Here we are with part 2. The big fight between Shiro and Drav and Nanoha and Fate dealing with drones. I hope you guys have fun with this chapter and enjoy.

*Disclaimer:Same thing as before*

Within the hidden base on the moon, Saika was using monitors to get a good look at the fight between Nanoha, Fate and the drones that were used as a distraction while Drav was fighting Shiro. Each drone was outfitted with a camera installed so they could get a lock on who has Gaia and for further recon missions. As this was happening, Ixia was also looking at monitors only his was for a different task.

While Saika was monitoring the women from the bureau, he had three monitors around him. The first one had the small amount of data that he had on Shiro from the first drone, the level 2 that was attacking on the first day. The second now has the starting fight between Shiro and Drav and the scientist as looking at both screens with a very intense look on his face. Much like the drones, each of the supporters had their devices with a camera installed but only for more data and deeper analyzing. With everything in place, Ixia began to start seeing how the young man fares against Drav and Saika continuing his view on the distraction.

Meanwhile back on Earth, during said distraction Nanoha was about to fire at the two drones but was waiting until the two drones to get closer to her. The minute they did, the white mage summons pink shots around her and fired at the machines, leaving only scraps of them. As the same time, Fate is dodging her attackers who were shooting forcing her to quick on her feet. Once they left their guards down in a splint second, Fate comes in and sliced the two machines with a Haken Saber and like with Nanoha, her share was destroyed. The two reunite and Nanoha smiles at Fate.

"See? Only four low level machines are no match for us." Nanoha spoke still with a bright grin on her face. Fate responded in kind with a smile herself and while looking around."Yes you are right. This was a very easy fight. Almost as if they were not..."

Just then as the blond was about to finish her thought, four more machines appeared from the air and were heading into their direction. The two women looked up and each had an annoyed look on their faces with Nanoha pouting and Fate with a sigh. Nanoha looked at her best friend and spoke with a serious tone. "Great reinforcements. As if things could not get any worse for us. We have to get rid of them and then find Shiro and Gaia."

Fate nods and replied. "Right we need to make this as quick as possible." as the two took to the skies again to deal with the ambushing machines.

Back at the warehouse, Drav was using one of his claws to attack Shiro leading the young mage to defend himself while being pushed back. Now that he can see the barrier jacket and weapon, Shiro got a good look at Drav's set up. He was wearing a jet black vest with orange lines around it and the claws were of the same color as the jewel Drav used with each claw housing a single black gem. He keeps the defense as much as he could but felt the vast difference in their strength and as such, Shiro broke the clash off allowing him and his opponent to be on opposite sides once again. But due to this, Drav chuckles at the foolish man causing him to mutter to himself. "What is he laughing at?" He then shouts at the man. "Hey what are you laughing at?"

"Oh my god you must be so stupid if you don't get it. Fine then, I am laughing at you." Drav said with an all knowing grin which leads Shiro to be even more confused. The claw mage continues on. "That look in your eyes. They seem to tell me more about you. They are saying that even though you say that you are not weak, you are very much lying to yourself because you know beating me is just not going to happen."

The blade mage is offended by the painful insult and grips his sword, glaring at Drav. Just then, Drav summons a magic circle in front of him and with it, out came five little projectile shots. Then he sends them out in Shiro's direction all while saying. "I am betting that you can't defend against this!" which caused the shots to come closer and closer at the young man. From there, Shiro in a splint second along with the help of Gaia, raised his left hand and makes his barrier allowing him to be protected from the shots and in turn leaving Drav a bit in shock. Using this to his chance, Shiro then rushes directly at Drav with sword in hand and tries to strike him but sadly, Drav was barely dodging most of his strikes.

Drav was thinking to himself as his opponent was trying to hit him. 'Hmm I will give his guy some credit. He is not running, was able to make a barrier and is at least trying to fight back. Give him an A for effort.'

