Author's Note: I'm really trying to make this a good Fan fic. If anyone would be so kind as to tell me what I need to work on I would very much appreciate it

Disclaimer: I don't own Angelic Layer

Hannah rolled over in her bed. It was a three-day weekend, so she could spend today and tomorrow practicing with Sakura and making her a battle costume. The naked angel was on the edge of the bed, next to her Deus.

The yellow and blue alarm clock buzzed as the time struck seven thirty; it finally roused the girl from her bed. Sakura was picked up and held gently by Hannah. "I guess today we'll make you a battle costume. Sunday school was cancelled so we have the whole day Sakura." Though the angel didn't respond Hannah was imagining what she would say. Maybe something like, "Good morning Hannah!" or "Are we going to practice today?"

Throwing on a pair of jeans and a plain blue t-shirt she immediately got to work. Sakura was stood upright, leaning against the bed frame; Hannah would need her to make sure everything fit.

The cord she bought Sakura was a pair of goggles colored light purple and white with a pink star on each lens. On the back a cord with a pink star dangles down by her mid-back. She thought it was a neat little cord. She placed the tiny headphones off to the side for later.

The time passed quickly. It was about three o' clock by the time she was done with Sakura's battle costume.

The costume was a sleeveless black top with white on the edge of the sleeves and collar. A small pink colored star stuck out from the black and white on her shirt. Hannah next put on the gloves, which were black with white lining and came a little past her elbow. The black went down to her knuckles, then it changed to light purple on the fingers. She wore shorts that looked layered, the top layer was black and then a slightly longer pair of shorts underneath that was colored white. Sakura's boots came up about mid thigh; colored black, it came to about her ankle and then changed to white. A pink star on each ankle was placed to sort of connect the black and white. Around her neck was a black choker with a pink star in the center. And on her back were two white wings sewed into the shirt so they looked just like a design.

Hannah examined her angel, pretty happy with her work. "I think I might need to make more armor for her arms. It was a good idea; most of her arm was unprotected, at least between the shirt and long gloves. The girl spent the next thirty minutes making small purple armbands. Both had a pink star on he side. She slipped on the bands between the gloves and shirt. "Perfect!" Hannah shouted. Something else shouted too.

Rrrrruuuummmmbbblllle, Hannah glanced down suddenly realizing that she had skipped lunch and breakfast, "Forgot how hungry I was. Heheheh. Let's go grab some lunch Sakura." She picked up the angel and carried her downstairs.

The clock struck four o' clock. Piffle princess stores still had a few hours till it closed. "I think we'll have just enough time to get in a good practice. They say you can practice at these rental layers at Piffle Princess." Hannah said to her angel. Sakura seemed to real that it was hard not to talk to her.

The bell attached to the door rung as she entered the shop. The cashier and a customer turned and glanced at her. The costumer waved "Hannah! Hi!" It was Allie from school. The cashier smiled and waved also, it was the same one as yesterday.

Hannah waved and smiled at both of them, "Hi Allie!" She trotted over to greet the other girl.

Allie asked for and hour and a half on a rental layer before she turned to talk to Hannah. "Are you here to buy your first angel?" she asked excitedly.

"Nope!" Hannah smiled, "I'm here to practice!"

"Really! Then come practice with me! It'll be fun and it will save money!" Allie grabbed Hannah's wrist and dragged her up the stairs.

"Are you sure? I don't want to be free-loading or anything!" Hannah said being dragged forward by the overly excited girl.

"Of course you wouldn't be free loading. We're just practicing together."

Allie had short dark brown hair and eyes to match. She was about of exactly the same height as Hannah. They had a few classes together. Hannah and Allie were never really good friends, but they never argued or anything. Allie was very willing to make friends, if she saw anyone from school she would run over and strike up a conversation. This is how she usually made friends.

The auburn haired girl opened the door to the fluffy, pinkish room. Hannah entered with a look of awe, "Whoa- Its so…"

"Pink." Allie finished. She set her bag down near one end of the practice layer.

"I was actually thinking cool but pink works I guess." She smiled nervously. Hannah took a seat at the opposite end of the layer, "by the way. What's your angels name?"

Allie glance up at Hannah pulling out her angel, "This is Lulu. It's a strange name I know but I was inspired by…"

"A really strong character! Right?"

She looked stunned, "Yeah! How did you know?"

Hannah smiled, "My angel was inspired by a strong willed character too."

The auburn haired girl smiled softly. Lulu sat on her hand looking very poised.

