A/N: Hello peeps! I'm super sorry for this late one again… I've been very busy, caught conjunctivitis, had exams, we had something like a sports fest, our computer crashed and I didn't have a copy of this chapter anywhere else… I just got a boat-load of problems right now. Please forgive me, but… I got the next chapter planned, although I don't know when exactly to release it. I haven't really started much, but… anyways it's getting late, and although tomorrow's a holiday here in the Philippines, I still have to get to school cause my class is gonna do something in our room. Anyways, to those who are curious about Hayate, this doesn't really explain much, huh? Anyways, Enjoy!

~Shintori Khazumi

Chapter 3:

"Mou Yate-chan! Why can't I beat you?! I've been attacking you for at least 10 minutes and you blow me away with one spell!" A ten year old brunette with a side-ponytail complained to her friend.

"Ahahaha… sorry." The person in question stated apologetically as she helped her friend up.

"Nanoha-sama, I believe you've been taught this already, but the mistress was born with natural magic, making her more powerful than normal. You, on the other hand, have somehow developed natural magic, strangely enough, since the doctors thought that you would never be able to use any unlike everyone else on this planet. But anyway, that is the difference." A pinkette joined their conversation as she handed both girls a bottle of water.

"Well, Signum's right for one thing, but Nano-chi, I think you'll be able to become stronger than me if you train. You can even surpass Ojii-san!"

"I do train! And don't call me Nano-chi!" Nanoha whined.

"Alright, Alright. So cute, anyways… Again!" Hayate announced while suddenly flying towards Nanoha.

"Wait! That's not fair, I wasn't ready! Hayateee!"

"Hayate-chan, wait! Where are you going? Why didn't you tell me you were leaving." A slightly out of breath Nanoha cried, running after her friend who was about to board her plane.

Hayate simply turned to face Nanoha, eyes seemingly void of emotion. "Sorry, but I need to transfer to a special school and you can't be there." She said in a tone that Nanoha had never thought she'd hear from usually tender girl, who almost looking annoyed at being prevented from leaving.

"Why?" Nanoha asked, tears flowing down her cheeks. Just a few months ago, they were training for an important expedition. They were going to join a tournament and become champions and all of a sudden, Hayate said she was leaving. She wasn't even going to graduate elementary here. "Why?" Nanoha asked again, pleading for an answer.

"Just because…" Hayate answered coldly.

"Yate…chan…."

"Sayonara… Nanoha."

'I'm so sorry'

"Yagami-hime, I'm sure you are aware, but to remind you, we agreed that you must hide the powers you have inherited, correct? It will be dangerous for you if they discover your true identity. In order to hide and protect you and your precious identity, the school will be giving you a double limiter code." A man in a labcoat said.

"What?"

"It is a limiter attached to you, but cannot be seen by the 'normal' and even averagely powered population. You'll always have this on you, but you can wear another limiter for fights." The man showed Hayate a device that once worn, would be concealed from other's eyes, but high-level mages like Hayate could sense faint traces of it, or even see it completely.

"But won't that…"

"Don't worry. I know what you're thinking. I assure you that it won't contain your magic nor will it drain you too much. We know the effects of straining magic potential too much and the dangers to your health if ever your magic levels are exceedingly low. It might explode or turn into a magic beast or you can faint and die. This special limiter can release magic for your safety and it won't feed on your magic too much, I can at least promise you that. You and this girl will be the first users of our new product." He gestured to a girl coming out from the shadows.

"Hi, I'm Fate." The girl said stepping into the light, her golden mane shimmering like precious stars. " It's nice to meet you," She grinned at Hayate, a strange glint present in her eyes. "I hope we get along well…"

"First Princess of the Kingdom of Belka, Yagami Hayate-hime."

The whole day after their physical Ed class, Nanoha couldn't concentrate on any of the lessons. During lunch, the three friends along with Fate sat together, soon to be joined by Hayate.

"Yo guys!" She greeted.

"Hi" Everyone, but Nanoha responded.

"What's with her?" Hayate asked as she sat down next to Fate, who sat across the trio.

"Dunno… been like that the whole time." Fate replied, while chewing on her sandwich.

"Oh that?" Suzuka asked, looking like she knew the answer. The other two turned to her waiting. "She's probably trying to figure out how to 'not' hurt everyone when we fight." Suzuka finished.

