A/N: Hello again :3 I'm glad you guys are reading my fanfiction. i do hope this update will turn out good for ya guys ;3

Time to thank the reviewers:

EXpERieNCed : Heeya~ Thanks for liking it. Am thinking of more 'white Devil' mode in later chapters to keep up with some humor.

Eidorian999 : Ya offended someone? ohh... well i guess i just took your words as a challenge than a something that offensive. And sorry about grammatical errors, i don't have any beta and am scared to have one :D about your inquiry how Fate ended up in TSAB, you will know in due time. :)

Victorpresti: Sorry about the grammatical errors. i really have an average grade in my english classes. _ Thanks for the wait though and i give you the next chappie.

dark-atrox:Thank you for your compliment. i wonder if Nanoha indeed pretending to be 'B' Rank or having limiters. guess i hope you can wait to find out. :D

Honulicious: Yeah, everything here is almost the same as Strikers aside from Fate and Nanoha not knowing each other. All will be explained in due time i say.

MangamanZX: Thanks for the review. i really intended to add the fan nicknames. even what the fans gave Hayate and Fate. :D

floire : Updated :D hope ya like it.

Now on with the story~!

Chapter 3: Aftermath

Vivio played with the enforcer for the time being as they wait for Hayate and Vivio's mother to fetch the child at the park. Fate can till remember the agonizing groans at the background while talking to Vivio's mother. She wondered who was the ones injured and why were they crying in pain. Deciding to leave it be for the time being, a sigh escaped her lips and played with Vivio in a way the child want it to be, sparring.

The child was sparred with Fate using strike arts while the ace enforcer only evaded and did some defense magic and evasion on the oncoming attacks of the enforcer was surprised a bit upon seeing a device being called upon from the child's bag in shape of a plush bunny. Unusual but not all surprising considering that Mariel Atenza had proposed an overcoat to devices.

The sparring was a bit fun for the blond enforcer and she have to admit, Vivio can pack a punch. The feeling of the air cuts from Vivio's missed hits can be rather dangerous if one cannot defend themselves from it. She smiled as the child panted and heaved a deep sigh. "My, you pack a punch. Who taught you strike arts Vivio?" She asked as she continues to evade each strike that Vivio throws at her. She was merely sliding from left right, jumping up or crouching down to avoid the mana covered punches and kicks.

Heterochromatic eyes gleamed of amusement as she continues to spar with one of her idols in TSAB. Her punches were dodged easily by the S+ rank mage but still her persistence didn't give her anytime to halt her attacks. "Mama, Subaru-nee and Nove taught me some modern Belka. And Nove has been my tutor in strike arts." She explained, jumping backward away from Fate. She smiled a bit and gave her idol a slight nod before lunging forward and giving the surprised enforcer a high kick.

The blond barely evaded the sudden attack and it gave her quite the impression that Vivio undergone some intense training with the combat cyborgs and her mama. She stood straight, dusted off the dirt from her clothes, and grinned at the child. "I'm impressed. So fast and powerful attacks and a nice counter attack too Vivio." She praised the child who bowed before her and thank her for the sparring session. She motioned for Vivio to sit back down on the bench and excused herself to buy some refreshments to quench their thirst. The sparring with the child gave her quite a warm-up, considering she didn't set up Bardirche and the child happened to have a device of her own, in form of a bunny that was packed in her bag.

Walking towards the small refreshment stand and ordered some bottled water for the both of them. While waiting for her order, she reminisces on the sparring between her and the little blond. 'I wonder to what potential she can achieve. I can feel she was holding back aswell.' She wondered. When the clerk of the refreshments stand came back and gave her drinks, she meekly smiled and thanked her, making the clerk blush upon seeing her smile.

When Fate came back, she saw that Vivio is happily sitting on the lap of none other than the instructor of Riot Force 6. The known 'White Devil' in TSAB and Captain of the StarS team. "Nanoha Takamachi" she whispered. She raised a curious brow as the child was snuggling to the said captain. Seeing the two gave her the assumption that Vivio's 'mama' is Nanoha herself. She sighed and walked towards the two.

"-and after that Fate-san was dodging and dodging! But she almost got hit by my 'Jet Step' but she was fast!" Vivio explained to Nanoha happily which her mama smiled and scrunched up her hair playfully.

