Disclaimer: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha belongs to its respective owners. Aoishiro is copyrighted to its respective owners. Aoishiro web novel translation is courtesy of Wings of Yuri.
Author's Notes (A/N): Basically, this is a fusion of Nanoha and Aoishiro, following the events of Aoishiro web novel. If anyone is unfamiliar of Aoishiro, it is a yuri PS2-based visual novel game. Aoishiro then was adapted to PC months after it was released. If you are familiar with Akaiito, Aoishiro is the same universe and was said to be the sequel. This was actually the exact (with some changes I've made) web novel of Aoishiro. So, not all of it is mine. I'll stop with all the rambling and get on with the story! Please enjoy!
The Characters
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Fate Testarossa （フェイト・テスタロッサ）
CV: Mizuki Nana （水樹 奈々）
Role: Main Character (The Player)
Age: 16 years old
The main character of this fanfiction. A second year student at Seijou.
She's the well-liked, ace of the kendo team who took on the role of captain after the former 3rd year captain retired.
Since she's the serious and hardworking type, she often gets teased and is on the receiving end of jokes.
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Takamachi Nanoha （高町なのは）
CV: Tamura Yukari （田村ゆかり）
Role: The manager who tries her best
Age: 16 years old
A second year student at Seijou Academy.
A delicate girl who is the manager of then kendo team.
Though she doesn't have any particular illness, she has much less stamina than normal people so it's hard for her to do any strenuous exercise.
On the other hand, she's extremely determined and diligent about her job as a manager and helps contribute to the team's success.
Her hobbies are reading and cooking. Though she'll randomly read all genres, after becoming manager, she's increased the type of material that pertains to kendo such as "Continuing Kendo! ~from cradle to grave~" and "Snacks for each of the Three Meals a Day for a Sports Player".
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Vivio （ヴィヴィオ,）
CV: Mizuhashi Kaori （水橋 かおり,）
Role: The young girl who washed up from the sea
Age: Unknown
The young girl who washed up on the shores near the location of the training camp.
Looks to be about 10 to 12 years old. Her name and age are all unknown.
The first impression of her is that of a mermaid or a doll. She doesn't seem to know who she herself is either.
The first ones she saw when she woke up were Fate and Nanoha, so it seems she became attached to them, much like a chick imprinting.
Her normal mode is to be spaced out.
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Signum （シグナム）
CV: Shimizu Kaori （清水 香里）
Role: An audacious, worthy opponent
Age: Unknown
A young girl who is staying over at Shoushinji, the same location as the training camp. She arrived there earlier than Fate and the others.
She's fundamentally a genius.
Looking at her, there's no doubt that she's stylish either.
If she just kept quiet, she'd already be a rather beautiful girl, so along with her outstanding athletic ability, she has rather high specs and is a praiseworthy person.
She's got a light carefree personality.
Perhaps it's because she was raised in the South, but she's seems rather loose with deadlines. However, her movement pattern regarding the tides indicates that might not be the case?
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Chrono/Kuro （クロノ・クロ）
CV: Sugita Tomokazu （杉田 智和）
Role: The swordsman dressed in black
Age: Unknown, looks about 20 years old
He is the sword-wielding oni who stole the sealed Sword from the Suten Group of the Onikiribe, and is currently headed to a place where he has a strong karmic bond.
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Jail Scaglietti （ジェイル・スカリエッティ）
CV: Narita Ken （成田権）
Role: The mysterious onmyouji
Age: Unknown
The pretentious speech doesn't match the youthful looks.
A person of many mysteries who has a dignified presence. The sword at the waist is 2 shaku 7 sun long (~81 cm).
The left eye is constantly closed.
Age and gender are unknown.
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Arisa Bannings （アリサバニングス）
CV: Kugimiya Rie （釘宮 理恵）
Role: An energetic and noisy, promising hope
Age: 16 years old
Seijou Girls Academy second year student. Belongs to the kendo team.
Though she only started kendo in high school and has only been learning for not even half a year, because of her high, natural athletic ability, strong determination, and the will to win, those three pillars of strength have her pegged as the next ace.
She has many varied; passing interests in a variety of things but is a bit bothersome about a certain genre of music.
When she entered high school, it was vital for her to join the light music/rock club, but since it didn't exist, she abandoned the idea and followed Nanoha into joining the kendo team.
She's a dorm student and is Nanoha's roommate.
