"Oi vey!" Lutecia growled as she looked at the computer screen. "We need to have another out of canon moment, people!"
"What? Again?" Nove asked as she looked at the screen. "Wait, what? When was *I* ever a cold-hearted killer?"
"You *did* threaten to kill me, you know." Teana smirked. "And you were quite happy to do it too."
"No killing my Tea!" Subaru wailed and glomped Teana.
"Relax, I was mostly upset at you for nearly killing Cinque, Subaru." Nove rolled her eyes. "And I guess they must have missed the fact that I got embarrassed at the fact that Otto might have been a boy, or the fact that I was scared that Subaru would kill Cinque, or the fact that I got pissed off when I saw Cinque later."
"Must have." Teana shrugged and pushed Subaru off of her.
"I was never emo!" Lutecia pouted. "I was sad! There's a major fucking difference!" Hearing everyone gasp, she rolled her eyes. "Sorry, but there is. I just wanted my mother back, is that so wrong?"
Megane shook her head. "Nope, not at all, though I wish Zest had raised you a little better than to swear."
"Sorry, mother." Lutecia blushed and ducked her head. "But, seriously! It might not be realistic, but at least it's consistent!"
"How so?" Erio blinked as Lutecia suddenly grinned and held up a finger.
"You wanna know? Okay! Point 1..." She pointed at Nanoha. "You were only four or five years old when your father was hurt, you decided, during that time, that you would do all that you could to stay out of people's ways so that they wouldn't have to worry about you."
"Well, yeah..." Nanoha rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.
Lutecia then pointed at Fate. "Point 2! You, Fate, went from being even LESS emotional than me to being able to cry, smile, laugh and be happy in only six months!"
"Um, yes..." Fate blushed as people looked at her.
"Point 3! The Wolkenritter went from heartless killing machines to actual people in only the six months that they knew Hayate!" Lutecia then pointed at Subaru. "Point 4! You were Shinobu MK 2 before Nanoha rescued you. You needed people to hold your hand when you walked down the hallway so you didn't fall over and hurt yourself. Then in a week after meeting Nanoha, you became the tomboy we all loved later!"
Subaru just chuckled nervously. Oh, how true that was.
"Point 5!" She pointed at Teana. "You were a hot-headed, temperamental, over-achieving, under-confident gun fighter that straightened up to become one of the best mages around after Nanoha cooled your head a little."
Teana blushed hard as several people got a laugh out of that.
"Point 6!" Lutecia pointed at Caro. "You were a very shy, quiet and nervous little girl when Fate-san found you, but it didn't take you too long to become a normal girl, did it?"
"Fate-san gave me so much kindness that, no, it didn't take long..."
"Point 7!" She then pointed at Erio. "You were a violent and broken mess when Fate finally took you in. All she had to do was hug you and you finally broke down and started to undo all the damage that had been done to you. And that was less than 3 years before you joined Riot Force Six, wasn't it?"
"Um, yeah..." Erio scratched the back of his head.
Lutecia put a hand on her chest and grinned. "So, with all of that, how can Nove's change, or my ILLUSTRIOUS change for the better be so shocking?" She then grumbled and crossed her arms. "What's so shocking about it is that it took four years."
"Huh?" Nanoha looked at the screen. "What's this? A sound stage basically sunk Yuuno-kun's chances with me?" She blinked, several times. "That's news to me. Sure, mine and Fate's voice actresses might support a lesbian relationship, but I'm not in one of those." She rolled her eyes. "Hey, Fate-chan, don't you still have your own home?"
Fate nodded and shook her head. "Really, those people call themselves fans and they say that I'd hate Yuuno for taking you away? I really wonder about them. I really think that they're idiots."
"I don't even think they watch this series." Nove rolled her eyes. "They just look at the artwork and think "oooh! Nanoha and Fate are so cute together, they must be a couple" without actually reading or watching. Of course, it doesn't help that the writers don't know how to please everyone... Really, the main guy should have had a few mangas that focused around myself, my sisters, my family, the Wolkenritter should have had another manga... Maybe a manga that shows what happened in the 10 years from the Book of Darkness to when Riot Force Six started..."
"Yeah..." Nanoha shook her head. "Too bad it will never happen... Then again, neither will a confirmed pairing ever happen in this series."
"What about Amy and Chrono?" Caro asked, smiling brightly.
"Or Griffith and Lucino?" Erio added, grinning.
"I meant one that the casual fans care about." Nanoha rolled her eyes. Still... "Hey, Fate-chan..."
"Yes?" She blinked at Nanoha's grin.
"Wanna go visit Yuuno-kun when we get back?"
"Sure." If anyone could see Fate's mind at that moment, they would see a chibi version of her holding up victory fans and going "whoo hoo! Threesome!"
"Good." Nanoha smiled brightly.