The Past, The Present and The Future

by billyjiahaogao

Nanoha has overcome the past, but now a new evil is approaching Section 6. And in the progress of confronting their new enemy, Nanoha discovers new secrets about her past...dark and powerful secretsNanoha X Fate and possibly Hayate X Yuuno later on

1. Chapter 1

Fan Fiction – Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

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By billyjiahaogao

Disclaimer: I do not in anyway own Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, but rest assured if I did the show would receive a much higher age rating than it has currently…

Dear: Dad, Mum, Onii-chan, Onee-chan,

Later tonight, I have something important to talk to you about,

Lindy-san and Fate-san will also be coming, so please listen to what we have to say before dinner.

Nanoha

"Nanoha-chan said she had something to say to us…" said Kyoya, speaking to entire Takamachi family. It was 10.30am, and they were having breakfast as usual on a Saturday morning. Momoko was frying eggs at the cooker (sunny side up) and Shiro was enjoying a cup of coffee whilst reading the newspaper at the table.

"It's not like her to do something like this" replied Miyuki, whilst pondering what it could be about. As the older sister, she had not been as close to Nanoha as her brother, but still close enough for Nanoha to confide in her about any problems.

In addition, Nanoha often asked for help with her mathematics, which she was atrociously bad at, although she had improved greatly in the last few months, for some mysterious reason. Although, now that she thought about it, Nanoha had been spending a lot of time away from home, supposedly sleeping over at Fate's. But for a week?

"I'm sure she has something important that she wants us to listen to" Shiro said, "so make sure your back on time today." Whilst he and Momoko ran the café, Miyuki and Kyoya had recently got jobs at the police station, where they taught self defence to the newly recruited officers. They often stayed overtime as many of the officers got on well with them.

"Got it"

"No problem"

Meanwhile at Suzuka's house:

"Nanoha said she was coming along with Fate and Hayate today. Something about being open about themselves"

"She's defiantly been avoiding our questions the past few months. She and Fate have been absent for a full 2 months. I wonder what they've been up to" Alisa said to Suzuka. They were standing on the balcony, waiting for Nanoha, Fate and Hayate to arrive.

"Well, if she wants to keep secrets from us, so be it" Suzuka replied "after all, she's defiantly has certain things she cannot disclose." As ever Suzuka replied in a dignified and educated voice. "Remember that time when we saw her ferret pick up the glass and drink from it? That was strange…"

Alisa nodded her head enthusiastically in agreement.

On the battleship Asura:

Nanoha, Fate and Hayate were preparing to teleport to Earth (otherwise known as Non Administrated Planet 97), when Yuuno suddenly shivered.

"What's wrong, ferret changeling? Too cold?" asked Chrono with a chuckle.

"I have this feeling somebody's talking about me…" Yuuno replied.

"Hey, you called me it again!" Yuuno shouted suddenly. "I keep telling you, Yuuno Scrya is a great name, handed down to me from my tribe. It represents the light.."

"Looks like he could be some time" Fate whispered to Nanoha "Let's get going, we're late already"

"We'll be going first then!" Hayate shouted, nodding to Amy, who activated the teleporter. Teleportation magic was permitted to specified locations on Earth, as long as they were carefully monitored.

A faint glow of blue surrounded the 3 girls before they disappeared, leaving Chrono dealing with Yuuno who was ranting at the top of his voice, fist clenched as if up for a fight.

"…and then my father suggested Yuuko, but my mother was set on Yuuno, and then…Huh?"

On Earth (Non administrated Planet 97)

3 girls gently landed onto the soft grass in Seaside Park on the outskirts of Uminari city, around 10 minutes of walking to Nanoha's house. However, they were heading to Suzuka's house, which was more than half an hour away by foot.

"We're not walking are we?" Nanoha asked hesitantly, "It's too far, Nyahaha..."

"Nope, we've got permission for a site to site teleportation." Fate replied. "Admir…Mother gave it to me because Hayate's still recovering and she shouldn't be out in the open too much"

"That's complete rubbish isn't it?" Hayate replied "You just got it because you're now her daughter. Total abuse of power I tell you."

Fate looked embarrassed, "Perhaps" she replied in a high voice.

Moments later a light yellow glow emitted from the centres of each girls linker core and they disappeared again.

"Huh, what's that light?" asked Alisa, more as a statement than a question. The bright yellow light was emitting from the central courtyard, and a faint humming sound could be heard.

"Something's coming out"

"What?"

"Is that…"

"No way…"

"Hayate?"

"Fate?"

"and Nanoha?"

Alisa looked at Suzuka, "They've got a hell of a lot of explaining to do. First their flying through the air and now this…"

"Sorry we're late!" Nanoha called out cheerfully.

On the Asura

"And so, I have decided to step down as captain of this vessel to look after my daughter, leaving command in the capable hands of Chrono." Lindy announced in the mess hall, where the entire crew was gathered.

Applause erupted from the officers, many of whom had been with Lindy since she took command of the Asura. Others had joined the crew later, but they all looked up to Lindy as a capable and confident captain. They also knew she liked to party.

"Thank you. Thank you all." Lindy spoke as a few teardrops fell silently towards the ground. She had been in command for 7 years now, working her way up from an office worker back on Mid-Childa Central Office.

"Now, some of you might know Fate-san, who was captured during the Jewel Seed incident. You should also know that she was not only cleared of her charges, but also was awarded a medal of bravery for her help in the Book of Darkness incident. I am pleased to announce, that today, she has passed her exam to be a fully fledged mage and will be joining the TSAB.

Applause again started up in the crew, many of which had taken a liking to Fate during her time she was on board the Asura. She often helped other members of the crew when they were on duty, ever wanting to learn more. She was particularly liked by the engineering staff, due to her vast knowledge of electronics.

Speaking over the applause, Lindy continued "She has also had a magical power ranked, and received the result of triple A"

Surprised looks appeared on the faces of many of the crew. Whilst they had known she was powerful enough to help out in a lost logia case at the age of 11, they had never really seen her in combat. However, the applause got even louder, despite the fact that Fate wasn't even present.

"And" Lindy continued "I have decided that, due to the unfortunate circumstances which occurred during her childhood, I will adopt her as my daughter"

With that, words of congratulations filled the air, although not many of the crew were surprised. They saw how close Lindy and Fate were whilst they were onboard the Asura, and many of them thought it was only a matter of time before Lindy adopted Fate, especially after her cruel childhood.

"And now, please give your welcome to the new captain" Amy shouted happily to the crowd. Chrono walked onstage slowly, and turned to face the crew, who had fallen silent.

"Umm…from this point onwards I am taking position of captain of the battleship Asura."

Light applause.

"I look forward to working with you from now on"

Applause continued

"Ahh, who am I kidding, I'm awful at this kinda thing. Lets get on with the party."

And with that, cheers filled the air once more, as the crew feasted on the sending away party for Lindy.

"Whaaa?" Alisa shouted, confused by what Nanoha had just said.

"What I mean is, that I can use magic"

"Don't be stupid, haha…., have you been drinking?" Alisa asked, obviously amused by the imagination of Nanoha using magic.

"I'm being serious…aww" She looked sad as Alisa laughed so hard she choked and coughed whilst Suzuka patted her back.

"Then, do you, do you, have a magic wand or something..." Alisa said with a grin on her face once she had recovered, obviously imagining yet again Nanoha, this time with a very cute pink staff and wings.

"Sigh…Fate, help me out"

"Perhaps if you showed them some of your magic? I've got clearance from Lindy to cast non destructive level 1 spells" Fate told her gently, drinking tea whilst looking at Hayate, amused by her appetite for biscuits.

"Haha, listen to you two, Hahaha, you two are really into it aren't you…" Alisa, unable to control herself anymore, burst into a laughing fit.

"Waa-what's going on?" yawned Reinforce Zwei popping her head up from Hayate's bag, "I was woken up by the noise" she said, rubbing her eyes.

"AHHHH!!" shouted Alisa, "the little thing moved!! What the hell?!?!"

"Rein, didn't I tell you not to show yourself until I told you to?" scolded Hayate

"Ahhaha, sorry…"

"Introduce yourself then" sighed Hayate. Reinforce Zwei popped out the bag and hovered in front of Suzuka and Alisa, who stared at Rein as if she was about to explode at any moment.

"Nice to meet you, I am Reinforce Zwei, intelligent program under the command of Mistress Hayate Yagami, but please, call me Rein"

"Ahh she's cute" Suzuka announced, holding out a finger to Rein "nice to meet you, I'm Suzuka Tsukimura" Rein grabbed her finger with both her hands and shook it.

"Umm…Alisa…Alisa Bannings, sorry bout earlier"

"No problem" Rein replied in a very cute voice.

"So, magic?" Alisa asked hesitantly, now looking very serious after seeing Rein.

"Raging Heart, would you?"

"Yes, my master, stand by, ready, setup"

"Bardiche"

"Yes sir, stand by ready, setup"

"Rein"

"Hai desu, setup"

Lights surrounded the 3 girl's bodies as their barrier jackets loaded up, and their devices morphed into their default modes. Seconds later, they emerged ready for battle, each holding their intelligent devices.

