It had been a week full of extensive testing for me, with tests ranging from balance to physical strength. All in all even if I didn't like some of the them I knew they had to be done otherwise I would not be able to be cleared by Shamal-sensei.

On the plus side I wasn't alone as during the final days of the tests Nene and Clarion came into the same hospital where I was in order to take care of their own scheduled maintenance. They did introduce me to a thing, a five legged goat lion to be precise, named BUER. Apparently he was the main controller for a large boring robot that Uzal-sensei's company owned and it was Clarion's job to watch over him, even if he did annoy her a bit.

Today was the last day and I got a surprise in the form of my family coming to meet us at the hospital and boy it was a good time, Vivio wouldn't leave my side and fate-mama and nanoha-mama could only smile at the scene. Nene and Clarion then came out having finished their maintenance.

I was then called into Shamal-sensei's office and I was given the all clear which made me go hyper with excitement and so I immediately ran out and told everyone the good news. I also told them that I need to take some time to relax from all the strenuous tests that I had to do. Everyone understood that very well and so we left the hospital with me, vivio, nene and clarion riding on the gertsecomma's and nanoha-mama and fate-mama were flying above following behind us.

This didn't last long however and pretty soon the two of them had split off from us citing a reason that they had to go and meet up with Takumi-chan somewhere to discuss some matters, which left us four alone in the house, if you don't count the gertsecomma's of course.

We arrived shortly before lunch time and because of final part of the test that were carried out earlier all of our stomachs were brewing up a storm and of course the lion had something to say about it and so instead of Clarion doing something this time, I put him in a small dark room with a auto laser turret firing at him. To which she gave me a thumbs up.

Lunch came and went and we were all now sat in the living room relaxing doing various things, Vivio was playing games with Clarion on the tv, Nene was reading a book and I was looking through the IA to see what my progress was like, seeing as Maya was still away and was going to be picked up by mama on her way back home. It was then Nene asked me something that would cause the rest of the day to become rather interesting.

*Nene*

That book Maki-san has really intrigues me, I saw it with her before the operation and now she has it back again, My curiosity has got the better of me sometimes but I was too afraid to ask her about it, what if it was something personal. Anyways I finally decided to ask….

"Maki-san…"

"Hmmm?"

"That book of yours…"

"Ah the infinite armoury"

"That's its name?"

"Yep… Hey Vivio, Clarion can you come over here for a few minutes I don't want to explain this twice" she said and they came over and say on the couch next to me.

Maki-san then went on to give a rather lengthy explanation on the infinite armoury and its abilities and to say I was shocked was an understatement. Maki-san had that much firepower at her fingertips it could only be described as terrifying. But she did reassure us that it was locked into stages and she couldn't summon more than she could currently handle.

Maki-san wanted to show us what she had in her repertoire but she seemed to be having difficulties and was getting quite frustrated and so she left the room for a little bit in order to calm down. She then came back a few minutes later before she stood in front of us and bowed….

*Maki*

"I'm so sorry"

"Maki-san it's okay"

"But…"

"We can see a blue screen coming out of your book" Clarion said pointing at my side and so I looked where she was pointing and saw exactly what she had described.

"Wha…"

After that realisation I went I did exactly what I said I'd do and so I showed them the weaponry that I currently had access to, it wasn't much mind you due to the fact i'd not trained in nearly two months. But what was there to show was enough to keep everyone happy and entertained.

"Maki-san"

"Yes Clarion"

"What is that blinking blue button on the right side of the screen?" She asked to which I looked at it

"It says other"

"Other? Other what?" Vivio asked

"Well let's see shall we" I said pressing the button and when we saw the only two items in there all of our eyes went wide eyed in shock.

I Immediately sent a message to Nanoha-mama as quickly as I could.

*Fate*

"Well that's finished with, now all we have to do is tell the children" I said

"Yeah… but that message Maki sent worries me" Nanoha said

"We're almost there yeah. Dont worry"

"Thanks Takumi"

It was another few minutes before the five of us arrived back at the house and the four children were standing outside and we saw that Maki and Vivio were huddled together scared out of their wits with Nene and Clarion trying to them calm down. I ran over and cuddled them along with Nanoha.

