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Leti watched as the Arc en Ciel's beam tore through the upper atmosphere of Mid-Childa. "What the?" Her eyes widened as the Saint's Cradle seemingly disappeared from sight. "What the hell?!"

"Ma'am!" Randy called out, his eyes wide as he saw the Saint's Cradle reappear closer to the planet, "I don't believe it, a short-range teleportation."

"Short range?! Leti cried out as she saw the ship was pointed downwards and rushing to the ground. "That was over eighty kilometers!" Growling, she looked at the staff on hand. "Get the Arc en Ciel back online! We don't have much time!"

"We're trying ma'am!"

(----)

"How are you hanging in there?" Fate asked, Tre, who could only groan in pain.

"I'll live." Tre grunted and looked at Sein. "Thanks for getting us out of there." Sein could only smile as the group flew to the surface at a slower pace than normal.

"Mama..." Vivio looked up, her eyes wide. "It's coming back!" Nanoha turned her head and gasped as she saw the ship rushing right at them.

"It's getting closer!" Nanoha gasped as the ship rushed at them. "Move!" Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Sein shot off to the ground as the nose of the ship came rushing upon them. "Nnnngh!"

The next thing that any of them knew, three powerful orange blasts struck the underside of the nose of the ship, knocking it off of its course right at them. The group stared as a large white insect appeared in front of them and grabbed them between its hands gently, before they all disappeared out of the air.

Megane nodded, sweat rolling down her face as Hakutenou reappeared on the ground. Between her and Caro, getting Hakutenou and Voltaire up high enough into the air so that their summons could help divert the Saint's Cradle had been risky, but they managed to pull it off, even if Megane felt like passing out at that moment. "Good job, Hakutenou." The insect nodded and opened its hands revealing a slightly disoriented Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, and Sein. "Sorry about the rush, but it's hard to teleport when you can't see your targets."

"How did you know where we were?" Nanoha asked and blinked as Dieci waved her hands, smiling. "...You can see that far?"

"Yes," Dieci looked up and sighed in relief, "looks like Voltaire has the cradle in a very slow descending orbit, maybe if we get the thing to hit the ocean..."

Hayate looked up and blinked. "Wow, you have really good eyes, I can barely see the cradle from here."

"We have another problem." Zest spoke up. "From what she," he indicated Dieci, "has said, Voltaire's blasts aren't penetrating the hull of that ship. A Dragon that size should be able to blast almost anything to dust with ease, instead it's just pushing the nose up."

"There is damage," Dieci commented, "but it looks like someone punched a giant dent in the underside."

"Hakutenou, see if you and Voltaire can get that thing to aim back up into the sky, or at least keep it from going any closer to the ground." The giant insect nodded as Megane closed her eyes and concentrated.

Dieci nodded as Hakutenou disappeared from the ground and reappeared near the front of the cradle. "Good, they're holding it up there."

"For how long?" Nanoha asked, getting a chuckle from Zest. "...What?"

"Long enough to fire the ultimate weapon the Bureau has at it." Zest looked up at the sky knowingly.

Nanoha blinked and looked around. "Uh, no offense, but Fate-chan, Hayate-chan and I are right here." When Dieci, Teana, and, shockingly enough, Zest, all face-faulted, Nanoha giggled and stuck her tongue out.

"Mama..." Vivio tugged at Nanoha's collar. Nanoha looked at Vivio, who was frowning and slapped both of her hands against Nanoha's cheeks. "Bad mama."

Megane panted and closed her eyes. "Caro, you ready?"

"Yep! Let's get them out of there."

"Just cancel the summon, okay?"

"Right!"

Dieci looked up and nodded as she saw the summons disappear from the air. "They're gone."

"Good." Megane fell over, groaning. "I... I need... Some rest..." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Too tired right now."

(---)

"This time, let's not miss." Leti said as she turned the key again, "Arc en Ciel, FIRE!"

After all the drama and tension of the day, seeing the white blast arc out and run through the Saint's Cradle, before turning into a giant hole that expanded outwards for a hundred kilometers, was almost anti-climatic. Leti smirked and pushed her glasses back up her face. "I've had enough drama, thank you very much."

"Admiral?" Randy looked at Leti, who snorted at him. "Right, never mind."

(---)

On the ground, Lina looked up and shook her head. "Heh... Glad that I didn't need to do anything." Oh well, she wasn't going to complain, after all, what they used was a lot safer than what she had planned. "Still, going to be a mess, isn't it?"

(---)

Later that day...

Tre hissed as she lay in the hospital bed. "This sucks." At least the healers had fixed her broken bones fairly easily, but they refused to let her stay with her sisters. Not because she wouldn't cooperate, Tre had just gotten done explaining what she could about the Megahs and the AMS to several Bureau people, but because they didn't want her aggravating her injuries, even healing magic had some limits. Looking down at the grey prison garb she was in, Tre grumbled and leaned back. At least the outfit and the bed was comfortable.

What really bothered Tre wasn't the fact that she wasn't with her sisters, it was Lutecia, who laying in a bed on the other side of the room. For all intents and purposes, Lutecia was in a coma and wasn't responding to anything.

"Wish I could help you," Tre grumbled as she closed her eyes to get some sleep, "but I don't know how to fix what happened to you, Lu." She just hoped that someone could help the poor girl out.

Spoiler for Comments:

Big thanks to Light Guard for his help on this.

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Leti watched as the Arc en Ciel's beam tore through the upper atmosphere of Mid-Childa. "What the?" Her eyes widened as the Saint's Cradle seemingly disappeared from sight. "What the hell?!"

"Ma'am!" Randy called out, his eyes wide as he saw the Saint's Cradle reappear closer to the planet, "I don't believe it, a short-range teleportation."

"Short range?! Leti cried out as she saw the ship was pointed downwards and rushing to the ground. "That was over eighty kilometers!" Growling, she looked at the staff on hand. "Get the Arc en Ciel back online! We don't have much time!"

"We're trying ma'am!"

(----)

"How are you hanging in there?" Fate asked, Tre, who could only groan in pain.

"I'll live." Tre grunted and looked at Sein. "Thanks for getting us out of there." Sein could only smile as the group flew to the surface at a slower pace than normal.

"Mama..." Vivio looked up, her eyes wide. "It's coming back!" Nanoha turned her head and gasped as she saw the ship rushing right at them.

"It's getting closer!" Nanoha gasped as the ship rushed at them. "Move!" Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and Sein shot off to the ground as the nose of the ship came rushing upon them. "Nnnngh!"

The next thing that any of them knew, three powerful orange blasts struck the underside of the nose of the ship, knocking it off of its course right at them. The group stared as a large white insect appeared in front of them and grabbed them between its hands gently, before they all disappeared out of the air.

Megane nodded, sweat rolling down her face as Hakutenou reappeared on the ground. Between her and Caro, getting Hakutenou and Voltaire up high enough into the air so that their summons could help divert the Saint's Cradle had been risky, but they managed to pull it off, even if Megane felt like passing out at that moment. "Good job, Hakutenou." The insect nodded and opened its hands revealing a slightly disoriented Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, and Sein. "Sorry about the rush, but it's hard to teleport when you can't see your targets."

"How did you know where we were?" Nanoha asked and blinked as Dieci waved her hands, smiling. "...You can see that far?"

"Yes," Dieci looked up and sighed in relief, "looks like Voltaire has the cradle in a very slow descending orbit, maybe if we get the thing to hit the ocean..."

Hayate looked up and blinked. "Wow, you have really good eyes, I can barely see the cradle from here."

"We have another problem." Zest spoke up. "From what she," he indicated Dieci, "has said, Voltaire's blasts aren't penetrating the hull of that ship. A Dragon that size should be able to blast almost anything to dust with ease, instead it's just pushing the nose up."

"There is damage," Dieci commented, "but it looks like someone punched a giant dent in the underside."

"Hakutenou, see if you and Voltaire can get that thing to aim back up into the sky, or at least keep it from going any closer to the ground." The giant insect nodded as Megane closed her eyes and concentrated.

Dieci nodded as Hakutenou disappeared from the ground and reappeared near the front of the cradle. "Good, they're holding it up there."

"For how long?" Nanoha asked, getting a chuckle from Zest. "...What?"

"Long enough to fire the ultimate weapon the Bureau has at it." Zest looked up at the sky knowingly.

Nanoha blinked and looked around. "Uh, no offense, but Fate-chan, Hayate-chan and I are right here." When Dieci, Teana, and, shockingly enough, Zest, all face-faulted, Nanoha giggled and stuck her tongue out.

"Mama..." Vivio tugged at Nanoha's collar. Nanoha looked at Vivio, who was frowning and slapped both of her hands against Nanoha's cheeks. "Bad mama."

Megane panted and closed her eyes. "Caro, you ready?"

"Yep! Let's get them out of there."

"Just cancel the summon, okay?"

"Right!"

Dieci looked up and nodded as she saw the summons disappear from the air. "They're gone."

"Good." Megane fell over, groaning. "I... I need... Some rest..." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Too tired right now."

(---)

"This time, let's not miss." Leti said as she turned the key again, "Arc en Ciel, FIRE!"

After all the drama and tension of the day, seeing the white blast arc out and run through the Saint's Cradle, before turning into a giant hole that expanded outwards for a hundred kilometers, was almost anti-climatic. Leti smirked and pushed her glasses back up her face. "I've had enough drama, thank you very much."

"Admiral?" Randy looked at Leti, who snorted at him. "Right, never mind."

(---)

On the ground, Lina looked up and shook her head. "Heh... Glad that I didn't need to do anything." Oh well, she wasn't going to complain, after all, what they used was a lot safer than what she had planned. "Still, going to be a mess, isn't it?"

(---)

Later that day...

Tre hissed as she lay in the hospital bed. "This sucks." At least the healers had fixed her broken bones fairly easily, but they refused to let her stay with her sisters. Not because she wouldn't cooperate, Tre had just gotten done explaining what she could about the Megahs and the AMS to several Bureau people, but because they didn't want her aggravating her injuries, even healing magic had some limits. Looking down at the grey prison garb she was in, Tre grumbled and leaned back. At least the outfit and the bed was comfortable.

What really bothered Tre wasn't the fact that she wasn't with her sisters, it was Lutecia, who laying in a bed on the other side of the room. For all intents and purposes, Lutecia was in a coma and wasn't responding to anything.

"Wish I could help you," Tre grumbled as she closed her eyes to get some sleep, "but I don't know how to fix what happened to you, Lu." She just hoped that someone could help the poor girl out.

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Big thanks to Light Guard for his help on this.

Me: I quote a Mastermind tank: "Brainwave Overload."

Odin: Any Direct Human-Machine interface devices will do that to anyone who was strained by the system and not mentally strong enough to last it.

[Tiresias]

Originally Posted by deathcurse

Besides her infamy for using superfluous force in her spellcasting, Nanoha Takamachi is first and foremost a teacher of young mages. By that standard, Nanoha had failed in her duty...and she was not the one who suffered the cost of that failure.

Breaker

Nanoha feeling like Obi-Wan. Interesting. Would have been more interesting to have Vivio in place of the random agent-turned-evil dude, though

Needs a continuation

Originally Posted by Craxuan

Hmm. I've always thought that magic cannot kill a living being, but I suppose one can 'tune' their magic to kill.

It' the other way around. Spells can kill a living being (being shot by a Divine Buster is like being hit by a bullet train) but it can be set to stun-mode. Even then, it's not perfect.

There was a long discussion about the topic in the Q&A thread, but it's been a while and thus is buried pretty deep. SpaceBattles has a shorter but more recent one.

[Rising Dragon]

If you want proof that magic can kill and dismember, just look at when Fate saved Signum from the Scarlet Dragon--if you pause and go frame-by-frame, you'll see dismembered chunks of sandworm falling when Fate commands the spell to "break".

[Nanya01]

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Nove looked at Cinque as her older sister hid behind her. "...Cinque?" She looked in front of her as Hayate Yagami, her hair still white colored, stood in front of Nove. "Uh..."

"You know, I should be angry, very angry, over what you did to Signum." Hayate said as she motioned for Cinque and Nove to sit down next to her. "But, instead, I'm rather calm right now." Hayate looked at Cinque, who was looking down at the ground nervously. "Please look at me."

Cinque did so and her uncovered eye was showing an immense amount of fear. "Please don't break my spine."

Hayate sighed and nodded. "I deserved that. Though, because of you, a member of my family has lost her right hand and right eye." She looked at Cinque, who was looking down with a sad look on her face. "So, tell me, what should be done to you to make it up to Signum?"

"That's enough!" Nove stood up and got between Cinque and Hayate. "Cinque's one of the nicest people I know! Stop speaking like you know her! She doesn't..."

"Nove," Cinque pulled Nove down and smiled, hugging the girl lightly, "thank you, but I deserve whatever they decide."

Hayate raised an eyebrow. "Even if it was something horrible, demeaning, or life-threatening?" Cinque nodded at the question. "What if I demanded your life?" Nove gasped and glared at Hayate. "It's within my rights, Signum is both my knight and a combination of a daughter and sister to me, and if it hadn't been for fast treatment, she wouldn't be here right now."