The RF6 captain laughed when her daughter swiped away her hand off her head and puffed her cheeks in annoyance. "Well I need to thank Captain Harlaown in taking the time to fetch you and watch over you today." Her child nodded her head and moved closer to her and yawned. Gathering up the child on her arms, she cradled Vivio gently and waited for the Lightning team Captain. Her line of vision came forward and she saw the blond enforcer, bathe in the light of the setting sun. the scenery actually made her heart skip a bit as the beauty of Fate Harlaown was emphasized by the scenery.

"Um… H-hello." Fate stammered, shyly looking at Nanoha who now was staring at her. The words she said gave the red-haired captain a rather surprised shrug and smiled at her. Offering the water bottle to her, she stood a few inches away from the instructor and gave a curt bow. "Fate T. Harlaown. Um... Please to meet you." She introduced herself to Vivio's mother .

Nanoha chuckled a bit and bowed her head back in reply to Fate's courteousness. "Nanoha Takamachi. Vivio's mother. Nice to meet you to Harlaown-san." She beamed another smile at Fate which she can tell is now blushing. "Nyahaha, please don't be stiff Harlaown-san. I must thank you for taking good care of Vivio today. She told me how much fun she had with you." She stood up, with Vivio being carried on her arms, and offered the blond to walk with her to their vehicles.

"So, Harlaown-san, it's been a while since we last met. Though it's a pity we only see each other during social gatherings or rather I see you during those times." She giggled a bit. "And if I'm lucky I get to see you in the news being congratulated by our hard work." Nanoha pointed out. True. They have not been formally introduced to each other than being a captain under the same force and usually have different missions or duties to perform that gave them no time at all to properly meet.

The blond nodded her head and blush yet again, thinking that Nanoha had seen her in the news. She felt shy around the StarS captain and feeling rather uneasy as they walk towards her car. "Y-yes. I believe it was a few months ago when Hayate introduced you to the whole team. And I'm sorry if I were not able to talk with you properly or even meet you personally. " she apologized, thinking she may given the impression to Nanoha that she may be snobbish.

Nanoha laughed it out and showed Fate a warm smile. "No worries. We all are busy and Hayate does push you in a lot of work and I'm usually training the forwards." She assured the blond of no hateful impression came to her. She then felt her daughter moved a bit and glanced up to her, sleepy green and red colored eyes looked at her with a yawn trailing behind it. "Mama?" her daughter's cute sleepy voice was just too much cute for her to handle. She hugged her daughter tighter, snuggling her cheek at Vivio's. "Waah! So cuute!" she squealed, making her daughter laugh and struggle against her hold.

Fate can't help but see the mother-daughter moment as heart-warming. She stared at the two with a soft smile etched on her face. Her intense staring had broken when purple eyes were staring back at her and the perfectly shaped lips moving. She didn't know she spaced out and now having no idea of what the other woman sad. She blinked and only looked at Nanoha confusingly. "I'm sorry? What was that again, Takamachi-san?" she asked shyly.

"Nyahaha! Harlaown-san's spacing out. I said were here." Nanoha pointed the black/yellow colored vehicle that's parked infront of them. Just behind the car is an ordinary sedan with Hayate and Nove tied together under a pink binding spell and some bandages wrapped around some random parts of their limbs and head.

Fate saw the two captured RF6 members and felt a sweat drop from her forehead. She can't comprehend how her commander and Subaru's sister got caught them in her bind magic. "Should I ask?" she questioned the so called 'White Devil'.

Nanoha merely gave Fate a wink. "Let's not talk about the small things Harlaown-san." Her daughter struggled from her arms and jumped off. "Vivio, don't be too reckless." She told her daughter.

"I'm fine Mama!" Vivio then looked at Fate and held her hand. "Thank you for playing with me. Will you play with me again?" she asked the enforcer with a bright smile. Her smile had pushed Fate into an invisible wall and she can see that Fate is indeed having a debate in answering her question. Her mama placed a hand on her right shoulder and when she looked up, she saw her mama shaking her head. This meant that she shouldn't ask Fate of that request.

The sad look didn't go unnoticed from the Ace. Fate crouched down to level herself with Vivio and placed a hand over the child's head. "Ofcourse Vivio. I'll stop by when I have a dayoff or free time, alright? So don't be sad." She assured the child, making Vivio smile on her answer.

