Later after some encouragement from Lindy and gathering his own courage, Nitoh was going to tell Haruto and Mayu about Yu's current condition. He had also braced himself for the coming storm of angry threats from Mayu as well. So with a sigh he turned on the video screen to see those two waiting expectantly for his latest updates, which made his heart go very down at them.

Haruto was the first to speak up, "Hey Nitoh, it's been a while how you been man? Also is Yu doing okay?" that made him flinch on the inside. "I mean I know you are okay, do you know what it is like here Nitoh? There is paperwork everywhere to do and not only that but…"

Haruto trailed off seeing the pained expression on Nitoh's face which only worried him and Mayu at what could have happened. "Nitoh. Are you okay? There seems to be something off." Nitoh then started tearing up, to the surprise at the two, before speaking up. "I am sorry Haruto, Mayu. But currently Yu is in a coma and it is all my fault that he ended up that way right now."

That greatly worried the two as they went silent as Nitoh went into a tearful explanation of what has happened on the last mission. They could see the amount of guilt pouring off of him as he struggled to not break down in front of them to tell them everything that has happened that night.

They were silent as Nitoh poured out all of his guilt blaming himself for it as he finally finished up his report. "And then." He choked out, "Yu went into a coma that he has yet to wake up from Haruto. Mayu, and this was because of my carelessness in not keeping a good watch on them."

Then when he finally finished he just waited for the very much justified yelling and shouting from the two. But strangely that never came as Mayu spoke up to him. "Nitoh, please raise your head up so we can talk to you face to face please, it would be easier for the both of us right now."

He supposed she wanted to yell at him in his face, so when he looked up he was surprised to see the sympathetic look they were giving him. That did not make any sense to him right now. Didn't they not blame him for Yu's condition? Weren't they furious with his failure right now?

"Listen Nitoh, while we are upset about Yu's condition." That caused him to flinch as she continued on. "Neither me or Haruto blame you for his current condition into the coma." That caused him to widen his eyes and stare at Mayu as though she was a never before seen sight.

That caused her and Haruto to smile sympathetically at him as Haruto took control. "Do you think that in all the years that we have known each other that we would blame you for something that you had absolutely no control over? There was nothing that you could have done at the time, you were completely caught off-guard when those thugs from the third part attacked you Nitoh. And don't forget that even Decade was beaten when he was caught off-guard from his own."

Nitoh knew what Haruto was talking about after all. When Decade was revealed to be the leader of the incarnation of Shocker at the time he supposedly betrayed all the Riders. But only to be caught off guard and betrayed by his own sister and butler for more power for them to use.

"And beside Nitoh you and I both know that we are not all seeing Gods after, well except for Kouta, but that is a completely different topic right now. But the point is Nitoh, you were caught off guard and despite that Nitoh. You and I both know that my son is not going to stay down that long. And it was because of you that the TSAB arrived in time to save him, so you saved him Nitoh. And for that we thank you very much for ensuring our son's chance to live still."

Nitoh was shocked at them and as he spoke to protest Haruto hold his hand u to silence him as he then stared seriously at Nitoh. "As I said before, it is because of you that Yu has even a chance to live right now. You and I both know how hard is it, to put any one of us down for long Nitoh."

But Nitoh still had to speak up. "But it is because of me that he is in a coma right now!" as Haruto then talked back to him. "And it is because of you and your quick thinking that he is alive right now Nitoh!" that took him aback, sure he seemed to have focused on his failures instead of what he has actually done right. Still, it was his fault that Yu ended up the way he is right now.

Haruto seeing the look in Nitoh's eyes could only sigh, but Mayu knew what to say to get him out of his funk. "Nitoh, if you still blame yourself while thinking that we do not blame you that much you are wrong about that." That caused Nitoh to look up and Haruto to look in surprise.

"Like I said there was nothing you could have done but you could have also done better as well. Don't think of our forgiveness as an excuse for us to forgive you. You still have your own sins to count up still." Now smiling at Nitoh as Mayu explained her reasoning to him with Haruto fully understanding why she is doing what she is currently doing right now to get Nitoh up now.

"Sins do not disappear. All you can do is live on bearing them. Even if alone, you fight as long as you live. That is a Kamen Rider, isn't it?" Mayu spoke to him as Nitoh widened his eyes at that. "Well? Is it Nitoh?" he hesitantly nodded at that. "Good! Now you have to live and do better next time Nitoh, otherwise you are going to go seven years without mayo, goodbye!"

Then Mayu abruptly cut off the chat and left Nitoh by himself, at first he was silent at what just happened. But then slowly he begun to smile once more while crying tears of relief then he started to laugh as though a major burden was finally off his back once and for all with joy.

Unknown to Nitoh right now, Lindy was outside of the room and when she heard an honest and reliving laugh she then smiled at what happened. She is very much glad that it ended the way she thought it would end. Haruto and Mayu never really struck her as the vengeful kind of people.

But something better was going on than that in her honest opinion. During the time she debated with Nitoh, he believed they will be mad with him while she believed they will ask him to do better. Then it turned into a bet for one favor from each of the loosing part and she won the bet.

'Oh I am so looking forward to the muscle massages that you will be giving me for a long time while wearing no shirt Nitoh.' Lindy thought to herself with a bit of undisguised lust in her mind. Let it never be said that Lindy did not have kinky thoughts just because she was weird at times.

Then interrupting her possibly evolving into what might disturbingly be a wet dream of sorts, a doctor came up running and panting towards her. Lindy now out of her daydreaming knew something was off when she saw the widened eyes on the rapidly approaching doctor.

