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"What is sadness?"

Nanoha Takamachi

"It's an emotion that makes you powerless."

Fate Testarossa

Episode 2: This starts here

September 6th, beginning of school, early morning

-Nanoha's POV – 8 o'clock am...-

I'm late! I screamed in my head while running to the bus stop in the rain. I shouldn't have stayed up late last night! But I was so excited that I couldn't even close my eyes...! Not only it rained, but I missed the bus too. So much for my bad grades in sports... I growled. I looked at the time and made a supposition that I could run to school before it started. I can do it! I encouraged myself.

That run was the sport of the day or even of the year if I could say. Don't stop Nanoha! You can do it! It didn't really help because my feet were in fire. The cold rain completely washed my cloths. Lucky for me; I got gym later so I got a spear outfit!I happily told myself.

-30 minutes later, in front of the school...-

School starts... in less than 10 minutes! I alarmed my sense. I could see the building from the road I was. Not only I couldn't feel my legs, my body was about to collapse. Then, I saw that beautiful blond girl walking twenty feet in front of me. She's going to Lyrical too...? I'm happy... I tried to say something, but my ability to speak wasn't working. Soon after, my vision started to blur and I was running less and less. I must continue... Don't... Fall... My thoughts stopped there as I fell, making a big noise.

-Fate's POV-

Rained flipped on the black umbrella I was holding. The beginning of the day made me sick. A school day – the first non-less – and it was raining a lot. I don't really need to go to school. I could stay home... I was thinking while walking into the school's gates. It is pointless... I sighed and a chill went past into my body. I froze. What was that...? A bad feeling...? I continued to walk even if that chill was still running inside me.

THUD!

I jumped; my hand on my heart or anywhere closes to it. With the move, my umbrella fell on the ground and rain fell on me. I looked at my right, then my left; nothing. I slowly turned back to see where did the noise come from. I saw a girl on the ground, not moving at all. I run to the brown hair girl like life was about to end in any second. What the hell? Did she collapse? I kneeled down beside her and I hastily took her on my back.

"Are you ok? Can you answer me?" I calmly asked, while my inside was yelling. I walked inside the school and searched for teacher. Why aren't they anywhere? Oh right, class has started a minute ago...

"... late... we're late..." She whispered in her breath, in her sleep.

Damn it! Better bring her to the infirmary... I looked around while changing the weight of the brunette from my left shoulder to my right. I run through the hall looking at the doors at my left until I bounced into someone. Again? It's not the time for... I stopped the course of my thoughts when I saw a short blond hair woman in a white coat.

"My... Are you two ok?" She kindly asked with a smile.

"She collapsed on the ground at the school's gate, sensei." I responded like if I always had. "I was walking and I saw her asleep in a puddle. I don't think that she does that a lot..." I heard her laughing and she took the brunette off my grip.

I kind of felt like I lost a part of myself when the nurse took her... I quickly regain my posture and followed them. We walked in an unwanted silence to the infirmary. The nurse put the brunette on a bed and turned to me to ask something I really didn't wanted to hear from her:

"Could you take off her clothes, please? I'm going to get towels for her."

And, she was gone after that. She didn't even let me answer her! Why should I help her anyway...? I sighed and approached the occupant of the bed. Maa... It's better than classes. I started with the blouse and in the middle of my work, she twitched and faced me. I frowned. It's really worst than classes...!

-20 minutes later...-

I was exhausted. Why? Because I was undressing that wet brunette! That really was embarrassing... I sighed, sitting in my first class, not listening to the teacher at all. Shamal-sensei told me to go to my class and not to worry about the unconscious girl... And that was what I did. School is boring, classmates are boring, and teachers are boring... I lost the counts of the things I hated at school as I fell asleep on my desk with the image of the brunette in my head as the only thing that wasn't boring in the building...

