A/N: Hihi~ ^^ *Smiles* I hope you will enjoy this? XD
Karai-san: (: Nanoha'll come back. ^^ Don't worry.
Kara: Correct! *High fives* ^^ Fate tried to save Nanoha twice and failed. I'll give a little of a preview of the first time Fate time traveled, don't worry. (: It was MEANT to be confusing. ^^ For a purpose.
Naru-Miya: Ahahaha, yeah, Fate married the "ferret-boy". Only once though. ^^ Don't worry, he'll be gone soon. *Smiles evilly*
Lance58: ^^ Lol, "more"? Hmm, I'll think about it. *Smiles widely* Of course! I was just kidding! I'll write more!!! ^^
darkvalk: *Smiles* Oh Fate'll save her alright. ^^ She will do ANYTHING just to be with her Nanoha!! XD
yoji: Er, aha… ha… ha… um… *Scratches cheek* I didn't do SOO well on my test… I had NanoFate in my head the WHOLE time, soo um… yeah… *Blushes* *Laughs nervously*
Kiros Razer: And it's here, it's here!! ^^ Enjoy?! (:
yurimylove: Nya ha ha, I'm sorry? *Smiles* Thanks for telling me? ^^
Honulicious: Thank you!! *Bows* Ehehe, we even surprised ourselves when we did the arrange marriage. ^^
I Remember
By:
Nei & Yuki-Kamishiro
Fate
'Today's Valentine's Day… sigh…' I looked at the blueprint and nodded. "We're almost done Shari." She nodded happily. "Well, Happy Valentine's Day, you didn't need to help out toda-"
"Nonsense, Fate-san!! I wanted to do this even if it's on a holiday." She smiled. "And Happy Valentine's Day to you as well." I smiled back and nodded.
"Fate-san, it's beautiful though." Her hold on her clipboard became tighter. I noticed it from the corner of my eye but shook the thought away and stood in front of the "time machine". I traced its contents with my hand. It brought nostalgia and my heart squeezed in my chest. I winced and took a few steps away from the time machine.
"Fate-san? Is something the matter? Are you ok?" Shari took the few steps between us and placed a hand on my shoulder. I flinched and turned around quickly.
"I-I'm fine… I just need to, er, um… take a break right now…" I walked passed Shari and paced myself to the women's restroom.
"Shari, I'm sure this'll work. I'm positive." I nodded confidently.
I stopped in front of the restroom and placed my hand on the door, furrowing my eyebrows together. I clutched my blouse and pushed my way into the restroom.
"Ok then, if you say so Fate-san…" Shari's eyes told me otherwise, they were the look of a worried and concerned person.
"Thank you Shari. Now, we just need to… adjust this, mmm… fix this right here and- there we go!! All set!!" The time machine started powering up and shined just a little brighter than the lighting in the room. Shari and I had our eyes closed tightly with our hand covering our eyes.
I ran over to the sink and turned the cold water on. I splashed some of the cold water onto my face when I knew the water was cold enough. It woke me up pretty fast, shivering in cold. I leaned forward, my face close to the cold water running down, and held out both of my hands together to gather the water unto the palms of my hands. I splashed myself with the cold water several times.
"This is going to be my last time seeing you, isn't it?" Shari pressed a button indicating for the door for the time machine to open. I walked slowly to the time machine and traced its contents and smiled.
"Yes, I…" I shook my head. "No, it's not." I turned around and met Shari's stare. "I'll see you again. In another time- hey, don't look so down, I'm still single." I got a laugh from her.
"Although, I would like to see her again. Just this once. Even if it's only been 2 months since she's passed away." I smiled the best I could and walked into the time machine. When I turned around Shari closed the doors and I saw tears forming, but she held it in. She tried to muster a smile and failed attempting it, but it made me happy she would go through THIS with me JUST to see me off with my needs.
But then again, she did want to experience building a time machine and successfully use it.
She pressed a button, we both waved, and all I remember was white every where.
I stayed standing with my hands covering my face, a little bit of water still dripping down from my hands and chin.
"I remember now…" I mumbled to myself. "This isn't… my first time…"
I removed my hands from my face and looked at myself in the mirror before grabbing a towel hanging on the towel hanger and started drying my face with it lightly.
"Fate."
I spun around in circles, trying to find the source of the voice. "Who's there?"
"I have no name." I searched around again.
"Who are you?"
"I have no name, Fate, I am here to help you, that is all."
"Why am I here? Why aren't I time traveling?"