She had long black hair in a ponytail with two blue chopsticks. For the sticks hung a thin blue wire which held a red bell. She was a very tall angel. Built heavyweight obviously. The angel was dressed in a long dark blue robe held together by a black ribbon. Underneath you could see a little bit of her costume, black boots with stocking that went to her mid thigh that were striped with dark blue and gray. A mini skirt that was shadowed so it was hard to see and that was about it, at least what was visible.

"Lulu is pretty! You did really well with her costume. Hannah felt pretty bad, she couldn't make a costume for detailed and pretty for her own angel.

Allie glanced down, "May I see your angel?" She asked politely.

Hannah felt even worse when she forgot to take out her angel, "This is Sakura." She said placed the angel on her own hand. Sakura did not as good as Lulu did; maybe Allie was a seamstress of something? She didn't know Allie very well. Lulu was a lot larger compare to Sakura, Sakura wasn't tiny but she was still small.

"You did I a good job. You covered all the joints and vulnerable points in an angel. Her costume is really neat too. Is your angel guided by anything?"

Her reply was a confused look, "Guided? Well she's guided by me I guess…"

Allie giggled, "No silly. I mean guided by like the sun of the moon or something. Lulu is guided by the power of the Black Hole. Nothing can stand up to the Black holes in outer space it can even suck in light. I was hoping that Lulu could be strong, so strong nothing could even come close without being defeated."

This made the girl think. "That's so deep. You must have put a lot of thought into that." There were a few things Hannah knew about Allie. She knew that Allie loved studying Space and liked to play video games. "I haven't thought about it yet."

"That's okay. Hey we need to start practicing. We've already spent about five minutes."

"EEKS!" Hannah looked at the clock. "Lets get started then and quick!" She pulled on the headset and turned it on. Hannah only knew how to do this because she read a manual earlier that came with her angel. "Now I put on the cord," she slipped the goggle on Sakura head. And she goes into the layer… Hannah held Sakura over the practice layer. The angel just stood there on her hand.

"You've got to think, jump into the layer," Allie said.

Sakura leapt from her Deus's hand and landed rather roughly.

"Good, now you have to think about how you want her to move, like jumping or running. Try opening her eyes."

A pair of green eyes opened and blinked a few times. Hannah tried something else, Sakura smiled as the command was sent.

"You made her smile at me!" Allie said excitedly. She held her hand over the layer and in dropped Lulu, with a couple of fancy twirls before her landing. Her red eyes opened as she touched the layer.

Sakura looked up at the graceful angel, with a look of awe. Lulu looked down at Sakura and smiled, and then she started jogging. "You want to try and run her now?" Allie asked; she was using Lulu to show Hannah how to run.

Hannah nodded, she thought hard and Sakura jogged slowly after Lulu. She was a little wobbly but quickly straightened up and was able to go faster. In a minute she was outrunning the larger angel. Hannah smiled, it was a contagious smile as her angel smiled followed by Lulu and Allie.

Lulu stopped running, she started punching the air; as if some invisible opponent jumped down and suddenly challenged her. Hannah was confused for a moment but she understood now. Allie was trying to teach her how to move. It was like follow the leader. Sakura started punching she started out wobbly and off but improved until she was punching in unison with Lulu.

This game of follow the leader continued with moves like kicking, battle positions, dancing, spins, flips, cartwheels, and more. They were coming to the last ten minutes of practice, "For a newbie your able to move Sakura pretty well."

Sakura did a cartwheel before Hannah replied, "Thanks for teaching me."

Lulu back flipped and landed very gracefully. Sakura copied landing rather well herself. "Would you like to battle? We only have a few minutes but it'll be fun." Lulu took a spot on the opposite side of the layer that Sakura was on.

She didn't have to respond. Sakura jumped to the opposite end and took a battle position Lulu had taught her. Allie was ready to say "Angelic Fight" when the layer shut down and the angels closed their eyes and shut down themselves. "I guess were out of time. Oh well." Allie picked up her angel and gently placed Lulu in her bag. "Hey, are you going to enter the tournament next week?"

Hannah picked up Sakura then blinked at Allie, "Could I?"

"Do you have an angel card yet?"

"What are those and how do I get one?" Hannah asked putting Sakura in her bag.

Allie opened the door to leave, "Just enter a public tournament and they'll send you yours. Angel Cards are a way to rack up points for battles you win. You can earn cool prizes and you can use it to buy regular things like armor fabric at Piffle Princess. Try and find a public tournament tomorrow and they'll send you your card. Once you get your card then you can enter any tournament." Allie waved good-bye before she headed out of the door.

When we entera tournament we'll win for sure Sakura! Hannah thought heading out of the door herself. I promise.