Chapter 4: The Death
A/N: Wish I did but I don't own anything!
~Normal POV~
(Somewhere on the outskirts of Uminari)
"Jail-sama" said Uno as she came into the room. A man with purple hair was sitting with his back behind them; he turned around when he heard is name
"Ah Uno, so how did the mission go" asked the purple hair man named Jail
I woman with long brown hair stepped out from behind Uno, "I'm sorry Jail-sama, it seems like someone sensed my presences before I could shoot" said Dieci
"Oh….and who might this person be, Dieci" asked Jail
"I believe it was someone with long blonde hair who pulled her comrades out of the way" answered Dieci
"Long blonde hair…." Jail started to laugh like it was the funniest thing in the world, which it probably was
"Jail-sama…." Uno said curiously, "is something…wrong"
"Oh….no, it's just that I think I know who that woman you mentioned is" Jail turned with his back facing them again. "Due"
A woman with light green hair appeared out of nowhere and stood behind Jail, "Yes Jail-sama"
"I want you to infiltrate Organization and gather data for me" Jail handed her a sheet of paper and she took it without hesitation.
"The TSAB Organization, sir" asked Due, looking at the paper
"Yes…their digging in too deep, I want you to see if they have any information about us and destroy it. Your code name will be Lieko, if anyone gets in your way…kill them." Said Jail
"Understood sir" and she vanished
"Now…let's see what comes into play next" Jail mumbled
~Nanoha's POV~
I didn't really mean to listen to their conversation; it's just that…I was there. I mean who wouldn't want to listen after learning that your partner's godfather is sitting in the next room. I fact I tried to stop those FBI agents from interrupting them, but they won their way against me and I had to let them past. I looked at the time on my clock, it was already five in the morning and I didn't really want to go back to sleep. Besides, it would only bring back bad memories. I got out of bed and threw on some jogging clothes and ran outside, the cold air greeted me. Great it just had to be cloudy today, hopefully it won't rain. I jogged around town for a while before stopping in front of a bakery.
"Hey" I said while I waked in
A man with black hair looked up to see me, "Hey Nanoha it's been a while hasn't it" said the man
"Yea, so how's your girlfriend Kyoya-nii" I asked while sitting down at a table
Kyoya tripped while walking over to me, "She's not my girlfriend, you and Miyuki keep saying that but we're not dating…..at else not yet" Kyoya replied with a blush on his face
Oh is he hiding something from me, I looked around the room. "Hey where's Miyuki-nee"
"She went to pick up the flowers…..listen Nanoha….are you sure you don't want to come with us, I mean as a family and all I think we all should go together" Kyoya said with a worried look in his eyes
I stood up and head back to the door, "No….not this time"
"But you'll at least visit them right" Kyoya stood up and followed me to the door
"Yea after all…they are my parents"
~Fate's POV~
*Ring* ring*…."What Hayate" I said as I picked up my phone
"How'd you know it was me" she asked
"Lucky guess," I replied, "now what is it" I got out of bed and looked at my clock, 11:49 a.m.
"You need to come to the square center right now" said Hayate
"And why would I do that when I'm trying to spend my beautiful Saturday in bed" I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a small snack
"Just come now….it's an order" replied Hayate, a little bit more serious, and then hung up
Seeing that no wasn't the answer, I walked back into my room and threw on some clothes, and then I started to debt if I should bring a stun gun. Knowing Hayate's ways I suspected that she was going to do something, and most likely it was going to be for her. So I decided it is better to be prepared than not at all, so I put it in my bag along with some other things and headed out the door to meet Hayate.
I yawned as I walked down the street to meet Hayate, whatever she had planned better be good. As I rounded the corner I saw Hayate hiding behind a trash can, I started to feel like this was a bad idea and started to turn around when Hayate saw me.
"Yo Fate, come over here" Hayate said
Oh great, I walked over to were Hayate was and crouched down behind her, "So what are you doing this time"
"Shhhhh," said Hayate, "look" she pointed her finger
I followed her finger to find Nanoha and Yunno standing outside a flower shop, "and….what about it"
"Don't you see," said Hayate as she turned around to face me, "Yunno is gonna steal your woman if you don't do anything about it"
"W-what" I blushed at the comment," you idiot, she not my woman. I don't even think she thinks about me that way"
"Oh…and you think of her that way" Hayate smirked
I blushed harder, "anyway….isn't this stalking" trying to change the subject
"Stalking is such a strong word…I prefer intense research of an individual" Hayate replied
It's the same thing you idiot, I said with a sweat drop down my face. I looked out again to see that Yunno and Nanoha started to walk away from each other. "Okay I'm done, I need to go back to bed" I started to stand up but Hayate pulled me back down.