"Mou~! You can't do that Vivio. Using your cuteness again." Nanoha looked at Fate with apologetic smile. "Gomene Harlaown-san. Now you have to keep what you said to Vivio." She said to Fate with a weak and apologetic smile. Taking the child's hand again and seeing Fate standing up to face her. "Come by our house sometime Harlaown-san so that I can thank you properly for watching over my daughter."

Fate laughed a bit and shook her head. "Don't worry Takamachi-san. If you can let me, I'll visit Vivio when I have my free time." She walked towards Nanoha and looked at Vivio on her arms. "Be a good girl, okay Vivio?"

"Un!"

Fate gave the child a quick kiss on Vivio's forehead and stood up, only to find herself face to face with Nanoha. The small distance from each other made her blush and her heart beating a bit faster. She gave herself and the StarS captain a few distances. "Umm, what are you going to do with Hayate and Nove?" she asked, diverting her attention from Nanoha and to the struggling prisoners.

Nanoha's warm smile turned evil. Her purple eyes narrowed at her prey and the sound of a malicious giggle came from the famed 'White Devil'. This gave Fate a few goosebumps and dared to wait Nanoha's plans. "Oh I think a commander and a civilian needs some training aswell." Her smile had changed back to being gentle as she turn her attention to Fate. "I'm sorry if I can't thank you properly today. I need to take Vivio home for ow since tomorrow is a school day." She excused herself and went to her own vehicle leaving the enforcer to imagine on what she just said about the training involving Hayate and Nove. But threat aside, she found it rather beautiful how the instructor can be carefree and smile at her. Especially her smile. Shaking the thoughts aside, Fate could've sworn she heard her commander and Nove shout in fear but decided to ignore it and boarded her own car.

Takamachi Residence, Dinner time.

Nanoha had just finished preparing their dinner. That night, she has both Nove and Hayate dining in with them. Though the mage and combat cyborg still have some bruises and bandages covering them, Nanoha offered her house and dinner for the two of them.

"Mou! I'm the mistress of the Tome of night! The 'Fallen Angel'! Then why are my knights not here to protect me from my psycho cousin!" Hayate whined, poking her food on the plate that Nanoha served. Her right cheek puffed out and a frown gracing her face as she kept on picking on her food. She glared at Nanoha who just calmly eating her dinner. "One day Nanoha, you will fear me." She gave her cousin an empty threat.

Nanoha quietly ate her food and ignored her ranting superior. She either ate her food or focused on Vivio. Not really minding Hayate's continuous rantings. But after several more rantings, she gave in and glared at Hayate. "It's your fault for putting me in such a worried state. And after punishing you two after that incident, I think we all are even now? So eat." Nanoha said, returning her attention to her dinner.

Nove, on the other hand, kept silent and had her head down as she stared at her food. She winced when she kept hearing Hayate whine and complain, even under the house of the famed 'White Devil'. "Stupid Yagami. Not telling me about her plan. Stupid nee-chan and her big mouth." She complained under her breath, making sure that the owner of the house didn't hear her.

The child looked at her mama and tugged her mama's sleeve. "Mama, why is auntie Hayate acting like me whenever Ein-chan's with another person? And Nove like Vita-nee complaining about her height? That aside from feeling auntie Hayate will destroy our house and Nove will break our walls?" Vivio asked curiously. She turned to her auntie and Nove who just gawked at her. She tilted her head on the side, showing a bit of confused expression.

"It's punishment for your auntie and Nove."

"Punishment? But Nanohaaaa! Vivio did like my plan. Didn't you sweetie? You had fun with Fate right?" Hayate asked her niece with a knowing smirk.

"Un! Fate-san is cool!" Vivio admitted and continued her abundant comments regarding Enforcer Fate Harlaown.

The head of the household just shook her head in defeat as her daughter and Hayate began to agree on each other. She looked at Nove who has the expression of a kicked puppy. Well more like a beaten to a pulp combat cyborg. "Nove, don't sweat it. Just next time call me FIRST before someone else when it comes to Vivio. Alright?" she smiled at the combat cyborg.

Nove knew the smile can give out double meaning and made a mental note to never piss Nanoha Takamachi. 'Bad things happen when you get on the receiving end of the White Devil's pink beams.' She shivered in fear and just nodded her head in agreement to Nanoha.

Same time – Long Arch Galley

Groaning and bandaged forwards occupied the galley as they struggled to eat their dinner. Even with the care of Shamal, the RF6 head doctor, they were still bandaged and suffering from muscle pains.