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Lindy Harlaown （リンヂハラオウン）
CV: Hisakawa Aya （久川彩）
Role: The enthusiastic advisor who wears sweatpants
Age: Unknown, she doesn't like to talk about it
The advisor to the Seijou Girl's Academy kendo team.
A new teacher who became the advisor to the kendo team after the previous advisor retired.
She's really fired up about her work since she considers her profession her calling, and wants to be seen as dependable by the students.
The truth is, she's completely hopeless at kendo, likes drinking sake, has a complex about her name, wears glasses, and since she's had more life experiences than the students, it seems she's been through a lot.
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Yagami Hayate （八神 はやて）
CV: Ueda Kana （植田 佳奈）
Role: The Ojou-sama of the Kendo Team
Age: 16 years old
A 2nd year student at Seijou Girls Academy. Belongs to the Kendo Team.
Just like her appearance, she is a gentle ojou-sama type.
As the Vice-Captain, in combination with her classmate Fate, the two function as a "Sweet and Whip" policy.
Her abilities are rather good, but because she is weak-willed, she's the type that can never give her all in matches.
On the other hand, her form is extremely pretty.
Her parents, especially her father are really overprotective, so she was the person who had the hardest time getting approval for this time's summer training camp, and has an obligation to call home in the mornings and evenings.
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Gil Graham （ギルグレヤム）
CV: Chou Katsumi （長克己）
Role: Monk of a Mountain Temple
Age: Unknown
The Chief Priest of Shoushinji.
Both his voice and height are large, and he is the hearty type. Since he drinks alcohol, he's somewhat of a corrupt monk.
His splendid physical build-up is suitable for being a fighting monk.
When he was young, he made quite a sensation in the kendo world. He uses an old-school style of sword-fighting.
Since he and Lindy Harlaown's father were both old war-horses and comrades in arms, that connection between them is what led to Shoushinji being picked as the location for the training camp.
Because the temple is poor and has few parishioners, he wouldn't be able to earn enough to eat if that were his full-time job, so he also has a side-job.
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The Terminology
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Onigashima means Demon Island. Because of the connotation of its name, it is also called Urashima. It is located across the sea from Unasaka.
Onitaiji means demon extermination. It refers to the incident when the oni were driven out from Onigashima.
Oni means an ogre or a demon.
Ryuujin is the Dragon God of the sea.
Youki means the weather, season.
Unasaka is the location where the kendo club is having their training camp. From Unasaka, you can see the island of Urashima.
Urashima is the island that is visible from the shores of Unasaka. It is also known as Onigashima.
Seijou High School Girls Academy is the school where Fate and her friends go to.
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Over two thousand years ago, an island floating at the southern edge of Japan, which passed by a peninsula was occupied by a group of oni, a demon.
Oh, it was regrettable. Though it wasn't a big island, it was granted to us by the God Izanagi and the Goddess Izanami. It was our possession, our land from the gods. It was unthinkable to give this land to the foreign onis.
The feudal lord that was responsible for the island and the surrounding lands immediately formed an expedition of soldiers and crossed over the rough, white-crested waves to Onigashima. They were going to re-conquer the island.
However, the opponent was not a man, but an oni. He was not only robust and possessed herculean strength, but also used sorcery. As the oni lord mumbled his spells, an unearthly aura suddenly arose and turned into dark clouds. The resulting strong rains and winds turned the seas stormy.
Not only the island, but the surrounding area was quickly enveloped in difficult tides which bore into the ship's bottoms and towards the reefs and the sea became very difficult to travel across. In addition, there was an explosive storm. However, that was not all that accumulated. It was like an unconquerable oni with an iron club. The feudal lord who led the troops couldn't even lay a finger on the oni.
Moreover, whether it was the curse of the evil eye, or maybe it was the oni's counterattack, but a plague appeared and spread across the land. Hand in hand with the plague came famine and natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, and drought. The situation had almost gone beyond an onitaiji, or demon extermination.
After enduring for two years, circumstances finally took a turn for the better.
When these trials and tribulations had caused the population to be cut in half, the Great King of Time appeared before the princess and related a divine revelation from Ryuujin, the Dragon God of the sea. If the princess followed the divine revelation, the Dragon God would cure the pestilence. However, after a period of time, the problem persisted.
As usual, the island was occupied by the group of oni and because of the storm their general had summoned; no one could approach the island.
The princess prayed day and night, pushing her body, and continued to pray wholeheartedly. She prayed to the Dragon God to please cure the disease and to appease the storm that protected the island Onigashima.
