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Chapter Three: Return to Darkness
He was in darkness again, an empty space that stretches without limits as far as the eye could see. Even so, he kept walking forward, uncaring of the surroundings. His feet could feel the ground he was walking on, yet at the same time, it felt like it was not there.
...The boy, Yuuki Makoto, remembered what he was doing before. Touching the strange jewel, the world turned to what usually happens when the clock stroke twelve, a green world with the water turning to blood, a world without electricity and a world where people became coffins. For a young boy of his age, they won't show a false bravado and began to cry in fear. In fact, he himself was sure that every time it happened when he slept late, he would feel the same as those other kids.
And yet, he did not. He instead was curious by it, wanting to know more. Even the feeling of fear was absent with the boy, however strange it was. The boy understood that he was different though, it was his first thought after all when he felt no feelings of attachment in him with his dead parents.
...The blue haired boy shook his head as he realized his thoughts wander off again to kill the boredom of walking forward without purpose. Well, he was admittedly surprised by the change in the world, but the pain assaulting him was in his mind at that time. Whatever it was, he felt... rejected, or was it morphed? He couldn't really tell, but he knew that the jewel did something to him.
The question is... what?
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The boy sighed. It was going nowhere, his thoughts realized. The place he's in right now might be in the afterlife, but somehow he doubted it. It's too strange to call it afterlife, and he didn't feel... dead, he guessed? He couldn't say the reason; it just felt correct to say that he's actually alive instead of dead. It's not something like feeling one's heartbeat (though that could also count, since he felt his) but it was a different kind of beat.
Either way, he'll just keep walking.
...? The boy stopped and looked the small burst of light some distance in front of him. It was a velvet coloured burst, not like an explosion, but more like a candle that shined before going out a second later. At least, that's what he saw. Perhaps he could walk towards there...? Or should he ignore it?
In the end, the boy's curiosity won the match, so he decided to walk towards where the source of light was seen. Who knows, it could be an exit in this void. He also got nothing to lose by following, so why not?
As he got closer, the velvet colour returns, at first a small blue dot, but he got closer, it got larger, though very slowly though. When he tried stopping though, it got smaller, so Yuuki could tell that whatever's making that light is moving away from him, though slow as it could. This would be annoying, the boy realized. Even so, he continued walking, though at a faster pace. The boy could run, but since he had patience, he would walk there, no matter how long.
...He wonders if he needed to see a doctor sometimes.
"Hm?" The boy blinked but did not stop in his tracks. The source of light seemed to have stopped at a single spot. The boy wanted to wonder why, but then again, he wouldn't care much about it. So he continued walking towards it.
Arriving closer, the boy saw the reason of the source of light. It was a butterfly, beautiful and velvet in colour. It looked akin to the butterfly he saw when going to Uminari City, but what it doing here in this place. Could it be related or something...? In any case, he'll walk towards it.
...! The boy looked as the butterfly moves towards him, glowing in slow intensity. He could also see many shining dots around the place (which look more like the countless stars in space), while a black thing was looking at him with intensity.
It was the only thing he could describe really, the creature, if it's even one stood tall, way taller than the average adults. He could see the shape though, or what it actually looked like, only the two red dots (which he assumed to be eyes) looking downwards, which if they were really eyes, were looking at him. The velvet butterfly was flying above it, seemingly out o reach.
The area around him was glowing brighter in a very large intensity. As such, he shielded his eyes from it. What the heck's happening right now? He really couldn't tell, it was like he was suddenly sent into a new place without reason (well, he actually was from the house), and something serious was happening, but the boy didn't know what to do. Or rather, what he should-
"Gh!?" The boy grabbed his face with his right hand in pain. He heard a sound, but it was almost unnoticeable to the surroundings, a slow but steady vibration pounding in his head loudly. He felt like his mind was being crush by an unknown pressure, a continuous vibration that beat without end. It was akin to a heartbeat strangely, but the boy had more worries than that.
Whatever's happening, the shadowy being looked at him and gave a roar, it wasn't of a human or animal's voice, but somehow it was familiar to him, a shout in his soul stirring in reconciliation. The pain didn't stop though, as he glowed blue once more. It was a colour he recognized, the colour of the jewel he touched before.