"Waa!! Nanoha, you look soo cute!" Alisa shouted, suddenly standing up and grabbing Nanoha, who was in her barrier jacket. She had always thought about changing it, but Fate insisted that it suited her perfectly.

"Waa, Fate as well! Hayate...Hayate can stand up?"

"Haha, how do I explain this…, only when I transform, though doctors say that I will in time be able to walk, though it may take a few years."

"Wow…"

Suzuka on the other hand, just silently stared. She was absorbing all the information. 3 of her best friends could cast magic. And transform. And fly. And who knows what else.

"So, those are your wands?" Suzuka finally asked, pointing at Bardiche.

"I am not a wand; I am an intelligent device, one of the most powerful in existence and proud to serve Fate T Harlaown, Private 1st Class.

"It talks?"

"Ah, kind of…" Nanoha said, not knowing what to say. She had been hoping the explanation would spans out a little longer, bringing the fact that they were mages out into the open right at the very end.

"Emergency" Raging Heart announced

"High energy source detected within the vicinity"

"Mistress Hayate, there is a dangerous element 300 metres South East of this point."

"What?" Nanoha asked. "Now of all times…" However, secretly, she was joyful for a chance to get away from the explanations for a while.

"Feels like a jewel seed" announced Fate, eyes closed in deep concentration.

"I thought we collected all of them?"

"An unknown number were scattered, 24 were collected in total by us, a further 7 were found by mages, but it seems there are still more"

Alisa and Suzuka looked at Hayate, who just shrugged.

"This goes back before I discovered magic"

Suddenly a magic circle appeared before them, light green in colour. A short mage appeared moments later, dressed in a casual t-shirt and shorts.

"Yuuno?"

"Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, a jewel seed has been detected in the area!"

"Yuuno?" repeated Suzuka

"Yuuno?" repeated Alisa "you don't mean…Yuuno the ferret"

Yuuno turned around slowly, hoping that the voice did not belong to who he thought it belonged to, "Haha…Hi there, long time no see, Alisa-chan"

"Yuuno is a boy?" asked Alisa suddenly, her thoughts suddenly running wild. "You mean, you've been staying with Nanoha, in her bedroom, and, and, and..." She suddenly turned red and blushed. "I feel slightly faint."

"Nothing happened, I swear!" Yuuno exclaimed.

"You mean all that was nothing?" Nanoha shouted, pretending to be hurt. "All those nights we spent together, all those moments, they mean nothing to you?" She started whimpering.

"Eh?" Yuuno looked very confused.

"Yuuno-kun…" Yuuno turned round and saw Alisa with a bat in her hand. "What have you been doing with my Nanoha?"

"Your Nanoha?" Fate suddenly interrupted "What do mean your?"

"Um, guys, thought you might want to know…there's a giant dog outside" Hayate said quietly, trying to get a word in. She was looking nervously at the giant Labrador which was walking towards the house, still growing.

"Hold on a second Hayate, I've gotta sort this out first."

Suddenly the floor started shaking, cracks began to form on the walls and the window shattered as high amounts of energy began emitting from the jewel seed, which had now completed its unison with the Labrador.

"Fine fine, let's take care of that first"

Nanoha and Fate jumped out the window, Fate flying whilst Nanoha hurtled towards the ground.

"Ahhh, I forgot I can't fly yet!" she shouted as Raging Heart cast a spell.

"Flier Fin"

"Nyahaha, thanks Raging Heart"

"No problem, my master"

Fate was already advancing towards the giant canine, whilst Hayate was casting a binding and protection spell. Nanoha readied Raging Heat into sealing mode, as Fate executed her first attack. It didn't take much from the triple A mage before Nanoha could seal the jewel seed.

"Waa, that was awesome!" shouted Alisa "Again, again!" Suzuka looked at her as if she were a little child, eyes sparkling as if she had just seen a giant cookie. Then again, she couldn't say that Alisa was that much different from a little girl.

Suzuka had always been more mature than any of her counterparts, although Hayate came very close. Nanoha and Alisa had always got on very well, which Suzuka thought was purely because they were of the same mental age…around 8 she estimated.

Yuuno looked at the surroundings, which looked as if an earthquake had hit, apart from the black spots on the ground where Fate's attacks had ended up.

"Chrono, looks like were done here, can you send a repair team down to sort out the damages?"

"Already on their way, where there any civilians involved?"

"Alisa Bannings and Suzuka Tsukimura, the two Nanoha were talking about? But they seem to be enjoying it"

"No memory modification needed then"

"No, it should be fine" Yuuno looked around, noticed Alisa again and suddenly added to Chrono "by the way; can you get me back onboard the Asura? As soon as possible…"

"Amy is teleporting you out now" And sure enough, Yuuno faded away in a soft green glow.

"Hey, I wasn't finished with you!" Alisa shouted, running to grab Yuuno, but was too late

The rest of the afternoon was spent talking to Alisa and Suzuka about their adventures and missions, as well as what they intended to do in the future. TSAB mages visited and repaired the damages done to Suzuka's garden and house and returned to the Asura. Apart from some weird looks at Fate when she got salutes from the mages, the rest of the afternoon went by quite peacefully, as they enjoyed tea and spending time together, something which they hadn't done for a while.

They left the Tsukimura residence at around 5pm and headed to Nanoha's house, which was a good 40 minutes walk. However, they decided not to use any magic, as Nanoha's house was located in a very busy area, unlike Suzuka's, which was located on 6 acres of private land.

"Gosh, now we have to go and do it all again!" exclaimed Fate

"Haha, at least they took it quite well"

"I wonder how Nanoha's family will take it" Hayate asked

"Mother will take care of that" Fate said confidently "We can just relax and explain to them what we want to do in the future."

Their walk back was fairly uneventful, as the sun slowly descended towards the sea. They spent the time talking about the Book of Darkness incident, and how they first encountered. Hayate laughed cheerfully at Vita's reactions to Nanoha, whilst Fate pushed her along slowly. A cool evening breeze blew and Hayate put on her coat, knowing that if Signum caught her with it off she would be scolded.

Lately Signum, Vita and Shamal had been spending much more time with Hayate, since they no longer need to collect magical power for the Book of Darkness. Hayate now provided the magical power to sustain the Knights and Reinforce Zwei. Again, Mid-Childa doctors were amazed at the raw magical power that was being emitted by Hayate. Just last year they had a look at Nanoha, who was able of gathering immense magical power as well as sustaining its form.

The two girls were regarded as a medical mystery, whilst such incidences were not unheard of, no one had ever heard of a 11 year old having enough raw power to take on lost logia, let alone two from the same city. Especially since they had received almost no military training at all.

Ever since the Book of Darkness case closed, Hayate and her knights had been arrested, although they were quickly released once the truth of the incident came to light. Several things also helped Hayate clear her name, such as the fact she was from a non administrated planet, she had no magical or criminal background, she lost the mobility of her body due to the Lost Logia and, most impressive of all, she had managed to defeat the Book of Darkness permanently.

After that, Nanoha, Fate and Hayate took their mage examinations together, all passing with flying colours, although Nanoha was lacking in her tactics. They received the title Private First Class, although officially, only Fate held the title at the moment, since Nanoha and Hayate had not had their power level rated yet.

"And then remember when Fate said "Nanoha doesn't need tactics, she fires Starlight Breaker and knocks everything out." Oh, Nanoha's face was red"

"Mou, Fate, if you do that again I'll use Starlight Breaker on you for real"

"Haha, sorry Nanoha, it just had to be said" Fate replied whilst poking her tongue out.

"Hmph…"

"Hey, isn't that your brother and sister?" Hayate asked, pointing at two people walking along the river.

"It is!" exclaimed Nanoha, and started waving frantically "Onii-chan, Onee-chan!"

The two looked at Nanoha and smiled, starting to walk towards her.

"Hey Nanoha, what's up?" asked Miyuki

"You guys have finished your work already?"

"Yeah, let the trainees have a bit of a rest today" Kyoya replied, smiling at Nanoha. They were very close, since Nanoha was a little child Kyoya had looked after her, even teaching her martial arts, which partly explained Nanoha's natural instinct for battle.

"Shall we head back home then?" Miyuki asked, whilst petting Fate on her head. "Gosh, your hair is amazing, what conditioner to you use?"

Fate blushed, not used to receiving complements. "Umm, I don't really use it…" She turned a very bright shade of red.

"You're joking; your hair is this soft naturally?" Miyuki asked, still rubbing her head.

"Umm…yes…it's always been like that"

"Ahhh, I'm jealous", at this point Kyoya grabbed her hand.

"Stop fondling the little girl"

"Fondling?" asked Fate innocently, not understanding what it meant.

"Fondling? You were fondling Fate?" Nanoha asked, her eyes glaring.

"What? I was not. What are you talking about Kyoya."

"Come on; let's go…before she starts fondling Hayate"

"Eh, you want to fondle me as well?" Hayate looked at Miyuki, a blush starting to form under her eyes. "I don't mind but…."

"What? No! Wait!"

The group began to walk towards the Takamachi residence, chuckling happily.

