Shine Start

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Hey guys! It's been awhile, huh? Well, I'm back! And it's time for a new arc to begin!

But, before that, how about a quick recap, Nanoha?

Nanoha: Okay! Hi, I'm Nanoha Takamachi. I was supposed to be an ordinary third grader, but then something happened. I met a boy named Yuuno who introduced me to the world of magic. At first, it was just to help him collect the Jewel Seeds, but when I met Fate and found out that my own mother was a sorceress, I knew that things were going to get interesting. There were several days of hard training and some fights between myself and Fate, but in the end, it worked out okay. Sadly, Fate, Arf, her familiar and Precia, Fate's mother, ended up having to leave for awhile because of some bad things that they did. It's okay, Fate and Arf got to come back a few months later.

Nanoha: Not a moment too soon. Right before she got back, there was this really powerful girl who challenged me to a fight. If it wasn't for Fate and Yuuno, I would have been in real trouble. A major fight broke out after Arf showed up to help fight against Vita, Signum and Zafira. I was a bit too injured to help, but I was going to break the barrier we were in, but then my Linker Core got stolen, which woke up a hidden power that I had, and caught the attention of a new enemy. There were more fights after that, but eventually we managed to stop the Book of Darkness and free Reinforce and Hayate's Knights from their dark fates.

Nanoha: Unfortunately, the mastermind behind Alicia's death and the Book of Darkness showed up and kidnapped myself and Hayate and planned to use me to destroy the universe. Thankfully mom, Chrono and Reinforce managed to stop him.

Nanoha: Then we ended up going to mom's home world to meet her family and friends. When we got there, however, we found that all of the universes were in danger. Joining up with mom's old friends, and some new ones, there were more hard battles and sad destinies revealed. Fate and myself got new power modes to help fight against such creatures, but even then, we had a lot of trouble. Thankfully, with some luck and powerful weapons and spells we managed to defeat enemies that would have destroyed all of us. At the end of that trip, mom announced she was pregnant again and miss Filia, one of our new friends from that adventure, decided to come along with us.

Nanoha: Filia's been fitting in pretty well. Fate and I still have some mental hang-ups. Arf's a neat sister and I just can't wait for mom to have her baby!

Um, Nanoha, I said a quick recap.

Nanoha: Nyahahahahahaha...

Well, there you have it, folks, a quick run-down by Nanoha. Let's get to Shine, shall we?


A baby boy opened his eyes and saw nothing but water around him. There were some shapes around him that were weird through the water.

"He's coming along fine." A voice from outside of the tube was saying, but the baby couldn't understand it. "He'll be ready by tomorrow."

There was a clicking sound from a door being closed.

It was too bad, had anyone been in there a moment later, they would have noticed a faint glow surround the boy, before it turned into nothingness.


On another world...

An older man looked into the sky and frowned as storm clouds gathered. "Odd..." It had been clear just a moment ago. "What is..." His words died as lightning started flashing in the sky. The color and the ferocity was completely different than any he had seen before.

"RAAAAHHH!" The sounds of several Dragons in the distance all crying out at once resonated loudly and clearly throughout the lands. Even the storm, with strong winds that suddenly picked up, lightning crashing into the ground, did nothing to quiet the roar of the Dragons.

"An omen..." The old man mumbled and shivered as rain started to fall. Oddly enough, the water wasn't cold, it was hot and almost painful to be under.

Interestingly enough, as soon as the storm started, it ended, revealing a clear day. "That... Was weird." He then smiled as he heard the crying sounds of a new born baby.

Oh well, at least their summoner tribe had another child that would, hopefully, grow up to be a powerful summoner.

He just wished that he knew what the storm was about.


Three months later...

"Gah..." Vita, wearing a white shirt and a dark skirt with thigh-high stockings, felt like banging her head on the table. "Not again..." She had tears falling out of her eyes freely as she looked ahead. "I hate this! How do people put up with it!"

"Learn coping mechanisms." Reinforce, dressed in white pants and a blue sleeveless shirt, said as she put a bowl of chocolate ice cream in front of Vita. The way that the girl's eyes sparkled and she perked up while picking up a spoon was always humorous. "Don't eat too fast, you'll get a headache."