"And how is she supposed to do that?" Hayate asked like she just saw a horse barfing rainbows. "Mostly in this school's or in any tournament's battle system, you either have to empty their life gauge or magic reserve."

"By using binding spells, more or less." Arisa inserted while sipping her juice. "She did it in middleschool too."

"What? She can use that many? I thought only those high-level instructors could do that." Fate said.

"Well, apparently, she can do it too." Arisa answered.

"Can she really pull that off?" Hayate doubted, though she knew there was a high chance that it was possible.

"Well, it is Nanoha-chan, so… yeah, pretty much." Suzuka replied.

"Seriously…"

"What choice do I have?" Nanoha suddenly blurted out loudly, making everyone jump in surprise. Arisa spit out some of the juice she was drinking, while Hayate choked on her food.

"You were actually paying attention." Fate turned to her.

"Why wouldn't I?" Nanoha looked a bit confused. They were in the middle of discussing something, weren't they?

"But you looked so deep in thought so…" Hayate added after she recovered from her choking.

"You thought I wasn't paying attention?" Nanoha finished for them. They just nodded their heads in reply.

"Well, to be fair, I wasn't really listening to the first part, I just kinda caught on to what you guys were talking about." Nanoha answered their questions.

"How do you expect to win then?" Hayate asked. "Binding spells alone will just keep them in place. Not to mention, if they ever break out of the bind, you'll be in trouble. Obviously, concentrating on the binding strength will be harder if we're scattered." She finished, trying to see how Nanoha would overcome this hole in her plan.

"That may be true, but, I've already thought of a way, though it might be kind of hard. I can use a binding spell, or at least I customized one that can drain their powers just enough to make them a bit faint or weak, but…" Nanoha trailed off.

"You have to knock them out to win or make them unable to move, right?" Arisa said. Nanoha just nodded in reply.

"And, not to mention, if you drain their magic and energy too much, it will be a danger to their health." Hayate commented.

"Yeah… That's one of the things I'm worried about. So… I guess I'll have to use a bombardment spell without the draining part, huh?" Nanoha said thoughtfully, placing some food in her mouth while contemplating on something, probably how much power she should put into the spell.

"B-bombardment? I thought only a few students could use it?" 'Yeah right… and obviously, this act is getting tiring.' "The teacher had just started teaching this class the different types, but… can you all use it?" Hayate asked.

They nodded in reply.

"I can use it too, though rarely since I usually specialize in close range and hand-to-hand combat." Fate inserted.

"Really? I thought they were pretty easy to use, though I can't use those humungous ones Nanoha has. Just the small and normal sized ones." Arisa said.

"What do you mean by the way you say normal?!" Nanoha asked in a tone that sounded like she felt insulted. "I use normal! Using spells is always normal!"

"No, No… what I mean is like the normal size for a bombardment… you use things like this big, or this big or…" Arisa said stretching her arms wider and wider to emphasize her point.

"Ok ok… I get it." Nanoha said.

"The teacher even said it was only because you can't control your magic flow and put in too much."

"I SO can control my magic flow!" Nanoh argued. Arisa just raised her brow, not believing it even for a second. "I… i-improved on controlling my magic flow…" Nanoha added. 'She still has a hard time controlling it even after all these years, huh?' Hayate thought a chuckle erupting from her mouth.

"So basically, all three of you can use it, correct?" Hayate asked them.

"Un." They replied.

"Ok…" Hayate trailed off stuffing her mouth for a second. Everyone became silent, placing them in a not-so-uncomfortable silence, but still a bit awkward.

"Hmmm?" Nanoha, not receiving a response, dove back into her thoughts and just continued to chew on her food while Fate just stared at her for whatever reason, with her being oblivious to the gesture. Hayate, noticing this, tried to divert the blonde's attention to her.

"Fate…? Fate? Oi… earth to Fate. You listening?" Hayate waved her hand in front of a dazed blonde.

"Nanoha… eats so elegantly." She mumbled unconsciously, prompting surprised reactions from each person there.

"What the heck?" Arisa asked, turning to the others as if searching for a response. Suzuka just shrugged in return, but Hayate grinned like a kid who discovered where their mom hid the cookies for the tea party later.

"It must've been love~" She sang on impulse.

"What?" Arisa deadpanned. Nanoha still remained deep in thought.

