Chapter 2:

Nanoha woke up earlier than usual, partly because of what had happened last night was still haunting her, and the rest was because she was eager to find the girl who saved her last night. Standing on the bus, in the brand new uniform, she told the other three. They were quite scared at first but after hearing about the mysterious her, they seem eager.

"So… that girl is a student of this academy huh?" Suzuka looked at Nanoha.

"Yeah… I think so!"

"You're very lucky, really! A benefactor who is good at martial arts, also beautiful came to rescue you, just likes the prince saves the princess then." Arisa giggled.

"Mou… I'm not a princess and she's not my prince. But to tell you the truth, she's very beautiful and strong and…"

"Long silky blond hair with a black ribbon tied in the tail and attractive burgundy eyes." Yuuno interrupted, he received a punch on his shoulder from Nanoha right away.

"Hmm… beautiful, good at material arts, blond hair, burgundy eyes…" Hayate closed her eyes, pretended to think clearly. Moments later, she had figured out something, smiled happily to everybody. "If that girl is Nanoha's benefactor, I know a person just likes that."

"Really? What's her name?" Nanoha shook Hayate's hand.

"Calm down already! You'll see her. Just a moment longer." Hayate winked while the others looked at each other surprisedly.

The bus stopped in front of a silver gate shinning in the sunshine. The group got off and looked dazedly around the campus that had two hectares wide with many buildings was divided throughout the campus. This campus was three times bigger than their old campus. The lowest building had three floors when the highest building was the clock tower with ten storeys high. Nanoha's group stood for a long time before being awakened by several slaps on shoulders of Hayate.

"What're you people doing? Our guide is waiting for us right there!" She pointed toward to the gate. This time was not only Nanoha's but the other three's eyes were also wide open when they saw a blond-haired girl in the black uniform was going to their place. Hayate shook the girl's hand and then pulled her to their group. "Introducing to you guys, this is Fate T. Harlaown, the one I told you yesterday, also the one who saved Nanoha." Hayate winked at Fate. "And this is my friends that I have told you before."

"Well then… hello everyone. Please call me Fate." Fate smiled at them.

"It's her. Oh my gosh. It's really her. How beautiful she is." Nanoha shook Fate's hand. "Hello, my name is Takamachi Nanoha. Nice to meet you… um… Fate-…chan" Nanoha stopped for a bit when her heart suddenly beat faster after a strange handshake.

"I'm Arisa Bannings. This is Tsukimura Suzuka. You can call us Arisa and Suzuka though." Arisa smiled.

"I'm Yuuno Scrya. Yuuno is fine." Yuuno shared a handshake with Fate. "Sorry for bother you today."

"That's fine. Hayate asked me to guide you guys in the first day at school, how can I say no? Besides, this's my duty." Fate stayed calm.

"What do you mean? What duty?" Suzuka looked at Fate skeptically.

Hayate glanced at her watch and called Fate. "We don't have much time. You should show us where our classrooms are. We can talk later, in the lunchtime."

"OK then… follow me." Fate smiled lightly then went away, motioned the others to follow.

"Ne, Earth calls Nanoha. Do you want to go or not?" Arisa shook Nanoha's shoulder.

"Eh… um… Sorry." Nanoha awoke after being swept away by her thought when she looked at Fate's eyes. "Her eyes, they are so nice. But those eyes hide a sad, lonely feel. Even when she smiles, those eyes almost cry." Nanoha followed her friends and went to a classroom in the D row, the row of room which hid behind the schoolyard. Fate and Hayate went to their class after said goodbye to the others.

The school bell rang. The first day at the new school began. Nanoha was so eager to wait for the lunchtime, when she could know more about her new friend, Fate. The morning at school had finished, Nanoha's group took their bendou and went to the garden at the back of the schoolyard, where Fate had told them that it was a great place to have lunch. When they arrived, they saw Hayate had already waiting for them in a marble dome, surrounded by colorful flower-gardens. They sat there for about five minutes then Fate came, brought along her bendou. Fate looked at everyone, hesitantly moved forward.

"Sorry everyone. I have a lot of work so… I kinda late. I'm really sorry to make you guys waiting for me." With a polite tone, Fate sat down calmly, next to Hayate and opposite to Nanoha.

"No big deals. We've just arrived anyway. Thanks for showing this place to us." Suzuka smiled at Fate.

"Let's eat now!" Arisa opened her bendou then turned to Fate. "Ah right. This morning you did say something about your duty and now you came late because of your job. So are you in the Student Council?"

Fate seemed surprised with Arisa's question, Suzuka gentle said. "When we were in the middle school, Arisa-chan was a secretary in the school's Student Council so she knows all of their works."

"Ah, I get it." Fate gave a reluctant smile. "Well…"

"She's rather than just in the Student Council." Hayate smiled, had a piece of her food then continued. "Fate-chan is the president of this academy's Student Council."

After some "Oh" sound, Fate smiled lightly. "This's nothing. You guys don't have to be so surprised like that."

"We have met the president, really? How honored!" Arisa was very excited.

"Are you hiding something else?" After a moment being shocked, Nanoha asked calmly.

