A/N: Yes I know, the new story so soon. Anyway, now I'm really excited, because this is where all the drama starts. I hope you enjoy this first chapter, because it only gets better from here on out. A side note, I probably wont be able to update for a few days since I'm moving to a new city tomorrow. Keeping that in mind, I look forward to seeing you all again.

- Kode-Dekka

We went this far, because we wanted to be with you.

Everything we do, we do it for you, so that you can always smile happily.

You saved us from darkness, so its our turn to save you.

For as long as you need us, we'll be your shields, and your swords.

That's a promise, an oath, one that will never be broken.

That's why...

...forgive us for our sins.

Lyrical Girls A's

I

"Really! That's great!" I exploded with glee when Fate told me that all the arrangements for Ms. Harlaown to become her guardian went through. I even hugged her, to which she giggled, returning the favor.

"Its all thanks to you, Nanoha." My cheeks darkened at the embarrassing words.

"I didn't really..." She squeezed me tighter to her chest, shaking her head, not allowing me to say anything else.

"You saved me. That day, if you hadn't said those things, I would have kept lying, and nothing would have changed. I owe everything to you, thank you, Nanoha."

"Fate-chan..." I didn't know what else to do on this chilly October morning, so I just kept myself warm by embracing her with as much force as I could.

"Geez, they're at it again." A clearly annoyed voice came out of nowhere, interrupting the moment. We both turned out heads to find three people looking our way.

"Aww, no fair, I want to be lovey-dovey with Nanoha-chan too." Natsume whined, and gave us her typical mock jealousy.

My three best friends in the world, Natsume, Suzuka, and Alisa, they once again greeted us in front of the school gate where I met up with Fate. One of them was very angry, a certain hotheaded blond.

"Every day its always the same thing, show a little restraint." She was talking about my closeness to Fate, whom I always hugged cheerfully when we met. I don't know why I did it, but I found her to be very soft, and hugable.

"Mou, its fine isn't it?" She sighed.

"What about her," She pointed to Fate. "Don't you think it bothers her?" The spotlight instantly changed to Fate, who blushed furiously.

"Um.. Not really... I..." She seemed to be too embarrassed to say it, but everyone could guess what she was going to tell Alisa. For that, I squealed with joy.

"Shy Fate-chan is so cute~!" I proceeded to bring her close to me again, earning me a few cries from the girls around us, particularly the ones who were infatuated with me. Alisa looked about ready to bash me on the head, but Suzuka stopped her of course. And Natsume? She just grinned at us like the Cheshire cat, finding it all quite amusing.

Now that Fate was freed from her terrible home life, I found that the days were becoming brighter, happier. Its only been two weeks since it happened, but even Fate was getting more cheerful, and opened up more.

There were still some issues to sort out, namely the fact that Fate would have to testify in court, but we would cross that bridge when we got there. Until then, I wanted us to enjoy these peaceful days together.

The five of us entered the school together, laughing and smiling all the way. Everything was perfect the way it was now, and I hoped that would never change.

"Hayate-chan, the bath is ready." A small teenage girl looked up from the TV at the sound of her name. A mature looking woman with light brown hair smiled down at her, reaching down her hands toward her. With minimal effort, the woman picked her up, out from the metal chair that she had previously been confined to.

"Thank you, Shamal." Being carried by the woman, referred to as Shamal, Hayate hummed happily.

Hayate Yagami was sick, very sick. She had an awful disease, which was slowly killing her. Her legs had already become paralyzed by the sickness, which was starting to spread up her body. In just a year, maybe even less than that, her body would likely become completely paralyzed. And then, shortly after that, she would die.

However, Hayate wasn't scared, not of the death that awaited her. She had been prepared for a long time, and her family was there to support her, so she wasn't afraid of the end that would come soon.

Shamal brought her into the bathroom, and stripped her naked. She had seen the young girl's body a thousand times, but it still made her blush a little when she did this. After she was done, she got naked herself, and prepared to bathe with Hayate as well.

Because Hayate wouldn't be able to leave the bathroom by herself, Shamal found it more practical to stay there with her, and she figured that she might as well take that chance to clean herself as well. It was embarrassing, but for that girl, she would do anything.

Shamal washed Hayate, and also massaged her legs, to keep the small feeling left in them from escaping. While she did that they talked about all kinds of things, mostly about how boring the house was. The conversation then took a shift, one that Shamal had been expecting.

"I want to go to school." Hayate told her, to which she was denied.

"We still haven't gotten approval from the doctor. Until then, it would be better for you to rest up."

"Booo~, no fair. I'm fine, I don't need a doctor to tell me that." Shamal smiled as she started to rub shampoo through her hair.

"Even so, we must do as he says. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll contact us soon." Hayate response with a defeated sigh.

