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World Divergence: Alpha - Nanohaverse

A's IX

A/N : cross posted on my blog and FFN.

"Hasta la vista, baby" - normal speech

=I got lost in the road of life= - telepathic speech

[Dimensional Transfer] - device speech / spells

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I turned toward the screen and spoke in very calm voice, "You, sir, are the Grand Master of child molesting. These two held no candle compared to you."

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0065 - December 23rd

Uminari City

I left Chrono to deal with the proverbial shit called administrations and politics.

And by that, I meant taking care of the mess that admiral and his twin familiars caused. As well as the possible feud between the admiral and I. Hentai Kamen be damned.

Leaping through the rooftops, I arrived near the combat's location-

[Plasma Smasher] [Divine Buster Extension]

"Fire!" "Shoot!"

-only to see the beams of pink light being fired-

"Shield"

[Panzerschild]

-and deflected by {Berserk Rein}, the Avatar of Book of Darkness.

I jumped forward with Flying Platform. Luckily, the direction I came from was from the Avatar's behind.

Still deflecting two beams, the Avatar chanted-

"Bring forth spears and infuse them with blood"

[Blutiger Dolch]

-only for me to interrupt with a ranged attack..

"Feel. My. Love."

[Down. Down-right. Right. Hit.]

"HADOUKEN!"

The attack hit her right on her butt.

Okay, that was not intentional. I aimed at her back, not butt. So, how the bloody hell did my attack landed on her butt?

Her concentration broken. The mana she used mid-spell exploded on her face. Her shields were also shattered at the same time, and in result she received both pink and yellow beam fired by Nanoha and Fate.

The beams ceased, and the Avatar turned at me. She was not happy.

I repeat. She. Was. Not. Happy.

Meanwhile, I heard Nanoha exclaimed in surprise, "Street Fighter? How the heck did Will-kun able to use move from Street Fighter?"

Oh yeah, this was her first time seeing my attack. I used it in combat three times,so far. The first one was when I saved Fate, while the second and third were used in this battle. She had never watched the video recording on that desert planet.

Fate was also stunned in surprise. She practically saw me do the ranged equivalent of butt-slapping to a girl. Her position in higher elevation gave her a better view of my attack.

Was that counted as sexual harassment?

Now, I had options: either follow it with psychological attack or work together with Nanoha and Fate for another assault.

Both were viable. However my ki reserve was down to 39%. Each Hadouken took 15%, while the those reinforcements took 31% cumulatively. Should I went down to 25% I'd be in trouble.

So, no more Hadouken. At least until I could restore my ki, either by rest or potion. Two ways that was not possible at the moment.

The choice had been made. I channeled Jack Rakan, the Invincible Idiot from Negima. Left hand on the hip and right hand stretched forward as I spoke.

"Hello there. I am a fine-art appraiser, and your ass is priceless!"

An eerie silence permeated over the area for a few seconds. Not even the two familiars spoke a thing. Now that's one definite sexual harassment.

Three females were not happy. The two girls' face reddened, while the Avatar looked angry, if not outright murderous.

She raised her right hand-

[Blutiger Dolch - Volkermord]

-and a perfect re-enactment of Gilgamesh's Gate of Babylon appeared before me. Hundreds if not thousands Bloody Dagger appeared and were hovering. The blood-colored pointy things were aimed at me, ready to be launched at command.

Fuck. My. Life.

.

One way or another, I managed to survive the Bullet-hell game (Berserk Rein edition). Little damages here and there on my Warrior Gear were something I expected. Seriously, who in their right mind would provoke an entity capable of mass destruction?

I had just done it!

The Avatar rose even higher, she ignored me and raised her right hand and began chanting.

"I summon the light of destruction down upon my prisoners."

One white Mid-Childan circle appeared below her feet, and another one in pink appeared in front of her open palm. Particles in pink color began to gather into expanding orb of pink in front of her.

Wait! Pink!?

"It couldn't be..." "That's...!" Arf and Yuuno said in surprise.

"Stars, gather... and become the light that pierces everything," she continued to chant.

"Starlight... Breaker?" Nanoha gasped out in surprise.

Yep. That confirmed it. We're doomed.

I did remember this scene in anime, a massive area-of-effect attack that decimated lots of things inside the barrier. The one in anime was much bigger than what Nanoha was capable of doing at that moment. If I was not mistaken, Rein's Starlight Breaker was equal to Nanoha's on her late teen, which is somewhen around StrikerS timeline.

And I made her so pissed. The rapidly-growing orb of pink on her palm was even greater than I remembered.

I repeat: we're doomed.

