A/N: wohoo! new chapter! though a few 30 or less words than my usual chappies but i hope its good enough.
cookies for my reviewers and my gratitude. now to thank all of ya:
dark-atrox : Well Vita is rather protective with Nanoha ever since that incident. and hell yeah am curious but i think Nanoha would win considering Hayate still needs to chant some incantation before firing her A+ ranks magic.
MangamanZX : Thanks for pointing out my issue in grammar. i really fail at english but i try my best to make it understandable.. hope its still alright and clear enough to be read?
EXpERieNCed : very spartan-like training. About the rankings,, not really familliar with it. i jut know (or think) that Lt. Col. is higher than Captain and if one soldier commits a rule break, its define for court martial.
rsDragon : thanks for giving time to read and review. i hope the story will be up to your liking as it progresses. oh and thanks for pointing out about anonymous, turned it on now :)
CyberAngelOne : thank you :3 and here's the new chappie. hope it's not all rushed.
Honulicious : well being the 'white devil' can really push anyone's limits. and yeah Fate is way faster than Nanoha. i present you with coookies as you read what you are waiting for. hope its good enough. not really good at writing battle scenes. {00}
GazerBlitz : yep first one. thanks for reading and giving your time to review :3
floire : Well really, mess with them and its a nuclear war! updated!
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no more i gues.. thanks for everyone who read it aswell :) now on with the new chappie (not beta-ed so apologies)
Chapter 5: Starting from Nanoha
"Fight will last for 10 minutes! First one to land a hit on their barrier jackets wins this mock battle." Vita declared to the two sparring partners. Though Fate asked for a sparring, it turned out into a mock battle between the captain class mages. The red knight gave Nanoha a warning look. "Nanoha please try not to destroy our base." She warned the so-called 'white devil'.
"Mou! Vita-chan!" Nanoha whined, puffing out her left cheek in embarrassment. This made Fate giggle a bit when she noticed how cute Nanoha is, acting childishly. "Vita don't worry. We'll keep it to minimal." Said the blond enforcer.
The chibi knight crossed her arms and huffed. "Well since its Fate-san I guess I can trust you. Now remember, only 10 minutes. If you go any further, I'll intervene!" she stated in a warning tone. Her eyes may be looking at both of them but her reminder was directed to Nanoha. "Only 10 minutes, got that?" she glared at Nanoha who nodded in agreement.
It was rather, unusual for the blond mage to hear Vita being strict with the time limit. At most, she will allow the time limit to be above 15minutes but the time is strictly 10. Deciding to let it pass for now, she readied herself for her sparring match with the famed instructor Takamachi.
Yellow and pink blasts clashed to one another as both the casters fired their spells. The mock battle of the forwards had been suspended and been replaced by Nanoha and Fate's own sparring. The two captains gave out their all, though Fate made sure her level of attacks are down to rank B to be fair with Nanoha. Nevertheless, Fate is finding it hard to maintain the attack level as the combat instructor gave quite a challenge. Challenge in a way that Nanoha's shield spells, minor shooting and binds are giving her quite some time to handle.
Fate is in Impulse Form while Nanoha is in her Aggressor mode. With both devices launching out magic projectiles, their viewers cannot believe that they are seeing the two captain being on the same footing.
Nanoha, smirking as she continues to exchanges her 'divine shooter' to Fate's own 'plasma lancer', observed how the lightning captain's capabilities were. She purposely let herself get hit by the thunder spearheads of Fate's attack. 'Speed, melee and excellent electricity attacks. I see now where Erio got his ideas from and Caro's determination.' She continued to observed, keeping her guard up to Fate's attacks.
The blond Enforcer on the other hand felt that their fight is more on Nanoha analyzing her than an actual sparring. "Why aren't you giving it your all Takamachi-taichou?" she asked the instructor who just laughed and apologized to her. She flew towards Nanoha, silently ordering her device to Haken Form.
Nanoha caught the oncoming melee attack and she front up a barrier to block the attack. But to her surprise, the barrier had been sliced down with Fate's scythe. The sound of wheezing steam came to her hearing and the robotic voice of Fate's device.
