UYD Chapter 1
"I'm sorry, Arf, but I have some business to attend to. Could you close up the Library for me?"
"Sure, no problem Yuuno. But I must say, you've been leaving a lot lately." Arf replied, a teasing smirk on her face. "Meeting someone?"
"You could say that." Yuuno blushes lightly. "See you tomorrow"
Waving goodbye to his employees, Yuuno steps out into the teleport pad. As he exits the spaceport, he saw that the sun on Mid Childa has begun to set. Hailing a cab, he asks it to take him to the Mid Childa Memorial Hospital. A few detours were taken due to the many construction site around the city, most of which coming up after the JS Incident.
Arriving at the Hospital, he immediately heads for the elevator. The solitary ride helps him reorganize his mind once more, going over what he needs to do after returning home.
The moment he steps out, the two guards standing in front of his destination gave him a nod of recognition. He returns the gesture with a smile.
"I hope she's haven't been too much trouble, have she?" the blond ask, a touch of worry in his voice.
"Thankfully, not today." The one on the left reply.
"She was rather … wild a few days before though. Wonder why." The one on the right shot him a sly smirk.
"Ahaha… I have no idea." The Head Librarian scratches his head sheepishly.
"Well, go right a head prof." Both guards step aside, allowing him entrance into the room behind them.
As he enter, he saw his reason for visiting this place lazing on her bed, her blond hair resting hazaphardly on the mattress. While her hand flips through the channel on the TV, her face held an expression of boredom. As soon as she saw him however, her face morphs into a cross between annoyance and mischievous.
"What took you so long, ferret? I thought that I finally managed to get rid of you."
Sighing in exasperation, he set down his coat and took a seat next to her bed.
"More problems today. And you can't get rid of me that easy. Sorry."
"Too bad. Did you get me anything?" A cheerful, if somewhat crazy grin blossoms on her face.
"Maybe." He shot her a small smile, before handing her a book." Here"
"Hmmm… "The Lost Symbol"? Dan Brown?""
"It's an author on Unregistered Planet 97. It's in the mystery genre, and I though you might appreciate it."
"I'll read it later. So, how's my favorite visitor doing lately?"
Yuuno can't help but snorts at that.
"I'm pretty much your only visitor, Due. The TSAB officials are here only to see if you've recovered enough, while your sisters don't even know you're still alive because of politics"
The Cyborg grin.
"Doesn't mean you're not my favorite. It's been sooooooooo boring without you here ferret."
"You only want make death threats at me, and if they don't work, tease me endlessly."
"Meh, what else can I do?" With that, the ex-assassin returns her attention to the TV.
As he regards the blond lying on the bed, Yuuno Scrya can't help but wonder why he's still here after all that.
'Oh right. Me and my stubborn conscience'
It has all started a few years ago
***** Flashback *****
Date: Late 0068
Yuuno sighed. He had just received words that Nanoha had gotten injured during a skirmish. While his heart wants to rush to the hospital, his mind told him to get even.
By researching everything that he can.
Apparently, her enemies were some sort of mechanicals beings. No one knows what they really looks like, save for Nanoha, who's recovering at the moment, and Vita, who refuse to talk about it.
As he began scanning the Library for more information, something caught his attention. Someone is trying to access the restricted section. Strange, as only he, the Head Librarian, is the only one here with clearance to access that. Narrowing his eyes, he checks the security and found that they are still in place.
Using his scrying spell, he determined that the size of the section isn't reducing, but rather, expanding and then returning to normal very quickly at a very specific point. But why is it? Unless…
"Shit!" It seems that someone has managed to hack into the Library, and is trying to download sensitive information.
Dividing his mind, he goes to work immediately. One part is needed to send an emergency message to the intelligence department, while the other concentrates on delaying the intruder as long as possible.
Going over all the data, he picks them out randomly, mix them up and replace the new mess with the data where where the strange phenomenon took place. His approach seems to work, as the expansion become scarcer. Then suddenly, multiple alarms sounded.
'So it's the full frontal assault huh?' Yuuno though as he desperately tries to keep up with the onslaught. Whoever doing this looks to have given up the sneaky method and had switched to a full out attack. With only the knowledge that whatever the intruder wants lies in the restricted section, he changes his tactics.
Instead of trying to slow it down, Yuuno decides to 'help' the process along. While one part of his mind concentrate on throwing random piece of data at it, the other part began to pick out the various records that the intruder had downloaded. Most of it is related to Ancient Belka. He then forms a new plan: Filtering all the data belonging to the Ancient Belka era, he began sending a few bits toward the intruder, trying to gauge the level of interest.
After a while, he managed to get a good grasp of the intruder's intention. It seems that whoever he (or she) is, their interest lies in the weapon of that time. Specifically, around the Unification War.
Before he can acts on his finding, the intrusion stops. Knowing that they had likely gain whatever information they wanted, he immediately calls for Chrono. While the intelligence section is likely to analyze the information, they need to act now before the opposite side gains their desired objects.
