Whew sorry it took so long. I was busy and my beta reader was also busy but here is it chapter 3. Hope you guys love it, same disclaimer as before I don't own anyone except the OC's so enjoy:

It was the next day a few hours later and Nanoha and Fate were just finished with their classes and as par the agreement, they were waiting for Shiro to be done with the final class that he had. Nanoha was standing by the tree, waiting as a patient person should while Fate was just briefly away from the area where Nanoha and Shiro would start the training. However while they were waiting, Nanoha's phone began to ring forcing her to answer it and from the other line was a familiar voice.

"Hi Nanoha-mama!" spoke the young voice leaving Nanoha to smile, use her hand and 'told' Fate to come and hear the cute voice from the phone. With Fate by her side, Nanoha spoke to the voice with a voice "Hi Vivio. How is our special little girl?"

"Bored! Very very bored!"

Fate just gigged at the thought of a little girl running around the Takamachi household being bored with not much to do on Earth. "Well Vivio why are you bored? Isn't Nanoha's father or mother around? Surely they should give you something to do." Vivio could sigh a little bit, scratched her head and told the two "Grandma and grandpa let me help them with baking a cake but I just keep messing up with the ingredients. Now I am in a bind because nothing they say makes sense. Please help me Nanoha-mama. Fate-mama!"

The two looked at each other, nodded and Nanoha gave the phone to Fate so she could try to explain the ingredients to Vivio in a way where the young 7-year girl would better understand. As her best friend was talking to Vivio, Nanoha briefly thought back to how this happened.

After getting their mission objective from Lindy, the two went back to their apartment in Mid-Childa to pack their things, wait for Vivio to come back from school and to tell the young girl what was going on. Vivio entered the building and was a girl with long blond hair in a side ponytail but only a small one, a gold vest and brown skirt along with a red and green eye on each side of her face. She walked to the living room and see Nanoha and Fate, each with a suitcase on opposite sides sitting on the couch. Vivio asked her two mothers why were they packing and was it a new mission to which Nanoha told her that it was and she and Fate were requested to go to a planet.

"What planet is it? Is it a scary planet?"

"No It is not scary Vivio. It is the one where Nanoha and I first met when we were nine: Earth. We have to go back to receive a object that is a part of some unknown research. And..." Then Nanoha frowned a bit and continued "We would have to leave you all alone but obliviously, that won't happen so...we will take you with us. However during our mission, you have to stay at my parent's home for the time being. Do you think you can do that Vivio?" Vivio then smiled, hugged them both and spoke "Yes yes yes I understand. Wow I get to see Earth. This will be so much fun!" And with that, the two packed the remainder of their things, delivered a message to the school where Vivio attended saying that she will be on leave for a while and the three went to the Arthra to leave for Earth.

Nanoha then looks at Fate who was just about done talking to Vivio and was about hang up. "Ok Vivio you got all of that?" The young girl nods and was is getting ready to hang up until she said "Fate-mama good luck on your assignment. Please be careful. I love you both."

"We love you too Vivio. Be good ok?"

Again she nods but a bit more sad as Nanoha walks to Fate to say her piece to her adoptive daughter. "Vivio remember to listen to your grandparents and aunt Miyuki ok? I love you so much."

"Love you a bunch Nanoha-mama, Fate-mama. Beat up all the bad guys like you always do!" Vivio then pumped her fist up dramatically leaving Nanoha and Fate to have a playful laugh on the other line with Vivio following shortly after before hanging up the phone. With that peaceful time over, the two continued to wait for Shiro. Two minutes pass and they start to see Shiro running to them from far away and when he stopped, he looked at the two women. "Ok I am here. I was able to get out of class just in time. What's with the sad looks?" Nanoha and Fate looked at each other and saw a sad face. It would seem that the two of them were very concerned about Vivio but Shiro did not know that. With that said, it would make sense if Nanoha were to throw Shiro to the dogs as it were but that would ruin the mission that they were sent to do. So with a brave face, Fate spoke,

"Oh don't worry about it. It was nothing. So since Shiro is here, why don't we get started?"