"Knock it off, dad." Vita grumbled as she overheard Hayate talking to Cinque and Nove. "You and I both know that Signum wouldn't want you to execute someone just because she got injured." She snorted at the dirty look Hayate gave her before sitting down near Hayate. "I can't say that I'm any happier with you, though. Signum's my older sister and I hated seeing her so injured." When Nove glared at her and Cinque looked away out of shame, Vita looked at Hayate. "You know... All things considered, all of these cyborgs aren't in too much trouble, right?"

"Probably not, they did help us out when we needed help during the final fight, even if they were really dangerous opponents, they tried to help us." Hayate looked at Vita, nodding slightly. "Anyway, it's not like they're the first people we've known to commit crimes and get judgement passed on them, right?"

The busty redhead smirked and looked at Nove and Cinque. "Well, if we're any indication, they'll have to spend about ten years in prison, suffer major humiliation and be mentally broken before they're allowed out." Both Nove and Cinque blanched at that. "Or..." Vita couldn't help but mentally laugh at how the two seemed almost eager to hear the alternative. "Or, you two, and all the other cyborgs, would have to go through a court trial, possibly some educational rehabilitation, depending on how much you know about what's acceptable and what's not." Nove and Cinque both blinked, well, Cinque only winked since she had her eye-patch on. "What? Signum, Shamal, Zafira, Reinforce and myself all went through a three week course to make sure that we knew what right from wrong really was and that we understood everything that was going to happen to us. You'll probably have to spend a long time in community service though."

Hayate looked at Cinque, before nodding. "As for you... Are you willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum?" Cinque nodded at Hayate. "Anything?"

"Come on!" Nove yelled at Hayate. "Just state your terms already!"

"Fine." Hayate took a deep breath. "For the time being, I could use a maid." Both Nove and Cinque stared at Hayate stupidly as the short woman stood up. "If you're willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum, then I want you to become the family maid." A rather evil grin came to Hayate's face as she looked Cinque over. "I'm going to need your measurements, so, as soon as you're able to leave lock-up, you're to see me at either my office or home, got it?" Cinque nodded and Hayate's grin turned positively evil. "Good."

Vita stood up and gave Cinque a mock salute. "Just remember this... Hayate loves dressing people up, you'll probably end up in twenty different outfits before she puts the final one on you." Cinque sweat-dropped as Vita chuckled. "Hope you don't mind her taking pictures."

Cinque idly wondered just what she was going to suffer through, even if she deserved it.

(---)

Zest looked at Megane as she relaxed on the bed. "So, uh..."

Megane sighed and looked at him. "I should have told you years ago." Zest looked away uncomfortably and Megane sighed again. "I never thought that something like that could..."

"You didn't think," Zest interrupted her, looking down at her with narrowed eyes, "you, myself and Nakajima are all very lucky we didn't die during that mission. At the very least, you should have made sure that Nakajima's husband was watching your daughter."

"Our daughter." Megane stressed to him. "And, yes, I should have said something, Quint knew."

"I know." Zest grumbled as he narrowed his eyes. "Even if it was because we were drunk, I would have liked to have known that I had a daughter. Now she's..."

"She's not dead!" Megane hissed as she sat up, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes, "she's just... Just resting! I know she'll be okay." Megane's eyes screwed shut as her shoulders shook while soft sobs wracked her body. "She just needs to rest, she'll be fine. Just fine." When Zest put his hand on her shoulder, she suddenly turned and hugged him, crying into his body. "I want my baby back!"

Zest had no answers for her. He really had no idea how to handle this situation.

(---)

Regius looked at Due, who was currently in a single cell. "Well..."

"Is there any reason why I'm in here?" Due asked, irritated at him.

"Murder of a priest, suspect in several other murders, infiltrating the Bureau under false pretenses, directly responsible for several injuries that led to a kidnapping and murder of other people," Regius had to admit, Due had nerves of steel, if she wasn't bothered at all by his accusations, "although, I wonder how you'll do in prison. A cute thing like you?"

Due snorted at Regius. "Oh please, give me ten minutes and I'll have you on your knees sobbing, calling me mistress and begging for more."

Regius narrowed his eyes at her. "For that, I could just leave you in solitary confinement for the rest of your life." Regius turned and started to walk to the door.

"Really?" Due chuckled at Regius. "You leave now, and I might not be... Cooperative."

Regius turned to look at her and snorted at her threat. "We have someone who can rip any information out of your head, your cooperation isn't needed." He blinked as she laughed at him. "What's so funny?"

"You think that Inspector Acous can dig into my head?" Due narrowed her eyes while smirking and tapping her head. "Sorry to say, but did you ever think that my skill as an infiltrator led me to figure out how to shield against such attacks? Or that maybe my shape-shifting ability allows me total control over my body? Which, by the way, includes my mind."

He snorted at her. "I have no doubt you can heal from near lethal injuries pretty easily, but if needed, we'll break your mind down and get the answers we seek. What possible incentive do you have to keep me from ordering your mind probed and then thrown into solitary for the rest of your life?"

"Complete and total access to every dirty deal that the Bureau High Council has ever made." Due smirked as Regius turned and gave her his undivided attention. "You and I both know that you were making dirty deals as well. There are only two people that had more knowledge about the High Council than myself, and that was Uno and the Doctor. In fact," Due pulled her legs up against her chest, "I was going to eliminate those bastards for the Doctor, but things happened." Due had a lazy grin on her face as she looked at the General. "How about it? Put me through rehabilitation or whatever you do to repentant criminals who didn't know what they were doing was wrong so I can be Lutecia's bodyguard for the rest of her life and..." Due's voice became almost sultry as she leaned forward, "I'll give you every dirty deal that the High Council and every member of the Bureau has made on a silver platter... And if you happen to have any... Insider information about some of the corruption inside of the Bureau, I suppose any sort of investigation would leave that stuff out into the open, wouldn't it?"

"What information?"

Due chuckled at him. "How about the fact that the Council wanted to replace all natural mages and knights with artificially created and grown artificial mages and knights? While deplorable, it's not exactly horrifying... Unless they were planning on removing everyone who might stand up to them with quickly created and eliminated mages and knights?"

"So, why'd he focus on you Combat Cyborgs?"

Due snorted and leaned back, grinning as he seemed to look at her legs as her pants pulled tight against her body. "Like what you see?" Due laughed at him as he narrowed his eyes at her. "As for focusing on us, it was pretty easy, at least we wouldn't die off easily from degradation, even if we're harder to make." Due sighed heavily. "However, due to the events ten years ago, the Doctor went kind of crazy. Why focus on stuff that will degrade too fast when he could put some effort into creating weapons that will be loyal and allow modifications to be done to their bodies?"

"Alright, I'll make a deal with you," Regius walked towards the cage, "if you give up all information that you had while working under Jail, and I can make recommendations for the sentence you asked for."

Due just grinned at him. "Good."

Regius nodded and turned to leave. "I'll have someone here to record everything you say within a few days..." He paused at the door and turned to smirk at her. "And, yes, I did like what I saw."

Due snorted at him. "I could show you more, but that would cost you."

"If you want dinner, you should know that I expect you to dress up for a fancy restaurant."

Due blinked in confusion as Regius left the room. '...Did he just ask me out on a future date?' She could honestly say that it was a first for her.

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Originally Posted by Nanya01

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Nove looked at Cinque as her older sister hid behind her. "...Cinque?" She looked in front of her as Hayate Yagami, her hair still white colored, stood in front of Nove. "Uh..."

"You know, I should be angry, very angry, over what you did to Signum." Hayate said as she motioned for Cinque and Nove to sit down next to her. "But, instead, I'm rather calm right now." Hayate looked at Cinque, who was looking down at the ground nervously. "Please look at me."

Cinque did so and her uncovered eye was showing an immense amount of fear. "Please don't break my spine."

Hayate sighed and nodded. "I deserved that. Though, because of you, a member of my family has lost her right hand and right eye." She looked at Cinque, who was looking down with a sad look on her face. "So, tell me, what should be done to you to make it up to Signum?"

"That's enough!" Nove stood up and got between Cinque and Hayate. "Cinque's one of the nicest people I know! Stop speaking like you know her! She doesn't..."

"Nove," Cinque pulled Nove down and smiled, hugging the girl lightly, "thank you, but I deserve whatever they decide."

Hayate raised an eyebrow. "Even if it was something horrible, demeaning, or life-threatening?" Cinque nodded at the question. "What if I demanded your life?" Nove gasped and glared at Hayate. "It's within my rights, Signum is both my knight and a combination of a daughter and sister to me, and if it hadn't been for fast treatment, she wouldn't be here right now."

"Knock it off, dad." Vita grumbled as she overheard Hayate talking to Cinque and Nove. "You and I both know that Signum wouldn't want you to execute someone just because she got injured." She snorted at the dirty look Hayate gave her before sitting down near Hayate. "I can't say that I'm any happier with you, though. Signum's my older sister and I hated seeing her so injured." When Nove glared at her and Cinque looked away out of shame, Vita looked at Hayate. "You know... All things considered, all of these cyborgs aren't in too much trouble, right?"

"Probably not, they did help us out when we needed help during the final fight, even if they were really dangerous opponents, they tried to help us." Hayate looked at Vita, nodding slightly. "Anyway, it's not like they're the first people we've known to commit crimes and get judgement passed on them, right?"

The busty redhead smirked and looked at Nove and Cinque. "Well, if we're any indication, they'll have to spend about ten years in prison, suffer major humiliation and be mentally broken before they're allowed out." Both Nove and Cinque blanched at that. "Or..." Vita couldn't help but mentally laugh at how the two seemed almost eager to hear the alternative. "Or, you two, and all the other cyborgs, would have to go through a court trial, possibly some educational rehabilitation, depending on how much you know about what's acceptable and what's not." Nove and Cinque both blinked, well, Cinque only winked since she had her eye-patch on. "What? Signum, Shamal, Zafira, Reinforce and myself all went through a three week course to make sure that we knew what right from wrong really was and that we understood everything that was going to happen to us. You'll probably have to spend a long time in community service though."

Hayate looked at Cinque, before nodding. "As for you... Are you willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum?" Cinque nodded at Hayate. "Anything?"

"Come on!" Nove yelled at Hayate. "Just state your terms already!"

"Fine." Hayate took a deep breath. "For the time being, I could use a maid." Both Nove and Cinque stared at Hayate stupidly as the short woman stood up. "If you're willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum, then I want you to become the family maid." A rather evil grin came to Hayate's face as she looked Cinque over. "I'm going to need your measurements, so, as soon as you're able to leave lock-up, you're to see me at either my office or home, got it?" Cinque nodded and Hayate's grin turned positively evil. "Good."

Vita stood up and gave Cinque a mock salute. "Just remember this... Hayate loves dressing people up, you'll probably end up in twenty different outfits before she puts the final one on you." Cinque sweat-dropped as Vita chuckled. "Hope you don't mind her taking pictures."

Cinque idly wondered just what she was going to suffer through, even if she deserved it.

(---)

Zest looked at Megane as she relaxed on the bed. "So, uh..."

Megane sighed and looked at him. "I should have told you years ago." Zest looked away uncomfortably and Megane sighed again. "I never thought that something like that could..."

"You didn't think," Zest interrupted her, looking down at her with narrowed eyes, "you, myself and Nakajima are all very lucky we didn't die during that mission. At the very least, you should have made sure that Nakajima's husband was watching your daughter."

"Our daughter." Megane stressed to him. "And, yes, I should have said something, Quint knew."

"I know." Zest grumbled as he narrowed his eyes. "Even if it was because we were drunk, I would have liked to have known that I had a daughter. Now she's..."

"She's not dead!" Megane hissed as she sat up, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes, "she's just... Just resting! I know she'll be okay." Megane's eyes screwed shut as her shoulders shook while soft sobs wracked her body. "She just needs to rest, she'll be fine. Just fine." When Zest put his hand on her shoulder, she suddenly turned and hugged him, crying into his body. "I want my baby back!"

Zest had no answers for her. He really had no idea how to handle this situation.

(---)

Regius looked at Due, who was currently in a single cell. "Well..."

"Is there any reason why I'm in here?" Due asked, irritated at him.

"Murder of a priest, suspect in several other murders, infiltrating the Bureau under false pretenses, directly responsible for several injuries that led to a kidnapping and murder of other people," Regius had to admit, Due had nerves of steel, if she wasn't bothered at all by his accusations, "although, I wonder how you'll do in prison. A cute thing like you?"

Due snorted at Regius. "Oh please, give me ten minutes and I'll have you on your knees sobbing, calling me mistress and begging for more."

Regius narrowed his eyes at her. "For that, I could just leave you in solitary confinement for the rest of your life." Regius turned and started to walk to the door.

"Really?" Due chuckled at Regius. "You leave now, and I might not be... Cooperative."

Regius turned to look at her and snorted at her threat. "We have someone who can rip any information out of your head, your cooperation isn't needed." He blinked as she laughed at him. "What's so funny?"

"You think that Inspector Acous can dig into my head?" Due narrowed her eyes while smirking and tapping her head. "Sorry to say, but did you ever think that my skill as an infiltrator led me to figure out how to shield against such attacks? Or that maybe my shape-shifting ability allows me total control over my body? Which, by the way, includes my mind."

