Chapter 7 – Jewel Seed Remnants

As the days shifted into March, a small dimensional rip appeared high above Mahora, and from it, nine sparkling jewels came out from it before being spread all over the campus of Mahora. Somehow, they managed to pierce through the barrier without being detected, and each of the nine jewels landed in separate areas inactive, though that may change soon enough…

As it was around night time, Reinforce suddenly perked her head up from what she was doing, as if she suddenly sensed something. Konoka noticed this and asked, "Is something the matter Rein-sensei?"

"Ah, no it's nothing Konoka-san. Just a sudden feeling, though I don't know what it was…" Reinforce shook it off and went back to work, giving a small smile to Konoka in reassurance.

That's when Negi and Asuna entered the room, the twin tailed girl looking huffy while the boy mage looked pretty apologetic as she tried to talk to Asuna, "I already said I'm sorry Asuna-sa-!"

"Forget it! Just forget it!" Asuna hissed, her face red with embarrassment as he stomped over to the bathroom.

"Asuna-san!" The door slammed shut, leaving Negi with a slump, while Konoka and Reinforce looked confused by the turn of events. Eventually, the Unison Device gave Konoka an 'I'll take care of this' look, before walking over to where Negi was.

"Negi, what happened?" Reinforce whispered as she watched Konoka go back to doing her schoolwork.

Negi looked at Reinforce with a bit of fear in his eyes before he whispered into Reinforce's ear, "I, um, accidentally sneezed again, and it, uh, took off Asuna-san's skirt…"

"…Let me take a wild guess, it was somewhere public?"

"Yes…"

A sigh escaped Reinforce's lips as she closed her eyes and muttered, "Note to self, make controlling Negi's magical sneezes major top priority," Then she looked at Negi, "Don't worry about Asuna-san, just give her some time to cool off. If that doesn't work, I'll talk to her myself."

"…Thanks Reinforce…" With that, Negi went off to his desk and started on looking over assignments that were handed in today.

Reinforce just looked out the window, still a bit concerned about the feeling she had earlier, 'I hope it wasn't anything bad…'


The next morning, Reinforce woke up, that odd feeling she had yesterday coming back to her, this time not going away. She finally recognized it as her magic sense telling her that something was dangerous nearby, but she couldn't locate it due to the World Tree's presence, which was skewering her magic sense a bit. Negi woke up soon after and as he rubbed his eyes, saw that Reinforce was a bit stiff and looking out the window as he asked, "Reinforce, is something the matter?"

Blinking, the Unison Device snapped out of the state she was in, though her guard was still up, even though she said, "Ah, it's nothing Negi, just woke up from a bad dream."

Even though Negi was young, he knew enough about Reinforce that she wasn't being truthful with him, but he knew that she was able to take care of herself, and let it go for now. Instead, he got up out of bed and went to the washroom to wash his face.

As usual, Asuna had already left for work, and Konoka was just waking up. Reinforce went back to looking out the window, trying to home in on what she was feeling. She was so into it that she didn't notice that Konoka was calling out to her and only a poking on the arm brought her back to her senses, "Rein-sensei, is everything alright?"

"Wha-? Oh, Konoka-san, it's just you…" Finding being called Yagami-sensei all the time a bit awkward, Reinforce let the two girls know that it was okay for them to call her Reinforce, or Rein a few weeks ago. Both girls nodded, though they kept adding the sensei title to her name, and Reinforce figured it must be Japanese politeness kicking in.

"Hehe…for me to scare sensei, there must be something on your mind right?"

"Ah, you could say that, but it's nothing important to mention. Anyway, did you need something Konoka-san?"

"Well, do you want to help prepare breakfast? I'm sure it'll help you take your mind off of things."

The Unison Device couldn't help but smile as she replied, "Of course Konoka-san, I'd be happy to."

Despite helping Konoka with breakfast, it didn't take Reinforce's mind off of the anxiety that she was feeling, though she didn't let it get to her. She still kept a guarded stance though, even if she was doing it subconsciously.


Throughout the day, Reinforce was tense, like she was on guard that something was out to get her. 2-A certainly noticed it, though they kept it to themselves. Negi on the other hand, kept asking if Reinforce was alright every other hour, with the Unison Device giving the same answer every time, "I'm okay Negi, don't worry."

