, a boy and an orange-haired girl that he had never seen before. Or maybe he had, he couldn't remember.

Lina walked up to the man and took his hand in such a way that had Sylphiel gasping and holding her hands over her mouth. "Gourry, Sylphiel... Meet Shiro Takamachi. My husband."

Gourry looked stunned as he looked at the man, then at Lina, before he took a deep breath. "What happened, Lina? The last time I saw you, I... Uh..." He closed his eyes and tapped his head. "I chased you somewhere, but I don't recall what happened after that."

"You don't recall very much to begin with." Zelgadis said as he walked up to the group. "Lina ended up on another world for a long time."

Gourry scratched his head. "Another world? You mean like that Overworld place you said once?"

Lina face-faulted. "You REMEMBER that?!" She honestly wondered if he really had memory problems or was just faking it so that everyone underestimated him.

"Yeah, hard not to when you said you wouldn't let me eat if I didn't pay attention." Gourry rubbed the back of his head and Lina sighed, oh well, at least he remembered SOMETHING!!

"But, yes, Gourry, I was sent to another world for a long time, I came back to say hello, but something happened."

"A new adventure?" Sylphiel spoke up and Lina nodded to her. "But they..." She gestured to the kids, who looked at her in confusion. "Miss Lina, what you deal with is too..."

"If it wasn't for these kids, I wouldn't be here right now." Lina spoke up and looked at them. "These kids would go and get involved even if I didn't want to." She smiled at all of them. "So, I figure, the best I can do is help them out, make sure that they come back alive."

"Ah, Zelgadis..." Gourry spoke up as he looked at his friend. "How are you not rock?"

Zelgadis smiled as he looked down at his arm. "I still am, I just look normal."

"So..." Sylphiel spoke up. "Miss Lina, what is going on?"

"I don't know." Lina shook her head. "A certain fruitcake, who heralds bad things, showed up and Zelgadis said that there's going to be an exploration to the world outside of the barrier soon."

Sylphiel's eyes widened. "Oh! That's right... Miss Lina, what are we..."

"You can do whatever you want, Sylphiel." Lina pointed at Gourry. "But as for the lunk head here, I need either you to come with, or you can give my husband the Sword of Light and stay here if you want."

"No way." Gourry shook his head and gripped his sword. "I'm coming with."

"I wish to go as well." Sylphiel nodded to her. "I may not be that good for combat, but I can heal and give support."

Lina nodded and looked at her group. "So... Zel, just where is the Seiryuun fleet going to be?"

"Not far from here, thankfully." Zelgadis nodded to her. "If we hurry, we can probably get there before Prince Phil."

"Well..." Arf spoke up. "Why don't we just have Lindy drop us off just outside of the town?"

Zelgadis shuddered slightly, the technology made him leery. Especially that teleportation stuff that they did. But it was faster than walking, or even flying. "Not a bad idea." He conceded and braced himself mentally for the teleportation.

Shiro saw Gourry giving him a look and stepped away from his wife. "Excuse me for a moment."

Yuuno blinked as Gourry and Shiro walked off and turned into an alleyway, causing Lina to sigh. "What?"

"Mages, fighters, swordsmen, it doesn't matter if they're young or old, we always feel a need to prove ourselves to each other." Lina shook her head. She didn't begrudge things like this, L-sama knew how many times she did something similar in her own life.

Nanoha looked at Fate, then at Yuuno. "Yuuno-kun, we weren't that bad, were we?"

He gave them a flat stare. "The two of you took one look at each other before deciding to try and blow each other up."

Sylphiel looked at Lina, then at Nanoha and walked up to her old friend. "Um, Miss Lina... Are you happy with him?"

Lina smiled softly and nodded, before wrapping an arm around Sylphiel's shoulders. "Yeah. Lemme tell you about what I do for a living." She giggled at Sylphiel as she explained.

"...You... Bakery... Cooking... Huh?"

Arf walked up to Sylphiel and tapped her on the hip. "...I think you broke her."

"Probably." Lina laughed softly.

(---)

There was a clang of metal on metal as Shiro parried Gourry's stab forward. "Tell me something, Gourry, did you love her?" He kicked forward, pushing the younger blond back slightly. Even so, he didn't press his advantage. He wasn't trying to kill the lad after all, and he wasn't as nimble as he had been when he had gotten injured in the past.

"I don't know." Gourry admitted as he and Shiro traded blade strikes against each other again. He was a bit loathe to admit it, but the man was incredibly skilled, easily a match for him. "Tell me, is she happy at least?"

"I hope so." Shiro nodded as he and Gourry rushed in, their blades clashing and grinding against each other. "She never complains about it, and if she was unhappy, I know that she'd tell me."

Gourry chuckled at that. "Yeah, that sounds like Lina alright."

The two split apart for a moment and Shiro smiled at Gourry. He wasn't jealous of Lina's old boyfriend. Hell, Lina never was upset that Kyouya came from another woman, so why should he be upset about the fact that she had an old boyfriend. "I dunno how helpful I can be, but I'm not going to let my wife and children fight something this dangerous without helping them."

Gourry nodded and the two men put their weapons away. "I feel the same way." At least he felt better about everything.

Fate watched as the two came out from the alley and frowned softly. "Mom? What are we going to do next?"

Lina sighed softly. "First, we meet up with the Seiryuun fleet, grab Amelia, then get across the ocean. Once we do, we'll have to scout on the ground until we run into the problem that's going to happen." It always worked in the past, and knowing Xellos, he'd lead them right to where they needed to go. It was pretty hard to avoid his plans, even if you knew that he was manipulating you.

(---)

Meanwhile...

Lyos stood with his feet in the ocean and waited, and waited. When the sun crept over the horizon, he tossed the gem up, grabbed his large weapon and slashed down, carving the gem in half, before he was surrounded by water and energy and launched at a very high speed, across the planet. "WOOOOOAAAAAAAHHH!!"

He wouldn't let the world be destroyed, he would stop it at any cost. He just knew that he could.

Heh. Well, I'll come right out and admit that my favorite part of the chapter was Lina breaking poor Sylphiel's mind with the knowledge she'd become a baker.

Beyond that, it's nice to see that Gourry's not too broken up, and that he and Shirou are getting along. They're both nice guys, wouldn't want them to fight! Though Shiro with the Sword of Light would have been impossibly badass.

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"That... Was disorienting." Sylphiel commented as she looked at the group. "And you do that all the time?" She talked to Arf, for some reason, the little dog girl just seemed to click with her in personality. She wasn't sure why either.

"Pretty much, yeah." Arf nodded to the Priestess. "Where Chrono, Yuuno, Fate and I are from originally, doing stuff like that isn't too uncommon." It certainly wasn't the most common thing ever, but it was more common than what was around here.

Gourry scratched his head and looked at Fate. "So, uh... It's easy to get around that way, huh?"

She nodded at him. "Yes, but I doubt that we'll be able to use it as much after we pick up Amelia again."

"Why? It seems like a really good way to get around."

"Because we need to stay close to the ground to gather intelligence and deal with problems as they pop up." Chrono explained to the man. "If we just use the Bureau ship to get where we need to go, we'll miss important information."

"We'll, let's head to the pier!" Lina smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm, and nearly fell over laughing as she heard several stomachs start growling loudly.

"We will, but first, let's get something to eat." She laughed as all the children blushed to various degrees.

(---)

Panting as she got to the city, she frowned as she looked around. How was she going to find this person? "Honestly!" She huffed in exasperation. "I can't believe that the Knight of Cephied would refuse a request from servants of the Fire Dragon Lord."

At least she had given her a lead on someone who could possibly help. But trusting someone who had a reputation as a common hooligan wasn't something that she felt was a good thing. "Cephied, give me strength in this time of need." If it wasn't for the fact that the Grand Elder had chosen her specifically for this, she wouldn't even bother.

Oh well, she'd find that woman, explain things to her and then have her deal with the problem. After all, who would force a lowly Golden Dragon Priestess to face down a threat to all worlds?

(---)

"THAT was good!" Nanoha smiled and patted her full belly. "You eat like this all the time, mom?"

"Used to." Lina said as she looked at her plate in front of her. Only three plates had been cleared, and considering the way that Gourry and Sylphiel were looking at her in concern, she knew it was a weird sight. "Guys, I'm semi-retired from fighting, okay? I'm mostly here to make sure that no one gets killed if I can help it." Plus her metabolism wasn't as high as it used to be. She looked out at the sea and smiled softly. At least they had chosen a good spot. "Huh, guess the crowds are gathering."

"Time to go then?" Sylphiel asked, getting a nod from the others.

"Excuse me..." A female voice spoke up, catching their attention. "Is one of you, Lina Inverse?"

"Nope!" Lina grinned at the blond woman in white robes. It was true, she wasn't Lina Inverse anymore. "Now, if you asked for Lina Takamachi, I might know where she's at."

