A/N: Hello! Khazumi here, didn't expect a long one. I had a hard time finding time to update y'know! Well anyways, thank you to those who have asked for an update! Here it is. 'MY POWER OVER YOU' chapter 2
~Shintori Khazumi
The following day, as promised(?), Fate stood waiting at the gate. 'I wonder if they'll be here anytime soon. Especially Nanoha.' At that thought, Fate blushed. "Nanoha…" She remembered her first encounter with the brunette, who at first sight, stole her heart- 'wait a sec… stole my hea- oh who am I kidding! She most likely did.' Fate unconsciously grinned like an idiot.
The first time she actually saw Nanoha was at this very gate. 'OK… about yesterday's confrontation, I totally forgot I saw her at the gate already! Don't blame me… I'm usually the patrol guard and this was the first time in a while that I encountered strangers lurking around again.' Anyways, back to Nanoha. When she entered the gate, the atmosphere seemed to change. Fate knew she garnered quite the attention from everyone. After all, this was a school far from normal. Yes, this school did offer a great and normal education, but there were special classes for different 'talents' such as herself. Time-Space Academy, or better known as TSA, was not fully a magic school, but they did offer scholarships to those who were either really smart, talented, or, in others' cases, had magic. Well she guessed Nanoha and the others already knew this… maybe. Fate paled.
"What if they don't?!" Fate freaked out.
"Pffftt… ahaha… nyahahaha…"
Fate turned around and blushed even more. There stood Nanoha, Arisa and Suzuka. "Uwaa! Please forget about that!" Fate said covering her face to hide her embarassment.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think we can forget something like that, rather we don't want to." Suzuka stated while suppressing a giggle.
"Who knew? Yesterday, we were all so tense around you, the cool beauty named Fate, but now…. I don't know. Who knew you had this side to you?" Arisa said quite amused.
"Just please… don't mention it anymore… please." Fate begged.
"Nyahaha… don't worry… Fate-chan is still cute. This makes you even cuter!" Nanoha commented, not noticing the blush on the other's face. "Anyway, should we get going then? I think we're getting stared at." Nanoha mentioned. Everyone looked around and found it to be true.
'Or… maybe it's just you getting attention' The three except Nanoha thought. For some reason, Nanoha just had this… aura around her that Fate could not explain. 'Hmmm… maybe they do have powers?'
"Yeah, I guess we should." Fate replied, leading the bunch.
Walking through the corridors, the girls chit-chatted inserting short reintroductions to get to know each other better. Nanoha finally told Fate her last name, though the other didn't show any significant reaction. 'Good. Means our info hasn't leaked yet.' Nanoha inwardly sighed in relief.
"So, you three have been friends since you started grade school?" Fate asked.
"Yeah, but Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan have known each other longer." Nanoha stated.
"Ehhh… oh about this, Suzuka… Are you some kind of oujo-sama? You kind of give off this elegant air… like a princess!" Fate questioned thoughtfully.
"Yeah! Both me and Arisa-chan." Suzuka said, happily clutching onto Arisa's arm.
"Arisa? Seriously? Well come to think of it… you do give off this proud and authorative aura, but… it's more like a…" Fate's eyes widened as if she discovered something and she covered her mouth. During the girls' short reintroduction, she picked up on Arisa not wanting to be compared to a boy.
"Like a?" Arisa pressed. Nanoha and Suzuka were both sending frantic hand gestures to Fate to not continue.
"Spit it out Fate." Arisa commanded.
"L-like a.. Like a…" Fate swallowed. She closed her eyes quickly… Like a p-p"
"P?"
"P-pri…pri..pri-pretty GIRL!" It didn't go as well as Fate thought. Arisa gave Fate a chop on the head. After that, Arisa said "Fate, you should have just told me… but I don't blame you, really." Arisa became shy all of a sudden which Fate found shocking. "I get that a lot…" She admitted sighing. "P-prince that is…"
"A WHOLE LOT!" Nanoha interrupted, successfully earning a hit on the head. "Ouch…"
"Now, now, Arisa-chan. At least take it as a compliment." Suzuka patted her head.