"Captain we have news about Yu's current condition!" that bit of news caused her to go all serious. "How bad is it doctor? Is he getting worse or is it something else?" she asked quite seriously, she was quite concerned about Yu as she found him to be a more excitable child than Chrono as times. The doctor shook his head. "No Captain, he's waking up right now."

That caused her to widened her eyes and gasp in surprise and relief for the young Rider. Meanwhile Nitoh, who just got out of his video call with Haruto and Mayu was also gasping in shock as well. Then those two started rushing towards the infirmary where Yu has been placed.

(Fifteen minutes ago before the current time.)

"So. Yu really is in a coma." Alissa spoke sadly and a little bit distraught, causing Nanoha and Fate to nod their heads while she was shaking alongside Suzuka. Like all the girls here, they believed that Yu could survive whatever was being thrown at him, he was their anchor of hope.

Now he is breathing through one of the respirators with no change is sight for Yu's brainwaves. And for Yu's friends this was a bit too hard to take. Originally they did not want to see Yu in this state as they feel they will break down, but their concern for him outweighed that horrible fear.

But now seeing him like this and possibly imagining how broken up he was before the medical treatment only made them respect Nanoha and Fate more. Alissa and Suzuka honestly believe that those two girls will be the one to ensnare Yu's heart and love for them for life till death.

It must have been horrible for the two girls to see Yu in his current condition as of now. Yu has been Nanoha's oldest and best friend that she has ever had. While to Fate, Yu has been her emotional anchor of support ever since the truth of her origins has been revealed to her horribly.

Really it was amazing to the two none magic girls that they could keep their composure so strong. Though given the fact this occurred about a week or so, so they must have let out all their emotions then. But they knew better then to count Yu out too soon, he's someone not so easy to put down. After all, all they just have to do is to wait for him to get back up to take down evil.

Then Suzuka spoke, though it was a bit softer and quieter compared to her usual voice. "So Nanoha, Fate. When do you suppose that Yu will wake up?" the two girls look conflicted about telling them that but they would tell them the cold truth then give them false hope of his waking.

"We have no idea Suzuka, me and Nanoha were told that it is likely that Yu might never wake up from his coma for quite some time." Fate spoke sadly but she was curious about one thing. "Why do you think he will wake up anytime soon? He is just as mortal as the rest of us are Suzuka."

"Because Yu is not going to let something like near death put him down Fate. Yu has far too much to lose if he sleeps forever, furthermore he made a promise to be you last hope Fate." Suzuka now looking serious. "And Yu always keeps to his promises no matter what happens."

As if agreeing with her, the machines started beeping faster and faster that it got all the girl's attention and soon enough the doctor came by to check on Yu. And sure enough, Yu's eyes were opening up to see him blinking at everything around his situation only to focus on his friends.

The girls were shocked that he finally woke up but then all of them started smiling and crying at his arrival as they all shouted to him. "YU! You're awake!" As they tried to get to hug him the doctor pushed them back to check on him then one of the doctors rushed out to get Lindy's eyes.

Meanwhile Yu could only mentally laugh while smiling at his friend's reactions. It was a long time coming but now he was back and he felt satisfied knowing that he finally woke up. Though he is going to be sorry for being in danger like that, but it was good to be back, good to be back.

(The Present)

Both Lindy and Nitoh were flabbergasted at Yu's awakening that both could not help but tear up at his awakening. They would have gone to hug him but the doctors were doing their physical checkups on him now. So they quickly took the girls out of the infirmary to let Yu recover now.

But Nitoh stayed behind to just watch after him, when Yu looked into his eyes he knew there and then that Nitoh blamed himself fully for what happened. Otherwise he would not be flinching every time he looked at him or look incredibly guilty. So now he had one of those silent talks.

After five minutes or so Nitoh sagged his shoulders in defeat while Yu looked smug with his victory. "Oh yeah Uncle Nitoh, you should probably get back with Lindy now to update her, else she might just put you up to something embarrassing again like she did on that space station."

Nitoh already flinched at that memory and he blanched when he realized that he lost the bet with Lindy to do whatever she wants him to do. Chances are it is probably going to be something both relaxing for her and something very embarrassing for him, knowing her in the six months or so of their interaction with each other. They also became quite attuned to the thoughts of their own.

But still he smiled at Yu's recovery. "Well I am probably going to suffer embarrassment as Lindy's butt monkey for a bit. But I am glad that you have woken up now Yu, Fate and Nanoha were distraught beyond belief about you for a bit." That remark caused Yu to flinch at their pain.

"Yeah Uncle Nitoh, I am probably going have to spend a lot of time or sucking up to them to get back into their good graces once I finally am allowed to leave this infirmary." As he said this he had a very agonized face as he knew just what Nanoha and Fate will do to him once he leaves.

And evidentially Uncle Nitoh was a sadist as he smirked at Yu's predicament as he just glared back at him for enjoying his possible future pain. After a while though both guys just sighed as they both know they were going to deal with rather hard to please ladies and would rather rest.

Those two guys were clearly not looking forward to dealing with the opposite gender anytime soon. And they cursed Chrono and Yuuno for not having to deal with any of this crap right now. Meanwhile Yuuno and Chrono got a strong chill going up their backs as though warning them of great danger coming soon to them and they believe it is related to the two Riders they know well.