"Right. Fate, stand over there. Shiro follow me." spoke Nanoha allowing the two to walk to the deepest part of the forest with Fate now standing away from the large area and Nanoha and Shiro being on opposite sides. The young man was so lost at the act leaving Nanoha to smile and Fate to look at her best friend. The brunette finally speaks "Ok then Fate how is the area around us?"

"So far, we are away from any onlookers in the area and it does not seem like anyone comes into this forest that much. But just to be safe, I will warn you if someone does stop by." replied Fate as she was looking around the area one more time. As with one last check, Fate gave Nanoha a thumbs up leaving the instructor to turn and look at Shiro "Well since we are safe from any peering eyes, we can now start your training. Are you ready Shiro?" The man in question steeled himself which leads the two to think to themselves 'He does not have to act THAT stiff.' Nanoha then told Shiro to just relax leaving him to take small deep breaths and when he was done with his breathing, he stared at Nanoha and spoke "Ok I am calm. Let's get going." Then as if to surprise Shiro, Nanoha transformed into her outfit from before and the staff she used the other day and this lets him ask "Uhh so how do I do what I did yesterday?"

"About that, when you used Gaia yesterday, you did it on impulse meaning not of your own mindset. You panicked and it worked in a small battle like that. But in others, you have to be calm instead. Understand?"

Shiro was about to nod until he asked about something else. "Wait hold on. Before we start I still have some questions. About this magic: are there any types of it like flying, what you and Fate did, that armour thing and are there any big like spells like huge?"

All Nanoha did was giggle as she spoke to the young man "Well it is very important to know more about what you are getting yourself into so lesson time. The magic that is learned is very different depending on the person like with me I run long range and bombardment spells while Fate has electric affinity magic which only a set amount of people use."

Shiro briefly looked at Fate then back at Nanoha as he could not believe that magic has different types which allowed him to tell Nanoha to continue on with her lesson.

"As far as flying is involved, it is possible but you have to really focus to be able to do that. It is not very easy and if you can't, there are other methods like you could make your own sky road or even create something to help you float in the air like a magic circle on your feet. With the Armor we use, it is called a barrier jacket."

"Barrier jacket huh. Please continue Nanoha." spoke a very interested Shiro as Nanoha went on. Although he did not show it, he was very happy about this: flying, a battle jacket and the other methods of magic was making him more and more excited about the whole thing. He could not wait to hear more.

"Anyway the barrier jacket will protect you from most damage against spells that a mage will use against you. However, I don't want you to be cocky as the jacket can not protect you from everything and you may die. Be sure to keep that in mind. Lastly the big level spells...well lets just say that those are very 'special' to say the least. So did you get all of that?"

"Yes but one more thing: can I learn more spells or things like that?"

Fate decided to take over and explained how that could work by crossing her arms and looking at Shiro. "Yes you can but who will teach you their spells will vary as the teacher will have a different training method. It would be best to try to find your own spells and later on, take from what you learn into your fighting with spells you have learned from other people. If you do all of that then you may be stronger then you are now."

With that Nanoha smiled as Shiro was on the outside still a bit cautious about the whole thing. He was scared because if he screwed up even once, then he will be gone and die meaning that everything he had done would be pointless and meant nothing. It also didn't help that when Nanoha said that the big spells was 'special' the comment made him be even more cautious because he had no idea what the hell they are which made him very nervous. However the him on the inside was a bit cheerful as the magic he could use was in his head: blowing things up, stopped a person in his tracks and even flying around with a bright smile. The endless ways and things that he can do was increasing his curious bone to the core and as his inner mind smiled he was hoping to keep going to learn a lot more.

Now with an small look of interest on his face, the young man then told to Nanoha "Ok I think I am ready Nanoha. Let's get started with this training. How will we start this?"