[Haken Slash]
"Oh my…" Nanoha was taken back and she flipped backwards to avoid another slash from the scythe. Yet the slash never came. Instead, the scythe blade had disappeared, Bardirche shifted its form to device mode, and its muzzle gathering yellow electric mana, [Thunder Smasher] the device inscribed on its jewel, steadying the aim on the white devil.
The form, power and stance of the blond enforcer gave Nanoha the assumption of danger approaching. Taking up a stance where raising heart, in shooting mode where its crescent head dematerializes, then reforms into a more square shape with two prongs, has been pointed forward with her two hands holding it firmly.
[Wide Area Protection]
"FIRE!"
With the launch of Fate's attack, a wide pink barrier was setup to block the oncoming thunder. The attack and defense from the two captains gave-in a clouded collision, covering their presence from their viewers.
Just below them, almost everyone was watching their fight. The forwards watched eagerly at their own respective team captains. The Wolkenritter was amazed at how Fate was even trying to over power Nanoha. Hayate on the otherhand, rage all subsided as she punished the aerial mage by her own devious terms, has set up a bet to see who will win.
'Well judging from my cousin's antics, I think she will give everyone a run for their money.' Hayate smiled at her observation regarding Nanoha and Fate's fight. "So who's going to bet on Enforcer Harlaown?" she shouted to the other viewers. The other soldiers who took Fate's side raised their hands and Hayate happily skipped towards them to collect the money.
Subaru saw how happy-go-lucky the RF6 commander and wondered what happened to the raging commander-side she heard about earlier. Tilting her head to the side, her action was noticed by Vita. "Don't ask kid. Let's just say that mage will be realizing how Nanoha's training can be useful in missions." Vita said in a deadpanned voice. The combat cyborg nodded her head and turned her attention back to the two airborne captains.
With the cloud of explosion disappearing, Fate's figure was first to come to view and a multilayer shields was setup infront of her. "Multi Defenser" She whispered, readying herself from the counter attack.
With the cloud completely disappearing, Nanoha is now visible to everyone's sight. The instructor, smiling at Fate, produced the same mana gathering like Bardirche.
"Isn't that?" everyone asked in unison, looking at how Fate was not even trying to do a counter the attack.
"Oh my, is Nanaho going to 'befriend' our dear Enforcer?" Hayate asked in amusement. She knew her cousin has a habit of unsual 'befriending' methods, which involves either city block destruction or one sent to Shamal's office. But knowing her opponent, she has no qualms in the process. For now that is. "Zafira, safety precautions please?"
The guardian wolf nodded its canine head and he howled loudly. His howl emitted a wheel-like barrier that protected the spectators of the battle.
With the people watching them all safe under the 'Shielding Guardian Beast' protection, Nanoha smiled and readied her attack at Fate. She looked at her small timer which showed 1:03 and a sigh escapade her lips. "Harlaown-taichou.." she shook her head and gave Fate a pure and friendly look. "Fate-chan I hope we can be friends ne?" she asked with a sweet smile.
Fate gave the attacker a gentle smile and nodded her head. "I would be glad to Nanoha." She saw Nanoha's shooting spell being ready and she braced herself from the attack.
[Photon Smasher] Raising heart voiced out finishing its mana gathering and waiting for its master's word to fire.
"Photon Smasher, SHOOT!"
The attack itself gave the spectators a surprised look and even Fate herself was surprised. The attack resembled Fate's previous attack, 'Thunder Smasher' and it has the same power as the original.
"N-ne Caro, isn't that Fate-san's…" Erio said, pointing the pink beam that had collided with their guardian's defense. He gripped the hem of his uniform and bit his lower lip to control the excitement he is feeling while watching the scene before him.
The pink haired lightning member nodded her head and looked amazed at how Nanoha topped Fate's first barrier and is now drilling on the second one.
"I'm not sure if I'll be afraid or be amazed at Nanoha-san. That 'photon smasher' is equally strong and very much like Fate-san's." Teana was feeling uneasy at the sight of Nanoha and Fate smiling at each other while giving it their all in attacking and defense.
"Nanoha may have a lower magic ability than Fate but her skills in magic itself and her tactical thinking can beat even me in a one on one battle." Vita commented, knowing the forwards can hear her explanation on Nanoha's move.