"But I. AM. A. GIRL! Why prince?!" Arisa said frustrated, remembering all those middle school memories of squealing fan girls and that play…
"Well, to take your mind off of it, think of it as… you're my prince!" Suzuka announced happily. Arisa blushed. Why did that sound like a fact more than a suggestion?
"Oh I forgot to ask…" Fate cut in, gathering everyone's attention. "What class are you in?"
Everything stopped.
"We got carried away,huh?" Arisa said.
"Y-yeah." The rest replied. Luckily, they came to school early so they had about 5 minutes before the bell.
"Um, if it helps, the accountant at the desk gave us these folders when we enrolled to give to the teacher." Nanoha said digging through her bag and handing Fate a clean white folder.
"Oh, ok. Let me see…" As Fate read for the class, her eyes widened. "S…S… Class… S… The Star class or commonly known as the "SPECIAL CLASS"" Fate said shocked. "Just how amazing are you?" She questioned the transferees. They responded by shrugging their shoulders.
"Well at least it's easier now. We're in the same class anyway." Fate said getting over the shock.
"Doesn't that mean you're on our level? If not higher? Status-wise that is." Arisa threw back.
"I… I don't think so. Transferees getting into special classes… especially an advanced one… that's just… AMAZING. Most transferees, mostly scholars like yourself, only get class A at most and just take side classes for their specialties."
"Explain…" Arisa encouraged her to continue.
"Well… the system goes like this. Most S-class students have been here from the start of their school days carefully building their skills up. You see, you have to work hard and prove to everyone in this school that you deserve to be and belong in the S-class." Fate elaborated.
"Well, doesn't that mean you all are plenty amazing yourselves?" Suzuka said, still confused as to this system.
"Still! This will cause a huge uproar if you guys don't prove yourselves, and anyway, what's your 'special talent'?" Fate asked, truly curious to how these three made it here.
"Talent? As in general? Well… AH! Ummm… what was it again?" Suzuka said, knowing full well that they weren't supposed to reveal anything too private yet and just played it off innocently.
"Well, mine goes in the music section." Arisa said calmly. 'Nice cover Arisa-chan!' Suzuka smiled.
"Me and Arisa are also in the intelligence section." Nanoha followed.
"Also?" Fate asked.
"And Nanoha-chan is also in the Martial Arts section." Suzuka continued for Nanoha.
"Oh?" Fate said, but then realized something. "Wait what? You sure Nanoha and Arisa didn't get switched?!"
"How rude. Well, Nanoha doesn't like to show off her musical talent and we have tried to convince her, but I guess I occasionally do." Arisa said.
"What do you play anyways?" Fate asked.
"Piano and Violin." Was the simple reply.
"What about you, Suzuka? Fate turned her attention to the elegant ojou-sama.
"Oh me? I'm in the music and sports sections."
"Now you and Arisa seem to have switched." Fate commented.
"Oi!"
"What? You just seem like the type." Fate said defensively.
"Nah… I'm not as good as they are in studying." Suzuka said before Arisa could blab again.
"Wait…" Fate realized. "You're multi-sectioned! Can you handle all of that?! Fate knew classes might be a bit shorter, but their learning was faster in that class. It was full of geniuses and the like experimenting with their powers and all that, but… it was still tough. 'Not to mention if they joined clubs too, how would they manage it all?' Fate wondered.
"Yes, Why? The three answered in sync.
"Ugh… no hesitation huh…" Fate stated dryly. "The school work is quite heavy, you know." She looked at them.
"We know. So?" They tilted their heads.
"Nevermind… I feel like this won't get me anywhere- wait… I got off track! I mean what are your pow-" The bell rang just in time. "Ah! We're here." Arisa pointed to the sign as they stopped in front of a door labeled "Star Class".
"So class, as I said, we are waiting for our new students… who were supposed to come yesterday… to arrive…"A pink-haired teacher said whispering the middle part to herself. Just as she said that, the door slid open and Fate stepped in.
"Ah! Testarossa! Where have you been? The teacher questioned Fate with a stoic expression.
"Oh… I was with the transfer students, Signum-sensei." Fate replied seemingly unfazed as Nanoha, Suzuka, and Arisa peeked into the room with only the teacher seeing them. "Well then… bring them in." She said, noticing the three.
