Nanoha and Fate were silent in the infirmary as they were sitting by Yu's side as they saw that he was still unconscious even after they had gotten up. They thought that Yu would get up before them and just wait for them to wake up. But now, it is the other way around and it worried the girls heavily about his condition.

From what they had managed to hear from the Enforcers that were sent onto the scene after Nitoh lost contact with Lindy, is that there was a third party involved in the game. And that party wants the Knights to succeed in gather all of the pages for the Book of Darkness. It was a disaster that none of them could have ever thought, thinking not many would want it active.

But those two girls could care less right now about that, all that matter to them was that Yu was beaten badly and he was not waking up. Apparently when he was the one drained by the Book of Darkness it had a much adverse effect on him than previously thought possible.

Nitoh, while wearing bandages around his head being helped moved by Lindy explained the girls the nature of the Phantoms themselves. "While it is true that Phantoms can be considered to be our magic cores of sort, they are however very firmly attached to our souls. Me however I was an exception among exception as I made a contract with a rouge Phantom."

Then taking a grim look at Yu's condition before he continued on. "What Yu basically suffered through was a forced eviction of his Phantom and those kind of methods are the ones that typically kill the users." Silently flinching at the looks of horror the girls had now after realizing the nature of what may have happened.

Fate spoke up. "S-s-s-so y-y-you a-a-are s-s-saying t-t-that Yu may h-h-have n-n-nearly d-d-d-died f-f-from t-that?" Trembling at the very thought of losing him and him dying was simply too much for Fate to handle. Nitoh did not want to tell the truth but he sighed and nodded and turned away from the girls when they started tearing up and held Yu's nonresponsive hands closely.

Nitoh could not look at them in the eyes, how could he? It was basically his fault that this happened in the first place. If he had been paying attention or just keeping a stronger guard up then this would not have happened to his godson at all in the first place. The blame his entirely his to bear on his shoulders. How could he has screwed up this badly on this operation?

He couldn't take it anymore and then he left but not before throwing Yu a heavily apologetic and guilty look at him. Then he would have to tell Haruto and… Oh god. He was going to have to tell them about what happened to Yu. But how could he ever tell them that their son is now in a coma and might take a while to wake up? For now he left with Lindy to keep him steady.

As soon as Nitoh left the two girls could not help but feel really worried for Yu and really guilty about it as well. While it was painful for them to have their Linker Core's energy drawn out from them. They did not know that Yu was basically going through a rip out your soul moment for him.

He can't respond to them and not even Knight was answering their telepathic call as well, and he is the one that would respond so quickly back to him when they need questions answered or to talk to. Whatever the Book did was enough to render him unavailable as well. And that was a really bad thing in their books, whatever could do that to him must have been really powerful.

"Hey Nanoha?" causing said girl to look up to see fate who was on the verge of breaking down like she did when she discovered her origins. "Do you think Yu will wake up?" Now asking with tears in her eyes. "I mean he is Yu after all, he made the impossible possible. I mean he just has to wake up right Nanoha? I mean he has to!" Now becoming increasingly unhinged, Nanoha hugged her, and that brought two things, Fate's surprise and her silence as well.

Now looking at Fate with a calm look that belittled the amount of distress she's feeling, she had to be strong here. Unlike herself Fate had a fragile heart that was anchored heavily on Yu, she had to be strong for not only Fate's sake but for Yu's sake as well, and for herself as well.

"Fate, I have no idea when Yu will wake up at." Causing the poor girl to start tearing up again before refocusing her attention on her. "But what I do know for sure is that Yu will wake up." causing Fate's eyes to widen. "Yu has always been strong in not just magic but of heart as well, we need to keep strong for Yu's sake Fate. He needs us just as we need him so we have to be strong as well Fate."

That caused Fate's eyes to widen and slowly the girl tried to reassemble herself and is now a shadow of herself right now. Which is better than the fact that she was breaking down in front of Nanoha. But still she was grateful to her and they both grabbed each other's hands while both hands held onto Yu's left hand as they slowly drift off to sleep both waiting for Yu's awakening.