To answer this question Nanoha now with a bright smile on her face, points Raising Heart at Shiro's direction. He sweat dropped as he was wondering what the hell was she doing with the staff. Well fortune either smiled or frowned on Shiro as from out of nowhere, five pink balls appeared around Nanoha leaving the man to be a little bit scarred. He whispers a bit "Nanoha what is up with the..." But then as he was about to say something, Raising Heart spoke 'Fire.' which caused the five balls to attack Shiro forcing him to start running.

However the balls were following him as Shiro ran behind some trees hoping no praying that the trees that he was behind would be enough to stop the balls. Sadly that was not the case as the balls not only all but destroyed the trees, Shiro took the full force of the attack from behind causing him to slide to the ground and groaning a bit, spiting some grass.

"Nanoha what the hell are you doing!? I thought this was training so why are you blasting me?"

However all Nanoha did was not answer him but instead summoned more pink balls and like last time sends back at Shiro. "This is a part of your training. We are training to have you get used to fighting another mage. And the best way to do that is to have you dodge my shots and survive." While running, Shiro groans again and just said "But Nanoha this is insane."

"Oh I am just getting warmed up Shiro!" replied a very happy Nanoha as Shiro tries to dodge and run to the trees at the same time. But when he tried, one shot hits his left arm, another shot hit his back and three more shoots his stomach causing him to fall on the ground. As if to continue to make things worse, Nanoha decides to summon some more just in case while Fate just looked on as Shiro slowly gets back up. Smiling, the instructor sends the balls back at the young man and he decided to climb on one of the trees on the branch so when the balls were closing in on Shiro, he did the unthinkable:

He jumped away from the tree and hoped to the other tree far away from a distance however he forgot that while two balls were destroying the tree he was on, one lone ball was able to hit his back again causing him to crash land on the ground with so many scars and bruises on his arms and back just like how he first met Nanoha and Fate. Fate was still looking at Shiro thinking that all of that, he should done as by going through all of that with just magic spheres, imaging him going through Nanoha's beams would be a huge death sentence considering how strong Nanoha is.

'Nanoha I think Shiro is done. He is looking very worse for wear and I think he is not looking too well.'

Nanoha, while still creating more pink spheres only ignored Fate which leads the blond woman to believe in Nanoha like always and as such continued to watch the training unfold. Shiro slowly but surely gets up and pants as he stares at Nanoha who returned the stare with a smile and he takes a few breaths. "So you think you can keep going Shiro?" replied the instructor as the young man in question stares more at Nanoha. Shiro then spoke while readying himself "I am ready. I am not done yet Nanoha and I can keep going for as much as you want."

Nanoha sends all of the spheres at Shiro again and like before, he tried to run away for them with the spheres following them. Both Nanoha and Fate were shocked as he did this last time and again with both times ending in his failure. Shiro was currently trying to think of a plan while running but apart from running around like a idiot and jumping around, he came up very empty as the spheres are approaching him inch by inch. He was panicking in his mind until he remembered what Nanoha told him it was to calm down and with that, he thinks even deeper into his mind.

'Ok Shiro think. There has to be something I can do. I can't jump or climb trees to get away. I can't run around a lot because then I will get tired meaning I will get blasted again. Hmmm. Damn it!'

Just then, the man had an idea that he due to his panicked nature did not think about. 'Wait what if I tried to defend myself. Not by running away but by standing my ground and fighting back. I hope this will work!' Then he turned around and much to Nanoha and Fate's shock, he shielded his arms as the balls fired at every part of his body like last time. However, Shiro is still standing as Nanoha summons more to continue her assault on Shiro who was still standing. Then once he sees the seven balls in his sight, he raises his hands in front of him which causes him to close his eyes and pray that whatever he was planing would work. With that, his hands glowed a neo color around the hands as the balls then collided with his hands forcing them to explode causing the man to open his eyes to see what happened.

Shiro is surprised by the fact that his hands were glowing, Fate looking at Nanoha with a smile while Nanoha repeated the same action as the last of the balls were still heading towards Shiro who was still in awe about his hands. So he jumped a bit out of the way and continues to raises his hands to defend the last two shots and by the last one, a small smoke was around Shiro's hands. He puts his hands down as Nanoha and Fate walk to him.

