"Yuuno-san..."

Ah, that voice. That sweet heavenly voice that belonged to the one that he loved was speaking to him.

"Yuuno-san, please..."

Odd, it sounded a little flatter and controlled than he recalled it being.

"Yuuno-san, I'm having some difficulty breathing."

Blinking his eyes open a few times, he saw that woman, the one that looked just like Nanoha, only with shorter hair and... Those blank blue eyes. Even with those changes there, she still had it. The looks, the voice, not to mention her ability to blow stuff up with ease… it was all Nanoha.

She was beautiful, no doubt about it. But there was something that bothered him. 'Whoa, wait a second…' Many questions started coming to his mind such as why was she on top of him, why did it feel like he was squeezing something pert, round, soft and firm; and why was she blushing so much?

"Yuuno-san... You're hugging me too hard... And you're squeezing my butt." Considering the tone she was using, she could have been talking about the weather. Though the way she was blushing made it clear that she wasn't.

"Ah...!" Yuuno's eyes widened as he quickly pulled his arms off of her body, getting a confused look from the woman. "Sorry... Guess I..." He found it rather hard to continue speaking, mostly because Seikou suddenly leaned in and kissed him on the lips.

It took several moments for Yuuno's mind to reboot after the major system crash that had just happened. When she didn't seem to stop kissing him, he blinked before closing his eyes and putting his hands on her sides and actually returning the kiss. For some reason, she started to tremble, though he wasn't sure why.

For Seikou, it was quite interesting, the kiss led to some shocking tingles through her body, and she could feel herself starting to get energized. Her body trembled and she wasn't sure why. After a few more moments, she pulled her head back and looked at Yuuno curiously. "Ne, Yuuno-san..." She trailed off, blinking as she felt something hard poke her. "What is that?"

The blond felt like he could just die. He finally was able to kiss someone. Granted it wasn't the way he had imagined but now he was making a big fool of himself. "Uh..." His eyes widened as she shifted on his body to get a better look. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm not sure." She admitted as she looked his body over curiously.


The bridge crew was wondering if maybe they had ended up in an alternate reality. After all, such a thing had to be possible, considering the amount of worlds that they visited during their careers, alternate realities had to be possible as well.

Hayate and Fate with different hair and eye colors was just the tip of the iceberg.

"I do NOT get some sort of turn on by torturing animals!" Chrono was heard yelling at the two women. For all his restraint and calm, the two seemed to be going out of their way to really, really irritate him.

"Evil Kyon is lying again! Yami, can we just tie up Yuu-nii and keep him away from such an evil person?"

The Hayate look-a-like tapped her chin and slowly grinned. "Hmm... Not a bad idea... As my personal servant, he would not be allowed to leave and go to work for such a... Barbaric uncouth employment group."

"Now just wait a moment here!" Chrono yelled at them before stopping as a loud male groan was heard from behind the women. "What the heck are you doing to Yuuno?"

"That blasted Material-S, what is she doing?" Yami growled before pointing back in the room behind her. A Belkan triangle appeared in front of the door before she snapped her fingers, causing the moaning to become silent.

The Fate look-a-like bounced, literally as she jumped from her spot to the back rooms and opened the door. "Aww... Seikou! No fair... Wait, what are you doing? Oh wow! I need to try that later, though Yuu-nii looks like, oh..." She suddenly giggled and closed the door, slowly spinning as she wandered back to Yami. "Hee hee! Seikou's getting Yuu-nii good!"

"You monsters! What type of torture are you inflicting on him?"

Rai waggled her fingers at him. "Nah uh uh! It's not polite to tell."

Chrono was about to say something, but his eyes bugged out and his jaw dropped as he looked at the person who was walking out of the back room. She was smoothing out her hair with one hand while her other hand was brushing off some dust from her barrier jacket's sleeve. Seeing that wasn't what got Chrono shocked. No, what got him shocked was who the woman looked like. Other than the hair length and the deeper eye color, she looked like Nanoha.

