Nanoha FanFiction Discussion

[Old_Iron]

Originally Posted by Akiyoshi

I hope you manage to keep the good balance you mantained between Yuuno and Signum's progress during this experiment.

I shall do my best.

[Sunder the Gold]

To: Anyone Interested:

Some inspirational material for how to REALLY piss off Yuuno in your fanfiction:

http://www.cracked.com/article/235_t...ric-treasures/

[vic-vic]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

I had a HILARIOUS thought...

But it's for a one-shot.

I shall have to do it later!

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Mr Snuggles Omake Cycle

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Playdate Start:

Playdate Start

Weeks later on Earth, an event of utmost importance was happening at the Takamachi household...

"Why do I gotta come with?!"

Lina rolled her eyes at what Erio said as she finished getting Arashi dressed to go on an upcoming trip. "Because I don't think that it's fair to have to ask Fate to come home too early from one of her missions because you wouldn't go with us on a trip."

"Why can't Miyuki watch me?" It wasn't that the redheaded boy didn't want to go, he thought it would be interesting, but the thought of not being around Fate when she got home was bothering him badly.

Lina smiled at the boy and stood up fully and walked over to him. Putting a hand on his head, she ruffled his hair, getting an upset look from the young boy. "Because, as much as I'm sure Miyuki could easily take care of you for a few days, it wouldn't be fair for her, she's got her own life after all."

"But, what about Uncle Shiro?" Lina shook her head. "Why not?" He whined and Lina sighed, kneeling down to look Erio in the eyes.

"Because, someone needs to watch the store, and since Fate and Nanoha are both out of town, there really isn't anyone who can." Sure, they could have Miyuki watch the store if they needed to, but Fiasse had stopped by in a nearby town and Miyuki wanted to go see her friend. Lina tilted her head as a thought occurred to her. "Do you want to stay here because you don't want to go, or is it because you miss Fate?" When Erio looked away angrily, Lina just smiled and kissed Erio on the forehead. "Don't worry, she'll be here when you get back, okay?"

The boy blushed but nodded. Smiling, Lina stood up and turned to look at Caro, Fried and Yuuno, who had joined them. "So, you're really coming with, huh?"

"Yeah, I need to see Vrabazard anyway, so I'll take off right after we get there."

"You aren't staying with us?" Caro spoke up and looked up at him, her eyes moistening and her lips trembling softly. Yuuno sweat-dropped and found everything he was going to say suddenly disappear as his mouth dried up and every pore of his body was urging him to hug the little girl and tell her that it would be okay. "But... I wanted to..."

Lina bit her lower lip to keep from laughing at Yuuno. "He'll be back with us, Caro, he just needs to go see someone, and I don't think I'd be well liked by Vrabazard."

"Why not?" Caro asked, curious about why the nice lady who looked after her, Fried and Erio, even if Erio was a dummy head at times.

For some reason, Erio felt the need to give Caro a noogie again, though he had to make sure that Fried wasn't looking. That stupid Dragon liked to try and set his butt on fire whenever he was having fun with Caro. It wasn't like he was trying to hurt her. It was just fun. Val could slam into a tree and laugh about it, why would Caro cry over getting her scalp rubbed?

One really couldn't blame Erio, most of the people he was around all the time were monsters in terms of what kind of damage they could take. The fact that he and Caro were a lot less durable than the older kids and Val never crossed his mind.

A sudden knock on the door had Arashi running to the door before anyone could stop him. "in!" The boy yelled at the door, and watched it open up. "Isa!" He ran forward and hugged Arisa's legs. "HI!"

Arisa laughed and put her bags down and knelt down to hug the boy. "Hey, kiddo." She looked up as Lina walked over to them. "Thanks for bringing me with."

Lina waved her off. "Look, I'll ask again, are you sure you want to go? My home world's a lot tougher than this place is."

Arisa nodded as she stood up, holding Arashi. "Yeah, I could use more help with it, and I figure that the god that gave Yuuno his power would be a good place to start."

Lina nodded and started moving everyone to the back yard. While most of the neighbors didn't care too much about what was going on, seeing everyone disappear in the afternoon might have been a bit much for them. Even though Erio took the longest to get to the back yard, eventually they were all there, which only lasted a moment, before they disappeared onto a Bureau ship.

Erio should understand ths=at different people have different level of pain-tolerance, though Fried can always come to help to his mistress. Aris`s wish to go to Lina`s world isn`t surprising since she want to learn how use her unnatural strength more skillfuly and help people with it. But why she didn`t bring Suzuka with her?

[Enternal]

Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

To: Anyone Interested:

Some inspirational material for how to REALLY piss off Yuuno in your fanfiction:

http://www.cracked.com/article/235_t...ric-treasures/

HOLY @#$##1@#•+63 ¡!?!!!!!!!! Who the hell would do such thingss?!! Damn... That is just ridiculous...

[ZeroXSEED]

Originally Posted by Sunder the Gold

To: Anyone Interested:

Some inspirational material for how to REALLY piss off Yuuno in your fanfiction:

http://www.cracked.com/article/235_t...ric-treasures/

Yuuno: "WHAT THE @%^$(&) ARE YOU THINKING?!"

Cracked: "I'm using Belkan era book as lampshade, why?"

[deathcurse]

Originally Posted by yuiseppe

Alright, it's been entirely too quiet on the HayatexVivio front.

So here's my little contribution - set to the song 'Share' by Kicell written by Kanno Yoko. An AU scenario, if you will.

"Forgive me, I never wished to see you cry. I'll listen to you, so tell me all..."

I would draw Vivio in, but I think this works better if I leave it to your interpretation (no it's not just because I'm lazy)

Spoiler for Tell me all:

*drops out from midterms and exams*

OH MY!!!! I love it , regardless of whether or not it's Hayate x Vivio, the simple fact that it's Hayate and looking so awesome is worth it! Her hair is light, so either she's in Unison (hinting at some kind of epic fight!) or she's insanely emotional inside (going by Shigan's fic)...and the fact that she's in a Barrier Jacket means that this is probably the aftermath of some fight . And the shadow on her left side indicates that she's lying on the ground?

While Hayate's expression could be so dull due to many things, of course my brain is jumping to all kinds of tragedy to put such a despondent look on Hayate's face ...

I love the black-and-white, and also the simple lines and shading. It's not too "busy," yet it's shaded in so it looks realistic.

Very awesome stuff yui ^_^.

*Goes back to scribbling at a short Hayate x Vivio fic...*

[Nanya01]

Originally Posted by vic-vic

Erio should understand ths=at different people have different level of pain-tolerance, though Fried can always come to help to his mistress. Aris`s wish to go to Lina`s world isn`t surprising since she want to learn how use her unnatural strength more skillfuly and help people with it. But why she didn`t bring Suzuka with her?

You aren't the first person to question that, the problem I have with Suzuka being here is that, I can't think of a reasonable reason WHY she would go with.

[Craxuan]

Originally Posted by Old_Iron

Yuuno as Leonidas is a hilarious image. As is the domination imagery.

I'll be taking into account many of everyone's comments for SnS chapter 3.

Fresh from the forge come three omakes for Nanya's Blood that Flows. Bwahaha!

Spoiler for Massage:

It had started relatively innocently enough.

Some of the group had been taking it easy at Hayate's home after a long day at school. Fate, Nanoha, and Hayate were outside, having fun with their magic, Signum was watching them, and no one was really sure where Arf had vanished to. Reinforce was in the kitchen, attempting to make some drinks for everyone. Vita had plopped herself down on the spacious couch and let out an irritated sigh. "Damned body."