"What are you doing, we need to follow her. Who knows who she's going to give those flowers to" said Hayate
I sighed and looked Hayate into the eyes. Wrong move. She held that look in her eyes that told me that if I didn't go with her she would make the rest of my days off hell. "Okay, okay I'll go. But if she is seeing someone they why should I care"
"I didn't say anything like that" Hayate held a smirk on her face
I blushed again and stood up and started to walk away.
"Hey, where are you going" yelled Hayate
"I'm following her you idiot" I answered
Hayate smiled and got up and started to follow me.
~xX*Xx~
We followed Nanoha all over town; she had stopped at different places to greet people that I expected to be friends of hers. We finally reached to end of our stalking when Nanoha started to walk into a graveyard. I was about to follow her until Hayate pulled me back.
"I think we should stop for today" she said with a more serious tone
"What do you mean," I held a puzzled look on my face, "you dragged me out here so we should finish it"
"No…it's just that today is the death anniversary of Nanoha's parents" answered Hayate
My eyes widen in shock, so that's why she had the flowers, I thought. The reason why the people she talked to would have pity in their eyes and how Nanoha seemed tensed in talking with them.
"How do you know this" I asked Hayate
"I really don't know a lot about it, it's just that her parents died about 8 years ago. They were murdered and pretty bad too."
I watched a she placed the flowers down on her parents' grave and just stared at it. "Does she have other relatives?"
"Yea," answered Hayate, "an older brother and sister but she never comes with them here, always alone" Hayate started to walk away; I turned around and started to follow her.
"Where are you going?" I asked
"Nanoha needs her time alone…unless you're willing to stay and wait with her" Hayate smirked
I blushed at the comment but held my ground, "yea…I think I'll stay" I stopped walking and just started a Hayate's back
"Then I guess I'll see you later" Hayate kept walking as she waved her hand at me.
I turned back and walked back to the stop where I was before. Nanoha was kneeling down, although she wasn't doing anything I could tell she was trying to hold the pain in as she talked to her parents. I couldn't stand there anymore; I felt the need to be by her side as tears started to fall from her eyes.
I walked towards Nanoha and stood behind her when I reached her.
"It's okay Nanoha, just cry, let it all out" I rubbed her back
Nanoha looked up to see me but didn't say anything, all she did was cry harder and I bend down to hug her.
~Nanoha's POV~
I didn't know why but I felt at peace with Fate there with me, although I did have my suspicions on to why she was here, I was just glad I wasn't here alone. We walked back to my apartment, Fate tried to say that she had other places to be but I wasn't going to let that slide and invited her in for some tea. I walked her inside and pointed her towards the living room as I went to the kitchen.
"So…," Fate stated as I came back into the living room, "you live by yourself"
"Yea, I didn't want to bother my brother and sister after joining the TSAB Organization" I said as I placed down the tea along with some cookies I had made earlier.
"Really…" she said as she picked up her tea and stared at it
I could tell she was nerves; I mean so would I if your partner just appeared out of know where and helped you cry your eyes out. I was still embarrassed about that last part.
"I can tell you want to ask about it so go ahead"
Fate looked up, "Well…how…how did your parents die"
This was it, one of the questions that I always hated. However, I figured it was only fair that Fate told me about herself and I never said anything.
"Well..."