"Yes ma'am." Fate replied, beckoning the three to follow her inside. Once they stepped inside, "Oooohhsss and AHHHss" and whispering could be heard from the class.
"OK class. Be quiet and let's have our new students introduce themselves. Questions can be saved for later… OK girls, ready?"
"Y-yes." Suzuka replied a bit surprised but not scared. Then going first, "Hello Everyone and good day to you." She bowed, releasing an elegant aura, the one Fate had felt earlier, around her. One of the hints to knowing if someone was strong or had powers, was their aura, and these three seemed to hide it and control when to show it. Fate observed them thoughtfully. "My name is Tsukimura Suzuka, I am a pure Japanese, as I have heard that most students here are either half Japanese and half foreigner or completely foreign. I am 16 years old and I love music and sports (and Arisa-chan) despite how I may look! I hope we all get along well." She finished receiving an applause from everyone and some stares from a few guys.
Next up was Arisa. "Yo guys." She stated coolly. Now, Suzuka got quite the attention from the male population, but Arisa garnered attention from both guys and girl, especially since she had let her hair grow back a bit, just past her shoulder. "My name's Arisa Bannings and I am… uh, Half-american. Umm… I am in the intelligence and music sections." She completed her introduction. "The girls started chorusing "Seriously?" "Isn't that great?" "Ah! We have the same special section!"
Nanoha was beginning to get nervous. Not because it was her turn to introduce herself, but because Suzuka was seriously starting to release an evil killing intent while still maintaining her smile. 'Seriously girl, try to hide your feelings better if you just won't confess yet.' "Yet" because Nanoha knew it would happen eventually. Nanoha stepped forward to introduce herself (and to avoid getting the bad end of Suzuka's wrath… boy was she scary when jealous or mad.) "Hi everyone!" She smiled, waving and saw a certain blonde with burgundy eyes waving back from the far corner of the room. "Uh… I'm Takamachi Nanoha. Nyahaha. I'm in the intelligence section and the Martial Arts section. I like cooking and baking as hobbies since our Family owns a shop called Midoriya and we also have a dojo." Nanoha finished her introduction. Soon, she was met with a barrage of questions and compliments.
"Really? I hear that shop is awesome!" A male voice echoed.
"Ne, isn't there a hot guy who tends to that shop?" A girl asked.
"Nyahaha… maybe that's my brother."
'Hmmm…. Nanoha and Arisa don't release an Aura. Are they suppressing it? But normally, that would be a bit hard.' Fate pondered while the rest of her classmates asked multiple questions to the new transferees.
One question caught the three off guard and brought Fate out of her pondering. It was a bit soon, but it was inevitable.
"Ne, ne, Takamachi-san, what are your powers? Bannings-san and Tsukimura-san too!" One of their female classmates asked.
"Actual-" As Nanoha was about to answer, the bell rang for their first class period. Today was Tuesday, so… Nanoha took a look at her class schedule. It read 'Powers Class'.
"Guess you guys will know the answer soon." Signum-sensei said with a small smile.
Everyone stepped into the gym, already changed. The P.E uniform consisted of short-pants, blue since they were first years, A white shirt with the school's logo, and a jacket which no one wore since it was hot.
"Ok class, we will start with a few warm-ups." The teacher announced while leading the group. Once they were finished Signum said. "Ok class, now that you're ready, Activate your powers." She instructed.
Everyone did so, except Nanoha, Fate, Arisa and Suzuka. The three were observing everyone. Each student's powers differed in many ways. There was nature magic, elemental powers, regular magic, weapon formation powers, esper powers, nijutsu, any type of power seemed to be here. They even had one black-magic user, though he could not fully control it yet.
"Wow… it's not a special school for nothin'. It's like they're collecting us." Arisa commented, amazed at the large variation of powers, though not all their classmates had them. Some just sat out since they excelled in a different field which did not have powers. They instead, were at the control booth managing field operations.
Everyone turned to the four. "Testarossa! Activate" The teacher said in a commanding tone.
"Yes ma'am." Fate replied and pulled out a yellow triangular pendant from her blouse. "Bardiche, activate!" Fate commanded.