That drew the attention of Yuuno, who had been sitting opposite the couch that the developing Knight now lounged upon. He looked up from his book with a slightly concerned look. "Growing pains?" the blonde questioned hesitantly. If he was right, then Vita was in one of her less amused moods at the moment.

"Yes, growing pains," she growled out before hefting her considerable breasts, eliciting a blush from the blonde male. "They won't stop growing, they're killing my shoulders, and I'm pretty sure that at this rate, I'll need a part time job to keep buying new bras," Vita ranted hotly.

That had been a little bit more information than he'd expected, not that a certain part of his mind complained. "Er... Is there anything I can do to help?" asked Yuuno, not certain what exactly he could do to alleviate her frustration or pain. Sure, he knew healing spells. But damage repairing and life granting spells seemed a bit much for a few aches.

Vita paused, starting flatly at Yuuno for a bit as she processed what he had just said. While he could probably cast some manner of holy magic that would grant her reprieve, the Iron Hammer Knight decided that there were easier and more amusing ways to get some relief for her shoulders. "There is," she said with somewhat imperious tone that she'd heard from Signum. "You can give me a shoulder rub."

Yuuno blinked. "Pardon?"

"Go for it boss!" proclaimed Thoth, who had remained silent thus far.

"Quiet!" admonished the blonde.

"You heard me, ferret boy. Now get over here." Vita's voice brooked no argument and an amused, wicked grin was on her lips. A faint tint of red colored her cheeks that Yuuno passed off as the heat. That the air conditioning was on, was ignored by both of them.

He obeyed her command and stood, his fingers twitching slightly. As Vita sat up from her place on the couch, Yuuno took a position behind her. He swallowed audibly before placing his nervous hands on the redhead's shoulders and attempting to massage the aching muscles beneath her fair skin.

Yuuno's attempted ministrations didn't quite work out all that well. He was too nervous and it didn't take long for Vita to snap at him. "What the hell is that? Come on, you're a man aren't you? Don't half-ass it!"

'Don't half-ass it, huh?' thought the blonde as Vita's words hit his pride. He hated doing anything with less than his full ability. Banishing his hesitation, Yuuno began working his fingers into her flesh and kneading the taut musculature.

'Just takes a little push, huh.' mused Vita as she let out a moan. Months of stress and the numerous aches were being worked away under her friend's amateur massage. "Oooooh... That's good, right there..." She felt herself starting to melt as Yuuno's magic fingers did their duty.

Reinforce just watched the scene with a raised eyebrow as Vita's moans become more and more pronounced.

Over time, it became their little routine. Whenever Vita had a foul day, a mission went bad, or even at her request, Yuuno was there to work away the tension.

A week after the airport fire and both were staring at the ceiling of Vita's room on Earth.

"How did we get here, again?" asked Yuuno.

"I have no idea..." admitted Vita, vaguely recalling calling him over for one of their routine sessions a few hours? days? ago. She wasn't quite sure what day it was anymore.

"Again?"

"You just don't stop do you?"

"You're the one who nearly broke my pelvis," admonished the blonde, rejoicing in his knowledge of healing spells.

"What? You're durable. Besides, I didn't think it would be this good," pouted the busty redhead.

They turned to stare at each other for a moment before attempting to speak at the same time, "Um-."

There was an odd silence that Vita broke with a grin. "Shut up and kiss me."

Yuuno gladly obliged.

In the family room, a triumphant looking Reinforce was thumbing through a thick stack of bills while others in the room looked at their thinning wallets in dismay. Having already won the bet on who got to Yuuno first, at this rate, she'd win the duration pool too. Somewhere deep inside her, the desire to belt out one of Naga's laughs grew.

Spoiler for Vita's Part Time Job:

"Yagami, you'll be working up on section fourteen. There's a shit-ton of riveting to do and you're the best at it," barked the foreman, mentally begrudging the fact that he'd be losing such a skilled worker when the heavy construction was done. Damn temps.

"Got it, boss," replied Vita with a nod. She'd been working part time at the construction site for perhaps three weeks now. It was good money and they let her smash things. Her unexplained talent for riveting had more to do with her skill in smashing things with Graf Eisen than any kind of hidden talent.

It was a little dull at times, especially compared to school and Bureau work, but money was money and she needed some new clothing. She was outgrowing most of her undergarments at an absurd pace and that didn't sit well with finances.

The only thing she had disliked about the job so far was the perverse gazes that a few of the less reputable workers shot her way when she had first started. As she hopped on the lift, Vita recalled her third day of work. One moron had decided to hit on her, not realizing that she was not only fully capable of reducing him to a smear on the sidewalk, but also only fourteen.

Okay, legally fourteen. He didn't need to know that. Plus it gave her an excuse to have the ferret work her shoulders again.

She suppressed a sinister grin as she remembered telling the guy off and then breaking his arm with one hand. Not the most... legal way of making a point, but it had worked and the more respectable workers had stood up for her. Since then, only the more foolish had attempted to ogle her, something they immediately ceased when she glared at them.

Granted, she'd gotten a proper reprimanding from Lina for breaking the guy's arm, but it had been hard to take seriously. You really shouldn't try to scold someone while suppressing a laugh, it kinda removed the impact.

Upon reaching her work area, Vita saw the person she was set to relieve. He was an older man who had gone complete grey in his short facial hair and what little remained on his head. "Mornin', Yamato. Shift's up."

"Oh, good morning, Ms. Yagami," he replied while setting down the large rivet gun. "How are you?"

"Eh, same as always. You still holding together old man?" she asked while pulling on the heavy gloves she used.

Yamato gave a gravelly chuckle. "My wife still has to glue me back together when I get home, but I can't complain. Your boy keeping you in one piece?"

Vita laughed, "You'd better believe it."

A joyous smile appeared on the aged man's face as he recalled something. "Oh, my son is going to be a father soon."

Vita gave him a thumbs up and a smile, "Congratulations, old man."

He gave a broad grin and returned the thumbs up. "I'll be seeing you tomorrow then, Ms. Yagami. Take care of yourself."

The redhead nodded as she pulled on her earmuffs and goggles with one hand, waving goodbye to Yamato with the other. The loud sound of the rivet gun soon echoed through the area.

Spoiler for Mobile Mage Nanoha:

It all started when she was little. The ability to make use of magic still slept within her, waiting to be awoken. Still, there was another kind of magic that danced in Nanoha Takamachi's eyes. The kind showed to her by Lina Takamachi, her mother.

'How dare you do that to by beloved Baron Ashura, Kouji Kabuto!' roared Dr. Hell from the television screen.

The little girl's bright eyes danced as the mighty metal giant fought against the mad doctor's fiendish creations. Still, there was something missing in these shows. Nanoha couldn't quite place it, but something felt off to her. Maybe it was because the characters were so over the top or because she couldn't figure out how they worked.

When walking home from school with her mother, little Nanoha asked a question. "Mom, can we watch a different show tonight?"

Lina turned her head towards her daughter with a smile. "Sure. Getting tired of watching Mazinger trash those baddies?"

The short brunette shook her head. "Nuh-uh. I just wanna try something new."

Later that evening, Nanoha was looking through her mother's extensive mecha collection. Eventually, she laid eyes on something that would change her life forever. "Gun... dam..."

Years later, Nanoha would obtain the nickname 'White Devil', and she wore it with pride. When asked why, she would reply that she was inspired by something else that bore that title.

The last one was pretty lol...

