Author's Notes: This is the first time posting one of my stories. I had actually planned on posting another story before this, but this one took on a life of its own. I actually had started this chapter 4 days ago when inspiration strikes so does my keyboard so I decided to post this one first. I actually have at this time three chapters written on this story. I hope to be able to update this once a week, maybe every other week. The more reviews I get maybe my muse will hear you and tell me more. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this as my muse is still talking in my ear. *_*
I am posting this as an M rating to start with because it will within a few chapters be M rated. *_~
Also if you do not like Yuri/Shoujo-Ai girl on girl. I suggest you stop reading now. As this is a Yuri fan fiction. ~_*
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the Anime [MGLN] that I'm using in this story. Although if I did things would definitely be different in the Anime. ^_^
I hope you enjoy.
ZR ~*
Lightning Fingers
By
Zona Rose
Chapter 1-The Lightning Thief
Hayate's POV
'I'm sorry Commander Yagami, but to catch a thief you're going have to use one and the best one out there, you're going to have to bring her in, find a way of making her cooperate to bring down one of the greatest criminal masterminds of our time. Oh and one more thing, I want her paired up with one of our best. Make sure it's our favorite by the book Captain.' The Admiral had giving her those orders three weeks ago and now she was on her way to a meeting at her office to try and convince a thief to walk the straight and narrow.
Walking down the hall about three quarters of the way down, I stopped in front of a door. This door has my name on it Commander Yagami, Hayate and underneath my name is my squads name 6th Mobile Division. In this Division, I have six major players and they are Captain T. Scrya, Nanoha. As well as My Knights who are Zwei, Signum, Vita, and our one and only field medic Shamal. Then there are the two forwards Nakajima, Subaru and Lanster, Teana.
I step through the door into the outer office and my secretary Griffith greets me with a warm smile. "Your appointment is waiting for you, ma'am. Would you like me to bring in any refreshments for your meeting?"
"I don't think so, but I will buzz you if we require any refreshments. Thank you Griffith." He nodded his head in acknowledgment.
Walking through my office door, I was greeted with Signum and Vita on either side of the door and not looking too pleased. Sitting in the chair in front of my desk was my guest and I hoped my new recruit Fate Testarossa, also known as The Lightning Thief.
Stepping around my desk, I noticed that her arms and legs were handcuffed to the chair. Looking at my two Knights, I raise an eyebrow in question as to why she's being confined.
Signum answered my silent question. "We had to keep her secure as she kept trying to jump out the window to get away. It would be unwise at this time to undo the restraints."
Taking a deep breath, I sighed and looking at my guest with apologetic eyes. "I am truly sorry, Ms. Testarossa. I did not realize that my invitation for you to come in and talk with me, you would see as hostile or that you were under arrest. As I have no hostile intent towards you nor do I wish to arrest you at this time. All I would like to do is offer you a proposal and if you decline it, then you are free to go with no repercussions whatsoever. Do I make myself clear?" I said looking over Fate's head straight at the two standing by the door.
Vita, jumping at my look, she came straight over and starts to uncuff her. Fate continued to glare at me even after she was freed. She's probably still thinking this is a trap. Fate wasn't called The Lightning Thief for nothing. No sooner had I sat down, she was out of her chair and heading for my window, but my next words froze her before she could even go out the window.
"If you go out that window, my proposal is null and void and I will go after you with everything I have and put you away for life. But if you stay and become part of my team, I will expunge your record of everything and I do mean everything." I had closed my eyes with the last words I spoke. I was going to leave the decision totally up to her. Will she always be haunted by her past or would she take the olive branch and start her life anew.
I could hear footsteps as they made their way back to the chair. I slowly opened my eyes to look into wine red eyes and see that they were still wary and suspicious. She looked like she was seriously thinking over my offer. Maybe she really is ready for a change.
Licking her lips she made a decision." Can you really do that? Expunge everything so that I have a clean record?" I nodded my head yes. "Okay if you have a team member that can beat me out right in a fair fight, then I'll join your team."
Looking straight into her eyes so she knew that I was dead serious, "I think we can come up with someone who at least can give you a run for your money and this person just might surprise you and beat the pants off you literally." Standing up, I moved over towards the door. As I grabbed the doorknob, I realized I hadn't heard her get up out of the chair yet, so I glanced over my shoulder. She was still sitting there probably rethinking her decision. "I never figured you for being one who was scared of possibly getting your pants beat off you, but then again I could be wrong?"
