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Tales of the Multiverse Bit 93

Let's get goin'! But where to?

After separating themselves from Maximo's group and leaving the village that they just aided, the Rascalz decided to make their way towards a city and unbeknownst to them, a certain group of heroines had a similar destination with the boys.

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"Let go of me!" Aka Red demanded while trying to get out from the chains that binds her, "So I can drill the life out of you!" she snarled.

Marcus "The Kane" McGee facefaulted, "Eh..." he uttered in a dull tone, "Who in the white and black hell are you two?" he asked.

Nanoha Takamachi and Fate Testarossa Harlaown briefly looks at their attires for a minute before turning their attentions back to Marcus, "We'll introduce ourselves later after we take you people into custody." the former replied.

"Custody?" Aka uttered, "What are you a police now!?" she snarled, "Just let go of me! Dammit!" she demanded.

Nodoka Takehara then spoke, "So you're arresting us?" she assumed in a nervous tone, "For what?" she asked, "For almost starting a fight?" she concluded.

Fate nodded, "Indeed." she confirmed, "We're also arresting you people for using unknown magic system and as well being suspects for the mysterious appearance of the unknown creatures in this city." she explained.

Eddy Skipper McGee raised an eyebrow, "Excuse me?" he uttered in confusion.

Suddenly, they were interrupted by a familiar voice, "Hey guys!" the voice called out with everyone turning around to see Taro Yamada walking towards them, "Good thing I caught up with you guys." the mixed martial artist said in relief, "The rest back in the mansion we're craving for pizza, so I volunteered to buy one when I came across you guys in this alley." he explained when all of sudden a pink chain is wrapped around his body, "What's this?" he questioned before looking at the guys and then looking at the two women that he don't recognize before giving his friends a blank look, "What did you guys do this time?" he accused.

"We didn't do anything!" Marcus exclaimed, "Well... at least I think so." he admitted.

"Since you're with this people, we're taking you in as well for interrogation." Fate declared.

Taro sighed in disbelief, "And I'm just craving for pizza." he grumbled.

"You could have just asked for a delivery." Eddy replied.

Nanoha then spoke through her communication device, "Shari, objective complete." she reported, "You can teleport us back to the ship." she commanded.

Suddenly, a bright magic circle appears below everyone and is then followed by a blinding white light with Eddy & Marcus screaming "we're gonna die" in panic, and when the lights died down everyone found themselves inside a small room.

"Woah... where are we?" Marcus asked in confusion.

Nodoka looks around and her eyes widen in disbelief, "Um... guys..." she uttered while pointing a finger towards a large glass window.

The boys plus Aka turns around at the direction where Nodoka is pointing and their eyes widen in amazement and disbelief because just outside the window, they are greeted by the sight of countless stars and the Earth.

"Are we in... space?" Aka uttered in disbelief.

Rolf Yrmi reacted with his eyes rolling at the back of his head before falling backwards to the floor with an unconscious look.

"Ahehehe..." Eddy chuckled like a madman, "We're outside Earth..." he mused before fainting as well while falling backwards to the floor.

Marcus looks at the unconscious boys with a grin, "Haha!" he chuckled, "Fainting for over something like this! Really?" he mocked, "Hehe..." he snorted before fainting as well and joining the other boys on the floor, much to everyone's bewilderment.

Taro stared at the unconscious guys, "Look how useful our friends are." he uttered sarcastically.

"Umm..." Nodoka uttered, "May we know you're names please?" she asked in a polite tone.

"Our apologies for the late introductions." Nanoha apologized, "My name is Nanoha Takamachi and right next to me is Fate Testarossa." she introduced herself and her companion, "We are mages from the Time Space Administration Bureau or TSAB for shorts." the revealed.

"TSAB?" Aka questioned.

"It's an Interdimensional Security Force that monitors and solves any problems related to magic, lost logia or any magical artifacts." Fate explained.

"Time Space Administration Bureau?" Taro thought, "Where did I heard that name before?" he questioned.

As this is going on, six individuals entered the room, getting everyone's attentions.

The first individual is a young woman with a short brown hair and had dark-blue eyes. She wears a white mantle-like coat with black & yellow designs over a black one piece dress with yellow linings, black fingerless gloves, black socks, black shoes, a large round white hat and three pairs of black wings. This is Hayate Yagami.

TSAB Mage

Hayate Yagami

The second individual is a young woman with a tall stature, she had a pinkish-purple waist-length hair tied in a high ponytail and had dark-blue eyes. She wears a white & pink barrier jacket over a pink qipao dress with a black armored waist-corset, a white & pink mantle wrapped around her waist with metal pads on each sides, black armsleeves, silver gauntlets and silver-armored boots. This is Signum.