"Arf! Yuuno!" Fate snapped out

The familiars duo nodded and fled. Us three took different direction. We were the threats, so we'd be the targets. And the others would be relatively safer. The two girls took flight while I followed them, jumping over Flying Platforms and channeling ki.

Actually, Nanoha and Fate were the threats. I, on the other hand, was the pest she wanted to decimate with extreme prejudice.

"Fate-chan! I don't think we have to go this far..." Nanoha said mid-flight.

"If we take that point-blank, it'll crush us even at the highest part of the barrier. We need to get as far away as we can to evade it!" Fate countered.

I nodded enthusiastically-

"Moreover Will made her so angry. That attack will still plenty powerful even at the outer edge."

-and nearly tripped between jumps.

We continued to travel at high speed in silence, until a ping sound echoed from Fate's device.

[Sir, there are noncombatants on the left at three hundred yards]

Both girls gasped. And us three agreed on the same things. I channeled more ki into my legs and increased my pace. After some distance, I jumped from Floating Platform and ran along the asphalt road. Behind me, it seemed that Fate dropped Nanoha. The friction made from her shoes sliding against the asphalt surface caused a lot of dust.

There, right at the intersection, silhouettes of three girls. They seemed to trying to get away from the menacing pink as soon as possible.

Wait three? In anime, it was Arisa and Suzuka, Nanoha's and Fate's friend from elementary school. If this universe followed canon storyline, then two of those were indeed Arisa and Suzuka.

The question: who the hell was the third one?

I made stop at the center of the intersection, while Nanoha stopped right right behind me, on the other hand Fate perched on the traffic light. The dust from Nanoha's impromptu-skating caught up and covered our vision.

"Umm... Excuse me!" Nanoha called. "This is a dangerous area, so please stay where you are!"

Are you insane? That Pink Ball of Doom was bigger than in the anime. Tanking that shit would mean suicide, mado-bushi!

The three turned around-

"That voice just now was..."

-right when the dust settled down.

"Nanoha..?"

"Fate-chan..?"

"And...Will-kun?"

Arisa, Suzuka, and Miyuki said respectively. The last one didn't sound as surprised as the other two.

The two girls behind me gaped in shock. They couldn't comprehend why these three were in the barrier instead of outside.

Arisa and Suzuka being here was explainable. A, beacuse it's scripted in anime, and B, because they visited Hayate-chan with Nanoha and Fate this afternoon.

However, I couldn't explain why Miyuki was here.

I cut my thought short as The Pink finally got fired. Nanoha turned to Fate and spoke trough telepathy.

No, I was not included in their chat.

"Stay still you three," Fate said as she pointed Bardiche at them.

Two cartridge loaded. The device casted a spell-

[Defenser Plus]

-and yellow dome covered the three.

She then jumped in front of them and casted another shield spell, her back was facing them.

"Raising Heart!" Nanoha said as he raised her staff, it loaded two cartridges-

[Wide Area Protection]

-and pink shield appeared before her.

I decided to join their plan, with a little alteration, pulled out two vials of restoration potion from my quickslot. I leaped to behind Fate. Opening both, I approached her from behind and put one vial into her lips.

"Hurry, drink this! There's no time."

She agreed and quickly drank it. Meanwhile, I also drank the other one.

Leaped forward, I stood behind Nanoha and pulled another vial. I opened and put it on her mouth, urging her to drink.

The Pink Doom was approximately three hundred meters from our position. It was getting closer, and it was getting closer very fast.

The damn problem was I got no defensive spell that area based. Ignoring my rational and irrational thoughts, I leaped backward a little and stood between Nanoha and Fate. Facing the direction of Pink Doom, I raised my tonfas at chest level on crossed position.

"Let's do this, Eyaruu. Give all you got."

[Roger, Boss. Battle Aura. Cross Guard.]

Pale blue energy formed over my body. Battle Aura, one of my defensive spell that I rarely used. It still needed some fine-tuning since it was not cost-effective. Therefore, I often prefer Willpower Defense over Battle Aura. However, I realized that my ki reserve was too low and not enough to be used against this monstrosity. Tanking this would made my ki-reserve drop from 27% to nearly zero.

Meanwhile my mana reserve was still at 60%. Added with currently increasing recovery from the restoration potion, I could cast both Cross Guard and Battle Aura on overdrive.

We could survive this together.

I hoped so.

No longer than a few seconds later, the Doom reached us. The whole world was bathed in bright pink. The waves of hot air and pressure from this disaster-level attack were barely bearable.

A moment that felt like an eternity later, the attack finally died down. The intensity of the attack was so great that us three nearly collapsed.

The yellow dome shattered, and we looked at the three noncombatants. Nanoha shakily approached them.