She prayed to summon the god that lights the sea for 3 years and finally, the god answered her prayers.
The sea turned the color of lapis lazuli and the youki that surrounded the island in clouds all disappeared and was swallowed by the ocean. The sea turned calm and the storm cleared.
The ships could sail again and this time, they could drive out the oni.
The soldiers who were watching the island got excited and immediately gathered their ships and an expedition of soldiers was reorganized, but...
On the other hand, the princess who used up her last drop of life, had her glossy black hair turn pure white, and quietly took a breath and passed away.
Her death roused her younger brother and he was appointed the leader of the soldiers in place of the feudal lord. He used the ships gathered at the port as a decoy and with only a retinue of 3 people snuck over to the island.
Only once a year, on a certain day and a certain time, a secret path to the island will appear. That way, the group could sneak over to the island without being seen, but after that, a fierce battle broke out.
Leaving the rank and file soldiers to his companions, the shogun headed towards the great leader of the oni and with a heave, drew out his bow. Against, the arrows of the shogun, the Oni King looked to the strangely shaped, craggy rocks, and grabbed and threw them, and grabbed and threw them, raining rocks down.
Would the arrows run out first, or would the rocks strike their target first? Both parties would not back down in the battle until after 5 minutes; the shogun completely changed his tactics.
Firing two arrows at once! The shogun let the arrow fly and it struck the Oni King's eye!
It hurts! It hurts! How dare you! Holding his crushed left eye, his remaining right eye seething, the Oni King began a spell.
Along with the spray of blood, the black, rotten miasma roiled and with the clouds and fog, the rising youki blocked out the light and enveloped the Oni King!
That was not all! That was not all!
With an undaunted rumbling in the ground, the youki expanded and the density of the youki became thicker. The clear wind blew and...
Darker than darkness, a beast in the shape of an ox appeared. The ox beast was the size of a small mountain and had the ferocity of a tiger. Its muddy yellow eye glowed and it flung its sharpened horns around and with an air or revenge, and kicked the ground.
A normal soldier would have gritted his teeth and given up without a struggle. However, this was a great shogun and not a normal soldier. He was the leader of the four who stormed the island and had a lot of guts and was a warrior with courage. Without fear, he quickly drew his bow and 1 arrow, 2 arrows, 3 arrows, were fired. The target never changing, an arrow flew and another, striking the desired spot. However before receiving an injury, the quiver of arrows was empty.
In addition, the oni was not an ordinary oni. It was a king of oni with divine blood and was an Oni God. Then logically, of course, the arrow of a human would not harm the oni, but also logically, against a divine sword, the oni should fall. The shogun that faced the ox-shaped oni threw away his sword and in its place shone...
Dragon God, Ocean King, lend me your power! Show me a miracle and cleave this oni's head!
The rushing of a sword, the sound of the wind being cleaved, the definite feeling of slicing through, and the tumbling of the ox's head. And so, the oni who lost their king fled like spider lings and the subjugated people gave their allegiance to the shogun.
"And so, Onigashima was taken back from the oni. And everyone lived happily ever after."
Though I was wrapped up in her story-telling, in the end, it had a cliché ending like a fairy tale. When the applause had died down, a slight sound reached my ears.
The sound rose above the incessant vibration and the source of the sound was the engine hitting a rough patch of road. The box-shaped bus was the same shape as a train but the sound was more intermittent than the sound of a train traveling over gaps in the rails. In the afternoon, we were in a train like that, but we changed to a bus quite a while ago.
"And that's the end of the story of the onitaiji of Unasaka..."
The person telling the fairy tale was at the front of the bus and gave a bow.
Though this wasn't a charter bus, it would not be strange to have a bus guide, but...
The woman wearing glasses with the mike in one hand was wearing a rough jersey and didn't look like a bus guide. That much was certain.
"Hai! Hai! Hai! Lindy-sensei!"
"Yes, what is it?"
Since she was called by the title of teacher, her livelihood was that of a high school teacher. She was a second year novice teacher at our Seijou High School Girls Academy and graduated from a professional teaching school. Her storytelling ability rivaled that of a guide. As an expert in classics, she was also well-versed in fairy tales it seems.
Classics and fairy tales? Collecting a compilation of fairy tale stories from famous places was a different field of study, I thought.
Anyways, it was not a coincidence for a teacher and students to be on the same bus. Normally there would be a reason like a summer-training camp and the teacher was the advisor. And that happened to be our reason too.
"The place of our training camp, Unasaka, had such a legend!?" The energetic girl behind me asked.