He snorted at her. "I have no doubt you can heal from near lethal injuries pretty easily, but if needed, we'll break your mind down and get the answers we seek. What possible incentive do you have to keep me from ordering your mind probed and then thrown into solitary for the rest of your life?"

"Complete and total access to every dirty deal that the Bureau High Council has ever made." Due smirked as Regius turned and gave her his undivided attention. "You and I both know that you were making dirty deals as well. There are only two people that had more knowledge about the High Council than myself, and that was Uno and the Doctor. In fact," Due pulled her legs up against her chest, "I was going to eliminate those bastards for the Doctor, but things happened." Due had a lazy grin on her face as she looked at the General. "How about it? Put me through rehabilitation or whatever you do to repentant criminals who didn't know what they were doing was wrong so I can be Lutecia's bodyguard for the rest of her life and..." Due's voice became almost sultry as she leaned forward, "I'll give you every dirty deal that the High Council and every member of the Bureau has made on a silver platter... And if you happen to have any... Insider information about some of the corruption inside of the Bureau, I suppose any sort of investigation would leave that stuff out into the open, wouldn't it?"

"What information?"

Due chuckled at him. "How about the fact that the Council wanted to replace all natural mages and knights with artificially created and grown artificial mages and knights? While deplorable, it's not exactly horrifying... Unless they were planning on removing everyone who might stand up to them with quickly created and eliminated mages and knights?"

"So, why'd he focus on you Combat Cyborgs?"

Due snorted and leaned back, grinning as he seemed to look at her legs as her pants pulled tight against her body. "Like what you see?" Due laughed at him as he narrowed his eyes at her. "As for focusing on us, it was pretty easy, at least we wouldn't die off easily from degradation, even if we're harder to make." Due sighed heavily. "However, due to the events ten years ago, the Doctor went kind of crazy. Why focus on stuff that will degrade too fast when he could put some effort into creating weapons that will be loyal and allow modifications to be done to their bodies?"

"Alright, I'll make a deal with you," Regius walked towards the cage, "if you give up all information that you had while working under Jail, and I can make recommendations for the sentence you asked for."

Due just grinned at him. "Good."

Regius nodded and turned to leave. "I'll have someone here to record everything you say within a few days..." He paused at the door and turned to smirk at her. "And, yes, I did like what I saw."

Due snorted at him. "I could show you more, but that would cost you."

"If you want dinner, you should know that I expect you to dress up for a fancy restaurant."

Due blinked in confusion as Regius left the room. '...Did he just ask me out on a future date?' She could honestly say that it was a first for her.

Me: I quote this from EC thrend about Hayate: "Oh dear, someone's going to have a field day."

Odin: Talk about dating catwoman... Regius just asked Due for a date...

Mariemeia: Get your camera ready for a photo-shootout at Cinque's new treads, courtesy of Hayate Yagami.

[biodude711]

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Nove looked at Cinque as her older sister hid behind her. "...Cinque?" She looked in front of her as Hayate Yagami, her hair still white colored, stood in front of Nove. "Uh..."

"You know, I should be angry, very angry, over what you did to Signum." Hayate said as she motioned for Cinque and Nove to sit down next to her. "But, instead, I'm rather calm right now." Hayate looked at Cinque, who was looking down at the ground nervously. "Please look at me."

Cinque did so and her uncovered eye was showing an immense amount of fear. "Please don't break my spine."

Hayate sighed and nodded. "I deserved that. Though, because of you, a member of my family has lost her right hand and right eye." She looked at Cinque, who was looking down with a sad look on her face. "So, tell me, what should be done to you to make it up to Signum?"

"That's enough!" Nove stood up and got between Cinque and Hayate. "Cinque's one of the nicest people I know! Stop speaking like you know her! She doesn't..."

"Nove," Cinque pulled Nove down and smiled, hugging the girl lightly, "thank you, but I deserve whatever they decide."

Hayate raised an eyebrow. "Even if it was something horrible, demeaning, or life-threatening?" Cinque nodded at the question. "What if I demanded your life?" Nove gasped and glared at Hayate. "It's within my rights, Signum is both my knight and a combination of a daughter and sister to me, and if it hadn't been for fast treatment, she wouldn't be here right now."

"Knock it off, dad." Vita grumbled as she overheard Hayate talking to Cinque and Nove. "You and I both know that Signum wouldn't want you to execute someone just because she got injured." She snorted at the dirty look Hayate gave her before sitting down near Hayate. "I can't say that I'm any happier with you, though. Signum's my older sister and I hated seeing her so injured." When Nove glared at her and Cinque looked away out of shame, Vita looked at Hayate. "You know... All things considered, all of these cyborgs aren't in too much trouble, right?"

"Probably not, they did help us out when we needed help during the final fight, even if they were really dangerous opponents, they tried to help us." Hayate looked at Vita, nodding slightly. "Anyway, it's not like they're the first people we've known to commit crimes and get judgement passed on them, right?"

The busty redhead smirked and looked at Nove and Cinque. "Well, if we're any indication, they'll have to spend about ten years in prison, suffer major humiliation and be mentally broken before they're allowed out." Both Nove and Cinque blanched at that. "Or..." Vita couldn't help but mentally laugh at how the two seemed almost eager to hear the alternative. "Or, you two, and all the other cyborgs, would have to go through a court trial, possibly some educational rehabilitation, depending on how much you know about what's acceptable and what's not." Nove and Cinque both blinked, well, Cinque only winked since she had her eye-patch on. "What? Signum, Shamal, Zafira, Reinforce and myself all went through a three week course to make sure that we knew what right from wrong really was and that we understood everything that was going to happen to us. You'll probably have to spend a long time in community service though."

Hayate looked at Cinque, before nodding. "As for you... Are you willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum?" Cinque nodded at Hayate. "Anything?"

"Come on!" Nove yelled at Hayate. "Just state your terms already!"

"Fine." Hayate took a deep breath. "For the time being, I could use a maid." Both Nove and Cinque stared at Hayate stupidly as the short woman stood up. "If you're willing to do anything to make up for what you did to Signum, then I want you to become the family maid." A rather evil grin came to Hayate's face as she looked Cinque over. "I'm going to need your measurements, so, as soon as you're able to leave lock-up, you're to see me at either my office or home, got it?" Cinque nodded and Hayate's grin turned positively evil. "Good."

Vita stood up and gave Cinque a mock salute. "Just remember this... Hayate loves dressing people up, you'll probably end up in twenty different outfits before she puts the final one on you." Cinque sweat-dropped as Vita chuckled. "Hope you don't mind her taking pictures."

Cinque idly wondered just what she was going to suffer through, even if she deserved it.

(---)

Zest looked at Megane as she relaxed on the bed. "So, uh..."

Megane sighed and looked at him. "I should have told you years ago." Zest looked away uncomfortably and Megane sighed again. "I never thought that something like that could..."

"You didn't think," Zest interrupted her, looking down at her with narrowed eyes, "you, myself and Nakajima are all very lucky we didn't die during that mission. At the very least, you should have made sure that Nakajima's husband was watching your daughter."

"Our daughter." Megane stressed to him. "And, yes, I should have said something, Quint knew."

"I know." Zest grumbled as he narrowed his eyes. "Even if it was because we were drunk, I would have liked to have known that I had a daughter. Now she's..."

"She's not dead!" Megane hissed as she sat up, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes, "she's just... Just resting! I know she'll be okay." Megane's eyes screwed shut as her shoulders shook while soft sobs wracked her body. "She just needs to rest, she'll be fine. Just fine." When Zest put his hand on her shoulder, she suddenly turned and hugged him, crying into his body. "I want my baby back!"

Zest had no answers for her. He really had no idea how to handle this situation.

(---)

Regius looked at Due, who was currently in a single cell. "Well..."

"Is there any reason why I'm in here?" Due asked, irritated at him.

"Murder of a priest, suspect in several other murders, infiltrating the Bureau under false pretenses, directly responsible for several injuries that led to a kidnapping and murder of other people," Regius had to admit, Due had nerves of steel, if she wasn't bothered at all by his accusations, "although, I wonder how you'll do in prison. A cute thing like you?"

Due snorted at Regius. "Oh please, give me ten minutes and I'll have you on your knees sobbing, calling me mistress and begging for more."

Regius narrowed his eyes at her. "For that, I could just leave you in solitary confinement for the rest of your life." Regius turned and started to walk to the door.

"Really?" Due chuckled at Regius. "You leave now, and I might not be... Cooperative."

Regius turned to look at her and snorted at her threat. "We have someone who can rip any information out of your head, your cooperation isn't needed." He blinked as she laughed at him. "What's so funny?"

"You think that Inspector Acous can dig into my head?" Due narrowed her eyes while smirking and tapping her head. "Sorry to say, but did you ever think that my skill as an infiltrator led me to figure out how to shield against such attacks? Or that maybe my shape-shifting ability allows me total control over my body? Which, by the way, includes my mind."

He snorted at her. "I have no doubt you can heal from near lethal injuries pretty easily, but if needed, we'll break your mind down and get the answers we seek. What possible incentive do you have to keep me from ordering your mind probed and then thrown into solitary for the rest of your life?"

"Complete and total access to every dirty deal that the Bureau High Council has ever made." Due smirked as Regius turned and gave her his undivided attention. "You and I both know that you were making dirty deals as well. There are only two people that had more knowledge about the High Council than myself, and that was Uno and the Doctor. In fact," Due pulled her legs up against her chest, "I was going to eliminate those bastards for the Doctor, but things happened." Due had a lazy grin on her face as she looked at the General. "How about it? Put me through rehabilitation or whatever you do to repentant criminals who didn't know what they were doing was wrong so I can be Lutecia's bodyguard for the rest of her life and..." Due's voice became almost sultry as she leaned forward, "I'll give you every dirty deal that the High Council and every member of the Bureau has made on a silver platter... And if you happen to have any... Insider information about some of the corruption inside of the Bureau, I suppose any sort of investigation would leave that stuff out into the open, wouldn't it?"

"What information?"

Due chuckled at him. "How about the fact that the Council wanted to replace all natural mages and knights with artificially created and grown artificial mages and knights? While deplorable, it's not exactly horrifying... Unless they were planning on removing everyone who might stand up to them with quickly created and eliminated mages and knights?"

"So, why'd he focus on you Combat Cyborgs?"

Due snorted and leaned back, grinning as he seemed to look at her legs as her pants pulled tight against her body. "Like what you see?" Due laughed at him as he narrowed his eyes at her. "As for focusing on us, it was pretty easy, at least we wouldn't die off easily from degradation, even if we're harder to make." Due sighed heavily. "However, due to the events ten years ago, the Doctor went kind of crazy. Why focus on stuff that will degrade too fast when he could put some effort into creating weapons that will be loyal and allow modifications to be done to their bodies?"

"Alright, I'll make a deal with you," Regius walked towards the cage, "if you give up all information that you had while working under Jail, and I can make recommendations for the sentence you asked for."

Due just grinned at him. "Good."

Regius nodded and turned to leave. "I'll have someone here to record everything you say within a few days..." He paused at the door and turned to smirk at her. "And, yes, I did like what I saw."

Due snorted at him. "I could show you more, but that would cost you."

"If you want dinner, you should know that I expect you to dress up for a fancy restaurant."

Due blinked in confusion as Regius left the room. '...Did he just ask me out on a future date?' She could honestly say that it was a first for her.

Cinque really has no idea what's to come.

Poor Megane.

The interaction between Regius and Due was awesome.

[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for MD Update?!:

Seriously, you’re wasting your time searching for that thing.

‘Your objection has been noted,’ responded Sette mentally as she continued tracing the flight path of that animal she had spotted earlier. Right now, the important thing was to find the Alpine rider and see how she may be involved in current events.

What can you do? The speed that beast was moving at is something you can’t match easily. Even if you cast speed enhancements on yourself, you’ll probably just wear out your body quickly.

It was true that those animals were naturally fast in the air. Even with her specialty in aerial movement, being able to move at those speeds wasn’t something she could do easily. The one person that came to mind who could easily keep up with the beast was that blonde mage that took her and Tre out back on the Saint’s Cradle years ago.

Whoa, nelly…!

‘What is it?’ What could have JD all worked up like this?

Got some major magical activity a few clicks away from here. Most likely your other companions.

‘They’re already in combat? Then there’s no time to…’ She paused when she felt a change in the air above her and looked up to see several animals circling around her. They were the same species as the beast she had seen earlier and this time she was able to get a clear view of what they were.

They appeared to be horses, common animals found on Shutra but these animals had wings. What puzzled her most was how they could sustain such high speeds when they had such a huge physical mass that wasn’t ideal for aerial flight. Her estimate of the speed from the earlier specimen she had witnessed was around 202 miles per hour. Perhaps their own linker cores provided them with natural flight enhancements to…

Oi, Sette… stay focused.

Right, she should be focusing on other things. ‘So far, they are not making any aggressive movements. Why is that? Could it be…?’

If the rider that she had seen earlier was an Alpine, that means they were in command of these animals. And they would order the summons to take a non-aggressive approach. In this case, it appeared that they were trying to send a message. Essentially, it was their polite way of saying ‘Don’t get involved’. The summons would likely move to block her path and act as a wall to prevent her from getting to the others.

A quick test proved her hypothesis correct. Any attempts she made to move towards the battlefield were quickly blocked off by the summons. Not only did they have enough speed to prevent her from getting past them, she could also see several defense enhancement spells that would make taking them out with force quite difficult.