"You, Fate Testarossa, are stuck in between time. You can not go anywhere-"
"What?! Stuck in between time?! Can't go anywhere?! What do you mean?! How did that happen?!"
"You have to give up one of your precious values over to me. Then I can take you to the time you intend to go to."
"You've got to be kidding me!!" I paced around in the white empty-less room. It had no beginning, no end. "Like what?" I heard a snicker come from the so-called "No name".
"That is easy to do. You have to give me your memories from now back to the time you will travel back to AND half of your soul."
"Half of my soul?!!" My eyes widened. "I can deal with the memories, but my SOUL?!" I looked around again.
"Why yes, your soul. I will split you in half, one you and the other also you. She will be the opposite of you. Opposite of what you feel, what you think, what you hate and what you love the most. If you ever come into contact with her then-"
"You've got to be kidding me again!!" I screamed louder this time. "Two of me?! TWO of me?!!" I pointed to myself.
"Why yes."
I sighed, anger taking over me. I grabbed onto Raging Heart in my skirt pocket and she calmed me down a bit. "Alright then… if I HAVE to do this to see Nanoha again, then… I'll do it…" I clutched onto Raging Heart tighter.
"What a wise choice you have chosen." I smirked.
"Well, I always choose what's best to go by. Not by what people think."
I searched inside my skirt pocket and took out Bardiche. I gripped onto his sides.
"Mom…" I whispered. Tears were forming, but I held them back.
Sir?
I smiled. "I'm alright Bardiche." I wiped the tear that fell from the corner of my eye. 'I'm still surprised to know that Bardiche and Raging Heart have a mind of their own, even if it's been years that I've known about it.'
I searched for Raging Heart and took her out as well. I held the both of them in the palms of my hands and something occurred to me. 'Since this isn't the first time I've time traveled, then… how many times have I time traveled back in time before?'
I jumped a little when Bardiche spoke again.
Incoming call, Sir.
"Put me through." I nodded.
Call disconnected, Sir. A message was sent.
"A message? It hasn't even been 5 seconds and they already sent a message to me instead of just talking to me?" I tilted my head to the side. "How odd."
I jumped back again, but THIS time it was because of Shari knocking on the door.
"Fate-san? Are you alright?" I turned around facing the door and pocketed Bardiche and Raging Heart. "Bardiche, I'll check the message later."
Yes, Sir.
Hayate
I frowned. She didn't answer her call so I decided to leave her a message instead.
"Fate-chan… um, I remember some things… and was told so too… from Alicia-chan… I-I'm…"
I paused not knowing if I should say it or not.
"I'm… Nanoha-chan's other half… I know it doesn't make sense or sound very logical… but it is, I'm Nanoha-chan's other half… and you… Alicia-chan's your… other half…" I sighed.
"Please give me a call when you receive this… this is urgent and important." I ended the message and it was sent to Bardiche.
'Please get back to me before anything else happens… and I don't want anything to happen…"
Fate
I opened the door, which wasn't locked, and smiled crookedly when I saw Shari frowning. "I'm fine now thank you. Are we all set to go, Shari?" She nodded sadly and we walked back to where the time machine was at.
"Shari, thank you for everything you've done for me. I wouldn't have done it without you-" Shari shook her head.
"You don't have to repeat it again, Fate-san." She smiled. "I did this because I wanted to do it as well as you did, and still do."
I smiled. "Well then, thank you for everything. I hope we meet in the near future again." She smiled and I sticked my hand out for a hand shake, but instead of getting a handshake I got a big hug from her. She jumped so fast that I couldn't even see her. I hugged her back just as tightly as she was hugging me.
"I'll miss you."
"I'll miss you too, Fate-san…" We parted and she walked over to the button for the time machine while I walked over to the time machine. Something didn't feel right. It feels like something or someone was here. I shook the thought away and waited for the door to open.
"This isn't supposed to happen!! She isn't supposed to die!!" I screamed and tears formed at the corners of my eyes. "The first time was already enough!! Do you hear me?! Yuuno!" I pulled onto his sleeves. He just stared at me like I was crazy.
I held onto the time machine for support. 'W-wha… what was that…?" I shook my head to get my vision back. 'Why was Yuuno there?' My curiousty got stronger and I wanted to find out why, but I can't now, I have to do this. I have to go back now. I can't wait any longer.
"Fate-san? Are you alright?" Shari took a few steps away from the button and I screamed for her to stay where she was.
"I'm fine! Stay there! S-sorry. Can you press the button?" I smiled weakly and she nodded slowly. She walked back to where she was standing and pressed the button. The door opened and I stepped inside.