[Filraen]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

You aren't the first person to question that, the problem I have with Suzuka being here is that, I can't think of a reasonable reason WHY she would go with.

Because all of her friends have gone at least once off-planet and she hasn't? ("I want to go see to other planets too!" though I have to admit this sounds more like Arisa)

[bhl88]

@Craux: Though I thought she would wrap her hands around his neck and pull him, after saying: "Shut up and kiss me"

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

You aren't the first person to question that, the problem I have with Suzuka being here is that, I can't think of a reasonable reason WHY she would go with.

How about Suzuka having a well hidden frustration about not being with her friends and being able to help them in any ways she can and curiosity about what kind of worlds and people they meet? Not to mention she's being left behind ALOT while the rest of the cast got in some mini-adventure of their own.

Sooner or Later she must be bugging them to let her go with them... IMHO...

[Shigan]

Originally Posted by yuiseppe

Alright, it's been entirely too quiet on the HayatexVivio front.

So here's my little contribution - set to the song 'Share' by Kicell written by Kanno Yoko. An AU scenario, if you will.

"Forgive me, I never wished to see you cry. I'll listen to you, so tell me all..."

I would draw Vivio in, but I think this works better if I leave it to your interpretation (no it's not just because I'm lazy)

Spoiler for Tell me all:

Ash haired Hayate! Does this mean...? No wait, she's dressed, damned.

=D Awesomly done Yui. Hayate always brightens my day. Unlike Supply chain charts.

Also, dating kills me dead. T_T

[Nanya01]

Alright, you guys win. I went back and added some stuff to that post.

[yuiseppe]

Originally Posted by Craxuan

The post is actually more suitable for the Image thread, but we'll humbly accept it as a token of inspiration. xD

I normally post fanfiction-related images here because the image thread lacks the context. Granted, this one could work as a standalone I suppose

Originally Posted by deathcurse

*drops out from midterms and exams*

OH MY!!!! I love it , regardless of whether or not it's Hayate x Vivio, the simple fact that it's Hayate and looking so awesome is worth it! Her hair is light, so either she's in Unison (hinting at some kind of epic fight!) or she's insanely emotional inside (going by Shigan's fic)...and the fact that she's in a Barrier Jacket means that this is probably the aftermath of some fight . And the shadow on her left side indicates that she's lying on the ground?

While Hayate's expression could be so dull due to many things, of course my brain is jumping to all kinds of tragedy to put such a despondent look on Hayate's face ...

I love the black-and-white, and also the simple lines and shading. It's not too "busy," yet it's shaded in so it looks realistic.

Very awesome stuff yui ^_^.

*Goes back to scribbling at a short Hayate x Vivio fic...*

More exams?? It feels like you only just finished a set last month (or have I been out that long...)

Yep, she's on the ground, I should make that shadow a bit more pronounced but didn't want to have to deal with how to shadow the hair. I tried to keep her 'clean' (as in blood-free) so it's more ambiguous, but personally I think we're on a very similar tragic line of thought

Yay fic!! *happy dances*

Originally Posted by Shigan

Ash haired Hayate! Does this mean...? No wait, she's dressed, damned.

=D Awesomly done Yui. Hayate always brightens my day. Unlike Supply chain charts.

Also, dating kills me dead. T_T

HAHAHA trust that to be your first reaction

Psst you might be doing the dating thing wrong - it's only meant to kill you dead half the time XD

[Nanya01]

BTW, Yui, I love the pic. ^_^

Even better on DA.

[Rising Dragon]

Two scenes left before chapter 3 of The Collared is ready for posting. :V

Alas, still little progress on The State of Affairs. That thing's hard to write.

[Nanya01]

Just a reminder, I did go back and edit the last part, so if you're confused about things in this part, that's why.

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake

Playdate Start

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Playdate 2:

On board the Bureau ship...

"Zelgadis!" Lina smiled as she saw her old friend come to greet her and the children. "How are you?"

Zelgadis nodded to Arf and smiled at Lina. "I'm doing fine actually. Other than having to teach people how to draw upon various spirits for elemental magic, it's been pretty good so far. I'm just glad that most people on Mid-Childa don't have your aptitude for Black magic."

Lina narrowed her eyes and smirked at him. "What do you mean by that?" When Zelgadis chuckled, she just rolled her eyes and scoffed at him. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"Well, you did tend to go a bit overboard when you used your magic." Zelgadis smirked at her. "Anyway, I know Yuuno requested this trip, and since I was feeling the need to visit home again, I took some time off, what about you?"

"I wanna get in touch with Gourry and Sylphiel, not to mention my parents, Arashi needs to meet his grandparents and I can't just leave Erio and Caro at home alone."

"Ku!"

"Or Fried and Arf." Lina smirked and found it interesting when Friend landed on her shoulder, wanting a chin scratch.

As Lina scratched the baby Dragon's chin, Zelgadis shook his head in amusement. "Never thought I'd ever see the infamous Dragon Spooker being able to pet a Dragon freely." He chuckled when Lina shot him a dour look and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Ku ku!" Fried chirped up and spat a fireball at Zelgadis. The small Dragon blinked in shock as Zelgadis held up a hand and the fire dissipated against his hand. "Ku?"

"Now now..." Lina lightly bopped Fried on the head. "Zelgadis is a little rough, but he's still a friend, you don't try to light friends on fire."

"Ku..." The Dragon slumped before sliding off and flying back to Caro, who hugged Fried to her.

"Come on, Fried, he's not mean..." Caro wasn't sure, but if he was one of Lina's friends, then he couldn't be bad. At least Caro didn't think so.

Zelgadis shook his head. "Well, I'm heading back to talk to some people I know and..."

"You mean Amelia?" Lina smirked as he blushed hard. "Hey, don't worry, I'm not judging you."

"Well, that and I want to let her and King Phil know about what the Bureau is like." Zelgadis looked at Yuuno and smirked at the boy. "I have to admit, the thought of children being able to join an active military isn't something that I really enjoy."

Lina nodded at that. "Why do you think I kept Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno on Earth and out of the Bureau for so long?"

Yuuno stared at Lina, his eyes wide. "But..."

Lina gave him a sharp look, cutting off his words. "Despite how the Bureau portrays itself, Yuuno, the fact that they're willing to use children in an active military bothers me. Even on my world, adventurers need to either be really skilled with magic or swords to bother going anywhere on their own. I didn't even set out to explore the world until I graduated the magic academy."

Yuuno scratched his head in confusion. "But, considering your world, I thought that people in your world could join the royal armies when they were young."

"Yeah, if you were born into a noble family or trained under a noble." Lina rolled her eyes. "Most don't start until they're at least fourteen though."

"But, if it's a medieval style world..." Arisa spoke up, getting a raised eyebrow from Lina. "European medieval, sorry, anyway, if it's a world that's like that, I thought that it wasn't uncommon or unheard of for people younger than myself to join the army or even end up married."

"Only if you're among the nobility." Zelgadis cut in. "Most people never bother to find someone until they're at least in their twenties, outside of arranged marriages or unexpected children."

"Most people just want a peaceful lifestyle actually." Lina continued speaking. "Very few people actively become adventurers. Most that do are either mercenaries, bandits or sorcerers who experiment in stuff too dangerous to be around any sort of civilization."

"Don't be fooled kids," Zelgadis smirked at Lina, "she might not have been a mercenary like I was at times, but Lina was as greedy as any bandit, and had a tendency to blow entire villages up."

Lina shot him a dirty look as the younger kids stared at Lina in awe.