This was going to be rather troublesome.

**********

Looking at the flying horses, Yami sent out another pulse of black magic balls at a few that tried to get close to her. Even if she didn’t voice her frustration out loud, one can tell from her facial expressions that her patience was wearing thin.

“Don’t worry!” Rai grinned as she blasted several lightning bolts across the field. “I’ve got a cunning plan!”

Seikou raised an eyebrow as she launched several fire spells at several horses and dodging backwards as one tried to slam onto her head from above. “This I’ve got to see.”

“It’s simple!” She swung Vulnificus out and spinning blades made out electricity rushed out towards the summons. “LOOK!” Rai pointed as her eyes widened and her body trembled, causing everyone to stop what they were doing. “An obvious distraction!”

Before anyone could figure out what to do, the Fate replica suddenly grinned and rushed the largest group of flying horses. “BANZAI!”

Material-D wasn’t sure what was worse: the fact that Material-L’s plan was so absurd, though that was kind of the norm for her, or the fact that it actually worked. She decided not to give it any more thought and projected her voice so that their concealed enemy could hear her. “Alright, summoner, listen up! Aside from your daughter helping those two dogs steal my minion from me, I have no quarrel with you, but I’m getting tired of this.”

Her Tome floated behind her and opened up, automatically flipping through several pages before landing on the spell that she would use. “So, we can do this one of three ways. One, I will order Material-S and Material L to stop holding back as much as they have and start destroying most of the area around here. Two, I will personally destroy every single summon you called forth in one fell swoop. Or three, you will call back your summons and stand down peacefully.”

For a moment, the Pegasus summons hesitated, most likely due to their Master not certain about what choice to take. It didn‘t take long for Rai to break the silence by pouting. “Aww! No fair! I was having fun! It’s like taking on Sagat and just before you win, someone slides a quarter in and hits the start button.”

“The longer this fight drags on, the further Yuuno-san gets away from us, and who knows what they will do to him before we catch up to him,” said Material-S in her usual serious tone. “Which is more important? Having fun now or saving Yuuno-san?”

“That’s not fair! Fine!” Rai crossed her arms and continued fuming over this injustice. “Blue hedgehog lose all rings pouting stance!”

In the meantime, Yami called out to the summoner. “Since you won’t make a choice, I’ll make one for you. As you were a gracious host, I will give you a chance to save your summons before I slay them all.”

Obviously, the Pegasus summons weren’t going to have any of that and planned to disrupt her concentration by attacking but Seikou moved first, firing a large barrage of projectiles to send them scattering.

“Oh, we’re back in action? Alrighty then… ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT!” cried out Material-L as she phased right into view of one of the summons and blocked its charge with Vulnificus.

In the meantime, a black Belkan triangle formed underneath the Lord of Darkness and she began to chant her aria. “Alles wird irgendwann vergehen. Nur - die Hochmütigen sind die ersten.” A second Belkan triangle formed under her feet, overlaying with the first one as the black spiraling energy solidified into a solid circle. “Verfall der Tugend!”

A single spark from the tip of her staff was the only warning the summons had before a black shockwave erupted, spreading out in a large circular pattern. Their instincts told them to get out while they still could. But even with their speed, the spell locked on to the mana generated by their Linker Cores and pursued them relentlessly.

Megane, from her spot, could only watch as the wave barely touched her summons before they were removed from the battle, screaming in pain. Her eyes widened as she quickly recalled all her summons as quickly as possible.

“Neat!” The Lightning Assailant grinned as she saw the effect that spell had. “Cancel all summons? Cool name!”

“That is NOT that spell’s name, Material L!” Yami yelled at Rai while the black magic continued to hang in the air. “You should at least learn that much!”

“But learning a new language is hard!” Rai pouted and hung her head. “Especially when that language gives male and female names for everything and it just tears your throat apart trying to speak it. At least my device speaks in an easier language!”

“No comment.”

Seikou looked around and narrowed her eyes as she saw that the magic in the air was moving, almost like… “Rai-chan, Yami, did either of you initiate a mana collection array?”

“Call me Your Majesty! And even if I do know that, it is your specialty!”

“That’s right! We can’t copy special moves! That’s the shtick for folks like Seth, Dural and Rugal!” exclaimed Material-L.

“If you’re not doing it…” Material-D’s eyes turned to the source where all the stray mana was being collected which was at least five kilometres west of their current position. Based on the concentration of energy, the other spell was ready to be cast. And what’s worse, the Lord of Darkness had no available counter magic ready to use since it would take time to search for those spells in her vast tome. She thought about having Material-S use an attack spell but the projectile’s speed would be insufficient to intercept the caster in time which left only one option. “Material-L, go and stop the spell from being cast.”

“What are the magic words?” asked the Fate replica with a little grin.

“JUST MOVE, YOU MORONIC ROADRUNNER!”

“Aye aye, your Majesty! BEEP BEEP!” As she zipped over to the source of the magic, her sharp hearing managed to pick up pieces of an aria.

“Thou who art the Emerald Sun of the Twilight Realm.
Thou who art the cursed, poisoned light that scourges all.
Born of pride and rage, cast out beyond regard…”

‘You know, that really does sound similar to Dragon Slave…’ If that was the case, that was all the more reason why she couldn’t let the little pink shrimp ahead finish that spell.

“By the covenant that binds thee to the Scion’s flesh, blood and bones, I demand thy strength.”

With enough momentum, Material-L shifted her body so that she would be delivering a gigantic drop kick. “That’s enough outta you! Big Bear Super Drop Kic-”

“Like I’ll let you!” At the last moment, both Erio and Garyu flew out from where they were hiding which led to...

“Roadrunner gets caught in coyote’s wily trap!” wailed Rai as she got tangled up with the insect warrior and the tall red haired young man.

“Merge your power with mine and sear our glory into the hearts of those who oppose us!”

The magic summoning circle took on a new life of its own as it took power from the concentrated mana in the area. Finally, Caro opened her eyes and called out the name of the spell for it to take effect.

“DRAGONSTORM!”

It was the last thing Material-L was able to hear before the loud roars originating from the legion of dragons filled the air.

[Nanya01]

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Otto stared nervously at Kyrie. "Um..." She fought the urge to shiver as Kyrie continued what she was doing. "Do you need to play with my tail like that?" Kyrie grinned at Otto and nodded to her.

"Do you have any idea how awesome a tail like this is?" Kyrie practically purred to Otto as she slinked up to the brown-haired cyborg, "do you have any clue what you can do with something like this?"

"A... A little." Otto said, blushing hard as Kyrie's hands moved further down her tail. "Please stop that."

"Oh?" Kyrie frowned and let go, hugging Otto from behind. "Didn't like that?" She blinked as Otto shivered in her grasp before she grinned and hugged Otto tighter. "Or did you like that too much?"

"I am a girl, you know." Otto turned her head and blinked as Kyrie continued to grin at her.

"So? Variety is the... Spice of life, after all." Kyrie giggled, before kissing Otto on the cheek and releasing her from the hug. "You're so cute!"

Otto stared as Kyrie walked away, swinging her rear in a very enticing manner. "...What just happened?"

Not too far from them, Amitie sighed and hung her head. "Kyrie..." She groaned pitifully. "Why couldn't you at least tease one of the redheads?" Not that Amitie didn't see the appeal of Otto, the girl was really cute. Even if Otto had been a boy, Otto would have still been really cute.

"Because Wendi would tease back and Nove might get upset." Amitie turned to see one of the cyborgs, Deed, if she remembered correctly, sit down next to her. "Sette would not react and Mr. Snuggles would ignore her. Sein, on the other hand, might take her up on her offer."

Amitie blinked and looked around. "Sein is..." She trailed off as she saw Sein talking to Wendi and Dieci not too far off. "I don't see Sette or her cat." Amitie looked around, still not seeing the two. "Did something happen to them?"

"Doctor Shamal came and asked for them to join her for a session," Deed leaned back and sighed softly, "if my session was any indication, the Doctor Shamal likely has taken some blood from Sette, checked her health out and is doing a full body physical."

"You too, huh?" Amitie sighed as Deed nodded. "I'm very healthy, thank you very much. Does she have to give us one of those weird exams?"

"I do not know," Deed shook her head, "I felt quite uncomfortable having her look at me so closely like that." The brown-haired cyborg pulled her knees up to her chest and lowered her head towards them. "What is the purpose of it?"

"Complaining about a gynecology exam?" Amitie and Deed both turned to see Ginga standing near them, shaking her head. "Believe me, they're not fun for any woman, but they're needed so that the doctor knows that you're healthy."

Deed bit her lower lip and looked at Ginga a little nervously. From what she heard, Ginga wasn't too happy with Nove, but the older girl was Subaru and Nove's sister, so she tried to not think bad things about the girl. "I thought that Doctor Shamal was a general doctor?"

Ginga smirked at Deed. "From what I understand, Shamal's a medical doctor, gynecologist, psychologist and a dentist," an evil grin came to her face as she wiggled her fingers in front of her, "which means she can take a drill and poke holes in all of your teeth for no reason at all."

"...When did she have time to learn all of that?" Amitie asked, getting a shrug from Ginga.

"Heck if I know, something about past lives, having experience with each field already and needing some refreshers or something."

"She still can't cook!" Vita yelled, overhearing the last bit of the conversation. Ginga, Deed and Amitie all sweat-dropped as Hayate whapped her with a folded paper fan over the back of the head. "Oww! Dad!"

"No teasing Shamal when she can't defend herself." Hayate said in a stern tone of voice, "just for that, Vita, I'm having Shamal make dinner tonight and you're going to have to eat it."

Vita just hung her head and whimpered pitifully.

Amitie looked at Kyrie and at Ginga, all three of them looking at each other weirdly.

"So, anyway, um, Ginga," Deed tried to think of something to say, "are you still mad at big sis?"

"Nove?" Ginga looked across the yard as she saw Nove and Cinque talking to each other. "...No, Subaru's back, I'm not angry with her anymore. I was more worried that something bad happened to Subaru."

"I know what you mean." Amitie looked at Kyrie, who was playing with a large ball by throwing it against the wall. "I was worried sick over Kyrie."

Deed looked at Otto, who was busy laying on her back, before getting up and walking over to her twin. When Otto sat up, Deed knelt down and hugged her twin tightly. "Deed?"

"Promise me that I will never be alone."

Otto blinked, but nodded, hugging Deed back. "I promise."

"So, what's going to happen to all of us?" Amitie looked at Ginga, who shrugged at the question. "You don't know?"

"Sorry, it isn't for me to decide anything."

(---)

Nanoha looked at the doctor, who smiled at her. "Both you and your daughter are fine, Miss Takamachi," Nanoha let out a sigh of relief as Vivio got off the examination table and jumped into her arms, "however, I noticed an anomaly with your daughter's Linker Core."

Both Nanoha and Vivio looked at him in confusion, complete with near identical blinks. "...Wow, you two really are mother and daughter, aren't you?" The doctor shook his head to clear it of unnecessary thoughts. "Anyway, young Vivio's Linker Core has something fused with it." He called up a holographic keyboard and a screen appeared in front of Nanoha and Vivio. "Recognize this thing?"

"A relic?" Nanoha gasped and looked at Vivio. "Is that why you..?" Vivio nodded and buried her face against Nanoha's chest, whimpering. "Is it harmful?"

"No, in fact, it just seems to be there." The doctor scratched his head. "I would need to do some tests on her Linker Core, but it doesn't seem to be harming her. However, I'm not an expert on stuff like this, so I think I'll forward the results down to the science heads, they've worked with you for ten years, right?"

"Mary has, Shari hasn't, but she's worked with us before, so..." Nanoha trailed off and looked at the Relic again. "Well, if anyone would know how to deal with a Lost Logia, it's those two."

(---)

"EH?! Seriously?!" Mary looked at Vivio and then at the data she was given. "A Relic fused with her Linker Core?" A small grin came to her face as she motioned for Nanoha to lay Vivio down on the table they usually used for scanning various equipment and both Reinforce and her daughter when they needed to.

Nanoha sweat-dropped and put Vivio down on it. "Vivio," Nanoha sighed as the girl hugged her tightly and wouldn't let her go, "it's okay, Mary might be really scary, but she's not mean. She's helped me in the past. Plus, I'll be right here, nothing bad will happen."

"But..." Vivio whimpered, remembering what happened on the Cradle.

Smiling, Nanoha kissed Vivio on the forehead. "We're just going to look, we're not going to make anything bad happen, okay?" Vivio nodded and let go of the hug, laying down. "Good girl." Nanoha stepped back as the scanner flared to life, encasing Vivio with blue light. Nanoha walked over to Mary. "Well?"

"Amazing, a real Lost Logia fused with a person's Linker Core." Mary clicked a few buttons and frowned as she saw the results. "Well, it really looks like it's shut off, huh..."

"Shut off?" Nanoha blinked as Mary shrugged. "What does that mean?"

"Exactly what I said, it's there, but it's not receiving any power." Mary tapped her chin and let out a thoughtful sound. "Well, maybe the Saint's Cradle was the battery for these things? If that's the case, then it shouldn't be able to activate on its own. Heck, even though it's fused with Vivio, it probably won't activate at all if the Cradle was its power source, so..."