Unfortunately that will not occur for some time, as the damage he received when they were forcibly draining his magic had an adverse effect on his very soul. But when he awakens once more, what is thought to be true may no longer to be true and circumstances may change.

An Artifact that can only be fully recharged by magic energy and forcibly draining the magic of a magician using what equates to their soul to power them tends to have adverse effects on the body. Sometimes they may lose certain traits, other times, reveals the true nature of such beings.

When Nitoh and Lindy were finally out in the hallway, Nitoh did something very out of character for him. BAM! His fist slammed into the wall as he repeatedly slammed it again and again and again shocking Lindy to no end. She would have tried to interfere but judging from the look on Nitoh's face right now, he needed this moment to himself.

Then when Nitoh finally stopped pounding the wall and his hand were bruised and bloodied beyond all measure Lindy stepped in. Nitoh did nothing but looked completely dejected while Lindy fixed up his hand as best as she could. Then she forced his head to face her staring into sad eyes of Lindy which knock him out of his depression long enough to answer her at least.

"Tell me Nitoh why are you doing this?" She got no response so she tried again. "Nitoh? You there? Is it about what happened to Yu?" There was a flinch from that answering her question. "Listen Nitoh whatever happened to Yu was not your-" Whatever she was about to say was interrupted by Nitoh's angry glare and undisguised disgust at himself.

"Not my fault Lindy?" He whispered more to himself. "Not my fault?" he repeated once more only louder and hearable now. "NOT MY FAULT AT ALL LINDY!" He all but roared at her causing her to back away in panic as Nitoh just glared at his hands right now with utter disgust.

"It's because of me that Yu is in a coma right now in the infirmary. It is because of me those two girlfriends of his are crying their hearts out hoping that Yu will wake up. It is because of my failure that Yu nearly died on my watch." Nitoh said with complete distraught and rage in his voice. As he looked torn between glaring at himself and looking heavily upset with himself.

Now looking at Lindy with a distraught look on his face. "It is because of my failure to keep a proper eye out, my GODSON was nearly killed if not for the intervention of your Enforcers Lindy!" he then just sighed and looked down upon himself. "How could I ever tell Haruto and Mayu about this failure of mine? I was supposed to be watching him and now he is like this"

Then Nitoh finally collapsed as he starting crying open tears of shame. "Did you know back before we met I have made so many mistakes Lindy?" Nitoh asked Lindy which surprised her but she nodded. "Only about some of them Nitoh, your past is yours to keep and only yours."

Nitoh took that as a sign to start his explanations. "When I first started out as Beast I was just a greedy man who was desperate to live. I needed magic to survive my contract with Chimera in order to use his powers. I was so blind to my needs that I inadvertently put an innocent human being in danger." That surprised Lindy as she never heard this much amount of guilt from Nitoh.

"Because I let my greed get the better of me I almost let an innocent man died Lindy. The second regret of my life is when grandmother came over and figuring out who I was and offered her own life to become a Phantom, there I realized just how foolish it was to let my greed get the better of me. But one of my biggest regrets was not being able to finish off the Phantom that put Haruto out of action and it left him incomplete and without purpose."

Now looking at her understanding and sad eyes, he then finished what he said. "And as you know one of my biggest regrets is not being able to save Koyomi from her death. I have had lots of regrets on my life and I been fighting against monsters to make up for it. But now my biggest regret is not being able to do anything for Yu when he needed my help the most right now Lindy."

"I was given a simple request from Haruto and Mayu and I failed it. How can I go back to the messaging screen and look them straight in the face and tell them that Yu is on a coma now?" Lindy now knew what Nitoh was going through, he was having severe guilt over his perceived failures and lost the will right now to continue on as a Kamen Rider.