Today was the start of our training camp and we were on a road traveling south.
"Could it be that the ultimate onitaiji kenpo was also passed down and we're going to learn it from a mysterious old man!?" Another question emerged from the very enthusiastic mouth of the girl.
"Hmm, who knows?" The so-called bus guide replied a bit suspiciously.
"What kind of answer was that?"
"I can't stand this situation, Fate-chan!" A frustrating whine came from the once energetic girl.
Rising from the seat behind me and peaking over was second year student, Arisa Bannings. She was the person with the smallest stature in our club and on top of that, her hair was tied in little pigtails which gave her a childish look. However, she had an impressive athletic ability and there was a lot expected of the novice.
"Yes, yes, I'm sure that's true." I replied nonchalantly. Talking with her increases my tension and she's the type to make me extremely tired.
"What's with that roundabout, apathetic response?"
"Because it's the truth," I answered.
"Eh...you should listen carefully to what your classmates are saying." Arisa said in a sigh.
She was a forward girl and not bashful, but maybe that was good. And the way she addressed me "Fate-chan", it made my name, Fate Testarossa, very childish…and cute? The person who gave me that nickname was the former captain. When I was sponsored into the club, my name was established like that. So we were talking about the onitaiji kenpo skills.
"Anyway, if something like that was so powerful, wouldn't it be weird for it not to be known?" I asked. The fairy tale would've been embraced and promoted and have appeared on a billboard or something.
"That might be true, but we're talking about the ultimate kenpo skills." Her response was filled with unusually weird mischief.
"So you're saying it wouldn't be leaked to outsiders?" I questioned her.
"In order to protect the skills, it would only be taught to a chosen successor."
"..." I knew it. She was clueless.
"...Look. The prevalence of kenpo was due to the last stage of the civil wars during the Edo Period. Before that, there was the legend of Minamoto no Yoshitsune being taught sword skills by tengu in the mountains." I explained in a superior voice.
Usually, onitaiji fairy tales would go in that direction, and our club was a kendo club. Anyways, due to Arisa's interests and due to my grandmother's love of reading sword fighting novels, I can't say the story didn't have any effect on me at all.
"Lindy-sensei, how long ago did the onitaiji story take place?" I wanted an answer but I didn't expect Arisa would be the one to give it to me.
"It took place a long time ago. A long, long time ago," Arisa replied but she was wrong.
"You should also pay more attention to what the teacher is saying." What a vague answer.
"Fate-san. As I recall, it was 2000 years ago."
A kind voice replied from the seat next to me and was like a life boat. Like her voice, she had a pretty face and short, luxurious light brown hair. Maybe it was because of her appearance that the previous captain gave her the nickname "Hime," a princess. Different from my nickname, Yagami Hayate's nickname didn't use a single character from her actual name. However, her generous behavior really did make her worthy of the title princess.
"Hayate..." Well, I didn't normally use her nickname but still called her by her real name.
"It seems the eras took place long time ago." She replied with her hand by her mouth.
"Yes, so it's a fake." I confirmed.
"Eh? Why is that?" This time, Arisa questioned, still peeking from behind us.
"Swords from an era ago and swords used for kenpo were totally different." Just like you couldn't wave your sleeves if your shirt didn't have them, you couldn't wave a sword that didn't exist.
"Ah, I see." I think she finally understood.
"...By the way Arisa, is Nanoha sleeping?" I've been wondering that for awhile now. She didn't join in the conversation so I was assuming she's been sleeping the whole entire time.
"Nano-chan? I don't think so." She replied with a smile.
The name Nano-chan that Arisa used is created from Nanoha's first name, using the part nano from Nanoha. Takamachi Nanoha and Arisa Bannings are in the same class in seats one and two. They are friends that live in the same dorm and are actually roommates. They are with each other 24 hours a day and are like sisters to each other.
"Oi! Nano-chan!"
Normally if Arisa was making such a ruckus, Nanoha would've said something. And also, in the previous situation, it would be Nanoha and not Hayate who would be the life boat, which is the normal pattern. Though it was strange, it could be due to the unfamiliar environment. Either the forced march-like traveling since the morning, and the teacher's speech acting like a lullaby, it wouldn't be a problem to fall asleep but...
"....." But if that wasn't the case, it was essential to deal with it now.
"Nanoha, are you awake?" I said in a very soft voice.
"...yes? Did Nano-chan do something?" Arisa questioned.
