SonicANIME2010 here, bringing in another chapter to a slice-of-life phase in Knight of the Night Sky.. Well, another week, another chapter, another prep for the next big event. I did hint at the unit heading off to Mid-Childa to look into some training. Of course, nothing ever could go as planned, but that's one thing.. Yep.. oh my, checking on my traffic stats, on this story alone, I've got a total of over 8,000 views. Lyrical Step, my first story, now is tallying over 17,000 views with Lyrical Record, the new sequel gathering over 2,000 for a good start. More stats to come later, time to stop bugging with the stats, now on to the story.
[Non-Administrated Planet #97 "Earth"]
[Mountain Resort: Winter Home]
[BGM: "Calm Before the Storm" FFX OST]
After a long night's rest, Sonic was quite refreshed as he slowly woke up from his shared bed with Reinforce and Hayate. Oddly enough, he was in for quite a surprising awakening when he realized what unfolded.
When he woke up, the young hedgehog stared into a rather large gap of the "pillow" he slept on all night. Which turned out to be the cleavage of the silver-haired girl who he saw as a elder sister and mentor figure.
"I'm sorry, Reinforce-san!" He bowed in apology, cheeks flushed a deep crimson red to display his feelings, "I d-didn't mean to.."
Reinforce Eins only smiled in a genuine fashion and patted the young hedgehog's shoulder in a display of forgiveness, though if one were to look hard enough, her face would have a few hints of an amused grin, "It's alright... besides, you were set up."
"E-eh?!" Sonic's mouth grew wider from the surprise and the blush darkened, "Set up?"
"That's right!" Hayate smiled mischievously as she wheeled herself in while clad in her white pajama outfit, "I wanted to create a cute sleeping scene to take a picture of."
The blue hedgehog's surprise grew more at the sight of a small camera attached around the neck of his brunette friend, "Y-you took a picture?"
"Yup!" came the energetic reply of the mistress, "oh you should have seen yourself.. it was just too cute."
"That's mean.." Sonic gave up and pouted in a cute display of his angst.
Hayate, mischievous as ever, hugged the hedgehog, "Oh you're just too cute!"
Sonic's blush grew more from the display of affection as he whined, "Uwah! Hayate!"
Mischievous, yet happy and energetic, Hayate gave her friend a quick peck-kiss on the cheek before allowing the even more red-blushed hedgehog to wheel her into the kitchen area.
"Sure I tease him." Hayate thought to herself with a smile of content, "But that's because I love him and all that he's done.."
[Opening: "Eternal Blaze" Mizuki Nana]
Sonic: Knight of the Night Sky
Chapter 28
Vacation in the Mountains
[Mountain Resort: Winter House]
Everyone gathered around the dining room for a quick breakfast. Excitement was at its peak over the possibilities that could be unearthed with a full day of skiing. That all changed when Lindy turned the TV on for the daily weather report.
The meteorologist had a radar feed of the region they resided in and sure enough, there was a gathering of moisture and clouds, which meant that a big storm was heading their way and would hit in a matter of a few hours.
"Well, this doesn't do well for any of our plans." Lindy sighed in disappointment, "You guys wanna risk going out there and getting stuck? Or wait until tomorrow to start fresh?"
Sonic was also disappointed over the news, but that was soon replaced by excitement, "If we wait until tomorrow, we'll get fresh snow and that will make it even more fun"
"Good idea." Alisa noted, she was quite impressed over how Sonic came up with that idea, "Besides, it's not like we'll be completely bored here anyway."
"What do you mean?" Nanoha asked, curiosity getting the better of her as usual.
"I got plenty of things here to keep us entertained." The young heiress indicated part of the area near the big screen TV that previously had the weather report on to reveal with pride multiple game systems and a DVD player
"You thought of everything." Hayate noted, "I'm impressed."
"Of course I'd have a plan B" Alisa smirked heavily in pride and posed cutely, "I was asked to plan this whole trip out after all.."
"Well you've got my thanks for that" Lindy Harlaown spoke in gratitude, "Now, let's enjoy ourselves."
"Good." Reinforce noted with content, "We could use this time off."
A teasing and mischievous smirk found itself on Lindy's face, "You're only glad this weather stopped my challenge. Well come tomorrow, get ready to have your butt kicked!"
Reinforce mock-gasped, "Me? My "butt kicked?" a sense of pride filled the tone of the unison device as she offered her retort, "I don't think so. I think you're the one that's going to be beaten tomorrow."
"We'll see about that." Lindy smirked as she argued back.
"Oy! Both of you!" Vita barked at both rivals, "You're worse than kids.. and you're supposed to be the mature ones setting an example!"