However there was nothing he could have done about the third party if they managed to take him out by surprise. But she knew Nitoh would never accept that as an answer so she did the next best thing for him; she gave him a warm comforting hug. Which surprised him but he held on to it as though it was the only thing preventing him from drowning any deeper in sorrow right now.

Lindy then consoled Nitoh to the best of her abilities while he was letting out all of the distress he's been piling up since Yu's fall into coma. It was really hard to see Nitoh like this seeing as he blamed himself for his Godson's current condition and not being able to help him in that state.

But what could she say to him? How could she know what he's going through right now? True she may have lost her husband due to doing his duty but she never accidentally placed anyone in danger before. Sure her son was on as a TSAB member but he never suffered as badly as Yu in his career at all. So all that she could do right now was to be the shoulder to cry on for Nitoh.

It wasn't much to do for him in her opinion but it was the very least she could do for her boyfriend at the moment. Unknown to Lindy, her actions gave Nitoh an anchor to hold onto and it gave him the courage to do what he needed to do in his updates to Haruto and Mayu soon.

Signum breathed heavily as she was trying her hardest to not let what happen a couple nights ago get to her as her and the Cloud Knights were spending time together. But she was having an incredibly difficult time trying her hardest to ignore what happened to that poor kid, Warlock.

Unknown to her thought patterns Hayate was surprised when Signum spilled some water onto herself and pointed it out. "Signum you have some water on you now, you sure you should got to the bathroom." That shook her out of her thoughts as she smiled and left to go to the bathroom.

When she got in and locked the door her smile fell off and then turned to face the mirror. All she saw was complete and utter disgust and guilt etched onto her face. This was supposed to be an operation to save Hayate, with no regrets or weaknesses to get in the way of their mission.

But that child Yu was a fine warrior in his own right and has managed to not only surprised her once but twice so far. That she could not help but respect him even more so when she found out the reasons for why he fought against her. He was an honorable warrior to his very core.

But his screams oh god the screams he made when the Book of Darkness was extracting his magic energy was just absolutely unbearable to hear. But the whimpering that came out of him as the damned Book continued it operation was like a dagger slowly jabbed into her heart then twisted fiercely as it continued on, she was quite glad when the Enforcers arrived to save them.

She could not take any more of that boy's horrifying despair. She knew she would have to get her hands dirty but good lord they were not planning on killing him! So when they got back and away from there would be supporters. She checked on what possible features and notes on Wizard to see why he reacted the way Warlock did, and what she found disturbed her to no end.

From the few bits of knowledge form what they manage to grab about Wizard is that the Phantoms he fights are masses of magic energy themselves. But she heard that the only way for new Phantoms to be born is from the complete breakdown of Human despair and the Phantom forcibly rip their way out of there host rather horribly.

So basically if she thought about it really hard, she and the Knights was basically forcing a new Phantom to be born in the most horrifying way ever. To think just a little bit longer and they could have killed him off. That was not an action that she wanted to happen at all during their mission, not that action at all to him.

But that also brought up another concern that she had. Who was that masked person? For what purpose could they have to interfere with the TSAB's mission and help them gain more magic for the Book? Why were they helping them? There was just simply too many unknowns about that masked person, for now they will utilize his help but if they show any signs of betrayal…

That was too early to think of planning like that, we must complete the Book of Darkness first before we do anything else. For now they will just use this third party and approach them with a twenty meter pole till they know more about them, and come to their decisions.

At any rate she better get out there soon, Hayate when she wants to be, can be very perceptive at times. And already she noticed that sometimes they come back a little off and notice their looks when they get injured or do any regrettable deeds already. They do not wish for her to know about their nightly and monthly activities, they care a lot about her after all.

She was just too cleaver at times Hayate is when she wants to be. Still she is the cleaver, young, mischievous, kind, and weird girl that made all of the Knight's hearts warm with joy. They just cannot afford to stop right now, otherwise Hayate will die from the curse of the Book very soon.