"Fine." And that was the end of that. Shamal dumped water over the girl's head, and washed away all the shampoo. When that was over, she finished things up quickly and helped her out of the bath.

Afterward she was carried downstairs, and put back into her wheelchair. At the same time, a group three walked into the door, which delighted her.

"Zafira, Signum, Vita-chan, welcome home!" She rolled over to them. Zafira, a well dressed man, patted her on the head before moving along. Signum, a tall woman with red hair, greeted Hayate in a formal manner, and then continued on as well to meet Shamal. The only one who stayed by her side was a small redheaded girl, roughly the same age as Hayate.

"How are you feeling?" Vita asked her, getting a dismissive wave in return.

"I'm fine of course, you don't have to ask every time you come home." Her cheeks burned, and she crossed her arms. "Aww, don't be like that, here..." Hayate reached out her arms and hugged the girl around the neck, making her cheeks an even darker shade of red.

"H-Hayate! Geez..." Zafira, who was watching, snickered at them, which only made the small girl even madder.

On the other side of the room, Signum was talking to Shamal, and said something that caused her to produce a wide smile. "Hayate-chan." She said, having the girl look at her, still holding onto Vita. "Good news, Signum passed by the doctors office today, he gave his approval for you to go to school."

"Really!" Her eyes became wide with excitement, she even rolled her chair over to Signum to hug her. "When can I go?" Signum ran her hand through Hayate's hair.

"He said anytime is fine. I already made all the arrangements, you can start in two days." This only made Hayate squeal even more, increasing the pressure of her embrace.

"Thank you, thank you!" She was more than excited. She hadn't been to a school in four years, and had to be home schooled. But now she was a high school student, and would be able to live that dream starting in just two days. The anticipation was killing her already. I can't wait, finally, just two more days...

There was a huge commotion at school today. It was lunchtime, and as Fate, Suzuka, Alisa and I wandered through the hall in search of Natsume, we came across a growing crowd of people standing outside the principals office. Curious, the four of us went to see what was going on.

What we found was a girl in a wheelchair, and her annoyed companion. They were being bombarded with questions, some of them very inappropriate and intrusive. We had never seen these girls before, so I assumed that they had to be new to the school. I found that quite interesting, three transfer students in just over a month.

The four of us felt sorry for that girl, since she didn't seem very prepared and couldn't answer their questions at all. It reminded me of when I had all those people crowding me, I shivered at the memory.

"Damn it, you're all annoying!" The smaller redhead suddenly shouted, finally blowing her top. Without saying anything else, she pushed the girl through the confused group of students. As they went passed us, the girl looked at me, saw me looking at her, and waved nervously with a smile. I waved back, feeling kind of awkward.

The second I did that, things just got worse, for me that is.

"Kyaa, did you see that! That girl wouldn't even look at us."

"As expected of Takamachi the Ace."

I knew it, they were talking about me again. Apparently, getting the new girl to wave and smile at you was a big deal, at least to this bunch. Fate was blushing, because everyone was gathering around us, asking me how I did it, and she still wasn't used to that. Before this, Alisa and Suzuka had already escaped, leaving us to the sharks.

I tried to calm them all down, saying that it was no big deal, but they took it the wrong way, again saying things like "as expected of the ace...", and "she's so modest!". I sighed heavily, already having enough of this.

"Looks like you've gotten quite popular again, Nanoha-chan." Natsume came out of the crowd, giving me a grin.

"Don't just stand there. You're part of the karate club, save us~!" Natsume giggled, the grin on her face widening, I didn't like it one bit.

"Okay, I'll help but on one condition: You have to give me a kiss!"

"Eh!" The girls around us only got more excited, some of them passing out. Others were saying that it wasn't fair, that they wanted to kiss me too. I blushed, wanting to die right there. Fate was no better, actually, it looked like she was on the brink of passing out herself.

Before things got even more out of hand, I almost decided to give into Natsume. However, I heard a shout from behind me. "Shut the hell up!" The redheaded girl from before suddenly reached into the crowd, grabbed both Fate and me, and dragged us out. She took us, and started dashing, dragging us along with her while we were chased.

"Um..." I wanted to say something, but she glared back at me for a second, stopping me cold.

"Stupid, stupid, what the hell is up with this school!" She was really pissed off, and reminded me a lot of Alisa.

Since there was nothing we could do about this, the two of us just allowed ourselves to be taken. We did eventually get away from them, which was a relief. When that ordeal was over, I caught my breath. "Thank you, you saved us." I said to the girl, who growled.

"I only did it because Hayate asked me to, so don't flatter yourself." Her attitude was actually starting to get on my nerves, but I didn't say so.

"That's not nice Vita, don't be so mean to her." I hadn't noticed it at first, but the girl in the wheelchair was here as well, and was the one who spoke to the girl I assumed was this "Vita". She smiled warmly at me, holding out her hand. "I'm Hayate Yagami, nice to meet you." I was surprised, but shook her hand anyway.