'Ah… we have discovered another dense idiot, it seems.' Hayate thought. She shared an understanding glance with Suzuka, which surprisingly, did not go unnoticed by Arisa who sent them a questioning look. 'I take it back… she's not that dense, I guess… and yet… maybe she is, though only towards matters regarding her own love life.' A sudden idea struck Hayate widening her mischievous grin. 'Let's try this out, shall we?'

"Na-No-Ha- Chan!" Hayate chirped with all the innocence and sweetness she could muster, successfully bringing Nanoha out of her reverie.

"What is it Haya-" Her question was cut off by a scene that unfolded too fast for her to process anything. She was sure she had felt Hayate kiss her cheek not even a second ago, but then why was Fate standing on Hayate in front of her while Hayate looked seriously hurt.

"Ahahaha… ha…ha. Well that was a bad idea" Hayate laughed through the pain.

"No friggin' kidding. Are you even ok?" Arisa looked a bit shaken, but not as shocked as Nanoha. Suzuka just giggled softly.

"Well, now that that has been confirmed…" Hayate stood up, brushing the dust from her skirt as if nothing happened and proceeding to return to her lunch.

"What… has been confirmed?" Fate asked, taking her seat once more beside her friend giving her a look that said 'what the heck are you even going on about while I'm experiencing whatever?'.

"Oh? Why the fact that you, my dear Fate, love Na- mmph"

"Na?" Arisa and Nanoha asked.

"Tell her and I swear you're gonna get it." Fate whispered in Hayate's ear, not bothering to deny the obvious. "And I don't care if I have to remove this damn limiter to do it." Hayate shivered and nodded her head. She had to let go of this… for now if she still wished to finish her lunch in one piece, but eventually get back to it. After all, she was Yagami Hayate.

"Na?" Nanoha repeated her question. Between Nanoha's pleading and curious eyes and Fate's ferocious glare, Hayate chose to be an obedient girl… for now.

"Nuggets. Fate loves nuggets." Hayate told Nanoha, feeling the restless burgundy-eyed girl beside her relax.

"Oh." Nanoha replied simply almost as if she was disappointed. She was pouting slightly, her cheeks puffed out while she chewed more thoroughly. "Oh." She repeated to herself.

"So cute." Hayate said aloud what Fate had been thinking at the moment, earning her a bop on the head.

"What?"

"Nothing." Fate turned away, choosing to chat with Arisa and Suzuka on their skills set and spells they used for fighting also about how they trained before they came to TSA.

While they were absorbed in their little chat, and Nanoha joining them and giggling as she recalled when Arisa had her first middleschool battle with the school's most popular delinquent and animatedly told Fate of when Arisa chained him to the wall for just looking at Suzuka and her, Hayate chose this time to be engrossed in her own thoughts.

'Why do I have to pretend that I don't know you?' Hayate thought sparing Nanoha a tender glance as she continued to watch the group fondly. 'What did I do to make you forget about me? How long has it been Nanoha? Oh right… six years… You were forced to forget me in six years, huh? Well I guess it's for your safety as well that you don't know me. I sealed your memories after all. Still… how could you forget?' Hayate almost looked like she was gonna cry, but she couldn't let that happen right? She couldn't let it slip through her carefully built-up mask.

"She didn't forget, Hayate-sama. She's just… not fully awake yet."

"Ari- Bannings-san? Did you just…?"

"Oi, oi, no need to be so formal. You don't need to pretend around me. And it is my specialty, you know. It comes with my special skill set. Reading people and their minds and being able to open telepathic lines with them even if they don't accept or even if they're far from me. I can force myself into their thoughts. I thought you knew this already...Hayate-sama?"

"Ahaha… of course. Nothing less of a knight I hand-picked myself. You even managed to open a telepathic line, despite my barrier. I didn't think you could. Guess you've become stronger as well." Hayate said, remembering the reasons as to why she personally chose Arisa and Suzuka out of all the people who applied to be Nanoha's protectors. Though, thinking back on that context, they were still pretty young. "The two of them sure have grown."

"Thinking in your thoughts? How odd. Ahaha… well, Suzuka and I did have the advantage on recommendation, Hayate-sama." Arisa read into Hayate's thoughts again.

"Hey, hey… give me a bit of privacy here."

"So, now that we have the opportunity, can you explain to me the reason on why you agreed to allow us to school here?" Arisa changed the topic asking mostly out of curiosity, but also of concern. "You know you and Nanoha are banned from having contact ever since that incident took place." She sounded worried. Hayate noticed she was looking over at her, careful to not get noticed by the other girls.