"You were messing with me!" shouted Miyuki as they began to walk off. "That's mean!" The group continued to walk off, laughing to themselves and ignoring Miyuki. Even Fate managed a smile, influenced by Nanoha's whole heartedly laugh. "Wait for me! Mou…"

"We're back!" Kyoya announced as he opened the door, "Nanoha, Fate and Hayate are with us as well!"

"Welcome home!" Momoko said as she rushed out from the kitchen, heading for Hayate. She had taken a liking to Hayate and enjoyed talking to her a lot, normally taking Hayate to one side when she was around. Hayate liked being around Momoko as well, though she did nowhere as much talking, normally she sat and listened to Momoko's stories. Since her parents died in a car crash when she was 2, she never really had any memory of her parents. Growing up in an orphanage wasn't her most enjoyable experience either, especially since she was disabled and regularly bullied by the other children about not being able to walk. She looked up to Momoko as a motherly figure and felt warm and relaxed when she was around her.

"Lets go get a drink shall we?" asked Momoko, although she was already pushing Hayate towards the kitchen when she asked. "What would you prefer; we've got orange, grapefruit, pineapple…"

They disappeared around the corner, leaving Nanoha, Fate and Nanoha's two siblings.

"Kyoya and I will go set up the table" Miyuki announced "and we can talk around the coffee table", already pushing Kyoya towards the dining room, "Why don't you two go up to Nanoha's room?"

"Why should…."

"Come on you" Miyuki said as she grabbed Kyoya and dragged him.

"Hey, is that how you treat your Onii-chan?"

Fate watched them as they disappeared into the dining room, smiling. She was always envious of Nanoha's lively family, having only memories of her original spending time with her mother. She had always been confused as to why her mother changed so much, but always carried on in the vain hope she could see her mother happy again.

"Shall we go up then?" Nanoha asked, interrupting Fate's thoughts. "I've got the photos developed from our trip to the seaside, you look soo cute"

Fate blushed, "Mou…stop teasing me Nanoha". She would remain eternally grateful for Nanoha for releasing her from her nightmare that she was living. They walked up to Nanoha's room, which remained tidy as ever. She had always wondered how the ever lazy girl could keep her room so clean.

"Say Nanoha, your room's always so clean", looking around, it was spotless, beds made, desk tidy and the carpet completely white.

"Nyahaha…it wouldn't be clean if my mum didn't tidy up" Nanoha said, looking at the floor, "she comes in every morning and cleans my room."

"Mou, what happens if we actually do what we have planned, who's going to tidy your room"

"Nyahaha...If I become an officer my room gets tided for me, hehe…"

"Mou, you're hopeless."

They spent the next half an hour looking at the pictures from their trip to the seaside. Fate was embarrassed at her photo where she was in the black bikini Lindy had picked out for her. Nanoha took full advantage in teasing her, about how cute she looked. By the time Lindy arrived, Fate was bright red.

"Lindy's here!"

"Coming!"

Fate and Nanoha walked downstairs into the living room where Lindy and Momoko we're talking. Shiro served drinks for everyone before they settled down to listen to what Nanoha had to say.

"Mum, Dad…Onii-chan, Onee-chan, I want to talk to you about my future." Nanoha began, putting on a serious face. "But in order to understand that, I want you to know what I have been doing for the last year."

"This is where I should come in" Lindy announced "I am actually part of an organisation called the Time Space Administration Bureau. We regulate a large part of this universe to make sure no adverse effects occur. In other words, we are police, just for the universe."

Surprised looks appeared on the faces of the Takamachi's. Whilst they had been expecting something, they did not know what to think of Lindy claiming that she policed the whole universe. If it hadn't been for Nanoha's straight face, most of the Takamachi's would have thought she was a mad woman.

"Last year, Nanoha found a ferret, Yuuno-kun. I believe he stayed with you for some time?" Nods came from Momoko and Miyuki, both of whom were very attached to the creature. "In actual fact, Yuuno is a alien from a distant planet, who accidentally scattered a dangerous item called a Lost Logia across Earth"

Miyuki couldn't help herself any longer, "Wait, your telling me you're an alien?"

"Yes, Admiral Lindy Harlaown, former captain of the battleship Asura. A Mid-Childern, although we basically stem from the same ancestors"

"You've got a battleship?" Miyuki asked, obviously not believing a word "Do you expect me to-"

"Don't be rude Miyuki" Kyoya interrupted loudly "Let her finish". Miyuki fell silent, obviously not knowing what to do.

"So…" started Nanoha's father "where does Nanoha come into this?"

"Yes, of course" Lindy began "Please, believe me when I say this, I can show you everything later". She looked into Shiro's eyes, silently pleading.

"I understand" Shiro said, turning to look at his wife, who nodded silently.

"Yuuno gave Nanoha what looks like a necklace" Lindy continued, pointing to Raging Heart which Nanoha was holding up. "It's actually an intelligent device, capable of channelling a form of energy"

"Magical energy" Nanoha clarified, getting weird looks from Miyuki.

"First space and now magic?"

"Let her finish!" Shiro said sternly, although not able to hide the look of disbelief on his face either.

"Raging Heart, introduce yourself to my family please"

"Yes, my master. I am Raging Heart, a Mid-Childa intelligent device, serving with Takamachi Nanoha."

Miyuki gasped as Shiro and Momoko leaned closer. Kyoya calmly sipped his tea, as if he knew all about it already.

"Fate, as you may expect, is also a magic user, or as we call them, mages." Lindy continued, trying to reveal the truth as slowly as possible. "And of course, Hayate is also one"

"Alisa and Suzuka?" Momoko asked, as they were Nanoha's best friends.

"They're not" Nanoha answered "although they know that we're mages, but not a lot more"

"Not everyone can become a mage" Lindy explained "the body must contain sufficient magic to cast spells; we call the container a Linker Core. It's possible to visually see the core…" Lindy turned to Nanoha, who closed her eyes in deep concentration, furrows appearing on her forehead as a bright light emerged from her chest. As the light emerged from her body it took the form of a sphere, although it was difficult to see the shape.

Nanoha relaxed again and the light withdrew slowly. When it had gone back into her body, she opened her eyes again, to see Miyuki staring at her in amazement.

"Say, do I have a linker core?" she asked in hope. Lindy looked at her. "Every living creature possesses a linker core, but as I said, not everyone can become a mage. Your linker core is unfortunately, too small to channel sufficient amounts of energy."

"I see…" Miyuki answered, looking disappointed.

"My master, should I set up?"

"Hmm, I suppose I have to show them eventually" Nanoha considered as she looked at Lindy. Lindy smiled and gave a nod. "Please, Raging Heart"

"Understood, stand by, ready, set up!"

For the second time that day Nanoha changed into her barrier jacket, as Raging Heart took her default form. Seconds later Miyuki choked whilst drinking her tea.

"NANOHA!!! Waaa, you look sooo cute" she yelled as she jumped up, "Wait right there, let me go get the camera!" She ran off upstairs to her room.

"Wow" Shiro began, not knowing what to say, "You look…different"

"He means cute darling" Momoko stepped in to help her husband out, "he's just not very good at expressing these things. This was, unexpected to say the least". She looked at Nanoha from head to toe. "So our daughter is able to cast magic. Well, I suppose we have all sorts of weird skills in this household don't we honey?"

Kyoya, who had remained silent so far, spoke out finally "You know I saw you secretly leaving the house in the night in that costume, with Yuuno on your shoulder. I thought there was something strange going on, but this is a first, having a magician in the family."

"Actually it isn't" Lindy replied, Nanoha turning quickly to look at her. "I took a look at the TSAB database last night, and found this." She took out a folder, containing several sheets of paper, the first having a photo in the top right hand corner.

"That's my grandpa" exclaimed Momoko, "He moved to Australia to set up an animal reserve"

"That is partly true" Lindy told her "he was registered as the owner of the animal reserve, but he wasn't actually there for the first five years. He worked as a civilian collaborator for TSAB, he helped the mages in the capture of a dangerous criminal who was hiding on Earth and showed magical energy of grade F."

"F is pretty low right?"

"It is the lowest class, yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that class F mage could not defeat a class A mage"

"So what's Nanoha?"

"She hasn't been officially classed yet, but he has defeated Fate-"

"She got lucky!"

"-and Fate is a class AAA"

"Gosh" Momoko exclaimed "and how many more classes are there?"

"There is S, SS and SSS. I also should add at this point Nanoha is a medical mystery to doctors on Mid-Childa, she has an amazing amount of magical energy for an 11 year old, and normally magical energy increases as a person gets older"

"She's not in any danger is she?" Momoko asked with a concerned voice

"Nanoha is showing no signs of illness at all, but she is under constant surveillance, should an emergency occur rest assured doctors will be at her side as soon as possible."

"Thank God….and Mid-Childa?"

"Ah, sorry, the planet which the Time Space Administration Bureau Headquarters is based on."

"I'm back!" shouted Miyuki, holding her camera as she advanced towards Nanoha, who had a nervous look on her face. "Pose Nanoha, pose!"

"Nyahaha…" Nanoha pulled a victory sign with her fingers.

"You're going to have to do better than that, try putting left arm behind you, yes yes, like that-"

"So" Shiro continued, talking to Lindy as Miyuki began to take photographs of Nanoha "what has Nanoha been doing lately?"