"Rai-chan, just why did you decide to bother us?" The Nanoha look-a-like asked, her face was rather relaxed, hell, if Chrono was in a proper state of mind, he'd say that she was rather pleased at that moment, even as she looked at the Fate look-a-like curiously.

The crew of the Claudia stared at the screen, utterly stunned at what they were seeing.

"Unreal…" Shi was so stunned that her fingers dropped onto the keyboard in front of her. Unknown to her and everyone else, she had accidentally hit a relay button that caused the transmission feed they were viewing to beam to the nearest satellite orbiting above the home world. The result was that all normal television signals were overridden with the current images, allowing them to be seen and heard on each and every television screen on Mid-Childa.


"Thanks for the ride, Nakajima-san." Teana said as she leaned back in the seat.

Shaking his head, the older man smiled softly. "Teana, please, I've told you that you can call me 'dad' if you wanted to."

"It doesn't feel right unless I was adopted or married into your family, I've told you before." Teana shook her head and sighed softly, putting another round of talks about Genya trying to get more people into his family out of her mind.

"…You're thinking about that case, huh?" When Teana nodded, Genya shook his head as he turned a corner. "I'm not sure what to tell you, myself, Teana. I thought that it was just some terrorists causing problems on less populated worlds."

"That's what we all thought. Things changed when there were survivors who started reporting that the people involved had weird abilities."

"High speed regeneration among other things." Genya knew about the reports. "Teana, I'll be honest. I know that you're a top-level Enforcer but be careful out there."

"Thank you." Teana smiled softly, glad that he cared about her well-being before her mind drifted back to the case. The thought of finding a bunch of freaks with high speed regeneration and having to fight against them wasn't her idea of a mission. "At least Fate-san will be there with me, I doubt that I'll have too many problems."

Genya smiled at her. "It's nice to have faith in others, but don't underestimate yourself."

"Or others." She added to him.

"Of course." He smiled as he pulled into his driveway. "Just let me… Well, well…" He had a small smile on his face as he pointed to his front door. Looking, Teana let out a giggle as the two of them saw a short-haired young teenaged boy looking around cautiously, his back to them. "Looks like someone's trying to get out before his sisters get back."

Laughing softly, Teana shushed him as she slipped out of the car and quietly snuck up on him, who was being extra mindful of his surroundings and even had his device, a floating camera, out. "Alright… looks clear, Steed," muttered the teenager under his breath.

"Master, behind-" The device never got a chance to finish as a certain Enforcer had closed the distance already.

"Toooo~uuuuma…" sang Teana as she came up from behind and lifted him off the ground. "Just where were you off to?"

"Ack! Teana!" Touma Avenir, someone who had been saved by Subaru a few years ago, gasped as his (unofficial) older sister's best friend hugged him from behind. "Where did you come from?"

"Around the corner with your dad."

"I'm not adopted yet." He groused as she let him go. He had a vaguely annoyed look on his face as he looked at her, before blinking as Genya walked up behind her. "Ack!"

Smirking at the boy, Genya shook his head. "I know that my girls are a bit hard to handle sometimes, Touma. But really, leaving without saying good-bye to them?"

"If he doesn't leave now, he will not have another chance to depart for at least a day," chirped Steed.

Genya chuckled softly. "I need to get something inside. Excuse me a moment."

After Genya had entered the house, Touma huffed at Teana. "Thanks, Teana…" He had a small disgruntled look on his face, slightly upset that she had stopped him from slipping out and avoiding his sisters' hugs. Okay, so they weren't really his big sisters yet he really did want to take Genya up on his offer of adoption. But he couldn't settle down yet. Not until he knew who it was that killed off his village, and why they had done it. It just wouldn't leave his mind until then.