"So... What are you planning?"

Mary turned to Nanoha and the grin on her face wasn't exactly reassuring. "My plan? Simple! Do lots of tests and eventually figure out how to control this myself! Then I can create an army of evil monster men that can force even the great Nanoha Takamachi into a corner with their fighting abilities! Mwahahahahahahahah!"

Nanoha sweat-dropped and took a few steps back. "Mary, did you forget to take your meds this morning?"

Mary stopped laughing, blinked and frowned at Nanoha. "What makes you think that I need meds? Sheesh, learn about jokes." She snorted and looked at the display. "As for the Relic in Vivio's Linker Core," she looked at the small girl who was looking at them in fear, "it's completely inactive, so, unless someone can build a new cradle or the thing comes out of the past again, it won't be a problem. However..." Mary narrowed her eyes as she looked at the data. "I'll need to do some tests on Vivio... I think I might be able to figure this thing out."

"What?!" Nanoha hissed at Mary. "What are you..?"

Mary looked at Nanoha with narrowed eyes. "I'm going to give her a chance to use the power that she has, that's all. I might have to build a device to specifically control its power output so that she doesn't go berserk or succumb to mind control of any sorts." Mary turned away from Nanoha and turned the machine off. "She's free to go, but I'm pretty sure that I can come up with something given some time." When Nanoha walked over and picked up Vivio, Mary cleared her throat, "oh yes, Nanoha," the younger woman looked at Mary, who grinned at her, "later on, I'd like to run some tests on Raising Heart with this Knight Valkyrie Armor that Sein was wearing and compare it to the device Jail made to work for it."

Nodding, Nanoha left the room and sighed. "Sheesh, you okay, Vivio?" She smiled when the girl nodded and rested her head on Nanoha's breasts. "Tired?" Vivio nodded again and Nanoha rubbed her back. "Then rest, okay?"

"Okay, mama." Vivio murmured and drifted off to sleep as Nanoha walked down the hallway.

(---)

"Signum!" The swords woman turned to see Shari waving her down. "I was wondering where you were, you need more testing and operations on that hand, you know?" One thing that was odd was the long bundle in her hands.

Signum sighed and nodded to her. "I was heading that way right now anyway." Signum idly grabbed her gloved right hand as she said that. "Do you have something?"

"Well, considering I saw you with that Shine Sword out there, I had a great idea and thought that this would work for you." She undid the packaging and Signum's good eye widened as she saw what was in it.

"You... Made another Laevantein?" Signum asked, slightly confused.

"Not completely." Shari shook her head. "This one doesn't have the ability to go into that snake form your other one does. But, it can connect with your other Laevantein, this is getting confusing, let's call this Laevantein 2 and the other one Laevantein 1, anyway, Laevantein 2 can merge like your sheath can for the bow form, however, well, uh... Call up Laevantein, will you?" When Signum did just that, Shari handed over the other Laevantein. "See how they're both single blades?" Signum nodded and noted that the sword had a nice weight to it, even if the edge of it was blue for some reason. "Now, why don't you put the flat of the two blades together?"

Signum looked at the swords and did just that, staring as they became a large combined blade. "...Shari, what the heck? What did you do to Laevantein?"

"Made it so that it could combine with the first one and become an even bigger sword, I think that Miyuki called it a Zanbato." Shari waved her hand at that, "anyway, the fact is, it gives you some options for future fights and..." She trailed off as Signum put the sword on her shoulder and turned away. "Uh, Signum?"

Signum turned back to look at Shari and gave her a rather unsettling and weird grin. "I think I need to learn how to use two swords more effectively."

As she watched Signum walk away, Shari felt the urge to shudder. "...Signum was grinning, someone's going to die." She muttered as she walked away.

Signum, on the other hand, did like the thought of having a second Laevantein in hand. But even if she had a second sword, it didn't mean that she was going to be an expert with two weapons. She smirked as she saw the person she needed to talk to. "Takamachi Miyuki," the girl turned to look at Signum, "I find myself in need of a sparring partner and trainer." When Signum explained, Miyuki nodded and smiled at her.

"Not a problem." Miyuki liked the thought of having Signum as a sparring partner. The upcoming months were going to be interesting.

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS 1-75

StrikerS 76

StrikerS 77

StrikerS 78

StrikerS 79

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 80:

Otto stared nervously at Kyrie. "Um..." She fought the urge to shiver as Kyrie continued what she was doing. "Do you need to play with my tail like that?" Kyrie grinned at Otto and nodded to her.

"Do you have any idea how awesome a tail like this is?" Kyrie practically purred to Otto as she slinked up to the brown-haired cyborg, "do you have any clue what you can do with something like this?"

"A... A little." Otto said, blushing hard as Kyrie's hands moved further down her tail. "Please stop that."

"Oh?" Kyrie frowned and let go, hugging Otto from behind. "Didn't like that?" She blinked as Otto shivered in her grasp before she grinned and hugged Otto tighter. "Or did you like that too much?"

"I am a girl, you know." Otto turned her head and blinked as Kyrie continued to grin at her.

"So? Variety is the... Spice of life, after all." Kyrie giggled, before kissing Otto on the cheek and releasing her from the hug. "You're so cute!"

Otto stared as Kyrie walked away, swinging her rear in a very enticing manner. "...What just happened?"

Not too far from them, Amitie sighed and hung her head. "Kyrie..." She groaned pitifully. "Why couldn't you at least tease one of the redheads?" Not that Amitie didn't see the appeal of Otto, the girl was really cute. Even if Otto had been a boy, Otto would have still been really cute.

"Because Wendi would tease back and Nove might get upset." Amitie turned to see one of the cyborgs, Deed, if she remembered correctly, sit down next to her. "Sette would not react and Mr. Snuggles would ignore her. Sein, on the other hand, might take her up on her offer."

Amitie blinked and looked around. "Sein is..." She trailed off as she saw Sein talking to Wendi and Dieci not too far off. "I don't see Sette or her cat." Amitie looked around, still not seeing the two. "Did something happen to them?"

"Doctor Shamal came and asked for them to join her for a session," Deed leaned back and sighed softly, "if my session was any indication, the Doctor Shamal likely has taken some blood from Sette, checked her health out and is doing a full body physical."

"You too, huh?" Amitie sighed as Deed nodded. "I'm very healthy, thank you very much. Does she have to give us one of those weird exams?"

"I do not know," Deed shook her head, "I felt quite uncomfortable having her look at me so closely like that." The brown-haired cyborg pulled her knees up to her chest and lowered her head towards them. "What is the purpose of it?"

"Complaining about a gynecology exam?" Amitie and Deed both turned to see Ginga standing near them, shaking her head. "Believe me, they're not fun for any woman, but they're needed so that the doctor knows that you're healthy."

Deed bit her lower lip and looked at Ginga a little nervously. From what she heard, Ginga wasn't too happy with Nove, but the older girl was Subaru and Nove's sister, so she tried to not think bad things about the girl. "I thought that Doctor Shamal was a general doctor?"

Ginga smirked at Deed. "From what I understand, Shamal's a medical doctor, gynecologist, psychologist and a dentist," an evil grin came to her face as she wiggled her fingers in front of her, "which means she can take a drill and poke holes in all of your teeth for no reason at all."

"...When did she have time to learn all of that?" Amitie asked, getting a shrug from Ginga.

"Heck if I know, something about past lives, having experience with each field already and needing some refreshers or something."

"She still can't cook!" Vita yelled, overhearing the last bit of the conversation. Ginga, Deed and Amitie all sweat-dropped as Hayate whapped her with a folded paper fan over the back of the head. "Oww! Dad!"

"No teasing Shamal when she can't defend herself." Hayate said in a stern tone of voice, "just for that, Vita, I'm having Shamal make dinner tonight and you're going to have to eat it."

Vita just hung her head and whimpered pitifully.

Amitie looked at Kyrie and at Ginga, all three of them looking at each other weirdly.

"So, anyway, um, Ginga," Deed tried to think of something to say, "are you still mad at big sis?"

"Nove?" Ginga looked across the yard as she saw Nove and Cinque talking to each other. "...No, Subaru's back, I'm not angry with her anymore. I was more worried that something bad happened to Subaru."

"I know what you mean." Amitie looked at Kyrie, who was playing with a large ball by throwing it against the wall. "I was worried sick over Kyrie."

Deed looked at Otto, who was busy laying on her back, before getting up and walking over to her twin. When Otto sat up, Deed knelt down and hugged her twin tightly. "Deed?"

"Promise me that I will never be alone."

Otto blinked, but nodded, hugging Deed back. "I promise."

"So, what's going to happen to all of us?" Amitie looked at Ginga, who shrugged at the question. "You don't know?"

"Sorry, it isn't for me to decide anything."

(---)

Nanoha looked at the doctor, who smiled at her. "Both you and your daughter are fine, Miss Takamachi," Nanoha let out a sigh of relief as Vivio got off the examination table and jumped into her arms, "however, I noticed an anomaly with your daughter's Linker Core."

Both Nanoha and Vivio looked at him in confusion, complete with near identical blinks. "...Wow, you two really are mother and daughter, aren't you?" The doctor shook his head to clear it of unnecessary thoughts. "Anyway, young Vivio's Linker Core has something fused with it." He called up a holographic keyboard and a screen appeared in front of Nanoha and Vivio. "Recognize this thing?"

"A relic?" Nanoha gasped and looked at Vivio. "Is that why you..?" Vivio nodded and buried her face against Nanoha's chest, whimpering. "Is it harmful?"

"No, in fact, it just seems to be there." The doctor scratched his head. "I would need to do some tests on her Linker Core, but it doesn't seem to be harming her. However, I'm not an expert on stuff like this, so I think I'll forward the results down to the science heads, they've worked with you for ten years, right?"

"Mary has, Shari hasn't, but she's worked with us before, so..." Nanoha trailed off and looked at the Relic again. "Well, if anyone would know how to deal with a Lost Logia, it's those two."

(---)

"EH?! Seriously?!" Mary looked at Vivio and then at the data she was given. "A Relic fused with her Linker Core?" A small grin came to her face as she motioned for Nanoha to lay Vivio down on the table they usually used for scanning various equipment and both Reinforce and her daughter when they needed to.

Nanoha sweat-dropped and put Vivio down on it. "Vivio," Nanoha sighed as the girl hugged her tightly and wouldn't let her go, "it's okay, Mary might be really scary, but she's not mean. She's helped me in the past. Plus, I'll be right here, nothing bad will happen."

"But..." Vivio whimpered, remembering what happened on the Cradle.

Smiling, Nanoha kissed Vivio on the forehead. "We're just going to look, we're not going to make anything bad happen, okay?" Vivio nodded and let go of the hug, laying down. "Good girl." Nanoha stepped back as the scanner flared to life, encasing Vivio with blue light. Nanoha walked over to Mary. "Well?"

"Amazing, a real Lost Logia fused with a person's Linker Core." Mary clicked a few buttons and frowned as she saw the results. "Well, it really looks like it's shut off, huh..."

"Shut off?" Nanoha blinked as Mary shrugged. "What does that mean?"

"Exactly what I said, it's there, but it's not receiving any power." Mary tapped her chin and let out a thoughtful sound. "Well, maybe the Saint's Cradle was the battery for these things? If that's the case, then it shouldn't be able to activate on its own. Heck, even though it's fused with Vivio, it probably won't activate at all if the Cradle was its power source, so..."

"So... What are you planning?"

Mary turned to Nanoha and the grin on her face wasn't exactly reassuring. "My plan? Simple! Do lots of tests and eventually figure out how to control this myself! Then I can create an army of evil monster men that can force even the great Nanoha Takamachi into a corner with their fighting abilities! Mwahahahahahahahah!"

Nanoha sweat-dropped and took a few steps back. "Mary, did you forget to take your meds this morning?"

Mary stopped laughing, blinked and frowned at Nanoha. "What makes you think that I need meds? Sheesh, learn about jokes." She snorted and looked at the display. "As for the Relic in Vivio's Linker Core," she looked at the small girl who was looking at them in fear, "it's completely inactive, so, unless someone can build a new cradle or the thing comes out of the past again, it won't be a problem. However..." Mary narrowed her eyes as she looked at the data. "I'll need to do some tests on Vivio... I think I might be able to figure this thing out."

"What?!" Nanoha hissed at Mary. "What are you..?"

Mary looked at Nanoha with narrowed eyes. "I'm going to give her a chance to use the power that she has, that's all. I might have to build a device to specifically control its power output so that she doesn't go berserk or succumb to mind control of any sorts." Mary turned away from Nanoha and turned the machine off. "She's free to go, but I'm pretty sure that I can come up with something given some time." When Nanoha walked over and picked up Vivio, Mary cleared her throat, "oh yes, Nanoha," the younger woman looked at Mary, who grinned at her, "later on, I'd like to run some tests on Raising Heart with this Knight Valkyrie Armor that Sein was wearing and compare it to the device Jail made to work for it."

Nodding, Nanoha left the room and sighed. "Sheesh, you okay, Vivio?" She smiled when the girl nodded and rested her head on Nanoha's breasts. "Tired?" Vivio nodded again and Nanoha rubbed her back. "Then rest, okay?"

