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: Things are about to get real so bear with me on this. Ah. And the collaboration begins! Readers who have read GodEaterBurstFan's fanfic already know that we are doing a collaboration for the next few chapters. His OC, Alyssa Nakajima, has already made a small appearance but now she has a bigger role to play. Please read Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: A New Threat as we will be synced starting Chapter 7 and on.
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Chapter 6: Memories
Five years later
"Good work on your mission, Hikaru." Fate said. I looked at her and bowed. "Thank you very much, Fate-san. I'll be taking my leave." Fate smiled gently. "Take care of yourself, okay?" I simply saluted and walked away. I know she's worried about me, but I'll be fine. I just need to get stronger and the Enforcer training as Fate-san's apprentice is paying off. She told me that in another month I'll be able to become an Enforcer. Over the years, I worked hard to get an apartment that Yoko and I could share. I occasionally wrote letters to my mother back on Earth. I told her about everything. The friends I made. How much fun I'm having. Everything that I can to let her know that I'm okay. Until one day the letters stopped coming. I found out that my mother passed away 2 years ago. I couldn't remember how hard I cried, but I remembered Yoko's face as she broke down into tears.
I loved my mother very much and I was happy that she had spent time to be with Yoko and I when we were kids. Fate attended the funeral as well. It was the first time I've seen her shed tears, but I heard from Nanoha-san that it wasn't the first time. Ever since her death, I worked and trained none stop until Fate and Yoko forced me to take a break. Yoko confiscated Mjonir and I wasn't able to do anything but train, but after that I got bored so I took a break to relax. Since then I have taken breaks from time to time to keep them happy. Eventually I accepted her death and stopped overworking myself. I returned to the way I was and kept walking forward. I stretched and took the long way home. I checked the watch Fate gave me for my birthday last year. It was already 4:30. I decided to go to this diner I found but never had the chance to eat there. It was called Papa Jone's Diner. However, I lost the chance again when I saw Alyssa, Vivio and their friends inside eating. I simply turned around and walked to a different diner. I don't know why but I've been avoiding her. She joined the TSAB recently and we've sparred often when we met up again.
We were both happy and gave each other high fives and she hugged Yoko. Yoko didn't like it at first but eventually warmed up to her. They became the best of friends and close enough to call themselves sister, or at least that's how I saw it. I shook my head of the memories when the food I ordered came. This diner was similar to one I've been to on Earth. It was called IHOP there. I slowly began to eat my food in silence. I looked through the alcoholic beverage menu as I ate. I was never much of a drinker but lately I just picked up the habit to have a glass of beer at the end of the day to relax. The waitress came up with my tab. "Will that be all for today?" She asked. I smiled and nodded. "Thank you. Yes that'll be all. Can I have my check please?"
She smiled back. "I'll bring it to you sir." As I waited, I ate the ice that was in the glass. "Ok, sir. It'll be 20 Mid-Childan Dollars. Will that be all for you today?" She winked. "No. That'll be all, thank you." I took out a 20 and a 5 and placed it on the bill. Over the years, I grew taller and have a lean muscular body. I kept my hair style the same only my pony tail is longer. Nanoha-san, Fate-san and Captain Hayate has told me that I'm the same height as Zafira but I haven't met him yet just Hayate's large wolf Guardian with the same name. It was getting late so I walked home. I opened the door and looked around the room. Clothes were everywhere. "We should clean up the place, Hikaru." Mjonir said. "Yea. You're right. Eventually I'm going to run out of clothes to wear and Vivio's going to scold me if I don't do it." I began to pick up the clothes. I asked Mjonir to call me by my name, because I grew tired of being called master. Also I've been practicing swordplay with Captain Signum when she has free time. Yoko developed an upgrade for it, called Alpha, three years ago, giving Mjonir the form of a large broadsword. She called it the Zantetsuken form.
I smiled as I remembered the time when I first had Mjonir go into Zantetsuken form. I accidently dropped it and nearly cut off my toes. Alyssa laughed as she picked up Zantetsukan and Yoko punched me in the arm serveral times. Both of them were worried about me the first few times until the transformation was natural to me. It has split Mjonir's hammer head in half. The heads slide down to create a revolving hilt and a black and dark blue energy blade came out of it. It looked similar to Bardiche's Zanbar mode, only larger and wider and the color made it menacing. Yoko told me that I was able to use ice elemental magic with it. However, Shamal said it should be impossible because of my mana, however, I think Shamal's trying to get me back into the examination room since identifying the reason of my mana's coloration has been the biggest challenge she had faced.
Whenever I heard her voice, I would run away. One, I have been examined over 200 times since I arrived. Second, she always gives me these homemade sweets she made herself. I think I saved myself a few years of my lifespan avoiding Shamal's food. I laughed to myself remembering the face Shamal makes when she fails to find me. I separated and put clothes to wash as I walked to the virtual training room Yoko created. She used the data from Mjonir's storage data to create a portable training room. Alyssa doesn't like it because she prefers to breathe in fresh air, so it's become our personal training area outside of Nanoha's training field. As I waited for the clothes to wash, I entered the training room. I activated its program and created a virtual version of myself. I chose the version of myself from that day. We battled it out about 20 times and each time I came out on top. I realized how weak I was that day. I'll never forgive myself, but I'll work even harder. I left the room and put more clothes to wash and the first load to dry.
I showered and got dressed in my sleep wear. It was already 10 p.m. when I came out of the shower. I laid down on my bed and looked at the pics on the drawer next at my bedside. There were two pictures there. A picture of my mother and father that was taken before I was born. The second one was one of Alyssa, Yoko and myself. I remembered it like it was yesterday. Fate-san was taking the picture and I rubbed Alyssa's head, teasing her because she was so short. She smacked my hand away and put me in a headlock just when Fate-san took the picture. We checked it out and saw Yoko's smile for the first time we've known her. When I saw it, my heart skipped a beat. I didn't know why and I couldn't understand it. I sighed deeply. I turned around and began to remember what had happened that year. It was when our happiest days started to take a turn. It was also the year that I had my heart completely broken. If it wasn't for Alyssa and Fate, I would probably have lost my way. Last year, Yoko's behavior took a drastic change and then she was kidnapped.