"Ah..." Both rivals found themselves speechless over being schooled by a "kid".
"Vita-chan" Hayate playfully jabbed the iron knight, "They can be rivals. Just like you and Nanoha-chan can be.. or Knuckles-kun."
"Speaking of him.." the iron knight asked, "Where is he?"
[Angel Island: Master Emerald Shrine at Hidden Palace]
A familiar red echidna sneezed and stretched from his lounging position against the large emerald behind him
"Why do I get the feeling I'm being left out on something?" Knuckles suddenly thought out loud in curiosity.
After a round of silence that lasted a great deal of, oh about ten minutes. The echidna shrugged to himself.
"I guess it's nothing." Knuckles lounged back against the emerald, "Back to guarding"
[Mountain Resort: The Next Day]
The day-long snowstorm from the previous day yielded a massive dump of fresh snow that was just waiting to be ridden, and the vacationers did not miss a beat in their preparations.
Since it was decided that the rivaling Lindy Harlaown and Reinforce Eins would initiate their challenge, and neither side was willing to back down, they both dressed up in respective light-blue and platinum colored jackets, ready to begin their fierce competition.
Hayate, who was still escorted by Sonic, along with Nanoha, Fate and Alicia, joined the two rivals in judging from behind, while Tails and the others were to watch from the vantage point located in the mountain home.
The rules were simple, as explained by Sonic, both competitors would race in a best of five runs, the course was set to be the particular run they chose. Each run would be different after each ride on the chair-lift. If someone fell, they would eliminated from that run and would automatically take the loss for it, unless the other competitor also fell, in which case it was to be decided as a draw. If, somehow, after five runs the score was tied, there would be a "tie-breaker" run. All runs were chosen by the others who accompanied the rivals.
Sonic took a long breath after his lengthy explanation of all the rules as the group exited the chair lift.
"Whew.. that was a mouthful." the hedgehog noted, "Okay, are you both ready?"
"Hai!" Both Lindy Harlaown and Reinforce Eins stood ready with both of them taking skis and poles to make the competition on an "even" ground.
"Okay!" Hayate spoke as the group stopped at the drop to the first run, which was the warm-up run from their first day. A run that was long, but had curves, and was smoothly paved with snow, the run was ideal for novices.
"Ready..." Nanoha started.
"Go!" The Testarossa Twins ushered the "GO" sign
[BGM: "Ice Cap" Sonic 3]
With no hesitation, off the rivals went. Within five seconds of the launch, Sonic and the others could see the lead traded so many times, the count was lost. Despite all that though, both Reinforce and Lindy were still visible as they were on the move, trying to best one another.
After about five minutes, the chair lift was in sight, Lindy almost took a fall, but she just out-touched Reinforce to take round one of their competition.
After Hayate, Sonic and the others behind arrived, the group took the lift for the next run.
The difficulty of the runs increased as they progressed. The second run's result yielded the first draw as both Lindy and Reinforce took quite the harsh tumble that almost knocked the wind out of both. The run was littered with natural-formed balls of hard-packed snow that was frozen so much that they could very well have been rocks, these obstacles were called "Chicken-heads" in Skiier lingo, and they were outright nasty and caused both of the competitors to take a tumble.
Luckily in the fall, both Reinforce and Lindy had their skis ejected from their feet, and they were on a moderately flat terrain. This saved them from any injuries.
"Reinforce Eins-san!" Sonic and Hayate cried out as they managed to stop to help their unison device.
"Lindy-Kaa-san!" Fate and Alicia equally paused to help Lindy Harlaown while Nanoha stopped to provide assistance to both by gathering the skis and taking them to their respective owners.
"I'm fine." Reinforce got back up to her feet in a show of resilience, "Thanks for the concern."
"I'll be okay" Lindy assured the concerned twins who went to her aid.
After both women recovered from their fall and take the ski-lift back up, their competition continued. The second round draw led to become very important as Lindy took one more win and Reinforce took the last two to knot the score up.
And there they were, the last run of the competition, and the day as well because everyone was completely fatigued.
"This is the tie-breaker" Sonic announced, "Same rules apply.. You two ready?"
"This will settle it, Reinforce-san.." Lindy smirked, "Get ready to lose."
"Same to you" Eins retorted with an equal smirk.
"Ready..." Nanoha started.