After the fourth time asking, Negi was really getting concerned about his partner, so after school in the staff room, Negi asked Reinforce again when they were alone, "Reinforce, I know there's something going on with you all day, what is it?"

"…I'm sorry Negi," Reinforce started, "It's just that I have this strange feeling coming from my magic sense. I can't really tell what it is though…"

"Really? I don't feel anything…"

"It's because I'm a Unison Device Negi. I'm just more sensitive to magical energy."

"I see… How about we go around the academy to walk around? Maybe we'll find what you're so anxious about and we'll learn more about the academy that way."

"Hmm, that sounds like a good idea Negi," As Reinforce gathered her things together, she took a look out the window and her magic sense flared a bit again, making her narrow her eyes for a second. She turned to Negi and asked, "Negi, Has the Dean said anything to you today?"

"No, I haven't heard anything from him." Negi replied as he picked up his bag.

The Unison Device frowned hearing that before she grabbed her own bag and followed Negi out, 'Something is definitely going to happen, I just don't know what it is!'


Outside, Negi and Reinforce were busy walking around campus, with the Unison Device trying to pinpoint the origin of her tingling magic senses. Twice it flared up and the pair ran in the direction Reinforce pointed out, but her sense would suddenly die, as if it vanished, leaving her confused in the end.

Eventually, the pair decided to head back to the dorms as it was it was getting close to dinner, when they passed by the woods close to the dorm. At that point, Reinforce's magic and danger sense suddenly spiked and she instinctively grabbed Negi and pulled him to the ground as something flew over them where Reinforce's head was just a moment ago, crashing onto the pavement.

Quickly putting up a dimensional barrier, Reinforce got up, looking at the dust cloud that formed to their left, while Negi picked himself up asking, "Ugh, what happened Reinforce?"

"Something attacked us," Reinforce transformed into her Knight Armor as she got into a defensive stance, "Get ready Negi."

"R-right!" Negi took out his staff as the dust cleared, revealing a giant…dust bunny? Negi looked at Reinforce with a puzzled look, "Reinforce, what is that?"

"I don't know…but it looks fam-." Reinforce stopped suddenly when the dust bunny monster turned to look at them, having a savage grin on its face. It looked between the two of them before it decided to pounce on Negi, but was blocked by Reinforce when she cried out, "Panzer Schild! Negi, try to bind it while I keep it distracted!"

"Okay!" Negi started chanting as Reinforce started firing Blutiger Dolch spells at the dust bunny to catch it's attention, "Rastel Ma Scir Magister, Vinculum Facti Inimicum Capient! Sagitta Magica, Aer Capturae!"

As the twenty nine wind arrows flew towards their target, Reinforce jumped back and held her hand out towards the dust bunny, "Chain Bind!"

The two binding spells hit the monster, restricting it's movement and pinning it to the ground. The pair looked at it as Negi held his staff out incase it broke free, "What now?"

"I don't know, give me a second," Reinforce closed her eyes to try and scan the creature, and for some reason, a déjà vu feeling appeared as she scanned it, though she knows that she nor the Wolkenritter never encountered something like this before in her memory when she felt another magic spike, "Ah shoot, watch out!"

The dust bunny broke free of it's binds with a roar, and turned to attack Reinforce with a pounce. She dodged the attack and brought her fist to bare shouting, "Schwarze Wirkung!"

Reinforce's magically enhanced punch hit the dust bunny hard, sending it flying before it crashed before them. Negi added to the attack, "Blutiger Dolch!"

Seven red arrows pierced the dust bunny, making it cry out in pain, but to their surprise, the wounds just regenerated like nothing happened. That made Negi uneasy as the two prepared themselves, "Reinforce, I'll use Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens on it, but I need you to pin it down somehow!"

"Hmm, okay Negi, I'll leave it to you!" Reinforce activated her Sleipnir spell and took to the sky, using Axel Shooter and Photon Lancer spells to pepper the dust bunny as Negi started chanting.