'Just a bit longer and soon we can save Hayate, no matter what she thinks of us. That is the cost that all of us Knights are willing to pay.' Signum thought grimly rather darkly to herself as she rejoined everyone else in being part of Hayate's cosplay party now.

"Signum! We have the perfect costume for you and Shamal to wear!" Hayate said with a smile that worried Signum instantly to absolutely no end. And sure enough her fears were confirmed when she saw a horribly pink French Maid outfit. Complete with cat ears and a tail to become a Cat Girl maid of sorts. Shamal's was the same instead of pink it was green to match her color.

Signum was many things, a fearsome warrior, a caring guardian, and a loyal knight as well. She is one of the oldest known warriors in existence. She has made her mark as leader of her Knights and fought many of the best Enforcers the TSAB has to offer. She has defeated countless monstrosities and took on some of the best Mages of her time as well.

But there was absolutely no way for her to defeat her perverted yet adorable master that all the Knights adore with their very being. But dealing with her master when she is in her super perverted cosplay mode had worried and honestly terrified her to absolutely no end in mind.

She did what most people would and try to deny the chance; that made her go stronger and arguing for her and Shamal to put it on. She tried to get away, Vita and Zafira refused to let her do so. Signum and Shamal were bright red for the next couple of hours as Vita laughed at them and Hayate was cheering on with no problem while Zafira was nonchalant about the whole thing.

'Those traitors will pay for their crimes soon enough.' Signum and Shamal thought darkly as they were force smiling as Hayate were taking multitudes of photos of them in their outfit. To their constant agonizing pain as the other two knights smirked at their current situation.

Yu was not happy right now at all. He is currently stuck in what appears to be some kind of limbo after falling into a coma after getting overwhelmed by the third party and the other Knights. Heck for all he knows right now his family and friends are worrying their minds out.

Well at the very least he could control his thoughts for now, as he's in his collective unconscious and move around. He first needed to find the entrance to his underworld then find Knight to see how much damage has been done to them, then wake up as soon as he can to calm them down.

Which is easier said than done as he struggled to sort out his thought process and his memories from one another often ending back into memories or other parts of his mind that he did not need to know nor care. Like his rather strange obsession with sprinkled doughnuts or his fear of bees.

They were not relevant right now to his search for his underworld in which lies the power source for his magic and his oldest friend and caretaker who may not be doing so well right now. That Yu sped up and tried to search for the place as fast as he could in concern for Knight's condition.

Tough as Knight may be however, but the Phantom can still be destroyed if carelessly acting. The fact of that came from his parent's hunting of the Phantoms they hunt everyday as part of their duties as Kamen Riders after. Well save for that one Phantom that still remained alive now.

The only foe that none of them could ever defeat, taking upon the regenerative powers of the mystical flame bird itself, the Phantom Phoenix. The deadliest foe that has ever fought against his father and godfather. The stories they told of him chilled his very bones in fear in fright.

It took his father ignoring all laws of physics and gravity to throw that monster into the sun itself so that thing could stay stuck there. Unable to die due to being a being that can come back from death as many times as he wants. Unable to escape due to dying all the time to think of escaping.

It caused him to shudder to think of the implications of the Phoenix Phantom was ever to escape from his eternal prison in the sun. If such a being escape, well he was pretty darn sure he would rather fight Presea in only his basic mode with little to no energy then face him at all for sure.

Yes he would rather face her again despite her being his toughest fight yet, he was just that scared of the Phantom. If his father could not defeat it, what chance does him and the rest of comrades do against a nigh immortal being that only gets stronger with every death he has?

That monster is like a freaking Saiyan from Dragon Ball Z as every time he reaches or near death he automatically get stronger. That is like the most overpowered ability in existence! And it was totally unfair in every sense of the word! Seriously that's some Grade A. Gary Stu power there!