Ah well they will figure it at some other time so they decided to go back to their respective businesses. For Yuuno this was tiring beyond belief, who would have thought that he made very important and needed changes. While Chrono was talking with Amy over the tools sent to them.

Meanwhile back to our heroes, Nitoh was curious about one thing. "So Yu, how's your phantom doing?" This caused Yu to chuckle while Nitoh was a bit confused. "Apparently Valkyrie." Causing Nitoh's eyes to widen. "Decided it was time to go back to her first and true form now."

That caused Nitoh to snicker a bit wondering how Fate and Nanoha are going to react learning that there is basically woman close to Yu's heart. "So apparently the armor that Valkyrie typically wears as her disguise was absorbed by the Book forcing out into her true form Uncle."

Nitoh put his right hand to his chin contemplatively thinking of the possibilities of how likely that is to work. Before figuring that anything is possible once you put your mind to it. Nitoh nodded at this answer as it would explain how he could still sense Valkyrie alive and well still.

"Still though considering my situation right now, I don't think I will be leaving this room for some time soon. Gods this is going to get boring here without anyone around to talk or play with." Yu lamented at his current situation while Nitoh could only snort in amusement at him.

But Nitoh believes he might have a way around that problem and it involves the two girls he had as friends. And possibly a copious amount of video games and food if he's going to be here for a while. At the very least Yu won't be so down from being stuck in this blasted infirmary for now.

(Some time later with Yu and Friends.)

"Okay Nanoha we have to get this rare item now else we miss the chance to fight the secret boss!" Yu shouted to Nanoha who was focusing on the screen with Fate and Alf watching back in amusement at the duo playing a Dungeon Co-op game trying to be the best they can right now.

"I got it, I got it Yu! Just make sure you don't mess up on the combo else this boss is going to beat us!" Nanoha shouted back as she held her breathe in as she barely dodge a nasty attack. Then soon Yu and Nanoha preformed their combo attack killing the Spider boss with success.

"YES!" both Yu and Nanoha shouted as they got the rare item drop from the boss as they set about preparing for the next mission at hand to deal with the secret boss they been eagerly waiting to fight as that boss tends to drop exotic weapons, staves, armor, clothing, and spells.

"So Fate, are Yu and Nanoha usually this pumped up over a game?" Alf said rather amused as she had a hard time reconciling the boy right now with the serious warrior that she fought during the Jewel Seed Incident. To which Fate nodded, "Normally they don't but it is a fun game Alf."

Now turning to her familiar. "And when it comes to teamwork there is nobody better than either Yu with either of us or all three of us combined Alf. Here they are also practicing their teamwork as well to prepare themselves for rather dangerous fight to come in the near future Alf."

Then they turned back to the duo as they struggled with the boss as the giant entered its second form to a giant demon. "Ah watch out Nanoha those tentacles will paralyze you!" Nanoha now panicking. "Oh no Yu! My character is being attacked by the demon help me from the demon!"

"Don't worry Nanoha. I'm a coming to rescue you! Ha! Take that you annoying tentacles! Feel the wraith of my holy lance!" Alf could only giggle at how seriously they are taking it. "Ah thanks Yu you rescued my mage hurry up so I can heal you in this battle now to defeat him!"

The two non-Earth mages could only sigh as they watch their two best buddies tackle a game so seriously while also treating it like a team building exercise. But for Fate she was quite content to know that Yu is awake and is enjoy her company and Nanoha while he recovered from the drain.

"It is an honor to have you here Admiral Gil Sir!" Lindy presented with a salute to a decorated mustached man whose full name is Gil Graham of the TSAB. "At east Lindy you and I are old friends after all no need for formalities between old friends right Lindy?" Gil said with a smile.

Then he lost the smile as he turned in the documents he had on the Book of Darkness cases on it. "Now Lindy I would like to say be careful but you already know that and know that the TSAB cannot send any reinforcements right now due to the lack of Enforcers we have on hand now."

"I know that full well Admiral." Lindy said solemnly but then smiled. "But it is not as though this world is without its own protectors after all Admiral. The Riders that have been protecting this world from the shadows have all been made contact with and are ready to assist us possible."

Admiral Graham only nodded solemnly at that thought. "Still though some of them may or may not agree with us. Also two important other things, when you have the chance kill the Book's master and also give this ring that was asked to be delivered to Yu from Haruto and Mayu."

Lindy nodded grimly at the first plan and was confused by the second request till she figured it was probably just another Blood Warrior ring for Yu. And sure enough when she got it was an Earth elemental ring with an exploding Halberd symbol on it, among a background of yellow.

They both saluted each other once more before leaving to go back to their respective missions. So when Lindy stopped by the infirmary to drop off the latest Blood Warrior ring for Yu. She was surprised to see Nanoha, Fate and Yu cuddling each other with food and drinks all around them and Alf looking highly amused at them. To be truthful the sleep cuddling had Lindy squealing on the inside at how adorable the kids look right now and silently dropped the ring off.

Then she silently took a picture of the three kids with Alf grinning at her while mouthing out to give her some pictures which she nodded and then left. Now that the ring has been dropped off, she was going to give Chrono the files then soon get herself ready for the next possible attack.

It has been about four days when Yu finally woken up and was about to go out to enjoy being able to walk again. He found it quite irritating that he had a lot of homework to make up but with Nanoha and Fate's help in the mathematics and sciences he was able to deal with it quite easily.

During that time both Nanoha and Fate were shocked to find out that Knight was actually Valkyrie. That it caused both girls to be somewhat jealous of her due to her close connections to Yu. But they eventually got along well when it became apparent she supports them in getting Yu's affection. And she was willing to do what she can to help them get closer to his heart.