-Nanoha's POV, many hours later...-

I frowned. I touched the sheets I was in and it wasn't mine. Where am I? I tried to lift myself but couldn't. I growled as I opened my eyes. It took me a minute to adjust my eyes to the blind light of the white room. I'm... in the infirmary? I got up with a strength I didn't know. I was... alone. I rubbed my eyes and I saw that I wasn't in my clothes. That's not normal... I frowned even more as I was replacing the events of before I collapsed. I was running... Yeah, I was late. I missed the bus and then... In front of the school, I saw her... She was walking ahead of me... I tried to speak but... wasn't able. And then... What happen...? I stopped thinking when I heard the door opening. A woman entered the room with Hayate and they saw me awake.

"Hey, you're awake?" My friend grinned to me. "To collapse because you're late isn't very good on your first day."

I grimaced. I had a huge headache that just started with them entering the room. "I'm awake, Mrs. Obvious." I massaged my temples.

She laughed and even the nurse smiled. "It's good to hear your sarcasm again. It's telling me that you're ok."

I frowned and growled.

"Miss Takamachi, lay down please, you have a fever and I don't want you to push yourself. The quicker it falls, the better." The nurse kindly scolded me with a smile.

And I let myself fall on the bed when Hayate asked me:

"Since you skipped the entire day to sleep, you'll need someone to help you with the homework, right?"

"Yeah..." I responded, on automatic. Then, it hit me. "What? The whole day?" I shouted as I stood up to look outside the window. I saw the sunset. "I skipped the first day..." Why me...? I sighed and Hayate pushed me on my back.

"Rest. I'll call your mother. Don't dare to move. Oh, and Alisa and Suzuka are coming soon..." She ordered me while grinning. This girl sure loves to smile... I smiled back to reassure her that I did understand.

With that, she took her leave, for now. I stopped smiling and frowned, again. I sure frown a lot since I woke up... I closed my eyes and got back into my thoughts. What happen after I saw her? I swear I was awake a little... Hayate told me that I collapsed so... If I'm here now, someone did bring me here... And those clothes... aren't mine. Who help me? I blushed as the image of the blond past on my mind. No way could it ever be her...

"Is she woke up, sensei?" A voice I knew too well asked. "Hayate-chan told us earlier to come and see..."

"Suzuka-chan!" I exclaimed as I sat on the bed. "Tell me it's just a bad dream!" Please, I really don't want it to be... My thoughts were cut off with a punch on my head. "Ouch!" Then I saw Alisa smiling at me.

"It's no dream, sleepyhead. See, it did hurt." I swear... This girl is the reincarnation of the devil...

I pouted. "What happen to me? One thing, I'm running late for school and the other, I'm here in the infirmary, not in my clothes and a whole day pass..."

"Well..." The nurse started, now beside me. "I'll explain. I was walking in the hall when a girl bounced into me. She had you on her back. She was pissed off in the beginning, but she was willing to let me bring you here. She told me you collapsed at the school's gate in a puddle."

"Who was she?" I asked even if I didn't want to know. I could see that Alisa was frowning from my reaction.

"She didn't tell me her name, but she had long blond hair, burgundy eyes and was very tall. It was her who changed you into these clothes..."

I could tell from their expression that I was either white or red... Or even the two if that was possible. What... The... Hell...? She... She... My head was getting hotter and hotter, my vision wasn't clear. All I could see was my friends getting worried and the nurse talking to me. I couldn't hear anymore. I... She... I... And I collapsed again.

-Alisa's POV...-

The hell? She collapsed again... Maybe the fever was worst then we thought... She was getting redder... I frowned and closed my eyes. That's unlike her to be that fragile... What the hell happen this morning...? I felt someone took my hand. I looked at my left to see my girlfriend with a worried expression all over her face.

"She'll be alright." I told her, squeezing her hand. "She won't fall only because of a fever, you know."

She smiled and I did too. Then only, the silence was ruined by the noisy Hayate that barked into the room while screaming:

"Nanoha-chan! Momoko-san is on her way... to school..." She finished her sentence in a whisper when she saw her brunette friend asleep. "Did she fall asleep?"