"Rastel Ma Scir Magister," Reinforce dodged another attack from the dust bunny and started closing in on the distance, "Veniant Spiritus Aeriales Fulgurientes!" Reinforce got closer while dodging the lashing attacks the dust bunny started to use, "Cum Fulguratione Flet Tempestas Austrina!'

"Struggle Bind!"

"Jovis Tempestas Fulguriens!"

Reinforce managed to bind the dust bunny again and get out of the way as Negi's spell tore through the dust bunny like a kid through wrapping paper on Christmas. It caused a big explosion that made Negi sweatdrop as he muttered, "Thank goodness for the barrier. If I did that without it, I would've been exposed for sure…"

As Reinforce landed, she spotted a glint where the dust bunny was, and saw a peculiar looking jewel in the middle of the crater. She saw that it was the source of the magic pulses, and to her annoyance, she found it familiar, yet she knows that this is the first time encountering something like this. When the dust bunny started reforming around it, Nanoha's voice suddenly came to her mind.


"Jewel Seed Serial XVI! Seal it!"


"Jewel…Seed…?" Reinforce put a hand to her head when Negi shot lightning arrows at the still reforming dust bunny.

"Reinforce, what's wrong?" Negi called out before sending another Blutiger Dolch spell to keep it from reforming.

The Unison Device didn't answer as information about the Jewel Seeds suddenly started popping into her head. What she didn't know was that during the time Fate was absorbed by the Book of Darkness, a part of her memory was copied in order to make the false world that she was put in, and that memory also included information on the Jewel Seeds.

When it was over, Reinforce suddenly dashed forwards with a Flash Move before Negi could say anything and held her hand out to the still forming dust bunny, "Jewel Seed Serial Number XIV, seal!"

Bands of light erupted from Reinforce's hand and started to constrict the forming dust bunny. Negi watched with amazement as the bands started to constrict the dust bunny, before it started to disappear, leaving the true form of the Jewel Seed behind. As the light faded, the Jewel Seed floated over to Reinforce's open palm and she looked at it as the magic faded. Negi went over to see if everything is alright as he called out to her, "…Reinforce?"

"We need to go see the Dean now Negi." The seriousness in Reinforce's voice surprised the boy mage, but he nodded as the barrier was removed, reversing all damage done, except for the initial crater that was on the sidewalk before the barrier was put up. The two started walking, though Reinforce was rather quick that Negi had to jog to keep up.


There was only silence by the time Negi and Reinforce reached Dean Konoe's office, and Negi was feeling nervous for some reason. The Jewel Seed was still in Reinforce's hand as she used the other hand to knock at the door, since the secretary was missing out front. Konoemon's voice came through answering, "Yes, who is it?"

"It's Negi and I, Dean Konoe." Reinforce politely replied.

"Ah, Yagami-sensei and Negi-kun, please come in."

Reinforce opened the door, and both she and Negi stepped in. Konoemon, who had his back turned to them, looked around and greeted, "Hello you two, what can I do for you?"

"We have a problem," Reinforce held out the Jewel Seed in her hand to show Konoemon, "I think there are more of these Jewel Seeds out there throughout the Academy."

"Really now," Konoemon went over to his desk and lifted a box, revealing two more Jewel Seeds underneath, "You seem to know what these are Yagami-sensei, care to explain?"

"I will, but could you let me check those first?" When Konoemon gave a nod, Reinforce went over to the two other Jewel Seeds to check if they were sealed properly. After putting an additional seal on them for insurance and dropping her own Jewel Seed in with them, she turned to face Negi and the Dean, "Okay, what do you want to know sir?"

"First off, you seem to know what these…Jewel Seeds, was it…are Yagami-sensei," Konoemon started, "Could you tell me all that you know about them?"

"Let's see…the Jewel Seeds are essentially unstable magic batteries from what I can tell," Reinforce started, trying to draw from Fate's memory, "They contain tremendous power, and can be activated if there's a person or animal with a strong emotion nearby. At times they can possess living things, warping them into monster like beings, or create their own forms, depending on the circumstances. It's best to seal them so that the unstable power is kept under control."

"Hmm, I see…" Konoemon thought about it as he looked at the three Jewel Seeds on his desk, "These sound quite dangerous, though it seems the two of you handled it well enough."