"We'll be crossing the dimensional boundaries soon, expect turbulence."

"You blew villages up?!" Erio's eyes were sparkling as he looked at the woman in awe. "That's so cool!"

Caro looked at Lina and trembled. "You wouldn't... Blow me up, would you?" She sniffled and hugged Fried to her chest tightly.

Lina rubbed her forehead and sighed. "Caro, I might have blown up villages, bandits, Dragons, the occasional Demon and my friends when I was younger, I never tried to harm kids that didn't ask for it, so, no, i wouldn't have blown you up." Sighing when Caro ran behind Yuuno and hugged his leg tightly, sandwiching Fried between the two of them, she turned to Zelgadis and gave him a flat look. "Look what you did! One of the kids are afraid of me now."

Erio tugged on Lina's pant leg and grinned up at her. "Can you show me how to blow stuff up?!"

Zelgadis laughed just as the ride started to shake while the Bureau ship phased out of the Blue Staff and towards the Red Staff.

(---)

Later...

"You sure?" Lina looked at Zelgadis, who nodded to her.

"Yeah, Gourry and Sylphiel settled down in Sellentia. Makes sense for Sylphiel, considering she *is* a shrine priestess and there's five shrines there."

One of the crew smiled at Lina. "Just give us a call when you want to go, we'll be able to pick you up anywhere in the world in a matter of moments."

Lina grinned at him. "Good, while you're out, get me an extra large pizza while you're at it." When Zelgadis grimaced and the crew member started looking nervous, Lina laughed at him. "I'm joking! Anyway, just drop us off about half a kilometer from the town, okay?"

Zelgadis watched as Lina and the kids disappeared in a flash of light. "Well, onto Seiryuun."

"Yes sir!"

(---)

On the planet's surface...

Looking around, Suzuka took a deep breath of the air. "Wow... It's so clean!" She then grimaced and waved her hand in front of her nose. "Ugh... Not behind those bushes it's not."

Lina nodded and smiled as Arf decided to help Caro, Erio and Arashi get more motivated to walk by playing tag with them. "Caro," the girl looked at her in confusion, "keep Fried close to you, okay? People get nervous if a Dragon's walking around freely." The little girl nodded and yelled at Erio as he tagged her.

"Nya nya! Not my fault!" The boy stuck his tongue out at her.

"Ooooh!" Caro ran after Erio, swinging her arms up and down. "Just wait till I get you!"

Lina chuckled and started walking after them. "What about you two?"

"Gunna see Vrabazard." Yuuno spoke up as Arisa walked up next to him. "Tell Gourry hi for me, if he remembers me at all." Lina laughed and nodded as the two disappeared in a ball of flame. "Well then, Suzuka..." The rich girl nodded and the two jogged after the kids, making sure to keep an eye out for things that might cause a problem.

Said problem happened twenty seconds later as the group was surrounded by a large gang of unkempt, unruly men surrounded the group. "Listen up! Just give us all your money and you won't get hurt!" The man who spoke looked at Fried and grinned. "Well, maybe the Dragon will, a new pet is always nice."

"KU!" Fried growled as he landed on Caro's head, hissing at the bandit leader.

"You know, boss... Something about this feels familiar to me." One of the bandits, this one was tall, had graying hair and one eye, spoke up and looked at the group. "I swear, that woman looks familiar."

"Bah!" The boss shook his head, but gave Lina a closer look. "I have to admit, she's very good looking, but still, we just want your money."

"But, really, boss, I swear she looks like Lina Inverse."

"Don't say that name, you fool!" The bandit boss hissed as he turned away from the group.

Lina just blinked, confused. "Excuse me?"

"That Lina Inverse... She was the most vile sorceress ever!" The boss shuddered horribly. "She was a short, flat-chested, Dragon killing, evil tempered brat who killed innocent bandit gangs for fun! And then, when we thought she was dead, she came back from the dead with a bunch of little hell-spawn that nearly killed me and my partner six years ago!"

Lina's eye was twitching slightly. 'Shee, grow your breasts to a modest size and everyone thinks that you're someone different.' It might have also been the fact that she was wearing different clothing and didn't have any visible weapons on her. "Yeah, yeah, look..." Lina's eyes widened and she pointed behind the bandit. "Is that a bag of gold coins?!"

"WHERE?!" The bandits all looked to where Lina was pointing, before turning back to her. "You lying..." The boss started, before blinking at the orange barrier around their prey. "What the?"

"You really should have better memories of who Lina Inverse was... And what she looks like now." Lina grinned as she held her hands above her head and began to chant. "And don't forget, Mr. bandit, women don't like it when you call them flat-chested."

All of the bandits paled and started to tremble as a red sphere formed in her hands. "You... You, you... You... YOU'RE LINA INVERSE?!"

"That's ME!" Lina grinned as she began to chant.

"Darkness beyond twilight
Crimson beyond blood that flows
Buried in the stream 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
Let the fools who stand before me
Be destroyed by
The power you and I possess!"

Lina grinned as she watched the bandits running as fast and as far as they could. "Why the running, boys? You'll only die tired."

"DRAGON SLAVE!"

Arf dropped her barrier the instant that Lina was done chanting and everyone watched as a red beam of energy lanced out at a terrific speed before slamming into the retreating bandits and engulfing them with a massive red explosion.

"That was fun." Lina chuckled softly and blinked as Erio suddenly glomped her left leg.

"Grandma! Teach me that!"

"G...GRANDMA?!" Lina's eyes widened before tears started to flow out of them. "I'm getting old..." She lamented while lightly patting Erio on the head. "Maybe... But you need to learn other stuff too, okay?"

Erio nodded vigorously. He couldn't wait to know something like that!

Caro pouted and suddenly glomped onto Lina's right leg. "Grandma! I wanna call you that too!" Plus she wanted to learn magic like that too. Then she could help Fried and both of them could set Erio's butt on fire. Val thought it was funny when Erio ran around trying to get away from Fried's fire breath.

"You can..." Lina patted Caro on the head while mentally crying about how old she was getting. "You want to learn to do that?" Caro nodded rapidly and Lina sighed. "Kids... Alright, I'll teach you some stuff."

"YAY!" The two of them yelled and hugged Lina's legs tighter.

[Old_Iron]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Just a reminder, I did go back and edit the last part, so if you're confused about things in this part, that's why.

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake

Playdate Start

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Playdate 2:

On board the Bureau ship...

"Zelgadis!" Lina smiled as she saw her old friend come to greet her and the children. "How are you?"

Zelgadis nodded to Arf and smiled at Lina. "I'm doing fine actually. Other than having to teach people how to draw upon various spirits for elemental magic, it's been pretty good so far. I'm just glad that most people on Mid-Childa don't have your aptitude for Black magic."

Lina narrowed her eyes and smirked at him. "What do you mean by that?" When Zelgadis chuckled, she just rolled her eyes and scoffed at him. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"Well, you did tend to go a bit overboard when you used your magic." Zelgadis smirked at her. "Anyway, I know Yuuno requested this trip, and since I was feeling the need to visit home again, I took some time off, what about you?"

"I wanna get in touch with Gourry and Sylphiel, not to mention my parents, Arashi needs to meet his grandparents and I can't just leave Erio and Caro at home alone."

"Ku!"

"Or Fried and Arf." Lina smirked and found it interesting when Friend landed on her shoulder, wanting a chin scratch.