"Oh." The woman blinked a few times in confusion. "Do you know where I can find her?"

"Not a clue." Lina grinned at the blond woman, who seemed to get upset enough that her hair was standing on end, as was her dress, which was rather impressive.

"Mom!" Nanoha pouted at her mother as the woman calmed down, but Chrono seemed distracted by something. "Sorry, but my mom is who you're looking for."

The woman seemed to give the grinning redhead a flat glare. "I can't believe you.. EEEK!" She spun around, seeing Chrono kneeling behind her, her dress flaring up because of it. "You... PERVERT!"

"Chrono-kun!" Nanoha gasped as she looked at him. "I can't believe that you... No WONDER you wanted to come along! You just wanted to look up my skirt too!"

"Chrono, really..." Lindy's voice was heard in his head. "If you needed to look up someone's dress, you could have just looked up Amy's skirt."

"B...Bu...But..."

"I'm sure she has a lovely butt to look at." Lina deadpanned as she gave him a lazy grin. "But that's no reason to go looking up her skirt."

"YOU PERVERT!" The woman yelled and lifted her leg up, pulling out a rather large mace and took a swing, clocking the shocked Chrono in the head and sending him flying into and through a few buildings.

"...You do realize that he's not even fifteen years old, right?" Lina gave the woman an annoyed look. "Arf, Fate, go make sure that he's still alive." She was certain that he got a barrier up in time, but she wasn't sure about that. "Nanoha, why don't you, Yuuno and Zelgadis go and find Amelia?"

When the kids nodded and disappeared, Lina stood up and walked up to the woman, before slapping her across the cheek, sending her onto the ground. "Even if you couldn't control your reaction, he's a kid. So, tell me, what the heck is your name and what the heck do you want?"

Rubbing her cheek, she didn't realize just how strong this woman was. "My name is Filia Ul Copt, and I need your help."

"To save the world, right?" Lina said flatly. "Look, I don't care what you need my help with, but don't go around hurting kids just because they do something that embarrasses you." She shook her head. "Shiro, Gourry, Sylphiel, let's grab Amelia then get across the ocean. Whatever's going to happen will be there."

Filia blinked, that wasn't how she expected things to go. Still, she couldn't believe that the Knight of Cephied would trust the world's safety to that woman. Oh well, she supposed that she could test the woman before they got away.

After all, only the Knight of Cephied was strong enough to deal with what was going to happen, no one else could.

(---)

"Miss Lina!" Amelia smiled as she saw her friend. "It's good that you're coming with us."

Lina was about to say something when a fast-moving object flew overhead. "What the?!"

"A Dragon!" Someone yelled, and people started screaming as the Dragon smashed through a few ships, before laser breathing another ship.

"Hey mom!" Nanoha grinned as she called out Raising Heart. "Don't worry..."

"Standby ready."

As Nanoha and Yuuno shifted to their Barrier Jackets, the girl smiled at her mother as they floated into the air. "Don't worry about it, we'll deal with this."

Gourry scratched his head. "Did that staff just talk?" He looked at the Sword of Light. "...Why can't you talk?"

(---)

"Chrono!" Fate gasped as she pulled him out of the pile of rubble he was buried under. "You okay?"

"Ugh... Got my barrier up, but that woman hits WAY too hard." He rubbed his head.

"Just why did you look under her skirt?" Arf asked. "If you wanna see a woman's butt so badly, I can show you mine."

Chrono blushed hard. "NO! That's not it at all!! I thought I saw a tail and I wanted to make sure."

Arf blinked at hearing that. "Why would a tail be so weird?" She spun around and whapped Chrono in the face with her tail. "See, I got one."

"It was..." Chrono trailed off as he saw the Dragon over the ocean and the pink and green lines chasing it down. "...A Dragon's tail..."

Fate blinked. "...Oh."

(---)

"This one's fast!" Yuuno called out as he tried to bind the Dragon, only to find the thing would just disappear when he tried. "Nanoha!"

"Got it! Raising Heart! Excellion Mode! DRIVE!"

"Ignition."

Nanoha grinned as she saw the Dragon reappear. "Guess it's time to give that spell of mom's a test!"

"Darkness Beyond Twilight...
Crimson Beyond Blood That Flows...
Buried in the Flow of Time
Is Where your Power Grows
I pledge myself to conquer all the foes that stand...
Against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand."

The Dragon seemed to hesitate and was about to warp out when several chains wrapped around its body.

"Got'cha!" Yuuno grinned. "You don't need to destroy everything, you know?"

"Let all the fools who stand before us be destroyed!
By the power you and I possess!"

Nanoha had her staff above her head and a red ball appearing in front of her. "Raising Heart, NOW!"

"Excellion Slave Breaker."

At the last second, the red sphere gained a pink shell before Nanoha swung her weapon down, several red and pink beams lancing out, before spiraling around each other and barreling towards the Dragon.

The Dragon's eyes widened as the spell converged on where she was at. She closed her eyes and concentrated.

Nanoha and Yuuno had to close their eyes as the spell connected with the Dragon and the massive explosion sent them flying back towards the city.

"Got'cha." Lina said as she and Amelia grabbed the kids out of mid-air. "Good job." She smiled at her daughter.

"Thanks, mom." Nanoha smiled brightly. "That was fun."

"I hate to ruin the moment," Amy's voice popped up in their heads, "but there's a tidal wave heading towards you."

Nanoha, Lina and Yuuno looked up and blanched as a massive tidal wave was heading towards the city. "AMY! GET US OUT OF HERE!" Lina yelled as the growing group disappeared from the ground and to the ship, but not before Nanoha, Yuuno, Fate and Chrono threw up some barriers to take the brunt of the tidal wave so that the city wouldn't be totally destroyed.

It was too bad about the harbor though, it didn't survive.

(---)

Reappearing on a mountain several kilometers away, Filia grabbed her chest and panted. "What kind of MONSTERS are those kids?!" Seriously, what kind of Dragon Slave was THAT?!

If she was that bad, how bad was her mother?

Filia shuddered and made a vow not to piss that woman off in the future.

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"That... Was disorienting." Sylphiel commented as she looked at the group. "And you do that all the time?" She talked to Arf, for some reason, the little dog girl just seemed to click with her in personality. She wasn't sure why either.

"Pretty much, yeah." Arf nodded to the Priestess. "Where Chrono, Yuuno, Fate and I are from originally, doing stuff like that isn't too uncommon." It certainly wasn't the most common thing ever, but it was more common than what was around here.

Gourry scratched his head and looked at Fate. "So, uh... It's easy to get around that way, huh?"

She nodded at him. "Yes, but I doubt that we'll be able to use it as much after we pick up Amelia again."

"Why? It seems like a really good way to get around."

"Because we need to stay close to the ground to gather intelligence and deal with problems as they pop up." Chrono explained to the man. "If we just use the Bureau ship to get where we need to go, we'll miss important information."

"We'll, let's head to the pier!" Lina smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm, and nearly fell over laughing as she heard several stomachs start growling loudly.

"We will, but first, let's get something to eat." She laughed as all the children blushed to various degrees.

(---)

Panting as she got to the city, she frowned as she looked around. How was she going to find this person? "Honestly!" She huffed in exasperation. "I can't believe that the Knight of Cephied would refuse a request from servants of the Fire Dragon Lord."

At least she had given her a lead on someone who could possibly help. But trusting someone who had a reputation as a common hooligan wasn't something that she felt was a good thing. "Cephied, give me strength in this time of need." If it wasn't for the fact that the Grand Elder had chosen her specifically for this, she wouldn't even bother.

Oh well, she'd find that woman, explain things to her and then have her deal with the problem. After all, who would force a lowly Golden Dragon Priestess to face down a threat to all worlds?

(---)

"THAT was good!" Nanoha smiled and patted her full belly. "You eat like this all the time, mom?"

"Used to." Lina said as she looked at her plate in front of her. Only three plates had been cleared, and considering the way that Gourry and Sylphiel were looking at her in concern, she knew it was a weird sight. "Guys, I'm semi-retired from fighting, okay? I'm mostly here to make sure that no one gets killed if I can help it." Plus her metabolism wasn't as high as it used to be. She looked out at the sea and smiled softly. At least they had chosen a good spot. "Huh, guess the crowds are gathering."

"Time to go then?" Sylphiel asked, getting a nod from the others.

"Excuse me..." A female voice spoke up, catching their attention. "Is one of you, Lina Inverse?"

"Nope!" Lina grinned at the blond woman in white robes. It was true, she wasn't Lina Inverse anymore. "Now, if you asked for Lina Takamachi, I might know where she's at."

"Oh." The woman blinked a few times in confusion. "Do you know where I can find her?"

"Not a clue." Lina grinned at the blond woman, who seemed to get upset enough that her hair was standing on end, as was her dress, which was rather impressive.