"It's the opposite. I'm a bit worried." My concerns finally showed and I was feeling a little troubled.
"Hmm?" Looking down diagonally, Arisa checked the seat next to her.
"Nano-chan? Are you asleep? Are you awake?"
Sitting next to Arisa and in the seat directly behind me was a girl with long, brown hair that was held together in a ponytail to the side and was the person Arisa called "Nano-chan," Takamachi Nanoha. With a slender figure all around, she didn't look like she could wield a bamboo sword and was the club's first member who was a manager-only.
"Teya!" Arisa stopped her fluttering hand and flicked Nanoha on the forehead. Nanoha's unsteady eyes focused on the finger floating in front of her face.
"Eh?" She looked around for a little bit and realized that all eyes were on her.
"Nyahaha…" Did anyone else found that cute or was it just me?
It looks like she probably wasn't sleeping. When you're focusing intensely, then background noise and scenery is excluded from your mind, but that I didn't think that was the case.
"You said 'Eh' Nano-chan. What's wrong?"
"What do you mean? There's nothing wrong." A fake smile emerged from her usual calm face and I got a little suspicious.
"That's not true. Compared to your normal face, you don't look so good." Arisa questioned her.
"That's not true." Nanoha denied through her fake smile. I wish she would just tell us what's going on.
"There's definitely something wrong, right Fate-sempai?" Arisa finally addressed me the right way. Like a person looking for reinforcement, she urged me to do something. I couldn't make an apathetic response so I stared at Nanoha's face.
"Nanoha," I called to her, feeling a bit unsure but no one seemed to notice.
"Y-yes?" Nanoha leaned forward to answer.
"We've been sitting in the bus a long time. Are you feeling ok?" I was concerned. She wasn't really the energetic type like Arisa and calm like Hayate so I was feeling a little worried about her condition.
"I-I'm ok."
"It's a little sudden, but Nano-chan, do you want to switch seats with me?" Arisa offered her seat next to the window, feeling concerned if she has car sickness.
"It's not like I get car sick. I'm fine, Arisa-chan." Though she said she didn't have car sickness, her face was a little strange.
"Nanoha, will you stick your arm out a bit for me?" I requested kindly. Those last two words really weren't necessary but I added it for emphasis.
"Yes?" As she asked her question, I took hold of Nanoha's slim, stretched out arm. I could see the muscles on the inside of her wrist and a few inches towards the direction of her elbow, I pressed down.
"Th-that's a pressure point isn't it? I'm really not car sick. I'm really fine!" Nanoha immediately pulled back her arm and was a little nervous. I guess she just didn't want to be a burden to anyone.
"Oh, you already knew of this technique?" I tried to make her talk more so she would be feeling a bit relieved.
"I thought massages would be useful so I read about it in a book." She was always ready. That part of her was something I secretly liked about her.
"Then you might already know this but that point affects the whole body." I had learned about it from my grandfather's job, though in the past, I thought the knowledge passed down from elders was annoying.
"Nn..."
"W-what is it?" Nanoha got nervous.
"Nothing," After continually staring at her face, my face got a little red. It was like how the sun that was setting in the west and was slowly spreading its color.
"You were spaced out a while ago. Do you have something like a fever?" I hoped to change the topic so the redness of my face has time to revert back to normal.
"I'm really fine!?" She got a bit embarrassed. I guess I ask too much.
"We've just started so you shouldn't push yourself." I added in.
"That's right! If Nano-chan collapses, our training camp meals will be in a big pinch!" Arisa freaked out from behind Hayate.
"A big pinch? It's not like we can't cook if Nanoha wasn't here." If Nanoha wasn't here… I thought, never bothering to finish it.
Having a contrasting opinion, Arisa thrust her finger in my face and waved it back and forth like a metronome.
"Naive! You're too naive! Sempai doesn't understand Nanoha's true ability!" As if it were her own ability, she thrust out her chest.
"Is Nanoha-chan's cooking that delicious?" Hayate replied for me. Yes, she was my life boat today.
"Of course, it's no small thing." She got excited all of a sudden.
"Then I'm looking forward to it, right Fate-san?" Hayate smiled, heartwarmingly.
"That's true." I agreed. I always looked forward to anything she does. It was something that's been made into a hobby of mine. Wow, I sound like a stalker.
"Umm..." Lindy-sensei probably thought she was interrupting something.
"What is it, sensei?" I asked, in behalf of everyone. I was captain, of course.
"Is everyone finished talking?"
- End of Prologue -
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