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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 8:

"This is fun!" Arashi beamed as he, Cinque and Nove rode upwards on the Ferris Wheel. "Wow! I can see the base from here!" He pointed to the distance and Nove nodded, smiling as she saw the Riot Force building as well. "Cinque-nee! Can you see it?"

"Yeah..." Cinque said, looking down and killing the mood instantly.

"What's wrong?" Arashi asked as he sat down.

"I..."

"Cinque, if you say 'nothing' or you don't know, I'm going to make you watch mom and dad try to sing when they're drunk, and trust me, it's not a pretty sight." Nove narrowed her eyes at Cinque, who could only stare dumb-founded at the slightly taller redhead.

"I wasn't thinking about that, I was just thinking about what Hayate was going to make me wear next." Cinque sighed softly. "Listening to Vita's comments, for once, I'm glad that I have a rather... Under-developed body. I doubt I could stand to wear the naughty nurse outfit that she's made Shamal wear in the past."

Cinque was grateful that she didn't fill out the outfits that well. After all, she'd die from embarrassment if she had to be in anything that revealing. How Shamal was able to wear that outfit last Wednesday without blushing was beyond Cinque's comprehension.

If Cinque knew that Shamal had volunteered to dress up as a naughty nurse for Hayate's picture collection, well, it would have answered all of her questions at least.

"I think on Monday I'm supposed to clean her house out." Cinque shook her head, wondering what was going to happen there.

"By yourself?" Nove asked, getting a shake from Cinque. "Really?"

"Hayate said that both Signum and Vita are going to have a day off, so they'll be watching me." Cinque sighed heavily and leaned back in her chair. "I don't know if I can handle this punishment... Maybe it would have been better if I had been..." Cinque trailed off as she found Nove grabbing her and doing something that Nove wasn't too prone to doing...

Giving her a hug.

"Cinque," Nove sighed as she held the girl that was more of a mother and older sister to her than Quint, Subaru or Ginga could ever be, "don't say that, please? I don't want to think of you in prison for the rest of your life. It wouldn't be fair."

Arashi watched as Nove hugged Cinque, before getting up and hugging Nove from behind. He didn't know what was going on, exactly, but he wanted to join in and get a hug too, darn it!

Cinque smiled and hugged Nove back. "You're a good girl, Nove." She closed her visible eye and sighed. "Thank you, I'm just worried that Hayate will go too far and ask me to model in something that would be too revealing."

Nove nodded and let go of the hug, before pulling Arashi into a rough one and rubbing her knuckles on his head, causing the kid to start squealing and kicking his legs as he tried to get free.

Cinque smiled as Nove put Arashi down and sat down as well. "Thank you." Maybe today was going to be a good day after all?

(---)

"What the heck happened to Dieci?" Nove asked as she, Cinque and Arashi, after getting off of the Ferris Wheel, made their way to the shooting galleries. "...And what's with that fire?"

"Cows... Why did they have cows? Cows keep exploding." Dieci whimpered as she sat on the bench while Wendi rubbed her back, Vivio just looked confused.

"I don't know what happened," Vivio shrugged at them, "suddenly there was a cow, then Dieci started shooting stuff and then everything exploded!"

"Explosions?" Cinque asked slowly and, with some dread, turned to see a small fire that was being contained and put out. "...This isn't going to be good."

"I'll take unbelievable explanations for four hundred, Alex." Nove muttered as she saw park security coming over to greet them.

"Maybe we should just leave?" Cinque suggested, wondering how bad this was going to be for them when word got back to their various guardians.

"There she is!" The slightly burned stall manager pointed to Dieci, who was still trembling. "She blew up my stand for no reason!"

"Actually," Cinque began, trying to deflect some of the anger away from the manager.

"Listen, little girl, I'm in no mood to deal with anyone but those three," he glared at Dieci, Wendi and Vivio, who gulped slightly. "So, just sit down and let the adults handle this."

Cinque felt her eye twitching. "...Are you saying that I look like a child?"

"You're twelve, now please be quiet." The manager turned to the security, who were gathering around loosely. "Come on, get them out of here. I want them to pay for all the damages."

"Now that wasn't very nice," a mischievous female voice spoke up, causing everyone to look around in confusion. The light seemed to dim out for a moment and when it returned to normal, there was a small girl with silver-white hair and dark skin standing near Dieci while grinning at the manager. "After all, she's actually older than either of the redheads." Her yellow eyes were quite striking, almost like they were looking deep into his soul for no reason at all. It was interesting that the girl was wearing a brown, over-sized cloak over her body, and when she opened it up, it was surprising that she was wearing a skin-tight brown outfit with purple tiger stripes over the sides. "Though, you seem unusually agitated for some reason."

"Of course I'm upset!" The man yelled and pointed at Dieci as a crowd started to gather, "she destroyed my stand!"

The girl blinked and looked behind him. "You mean that stand there?" She pointed, causing him to snort and turn around.

"Yes, that stand..." He trailed off as he saw his stand, undamaged, standing there. "What the heck?!"

"Yes, it would have been bad had something happened, right?" The manager turned around and nearly fell down as the girl seemed to be right in front of him. "After all, the loss of property and life would have been quite bad, right?" She smiled at him, her grin widening so much that she was forced to close her eyes in response. "But since none of that happened you must have imagined it." She bared her teeth at him and opened her eyes. "Right?"

"Uh..." The manager blinked and looked around. "...What was I doing?" He turned around and started to walk back to his stall, confusion on his face.

The girl grinned and dropped to the ground as people started to disperse. "Hee hee, dad was right, people are simple-minded."

"Who are you?" Nove asked as she stared at the child.

The girl turned to her and grinned. "I'm Carona, daughter of Earth Dragon Lord Rangort and Mazoku Priest Xellos."

Nove, Dieci, Wendi and Cinque all stared at her, wide-eyed and pale.

"Oh, and that guy was totally wrong about you," Carona looked at Cinque. "You don't look like you're twelve, just because you're short and flat-chested doesn't mean that you look like you're twelve."