As Lina scratched the baby Dragon's chin, Zelgadis shook his head in amusement. "Never thought I'd ever see the infamous Dragon Spooker being able to pet a Dragon freely." He chuckled when Lina shot him a dour look and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Ku ku!" Fried chirped up and spat a fireball at Zelgadis. The small Dragon blinked in shock as Zelgadis held up a hand and the fire dissipated against his hand. "Ku?"

"Now now..." Lina lightly bopped Fried on the head. "Zelgadis is a little rough, but he's still a friend, you don't try to light friends on fire."

"Ku..." The Dragon slumped before sliding off and flying back to Caro, who hugged Fried to her.

"Come on, Fried, he's not mean..." Caro wasn't sure, but if he was one of Lina's friends, then he couldn't be bad. At least Caro didn't think so.

Zelgadis shook his head. "Well, I'm heading back to talk to some people I know and..."

"You mean Amelia?" Lina smirked as he blushed hard. "Hey, don't worry, I'm not judging you."

"Well, that and I want to let her and King Phil know about what the Bureau is like." Zelgadis looked at Yuuno and smirked at the boy. "I have to admit, the thought of children being able to join an active military isn't something that I really enjoy."

Lina nodded at that. "Why do you think I kept Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno on Earth and out of the Bureau for so long?"

Yuuno stared at Lina, his eyes wide. "But..."

Lina gave him a sharp look, cutting off his words. "Despite how the Bureau portrays itself, Yuuno, the fact that they're willing to use children in an active military bothers me. Even on my world, adventurers need to either be really skilled with magic or swords to bother going anywhere on their own. I didn't even set out to explore the world until I graduated the magic academy."

Yuuno scratched his head in confusion. "But, considering your world, I thought that people in your world could join the royal armies when they were young."

"Yeah, if you were born into a noble family or trained under a noble." Lina rolled her eyes. "Most don't start until they're at least fourteen though."

"But, if it's a medieval style world..." Arisa spoke up, getting a raised eyebrow from Lina. "European medieval, sorry, anyway, if it's a world that's like that, I thought that it wasn't uncommon or unheard of for people younger than myself to join the army or even end up married."

"Only if you're among the nobility." Zelgadis cut in. "Most people never bother to find someone until they're at least in their twenties, outside of arranged marriages or unexpected children."

"Most people just want a peaceful lifestyle actually." Lina continued speaking. "Very few people actively become adventurers. Most that do are either mercenaries, bandits or sorcerers who experiment in stuff too dangerous to be around any sort of civilization."

"Don't be fooled kids," Zelgadis smirked at Lina, "she might not have been a mercenary like I was at times, but Lina was as greedy as any bandit, and had a tendency to blow entire villages up."

Lina shot him a dirty look as the younger kids stared at Lina in awe.

"We'll be crossing the dimensional boundaries soon, expect turbulence."

"You blew villages up?!" Erio's eyes were sparkling as he looked at the woman in awe. "That's so cool!"

Caro looked at Lina and trembled. "You wouldn't... Blow me up, would you?" She sniffled and hugged Fried to her chest tightly.

Lina rubbed her forehead and sighed. "Caro, I might have blown up villages, bandits, Dragons, the occasional Demon and my friends when I was younger, I never tried to harm kids that didn't ask for it, so, no, i wouldn't have blown you up." Sighing when Caro ran behind Yuuno and hugged his leg tightly, sandwiching Fried between the two of them, she turned to Zelgadis and gave him a flat look. "Look what you did! One of the kids are afraid of me now."

Erio tugged on Lina's pant leg and grinned up at her. "Can you show me how to blow stuff up?!"

Zelgadis laughed just as the ride started to shake while the Bureau ship phased out of the Blue Staff and towards the Red Staff.

(---)

Later...

"You sure?" Lina looked at Zelgadis, who nodded to her.

"Yeah, Gourry and Sylphiel settled down in Sellentia. Makes sense for Sylphiel, considering she *is* a shrine priestess and there's five shrines there."

One of the crew smiled at Lina. "Just give us a call when you want to go, we'll be able to pick you up anywhere in the world in a matter of moments."

Lina grinned at him. "Good, while you're out, get me an extra large pizza while you're at it." When Zelgadis grimaced and the crew member started looking nervous, Lina laughed at him. "I'm joking! Anyway, just drop us off about half a kilometer from the town, okay?"

Zelgadis watched as Lina and the kids disappeared in a flash of light. "Well, onto Seiryuun."

"Yes sir!"

(---)

On the planet's surface...

Looking around, Suzuka took a deep breath of the air. "Wow... It's so clean!" She then grimaced and waved her hand in front of her nose. "Ugh... Not behind those bushes it's not."

Lina nodded and smiled as Arf decided to help Caro, Erio and Arashi get more motivated to walk by playing tag with them. "Caro," the girl looked at her in confusion, "keep Fried close to you, okay? People get nervous if a Dragon's walking around freely." The little girl nodded and yelled at Erio as he tagged her.

"Nya nya! Not my fault!" The boy stuck his tongue out at her.

"Ooooh!" Caro ran after Erio, swinging her arms up and down. "Just wait till I get you!"

Lina chuckled and started walking after them. "What about you two?"

"Gunna see Vrabazard." Yuuno spoke up as Arisa walked up next to him. "Tell Gourry hi for me, if he remembers me at all." Lina laughed and nodded as the two disappeared in a ball of flame. "Well then, Suzuka..." The rich girl nodded and the two jogged after the kids, making sure to keep an eye out for things that might cause a problem.

Said problem happened twenty seconds later as the group was surrounded by a large gang of unkempt, unruly men surrounded the group. "Listen up! Just give us all your money and you won't get hurt!" The man who spoke looked at Fried and grinned. "Well, maybe the Dragon will, a new pet is always nice."

"KU!" Fried growled as he landed on Caro's head, hissing at the bandit leader.

"You know, boss... Something about this feels familiar to me." One of the bandits, this one was tall, had graying hair and one eye, spoke up and looked at the group. "I swear, that woman looks familiar."

"Bah!" The boss shook his head, but gave Lina a closer look. "I have to admit, she's very good looking, but still, we just want your money."

"But, really, boss, I swear she looks like Lina Inverse."

"Don't say that name, you fool!" The bandit boss hissed as he turned away from the group.

Lina just blinked, confused. "Excuse me?"

"That Lina Inverse... She was the most vile sorceress ever!" The boss shuddered horribly. "She was a short, flat-chested, Dragon killing, evil tempered brat who killed innocent bandit gangs for fun! And then, when we thought she was dead, she came back from the dead with a bunch of little hell-spawn that nearly killed me and my partner six years ago!"

Lina's eye was twitching slightly. 'Shee, grow your breasts to a modest size and everyone thinks that you're someone different.' It might have also been the fact that she was wearing different clothing and didn't have any visible weapons on her. "Yeah, yeah, look..." Lina's eyes widened and she pointed behind the bandit. "Is that a bag of gold coins?!"

"WHERE?!" The bandits all looked to where Lina was pointing, before turning back to her. "You lying..." The boss started, before blinking at the orange barrier around their prey. "What the?"

"You really should have better memories of who Lina Inverse was... And what she looks like now." Lina grinned as she held her hands above her head and began to chant. "And don't forget, Mr. bandit, women don't like it when you call them flat-chested."

All of the bandits paled and started to tremble as a red sphere formed in her hands. "You... You, you... You... YOU'RE LINA INVERSE?!"

"That's ME!" Lina grinned as she began to chant.

"Darkness beyond twilight
Crimson beyond blood that flows
Buried in the stream 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
Let the fools who stand before me
Be destroyed by
The power you and I possess!"