Shaking his mental head of his thoughts he needed to focus on finding the entrance to his Underworld and soon enough there it was. Unlike most of his other mental doors which are just plain brown and labeled which features it has. This door was emblazed with a black magic circle with four different colored runic circle to symbolize his magic and his affinities towards magic.

Now finally relieved that he made it, he went to start opening the door. The doors open with contemptable ease as the inside of his Underworld was finally revealed to him. And much to his shock it looks rather normal and it's cracking all over the place signifying the damage done.

He knew instantly if he does not find Knight he will be in deep doo and Yu also has no idea as to how this will affect him in his real life as well. He started sprinting all over the place desperately looking for Knight. "Knight! Knight! Knight, where are you!? Are you okay?" Yu shouted as he searched desperately for his longtime partner, friend, comrade, mentor, and family member.

As he desperately searched for him and shouting for him he finally came across his longtime friend and much to his horror, Knight was cracking purplish all over the his body. Worse yet was the fact was Knight laying down breathing heavily looking absolutely horrible for wear now.

Knight looked weakly at him and moaned out. "Y-y-Yu, guess I am not doing so hot aren't I?" Somehow Knight still find the heart to joke around as Yu, with tears in his eyes, dashed to the Phantom's side hugging him tightly as Knight just chuckled at the affection Yu showed to him.

"It's okay Knight I am here now so don't worry we will figure something out like we always do, don't we Knight?" Yu spoke with tears falling out of his eyes "I mean you are here now still and you can't just vanish now Knight. You've been with me for a very long time after all."

"Hehehehehe, Yu you have not changed a bit. Always liking and caring about the ones you care about regardless of what happens to you at times." Knight chuckled at Yu's caring features while Yu was more furious at his Phantom's nonchalant joking behavior right now.

"Knight this is serious I do not want to lose you right now! Now come on! Let's find some way to help you I don't want to lose you." Then his voice became sadder, somber, and hollow that Knight took the time to strain to hear him out while losing the joking attitude Knight had on.

"I just went through one of the biggest disasters in my life just recently. I am currently in a coma, Fate and Nanoha are most likely crying their eyes out, Uncle Nitoh is most likely blaming himself, and I am seeing my oldest buddy falling to pieces in front of me right now…"

Knight was surprised as Yu was sobbing at this point honestly touched by his dedication, as Yu just lacked the strength to continue on talking. There was a silence as Knights' armor pieces was falling off as Yu just continued to hug him with all his might, neither aware of what to do.

"Y-y-y-Yu." Knight spoke up as Yu lifted his tear-stained face looking at Knight who was patting his head comfortingly as he continued on. "Yu it is okay, because I know that while I may not exist any longer I will still live on." That Yu as Knight went on and Knight's voice seemed to get higher and more feminine as Knight continued to speak to Yu and comfort him.

"I know that is not what you want at all Yu. But even so, I have said it once before and I will say it again Yu." And Yu's remember his words from that one night as he spoke it. "I will always be by your side Yu, I will always support and give you the strength that you need no matter what."

Yu paraphrased Knight's word who could only smile at him as more and more of the Phantom's armor fell off. "I know that quite well Yu, which is why I am so proud of how of how you grew so much Yu. Which is why it is okay for you to lose a monster like me Yu." Then grew mad.

"I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT AT ALL KNIGHT!" Yu yelled at Knight who looked shocked and jumped at the amount of rage behind that shout. "I don't want to lose you at all, I want us to be together, I want you to continue to make fun of me, and I don't want to lose. I need you Knight."

Knight could only stare silently at him as he continued his rant. "You have been my best friend for as long as I could remember. When my parents or uncle were not there you gave me the support that I needed. Which is why I won't let you go away no matter what happens."

Yu unknowingly started glowing as more and more armor pieces fell off of Knight to reveal some thin armor underneath? "That is why I won't let you go, you have been my foundation for so long. That is why Knight no Valkyrie!" causing Valkyrie's eye to widen at her true name.

