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World Divergence: Alpha - Nanohaverse
A's XI
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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"You are Alpha, simply because of counting order. And now, time for business. There are lot of things we have to do."
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
Observer POV
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One Nanoha Takamachi was floating before the Avatar of Book of Darkness.
"You should also go to sleep," the Avatar said flatly.
"I will, eventually. But not right now! Right now, I'm going to save Hayate-chan, Fate-chan, and WIll-kun! And you, as well!"
One cartridge loaded.
"Raising Heart! Excelion Mode! Drive..."
[Ignition.]
Her staff changed. It became spear-like.
"I'll end both this repeating sadness and this bad dream."
The Avatar said nothing.
[Photon Lancer, Genocide Shift.]
Countless yellow arrows formed.
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Unknown Time
Unknown Location
MC POV
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"So I mis-configured Eyaruu huh?"
"Silly Onii-sama. You made it a dual-core device. With our kind of magic, it could be translated to dual-brain..."
"Wait! So... Eyaruu is..."
"Was. She was having a dual personality disorder. But we've fixed her."
I had to resist the urge to facepalm.
"What about Thoth?"
"Hmm.. Other than minor adjustment, nothing. Oh and-"
"Yes?"
"Your theory about planetary consciousness and you becoming the origin of this magic is somewhat true."
"Aah... So..?"
"So, you could teach your style to someone else with right core. Namely your descendants. Or you probably could give someone a core, theoretically anyway." She shrugged, "Who knows?"
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
Observer POV
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One Nanoha Takamachi was engaged in high speed combat with the Avatar in mid air. They exchanged blows over and over again.
The Avatar knocked her with a strong attack. She quickly recovered and steadied her position.
"You actually think a bombardment attack I know will hit me?" the Avatar said, holding a dark orb in each hand.
"I'll defeat you!" Nanoha raised her staff. "Raising Heart is giving me all of its power! With its life and heart on the line, its answering my plea!"
Two cartridges loaded and six pink wings of pure mana sprouted from her staff.
"I asked it to save this crying girl!"
[A.C.S. Standby.]
The concentration of mana increased.
"Axel Charger, activate... Strike Flame!"
[Open.]
A pink energy blade sprouted from her staff's tip.
"Excelion Buster A.C.S. Drive!"
She launched herself at her opponent.
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Unknown Time
Unknown Location
MC POV
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"Hey, Luna. I need to ask you something."
"Hmm?"
"Well... According to the anime, I should be in an illusionary world when I got absorbed. But here I am. Just where is this?" I gestured to the whole room.
I had never expected Nanohaverse equivalent of Mugen Tsukoyomi to be like this.
"Silly Onii-sama. This is both real and illusion. We just exploited the Book's system a little. Don't over-think it."
"Uh.. Okay," I nodded.
"Here.. Your finally debugged devices. Of course you'll still need to upgrade them in the future."
I nodded. That made sense. Future upgrade for future enemies.
"By the way... Do you know where did the name Tha'an-dahryuun come from?"
I shook my head, "It was a wordplay on Thunderion. I used it to name my brand of magic Tha'an-dahryuun Magitek, somehow the name fit. Other than that I don't know."
"One of your counterpart, actually it is one set instead..." She shrugged, "Anyway, on that particular world(s), which fit the 'Fantasy World of Sword and Magic' category, your counterpart is(are) a warrior from Thunderion house. Or rather, clan. They are descended from Tha'an-dahryuun clan."
Wow. Never expected that.
"How about the name Eyaruu?" she asked another question.
I shook my head again.
"It is the name of your counterparts' sentient bow."
I raised my eyebrow, "Bow? Not sword?"
"Your counterparts are mostly marksmen," she pointed out. "They do have swords, but they rarely fight in close quarter. You are the oddball."
I rolled my eyes on that.
"Oh, another thing. Some, if not most, of your knowledge of future events will be useless after this."
I raised my eyebrow again.
"Butterfly effect," she answered my unvoiced question.
Aah... My presence caused some things deviated from canon. The further into the future, the more deviations were made.
My eyes caught a little girl that hid behind the door.
"By the way, Luna. Who's that?"
"Hmm?"
"That little girl," I pointed.
"Aah... She's our child," she said matter-of-fact.
"Excuse me!?"
"Silly Onii-sama. She's not exactly our child, but our child nonetheless."
I was experiencing mix of shock and confusion.
"In one universe, you chose to stay instead of go. Our counterpart then married. And ...tada! One Ella Hecate Thunderion-Lovegood was born."
