Authors note: Hello! first time writing a fanfiction on my own and i am currently addicted to the MGLN series. as the rest of you i am a NanoFate fan. -smile- so now i'm going to try my luck in fanfiction. so basically, this story disregarded the Precia Testarossa incident and Nanoha being involved in the 'book of Darkness' incident. This story is Au-ish so apologies if i may lead you to confusion. peace ('-')Y
Oh! i don't own MGLN~ so no lawsuits or something like that, this is purely fanbased. thank you.
summary: Ace of Aces cam and disappeared like the sun after the J.S incident. now years has passed and the news of 'Ace of Aces' had became a rumor, can the Instructor of Riot Force 6 keep her secret to the famed Enforcer Fate T. Harlaown? find out!
Chapter 1: Ace of Aces
A few years ago, a mad scientist, together with his minions, had threatened the city of midchilda and invoked the Time Space Administration Bureau to battle him. The TSAB called upon their talented and high-ranking mages and deployed them to battle the mad scientist. They are called the Riot Force 6. The battle lasted for days as the mad scientist named Jail Scaglietti had armies that dealt with the mages of Riot Force 6 and followers that can be in part to AA class mages. The mages dealt with the 'Numbers', which are the trusted followers of Jail and everyone engaged in fierce and hurtful battles. Bodies wounded, powers drained and hearts crushed, everyone fought to stop Jail's maniac plans to control the world.
The story has been cut off by a gasp from a little girl with heterochromatic eyes. Her eyes welled up of tears as she listens to the storyteller tell the story of 'J.S incident'. Her small arms clutched on the body pillow and her head hung on the pillow. "Aunti Hayate, did your team stopped that scary man?" the child of 10 years old, asked the storyteller. She knew that her Aunt Hayate lead the ground forces, Riot Force 6 and the fact that Hayate is a SS class mage without limiters.
The storyteller, a brunette wearing a brown military like uniform, smiled at the child and patted her head gently. Her smile is sweet and her hand atop of the child is gentle as a feather. "Fear not Vivio, TSAB stopped Jail's plan and the proof is that we live happily today." Hayate assured the child, stroking her blond hair.
Vivio nodded her head and beamed Hayate a childish smile that made the brunette smile aswell. "Ne, ne! This is when the 'Ace of Aces' came and beat the scary man right auntie? I really like her! Aswell as Enforcer Harlaown!" she asked enthusiastically.
The brunette leaned back on the headrest of the child's bed and closed her eyes as if she is trying to remember the past. The loud explosions, screams and the smell of dust, blood, sweat, tears and fire came to her memory. She took a deep sigh and looked at the small screen before her. A blurred picture of a woman, carrying a golden staff with a spear-like tip, is present upon the child's inquisitive fervor. The picture can only view the color of the staff and clothing as the fire along the battlefield covered the view of the woman's features aswell as the white mask that shielded the woman's face. A small smirk crept to Hayate's face as she touched the screen tenderly. "Well, rumor has it that the 'Ace of Aces' gave the 'Numbers' quite a beating which gave the Riot Force 6 to have the upper hand and finally put Jail Scaglietti behind bars.' She paused and changed the screen's image on a large pink beam. "Her power shook the very world from its strong magical power which Admiral Harlaown stated that the strength maybe of S+ rank mage." Hayate chuckled and changed the screen to a small news article that mentioned of the disappearance of the called 'Ace of Aces'. Tons of articles came to view and filled the small screen. "A lot have thought that the 'Ace of Aces' is just a false figure and that TSAB just made her up. Some said she is a being of another world since no one has ever seen such person in battle before, and some have thought she is a goddess." 'The goddess of war that is.' Now Hayate laughed, thinking of the speculations of those who heard the news about the famed 'Ace of Aces' and making stories
Lying down in her bed, Vivio looked up on her galaxy themed ceiling and sighed happily. "I want to meet her and have mama meet her aswell. I bet mama will like her." She said with a tired look as she continues to stare at the ceiling full of constellations. She heard her auntie chuckle again and she opted to turn and grab hold of her aunt's slim waist and nuzzle her head on her aunt's sides. "Auntie Hayate, I love you." The child cooed, feeling the sandman doing its magic on her. She let out a small yawn and snuggled closer to her aunt.
A slight sigh and a warm smile graced Hayate's features and she bent down to give the child a kiss on her temple. "I love you too sweetie. Now time to sleep since you have classes tomorrow. Your mama is still training our forwards until later so I'll just call for Zafira to be beside you, alright?" she asked the child which responded by a tired nod. She giggled a bit, released herself from the tight hug of the child, replacing herself to a small bunny stuff toy before leaving the room. The hydraulics wheezed quietly as the steel door closed behind her and she saw before her a blue-furred wolf sitting and wagging its tail. "Ara, I guess you heard us Zafira. Please watch over Vivio for us?" she asked the wolf and patted his head.
