Disclaimer: I have no ownership of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Well, this is where things start getting strange. I hope that what has changed changed in a way that you like. Still, I do feel this is a bit rushed, but that's just me.

Enjoy.

"Jewel Seed Serial VIII! Seal!"

As Nanoha sealed Serial VII, Yuuno was thinking about something else.

'I can just tell... She's up to something, but what?'

While the Jewel Seed entered Raising Heart, Chrono was thinking as well.

'What's Nanoha doing? She just... doesn't seem to be that focused.'

While the gate managed proceeded to put one up, one thought stood in both their minds.

'Whatever she's planning, it has something to do with Fate, that's for sure.'

As Nanoha and Yuuno reboarded the Arthra, Nanoha released Raising Heart and walked away, oblivious to any suspicion Yuuno was having. Yuuno, on the other hand, took Nanoha's sudden departure for something suspicious, and began to follow her back to their room, presumably. As it turns out, Nanoha was headed for the cafeteria, taking some cookies, sitting down and munching. Silently. As it turns out, Nanoha was simply resting up, saving her energy, as she had, after all, lost quite a bit when she sealed that bird too early.

As she was resting, Nanoha sat silently on the bed, noticing Yuuno sneaking a glance at her once in a while. However, she simply chalked it up to making sure she was okay, and did nothing. Yuuno felt very wary, like Nanoha was going to snap and strike at him any second. Of course, the day passed by without anything happening, with all the events coming tomorrow.

The next day, as they were eating in the cafeteria, with Nanoha still being silent as she was the day before, the alarm starting going. With images of Fate's dilemma on this day coming to her mind, Nanoha snapped out of her trance and ran towards the control room, where Chrono and Lindy were watching the scene. Arriving, Nanoha asked to be sent to the scene. Chrono, deciding that it would be best to let Fate go on her own and hopefully learn Nanoha's intentions, refused. Cursing her luck, Nanoha thought back, remembering that Yuuno opened the gate, and asked him to open it telepathically.

'Hey, Yuuno, can you open the gate for me?'

Now, while last time Yuuno volunteered to open the gate, this time, he didn't. After all, Nanoha had been annoying and decided not to warn him of the impeding doom from the tree. Besides, he was as curious as to what Nanoha was up to as everyone else was.

'No way! You didn't warn me of the tree! That hurt, you know.'

After hearing that, Nanoha panicked. Although she did know that she wasn't as nice to Yuuno as she had been last time, she didn't expect her actions to come back and kick her. Trembling to keep a straight face, Nanoha desperately searched her mind for another option. She wasn't experienced enough to open the gate to where she wanted long enough for her to get past Yuuno. As Nanoha's mind slowly sunk closer and closer to despair, a voice rang out to her mind.

Go.

Shocked, Nanoha looked around for the owner of the voice, as it had sounded familiar. Before she could identify a face, however, Nanoha looked and saw the transporter was open. Deciding that Fate was her first priority at the moment, Nanoha ran off, ducking and sliding under Yuuno's arms and into the gate, standing as she entered. When the mysterious voice's owner began channeling his energy to transport Nanoha to the scene, Chrono panicked, wondering how this had happened. At the same moment Nanoha left, he commanded Yuuno to head down there.

Nanoha fell through the sky, the voice temporarily forgotten, the only thoughts on her mind being those concerning Fate's safety. As she felt Fate's magic getting closer, Nanoha turned so she was falling on her back, and threw Raising Heart up, giving her time to transform. Arriving gently on the scene, Nanoha looked up and spotted Alph, charging straight towards her. She was just about to put up a defense when she remembered the Yuuno protected her last time, and waited to confirm he wouldn't before dodging.

"Look, I'm here to help! Just cooperate, will you?"

"Hmph! Fine!"

Alph, while she wasn't that trusting of Nanoha, decided to let her go, for it seemed that she was on her side, as evidenced by all the times she had used her power to help Fate. Turning around towards the six raging Jewel Seeds, Alph looked at how wild they were before losing a little bit of hope.

"Where's that ferret you're always with? He might be helpful right now?"

"Him? He's-"

"Right here."

Turning her head to look at Yuuno, who had just arrived, Nanoha realized that she might be in a bit of trouble. Seeing the look on her face, Yuuno decided to calm Nanoha down, as there was no going back now.

"Calm down, Nanoha. We'll deal with your punishment later."

Although Alph quickly wondered what they meant by punishment, she thought it wasn't so important to resist potential help for, as turned and used chains to hold the spirals in place. Sighing, Yuuno did as well, while at the same time, setting up observation spells in the chains to see if Nanoha would make any suspicious movements. Not noticing this, Nanoha flew next to Fate, asking her to work together. Due to Nanoha's past helping of the girl, Fate accepted rather quickly, and began focusing her energy to cast Thunder Hammer. Nanoha flew to her three and began to charge Divine Buster.

"3...2...1... Go!"

Pink and Yellow energy struck at the same time, creating an explosion of magical power that was so tremendous it vaporized the rock 2 miles away. After the smoke had cleared, all that remained of the raging seas were six Jewel Seeds, the last ones.

Nanoha and Fate stood in the air, looking each other in the eyes. Although it wasn't said, there was an understood message between the two. Thank you. As Nanoha decided to let herself loose and smile, she quickly snapped back to full awareness as she remembered what happened next. She was too late, however, as purple lightning was already heading towards Fate, and struck her. As the attack struck its target, the scene Yuuno saw through his observation method was amazing. Although the attack had only struck Fate, Nanoha yelled out in pain as well, and seemed to slump to unconsciousness as Fate hovered there, with only moderate wounds, while Nanoha's seemed to be much more severe. Yuuno dashed, questioning why he was doing this, and caught Nanoha, and looked at the Jewel Seeds, and witnessed Chrono blocking Alph from obtaining them. When she knocked him away and began to escape, carrying Fate, only grabbing 3 Jewel Seeds, Chrono began to chase after them, but was stopped by Nanoha, who had shot him once with Divine Shooter before slumping back into unconsciousness. It was clear. Nanoha was up to something, and they would have to figure out what.

Yeah, the end for now. Please review.