Hey all! Thank you for the reviews and follows :D It's only my first chapter and I am so happy I received some good response ^^ Now I'm more fired up to write more about Nanofate hehe. Anyway I realised Fate is a bit OOC and hence the edit on the chapters.

Chapter 2: Miss Brunette

Nanoha POV

Class had started with homeroom. Nonchalantly, the blond I met in the morning strolled in to the enforcer class, seemly shocked when she spotted me in class. Oh no. There was only one empty seat left in the class and that was the one right beside me. Shocked, I watched as she walked over slowly and agonizingly, and gently sat on the empty seat without a care for the world. She still wasn't wearing her blazer. As I was sitting on her right side, I saw with much horror that her right sleeve was pretty much stained red. Yunno-kun. He was hurt pretty badly huh? I shall visit him later.

Homeroom started soon after and I found out that the girl who was there in the morning was there too. Apparently her name was Hayate Yagami. And the blonde beside me was called Fate T. Harlaown. Wow. Both are daughters of high ranking officials. I swear I heard the name Harlaown somewhere.

My eyes trailed over to the blonde on my left. Her tie was adjusted, though it was still tied pretty loosely. Her right sleeve was rolled back though I could see it was mostly red despite the folds. She... was so mysterious. Staring at the shimmering yellow hair, I was shocked when I caught burgundy eyes staring back into my own blue. The deep red pools seemed somehow sad and pensive. Blue eyes reflected back in the red and Fate flinched, and turn around sharply. What's wrong with her?

"The seats you have taken how will be your permanent seating. There would be no changes allowed. Understood?" Carim Gracia, our form teacher spoke with unwavering strictness. I saw her stare lingered on a certain blonde beside me before she took one last look at us and continued her announcements.

The bell rang soon after and the blonde made a mad dash for the door.

Fate POV

There was something unnerving about the way Takamachi-san stared. It was like she was staring into the depths of my soul and I didn't like it. When the bell rang, I made a mad dash out of the classroom, away from the devil Takamachi. I had things to pick up.

I roamed the school, seeing that I had another hour of break before actual lessons start. I wandered around the Infinite Library, the greatest and biggest information bank in the world. Footsteps that only belonged to mine rang through the quiet and serene library. My mum told me if you took the elevator to the highest floor of the library, you could see a magnificent view of the whole of Mil-childa. And that was what I precisely did.

The view from the highest point was awesome and breathtaking even. I stared at the far away Mil-childa ocean, wondering what secrets lie in the colour of the blue. The colour of the sky was clear bright blue too. Just like her eyes. They seemed to be so wide and deep, full of mystery and suspense. I fidgeted as I caught sight of the girl called Takamachi wandering around the school grounds. I played with my device, Bardiche.

"Sir?" A robotic but pleasant male voice rang out in the highest floor of the quiet library.

"Heh. I was just bored. Entertain me." As if providing a solution to my boredom, my nose began to bleed again. I furiously scrubbed my nose on my right sleeve after I rolled it back down.

"Shall I call Alica-sama?" There seemed to be a hint of concern in the voice. I dismissed the thought of it immediately. After all, Bardiche is a device. Even though we had gone through so much together, there were just some things that only a human would understand.

"No." I said flaty. How could he even suggest that?

The little device seemed a little lost at what to do and kept quiet while pulsing yellow. Sighing, I turned to the data bank to find Signum, the pink hair girl from my class staring at me. It was somehow unnerving. How did she know where to find me?

"What."

"Nothing." She recoiled a little at my cold tone but started walking towards me. Argh. Instinctively, I backed away from my classmate and hit my head against the shelf. A moment of silence soon followed.

Signum chuckled and I glared. How could she laugh at me?

"Hey. Thanks for saving Hayate earlier. And here!" She tossed me my previously abandoned blazer and phone. I had returned to the place where I had my first fight in school only to find my stuff gone. Panic engulfed me when I realised my phone was gone. I calmed down after using my device to contact the hospital to send the reports to Bardiche.

I only looked at her quizzically. How did she know?

"Oh. Hayate is my mistress technically. I am her bodyguard and so is Vita-chan. We have served her family for generations. She told me about this morning and asked me to apologise on her behalf if I found you for the misunderstanding she had caused."

"Oh." Was what I could say. I was never a sociable person.

The two of us sat in silence as Signum played with her device too. She called it "Lævatein". It was a handsome sword that looked cool.

"Hey." I managed to break the awkward silence.

"What." She said nonchalantly.