Flashback
"Okaa-san, I don't feel so good" said a seven year old Nanoha
"Let me see sweetie" a tall brunette haired lady walked towards Nanoha and placed a hand on her forehead
"Shiro, honey, I think Nanoha might have a fever" said the woman
A tall man with short black hair appeared from the door and walked over, "nonsense Momoko, the Takamachi's never get sick" Shiro brought his hand up to his chest, "They are the strong-"
"Stop that Shiro, now's not the time to play. You know we have a funeral to attend to and we can't go if one of the children is sick." Momoko paced about, trying to figure out what to do
"Let's have Kyoya and Miyuki watch over her and we'll just go to the funeral" answered Shiro
Momoko looked at her husband, "I'll guess that'll have to do…man…I wanted Nanoha to meet her daughter too, they're the same age" they started to walk towards the front door
"Kyoya, Miyuki, make sure to watch after your little sister. We'll be back after a while, make sure to lock the door after we leave." Said Shiro
"Yes Oto-san" said Kyoya and Miyuki at the same time
"Good, Nanoha stay in bed honey, we love you" Momoko and Shiro walked out the door, not knowing that would be the last time they would see their children
End of Flashback
"Later when the police arrived, they told us about the accident. I didn't get to hear most of it because I was in my room, but I could hear them talking to my brother and sister. We were lucky; our parents were still looking after us. They left us the bakery and the house, alone with some money they could take care of us. Since Kyoya was the oldest one, he took custody of us and it's been that way ever since" I looked up at Fate, she almost looked like she was on the verge of crying her eyes out
"Um…Fate" I spoke
Fate sniffed her nose, she looked so cute-wait a minute, what am I saying. I should be the one crying, but instead I laughed.
"What's wrong Nanoha?" asked Fate
"It's just that-," I laughed a bit more, "I'm the one that's supposed to be crying but you're doing it instead"
"Of course I'm crying, it's a very sad story if you ask me" Fate pulled her face into a pout
I smiled a bit more looking at her face, "Now tell me how you found me"
She stiffened at that question, "Um…well…wefollowedyouaroundthewholeday." She answered in one big sentence.
"Wait a minute slow down…what did you do, and who is this 'we'" it better be not who I'm thinking about
"Well, I was asleep at home until Hayate," I knew it, I thought, "called me over and we started to follow you around the whole day until we reached the graveyard and that's where we parted ways" Fate looked down, not wanting to meet my eyes
With that, I stood up and went over to the phone and started to punch in some numbers
"Nanoha…what are you doing" Fate asked
"Calling the Air Force team to see if they can blow up Hayate's office" I answered
"W-what, you can't do that" Fate jumped up to grab the phone from my hands
I was about to tell her I was just kidding when she tripped. I had hit head pretty hard and was going to ask Fate to get off of me when I saw that I was staring directly in her crimson eyes. I was lying on the floor with one of her hands rapped around my waist, her thigh just between my legs, and her face so close to mine's that I could feel her breathing down my neck.
Neither of us moved, in fact, I think we were both to scare of the other to move. Fate just stared at me and I did the same. My body burned as Fate touched me, I couldn't breathe, for some reason this sensation made me feel good…and I liked it. I wanted Fate closer, I pulled my face closer to lips, I was only inches way when the phone rang.
I stopped and blushed at what I finally realized what I was doing; I was going to kiss Fate!
"Um…you better get that" said Fate
"Yea" Fate moved off of me as I went to answer the phone that was on the floor.
"Hello?"
"Yo Nanoha, Hayate want's you and Fate over at the office right now…AND DON'T BE LATE" said Vita as she hung up the phone
"Umm…Hayate want's us in her office right now, so I guess we should…um…go" I said, still shocked at what I was about to do
"Okay, let's go then" Fate walked out the door, not waiting for me to catch up
"Yea" I walked out the door and closed it behind me.
~xX*Xx~
~Fate's POV~
Holy crap, I swear Nanoha almost kissed me back there. I mean, it felt good touching her and being next to her but I don't know what would have happened if she did kiss me.
We reached TSAB and walked into Hayate's, loud horns and streamers were being thrown towards us. I looked up to see our full staff in Hayate's office, "What the hell is going on" I mumbled
"Well…since Nanoha hasn't been complaining about you since the last few weeks, I figured that she has finally accepted you as a partner" explained Hayate
I heard Nanoha signed behind me, "I thought I told you that I would decide after a month"
"Well you haven't said anything bad about it have you" asked Hayate
"Well…not-"Nanoha tried to answer but Hayate cut her off
"Good then it's settled, I now present our new team, Nanoha Takamachi and Fate T. Harlaown" said Hayate
Everyone clapped for us; I felt proud, even though Hayate didn't really follow on what Nanoha had said, I finally found someone that I would work together with for the rest of my life.
"Okay everyone, along with this party we now have a new member joining TSAB, everyone meet….umm…what's your name again" said Hayate
A woman with girl hair stepped forward, "My name is… Lieko, Lieko Sūji."
"Well…welcome to TSAB Lieko" said Hayate