Author's note: So here I am writing a follow-up, this time it's with Fate. One of my biggest fears when it comes to writing is that people might not like the jokes I use… And since a large portion of what I write is humor, well you get the picture…
Off topic, I know. So one day I was reading forums and came upon the topic about the last episode of A's. People assumed that since she changed her name, it would have to mean that Lindy Haraoun has 'successfully' adopted her, right?
Then again, there's also another way…
P.S. Hajimari, Majority of the last one is Chrono x Nanoha (sort of), and the Yuuno x Nanoha is kind of one-sided, hope that clear things up!
Kha the Cleric, yeah I know about it, but from the A's to StrikerS manga, not the sound stage. But because the fan in me wouldn't accept it, I'll just deny it ever happening! (Besides, I'm hoping out to a microscopic hope that they'll change their minds…)
Title: What's in a Name?
Pairing: Fate x Chrono (Sort of)
Words: 1877 (Not including ANs)
Summary: People forgotten one other possiblity…
Disclaimer: Yes yes, I know, I don't own them; no need to rub it in….
"…And then out of the blues, he actually offered to help me!" Chrono exclaimed, "That's a small miracle by itself…"
"Hehehe… You're so cruel, Chrono-kun!" Fate giggled softly. "I'm sure Yuuno-kun genuinely wanted to help you."
"Highly unlikely," Chrono assured her with a serious face. "I gauged that he'll have a better chance confessing to Nanoha before that happens, and we all know the odds of that happening anything soon …."
Fate slapped his arm playfully while trying to muffle her own laugh.
The two of them took a left turn and continued to walk towards the elevator.
"I'm telling you, Fate," said Chrono as he rubbed his arm. "The little wea-I mean, ferret is up to something…"
"Maybe he's afraid that you'll steal Nanoha-chan away from him," Fate suggested with a smile. "You know how protective he is when it comes to her…"
"Hmm…" Chrono rubbed his chin thoughtfully," That gave me an interesting idea…"
Fate slapped his arm again.
"Ouch! Okay okay!" Chrono quickly reposition his injury away from the frontlines. "I get it, no more teasing the fer-"
Fate raised her hand again.
"-I mean, Yuuno,…"
Fate lowered her weapon.
Chrono lets out a sigh of relief. Just then, the doors opened, welcoming them into a more enclosed area to continue their conversion.
"Speaking of furry animals, where's Arf? She's usually with you, but I didn't see her anywhere today…" asked Chrono as he push the button to bring them to the docking bay's level.
"Honestly, I have no idea myself," Fate replied truthfully. "The last time I saw her was right before I left the house, she said she's just going out for walk…"
"Oh?" He raised an eye-brow.
"Come to thing of it, she's been going out on walks quite often these days…" said Fate.
"Haha, that's interesting," smiled Chrono. "Maybe she's seeing someone?"
"What?! You really think so?" Fate was surprised.
Chrono shrugged, "Don't know, but anything's possible right?"
"Haha, you're right. It'll be nice if it's true though…."
"I guess it would…Sigh, so many people are falling in love these days…" Chrono lets out a sigh. "What about you Fate? Do you have someone you fancy?"
"H-Huh, what?" Fate was caught off guard.
"Well, from what I've heard, you seem to be quite the idol in school…" Chrono pointed out. "There must be tons of suitors chasing after you…"
"I-I, erm….!" She stuttered. "N-No, not r-really..."
"You're blushing…" He smirked.
Just then, a soft Ding! Signaled to them that they've arrived at their desired location. The metallic door opens and revealed the huge room that is the engineering department's docking bay. Wanting to avoid answering Chrono, Fate quickly exits the elevator.
The two of them started making their way pass the numerals docked warships to the small control station, where they're suppose to meet the chief engineer.
"Oh, one more thing Fate," Said Chrono as he speeds up to join her. "Let me do the talking, the man can be quite eccentric and he's prone to get carried away with weird ideas… So be careful if you want to say anything to him…. "
"Ahaha" Fate laughed nervously as they arrived in front of the door named 'Control Room 3', or at least that's what the tag says.