"I have my reasons. But don't worry .It won't happen again. That incident won't ever happen again. I promise." She held out her pinky to Arisa who was quite far from her, but repeated the gesture.

"Promise..."

2:00pm. Time for the battle. Well, it was supposed to be, if Nanoha wasn't so nervous to the point of trying to convince everyone to let her drop out at the last minute. "Please… we don't need to do this right?" Nanoha pleaded for the umpteenth time that afternoon. All the students out on the field were groaning, just waiting to get it over with.

"No. I thought you had already agreed to do this? After being smug and all, going… "Very well" and stuff." Arisa said, gesturing quotation marks with her hands.

"I don't remember going "Very well." and stuff! I just… ugh…" Nanoha repeated Arisa's action but slumped her shoulders in disappointment.

"Why are you so nervous anyway? It's just a small match. A test, to put it nicely." Arisa said.

"Well, I haven't actually been training my magic flow all that well and-"

"I knew it."

"Stop making me lose my self-confidence!"

"Just accept this as fate and get to it."

"But Arisa-chan… I might lose y'know!" 'Plus part of me feels like Hayate-chan will undo my bind sooner or later, though i don't know why it makes me feel so uneasy if i go along with this plan. It's almost as if it will backfire.'

"So? It is a test of strength. Somebody's gotta lose and that might be you. But who knows? You might just blow as all away." Arisa dismissed any further arguments with the wave of a hand and walked back to where Suzuka was standing.

"Takamachi! Are you ready now?" Signum called out to the girl impatiently. The students were also beginning to get tired of it. "Hurry up or we'll never finish!"

"Y-yes."

"Ugh Finally!" Everyone sighed, all of the commotion was resolved.

"Alright then class, let's explain the rules before we start." Signum said as the official referee for the battle. "One, no dirty tactics." She eyed those students who were more likely to use them and gave them a good warning glare. "Two, you are allowed to attack at the same time, just be careful you don't accidentally hit your allies. That would just be stupid." Everyone cringed at the thought of Signum-sensei calling them stupid. It was a famous saying in school that they'd rather be called worthless by the principal than stupid by Signum. "Third, no fatal spells such as ultimates that can harm both caster and victim. I know I already explained to you about ultimates and I don't want to do it again. Fourth, if you are low on energy magic and health points, and cannot recover, stop fighting immediately. We don't need any battered students to tire out our school nurse."

"Signum-sensei's just saying that 'cause she's concerned of Shamal-sensei!" A certain chestnut haired girl's voice rang.

"Yeah!" The students echoed.

"Ah… really? So you wouldn't mind going now?" Signum chuckled darkly releasing an aura that could only be described as deadly.

"Gomenasai."

"Good. Now everyone, transform or whatever and get ready to battle."

"…whatever? Geez… ain't that harsh." A student, Mr. 7th in class, complained.

"Huh?" Signum looked to see who said that, seeing only obedient students who transformed into their fighting gear.

"Oh and before we start, my last and final rule… Respect. Don't forget to respect your opponents. Never underestimate what they can do because you never know when you've lost the battle." She looked serious, well not like she wasn't always looking serious, but it seemed that these words weighed a bit heavier than the rest. Everyone readily agreed, taking the advice.

With everything set, Signum as the referee and Nanoha remembering not to wear a limiter- well actually being caught trying to sneak in a limiter- the battle began.

To change the setting up a bit, the group had decided to change it up a bit and do a free brawl, allowing them to use a nearby forest as their battle grounds. They could position themselves anywhere with anyone, but could not exceed the borders that the administrators had set up for the test.

Nervously, Nanoha set foot in a small open area in the woods, unknowingly triggering a sensor that a group of students had set up to find her in the wide battle grounds. Sensing that she might have been found, she did a complete turn to change her direction, accidentally passing the borders without realizing it and uncovered a small cave that was well hidden in the forest. Surprisingly enough, the cave was lit up and had all sorts of security-type technology filling the vast space. Nanoha looked around, only to find that this place was full of screens showing the tight surveillance in the forest. She approached one of the monitors and watched as everyone huddled up together, or set traps for her. She realized that this was going to be trickier than she expected.