"What's your name?"

"Signum." A swift and quick reply.

"Ah. I see."

"Yours?

"Fate." I said after a moment of hesitation.

"Ah. I see."

"How did you know where to find me?"

"I didn't. Someone told me the view on the top of the library is magnificent and that's why I came here. It's added bonus that I had carried your stuff along though, I never did expect to find you here." She chuckled.

We sank into another awkward but seemly comfortable silence.

"You not getting back to your mistress? I thought you were her bodyguard or something."

"She's busy making friends with Takamachi-san. I suppose she wanted to explain this morning's situation. Vita-chan is around anyway so I'm having my break."

"Heh. I see. Hey that device of yours looks cool."

"Hah. Maybe we should have a match someday."

"Sure. After lesson today?"

"Kay. On."

Both of us smiled. As she stood up to walk away, Signum gave me a sad smile and said, "By the way, I am not one to pry but the hospital and someone texted you a million times. I didn't read though. Take care." She eyed my right sleeved with a last glance and left.

With shock, I realised my sleeve was pretty much red.

Oh Mom is SURE going to kill me now.

Hayate POV

After the bell rang, I saw Fate-chan made a mad dash towards the door. I had seen the tension between Takamachi-san and Fate-chan rising because of me and I was feeling rather guilty. After Fate-chan left, I took this chance to talk to Takamachi-san, seeing that she seemed to know no one here. Everyone left the classroom, though Vita stayed in the corner of the classroom. Silly. They didn't really have to guard me.

Vita's family had served the Yagami family for several generations. I didn't want them to come to the academy just for the sake of serving me though they insisted that they were curious about the school. It was just a silly tradition.

I approached Nanoha's table and grabbed a nearby chair. She seemed to have spaced out. After poking her in the arm, she squealed and after my uncontrolled fit of laughter at her reaction, she cried, "Mou! Yagami-san! Don't scare me!"

"Call me Hayate! Nanoha-chan!" She seemed surprised at my usage of her name and smiled. "Hayate-chan!" Then I started the story of this morning's incident. With a furious blush that was sure on my face, I started to speak.

"This morning... I was shocked that s-someone that touched my... butt. And.. and I screamed. The blonde in the morning..." Nanoha gave me an intense stare and nodded for me to continue.

"She heard me scream and I-I think she thought that the guy had did something pretty bad and they had a fight because of me. I am sorry for causing the misunderstanding!" I finished with a apologising bow as I frantically stood up.

"Fate-chan was just trying to save me! I-I asked them to stop but they didn't... Fate-chan was bleeding pretty badly too." I continued on as I felt stinging in my eyes. Tears rolled down without a care for the world. Nanoha sprang onto her feet too and gave me a hug.

"Fate-chan...she looked... fine. Don't worry." Those words were whispered in my ears.

Fate POV

The bell rang yet again, signalling the end of break. I headed back into the classroom with dread. Hayate and Miss brunette Takamachi seemed to have became good friends. They were talking animatedly and frequent sounds of laughter graced my ears. I took my seat and avoided both girls' gaze. I took out my phone and scroll through the messages. They were nothing of importance and I sighed with relief. There was a dozen messages from Teana though. Teana was my childhood friend and it was rather comfortable hanging around her. She never pried on my past and was never a person with much words. Except when it comes to texting though. I sighed and replied a "Don't worry" to her.

Here comes the first lesson!

It was a lesson that taught us how to better communicate with our devices and how to strengthen communication lines through telepathy. Signum smiled.

"Hey there."
"Hey Signum."

"I'm excited about using our devices hehe." I seem to be unable to control my excitement.
"You have used your device a lot of times before?" Signum had asked.

"Yep. I have accompanied my mother to numerous trainings before."
"Hehe good. For if not you will be no match against the Wolkenritter."

"What's that?"
"Oh that's right, you don't know about us do you? That's the name for Hayate-chan's group of bodyguards."

Bardiche seemd to pulse with excitement too as the lesson went on.

"Okay class. In another hour, we will have a practice-mission against the TSAB's robots. Now I want all of you to behave seriously and treat this as serious as possible. This will be the first grading exam and this will thus determine the future positions that you all may succeed. I want all of you to partner up with the person next to you. Discuss the mission and how you all plan to do this and assemble by the field in an hour. The layout and mission objectives will be stated clearly in the paper before you. I trust all of you had device training in TSAB junior school? Yes? Okay! Off you go!"

I inwardly grimaced. I was paired up with that Takamachi.