"I'm Nanoha Takamachi, nice to meet you." Feeling bad for Fate, I also introduced her. "This is my friend, Fate Testarossa."

"N-Nice to meet you." The blond said bashfully, and shook the girl's hand as well. After the introduction was done, Hayate looked at Vita expectantly.

"Vita, do you have something you'd like to say." She growled again, but gave up, looking at the two of us.

"I'm Vita, its nice to meet you, I guess." I ignored that last part and smiled at her, which made her blush a little, it was kind of cute seeing that reaction.

"Good, we're all friends now." Separated from the rest of our group, Fate and I spent our lunch with this unusually cheery girl. She explained her situation to us, but left out a few details about her family, I didn't pry since it wasn't my business. She also told us that she felt bad about leaving us to those girls, that's why she sent Vita back to save us, for which I was very grateful.

When lunch was over, I found out that Hayate was in Natsume's class, so unfortunately we wouldn't be able to see each other until after school. That was fine, since I made some new friends.

I found this day to be very exhausting, but also kind of fun in a way. And when it ended, I would introduce Hayate and Vita to the rest of my friends, which I'm sure would be even more fun.

The darkness of night had ascended on the Yagami household. As Hayate told everyone about the exciting first day she had, and about the friends she made, they all listened with wide smiles on their faces. Vita though was a little crabby, mostly because she had to do something troublesome.

But as exciting as it was, Signum, Zafira and Shamal stated that they would have to leave, since they had part time jobs. Hayate watched them all get ready and leave the house. She didn't mind, since she still had Vita with her, who gave the group of three a glance before turning her attention to the TV.

Alisa was on her way home, taking a nice walk by herself. She had just finished cram school, and was now enjoying the evening air. She could have asked her family to send a driver to pick her up, but she didn't want to seem like a spoiled rich girl. So instead she walked, taking pleasure in the silence that surrounded her. She wished that Suzuka was with her, but instead just sent her a text, telling her about how boring cram school was.

She was completely unaware of what was happening around her, and when she turned a corner, she hardly even noticed the fact that there was no one left on this deserted street, except for her and one other person. When she did finally notice, she saw the the person was walking her way, wearing a heavy coat, the hood covering their face.

She found it creepy, but didn't think anything of it, until she heard the footsteps from behind too. There shouldn't have been anyone, but as if coming out of nowhere, a pair of people appeared, dressed similarly to the other person. Only then did she realize that something was wrong. What the hell is going on? She thought as she cautiously tried to walk across the street to the other side, but the person in front of her followed her movements, blocking her path. Damn it, what is this?

She glanced behind her, seeing the other two slowly beginning to encircle her. She was surrounded, with nowhere to go, and no one to help her. Alisa wouldn't admit it to anyone, but she was scared. She may act tough, but that doesn't mean she didn't feel fear.

"W-What do you want from me!" She yelled at them, her voice shaky.

"Hand over your wallet, that's all we want." The person in front of her said, it was a woman's voice, sounding dark and mature. Her demand kind of annoyed Alisa. All this for some money, you've got to be kidding me. The woman stretched out her hand toward Alisa. "Hand it over, and we wont have to take drastic actions."

"..." She didn't know what to do. She didn't exactly bring a bank full of wealth with her, but that didn't mean she wasn't carrying anything. She didn't want to give these people anything, but didn't see much choice given the current situation. So, Alisa handed over all the money she had...

… or so she would have liked to do. However, she was still so scared, her body wouldn't move, and she didn't do or say anything. The woman took this as her resisting, and started to move forward as the people behind her did likewise.

"How unfortunate, I didn't want it to come to this." She said, coming closer with each step.

Damn it, I'm in some trouble now! Alisa thought, still not able to move, even as the woman got right in her face. She raised her arm, balling her hand into a fist, preparing to strike the blond. As the woman lowered her hand, she whispered something that sounded a lot like "I'm sorry...". Alisa wasn't paying any attention anyway, and just closed her eyes, waiting for the impact.

The people behind her suddenly yelled something, and a gust of wind whipped past her. Daring to open her eyes, she found an unbelievable sight.

"Yo." Natsume said, holding the arm of the women who tried to attack her. Her eyes kindly looked back at Alisa for a moment, before becoming cold. She glared at the woman, her lips curling in anger as she tightened her grip.

"Who are you?" The woman said calmly, not bothered in the slightest by the Natsume's appearance.

"Natsume's the name." She grinned at her, despite still having a scary look on her face. She also pulled her other hand back, balling it into a fist as well. "I'm sorry but, I'm not going to let you lay a finger on her!"

With a swift movement, at a speed that Alisa had never seen before, Natsume's hand moved up, and she used all her strength to deliver a powerful punch to the woman...