"I hope this'll work. You said it'll work right, Yuuno? You're the smart one here, is it going to work or not?" I questioned the poor guy. He just nodded.
"It'll work, Fate. I guarantee you it'll work. You said you did this once already?" I flinched.
"Y-yeah, I think…"
His eyebrows raised up. "You think? YOU THINK? What do you mean by that? So this'll go wrong if you go right?"
I looked away. "I… I don't remember, it's very vague. It's hard to remember, but I remember I did this. I remember having Shari help me with this-"
"Shari? As in the one that works in the TSAB? One of the top graduates?" I nodded.
"Yeah, her. And…"
The door to the time machine closed and Shari nodded. I smiled and nodded back. She pressed the other button and everything went white. Like the first two times.
"No way… wow, I can't believe that happened…" I nodded sadly.
"Yeah… and I don't want it to happen again. The first time was already unbearable. I don't know if I can do it the second time." I sighed and Yuuno frowned. "I don't want to see her… die again…" My hands started trembling and I grabbed onto Yuuno's shoulders. "Yuuno, please help me…" Tears started forming.
"Ma… ma…" I rapidly turned around and there I spotted Vivio. Way in the back, covered in darkness. I walked over to her slowly with my hand reaching out to her.
"Vi… vi… o?" She ran over to me and I picked her up into my arms. Embracing her tightly. "What are you doing here?" She buried her head into my shoulder.
"I diwin't whant Mama to… weeve…" I frowned. (I didn't want Mama to leave)
"Mama's not leaving Vivio. I'm not going anywhere." I carressed her hair and turned around, waving out the glass where Shari was standing. I screamed for her to not press the button but I was too late. She had already pressed it. I think she saw Vivio and tried to stop the time machine from time traveling us.
But it was too late.
"Ah, you are here again, Fate Testarossa." The same voice again.
"Yes, it's me again."
"I see you have regained your memories."
"Of course I have. I want to go back in time again." I smiled determinedly.
"Ah, I see. So you want to save her again?"
"Yes. And I know what I need to give you, so-"
"No, you are wrong. You don't."
"What do you mean I'm wrong? And I don't? What else do you want?" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"I can not take half of you again. It will be risky. You can not be divided again."
"And what are you suggesting?" Things didn't look good. And they sure didn't feel good either. Something's up and I don't like the feel of it.
"I can not take anymore from you except for your memories so I have to take from the one you love and treasure mos-"
"Are you kidding me again?!"
"I do not do such things. I am here to help yo-"
"Help? HELP?! You call taking someone's life "help"?!" I waved my arms in front of me in anger.
"Why yes. You need to do it in order to go back in time to when she was still alive. You have to do it."
"Then what are you going to do with Nanoha?"
"You will see soon."
"I want to know now!"
"It will be pointless since you will lose your memories soon."
"I'll regain them back!"
"If you say so. I will continue then-"
"Wait! What are you going to do with Nanoha?! Hey-"
"You'll see soon."
"Mama?" Vivio pulled away from the hug and looked around in the white empty-less room. I also started looking around. "Mama?" I looked back at Vivio and smiled.
"It'll be ok Vivio. Don't be scared."
"Fate Testarossa."
I spun around quickly, trying to find the source. The voice sounds so familiar.
"I assume you are here again to save Takamachi Nanoha?" I nodded.
"I know this is my third time, but I want to save her."
"I see you have regained your memories once again. Impressive." I smirked.
"Well, of course. I can't just forget something that fast."
"Ah, yes, you are right. Well then, I will get straight to the point." I nodded. "I have to take that little girl's memories for-"
"No! Take all of mine, just don't take it from Vivio's. I don't care if I'll forget it forever. It'll always stay in my heart." It took forever for "No name" to respond with an answer.
"I will go with that then."
I waited for awhile and remembered something. The message I needed to check. I pulled out Bardiche and saw white light, whiter than the white empty-less room. I held onto Vivio tightly and white light flashed repeatedly.
My mind seemed to be lifting and things started to be clearer. I forgot what was happening. I pictured Nanoha's smile and smiled to myself.
I don't remember what I was doing.
Where I was at.
Who I was with.
Why I was here.
And when I got here.
All I know is that Nanoha was somewhere close to me again…
Nanoha… Nanoha… Nanoha…
To be Continued…
A/N: HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! XD I made a NanoFate slideshow and had just uploaded it onto YouTube, so if you have free time, please go check it out? ^^ *Bows* Thank you for reading. *Smiles* And sorry it's late. We were busy. ^^
-Yuki-chan
-Nei