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Chapter 6: The new device…

At the tech department of Riot Force…

"I miss my helper." Mary muttered as she leaned back and sighed. "So Drei did this ever happen…"

"No." Drei replied, as she was getting ready to leave. "This has never happened before. In fact I'm worried what it means."

"I wouldn't worry about it." Mary stated as she sighed. "I mean I missed out on the check up and I'm fine."

"You barely ever leave this place." Drei replied as she floated out and left.

"I do leave." Mary muttered as she looked about the room, as the door opened. "Can I help… Otto?"

"I got pulled back." Otto replied as she walked into the room. "Could you check a device for me?"

"Sure…" Mary stated as Otto placed her new device on the table.

"I have to see who is left for work." Otto stated as she left. "I'll come by later to pick it up."

"Otto found a device." Mary stated as she gained an evil look but it fell. "Still…"

With Otto…

'I want to get rid of some stress.' Otto thought as she sighed. "Mom was not happy that Vesta and I got into that fight."

"Otto?" Draco stated as he walked up and blinked at the girl. "I thought you would be on that ninja world."

"Got recalled." Otto replied as she looked at the Sun team member. "Say who else is left?"

"Erio and Harry." Draco replied as he walked to the training area. "That is if you don't count the reserves."

"How many of them too?" Otto asked as she saw another teen leaning on a spear. "What are you doing?"

"Waiting for the reserves to get here." Erio replied as he sighed. "I've been waiting for an hour and none have arrived."

"They might have heard that Nanoha might be here today and are hiding." Draco stated.

"The only reason my mom would be here today is for…" Otto started to say as she was bowled over by a catgirl.

"Keep those things away from me." Vesta stated as she hid behind Otto.

"VESTA!" Otto stated darkly as she looked at the teen. "What are you hiding from?"

"Some blonde that was in the office that Master took me to." Vesta replied as Otto bonked her on the head. "What was that for?"

"Those shots are to protect you from other things." Otto stated.

"But I'm a magical construct right?" Vesta asked as she tilted her head.

"Yes, but you still need to have check-ups and shots. I do, and I'm a cyborg." Otto stated as she sighed. 'It is like having a younger sibling… great another Vivio.'

"Oh… just because I'm not fully human?" Vesta asked.

"Nope, to make sure you are healthy and can stay active… don't want to waste that life you have, right?" Otto stated as Vesta pouted and started to walk back to where she ran from. "After I'm done with today, I'll have some time to show you some of the other things I learned."

"Not on me right?" Vesta asked as she gulped.

"Naw, don't want a repeat of last night." Otto replied getting the two guys to look at her.

"Who is she?" Draco asked as he blinked. "I know that Arf is part wolf, but she is part cat."

"Mom's familiar, just created too." Otto replied as Vesta had ran off. "She will be helping around the house."

"Good… I pity anyone who attacks that house." Draco stated getting a laugh from Otto. "What?"

"You would pity them?" Otto stated.

"Yeah, that I couldn't see it happen, plus it all depends on who catches the person first." Draco replied as Otto started to laugh with him.

"Yeah that I can see." Otto replied as she stopped. "Well, since my mom is here; let us have a three way."

"Sure… I still wish that Deed wasn't pregnant, than I could have my rematch with her." Erio stated as he readied himself.

"Sure, whatever floats for you Erio." Draco stated as he raised arm up and a rapier appeared.

"Three." Otto stated as she activated her staff.

"Two." Erio stated as he smiled.

"One." Draco stated as he smirked.

"Stop." Harry stated as he walked up. "I want in."

"Commander?" All three asked as the blinked and then sighed.

"I've done nothing since returning but sit in my office, or at home." Harry stated as he looked at the three.

"Sure… if you can keep up." Otto stated.

"I guess we can give you a handicap." Draco stated as Harry just gave a look.

"I'm doomed." Erio muttered.

"I'm not mad at you…" Harry stated as he looked away. "Just because you got my adopted daughter pregnant, isn't making me mad, you are married to her after all."

"Oh yeah…" Erio stated as he readied himself again.

"Go!" All four shouted as they clashed.

At another part of the base…

"Hermione?" Nanoha stated as she saw the other girl. "What are you doing on base?"

"Looking for Harry, he promised Daphne and I a home cooked dinner." Hermione replied as an explosion of several colors appeared and turn to brown smoke. "But why are you here?"

"Master! I'm finished with that evil experience." Vesta stated as she ran up.

"You got a familiar?" Hermione stated as she blinked. "Are you sure that it is okay?"

"Shamal told me it was fine, as long as I don't over do it." Nanoha replied as she patted Vesta on her head. "And she has shown promise in the areas I needed the most work at."

"Binds and defensive magic?" Hermione stated as Nanoha glared. "Lindy told me that you are bad at those kinds of magic even though you can cast them."

"I'm also terrible at close combat." Nanoha muttered.

"Yup… which makes me your worst opponent as I'm a jack of all ranges." Hermione stated as she laughed.

"And a master of none of them." Nanoha stated getting Hermione to stop. "At long range you would lose to me, at close combat range Signum, and mid-range Fate."

"I know that… But if I can get into the ranges that they don't fare well in…" Hermione stated as Nanoha chuckled.

"Doesn't seem to work for you most of the time." Nanoha stated as she looked at her friend.

"Snakes can help in that area." Hermione replied as she looked up to the sky. "Who would have thought that a lunar event would bring something to you that I had to go through."

"I annoyed that I've been set back by this… I wonder if Otto would like to take over training of Hinata." Nanoha replied as she looked at the blue glowing sphere. "And why hasn't it stopped?"