"She's been on Mid-Childa, at the TSAB headquarters. She, Fate and Hayate took an examination to become official mages. The results came back this morning; they all passed and now have the ranks of Private First Class." Lindy paused to take a drink, waiting for the information to sink in.

"That's why I suggested talking to you today. I'm sorry for concealing it from you for this long. Intergalactic laws state that we cannot reveal ourselves to non administrated planets unless an emergency develops. Nanoha wishes to join TSAB"

"She does?" asked Shiro "Well, I guess that's not a surprise. She always said she didn't want a boring job like taking over the café, although I always thought it suited her."

"The problem is that until she reaches age, she is not allowed to join TSAB without your permission. Fate and Hayate are going to proceed to work for TSAB and Nanoha wishes to continue as well."

"Nanoha, come over here for a second"

"Yes?"

"Have you thought clearly about this? Is this what you really want?"

"I'm sure, I've been thinking about it for the past year." Nanoha replied confidently "I don't think now that I know about TSAB I can go and get a normal job. Or rather, what I mean to say is that I believe I would regret it if I made that decision for the rest of my life."

Shiro looked at Momoko, who nodded gently. "If that's what you want to do, I guess we shouldn't try to dissuade you" Momoko began, "We are fully in favour of you doing what you want to do with your life, as long as your happy about it. Though I must say, isn't 11 a bit too young to be deciding what to do with your life?"

"That normally would be the case to for TSAB" answered Lindy "but the girls here have displayed enormous skill and TSAB are happy for them to join if they wish."

"My goal is" Nanoha started, speaking up for herself "to get up to an officers rank. If I do that, then I can control where I am posted. That way, Fate and Hayate and I can join back together again. Therefore starting as soon as possible means rising through the ranks rapidly."

Shiro looked at Momoko again, before speaking to Nanoha "If you are certain, then we will back you all the way. Remember that you can always rely on us as well."

"Thanks dad. Thanks mum."

"But what are you going to do about school?" asked Miyuki suddenly "You can't leave school yet, you have to complete high school."

"They are going to" answered Lindy "since they are about to enter middle school we can arrange for them to attend Ichikawa middle school. The headmistress is a civilian collaborator and can authorise their absence for any important courses or emergencies."

The rest of the evening was spent explaining details of TSAB and how Nanoha was going to approach joining TSAB. Miyuki also caught on to the fact that Fate and Hayate had barrier jackets and insisted on photographs. They finally settled down for dinner at 9pm, with all the formalities worked out. There would be no major changes, though Nanoha might spend more time away from home, she would still be living there, so there were no major causes for concern.

The Takamachi family were completely happy about Nanoha pursuing her dream, even if it meant that she might not see them for extended periods of time. Luckily, Nanoha's parents were very lenient about what sort of future Nanoha wanted for herself and did not impose anything on her. And so life went on, with Lindy officially adopting Fate and living on Earth, whilst Nanoha, Fate and Hayate began middle school together. Suzuka and Alisa, upon hearing on their plans, insisted on joining the middle school as well, not wanting to leave their friends.

9 Years Later

Mid-Childa

Section 6's Opening Ceremony

"And I am pleased to introduce to you, Lieutenant Colonel Yagami Hayate"

Applause filled the room as Hayate took to the stage. She looked around at her team, consisting of only 60 people. The new cadets looked out of place from everyone else. Suburu Nakajima and Tia Lanster had transferred just after taking their examinations to become mages, both receiving good remarks from the examiners.

Carol Ru Lushe and Erio Modial were both too young to be serving in TSAB, but special conditions meant that they were allowed to join Section 6, those being that they both used unique magic. They had received quite a few stares from the rest of the team, but that was to be expected.

The rest of the staff were all around 30 years old, most of which were office workers and maintenance staff. Hayate's command crew were slightly younger, though there were a few who were over 40, but had gained invaluable experience and therefore were requested to transfer.

Thanks to Fates and Hayate's connections, as well as Nanoha and Fate's reputation, they were able to secure the most advanced equipment available for their use, including a new type of helicopter, which an intelligent device could be attached on. This way, the helicopter was capable of manoeuvring much more freely and to the pilot's wishes. They also got a very modern base with state of the art training grounds, as per Nanoha's wishes.

"Welcome to you all to Section 6. As you are all aware, Section 6 has been established in order to track down Lost Logia, and we are considered experts in the matter. We shall also be lending our help in emergencies relating to public safety, in order to reduce the stress currently put on the emergency services."

Hayate looked around and surveyed her new staff, each of them were paying full attention to her, no doubt because they knew that she had a very impressive history behind her. She was well known and respected throughout TSAB, with new recruits doing exercises about her past missions.

"Those of you who have served with me before know that I am very easy going, and do not like formal occasions like this very much. Therefore I have decided to hold a party tonight at 2000 hours in the main mess hall. From when the party commences, there shall be no ranks hindering our communication. You may speak with everyone freely regardless of their position and role. I shall also be going around getting to know all of you better."

"As you may know, we have 3 Ace of Aces with us in Section 6, the highest number ever gathered together. Let me introduce them, first up is Captain Takamachi Nanoha, Ace of the Skies"

Nanoha walked onto the stage, now 19 years old and approaching 20, she had developed a nice firm body due to her training at her limits everyday. Her breasts had matured a lot in the past 9 years and was now a healthy B cup. She took a deep bow and stood to the side.

"Next is Investigator Fate Harlaown, Ace of the Navy"

Fate walked onto the stage as well, blushing heavily. Even after 9 years she was still easily embarrassed unless with close friends, a result of spending most of her childhood being treated cruelly by her 'mother'. She took a deep bow before standing next to Nanoha.

"And lastly, as the Ace of Ground Forces, I have to introduce myself. I look forward to making Section 6 one of the most successful TSAB departments, so I ask that you cooperate with me." Finishing off, she bowed deeply to all her staff, who instantly saluted her.

"That's it then, you are free to do whatever you wish until 2000 hours, unless you have specific duties. Dismissed."

The staff slowly filed out of the conference hall into the corridors, most of them heading towards the staff rooms to get to know each other better. The 4 young cadets however, went off together towards the back of the building, where there was a view of the coast.

The newly established Section 6 headquarters was positioned right on the coastline, having its mini airport so that it could reach any emergency in the shortest amount of time. Whilst the building itself was not the biggest of headquarters, because of the small size of Section 6, less than a quarter of the building were occupied. Although their were plenty of rooms, Hayate still ordered that the staff conserve as much space as possible should their be a need for accommodation in the future.

Hayate walked up to Nanoha and Fate.

"So, what do you think?"

"We've got a good crew" Nanoha replied, watching the last of them walk out "they all look motivated to do well. I suppose it helps to have people with a lot of reputation behind them though, huh?"

"Like the white devil herself" Fate smirked, recalling how Nanoha got the nickname "I bet they all know your nickname"

"Nyahaha…I would have preferred something a bit cuter, like the white angel or something" Nanoha said with a smile.

"That doesn't suit you at all" Hayate told her.

"I'm a bit worried about our younger members" Fate said, now serious "Isn't Carol and Elio too young to be in the military?"

"That's what I thought as well, but since you scouted them out they've insisted on joining and being close to you. TSAB headquarters had a look at them and said they were very promising and allowed them to join."

"Still, Carol hasn't even begun to reveal her powers to us" Fate considered, "I would like to keep her off missions for the time being"

"Of course, we don't expect to be called into any missions for at least 3 months, because we're newly established. I expect Nanoha will train them up to be fully capable of taking care of themselves."

"Of course I will, haven't you heard the rumours about my training?" Nanoha said confidently "One week with me is equivalent to a whole month of standard TSAB training"

"Haha, that's only because you work them to the point where they can barely walk" Hayate said with a smile, "I remember your last group; they were so tired by the end of your training course, they took a whole month of vacation." Hayate looked at her watch "Let me show you to your room, I've still got to go and fetch my knights from the station."

They took the elevator up to the fifth floor, where the officer residential quarters were. Hayate had had 3 rooms renovated to that they became one big apartment, complete with an upper level for sleeping, an office area and all other necessities, so that the two were as comfortable as possible.

"Wow" Nanoha exclaimed as she walked into the room, spreading her arms out wide and twirling around a few times "It's massive!"

"This is for us?" Fate asked, comparing it with her last accommodation, which was around an eighth of the size in which she had her office as well.

"Yep, I designed and outfitted it" Hayate proudly stated "The room colour, the tables and beds, right town to the shower heads."

"The shower heads?" Fate asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, the newest model of luxury showers, big enough for you both to be in it comfortably. It even allows you to sit down, with 24 nozzles positioned within the shower unit."

"Sounds like fun. Together you say?" asked Nanoha, "Shall we Fate?"

"Nanoha!" Fate said, blushing whilst glancing at Hayate, "Don't say things like that in public"

"Haha" Hayate laughed at Fate's embarrassment "I'll leave you two to it then". As she walked out, she gave Nanoha a quick wink. Fate saw her and blushed even more heavily. As the door closed, Nanoha walked over to it and locked it, setting the room into 'Do not disturb unless there is an emergency' mode.