"Yes sir!" The device replied.
"An intelligent device, huh… well it's not really that uncommon these days, just rare." Arisa commented quietly.
"Just like ours?" Suzuka whispered back.
"No… it's a bit more… not advanced, well maybe it is, but let's say a bit more modernized than ours, but not as strong." Nanoha replied for Arisa.
"Nanoha's right. Since ours are original ancient relics. Her's might be ancient, but it seems to have been modified by the school." Arisa stated, staring at Fate, almost as if she was-
"You scanned it, didn't you?" Suzuka asked.
"Well, yeah." Nanoha looked at Arisa. Her eyes were a different shade of green than usual. They were an emerald color. Nanoha tried to scan as well, her sapphire eyes becoming a greenish color. She looked at the people in the room, checking their powers and levels. Not many of them were at Nanoha, Suzuka and Arisa's level, but still quite strong. Fate though… Nanoha heard the other two gasp. She turned to them, seeing them deactivate their scanning.
"You saw too, huh?" Nanoha said.
"Yeah." The two replied nodding their heads. "I guess she is pretty amazing… those stats… wow." Arisa exclaimed. They tried scanning again without being noticed, but…
"You three!" Signum called out, making the three quickly deactivate their scanning once more.
"Y-yes!" They just hoped they weren't caught. Their side abilities were also supposed to be kept secret.
"You've just been standing there, staring. Activate as well. Then we'll have our all-out class brawl." The teacher instructed.
"A-all out brawl, you say…" Arisa and Nanoha shared a glance.
"What? Too scared? Ha! You should know that you need to prove to all those pupils here that you deserve to be in the S-Class."
"Yes ma'am." They replied reluctantly.
Everyone had already transformed and most of them had modified uniforms rather than the originals. Nanoha thought.
"Arisa, Suzuka. Modify the transformation gear… We can't let them find out about us having ancient relics, since it seems that none of them know about us." Nanoha sent telepathically.
"Alright"
"OK ma'am. We're ready." Nanoha said.
Everyone watched.
"Activate!" All three said in unison. Glowing light surrounded them and once it subsided, the three were shone with their gear. Suzuka was in a purple shirt with a white sleeveless hoodie and black gym shorts that were slightly fitted. Violet sneakers that had an ice element printed as a design were on her feet. Arisa wore a green ¾ button down polo, light-brown cargo shorts, and had light green sneakers that had green flames. Nanoha wore a blue shirt with the same hoodie as Suzuka just with an embroidered design that had the initials T.N., a white above-the-knee skirt with cycling shorts underneath and blue and white sneakers. They had modified their weapons a bit as well. Nanoha was holding a handgun with a sniper on her back, Arisa had a katana with a blade made out of flames, and Suzuka had icy brass knuckles.
"Nicely done girls." Signum commented, while other students looked fascinated and others just ranted about how it didn't meet their expectations.
Fate approached them. She wore a yellow shirt with black sides and a pair of white cargo gym shorts like Suzuka. She had black and yellow sneakers on with lightning bolts and still wore her pendant. She was holding a large sword with a blade of light. The same one she had pointed at the girls yesterday in the courtyard. "I didn't expect you to have powers at first, but then again, this is the S-Class so… well yeah… I guess." Fate said.
"OK everyone." Signum said gaining everyone's attention. "For the all-out brawl, you'll be grouped together in teams of four as the maximum number. Choose your own members. The last team standing wins! " Once she had announced that, Fate was immediately being fought over.
"Fate-san!" "Harlaown-san!" "Oi Testarossa!"
"Sorry everyone, but I think I'll go group with them over there." Fate said, gesturing towards Nanoha, Suzuka and Arisa who seemed to be having a hard time looking for a group. 'I guess everyone wants to test them,huh? Still, that's just too harsh on the new students. Who knows how much experience those girls have!' Fate thought. 'Plus… I want to be with Nanoha.' She shook that thought out of her head. 'No, no, no… it's not the time to be thinking about such things.'
"Aw! But Fate-san, if you join them, we know your group will win hands down. After all, Fate-san, you are this class' ace. You've fought in these things and had not one scratch!" The class commented, trying hard to convince Fate not to join the newcomers.