Currently just when the trio were about to talk to Lindy some more they received an alarm that the Knight finally showed up again. Then they teleported to where they were, and it became apparent that it was a bit out of their league as they were fighting a huge amount of monsters.

It was also apparent that it was in the dessert as there was sand everywhere and Nitoh showed up but got sidetracked by the third party guy taking away his support from the battle that the trio of kids were about to enter. There was all kinds of monsters everywhere for the Book to absorb.

But nevertheless they all got into the fight transforming into their combat mode to fight off the monsters first then deal with the Knight later. As Yu slashed through multiple Imagins and Fangires. While Nanoha and Fate used their power to wipe out a horde of mirror monsters.

Now that all the monsters were dealt with the tension remained high as the Knights faced off against the trio once more. This time however Yu decided to bring out his newest blood Warrior form Earth. He chose to take on Vita this time as the girls prepared to face the other Knights.

Change Now! Earth! Crush, Crush, Crush, Crush, Crush!

Now Yu was decked out into is yellow Earth Blood Warrior form. As the armor pieces gotten thicker and the runes glowed yellow as his coat and under armor became yellow as well. While his hammer evolved into a nasty looking Halberd that he swung with complete ease like a pro.

"Fate, Nanoha! You two deal with the familiar and the leader! The Hammer chick is mine!" He shouted to them and both girls replied in affirmation as Yu slammed his weapon into Vita's device. The force of the blow caused the sand to around them to dig up massively in awe of it.

Then both seemingly glared at each other before they went right back to smashing one another to death. Yu received several hits from Vita and would normally be out for the count after the fourth hit to the face. But as Earth Blood Warrior, his durability increased to that of a mountain.

Vita received a lot of slash marks on her outfit as she narrowly dodged another stab from Yu as their weapons clashed in a fury of energy. Then Vita dashed forward to slam Yu into the ground. Only for Yu to retaliate by using his Defend Ring to create a massive earth wall to protect him.

This gave him the time to dodge out of the way as Vita slammed into the giant shield and had to use another energy round to blast right through it. By then, Yu was already slamming his Halberd's end into Vita's back as she cried out in pain as she kicked Yu in the kneecap to move.

Then she jumped up then charged her hammer to smack Yu across the field to which Yu responded by using his Bind Ring then his Explode Ring on her causing her to scream in more pain as she was sent tumbling down a sand dune breathing heavily to catch her breathe fast.

They both struggled to get up as both warriors were breathing heavily as they both continued to smash each other around. Normally they would use more their spells but the fight with the monsters exhausted them to no end and needed the last bit of energy for this fight right now.

They both screamed as their weapons clashed once more in a sparkle of fury and energy. "Why won't you people leave us alone?!" Vita yelled as Yu shouted back as her in fury. "Because the Book is dangerous and we cannot let this planet fall to ruin because of the Book's awakening!"

They both slammed into one another till their weapons were knocked out of their hands. At first it was quiet then Yu rushed into her and punched her stomach. As Vita kicked him in the Jewels causing both to gasp in pain as they got up to continue the fight as they rushed each other.

The kind of mages the Cloud Knights are. They are the ones that specialize in close quarter combat, but only with their devices. However Yu has been teaching himself how to fight without his weapons through mixed martial arts since he was seven, so despite being younger he had the advantage over Vita in terms of hand to hand fighting up close and personal as Vita learn soon.

She was gasping in pain as Yu slammed his fist into her sides then grappled her then flipped her over in the sand causing her to moan in pain. Really it was not that fair for Vita considering the armor Yu was wearing was nullifying any pain he felt save for the low blow that Vita went for.

Just as Yu was limping towards Vita to defeat her, he heard a loud boom and to his surprise saw Nitoh being pushed back and next to him. Then he saw there was two of the same Third Party helpers and both dashed and tackled him and his allies next to Nitoh as they walked to end them.

'Damn it, the third party must have had back up just in case for this situation.' Yu thought to himself as he struggled to move to protect them from the enemy. Just as they made another step they heard a loud train whistle? And looked up to see the train that travels through time Denliner.

Then four men jumped out of the train in front of the Yu and his comrades. They all look serious and determined. "Who the heck are you bozos?!" Vita yelled with anger. As the three men took out their items then they all said one word. "Henshin!" showing them to be Riders ready to help.

Turn Up! Sword Form! Taka Tora Bata! Ta-To-Ba! TaToBa! Ta-To-Ba!

Music played up as a giant hologram appeared in front of one man as he stepped through revealing himself to be Blade! Another was then covered in a suit of armor and covered even further with red armor showing him to be Den-O! The third man has flashing coins appearing in front of him with his armor shown to be three different colors, making his OOO! And the last just tapped the tuning fork and setting himself on fire before revealing a purple Oni to be Hibiki!

"The champion of the Suits of Ace, Kamen Rider Blade!" "Ore Sanjou! From start to end I am at a climax! Kamen Rider Den-O!" "Count the medals I am Kamen Rider OOO!" "Because I am well trained as an Oni, Kamen Rider Hibiki!" all the Riders declared to their worried enemies.

They all had grim looks but chose to meet the challenges head on as Blade took on Signum, Den-O with Vita, Hibiki with Zafira, and OOO with the two third party members with his claws. As they all clashed in fury while Yu was relieved, the girls were awed at how skilled the Riders are.