"Fateee…" Nanoha slurred, as she leaned on her, "Let's take a shower, I want to check out the nozzles"

"Mou, it's only 1PM though" Fate complained, although she was already walking towards the bathroom with Nanoha. They opened the door and discovered the bathroom which had not only a shower but what looked like a miniature swimming pool.

"Wow…" Nanoha exclaimed, looking around in awe "remind me to properly thank Hayate later". She pushed Fate towards the bath which was already filled and the temperature set at a nice 30 degrees. Slowly she leaned close to Fate.

"N-nanoha?" Fate questioned as she leaned back "Now? Shouldn't we get settled in fir-". Nanoha had leaned in and engaged Fate in a deep kiss. Fate, shocked for a short while, returned the kiss and allowed herself to be pushed into the bath, still fully clothed.

The shirt Fate had on quickly absorbed water and soon was see through, as it clung to her skin. Nanoha slowly began to unbutton her shirt, still kissing passionately, as Fate began to do the same.

"It's been too long" Nanoha whispered into Fate's ear "but finally we're together, and now nothing will separate us." Gently biting Fate's ear, she began to caress Fate's breasts, which were slightly bigger than Nanoha's. A few seconds later she was rewarded with a quiet whimper from Fate.

"Be gentle Nanoha" Fate whispered back, as she slowly took off Nanoha's shirt, which she let float in the water. Proceeding with Nanoha's bra, she unhooked it at the back, before sliding it off. Nanoha engaged in another long kiss, starting to take off Fate's short skirt as she did so.

"Don't worry" Nanoha said gently, undoing Fate's bra and putting her head against her breasts, feeling them rise and fall at a rapid rate. "I'll be gentle" she told Fate. They undressed each other fully, finishing off by letting down their hair. Nanoha's reached down to her waist, whilst Fate's neared her knees, not that this was visible as the two were entwined in the water.

As Fate sat up she felt Nanoha's fingers moving towards the lower parts of her body, her eyes looked up and met Nanoha's before she let out a small gasp in surprise. She moved to do the same but Nanoha grabbed her hand, before pulling hers away.

"Let's continue this on the bed" she suggested to Fate "I don't fancy the taste of soap in my mouth"

They continued to caress and cuddle as Nanoha dispensed some shampoo into her hand. She turned Fate around and began washing her hair, detangling the long silky threads delicately.

"Your hair remains as beautiful as ever Fate" Nanoha told her partner as she reached for the shower head "I've always been jealous". As she finished, Fate turned around reached for the shampoo.

"Your turn" she said simply "I'll wash your back as well". Nanoha turned around and felt Fate's hands on her head. She began lathering up Nanoha's hair. "What are you going to wear tonight?" she asked "formal or casual?"

"Hmm, casual I think" Nanoha replied "If we're formal the rest of the team will be hesitant to talk to us"

"I suppose so. Close your eyes" Fate rinsed Nanoha's hair slowly, working out the tangles in her hair. "I wonder how our forwards will perform; I still haven't had a chance to talk to them properly"

"I'm sure they'll do fine, Suburu and Tia look strong to me, and Carol and Elio seem more than willing to-" She gasped as she felt two soft lumps against her back. "You're not are you?"

"It's more efficient" Fate replied with a blush "We both get clean at the same time…not to mention it is kinda fun." Fate proceeded to rub up and down Nanoha's back, hands outstretched over her shoulders. Lather quickly formed between the two, when Nanoha turned around suddenly.

"You're missing my front" she said simply, and started rubbing against Fate. Fate smiled and started moving along with Nanoha. Soon, they were both very clean and rinsed off in the bath. As they emerged from the bathroom, Nanoha said "Guess we'll have to leave the shower until tonight" before grabbing Fate and pulling her upstairs.

Hayate had equipped them with a bed large enough to fit at least 3 adults on without them touching each other. Nanoha paid little attention though, as she pushed Fate onto the bed and moved her hands towards the lower parts of Fate's body. As she made contact, Fate let out a small moan, before rolling over to do the same to Nanoha.

"Fatteee"

"Nanoohaa"

The two kissed deeply again, before rolling over into the centre of the bed, bodies caressing each other on top of the soft covers of then bed, hands moving rapidly and tongues in action…

"Master, it is 7PM" Raging heart broke the silence of the room, Fate and Nanoha still embracing each other in a deep slumber. "You have one hour before your next appointment, please rise and prepare"

Fate woke up first, slowly sitting up and looking down at Nanoha, who was still sleeping comfortably.

"I'll take care of this Raging Heart, Thanks"

"Understood"

Fate gently shook Nanoha, getting a few groans from the girl before falling silent once again. Fate leaned close to her ear and blew gently. Nanoha's eyes flew open.

"Fate?" she asked as she sat up "is it time already?"

"Yeah, time to get ready"

"Oh, that was wonderful Fate" Nanoha looked at her companion "Thank you"

"Thank you too Nanoha"

"The thing you did with your tongue-"

"Nanoha!" Fate whispered loudly "don't embarrass me". The girl was already blushing again.

"Nyahaha…sorry Fate"

The two began to freshen up and pick out their outfits, which had been delivered a few days before they arrived. Nanoha chose a pink dress which went down to her knee's and an white cardigan to go on top, whilst Fate went with a black shirt and skirt.

"Mou….don't you wear anything but black?"

"Hey, the same goes with you, it's either pink or white"

"That is soo not true, I have others as well!"

"Sir, a call from Lieutenant Colonel Yagami"

"Put her through" A screen appeared in front of the two, showing Hayate smiling happily.

"Hey you two. How's it all coming"

"We're all ready" Nanoha replied, putting her arms round Fate, who looked to the side and blushed.

"So, did you two enjoy yourselves?" Hayate asked with a wink.

"Oh yeah!" Nanoha replied enthusiastically, whilst Fate just blushed even more "Thank you so much for getting us this room, the bath is amazing!"

"Glad you like it" Hayate beamed obviously proud of her design. Although she hadn't told them, she spent a good few days choosing everything from the fabrics to the design. A few restless nights were spent as her mind continued to work, envisioning colour matches to furniture design and placement. Suddenly Fate had a worried look on her face. "What's wrong Fate?"

"We have a cleaner to clean our room don't we?" Fate asked, looking hesitant.

"That's right…" Hayate replied confused as to what Fate was worried about. If anything, Fate enjoyed cleaning up. She would rather clean up herself if she had the time, which she now had as an officer rank. Most of her time would be spent in headquarters, doing paperwork and helping train the new recruits.

"It's just that…" Fate blushed again "We've left our clothes in the bath…"

"Oh don't worry" Hayate told her "They'll launder the clothes for you", thinking that Fate had thought they needed to be dropped off somewhere to be cleaned, as it was for lower ranks. The lowest ranks sometimes had to wash their own clothes if the staff were pressed, but in the case of Section 6, they had more than enough maintenance staff.

"No…I mean…in the bath" Fate finished with a slight squeal.

Hayate took a few seconds to think over what Fate had just said. It finally dawned upon her what Fate meant. "You guys didn't?"

"Nyahaha…" Nanoha laughed, slightly embarrassed.

"I should have expected that from you two" Hayate sighed, looking at them "You two were that into it that you couldn't be bothered to remove your clothes?"

"Say Hayate" Nanoha started "Is this channel secure?" She suddenly had a strange feeling that Vita or Shamal were listening into their conversation.

"Umm…no" Hayate replied. There was a knock on her office door. "I'll see you guys down at the mess in half an hour" she told them, before the screen went blank.

"I have this strange feeling…" Nanoha told Fate

"Of what?"

"That Shamal has been watching our conversation. She used to do that a lot back when we were training advance in our ranks remember? Before we separated."

"Uh oh….Signum's going to be teasing me all night now…"

2000 hours

Section 6 Mess Hall

"So let's get this party started!" shouted Hayate to everyone. They cheered as music began playing in the background. Banners had been put up commemorating Section 6's official launch. The kitchen staff had set up a barbeque for the entire staff, though it was mainly everyone helping themselves, cooking whatever they wanted as well as chucking random things onto cook. Mid-childa coal was much more powerful than coal on Earth, and so the time taken to cook was reduced dramatically. It also gave off a much stronger flavour.

"So how are you guys doing?" Fate asked Elio and Carol

"We're fine" Elio replied, looking at Carol, who promptly nodded in agreement. "Everyone gave us looks at first, but now that they've gotten to know us, everyone's really friendly"

"That's good to hear" Fate said as she turned towards Carol "anything bothering you at all?"

"Well…" Carol began "there is one thing…"

"What is it?" Fate asked, knowing that Carol would not ask for something unless it really meant something to her.

"I've asked Elio already and he doesn't mind" Carol told Fate, blushing slightly. The blush reminded Fate of when she first met Lindy, who was much the same way Fate was now. "Is it possible…that is" Carol heisitated for a moment "that we could share a room?" At this point Carol turned bright red, and looked down at the floor.

"Of course you can" Fate told her kindly, patting her on the head. She had always suspected that the two had feelings for each other, but they were still to young to know what the feelings were. "Shall I get someone to move your things across?"