We then all went back inside and asked the group what had happened that caused Maki and Vivio to become as spooked as they were. We became shocked and then realised that this would be a problem for Takumi and Uzal because they couldn't understand why Maki had access to BUER's main body and so we explained everything about Maya and the infinite armoury to them.

"Maki, can you do anything with the book?" I asked to which I got a shaken head in response

"Sorry Fate-mama the book is partially locked down and it's telling me I have to use BUER. *sniffle* Before normal functionality is restored"

"Don't worry Maki we'll take care of this tomorrow. For know lets all get settled down before we turn in for the night Vivio why don't you take your sister for a nice long bath okay" nanoha said to which Vivio started leading Maki out of the room.

The rest of the day was spent mainly relaxing and planning on where to perform the test for tomorrow. Thankfully due to the efforts of Vivio, Nene and Clarion. The three of them managed to cheer up Maki and get her back to normal again.

Dinner was quickly held afterwards and soon the children started to fall asleep and so Nene and Clarion helped the two of them to bed before they went off to the realm of dreams themselves. We stayed up a bit longer discussing what would be happening tomorrow before we too went to bed.

*Maki*

I woke up in my sister's embrace and all I could do was smile at what she was doing. I then rubbed her hair gently before quietly replacing myself with a pillow for her to cuddle and then I went to have a nice morning shower.

After that I went back into the room and woke up Vivio and once she had done her morning routine, the two of us headed into the kitchen where it seemed to be that everyone else had already arrived. Whilst we were eating Nanoha-mama said that the testing would be taken care of in the afternoon and so the morning would be used to make sure I was completely relaxed and was in a stable state of mind. She also said she had an announcement to make as well later in the day.

The morning passed by pretty peacefully and so did lunch but now it was crunch time and so the lot of us headed to where Takumi said the test would take place and that place was a large underground room that made me feel like an ant.

Me, Nene, Vivio and Clarion where on the floor and Takumi and the rest were on an observation platform near the entrance to the room. I was starting to panic a little as I moved to one end of the room but Vivio was holding my hand tightly in order to calm me down and so a few minutes later and everything was ready…

"Okay Maki proceed with the test please" Takumi said over the tannoy to which I waved to a camera drone before telling Vivio to join the others and with a deep breath I pressed the button for BUER and I was surrounded by a bright light.

Shortly after I opened my eyes and saw a screen in front of me showing my surroundings at a much higher elevation then when I was at ground level.

"Nee-chan" Vivio asked

"I'm okay" I replied getting used to the echo my voice made

"Okay Maki, to start off why not try and move the the area designated by the beacons Nene and Clarion put down"

"Okay Takumi" I replied before trying to figure out how to move.

*Takumi*

Watching Maki start to move was pretty shaky at first but she slowly got the hang of it but now that I'm watching her more closely she seems to be getting slower and slower and it was starting to annoy me a bit.

"Oi, Maki get a move on already we don't have all day yeah"

"Quit it! I'm trying to choose the best path possible without tipping over and cause myself some serious harm because the floor is… wait a minute you made the floor uneven didn't you Takumi!" she yelled back

"Well it wouldn't be a test now would it" I yelled

*Maki*

Damn that Takumi… But she has a valid point but man this sucks, I really am starting to question why Uzal-sensei designed BUER with big bulky legs. It may suit her situation but right now the legs are nothing but trouble.

'Man I wish I could use a rail system like the boring machines back home use.. Or even better using those giant tracks on a dragline like they have in the coal mines…'

*BEEP*

A noise knocked me out of my thoughts and so I turned to see my book hovering open nearby with a blue screen displayed above it. So I brought the book closer and well my eyes went wide in shock at what was displayed…

{You have met the requirements for customise mode. Would you like a tutorial for said mode Y/N}

I was ecstatic with what I just read and so I kept moving at a slow and steady pace, much to Takumi's chagrin, whilst I learned how to use the mode. Once I was satisfied with my progress I came to a halt.