The pain was unbearable, his mind felt blank, his eyes become blurred, and he won't be surprised if his eyes were bloodlust. It was an unbearable pain, and, he realized, something stirred inside him, wanting to break out from him. The boy couldn't describe well, but if he could put it in words, it was like his soul was getting ripped apart by the something inside of him, but even then, he wouldn't know what cause it.
The boy gave a voiceless scream.
Nanoha and Yuuno's situation
The boy ran towards the nearby tree for cover with him and his left hand facing the five blobs, having the upper half of a body of an adult male taller than him with two arms and a mask covering the face and the bottom half of a moving puddle, them chasing him, with a green magic circle appearing in front of his left palm which was held out, stopping small ice shards that impacted the Round Circle spell. It was surprising that these... familiars could use magic, but then again, it was the first time for them to face a Jewel Seed creation that can create familiars, excluding the water monster they fought at the pool since it multiplies itself.
Earlier, they ran towards the source of the roaring just now, which was now accompanied by another sound, a loud shriek of sorts. It wasn't quite like the two sounds are together, but instead they sounded rather angry by the other and by the sound of two steels clashing wildly at each other, it sounded like they're fighting each other. He wasn't so sure about the reason, but when Nanoha said that she felt another Jewel Seed nearby, he assumed the only possibility.
There were two Jewel Seeds in the area, and whatever they created were fighting dominance against each other.
The situation itself was quite strange to him, but it was the only explanation. Since there was another of it, the two Lost Logia would logically gather together and be connect, bringing an even greater disaster. He and Nanoha would certainly want that to happen, especially after the tree incident. So the fact that the two Jewel Seeds creation would fight each other would be strange, unless one of them has the desire to overtake all.
After that, when they were moving closer towards the source, a green circle appeared in front of them before a small green tornado quickly appeared in place, forcing them to stop. Before they could even wonder, Nanoha suddenly warned him about something, and trusting her choice, the brown-haired girl and blonde haired boy flew up, just in time to avoid multiple snowballs and ice shards moving towards the spot they were on.
In front of them were the culprits of it, a jester like creature, five blobs and five black eagle-like creatures. All three wore a mask, though the eagle wore a different mask than the other two, so the boy couldn't help but wonder if there was a different type or group.
A green circle appeared under the duo, forcing them to avoid (he also noted how potent the mana was), and incidentally, separating the two (Nanoha flew upwards while Yuuno moved towards the ground). There, the five eagles make a quick beeline towards Nanoha, while the blobs were rushing towards him.
The duo actually wanted to fight them together, but the creatures didn't seem to allow them the chance (and it would be harder for the two to fight together with the larger amount of groups). So left with no other choice, they agreed to fight them separately, until they could stop or defeat them.
Yuuno flew towards a large tree branch, just in time for a few snowball-like shards impacted the trunk behind where he stood from, and immediately forming blocks of ice at the impacted area. Yuuno glared at the masked liquid like monsters, which looked at him back with their limbs swaying up and down, as if mocking him.
He had no time for this, the blond boy realized. Another rain of shards was sent towards the boy, but instead of blocking the attack, he moved a little to the side, barely avoiding the attack and at the same time created a magic circle in his right palm. Several green chains shoot out from it, aiming towards the blobs, who avoided it, but the chains, seemingly having a will of its own, began moving and wrapping around the blobs, chaining them all but one of them, wrapping around the visible parts, be it the head body or the visible limbs, restricting their movements. Touching the trunk of the tree, the chains were now connected to it, becoming its holding place.
The lone blob, feeling a little angry, began charging at Yuuno, swinging the arm down like a hammer of judgement, but the boy was faster than that. Instead of moving away, he moves closer and right in front of the blob, and, after gathering mana in his palm, he thrust it forward the mask, releasing a small impact and pushing it forward before the other palm was thrust in front of the creature, summoning multiple chains, but instead of tying the creature down, they pierce toward it instead, hitting the limbs and barely missing the mask.
The black blob, seemingly in fear (the blonde-haired boy couldn't tell, with the mask being expressionless and all), the blobs moved away in fear. Yuuno sighed; it seems that the creatures have more sentience than he thought. Still, the boy thought as he blocked another ice attack from the now trapped blobs, he wondered if Nanoha was alright.