"No I wn't." Vita said around mouthfuls of the delectable sugary-sweet cocoa-flavored goodness from the gods themselves.

Reinforce shook her head and bit back laughter as Vita grabbed her head and started cursing as she fell out of her chair and started rolling on the ground up and down on the floor. The Silver-haired device resisted the urge to tell Vita that she warned her.

Oh well, the sight never got old.

"Eat too fast again?" Signum asked as she stepped over Vita, who was just groaning in pain and wondering why the ice cream had betrayed her so.

"Yep." Reinforce nodded and handed Signum her own bowl.

Signum's face reddened slightly as she took it and left the room. One of these days she was going to ask just how Reinforce knew how she knew that Signum needed her own ice cream.

Or how Reinforce knew that Signum's favorite flavor was cinnamon mint.

Shaking her head, Reinforce just smiled as she saw Zwei float into the kitchen. "Hello."

"Hi, mommy." Zwei grinned as she waved at Reinforce. "Huh, did big sis run face-first into Signum's butt again?"

Reinforce bit her lip as she started chuckling. Vita had been playing out in the yard and was using the hose while running after Fate and Nanoha, the three were having fun when Vita slipped on the wet grass and slid straight into Signum, who was bent over grabbing something from the ground.

It was made even funnier by the fact that Reinforce had never seen a face-plant into a butt like that before.

Face-plant into breasts? Well, Hayate gave her plenty of that in bed.

"Not quite." Reinforce shook her head and pointed at the ice cream.

"Oh!" Zwei nodded and crossed her arms. "Why does she do that? I mean, she knows that it hurts. And where's Zaffy?"

"Zafira's staying over with Lindy for the next few days." Reinforce still didn't know how that dog knew when Vita was going through her period even before she did. Still, it made it easy to know when to pull the ice cream out of the deep freezer.

"Aww..." Zwei pouted. "Can I go over to Lindy's, mommy?"

"Only if you take daddy with you, she needs to work her legs more."

"Stop calling me daddy!" Hayate's voice was heard from the living room, causing both silver-haired devices to giggle as Hayate, using crutches to keep herself from falling over, hobbled into the kitchen. "I swear, Reinforce, you keep calling me "daddy" and people will think that... EEEK!" She let out a scream as Vita rolled under her feet, which caused her to lose her balance and fall straight down on top of Vita. "Oww... Vita-chan!" Hayate gasped as she saw the swirls in Vita's eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Hayate..." Vita groaned and Hayate leaned in.

"Yes?" Her face turned bright red as Vita leaned up and gave her a quick kiss on her cheek. "Vita-chan?"

Vita giggled and hugged Hayate. "Mmm... Soft and..." The redhead trailed off as she felt a chill run down her back for some odd reason. Looking past Hayate's blushing face, she gulped as she saw the unamused look on Reinforce's face. Well, that and the way that she was starting to glow slightly while her long silver hair wafted in the breeze.

Which was odd, as there was no breeze in the house.

"Vita-chan, what?" Hayate blinked as Vita let go of her and helped her up.

"Um, I was drunk off ice-cream." Vita laughed nervously as Reinforce seemed to calm down. Or at the very least, she wasn't giving the redhead a death glare anymore. Still, the large Unison Device turned around roughly. "Um, Zwei wants to go to Lindy's and you're supposed to go with her if she can go."

"Mouuu..." Zwei pouted as she crossed her arms. "It's not fair! I'm a big girl! I can use spells too!"

"But most people aren't used to seeing you yet." Reinforce said as she moved some stuff in the shelves. "I'd suggest being with Hayate, since if something happens, you can be there to protect daddy."

Zwei got a determined look on her face as she saluted Reinforce. "Right, mommy!" She spun and held her arms wide as she grinned at Hayate. "Come on, daddy! Let's go!"

"I swear..." Hayate hobbled off after Zwei. "If you two don't stop calling me 'daddy' soon, people will think that I AM a boy!" She was a girl! She knew it!

It wasn't her fault that she liked breasts. They were all just so comfortable and relaxing to rest her head on, and soft and full to grab and they came in so many sizes!

Really, it wasn't her fault.