"Mom!" Nanoha pouted at her mother as the woman calmed down, but Chrono seemed distracted by something. "Sorry, but my mom is who you're looking for."

The woman seemed to give the grinning redhead a flat glare. "I can't believe you.. EEEK!" She spun around, seeing Chrono kneeling behind her, her dress flaring up because of it. "You... PERVERT!"

"Chrono-kun!" Nanoha gasped as she looked at him. "I can't believe that you... No WONDER you wanted to come along! You just wanted to look up my skirt too!"

"Chrono, really..." Lindy's voice was heard in his head. "If you needed to look up someone's dress, you could have just looked up Amy's skirt."

"B...Bu...But..."

"I'm sure she has a lovely butt to look at." Lina deadpanned as she gave him a lazy grin. "But that's no reason to go looking up her skirt."

"YOU PERVERT!" The woman yelled and lifted her leg up, pulling out a rather large mace and took a swing, clocking the shocked Chrono in the head and sending him flying into and through a few buildings.

"...You do realize that he's not even fifteen years old, right?" Lina gave the woman an annoyed look. "Arf, Fate, go make sure that he's still alive." She was certain that he got a barrier up in time, but she wasn't sure about that. "Nanoha, why don't you, Yuuno and Zelgadis go and find Amelia?"

When the kids nodded and disappeared, Lina stood up and walked up to the woman, before slapping her across the cheek, sending her onto the ground. "Even if you couldn't control your reaction, he's a kid. So, tell me, what the heck is your name and what the heck do you want?"

Rubbing her cheek, she didn't realize just how strong this woman was. "My name is Filia Ul Copt, and I need your help."

"To save the world, right?" Lina said flatly. "Look, I don't care what you need my help with, but don't go around hurting kids just because they do something that embarrasses you." She shook her head. "Shiro, Gourry, Sylphiel, let's grab Amelia then get across the ocean. Whatever's going to happen will be there."

Filia blinked, that wasn't how she expected things to go. Still, she couldn't believe that the Knight of Cephied would trust the world's safety to that woman. Oh well, she supposed that she could test the woman before they got away.

After all, only the Knight of Cephied was strong enough to deal with what was going to happen, no one else could.

(---)

"Miss Lina!" Amelia smiled as she saw her friend. "It's good that you're coming with us."

Lina was about to say something when a fast-moving object flew overhead. "What the?!"

"A Dragon!" Someone yelled, and people started screaming as the Dragon smashed through a few ships, before laser breathing another ship.

"Hey mom!" Nanoha grinned as she called out Raising Heart. "Don't worry..."

"Standby ready."

As Nanoha and Yuuno shifted to their Barrier Jackets, the girl smiled at her mother as they floated into the air. "Don't worry about it, we'll deal with this."

Gourry scratched his head. "Did that staff just talk?" He looked at the Sword of Light. "...Why can't you talk?"

(---)

"Chrono!" Fate gasped as she pulled him out of the pile of rubble he was buried under. "You okay?"

"Ugh... Got my barrier up, but that woman hits WAY too hard." He rubbed his head.

"Just why did you look under her skirt?" Arf asked. "If you wanna see a woman's butt so badly, I can show you mine."

Chrono blushed hard. "NO! That's not it at all!! I thought I saw a tail and I wanted to make sure."

Arf blinked at hearing that. "Why would a tail be so weird?" She spun around and whapped Chrono in the face with her tail. "See, I got one."

"It was..." Chrono trailed off as he saw the Dragon over the ocean and the pink and green lines chasing it down. "...A Dragon's tail..."

Fate blinked. "...Oh."

(---)

"This one's fast!" Yuuno called out as he tried to bind the Dragon, only to find the thing would just disappear when he tried. "Nanoha!"

"Got it! Raising Heart! Excellion Mode! DRIVE!"

"Ignition."

Nanoha grinned as she saw the Dragon reappear. "Guess it's time to give that spell of mom's a test!"

"Darkness Beyond Twilight...
Crimson Beyond Blood That Flows...
Buried in the Flow of Time
Is Where your Power Grows
I pledge myself to conquer all the foes that stand...
Against the mighty gift bestowed in my unworthy hand."

The Dragon seemed to hesitate and was about to warp out when several chains wrapped around its body.

"Got'cha!" Yuuno grinned. "You don't need to destroy everything, you know?"

"Let all the fools who stand before us be destroyed!
By the power you and I possess!"

Nanoha had her staff above her head and a red ball appearing in front of her. "Raising Heart, NOW!"

"Excellion Slave Breaker."

At the last second, the red sphere gained a pink shell before Nanoha swung her weapon down, several red and pink beams lancing out, before spiraling around each other and barreling towards the Dragon.

The Dragon's eyes widened as the spell converged on where she was at. She closed her eyes and concentrated.

Nanoha and Yuuno had to close their eyes as the spell connected with the Dragon and the massive explosion sent them flying back towards the city.

"Got'cha." Lina said as she and Amelia grabbed the kids out of mid-air. "Good job." She smiled at her daughter.

"Thanks, mom." Nanoha smiled brightly. "That was fun."

"I hate to ruin the moment," Amy's voice popped up in their heads, "but there's a tidal wave heading towards you."

Nanoha, Lina and Yuuno looked up and blanched as a massive tidal wave was heading towards the city. "AMY! GET US OUT OF HERE!" Lina yelled as the growing group disappeared from the ground and to the ship, but not before Nanoha, Yuuno, Fate and Chrono threw up some barriers to take the brunt of the tidal wave so that the city wouldn't be totally destroyed.

It was too bad about the harbor though, it didn't survive.

(---)

Reappearing on a mountain several kilometers away, Filia grabbed her chest and panted. "What kind of MONSTERS are those kids?!" Seriously, what kind of Dragon Slave was THAT?!

If she was that bad, how bad was her mother?

Filia shuddered and made a vow not to piss that woman off in the future.

Oh gods, that made me laugh, it was kind of serious but mostly just funny. I fell over when Gourry demanded to know why the sword of light couldn't talk.

[Nanya01]

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Stumbling around as he ended up on a different land, Lyos shook his head. "Ugh... I think I'm going to be sick." At least there was a coastal town right in front of him, he could at least find out where he was and then figure out where to go from here. He doubted that the lady would show up here, but if she did, he didn't want to disappoint her.

He jumped back as a large group of adults and children appeared out of white light in front of him. "Who the heck are you?"

"Hi! I'm Gourry Gabriev!" The tall blond man smiled. "These are my friends, Zelgadis, Amelia, Sylphiel, Lina, her husband and all her kids."

Shiro chuckled as they were all pointed to. "Close, but only Nanoha and Fate are our children, Gourry."

Lyos snorted, he didn't really care. "Yeah, well, I don't know what you're planning on doing, but you need to stay out of my way."

Gourry blinked as the rest looked at Lyos with various looks. "Huh? Why?"

"The world's coming to an end, and I was chosen to..."

"Stop it." Fate spoke up, interrupting him. "We know that the world is in danger, that is why we are going to face it down."

Lyos snorted, the kid really had no idea what she was getting into. "I'm the Knight of the Aqua Lord, chosen by Milady to deal with this and... Hey!" He glared as Lina grew bored and walked towards the town.

"Don't care who you are, kid. If you think that just because the Water Dragon Lord left a small bit of power in you that means that you can order us around, forget it." Lina waved him off.

Shiro shrugged as the group started following Lina. "Sorry, kid."

Lyos stared as they just ignored him. HIM! The Knight of the Aqua Lord. The one chosen to save the world!

"Fine, don't need their help anyway." Gripping Banisher, he picked a random point and started walking towards it. He'd find his own way around.

(---)

"So..." Sylphiel looked at the city. "What are we going to do?"

Lina shrugged. "I have no clue, honestly. Just look around and listen for any rumors that pop up. If you hear anything interesting, we'll check it out." The others nodded and broke off into pairs, except for Arf, who tagged along with Chrono and Fate while Yuuno and Nanoha went off to another direction. Gourry and Sylphiel went to check out the taverns, hoping ot hear something interesting while Amelia and Zelgadis went to the market place.

As for Lina and Shiro? Well, they just walked next to each other, enjoying the scenery. "You know, if the world is going to be doomed, this isn't going to be a fun trip." Lina sighed softly as she took her husband's arm.

"I know." Shiro said softly as he looked around and frowned. "Say, Lina... Is it just me... Or does it seem like these people don't have much magic to them?"

Lina blinked and took a close look around. "What..." She trailed off as she saw someone entertaining some kids with a light spell. "...You're right." A light spell where she was wouldn't do more than light up a house. "Why?"

"Because magic here is very limited." A familiar voice spoke up and Lina and Shiro both turned to see the blond woman from before. "The most common spells are Light and Fireballs, nothing more, unless a Dragon does it."

"...Seriously?" Lina asked her flatly. "And, how did you get here so fast?"