"Well, I really don't like to talk about myself so…" Fate smiled at Nanoha.

"If you don't, I will." Hayate put down her chopsticks, cleaned her throat then said. "Fate-chan is one of the successors of the famous Harlaown Corporation in business and also in medical field. Her father is the CEO of the corporation and with his assistant, also his successor and Fate-chan's brother, Chrono Harlaown, they take an important position in Japan's market share. Her mother, Lindy Harlaown is the director of the Harlaown Hospital, the best hospital in Japan and she will be her successor."

"Mou… Hayate… stop already!" Fate blushed.

Hayate ignored her friend, she continued her words. "From middle school to now, she always gets attention of everyone because she is the top student in the school, both in studying and sport. Plus, she's a beautiful girl and she lives in a famous family."

"Enough! Stop talking!" Fate used her hands to covered Hayate's mouth. Then she turned around to look at the others, who were looking at her with those sparkling eyes.

"You're amazing, Fate-chan." Suzuka smiled.

"Wow, you're really awesome, Fate-chan." Nanoha smiled at Fate but she was still in shocked.

"Please don't mind me. Those stories are no big deals. Besides, I just want to be your normal friend." Fate scratched her chin, smiled shyly.

"But how does Hayate know Fate-chan?" Suzuka turned to watch Hayate tried to finish her bendou.

"Well… it was just liked a fate, right Fate-chan?" Hayate said to the others then smiled to Fate.

"Yeah, I think so…" Fate continued to finish her lunch.

"Six years ago, after I've been adopted, I was moved to the Harlaowns's hospital thanks for the relationship between Shamal, one of my guardians, and Lindy-san." Hayate had finished her lunch; she put down her chopsticks then continued. "I have been advised to have physiotherapy until one day, my doctor was sick, they sent me another doctor." Hayate giggled. "Guess who?"

"Don't say that it was… Fate-chan?" Nanoha looked at Fate, the girl who would prefer seeing the ground to them.

"Close! Lindy-san came along with her. Lindy-san helped me also taught her. More than one year later, after I could stand up, Fate-chan took her mother place to take care of me. Because of that, we became friends until now; she still comes to my house every night to massage me." Hayate laugh lightly when she saw the others shocked faces.

"This time I'm totally shocked. You have known physiotherapy since you were eleven?" Arisa touched her forehead.

"Well… yeah… just a little." Fate mumbled.

"Enough to get a physiotherapy degree. Because she's her mother's successor so she still need to get a lot of different kind of medical degrees." Hayate looked at the shocked face of Yuuno, giggled.

"Ok, change topic now!" Fate couldn't take it anymore when her new friends kept stare at her. "Anyone have plan for the club?" She changed the topic.

"I'm busy with my part-time job so no." Yuuno raised one of his arms.

"I'm not good at sport so I'm quit." Suzuka shook her head.

"Me too." Arisa said.

"I won't join the sport clubs because of my legs. So I'm going to join the cooking club. I want to increase my cooking skill." Hayate said happily.

"What about you, Nanoha-san?" Fate turned to Nanoha.

"Nyahaha, I'm not good at sport either but maybe I'll ask to be the manager of some clubs." Nanoha smiled.

"Which club?"

"I haven't known yet. I'll find out later."

"Well then when you know the club you choose, tell me, OK? Maybe I can help you." Fate smiled at Nanoha.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Hmm… Lunchtime is almost over. Let's get back to our class!" Arisa stood up, stretched her shoulder a little.

"Won't you come with us, Fate-chan?" Hayate looked at Fate.

"Ah, I still have something left to do. You guys just go first. I'll catch up later."

"Ok then we'll go first." Suzuka waved to Fate.

Fate saw her friends out but then suddenly, Nanoha stopped and she turned around to face with Fate. "Well… about last night… I want to thank you for saving me."

"You've already thanked me, no need to make it twice." Fate shook her hands.

"I don't know what I can do to thank you." Nanoha looked down, blushed.

"It's fine. Anyone in that situation will act like me though. You need to stop thanking me, really!" Fate came closer to Nanoha. "It's enough for me when I see you're safe."

This time, Fate's words had made Nanoha's heart skipped a beat. Nanoha blushed darkly, quickly bow then left. Before she was off, she said loudly. "Just call me Nanoha!"

Fate stood there and watched her friend left. Then she looked up, one hand touched her chest. "What's happening? Why did my heart beat so fast when I stood in front of Nanoha? I have refused many confessions of many other boys, have met lots of handsome and skillful guys but now I fall for a girl." Fate slapped her forehead. "What am I thinking? It's just a girl. Nanoha is just a normal girl. A girl with long brown hair and blue eyes... Oh great! This is crazy!" Fate stayed in the gardened for a moment then left. She was still being haunted by her thought.

After school, Nanoha's group had been separated. Yuuno went to the university. Arisa and Suzuka went home together when Hayate and Nanoha went to find their club. Looking at the notice board, Nanoha saw an announcement that the track team was finding a manager, just like what she wants. Nanoha smiled to Hayate.

"I'll be the manager of the track team. How about you, Hayate?"