"Don't mention it, kiddo." Teana smirked, ruffled his hair and laughed as he complained and tried to smooth it out. "So, where were you heading out to? Trying to avoid your sisters?" She winked at him, knowing how clingy and pushy Subaru and Wendi could be. Nove might have hid it well, but she was almost as bad as those two were.

"Guh…"

Teana blinked as Touma seemed to go melancholic on her. "Hey! Don't get all depressed on me." She lightly punched him in the shoulder. She frowned when she got no response from him. "And you wonder why your sisters worry about you so much."

"Ack!" Touma gasped as Teana pulled him into a headlock. "Sorry! Sorry! I was just thinking!"

Smirking as she let go of his headlock, Teana shook her head. "Don't look so down, okay?"

"I was thinking of... Before."

"...Oh." Teana knew what he was talking about, she understood what he was feeling very well, considering that until she met Subaru, she had no real family after her brother had died. "Is that why you turned down Genya's offer to adopt you?"

"Yeah..." Touma nodded with a soft sigh. "What about you? Why'd you turn his offer down?"

"I... I don't know myself. It just doesn't feel right, you know?" Even if the offer made her extremely happy, she just had some reservations about taking him up on it.

Touma grinned at her. "Probably because you're afraid it would mess your relationship with Su-chan up."

"HEY!" Teana's face turned bright red as Touma laughed. Growling, she grabbed him into a headlock and pulled him against her. "Say it!"

"No!"

"Say it!"

"ACK!" Touma's eyes bugged out as she tightened the headlock, he had forgotten that Teana was rather strong, at least for a "normal" human. "Okay, okay! Sorry!"

Smirking, Teana let go of the headlock, but kept him right next to her. "It isn't just us, you know... Einhart's still not sure about her relationship with everyone."

Touma nodded, knowing how it was different with the younger girl. It had shocked everyone when Nove practically ordered Einhart to move to a larger house just a couple blocks over. It had a benefit of getting Einhart to live with someone and it put the younger girl close to the Nakajima home. From his own observations, he was certain that Einhart had yet to come to a conclusion on what Nove was to her and vice versa.

"What do you think?" asked the boy, getting a shrug from the orange-haired young woman.

"I really wouldn't mind having you, Subaru, Nove, Einhart, Dieci, Wendi, Ginga and Genya as my family, but it just..."

"You live on your own for a while and you get used to it. Su-chan, Ginga, Wendi, Nove, Dieci and Cinque never had to live on their own..." Touma trailed off, unsure as to how to explain it better.

"Yeah, something like that." Touma was right with his earlier statement. And if she did take Genya up on his offer, well, she was a bit worried about how that would affect her relationship with Subaru. "Anyway, we're getting too mopey. Why were you just trying to slip out?"

Touma blushed and scratched his cheek. "Trying to avoid being smothered by my sisters."

Teana laughed at him. "So, who are you trying to avoid the most?"

"Ginga..." Touma scratched his cheek and blushed softly. "Though Wendi's pretty bad too."

The two of them shared a laugh. "Ne, Teana..." He blushed as she looked at him curiously. "Even if you don't know it, you're an awesome person."

"Ack!" He fell to the ground when she bopped him lightly, in the arm while her face was slightly red from the sudden embarrassment. "What was that for?"

"Sorry. You just surprised me." She extended a hand to help pull him up. "But, thank you."

"Um, Teana..." Touma was blushing as he rubbed his cheek with a finger nervously. "...Can I call you Tea-nee?" His eyes widened as he was pulled into a hug by the older girl.

"Go ahead... little brother." When he hugged her back, Teana just closed her eyes, enjoying herself. It was nice having a brother again.

As for Touma? Well, as much as he loved his other sisters, it was nice to have one that wasn't crazy. Of course, this little peaceful moment wouldn't last long as…

"Touma!" Several female voices yelled out at the same time.

Knowing what was going to happen, Teana let go of the boy and got out of the way before a flying purple haired girl practically glomped him, tackling him to the ground. "Leaving without saying goodbye?"