Lina grinned as she watched the bandits running as fast and as far as they could. "Why the running, boys? You'll only die tired."

"DRAGON SLAVE!"

Arf dropped her barrier the instant that Lina was done chanting and everyone watched as a red beam of energy lanced out at a terrific speed before slamming into the retreating bandits and engulfing them with a massive red explosion.

"That was fun." Lina chuckled softly and blinked as Erio suddenly glomped her left leg.

"Grandma! Teach me that!"

"G...GRANDMA?!" Lina's eyes widened before tears started to flow out of them. "I'm getting old..." She lamented while lightly patting Erio on the head. "Maybe... But you need to learn other stuff too, okay?"

Erio nodded vigorously. He couldn't wait to know something like that!

Caro pouted and suddenly glomped onto Lina's right leg. "Grandma! I wanna call you that too!" Plus she wanted to learn magic like that too. Then she could help Fried and both of them could set Erio's butt on fire. Val thought it was funny when Erio ran around trying to get away from Fried's fire breath.

"You can..." Lina patted Caro on the head while mentally crying about how old she was getting. "You want to learn to do that?" Caro nodded rapidly and Lina sighed. "Kids... Alright, I'll teach you some stuff."

"YAY!" The two of them yelled and hugged Lina's legs tighter.

Not even Granny Lina is immune to Caro.

I feel that Erio would blow himself up during practice in his enthusiasm

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Just a reminder, I did go back and edit the last part, so if you're confused about things in this part, that's why.

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake

Playdate Start

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Playdate 2:

On board the Bureau ship...

"Zelgadis!" Lina smiled as she saw her old friend come to greet her and the children. "How are you?"

Zelgadis nodded to Arf and smiled at Lina. "I'm doing fine actually. Other than having to teach people how to draw upon various spirits for elemental magic, it's been pretty good so far. I'm just glad that most people on Mid-Childa don't have your aptitude for Black magic."

Lina narrowed her eyes and smirked at him. "What do you mean by that?" When Zelgadis chuckled, she just rolled her eyes and scoffed at him. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"Well, you did tend to go a bit overboard when you used your magic." Zelgadis smirked at her. "Anyway, I know Yuuno requested this trip, and since I was feeling the need to visit home again, I took some time off, what about you?"

"I wanna get in touch with Gourry and Sylphiel, not to mention my parents, Arashi needs to meet his grandparents and I can't just leave Erio and Caro at home alone."

"Ku!"

"Or Fried and Arf." Lina smirked and found it interesting when Friend landed on her shoulder, wanting a chin scratch.

As Lina scratched the baby Dragon's chin, Zelgadis shook his head in amusement. "Never thought I'd ever see the infamous Dragon Spooker being able to pet a Dragon freely." He chuckled when Lina shot him a dour look and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Ku ku!" Fried chirped up and spat a fireball at Zelgadis. The small Dragon blinked in shock as Zelgadis held up a hand and the fire dissipated against his hand. "Ku?"

"Now now..." Lina lightly bopped Fried on the head. "Zelgadis is a little rough, but he's still a friend, you don't try to light friends on fire."

"Ku..." The Dragon slumped before sliding off and flying back to Caro, who hugged Fried to her.

"Come on, Fried, he's not mean..." Caro wasn't sure, but if he was one of Lina's friends, then he couldn't be bad. At least Caro didn't think so.

Zelgadis shook his head. "Well, I'm heading back to talk to some people I know and..."

"You mean Amelia?" Lina smirked as he blushed hard. "Hey, don't worry, I'm not judging you."

"Well, that and I want to let her and King Phil know about what the Bureau is like." Zelgadis looked at Yuuno and smirked at the boy. "I have to admit, the thought of children being able to join an active military isn't something that I really enjoy."

Lina nodded at that. "Why do you think I kept Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno on Earth and out of the Bureau for so long?"

Yuuno stared at Lina, his eyes wide. "But..."

Lina gave him a sharp look, cutting off his words. "Despite how the Bureau portrays itself, Yuuno, the fact that they're willing to use children in an active military bothers me. Even on my world, adventurers need to either be really skilled with magic or swords to bother going anywhere on their own. I didn't even set out to explore the world until I graduated the magic academy."

Yuuno scratched his head in confusion. "But, considering your world, I thought that people in your world could join the royal armies when they were young."

"Yeah, if you were born into a noble family or trained under a noble." Lina rolled her eyes. "Most don't start until they're at least fourteen though."

"But, if it's a medieval style world..." Arisa spoke up, getting a raised eyebrow from Lina. "European medieval, sorry, anyway, if it's a world that's like that, I thought that it wasn't uncommon or unheard of for people younger than myself to join the army or even end up married."

"Only if you're among the nobility." Zelgadis cut in. "Most people never bother to find someone until they're at least in their twenties, outside of arranged marriages or unexpected children."

"Most people just want a peaceful lifestyle actually." Lina continued speaking. "Very few people actively become adventurers. Most that do are either mercenaries, bandits or sorcerers who experiment in stuff too dangerous to be around any sort of civilization."

"Don't be fooled kids," Zelgadis smirked at Lina, "she might not have been a mercenary like I was at times, but Lina was as greedy as any bandit, and had a tendency to blow entire villages up."

Lina shot him a dirty look as the younger kids stared at Lina in awe.

"We'll be crossing the dimensional boundaries soon, expect turbulence."

"You blew villages up?!" Erio's eyes were sparkling as he looked at the woman in awe. "That's so cool!"

Caro looked at Lina and trembled. "You wouldn't... Blow me up, would you?" She sniffled and hugged Fried to her chest tightly.

Lina rubbed her forehead and sighed. "Caro, I might have blown up villages, bandits, Dragons, the occasional Demon and my friends when I was younger, I never tried to harm kids that didn't ask for it, so, no, i wouldn't have blown you up." Sighing when Caro ran behind Yuuno and hugged his leg tightly, sandwiching Fried between the two of them, she turned to Zelgadis and gave him a flat look. "Look what you did! One of the kids are afraid of me now."

Erio tugged on Lina's pant leg and grinned up at her. "Can you show me how to blow stuff up?!"

Zelgadis laughed just as the ride started to shake while the Bureau ship phased out of the Blue Staff and towards the Red Staff.

(---)

Later...

"You sure?" Lina looked at Zelgadis, who nodded to her.

"Yeah, Gourry and Sylphiel settled down in Sellentia. Makes sense for Sylphiel, considering she *is* a shrine priestess and there's five shrines there."

One of the crew smiled at Lina. "Just give us a call when you want to go, we'll be able to pick you up anywhere in the world in a matter of moments."

Lina grinned at him. "Good, while you're out, get me an extra large pizza while you're at it." When Zelgadis grimaced and the crew member started looking nervous, Lina laughed at him. "I'm joking! Anyway, just drop us off about half a kilometer from the town, okay?"

Zelgadis watched as Lina and the kids disappeared in a flash of light. "Well, onto Seiryuun."

"Yes sir!"

(---)

On the planet's surface...

Looking around, Suzuka took a deep breath of the air. "Wow... It's so clean!" She then grimaced and waved her hand in front of her nose. "Ugh... Not behind those bushes it's not."

Lina nodded and smiled as Arf decided to help Caro, Erio and Arashi get more motivated to walk by playing tag with them. "Caro," the girl looked at her in confusion, "keep Fried close to you, okay? People get nervous if a Dragon's walking around freely." The little girl nodded and yelled at Erio as he tagged her.