"Very nice job on your first official practice there Shiro. How do you feel about the training?"

The young man then lies on the ground, moving a bit as his body was still sore from all of the bruises that he had and he blankly looks at Nanoha "My arms feel like paper, my legs are now rubber, my neck hurts and oh my back is pain right now. Seriously what the hell?" "That is how Nanoha's training works. She makes you go through things like that but it is for the best of the person she is training. Right Nanoha?"

The instructor then just playfully laughs and responds "Yup. That is how my training is. You will feel very very very sore but it is very important as the more we do this, the more you will get used to this type of fighting. So to push you further, how was your first day?" The man sighs as he looks as the sky to think a bit more. While feeling his hands on the grass, he felt something almost at peace or at least the freedom that he had. The fact that he was able to do things like that: running away from magical bullets, trying to think of things a bit more outside the box and even doing able to produce whatever the hell he did with his hands earlier made him feel well excited. "Uhh Shiro are you all right?" asked a concerned Fate allowing Shiro to stop his sky watching and turned to look at Nanoha and Fate once more.

Nanoha then asked one more time leaving the young man to speak."Well it felt scary, frightening and if I will be honest with you, I was struggling because I had no idea what to do or even if I would survive." He stops and smiles "Then I just went with my gut and surprisingly it worked. Although now my arms and legs hurt again and I can barely move but hey it means that I am a bit stronger right?"

"Yup, you are absolutely correct. The stronger you are, the more helpful you will be. So keep it up."

With that, Shiro then asks something that was on his mind. "Nanoha, Fate this has been a bit on my mind ever since we met yesterday. Since you two are both from this Time Space Administration Bureau, I would assume and guess that you both have a job right so what do you two do?" Nanoha rubs her head as she explains her job as an instructor who trains new mages while Fate is something called an enforcer. This made Shiro raised a confused eyebrow as the blond further explained what the job is. "Well an enforcer is someone who helps in solving cases which are very very dangerous. Only some of the most skilled mages are allowed to be enforcers. Does that make any sense?"

"Aha I knew it! So you are a magical police force like a SWAT team or something." spoke Shiro as he points at Fate who sweatdrops in embarrassment. She sighs and shook her head "Shiro you are somewhat right but somewhat wrong. These cases are much more dangerous then any case a police officer may do. Lives are at stake and they most of the time involve high level criminals." In response, the man nods in understanding that but was still slowly intrigued by it. "So that explains why Nanoha was able to train me like that."

"Ding ding correct answer Shiro." spoke Nanoha with her eyes closed and nodding as the man slowly got up now standing next to the two.

He looks at the two and was a bit afraid to ask them a question but chose to bite the bullet and ask how did he do on his first training session which leads to Nanoha responding with a bright smile "Well, while you fumbled around a bit, you were able to hang in there and was successful in defending against low level shots so..." She puts her delicate fingers on her chin and takes a thinking pose as Shiro and Fate wait on. The young man looked very very antsy as he was really nervous about the end result of his first session because he was afraid that he would fail until Nanoha gave him a thumbs up.

"Not bad for your first go Shiro."

This made Shiro be very happy as he jumps up, pumps his fists up and said "All right!" leaving Fate and Nanoha to lightly laugh at Shiro's reaction. After that, Nanoha walked to Shiro and spoke this to him "Well this is your first day so keep it up Shiro. Because it will only get even harder." Shiro then nods and then preceded to stretch his arms and look at the sky with Nanoha and Fate following after. The sky was already dark so it was decided that training would be over for the day and that the rest would resume the rest of the week. As they walked back out of the forest, Shiro rubbed his neck to ask "But what was that green glow that was around my hands?"

"Oh that. That was a really low level shield and that is without your device. It is only used against low level spells like the one Nanoha used. While she had her device and barrier jacket on, she had more control over her shots."

"And because of that, that is why you were able to defend decently. With that said, tomorrow we will continue what we did today but it will different ok?"