Nodding to himself, he flew upwards and tried looking for Nanoha, while being concern at the weaker sound of roaring and the occasional sound of sparking electricity. Was the blonde girl from before here too?
The brown-haired girl moved away from the green circle as a burst of gale was released from it, before pointing her staff at the flock of birds and firing several pink beams at them, who avoided the attack with surprising evasion and speed.
The eagles, having a golden opera mask with, strangely, a rich plum colour around their necks, were quite fast, managing to avoid her shots, and are circling around her right now, occasionally attacking her with a rush and failed to follow-up by a green circle appearing in front of her, forcing her to move back less she got hit by the green gale.
The girl was in a stalemate. Truth to be told, she would rather moved away from here and immediately try to seal the Jewel Seed, but the black avian didn't seem to allow her to move towards the source, while allowing her to move away. It seems that they were waiting for something, but what?
There was also the occasional sound of lightning, who the girl correctly deducted, was from the blond-haired girl from before. She wondered why she was gathering the Jewel Seeds...
Before the black winged beast could attack, two green spherical shape bullets impact two of the eagles, surprising them and stunning them. Seemingly surprised she looked at where the attack came from, and was happy to see the ferret-turned boy looking at her with worry, his left palm held forward. It seems that he's the one who attacked. "Yuuno-kun!"
"Nanoha, you're alright!?" The girl nodded happily. "Good, I'll distract the two, while you deal with the other three!"
The two attacked avian, glaring at Yuuno, began rushing towards him at full frontal. The other three began the same action, but this time at Nanoha.
The nearest avian has its claws ready to tear arrived at Nanoha, but Raising Heart's exclamation of [Flash Move] allowed her to move a high speed, avoiding the attack. Then, just at the creature stops, she appeared above the bird, pointing her device at the avian as it gather a pink sphere of energy on its tip.
[Divine Shooter], the device exclaimed, as the move releases a pink ray on the avian, successfully hitting it till it impacted the ground, creating a crater, and turning the creature into black smoke.
Another eagle bare their claws onto her, but Nanoha managed to avoid the attack, barely though since her red ribbon on her neck was a little cut. The last eagle decided a full body tackle, trying to knock her out of the sky with a greater force. Once again, she flew above to avoid the attack, and though she tumbled from the wind pressure, she charged at the rushing avian as her device changed into the staff again from the Shooting Mode.
[Flash Move,], Raising Heart declared, and the white clothed magical girl accelerated at a higher speed as mana began to gather at the staff's red jewel. When the eagle stopped and she caught up, she swung the staff hard down towards the creature, causing a small explosion as it tumbles down, a little knocked out. The last black bird turned and tried to create the gale again, but it was suddenly stopped from moving when wheels of light began forming around the wings and legs of the avian, stopping it from moving.
[Divine Shooter], the device called, as four pink spheres was created around Nanoha. Looking at the avian again, she swung her staff, and said. "Shoot!"
The spheres moved in a spiral movement towards the now defenceless avian, and before long, each of the pink spheres impacted the bird with a loud noise. It wasn't until the fourth hit before the avian turned into black particles though.
Nanoha gave a sigh of relief. It was thanks to her mental training with Raising Heart and Yuuno's teaching that she managed to defeat these familiars, but now she's worried about Yuuno and the Jewel Seed. She remembered how damaging the Jewel Seed did when it transformed and enlarged the tree, how bad would it become when there are two more Jewel Seeds together to cause mayhem? The magical girl shook her head. She should go and help Yuuno fir-
-SCREECH!-
Nanoha looked at the source of noise and widened her eyes. The shadow-like eagle was rushing towards her with full speed while surrounded by a green gale. While she would be able to avoid the attack, she was too stunned for it, and more importantly, she can't react in time to make a barrier and try stopping the attack. Nanoha closed her eyes and braced for impact...
...that will never came, courtesy of the ferret boy rushing towards the eagle.
Yuuno had successfully defeated the two avian chasing him and was on a rush towards Nanoha, who was sighing in relief, but then he noticed that an avian was forming a wind-like shield around it and rush towards the girl, who didn't notice it.