Chrono took a very long breath, "I just know I'm going to regret this…."
'Control Room 3' noticed their presence and removed itself from their path.
"AH HA! If it isn't Captain Haraoun himself! WELCOME WELCOME!!!" a high-pitch sonic blast greeted them.
"Yes, Professor, It's nice to meet you too," Chrono replied, slightly annoyed, as he unplugged his fingers from his ears. "I see you're still doing well…"
"It's always a pleasure to have you over!" A man wearing a white lab coat stood before them, "Well? don't just stand there! Come, come in!"
Fate, wasn't so lucky as Chrono, she was caught unprepared and ended up receiving the full force of the attack. It took her a few seconds for the ringing in her head to stop.
You could have warned me, you know… She whispered as she followed him in.
Yeah, I know… Chrono teased.
Walking into the room, the two of them found it unusual why with the exception of their host, the room was devoid of any other living being.
Then they remembered that it was lunchtime.
"The rest of the crew are out getting something to eat, wouldn't want them to die on the job, do we?" laughed the strange man. Fate was still surprised that a man of his age could still retain such a high pitch voice.
But then again, fact has always been stranger than fiction.
"Now then, first things first," their host turned to face them. "Would you be so kind as to introduce me to your lovely companion there, Haraoun-san?"
"Oh right, I've nearly forgotten…" Chrono pointed to the owner of the request, "Fate, this is Professor Llyod Ford, chief of engineer for our department's warships…"
"Please, call me Llyod,"
Fate nodded her head.
"Professor, this is Fate T-Haraoun, she's a new member on board our ship, " Chrono continued. "And as you can tell, she's also my-"
"AH! Say no more, Haraoun-san!" Llyod exclaimed suddenly, this time not even Chrono was ready for it, but thankfully it was a smaller serving.
Chrono rubbed his ears in annoyance.
"But I would have never expect that you would get yourself-"
"It was my mother's -" began Chrono.
"-A wife so soon."
"Ide-WHAT?!?!" Chrono nearly choked on his tongue.
Fate's entire body froze up.
C-Chrono-kun's…Wi-…Wife?
"A wife," Llyod repeated, "How else do you explain her having the same last name as you?"
'She's my SISTER!!" Chrono's face was a glowing red, but not all of it was from anger.
"Sister?" The professor gave Fate a long look up and down then scoff. "Please Haraoun-san, One look and I can tell you two are not related…"
"That's because she's ad-!"
"Sigh, kids are growing up so fast these days, I can still remember when you were just a little-"
"Hey, HEY! Are you listening?!"
"But I must say, I'm quite impress, Haraoun-san. To be able to find yourself such a fine catch with that rock stiff personality of yours, well all of the Lizie twin's training must have paid off huh?" Llyod winked.
"WHAT?! Why do you have to bring them up here?!"
Fate herself was now stiffer than a rock.
"T-Training…?"
"Don't listen to him, Fate! It's not what y-"
"Oh sure, lots of training." Llyod cut him off, " You know, 'dealing with bindings', 'taking on multiply targets', 'outdoor assault' "
"Hey! I'm still here you know!"
Llyod leaned in a whispered, "I've heard from them that he was quite the professional back then…" and winked.
Fate's face could be mistaken for a new star.
"Argh! Forget it!" Chrono threw in the towel, there's no stopping the man now that he's on this gear. "Llyod, the report on the Asura?"
The only way now was to feed him with new ideas to chew on and hope he forgets about the old ones.
"Huh? Oh that," The professor grabbed a pile of paper near his desk and un-ceremonially dump them in Chrono's arms. "Basically, the installation was a success, the new equipment the top brass wanted us to use aren't so different from previous model, so they won't be too difficult to learn."
"Wait, that's it?"
" Well, I left out some important details about the network connection, but they're all in the report, look them up if you need to…"
"What?! You expect me to rea-?!"
"Oops! I'm sorry! I didn't realize I was taking up so much of your time! I'm sure you kids have much more important thins to do then to accompany little old me!"