"I'm sorry, Arisa-chan, Suzuki-chan, Onee-chan. This isn't how I want to tell you… but we have been hiding a lot of things from you."

"Hiding what?" one of the two child asked incredulously.

Yeah, I didn't know which one was Arisa and which one was Suzuka. They appeared together in anime, and always mentioned together.

"That the two, sorry, three of you are some kind of heroes who can shoot beams of destruction?"

Nanoha sweat-dropped.

"Actually," I quickly interjected. "These two," I pointed at Nanoha and Fate, "are mahou-shoujo. Yes, that kind of mahou shoujo. Yes, they fight for love and friendship. And yes, both of them can shoot huge beams of destruction."

The two mahou-shoujo eyed me weirdly.

"What about you?" the other child asked me. "Are you also the male equivalent of mahou-shoujo like them."

Five girls snickered.

*ahem* "The correct term is mahou-shounen-"

More snickers.

"-However I would prefer the term madou-shinobi over mahou-shounen anytime. No, I do not fight for love and friendship. I was gotten lost on the road of life."

Collective sweat-drops.

"How about the beams of destruction then?" this time Miyuki asked me. The sparkles in her eyes appeared again.

I raised one eyebrow at her, "You, bushi, are aware that the words 'shinobi' and 'beams of destruction' do not mix, yes? We shinobi specialize in one-hit attack, not area destroyer."

She smirked.

"Argh! Everything is so confusing! You owe me an explanation!" the first one half-shouted in frustration.

"Correction," I said smugly. "These two owe you explanation. I do not. However, I am currently being generous and will give you a very short explanation of this situation."

Five sets of eyes directed at me.

"That one over there," I pointed at the Avatar, "is the equivalent of final boss. I am helping the two mahou-shoujos to defeat her. Should we fail, then the world will get destroyed."

Five sets of wide eyes and three gaping mouths.

"So, just relax and wait for the ending, whatever it is."

"LIKE HELL WE WILL!" three shouts echoed.

Suddenly, the communication restored. Three floating screens appeared, one for each mage.

=Nanoha-chan? Fate-san? Will-kun?= came Lindy-san's image and voice.

"Lindy-san," both Nanoha and Fate replied, a bit surprised.

"Admiral," I gave a nod reply.

"What happened? Why we couldn't get in touch with the Athra before this?"

=I am afraid the explanation will take too long, but in the mean time we will send reinforcements.=

The info was as good as any. A little insurance was better than nothing.

"Um... We found some noncombatants caught in the barrier. They are Miyuki-onee-chan, Arisa-chan, and Suzuka-chan. Can you please teleport them somewhere safer inside the barrier? While I do not want to hide secrets from my friends and family, they might get hit by stray attack."

=That would be a little difficult and will take some time.=

"What if I escort them, admiral?" I asked. "It'll be less trouble, and I can't exactly fight someone who throw spells like free candies with just melee attacks."

=That would be agreeable, Will-kun.=

I crouched down and gestured Miyuki-san to hop on my back. She complied. I then grabbed Arisa and Suzuka, one in each arms. They voiced a protest at the unexpected surprise.

"Good luck you two," I said to Nanoha and Fate.

"Take them somewhere safe, Will-kun. Do not let them get hurt."

I channeled ki to my limbs and leaped forward, jumping over Floating Platforms to somewhere near sea. Because I know that the battlefield would be moved to offshore area like in the anime.

Arrived at our destination, I dropped them off-

"Attention to all passengers, this is your captain speaking. Welcome to Uminari Seaside Park. Local time. 7:48 PM and the temperature is 30 C. Please gather your personal belongings and watch over where you step. Thank you for flying with Thunderion Airlines. Goodbye."

-and leaped back full speed to the current ground zero.

Returning to ground zero, I witnessed they got tied up by some kind of... Tentacle?

Wasn't this series supposed to be PG13?

"These tears are my mistress' tears. I am a tool. I have no... sadness."

"Barrier jacket, purge," Fate commanded.

[Sonic form]

One cartridge loaded and all tentacles were reduced to dust in a burst of light.

Free from tentacles, Fate said, "You have no sadness? You say those words with such a sad face... Who would believe you?!"

Nanoha added, "You also have a heart! It's okay to admit that you're sad! Your mistress... Hayate-chan will surely answer to that! She's a really kind girl."

"So, please release Hayate. Cease your attacks. Please," Fate finished.

The Avatar did not respond, and pillars of fire rose to the sky.

"That was fast..." she remarked. "I've already started to break apart... Soon I will lose consciousness... Once that happens, I will go berserk. While I still have my consciousness, I want to grant my mistress' wish."

[Blutiger Dolch]

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A/N: Well, here's another chapter of WDA.
Come on, muse! Stay with me!

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