"GO!" Alicia and Fate finished with a shout
And off they went. Down the curves, twists and turns both rivals went, the lead was predominantly held by Lindy, who was fueled with ambition to prove herself, and on a minor note that she wasn't so "old".. Reinforce wanted to win for few different reasons, one was to keep her rival from gloating, and the second which was definitely related to Hayate and unwillingly Sonic threatening her with cosplay for a month. Much to the Unison Device's regret, Hayate managed to convince the hedgehog that the cosplay wasn't too bad.
Through the last turn, Lindy Harlaown held the lead and expanded it. She had a comfortable lead, can she hold it up? Down the final stretch, and yes she can! Lindy Harlaown beat out Reinforce to the lodge area by a margin of ten seconds.
[BGM: "Victory Fanfare" FFX OST]
Lindy cheered in her celebration over her win against the Unison Device. While on the other side, Reinforce Eins was completely shocked, not only did she lose, but she also has to suffer the consequences. One being free grabs or her mistress's cosplay.
"Looks like I won this one." Lindy gloated a bit in the one rare chance she could.
"Yes.." Reinforce sighed in her defeat, "Well done."
"Hey, you gave me a run for my money." the admiral commented truthfully, "Gotta give you credit for that one."
"A loss is still a loss.." Reinforce sighed.
"That's right, Eins-san.." Hayate smirked evilly, "Oh the fun I'll have with you and Sonic-kun now.."
The smirk was only a premonition of interesting, and yet awkward things to come for Reinforce's punishment.
[Mountain Resort: Winter House]
[No BGM]
With still three days left until they were scheduled to return home, the group had decided to use the next day in the village and rest up from all the hard work that came from the pushing around required in skiing.
After a round of hot chocolate,which was yet again very enjoyable to all. Everyone went to bed and slept peacefully.. Though one thing was for certain.. Reinforce Eins was outright nervous over what her mistress could have in store...
[End of Main Chapter]
[Omake: Hayate and Sonic's cosplay: Hayate's going at full power!]
As usual, Sonic and Hayate gathered in their living room that doubled as the "modeling showcase" for the brunette's costumes. Again they were not alone, as true to her word, Nanoha had shown up and was excited over what Hayate could do with cosplay and how she can put more originality in it with her magic.
"Okay. I got matching outfits for you both." Hayate revealed a set of matching maid outfits for both Sonic and Nanoha, as like last time, both of them were tailored for a female body, albeit Sonic's was more for a female hedgehog. As usual, the duo wore the outfits with no arguments, Sonic having no room to argue and had to give in to his friend's ambitions, Nanoha doing it out of curiosity.
This time, both outfits still felt a bit loose in some areas. For Sonic it was in the chest and rear, but only slightly, and the chest area held a gap that was bigger than his previous outfit, but only by a small margin. As for Nanoha, her outfit had a gap set up for a small bust, but even then she was too flat to fit it, just by only a smaller margin like her hedgehog companion.
"Hayate-chan.." Nanoha noted, "This feels loose.."
"I'll get that fixed in a few seconds." Hayate replied, "Now close your eyes."
The duo did as instructed and were engulfed in a quick flash of magic, when the flash settled, there was again, a female hedgehog, with her body suited to fit the new outfit.
"N-now this feels complete.." Sonic noted.
"Hee hee.. notice anything?" Hayate giggled, "Nanoha-chan? Sonic-chan?"she added with emphasis on the -chan for Sonic.
"No..." Sonic blinked, he/she didn't notice any difference other than the again foreign female body.
"Me neither." Nanoha was oblivious to her change.
"Both of you!" Hayate shouted, "Dense!" she nonetheless giggled, "Here I'll show you."
Hayate snuck right behind the unsuspecting hedgehog and groped the slightly-increased bust size, getting a shriek in response, she did the same to Nanoha, who ushered a similar response, "I increased your bust with magic."
"E-Eh?!" Nanoha and Sonic were shocked, and at the same time, Nanoha was amazed. Deep down she was secretly jealous over the fact that Fate had started to develop earlier than she has.
"Hee hee hee" a perverted, mischievous and energetic smirk was plastered on the cosplay queen's face, "Time for some fun"
A quick few minutes later and Nanoha left, a fresh crimson blush to her features and a sudden desires to return for the next session. What she left was a crimson-red blushing hedgehog, who was fatigued after whatever Hayate did.
"This brings more lessons for you Sonic-kun.." Hayate noted with excitement, "I'll teach you about girls in any way I can!"
Oh boy.. Hayate's going into full power..
[Ending: "Spritual Garden" Tamura Yukari]
[End of Chapter 28]
Author's Notes: Meh heh heh heh.. I'm evil.. Evil!... note my evilness does have a limit.. I will not go any further than maybe a few gropes that are canon, other than that, no lemons. That ain't my style