TSAB Mage

Signum

The third individual is a young woman had a short-frizzy blonde hair and had purple eyes. She wears a lab coat over a brown uniform jacket, a white dress shirt with a blue neck-tie and a black turtleneck shirt underneath, a brown office skirt, black pantyhose and brown slip shoes. This is Shamal.

TSAB Mage

Shamal

The fourth individual is a young woman with a body of a child, she had a long red hair tied in two braids with an ahoge on top and had blue eyes. She wears a white & blue uniform jacket with blue shoulder pads over a white collared shirt with a black necktie and a black belt wrapped around her midsection, she wears a blue pencil skirt, black socks and white & blue sneakers with blue cube-shaped cuffs. This is Vita.

TSAB Mage

Vita

The fifth individual is a young woman had a long brown hair, she had blue eyes and wears round glasses. She wears a brown office jacket over a white collared shirt with a blue necktie and black turtleneck top, brown office skirt, white pantyhose and blue & white laced boots. This is Shari Finieno.

TSAB Communications Operator

Shari Finieno

The sixth individual is a large male lion-like wolf creature. He had a blue fur with a white mane, a white underbelly and a white tip at the end of his tail, he had white ends at the tip of his ears, a pair of red eyes and a pair of fangs sticking out of his mouth. He wears a silver-colored clawed gauntlets on each of his paws. This is Zafira.

TSAB Guard Beast

Zafira

"Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan!" Hayate greeted before noticing the three unconscious boys on the floor, "Umm... what happened here?" she asked in confusion.

Nanoha chuckled sheepishly, "Er... these boys fainted after finding out that we're outside the Earth's premise, Hayate-chan." she explained.

"Are these the people responsible for the appearance of the strange creatures in the city?" Signum assumed.

Fate shook her head, "We have yet to prove that." she answered.

Hayate observed Taro, Nodoka and Aka, "They don't seem like bad guys..." she commented before turning to the three unconscious boys on the floor, "... well, most of them." she admitted.

"Don't let their looks fool you." Vita advised, "They may look innocent at first glance but they're bad guys deep inside." she stated.

Taro facefaulted in response, "Hey... I'm very offended by that." he shared, "I'm not a bad guy." he argued, "I'm a bad boy and even bad boys had a heart of gold deep inside of them." he stated.

The mages stared at him bewilderment, "Um... I see..." Shamal uttered in confusion.

"Well that's a statement that you don't hear much often." Zafira commented via telepathy which everyone heard.

Aka is taken a back after Zafira just spoke, "Did that dog just spoke?" the redhead uttered in disbelief with Zafira sweatdropping in response.

As this is going on, Marcus woke up from his slumber, "Ugh... oh man..." he groaned, "I just had this weird dream that we just got arrested and was sent outside the Earth's-..." he shared before looking outside the window, "... so, it's not dream?" he asked with a dry tone.

"Yup." Taro confirmed before noticing that Marcus was about to faint again, "Oh no! Don't faint!" he exclaimed, "We're about to get interrogated and we need your words of wisdom for this!" he stated.

"Oh right..." Marcus uttered in realization before using his free legs to kick Eddy and Rolf, "Wake up ye mongrels!" he beckoned.

Eddy then shot up awake, "AAAAAHH!" he screamed, "WHAT I LEARNED FROM DRIVING SCHOOL IS-" he shouted before stopping, "Oh right..." he uttered in realization.

"Rolf feels like that he woke up from a hangover." Rolf commented while rubbing the back of his head.

Shari then got a good look on Eddy before letting out a gasp, "Wait a minute!" she squawked, "Are you Eddy Skipper McGee from the ScamLords?" she asked in shock.

Eddy looks at her with a raised eyebrow, "Uh... yeah." he confirmed, "How do you know about that?" he asked.

Shari then turns to Marcus, Taro and Rolf, "And you guys are members of the New Age Avengers from Neo-City's Heroes Coalitions?" she presumed.

The guys looks at her in bewilderment, "Uh... yeah?" Marcus confirmed in confusion.

Shari then turned to her comrades, "I think we got the wrong people." she declared.

"What do you mean, Shari-chan?" Nanoha asked.

After that, Shari began to explain that the boys are members of the Neo-City's Heroes Coalitions and is part of a team called the New Age Avengers. The reason she managed to recognize them is because she just recently watched a music video of the ScamLords doing a performance in the AniManga Cafe, Shari then got curious about the various heroes from the organization, so she decided to visit their official website where it features profiles of various heroes which is why she managed to recognize the rest.

After realizing their mistakes, Nanoha and Fate immediately unbinds Marcus, Edd, Rolf, Taro, Nodoka and Aka, much to their relief. Nanoha and her friends then introduced themselves and revealed that they're also members of the Dimensional Defense Union, much to the boys' surprise despite their limited knowledge about the organization.