"You got it. I will see you guys tomorrow same time same place." replied the young man as he walks back to his dorm room leaving the two women alone.

Once Shiro disappeared, Nanoha turned to Fate and had a look of questions on her face. "How was his magic output?"

"It is slowly growing but he still needs more experience even if the enemies have not made their move yet. We need to be a bit more careful." spoke Fate with her arms crossed.

Nanoha then nods and with that, the two went back to their dorm and were about to retire for the day.

As the two entered their dorm room, Fate's cell phone rang, causing her to answer it and on the other line was Lindy.

"Hello Fate. How are you today?"

"Fine just fine. Just got though with training the person who has Gaia now."

Lindy then leans back in her chair as she asked while looking at her desk "I see so who has Gaia now? I mean this person has to have a name right?"

"A man named Shiro Nagase who is also from Earth."

"Hmm. Put Nanoha on the line. I want to hear how she did with training this man." spoke a smiling Lindy as Fate nodded and gave the phone to Nanoha.

Now with the phone, Nanoha then told Lindy how the training went. "I had to explain a good amount of the magic and the other things he would do in the long run. After that, we started the training and to be honest, Shiro did not do well as while I blasted him, he did not fully grasp what I wanted him to do. However that changed when after being blasted a bunch of times, he was able to get a decent understanding and he was able to create a low level shield."

"Nanoha will continue the training tomorrow so that Shiro can further improve himself and prepare for if an attack does happen. In my report, he does have a linker core and while the magical power is small, with proper training, he will do well." spoke Fate with a smile leaving Lindy to think by having her fingers touch her chin.

The thought of having another mage is very interesting but a bit on the risky side because on the one hand, Shiro may be able to be a part of the TSAB if he practiced hard enough and by the sound of it, he does have potential. However he may go rouge and will possibly be a threat to the world at large as well as doom people. Just then she thought with a smile.

'But this is Nanoha I am talking about. She has good judgment when it comes to training others and she does good work in that field if the forwards were any indication. Plus Fate would have told her if Shiro was bad news and warn her but she hasn't meaning he could be a good egg. Also...a new mage who joins the Bureau is very temping but for now they should continue training him.'

With that, Lindy stops her thoughts and told Nanoha to tell Fate that they will continue to train and watch Shiro to see how he will do in the training sessions. Then Fate asked "So about those machine parts we sent back, did you find anything about them?"

"Only that they are made by Professor Ixia like we thought but anything traces of the location to where he is were completely erased the minute we tried to look deeper."

The two officers then looked at each other and were worried. Since they sent the parts, they had hoped that maybe Lindy would find something about Ixia but not much as of yet so due to that, Nanoha sighed and said "Ok. Well we will work hard on our end. If we find anything, we will report it."

"And I will do the same. Good luck you two and also..."

Then Lindy smiled to say with a big smile "Don't work too hard. You are both in college now even if you are undercover. Have fun."

The call ended leaving Nanoha and Fate to laugh a little bit as Lindy knowing her would take something serious one minute and the next she would lighten the mood as it were. With that brief moment over, the two then decided to go to bed, with some doubts on their minds just a little bit clear.

Meanwhile, Shiro went back to his dorm and sees Hitoshi sitting on the couch by the living room watching TV. He turns and sees Shiro while asking "Hey dude what is up?"

"Oh nothing just some late night studying and now I am beat because I studied really hard so I will see you in the morning for class."

Hitoshi then stared at Shiro deep in the eye and the guy was hoping that his friend did not find out but to his relief, Hitoshi did not notice the small bruises on his arms along with the tired look in his eyes. So to that end, Hitoshi pats Shiro on his still tired shoulder, walked to his room and slept leaving Shiro to do the same only his legs and arms were spread around his bed and he slept with his brain saying that the training was very painful but really worth it.

A/N: So one day of training down, four more days to go. Let's see if Shiro still have the resolve to keep going. Knowing him he will and Vivio cameo along with plot movement yay! Be seeing you guys for the next chapter and I promise that the next chapter will not take 3 years to come out. You have my word and again, be seeing you guys!