Chapter 1: Innocent Meetings

Welcome to my first Blazblue story, Innocent Love. This story has the pairings of Makoto x Carl, Noel x Ragna, Tsubaki x Jin and Bang x Litchi. If these pairings bother you then don't read and don't flame. This story is also AU-ish. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Blazblue. If I did, Carl x Makoto would be canon.

"Freak!"

"Werido!"

"Go back to the woods Squirrel!"

Makoto just ran past all the voices that seemed to enjoy insulting her. Tears ran down her cheek as she found an empty room to hide from the verbal abuse. It was like this everyday for her, she never got a break from all the constant insults, jibes, and racial remarks about her being a Beast-kin.

Makoto only joined the Military Academy to help her family financially but she had no idea how hard it was just to be around other people who weren't Beast-kin.

"I hate this place! I hate it so much!" Makoto cried as more tears trailed down her face.

Suddenly, the door to the empty room opened and someone turned on the light. Makoto quickly wiped the tears from her face as she got up from the floor.

"Excuse me Miss, who are you?" a small voice asked.

Makoto looked down to see a young boy, who looked no older than eleven, walking into the room. He wore a Military Academy uniform, but with shorts, he had short blonde hair and blue eyes. Steadying her voice, she responded to the question. "My name's Makoto Nanaya, what's yours?"

The boy smiled. "My name is Carl Clover, nice to meet you Miss Makoto!" Carl said.

Makoto laughed. "No need for the Miss, Carl, just Makoto is fine."

Carl shook his head. "My sister taught me that you must always treat a lady with respect. So I have to call you Miss as a sigh of respect."

"Your sister sounds like a good person, alright then, Miss Makoto it is."

They both shook hands and began to talk to each other.

"So how did you get into the Academy, Carl? You seem kinda young to be here." Makoto asked.

Carl laughed. "Well I suppose I am rather young, aren't I? Well, as it would turn out, I passed the Entrance Exam with flying colors, it also helps that I have a pretty high aptitude for ArsArmagus."

Makoto was amazed that this young boy could be in the Academy at such a young age. "And you don't get picked on for being the youngest student here?"

"Well to be honest, there are some people who tease me for my age, but I've learned to just ignore them and save myself frustration." Carl responded truthfully. "What about you? Do you ever get teased for being a Beast-kin?"

Makoto cheerfulness disappeared as she took on a sad look. "Everyday I get picked on. It's always; 'Why aren't you in your tree, freak?' or; 'Watch out for her! She probably has rabies!' Everyone in this whole place just seems to hate me." Tears began to trail down her cheek once again as she remembered all the hurtful remarks.

Carl felt sad for Makoto. He didn't know what it was like to be discriminated for being a certain race, but he couldn't stand that people would intentionally hurt her like that.

Carl got up and engulfed her in a hug. "I don't hate you. I think you're very brave."

Makoto stiffened from shock. She hasn't used to having someone, other than her family, touch her in such a way. But it was obvious that Carl liked her as a friend. "Do you mean that Carl?" she asked him hopefully.

Carl looked up at her. "Of course I mean it. You are a nice person and I like you. I don't see why anybody would hate someone like you."

Makoto smiled happily and hugged Carl tightly. She had found a friend. "Thanks Little Carl! You're the best!"

"Agh! M-Miss Makoto! You're crushing me!" Carl said as Makoto crushed his head in between her breasts.

Makoto released him and blushed. "O-Oh, sorry Little Carl."

Carl pouted. "Why are you calling me 'Little Carl'?"

"Well if you can call me 'Miss Makoto' then I think I can give you a nickname too." Makoto said nonchalantly.

Carl laughed. "Okay then that sounds fair."

Suddenly, the bell rang, signaling the lunch hour.

"Care to join me for lunch?" Carl asked.

Makoto smiled at his offer. "Sure thing, Little Carl." The two friends walked out of the empty room and went to the cafeteria.

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Makoto sighed as she remembered the way Carl and her first met. It was a slow day at the NOL Intelligence Branch in Kagutsuchi as Makoto sat at her desk in boredom. It crossed her mind to gather her friends Tsubaki and Noel for some lunch, as she was getting hungry.

The door to her office suddenly opened as her superior, Captain Hazama walked into the room.

Makoto sat up straight and saluted her superior officer. "Greetings Captain Hazama!"

Hazama just laughed. "Now, now Makoto, no need for that. Didn't I tell you that we are more casual here?"

Makoto looked sheepish. "Sorry Captain, I forgot."

"Now no need to apologize Makoto, I just need those reports I gave you this morning." Hazama extended his hand for the reports.

Makoto quickly scrambled around her desk for the reports and handed them to her superior. "H-Here you go sir!"