"Chrono! We got a problem!"
"What is it, ferret? I'm busy you know." His old 'friend' looks annoyed, and Yuuno would have made fun of him if it wasn't for the emergency.
"Listen to me: Someone just hacked into the Infinity Library."
"Are you serious?" Immediately, Chrono's face from went from annoyance to serious "Tell me what happened."
After he finishes recounting his story, Chrono clasp his hand in front of his face.
"This is serious. Are you sure there wasn't any lost of data?"
"No. I've been running a system check ever since then."
"Even now?" Chrono blinks slightly.
"Even now"
"… Albright. I'll tell my superiors about this. Don't expect anything though."
"What?"
"Look, Yuuno, while I would love to help you, there just isn't any evidence to it. Just like you said, there wasn't any lost of data. Furthermore, I'm quite sure that there won't be any trace to follow, seeing as the intruder almost got away with it if you haven't been there."
"…. Albright."
As the holoscene disappears away, Yuuno remove his glasses and massages his temple. He should have expected this, really.
With a startle, Yuuno jumps to his feet. What if this was all a distraction? What if someone wanted to steal an Artifact?
He hurriedly makes his way down the basement area, where many Lost Logias, artifacts and discoveries are kept.
***** Interrupted *****
"Ferret? Hello? You still there book boy?" Due's waving hand snaps Yuuno out of his reminiscence.
"Huh? Oh, what is it?"
"You look distracted. Something wrong boyo?" Due raises an eyebrow.
"Nah. Just remembering when we first met."
"Ah, right. Didn't know you were such a pervert though." A teasing grin forms on her lips.
"I told you it was an accident!" Yuuno's face now resemble a tomato more than a human face.
***** Continued Flashback *****
Exiting the elevator, the green clad boy heads for the storage facility. As he nears it, he saw a brown haired woman entering the room. Suspicious, he decides to hide behind a box and wait for the female to get out. Moment later, the door open and the woman steps out. Instead of pink, her hair has turned into blond.
Years later, Yuuno would blame this moment on his impulse. He jumps out from his hiding spot and confronts the woman.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
The female turn to him.
"It appears that I've been discovered…"
"Answer me! Who are you? And how did you get pass the security?"
"I don't give name to the death" Chuckling, she held out her right hand. A wicked claw like appendage appears over it "Sorry kid. Nothing's personal, just doing my job"
Instincts honed from years of archeologist adventure save Yuuno from a ghastly death. Belatedly, he realizes that confronting her miiight not have been a good idea. Ducking down underneath, the claw missing his head by a few inches, he raises his hand to try and push her away.
Time froze.
The blond haired assassin stares at the blond Librarian beneath her. Said boy was starting to turn red. The reason? His hand had accidentally touched her assets.
She smiles, but it was a very very VERY frightening smile.
"Look like this IS personal after all."
Widening his eyes, Yuuno manages to produce a Round Shield to protect himself from being pierced to death. He couldn't stop the devastating kick that follows it though. His body soar through the air before impacting itself on the wall. The assassin was immediately there, her left hand gripping his neck, while her right began caressing his face.
"Such a good looking boy. Too bad I won't get to see you all grow up."
Yuuno was scared. Scratch that, he was terrified. This will probably be his latest encounter with death.
"Now how should I kill you? Should I just pierce your heart? Or should I make it more … interesting?"
While the assassin contemplates her hand, Yuuno's mind went into overdrive. Subtly, he turn his palm toward her, a spell already on his lips. The woman, seeing the glow from the magic circle, let him go to dodge the chains flying out of his hand. A few more chains follow the first, pursuing her across the room. When she finally reach the opposite wall, she looks up only to see Yuuno running down a hallway.
Yuuno ran. He didn't know how long he ran, but he's sure as hell isn't taking his chance. As he glanced back, he didn't notice the hole on the floor. As such, he was shocked when his feet touch air. Reacting quickly, he managed to shoot a chain at a heavy-looking crate. While it slowed his descend, it certainly didn't help him get up.
"Well well well…" Yuuno stiffens. "looks like the rat got cornered"
Surprisingly, she grabs the chain and yanks him from the hole. Grabbing his collar, she raises him up to level.
"Don't like other things stealing my kill, you see."
While glaring her with all his might, the Head Librarian can't help but wonder if there's a way out of this for him. Then the solution hit him like brick. Mentally, he berated himself for not thinking about it sooner.
It was a risky maneuver, but he got nothing to lose. Closing his eyes, he began concentrating.
"Ho? Accepting the inevitable already?"
'Her voice sounds … disappointed?' Yuuno though
Ignoring the strange reaction, he begin the spell. A Mid Childan magic circle appears beneath his dangling feet, glowing.
"See ya." He let out a triumphant smirk, moment before he Transported away.
***** End Flashback *****