"Please" Carol replied with a deep bow "Thank you very much, Aunt Fate"

Across the room, Nanoha was getting to know here two cadets Suburu and Tia better.

"Everything going OK?" she asked when she spotted Subaru and Tia together.

Subaru turned round immediately and saluted. "Yes ma'am, Thank you ma'am". Here actions got a few looks from around the room but everyone quickly went back to their drinks.

"Relax" Nanoha told Subaru calmly. Subaru was obviously very nervous to be with someone she admired so much. Nanoha had saved her from a fire four years ago, when she was not officially in TSAB but attended an academy which its curriculum was shaped for people who wished to develop their magical power. However, once she was saved by Nanoha she had always looked up to her and her heart was set on joining TSAB.

"Um, yes ma'am, sorry". Suburu looked embarrassed and still extremely nervous. Tia looked at her for a few moments before taking a bow.

"We'll be under your care from now on ma'am" she announced "please look after us". Subaru, stunned for a moment, quickly fell into a bow as well.

"Call me Nanoha" she told them quietly, leading them over towards a table and handed them both a plate "I was never very fond of ranks. Fill your plates up and let's sit down." She saw Fate and waved, who waved back and began leading her two cadets over. Subaru turned and bowed towards Fate, whilst Tia quickly followed suit. Fate waved them up.

"Oh stop that, there's no need to be formal" she said kindly, handing Carol and Elio each a plate. "Let's sit down and eat, I'm starving." As Fate and Nanoha sat down, they each began to fill up their plates with salad, Nanoha's plate significantly higher with food than Fate's. Tia looked at her plate with awe. As Nanoha looked up, she spotted the look her face and said "What? I'm hungry as well!"

"Yes ma'am, didn't mean to be rude ma'am"

"Don't be so stiff" Nanoha told her, "come and sit down". She pulled out a chair for her. Tia sat down slowly as Subaru did the same besides her. Elio and Carol followed suit, and Fate began piling food on Elio's plate. As the pile of food got gradually higher, Elio laughed nervously.

"Um…Aunt Fate, that's enough…"

"Don't be silly Elio, you have to eat more when your growing"

"Aunt Fate?" Subaru asked.

"Well" Fate began "we're in the adoption process aren't we?" she said, smiling at Nanoha. Subaru looked at Fate for a few moments, then to Nanoha and back to Fate again.

"You're joking?"

"Nyahaha…nope, we're a happy couple. We're due to be married next year."

"Mou, Nanoha, don't go announcing things like that before we have everything sorted out" blushing, she moved onto filling Carol's plate and handed it back to her.

"Thank you Aunt Fate". Subaru stared again, opened mouthed.

"Carol as well?" she asked.

"Yep, we're going to get married once the two processes have been accepted." Nanoha answered cheerfully. Subaru looked at Nanoha for a while, before speaking in a hopeful tone.

"Say…any chance of me getting adopted as well?"

"Don't be silly Subaru" Tia said instantly "You've got your father and your sister for you."

"Still…" Subaru stared at the plate, blushing ever so slightly "it would be nice"

"Haha, you can call me aunt as well if you like!" Nanoha gave Subaru a wink. "Or mother…"

"Mou, Nanoha, you shouldn't joke about things like that…"

Meanwhile, Tia noticed that they were getting a lot of stares. She presumed it was because of the two Ace's fearful reputation. Nanoha and Fate were both in the text books described as extremely powerful mages who ended a case which could not be solved even by the most experienced TSAB mages. It didn't go into much detail, and all records of the incidents were classified. However, when asking around, they were told of stories involving the White Devil and Hell's Teeth, and how they were capable of bringing down entire armies.

"Mou! Everyone is looking at us again" Nanoha complained "Every time I transfer I always get stares. It's all your fault Fate!"

"How is it my fault!" Fate defended in an instant "the White Devil is responsible for this!"

"And who's fault is it that I got that nickname huh?" she accused "Wasn't it because a certain somebody told me a lie!"

"Umm…" Subaru looked at the two nervously, even with a slight hint of fear in her eyes.

"Tell me Subaru, what have you heard about the White Devil?"

"Huh?" Subaru was completely thrown off by this question posed by Nanoha

"Don't pretend you haven't heard of her!"

"Umm…That she is an extremely powerful mage" Subaru began "with a magical rating above even SSS. In one assignment she took out an entire group of highly dangerous magical criminals, around 28 I think, all with magical ratings above S. Some even say that once she starts fighting she can't control herself, and becomes a creature of death. And the most distinguishable part is her barrier jacket, which is completely white."

"Exaggerations, every one of them!" Nanoha told the group.

"Let me explain this". Fate settled down to tell their story. "It was back when we were 14, we had been given our first assignment above danger rating 5. We were all excited as a successful completion meant that we would be raised a rank. Nanoha's comrade, Vita, got trigger happy and rushed into the enemy's stronghold. She's the one sitting over there by Hayate, with the two ponytails.

Anyway, I rushed in after her, but we had been set up. Or rather, it was a trap for us. We had expected only two mages at class A and AA, but instead their we're 20 of them, all classed at S and higher. Vita got hit badly as she rushed in and fell into my arms, bleeding heavily.

I was obviously very concerned-"

"You were screaming like a little girl" Nanoha teased.

"Fine, but the thing is, I called back and asked for assistance, saying Vita wasn't breathing, which at the time she wasn't"

"Except she was, you were just too panicky to tell"

"We'll, that remains disputed, but I couldn't feel her breathing. Nanoha here heard the news and stormed into the base, not even stopping when I called to her. She came back around 10 minutes later, with the news that every single person in the base had been taken out. Amazingly, she avoided killing a single one, although 8 of them were in a 'critical condition'.

The story goes that Nanoha lost control of herself, she was hell bent on revenge that she used her magical power to her fullest extent. Analyst's estimate her magical rating at that time to have peaked pass SSS, from the saturation of magical energy detected in the walls of the building. Rumours spread almost immediately of the young girl clad in white, who had powers surpassing that of the most elite in the military. Unfortunately, she pushed her body way past her limits."

"It was a few broken bones" Nanoha insisted. A few broken bones sounded very serious to Subaru though, who could only imagine at the kind of power given out by Nanoha at the time. She would give almost anything to be there to witness the attack.

"The few broken bones landed Nanoha 2 months in intensive care and a further 4 in rehabilitation. She couldn't walk afterwards; she had to levitate back, though she couldn't even clear the ground."

Subaru gasped. No-one sitting at the table knew the real story behind her nickname. Whilst not as scary as some of the rumours, it was still beyond anything Subaru had expected.

"Actually, I suppose I never really want to go through that again. Not being able to walk is the easy part. Rehabilitation is the hard part, trying to walk again; it was painful just to stand. Painful painful…as in, very painful. Not to mention most of the people in rehab were over 60."

"To push your magical power beyond SSS" Tia considered out loud "how is that even possible? For a 14 year old?"

"Nyahaha…"

"Nanoha has been a medical mystery for many years. She first got herself ranked when she was 11, just after taking exams to become Privates. Her result shocked most of TSAB."

"What was it?" Subaru asked eagerly.

"Nothing special" Nanoha told her, poking at her salad.

"S" Fate answered

"WHA?" Tia asked in amazement, on the edge of her seat "but that's…that's insane. Surely the body isn't capable at holding such power at 11?"

"That's what made her a medical mystery" Fate told them. "Her body should have been torn apart long ago from the pressure. There have been many incidents where a child has been suffering because her linker core was getting to large, and had to have it purposely shrunk."

"Lightweights" Nanoha snorted.

"Doctors can't find anything different with her physically, or mentally, though I can, but in case anything occurs, I'll always be at Nanoha's side."

"Ohh…how cute" Nanoha said "Thank you Fate". Subaru was unsure if she was being sarcastic or not, but she really didn't want to ask. Just then Hayate started tapping on her glass.

"I propose a toast!" she announced in a loud voice so everyone could hear over the sound of sizzling "to the success of Section 6, and more importantly, to all of us!"

"To Section 6!" cheered the crew, downing whatever drink they had, be it champagne, wine, beer or orange juice. Vita suddenly stood up.

"I don't know who any of you are yet" she announced in a clear voice, pointing in the general direction of the barbeque "but if anyone of you makes any silly mistakes that endanger Hayate, I'll take care of you!" As emphasis, she put a foot on the table.

"That's rude Vita!" Hayate immediately scolded "Put you foot down right now!"

"I was making a point!" Vita argued back.

"You can make a point whilst being civilised"

"But it doesn't work like that" insisted Vita

The rest of the crew looked on at Vita and Hayate, in awe that someone would have the guts to argue against the commander of Section 6 on the first night. No one had introduced Vita of course and most of the crew thought she was just another administration worker.

"Anymore and I'll show every single person here that picture of you in the toyshop!" Hayate warned. Vita turned a very bright red, whilst everyone stared in amazment. Having a body of a very young teenager didn't help the girl, who was at least a few hundred years old.

"That's unfair!" she complained, whilst Hayate smirked happily. She looked at the rest of the crew, most of which had stopped eating and were looking on at the two.