Negi nodded as Reinforce said, "With your permission, I would like to search for any other Jewel Seeds that might have infiltrated the Academy."

"…Fine, you may look for these Jewel Seeds, Yagami-sensei," Konoemon replied, "The first two were encountered by chance, and any scans we've made surprisingly haven't turned up any results, from what you've said. By the way, how do you know so much about these artifacts?"

Reinforce looked reluctant to answer, and Negi felt the same way before Konoemon said, "Never mind, I'm sure you have your reasons, right Yagami-kun?"

Being a bit surprised at the sudden lack of formality, all Reinforce did was bow her head while saying, "Thank you Dean Konoe. Let's get going Negi, or Asuna-san and Konoka-san will wonder where we went."

Negi nodded and the two were about to leave when Reinforce added, "Oh, those Jewel Seeds should be kept under a barrier sir, for safe keeping."

"I'll keep that in mind Yagami-kun." Konoemon watched as Negi and Reinforce left his office before going over to the Jewel Seeds, "Fufu, she's an interesting one, along with Negi-kun. Now, to get started on that barrier…"


Dinner was a regular affair, if not a quiet one. Asuna and Konoka noticed how deep in thought the magic pair was as they ate dinner, and while Konoka shrugged it off as a teacher thing, Asuna had a feeling that it was magic related, though she didn't pry into it. Negi and Reinforce were actually engaging in a telepathic conversation with each other, hence the quietness.

'Can you sense any other Jewel Seeds Reinforce?' Negi asked as he took a bite out of his dinner.

'I think so,' Reinforce focused a bit and did a wide area search of the campus using a spell she set up earlier, 'I can't pinpoint them, but I'm feeling six more presences that I think are Jewel Seeds…'

'Then there are at least six more out there?'

'Probably, and we'll have to be prepared to fight incase they activate…'

'Should our strategy be for me to blast them while you bind and seal them?'

'…That would be the best strategy, but if worse comes to worse, we'll have to Unison, alright Negi?'

'I'm fine with that, though Unisoning with you felt weird the first time…'

There was only silence after that as dinner was finished, and Reinforce offered to help Konoka wash the dishes. As she helped, she thought to herself, 'I wonder who took care of the other two Jewel Seeds…? I know that there are other mages here from what I can sense, but the only one I know is Takamichi and the Dean…'

With Negi and Asuna, the girl knew something was up and decided to pick Negi's brain, "Hey Negi-bozu, what's going on? You and Yagami-sensei are acting funny."

"It's nothing Asuna-san," Negi held his hands up and waved them, "Just a small problem between us. It's nothing to concern yourself with."

Asuna looked at Negi with an analytical look before she let it go, "Fine then…"

Negi was actually surprised to see the girl drop the subject so suddenly, while inside he was thankful that Asuna didn't pry any further, 'Whew, that was close. If these Jewel Seeds are as dangerous as Reinforce says they are, then we better catch them quickly before any students get involved…'


In the middle of the night, a girl with blond hair and red eyes in a Barrier Jacket just finished sealing a Jewel Seed that had started to react. With the Lost Logia sealed into her Device, she quickly made a break for it before the resident mages and patrols arrived to investigate.

"Whew, managed to dodge that one. Good thing I have this cloaking capability installed in my Device…"

[You should be more careful sir. You might be invisible, but you can still make noise.]

"I know, I know, and I thought I told you to stop calling me sir!"

[Sorry sir.]

"…Ugh, forget it," The girl was now at the window of a hotel room before she snuck inside, "Right now, I need some sleep…"

[Remember sir; collect all the Jewel Seeds that are still loose within the grounds before presenting yourself to Lady Reinforce.]

The girl was already in her bed sleeping, her Barrier Jacket deactivated and back into her regular clothes along with the Device already in standby mode, […Goodnight sir.]


Notes: Here's Chapter 7, and I bet the Jewel Seeds were the last thing people had in mind when I mentioned action. I'm going by the Manga timeline, so Evangeline would attack after 2-A becomes 3-A. As for the last bit, that's gonna be explained soon enough.