She was 2 feet away from me in seconds. I open the door and walked out into the outer office where my secretary Griffith had a very surprised look on his face. The last time he saw Fate she was in handcuffs. Now she was walking around with no restraints. This was a bit of a surprise for him.
"Griffith, hold all of my calls. Any emergency calls, send them to my cell phone. Also send refreshments for everyone down to the training room. I shouldn't be gone more than a few hours."
"Yes, ma'am, not a problem. Should I call ahead for you to let her know that you're on your way?"
"No I think a surprise visit should be more than enough. I want Fate to see just what the competition is like."
We traveled down to the basement of the building where there were four training rooms, which only one at this time was being used by the sounds it. As we approached the door, we could hear crashing, banging, moaning, cries of pain and then a giant crash. And then there was the screaming voice that sounded like she was really pissed off.
As the door opened, we could hear the screaming voice. "What the hell do you think you're doing? If you keep making these rookie mistakes like that you're going to be coming back in body bags and I personally don't want to have to tell your families or your significant others that you were killed in action because of a rookie mistake."
Two of the three women looked like they were about to fall down from exhaustion. Upon seeing Hayate come into the room, they came to attention and saluted. The third woman, not realizing that I was standing behind her, she must have thought the two forwards were being sarcastic. "Teana, Subaru don't think that coming to attention and saluting me is going to get you out of this. I am not about to have you make rookie mistakes out in the field. If you're going to make them in here then I will not clear you for fieldwork until you can prove to me you won't die from a damn rookie mistake!"
Nanoha's POV
Noticing that the two women in front of me were not saluting at me, they were both looking behind me. I half turned my body and head to look over my shoulder. Seeing four women in my training room unannounced, started to really piss me off. Vita and Signum were smiling and moved over to the viewing area, which hinted to me that something was about to happen. The third woman had long yellow hair, a few inches taller than I was and had a very attractive body that is well endowed and a very pretty face. What caught my attention the most were her wine red eyes. On the surface, they are very defiant. They dared anyone to oppose her, but underneath they were sad, lonely and in pain. I felt empathy towards this woman that I didn't even know. Her eyes stared right back at my blue orbs and she crossed her arms in total defiance of anything that she had seen.
"Nanoha, I'd like you to meet a potential new recruit, but her terms on joining our team is that the best of our team has to beat her fair and square. So as you are the best of the team, I need you to put her through the ropes and see where her weaknesses are and where her strengths are overall. I want you to beat the pants off her. Are you up for the challenge? I don't want you to try going light on her. Go all out as it will be an insult to me if you don't."
My two forwards stumble past me into the viewing area and collapsed into two chairs, gratefully taking two bottles of water. Silently thanking the commander for giving them a break from The White Devil. A nickname that Vita had given to Nanoha that unfortunately stuck to her like glue.
'Did I just hear Hayate right? She wants me to go all out on this person I don't even know? Has she finally gone off the deep end or does this person have some hidden talents that our team seriously needs? Well, there's only one way to find out and that is I have to beat her or die trying.'
"My name is Nanoha T. Scrya. Do you have a device? If not, I will dematerialize mine so that we will be on equal footing."
"Fate Testarossa and I don't need a device to beat you."
"Very well. You seem a bit cocky but that's all right. I'll wipe that smirk off your face. Raising Heart standby mode."
"Yes, my master." In a pink flash, my staff turned into its usual red gem and placed it around my neck.
Before I could even register that Fate had moved, she had slapped me on her butt to prove to me that this wasn't going to be as easy as I thought it was going to be. This both surprised and pissed me off. 'So speed seems to be her thing. Okay, two can play at that game.'
With this in mind, I went after Fate. Every time one of us would strike, the other would block. We seemed to be perfectly matched. Then all of a sudden, Fate would do a blitz move and I would feel myself being groped and before I could even react to it, Fate was gone and attacking me again. So I had no time to react, only to block and re-attack. I was starting to wonder if she was really enjoying these blitzes as they were starting to become more and more aggressive. The last time Fate ended up behind me, she grabbed my breasts in both of her hands and then squeezed my nipples not enough to hurt, but enough to arouse. I was trying to figure out if Fate was going to use another strategy other than groping me because I began to think she was trying to get into my pants⦠literally. Then again, Fate might actually end up doing that.