Signum was starting to hate this day a lot as she dodged another slash from Blade. First it was just simply restoring the Book, then they hit a monster hotspot, then the TSAB came which she fought with the blonde one, who was pretty good, then just as it seem they would be winning.

Out came a bunch of really skilled warriors called Riders and now they are fight them. But secretly she had always wanted to test her sword against the Rider known as Blade. And he was proving exactly why he deserves to be called that as he feinted then struck her right side hard.

He then jumped and kicked her hard in the chest as she then shifted her device into whip mode to ensnare his left leg then slam him onto the floor to her right. He then jumped out after hearing Tackle, Slash! And barely avoided the nasty charge and the sharpened sword strike of his.

Then their blades clash and to her shock her device was losing out to Blade's sword as it dug deeper into the device till Signum head-butted, which hurt a lot, then she jumped away to get distance. But then Mach! Blade accelerated to smash his fist into her guts knocking her down.

She then looked around and noticed that her fellow allies were not having better luck either, as Zafira was being set on fire, Vita was getting tossed around with ease, and the third party now having to deal with dozen copies of the OOO as they slowly overwhelm those two fighters.

Then she noticed that Blade pulled two cards in front and used it. Kick, Thunder! Lightening Blast! Then his feet started glowing with electricity as he jumped and side kicked her in pain and agony for her. To where the rest of the Knights were being knocked out from finishers as well.

Now they were all gathered and not in the best position as the Riders approached them as they could not help but grunt in annoyance at failing their mission. Then to their surprise the Third Party grunted brought out a bell which forcibly transported them away from the battlefield now.

They were outside of the bounded field and after informing a surprised Shamal they quickly regrouped while the third party left them. This was without doubt the worst mission ever. Of all time! They not only gotten their butts handed to them but it seems they stirred a hornet's nest.

It was the only thing that explained why other Riders appeared before them to deal with them. It is most likely the TSAB had informed them about the Book's tendency to destroy worlds and sought to defeat them before that incident could ever take place on their own home world now.

Signum sighed as Shamal was attending to them. Not only do they have to deal with the TSAB, the amazingly recovered Warlock, and skilled Mages. They now have to contend with this world's protectors and they are all very skilled, judging by how good Blade and the other were.

Signum was groaning to herself as it is going to be exponentially much harder now to gather the necessary energy to power that accursed Book. She cannot believe that they have to deal with all this crap, she bet if it was some other backwater planet this probably would not have happened.

"Seriously many thanks you guys. We would have been toasted if it wasn't for you guys!" Nitoh spoke up rather excitedly as their heroes were just passing it off as something every rider does. Though Fate and Nanoha were still in awe of them while Yu was just talking with Kenzaki now.

"Like I said Nitoh it is okay, just remember that as Riders you are never alone, we will come to help you when it is needed for us." Hitoshi spoke up as Nitoh was thanking them quite gratefully for their aid in this battle and preventing any serious damage to them as they were surrounded.

"Nevertheless thank you though." Nitoh said quite graciously. "Ah it's okay. So Nitoh these are the kids you've been watching over since the TSAB arrived?" Eiji spoke with a hint of curiosity as he examined both Nanoha and Fate who seemed star struck by the Riders still in front of them.

"Wow so you guys are the Veteran Riders that saved the world before!" Nanoha started shouting as she started to fangirl over Eiji while Fate found this to be hilarious while Eiji looked a little uncomfortable with the attention he's been getting from the easily excited girl that was Nanoha.

"I know that it seems impressive Nanoha, but you have to understand. I don't save lives because I'm a Rider, I want to reach out to others regardless of the fact that I can't reach out to everyone. Because if I don't do it, I will regret it for the rest of my life Nanoha. That is my reason to fight."

Eiji, you poor fool you said it to the one girl who wants to reach out to others even if it means becoming a devil, so she can understand others. "Really Eiji? That is exactly what I want to do as well! I want to be able to reach an understanding with others even if it seems impossible at first!"

The poor Multi-King got fangirled even more so, as they discussed what they want to do with their lives and what not. Slowly everyone around them started to draw disturbing similarities between them. 'Oh God! We have a second Nanoha/Eiji running around here.' Everyone thought as they watch in horrifying fascination as the two started to get along really well far too easily.

Still the day could have been worse but it ended with them being saved by the Veteran Riders. Yu then made a promise to up his own training and Nanoha's and Fate's close quarter combat training as well. Fate seems to really like his two sword style, maybe she will become a master swordswoman in the future. But for now they need to go back and recover from the last fight.

"Ugh this is starting to get hard to deal with, how on earth do you managed to push yourself this hard and beyond?" Nanoha whined as she and Fate were burnt out from running their last lap after many push up and stretches only to go straight into combat spars which Yu won easily.

Yu looked quite smug as he crossed his arms and looked down on them. "It is quite simple actually Nanoha. You see the secret is to constantly exercise and not let your magic do all the work for you. Why do you think I am so good at Martial Arts for someone my age you two?"

Both girls could not help but groan in acceptance of that answer then groaned even further as they realize they have a long way to go before reaching Yu's level of combat proficiency in close quarter combat. But they were determined to not go down so easily so they can capture them.

"Well considering how tired you guys are I think it would be best to end the training session for now. I got to go meet with an old friend of mine that I have not seen for a while." Yu spoke with a hint of nostalgia, which silently caused the two girls to feel jealous of Hayate for her closeness.