My mind short-circuited.
"Um.. Onii-sama..." she called, snapping me out of my mind-freeze. "Can you do something for me? Not us, Luna Lovegoods, but me?"
"Uh..." I drawled. "As long as it's within my abilities, then sure."
She looked right into my eyes and said, "Make her happy."
"Her? Who?"
"The Hayate girl, of course. She's pretty much like me. Both of use have experienced lots of sadness. Make her happy, please."
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
Observer POV
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One Nanoha Takamachi was confused. The Avatar suddenly stopped.
=You out there! Um... You from the Administration Bureau! I'm..um...Yagami Hayate, the guardian of the girl in front of you right now!=
"Hayate-chan?!" Nanoha asked in shock.
=N- Nanoha-chan?! Is that really you?=
"It's me! So much has happened, and I'm fighting against Book of Darkness-san!"
=I'm sorry, Nanoha-chan... Could you please do your best to stop her? I've taken the control away from the tome itself... But I can't use my administrative powers the way she is now! The automatic defense program is out there right now!=
Nanoha could only blink in confusion...until a small floating screen appeared and Yuuno's voice came through.
=Nanoha! I'll put this as simply as I can. If you can do what I'm about to say, all our friends should be able to get outside!=
"Yeah!" Nanoha nodded.
=I don't care what you do, but his that girl with as much magical damage as you can! All of your power! Don't hold back!=
A surprise was painted on her face, before it turned into perfect confidence.
"Just what I expected, Yuuno-kun! Easy to understand!"
She raised her spear-staff.
[It sure is.]
A pink Mid-Childan magic circle appeared under her feet.
"Excelion Buster, Barrel Expansion! Midrange Firing Mode!"
[All right, Barrel Shot.]
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Unknown Time
Unknown Location
MC POV
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"Eyaruu, it's time to go. Let's try something different shall we? How about BIG BANG protocol?
[Sure thing, Boss. There's no kill like overkill.]
I laughed, "Tell that to Nanoha."
I tapped my Xbelt and took out two Philosopher's Stones. I crushed one and made alchemical circles from the resulted powder. I put the other stone at the center of the array.
Standing some distance from the circle, I started.
The circles activated and whirling sound of wind could be heard. In the center, the other Philosopher's Stone was floating, encased in giant rotating ball of visible air. It was a mixture of hydrogen isotopes. A giant rotating ball made of transmuted deuterium and tritium, compressed many degrees smaller than its real volume. A perfect mixture to start fusion reaction.
It was alchemy, the Stone was catalyst.
"Here we go, Eyaruu. Art... Is EXPLOSION!"
[Star Core!]
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Unknown Time
Unknown Location
Observer POV
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A blonde-haired girl raised her energy-zanbatou.
"Hurricane Thunderclap! Sprite Zanber!"
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
Observer POV
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"Excellion Buster, Force Burst! Break Shoot!"
An enormous burst of pink magic hit the Avatar the Book of Darkness, a beam of yellow magic erupted into the sky, and a shockwave of hot air and light exploded from the center. Three attacks combined and painted the world white.
From the resulted explosion, two figures dressed in black leaped out.
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0065 - December 23rd
Uminari Offshore Area
MC POV
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I used Floating Platform to stand near the others. Nanoha, Yuuno, and Arf greeted me.
"Welcome back, Will."
"Sorry, I am late," I said. "I got lost on the road of life."
It was technically true this time.
They laughed.
And then the world trembled.
=Everyone, be careful! The reactions coming from the Book of Darkness haven't faded yet!= Amy's voice rang over the global channel.
I smirked, "So... The real Final Boss is going to grace us with his presence, eh?"
The tremor was getting bigger and bigger. It came from the dark-purple dome floating on ocean's surface. Various tentacle sprouted surrounding the dome. In some distance away, an orb of pure white was floating in mid-air.
So, big stuff was NatchWal. The small stuff was Hayate. Got it.
The small orb, not her chest!
=The mistress of the Book of Darkness has completely separated herself from the defense program!= one random officer said through global channel.
Mutters of "understood" echoed.
=Everyone,= this time came Amy's voice. =That dark mass beneath you is where it'll start going berserk! Until Chrono-kun arrives, don't recklessly approach it!=
More confirmations from combatants.
Four smaller orbs of different color appeared around the pure white one. One in each cardinal directions. Green, Red, Purple, and Pale Blue. Then the pure white orb exploded in blinding light. After the light faded, four orbs had turned into the four Wolkenritter.