"Nya nya! Not my fault!" The boy stuck his tongue out at her.

"Ooooh!" Caro ran after Erio, swinging her arms up and down. "Just wait till I get you!"

Lina chuckled and started walking after them. "What about you two?"

"Gunna see Vrabazard." Yuuno spoke up as Arisa walked up next to him. "Tell Gourry hi for me, if he remembers me at all." Lina laughed and nodded as the two disappeared in a ball of flame. "Well then, Suzuka..." The rich girl nodded and the two jogged after the kids, making sure to keep an eye out for things that might cause a problem.

Said problem happened twenty seconds later as the group was surrounded by a large gang of unkempt, unruly men surrounded the group. "Listen up! Just give us all your money and you won't get hurt!" The man who spoke looked at Fried and grinned. "Well, maybe the Dragon will, a new pet is always nice."

"KU!" Fried growled as he landed on Caro's head, hissing at the bandit leader.

"You know, boss... Something about this feels familiar to me." One of the bandits, this one was tall, had graying hair and one eye, spoke up and looked at the group. "I swear, that woman looks familiar."

"Bah!" The boss shook his head, but gave Lina a closer look. "I have to admit, she's very good looking, but still, we just want your money."

"But, really, boss, I swear she looks like Lina Inverse."

"Don't say that name, you fool!" The bandit boss hissed as he turned away from the group.

Lina just blinked, confused. "Excuse me?"

"That Lina Inverse... She was the most vile sorceress ever!" The boss shuddered horribly. "She was a short, flat-chested, Dragon killing, evil tempered brat who killed innocent bandit gangs for fun! And then, when we thought she was dead, she came back from the dead with a bunch of little hell-spawn that nearly killed me and my partner six years ago!"

Lina's eye was twitching slightly. 'Shee, grow your breasts to a modest size and everyone thinks that you're someone different.' It might have also been the fact that she was wearing different clothing and didn't have any visible weapons on her. "Yeah, yeah, look..." Lina's eyes widened and she pointed behind the bandit. "Is that a bag of gold coins?!"

"WHERE?!" The bandits all looked to where Lina was pointing, before turning back to her. "You lying..." The boss started, before blinking at the orange barrier around their prey. "What the?"

"You really should have better memories of who Lina Inverse was... And what she looks like now." Lina grinned as she held her hands above her head and began to chant. "And don't forget, Mr. bandit, women don't like it when you call them flat-chested."

All of the bandits paled and started to tremble as a red sphere formed in her hands. "You... You, you... You... YOU'RE LINA INVERSE?!"

"That's ME!" Lina grinned as she began to chant.

"Darkness beyond twilight
Crimson beyond blood that flows
Buried in the stream 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
Let the fools who stand before me
Be destroyed by
The power you and I possess!"

Lina grinned as she watched the bandits running as fast and as far as they could. "Why the running, boys? You'll only die tired."

"DRAGON SLAVE!"

Arf dropped her barrier the instant that Lina was done chanting and everyone watched as a red beam of energy lanced out at a terrific speed before slamming into the retreating bandits and engulfing them with a massive red explosion.

"That was fun." Lina chuckled softly and blinked as Erio suddenly glomped her left leg.

"Grandma! Teach me that!"

"G...GRANDMA?!" Lina's eyes widened before tears started to flow out of them. "I'm getting old..." She lamented while lightly patting Erio on the head. "Maybe... But you need to learn other stuff too, okay?"

Erio nodded vigorously. He couldn't wait to know something like that!

Caro pouted and suddenly glomped onto Lina's right leg. "Grandma! I wanna call you that too!" Plus she wanted to learn magic like that too. Then she could help Fried and both of them could set Erio's butt on fire. Val thought it was funny when Erio ran around trying to get away from Fried's fire breath.

"You can..." Lina patted Caro on the head while mentally crying about how old she was getting. "You want to learn to do that?" Caro nodded rapidly and Lina sighed. "Kids... Alright, I'll teach you some stuff."

"YAY!" The two of them yelled and hugged Lina's legs tighter.

Odin: And Team Bandits is flying off, yet again...

Me and Val: Har har har, Odin. Har har.

Reia: Jeez, who do you think they are?

Sarah: Darwin nominees.

Iris: Oh the sibling rivalries begins. *looks at Erio and Caro fondly.*

Sarah: Reminds us while we're around their age, Iris.

Iris: Yeah.

[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

Just a reminder, I did go back and edit the last part, so if you're confused about things in this part, that's why.

Peek's Mini-Arcs:

Yagami Mid Four Dwell Takamachi Scrya Fatherhood Harlaown Dreams Dance Healing Twins Advice History Onwards Cycle

BTF Omakes:

Old Iron Omakes 1, 2, 3 Mr Snuggles Omake

Playdate Start

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Peek - Playdate 2:

On board the Bureau ship...

"Zelgadis!" Lina smiled as she saw her old friend come to greet her and the children. "How are you?"

Zelgadis nodded to Arf and smiled at Lina. "I'm doing fine actually. Other than having to teach people how to draw upon various spirits for elemental magic, it's been pretty good so far. I'm just glad that most people on Mid-Childa don't have your aptitude for Black magic."

Lina narrowed her eyes and smirked at him. "What do you mean by that?" When Zelgadis chuckled, she just rolled her eyes and scoffed at him. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up."

"Well, you did tend to go a bit overboard when you used your magic." Zelgadis smirked at her. "Anyway, I know Yuuno requested this trip, and since I was feeling the need to visit home again, I took some time off, what about you?"

"I wanna get in touch with Gourry and Sylphiel, not to mention my parents, Arashi needs to meet his grandparents and I can't just leave Erio and Caro at home alone."

"Ku!"

"Or Fried and Arf." Lina smirked and found it interesting when Friend landed on her shoulder, wanting a chin scratch.

As Lina scratched the baby Dragon's chin, Zelgadis shook his head in amusement. "Never thought I'd ever see the infamous Dragon Spooker being able to pet a Dragon freely." He chuckled when Lina shot him a dour look and stuck her tongue out at him.

"Ku ku!" Fried chirped up and spat a fireball at Zelgadis. The small Dragon blinked in shock as Zelgadis held up a hand and the fire dissipated against his hand. "Ku?"

"Now now..." Lina lightly bopped Fried on the head. "Zelgadis is a little rough, but he's still a friend, you don't try to light friends on fire."

"Ku..." The Dragon slumped before sliding off and flying back to Caro, who hugged Fried to her.

"Come on, Fried, he's not mean..." Caro wasn't sure, but if he was one of Lina's friends, then he couldn't be bad. At least Caro didn't think so.

Zelgadis shook his head. "Well, I'm heading back to talk to some people I know and..."

"You mean Amelia?" Lina smirked as he blushed hard. "Hey, don't worry, I'm not judging you."

"Well, that and I want to let her and King Phil know about what the Bureau is like." Zelgadis looked at Yuuno and smirked at the boy. "I have to admit, the thought of children being able to join an active military isn't something that I really enjoy."

Lina nodded at that. "Why do you think I kept Nanoha, Fate and Yuuno on Earth and out of the Bureau for so long?"

Yuuno stared at Lina, his eyes wide. "But..."

Lina gave him a sharp look, cutting off his words. "Despite how the Bureau portrays itself, Yuuno, the fact that they're willing to use children in an active military bothers me. Even on my world, adventurers need to either be really skilled with magic or swords to bother going anywhere on their own. I didn't even set out to explore the world until I graduated the magic academy."

