Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: Born in Darkness

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Nanoha characters, the mangakas own them, except for my current 3 Original characters.

Author's note: Don't expect fast updates out of me, because I write when I can. In Nanoha verse, the prologue, Ch. 1 and 2 is before the cast have meet Vivio. Well now, this is a surprise to me. 60+ views. : D well thank you to everyone who have checked out my fanfic. This is how my characters look like now in addition to a new character.

Hikaru Amatsuchi

Age: 18

Height: 5'11

Device: Mjonir X

Personality: Laid back, lazy, smart, serious in competitions, still cares about his friends and family

Appearance: Hair has grown longer, has a longer ponytail, often called prince, hasn't dated other girls (maybe cause of someone?), has many friends and is charismatic. Is often confessed to.

Yoko Kurokami

Age: 17

Height: 5'6"

Device: Premium Striker

Personality: Still quiet, often called Ice Princess due to her quiet and calm nature, complete genius and top of her class.

Appearance: Grew out her hair to her waist and grew out her bangs to cover her left eye. Often called a Loli due to her height but she has a well-developed body. Often gets confessed many times.

Evelyn Von Eriana

Age: 18

Height: 5'7"

Personality: Kind, gentle, charismatic, often paired with Hikaru as the "perfect" couple, Class Rep all three years

Appearance: Long light purple hair, light blue eyes, beautifully endowed, seemingly perfect. Called Ice Queen or rather Yukionna (Snow Woman) for her alluring smile.

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Chapter 3: Graduation

7 years later

Since then, we've been keeping contact with Fate-san, telling her different things that's going on and she would leave us replies. She also remembered our birthdays as well as my mother's. My mother was coming home earlier a month after coming back home. She told us that one of her jobs gave her a raise so Yoko-chan and I were happy that we got to spend time together. Now, I'm 18 and Yoko recently turned 17 and we have our graduation from high school today. We invited Fate-san to our graduation ahead of time but we knew she was going to be busy with Enforcer business. My mother told me that I looked just like my father when they had met and Yoko-chan has become a very beautiful woman. Yoko had received her device from Fate when she turned 16, so we underwent self-training. Now she can keep up with my movements, but what surprises me the most is that she can carry Mjonir without any problems. I would always ask Mjonir, "Are you sure you're not going easy on her?" and Mjonir would always respond "I'm rather shocked as well, my safety is engaged so she shouldn't be able to lift me up." Since then, Yoko-chan doesn't hesitate to carry Mjonir during our training sessions. Before my mother started to get ready for our graduation, I stopped Yoko at the door. "Yoko, wait a bit. I forgot something in my room." She simply nodded.

I left to get what I was looking for. A long black box with a bow on it. I picked up Mjonir. "Ready for today, Mjonir?" I asked. "Yes, Master. I look forward to later today." I grinned and had Mjonir turn into a tote bag and took it along with me. I walked to Yoko. "Ready to go? Got everything?" "Yes, Nii-sama. Everything is in Mjonir and I have Premium Strike right here." She held up her arm and showed me the wristwatch on her right hand. I smiled and led her to the car. "Ok, mom. We're ready to go." My mother stood proudly and smiled. "It was a long journey and I managed to see both of you graduate. It only feels like yesterday that you were my little boy, then Yoko-chan joined our family…." She began to cry and we rushed to her. We had a family hug and my mother would push us away. "Now, kids. Let's save it for after the ceremony." She gently dabbed her tears away with a handkerchief so it wouldn't ruin her make-up. We nodded and got into the car as my mother drove away. Our aunt had work that day so she wasn't able to see our graduation but she did bid us farewell.

When we arrived, Yoko left to be with her classmates. I started to look for a specific person. I don't know what this feeling is, but I want to see her. At least before I could say my final goodbye. In the crowd of blue gowns, the color of lavender stood out amongst them. I blushed when our eyes met. The class representative and Yoko's competition in academics, Evelyn Von Eriana. She is of Russian and German descent, but her English was perfect. She smiled gently and walked towards me. I wanted to run away, my heart was beating quickly. I didn't know what to do or say. "Hello, Hikaru-kun." Her light blue eyes looked into mine as she began talking to me. I heard whispers and shrieks of glee from other girls. We were always an item in their eyes. "Umm..eeettooo….H-Hi Evelyn-san. It's graduation already, huh?" I stuttered as I scratched my head.

"Mhm, it is. Do you already know what you want to do afterwards? Like what you want for your future?" She stood close to my side. I kept some distance between us. I couldn't stop my heart beating rapidly. 'What's this feeling? I don't understand this…' I asked myself. "Umm…I plan…to work over..seas. I want..t-to help my mom." I answered her. Just then there was an announcement that the ceremony was about to begin. "Well I guess this is goodbye for now, right? Maybe we'll bump into each other again someday?" Her smiled beautiful then kissed my cheek. My face turned as red as a fresh tomato. Girls shrieked left and right as it left a scene after she left. Yoko found me standing there dazed. She grabbed my hand and nearly crushed it as she dragged me to the line. "Ow! Yoko, my hand! My hand!" I said in pain. She let go and stood in front of me for the line without saying a word. After we entered the auditorium, the speeches and diplomas were handed out. When I got up to get my diploma, I raised it up high and recognized a set of yellow hair sitting next to my mother. I smiled widely, bowed and returned to my seat. 'Fate-san is actually here. I bet Yoko is excited.' When Yoko went up, her face slightly turned pale but she simply bowed. "Yoko? What's wrong?" I asked her. "They're here. Both of them." She replied with a bit of acid as she replied. 'Oh great. Why now of all times. Why didn't they let us know at least?'