"...Did you just say that I was flat?" Cinque twitched and put a hand on her chest. It wasn't her fault that she was flat-chested, but did this girl have to point it out?

"So, uh, how did you get him and everyone else to leave?" Wendi asked Carona, who seemed to get happier at the thought of explaining what happened.

"Oh, that's simple, I undid the damage that the explosion and fire caused and wiped out the short-term memory of everyone but you six."

"You can do that?" Nove asked, slightly nervous at the thought of what Carona could do to her if she tried hard enough.

"Any high ranking Mazoku or Shinzoku can do stuff like that." A new female voice spoke up behind Nove, causing her to turn and smack her face into the largest pair of breasts she had ever ran into, dwarfing even Tre and Sette's in pure size, causing Nove to take a few steps back so she wouldn't fall down.

Looking at the woman, Nove found her face turning as red as her hair. The woman in front of her had dark skin, eyes that were the same color as her silver-white hair, which was short up front and only draped across her shoulders in the back. She was wearing a rather tight shirt and pants that clung to her skin, leaving no room to the imagination just how endowed she really was.

"Hi, mom!" Carona grinned at Rangort. "See? I didn't cause problems."

"That's your mom?!" Wendi and Nove said at the same time as they looked at Rangort, who nodded to them, before narrowing her eyes at Wendi.

"You do realize that I'm not too interested in having a human love interest, right?"

"She can't help it," Nove muttered. This woman just oozed sexuality from her body. Nove wasn't sure if Rangort did it on purpose or not.

"I bet," Rangort rolled her eyes, "come on, Carona. Your father and Lena are waiting for us. As for the rest of you, maybe you should leave too."

"Wait!" Cinque spoke up, getting Rangort's attention. "I thought Mazoku and Shinzoku didn't like each other."

"We don't." Rangort said flatly. She looked at Carona, before sighing. "Follow me." She said as she turned around and started walking out of the amusement park.

Wendi giggled as she watched Rangort's butt sway from side to side. It wasn't her fault, between Rangort's large breasts, her muscled body and her round ass, she was just the perfect supermodel, even if her ass and breasts made Tre almost seem petite in comparison. Even if Rangort wasn't looking for a companion like her, Wendi couldn't help but fantasize herself and Rangort, chocolate, whipped cream and flower petals.

Ahead of them, Rangort blushed and twitched as she caught Wendi's sexual fantasies heading her way. "Ugh, girl, if you want to fantasize about me, please keep your thoughts to yourself." Rangort turned to look at Wendi, her face completely red. "No, I can't read your mind, if that's what you were thinking, but I can catch emotions and surface thoughts, and your thoughts are so loud that anyone could tell what you were thinking just by being near you."

Nove groaned as she, Cinque, Dieci, who had calmed down, Vivio and Arashi followed them. "Calm down, Wendi, sheesh!"

As they got out of the amusement park, Rangort led them towards one of the parks. "Carona and her twin sister Lena weren't intended to happen. A few years ago, there was a major upheaval in the Mazoku power structure where Xellos and I are from. As such, the Mazoku called for a truce while they sorted out their own problems. Well, some of them decided to vacation to a new world and I followed them."

"You fell in love with a Mazoku then?" Dieci asked Rangort, who spun and glared at the girl, causing her to whimper.

"Nothing so crass." Rangort snorted at Dieci. "Let's just say that chocolate made by Deep Sea Dolphin can screw with your perception of time and activities. I'm a Shinzoku, so having children the same way as humans can didn't occur to me until after Carona and Lena were born." Rangort snorted and turned away. "Before you ask, no, I can't really remember what happened either."

"Daddy says that auntie Dolphin's chocolate brownies are weird." Carona giggled at them.

"I see..." Nove trailed off, grateful that Jail wasn't around to hear about this. As it was, knowing that a Mazoku and a Shinzoku had gotten together was almost enough to make her go a little crazy. She couldn't imagine how Jail would have taken it.

"Yes, well..." Rangort put a hand on Carona's shoulder. "It's time for me to leave now."

After the two were gone, Vivio and Arashi looked at each other. "That was weird." Vivio muttered, getting a nod from Arashi.

It just affirmed their opinion on adults.

They were weird.

Me: Wow..... One day, I'm talking about the possibilities with someone and this pops up....

Odin: At least the one of the twins fixed the problem occurred, not start it up.

Me: And Vivio, that's one of the many understatement you might say in the future...

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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"That was weird."

It was strange, I was thinking "who has dark skin in the BtF cast?". I forgot about them.

Welcome to the weirdness Vivio. After all it isn't like you're the clone of the figure of worship in the local religion or your family wields the power of the creation in the world or you're aquaintances with dragon-cyborgs. Don't worry, you'll get used to it.

Why I'm thinking about Meta-Ridley now?

You know, someone should have given Xellos the message about Lina moving to Mid-Childa. It isn't like he wont learn that eventually (if he already doesn't know), it's just courtesy.

[MeisterBabylon]

I personally use Bureau credits, and Belmarks and Darsen for the Belka. The Belmark system is pegged 1-100 of credits. However, lesser and alien races may use other currency.

And in the underworld, rare device modchips and goldpressed latinum trumps all the above.

[Nanya01]

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Numbers 1-5

Numbers 6

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Numbers 8

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 9:

Elsewhere...

"I still can't believe we managed to escape." She looked at her companion and felt the urge to roll her eyes when he grinned at her. "I mean, really, I thought we were going to die."

"Oh, we probably would have." He continued to grin at her as he adjusted the sunglasses on his face. "Anyway, if you have those coordinates locked in, just hit the button."

She rolled her eyes as she did so and watched as the stars seemed to disappear as their small craft went to warp. "Well, there, now then..." She stood up and looked at her outfit, before looking at his. "First thing's first, we're getting new clothes," she grabbed his hair and gave it a tug, "and you need a haircut."

He smirked at her. "Fine, but I get to choose your outfit."

She snorted at him. "Knowing you, it'll be something incredibly dull and bland."

He shrugged as he walked out of the cockpit of the ship. "Maybe, maybe not."