'Not on my watch!' The boy gave a small shout as a green spherical barrier was formed around him, and glaring at the avian, he blitz forth towards it at incredible speed. Before the black bird could hit her, the green barrier, used as a battering ram, successfully impacted the bird on the head and tumbled it downwards from Nanoha. But the boy didn't stop there, he continued the ramming of the bird until the barrier disappeared, at which the boy gathered mana in his right palm.
"Haa!" With a shout, the spell Shoot Barrett was released from Yuuno's palm, and the eagle, to stunned from the ram, was impacted by the green bullet, and turning it to dark matter.
Yuuno gave a tired sigh. This really took a while, and his mana is really low right now, so he couldn't fight much more. But he also realize that whatever's creating these familiars must be very tough, so he should let Nanoha conserve as much mana as possible so she could successfully seal the jewel Seed.
"GRAAAAAHHHH!"
The duo looked towards the source of the scream with grim determination. The roar right now was much fiercer than before, so they assumed the two Lost Logia creations must still be fighting, so they better hurry before...
"-!" The two kids saw a white blizzard of ice shards rushing towards them, and with a hurry, the two quickly landed to avoid the attack. The culprit creating the attack was easier to know though, judging from how the jester was moving its shadowy hands and traces of ices freezing the trees and the leaves.
What surprised them was the fact that there were four masked blobs beside it, which, if he was correct, were the ones the boy chained before. There were looking at the two, as if judging something, before the four blobs jumped, the slime making a circle in the air. The blue sad mask of the blobs went through the body, and expands in size as a stripe of black-white orb was formed, all four turning around to reveal a large mouth with a larger tongue sticking out. Then, behind them, another group of blobs appeared, but this time with a red mask.
Needless to say, they were stunned by it. Who knew the creatures could actually morph into another creature. Does that mean all the other monsters they fought before were the same but with different mask, and they were originally the same? It's too true to be a coincidence.
The brown-haired magical girl and blonde-haired archaeologist made a stance, readying to fight the creatures once more. Even though they spent quite an amount of magical energy, they will still fight anyway.
Let's just hope the blonde haired girl they met before was alright, if the lightning they saw before (and the occasional impact) was really from her.
Fate and Alph's situation
Said person, Fate Testarossa, was in fact alright, but unlike the two mages, her enemies were larger in number, and since she was fighting the birds with her familiar fighting the ground enemies, she was alone and getting outnumbered.
Swinging Bardiche, the yellow blade of the scythe cut down another avian bird in half vertically, while using her speed to avoid the green gales forming around her. Looking at the birds and ignoring the sound of crashing impact and roaring, her device made to yellow blade of energy disappeared, and instead forming four cylinders of energy around her. [Photon Lancer,] the device called out.
"Fire!" twin-tailed girl called out, as the four spheres became bolts of lightning and began firing towards the gathering of birds, which was evaded. This, however, was what the girl wanted, and with incredible speed, the device changed mode to its Scythe Form again, with the device calling out, and slashed another avian, but instead of cutting it in half, the avian had a deep cut on it as it dodges a fatal strike.
"Kh!" Fate grunted as she avoids another green gale released next to her.
The wolf familiar was having it easier, crushing and ramming at the blobs (not biting though, she felt a little disgusted tasting that slime) left and right. What makes it much simpler was the fact that when she shot her shooting spell, Photon Lancer, and hit the blobs, some of them got electrified very strongly before another Lancer turn them to black particles instantly. Those who didn't get hit twice were thoroughly stunned.
"So they're weak to electricity?" The familiar gave a (accurate) guess. It was logical after all, seeing them shocked and all that easily.
Two orb monsters with large tongues appeared in front of her, though the woman unfazed as she sensed them beforehand (and she saw them morphed before) as two yellow spheres cackling with electricity appeared above her.
"You're in the way!" The spheres, as if answering her, became bolts of electricity and striking accurately at one of the orbs. The other one began its rush, but Alph was faster, pushing the orb monster towards the ground and biting the tongue, before pulling it and tearing it away from the monster's mouth. Before it could even scream, a Photon Lancer pierced it, killing it instantly.