"Ofcourse Mistress. Please excuse me." The wolf mentally spoke to his master and walked towards the automatic door to watch over the child.
Hayate stretched her arms up high and yawned a bit. She had a rough day but watching over Vivio was always relaxing for her and she knows that the child's mother is the same. She blinked. Speaking of the child's mother, she can't wait to tell Nanoha how her child wanted her to meet the 'Ace of Aces'. "Nanoha will definitely laugh at the thought of pairing her mama to the 'Ace of Aces'." She laughed a little louder as she walked towards her office.
"No one knew who the famed 'Ace of Aces' is or to why she even came to fight in the J.S incident. The Riot Force 6 claimed neither knowledge nor any connection to the mysterious heroine. Everyone who were at the incident has been astonished at the power of the said woman but not once did they even saw what she looked like." A sigh. "'Ace of Aces', who are you…?" a soft voice asked to no one. The sight of the bright full moon illuminated the feminine figure of a certain woman with long blond hair and wine colored eyes. Her body, hugged by a black nightdress, leaned forward to the railings as she stared at the moon from her balcony and calmly took the evening wind into tranquility. Fate Testarossa Harlaown, or as everyone in TSAB call her Enforcer Harlaown, stared at the stars and raised her slender hand to the sky and imagined of grabbing hold onto one of the twinkling rocks. "That day marked a lot to me. You have saved me but you never gave me the chance to even thank you." Another sigh. "Just who are you, miss 'Ace of Aces'…" she mused, looking at the far distance and saw the streaks of pink and blue colliding together.
She recognized the clashing streaks as the StarS team. Knowing the colors, she can bet that it was another late night training from instructor Takamachi, the 'White Devil' as everyone stated. She shivered involuntarily. She had never encountered the StarS captain for more than a few minutes or some glances whenever she passes by the training grounds of Long Arch. She can bet that it's due to the fact that the instructor has been with the Riot Force 6 for 6 months now while she had been with them for 5 years and usually out on a mission or hanging out with Erio and Caro, her somewhat adoptive siblings. She sighed and stared at the dancing lights. She wondered who Takamachi is.
Along the time she served in TSAB, she never encountered the brown haired female along missions or even official events. She ran some investigations regarding the new instructor but none out of the ordinary is taken into account. It is clear that the instructor is Hayate Yagami's cousin, as stated by Hayate herself and was living in the 'non-administrated world #97' which Hayate once lived before with her knights. Adding the reason to why she never encountered the girl in Mid. Her brother, Chrono Harlaown, had stated that the world was a little advance than MidChilda and Takamachi herself had grew up there for half of her life. She wondered what they said instructor did along the other half as she can see that an orange one has joined the clashing lights. She recognized it as the StarS 4, Teana Lanster. After a few minutes, only the glyph of bright pink remained airborne.
"Captain Nanoha Takamachi…?" she asked to no one, taking a deep breath and pushed herself off the railings as her crimson orb focused on the now disappearing pink light.
Sweat ran down her forehead as she landed on the metal platform gracefully before her tired students who slumped on the platform, exhausted. Her golden staff reverting back to the small crimson jewel after she smiled at it and the device answering back in a polite manner of thanks. She smiled at the two students who panted and complained about the hard training. "Nice work, Subaru, Tea. Your teamwork is nicely planned but I recommend that you use less power from the beginning Subaru. You need to measure up what your opponent's power is." She lectured the short-haired blunette who just apologized to her. She turned to the light-orange haired female who sighed deeply and complained how her tactics didn't even landed a scratch on their instructor's barrier jacket. The instructor, bent down to Tea's level and patted the girl on the head. "Always make plans, ten-steps ahead. Now, you and Subaru should go back to your rooms now. Tomorrow, you will train with the Lightning team." She dismissed the two which they gladly obliged and left her to tend with the training area. She giggled and made her way to the platform podium and typed in the keys for the training area to be programmed for the nextday and shut down for the night. [Master, time check 22:40.] The device stated to her that snapped her out of her focused typing on the training plans for the next day. She looked at the flying red gem and nodded her head to indicate she was going to shut the training machine down for the night.
"It seems you have recovered well, Nanoha." The voice sounded gentle and concerned. Nahona, the instructor of Riot Force 6, turned around and saw her superior, smiling at her.
"Ah, it's a start. I was hospitalized for a year Hayate, and seeing how I am today is much more of a relief than not to be able to fly." Nanoha explained, laughing a little. She walked towards Hayate and offered her to walk with her back to the base.
Hayate walked side by side with Nanoha and they talked about the forward's training progress. She was proud how her forwards have improved a lot due to Nanoha's guidance and the establishment of the StarS and Lightning team in her command. She gestured for them to have a dinner since she knew Nanoha haven't eaten yet and she have to tell the reddish haired captiain about her daughter's small dream. Upon arriving at the galley of the base, it wasn't much of a surprise to see those who were dining in suddenly stopped on whatever they were doing and gave the new comers a welcoming salute. Hayate is the commander of the force and Nanoha is one of their captains. She dismissed them and let them continue their meals as they too ordered their dinner and sat down by the corner of the galley, away from anyone hoping to eavesdrop on them.