Yuuno scratched his head in confusion. "But, considering your world, I thought that people in your world could join the royal armies when they were young."

"Yeah, if you were born into a noble family or trained under a noble." Lina rolled her eyes. "Most don't start until they're at least fourteen though."

"But, if it's a medieval style world..." Arisa spoke up, getting a raised eyebrow from Lina. "European medieval, sorry, anyway, if it's a world that's like that, I thought that it wasn't uncommon or unheard of for people younger than myself to join the army or even end up married."

"Only if you're among the nobility." Zelgadis cut in. "Most people never bother to find someone until they're at least in their twenties, outside of arranged marriages or unexpected children."

"Most people just want a peaceful lifestyle actually." Lina continued speaking. "Very few people actively become adventurers. Most that do are either mercenaries, bandits or sorcerers who experiment in stuff too dangerous to be around any sort of civilization."

"Don't be fooled kids," Zelgadis smirked at Lina, "she might not have been a mercenary like I was at times, but Lina was as greedy as any bandit, and had a tendency to blow entire villages up."

Lina shot him a dirty look as the younger kids stared at Lina in awe.

"We'll be crossing the dimensional boundaries soon, expect turbulence."

"You blew villages up?!" Erio's eyes were sparkling as he looked at the woman in awe. "That's so cool!"

Caro looked at Lina and trembled. "You wouldn't... Blow me up, would you?" She sniffled and hugged Fried to her chest tightly.

Lina rubbed her forehead and sighed. "Caro, I might have blown up villages, bandits, Dragons, the occasional Demon and my friends when I was younger, I never tried to harm kids that didn't ask for it, so, no, i wouldn't have blown you up." Sighing when Caro ran behind Yuuno and hugged his leg tightly, sandwiching Fried between the two of them, she turned to Zelgadis and gave him a flat look. "Look what you did! One of the kids are afraid of me now."

Erio tugged on Lina's pant leg and grinned up at her. "Can you show me how to blow stuff up?!"

Zelgadis laughed just as the ride started to shake while the Bureau ship phased out of the Blue Staff and towards the Red Staff.

(---)

Later...

"You sure?" Lina looked at Zelgadis, who nodded to her.

"Yeah, Gourry and Sylphiel settled down in Sellentia. Makes sense for Sylphiel, considering she *is* a shrine priestess and there's five shrines there."

One of the crew smiled at Lina. "Just give us a call when you want to go, we'll be able to pick you up anywhere in the world in a matter of moments."

Lina grinned at him. "Good, while you're out, get me an extra large pizza while you're at it." When Zelgadis grimaced and the crew member started looking nervous, Lina laughed at him. "I'm joking! Anyway, just drop us off about half a kilometer from the town, okay?"

Zelgadis watched as Lina and the kids disappeared in a flash of light. "Well, onto Seiryuun."

"Yes sir!"

(---)

On the planet's surface...

Looking around, Suzuka took a deep breath of the air. "Wow... It's so clean!" She then grimaced and waved her hand in front of her nose. "Ugh... Not behind those bushes it's not."

Lina nodded and smiled as Arf decided to help Caro, Erio and Arashi get more motivated to walk by playing tag with them. "Caro," the girl looked at her in confusion, "keep Fried close to you, okay? People get nervous if a Dragon's walking around freely." The little girl nodded and yelled at Erio as he tagged her.

"Nya nya! Not my fault!" The boy stuck his tongue out at her.

"Ooooh!" Caro ran after Erio, swinging her arms up and down. "Just wait till I get you!"

Lina chuckled and started walking after them. "What about you two?"

"Gunna see Vrabazard." Yuuno spoke up as Arisa walked up next to him. "Tell Gourry hi for me, if he remembers me at all." Lina laughed and nodded as the two disappeared in a ball of flame. "Well then, Suzuka..." The rich girl nodded and the two jogged after the kids, making sure to keep an eye out for things that might cause a problem.

Said problem happened twenty seconds later as the group was surrounded by a large gang of unkempt, unruly men surrounded the group. "Listen up! Just give us all your money and you won't get hurt!" The man who spoke looked at Fried and grinned. "Well, maybe the Dragon will, a new pet is always nice."

"KU!" Fried growled as he landed on Caro's head, hissing at the bandit leader.

"You know, boss... Something about this feels familiar to me." One of the bandits, this one was tall, had graying hair and one eye, spoke up and looked at the group. "I swear, that woman looks familiar."

"Bah!" The boss shook his head, but gave Lina a closer look. "I have to admit, she's very good looking, but still, we just want your money."

"But, really, boss, I swear she looks like Lina Inverse."

"Don't say that name, you fool!" The bandit boss hissed as he turned away from the group.

Lina just blinked, confused. "Excuse me?"

"That Lina Inverse... She was the most vile sorceress ever!" The boss shuddered horribly. "She was a short, flat-chested, Dragon killing, evil tempered brat who killed innocent bandit gangs for fun! And then, when we thought she was dead, she came back from the dead with a bunch of little hell-spawn that nearly killed me and my partner six years ago!"

Lina's eye was twitching slightly. 'Shee, grow your breasts to a modest size and everyone thinks that you're someone different.' It might have also been the fact that she was wearing different clothing and didn't have any visible weapons on her. "Yeah, yeah, look..." Lina's eyes widened and she pointed behind the bandit. "Is that a bag of gold coins?!"

"WHERE?!" The bandits all looked to where Lina was pointing, before turning back to her. "You lying..." The boss started, before blinking at the orange barrier around their prey. "What the?"

"You really should have better memories of who Lina Inverse was... And what she looks like now." Lina grinned as she held her hands above her head and began to chant. "And don't forget, Mr. bandit, women don't like it when you call them flat-chested."

All of the bandits paled and started to tremble as a red sphere formed in her hands. "You... You, you... You... YOU'RE LINA INVERSE?!"

"That's ME!" Lina grinned as she began to chant.

"Darkness beyond twilight
Crimson beyond blood that flows
Buried in the stream 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
Let the fools who stand before me
Be destroyed by
The power you and I possess!"

Lina grinned as she watched the bandits running as fast and as far as they could. "Why the running, boys? You'll only die tired."

"DRAGON SLAVE!"

Arf dropped her barrier the instant that Lina was done chanting and everyone watched as a red beam of energy lanced out at a terrific speed before slamming into the retreating bandits and engulfing them with a massive red explosion.

"That was fun." Lina chuckled softly and blinked as Erio suddenly glomped her left leg.

"Grandma! Teach me that!"

"G...GRANDMA?!" Lina's eyes widened before tears started to flow out of them. "I'm getting old..." She lamented while lightly patting Erio on the head. "Maybe... But you need to learn other stuff too, okay?"

Erio nodded vigorously. He couldn't wait to know something like that!

Caro pouted and suddenly glomped onto Lina's right leg. "Grandma! I wanna call you that too!" Plus she wanted to learn magic like that too. Then she could help Fried and both of them could set Erio's butt on fire. Val thought it was funny when Erio ran around trying to get away from Fried's fire breath.

"You can..." Lina patted Caro on the head while mentally crying about how old she was getting. "You want to learn to do that?" Caro nodded rapidly and Lina sighed. "Kids... Alright, I'll teach you some stuff."

"YAY!" The two of them yelled and hugged Lina's legs tighter.

Well, it certainly seems that someone hasn't lost her touch. Though I hope short attention spans come in handy here because a bunch of kids running around throwing Dragon Slaves everywhere chills my blood for some reason.