"Nee-chan.. What are you doing?" Vivio asked

"What am I doing…. THIS!" I yelled before I was surrounded by bright light once more.

*Takumi*

The bright light certainly caught all of us off guard as we all had to shield our eyes but thankfully the light had started to dissipate as quickly as it appeared.

"Ha, take that Takumi!" Maki said triumphantly

This ticked me off a little bit and so I was about to retort but my mouth simply hung wide open and when I looked at the others they were in the exact same state. I turned my eyes back to look at Maki's BUER again and the main ball, so to speak , remained mainly untouched but down below is where things really changed.

The outer ring where the legs were was still in one piece but where the legs were supposed to be… in their places were six very large caterpillar tracks placed in specific locations and they were connected to the outer ring by what seemed to be very large suspension springs, 2 per track.

"Maki, what on earth have you done" nanoha asked the question that was all on our minds

"I unlocked a new mode for the infinite armoury" she replied was starting to move again, much faster than she was before I might add.

Maki went on to explain about the customize mode that she had very recently unlocked and her information was further reinforced by Maya. The explanation didn't last very long as by the time the two of them were finished, Maki was already in the designated area waiting for the last part of the test to begin.

"Okay Maki-kun all you have to do now is fire at the wall in front of you and then the test is over alright" Uzal said

"Got it" Maki replied

She got into position, took aim and then fired at the blank wall, I was thankful to Maki for this as I wanted to expand down here anyways, not that she needed to know that. After the cool down phase the test was complete, she put away the main body back in her book and then when came back up here with the others in tow.

Seeing as it was getting close to dinner and Maki looked pretty tired out because of the test, Uzal suggested that she goes and have a nice long bath whilst dinner is being prepared. Off she went followed by the three others and so whilst they went and took care of that the four of us went into the kitchen and started to prepare dinner.

*Maki*

The bath certainly was a welcomed sight and I pretty much melted in the warmth, I also think that Vivio had to give me a shunt quite a few times in order to prevent me from falling asleep. Once we were finished and got changed into our nightwear the four of us made our way to the kitchen speaking to each other about various things.

Curiously enough Nene wanted to try BUER because she wanted to know what it felt like, I thought about it and well as long as we get permission I would be okay with her having a go. Hearing this made Nene very happy causing the rest of us to giggle as we arrived in the kitchen and we took our seats before dinner was served. It was then that I remembered something from earlier in the day….

"Nanoha-mama…"

"Hmmm?"

"You said you had something to say at dinner"

"Ah thank you for reminding me. Maki, Vivio do you like being here?" Mama asked

"Yes I do, this place has a really calming air to it and I like how it reminds me of home" I replied with Vivio grabbing my hand and nodding her head in agreement, before looking at the adults to see them having bright smiles on their faces

"Well that's good… because as of tomorrow this is your new home"

….

….

"EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The two of us screamed

"That's great, we'll all be one big happy family!" Nene said hugging the two of us.

Hearing that from nanoha-mama was one of the the biggest surprises and one of the best ones that I have had in a good while. Dinner was full of laughter and cheer and we all pretty much stuffed our faces until we couldn't move. Until Takumi told the gercomas, their nicknames came from Nene, to move us into the living room so that we could relax.

After watching some TV it was time for bed, but I had literally zero energy left after the day's events and so I decided to pull a Takumi and asked my gercoma to help me to my room and so it picked me up, with Takumi giggling at my antics, and proceeded to leave the room but not before I had gained a following with the three of them stating they wanted to sleep together, which I was okay with. Plus Vivio actually copied me (gercoma) which made me giggle.

We all climbed into my bed before chatting about various things and slowly but surely with each drifted off into the land of sleep with me being the last one to drift into the realm of dreams happy in the fact that I will remember this day for the rest of of my life.