(---)

Back on Mid-Childa

Shamal smiled as she looked at the clock. "Well, Amitie, I have to admit, you've come a long way in our sessions." The dimensionally displaced girl blinked and looked at Shamal in confusion. "When we first started, it took me four hours to get through one session, we've managed to get that down to one." Shamal laughed softly as Amitie turned away, blushing. "Now, now, there's no reason to get like that. It's a good thing that you've come so far along."

"Am I going to still need to have sessions every couple of days?" Amitie asked, sighing as Shamal nodded. "Come on, why do Kyrie and I have to..."

"You have nightmares of what happened to you about a year ago, recently told me that you were worried that this was a dream and you had gone completely insane, oh, and there's the fact that when you and Kyrie were watching that war movie, the two of you reacted as if you were living that war personally."

Amitie winced at Shamal's stern look. "It wasn't..."

"That was only four days ago, Amitie," Shamal interrupted her, "even if you and your sister have come a long way, you still have demons to overcome." Shamal raised an eyebrow as Amitie looked away. "Is this about the fact that you and your sister were made to be a Mazoku servant?" Amitie nodded and Shamal sighed as she leaned back into her chair. "You don't need to talk about it if you don't..."

"You already know about Kyrie and myself, don't you?" Amitie looked at Shamal, resignation written all over her face.

"Unless you wished to talk about it, I wasn't going to bring it up. You aren't the first artificial person that's lived or worked for the Bureau before," Shamal took a deep breath before continuing to speak, "I was once an artificial being myself."

"...What?" Amitie asked, confused by how Shamal worded it.

"For centuries," Shamal elaborated, "I was part of a guardian program for a book called the Book of Darkness. Any injury to my body could be healed in a matter of moments. Death wasn't even permanent. I've lived thousands of lives, taken many more over that same time." She sighed as she remembered all the pain and suffering that she and her family had caused over the years. "A little over ten years ago, I came across a power that I had never fought against before. It broke my connection to the Book of Darkness and changed me, from an artificial being to a flesh and blood human. And those girls that were in prison with you."

"Those girls with the weird names?" Amitie blinked as Shamal nodded. "They're cyborgs, right? Sein, the one with blue-green hair, right?" Shamal nodded again and smiled at Amitie. "Yeah, she explained what she and the others were to me and Kyrie awhile ago. What about it?"

"They were similar to yourself and Kyrie, created as weapons, but they have families now. You and your sister, have either of you thought about your futures?" Shamal mentally sighed as she saw Amitie look confused and scared. "It's alright. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?" Amitie shook her head and Shamal nodded. "Very well. I'll see you back in three days then."

Amitie nodded and walked out of Shamal's office. "Um... Kuma probably won't be back for a little bit..."

Shamal smiled and put an arm around Amitie's shoulders. "Come on, let's just walk then. I know that this isn't exactly professional of me, but I was experimenting with some cooking, I was wondering if you'd like to try it."

Amitie blinked, before nodding. It wouldn't be too bad.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Signum looked at her hand as Shari finished her diagnosis of it and nodded. "Well?"

"Good news, it looks like it's fully integrated into your body." Shari smiled at Signum, "complex maneuvers shouldn't be a problem anymore."

Signum nodded and grabbed the black glove, putting it over her metal hand. "Shari, I need to ask, why did you go as far as you did?"

"Partially scientific curiosity, and mostly because I wanted to see if I could." Shari giggled at the look Signum had. "As for your eye, how is it working?"

"Other than some color blindness, it works pretty good." Signum muttered as she looked around. "How did you get a working one in under a year anyway?"

"You can thank Vice for shooting his sister's eye out." Shari answered as she turned to her computer console, "repairing eyes like that is fairly difficult, but it's manageable."

"Especially since my nerves weren't completely destroyed?" Signum raised an eyebrow, getting a nod from Shari.

"Yeah. We wouldn't have to put in the fake eye if your lenses hadn't been so screwed up."

Signum waved it off. "At least it works now." A slow sense of dread came over her as Shari grinned at her. "You are not adding a weapon to my artificial eye, Shari."

"Drat," Shari snapped her fingers, "plan b then." She tossed a small object to Signum, who caught it easily. "Remember that eye-patch you were wearing while your eye was injured?" Signum nodded to her slowly. "Well, when creating your new eye, I came up with a little something regarding that eye-patch. Put it on." Shari grinned as Signum did so. "Now, tap the side of your head twice, and..."

"What the hell? Shari, what is this? I can see through the eye-patch?"

Shari nodded. "I enhanced your eye-patch because I noticed that sometimes you had trouble adjusting your new eye properly. Just think of it as protection until your body gets used to the new eye."

Signum nodded and left the room. "I think I need to work out with this... It feels weird having depth perception again." It was even weirder with the eye-patch on.

Shari shook her head and sighed. "Now what?"

(---)

Shamal smiled as she watched Amitie eat the food. "You like it?"

"A little over-spiced, I think," Amitie said as she swallowed some water to wash the food down, "and a bit too much salt, but otherwise pretty good. Can I have more?"

Shamal nodded, smiling happily. It was the first hotdish she had ever made and was quite happy that someone liked it. No one at home trusted her cooking at all. Just because she lit water on fire a couple of times in the past didn't mean that she was a bad cook.

"If you want, Kyrie and I will test your food for you." Amitie gulped as Shamal suddenly started glowing as she smiled. "Uh..."

"Really!? Thank you!" Shamal almost hugged Amitie in happiness.

Amitie nodded and went back to eating. This food really was good...

To her that is.

Amitie and Kyrie were both used to eating whatever they had to so they wouldn't be hungry all the time, and, as such, their sense of taste was a little weird.

[bhl88]

No Kyrie action? (flirting with Chrono, Yuuno, groping Fate, Amitie, cooperating with Hayate to grope Nanoha..... and other stuff)

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Numbers 1-5

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Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 9:

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"I still can't believe we managed to escape." She looked at her companion and felt the urge to roll her eyes when he grinned at her. "I mean, really, I thought we were going to die."