After the door closed, Vita gulped as Reinforce turned and gave her a look that had her pinned and unable to move. "Now then... Iron Hammer Knight Vita..." Vita went pale and blue at the same time. Reinforce never used her full title and name unless she was mad. And the way she said it this time...

Well, Vita would have rather fought against Nanoha when she was in her Chaos mode than this. Reinforce was scary when she was angry.

"I'd rather... You stop trying to get into Hayate's pants."

"I..." Vita found her voice disappearing when Reinforce held up a hand and walked towards her slowly.

"You have your own room now, you need to use it. I'll get you a large stuffed bunny if you need to sleep with someone, but I share Hayate's bed and I'd like to keep her romantic involvements with anyone to a minimum."

"That was a kiss of gratitude..." Vita whimpered as Reinforce was close to her. "Please don't kick me out of the bed..."

Reinforce knelt down, sighed and pulled Vita into a hug. "You're getting taller, Vita... That bed's barely big enough as it is now, you need your own."

Vita shivered and hugged Reinforce tightly. "I'm sorry..." She sniffled as Reinforce rubbed her back, the tension in the Unison Device was gone now. "I just..."

"I know..." Reinforce nodded as Vita buried her face into Reinforce's shoulder. "Hayate's the best thing for any of us, that's why I don't want you to influence her."

"...Do I still need to leave the bed?" Vita gawked as Reinforce picked her up and carried her out. "H...Hey!" She yelped as she felt Reinforce's hand give her butt a swat. "What?" She yelped as Reinforce sat down in the living room and put the small redhead over her lap and hiked up her skirt and pulled her panties down slightly.

"Bad little girls need a spanking."

Vita whimpered as Reinforce started to do just that.

Watching that, Shamal shook her head. She'd step in if Reinforce went too far, but it didn't seem like Reinforce would do that.

Plus it seemed like Reinforce really did like the "mother" role of the household.

Thankfully, Reinforce stopped after only a minute, before standing Vita, who had tears falling down her face, up and telling her to go stand in the corner. The little redhead fixed her skirt and underwear before walking over to the corner and doing just that.

Idly, Shamal wondered just where or who Reinforce was picking up tips on being a mother from.


Lina sneezed lightly and blinked, wondering what that was about.

"You okay, mom?" Nanoha looked at her in concern and Lina rolled her eyes and nodded. "But..."

"Trust me, Nanoha, I might be pregnant," she rubbed her belly, which was starting to swell slightly, "but I'm not made of glass."

"Oh..." Nanoha perked up. "Can I feel the baby?"

Lina rolled her eyes. "The baby hasn't fully developed yet, Nanoha, it won't start moving for a few more months."

"Awww..." Nanoha pouted and sighed.

Lina just shook her head and smiled as a customer walked into the bakery. Nanoha really was getting excited about being a big sister. Well, big sister to someone who wasn't her age, since Fate was, by their best estimates, at best three weeks younger than Nanoha. Oh well, it really didn't matter, Fate was happy, Nanoha was happy, and last she heard, Filia was adapting fairly well to this world. Cars still freaked her out at times, it was funny.

"Hey, mom, do you know when Val will be born?" Nanoha asked after she put some fresh rolls in the display case.

Lina shrugged at the question. "Never seen a Dragon get born myself, so I have no clue." She smiled as the door chime went off again. "Welcome to the Mid..GAH!" She felt like falling over as she saw the person who just walked through the door. "What are you doing here, Xellos!"

The Mazoku Priest looked surprised as he tilted his head and looked at the two. "What? Can't I come in and say hello?"

"Not that..." Lina muttered as she looked at him. "What are you doing on this world? Shouldn't you be terrorizing some Dragons back home?"

"Oh!" Xellos smiled happily at that. "Well, you see... I'm on vacation."

"...Vacation?" Nanoha stared and Xellos nodded.

"Oh my, yes. Lord Beastmaster, now the strongest of our kind back home decided that..." He trailed off as he looked at the people, before walking close and whispering to the two of them. "It seems that Lord Beastmaster decided on a truce between the Mazoku and the rest of the world."

"A truce?" Lina hissed. "Seriously?"