But they know full well that Yu does miss Hayate and they do need a break so they send him on his way while Yu teleported himself inside his apartment. Before taking the public bus route to the hospital to visit Hayate, whose condition had worsen since the last time he had seen her so.

"Yu, it has certainly been a long time since we have last seen each other. The last time you were here you were trying out that Dragon Quest inspired outfit I designed." Hayate spoke softly from her bed as she smiled at Yu who only sweatdropped at the comment of the outfit he wore for her.

"Yeah it's been a while Hayate, like I said I did not expect my family to drag me on a world changing journey with no easy or cheap way to contact you." Yu apologized for his lack of communication with her, as he softly rubbed her hands which caused the girl to blush a bit.

Hayate giggling at Yu's inability to not blame himself for situations out of his control could only be happy that her best friend has not change so much. Though there is a distinct sense of strong maturity to him that she had not seen before, it felt like she was enshrouded in a warm blanket.

She liked this feeling a lot, it made the pain she felt on a daily basis no more than that of a bug bite to deal with. "Yu there was no way you could have known about what may or may not have happened in the future. You kept to your promise of seeing me once again and here we are Yu."

Yu could not help but smile at her, leave it to Hayate to make anyone feel better about themselves. She just had that kind of feel that makes you feel happy and calm without any trouble. Heck if she's like this when she grows up she could be a good counselor to others.

Then soon enough Hayate yawned rather cutely then started to fall asleep after a while later. Yu could only shake his head as he tucked her in for the night. When he left the room his smile turned into a frown. He wonder what kind of disease could Hayate have that could be that freaky.

But eventually he shook his head of these thoughts, he was no medical professional. He was a Kamen Rider, but at this rate Hayate could end up worse for wear and that put a twist in Yu's heart as he wonder if there is anything the TSAB could do to possibly help save her he hoped.

He once again stopped dreaming of that possibility he knows full well that they won't do anything to help her as she is, to his knowledge, a mundane. As he was walking around the corner he bumped into someone only to see Miss. Hilda and… Vita of the Cloud Knights!

He quickly got back up as Vita quickly knocked Hilda out as both parties pulled out their tools as Vita sense a lot of aggression from the boy before her. She suspected this to be Warlock which was proven true as he got out multiple rings to use for his magic spells, the tension was thick.

"What are you doing here?" Yu asked as coldly and seriously as he could, he would not fight here if he could for Hayate's sake. But if this Knight threatened anyone here…he will put her down like a rabid dog. No mercy can be given right now in this situation with Vita around.

"That's what I wanted to say Ring boy." Vita sneered at Yu which only increased his oppressive aura around him, and if Vita focused closely she swore she could see an angry Valkyrie from the Norse myths that Hayate reads up on at times. "I am just here to pick medical aid for my allies."

Vita decided to go for the simple approach of lying, if her enemy found out that their master is here, the TSAB will be on them like sharks to blood. "I swear on my honor as the Knight of the Iron Hammer that is all that I am doing." It also did not hurt that it was also true as well for them.

Yu narrowed his eyes at her, there was more to it than that, but at the same time it was also still true. But he decided to let her off with a warning for now. "I will let you go for now Vita, but if you harm anyone at this hospital you will pay for it quite painfully with your very life Vita."

As he said those words Vita could feel the killing intent from this boy before her, as the hard to see Phantom was now very clear. As Valkyrie glared down at her as though she was a bug to be squashed as slowly as possible. She nodded before Yu left while glaring at her with nasty pain.

Then slowly Vita let out her breathe that she has been unconsciously holding ever since this encounter with him. But she could not help but flinch at the idea that the boy their master cared so much for turned out to be one of their most persistent foe. 'Hayate will hate us no doubt.' She thought sadly to herself as they may have to prepare for the possibility of killing him to save her.

But still, that boy was just freaking scary, she never thought that such a young kid could give out so much murderous intent so easily like that. But she figured that since he does not know that Hayate is their master. He was probably working under the assumption she may have been here to hurt someone. And from what Hayate said Yu was fiercely protective of his friends and allies.

Still, it was not relevant to the situation right now, he was just as mortal as any other man. So with a sigh Vita continued her way to check up on their ailing master. They had to gather the pages soon but the amount of time they need to recover is slowing them and limiting them a lot.

But right now she was going to work very hard on her apology to knocking out Signum very soon. She and Zafira were still recovering from the last punishment for letting her and Shamal be the only victims of Hayate's cosplay desire, and boy was it incredibly painful and scary to feel.

There are very few things that can push Yu off the deep end in his opinion. Treating your own flesh and blood like a tool is one of them. Harming or insulting his family is another one. But the most unforgivable would probably be those who have malicious intents close to his oldest friend.

To Yu that was a step you do not cross at all, and if he receives a hint of word of something happening at that hospital. Well he might just let Valkyrie out and in control of his body to go on a very violent and bloody rampage against those Knights the next time they encounters them.

'Yu you need to calm down now, if you let your anger fester like this it will only bring you down before the next fight and place the lives your comrades in jeopardy so calm down now Yu.' Valkyrie warned Yu and trying to get him to calm down as he took a breather to calm himself.

He sighed at and berated himself for his anger. 'I know that it is unreasonable for me to act that way, but you and I both know just how damaging the Book can be and the idea of any of the Knights going after any of the patients or Hayate made me wish to protect them from the Book.'

'…Yu I know that you have more reason than most to be paranoid of the Book's damage after all you were the one to be its victim which is why you have been going after Vita in the last battle to make sure that Nanoha or Fate were the first to take that damage. Yu, you need to care about yourself as well, else you will leave nothing more than the tears of sorrow for your friends.'