Gasps of surprise from combatants... except me.
"Vita-chan!"
"Signum!"
"We are the guardian knights who gather before our mistress, she of the Night Sky," Signum solemnly said her line.
Shamal continued, "As long as our mistress exists, our souls will never extinguish."
Then Zafira, "As long as we have life in our bodies, we will stand by each other."
And finally Vita, "We will always exist before our mistress, Queen of the Night Sky, Yagami Hayate."
Then Hayate-chan's voice echoed from the white orb. Once again, I thanked the heavens that it was not Hayate-kun.
"Reinforce, bestow upon me my staff and armour."
[Yes.]
The white orb shattered. And Hayate-chan emerged in her full glory. Her staff was held horizontally before her, the Tome was floating next to her. The Queen of Night Sky had graced us with her presence.
"Hayate-chan!"
She raised her staff high, "Light of the Night Sky, come to my hand! Blessed Wind, Reinforce. Set Up!"
The black energy pulsed, and her Barrier Jacket turned into full ensemble, complete with three pairs of black wings.
And then came the sobbing moments among the Queen and her Knights. Nanoha and Fate then approached them. I made my way to follow those two, but stopped a little further from the group.
Eyes still closed, Hayate-chan said, "Nanoha-chan, Fate-chan, Will-kun, I'm really sorry. My children have caused you so much trouble."
Nanoha shook her head, "Not at all."
"It's fine," Fate added.
I raised my eyebrow, "I'm more interested in how you know my name."
She merely gave a hum. So it was either Nanoha's mouth or Rein's.
Vita looked at me and hissed, Shamal trembled a little, Signum eyed me weirdly, only Zafira who was neutral.
"Calm down you three," Hayate lectured her knights. "He's not going to do anything."
"Well.." I sighed. "It can't be helped that my appearance gave the wrong kind of impression.-'"
Some mutters of 'understatement' from audiences.
"-On a related note of making amends... Vita, sorry for calling you naughty child. Shamal, sorry for breaking your arm. Signum, sorry for calling you pedophile. Zafira... I don't know..."
Weird stares from people present.
"Sorry... I hate to rain on this parade, but... I'm officer Chrono Harlaown from the Time-Space Administration Bureau," came Chrono's voice as he descended down. "We don't have much time, so I'll keep the explanation to a minimum. That dark mass over there... The defense program of the Book of Darkness will start going berserk in a few minutes. We have to stop it by any means necessary."
Here it came.
"Right now, there are two plans to stop it. The first is via extremely powerful freezing magic. The second is to obliterate it using the magical cannon on our warship, the Arthra, which is currently on standby in orbit. Do you have any other ideas? I wanted to check with the Mistress of the Book of Darkness and her guardian knights before I went with one."
Numerous variations of "we don't have a damn idea" and disagreement of using the cannon were voiced.
"Will," Chrono called at me. "You've been quiet. Do you have any alternate solution in that twisted mind of yours?"
All eyes directed at me.
Let's see. In the anime, all combatants blew NatchWal to kingdom come and finish it with ship's cannon in outer space.
I put best grin and answered, "Why, Chrono. I feel insulted. I am insane, not twisted or stupid-"
Their eyes said 'it's the same damned thing'.
"-but to answer your question... Yes. I have. Though not in the way you want to hear."
More weird stares.
Chrono took a deep breath, "I think I'm going to regret it. But let's hear it anyway."
"First, it is not Book of Darkness. At least not anymore. They," I pointed at Hayate-chan's group, "called it Book of Night Sky. That is its original name. The damned darkness you keep sprouting about is the lump over there."
"As for the plan..."
I swept eyes on everyone's face before opening a floating screen, Arthra's communication channel. Lindy-san's face appeared on the screen.
"Yo, Admiral. Can you hear me?"
=Yes, Will-kun.=
*ahem* "Thank you for choosing Thunderion Event Organizer. We are going to use the group's specialty and wrap the cute little thing over there," I pointed at the dark dome, "as a wedding cake. Next, we will use our most trusted partner, Ferret and Dog Express, to ship it. Then, your daughter-in-law can use the Arthra's over-sized energy knife to cut it up. And finally, we could finish your son's overextended wedding party."
Silence hung over the area before it was broken with echoing sound of Chrono's facepalm.
"Oh, god... I am starting to regret it..." he groaned.
I raised one eyebrow, "Why, Chrono? Your mother seems fine with it..."
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A/N: Uh yes... Some of my muse is back... Some, not all.