"Well, I've already registered for the domestic science club." Hayate smiled back.

"Fate-chan has asked me to tell her when I choose a club. Should I tell her?"

"Nope!" Hayate covered her mouth. "I think you should go. Fate-chan only works as a Student Council's president at lunchtime and in the weekend. In the evening, she's busy with her club so…" Hayate pushed Nanoha away. "Just go. Everything'll be fine."

"Well… OK… I'm going." Nanoha doubted about her friend's reaction but she still went to the direction of the track field.

Looked around, Nanoha heard a voice was calling her. "You come here to join the track team?"

Nanoha saw an upper-classed boy; he called her during his running. "Ah, no. I'm here to sign in as a manager of the club."

"Oh really? If it's so then…" The boys smiled, turned around and called. "Girl's team Captain! We have someone registers as a manager here!"

Nanoha looked at the direction of his call and she surprised that the one was running to their position was Fate. Fate looked very different from the calm girl in the morning. She had a pony-tail, wore P.E uniform and she was all wet after running around the field.

"Who comes to register…?" Fate stopped when she saw Nanoha. "Nanoha? I don't know that you want to be the manager of the track club."

"And I have no idea that you're the captain of the girl track team." Fate gave a signal to the boy, made him return to his training. "I thought you join a martial art club… I mean… well… um… you know… your kicks last night…" Nanoha speechless when she figured out she had made a slip of the tongue.

"Ha-ha… when I was in the middle school, I did join the karate club. But now I move to the track team." Fate scratched her chin and smiled lightly.

"Why? You're really strong." Nanoha gave Fate a towel.

"I like running than kicking and punching. Because I feel like I'm flying… So foolish, isn't it?"

"Ah, no… not at all…" Nanoha blushed lightly.

"Ah right. Why do you want to be the track team's manager?"

"Hmm… I like to watch the athletes running and their competitions. I want to help them in some ways so from middle school, I always be a manager." Nanoha said shyly.

Fate quite impressed about what Nanoha said. "Middle school huh? Hm… OK then, you are in!"

"Eh?"

"You'll be our manager from now on."

"Really?" Nanoha surprised.

"Really." Fate smiled then turned around. "Everybody comes here!... I want to introduce to you; this is Takamachi Nanoha, our new manager."

Nanoha saw the members of the track team gathered round her, she shyly bowed before received from Fate the member's name list.

"You know what to do, right Nanoha?" Fate smiled at Nanoha and the she clapped her hands to made people went back to their training. "Ok, every evening in school, we wait you here. I'm back to my training then. See you." Fate ran away.

Nanoha read the list of winners and she evaluated this track team was better than her old team, especially Captain Fate. Her record could compare to a national athlete's record. She laughed softly. "Awesome! I'm the manager of the track team again. Thank you, Fate-chan." She thought but then she turned quite sad when she watched Fate running around the field. "But even when she smiled to me, her eyes still seemed so sad. What happened to her?"

When she came home, Nanoha went straight to her room. She took a shower, changed her cloth and then went down to the kitchen with a towel around her head. Momoko asked her daughter.

"How was your first day at school?"

"Really funny, mom." Nanoha brought the food to the dinner table. "I'm the track team's manager again."

"Really? Congratulation, dear!"

"All thank to Fate-chan."

"Fate-chan? Who is that?" Shiro said when he came from the upstairs.

"A friend of Hayate who we've just met this morning. She showed us around the campus because she is the president of the Student Council. She's also the girl team's captain."

"Fate huh?" The father sat down. "What's Fate full name?"

"Fate ." Yuuno said from the door then he went to his room to get dressed.

"Harlaown?" Shiro clapped his hands and he seemed quite shocked. "That's right, Fate , one of the Harlaown Corporation's successor in medical field. She's only sixteen years old but she's already had physiotherapy degree and veterinary degree. Now she's studying for her general practitioner degree in seven years. She'll be an official doctor when she's twenty-three."

"Is that true, dear?" Nanoha's mother was quite impressed. "Hayate-chan could know someone that good?"

"Well… um… Fate-chan did help her having her physiotherapy every day." Nanoha touched her face.

"It's really impressive if you know a member of Harlaowns." Shiro said proudly.

"I just want to be her friend. A normal friend and not because of her family. That's all."

"I know. Honey, stop annoying your daughter." Momoko pinched her husband that made him screamed.

At the same time, Yuuno came and sat next to them. "So, the track team's captain huh? The top student in the academy huh?" He sighed.

"Yuuno's jealous? How rarely." Nanoha glanced at Yuuno.

"I don't have for that stupid thing. I'll definitely take her place some day. You'll see!"

That night, Nanoha couldn't sleep. Maybe because she couldn't wait to see Fate tomorrow or she was wondering about the sadness inside those beautiful burgundy eyes.

Author's note: Thanks for your reviews. It's really helpful to me. From this chapter, i'll update it weekly beacause in the future, i'll have a lot test in school so i don't have time to translate this fic. BTW, check again my profile to see my age. Sr for the bad grammar. English is my second language also i'm still young ^^. Goodbye now.