As Shiro was trying to hit Drav, he inwardly sighs while each sword swing feels delayed and very very slow with no power in them at all. With that in mind, he continues his thought. 'But dear god his sword play is ass. He is swinging his device like a toy rather then an actual weapon. Very sloppy movement and low striking power. This is very dull.'

So once Shiro tried to strike again, Drav instead of waiting for him, starts to grab the short haired man by the neck, throws him up in the air and while in mid air, Shiro briefly saw a magic circle underneath Drav and then the sandy wild haired man jumped from the air and shouted the words. "BEAST KNUCKLE!" which allowed him to punch Shiro in the stomach and he file to the other side of the room and on to a wall, creating another dust cloud to where Shiro was. The red brown eyed man then lands back on ground level and smirks all while cracking his neck, believing that the fight has to be over.

"Well that fight was a complete waste after all. Guess he was not all that cracked up to using Gaia after all. Such a huge waste." Drav spoke with a sigh as he walks to the dust cloud ahead.

But then, as he got near to the dust cloud, he heard words from the other side ring out: "Shoot Barret!" and right out of the blue, a neo colored projectile broke through the cloud and attacked Drav in the stomach, making the man in question to stagger back. He grunted a bit and tries to look around however Shiro took advantage of this, jumped in the air a bit from the ground and tried a surprise attack on Drav but the man immediately wakes up and clashes again with Shiro only this time, things were different. Now Shiro with as much power as he could tries to push Drav to another side of the building. Due to the movement training with Nanoha, Shiro had a decent idea on how to move during a fight against another Mage which included a lot of dodging on his part and as such, he rushes both Drav and himself away from the area that they were fighting in moments ago. Once they were away, the young sword mage then pushes Drav away from him and to not only a bunch of boxes but some piles of metal and poles on the ground.

With that done, Shiro steps away and pants a good amount as he stares at the small wreckage. He feels relived that it should have been enough to at least stop his opponent so he looks at the jewel on his sword and smiles.

"Ok that plan actually worked. Gaia, I think I got him." Shiro spoke with a bright smile. However the jewel glowed and spoke to it's master. 'My Lord do not let your guard down.' which made Shiro to look back at the wreckage, waiting to see what would happen next. And in an instant, three black projectiles are around the area where the wreckage was through magic circles and are about to attack Shiro again. Like last time he was about to use his barrier again, only now the tables have turned as the minute he was about to do that, another magic circle appears underneath him. From there a bear like trap attacks Shiro on the legs causing him to scream and with that, the projectiles attacked an unprotective Shiro from the arms and stomach. The sword mage is on the ground winching in pain and things were made even more worse when Drav began to push the debris off of him and with a glowing left claw is about to attack Shiro again as runs directly at him. With nothing else for him to do, Shiro painfully rolls away from the incoming claw attack and in a span of a few seconds, slowly gets himself back up only more tired then before.

He looks at Drav and the sight he saw made him shake with fear. Drav was now staring directly at the man with a sick smile on his face and a crazed look in his eyes.

"Now this is my idea of fun. Attacking a want to be dog." Drav spoke while still staring at Shiro. This confused the sword mage greatly as he was about to ask Drav what did he mean by that in a way. Unfortunate for him when the question was about to come out of his mouth, a huge magic circle appeared in front of Drav but this time the circle was huge almost to the point of being big to hold a tiger. Panicking, Shiro is about to use his barrier but just when he was about to, he remembered something. The circle was ten times bigger then the last time he used a circle and because of that, the spell may be more dangerous then last time.

Shiro sighs and holds his arm while saying in a whisper."Meaning that me using a barrier won't do much. My only chance would be to run and try to get away from the blast."

With the plan in motion, the young man tries to run but there was a problem. Thanks to the bear trap spell, his legs were completely drained and as such he could not move very. Now a golden chance in front of him, Drav said with a yell. "Time to die! Grand Arc!" and upon saying that, a huge sphere appears from the circle and he launches it at Shiro. Cursing, the young man tries his absolute best to roll out the way but the sphere as it touched a faroff area while it did its target, the shockwave caused Shiro to further roll out of control causing him to groan from the impact. Drav then smiled as he was finally having his fun.