Fate herself was kicking upwards from a black eagle that tried ramming, and pointed her device towards the offending creature, forming four cylinders of energy cackling with electricity. [Fire], the device called out, and the four bolts hit the avian, turning it to black particles.
The last three avian glowed green, and three green circles surround Fate, but the red wolf, having finished up in defeating the blobs, fire three bolts at the unsuspecting birds, and stunning them. Fate, taking the chance, fired two Photon Lancers each at two of the birds, turning it to particles while the last one (the one Fate injured) was slashed apart by Bardiche's Scythe form.
The lone jester stared at the flying girl in the sky, and after gathering large amount of power, releases a very large blizzard of snow and shards at her. Fate, noticing the large build-up of power, barely avoids the attack before pointing her device at the jester, creating a sphere of photons. [Fire], the device ordered, launching a lightning bullet at the jester. What surprises her and Alph though, was a blue rectangular appearing in front of the Photon Lancer, and reflected it back at Fate at twice the speed.
The blond-haired girl frantically pointed Bardiche in front of her, as it uttered, [Defenser], creating a yellow wall that blocks the returning attack, at the cost of the barrier breaking.
"Fate!" Alph shouted in concern, before glaring at the jester and running towards it. The magician like creature looked at the running wolf before creating several ice shards and snow then rained towards the familiar, turning to block of ice to anything it hits.
The red canine zigzag around the blizzard as it went closer, and when she's near enough, she lunged towards it, claws ready to tear, only to be stopped by a blue rectangular barrier. However, the familiar pushed through, seemingly trying to break the barrier. "Do you think this... can stop me!?" With a howl of defiance and her claws glowing in her signature colour, the blue barrier shattered, allowing Alph to turn to human form and slashed the offending thing with her claws.
"Fate!"
"Thank you, Alph." The girl looked at her device after nodding to her loyal familiar. "Bardiche!"
[Yes sir], the device uttered, as a yellow circle of Mid-Childa appeared under her, becoming a standing platform. Pointing her left palm forward, another Mid-Childa circle appeared in front of her, smaller than the former, while the axe-like device uttered the spell name, [Thunder Smasher].
Hitting the point with the black device, the circle began cackling with energy, as it become a muzzle for a yellow beam of electricity to lanced through the barrier-less jester. Alph, sensing the attack, jumped backwards, putting some distance as the spell impacted towards the jester.
"Nanoha, now!"
Yuuno was standing onto a magic circle that summoned many chains, tying the orb like creatures and the blobs together, while the jester was gathering its energy for something powerful, and seemingly getting ready for something.
"Um!" Raising Heart changed forms to its Shooting Mode, and pointed the device at the wrapped creatures, which was also aligned with the jester. Several rings began gathering at the staff and in front of the gathering pink sphere in front of her (which also have a wheel in front), as Nanoha got ready.
"Divine Buster!" A beam of concentrated energy was released from the sphere, which was much stronger than her previous shots, blazing through the tied creatures, destroying them to darkness, before moving towards the jester.
The jester, not to be outdone, releases a strong blizzard of ice and impacted the beam head-on; trying to push it away with its own ferocious force, but it was slowly getting pushed back. Nanoha realized the opportunity and requested it. "Raising Heart, please!"
[All right], it replied, and with an extra push, the attack pierced through the snow with an unstoppable force, destroying the blue barrier made, and impacting the jester with a loud sound, which also causes smoke to cover the area.
Both ferret-boy and magical girl almost rejoiced at their victory before fighting the Jewel Seed creations, but when the smoke cleared, they receive a surprise, which was also true for the other side of the woods.
Both jesters were not defeated, or rather, there was its left shadowy hand missing completely for Nanoha and a large hole in its centre. But what surprised them wasn't the fact that the creatures were barely survived, but what happened to the wounds.
They were healing at a very quick rate, the creatures glowing green as it regains back its missing parts. Behind the jesters came another set of jesters, each the same size as the healed ones, and are ten times in number. It seems that the other jesters were helping in healing the wounds.