Filia lowered her head. "I'm sorry. I wasn't honest before. I am a priestess of the Fire Dragon Lord. And, yes, magic is almost unheard of here. Especially magic that you and your daughter possess."

Shiro nodded as he looked around. "Considering that the place where you used to live, Lina, was under constant attack by trolls, Mazoku and other monsters, it's pretty obvious that section of the world would develop magic to deal with it."

"Yes." Filia nodded. "As for here, the worst that we typically have to deal with is a few bandits. As for how I got here so fast..." She bowed her head again. "Forgive me. I was the Dragon that attack the harbor."

"Why?" Lina blinked several times. It was unusual to see a Dragon begging for forgiveness, but she was curious.

"I wanted to test your power. The Grand Elder told me to search out the Knight of Cephied, but she turned down my offer, so I was told to go after you by her."

Lina sighed, leave it to Luna to leave the fate of the world on her shoulders. "Great... So, do you have any idea what's happening then?"

Filia nodded and cleared her throat. "We recently got wind of a prophecy, and I think you should hear it. There shall come a controller of a dark star who will call forth the light, and the world shall be flooded with darkness. Dragon's blood shall spread, and following the power between light and darkness, a single star shall be awakened. Around the star shall spin five lights, and the power shall be a darkness beyond twilight, a brilliance beyond the dawn. When the power is loosed, we shall fall to an arrow which will split the heavens apart."

Lina frowned and thought, before her eyes widened and her face went blue. "...Seriously... Dark Star?!"

Filia blinked, not really understanding the problem that Lina had. "What..."

"Dark Star... Your prophecy is stating that Dark Star is threatening the world?!" Lina let go of Shiro and started pacing. "But that makes no sense, no Ma-Oh is even interested in any of the other worlds at all." Something had to have happened, but what, she wasn't sure. "So, you're a Golden Dragon, but even you couldn't have gotten here that fast unless you teleported."

Filia nodded and yelped as Lina grabbed her by the front of her shirt. "Um..."

"What the HELL were you THINKING?! Hitting Chrono like that? You KNOW that you have more strength than a normal human, so what the hell is wrong with you?!"

"Please! I'm sorry!" Filia lifted her hands up. "I'll try to not do it again. I thought he just wanted to look at my underwear."

Lina snorted and dropped her to the ground. "Let's get one thing straight. I have four kids, okay? One of them is a boy. I know one thing, if a boy wants to see you in your underwear, he'll see you and you won't know about it." She narrowed her eyes at Filia, who gulped as the golden one seemed to glow lightly. "Try hurting these kids again, and I'll do to you what I did to those familiars."

Filia didn't know what she did to familiars, but she didn't want to find out. "Right." She nodded. "...but what if he tries to look up my dress again?"

"Let him, and then complain to his mother and girlfriend. They won't accidentally kill him with super strength like you can." Lina shook her head. "He's a boy, he gets curious about things." She sighed, having kids really did change a person.

"So I'm supposed to let him look up my skirt with no problems?" Filia felt tears threatening to fall down her face. "But that..."

"Find ways to keep him from looking." Shiro shook his head. "But I don't think he wanted to look at your underwear, he doesn't seem like a kid who would do that."

Filia wasn't listening, in her mind, she had a terrible vision of Chrono, with red glowing eyes and shark-like teeth grabbing her outfit and tearing it off, revealing her unmentionables to the world. "Lord Cephied, why must I suffer so?!"

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Poor Chrono, he's NEVER going to live that down, is he?

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Stumbling around as he ended up on a different land, Lyos shook his head. "Ugh... I think I'm going to be sick." At least there was a coastal town right in front of him, he could at least find out where he was and then figure out where to go from here. He doubted that the lady would show up here, but if she did, he didn't want to disappoint her.

He jumped back as a large group of adults and children appeared out of white light in front of him. "Who the heck are you?"

"Hi! I'm Gourry Gabriev!" The tall blond man smiled. "These are my friends, Zelgadis, Amelia, Sylphiel, Lina, her husband and all her kids."

Shiro chuckled as they were all pointed to. "Close, but only Nanoha and Fate are our children, Gourry."

Lyos snorted, he didn't really care. "Yeah, well, I don't know what you're planning on doing, but you need to stay out of my way."

Gourry blinked as the rest looked at Lyos with various looks. "Huh? Why?"

"The world's coming to an end, and I was chosen to..."

"Stop it." Fate spoke up, interrupting him. "We know that the world is in danger, that is why we are going to face it down."

Lyos snorted, the kid really had no idea what she was getting into. "I'm the Knight of the Aqua Lord, chosen by Milady to deal with this and... Hey!" He glared as Lina grew bored and walked towards the town.

"Don't care who you are, kid. If you think that just because the Water Dragon Lord left a small bit of power in you that means that you can order us around, forget it." Lina waved him off.

Shiro shrugged as the group started following Lina. "Sorry, kid."

Lyos stared as they just ignored him. HIM! The Knight of the Aqua Lord. The one chosen to save the world!

"Fine, don't need their help anyway." Gripping Banisher, he picked a random point and started walking towards it. He'd find his own way around.

(---)

"So..." Sylphiel looked at the city. "What are we going to do?"

Lina shrugged. "I have no clue, honestly. Just look around and listen for any rumors that pop up. If you hear anything interesting, we'll check it out." The others nodded and broke off into pairs, except for Arf, who tagged along with Chrono and Fate while Yuuno and Nanoha went off to another direction. Gourry and Sylphiel went to check out the taverns, hoping ot hear something interesting while Amelia and Zelgadis went to the market place.

As for Lina and Shiro? Well, they just walked next to each other, enjoying the scenery. "You know, if the world is going to be doomed, this isn't going to be a fun trip." Lina sighed softly as she took her husband's arm.

"I know." Shiro said softly as he looked around and frowned. "Say, Lina... Is it just me... Or does it seem like these people don't have much magic to them?"

Lina blinked and took a close look around. "What..." She trailed off as she saw someone entertaining some kids with a light spell. "...You're right." A light spell where she was wouldn't do more than light up a house. "Why?"

"Because magic here is very limited." A familiar voice spoke up and Lina and Shiro both turned to see the blond woman from before. "The most common spells are Light and Fireballs, nothing more, unless a Dragon does it."

"...Seriously?" Lina asked her flatly. "And, how did you get here so fast?"

Filia lowered her head. "I'm sorry. I wasn't honest before. I am a priestess of the Fire Dragon Lord. And, yes, magic is almost unheard of here. Especially magic that you and your daughter possess."

Shiro nodded as he looked around. "Considering that the place where you used to live, Lina, was under constant attack by trolls, Mazoku and other monsters, it's pretty obvious that section of the world would develop magic to deal with it."

"Yes." Filia nodded. "As for here, the worst that we typically have to deal with is a few bandits. As for how I got here so fast..." She bowed her head again. "Forgive me. I was the Dragon that attack the harbor."

"Why?" Lina blinked several times. It was unusual to see a Dragon begging for forgiveness, but she was curious.

"I wanted to test your power. The Grand Elder told me to search out the Knight of Cephied, but she turned down my offer, so I was told to go after you by her."

Lina sighed, leave it to Luna to leave the fate of the world on her shoulders. "Great... So, do you have any idea what's happening then?"

Filia nodded and cleared her throat. "We recently got wind of a prophecy, and I think you should hear it. There shall come a controller of a dark star who will call forth the light, and the world shall be flooded with darkness. Dragon's blood shall spread, and following the power between light and darkness, a single star shall be awakened. Around the star shall spin five lights, and the power shall be a darkness beyond twilight, a brilliance beyond the dawn. When the power is loosed, we shall fall to an arrow which will split the heavens apart."

Lina frowned and thought, before her eyes widened and her face went blue. "...Seriously... Dark Star?!"

Filia blinked, not really understanding the problem that Lina had. "What..."

"Dark Star... Your prophecy is stating that Dark Star is threatening the world?!" Lina let go of Shiro and started pacing. "But that makes no sense, no Ma-Oh is even interested in any of the other worlds at all." Something had to have happened, but what, she wasn't sure. "So, you're a Golden Dragon, but even you couldn't have gotten here that fast unless you teleported."

Filia nodded and yelped as Lina grabbed her by the front of her shirt. "Um..."

"What the HELL were you THINKING?! Hitting Chrono like that? You KNOW that you have more strength than a normal human, so what the hell is wrong with you?!"

"Please! I'm sorry!" Filia lifted her hands up. "I'll try to not do it again. I thought he just wanted to look at my underwear."

Lina snorted and dropped her to the ground. "Let's get one thing straight. I have four kids, okay? One of them is a boy. I know one thing, if a boy wants to see you in your underwear, he'll see you and you won't know about it." She narrowed her eyes at Filia, who gulped as the golden one seemed to glow lightly. "Try hurting these kids again, and I'll do to you what I did to those familiars."