"Are you even li-?!"
"Go on, run along now!" he said as he push the two out of the room and into the elevator.
"Wait, I'm not finished yet!" protested Chrono.
"Bye bye! Come see me again soon!" He waved as the door closes. "Don't worry, you're secret is safe with me, I won't tell a soul!"
That sonofva-
"Sigh, that's why I hate engineering…." Chrono lean back against the wall to support himself. "That man will give me a heart attack one of these days…"
"…"
"Fate? Are you okay?" Chrono asked as he put down the heavy stack of paper.
"…"
"Fate? You there?"
"…"
"Erm, if it's about what happen, I'm sorry about that, the man can get carried away with his crazy ideas…"
"…"
"Er, Fate? What's wrong…?"
Chrono reach out to touch her shoulder….
"Arf, you okay?" Asked Amy.
"Y-Yeah, sure w-why wouldn't I be?" Stuttered Arf
"Cause ever since I've said that we'll be having Spaghetti for dinner, you've been alittle... edgy."
"H-Haha, must be you're imagination..."
"Hmmm, I guess so..."
Amy found Arf wondering around looking for Fate a few minutes ago.
"By the way, I haven't been seeing you around here lately," said Amy, "What have you been up to these days?"
"Oh, it's nothing much really," laughed Arf nervously, "just taking time to go on walks once in a while…"
"Walks, eh…" Amy smirked, "It's that what they call them these days?"
"W-What do you m-mean by that?" Arf looked like a kid whose parents called her bluff.
The two of them stood in front of an elevator, waiting it to open.
That means Arf's cornered.
"Well, you've been going out a lot lately," Amy close in for the kill," Could it be that yo're really seeing someone?"
"Haha! T-That's a good one Amy…"
"Sigh, whatever… By the way, why don't you stick around with me? I saw Fate following Chrono a few minutes ago, maybe we'll bump into them… I need to pass these reports to him anyway…"
"I might as well…" Arf then realize something, "Wait, she's with Chrono?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Oh it's nothing really, just, you know…."
"Know what?" Amy looked at her suspiciously.
"Well, I've heard about him and the Lieze twins, that they…" She whispered the rest into her ears.
"Ahem…Ahem…A-HE DID WHAT?!"
"Shhhhh!!!"
"Oh right, sorry" Amy looked to check if anyone was around, after she deemed the coast to be clear, she whispered back, "But, I've never heard of he could do that before!"
"Me neither! I nearly choke on a chip when I heard it from- er, someone else…"
"Wow, t-that's quite creepy if you think about it… But I'm sure if just a rumor," said Amy, gaining back her composure. " There's no way our Chrono-kun would do anything to Fate-chan…"
"Y-You sure?"
"Positively," Amy assured her.
"I-I guess you're right," Arf laughed nervously, embarrassed "Sorry I over-reacted…."
"That's okay, Chrono's a good man, he won't do anything-"
Ding! The door opened…
"AHH! Chrono-kun wait!!"
…And revealed what seems to be a cowering Fate, and a Chrono who was reaching out to touch her.
"-to her."
Arf and Amy stared.
…
Chrono realized they were there.
…
Then he realizes what this looks like.
…
"Okay, I know what you're thinking, but-…"
My luck can't be that bad, right...?
The very next day, everyone in the Bureau received a memo from the chief of engineering department. …
To be continue…
Author notes: Woohoo! Cut it down to less then 2000! Anyway, now that I've read through the last chapter again, I realized that maybe it would have been better to add this chapter first instead, and to me, this one is funnier.
Oh well.
Thanks for reviewing guys! You guys motivated me to finish this in record time! Which also means that I haven't got time to study…
Oh well.
The next chapter would be a Hayate x Chrono one…. Sort of, I even decided to give it a misleading name!
So stay tune to catch, Chapter 3: "Of Bondage and S.M"…
It's EXACTLY what it sounds like… Sort of.
P.S. Probably won't be as fast as this though…
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