After it was all over, we walked towards my mom and Fate. When she walked to us to hug us, Yoko's parents got in the way. She was surprised, but held her ground this time. "I'm not going to run away from them anymore." I nodded and stood next to her. "Fate-san? Can you help my mom? We'll take care of this." I told Fate as my mother looked lost. "Roger. One question, though. Who are they?" She asked as she started talking to my mother. "They're Yoko's birth parents. The ones who abandoned her and left her in our care seven years ago." I saw Fate twitch. "Well, so this is the school we paid for you to be in, huh?" Yoko's father said like he was disgusted with the place. "Really now, Yoko. You could have gone to a better school. You have a brilliant mind. Why did you want to come to….such a place?" her mother said as if she is in danger of being ambushed or something. Yoko looks at them. "Leave. I'm leaving the family. I don't ever want to be part of your family anymore. There's someone I want to stay with now. Someone who decided to accept me as I am." Yoko said as she glared at them. Both of them seemed to have darkened their gaze.

"You should be grateful what we allowed you to stay with that boy," they said as they directed it to me "all you wanted was a replacement for your pathetic brother. You are being selfish. This is the reason why we kept you away from other kids. You are greatly influenced by their reasons." Her father said. I clenched my fist tightly. Fate, who heard all of this, decided to intervene. "Um, excuse me. Are you the parents of a Miss Yoko Kurokami?" she placed a hand on their shoulders. Both of them backed away from her. "Yes we are. What of it? Who are you?" her mother replied as if she was touched by dirty hands. Fate smiled gently and softly. 'I'm sure she noticed how her mother acted.' I thought. "Well I am from the child welfare office and I have received a report that she was abandoned many years back. I decided to take her under my wing." Fate replied. "YOU? You're not even old enough to be called a mother. You probably don't know what it's like to have a child of your own. What right do you have to 'allow' you to adopt OUR child without our consent?" her father replied. He seems rather appalled by the idea that Fate decided to take their daughter away from her. Fate simply tilted her head with a "calm" smile. "Oooooh? But I do know how to care for children. I know how it feels to nearly lose a child. I know how lonely it feels to have parents that 'seem' to care about their children. I know the pain and suffering they go through. So I don't want YOU to tell me what I can't do, when you, yourselves, don't understand the pain and suffering you have put your own child through. Are we clear on that?" Fate said with a smile on her face. She walked closer and closer to the couple until they were backed into the wall. Both of them couldn't find the words to fight in their own defense as if Fate had place all the pain and suffering she mentioned to them into their hearts. All they did was hand her a present that was directed to Yoko and left in hurry as if they were going to be killed. "Yoko. We should NEVER make Fate mad." I told her and she silently nodded in agreement. Fate sighed as she placed a hand on her hip and began to walk towards us. "Sorry, you had to see me like that. I can't stand parents who treat their kids like that. It's even worse if they treat them like outcasts." She said. She rubbed our heads and had my mother walk towards us for pictures.

At last the day started to come to an end. "Yoko. Why don't you open the box I gave you?" I asked her. She opened it to reveal a silver locket necklace. Inside the locket was the promise I made to her, back when we were 11, and a picture of us sleeping together as kids. She began to tear up and hugged me tightly. She softly sobbed into my shoulder as I hugged her. "I'm glad you like it. That way if we're ever separated, you can always remember me." She shook her head. "No. I'll never forget you. I'll never forget your kindness and the day you saved me. I'll never be able to repay you or your family." She said to me in a sad tone. I chuckled and rubbed her head as she began to calm down. "Hikaru-kun? Yoko-chan? Are you two ready to go?" Fate called out. We left my room and we went to the living room. "Yes. We're packed up and ready to go." I replied. My mother got up and hugged us both tightly. "I'm going to miss you two so much." She said. "I'm going to miss you to mom." I said as I hugged back. "Cynthia. I'll never forget the warmth of this home. Thank you for everything." Yoko said. My mom kissed both our head before we left the house. "Ah. I forgot. Yoko, here is your graduation present." Fate said as she dug up some papers from her purse. She handed it to Yoko with a smile. "All you need to do is sign in the designated lines with your signature and you'll be part of my family. You are finally of age so we won't need your parents' consent." Yoko looked down at the papers then at Fate as if the information took time to process. She jumped up and down with excitement. All while keeping that poker face of hers. Both Fate and I started laughing at her delayed reaction. "Sorry, I don't have anything for you, Hikaru-kun. I promise I'll make it up to you later." I shook my head and said. "Its fine, Fate-san. You gave me my present already. Although it would have been better if you gave Yoko's parents a couple bonks in the head." I laughed as Fate and Yoko giggled softly. "You said almost exactly what I wanted to say." "Well ready to head to Mid-Childa?" Fate asked. We nodded and we were teleported onto a civilian transport ship. I couldn't wait to see what's waiting for us and I'm sure neither can Yoko.