"No way, is there no end to them?" Yuuno couldn't help but be surprised. It seems that the fact that they worked hard to defeat the creatures just for them to multiply was a bit hard for him to take, and the fact that they were now dangerously low on magical energy, so by all means, they should escape for better next time.
The main problem and what's stopping the two was the fact that there were two Jewel Seeds here. If left alone, they would cause unpredictable destruction, and for the duo, they have a large sense of responsibility. So they would not pick the choice of running away that easily. Even if she had to use all her mana, she wouldn't allow the Jewel Seed to rampage again.
In the same case, both master and familiar didn't know the damage caused by the Jewel Seed that made the tree, but they themselves knew how dangerous these Jewel Seed, the Lost Logias were. Moreover, this world troubles with Jewel Seeds were caused by them (or her mother) so she felt responsible for destruction and troubles it causes and they don't want any more people to get involved with their problem.
They were too kind, after all.
As all four mage began a fighting stance, they suddenly felt it, large amounts of magical energy gathering at a single spot. It was unlike they have ever felt before, and it was rising rapidly. Not only that, the roaring had finally stopped, but even that felt the four with dread. Did one of the creatures take the Jewel Seed and becoming stronger? This was bad, this was-
A large explosion was released, sending all the trees away or getting engulfed by the enlarging hemisphere that threatens to swallow all. The shadow-like creatures didn't even have time to act, getting swallowed by the large mass of power. There was no time to think though, as it was threatening to engulf them too.
"Nanoha!" The ferret-boy shouted, jumping in front of the girl (who closed her eyes) and covering her with a green spherical barrier. At the same time, the blond-haired girl away from the sphere, along with the familiar, as far away as possible.
Nanoha opened her eyes and widened her eyes in horror as she looked around.
The world turned back to night, with the moon losing its yellow colour, but the cost were severe. All around her, there were no traces of trees near the impact, not even ash, as if they didn't exist in the first place. Those nearer towards her have them pulled out and pushed away. Truthfully it seemed that a large bomb impacted the place, with the large crater and all.
Looking down, she gasped in shock when she saw a blond ferret lying down on the ground, unmoving. She immediately crouched down before gently lift the ferret up, calling her friend while shaking gently.
"Yuuno-kun...? Yuuno-kun, you're alright!?" she called frantically. When there was no answer, she assumed the worst and began shaking him more roughly, and even asked in telepathy.
'Yuuno-kun, please, wake up! Please!' Another no response was made. She shook her head at the thought of her friend dying, and decided to call one more time. Not yet, she chanted in her heart. Please don't die yet!
'N-Nanoha...' she breathed a sigh of relief, even tearing up a little, when she heard his voice. Thank god, thank god he's alright. She didn't know what to do if he died because of protecting her. 'I just used up most of my... energy... so a little... rest would be okay...'
"Ah", the girl nodded as she held her friend. "Just take a good rest."
Clearing away her tears, she gently stood up and looked around. Her senses were still telling that the Jewel Seed's nearby, and with the clear landscape, she should be able to tell what was making the explosion. After a short while, she saw it, in the centre of the crater, shivering at the creature's appearance.
It was covered in black clothing, so she couldn't see the body, but on the back of it were undoubtedly coffins, many coffins chained around the back acting like a cape. The face was akin to a skeleton, and when she saw it, she felt pure fear for the first time. The creature reminded her on one thing and one thing only, death.
It was the end to the beginning, the beginning of the end, the time where people lose their lives. The creature was a personification of it, misery, anguish, and desolation, a wish of despair, a peaceful death or mercy at its finest. And on its hands were the Jewel Seed roman number XIII while in front of it, glowing in black malice.
The brown-haired girl wanted to point her staff to seal the Lost Logia, she really did, but her hands won't move, frozen with despair, and with Yuuno vulnerable and her low on magical energy, she doesn't know if she even could fight the creature.
Said monster didn't notice the girl as it grips the black glowing seed, with the item glowing eerily as if rejecting that creature, but it didn't seem to mind as it closed its palm, the light glowing even more before being covered. After a while, the creature turned more humanoid in shape, the cape disappearing, and as it open its palm, the dark glow of the Jewel Seed disappeared, as if it did not exist in the first place.