"No, she collapsed again. Sensei was telling her what happen and then she fell." I told our excited friend.

"Ok, but, what could have caused her to collapse again?" She asked the nurse while approaching the subject of the question.

"I was telling her how she was brought here and she was getting redder and redder..."

"About that mysterious blond girl in knight shiny armour? Oh..." She grinned. Oh I really don't like when she smiled like that... "That explain everything then..."

"And what is it, Hayate-chan?" Asked Suzuka, who let go my hand. "Why? Does it have a meaning behind that?"

"That's right. From the explications of Shamal-sensei, the girl did look alike the one Nanoha-chan bounced into at the mall, the other day, right? And don't tell me you we're worried when Nanoha was a little more off then normally that afternoon."

"That's right... It could be her." My girlfriend confirmed. "But, why Nanoha collapsed then?"

"Maybe she doesn't like the girl..." I growled in my breath.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Hayate continued. I hate it when she does that... "By the way she collapsed; it's more like she was embarrassed. So...!"

"Wait." I stopped her before she could go on her trail of statements. "Her face was red, but her arms and hands were white mostly... She looked more like a ghost with a fever to me."

"But...!" She wanted to argue, but one look from Suzuka made her swallow hastily her words.

I sighed. She's a good girl, but sometimes, she needs someone to stop her. I frowned when I saw Nanoha moving in her sleep. Guess we will have answers soon...

-Fate's POV, her house, 7 o'clock pm...-

I have work in less than an hour. I should get myself ready. My 'homework' was finished and my mother was sleeping. Everything was under control. Or so... I thought. There was only one thing that bugged me a lot that day. Takamachi Nanoha... The girl I bounced into two times. One at the mall and one when she collapsed – earlier that day – in the rain... If I keep myself to cross her path all the time, she'll think I'm a sort of stalker or something...

I sighed. I took my way out of the house to the bus stop, on automatic. I hope she's alright... She had a fever back this morning. I remember seeing some friends with her the other day; she must be taken care of... Not like myself... I darkly smiled. I'm glad for her...

I looked at the sky; I was in front of my job. My automatic self is getting better... I don't remember walking all the way here. I sighed for the umpteenth time. Well... Better get myself to work. I thought as I entered the building.

-Nanoha's POV, her house, same time...-

I was in my bed. For that: I was happy. My mother was sitting on the end of the bed watching me with a really worried look all over her face. For that: I was not that happy...

"I'm ok mom." I repeated myself, while yawning, for the tenth time. "I just need some sleep..." I'm more then tired to collapse like that... I'm not anaemic for god sake!

"Sweat heart! You were late at school, collapsed in the rain, skipped the first day and sleep all day long and collapsed again! You want me to think you're ok?" My mother almost cried in her sentences. "You didn't have enough sleep at school? Are you sure you're telling me everything?"

I blushed under the cover. You want me to say that I'm more then embarrassed to have been undressed by the beautiful mysterious blond I meet this summer? I sarcastically told myself. "There's nothing more, mom. I'm alright." Hayate and Alisa sure jumped on my head back there too, I really don't need everyone to do that...

I heard my mother sighed and she walked out of my room and told me as she closed the light:

"Be sure to come to me if anything, goodnight honey."

"'night mom..." I said enough loud for her to hear me as I let myself to sleep.

September 10th, noon

-Nanoha's POV, cafeteria, 1220 hours...-

I let my head fall hard on the table of the cafeteria. I was more than blame and tired... Why me...? I didn't have any appetite or anything: I just really wanted this beautiful nightmare to stop. My friends were worried about me but I couldn't care less.

"You sure seem out of everything, Nanoha-chan." Suzuka stated. "What happen?"