"Who are you!" A voice suddenly yelled causing Nanoha to back up from the computer. "What are you doing here and how did you find this place? You intruders… you shouldn't be in this part of the fore- Nanoha-sama?" Nanoha, surprised at the strange yet somehow familiar voice speaking her name , squinted to see the figure standing at the dark end of the cave. Her eyes went wide and her mind ran a mile a minute at the sight before her. She was dreaming, right?

"S-s-schach-san? What are you… aren't you… huh?" Nanoha clutched her head, shutting her eyes and crouching on the cold earth while something-memories- they were flowing into her like a strong current. "What…" Schach tried to reach out to the hurting girl-

"Sister Schach, what's the problem? Have you confused another squirrel for a human being or are you just hoping to get an intruder to practice on?" Another, a more gentle voice entered Nanoha's ears.

"Carim Gracia…" The name unconsciously slipped through Nanoha's lips as she didn't even bother to lift her head and look to know who that voice belonged to. Why were they here? Just how long had it been since she saw them? Weren't they supposed to be- just like everyone Nanoha cared about… they were supposedly- Wait does she even know these people? How and why-

"Nanoha-ch- sama?" The one who was named Carim corrected herself. "Why are you… how… Schach?" She turned to the other woman in the place with a questioning face. She was met with the same expression and a shrug of the shoulders. They decided to approach the girl, who was still trying to recover from the sudden headache that blocked off all her senses. A light shone in the woman- Carim's hand as she touched Nanoha's forehead making the girl visibly show relief from the pain.

"Th-thanks." Nanoha muttered as she struggled to open her heavy eyelids. Somehow, they just felt so… heavy.

"Nanoha-sama, please sleep now. We'll explain everything…ter…go…ight." Was all she heard before surrendering her consciousness to the depths of sleep.

"…ma, …noha-sa… Nanoha-sama. Wake up. You should really get back to your school soon."

"…mmmm… five more minutes…"

"Nanoha-sama, it's really getting late and it's dark out. If you don't go soon, people will worry about you."

"Don't worry, the dorms aren't closed till ten at night, Cari-… Carim?!" Nanoha sat up abruptly from where she was lying. Carim and Schach seemed to have moved her to a room with a futon laid out and let her sleep awhile. 'Wait, Carim and Schach?!' Nanoha groaned remembering the reasons for her deep sleep and also remembering that she was supposed to be in a battle right now. She looked to see Carim seated on a chair by a desk full of what looked like research papers and other experiments. Schach was probably somewhere else in the cave Nanoha assumed.

"Carim?" The newly awakened girl questioned her… what was Carim to her again? Oh right. Carim and Schach used to watch over Nanoha when she and… who was it? were children. They had been their teachers and usually watched over them when their parents weren't home.

"Yes?" The older lady replied facing Nanoha fully.

"What time is it?" was the first thing that sunk into Nanoha's mind. How long had she been asleep anyway?

Carim looked at her watch "Hmmm… a little bit past 9:00pm, why?" She asked, though her face told Nanoha that she knew all too well.

"The dorms' curfew! The battle?" Nanoha just directed the question at Carim, like she would know what to answer.

She did. "Well, you disappeared right in the middle of everything and the time ran out. When everyone was called to assemble, the teachers seemed frantic when they couldn't find you around." Carim relayed the scenes she had seen unfold from their surveillance system.

"Ugh… Signum-sensei's gonna kill me." Nanoha visibly shivered at the thought of an angry Signum. She also thought of how worried her new friends and her guardians- Arisa and Suzuka- since when had they become her guardians?! Her eyes widened.

"Oh? You remembered another thing again, Nano-chi? Just try to take everything in one at a time. You might faint again. Y'know, that loose spell was hard to completely remove. I guess she was right, your body was unconsciously ridding you of the spell cast on you." Carim placed a hand under her chin thoughtfully.

"Don't call me Nano-chi! and what are you talking about? A spell? My body getting rid of it? Carim please explain it to me! And why do I strangely remember Suzuka and Arisa as my personal bodyguards instead of my best friends?" Nanoha fumed, saying all that in just one breath, which surprised even herself.

"Calm down, Nanoha-chan. I can't believe that even if you didn't remember, you still react to that name. Anyway, I can't explain everything right now, you'll probably remember it bit by bit, but I can't burden your mind with these memories yet. You won't be able to handle it if I do." Carim just smiled mysteriously making Nanoha frown at the vague answer. Carim giggled 'She hasn't changed one bit' "But...I guess I can spare you a bit of information…" Nanoha just looked at her curiously.