"Oh, we probably would have." He continued to grin at her as he adjusted the sunglasses on his face. "Anyway, if you have those coordinates locked in, just hit the button."

She rolled her eyes as she did so and watched as the stars seemed to disappear as their small craft went to warp. "Well, there, now then..." She stood up and looked at her outfit, before looking at his. "First thing's first, we're getting new clothes," she grabbed his hair and gave it a tug, "and you need a haircut."

He smirked at her. "Fine, but I get to choose your outfit."

She snorted at him. "Knowing you, it'll be something incredibly dull and bland."

He shrugged as he walked out of the cockpit of the ship. "Maybe, maybe not."

(---)

Back on Mid-Childa

Shamal smiled as she looked at the clock. "Well, Amitie, I have to admit, you've come a long way in our sessions." The dimensionally displaced girl blinked and looked at Shamal in confusion. "When we first started, it took me four hours to get through one session, we've managed to get that down to one." Shamal laughed softly as Amitie turned away, blushing. "Now, now, there's no reason to get like that. It's a good thing that you've come so far along."

"Am I going to still need to have sessions every couple of days?" Amitie asked, sighing as Shamal nodded. "Come on, why do Kyrie and I have to..."

"You have nightmares of what happened to you about a year ago, recently told me that you were worried that this was a dream and you had gone completely insane, oh, and there's the fact that when you and Kyrie were watching that war movie, the two of you reacted as if you were living that war personally."

Amitie winced at Shamal's stern look. "It wasn't..."

"That was only four days ago, Amitie," Shamal interrupted her, "even if you and your sister have come a long way, you still have demons to overcome." Shamal raised an eyebrow as Amitie looked away. "Is this about the fact that you and your sister were made to be a Mazoku servant?" Amitie nodded and Shamal sighed as she leaned back into her chair. "You don't need to talk about it if you don't..."

"You already know about Kyrie and myself, don't you?" Amitie looked at Shamal, resignation written all over her face.

"Unless you wished to talk about it, I wasn't going to bring it up. You aren't the first artificial person that's lived or worked for the Bureau before," Shamal took a deep breath before continuing to speak, "I was once an artificial being myself."

"...What?" Amitie asked, confused by how Shamal worded it.

"For centuries," Shamal elaborated, "I was part of a guardian program for a book called the Book of Darkness. Any injury to my body could be healed in a matter of moments. Death wasn't even permanent. I've lived thousands of lives, taken many more over that same time." She sighed as she remembered all the pain and suffering that she and her family had caused over the years. "A little over ten years ago, I came across a power that I had never fought against before. It broke my connection to the Book of Darkness and changed me, from an artificial being to a flesh and blood human. And those girls that were in prison with you."

"Those girls with the weird names?" Amitie blinked as Shamal nodded. "They're cyborgs, right? Sein, the one with blue-green hair, right?" Shamal nodded again and smiled at Amitie. "Yeah, she explained what she and the others were to me and Kyrie awhile ago. What about it?"

"They were similar to yourself and Kyrie, created as weapons, but they have families now. You and your sister, have either of you thought about your futures?" Shamal mentally sighed as she saw Amitie look confused and scared. "It's alright. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?" Amitie shook her head and Shamal nodded. "Very well. I'll see you back in three days then."

Amitie nodded and walked out of Shamal's office. "Um... Kuma probably won't be back for a little bit..."

Shamal smiled and put an arm around Amitie's shoulders. "Come on, let's just walk then. I know that this isn't exactly professional of me, but I was experimenting with some cooking, I was wondering if you'd like to try it."

Amitie blinked, before nodding. It wouldn't be too bad.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Signum looked at her hand as Shari finished her diagnosis of it and nodded. "Well?"

"Good news, it looks like it's fully integrated into your body." Shari smiled at Signum, "complex maneuvers shouldn't be a problem anymore."

Signum nodded and grabbed the black glove, putting it over her metal hand. "Shari, I need to ask, why did you go as far as you did?"

"Partially scientific curiosity, and mostly because I wanted to see if I could." Shari giggled at the look Signum had. "As for your eye, how is it working?"

"Other than some color blindness, it works pretty good." Signum muttered as she looked around. "How did you get a working one in under a year anyway?"

"You can thank Vice for shooting his sister's eye out." Shari answered as she turned to her computer console, "repairing eyes like that is fairly difficult, but it's manageable."

"Especially since my nerves weren't completely destroyed?" Signum raised an eyebrow, getting a nod from Shari.

"Yeah. We wouldn't have to put in the fake eye if your lenses hadn't been so screwed up."

Signum waved it off. "At least it works now." A slow sense of dread came over her as Shari grinned at her. "You are not adding a weapon to my artificial eye, Shari."

"Drat," Shari snapped her fingers, "plan b then." She tossed a small object to Signum, who caught it easily. "Remember that eye-patch you were wearing while your eye was injured?" Signum nodded to her slowly. "Well, when creating your new eye, I came up with a little something regarding that eye-patch. Put it on." Shari grinned as Signum did so. "Now, tap the side of your head twice, and..."

"What the hell? Shari, what is this? I can see through the eye-patch?"

Shari nodded. "I enhanced your eye-patch because I noticed that sometimes you had trouble adjusting your new eye properly. Just think of it as protection until your body gets used to the new eye."

Signum nodded and left the room. "I think I need to work out with this... It feels weird having depth perception again." It was even weirder with the eye-patch on.

Shari shook her head and sighed. "Now what?"

(---)

Shamal smiled as she watched Amitie eat the food. "You like it?"

"A little over-spiced, I think," Amitie said as she swallowed some water to wash the food down, "and a bit too much salt, but otherwise pretty good. Can I have more?"

Shamal nodded, smiling happily. It was the first hotdish she had ever made and was quite happy that someone liked it. No one at home trusted her cooking at all. Just because she lit water on fire a couple of times in the past didn't mean that she was a bad cook.

"If you want, Kyrie and I will test your food for you." Amitie gulped as Shamal suddenly started glowing as she smiled. "Uh..."

"Really!? Thank you!" Shamal almost hugged Amitie in happiness.

Amitie nodded and went back to eating. This food really was good...