Filia didn't know what she did to familiars, but she didn't want to find out. "Right." She nodded. "...but what if he tries to look up my dress again?"

"Let him, and then complain to his mother and girlfriend. They won't accidentally kill him with super strength like you can." Lina shook her head. "He's a boy, he gets curious about things." She sighed, having kids really did change a person.

"So I'm supposed to let him look up my skirt with no problems?" Filia felt tears threatening to fall down her face. "But that..."

"Find ways to keep him from looking." Shiro shook his head. "But I don't think he wanted to look at your underwear, he doesn't seem like a kid who would do that."

Filia wasn't listening, in her mind, she had a terrible vision of Chrono, with red glowing eyes and shark-like teeth grabbing her outfit and tearing it off, revealing her unmentionables to the world. "Lord Cephied, why must I suffer so?!"

Seems like he's going to live it down for everyone but Filia, anyway.

I liked Lina's speech; having motherhood make her overprotective of children in general is a nice touch, and highlights her development. ... and I also chuckled at the implications of Kyouya putting those martial arts skills to work sneaking a peek at her without her finding out until after the fact. Boys will be boys.

All told, another solid chapter. Keep it up.

[Nanya01]

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"Mr. Zelgadis..." Amelia looked at him as the two walked around the town. "What are you doing?" In his hands was a small ball that seemed to project a small map of the world. "What is that?"

"Something that the captain of that ship gave me. It's pretty useful." He looked at it more closely. "So, we're here... The desert of destruction..." His eyes widened slightly as the map seemed to "roll" upwards a bit. "Well, we're pretty far south, aren't we?"

"What are you going to do with that, Mr. Zelgadis?" Amelia asked him.

Smiling softly, he put the device away. "I plan on sharing this information with all the kindgoms when we get back."

Amelia nodded and jumped as she heard Lina's voice in her head. "...Wow, I forgot that she knows how to do that."

"It is weird." Zelgadis admitted, but it was useful at least. "This magic is weird and unusual, but it has lots of uses." Telepathy, teleportation, transformation magic, there was a lot that he wanted to learn from these people. Familiar making and their technology... So much to learn from them. "I might even go to their world to learn."

Amelia gasped. "Mr. Zelgadis!"

"What?" He looked at her in confusion. "I'm curious about their style of magic. Plus I can help them learn some of our Shamanistic magic."

"But... You... You'll just leave like that?"

Zelgadis shook his head. "No. This is my home. I would only be there for a little bit, to learn and teach. As nice as it might be, this is where I live now. I'm sure that Lina wanted to come back more than anything when she ended up on that world. She just had no way to get back."

"Until now." Amelia said softly. "I'm just worried, she seems happy there, what if you..."

Zelgadis shook his head. "I'm thinking that she resigned herself to staying there, since there was no way, that she knew of, to get back here, and ended up falling for her husband. If she could have gotten back here as soon as she could have, I'm sure that she would have."

"I guess..." Amelia sighed. "I guess I never thought about it from her perspective. To me, she was only gone a month... She has a family now... She has children..."

"She also grew up." Zelgadis smiled at her. "She's pretty calm compared to when we last saw her."

"Yeah." Amelia nodded, smiling. Maybe this would be good. "Hey, Mr. Zelgadis, can you pull up that map again?" When he did so, she blinked as she pointed to something in the east. Her eyes widened as the map zoomed in on it. "This looks like a temple."

"You're right, it does." Zelgadis was further impressed by the technology that Lina's friends had. "I wonder just how detailed this map can get..?" He tapped something on the screen and his eyes widened as the image zoomed in on a statue. "...THAT is detailed." He didn't see any living thing there, but he wasn't surprised, this was still more than he had hoped for.

(---)

"Gourry-dear, what are you going to do when this is done?"

He shrugged and was about to say something when the gated wall in front of them exploded inwards. "What the?" He blinked as a one-eyed red furred fox person, a bunch of lizard people and a one-eyed, blue-skinned troll-like creature came barreling through the walls. "Hey! Blowing up other people's walls is wrong!"

The fox creature pulled out a dagger and pointed it to him. "Just hand over any good ya got."

Gourry blinked and looked at Sylphiel. "I think this side of the world is just weird."

"Hey!" The troll thing spoke up. "When Jillas speaks, ya better listen!"

"Or what?" The the whole group looked to the top of the walls to see a boy in an open coat and a giant sword looking down at them with contempt. "Just because you have more numbers, you think you can win?"

"It's the rude boy from before." Sylphiel said softly, causing said boy to twitch and fall off the wall, crashing on the ground below.

"Ugh... You're rude, you know that!? And my name's Lyos!"

Jillas pulled out a strange item, it looked like a handle with two small cylinders and pointed it at them. "Just listen to Garvos and give me your goods."

"Flare Arrow!" Sylphiel called out and blushed as, instead of an arrow, she got a carrot. "Why can't I do it right?" She hung her head and sighed, before tossing it at the the creatures, who were backing up and looking at her nervously. "Huh?"

"B,,,Boss... She can use magic!" One of the thugs whimpered. Magic users were just bad news.

Jillas yelped and jumped back as the carrot exploded in front of him. "Damn! I didn't know we'd have a woman like her! Alright boys! We kill her and then take her goods!"

"Hey!" Gourry frowned as he stepped forward and held up his weapon. "How dare you talk about a woman like that?"

Lyos frowned as he walked up behind the group. "I don't know what that woman did, but I'm with him. Threatening women like that is just evil." Grabbing Banisher, he slashed through one of the Lizard men with a single stroke. "And I hate evil."

"Naive little!" Garvos held up a club and struck down, only to gape as the little slip of a boy actually blocked it with his sword. "Who are you?!"

"Name's Lyos! I'm the Knight of the Aqua Lord!" Letting out a yell, he pushed the troll-like person off of him.

"Enough of this!" Jillas yelled as he jumped back and opened his cloak. "I'll just destroy the whole town!" Laughing, he threw the bombs forward, only to gape as they collided with an invisible barrier and bounced back towards him. "AAAAAAHHHH!!!"

Gourry and Lyos both winced at the explosion. "What were those things?" Gourry asked as the the group was blown out of town.

"Not a clue." Lyos said as he put his sword away. "Well, I guess that's all..." He turned to leave.

"Hey!" Gourry caused him to turn back. "Listen, if you're going to try and save the world, why don't you come with us?"

Lyos shrugged. "I doubt it. I mean, it's not like you could keep up with me."

"Actually," Gourry started laughing softly, "I think it's the other way around. You're strong, kid, but you don't seem that special."

"What?!" Lyos glared at Gourry. "What makes you such an expert?!"

Gourry shrugged at him. "I'm not one, but if you try to save the world on your own, you'll just end up getting killed."

Lyos stared as he watched Gourry and Sylphiel walk away.

"Gourry!" Lyos stared as he saw that redheaded woman from before run out onto the street. "Just what happened?"

"Eh, bandits with weird weapons." Gourry shrugged and Lina looked at the mark on the street.

"Bombs?" Lina frowned softly. "Guess this side of the world developed better technology than I thought." She turned to Filia. "Tell me, are bombs common over here?"

"If you can make them, yes." Filia nodded to her and blinked as she saw Lyos looking at them in confusion. "...Why does he have such power?" She asked herself. It felt like Luna Inverse's power, just not as pure or strong. "Miss Lina... That boy, is he a part of your group?

Lina looked at Lyos and shook her head. "Nope. Don't know him, why?"

"He... He's powerful. I thought humans couldn't use Holy magic at all. He's got it flowing through him like your sister does."

Lina just blinked in confusion. "He does?"

Filia nodded. "Yes, but it's very unrefined." Her eyes widened as a thought came to her. "If we go to the Grand Elder with him, I'm sure that the Golden Dragons can help him gain control over it, and it would be a great help for what's to come."

Lina looked at him and sighed. "Fine, but he better behave himself. I'm not above giving a kid like that a spanking if he doesn't behave himself.

(---)

Meanwhile, on Earth...

"Aria..."

"Yeah, Lotte?"

"Does your butt hurt for some reason?"

"My butt never stopped hurting."

The two familiars groaned and went to find some Bengay for their butts.

[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

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“What do you think, Mistress?”

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*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

[vic-vic]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

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“What do you think, Mistress?”

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*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

Hm, it`s only for me or Materials` devices much more sinister that their owners.
Maybe poor girls became such sociopaths because of those evils magic sticks.

[00-Raiser]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

…

…

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…

…

“What do you think, Mistress?”

…

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…

…

…

…

*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

Hm, so apparently there's some fainting epidemic going on the ship. First Yami dropped and now Seikou. Wonder what's causing it.

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

…

…

…

…

…

“What do you think, Mistress?”