'…Yeah I know that Valkyrie, I just don't want to see our world suffer the fate of the last one when the Book activated.' Sometimes he forgot that Valkyrie is actually pretty good at making people feel better. 'It is no issue just remember that I am always by your side, thick or thin, Yu.'

Like that Yu's mood has gotten better as he smiled at his Phantom's comforting word before going back to frowning again. 'Either way we should probably check around the hospital a couple of times, who knows what it is they might truly be here for Valkyrie and I wish to know.'

'That is exactly what I want to know as well, but Yu, for some strange reason Hilda felt familiar for some reason and I don't like the reason why it may be.' Causing Yu to raise his eyes. 'Hilda disturbingly felt similar to the Knight Signum for some reason.' That shock him to him to no end.

Yu knew better than to doubt his instincts but he could not compute this thought. If Hilda is indeed Signum then that would mean Hayate is the master of the Book, which would explain her ailing condition over the months, it would explain why Vita was here in the first place as well.

But sweet kind Hayate is the master of the Book of Darkness and the Cloud Knights that attack and nearly killed his friends and him? But it would explain Zafira's statement of going behind their master's back, she would never accept this nor would she want this for her interest as well.

Then he remembered one of the briefings he had on the Book of Darkness, it forces its users to supply it with magic energy else it would cause massive pain for the user or cripple them. Considering Hayate's current state then that would mean the Book's responsible for Hayate!

He then grew angered at this thought, the damned Book was paralyzing one of his few friends and may be killing her soon if the Book is not complete. Now torn between his duty to protect the TSAB and saving his friend Yu was torn between the two choices till Valkyrie stepped in.

'Yu, is there a course you want to take for now?' Yu took the time to regain control of himself before going for the most logical answer. 'For now we monitor the hospital for any return of the Cloud Knights, if they visit her then she's the master and we also try to find a way to save her.'

Valkyrie nodded in acceptance while Yu was working out ways for where could the Book be and if they find it, could they destroy it? There were many scenarios running through is head but he also has to remember that there was a possibility that Hayate was not involved as well hopefully.

When Yu returned home that afternoon, his mind with swarming with endless thoughts as to what could be the way for events to happen as they did now. He also needed to get back to trying to help teach Nanoha and Fate learn more close quarter combat maneuvers and he study just that.

Nitoh was sitting down impassively as he and Lindy watched Yu, Nanoha, and Fate practice sparring in close quarter combat. So far the lead has naturally been in Yu's favor but when they switch it up to long range combat Nanoha excels the best out of all three of them in that field.

Fate from what they could tell, seems going for a mixture of close quarter combat while also working on long range combat as well, and she seems to be making it work for her. Yu was obviously the best so far when it comes to up close and personal in fighting as he won again.

"I think the kids are improving wonderfully Nitoh don't you think so as well?" Lindy spoke with a pleased tone as Nitoh nodded in affirmation. "Though in my opinion though Lindy. Yu has been making the most changes as the demands of his Blood Warrior forms spurs him on ahead."

Lindy could see that but she also had her opinion as well. "But in my opinion Nitoh, Nanoha has been making the most amount of improvement since these three started sparring as she made multiple versions of the same spell and was able to become an expert mage that outdo our own."

Nitoh once again had to concede that point to her but he still felt there was also something to be said about Fate as well. "Fate however though in my opinion is making the good and steady improvement. While no big ones that is mainly due to the fact that she fought for a long time."

Lindy also conceded that point as she frowned a bit at what Fate had to go through under her mother's treatment, who must have pushed as far as she can with no regard for her sake. But here, Fate sought to improve herself for not only her sake but for the sake of the people she care.

But then came Yu and Nanoha, they were the first group of people that tried to understand her and they tried and tried again to understand her so hard. Then when it came down to her origins the boy Yu defied her mother and stood up for her right as an individual where she then made her own choice in life for the first time. She was in control of her own life for the first time.

It heartened her to know that despite all the despair and emotional pain and turbulence she's gone through. The girl still had it in her to help out the one person who was so bold in defending her right as a person but also her right to be happy as well, which is more than what anyone could do for her. That by itself may be the reason why she is so loyal to Yu without question.

After the last training session Yu and the other kids went back to school quite soon enough and soon a routine was formed. Fate would often get questioned and talked to a lot due to her foreign nature and her beauty, which resulted in Yu being the one to push off the pushy ones away.

It was also the push ones that cause Fate to hang out around only Yu as her only male friend in the school. At some point, some of the kids were quite jealous that Yu is apparently maneuvering all of Fate's attention to himself, which Nanoha and co. had to step in to have them back off.

During the in-betweens of each mission they would go after the Cloud Knights or monster hunting the three kids would get closer to each other in some way. Some were not so pleased at this development AKA Shiro. Other found this to be adorable and gushed over it AKA Lindy and Momoko. While some found it to hilarious AKA Nitoh, Chrono, Yuuno and the Enforcers.

Events seem to be going chaotic around the Book however. Some of the group members believe there to be a leakage in the Brass. Others were just frustrated at how the Cloud Knights know exactly how to avoid them as of late. While a few other believe that a bigger issue would come.

And sure enough Murphy's Law came into bloom as the small group of heroes were dealing with another attempt to power the Book. Another power came to join the field, and this one was not friendly to either side. Not friendly in the least to anyone at all as he rampaged on the field.