To her that is.

Amitie and Kyrie were both used to eating whatever they had to so they wouldn't be hungry all the time, and, as such, their sense of taste was a little weird.

Why I'm reminded of certain not-laser-at-all water throwing flower? Maybe because it was Shari again.

I dont have the heart to tell Amitie how Shamal is a terrible cook. They both seem too happy to ruin the moment.

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 9:

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"I still can't believe we managed to escape." She looked at her companion and felt the urge to roll her eyes when he grinned at her. "I mean, really, I thought we were going to die."

"Oh, we probably would have." He continued to grin at her as he adjusted the sunglasses on his face. "Anyway, if you have those coordinates locked in, just hit the button."

She rolled her eyes as she did so and watched as the stars seemed to disappear as their small craft went to warp. "Well, there, now then..." She stood up and looked at her outfit, before looking at his. "First thing's first, we're getting new clothes," she grabbed his hair and gave it a tug, "and you need a haircut."

He smirked at her. "Fine, but I get to choose your outfit."

She snorted at him. "Knowing you, it'll be something incredibly dull and bland."

He shrugged as he walked out of the cockpit of the ship. "Maybe, maybe not."

(---)

Back on Mid-Childa

Shamal smiled as she looked at the clock. "Well, Amitie, I have to admit, you've come a long way in our sessions." The dimensionally displaced girl blinked and looked at Shamal in confusion. "When we first started, it took me four hours to get through one session, we've managed to get that down to one." Shamal laughed softly as Amitie turned away, blushing. "Now, now, there's no reason to get like that. It's a good thing that you've come so far along."

"Am I going to still need to have sessions every couple of days?" Amitie asked, sighing as Shamal nodded. "Come on, why do Kyrie and I have to..."

"You have nightmares of what happened to you about a year ago, recently told me that you were worried that this was a dream and you had gone completely insane, oh, and there's the fact that when you and Kyrie were watching that war movie, the two of you reacted as if you were living that war personally."

Amitie winced at Shamal's stern look. "It wasn't..."

"That was only four days ago, Amitie," Shamal interrupted her, "even if you and your sister have come a long way, you still have demons to overcome." Shamal raised an eyebrow as Amitie looked away. "Is this about the fact that you and your sister were made to be a Mazoku servant?" Amitie nodded and Shamal sighed as she leaned back into her chair. "You don't need to talk about it if you don't..."

"You already know about Kyrie and myself, don't you?" Amitie looked at Shamal, resignation written all over her face.

"Unless you wished to talk about it, I wasn't going to bring it up. You aren't the first artificial person that's lived or worked for the Bureau before," Shamal took a deep breath before continuing to speak, "I was once an artificial being myself."

"...What?" Amitie asked, confused by how Shamal worded it.

"For centuries," Shamal elaborated, "I was part of a guardian program for a book called the Book of Darkness. Any injury to my body could be healed in a matter of moments. Death wasn't even permanent. I've lived thousands of lives, taken many more over that same time." She sighed as she remembered all the pain and suffering that she and her family had caused over the years. "A little over ten years ago, I came across a power that I had never fought against before. It broke my connection to the Book of Darkness and changed me, from an artificial being to a flesh and blood human. And those girls that were in prison with you."

"Those girls with the weird names?" Amitie blinked as Shamal nodded. "They're cyborgs, right? Sein, the one with blue-green hair, right?" Shamal nodded again and smiled at Amitie. "Yeah, she explained what she and the others were to me and Kyrie awhile ago. What about it?"

"They were similar to yourself and Kyrie, created as weapons, but they have families now. You and your sister, have either of you thought about your futures?" Shamal mentally sighed as she saw Amitie look confused and scared. "It's alright. Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?" Amitie shook her head and Shamal nodded. "Very well. I'll see you back in three days then."

Amitie nodded and walked out of Shamal's office. "Um... Kuma probably won't be back for a little bit..."

Shamal smiled and put an arm around Amitie's shoulders. "Come on, let's just walk then. I know that this isn't exactly professional of me, but I was experimenting with some cooking, I was wondering if you'd like to try it."

Amitie blinked, before nodding. It wouldn't be too bad.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Signum looked at her hand as Shari finished her diagnosis of it and nodded. "Well?"

"Good news, it looks like it's fully integrated into your body." Shari smiled at Signum, "complex maneuvers shouldn't be a problem anymore."

Signum nodded and grabbed the black glove, putting it over her metal hand. "Shari, I need to ask, why did you go as far as you did?"

"Partially scientific curiosity, and mostly because I wanted to see if I could." Shari giggled at the look Signum had. "As for your eye, how is it working?"

"Other than some color blindness, it works pretty good." Signum muttered as she looked around. "How did you get a working one in under a year anyway?"

"You can thank Vice for shooting his sister's eye out." Shari answered as she turned to her computer console, "repairing eyes like that is fairly difficult, but it's manageable."

"Especially since my nerves weren't completely destroyed?" Signum raised an eyebrow, getting a nod from Shari.

"Yeah. We wouldn't have to put in the fake eye if your lenses hadn't been so screwed up."

Signum waved it off. "At least it works now." A slow sense of dread came over her as Shari grinned at her. "You are not adding a weapon to my artificial eye, Shari."

"Drat," Shari snapped her fingers, "plan b then." She tossed a small object to Signum, who caught it easily. "Remember that eye-patch you were wearing while your eye was injured?" Signum nodded to her slowly. "Well, when creating your new eye, I came up with a little something regarding that eye-patch. Put it on." Shari grinned as Signum did so. "Now, tap the side of your head twice, and..."

"What the hell? Shari, what is this? I can see through the eye-patch?"

Shari nodded. "I enhanced your eye-patch because I noticed that sometimes you had trouble adjusting your new eye properly. Just think of it as protection until your body gets used to the new eye."

Signum nodded and left the room. "I think I need to work out with this... It feels weird having depth perception again." It was even weirder with the eye-patch on.

Shari shook her head and sighed. "Now what?"

(---)

Shamal smiled as she watched Amitie eat the food. "You like it?"