…

…

…

…

…

…

*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

Oh. Wow. Luciferion is a psycho, Yersinia Kreuz (is that the spelling? I'm too lazy to look it up) is attacking Yami's brain...

Yeah, these devices really have to go.

[Megaolix]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

…

…

…

…

…

“What do you think, Mistress?”

…

…

…

…

…

…

*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

Well, that's not good. I would be concerned for Rai too but...

Anyway, I agree on the Devices being sinister, but I'm not exactly ready to accept them being truly evil. It's not like the girls were concerned for the death and destruction either. I would asy they're on the amoral side for now, concerned only for themselves and theirs masters.

[00-Raiser]

Maybe there's a Spider-man 2 Doc Oc moment on the horizon, where the Materials tell their devices and smarten up because they have a job to do.

[Nanya01]

Season 1

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Spoiler for Blood That Flows - New Part 22:

Valgaav narrowed his eyes as he stood on a mountain outcropping. In his hand was Ragudo Mezegis. It wasn't lit up at the moment, but he could call out its power at any time. "Well, well... A couple of Generals." He pointed the lance at them. "Tell me, why shouldn't I just kill you two right now?"

"Because you couldn't." The green-haired one grinned at him, causing his eyes to narrow at her. "Unlike you, our masters are both still alive, which gives us more power."

"You bitch." Valgaav snarled at them. "Light come forth!" He called out, Ragudo Mezegis lighting up the front and the end of the Lance becoming a weapon that Mazoku in general feared.

The two in front of him just smirked. "Please, even if it is stronger than Gorun Nova, a pitiful weapon of light like that won't hurt us." Riksfalto chuckled as the three of them disappeared from normal view.

Valgaav grunted as the blue-haired one materialized in front of him, her sword swinging out and clashing against his weapon. "Your sword is a Mazoku?"

Sherra smirked at him. "You're lucky that you're a Mazoku. If you were anything but a Mazoku or a Shinzoku, this sword, Dulgofa, would turn you into a half-demon under my control."

Valgaav growled at her as she disappeared, before his eyes widened as he felt a sword stab into his back. "What?"

"Oh, I get it..." Riksfalto grinned from behind him. "You're only half Mazoku." She chuckled as she pulled her weapon from his back. "As strong as you are, you're nothing to a real Mazoku."

Valgaav spun around and slashed down, only to find his sword parried by hers. "I'm more than a match for you."

"You're three hundred years too young, boy." Riksfalto smirked as she parried his attacks several times. "I may not be as powerful as Xellos, but I AM the strongest of all the Generals, and you're nothing but a half-Mazoku."

"Just like that traitor, Gaav." Sherra spoke up from behind him as she drove a knee into the small of his back, causing him to cry out in pain.

Valgaav's eyes flashed in anger as he spun around. "You..." He let loose a scream as black feather wings sprouted from his back and a horn grew from the center of his head and stuck out, his hands became covered in dark scaly claws and both Sherra's and Riksfalto's eyes widened in surprise. "DIE!"

Swinging down, he growled as Sherra disappeared, he spun and saw that Riksfalto was gone as well. Turning around, he looked around for a bit until he saw the two generals on a rocky ledge not too far from him.

"An Ancient Dragon?" Riksfalto chuckled. "Well, that changes things." The two of them had only come to test Valgaav's power, but an Ancient Dragon-Mazoku hybrid? Especially one who was turned by the late traitor, Gaav? That changed a lot of things.

Valgaav growled and shot forward, only to find a sword against his throat. "You..."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Calm down, big guy, we're not here to fight you, well, not anymore, even if you are a remnant of that traitor, Gaav."

Valgaav narrowed his eyes at the General. "Don't speak of my master with such loose lips, unless you want me to give you a new pair in the chest."

"Look!" Sherra growled at him. "I don't know why, but all the Lords that are still alive want to make you into one. We just wanted to see if you were worthy of their attention."

Valgaav snorted at her. "I don't care who you two are, but you better give me a reason not to try and kill you."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Well, right to the point, my kind of man. Anyway, the woman who killed your master is currently running around with a little pet project of one of my master's Priest. And she has friends. You try to go after her as you are, even with those," she took on a disgusted look as she spat out the next word, "Shinzoku, and you'll lose. That woman did kill Hellmaster Phibrizzo after all."

Valgaav grimaced, that was true. Hellmaster was the strongest Mazoku on the planet, even Shabranidgo, due to being in seven pieces, was weaker than he was, technically. And Gaav was even weaker than that. What chance did he have against someone that powerful? And if her friends were anywhere near that strength... "What do you want?"

"A team-up." Sherra spoke up. "You do know that Xellos is going to be with them, and he's stronger than any of us are."

Valgaav mentally snorted, he was certain that he could take Xellos on in a fight, but she was right, that Mazoku was likely strong enough that Valgaav would end up dead. "What's in it for you?"

Riksfalto growled softly. "I don't like Xellos, Sherra has a rivalry with him. Anyway, the problem is, as she is, your master's killer is unbeatable in straight up combat. However..." Riksfalto held up a green and black ball. "This little gem will help us deal with her."

Valgaav raised an eyebrow at that. "What is that?"

"This is a nice little gem used during the Koma Wars by various mid and low-level Mazoku to split Dragon Forces apart. It won't affect us, unless we want it to."

Valgaav grinned as he looked at it. "So... I get revenge on Lina Inverse, you two mess with Xellos' plans..."

"The only thing here is," Riksfalto looked at him seriously, "that we can't kill Huraker's pet project. I'd rather not explain to my master why Huraker's trying to kill me."

Valgaav nodded. "Any other information you can share?"

"There's a little girl with reddish hair that's traveling with Lina Inverse." Sherra spoke up. "I think Xellos was interested in her."

"I wonder why." Valgaav said. "Never mind. When should we go?"

Riksfalto smirked at the hybrid. "Simple. They're heading towards the temple of the Fire Dragon King." She chuckled as his face darkened in anger. "Oh, that's right, isn't it? The Golden Dragons slaughtered your entire clan during the war." Which was probably the biggest reason that the Dragons had been slaughtered so badly back then. After all, if the Fire Dragon King decided that his own servants weren't worth his protection, what chance did they have at all? "Those Dragons are soft, they haven't fought in a millennium. They won't want to mess with Mazoku as powerful as we are."

"Really?" Valgaav raised an eyebrow at her and thought it over as he powered down Ragudo Mezegis. "My only stipulation is that I get revenge on Lina Inverse. My... Unfortunate allies will want the Sword of Light."

"I doubt that we can kill Lina Inverse." A new voice spoke up and Valgaav spun and saw a woman in fancy clothes standing on a different rocky ledge. "From what I understand, if we kill her, the world would be destroyed by someone other than ourselves." She looked at the three seriously. "However, the instant that she fulfills her role in this story, you would have a free shot at her."

"I'm supposed to let her live?!" Valgaav hissed at the woman. "Who are you?!"

"Huraker, Priest of Deep Sea Dolphin. And you only need to let her live a little bit so she can defeat the coming threat." She then smirked softly. "However, instead of killing her, how about making her suffer like you have?"

"What do you mean?" Valgaav narrowed his eyes at her.

"She has a daughter." Huraker said softly. "I do not believe that she is important to the prophecy."

Valgaav suddenly smirked evily as he thought about it. "You have a deal." After all, he may have been an Ancient Dragon originally, but he was also a Mazoku now. Revenge was something that all of them understood. "But this is only for the sake of my vengeance. When this is over, I won't hesitate to kill the three of you."

"Of course." Sherra nodded at him. "I wouldn't want it any other way." She thumbed her sword and grinned at the thought of turning a few people or Dragons into minor demons under her control.

I HATE Saturdays. UGH!

[Moczo]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Season 1

A's

Jump

New Parts 1-20

New Part 21

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - New Part 22:

Valgaav narrowed his eyes as he stood on a mountain outcropping. In his hand was Ragudo Mezegis. It wasn't lit up at the moment, but he could call out its power at any time. "Well, well... A couple of Generals." He pointed the lance at them. "Tell me, why shouldn't I just kill you two right now?"

"Because you couldn't." The green-haired one grinned at him, causing his eyes to narrow at her. "Unlike you, our masters are both still alive, which gives us more power."

"You bitch." Valgaav snarled at them. "Light come forth!" He called out, Ragudo Mezegis lighting up the front and the end of the Lance becoming a weapon that Mazoku in general feared.

The two in front of him just smirked. "Please, even if it is stronger than Gorun Nova, a pitiful weapon of light like that won't hurt us." Riksfalto chuckled as the three of them disappeared from normal view.

Valgaav grunted as the blue-haired one materialized in front of him, her sword swinging out and clashing against his weapon. "Your sword is a Mazoku?"

Sherra smirked at him. "You're lucky that you're a Mazoku. If you were anything but a Mazoku or a Shinzoku, this sword, Dulgofa, would turn you into a half-demon under my control."