"No one knows." Hermione stated as she sighed. "It wouldn't be a problem if it had happened before, but it hasn't…"

"So does that mean that we can hope it doesn't happen again for a long time?" Nanoha stated as a pink beam slammed into a green one. "Found your husband."

"Good." Hermione stated as she walked off.

"Nanoha?" Hinata stated as she walked up. "I've been waiting for you in the practice yards for the past month."

"I can't believe I'm saying this… I need to take it easy for…" Nanoha stated as she sighed.

"Is there a problem?" Hinata asked.

"I'm pregnant." Nanoha replied as she looked at her student. "I've also been pulled from active duty."

"I think you can still teach me…" Hinata stated as she looked down. "I do need help with my confidence, not my skills."

"Hmmm…" Nanoha stated as she looked at her student before smiling. "I have something that could help. It will help with some confidence as you have to be assertive to do this."

"What is it that I have to do?" Hinata asked as she took a few steps back.

"Find Sein and tell her to talk to me." Nanoha ordered. "Sein is hiding from the other Numbers and those at the church can't find her."

"I'll help, but why do you…" Hinata started to ask.

"She got my daughter pregnant by Cinque by getting them both drunk." Nanoha replied annoyed. "I want to show her my displeasure."

"I understand, how long do I have?" Hinata asked getting a sigh.

"As long as you want, I have to get you some skills too, so I'm going to ask Otto to help train you as well." Nanoha stated.

"What about me?" Vesta asked as she looked at Nanoha.

"You are going to be busy at home, helping Arf." Nanoha stated getting a pout.

"She is a wolf, I'm a cat." Vesta stated as she looked away.

"And I'm ordering you to." Nanoha stated as she looked at her familiar.

"And I want to do something fun." Vesta replied as she glared at her master.

"Something wrong mom?" Otto asked, as she looked disheveled. "Hermione broke up our training match."

"Vesta and I are arguing on what she should be doing." Nanoha replied.

"I'm going to do what you asked." Hinata stated as she ran off.

"Mom, Vesta is free-willed right?" Otto asked getting a nod. "That means she has a mind of her own."

"Oh… I guess she can help you out with Hinata." Nanoha stated stunned as she forgot that factor. "But I do want her help at home."

"How often does Hinata work out?" Otto asked as she looked at the practice fields.

"One week on, one week off. This is her week off from training." Nanoha replied as she looked off to the distance. "I also want you to help her with her confidence."

"Got it." Otto stated as she started to walk off. "I need to pick something up from Mary, and then can I have Vesta over at the practice field where Hinata normally practices at, I'm not going to fight her, just show her other things I've learned."

"Sure." Nanoha stated as she watched her daughter walk off.

"She is scary." Vesta stated getting a laugh from Nanoha. "But she is scared of you though."

"Mothers tend to be." Nanoha stated as she lead Vesta to a field. "Wait here for Otto. After that find out what she wants from you."

"Right." Vesta stated as she sat on the walkway and sighed. "This is going to be a fun day."

"See you later." Nanoha stated as she left.

At the tech support…

"Here you go, and Otto, be careful with it." Mary stated as she sighed. "It has several powerful spells in its databank. Some of them are extremely dangerous."

"How can you tell?" Otto asked as she looked at the blue swirl crystal in her hand.

"Cross referenced them to spells that seem similar in the Tome of the Night Sky." Mary replied as she sighed. "One is odd though."

"Odd?" Otto asked.

"The mana principle system is not there, no mana conversion either, yet there is an aria in place. Whatever it is… is unknown and that makes it odd. I would place this as a class 4 Lost Logia type if it wasn't an Al-Hazardian device."

"I see… so I was right… it does hold some history about what happened to Al-Hazard." Otto stated getting a sigh.

"I thought the same… but it didn't tell me, and I don't think it knows." Mary stated as she sighed. "Raising Heart doesn't and neither does Shining Light… Though Shining Light might be due to age and being in pieces most of the time. Raising Heart might be due to age, or Yuuno messing around with the language setting, and he erased it all."

"Oh." Otto stated as she pocketed it. "I guess I have to find out how I'm related to Divine Blue later."

"About that…" Mary stated as looked down. "I'm not positive but you might be Divine Blue."

"Can't be, the location and the device both call me descendant of Divine Blue." Otto stated as she smiled.

"I guess it is a mystery after all." Mary stated as she sighed. "Though it was funny when I heard that Nanoha and Fate clashed when they first met, but Nanoha wasn't as skilled as she was now."

"Wait what?" Otto stated as she paused. "They clashed, mom never told me that."

"Nanoha and Fate clashed several times during the Jewel Seed case. Your mother came out on top in the last fight, but it was only four clashes that were recorded, the first was Nanoha losing badly, the second was a draw because the seed activated again, the third was a draw due to Chrono interfering, and the last you mother won with her Starlight Breaker." Mary revealed getting Otto's eyes to narrow. "Something wrong?"

"Not sure, but the way you explain it, they almost sound like how Divine Blue and Sylfeid the Dragon will clash… how much magic was released in their final fight?" Otto asked.

"The only ones who would know that are Chrono and Amy." Mary stated as she frowned. "And Lindy."

"Hmmm… More to think about…. But they can't be… they are supposed to fight all the time…" Otto muttered as she left the room. "Why can't this problem be simple?"

A/N: Why hasn't Nanoha or Fate talked about their clashes... Is Otto on to something or is she just speculating... What other abilities does she know too... what is that unclassable spell in the new device... Will Hinata find Sein... Where is Sein hiding...