"A little over-spiced, I think," Amitie said as she swallowed some water to wash the food down, "and a bit too much salt, but otherwise pretty good. Can I have more?"

Shamal nodded, smiling happily. It was the first hotdish she had ever made and was quite happy that someone liked it. No one at home trusted her cooking at all. Just because she lit water on fire a couple of times in the past didn't mean that she was a bad cook.

"If you want, Kyrie and I will test your food for you." Amitie gulped as Shamal suddenly started glowing as she smiled. "Uh..."

"Really!? Thank you!" Shamal almost hugged Amitie in happiness.

Amitie nodded and went back to eating. This food really was good...

To her that is.

Amitie and Kyrie were both used to eating whatever they had to so they wouldn't be hungry all the time, and, as such, their sense of taste was a little weird.

Me: O_O.... Does Shamal knew those recipes right for her to start experimenting?

Mariemeia: At least it's not a certain nurse's Health drink. *Shudders..*

Reia: What's wrong with Kusuha's Health drink?

Me: Aftertaste...

Elane: Stomach ache....

Odin: *Look at the complaining group.* Wimps!

[Moczo]

Hey, all! Time for my pseudo-regular drop in when I actually write something: the new Infinity is up right here! Longer than the last one too... maybe I'm getting back into the swing of things? Well, either way, I hope you enjoy. ^_^

[Justin_Brett]

It's twelve-thirty here, Moczo. Goddammit.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by Moczo

Hey, all! Time for my pseudo-regular drop in when I actually write something: the new Infinity is up right here! Longer than the last one too... maybe I'm getting back into the swing of things? Well, either way, I hope you enjoy. ^_^

...just a minor nitpick, but Nanoha's a japanese. I have trouble imagining how a sandwich, a turkey sandwich at that, would elicit that kind of covet from her

By the way, I like how SuperDad shows us you don't need bunker-buster beams to be competent

Spoiler for On a more serious note:

Had Enlil been on stabler mind, she probably would have expected the two to find a way to circumvent her orders. Then again, a saner Enlil wouldn't have ordered the deployment of WMDs so soon, would she?

[ZeroIchiNi]

Originally Posted by Tiresias

...just a minor nitpick, but Nanoha's a japanese. I have trouble imagining how a sandwich, a turkey sandwich at that, would elicit that kind of covet from her

She was looking forward to a turkey sandwich since the start of the incident. Remember the Picnic?

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by ZeroIchiNi

She was looking forward to a turkey sandwich since the start of the incident. Remember the Picnic?

Damn. I guess I should have commented the...well, I wouldn't exactly call it a faux pas, so...cultural dissonance? Anyway, I should have warned about that way back. On second thought, I only start reading when Infinity numbered at 20-ish chapters so during the speed-reading some minor details were skipped from my mind

[Nanya01]

StrikerS

Numbers 1-5

Numbers 6

Numbers 7

Numbers 8

Numbers 9

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 10:

Closing her eyes, she concentrated as the air around her got cooler and cooler, before she snapped her eyes open and thrust her right hand forward. At first, it seemed like nothing was happening...

When the lake turned to solid ice and the ground started to break apart in response, she nodded, though she wished that it didn't take so long to get the effect she desired...

"Wow, Sette!" The tall girl turned to see Reinforce Zwei smiling at her. "That's more powerful than I can do normally."

"You also can get your results much faster than I can." Sette sighed and grimaced as her arms felt slightly numb. "I wish I knew how I got these ice powers..."

Zwei scratched her cheek lightly. "Didn't Filia say that sometimes Dragons develop random powers that aren't always what you'd expect?"

Sette nodded and looked at the destroyed lake. "...I would have preferred fire instead of ice. I like being warm over cold."

"Most of us do." Zwei said as she sat on Sette's shoulder. "But, you're just learning right? I couldn't do everything right when I first started learning." Zwei giggled as Sette made some sort of noise, whether it was agreement or not, Zwei didn't know. "But, still, maybe you're just developing them. Maybe you'll have something really cool when your powers fully develop." Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she thought about the possibilities. "Oooh! Maybe you'll be able to bend light around you and create some freaking magic laser beams!" Zwei pointed her fingers forward and giggled as she mocked the motions of gun recoil. "Pew! Pew! Pew!"

"Were you hit by Nanoha's Starlight Breaker growing up, by any chance?" Considering that Reinforce Zwei was so small, she wasn't exactly grown up, at least from Sette's point of view.

Rein shook her head. "Nope. I did learn how to cast the spell though." Rein blinked and rubbed her chin as she looked into the distance. "Do you think that learning magic early causes people to become silly?"

"Apparently it worked with you." Sette deadpanned as she turned away from the lake. "So, why are you here? This is a public training area."

"I was just getting some food to eat with Zaffy and we saw you over here, so I wanted to see what you were doing and Zaffy decided to just sit and watch us." Zwei smiled at her. "You want to come get some lunch with us?"

It was at that moment when Sette's stomach grumbled, causing her to put a hand on her belly. "I believe that I am hungry... Again."

Zwei floated up, blinking. "Again?"

"Lately I find myself hungry every few hours when I am not asleep or training."

Zwei smiled at her. "Well, no problem, I'm pretty hungry too. Let's go get some food then." Sette nodded, glad that Zwei was offering to feed her.

It was rather... Nice.

(---)

Sein twitched as she watched Tre and Luna get into another argument. At least this one was limited to just words, since they were busy painting the Eastern side of the Saint Church. "Okay, Luna, Tre, just why are you two always at each others throats? Even I'm not that bad with grabbing breasts and I thought I'd never say something like that in my life!" She crossed her arms over her petite chest and glared at the two older and bustier women. "I have to stand out here and make sure that you two don't start causing fighting and I'm tired of it!" Sein took a deep breath as the two were looking at her somewhat ashamed. "So, out with it, why do you two fight so much?! We've been here less than a year and you two do almost nothing but fight!"

Tre grimaced and looked at Luna. "Don't know why, but she just bugs me for some reason." It didn't help that her attitude made her come across as someone who was so superior all the time. It was so annoying that sometimes it took all of Tre's efforts to not attempt to lay Luna out at least four times a day.