Valgaav growled at her as she disappeared, before his eyes widened as he felt a sword stab into his back. "What?"

"Oh, I get it..." Riksfalto grinned from behind him. "You're only half Mazoku." She chuckled as she pulled her weapon from his back. "As strong as you are, you're nothing to a real Mazoku."

Valgaav spun around and slashed down, only to find his sword parried by hers. "I'm more than a match for you."

"You're three hundred years too young, boy." Riksfalto smirked as she parried his attacks several times. "I may not be as powerful as Xellos, but I AM the strongest of all the Generals, and you're nothing but a half-Mazoku."

"Just like that traitor, Gaav." Sherra spoke up from behind him as she drove a knee into the small of his back, causing him to cry out in pain.

Valgaav's eyes flashed in anger as he spun around. "You..." He let loose a scream as black feather wings sprouted from his back and a horn grew from the center of his head and stuck out, his hands became covered in dark scaly claws and both Sherra's and Riksfalto's eyes widened in surprise. "DIE!"

Swinging down, he growled as Sherra disappeared, he spun and saw that Riksfalto was gone as well. Turning around, he looked around for a bit until he saw the two generals on a rocky ledge not too far from him.

"An Ancient Dragon?" Riksfalto chuckled. "Well, that changes things." The two of them had only come to test Valgaav's power, but an Ancient Dragon-Mazoku hybrid? Especially one who was turned by the late traitor, Gaav? That changed a lot of things.

Valgaav growled and shot forward, only to find a sword against his throat. "You..."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Calm down, big guy, we're not here to fight you, well, not anymore, even if you are a remnant of that traitor, Gaav."

Valgaav narrowed his eyes at the General. "Don't speak of my master with such loose lips, unless you want me to give you a new pair in the chest."

"Look!" Sherra growled at him. "I don't know why, but all the Lords that are still alive want to make you into one. We just wanted to see if you were worthy of their attention."

Valgaav snorted at her. "I don't care who you two are, but you better give me a reason not to try and kill you."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Well, right to the point, my kind of man. Anyway, the woman who killed your master is currently running around with a little pet project of one of my master's Priest. And she has friends. You try to go after her as you are, even with those," she took on a disgusted look as she spat out the next word, "Shinzoku, and you'll lose. That woman did kill Hellmaster Phibrizzo after all."

Valgaav grimaced, that was true. Hellmaster was the strongest Mazoku on the planet, even Shabranidgo, due to being in seven pieces, was weaker than he was, technically. And Gaav was even weaker than that. What chance did he have against someone that powerful? And if her friends were anywhere near that strength... "What do you want?"

"A team-up." Sherra spoke up. "You do know that Xellos is going to be with them, and he's stronger than any of us are."

Valgaav mentally snorted, he was certain that he could take Xellos on in a fight, but she was right, that Mazoku was likely strong enough that Valgaav would end up dead. "What's in it for you?"

Riksfalto growled softly. "I don't like Xellos, Sherra has a rivalry with him. Anyway, the problem is, as she is, your master's killer is unbeatable in straight up combat. However..." Riksfalto held up a green and black ball. "This little gem will help us deal with her."

Valgaav raised an eyebrow at that. "What is that?"

"This is a nice little gem used during the Koma Wars by various mid and low-level Mazoku to split Dragon Forces apart. It won't affect us, unless we want it to."

Valgaav grinned as he looked at it. "So... I get revenge on Lina Inverse, you two mess with Xellos' plans..."

"The only thing here is," Riksfalto looked at him seriously, "that we can't kill Huraker's pet project. I'd rather not explain to my master why Huraker's trying to kill me."

Valgaav nodded. "Any other information you can share?"

"There's a little girl with reddish hair that's traveling with Lina Inverse." Sherra spoke up. "I think Xellos was interested in her."

"I wonder why." Valgaav said. "Never mind. When should we go?"

Riksfalto smirked at the hybrid. "Simple. They're heading towards the temple of the Fire Dragon King." She chuckled as his face darkened in anger. "Oh, that's right, isn't it? The Golden Dragons slaughtered your entire clan during the war." Which was probably the biggest reason that the Dragons had been slaughtered so badly back then. After all, if the Fire Dragon King decided that his own servants weren't worth his protection, what chance did they have at all? "Those Dragons are soft, they haven't fought in a millennium. They won't want to mess with Mazoku as powerful as we are."

"Really?" Valgaav raised an eyebrow at her and thought it over as he powered down Ragudo Mezegis. "My only stipulation is that I get revenge on Lina Inverse. My... Unfortunate allies will want the Sword of Light."

"I doubt that we can kill Lina Inverse." A new voice spoke up and Valgaav spun and saw a woman in fancy clothes standing on a different rocky ledge. "From what I understand, if we kill her, the world would be destroyed by someone other than ourselves." She looked at the three seriously. "However, the instant that she fulfills her role in this story, you would have a free shot at her."

"I'm supposed to let her live?!" Valgaav hissed at the woman. "Who are you?!"

"Huraker, Priest of Deep Sea Dolphin. And you only need to let her live a little bit so she can defeat the coming threat." She then smirked softly. "However, instead of killing her, how about making her suffer like you have?"

"What do you mean?" Valgaav narrowed his eyes at her.

"She has a daughter." Huraker said softly. "I do not believe that she is important to the prophecy."

Valgaav suddenly smirked evily as he thought about it. "You have a deal." After all, he may have been an Ancient Dragon originally, but he was also a Mazoku now. Revenge was something that all of them understood. "But this is only for the sake of my vengeance. When this is over, I won't hesitate to kill the three of you."

"Of course." Sherra nodded at him. "I wouldn't want it any other way." She thumbed her sword and grinned at the thought of turning a few people or Dragons into minor demons under her control.

I HATE Saturdays. UGH!

And the plot thickens! Seriously, the villains need a checklist of who they can and cannot kill at this point.

Can't wait to see what happens next, if only because every frickin' supermonster on the planet is getting involved at this point.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for Saturday Dose of MD:

Material-S didn’t waste any time asking what was wrong and moved her friend into her quarters before laying her gently on the bed. “Do you feel any better?”

No response. A quick glance showed that Material-D was already out like a light with her previously pained gasps replaced with more normal breathing. While she was glad that the Lord of Darkness wasn’t in any discomfort, there was still the question of what could have caused it in the first place.

Seikou was certain that she didn’t sense any sort of psychic or telepathic attack go off although it was possible that the attack could have evaded her senses. ‘Just who would be able to pull off something like that?’

Her first suspect was Material-L’s new sidekick, Sette. She had caused quite a bit of a stir ever since she came on board the ship. First was Yuuno-san’s sudden change in behaviour. Then the strange book that Rai had picked up reacted to that woman. And now Material-D’s strange condition. Was there a connection?

Perhaps Yuuno-san could shed some light on this. Since he reacted negatively upon finding out the woman’s identity, surely he had some information to share. But Material-S couldn’t go ask for information when he was not in the best state to provide answers. His well being needed to take priority so now the question is: How could she restore that well being to its normal, positive state?

Seikou stood outside the door to Yuuno’s quarters, her hand raised to knock but she wasn’t sure what she would say next if the Librarian answered. ‘How should I go about this…?’ She rather disliked this awkward feeling. It was like there was a growing gap between her heart and his.

“What should I do?” muttered the Nanoha replica to herself softly.

“I have a suggestion, my Mistress.”

She blinked in surprise at the small blue gem. “Hm? What is it, Luciferion?”

“That man… he said earlier that he was a Librarian. That means he appreciates works of art and culture.”

“Er… yes, I suppose he would like that sort of thing.” He was definitely someone who would enjoy that sort of thing as understanding cultures past and present is something that would seem enjoyable to an academic like him.

“Then why don’t we paint for him? We haven’t done so in over four years! Oh, how I miss the masterpiece that we created!”

“…… paint?” The exact moment that her device mentioned that word, she felt a peculiar cold sensation throughout her entire body while her mind drifted back to the year long separation from the others. ‘We did something like that once… at that time…’

“Wide Area Search Complete. Requested magical signatures have not been detected.”

“Another miss then,” muttered the nineteen year old Starlight Destroyer in a cool tone before summoning a small speck of light and letting it sink into the ground. “The tracer is set in case they come across this planet. Luciferion, compute the next set of coordinates to the next habitable planet in this system.”

“Mistress, we’ve been through this every day for the past seven months. You need a little change in routine.”

“Like what? I don’t have the time to spare for any foolishness.” All of her waking hours had to be devoted to moving between worlds, casting her search spells and draining the Linker Cores of anyone she could find to replenish all the magic energy she was spending.

“It’s not foolishness… it’s ART!” exclaimed Luciferion in an excited tone. “There is always a hidden truth to be found within each new painting one creates! Isn’t that something that you have desired? To burn away the lies and expose the naked truth for all to see? Let’s make a painting, Mistress! Otherwise, I won’t be very nice to you the next time you ask for something.”