"Okay, mama." Vivio murmured and drifted off to sleep as Nanoha walked down the hallway.

(---)

"Signum!" The swords woman turned to see Shari waving her down. "I was wondering where you were, you need more testing and operations on that hand, you know?" One thing that was odd was the long bundle in her hands.

Signum sighed and nodded to her. "I was heading that way right now anyway." Signum idly grabbed her gloved right hand as she said that. "Do you have something?"

"Well, considering I saw you with that Shine Sword out there, I had a great idea and thought that this would work for you." She undid the packaging and Signum's good eye widened as she saw what was in it.

"You... Made another Laevantein?" Signum asked, slightly confused.

"Not completely." Shari shook her head. "This one doesn't have the ability to go into that snake form your other one does. But, it can connect with your other Laevantein, this is getting confusing, let's call this Laevantein 2 and the other one Laevantein 1, anyway, Laevantein 2 can merge like your sheath can for the bow form, however, well, uh... Call up Laevantein, will you?" When Signum did just that, Shari handed over the other Laevantein. "See how they're both single blades?" Signum nodded and noted that the sword had a nice weight to it, even if the edge of it was blue for some reason. "Now, why don't you put the flat of the two blades together?"

Signum looked at the swords and did just that, staring as they became a large combined blade. "...Shari, what the heck? What did you do to Laevantein?"

"Made it so that it could combine with the first one and become an even bigger sword, I think that Miyuki called it a Zanbato." Shari waved her hand at that, "anyway, the fact is, it gives you some options for future fights and..." She trailed off as Signum put the sword on her shoulder and turned away. "Uh, Signum?"

Signum turned back to look at Shari and gave her a rather unsettling and weird grin. "I think I need to learn how to use two swords more effectively."

As she watched Signum walk away, Shari felt the urge to shudder. "...Signum was grinning, someone's going to die." She muttered as she walked away.

Signum, on the other hand, did like the thought of having a second Laevantein in hand. But even if she had a second sword, it didn't mean that she was going to be an expert with two weapons. She smirked as she saw the person she needed to talk to. "Takamachi Miyuki," the girl turned to look at Signum, "I find myself in need of a sparring partner and trainer." When Signum explained, Miyuki nodded and smiled at her.

"Not a problem." Miyuki liked the thought of having Signum as a sparring partner. The upcoming months were going to be interesting.

Me: Why in the world I'm seeing Cloud Strife in Signum pose in the last scene?

Odin: BFS over the shoulder pose, that's why.

Reia: Looks like everyone being taken to the doctors lately. Too bad for Vita though.

Me: Yeah... I know Shamal already can cook decently around the StrikerS arc but this is ridiculous...

Odin: Does Shamal shout out Ruby of Rosario + Vampire Due to having multiple profession?

Val: I dunno...

[Nanya01]

StrikerS 1-80

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 81:

"Mom!" Arashi cried out as he saw Lina outside of the examination room. "Hi!" Lina knelt down and hugged her son.

"Hey, Arashi," Lina hugged him tightly and rubbed his back. "What happened?"

"A meanie with blue hair showed up, took Vivio and hit me."

Lina blinked, while she was upset about the fact that her son was hit, something was bothering her. "Who's Vivio?"

"Nanoha-neechan's daughter! Arashi blinked as Lina stilled while hugging him. "Something wrong, mama?"

"...When did she have a daughter?" Lina mumbled as she stood up and held her hand out. "Come on, Arashi, I think we need to find your sister..." Or Yuuno, Lina was flexible with which one of those two she got to deal with first.

(---)

As luck would have it, Lina managed to find Yuuno first. Seeing the glare that Lina, who was almost a mother to him, was giving him, Yuuno almost felt the urge to start cry for no reason. "Uh..."

"So, when were you going to tell me that you made me into a grandmother, Yuuno?" Yuuno blinked at the rather angry tone Lina had. "Why didn't you tell me that you got Nanoha pregnant?!"

"EH?!" Yuuno didn't know what to say to that, and when Lina slammed him against the wall, it made it a little harder to concentrate. "What are you talking about?! Nanoha's not pregnant!"

"Then where did Vivio come from?" Lina's anger melted away when Yuuno started to laugh softly. "What's so funny?"

"If you saw Vivio, you'd understand."

Lina was about to ask for clarification, when she heard Nanoha call to them and ask what was going on. Turning, she stared at Nanoha, who was holding onto a sleeping child. "...Is that Vivio?"

"Yep." Yuuno and Arashi said at the same time, causing Lina to sigh and let Yuuno go.

"Sorry, when I heard that my daughter has a daughter of her own, I thought the worst." Lina shook her head and looked at Arashi, who was blinking in confusion. "Next time, you might want to explain a little more clearly."

"...What's going on?" Nanoha asked, confusion on her face. When Yuuno explained, Nanoha started laughing and Lina narrowed her eyes in annoyance. "Sorry, but you thought... Don't you think I would have told you ahead of time?"

"Sorry, hard to not worry." Lina sighed softly, "ugh, I'm getting old and tired, I think. Or I'm still suffering from jet lag, but, anyway, Nanoha, I wanted you to know that I actually came here for a reason." Nanoha and Yuuno both blinked at her. "I'm moving to Mid-Childa."

"HUH?!"

Lina sighed softly. "Before you ask, there's nothing wrong with the shop, but Arashi needs to learn how to control his gift, and I can't do that on Earth. With you, it wasn't too bad, magic can be taught, that's easy, but he's a young child, and Chaos magic tends to be very noticeable."

"What about dad?" Nanoha blinked as Lina smirked.

"He'll be moving here too. When Arashi was showing me what he could do, we had to make a choice, and, sadly, Nanoha, you really have no idea how to handle teaching control with Chaos magic, since Raising Heart does most of the work for you." Nanoha blushed heavily. "So, I'm going to be moving to Mid-Childa so Arashi can learn in an environment more suited for magic."

"How long until you move here for good?" Nanoha asked and Lina shrugged at the question.

"Probably anywhere from six to ten months. We need to find a house and find a place to open up a new Midoriya Cafe." Deep down, Lina was looking forward to this move, she was curious about this planet that embraced magic and technology.

(---)

That night found Nanoha sitting in her room with Fate and Yuuno while Vivio was sleeping on her lap. "I've been thinking for awhile..." Nanoha said as she looked at the two of them while rubbing Vivio's back. "Let's move in together."

"Sure." Fate smiled and leaned back. "But, I think this room would be a little too..."

"I meant a house." Nanoha said, catching Fate off-guard. "I don't want Vivio to grow up on a military base. Plus, it would be nice to have a place where Erio and Caro could come and enjoy time off without being surrounded by work all the time."

"After what your mom did this afternoon..." Yuuno trailed off and leaned back against the couch. "I don't mind the thought though, but have you thought about where we're going to live?" He chuckled when he heard Nanoha respond negatively. "I thought so, but, you should know, there's a rather large property within Cranagan that my clan owns. It has a two story house, basement and attic on it. I'd have to do some paperwork and make calls, but I could get the house transferred over to my name and we'd have a place to live."

"Does it look nice?" Fate asked, getting a shrug from Yuuno. "Yuuno!"

"What? I haven't seen it in years, but I know that it's liveable, might need some work on the paint and some new furniture, but nothing major." He looked at them. "Well?"

"Sure." Nanoha smiled at that, "I'd like that, how many rooms?"

"Plenty," Yuuno chuckled at her, "the last time I was there, I was eight years old and I think there was over twenty of us in the house for a week comfortably."

Nanoha nodded, that sounded perfect for what they would need.

[mega1987]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS 1-80

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 81:

"Mom!" Arashi cried out as he saw Lina outside of the examination room. "Hi!" Lina knelt down and hugged her son.

"Hey, Arashi," Lina hugged him tightly and rubbed his back. "What happened?"

"A meanie with blue hair showed up, took Vivio and hit me."

Lina blinked, while she was upset about the fact that her son was hit, something was bothering her. "Who's Vivio?"

"Nanoha-neechan's daughter! Arashi blinked as Lina stilled while hugging him. "Something wrong, mama?"

"...When did she have a daughter?" Lina mumbled as she stood up and held her hand out. "Come on, Arashi, I think we need to find your sister..." Or Yuuno, Lina was flexible with which one of those two she got to deal with first.

(---)

As luck would have it, Lina managed to find Yuuno first. Seeing the glare that Lina, who was almost a mother to him, was giving him, Yuuno almost felt the urge to start cry for no reason. "Uh..."

"So, when were you going to tell me that you made me into a grandmother, Yuuno?" Yuuno blinked at the rather angry tone Lina had. "Why didn't you tell me that you got Nanoha pregnant?!"

"EH?!" Yuuno didn't know what to say to that, and when Lina slammed him against the wall, it made it a little harder to concentrate. "What are you talking about?! Nanoha's not pregnant!"

"Then where did Vivio come from?" Lina's anger melted away when Yuuno started to laugh softly. "What's so funny?"

"If you saw Vivio, you'd understand."

Lina was about to ask for clarification, when she heard Nanoha call to them and ask what was going on. Turning, she stared at Nanoha, who was holding onto a sleeping child. "...Is that Vivio?"

"Yep." Yuuno and Arashi said at the same time, causing Lina to sigh and let Yuuno go.

"Sorry, when I heard that my daughter has a daughter of her own, I thought the worst." Lina shook her head and looked at Arashi, who was blinking in confusion. "Next time, you might want to explain a little more clearly."

"...What's going on?" Nanoha asked, confusion on her face. When Yuuno explained, Nanoha started laughing and Lina narrowed her eyes in annoyance. "Sorry, but you thought... Don't you think I would have told you ahead of time?"

"Sorry, hard to not worry." Lina sighed softly, "ugh, I'm getting old and tired, I think. Or I'm still suffering from jet lag, but, anyway, Nanoha, I wanted you to know that I actually came here for a reason." Nanoha and Yuuno both blinked at her. "I'm moving to Mid-Childa."

"HUH?!"

Lina sighed softly. "Before you ask, there's nothing wrong with the shop, but Arashi needs to learn how to control his gift, and I can't do that on Earth. With you, it wasn't too bad, magic can be taught, that's easy, but he's a young child, and Chaos magic tends to be very noticeable."

"What about dad?" Nanoha blinked as Lina smirked.

"He'll be moving here too. When Arashi was showing me what he could do, we had to make a choice, and, sadly, Nanoha, you really have no idea how to handle teaching control with Chaos magic, since Raising Heart does most of the work for you." Nanoha blushed heavily. "So, I'm going to be moving to Mid-Childa so Arashi can learn in an environment more suited for magic."

"How long until you move here for good?" Nanoha asked and Lina shrugged at the question.

"Probably anywhere from six to ten months. We need to find a house and find a place to open up a new Midoriya Cafe." Deep down, Lina was looking forward to this move, she was curious about this planet that embraced magic and technology.

(---)

That night found Nanoha sitting in her room with Fate and Yuuno while Vivio was sleeping on her lap. "I've been thinking for awhile..." Nanoha said as she looked at the two of them while rubbing Vivio's back. "Let's move in together."

"Sure." Fate smiled and leaned back. "But, I think this room would be a little too..."

"I meant a house." Nanoha said, catching Fate off-guard. "I don't want Vivio to grow up on a military base. Plus, it would be nice to have a place where Erio and Caro could come and enjoy time off without being surrounded by work all the time."

"After what your mom did this afternoon..." Yuuno trailed off and leaned back against the couch. "I don't mind the thought though, but have you thought about where we're going to live?" He chuckled when he heard Nanoha respond negatively. "I thought so, but, you should know, there's a rather large property within Cranagan that my clan owns. It has a two story house, basement and attic on it. I'd have to do some paperwork and make calls, but I could get the house transferred over to my name and we'd have a place to live."

"Does it look nice?" Fate asked, getting a shrug from Yuuno. "Yuuno!"

"What? I haven't seen it in years, but I know that it's liveable, might need some work on the paint and some new furniture, but nothing major." He looked at them. "Well?"

"Sure." Nanoha smiled at that, "I'd like that, how many rooms?"

"Plenty," Yuuno chuckled at her, "the last time I was there, I was eight years old and I think there was over twenty of us in the house for a week comfortably."

Nanoha nodded, that sounded perfect for what they would need.

Me: Is this a sign of a Midori-ya Chain Invasion?

Odin: Don't care about that invasion. I'm getting a small mocha cake out of it.

Reia, Isis, Elane, Amelia, Mariemeia and Sarah: THE LARGEST HEAVY FUDGE CHOCOLATE CAKE AVAILABLE!!!!

Val: Girls... That's the only weakness those girls have....

[Old_Iron]

Originally Posted by Yasanagi

Spoiler for MD Update?!:

Seriously, you’re wasting your time searching for that thing.

‘Your objection has been noted,’ responded Sette mentally as she continued tracing the flight path of that animal she had spotted earlier. Right now, the important thing was to find the Alpine rider and see how she may be involved in current events.

What can you do? The speed that beast was moving at is something you can’t match easily. Even if you cast speed enhancements on yourself, you’ll probably just wear out your body quickly.

It was true that those animals were naturally fast in the air. Even with her specialty in aerial movement, being able to move at those speeds wasn’t something she could do easily. The one person that came to mind who could easily keep up with the beast was that blonde mage that took her and Tre out back on the Saint’s Cradle years ago.