Sein nodded and made a mental note to do something about Tre later. Maybe when they were alone... "Luna?"

Oddly enough, Luna looked uncomfortable as she grabbed her paint brush and went back to painting. "I'd rather not talk about it."

Tre growled as she grabbed Luna, spun her around and slammed her against the wall, not caring that the paint was going to ruin Luna's outfit. "No, you don't get to not do that. You've been bothering me since we got here almost six months ago."

"Seven." Sein pointed out for her. "It's been seven months since last Tuesday."

"Fine, seven months. What is your problem with me, Inverse?"

Luna narrowed her eyes at Tre. "Trust me, you don't want to know. Just drop it." She grabbed Tre's arms but found that, even though Luna was one of the strongest people in the Saint Church physically, Tre was just that much stronger.

"No, now tell me what the heck your problem with me is."

"Fine! You want to know?" Luna growled as Tre nodded. "Let go and I'll tell you." When Tre lowered her down, Luna shocked both Tre and Sein as she grabbed Tre's head and did something none of them ever would have thought the elder Inverse would do.

Sein stared, wide-eyed as Luna pressed her lips to Tre's, who twitched and fell over, breaking the kiss. "Hu, whaa?"

Luna licked her lips, spun and ran away from the two of them.

"Well... Uh..." Sein tried to get her brain back on track as she saw that. "...I guess she liked you..."

Tre blinked, several times, trying to figure out what happened as she stared after Luna as the latter disappeared around the corner. "...Am I some sort of lesbian magnet?"

There was no answer to that question.

(---)

Zafira, back in his human form, felt like twitching as he watched the plates pile up around Sette on the booth table they were all at. It wasn't like she was eating like an animal or even like a starving person. That wouldn't have been too bad.

No, she was eating like a completely normal person, taking her time and chewing her food. What was really unusual about it was how much she was eating.

"Four steaks, eight pancakes, two hamburgers, a whole apple pie, twenty bread sticks, cheese sticks, at least eight refills on your drink, and some crackers." Zafira summed up Sette as she blinked and looked at him.

Swallowing the pancake in her mouth, Sette tilted her head. "I am sorry, did you want some?" Zafira shook his head and Sette nodded. "Very well. I feel like I am done anyway."

Zafira and Rein Zwei both let out sighs of relief. The bill for this was going to be huge.

"May I have ice cream to go?" Sette asked the waitress, who nodded and sweat-dropped while Zwei, who was in a high chair, and Zafira, both fell to the floor. "Are you two okay?"

Zafira sighed and got up. "Never mind. Will you be okay with the cone?" Sette nodded and Zafira made a mental note to talk to Filia and find out just how Sette could put all of that food away.

He idly wondered how Chrono could feed Sette, much less Otto, Deed and Wendi if they were anything like she was.

Sette gave a small smile as she was given a large ice cream cone and started licking at it slowly. Seeing the tall girl enjoy the ice cream cone, Zafira found himself losing all his irritation with her. It was just too hard to stay mad at someone who, despite being almost as tall as he was, could be so cute.

At least he was able to cover the bill for this meal.

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS

Numbers 1-5

Numbers 6

Numbers 7

Numbers 8

Numbers 9

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Numbers 10:

Closing her eyes, she concentrated as the air around her got cooler and cooler, before she snapped her eyes open and thrust her right hand forward. At first, it seemed like nothing was happening...

When the lake turned to solid ice and the ground started to break apart in response, she nodded, though she wished that it didn't take so long to get the effect she desired...

"Wow, Sette!" The tall girl turned to see Reinforce Zwei smiling at her. "That's more powerful than I can do normally."

"You also can get your results much faster than I can." Sette sighed and grimaced as her arms felt slightly numb. "I wish I knew how I got these ice powers..."

Zwei scratched her cheek lightly. "Didn't Filia say that sometimes Dragons develop random powers that aren't always what you'd expect?"

Sette nodded and looked at the destroyed lake. "...I would have preferred fire instead of ice. I like being warm over cold."

"Most of us do." Zwei said as she sat on Sette's shoulder. "But, you're just learning right? I couldn't do everything right when I first started learning." Zwei giggled as Sette made some sort of noise, whether it was agreement or not, Zwei didn't know. "But, still, maybe you're just developing them. Maybe you'll have something really cool when your powers fully develop." Her eyes seemed to sparkle as she thought about the possibilities. "Oooh! Maybe you'll be able to bend light around you and create some freaking magic laser beams!" Zwei pointed her fingers forward and giggled as she mocked the motions of gun recoil. "Pew! Pew! Pew!"

"Were you hit by Nanoha's Starlight Breaker growing up, by any chance?" Considering that Reinforce Zwei was so small, she wasn't exactly grown up, at least from Sette's point of view.

Rein shook her head. "Nope. I did learn how to cast the spell though." Rein blinked and rubbed her chin as she looked into the distance. "Do you think that learning magic early causes people to become silly?"

"Apparently it worked with you." Sette deadpanned as she turned away from the lake. "So, why are you here? This is a public training area."

"I was just getting some food to eat with Zaffy and we saw you over here, so I wanted to see what you were doing and Zaffy decided to just sit and watch us." Zwei smiled at her. "You want to come get some lunch with us?"

It was at that moment when Sette's stomach grumbled, causing her to put a hand on her belly. "I believe that I am hungry... Again."

Zwei floated up, blinking. "Again?"

"Lately I find myself hungry every few hours when I am not asleep or training."

Zwei smiled at her. "Well, no problem, I'm pretty hungry too. Let's go get some food then." Sette nodded, glad that Zwei was offering to feed her.

It was rather... Nice.

(---)

Sein twitched as she watched Tre and Luna get into another argument. At least this one was limited to just words, since they were busy painting the Eastern side of the Saint Church. "Okay, Luna, Tre, just why are you two always at each others throats? Even I'm not that bad with grabbing breasts and I thought I'd never say something like that in my life!" She crossed her arms over her petite chest and glared at the two older and bustier women. "I have to stand out here and make sure that you two don't start causing fighting and I'm tired of it!" Sein took a deep breath as the two were looking at her somewhat ashamed. "So, out with it, why do you two fight so much?! We've been here less than a year and you two do almost nothing but fight!"