"Good, good, this all looks to be in order. Great job Makoto, why don't you take a lunch break?"

"Thanks Captain, I think I'll take you up on that offer." Makoto said as she got her wallet from her desk drawer.

"Oh, but before you do. A vigilante turned in a criminal and he is asking for his money." Hazama handed her the bounty reward. "So can you be a dear and give him the reward money for me? I got some important stuff to do so I can't be bothered to do it myself."

Makoto put the money in her pocket. "Sure thing Captain Hazama."

"Thanks, after that, feel free to go out for lunch. Toodles!" Hazama said as he walked out of Makoto's office.

Makoto sighed and walked down to the reception area of the NOL branch. It wasn't all that often that a vigilante turned in a criminal to the Intelligence Branch, so the criminal must have some sort of information that's useful to the NOL. While she was walking down, she managed to get into contact with Noel and Tsubaki. They were both up for lunch and they decided to go eat in Orient Town.

Makoto entered the reception area to see a blonde haired boy with glasses in a sort of purple magician suit and hat. Behind him was a large metal-looking doll that seemed to be alive as it followed the boy as he moved.

Makoto walked up to the boy. "Um, here you go." She said as she handed the boy the money.

The boy looked at her with wide eyes. "Miss Makoto? Is that really you?"

The sound of his voice caused her to realize who she was talking to. "L-Little Carl?"

Carl smiled as he hugged her. "Miss Makoto! It really is you!"

Makoto laughed and hugged the boy back. "Little Carl, you're a vigilante?"

"Yep! Carl Clover, vigilante extraordinaire, at your service." He said as he bowed.

"And what is that behind you Little Carl?"

Carl eyes lightened up as he walked to Nirvana. "Miss Makoto, this is my sister, Ada Clover."

Makoto eyes widened. "You mean to tell me that this doll is your sister?" she was confused. Makoto had always heard what a great person his sister was and now that she meets her, it turns out she is a doll.

Carl lightly glared at her. "Don't call her that! She hates it when people call her that!"

Nirvana walked next to Carl and placed a hand on his shoulder. Suddenly, Carl's face softened as he looked at her and turned to Makoto. "Sorry Miss Makoto, my sister says that you don't know what happened to her, so she doesn't blame you for calling her a doll."

"Wait, how do you know she said that?" Makoto asked. This situation was getting weirder and weirder.

"Well, I'm the only one who can understand her because of my hat and glasses. They sync to her brainwaves so she can communicate to me through her thoughts." He took off his hat and glasses and handed to her. "Here, try them on!"

Makoto hesitantly put on the glasses over the eyes and removed her black beret to put on Carl's magician hat. She then looked at Nirvana. "Um, Hi, Little Carl's sister?"

Nirvana nodded her head at her. 'Hello Makoto. It's so nice to finally meet you.'

Makoto heard the voice echo in her head for a few minutes. The voice was soft and friendly. She couldn't believe it, this doll-erm- person, wasCarl's older sister. "I can hear you!"

'Thank goodness, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to hear me' Nirvana gave a breath of relief.

"So why are you like this, in the doll suit I mean."

'Oh this isn't a suit; my soul has been bound to this suit. People know me as Deus Machina: Nirvana, but in reality, I am Ada Clover.'

Makoto remembered overhearing some people at the NOL talking about a boy traveling a Nox by the same name. But she didn't think that the boy would be Little Carl of all people. "How did your soul get bound to that Nox?"

Nirvana shook her head. 'I believe that Carl should be the one to tell you that story, not me. May you give him his hat and glasses back please?'

Makoto took off Carl's accessories and handed it to him. "What did Ada say too you?" Carl asked as he put on his hat.

"She told me that she's your big sister and that her soul is bound to the NoxNyctorus: Nirvana. She also said that you should be the one to tell me why she is trapped in there." Makoto answered.

Carl looked hesitant. "Are you free right now?"

Makoto nodded. "I was just about to go out for lunch with Noel and Tsubaki."

"Miss Noel and Tsubaki too? All we need now is Jin and we can have a reunion." Carl said.

They both shared a round of laughter as they walked to the door.

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"Hey Noel, Tsubaki!" Makoto yelled as she and Carl ran up to her.

"Makoto, and Carl too? What a nice surprise!" Noel said as her two friends sat down with her and Tsubaki.

"Hello Miss Noel and Miss Tsubaki." Carl said as he sat down next to Makoto.

Tsubaki chuckled. "Still polite as ever, aren't you Carl?" she noticed the figure behind Carl. "And who is this?"

Makoto took this time to speak up. "Oh, this is Little Carl's sister Ada Clover."