Redhead took a bite of her food and looked at Hayate with an inquiring grin. "So, I hope Vivio didn't bother you too much. She can be a handful at times and travelling from here to my home can be quite disturbing." She asked her surperiorin concern which was only dismissed by a small wave of her hand. "It's aright Nanoha-chan. I love to see my little niece anyway and its only a ten minute ride from here to your house." The brunette assured her that gave her a relief sigh as they continue to have their dinner.
"You know Vivio had suddenly profess that you need someone on your lives. Like another 'Mama'." Hayate said non-chalantly, making Nanoha almost choke on her dinner and look at her in a surprised manner. Hayate chuckled a bit and nodded her head to prove she wasn't lying, well just straight forward than how Vivio had put it. "But she do want the 'Ace of Aces' meet you. Makes you laugh really." She informed Nanoha.
The StarS captain was taken aback to what she heard. Not the fact of meeting the 'Ace of Aces' but rather the part of Vivio meeting the said figure. She was dead sure that the 'Ace of Aces' is long forgotten to the point that the J.S incident became confidential to TSAB officials only. "Mou~ Vivio really have tough demands. She does know that the 'Aces of Aces' is a woman.". She never did told her daughter about the 'types' of love and her own preferences. "And I thought she will warm up to Yuuno-kun." She pouted and wiped some morsels of her dinner from the sides of her mouth.
"But that didn't work since she thinks Yuuno as her uncle. So how are you even doing here at RF6? I hope that you are not getting bored." Hayate looked around and saw no one in perimeter that could hear them and even any electronic device that can grab hld of their conversation. "I kept all information to minimal but I think the Lightning team captain didn't take the whole bait of you being normal." She said to the StarS captain.
Nanoha tilted her head and tried to remember who the Lightning team captain is. She blushed a little remembering the beautiful blond that she encountered a few months ago when Hayate introduced her to the whole Riot Force 6. "Fate Harlaown right? Chrono-kun's little sister." She said, remembering the name of the blond. Her memories of meeting the blond is very vague as her work usually keeps her in the training grounds and getting home to Vivio is addition to her lack of knowledge on the other staff of RF6. "She leads the Lightning team together with Erio and Caro. How she not faring well on my normalcy? Hayate, I am a rank B mage. Even lower than my students. So why the sudden suspicion from your Ace?" she asked.
A smile graed Hayate's lips and her right index finger tapped on her side temple. "Let's just say she is no Enforcer for nothing." She informed Nanoha. She was aware that the Lightning captain will get the notion of Nanoha not being 'normal' as the reports says and she thought it would be fun to have atleast someone to know of the girl aside from her and her knights.
"Mou~! Now I have to watch more of my actions. Well it's not like I meet her all the time so I guess I can relax a bit and try to be friends with her to lessen the suspicion." Nanoha assured herself, finishing her dinner and washing it down with her drink. 'Though I think it would be nice to get to know more about her than just being friends with her.' She mentally noted, thinking of how beautiful the blond is.
"Nanoha, your way of befriend is not really..." she paused and remembered how Nanoha and Vita, one of her knights, had befriended with each other. It was more on pink and red blasts and a city block destroyed just to be friends with the small redhaired girl. "Safe in terms of writing a report. So please put it to minimal?" she looked at Nanoha with a 'try to destroy my base and you'll suffer' look. Her look at her so-called cousin was measure up by Nanoha's own 'I'll take you on anytime' look' despite of claiming to be a Rank B mage. "Hahaha, anyway, try to be up and train the forwards tomorrow around 0900 hours? I'll have Vivio be picked up by Nove and watch over her at te time being. I think Nove will train her again."
The instructor gave Hayate a quick nod, acknowledging her daughter's babysitter for the time being. She had faith in Nove to watch over her child so she was sure that Vivio will be alright. "Well knowing Nove, I bet she'll be doing more sparring than watching over Vivio. Mah~ time to get home I guess. See you tomorrow commander Yagami?" she stood up and gave Hayate a salute before leaving her.
"Tomorrow then Captain Takamachi." Hayate answered in a commanding manner, to keep up her authority on her staff. She giggled she her sights turn to some of her staff giving wolf whistles and admiring Nanoha's grace and beauty. She find it really ironic how Nanoha was still single despite of the long lines of suitors and admirers. "Hmm, maybe I should try to push Fate to her. Maybe she can put a chain on that trigger-happy devil. Fufufu." She noted, planning on how to have the tw meet up and hit it off.
Somehow, a certain blond getting ready fr bed sneezed and turned to look around. "Strange, someone must've talking about me." She said, now ignoring the thought and getting to her bed t rest for the night.
Aouthor's note: i hope I did good. just the intorduction and depending on what you guys think, i hope i can continue this without so much worry. SnowShuriken, out!