A/N: sooo...I started writing this close to the end of the school year and I'm not a very good writer yet ^^;; this is only my second story...I'm tryin to improve my writing tho and hopefully, my writings will get better...mind you, I just became a sophomore so my writing is somewhat confusing ^^V The end for this chapter kind of sucks...what can I say, I'm still a newbie xP anyways...hope you enjoy!


The two mages looked up and saw one of the men holding a knife to their beloved Hayate. They both paled and Suzuka and Arisa gasped. By the looks of it, the men had no magical powers. Hayate looked at them, her blue eyes full of fear, despair, and, surprisingly, love. The two mages were locked onto Hayate's eyes, her beautiful blue eyes that were filled with so much love for them. They knew then and there that they had to save her because they couldn't live without her. The Ace of Aces and The Lightning Mage looked at each other. A silent agreement passed between them. As they changed into their barrier jackets, and Raising Heart and Bardiche turned into staff mode, Fate contacted Arf.

Arf! You need to get Hayate's knights and meet us on the school roof! Now! It's an emergency! she told her familiar.

What? What's happened? Arf asked, panicked.

No time to explain. Just hurry!

Ok! We'll be there in five minutes!

"Don't even think about pointing your weapons at us," the man who had a knife to Hayate's throat said. "If you even so much as move, I'll cut her throat. Just stand there like good little girls because in ten minutes, a helicopter will come to pick us up, taking your little friend here with us." he smirked.

Little did he know that the two mages had back up coming, five minutes before their helicopter so they could save Hayate before then. Five minutes passed, five painstakingly long minutes in which the men could have killed Hayate at anytime.

We're here, Arf told Fate, who sighed inwardly.

Nanoha noticed Fate relax ever so slightly. She knew that the others were here now. Her hope grew and the Ace of Aces mentally prepared herself for what was about to happen. When next she opened her eyes, she saw six silent figures moving to ambush the men from behind since they were facing the four girls. Arf and Zafira moved first. Arf jumped over the men, and knocked the knife from the leader's hand. She grabbed Hayate and jumped to the four girls and gave Hayate to them. Nanoha and Fate sighed with relief and hugged her fiercely. She was sobbing and shaking all over. They handed her off to Suzuka and Arisa and joined the fray. People always wonder why Nanoha was called the White Devil. Those who wondered would have gotten their answer during that fight. Her Starlight Breaker was her most dangerous shooting spell. Fate's specialty was electricity and she was extremely fast. They called her Lightning Mage because of her speed. The two mages helped Hayate's knights and Arf. The fight only lasted two minutes because of all the mages there. They were able to get the captives and themselves out of sight before the helicopter arrived. Once inside the building, the knights and Arf took the men back to Hayate's place to watch them. Nanoha and Fate changed and the three mages went to the nurse, claiming to be sick. Arisa and Suzuka went back to wait for class to start again.

The three girls decided to stop at Fate and Nanoha's appartement first. They all sat on the couch, Hayate between the two. Nothing was said for a while. Suddenly, Hayate began sobbing and her two friends hugged her tightly. The blonde took her face in her hands and caressed her cheek gently. Slowly, she leaned in and kissed the sobbing brunette. Said brunette gasped into the kiss. Fate broke the kiss and Nanoha made her face her and captured her lips. By this time, the brunette was bewildered.

"Wha...What's go-going on?" she said, trying to quiet her sobs.

"Well, the other day, we went to sit with you at lunch and you were completely out of it. We heard you say you were in love with us," Nanoha said, while Hayate was blushing hard.

"Yeah and we've been talking about it. We knew we loved you more than we should but when that man was holding the knife to your throat threatening to kill you, we realized that we couldn't be without you," Fate said, blushing a little.

"So, do you want to be with us?" the red-head asked.

Hayate sat there for a minute, shock, joy, disbelief, and love showing on her face.

"Yes," she breathed. "Yes I do and I've wanted to for so long. I was actually going to confess to you guys at lunch today," she said, tears of joy falling down her cheeks.

Nanoha and Fate sighed and grinned, happy that Hayate was with them and that she was safe. They both kissed her on the cheek, making her blush, and hugged her. after they changed clothes and gave Hayate something to wear, they headed over to her house to confront the men.


They decided to walk and pass through the park with all the cherry blossoms. They were holding hands, Hayate in the middle. She was so happy that she didn't have to choose between one or the other. But she was worried about meeting the men who tried to kidnap her. The fear must have shown on her face because her two lovers noticed.

"Don't worry, we'll protect you ok?" Fate said, squeezing her hand.

"Yeah, you're too precious to us to lose you," Nanoha said, kissing her cheek.

She blushed and looked down. The two mages giggled and hugged her. When they finally arrived at Hayate's house, Shamal made them some tea before taking them to see the kidnappers. On their way down, Hayate was holding onto Fate and Nanoha, panicking slightly. The blonde and red-head intertwined their fingers with Hayate's. She seemed to take comfort from that because she relaxed a little. The men were being kept in the basement as a precaution. Signum was at the bottom of the stairs watching the men. Nanoha and Fate stood in front of Hayate because they knew she was still afraid and panicking. They didn't let go of her hand though. She felt reassured and safe with them.


The blonde let go of both Hayate and Nanoha's hand and went over to Signum.

"Did you manage to get any information from them?" she asked.

"Yeah, their name and who they work for. They call themselves 'The Seventh Sanctum' and they work for Jail Scaglietti," the pink-haired knight said.

"Oh? Hm... Jail Scaglietti... I know that name, but from where?" Fate wondered aloud.

"I don't know but that name does ring a bell," She said, shrugging. "Rein, could you research 'Jail Scaglietti?" Signum asked.

"Sure thing!"

Fate went up to the leader who had a look of undisguised hatred in his eyes. She wanted to hurt him so much for trying to hurt Hayate. He could tell too because she saw fear flash in his eyes. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned. It was Hayate. She looked scared but determined. Fate sighed and smiled softly. She took Hayate's hand and squeezed gently. Nanoha came and took the blonde's free hand. Said blonde drew both of them into a hug and kissed one, then the other. They both leaned into her and she returned her attention to the leader. Before she took the gag out of his mouth, she put magical binds on him in case he tried anything.

"Now, I want you to tell me who you are and why you were sent to kidnap Hayate," she said with a voice so cold it could have frozen anything.

"M-my name i-is Mir-Miroku and we were s-sent to bring Ms. Yagami to Dr. Scaglietti," he said, shrinking beneath the gaze of the Lightning Mage.

"Why?"

"Dr. Scaglietti said he had plans for her. He-he didn't s-say why though. W-we were only s-sent to collect her."

Anger flashed through Fate's eyes and Miroku saw because he started shaking uncontrollably. She took a deep breath and put her arms around her two lovers. After she calmed down, she looked at Miroku again. He started and looked away. She liked that she could get that reaction from him.

"We'll finish talking about this later. It's getting late. Don't even think about trying to escape. We have all kinds of ways to stop you," she said.

Miroku gulped and nodded.

"Good."

She took the bind off and headed upstairs with the others.