Fate bowed her head, "We apologize once more for how we treated you." she apologized, "If we had known that you people are members of the Heroes Coalitions, we could have done things differently." she stated, "But alas, we don't know a lot about the heroes in your organization, so we didn't recognized any of you." she reasoned.

Nodoka waves a hand, "It's fine, we're not really that offended." she reassured.

"I am though..." Aka grumbled in annoyance.

"We would have done the same thing to be honest." Marcus admitted.

Vita crosses her arms, "So, you guys are also investigating the strange creatures that had been appearing in the city of Uminari lately?" she informed.

Rolf nodded, "Yes." he confirmed, "The son of shepherd and friends are still in the midst of uncovering these vile creatures of the night called the Nightmares." he explained.

"Nightmares?" Shamal uttered in question.

"It's the name coined to these creatures by a mad medic from our organization." Taro answered.

"Have you encountered one lately?" Zafira asked.

"We've encountered one in an alley before Miss Black and Miss White apprehended us." Marcus answered, "And so far, we've discovered that these creatures will turn into dust once they die but on how they came to be is still a mystery to us." he explained.

"I see." Shamal uttered in deep thoughts.

"But we do suspect that these creatures are a product of the Dark Forces." Taro shared, "They're responsible for the creation of the Emotionless, so we bet that they had something with these Nightmares as well." he stated.

"Yeah." Eddy said in agreement.

"The Dark Forces, huh?" Nanoha uttered with a serious expression, "Much like these creatures, we still know nothing much about that evil organization." she stated,

"And not knowing much makes things more frustrating." Marcus admitted.

Taro sighed while rubbing the back of his head, "Getting information about these things is like finding a needle in a haystack." he commented.

Nodoka then turns to Aka, "Aka-san, you said that you've been hunting down Nightmares for quite sometime now." she recalled, "Do you know something about them?" she asked.

Aka scoffed in response, "I know nothing about them." she answered, "I just go out and kill them." she stated, "Never been interested with their origins." she said rather rudely.

"That's it?" Marcus uttered in disappointment, "Men... you're no help at all." he uttered.

Aka then responded by glaring at the miserable lad, "Korra! I heard you!" she shouted in annoyance.

"Since we're done with interrogation..." Taro spoke, "... what should we do now?" she asked.

Nanoha then spoke, "Since we're dealing with a similar threat, I suggest that we work together in solving this." she suggested.

Marcus nodded, "I don't mind." he accepted, "As long as we can share information then it's all okay to me." he stated while shaking hands with Nanoha.

Then a thought came in Nanoha's mind, "By the way..." she uttered, "... since we're working in this case together..." she pointed out, "... do you mind if we stay in the same place you people are residing until everything is solved?" she suggested.

Marcus then turns to Nodoka, "Do you mind letting them stay in your home?" he asked.

Nodoka shook her head, "No it's fine." she reassured, "They're welcome to stay there." she said happily with the mages noticing the excitement in her voice.

"Thank you very much." Hayate cheered in gratitude.

bzzzttt...

An hour later, Marcus and the rest, alongside Aka and the TSAB group, are teleported back in the same alley where they all first encountered each other while Shari stayed behind the ship to continue observing the city.

"Ah... we're back..." Eddy uttered, "Going outside Earth is one hell of an experience." he admitted.

Aka then began to walk away without saying a word, "Um... Aka-san, where are you going?" Nodoka asked in concern.

"Away from you guys!" Aka snarled in response, "I had enough dealing with people like you!" she complained, "Just stay out of my business or I'll drill you from the inside out." she threatened before completely leaving the alley.

Vita crosses her arms, "I bet this won't be the last time we'll be seeing her." she presumed.

Rolf nodded in agreement, "Rolf agrees with you." he replied.

"I think we should head back to the mansion." Marcus beckoned, "The rest must be worried sick about us." he pointed out.

"And their pizzas." Eddy added.

Taro's eyes widen in realization, "Holy shit!" he cursed, "I completely forgot about the pizzas!" he exclaimed in panic before turning to Nodoka, "Nodoka... is there any 24 hours Pizza shop here?" he asked.

Nodoka thought about it, "I believe it's just a few blocks from here." she answered.

"And a 7-Eleven branch?" Marcus added.

"The same." Nodoka answered.

And with that, the boys scrambled their way towards the nearest Pizza shop and 7-Eleven branch, leaving Nodoka and TSAB behind in utter bewilderment.

"Are they always like this?" Fate asked.

Nodoka gave her a sheepish smile, "I don't really know them that much but if I had to answer, I think they do." she answered.

A/N: Inspired from someonestupED, damnlastwords, Jamesdean5842, Hope the Victor and Ace Neptune. All OCs and concepts not created by moi were given permission for me to use by it's respected creators.