Jump End

Standard Disclaimer is here.

Someone complained about how, in the last chapter, Lina didn't do everything by herself.

While it is possible for her to do everything by herself...

That wouldn't be an entertaining story. Even DC comics, with Superman in the Justice League, lets the others have their moments. Even though Superman can easily take care of most of the DC universe's bad guys alone, it wouldn't be an engaging story if that happened, now would it?

You've got to let the cast that's around the main character do stuff to, otherwise, why bother having them in the story?

"I'll get out of here and when I do, you'll..." Garoth screamed into the void as he fell.

"Do what?" A female voice spoke up. Turning, his eyes widened as he saw that woman from before, only this time, both of her eyes were gold, as was her hair. "You and I, Garoth, are going to... Be such good friends."

Garoth screamed as a golden hand wrapped around his body and pulled him towards the woman.

(-)

"Oi!" Vita called into the room as she helped Fate walk in there. The blonde girl was tired and worn out, but looking okay.

Signum nodded as she walked in, carrying Nanoha in her arms. "I believe she's yours." She handed Nanoha over to a rather grateful Lina.

Cradling the girl in her arms, the woman nodded tiredly at Signum as she held her daughter. "I'm sorry, Nanoha... I should have known this..."

She didn't even finish her sentence as the whole place started to rumble and the walls cracked. "Oh, damn..."

"RPG boss syndrome?" Hayate yelped as the ceiling nearly crashed down onto them.

"Great, and most of us are too tired to blast our way through it." Vita muttered, wishing that a count-down timer or something would pop up to tell them how long they had to get out of there.

"Then just run!" Lina yelled at her as she stood up and hugged her daughter tightly. She would have grabbed Fate, but Signum was already there, putting the girl on her back as the group raced out of the throne room

"I can't fly." Reinforce frowned as she ran. "I can't cast any spells in here."

"Damn Mazoku, they always have a back-up plan!" Lina yelled as they got to the stairs and started running down the steps. Her eyes widened as sections of the stairs broke and fell down. "Be prepared to jump down!" She yelled back as she dropped down the open floor to the stairs below, before tumbling a couple of times and righting herself and making sure that the others made it alright, before running, this time Vita was in the lead.

"Grah!" She grumbled as she felt the stairs start to crumble and fall apart on her. "HURRY!" She she yelled as they continued to avoid falling debris and getting off the stairs as they fell down.

(-)

"Zest..."

The man narrowed his eyes. "Let's go, Quint." He was tired of waiting, and knew that Quint must have been going crazy.

"Be careful, you two." Regius said to them as they nodded at him and moved towards the crumbling building.

(-)

"Almost..." Signum almost cursed as the stairs fell apart at the end, leaving a wall of debris just high enough that they couldn't get through.

"This can't be the end..." Shamal gasped, only to cover her face as the wall exploded in.

"Quint and Zest, here to rescue the big heroes." The woman smiled at them as she rolled in, Zest right behind her, helping them get free of the building.

The whole group got outside and watched as the building crumbled to dust, leaving just a large pillar in its wake.

"What is that?" Zest asked Lina, who shook her head.

"A seal on something that could bring total peace to the universe... Or destroy it."

Zest nodded at that as medical teams started to roll in.

(-)

Hours later...

Nanoha looked down at her hands and watched them tremble. "I..."

"Nanoha!" She blinked and looked up at the sound of Fate's voice. Standing there with her was Yuuno, both were smiling at her as they walked in.

"Where's mom?" She asked, her voice incredibly small and timid at that point.

"Getting a complete check-up by the doctors." Yuuno saw the way she trembled and grabbed her hands, steadying them. "She just wanted to make sure that there was no lasting effects from what that guy did to her."

"Yuuno-kun... Fate-chan..." Nanoha's eyes teared up. "You two came to save me..."

"Of course!" Fate smiled at her. "You saved us when we needed help."

"You didn't need to either." Yuuno added. "But, more importantly..."

"We're your friends, Nanoha."

Nanoha teared up and pulled them both onto her bed, hugging them tightly. "UWWAAAAHHHH!"

The two blinked, but hugged her gently.

(-)

"So..?" Lina rubbed her arm where that nurse drew some blood from hours ago. She didn't want to be here, she wanted to go check on her daughter and make sure that she was alright. She was sitting in her bra and a pair of pants in front of the doctor and her skin had a layer of goosebumps on it.

"Looks like you're fine to me." The doctor nodded to Lina. "I won't hold the great hero of Cranagan here."

"Heh..." Lina chuckled and put her shirt back on. "Better than being the Enemy of All Who Lives." She walked out and blinked as she saw Lindy sitting on a chair across the hall. "Lindy?"

"Lina." The admiral nodded at her as she stood up and the two women started walking down the hallway. "...What are you going to do about Nanoha?"

Lina sighed, her eyes downcast. "I failed her, really... She's going to be messed up from this."

"I'm suspecting you want to help her close to home, huh?" When Lina nodded, Lindy smiled and gave her a card.

"Huh?" Lina blinked as she looked at it. "...A psychologist?"

"One who moved to Earth from Mid-Childa, actually." Lindy smiled at her. "Nanoha won't need to hide anything about what happened to her." She sighed as Lina still looked dubious about it. "Listen, even the best among the Bureau members sometimes goes through an ordeal that leaves them shell shocked. Your daughter was tortured and tormented at age nine. She's going to need help getting through this."

"I know." Lina sighed softly. "What about Fate and Yuuno?"

Lindy chuckled. "I suspect that they like it on Earth, it's not a bad place. Plus, where else are they going to be able to help Nanoha out if she starts to regress again?"