Tre grimaced and looked at Luna. "Don't know why, but she just bugs me for some reason." It didn't help that her attitude made her come across as someone who was so superior all the time. It was so annoying that sometimes it took all of Tre's efforts to not attempt to lay Luna out at least four times a day.

Sein nodded and made a mental note to do something about Tre later. Maybe when they were alone... "Luna?"

Oddly enough, Luna looked uncomfortable as she grabbed her paint brush and went back to painting. "I'd rather not talk about it."

Tre growled as she grabbed Luna, spun her around and slammed her against the wall, not caring that the paint was going to ruin Luna's outfit. "No, you don't get to not do that. You've been bothering me since we got here almost six months ago."

"Seven." Sein pointed out for her. "It's been seven months since last Tuesday."

"Fine, seven months. What is your problem with me, Inverse?"

Luna narrowed her eyes at Tre. "Trust me, you don't want to know. Just drop it." She grabbed Tre's arms but found that, even though Luna was one of the strongest people in the Saint Church physically, Tre was just that much stronger.

"No, now tell me what the heck your problem with me is."

"Fine! You want to know?" Luna growled as Tre nodded. "Let go and I'll tell you." When Tre lowered her down, Luna shocked both Tre and Sein as she grabbed Tre's head and did something none of them ever would have thought the elder Inverse would do.

Sein stared, wide-eyed as Luna pressed her lips to Tre's, who twitched and fell over, breaking the kiss. "Hu, whaa?"

Luna licked her lips, spun and ran away from the two of them.

"Well... Uh..." Sein tried to get her brain back on track as she saw that. "...I guess she liked you..."

Tre blinked, several times, trying to figure out what happened as she stared after Luna as the latter disappeared around the corner. "...Am I some sort of lesbian magnet?"

There was no answer to that question.

(---)

Zafira, back in his human form, felt like twitching as he watched the plates pile up around Sette on the booth table they were all at. It wasn't like she was eating like an animal or even like a starving person. That wouldn't have been too bad.

No, she was eating like a completely normal person, taking her time and chewing her food. What was really unusual about it was how much she was eating.

"Four steaks, eight pancakes, two hamburgers, a whole apple pie, twenty bread sticks, cheese sticks, at least eight refills on your drink, and some crackers." Zafira summed up Sette as she blinked and looked at him.

Swallowing the pancake in her mouth, Sette tilted her head. "I am sorry, did you want some?" Zafira shook his head and Sette nodded. "Very well. I feel like I am done anyway."

Zafira and Rein Zwei both let out sighs of relief. The bill for this was going to be huge.

"May I have ice cream to go?" Sette asked the waitress, who nodded and sweat-dropped while Zwei, who was in a high chair, and Zafira, both fell to the floor. "Are you two okay?"

Zafira sighed and got up. "Never mind. Will you be okay with the cone?" Sette nodded and Zafira made a mental note to talk to Filia and find out just how Sette could put all of that food away.

He idly wondered how Chrono could feed Sette, much less Otto, Deed and Wendi if they were anything like she was.

Sette gave a small smile as she was given a large ice cream cone and started licking at it slowly. Seeing the tall girl enjoy the ice cream cone, Zafira found himself losing all his irritation with her. It was just too hard to stay mad at someone who, despite being almost as tall as he was, could be so cute.

At least he was able to cover the bill for this meal.

Val: *looks at wallet.* I don't think my wallet can handle the expenses of FOUR half-dragons eating in an Eat-All-You-Can buffet.

Me: It could be worse, Val.

Val: What's worse?

Mariemeia: Weellll.... Nanoha and co. eat together with the those half-dragon with Filia and their Val.

Val: *facepalms.* I should have not tempted fate.

Fate T. Inverse: Huh?

Odin: He's not talking about wooing you, Fate. He's already married.

Me: And any takers of the upcoming Sette Vs Rein Zwei in the battle of the cutest person in BTF? (Of course if there's one soon....)

[MeisterBabylon]

Now why am I imagining Nyanya doing something like a Big Bang Theory version of the Numbers?

[Justin_Brett]

You know, this is off the cuff, but sometimes I wish there was some other way to make a pause in saying an attack name other than with ellipses.

[Koveras Alvane]

Originally Posted by Justin_Brett

You know, this is off the cuff, but sometimes I wish there was some other way to make a pause in saying an attack name other than with ellipses.

Double-dash (--)?

[Rising Dragon]

You'd want to try that. Something like:

"Starlight--!"

*some sort of action happens*

"BREAKER!"

*more action*

[Nanya01]

Ran across this today.

Glad I did. I was starting to feel really down.

Spoiler for Credit to Shiakou for this:

"There has been a change of plans."

A dozen pairs of enhanced eyes stared forward in attention. Jail smiled as he passed by the straight ranks of combat cyborgs, each one as parade perfect as Cinque and Uno could make them. They rarely held such formalities anymore, but for this occasion Jail had thought it worth the effort.

"First off, I'd like everyone to meet our newest charge. Come in Hayate."

There was a pause and a brief shuffle of footsteps, followed by a young girl coming into view. She walked forward shakily on augmented legs, her face scrunched up in concentration. Nonetheless she managed a smile.

"Why don't you introduce yourself to everyone Hayate?" said Jail with the sort of grin they'd only seen on him when he'd just pulled off the perfect plan or created yet another magic-defying prototype.

The child nodded, smiled and began her introduction.

"Hello everyone! My name is Yagami Hayaeeeeee~"

She fell forward with a squeal and flopped facefirst on the metal floor.

". . . it hurts."

Jail simply beamed and motioned for Cinque to help her up. Everyone else was too surprised to say or do anything.

Except for Sein whose muttered words were sounding suspiciously like "cute", "too cute", and "join her in the bath".

[staplesdex2]

wuh??? O_O O_O