"Ack! Su-chan!" Touma could feel the life being squeezed out of him as she hugged him tightly while her bosom pressed against his face. There's nothing bad about this and he really didn't mind the sensations, but the tight hug was stealing his breath away and her breasts were making it hard to breathe. Maybe he could have Steed help him develop a spell so that he could absorb oxygen from the air around him instead of breathing?

"Get off of him!" An angry voice yelled as Subaru was pulled up and off of him, letting him take a huge gasp of air.

"Thanks, Nove…" Touma panted, before he found himself picked up by someone else and pulled into a hug. "Ack, Wendi!" Well, at least this hug wasn't as tight as Subaru's had been.

"Hey, kiddo." Wendi grinned at him as she held him against her. Her grin became a smirk as his face slowly turned red.

"Wendi!" Nove yelled at her as she got behind Touma, pressing her body against his back and getting close to her taller, though slightly younger, sister. "Stop doing that."

"Doing what?" Wendi had an innocent look on her face that was fooling no one. Especially Touma, who was blushing more.

"Um, Wendi… Could you please get your hands off of my butt?" Touma didn't mind, it felt kind of good, but it was getting Nove upset, and he really didn't want her upset. Things tended to break when she got really mad. Then again, he was wondering why it felt like it just wasn't Nove that was getting upset at Wendi at that moment.

"Oh, sorry, my hands slipped." Wendi moved her hands and Touma let out a sigh of relief, before he was pulled free of the two redheads and into Dieci's arms.

"Hey, kiddo." She smiled and chuckled as his face turned even redder, not because her hands were anywhere that would do that, but because his face was firmly between her breasts. "Relax… most men would kill to be in your shoes right now."

If Touma was honest, he could say that he didn't mind his position. But right now, he really could use his personal space back and having another body come from behind him for a hug was not helping.

"Don't hog him all to yourself," scolded Ginga lightly as she got in her turn. The teenaged boy's thoughts started turning towards the eldest of the Nakajima women. She was nice, beautiful, smart and strong, but she was also so affectionate. Not as crazy as Subaru or Wendi, but still…

It probably didn't help that she kept trying to steal him away from the rest of her sisters just to have him hang out with her. Hmm, things were starting to spin again. Why did he have to be shorter than his sisters? Well, except for Nove and Cinque. But then again, everyone was taller than those two and he never had to worry about his face being subjected to Marshmallow Hell when they hugged him.

Okay, so Touma wasn't that much shorter than his sisters, he just happened to be the right size where they could smother his face into their lovely bosoms.

"Come on you two. Let him go already. He's about to pass out." A soft voice spoke up as Ginga and Dieci stepped back, allowing him to gasp for air before he was hugged at his waist with a face pressing into his chest.

"Hey, Cinque." He smiled softly and hugged her back. At least she couldn't cut off his air supply...

"Touma…" It was all she said as she tightened her grip.

"Urk." He stood corrected. Stupid cyborg strength.

Then he felt a tap on his arm and turned his head to see who it was. To his surprise, he saw a silver-green haired girl standing there, blushing shyly as she looked at him, somewhat expectantly. Grimacing slightly from the way Cinque hugged him, he opened his arm to the side and nearly fell over as Einhart Stratos, Nove's unofficial daughter/younger sister hugged him tightly, murmuring how she'd miss him when he left.

"Group hug!" Subaru and Wendi yelled at the same time, getting Touma's eyes to widen as all his sisters suddenly ganged up on him, smothering him with more hugs. His face turned scarlet and he was almost certain that Wendi wasn't the only one grabbing his butt this time. After all, she didn't have three hands. Or at least he hoped she didn't, otherwise that one time he had seen her naked by accident had been a lie.