Yu at times was starting to think this was like one of those Saturday morning cartoon shows he was living in. What with fighting off the Cloud Knights and their allies all the time. From what the TSAB could tell, the Book was nearing completion and they had to stop them quickly then-

BOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!

-A rather large explosion knocked everyone off their feet, and if they were in the air pushed back, as a red humanoid figure started crawling out of the crater as he then noticed Nitoh started panicking as that made Yu worried, anything that could worry him was something to take note.

But even he felt his own fear consume him as he heard his uncle say, "no, not him. He was sealed in the sun." there was only one monster that fit that description and true enough it was the freaking Phoenix Phantom looking none too bad for wear at all despite being in the sun a bit.

"WIZARD!" The Phantom screeched with such rage that it left me in shock at the amount of rage and venom pouring into it. When I looked around the others were just as shocked too. The Knights seemed to be doing okay till I noticed their shaking hands. They too were just as scared.

Then the Phantom looked straight at me, oh god his eyes left me paralyzed he was just such a fearsome existence that I almost collapsed in shock. Then he looked at Beast who recognized him then he dashed forward only to slam Nitoh away while screaming his venomous rage.

Then Beast went into Hyper Mode, an evolved form of Beast as he struggled to deal with him and failing. He tried to dodge Phoenix smashed then he tried to blast him, no effects. He tried to restrain him, only for the restraints to burn off. Then Phoenix smashed him to the Cloud Knights.

There was not many things that could truly terrify Signum but seeing that monster and seeing him shrug off all that attacks. Well she could finally admit there was finally something that could terrify her to no end. And that thing was coming here right now to their location! As they all desperately dashed to the other side. But good magic the pain from just the heat alone of that!

The damned thing was on a rampage and as soon as the mage Beast was knocked to her side they looked at each other and both made a silent truce to deal with that thing. As everyone else then joined in knowing how bad it is if they were now joining forces to deal with this monster now.

Both young girls were readying high level bombardment spells as my Knights and the two Riders both tried to take him down with no success. Vita's typical bomb smasher did little to affect him, and the little damage it did started to regenerate at an extremely high rate to nothing.

Zafira gathered mana in both his legs and then smashed him into his face. Once again the same result was nothing. The monster having grown enraged by it grabbed both of them by the legs then started smashing them against each other with no restraint. It was horrifically violent to see.

Then after he stopped bashing them, he then went further and slammed them into the ground multiple times and then he threw them like they were garbage. By that time I was furious as me and the two riders went in to slash him to death. But he easily ignored that one as well with ease.

He only looked annoyed at the damage we were doing before snorting in derision as he then heated himself up to massive temperature that everything started boiling as we all jumped back to avoid being boiled to death by this thing. "Riders! Is there any way to defeat this monster?!"

Beast shouted back to me and it made my heart drop. "No! There is no way to easily defeat him this monster is based on a Phoenix and what doesn't kill him makes him stronger. Not only that but he was sealed into the sun itself and it was not enough to kill him off permanently at all!"

That caused Signum's heart to drop, sealed in the sun and yet it was able to survive that much damage? Just then the two girls fired their powerful but useless bombardment spells as there was not a lot of actual damage to the being but it did force him back a lot giving them some space.

"Beast! What should we do? There is practically nothing that we can use to stop him and Nanoha's and Fate's twin blaster spells did nothing either!" Warlock asked the older man in understandable worry and fear. As she and the Knight know not what to do in this moment.

Then Phoenix started to float up and straight to the two panicking girls as they tried to avoid him and fire repeated spells at him to slow him down, all of which were useless. As they were grabbed then Warlock went into his flight mode to go rescue the two girls from his wraith.

As soon as h could he blasted him with many air bullet then made a duplicate of himself that went into the Water mode that he used to fight me to ward him off as he got the two girls to safety. As he saw his copy get crushed like it was nothing then Phoenix focused on them.

As Phoenix kicked all of them really hard into the ground as they were forced to leave their combat form and to my shock it really was Hayate's friend Yu like Vita said it was. As he struggled to get the two girls away from the clearly enraged monster as they retreated a bit.

Then it seems like Beast was answering some com calls, and from what she managed to hear they plan to forcibly relocate Phoenix somewhere else to deal with him. But before that could happen Phoenix was already dealing with the other warriors they had on hand by beating them.

Then he just scoffed and shouted to Beast. "You! I could not sense Wizard anywhere on this world! So I can only come to the conclusion he either not here or he's dead. Would be great if it was the latter. but now I just find you guys to be just pitiful to deal with I will come soon to kill you all. Mark my words this is not mercy but a death sentence as I take in your despair fools!"

It was then that the monster flew off to lands unknown as we all slowly made our retreat as our ally transported us once more form the battle. This was just getting ridiculous not only are the Riders here to stop them. Now some regenerating monster is after them as well, this was insane.

Yu could not believe that the Phoenix Phantom was on the loose and he was just so powerful that he felt like he could not stand to face him. Only his innate desire to protect Nanoha and Fate have him the courage to face him and they were still shivering in fear of the Phantom Phoenix.

Granted he was a powerful foe but fate looked like when she was describing her mother's "instructional methods." While Nanoha looked like she was finally done. She truly looked out of it from encountering that monster as he just tore through everything she had at him with ease and made it worthless.

The best he could do now was comfort them as they comforted him as they just hugged onto him whimpering a bit from their last defeat. While Lindy and Nitoh were finding a new way to deal with the threat that Phoenix posed to them as of right now to their situation with the accursed Book of Darkness.