What happen...? It was the most horrible week I ever had. Monday: I collapsed two times. Tuesday: I tried to exclude myself but made it worst: I run – literally – into her three times. Wednesday: I got trouble with the gym's teacher and she took the blame for me. Yesterday: I didn't see her and even found myself searching for her almost all day long until I heard she was sick... And for today: I fell asleep in class and was dreaming of her again... That's really awkward... And I didn't sleep much for this first week... Today was the last day of school for the week and I really thanked the gods for the technical problem that had the school... If not, I would have school tomorrow. I suddenly felt my shoulder being kindly shacked by Hayate.

"What is it, Hayate-chan?" I offered them a fake smile but it didn't work... It even made them angrier and more worried.

"Stop the faking smile and tell us what the hell happens to you." Alisa roughly said to me. I can't blame her... I'm really acting weird since then.

"Nothing... really... happen... I just have some problem to sleep at night." That was true; I couldn't sleep when I was remembering her. Maybe it's better if they do know...

"Nanoha." Hayate spoke without saying the honorific. That's a rare sight... "Could you not lie to us? I'm sure Alisa is about to jump and fight you anytime soon..." She laughed saying that, but Alisa was really angry on me.

I sighed. "I... I'm sorry... It's just that... that I can't get something out of my mind..." I said in a whisper.

"We clearly saw that Nanoha." Alisa calmed herself. "And what is on your mind? We could help you..."

I shook my head and closed my eyes. "It's something I want to clear myself..."

I heard Alisa growl and Hayate's laugh. "You really are too stubborn, Nanoha. You should relate on your friends more often." The short blond hair girl scolded me.

I sighed again and blushed deeply. "It's just... That blond girl... She's so... mysterious. She's beautiful and she moves with such grace... But she has those sad eyes... I want to help her, but... in the end; she's always saving me..." I want to know more of her... I closed my eyes.

There was a really awkward silence after my statements. I don't like this... A chill went past through my body as I heard Hayate's laugh. I opened slowly my eyes to see my brunette friend was holding her stomach and was bursting in laughs. Alisa was frowning and Suzuka was smiling. What the...

"You're... You're just impossible!" Hayate laughed at me. "As I though! You didn't collapse the second time because of the fever... It was because of her!"

"You're laughing too loud, Hayate-chan..." Suzuka tried to calm the hysteric girl. "Nanoha-chan, please, don't listen to her... Please continue."

I frowned again. I'm frowning a lot these days... "I just want to become friend with her... She seems so alone by time..."

My purple hair friend smile motherly to me and Alisa was finally happy to hear it all... But Hayate was still laughing to die. It's not that funny that I collapsed and couldn't sleep because of her... Before the laughing girl could say anything, the first bell rang.

"We have biology, Nanoha. We should be going; it's the opposite way from here." Alisa told me while she got up.

I soon follow her and said my 'goodbyes' to the other two. The walk to the class was made in pure silence. Alisa-chan doesn't seem angry anymore. I'm happy. And I smiled.

-Meanwhile – Alisa's POV...-

Nanoha's been thinking about it all week long... Maybe that girl did something to Nanoha... I growled and Nanoha looked at me, smiling. She's too innocent to take advantage of her! Mysterious blond girl, I'm not going to give Nanoha the easy way! I warned her in my head.

-Meanwhile – somewhere near school, Fate's POV...-

I was sitting at the base of a big tree while thinking again about that Nanoha Takamachi when I snooze. Someone must be thinking badly about me... Wonder who it is... I readjust my position and fell asleep; I couldn't care less about classes...

-Later – Nanoha's POV, after school, 1530 hours...-

I stretched myself in front of my locker, changed my shoes and went outside the school, waiting for my late friends. Rain... Again? I sighed; I did bring an umbrella, but it always made me sad to see the rain. Makes me think that someone is always crying... I opened the umbrella and put it over my head. I decided to walk a little until Hayate and the others arrived.

I walked and walked on automatic until I saw someone on the ground, under a tree. I approached and saw a blond hair girl. Not again? Maybe God really loves to play tricks on me... But what is she doing under the rain like this? I kneeled beside her and put the umbrella over her to protect her.