"Yes... Seems that Lord Dolphin and Lord Dynast agree with her on this matter as well." Xellos nodded, before tilting his head at the confused looks on Nanoha and Lina's faces. "What?"

"I killed Dynast with the Ragna Blade, how is he..?"

"Oh!" Xellos slapped an open palm with his fist. "I guess you wouldn't know, would you? It seems that Sherra, the old Dynast's General, managed to gather enough power for herself that she became the new Dynast. Mazoku Lord Dynast Sherra. She decided that the name "Dynast" is now nothing more than a title." Of course, that was mostly because Sherra had absorbed almost all of Grausherra's power before he died, so the position was just shifted on over to her instead of becoming vacated.

"Oh... So, a truce? And you're on vacation?"

"Well..." Xellos chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Lord Beastmaster decided to announce to the various Dragons that the Mazoku were on a truce with them. It's a bit uneasy back home right now, tensions are running a little higher than normal, but no Priests or Generals are allowed to attack or slaughter Dragons or humans for no good reason." He shrugged at the looks of disbelief. "Well, far be it for me to go against my master's wishes. Anyway, yes, after the truce was announced, Lord Beastmaster and Lord Dolphin decided to go on vacation. Lord Dynast is collaborating with her forces still. Seems that some of the Mazoku under Grausherra won't listen to her as freely and she needs to hunt a few of them down."

Lina shook her head, a truce was weird enough, but something was bothering her. "So... Why come to this world?"

"Ah!" Xellos grinned at her. "You see, I didn't come alone... Lord Beastmaster... Well, she found this nice little city called... Um..." He started grabbing around in his pockets for something and frowned slightly. "Wow, I had it a moment ago..." Sighing, he hung his head. "I can't remember the city's name, honestly... This world is so loud, Miss Lina, how the heck can you put up with it?" Xellos grimaced as he heard several cars honking outside.

"You get used to it, and I think that paper you were looking for is on the floor there." Lina pointed at his feet, before smiling as a customer walked up and asked for some sticky buns.

"Yes, well..." Xellos muttered as he picked the paper up. "I do admit, when I saw you working here, I was surprised that you weren't eating everything."

"Couldn't make a living if I ate all the product, Xellos." Lina said as she took the customer's money and gave him change. "Have a nice day."

"Ah, here we go..." Xellos nodded. "Hong Kong... Weird name."

"You're in China?" Nanoha blinked at the Mazoku, who shrugged at her. "I heard that it's a really violent place."

"It is, actually." Xellos chuckled in amusement. "All that violence, passion, anger and other emotions? I've never seen such a buffet like that in my life. If it wasn't for the fact that everything was so loud, I could enjoy just spending time in the more populated areas. All that food just laying around... Well, in any case, I just stopped by to say hello."

"So, where are you going now?" Nanoha asked and the Mazoku Priest just shrugged as he walked to the door.

"That... Is a secret." Nanoha groaned as Xellos laughed and left the building.

"Great, a Mazoku Lord and her Priest are taking a vacation on this world..." Lina muttered softly. "Nanoha... When we're done here, we're going to tell Lindy to have the Bureau keep an eye on Hong Kong. Xellos isn't one to lie, but I'd prefer to know if Hong Kong gets wiped off the map before the rest of the world so I can prepare."

"Okay." Nanoha nodded and wondered when she accepted weirdness like this as normal.


Outside, in the air, Xellos frowned as he looked at his map. "Huh, this world really is heavily populated, huh?" His eyes snapped open in shock as he saw the population count. "Six... BILLION?" He scratched his head in confusion. "How can this planet support that many people?" Shrugging, he decided to go looking for answers. After all, if there was feast in one portion of the world, another portion of the world had to suffer from famine.

At least, that's what he thought.

Oh well, at least he could have some fun. If the noise didn't cause him to murder something first. Just how did Lina put up all this noise? Even Dragons when mating were quieter than this.

"Bah, maybe Beastmaster's right... I have gotten too used to the quiet." He muttered as he disappeared.


Lina: Sadly, I'm not going to be doing much in this arc, so other people will be taking over for the previews on upcoming chapters.
Hayate: Next time, on Blood That Flows... Eh? Lindy? Do you... Oh my.