Walking back to the dorms was no easy task. Nanoha couldn't seem to concentrate on following the private path Carim had taught her to get back to the school grounds. What Carim told her was quite heavy, so much so that she felt like she was still imagining all of it.

"Suzuka and Arisa were privately and personally chosen to be your attendants when you were four years old. They both came from families that have served your's for generations." Carim took a sip of the tea that Schach brought to them a little while after Carim had decided to tell Nanoha a bit of her past.

"Huh? What do you mean? Stop joking around, Carim. I may remember you as a teacher, but just how important is my family that we would be guarded by elite people?" Nanoha laughed it off, but she felt strange. Was everything always like this?

"Nanoha… you transferred into the dorms yesterday, right? Your friends, especially this girl Hayate, told you to, right? Almost insisting even." Carim looked a bit different, she just had this blank look on her face which made it impossible for Nanoha to guess what was going on through her mind.

"Yeah?" Nanoha didn't like where this was going.

"Nanoha-chan, I hope you're ready for this, but… your family…they are all…"

"Nanoha… stay alive for… me"

"Ah!" It burned… her memories were engulfed with fire and debris.

"Papa! Mama! Kyouya-nii! Neechan!"

Tears cascaded down her cheeks as her head began to throb wildly once more.

"Nanoha?! Oh no… see this is why I shouldn't have told you." Carim rushed to Nanoha's side, quickly kneeling down. "Nanoha dear, please try to focus. Focus on me, focus only on me and my voice and the pain will go away." The soothing sound of Carim's voice was convincing enough for Nanoha and she slowly felt the relief.

"Thanks again, but Carim if… you know, what you said is true, then… who exactly… am I?" Nanoha asked as Carim dried the tears from her eyes. Footsteps could be heard rushing outside. Schach probably heard all the commotion and rushed to help Carim.

"Nanoha, when you arrive at the dorms, tell Arisa 'I remember' and I promise that she will explain everything. If she's not around, go to Suzuka and she'll know who to ask, but for now. I want you to sit here while I fully remove this stubborn spell." Carim said as she got to work.

After walking for what seemed like eternity, Nanoha found a clearing, well technically she found herself back at the school's humungous field where what looked like a search party was going on.

"Nanoha-chan? Nanoha-chan!" The first person to spot her was her ever faithful and kind attendant who would sometimes spoil her- Suzuka. 'It still feels strange to look at them that way, though. Remembering all this is such a hassle.' Nanoha covered up her messed up thoughts with a smile on her face.

"What's with the jumbled up thoughts?" Arisa asked with a smirk. Usually, Nanoha would be amazed at Arisa's accuracy at reading her expressions or guessing her mood, but after that little chat with Carim, she remembered something about her friends that was important in a sense. 'Right… she can force her way into my thoughts."

"Oh? And how did you figure that out?"

Nanoha jumped in surprise as Arisa raised a brow at the weird reaction. "Did you just…"

"Takamachi! Thank goodness you're alright. We don't know what happened, but you suddenly disappeared and we were just so, so worried." Signum said, relief washing over her. Several other classmates and staff came to join them and soon the commotion died down and Nanoha found herself lying in her bed in the room she shared with Arisa and Suzuka. "Tell Arisa." Carim's last reminder rang in her head. Nodding to herself, she flipped on the switch in their room hearing a groan come from across it.

"Nanoha… what the hell?" She heard Arisa complain. "Listen, I'm tired and all, so if you need to eat a midnight snack, then go fatten up by yourse-"

"I remember Arisa-chan." Arisa fell from her bed while Suzuka immediately got up and approached Nanoha.

"What… did you just say?" Arisa asked now fully awake.

"I remember."

"Tch… Carim, huh? Alright then… where do I even begin…"

A/N: SO… that's just how it is… Something has been revealed about Nanoha, and before you even go, But the first chapter everyone in Nanoha's family sent her off, well that'll be explained in the next chapter, unlike the friggin' stressing Gakkou Gurashi where I cried since I realized that Megu-nee is just another dream for Yuki… T-T WHY?! Anyway, to all those who reviewed and continued to support, I can't really express how thankful I am, but you can be sure I'm pretty darn happy. I can't mention everyone yet… I'm really supposed to be tucked in my warm bed by this time, but… Good night anyways… See you in the next chapter. Don't forget to leave a review please!

~Shintori Khazumi