"Good point." Lina sighed again. "I wish I hadn't failed her." She blinked as Lindy grabbed her shoulders and shook her head. "Lindy?"

"You didn't fail her. You went and led a rescue operation against someone that the rest of us would not have been able to defeat, saved your daughter, and the whole universe." She smirked at Lina. "For a civilian, that's quite the accomplishment."

Lina shrugged, even though she was blushing from the praise. "Eh heh... Thanks." She took a deep breath as they continued to walk. "If the two do come to live with us, I think I'll have Fate go through some therapy as well. Having to deal with her mother and sister like she did... Speaking of which, what happened to that woman?"

"Last I heard, Precia was moving to a new place to herself. She said that she released Fate and wasn't responsible for her anymore. I think she just doesn't think that it would ever work out as a mother to Fate after everything that's happened." Both Lindy and Lina had grim expressions on their faces. Neither of them could imagine abandoning their children just because they had problems being a mother.

"Just keep an eye on her. What about that girl and her family?"

"Hayate?" Lindy raised an eyebrow. "Well, they've plagued the Bureau for an incredibly long time, though there's consideration that "Death Bringer" may have been involved with everything, it's screwing up the trial for them. Plus they stopped the Protection Program from destroying Earth, didn't kill anyone this time around AND they helped save the Universe, it's causing a lot of headaches for the Judicial system."

"What about your son?"

Lindy smiled softly. "He's in a lot of trouble for what he did, or at least, he would be, if that crazy plan of his wasn't been the reason we're all still here right now."

"So, in other words, it's a giant mess right now." Lina laughed as Lindy nodded. "What about Raising Heart?"

"It'll take Mary probably six months to fix it up. Legally, it's Nanoha's, so when it is fixed completely, and the frame reinforced, we'll give her a call and return it to her." Lindy stopped and opened a door. "Go see your daughter."

"Thank you." Lina nodded as she walked into the room.

"Mom..." Nanoha tried smiling, but Lina shook her head.

"It's okay, Nanoha." Lina rubbed her head and smiled as she saw Fate and Yuuno there with her. "Listen, we're going to have to head home soon, I'm sure that your dad and siblings are worried about us, all of us, by now."

"What about Yuuno-kun? And Fate-chan?"

Lina shrugged as the two kids looked at her worriedly. "You two are welcome to come back with us and live on Earth. I wouldn't mind having a couple more kids running around the house, and I'm sure that Miyuki and Kyouya wouldn't mind it either."

"You... You mean it?" Fate asked, her eyes wide as Lina nodded and smiled at them.

"You two are quite welcome to live with my family for as long as you desire. And considering what you two did today, I insist that you two come and live in my home, with my daughters, my son, my husband and me."

Lina smiled at the way all of their eyes lit up in sheer joy at that. "Oh, Nanoha... Raising Heart was in pretty bad shape, it's going to take them awhile to fix it, okay?"

She nodded, her mood getting a damper on it, but at least it was something.

"So, as soon as your doctor here says you can, Lindy's going to take us to Earth, okay?"

"What about Lindy-san, Chrono-kun and the rest of the Arthra crew?" Nanoha asked and Lina shrugged.

"Up to them really. This is their world, not Earth. But Lindy does seem to like it, so, who knows? Maybe they'll stick around for awhile?" She was almost certain that Lindy was going to stick around, after all, the best way for the Bureau to learn her magic was to have someone there learn it first and then give the rest of the Bureau the run-down on her spells.

(-)

The next day...

"MOM!" Miyuki hugged her mother tightly. "Nanoha! Fate! Yuuno!" She released her mother and hugged the three kids tightly. "What happened?"

"It's a long story." Lina said tiredly, yelping as she felt a hand grab her butt before strong arms wrapped around her from behind. "Shiro!"

"Sorry." He chuckled at her as she blushed. "Just missed you."

Lina sighed into his embrace. "Missed you too..." She shot him a look that said that they would talk later. "How about I make us all a good breakfast, huh?"

The way that Fate, Yuuno and Nanoha's stomachs all growled at that moment let her know that she had made the right announcement, even as the three children in question blushed red.

Lina laughed at them. "Well, that settles it, come on then." She got out of her husband's grasp as everyone went to the kitchen, helping prepare a large breakfast for the household. "Where's Kyouya?"

"With Shinobu." Miyuki grumbled and Lina, Shiro and Nanoha all laughed at her. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing at all." The three said at the same time.

Jump End

And finally, an Omake.

As I was writing "Jump" and finishing it up, I realized something...

I lost track of Arf during A's. Didn't mean to, I don't dislike her, I really don't. She just slipped my mind.

So...

She has her revenge on me!

"Well, there's another part, now, I wonder..."

"HOLD IT!" A female voice yelled.

"Huh?"

Arf glared at the author and grabbed his collar. "You... FORGOT ABOUT ME!"

"ACK! Um..." The author sweated at the glare in her eyes. "Um..."

"Admit it, you forgot about me. I wasn't important to the story and you forgot about me!"

The author sighed. "Alright, I admit, I did forget. I should have at least had you there for the Book of Darkness fight."

"Just because Yuuno got more offense than he had in canon isn't right to forget me!"

"Alright, I'm sorry, I'm only human. I TRY to remember everything, but it wasn't easy. You kind of just... Disappeared during the course of the story."

Arf narrowed her eyes before taking her shirt off and pulling on the author's head, pressing him into her bare breasts. "HERE! Now you can't forget about me!"

"Mmmph! MMph?"

The author nodded against her chest.

"Good." She pushed him away and put her shirt back on. "Better not forget about me again."

"Right, right... Though, what would you do if I did forget again?"

The author ran from the angry wolf that started chasing after him.