'I need to knock this up a few notches. She's getting way too many freebies. Plus I'm starting to like it too much.' We were both panting pretty badly as we have been going head-to-head for about 30 min. now. I have never gone past 45 full out. I was going to do something I haven't had to do since I went head-to-head with Hayate. That battle seemed to be an awful lot like this one. That's when it dawned on me exactly what was going on; this Fate Testarossa wasn't just anybody that this team needed. She needed this team, but just doesn't know it. Taking a chance, I look over at Hayate and they both smile at each other and Hayate nods her head once to tell me that yes, she was right. It's the same type of battle that they had done three years ago.
"Hayate are you sure you want me to go all out. If I do, I may not be able to stop. I don't want to hurt her. She's a good opponent. She doesn't deserve to go to the infirmary on her first day."
Fate looking confused looked between Hayate and me. Not understanding what was about to happen, Hayate just smiled and nodded her head once to give me the go ahead for a true full all out battle.
"I'm sorry. Fate, I tried to avoid this, but it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to. I hope you don't hold a grudge against me because you're about to lose." Nanoha moved her left arm and hand out and cupped her palm, mentally calling out to her device to set up.
The moment it had materialized in her hand, she swung it in an arc towards Fate and was stopped cold by a black and yellow scythe held by none other then Fate herself. "This is what I've been waiting for since we started for you to go all out, no holding back. Don't disappoint me, babe."
'Babe! Babe? Who does she think she is calling babe? She'll never call me that again after this match, I guarantee.'
Even with our devices we were evenly matched. With our devices, we've been able to give each other more cuts and bruises. We were now starting to approach an hour of fighting. We both have collapsed to our knees at the same time, still trying to fight. Neither one of us were willing to give up. I needed to finish this without one of us being seriously hurt, but I didn't know how I was going to be able to accomplish that.
"My master, trust in yourself. You know what to do to win this."
With those words, I knew exactly what to do. It would be something that none of them would even expect from me, but would I be able to pull it off. Yes, I would with all the liberties that Fate has taken; it was time for me to take one of my own.
I sat down on my heels, dropping Raising Heart to the matted floor. Everyone in the room was so shocked that they never saw the next step to my plan. Fate, thinking that she's won lowered her weapon at that instant I leaped forward; putting my arms around Fate's body in a hug, my momentum knocked us both to the mats. Fates device was knocked from her hand by a very cunning move.
At first, Fate's body was tense from being in the position we were in. But after a short time, I could feel her starting to relax. But the more I allowed my body to relax into Fate's, the more comfortable I got and so it got to the point where I let exhaustion over take myself.
Hayate's POV
I walked over to the two collapsed on the floor. Looking at the two of them intertwined as the exhaustion overrode their common sense and boundaries. I smiled at the sight before me. Taking out my cell phone, I took a few pictures from every angle around them for training purposes of course. [a.k.a. blackmail.]. Once I was done getting my blackmail, I mean training material; I walked over to the intercom and picked up the receiver.
"Shamal, I have two down here in the training rooms that are going to need your assistance⦠No it's not, Teana or Subaru. It's a new recruit and none other than our Ace of Aces Nanoha. It looks like she's finally met her match. No, they're not dying. They're just exhausted and passed out, although they do have a lot of cuts and bruises. But what they need the most is sleep."
After hanging up with, Shamal, I walked over to the two sleeping bodies. I smiled at the fact that they look more like lovers than adversaries. Looking at Fate, I say with a grin. "Welcome to the TSAB and to the 6th Mobile Division, Fate Testarossa, also known as The Lightning Thief. Welcome aboard."
Author's Notes: Well, this is the end of chapter 1 I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I've had fun writing it. Again, I will be updating this either weekly or biweekly depending on how fast my muse tells me my story. Also please review tell me what you honestly think my weaknesses my strong points anything to help my stories be better than they are. Positive criticism works better than negative criticism you get more with honey than you do vinegar, but sometimes negative criticism is necessary. Any flamers will be deleted. I don't need that kind of energy. I think everybody who has read my story and hope you have enjoyed it.
In Love and Light,
Zona Rose ~*
Updated 6/7/2011