Back with the two women, Nanoha is currently soaring though the air, dodging stray shots from the two machines that were chasing her wielding arm canons. Whenever one of the machines got closer, she would move in the opposite direction and continue her flight pattern. At this time, Fate was also in midair dodging her assailants much like her partner. However during this moment, the two were getting more and more jaded as the fight went on as they were trying to find breathing room so they could use their spells like before. Although these machines were not giving them much chance to do so as if they tried, they would immediately get interrupted making them rethink a different plan. Nanoha spoke to Fate while dodging the shots. 'Fate these drones just won't give up. They are on us both like flies.'

The lighting mage briefly looked at her attackers and responded back with a worried look. 'I know. These are only low level but they are acting a bit like higher level drones. It is getting troublesome. If only we had a way to...'

Then a light bulb flashed on both of their heads and with a smile, the two set their plan into action. Nanoha was on the left side while Fate was the right side of the sky and the two were flying closer and closer to each other while also leading the four drones with them. By the time the two got further close, they both flew up in the air and the drones were blindsided by the act. Before they had a chance to retaliate and continue their attack, they are stopped by a pink bind and a yellow bind spell and with this, two voices rang out along with the sound of what seemed to be cartridges loading:

"Hyperion Smasher!/Plasma Smasher!" which leads to both Nanoha and Fate firing a pink and yellow stream respectively and directly at the four machines who were trying to chase them. From there, the drones are completely destroyed and the two mages slowly land from their firing spot and Raising Heart along with Baridiche each let out stream. The battle was over as Nanoha sighs and wipes her forehead with Fate following suit afterward.

The white mage started to survey the surrounding area hoping that would be the last of the ambush. "Ok Fate I think we are in the clear. There does not seem to be any more drones and we are all right. They were not tough but they were tiring."

"Agreed. It definitely seems that way. Through I am glad that it is over." Fate spoke while holding her heart. This leads to the two bureau mages smiling at each other but then they quickly remember what they had to do. Nanoha looks at Raising Heart and asks her device. "Raising Heart could you help Baridiche in the search for Gaia?"

The red orb replied. 'I will try my best, my Master.' as the moment it said that, Nanoha and Fate both flew in a far off direction with the hope and intend that they will reach the newbie mage in time.

Meanwhile, back at the warehouse, Shiro much like earlier, tries to get up using his sword as a prop to stand upright and try to maintain his balance. The claw mage rushes at Shiro, claw in hand and tries to slash at him but the sword mage defends himself by using his blade as a makeshift guard, stopping the attack. Panting each time, Shiro tried his hardest to keep himself awake further but he finds out that it was getting harder and harder to keep his eyes open and his stance steady. He shakes his head briefly and holds his ground.

'Damn it I can't keep this stance much longer. Getting so tired. Can't hold Gaia much longer. But I can't give up. I won't.' the short haired man thought still trying to keep his defense. Unfortunately, Drav caught on to his bluff and smiled leaving Shiro to still glare at him. The man spoke to the sword mage. "I am surprised at you. Someone like you normally would have dropped Gaia and ran away. But you instead decided to keep fighting anyway despite your weakness. And for that, you were fun to play with. However..."

Then he proceeded to punch Shiro in the stomach causing him to grit his teeth and almost be on the ground like before but is stopped by Drav who uses his free right hand to stop him. The sword mage was too busy trying to balance himself as Drav continues his speech.

"You are too damn stupid to keep fighting as you are. For an earthling like you, it is shocking you would even continue like this. So last chance give me Gaia and I may spare your life."

The claw mage was wanting for Shiro's uneventful surrendering of his device however, the young man did the exact opposite as he holds onto Gaia, griping the handle and while scarred, he got his second wind if only for a brief moment and stared at Drav. "Not...on...your...life. I will not give you Gaia. I swear it."