"I WILL NEVER LET YOU GO NO MATTER WHAT!" then as if responding to his wish the magic circle forcibly removed all of Valkyrie's knight armor off of her then the cracking stopped and soon they both felt stable enough to move around without many issues as of now.

Soon Yu looked up to see the feminine form of the Valkyrie Phantom as she then smiled then hugged him comfortingly. Yu who was shocked at her near death started crying tears of joy of her survival. Then soon all was- Wait just a minute since when was Knight actually a chick?

Well the answer is actually quite simple in all honesty. You see Yu grew up on fairy tales of ancient warriors that fight to protect people and before Valkyrie's reveal to the outside, she was also influenced by it as well. Then when she was revealed at first, Yu's parents wrote her off and nothing important. But then they realized that all Phantoms are based off of magical beings.

Then they confronted her and gained the full truth of her disguise. At first they did not wanted to trust her, but seeing how much she cared for her host made them reconsider a bit. Then soon enough they trust her more than either Chimera or Dragon with themselves.

And soon over the years it no longer mattered to them about her identity and surely enough when the Book drained her very being. The Book absorbed the disguise that was Knight but not the actual true Phantom of Yu himself. Plus she always found it hilarious to mess around with.

As it is literally the last thing anything expect to be true about her as they find out that the dude is not a dude but a lady. She still treasured the times when she let Nitoh in on her true gender, the dropped jaws and bug eye expression still got her chuckling to this very day still in her mind.

Anyways, back to the present Yu is still in shock that Valkyrie is still okay while hugging the living daylights out of her. While Valkyrie can only smile at how dedicated her host is to her, there is a reason why she cares so much for him a lot after all.

She is his servant that earned her complete and utter respect not only as a human being but also as a warrior as well. She will stay by his side no matter the challenges or the consequences that come with it. And she will never ever betray her Einherjar for pride, greed, power, or desire.

"You don't you ever worry about me disappearing on you, Yu." Valkyrie spoke with a soothing tone as she rubbed his back. "You and I both know that we are just too stubborn to give up like that ever. Which is why, you and I know we will always stand by each other no matter what."

"Yeah I know Valkyrie, I just went through some nasty crap rather recently and seeing you all broken up like that is rather hard, you know?" Yu speaking smothered in Valkyrie as he said this. "But now I just want to know how long will it take for us to wake up from this annoying coma?"

Valkyrie could only sigh. "In all honesty Yu, I have absolutely no idea on how long will it take for us to wake up. This is the first time anything like this has ever happened to such people like us. It could take days, weeks, months, years, or maybe even minutes for this to pass by us Yu."

Yu could only look down at that train of thought before Valkyrie spoke up once more. "Though I am confident that we will wake up soon Yu." Then she spoke with a confident tone. "After all, you and I are the two in one Kamen Rider that makes us the Warlock after all."

That caused Yu to chuckle a bit at that. "You know we are not Double right? Also I don't think that Shotaro needs to have a bigger ego for inspiring kids to be like him." That caused Valkyrie to chuckle a bit and push him around. "Why not Yu? After all he has one of the coolest quotes I ever heard in my short life. 'Now count up your sins!' is rather cool in my opinion Yu."

Then the two had a strong roaring laugh at that as they spent time just having fun with each other while they eagerly await to wake up from their coma. And hopefully stops the tears from flowing from their friends and family and to reassure them to the best of their ability to comfort them.

While all of these events were occurring, none noticed a small fiery object slowly leaving the sun and then traversing to the planet as fast as it could. The object accelerated then soon it crashed into the ocean near a deserted island. Then the water started to bubble and steam uncontrollably.

Then with a dramatic burst a phoenix like being, busted out of the water screaming in pure fury and agony as it just thrashed around. "WIZARD! I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE AND YOU WILL PAY DEARLY WITH YOUR OWN LIFE FOR JAMMING ME IN THE SUN" Ladies and gentlemen the Phoenix Phantom has come back with a vengeance for his prey. So basically folks, shit has hit the fan