"That's right! And you even represent the school each year at the inter-school competition, single brawl and team brawl. You are in the top 10 every year!" They all voiced out their reasoning.
"But-!"
"Then, it should be ok if I join them?" A new voice said.
"Hayate!" Fate exclaimed, surprised to see her short-haired brunette friend, who usually was to busy to keep up with some classes. It surprised her that the cosplay-loving girl had showed up for today's class. She hoped Hayate would stay for the other classes. She was, after all, one of Fate's trusted companions.
"Eh? No way. Even if you aren't on Fate-san's level, you're still stronger than most of us!" A male student protested.
"Ouch" Hayate replied playfully.
"U-umm… " A voice broke through the noise. "Excuse me, but I think that the three of us will be fine together… without a fourth." Nanoha said, throwing in her idea, trying to get the class started, seeing that her teacher was beginning to look impatient.
"Oh that's not a bad idea." The teacher agreed.
"Eh? You sure you guys will be fine?" Fate asked, voice laced with concern.
"Yeah. I don't think newbies can handle this yet without a complete team, that is, if you don't have experience with the people and with magic." Hayate said worriedly, but at the same time, curious.
"We'll… get through somehow." Nanoha said, Arisa and Suzuka nodding their support.
An uproar began. "Eh? They really think they can take us all on?" One student, who was the supposed 7th best in class, said mockingly.
"How naïve! Ahaha" his friend chanted
"Don't they know we're Elites? We'll show there girls it's not as easy as they think." Some plotted.
"Ok everyone! You all ready?" Signum asked, seeing her pupils getting pumped up, though at the same time, a bit careful in case she needed to jump in if someone used bad tactics.
"Yes ma'am!" Everyone replied.
The wall counter started, "10, 9, 8…" Fate was getting worried. For some reason, everyone seemed to be targeting Nanoha's team. Well, it wasn't really uncommon. It happened with new students all the time… "6, 5…" 'Please be ok guys!' She thought as the buzzer sounded.
"Start!" Signum called out.
Fate and Hayate had teamed up as a duo, fighting a lot of other teams as it started to clear up a bit for them. Without letting their guard down, they spared a glance at Nanoha's team. What they saw, shocked them a bit, but it soon was replaced by warm and excited smiles on their faces. Around Nanoha's team, a lot of other teams had fallen. Fate observed closely. 'Not bad' Their strategy seemed to have had a great balance of offense defense. Suzuka acting as complete defense by making a barricade with '…is that ice?' Hayate and Fate thought. Meanwhile, Nanoha and Arisa were more on the offense. Arisa took out those who were able to get past their barricade, and Nanoha took out mid to far range mage fighters with shooting spells that enhanced her bullets.
Pretty soon, only four teams remained. Fate and Hayate's duo team, Nanoha, Suzuka, and Arisa's team along with the team of that 7th in class guy and another team that was led by a girl who was the class' 5th best. The downed teams watched in anticipation. The teams charged against each other, but the other two teams were knocked out very quickly leaving the others in shock. Two teams remained. Nanoha and Fate's.
"You guys are pretty good, getting this far." Hayate praised.
"Well, we ain't just for show after all." Arisa replied.
Soon, everyone had begun to take back their earlier remarks about the newbie trio. "These guys are amazing, getting so close to Testarossa and Yagami level." someone remarked.
"Yeah, but in the end, no way they could beat them right?" Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Let's get to it. Good luck guys." Fate called.
"You too." Suzuka replied.
It started. Fate and Hayate ran in opposite directions of the room to split the attention of the remaining team. Suzuka and Arisa knew what this called for and targeted Hayate as she sent a small bombardment spell towards them, but Suzuka managed to block it successfully with a thick wall of ice. Hayate tried breaking the wall by using a fire spell, but she was surprised when Arisa suddenly jumped from behind the barricade and landed a clean hit on her shoulder.
"Hey, hey… careful, that thing's hot!" Hayate laughed while trying to heal her shoulder from a distance.
"Sorry, but nothin' I can do about it." Arisa grinned.