"It... changed," the girl's fear turned to wonder, as the creature look upwards, towards the blue butterfly that landed on the creature's head. The creature didn't seem to mind, as it looked upwards towards the night sky, or more specifically, the full moon.
"Not yet, you're not ready to be awakened yet."
Several static-like sounds was heard as the creature, in less than a second, changed into a different creature, though calling it a creature would be an insult. This one was definitely humanoid, with a red scarf covering the neck, a white metallic body and strangely, a musical instrument of sorts at the back. The face was dyed in black, and with red eyes and snow-white hair, but if she would be honest, the creature had the face of her friend Makoto-kun. She wondered why...
A yellow lightning like beam was suddenly began rushing towards the creature and in its surprise, jumped back and releasing the Lost Logia.
"Jewel Seed Serial XIII and XVIII, Seal." A soft voice called out as the device gave its acknowledgement, sealing the lost logia.
The blonde-haired girl flew towards the Seeds and moved towards them. [Captured], the axe-like device called out, as the Lost Logia entered the device in a blue light, causing it to release some steam.
She then pointed her staff at the creature, which by her surprise, still existed and was looking at her with curiosity. Her familiar was growling beside her, looking at the humanoid with hostility. The creature seemed to be fearless though, not even cowering at the presence of the wolf (though then again, the humanoid might be stronger, but she couldn't sense the magical capacity),
"Tell me, are you a mage?" The girl questioned, narrowing her eyes at the creature's expressionless stare.
Said humanoid didn't answer, increasing the ire of the wolf, but before she could continue questioning, the creature disappeared. It wasn't slowly disappeared, or even becoming transparent. It was a single blink of you sees it, and then you don't kind.
The trio blinked in shock, but then the blonde-haired girl turned towards the brown-haired girl. "You, didn't I tell you to be a good kid?" Alph, in wolf mode, questioned.
Nanoha blinked in shock, but Yuuno, who woke up, managed to telepath her that she's a familiar, a creature that uses the master's energy and was very loyal to her.
"Well, I'll say I'll swallow you whole if you're not being a good kid, but..." she trailed her eyes towards the injured form of the two, "looks like you're a little trashed yourselves."
"...Let's go, Alph." The girl muttered, turning away and walking away from them. The wolf, turning to human, nodded, and gave a grin at the duo.
"Wait, what you are going to do with the Jewel Seeds!?" Yuuno shouted, struggling to stand up and glaring at the two, but it seems that her silent gave him an answer, they're not gotta tell.
"Never appear before us again, if you can help it," The blonde-girl stopped and said. "It's too dangerous for an amateur like you, and you may lose your life if something like this happens again." The girl could guess what happened base on the tiredness of both the girl and the ferret.
Nanoha would not listen to that, of course, as she has a strong sense of duty. Still, she asked the girl. "Your name, what's your name?"
"Fate, Fate Testarossa." And with that, the girl flew off, with the familiar winking and following her master, leaving the duo in the desolate landscape.
In a certain household
The red-scarf humanoid was flying towards Makoto's room, seemingly tired and landing softly on the bed. After a while, the form of the musician disappeared, leaving in the form of a certain blue-haired boy, who was panting tiredly and heavily.
"...What the heck happened? That blonde girl and Nanoha..."
Elsewhere
"A dimensional disturbance?"
"That's correct. Around some time that there was a change in space and time on an area with a Lost Logia, and exactly a second later, the place was covered with large amount of magical energy detonating the area as seen here."
"There's also report that at a certain time, a small disturbance was made, twisting the space and time of the world. It's unclear though, how it was made, and how it could be made, and since there's no disturbance on the planet, it could be a natural phenomenon."
"Hm... this quite troublesome..."
"I say we should investigate it. If we're dealing with powerful mages, I don't think we can ignore this."
"Are you sure? If we sent you now, it'll be a while if we can send back-up."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I will give a scout around the area."
"...If you say so. Good luck, Enforcer Chrono Harlaown."
-TO BE CONTINUED-
Author's notes:
A little later than originally planned, and I'm still not satisfied.
Reason for that is that I keep rewriting the fight scenes, and every time I reread it, I feel like I'm not showing enough. Fight scenes are not my strong point...
...Sigh, anyway, review.