"H-hey, are you o-ok?" I tried to say the normal way, but failed at it marvellously. "Y-you'll get w-wet if you s-stay like t-this..." I'm sure she could compare me to a tomato like this...

She opened her eyes and looked at me. "Oh. It's raining?" Yes it is... "Thanks for telling me... Is school over?"

"Y-yes, not too l-long ago..." How could she had the time to come here to fall asleep and not seeing that it's raining in less than ten minutes...? "W-why are you h-here?" I asked her as she and I stood up.

She looked right into my blue eyes with such intensely that I could feel my legs shaking. "I fell asleep at lunch time." She slept all afternoon?

Her eyes were intense. She approached me and when there were less than a foot between us, she told me:

"Can we go back? Or you plan to watch me all day long?" I didn't see the tease at beginning and respond hastily while blushing even more:

"Yes! Err... No! Err..."

She slightly giggled. Her laugh... is so good to hear. It was a real one, nothing I ever heard. I smiled at her and we started to walk in a comfortable silence. She looked so sad but when she laughs, she seems so happy... The way to school from the tree was too short if I might say. When we reached the lockers, we stayed there. Burgundy eyes met blue. Such beautiful sad eyes... Why can't I help her...? The silence then broke with her comment while she turned away and started to walk:

"Thank you for the umbrella... I will take my leave now, take well Takamachi-san."

And before I knew it, Hayate was in front of me and there were no sight of the tall girl. I forgot to ask her name... My friend was smiling as I was back into the reality.

"What are you smiling for Hayate-chan?" I innocently asked. Please... She didn't saw me with her, right?

"I've been in front of you for five minutes and you were still in dreamland. That girl surely can take you out from reality." She grinned. Great... Suzuka won't help me in this one... "Maybe we'll need to make investigation into the case of the mysterious blond in shiny armour." She took off her bag a hat, a coat and a magnifying glass. From where did she...? Nanoha, better not ask... She was now looking like Sherlock Holmes. "Where should I start...?" She was grinning even more when she approached me. Crap... Alisa's smiling too... I won't get out of this... "Nanoha-chan, suspect number one of the investigation... Where were you today at 1540 hours?" Where was I...?

"I was outside, walking under the rain when I saw her asleep..." Great... I just dig my grave...

Hayate was grinning from ears to ears. She has no stop... Makes me wonder from time to time if she's human... "Oh...? Then that explains why she was wet..."

Alisa frowned. "Please Hayate, don't traumatize her..."

I thought out loud. "W-w-w-w-what? W-w-w-wet? I-it w-w-was f-from t-t-the r-rain!" I'm so dead!

Suzuka laughed a little. "Hayate-chan sure loves to play with Nanoha-chan."

Hayate smiled, but withdrew from my personal space. "I shall withdraw for today. I need get more proof before suspecting anything." She laughed a little. "This is going to be very interesting. Anyway... Shall we be going?"

I blinked so as Alisa. "Err, where? I should be more careful from now on.

"Well, Nanoha-chan, we're going to home! Where else?" She told me as she started walking through the door. Oh, right. Home. I forgot about that...

"Nyahahah..."

I followed suit. Well, it's not that bad after all. I smiled and the day became brighter all of the sudden. I hummed some song and Alisa shook my head with her hand.

"You seem happier, what's new?" She smiled to me.

I grinned. "Well, I'm happy to have such greats friends like you guys." And I really mean it. You're all the best. I thought it but saying it would be too much embarrassing...

"Thanks, Nanoha-chan. It's the same for us too." My purple hair friend told me with her motherly smile. "But, as Alisa-chan said, you should relate on us more. We're here to help you, Nanoha-chan." She sure loves to talk like an adult.

I smiled. "Hay~!" I sure have great friends!

"Oh, and Nanoha-chan?" Hayate started as I looked at her. "Don't think you can escape from my investigation..." She grinned. ...I thought too soon... "This is just getting started."

I chocked hard as they all started to laugh. This is going to be rougher then I thought...