"Ah! The good'ol 'Listen or be Shot' tactic by Nanoha." Hayate's voice caught the forward's attention and they turned to look at her, carrying a hefty sum of money.
"Commander Yagami?"
Hayate waved at them with her free hand a showed them her recent winnings. "Seems no one bet on Nanoha-chan due to mage rankings. But seeing as the third barrier has been broken…" She pointed the now kneeling Fate and Nanoha's pointing her device at her head. "Well Nanoha-chan wins due to surprising Fate with her own variation of 'Thunder Smasher'." She giggled, knowing how Nanoha have the ability to recreate a few magic if she understood correctly the basis of it.
Subaru raised her hand to get Hayate's attention. Her eyes gleamed of excitement. "So commander, you are saying that Nanoha-san is awesome?" she asked and gave a nod of reply. "Cool! Nanoha is so strong!"
"Well, actually it's more like Nanoha's own perspective.'To defeat an opponent stronger than you, you must not be weaker than the opponent.' That's how Nanoha won today." Hayate smiled again and left the forwards to welcome her cousin. Her words left the forwards a confused look since what she said was not very clear to them.
The captains descended from the sky and were welcomed by their commander. Both gave the brunette official a salute before they were squeeze together in a warm hug. "Nice fight you two." She said gently. Though her actions shows kindness, her true intent is to match-make them.
"Nyahaha! Harlaown-taichou just let me win. If she were going to fight me seriously, I'll be down in ten seconds flat." Nanoha scratched her cheek, feeling embarrassed at the sudden contact of her body to Fate's. it was weird for her to be shy near the smiled gently, a small tint of red on her cheeks indicated she was blushing aswell.
"Well that was still a good fight. Hope you two will show these spineless cadets how it is during a fight." Hayate pointed the soldiers who watched them.
All congratulated their fight. Some was amazed how Fate showed grace and power while some, Subaru being the lead, admired Nanoha's raw talent. The two gladly appreciated the praises they got but in a humble way.
With all the fun the Rf6 are having, the sudden distress alarm echoed throughout Long Arch. The soldiers, staffs and officers all forgot their recent activity and went to their own stations. The alarms rung loud and continuous, causing a major marathon to the officers of Rf6 to get to the command room.
Hayate ran, together with her knights and the 2 captains. A small screen floating beside her and the view of a purple haired official with a distressed look waited for Hayate to respond. "Griffith! Report!" Hayate commanded as she ran to the command room.
"Yes ma'am! Type I drones had been spotted and as per Lucino, their numbers rangers from 20 to 40." The purple-haired officer reported.
"Location?"
All of them had arrived at the command center and entered the mechanical door only to be welcomed by a large live video of the enemies' target.
"No!" Nanoha shouted, recognizing the building that the Type I drones are now marching on to attack.
Griffith looked at them and saluted. "Target is the Saint Church's school. St. Hilde Academy of Magic"
"Nanoha!" Vita yelled when the flight instructor exited the room in haste.
The commander knew the reason for the sudden outburst and looked at her staff seriously. "Everyone back to your stations. Signum, Vita I want you to locate the source of the drones. Shamal, Zafira please have Vice fly you off to care for any injured there. Rein and Fate you're with me." Hayate instructed which everyone obeyed and went to their designated missions. She looked at everyone inside the room who saluted at her, waiting for her commands. "We must do everything to ensure the civilians and my neice's safety! Griffith! Inform the forwards to stand by the base. They will be our defenders here." Hayate ordered in a commanding tone.
"Ma'am yes ma'am!" everyone in the command room answered in chorus, abiding to their commander's orders.
Fate felt nervous at the incident. It has been years since the attack of the drones and by the looks of it, these are the same drones they had encountered. She looked at the screen and saw the drone's beams are now shooting the walls of the school and she can tell it was not a good sight for the students there. "Commander…" she voiced out.
Not even looking at Fate, Hayate knew what the blond enforcer wants. "Enforcer Harlaown I already know what you are thinking but I assure you this will be in capable hands. There are…" she focused her attention on the screen and a small-relieved sigh escaped her lips. "Help that will protect those we love." She finished. The blond enforcer looked at the screen and saw Nove fighting off the drones together with two teenagers. All three seemed to be fighting barehanded.