"Ahh, let me introduce second lieutenant Vita" she said "my close friend since childhood"

"They're closer than that" Signum announced

"That's right" Shamal joined in, adding fuel to the fire "You wouldn't imagine what they get up to together"

"Signum! Shamal! Mou…" Hayate blushed lightly, but decided that she was pleased that they had decided to say what they did. Not only did it give her a chance to introduce them, it also lightened the mood and the crew's view on her. "First Lieutenant Signum and Doctor Shamal." She introduced to everyone.

Before long everyone had gone back to dining, although now and again someone walked up to Hayate or Nanoha and Fate and introduced themselves to them. This was the case for a young mage who, dispite being 4 years older than Nanoha was a full 3 ranks lower.

"Captain Takamachi?" he enquired. Nanoha looked up. "Nice to meet you, I'm Tsukimura Keichi, from Earth."

"Tsukimura? You don't have a younger sister by any chance do you?" Nanoha asked out of interest.

"Why, yes I do. She's 19 this year, that Suzuka." Fate choked on some spaghetti she was eating whilst Nanoha coughed out her lemonade. "Are you two alright?"

"No way…"

"It can't be"

Nanoha pulled up an electronic display and navigated to her photo album named Earth 2005 and pulled up a group picture.

"Oh wow, you know my sister?" Keichi asked, sounding very surprised. Nanoha pulled up a seat beside her and Fate and motioned for Keichi to sit.

"This is so unreal." Fate told Nanoha "What are the chances"

"Pretty high actually". Nanoha turned around and saw Hayate. "I noticed the surname and thought it sounded Japanese, so I opened his file and dug up his records. Of course, that has absolutely no connection to Keichi being assigned to Section 6 of course" Hayate told the group as she pulled up a chair to sit down. Subaru almost fainted, seeing 3 of the most elite mages in TSAB gathered next to her.

"Umm…" Subaru spoke up and everyone turned to look at her. "Do you think it would be possible…to have a photo?" she asked "to commemorate this event and everything" she quickly added on.

"That's a great idea!" Nanoha said cheerfully.

"Ah, I should of thought of that…" Hayate agreed. Truth be told, Hayate had been itching to photograph every one of her friends again but had restrained in order to be a good role model. She still had several very incriminating photo's of Nanoha and Fate in costumes, especially Fate in a maid outfit.

"Raging Heart, if you would" she asked the intelligent device, as she gathered everyone to one side of the table. She but her hands on Carol's shoulders as Fate did the same with Elio. Carol broke out into a blush.

"Yes my master" Raging Heart floated up and positioned in front of the group "Taking in 3, 2, 1, photo taken."

"Take a few more please" Nanoha requested "and get some individuals as well"

"Understood my master." As the group continued to smile, Raging heart floated about taking multiple photographs of the group, announcing a few seconds later "task completed"

"Could you make a copy for everyone here please" Nanoha requested.

"Yes my master, coping for Fate T Harlaown, Hayate Yagami, Carol Ru Lush-"

"No need to announce the names Raging Heart" Nanoha told her device, and went back to talking to Keichi, who had been drafted in for his unique strategy plans. His work had revolutionised the way mages fought together.

"So have you told Suzuka about you working as a mage?" Nanoha asked.

"No I haven't, I can't seeing as Earth's an non administrated planet"

Nanoha looked at Hayate, who said "The rules were changed the year before the Book of Darkness incident, therefore you didn't encounter any trouble." She turned to Keichi "Your sister already knows about me, Nanoha and Fate being mages. Why don't you give her a call to let her know what your doing?"

"Really? I can do that?"

"Yes, I give you full authorisation to do so" Hayate assured Keichi "in fact, why don't I get you in contact with her now? TSAB installed our mobile display and communication system back when we we're on Earth. We used your house as a temporary safe house." She pulled up a screen and checked the time on earth, 10AM. "Should be just waking up" she determined and clicked connect. A few moments later Suzuka appeared on the screen.

"Hayate?" she practically shouted at the screen "you scared me to death, a screen just popped up in front of me."

"Haha, sorry about that…" She replied, whist she pulled up screens for Nanoha and Fate as well.

"Nanoha! Fate! How are you?" The looked at Suzuka, who looked like she had just gotten out of bed.

"We're fine thanks" they replied "I hope we're not disturbing you."

"No no, not at all. Just surprised that you called. Haven't heard from you guys for nearly 4 years now."

"Yeah, sorry" Hayate told her "We've been very busy. I mean very. Look, we're having an opening ceremony today, I finally got my own team!"

"Congratulations!"

"Anyway, the reason I called today is that we've got someone here who you'd might like to meet"

Suzuka had a very puzzled look on her face. "Is it Elvis?" she asked after a while "Don't tell me Elvis was a mage as well?" Suzuka had during her high school years taken a extreme liking to Elvis's songs and began collecting whatever items she could lay her hands on.

"Haha!" Keichi laughed as he activated his screen "It's me sis" He smiled at her and saw just how much she had grown in the last 6 years. When he left home she was still a child, but now, it was obvious she was much more mature. She gave off an aura which suggested she was sophisticated, which Suzuka was, after spending a lot of time with her parents and entertaining clients.

"Onii-chan?" She questioned, with a slight look of disbelief in her eyes. Although he had not changed much, save from his hairstyle which had become less rebellious, she was very surprised to see him, especially through technology which was at least another 100 years off.

"Yep" He said with a smile "Hey there, sorry I haven't spoken to you in a long time. As you've probably guessed now, I'm not working in Russia." His family believed that Keichi was working for a construction firm in Russia, which specialised in maintaining buildings over 200 years old. The truth could not be more different, over 200 light years away, acting as a strategist for a civilisation based heavily on magic.

"You're a mage as well Onii-chan?" she asked.

"Not quite"

"You see" explained Hayate "Your brother was recruited by TSAB when they noticed him playing 3 Kingdoms, you know…, the one that is completely based on strategy. He was unbeaten through countless tournaments earning the nickname of Sun Tzu. TSAB decided to challenge him as a test for their new cadets. They had expected the failure of new cadets in defeating Keichi, but what followed worried them profoundly. One by one more experienced Tactical Officers challenged him, but each one of them fell, unable to outguess him.

Eventually TSAB headquarters sent several officers to Earth to make contact with your brother with the mission of finding out just how he formed his strategy. Naturally your brother wouldn't reveal any secrets about his tactics. TSAB at this point considered Keichi to be too beneficial to TSAB to pass up and offered him a job as a Tactical Officer. Whilst Keichi was reluctant to accept at first, after seeing Mid-Childa he felt compelled to stay."

Suzuka was silent for a few moments, as she absorbed in all the information that had been given to her. "Is Mid-Childa really that wonderful?" she asked at last. The two siblings chatted for a while whilst the 3 Aces listened in, joining the conversation from time to time, before they decided to leave Keichi to it. They turned to the 4 new cadets, telling jokes about their past missions and experiences to the 4 cadets, who listened intensely to their story, all wanting to know more about the mysterious Aces.

"And then Nanoha was like "but why can't we just blow it up?" after the instructor had explained the situation. The point of the excersise was to show that fighting doesn't necessarily result in the best outcome, but I guess in the case of Nanoha, every outcome is good as long as she gets to fire Starlight Breaker."

"Mou…you know that's not true Hayate". Nanoha looked around the table at the 4 cadets who were soaking up every word, and Fate, who was smirking.

"But it is!" she insisted, looking at Nanoha's cross face "ever since you invented Starlight Breaker, you've used it in every other battle!"

"That's not fair!" Nanoha sulked "We were up against enemies several times more experienced than ourselves…the only way I could beat them was to blast them strong and hard."

"I would say char-grilled" Hayate said cheerfully. Everyone looked at her. "Char-grilled…get it, char-grilled?"

"Hayate…if there was one thing you were every bad at…it would be jokes." Fate told her calmly "To this date I have never understood a single one of them."

"That's just you Fate, I'm sure that Subaru over here understood it". She looked at Subaru, eyes gleaming. Subaru reclined rapidly, before pulling a face.

"Um…yes ma'am, that was hilarious." She said awkwardly. Nanoha just shook her head and looked at Hayate.

"You singled out Subaru as the one who would be most afraid of you Hayate" she told her "and then you fully abused your rank and reputation to make her agree with you. Is that the way to set a good example?"

"What are you talking about?" Hayate replied "Subaru was just telling the truth, weren't you Subaru?" Her head turned towards Subaru and her eyes gleamed yet again.

"Yes ma'am!" Subaru shouted, eager to get out of this dangerous position of insulting one of the two Aces. That, she decided, would be the end of her career and most probably, her life as well.

"There we go." Hayate said as she turned towards Nanoha, grinning happily. Fate just sighed at the childish behaviour of her two best friends.

Suddenly, sirens blared as the scramble lights switched on. "Emergency" called a mechanical voice "High energy sources detected passing by. Energy levels are above set levels and there has been no authorisation for the transportation of high energy type goods in this area."

"Nanoha, Fate, scramble" Hayate told the pair as her commanding personality kicked in.

"Yes ma'am" the two replied in unison.