Whoa, nelly…!

‘What is it?’ What could have JD all worked up like this?

Got some major magical activity a few clicks away from here. Most likely your other companions.

‘They’re already in combat? Then there’s no time to…’ She paused when she felt a change in the air above her and looked up to see several animals circling around her. They were the same species as the beast she had seen earlier and this time she was able to get a clear view of what they were.

They appeared to be horses, common animals found on Shutra but these animals had wings. What puzzled her most was how they could sustain such high speeds when they had such a huge physical mass that wasn’t ideal for aerial flight. Her estimate of the speed from the earlier specimen she had witnessed was around 202 miles per hour. Perhaps their own linker cores provided them with natural flight enhancements to…

Oi, Sette… stay focused.

Right, she should be focusing on other things. ‘So far, they are not making any aggressive movements. Why is that? Could it be…?’

If the rider that she had seen earlier was an Alpine, that means they were in command of these animals. And they would order the summons to take a non-aggressive approach. In this case, it appeared that they were trying to send a message. Essentially, it was their polite way of saying ‘Don’t get involved’. The summons would likely move to block her path and act as a wall to prevent her from getting to the others.

A quick test proved her hypothesis correct. Any attempts she made to move towards the battlefield were quickly blocked off by the summons. Not only did they have enough speed to prevent her from getting past them, she could also see several defense enhancement spells that would make taking them out with force quite difficult.

This was going to be rather troublesome.

**********

Looking at the flying horses, Yami sent out another pulse of black magic balls at a few that tried to get close to her. Even if she didn’t voice her frustration out loud, one can tell from her facial expressions that her patience was wearing thin.

“Don’t worry!” Rai grinned as she blasted several lightning bolts across the field. “I’ve got a cunning plan!”

Seikou raised an eyebrow as she launched several fire spells at several horses and dodging backwards as one tried to slam onto her head from above. “This I’ve got to see.”

“It’s simple!” She swung Vulnificus out and spinning blades made out electricity rushed out towards the summons. “LOOK!” Rai pointed as her eyes widened and her body trembled, causing everyone to stop what they were doing. “An obvious distraction!”

Before anyone could figure out what to do, the Fate replica suddenly grinned and rushed the largest group of flying horses. “BANZAI!”

Material-D wasn’t sure what was worse: the fact that Material-L’s plan was so absurd, though that was kind of the norm for her, or the fact that it actually worked. She decided not to give it any more thought and projected her voice so that their concealed enemy could hear her. “Alright, summoner, listen up! Aside from your daughter helping those two dogs steal my minion from me, I have no quarrel with you, but I’m getting tired of this.”

Her Tome floated behind her and opened up, automatically flipping through several pages before landing on the spell that she would use. “So, we can do this one of three ways. One, I will order Material-S and Material L to stop holding back as much as they have and start destroying most of the area around here. Two, I will personally destroy every single summon you called forth in one fell swoop. Or three, you will call back your summons and stand down peacefully.”

For a moment, the Pegasus summons hesitated, most likely due to their Master not certain about what choice to take. It didn‘t take long for Rai to break the silence by pouting. “Aww! No fair! I was having fun! It’s like taking on Sagat and just before you win, someone slides a quarter in and hits the start button.”

“The longer this fight drags on, the further Yuuno-san gets away from us, and who knows what they will do to him before we catch up to him,” said Material-S in her usual serious tone. “Which is more important? Having fun now or saving Yuuno-san?”

“That’s not fair! Fine!” Rai crossed her arms and continued fuming over this injustice. “Blue hedgehog lose all rings pouting stance!”

In the meantime, Yami called out to the summoner. “Since you won’t make a choice, I’ll make one for you. As you were a gracious host, I will give you a chance to save your summons before I slay them all.”

Obviously, the Pegasus summons weren’t going to have any of that and planned to disrupt her concentration by attacking but Seikou moved first, firing a large barrage of projectiles to send them scattering.

“Oh, we’re back in action? Alrighty then… ANGRY CROW TAKES FLIGHT!” cried out Material-L as she phased right into view of one of the summons and blocked its charge with Vulnificus.

In the meantime, a black Belkan triangle formed underneath the Lord of Darkness and she began to chant her aria. “Alles wird irgendwann vergehen. Nur - die Hochmütigen sind die ersten.” A second Belkan triangle formed under her feet, overlaying with the first one as the black spiraling energy solidified into a solid circle. “Verfall der Tugend!”

A single spark from the tip of her staff was the only warning the summons had before a black shockwave erupted, spreading out in a large circular pattern. Their instincts told them to get out while they still could. But even with their speed, the spell locked on to the mana generated by their Linker Cores and pursued them relentlessly.

Megane, from her spot, could only watch as the wave barely touched her summons before they were removed from the battle, screaming in pain. Her eyes widened as she quickly recalled all her summons as quickly as possible.

“Neat!” The Lightning Assailant grinned as she saw the effect that spell had. “Cancel all summons? Cool name!”

“That is NOT that spell’s name, Material L!” Yami yelled at Rai while the black magic continued to hang in the air. “You should at least learn that much!”

“But learning a new language is hard!” Rai pouted and hung her head. “Especially when that language gives male and female names for everything and it just tears your throat apart trying to speak it. At least my device speaks in an easier language!”

“No comment.”

Seikou looked around and narrowed her eyes as she saw that the magic in the air was moving, almost like… “Rai-chan, Yami, did either of you initiate a mana collection array?”

“Call me Your Majesty! And even if I do know that, it is your specialty!”

“That’s right! We can’t copy special moves! That’s the shtick for folks like Seth, Dural and Rugal!” exclaimed Material-L.

“If you’re not doing it…” Material-D’s eyes turned to the source where all the stray mana was being collected which was at least five kilometres west of their current position. Based on the concentration of energy, the other spell was ready to be cast. And what’s worse, the Lord of Darkness had no available counter magic ready to use since it would take time to search for those spells in her vast tome. She thought about having Material-S use an attack spell but the projectile’s speed would be insufficient to intercept the caster in time which left only one option. “Material-L, go and stop the spell from being cast.”

“What are the magic words?” asked the Fate replica with a little grin.

“JUST MOVE, YOU MORONIC ROADRUNNER!”

“Aye aye, your Majesty! BEEP BEEP!” As she zipped over to the source of the magic, her sharp hearing managed to pick up pieces of an aria.

“Thou who art the Emerald Sun of the Twilight Realm.
Thou who art the cursed, poisoned light that scourges all.
Born of pride and rage, cast out beyond regard…”

‘You know, that really does sound similar to Dragon Slave…’ If that was the case, that was all the more reason why she couldn’t let the little pink shrimp ahead finish that spell.

“By the covenant that binds thee to the Scion’s flesh, blood and bones, I demand thy strength.”

With enough momentum, Material-L shifted her body so that she would be delivering a gigantic drop kick. “That’s enough outta you! Big Bear Super Drop Kic-”

“Like I’ll let you!” At the last moment, both Erio and Garyu flew out from where they were hiding and

“Roadrunner gets caught in coyote’s wily trap!” wailed Rai as she got tangled up with the insect warrior and the tall red haired young man.

“Merge your power with mine and sear our glory into the hearts of those who oppose us!”

The magic summoning circle took on a new life of its own as it took power from the concentrated mana in the area. Finally, Caro opened her eyes and called out the name of the spell for it to take effect.

“DRAGONSTORM!”

It was the last thing Material-L was able to hear before the loud roars originating from the legion of dragons filled the air.

Yay! More Material Days.

I liked the chapter, but I do need to nitpick a bit. When Caro started her aria, the scene started to feel very jumbled. As though some parts were half complete. You may want to go back and look over that section again.

[Tsukino Kage Spectre]

@ Yasanagi

Did you just rip off Dragon Slave?

[Sunder the Gold]

Obviously inspired by it, and much more accurate to the name than the actual Dragon Slave.

Considering that it summons and commands dragon servants.

[Yasanagi]

Originally Posted by Old_Iron

Yay! More Material Days.

I liked the chapter, but I do need to nitpick a bit. When Caro started her aria, the scene started to feel very jumbled. As though some parts were half complete. You may want to go back and look over that section again.

Yeah, I saw that one of my sentences got cut off a bit so I'll change that later.

[bhl88]

Don't lose don't lose don't lose don't lose don't lose......... DON'T LOSE GUYYSSSSSSSS~ (I mean the Materials).

And I hope someone focuses on Yuuno... his injury must have been that hard...

[Filraen]

Yuuno is sedated right now. He can't do anything.

[Nanya01]

StrikerS 1-80

StrikerS 81

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 82:

Chrono looked up as Shamal walked into the office early that morning. "Something wrong?"

"You mean other than Zafira still out cold, Signum's injury, Tre laid out and Lutecia being basically a vegetable?" Shamal ignored the annoyed look on Chrono's face. "Nothing much, but there's something I found about six of our guests." Walking up, she put the papers on Chrono's desk. "I've kept my results out of the official records, but I think you'll be interested in four of them."

Chrono looked at the papers and read them over. His eyes widened as he came across parentage for Otto and Sette. "...How? They're older than he is."

Shamal sighed heavily. "I wondered as well, so I talked to Due before coming here." A sardonic smirk came to Shamal's face as she looked at him. "Guess who the nurse that gave Filia a blood test and took the remains of Val's egg for disposal was."

"...She gave Filia and Val's DNA to Jail?" Chrono asked as he saw Otto and Wendi's parentage. Chrono flipped the pages and almost swore as he saw Cinque's parentage. "...You have got to be kidding me, Shamal. How the hell did Jail even get Lina's DNA?"

"The same way he got Val and Filia's DNA." Shamal shook her head. "This is one big cluster-fuck."

"Yeah, I can..." Chrono trailed off as he looked at Dieci's page. "...Even Nanoha?" Chrono felt like banging his head on the table. "Okay, this is officially nuts. I'm going to have to make some arrangements."

Shamal blinked as Chrono pulled out a cell phone. "What arrangements?"

Chrono sighed as he held up a finger. "Hello, Filia, yes, I miss you too. Say, it turns out that you have some family here on Mid-Childa," Chrono held his phone away from his ear as Filia screamed so loudly that even Shamal cringed from the yell, "yes, it was quite the shock to me as well," Chrono said as he put his phone near his ear again, "how would you, Amy and the kids like to come to Mid-Childa for awhile and meet them? Huh? Yes, of course mom's allowed to come too. I warn you, it's a little weird over here right now." He nodded at her response. "Okay, love you too, tell Amy hi for me, and please don't make it so she can't walk or sit properly before you come here." A flush came to Chrono's face as he heard her response. "Well, ah... Yes, I guess I have been gone for awhile, uh... Yes, I promise to make it up to the two of you, yes, love you too, goodbye."

Shamal smirked as Chrono continued to blush while hanging up the phone. "I take it that she's gotten good at using that tail of hers on Amy?"

"Like you wouldn't believe." Chrono muttered before glaring at Shamal. "Get out of here!" Shamal left the room while laughing at him. Chrono groaned and buried his face into his hands. "Ugh... My curse for having kinky wives." Not that he'd like them any other way.

(---)

He grunted as extreme pain and soreness penetrated his senses. 'At least I'm alive,' he thought to himself as he cracked an eye open. "Nnngh, what," he groaned as he felt movement on his body, "what happened?"

"ZAFFY!" A far too loud voice screamed in delight followed by two small arms hugging his body. "You're alive!" As his vision cleared, he saw Reinforce Zwei hugging him, her shoulders shaking as tears fell from her eyes while burying her face against his body. "I thought... You were so hurt, mommy disappeared, Signum lost her hand and eye, and daddy went all cold and distant and..." Zwei broke down bawling against his body. "Missed you so much, big brother!"

Zafira slowly moved his hand to her back and gently patted her, causing her to hug him tighter. "Zwei, that hurts... A lot... Please loosen up." He let out a breath he didn't know he had when she did as he asked. "Thank you. So, what happened?" When Zwei looked up at him, tears in her eyes, Zafira sighed and shook his head.

He could find out later, after she had calmed down. Right now, she seemed really upset.

Besides, being patient was something Zafira was good at.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Vita smiled as she saw Verossa walk into the Riot Force building. "You're here early." She said as she got close to him. She walked beside him before grabbing his arm. "Couldn't wait to see me?"

"While I wouldn't mind spending time with you, Vita, I was asked by Shamal to show up today." He sweat-dropped at her annoyed look. "It's not like that, shee... She needs me to look into someone's head."

"Oh," Vita blinked at that, "sorry, I thought you were..." She trailed off as he turned her and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "...What was that for?"

"You're cute when you're jealous." Verossa laughed softly as he left Vita blushing in the hallway.

"You... You... GAH!" Vita ran after Verossa, her face still flushed while trying to get her blushing under control. "You don't just get to kiss me and then leave me in the hallway, you jerk!"

Caro and Erio both blinked as they saw Vita run after Verossa. "Adults are weird." Erio muttered while looking at Caro, who nodded at him. "Hey, come on, Teana-san and Subaru-san are on the training field."

"Right." Caro nodded as she and Erio ran to the front doors. A few moments later, Caro found herself on her back as she ran into someone. "Oww..." She looked up and saw Signum standing in front of her with an raised eyebrow. "Uh... Ah... Sorry." Caro gulped, there was something about that eye-patch that made her nervous.