Meanwhile, Nanoha was left to fend off Fate. It was kind of a problem at first for Nanoha. Well, anyone could see that, but was it really that hard for her? That question was only asked by Arisa and Suzuka quietly, knowing that Nanoha could do more than she did.
'Ugh… close hand-to-hand combat… Fate-chan sure is good at this. I haven't been practicing my hand-to-hand very much and it's getting quite 's right. Holding back is hard.'
"Whats wrong Nanoha? Hard time?" Fate smirked. " Well, I guess you don't seem like the close range fighter. I was observing you… guys…" Fate added quickly. 'I almost said I was observing you only.' "…and I saw you were a mid-far range type. You should've fought Hayate y'know." Fate smiled.
"Well, Testarossa-san…"
" Y'know, my last name's actually Testarossa-Harlaown. I think you've heard others say it?"
"Ah… well then, Testarossa-Harl…"
"Fate is fine." She said lashing her sword at Nanoha as she dodged it perfectly.
"Well then Fate" Fate liked how her name sounded from this girl. "If you think I have a problem with hand-to-hand combat, as you clearly have forgotten what I've told you…" Nanoha's sniper suddenly turned into a katana with a blade of light, like Fate's, surprising the girl. "I Don't." Nanoha grinned
'Right… she said she grew up in a dojo. I forgot.' Fate seemed to smile nervously. 'I wonder what will happen to me.' As Fate was preparing to take an unexpected and strong blow that she could no longer block…
"Nanoha-chan!" Suzuka was heard. The pair turned to the fighting trio. Arisa seemed to have an injured arm, due to the simulator and probably a real wound. She was also closing one eye, indicating one was blind due to the simulator, but not really blind in reality. Still, Nanoha worried. Suzuka also seemed to have a sprained ankle as Arisa was covering her defensively.
"I'm fine! Don't worry keep going Nanoha." Arisa yelled. Nanoha seemed to look hesitant from what Fate had observed.
"Sensei! We withdraw." Nanoha announced clearly.
"EHHHH?!" Everyone chorused.
"So either way Testarossa-Yagami still won, huh?" Someone from the stands commented.
"Such a waste of a good game."
"To me, I just think they gave up because they realized they were too weak in front of our class' aces." Someone, mister 7th in place, mocked.
Arisa just gritted her teeth in disappointment. "We could've won if you just let us… Nanoha."
"We're…I'm sorry Nanoha-chan." Suzuka apologized.
"Yeah… sorry for holding you back." Arisa continued, replacing her frown with a smile.
"It's ok guys. At least I had fun. Nyahahaha." Nanoha replied. "At least you guys seem to be fine."
"Well, this is way safer than normal, right?" Arisa said. "Can't believe you got worried too fast."
"Well, they were-"
"Oi! You guys are amazing!" Hayate said approaching them. "I'm Yagami Hayate, by the way. You can call me Hayate." She extended her hand, which the girls gladly took. "Nice to meet you." They replied.
"Boy, you guys had us worried there! And here we thought we'd lose, The MVPs losing to the newbies. What a shame." Hayate said.
"But anyway, it was an awesome game. Nothing me and Fate experienced before, right?" She said, facing Fate who came along.
"Right! I wasn't expecting you to have powers, at first. I really was surprised, but then again, this IS the S-class." Fate said.
"Nah, no way. You still won in the end." Arisa said.
"Yeah right, by default… The most shameful way of losing. Why would you cancel out on us!"
"And no to mention, you guys made it harder this time. Mostly, me and Hayate go single and we still win. Imagine how badly we would've lost if we went single earlier!"! Fate told them.
"Speaking of which…" Arisa trailed off sharing a knowing glance with Suzuka.
"Ah yeah… come to think of it, if Nanoha-chan went on single she'd…" It looked like Suzuka was pondering on what to say. "pretty much mow us all down." Suzuka stated with a happy smile. Fate and Hayate visibly shivered. "Wow… well that's some way to put it." Arisa laughed.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Nanoha cried.
"Well, we know you're holding back since you're with us." Arisa said.
"Eh?" Fate and Hayate were surprised.
"Don't listen to the-"
"You see, Nanoha here, when alone, doesn't hold back. Full power! Full throttle!... or so she says." Arisa explained. "Oh, there was even this time in middle school when she-"
"Arisa-chan!"