"Everyone to your posts, Kenichi, you're with me." She told the man as she walked pass his table towards the command post on the 2nd floor. Every person in the room acted like professionals, putting down what they were doing and proceeding to haste with their post, some of them already working on sifting through data on monitors that appeared in front of them. The 4 cadets were left wondering what to do, along with the kitchen staff.

Nanoha and Fate had run outside before activating their barrier jackets. With a gentle push they soared into the air, gaining altitude before contacting base.

"Stars 1 to base, requesting target location"

"Stars 1, please proceed south of your current location, around 2000 metres."

"Understood." Raging brought up a compass in front of Nanoha who began to fly south, closely followed by Fate. The two left a tail of pink and yellow light behind them as the sped off in the night. Travelling at around 78 metres per second, they would soon approach the targets location.

"Base to Stars 1 and Lightning 1, please be aware that target is heading east at over 200 metres per second." Nanoha looked at Fate, who flew up along side her.

"That's some serious speed" she shouted to Fate, and turned to travel in a south easterly direction. The two suddenly jumped to just over 180 metres per second. A few moments later, they spotted a bright white light flying just below the clouds. They flew lower to intercept. As they drew nearer Nanoha contacted base again. "Stars 1 to base, permission to intercept target."

Back at base, Hayate was considering her request. "It's not responding to our hails?"

"No ma'am."

She turned to Kenichi. "What's your opinion?" she asked him.

"It's purposely not responding" he replied calmly, looking over the results of the scans "Even if it did not hear our hails, two mages are within 50 metres of it. There is no way it cannot see them."

"Base to Stars 1" Hayate announced "Permission granted, be careful"

"Understood" Nanoha looked at Fate. "Fate, you take left, I'll take right" she spoke telepathically." Fate nodded as she sped to the left of him, Nanoha easing towards the right. Although they were travelling parallel to the target, the light was too bright to see who it was. "This is Captain Takamachi of the Time Space Administration Bureau" she shouted towards the light "I order you to reduce speed and come to a halt now"

The ball of light suddenly accelerated, whilst Nanoha and Fate tried to keep up. Soon they were travelling over 250 metres a second, with the ball of light still accelerating.

"I'm at my limit!" Fate told Nanoha, who replied "I can't go much faster either! What the hell is that thing?" she tried to speed up, before realising that no matter what she did she had no chance of catching up. "Time for plan B" she told herself. "Raging Heart, load cartridge."

"Load Cartridge" the device repeated, initiating the action.

"Accel shooter!" 20 balls of light formed around her and sped off towards the light, quickly gaining speed. As the balls approached the target it stopped suddenly and let the attack hit it. Large flashes followed by smoke appeared whilst Fate and Nanoha caught up, trying to surround it. A low whining noise was made as the smoke cleared. The light had died down and Nanoha got her first view of the target.

"Eh!?" she called out, seeing a white ball of feathers in the middle of the sky. "What the hell is that?" Suddenly the ball began to spin and feathers flew off, each one flying towards either Fate or Nanoha at high speed.

"Protection"

"Defencer"

Nanoha grimaced as the feathers began to hit her shield, although she was pretty sure they weren't real feathers. Each feather had quite a punch behind it, pushing her back slightly with each hit. Fate started falling back, taking evasive manoeuvres to place an attack on the target.

"Haken" Bardiche announced as it formed a energy blade in order to make a direct hit on the target. Nanoha fell back as well and began bombarding the target to clear a path for Fate. As balls of magical energy began to hit the it, the wings folded up into a ball again and allowed the energy to hit. After several barrages Nanoha was sweating slightly but still had made dealt no visible damage. Fate flew in to take a swing at it, but the wings did not move at all. As the energy blade came into contact with the wings, Fate found herself unable to cut through. She fell back and regrouped with Nanoha.

"What the hell?" she asked her counterpart, who looked just as troubled.

"Is it even a life form?" Nanoha asked, as she called Raging Heart into Excelion mode. "I'm gonna hit it with a Buster" she told Fate.

"Strike Flame" A pink spear appeared on the tip of Raging Heart and wings supported it as Raging Heart loaded 4 cartridges into herself.

"A.C.S Driver!"

"Charge" As Nanoha flew towards the ball, she prepared herself for any sudden movements by the feathers. There were none, as the ball just floated lifelessly, as if daring her to attack with everything she had.

"Damn it" she said to herself as she flew closer. The strike flame made contact with the surface of the ball and Nanoha felt herself being stopped with a strong push. As Raging Heart emptied more cartridges into itself to make the tip stronger and give more push, Nanoha realised that she wasn't going to be able to break the barrier. She called off the attack and started falling back, as the feathers unrolled themselves and began to fire feathers at her yet again. Instead of calling up a shield, she took evasive action, planning out her next move.

"Fate!" she called out "I'm gonna go with Starlight Breaker!

"OK! Leave it to me!" Fate shouted as she flew in front of her, casting a wide area shield in front of her, whilst Plasma Lancer towards the wings. Once again the wings collapsed into a ball and Fate lowered her shield, continuing to pound the ball with attacks as Nanoha built up energy. Nanoha decided to try something a bit different, forming 3 balls simultaneously. Raging Heart loaded a full magazine of cartridges into itself, as well as taking magical power from Nanoha and around her. Finally, the balls were ready.

"Ready!" shouted Nanoha to Fate, watching her back away and fire her remaining lances. "Starlight BREAKER!" Nanoha shouted, hitting the large ball of collected energy with Raging Heart. It sped off towards the target, which still sat there, as if teasing the two mages. As the ball of energy edged closer, the wings began to smoke, until eventually there was contact. Smoke was coming from the wings in increasing intensity, until finally it pushed the ball to one side by unravelling its wings again, firing feathers at the same time towards Nanoha, who didn't see it coming.

"AHHHHHH!!!" Nanoha screamed in pain as several feathers tore through her, ripping small holes through her as Fate rushed to cast a shield in front of her.

"Are you alright?" Fate asked, concerned as her partner laid in her arms, bleeding heavily.

"I'm….fine" Nanoha told her, wincing as she picked up her arm "A few scratches won't hurt me." She stood up and positioned the two remaining energy balls in front of her, whacking the first one towards the wings, the second following a few seconds later. As feathers approached the balls they disintegrated under the intense pressure and heat given off. The wings tried to form itself back into a ball again, but it was to late as Nanoha's attack was already upon it, slamming itself into the wings. As it attempted to push the ball away, the second one suddenly hit the first one, causing the two to explode, unleashing the energy inside the ball.

As the smoke cleared Nanoha looked weakly at the place where the wings had be. They were no longer there, instead, falling silently towards the ground. "We've don't it" she whispered gently to Fate, before picking herself up. Blood suddenly spilled out of her, as a gust of wind pushed Fate away. Nanoha couldn't utter a scream, her eyes wide with shock, her face one of agony. Fate looked as she desperately regained control of herself at her friend, who had a large lance stabbed through her body, coming out the other side. The lance was made from feathers, which one side of Nanoha was stained red.

"AHHH!" Fate shouted in desperation, as Nanoha started to loose consciousness. The feathers seem to melt into a liquid, flowing into Nanoha's body before disappearing. Nanoha began to fall towards the ground, as Fate raced towards her with everything she had. Her hands outstreached, she made contacted with her partner and scooped her in her arms. Nanoha's face was very pale, and a hole round 10 centermeters large was in her chest. Fate could see right through, as tears began to roll down her cheeks.

"Hayate! Hayate can you hear me!" Fate shouted telepathically to Section 6's headquarters, which had no idea what was going on since the battle had gone beyond their radar range. Fate flew rapidly towards the base, whilst she cast every type of healing spell she knew on Nanoha.

"Fate, what's wrong?" Hayate asked, as she tried to bring up monitors.

"Nanoha's been injured, badly. I need Shamal to be on stand by."

"How badly?" Hayate asked, just as Fate entered the radar range. Monitors flew up as the control room gasped. "Oh shit." Exclaimed Hayate, falling back into her seat. She contacted Shamal who was already on her way to the entrance of the base, with her medical team and a bed, readying fluids that would try to sustain Nanoha's body and the blood loss.

As Fate flew into base and landed, she handed over Nanoha to Shamal without a word, who rushed her back to her surgery. Watching her and her team push Nanoha towards the lifts, Fate turned away and fell to her knees, lost. Hayate walked out from the building and walked up to her, putting her hand on her shoulder.

"She's gonna be alright" she told Fate, in an attempt to console her "She's recovered from more serious injuries." Fate remained on the floor, with no recognition of hearing Hayate. "Come on, lets get you inside" Hayate said, as she helped up Fate, who turned to look at her. They stood like that for a while, looking at each other in pure silence, when finally Fate screamed out loud and began crying, teardrops falling from her cheeks in torrents. Hayate hugged her gently and Fate laid her head on her shoulder, sobbing gently.

"Why…w-why did it have to be her again" Fate asked herself "after all the battles we've fought together, w-why is it always her to get hurt?" Fate looked up at Hayate, who just continued to rub her back gently. "A-after so long. After so many years we're together again. Why does this have to happen now?"

Hayate stood besides her silently, until she calmed down and her sobbing died down. Then, slowly, she let go of her, taking her hand and whispered to her softly "let's get inside and sit down, shall we?"