Inside the house, Genya smiled as he looked at the commotion outside and poured himself a glass of water. It was nice to see everyone sharing a happy moment together. He just hoped that such peaceful days could continue…

*Beep beep beep*

Sighing and getting annoyed by the incessant beeping, Genya pushed a button to open a communications channel on the closest available computer monitor. "Yes?"

"Major Nakajima, you need to turn on a television, now!"

Blinking at the urgency in the tone of voice he was hearing, Genya turned to the small television on his kitchen counter. 'Just what could be so…'

His eyes opened wide as he dropped his glass in shock. He never thought he'd see the Aces on the television looking so… downright chilling.


'This can't be… real, can it?' He honestly wished this was some sort of bad dream but his eyes weren't deceiving him.

"You were making some interesting noises back there with Yuu-nii! Reminds me of a little tune…" The Fate replica sported a rather happy look on her face as she spun around the chair. "Ahh, ahh… B-Gata, H-Kei~!"

"…" The Nanoha replica decided not to comment on that little song and noticed the open channel. "Who are you speaking with?"

"Some Evil Admiral!" chirped the blue haired woman.

"I'm not evil!" Chrono then took a moment to clear his throat in an attempt to try and salvage this situation. "Just who are you?"

"I am the Starlight Destroyer, also known as Material-S. These two are my close companions, the Lightning Assailant and the Lord of Darkness." She gestured to the two near her.

Okay… so they all possessed titles that didn't exactly make them look friendly but it appeared that she seemed approachable enough for Chrono to reason with. "What about Yuuno Scrya? Is he with you? What were you doing to him earlier?" Despite his own problems with Yuuno, he did consider Yuuno one of his best friends.

"Yuuno-san was badly burned while he performed a rescue attempt for me and my comrades. Later, when we were escaping, he suffered a moderate concussion. Just a little while ago, he woke up and aggravated his head injury. Right now, he is in our care." Hearing that, Chrono relaxed slightly. For a moment there, he had thought that they were torturing him, but apparently the idiot had just pushed himself too hard too soon. "And…" Suddenly, she trailed off as she looked at him curiously.

"...What?" For some reason, that intense gaze was unsettling to him.

"I'm sorry, but you seem familiar to me…" She trailed off as images came to her mind.

*Flash*

"GIGANTE STRIKE!"

*Flash*

"I'm not sure. I don't think we've ever met before." That much was true at least. Even if she looked almost exactly like Nanoha, outside of the short hair and the slightly different eye color, he had never met her before.

*Flash*

"Excellion Buster!"

*Flash*

Seikou rubbed her forehead. Something about this was just… so familiar to her. Looking at Yami, she saw her comrade's face with an intense look, reflecting the same feelings. The feeling that there was something they should be remembering about the man they were speaking with.

*Flash*

"Pierce it, Lightning!"

"Jet Zambar."

*Flash*

Why was this all so familiar to her? Almost as if she had fought against this guy before, but…

*Flash*

"Now freeze it!"

"Eternal Coffin!"

*Flash*

Her eyes seemed to clear a moment later before she looked at him again. "Do you have a staff that can freeze things?"

"Yes, but I don't..."

Her eyes took on a dangerous glint. "...You will never get Yuuno-san back. I will never allow someone who has such kindness in him to work for such evil people. For your sake, Evil Admiral… you had best hope that we never meet in person for I shall not hold anything back."

"What the heck?" Chrono was stunned and shocked at the way things suddenly went downhill as the Nanoha replica suddenly snapped at him. The fact that the other two look-a-likes were grinning maliciously from their spots was also not helping matters.

"With the Lord of Darkness and the Lightning Assailant as my witnesses, I swear this oath. If we should ever cross paths, we shall reap the sins of your world and cleanse it in the fires of destruction. For the people who prey upon the innocent and hide beneath corrupted filth like you... tell them this. 'From this moment on, you are no longer safe. There will come the day when you look behind you and see we three. On that day, you will reap it... and we shall send you to whatever God you wish.'"

And with that, the transmission ended as the view screen shut off.