"Nove Nakajima… but who are the other two?" she asked, still feeling uneasy at what she is seeing. She looked at the two fighters beside Nove and she noticed that the two are wearing half-faced masks that covered most part of their eyes. One of them has a honey-blond colored hair with an overall body suit while the other has silvery braided hair with a light green mini dress with white jacket.
The snow-haired unison device floated near Fate and patted the blond's head with her petite hands. "Don't worry Fate-san. Let them handle this." She assured
"Nove can atleast take out 15 of those and the other two…" Hayate stopped her sentence and pointed the two fighter's moves. "10 each I guess."
"If they can handle them, then why dispatch the knights and Takamachi-taichou?" Fate asked, clenching her hands when the screen showed another wall being shot at. She can hear some screams and cries from the audio of the streaming. "Let me go there now Hayate!" she said in a louder tone. She was getting more anxious at the possibility that Vivio might be one of those who cried.
"Impact Cannon!" came from the audio of the streaming.
Fate looked at the screen and saw one of the two teenagers, the one wearing a full black body suit and white vest attack the Type I drone with a bizarre light beam attack. She cannot believe seeing the girl's magic color. "Hayate explain!" she demanded her commander, pointing at the rainbow colored blasts from the teenager onscreen.
"-sky breaking seven!" Voiced the silvery-haired teenager. A shockwave was visible in the screen, piercing three Type I drones.
But Fate didn't get any answers from her commander. She watched the fight at the screen, watching intently at the defenders of the school. She mentally prayed for Vivio's safety inside the building that the three are protecting as the fight goes on. She was getting irritated by her commander not answering her.
A few minutes has passed, a blast of falling chunks of rock from the school's walls wiped out the whole drone attack. A huge cloud of dust covered the screen and only audio was the source of reports.
"Nove! Can you hear me? Status report? How are your two companions?" Hayate asked in a rather mix of anger and concern. She waited for the combat cyborg's reply, both hands clenching her armrest.
"I can hear you Hayate! Drones have been knocked out. Good thing I was in the area together with the majesties and they are safe! Right ladies?" Nove's voice echoed from the speakers. The signal from the video is getting jammed but they can hear other voices from the background.
"Yes~!" the voice sounded childish as if the owner of the voices was not involved in an attack.
"Nove! Tell me no one got hurt?"
"N-Nanoha-san? Ah yeah. The children are safe. I'm just reporting the recent status."
The report gave Fate's nervousness at ease and Hayate's death grip on her chair loosened upon hearing Nanoha's voice and the two teenager. "That's good to know. Nanoha, how is it there?" the commander asked, hoping for a positive reponse.
The cloud of dust had now dissipates and the view of Nanoha, Nove together with two kids came into view. Fate found it odd that the two teenagers was nowhere in sight but she smiled seeing Vivio in Nanoha's arms and a silver haired child was holding Nanoha's cloak. Nanoha looked at them, a smile gracing her face.
"Captain Takamachi reporting. Type I drones have been subdued by Nove Nakajima and her companions. I am assuring that none of the students or staffs are hurt." The Captain of StarS reported. On her arms, Vivio waved at the viewers and called out to her aunt.
Fate and Hayate found the childish antics of Vivio rather cutely. After the debriefing of the overall status, Nanoha and Nove ended their report and the screen went blank.
Yet Fate's inquisitive thinking regarding the fight was nowhere near the end. Something is a mystery to her and she would like to find them out. 'Starting from Nanoha Takamachi.' She saluted at Hayate, knowing that danger was nowhere near the base anymore and dashed out of the command room.
Hayate knew her friend's plans but let it be. 'Maybe it's time someone else knows.' She leaned back on her chair and groaned.
"Mistress, Fate-san saw the two majesties and the sighting of drones are not a good sign to everyone." Rein's voice was full of concern.
"Yeah. It has been 4 years Rein." Hayate motioned for her screen to appear and a picture of Nanoha, herself and the honey-blond haired teenager hugging Nanoha's waist. The three of them are smiling widely with the background of a café with the sign of 'Midori-ya Café'.
"I need to contact Carim and Chrono."
A/N: whew! that was hard... hope the update was not crappy or something. feel free to point out my errors or suggestions. thanks and luvya!