"This is all your sister's fault Subaru!" Tea whined, trying to hold her spoon straight as she ate her dinner.

The combat cyborg, teary eyed while feeling the pain of her legs surging throughout her body, couldn't help but answer her girlfriend with a few sobs and mumbling apology. She can still remember the pink blasts and the smile of their instructor while they were being chased around the training area. "It was mainly commander Yagami's fault." She complained, using both her hands to just hold her fork with some noodles to her mouth. "Nanoha-san is really cool if I'm not the one being blasted away. Her grace and smile…" Subaru then caved in to her own world of Nanoha-adoration.

"SUBARU!" Teana hit her girlfriend to snap her out of her dreamy state.

The two lightning team just held their tears at bay. Compared to the StarS team, their pains are minimal but still painful for their age. Caro still flinch whenever she moves her shoulder and Erio had a hard time moving his body.

"Nanoha-san can really be scary when it comes to Vivio." The pink haired summoner pointed out, leaning back to her chair to rest. She looked down to her small dragon, Freid, who happily munched on its dinner. Without a scratch on its body. 'Freid got lucky it flew once it felt danger from Nanoha-san'

The red haired male sighed and continues to eat his own portion of dinner in silence. He endured the pain like a man upfront but deep inside he prayed no one would never piss their instructor ever again while they are under her care. "Nanoha-san is really scary. Thank god that Fate-san is nice to us Caro." He sighed deeply and gave Caro a beaten-puppy look. His pink-haired friend shared his suffering and felt a hand patting his head in intention of comforting him.

The four forwards sighed in chorus. "And tomorrow we have running practice." All of them said at the same time, thinking of the horrors of a simple 'running' can be under the White Devil's training plan. They all shivered in fear at the possibilities.

"Oh are you all alright?" a calm voice took the entire forward's attention. Erio and Caro blushed and lowered their head, Teana was plainly blushing and Subaru was still on the verge of crying.

"U-umm, good evening Fate-taichou." Teana greeted, stuttering infront of Enforcer Harlaown. Her heart raced as her long time crush had smiled at her. The 'Black Goddess' as some calls her due to the majority of black color in her barrier jacket and the looks of a goddess.

Fate came in the galley to grab a quick dinner before going to bed and to check at Erio and Caro aswell. She wanted to check if the two are alright since she got word from Shamal that her two adopted children had been treated by her due to certain 'accidental stray shots' from their instructor. "Caro, Erio, I heard from Shamal what happened. I'm sorry if you all got involved with Hayate's tricks." She apologized to all of them sincerely.

The two looked at the blond enforcer and just smiled at her, showing that they are fine. Teana nodded her head, showed that her injuries were just scratches, and pointed that Subaru was indeed fine aswell. Minus the bump on the bluenette's head, which she admit, was Subaru's own fault. She heard her girlfriend saying how Teana was Spartan like when she thinks about Nanoha but all girly when Fate was near.

The enforcer looked at them worriedly. Especially to Caro and Erio. She saw they were putting up a front of bravery for her to not worry about their training. "You guys sure? I can talk to Takamachi-san regarding her training methods." She said to them, thinking it was Nanoha's training that gave them a hard time.

Erio blushed and let out a nervous chuckle, remembering why they were all injured. "ehehe, Actually Fate-san… It wasn't Nanoha-san's training that gave us a hard time." He looked at Caro who nodded her head in agreement. "It was more like running for our lives to avoid Nanoha's rage over Hayate and Nove." He explained.

"I got the word regarding that. it seems Nove had dashed to the training area once she heard Takamachi-san's voice." Fate said. she then placed her hands over Caro and Erio's head, giving it a gentle rub before smiling at them warmly. "I hope you guys are doing well enough to endure this kind of training." She then looked at the two StarS team and offered them the same comforting smile.

Later that night, two captains reminisced on their first actual meeting. One felt happy of their meeting while the other stayed again by her balcony, thinking about face of the child's mother.

"I wonder if we'll see each other again."

"I can't wait to see her."

A/N: The titles:'Fallen Angel' and 'Black Goddess' was given to my by a friend of mine in Japan that is an avid fan of the Nanoha Series. It seems that the fans there gave the aces some nicknames aside from Nanoha's own nickname: 'White Devil'. So i'm using 'em :D