Noel felt a sweatdrop go down her head. "M-Makoto, did you climb a tree and fall down on your head again? This-erm- 'person' couldn't be Carl's sister."

Makoto puffed her cheeks in mock anger. "It's true! Tell them Ada!"

Nirvana nodded and waved her hand in greeting. Noel did a double take as Tsubaki fell out of her chair from shock. Carl felt rather amused of the reactions of his friends.

"Well now that introductions are out of the way, why don't we order some food?" Carl said as Nirvana took a seat next to him.

Makoto and Noel nodded as they picked up their menus while Tsubaki got back on her seat. When the waitress came to them to take their order, Noel ordered the Kagutsuchi puffer fish, Tsubaki ordered the Peking duck, Makoto ordered a chestnut parfait, and Carl simply ordered steamed meat buns.

"So, what have you two been up to?" Makoto asked Noel and Tsubaki while they waited for their food.

"O-Oh, nothing much..." Noel said as her face grew a bit red.

It didn't take long for Makoto to figure it out. "It's a boy isn't it?"

"E-Eh!?"

"Ha! I knew it! So who is it? Give us the deats!"

"Now Makoto, you should hassle Noel about it. She can tell us when she feels like it." Tsubaki said, trying to intervene.

"N-No, it's okay, just, you have to promise not to freak out. Okay?"

All three of them nodded.

Noel took a deep breath. "The boy I'm going out with is-"

Suddenly, there was a huge crash at the table near the kitchen when about a hundred plates fell to the ground. The waitress brought out a broom and started to attack the offender which was, unsurprisingly, Taokaka.

"You get out my store now!" the waitress said as she tried to swat Tao away from the food.

"Tao will go when she's had enough! Tao is still hungry!" Tao barked back at the waitress.

"Out! Out now!"

Soon there was a whole commotion going on in the restaurant as Tao leapt from table to table, steal what food she could grab and made a break for the door.

The waitress followed her and yelled at Tao from the front door. "You no come back ever! I remember your face!"

After the commotion was over, Carl seemed to be the one to break the silence. "W-Was that Miss Kitty?"

Noel nodded. "She's the only one who could stack that many plates of food, then ditch just before the bill came."

"She also called my breasts 'average'..." Tsubaki said under her breath.

Noel seemed to have heard her though. "At least you have breasts! That cat girl keeps on calling me 'Lacking Lady'! It's like she rubs it in my face that her are so much...then mine..." Noel said as she started whimpering.

A little while after, the waitress came around with the group's food. All hungry, they devoured the food in a matter of minutes.

"Ohhh, I am stuffed." Makoto said with delight.

Carl nodded his head. "Indeed, I couldn't eat another bite."

Tsubaki and Noel both agreed and brought out their wallets but Carl stopped them.

"No don't, it's on me."

Noel shook her head. "No Carl, we can't let you pay for all of our meals."

Carl laughed Noel's worries away. "It's okay; I just got a huge reward for turning in a criminal to the NOL. So I can pay for this."

Nirvana patted Carl on the head for his gentlemanly behavior, and followed him as he paid up front.

"So Noel, who is this mystery boy you are going out with?" Tsubaki asked as they waited for Carl.

"Eh!?"

"Yeah right! You were about to tell us before you got interrupted." Makoto chimed in.

Noel calmed herself and looked at her two friends. "Remember you guys, no freaking out." She took a deep breath in and let it out. "The boy I'm going out with is... Ragna the Bloodedge!"

End of Chapter 1: Innocent Meetings.

So what do ya'll think of this? Good? Bad? Weird? I want to hear it all to help me improve! Later we will tackle Tsubaki's feelings towards Jin and Makoto moves in a bit closer to Carl. Here is a little preview:

Chapter 2: Innocent Feelings.

"Okay Tsubaki! Our mission is clear, we need to help you get with Jin!" Makoto said.

"B-but I'm not sure he feels for me like that..." Tsubaki said softly.

"Come on Tsubaki, it's obvious that he likes you. I have never seen him care about anyone like he cares about you." Noel said as she patted Tsubaki on the back.

Carl nodded his head. "He seemed to care about you a lot back in the Academy."

So it's agreed, we need to help Tsubaki work up the courage to ask Jin out!" Makoto cheered as she started pushing Tsubaki to a beauty salon. "Now let's get you dolled up! Ah, no offense Ada.

Nirvana just waved away the remark, seeming not offended.

"Ada says 'None taken'." Carl translated for the others.

Noel nodded and helped to push Tsubaki in the salon. "Let's go Tsubaki!"

"W-Wait you guys!" Tsubaki yelled in futility as they entered the salon.

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~Deviljho's Hatred