"You should be thankful that I'm not one to get upset too easily." Signum offered her hand down and blinked as Caro seemed to pale. "Something wrong?"

"I... Uh... Never get a tan, please?" Caro said as she stood up hastily and ran out after Erio.

"...What was that about?" Signum scratched her head and winced as her right arm throbbed. "I'm going, I'm going." She grumbled as she made her way towards Shari's lab. She needed to get some more work done on her new hand anyway.

Outside of the building, Erio looked at Caro in confusion. "What's wrong?"

Caro shook her head and looked at him with worry in her eyes. "Something about that eye patch bothers me."

Erio just scratched his head before yelping as something familar smacked his backside, sending him crashing to the ground. "Grr!" He stood up and glared at Fried, who seemed to chirp at him rather smugly. "When I get my hands on you, you flying rat!"

"Erio-kun!" Caro cried out while chasing him down. "Don't hurt Fried! He was just playing!"

"I'll show him playing!" Erio yelled as he chased down the slippery, small Dragon.

(---)

Verossa blinked as he saw Tre on one bed as he and Vita entered the room. "Didn't know that there were others in here." He blanched as she turned to look at him. "Uh... Hi."

"You do know that I can go days without needing to sleep, right?" Tre snorted and looked at Lutecia. "You here to help her?"

"I'll try," Verossa nodded as his hand glowed green while walking over to Lutecia, "normally I just use this to draw out information. First time I've ever used this to jump start a brain."

"Wait," Tre spoke up, stopping Verossa. "If you can get her brain to turn on, can you make it so that she doesn't remember anything about Quattro or Levi?" When Verossa raised an eyebrow, she sighed, "if you see her memories, you'll understand, she doesn't deserve to have that stain on her soul."

"Pretty deep," Vita snorted as she looked at Tre, "but I'm sure Verossa can do that, right?"

"I'll try." Verossa said as he put his hand on her head and closed his eyes. It didn't take him long to figure out what Tre meant by erasing memories as he saw what Levi had done to the girl. 'There we go,' he found an image in Lutecia's mind of a smaller, younger version of herself curled up into a ball, crying softly. "Hello."

"Who? Who are you? You're not master."

"No, I'm not Levi, nor am I Quattro. My name is Verossa Acous, I work for the Bureau as an investigator."

"Ma...master sa...said that you were bad people."

"To her, we were bad. Your mother misses you, you know."

"Mom?" Lutecia's voice was confused, almost like she didn't know what was going on. "Who's that?"

"...I saw some of the stuff that happened to you, did she work on your mind as well as your body?"

"I don't..."

"Shhh... It's okay, just relax. I'll help you remember everything that you need to." Verossa held his mental hand out. "Take my hand, and I'll help you, I promise." Lutecia whimpered and slowly, reluctantly, reached her hand out to take his. "That's it... Just relax." He whispered and she gasped while he pulled her against his body. "It's okay, nothing bad will happen."

Lutecia could only whimper as Verossa worked on undoing the damage to her mind that Levi did to her.

It was almost twenty minutes later when Verossa stepped back and slumped into Vita's arms. "I... Wow... Eight years is a lot of time to go through her mind to suppress and wipe out memories."

"Will she be okay?" Tre asked, looking at Lutecia in concern. After almost a minute, there was a groan from the young girl. "Lutecia?"

Blinking, Lutecia slowly sat up and looked around. "...Tre? What... What's going on? I... I don't remember much."

"It's okay," Tre gave her a rare smile as relief flooded her body, "it's okay, Lutecia, you don't need to remember much. Everyone will be happy that you're okay."

Lutecia gave Tre a slow nod and wondered why her body had a strange feeling. "Where's my mom?"

"She's okay," Tre nodded to her and looked at Verossa. "Thank you."

He nodded as he wrapped an arm around Vita's shoulders. "Hey, glad I could help."

"Come on," Vita smiled at him, "I'll let her mom know what happened, as for you," she grinned at him while helping him out of the room, "you deserve something nice for that." Verossa sweat-dropped as her grin increased in size. Oh well, he could never refuse Vita when she was in a good mood.

[biodude711]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

StrikerS 1-80

StrikerS 81

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - StrikerS 82:

Chrono looked up as Shamal walked into the office early that morning. "Something wrong?"

"You mean other than Zafira still out cold, Signum's injury, Tre laid out and Lutecia being basically a vegetable?" Shamal ignored the annoyed look on Chrono's face. "Nothing much, but there's something I found about six of our guests." Walking up, she put the papers on Chrono's desk. "I've kept my results out of the official records, but I think you'll be interested in four of them."

Chrono looked at the papers and read them over. His eyes widened as he came across parentage for Otto and Sette. "...How? They're older than he is."

Shamal sighed heavily. "I wondered as well, so I talked to Due before coming here." A sardonic smirk came to Shamal's face as she looked at him. "Guess who the nurse that gave Filia a blood test and took the remains of Val's egg for disposal was."

"...She gave Filia and Val's DNA to Jail?" Chrono asked as he saw Otto and Wendi's parentage. Chrono flipped the pages and almost swore as he saw Cinque's parentage. "...You have got to be kidding me, Shamal. How the hell did Jail even get Lina's DNA?"

"The same way he got Val and Filia's DNA." Shamal shook her head. "This is one big cluster-fuck."

"Yeah, I can..." Chrono trailed off as he looked at Dieci's page. "...Even Nanoha?" Chrono felt like banging his head on the table. "Okay, this is officially nuts. I'm going to have to make some arrangements."

Shamal blinked as Chrono pulled out a cell phone. "What arrangements?"

Chrono sighed as he held up a finger. "Hello, Filia, yes, I miss you too. Say, it turns out that you have some family here on Mid-Childa," Chrono held his phone away from his ear as Filia screamed so loudly that even Shamal cringed from the yell, "yes, it was quite the shock to me as well," Chrono said as he put his phone near his ear again, "how would you, Amy and the kids like to come to Mid-Childa for awhile and meet them? Huh? Yes, of course mom's allowed to come too. I warn you, it's a little weird over here right now." He nodded at her response. "Okay, love you too, tell Amy hi for me, and please don't make it so she can't walk or sit properly before you come here." A flush came to Chrono's face as he heard her response. "Well, ah... Yes, I guess I have been gone for awhile, uh... Yes, I promise to make it up to the two of you, yes, love you too, goodbye."

Shamal smirked as Chrono continued to blush while hanging up the phone. "I take it that she's gotten good at using that tail of hers on Amy?"

"Like you wouldn't believe." Chrono muttered before glaring at Shamal. "Get out of here!" Shamal left the room while laughing at him. Chrono groaned and buried his face into his hands. "Ugh... My curse for having kinky wives." Not that he'd like them any other way.

(---)

He grunted as extreme pain and soreness penetrated his senses. 'At least I'm alive,' he thought to himself as he cracked an eye open. "Nnngh, what," he groaned as he felt movement on his body, "what happened?"

"ZAFFY!" A far too loud voice screamed in delight followed by two small arms hugging his body. "You're alive!" As his vision cleared, he saw Reinforce Zwei hugging him, her shoulders shaking as tears fell from her eyes while burying her face against his body. "I thought... You were so hurt, mommy disappeared, Signum lost her hand and eye, and daddy went all cold and distant and..." Zwei broke down bawling against his body. "Missed you so much, big brother!"

Zafira slowly moved his hand to her back and gently patted her, causing her to hug him tighter. "Zwei, that hurts... A lot... Please loosen up." He let out a breath he didn't know he had when she did as he asked. "Thank you. So, what happened?" When Zwei looked up at him, tears in her eyes, Zafira sighed and shook his head.

He could find out later, after she had calmed down. Right now, she seemed really upset.

Besides, being patient was something Zafira was good at.

(---)

Elsewhere...

Vita smiled as she saw Verossa walk into the Riot Force building. "You're here early." She said as she got close to him. She walked beside him before grabbing his arm. "Couldn't wait to see me?"

"While I wouldn't mind spending time with you, Vita, I was asked by Shamal to show up today." He sweat-dropped at her annoyed look. "It's not like that, shee... She needs me to look into someone's head."

"Oh," Vita blinked at that, "sorry, I thought you were..." She trailed off as he turned her and gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "...What was that for?"

"You're cute when you're jealous." Verossa laughed softly as he left Vita blushing in the hallway.

"You... You... GAH!" Vita ran after Verossa, her face still flushed while trying to get her blushing under control. "You don't just get to kiss me and then leave me in the hallway, you jerk!"

Caro and Erio both blinked as they saw Vita run after Verossa. "Adults are weird." Erio muttered while looking at Caro, who nodded at him. "Hey, come on, Teana-san and Subaru-san are on the training field."

"Right." Caro nodded as she and Erio ran to the front doors. A few moments later, Caro found herself on her back as she ran into someone. "Oww..." She looked up and saw Signum standing in front of her with an raised eyebrow. "Uh... Ah... Sorry." Caro gulped, there was something about that eye-patch that made her nervous.

"You should be thankful that I'm not one to get upset too easily." Signum offered her hand down and blinked as Caro seemed to pale. "Something wrong?"

"I... Uh... Never get a tan, please?" Caro said as she stood up hastily and ran out after Erio.

"...What was that about?" Signum scratched her head and winced as her right arm throbbed. "I'm going, I'm going." She grumbled as she made her way towards Shari's lab. She needed to get some more work done on her new hand anyway.

Outside of the building, Erio looked at Caro in confusion. "What's wrong?"

Caro shook her head and looked at him with worry in her eyes. "Something about that eye patch bothers me."

Erio just scratched his head before yelping as something familar smacked his backside, sending him crashing to the ground. "Grr!" He stood up and glared at Fried, who seemed to chirp at him rather smugly. "When I get my hands on you, you flying rat!"

"Erio-kun!" Caro cried out while chasing him down. "Don't hurt Fried! He was just playing!"

"I'll show him playing!" Erio yelled as he chased down the slippery, small Dragon.

(---)

Verossa blinked as he saw Tre on one bed as he and Vita entered the room. "Didn't know that there were others in here." He blanched as she turned to look at him. "Uh... Hi."

"You do know that I can go days without needing to sleep, right?" Tre snorted and looked at Lutecia. "You here to help her?"

"I'll try," Verossa nodded as his hand glowed green while walking over to Lutecia, "normally I just use this to draw out information. First time I've ever used this to jump start a brain."

"Wait," Tre spoke up, stopping Verossa. "If you can get her brain to turn on, can you make it so that she doesn't remember anything about Quattro or Levi?" When Verossa raised an eyebrow, she sighed, "if you see her memories, you'll understand, she doesn't deserve to have that stain on her soul."

"Pretty deep," Vita snorted as she looked at Tre, "but I'm sure Verossa can do that, right?"

"I'll try." Verossa said as he put his hand on her head and closed his eyes. It didn't take him long to figure out what Tre meant by erasing memories as he saw what Levi had done to the girl. 'There we go,' he found an image in Lutecia's mind of a smaller, younger version of herself curled up into a ball, crying softly. "Hello."

"Who? Who are you? You're not master."

"No, I'm not Levi, nor am I Quattro. My name is Verossa Acous, I work for the Bureau as an investigator."

"Ma...master sa...said that you were bad people."

"To her, we were bad. Your mother misses you, you know."

"Mom?" Lutecia's voice was confused, almost like she didn't know what was going on. "Who's that?"

"...I saw some of the stuff that happened to you, did she work on your mind as well as your body?"

"I don't..."

"Shhh... It's okay, just relax. I'll help you remember everything that you need to." Verossa held his mental hand out. "Take my hand, and I'll help you, I promise." Lutecia whimpered and slowly, reluctantly, reached her hand out to take his. "That's it... Just relax." He whispered and she gasped while he pulled her against his body. "It's okay, nothing bad will happen."

Lutecia could only whimper as Verossa worked on undoing the damage to her mind that Levi did to her.

It was almost twenty minutes later when Verossa stepped back and slumped into Vita's arms. "I... Wow... Eight years is a lot of time to go through her mind to suppress and wipe out memories."

"Will she be okay?" Tre asked, looking at Lutecia in concern. After almost a minute, there was a groan from the young girl. "Lutecia?"

Blinking, Lutecia slowly sat up and looked around. "...Tre? What... What's going on? I... I don't remember much."

"It's okay," Tre gave her a rare smile as relief flooded her body, "it's okay, Lutecia, you don't need to remember much. Everyone will be happy that you're okay."

Lutecia gave Tre a slow nod and wondered why her body had a strange feeling. "Where's my mom?"

"She's okay," Tre nodded to her and looked at Verossa. "Thank you."

He nodded as he wrapped an arm around Vita's shoulders. "Hey, glad I could help."

"Come on," Vita smiled at him, "I'll let her mom know what happened, as for you," she grinned at him while helping him out of the room, "you deserve something nice for that." Verossa sweat-dropped as her grin increased in size. Oh well, he could never refuse Vita when she was in a good mood.

*Deep breath*
...
...
*SQUEEEEEE*

Zaffy's alive (except he's in A LOT of pain) and Lutecia is not a vegetable (although missing a good part of 8 years of her life).