Vivio silently followed behind Tsukasa as he led her someplace. While she had no idea where he was taking her, she felt it was ok to trust him. He had rescued her from that monster, and they had returned to a populated area as well. Vivio found further comfort in the fact she recognised some of the buildings too.

"We're here." Tsukasa announced, stopping in front of a sign that read 'Hikari Studio'.

"Wasn't this a café before?" She wondered with a titled head. Tsukasa ignored the question and entered the building. Vivio quickly tailed after him.

"Tsukasa-kun! There you are!" A long haired girl huffed as soon as they entered. "Just where did you run off too?"

"Ah! Tsukasa!" Another boy quickly entered. "Great, now we can go see what's up with this world!"

"No need for that, Yusuke, Natsumi." Tsukasa dismissed them with a wave of his hand. "I brought some one who knows this world."

"Oh? Where are they?" Yusuke asked, looking around in an exaggerated manner.

"Right here." Pointing down, he indicated the girl who was hiding behind his leg.

Natsumi and Yusuke stared at her a moment before looking up at Tsukasa.

"And, just where did you kidnap her from, eh?" Yusuke accused, slapping the other boy's shoulder.

"To think you were into that sort of thing…" Natsumi lamented.

"Hey! Don't make me hurt you." Tsukasa batted away Yusuke's arm. "I saved her from a Fangire and she recognised this outfit I have on. Apparently it's some kind of military uniform."

Natsumi pushed Tsukasa away and knelt down to Vivio's eye level. "Hi there, I'm Natsumi Hikari."

"And I'm Yusuke Onodera!" He put in.

"What's your name?"

"I'm Vivio. Vivio Takamachi." The girl answered.

"Vivio-chan. That's a cute name." Natsumi smiled. "I hope Tsukasa-kun didn't do anything mean to you."

"… I've been wondering this for awhile…" Tsukasa started. "But just what kind of person do you think I am, Natsumikan?"

The young woman ignored him. "So you were attacked? That must have been scary. Please, come in and we'll get you something to drink. I think my grandpa is almost finished baking something too."

Vivio nodded her head and let herself be led inside. This girl seemed like a nice person.

"I hope you don't do something that'll get you arrested, Tsukasa." Yusuke grinned as he poked him with an accusing finger. Tsukasa whopped him on the back of the head and followed the two girls.

"So, what is your favourite drink?" Natsumi asked as Vivio sat at a small table.

"Um… Caramel milk." She bashfully replied.

"I'll go see if we have some." The older girl said as she went into the kitchen.

"Oh? A guest?" An elderly man, Eijiro Hikari, poked his head out.

"Such an adorable little guest too!" A small, pink bat like creature also flew out. "She looks so yummy!"

Vivio reeled back slightly, remembering that the monster who attacked her had said something similar.

"Kivala-chan, don't even think about biting her." Yusuke warned, taking a seat next to Vivio. "Don't worry about her, Vivio-chan. She's friendly."

"Um… ok…" She kept her green eye on the bat anyways. Otherwise not finding the talking bat all that odd, Vivio ventured a glance at her surroundings. The table she sat at was in the center of a large, open room. Aside from the doorways into the entrance and the kitchen, there was a large backdrop which depicted a familiar building. "Ah! It's the Midori-ya!"

"You know the place, Vivio-chan?" Yusuke asked.

"Yes, it's the shop owned by my mama's family. But why do you have a picture of it?"

"Well, this is a photo studio." Eijiro cut in, placing a plate of scones on the table.

"I guess we should explain to you what's going on." Natsumi said. "Here's your caramel milk."

"Thank you." Vivio took the cup and sipped from it. It wasn't as good as the ones her mama made, but it was still delicious.

"To keep this quick…" Tsukasa snapped a shot of Vivio with his camera. "We travel between worlds, solving whatever problem there is so we can save the world from being destroyed."

"So you are a member of the TSAB after all?" Vivio asked.

"I have no idea what that is, so I'll say no." Tsukasa replied. "You said I'm wearing their uniform, right? Whenever I enter a new world, that world gives me a role I need to solve whatever the problem is."

"What world are you from, then?" Vivio questioned further, only able to follow the explanation a little.

"Earth." Yusuke answered. "But not from this Earth. You know what alternate universes are, right? It's like that."

"Oh." Vivio blinked.

"So what's this Space Time thing anyways?" Tsukasa inquired.

"They're the people who govern most of the planets in this universe." Vivio explained. "My mamas and their friends are all mages that work for them."

"Mages? You mean people that cast magic spells and stuff like that?" Natsumi asked.

"Yup." Vivio nodded after taking another sip of her milk. "They're heroes who protect everyone!"

"So… Are there no Riders in this world?" Yusuke wondered.

"Riders?" Vivio tilted her head in confusion.

"Kamen Riders like me." Tsukasa clarified.

"No." Vivio said with a shake of her head. "Today was the first time I've seen some one like you, Tsukasa-san."

"Another Riderless world, huh?" Tsukasa reached into his pocket and pulled out a card. Depicted on it was a diagonal line with obscure gray shapes on either side of it. He showed it to Vivio. "Does this look familiar to you?"

She squinted at it, but shook her head again. "Sorry, I can't tell what that is."

"No good, eh?" Tsukasa put the card away. "Well, maybe I can find a clue as to what I'm supposed to do if I meet with these mages… Hey, you said your mom was a mage, right? Introduce her to me."

"Um…" Vivio gave the table a melancholic gaze, remembering why she had run away in the first place.

"What's wrong, Vivio-chan?" Natsumi asked softly.

"It's… well… I overheard my mamas talking and they were saying that I just get in their way… They were kind enough to adopt me and I love them very much, but I just cause them trouble…"

"Vivio-chan, there's no way that's tr…"

"Of course it's true." Tsukasa snorted, causing Vivio to sink deeper into the chair.

"Tsukasa-kun!" Natsumi glared, holding up her thumb. "Hikari Family Secret Laughing Pressure Point!" She jammed her thumb into Tsukasa's neck.

"Hahahaha damn it, hahahaha Natsumikan! Hahaha!" He bowled over, laughing uncontrollably.

"Don't listen to that jerk." She turned back to Vivio. "I'm sure your mamas love you very much too."

"…" Vivio used to be certain of that, but if it were true, why had her mamas said such things? She just didn't know.

X-X-X

"Any sign of her?" Nanoha panted as she ran up to Fate.

"No, I didn't see her anywhere." Fate huffed back.

"She wouldn't just run off like that…" Nanoha started panicking. "What if some one…!"

"Calm down, Nanoha!" Fate said sternly. "We'll find her."

"Fate-chan… if anything happens to her, I… my treasure…"

"I know, Nanoha, I know. Let's keep looking."

Off to the side was a tree, and behind this tree stood a lone, grinning man.

"Did somebody say 'treasure'?"