Material-S sighed in irritation before allowing herself to get caught up in whatever has captured her device’s interest. “If you insist so badly on creating a painting, then I suppose I have no choice but to go along with this nonsense. Where do we start?”

“Pick a corpse, any corpse. It shall serve as our canvas… their blood as our paint…”

She looked around the former populated area and settled on the dead body of a young girl with purple curly hair. “Will this do?”

“A good choice. Now let us begin…”

‘I carved… and I cut… and I smeared that liquid all over her body…… and then…’

“For the final touch, transmute her facial muscles so you can mould it like clay.”

It only took one tap on that girl’s face with the staff for the preparations to be complete. The face looked a lot softer compared to its previous state. “What am I to be doing here?”

“What do you think were the final thoughts that ran through this person’s head prior to death? Imagine those emotions. Then sculpt to bring that final emotional state of being out in the open.”

Seikou gave off one more irritated sigh before getting to work. “If I recall, she was one of the loudest screamers that I have encountered while on this planet…”

A light hum of approval came from the staff in her hands. “Spread the jaw and make sure you widen those eyelids. Yes… YES! That’s the ticket! That eternal expression of fear and helplessness that will be preserved for all of eternity!” A beat before the voice of Luciferion calmed down. “Marvellous work, Mistress.”

“Yes, that was a beautiful painting. We need to do another one soon…”

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*THUMP*

“Oh, my… this can’t be good.”

I think Luciferion has problems, seriously, it's like a darker version of Raising Heart from those comic strips. Although it does have a certain charm to it doesn't it? Imagine going to investigate a murder to find the victim had been turned into a work of art. At least Vulnificus seems to be satified as a Deadpan Snarker.

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Valgaav narrowed his eyes as he stood on a mountain outcropping. In his hand was Ragudo Mezegis. It wasn't lit up at the moment, but he could call out its power at any time. "Well, well... A couple of Generals." He pointed the lance at them. "Tell me, why shouldn't I just kill you two right now?"

"Because you couldn't." The green-haired one grinned at him, causing his eyes to narrow at her. "Unlike you, our masters are both still alive, which gives us more power."

"You bitch." Valgaav snarled at them. "Light come forth!" He called out, Ragudo Mezegis lighting up the front and the end of the Lance becoming a weapon that Mazoku in general feared.

The two in front of him just smirked. "Please, even if it is stronger than Gorun Nova, a pitiful weapon of light like that won't hurt us." Riksfalto chuckled as the three of them disappeared from normal view.

Valgaav grunted as the blue-haired one materialized in front of him, her sword swinging out and clashing against his weapon. "Your sword is a Mazoku?"

Sherra smirked at him. "You're lucky that you're a Mazoku. If you were anything but a Mazoku or a Shinzoku, this sword, Dulgofa, would turn you into a half-demon under my control."

Valgaav growled at her as she disappeared, before his eyes widened as he felt a sword stab into his back. "What?"

"Oh, I get it..." Riksfalto grinned from behind him. "You're only half Mazoku." She chuckled as she pulled her weapon from his back. "As strong as you are, you're nothing to a real Mazoku."

Valgaav spun around and slashed down, only to find his sword parried by hers. "I'm more than a match for you."

"You're three hundred years too young, boy." Riksfalto smirked as she parried his attacks several times. "I may not be as powerful as Xellos, but I AM the strongest of all the Generals, and you're nothing but a half-Mazoku."

"Just like that traitor, Gaav." Sherra spoke up from behind him as she drove a knee into the small of his back, causing him to cry out in pain.

Valgaav's eyes flashed in anger as he spun around. "You..." He let loose a scream as black feather wings sprouted from his back and a horn grew from the center of his head and stuck out, his hands became covered in dark scaly claws and both Sherra's and Riksfalto's eyes widened in surprise. "DIE!"

Swinging down, he growled as Sherra disappeared, he spun and saw that Riksfalto was gone as well. Turning around, he looked around for a bit until he saw the two generals on a rocky ledge not too far from him.

"An Ancient Dragon?" Riksfalto chuckled. "Well, that changes things." The two of them had only come to test Valgaav's power, but an Ancient Dragon-Mazoku hybrid? Especially one who was turned by the late traitor, Gaav? That changed a lot of things.

Valgaav growled and shot forward, only to find a sword against his throat. "You..."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Calm down, big guy, we're not here to fight you, well, not anymore, even if you are a remnant of that traitor, Gaav."

Valgaav narrowed his eyes at the General. "Don't speak of my master with such loose lips, unless you want me to give you a new pair in the chest."

"Look!" Sherra growled at him. "I don't know why, but all the Lords that are still alive want to make you into one. We just wanted to see if you were worthy of their attention."

Valgaav snorted at her. "I don't care who you two are, but you better give me a reason not to try and kill you."

Riksfalto grinned at him. "Well, right to the point, my kind of man. Anyway, the woman who killed your master is currently running around with a little pet project of one of my master's Priest. And she has friends. You try to go after her as you are, even with those," she took on a disgusted look as she spat out the next word, "Shinzoku, and you'll lose. That woman did kill Hellmaster Phibrizzo after all."

Valgaav grimaced, that was true. Hellmaster was the strongest Mazoku on the planet, even Shabranidgo, due to being in seven pieces, was weaker than he was, technically. And Gaav was even weaker than that. What chance did he have against someone that powerful? And if her friends were anywhere near that strength... "What do you want?"

"A team-up." Sherra spoke up. "You do know that Xellos is going to be with them, and he's stronger than any of us are."

Valgaav mentally snorted, he was certain that he could take Xellos on in a fight, but she was right, that Mazoku was likely strong enough that Valgaav would end up dead. "What's in it for you?"

Riksfalto growled softly. "I don't like Xellos, Sherra has a rivalry with him. Anyway, the problem is, as she is, your master's killer is unbeatable in straight up combat. However..." Riksfalto held up a green and black ball. "This little gem will help us deal with her."

Valgaav raised an eyebrow at that. "What is that?"

"This is a nice little gem used during the Koma Wars by various mid and low-level Mazoku to split Dragon Forces apart. It won't affect us, unless we want it to."

Valgaav grinned as he looked at it. "So... I get revenge on Lina Inverse, you two mess with Xellos' plans..."

"The only thing here is," Riksfalto looked at him seriously, "that we can't kill Huraker's pet project. I'd rather not explain to my master why Huraker's trying to kill me."

Valgaav nodded. "Any other information you can share?"

"There's a little girl with reddish hair that's traveling with Lina Inverse." Sherra spoke up. "I think Xellos was interested in her."

"I wonder why." Valgaav said. "Never mind. When should we go?"

Riksfalto smirked at the hybrid. "Simple. They're heading towards the temple of the Fire Dragon King." She chuckled as his face darkened in anger. "Oh, that's right, isn't it? The Golden Dragons slaughtered your entire clan during the war." Which was probably the biggest reason that the Dragons had been slaughtered so badly back then. After all, if the Fire Dragon King decided that his own servants weren't worth his protection, what chance did they have at all? "Those Dragons are soft, they haven't fought in a millennium. They won't want to mess with Mazoku as powerful as we are."

"Really?" Valgaav raised an eyebrow at her and thought it over as he powered down Ragudo Mezegis. "My only stipulation is that I get revenge on Lina Inverse. My... Unfortunate allies will want the Sword of Light."

"I doubt that we can kill Lina Inverse." A new voice spoke up and Valgaav spun and saw a woman in fancy clothes standing on a different rocky ledge. "From what I understand, if we kill her, the world would be destroyed by someone other than ourselves." She looked at the three seriously. "However, the instant that she fulfills her role in this story, you would have a free shot at her."

"I'm supposed to let her live?!" Valgaav hissed at the woman. "Who are you?!"

"Huraker, Priest of Deep Sea Dolphin. And you only need to let her live a little bit so she can defeat the coming threat." She then smirked softly. "However, instead of killing her, how about making her suffer like you have?"

"What do you mean?" Valgaav narrowed his eyes at her.

"She has a daughter." Huraker said softly. "I do not believe that she is important to the prophecy."

Valgaav suddenly smirked evily as he thought about it. "You have a deal." After all, he may have been an Ancient Dragon originally, but he was also a Mazoku now. Revenge was something that all of them understood. "But this is only for the sake of my vengeance. When this is over, I won't hesitate to kill the three of you."

"Of course." Sherra nodded at him. "I wouldn't want it any other way." She thumbed her sword and grinned at the thought of turning a few people or Dragons into minor demons under her control.

I HATE Saturdays. UGH!

That's what happens when you manage to make an enemy of every one of the higher powers in your particlular universe, they'll eventually begin to work together. It amused me in the previous chapter how we've seen one of the few scenes that accurately portray the consequences of the usual female response to percieved perverts.