"Heh…" Everyone interested listened in.
"But with a team, she holds back so that she won't hurt us and so we work as a team." Suzuka continued.
"Yeah, so it doesn't look like she's the leader, we look like we're all equal."
"Even if we're clearly not." Suzuka finished.
"EH?!" Everyone was surprised while Nanoha did her best to avert her gaze.
"That's right." Signum walked towards the group of students. "She even used a limiter for you guys, didn't you notice?" She stated.
"We didn't!" They replied except Arisa and Suzuka.
"Really? It's there on her wrist. She put it there to show you and you never realized." The teacher said. "I guess you were too busy underestimating her to not notice."
'Or Nanoha used an invisibility spell on it during the brawl so nobody would notice.' Arisa said to herself.
Sure enough, there was a red limiter on Nanoha's wrist.
"Red." Hayate said. "Red…" she stated yet again. "Red?!"
"What's up?" a classmate asked.
"She used a RED limiter?! Remember? There are a couple of limiters. Yellow for one level down, green for two levels down, red for three, blue for four, and white for five or more!" Hayate explained.
"Oh and by the way, she wanted to try using the white one earlier." Signum said.
"What?!"
"Explain yourself Nanoha!"
"Eh? Fate-chan? Everyone? Why are you so angry?" Nanoha asked.
"Ummm… Nanoha-chan, It's probably because..." Suzuka said.
"because?"
"Obviously because they feel like you didn't take them seriously." Arisa said.
"Huh? but I did! I took them all seriously. It was seriously hard y'know!" Nanoha defended.
'OK, maybe that's partly a lie, I took them seriously, the hard part… I don't know.'
"Yeah it doesn't really feel like that…" Arisa stated dryly. "I mean, I know me and Suzuka used some too, but we only used the yellow ones."
"Yeah… even me and Fate only use the yellow or green ones, but never higher." Hayate added.
"what?"
"We didn't even use any now… unless Fate did." Hayate continued and looked at the said blonde. "I mean yeah we held back, but we didn't expect you to be this strong." She finished with a sigh.
"Well… I did use a green limiter and held back, but still… who exactly are you guys?" Fate said.
"I-I guess I'm sorry?" Nanoha apologized.
"Sorry, but your' sorry ain't gonna cut it. The only way is…" Hayate grinned. "fighting us all." Hayate said.
"Wh-wha?"
"Without the limiter."
"EHHH? But!" Nanoha tried to protest. "Why?"
"It's to test your strength, duh… we can't assess you in this class like this."
"Assess?"
"Sorry Nanoha, but that's the rule as much as I hate to admit." Fate said.
"What kind of rule is that? Where?"
"It is the rule for a challenge. It's a special one. If your opponent isn't satisfied or if this is your first time battling, you have to show your full power so that the teachers can tell you how to progress, you'll have to battle your challenger, and in this case, everyone is challenging you and you are bound to the challenge by the rule."
"No way. I can't. Even Arisa and Suzuka have to fight me?"
"Yeah. You against all of us." They replied.
"Sorry Nanoha-chan." Suzuka said.
"But you used limiters too!"
"But not as strong as you, plus they were already satisfied and didn't offer us the challenge. I tried telling you, didn't I?" Arisa sighed. "I read the rule book for class and school brawls,but you wouldn't listen. Time-Space Academy Battles."
"Hah… fine" Nanoha gave up and resigned herself. "When are we doing this?" Nanoha said suddenly becoming serious.
"U-uh… Yeah. Tomorrow, we don't have much class since it's a special day for the physical training and stuff, especially with the inter-school battles closing in." A student replied.
"2:00pm should do it, don't you think?" The teacher said, everyone agreeing.
"Alright then, everyone to your next class." The teacher said.
"Yes ma'am!"
'Takamachi-sama, what are you three doing here? You aren't supposed to be seen by the public world. Why did our mistress agree to enroll them here?' Signum thought deeply and sighed. 'You are after all…'
A/N: Hello! Here is chapter 2.. i think it's not that ok, but tell me your thoughts on it... now... i gotta eat ma lunch. Ciao!
~Shintori Khazumi