Once he said that, Shiro had a smile on the inside as to him, it felt good to stand up for something that he really believed in and it was a great feeling. However Drav whispered in Shiro's ear. "Wrong answer want a be dog." as he punches Shiro again only this time, the punch had enough power to push the man through a window forcing him to fall from the building. Shiro was making a falling descend to the ground below and Drav was more then ready to dive in, get Gaia and get away. Just as he was about to begin his plan, a blond blur appeared and grabs Shiro in time before he fell to his doom and a random pink shot stopped Drav dead in his tracks.

The blur was revealed to be Fate who was carrying Shiro and Nanoha who was pointing Raising Heart in Drav's direction. The blond mage was looking at the young man with a look of concern etched on her face as Nanoha was also looking and was equally worried. From there, she turns to Drav's direction and began to tell Fate. "Fate, get Shiro out of here. I will hold him off as best I can and meet you later." Fate was about to heed to her friend's worry and to warn her herself considering the fact that the two had fought against eight machines earlier meaning that Nanoha might be tired herself until Drav, with the same grin that he gave Shiro tells the two women.

"Oh this is great. Now I can fight two dogs of the Bureau. Hopefully you two will give me a more fun hunt then that newbie." as he prepares to launch a projectile at the two women. Nanoha was about to start the fight, giving Fate time to escape and Drav was beginning to fire until he was stopped by a voice in his head.

"Drav this is Saika. You have to fall back at once." the second in command told the sandy haired man which causes said mage to argue with Saika using telepathy. 'What!? Are you stupid in the head? The person with Gaia is right there and waiting. Just let me beat up the two bureau dogs and take the device back! This is our chance so let's take it!'

From the other end, Saika pinched his nose briefly and tries to reason with his subordinate. "I understand that Drav but right now we have all of the data we need at the moment and as of this time, you should not be attempting to fight those two mages. Even if they are who I think they are. Now for the last time fall back."

Obviously angry that his target is right in front of him, Drav reluctantly agrees, stops the production of his spell and turns away from the three mages. And just as he was about to leave, Fate stops him to ask him a question. "Wait a minute since you attacked this man and separated him from us, I am going to ask are you working for Ixia?" Fate and Nanoha both waited for an answer a clue even as to Drav's allegiance but sadly all they got him was a scoff and a reply. "Why should someone like you know? It is none of your business to know that anyway. Just know that if the next time we meet again, we will continue this hunt." And with that, Drav flew off and the barrier around the small town began to disappear leaving only Nanoha, Fate and an unconscious Shiro. The two women were deep in thought, thinking about the attack, the divergence and what he just said as a whole however before they could even begin to piece it together, Fate looks at Shiro and saw that while he was still holding Gaia, his barrier jacket, legs and arms were riddled with blast marks and breathing was slow but soft.

Fate then looks to the auburn haired woman and said. "Nanoha, his wounds seem to be much deeper then before when he found Gaia. I think we should take him up to the medical bay up on the Arthra so he can recover."

From there Nanoha looks at Shiro then back at Fate and with a smile, nods and gave a response back. "Right. It would a lot faster to take him on the ship so he can recover. While he does that, we should also report what happened with Admiral Lindy and discuss what to do next."

With that plan in motion, the blond woman nods back and began to relay a message to the Arthra for an emergency evac and with a few seconds, the three are teleported immediately from the area and away from unseeing eyes. As such what happened next remained to be known but now at this moment it was a time for rest and recovery.

And with that, the two parter is done. Again this took a long time to be released but I pray I did a good job with the fights for this chapter. If there is anything I can fix, please tell me so I can catch it and for those of you who were worried about Shiro, don't be because I am happy to report that this will the last time that Shiro will get his ass kicked a lot. Like I think I have said before, I have my reasons but for right now he is done being a punching bag. Anyway be seeing you guys for the next chapter and thank you for your time.