A/N: Sorry about the late chapter. I had a lot of homework so I didn't have much free time to update this. Anyways, according to your reviews, we'll have half romance and half action in this story. Before any chapter, I'll write which one will be included in the chapter so that anybody dislike action can skip the chapter. However, you wouldn't understand the whole story.

Well… anyways… this chapter is romantic type :3. Please enjoy!

Last but not least, thanks for your reviews. Also thanks for spending time to read my awful story ^^'.

Disclaimer: I do not own MSLN.

Chapter 7

"Finally, all done!" Miyuki shouted happily.

"Thanks a lot, Onee-chan." Nanoha smiled.

It was a week since Nanoha knew about the school's prom and that night… was the prom night. Midori-ya bakery closed earlier than usual. Most of the Takamachi family was in the living room, waiting for the main person. Miyuki and Nanoha were in Nanoha's room and prepared for the prom. The day before yesterday, Hayate was thrilled when she announced that she had finished the special guest's costume and she knew who it is. But in the end, she didn't tell anybody about that person. However, she begged Nanoha and her friends to come to the prom. Nanoha declined at first because she didn't know how to dance but then after hearing some "ideas" about new uniform in Cosplay Café, she had to change her mind. Yuuno was also forced to come and he went to Hayate's house for some preparation for the prom. With the unusual smile on Hayate face, Nanoha had some bad feeling about the night. But then, she thought about her new friend, Fate, wearing a prom dress, standing in front of her... And smiling to her. Her face flushed immediately.

"Wow, Nanoha! You haven't gone yet but your face is red already." Her sister teased. "Are you thinking about someone?"

"Err… Wha-? W-What are you talking about, Onee-chan?" Nanoha denied. "I-I am not!"

"Whatever you say." Miyuki shook her head then looked at her little sister. "But I have to say this… you're gorgeous like a princess, Nanoha."

"Mou… Don't say that. It's embarrassing." Nanoha turned away. She was wearing her mother dress when she didn't have one but it really suited her. It was a long sky-blue and white dress with no shoulder. She let her hair down and she had a light make-up on her face, made her even more beautiful.

"You never believe in your sister's word, don't you?" Miyuki sighed. "Just go downstairs and see if I'm true or not!"

Miyuki pushed her sister off the room and went downstairs. Hearing footsteps, Shiro and Momoko stood up. Then they were shocked when they saw their daughter in a beautiful dress who slowly went down and came to them. Kyoya, her older brother who came back together with Miyuki on their summer vacation, stood like a statue. He snapped out of it when Miyuki shook him and said.

"Wow… Nanoha… Is that really you? Or you're someone else… like a lost princess?"

"Mou… Onii-chan! Stop that!" Nanoha blushed lightly.

"My dear, you're very beautiful tonight." Momoko smiled and hugged her daughter. "Honey, I think we should take a picture of this. It's not very usual to see our lovely daughter dresses up like this."

"I'm on it!" Shiro ran away to take a camera.

"Kaa-san, Tou-san! Mou…"

"We need to celebrate for this event. Finally, my daughter has become a woman."

"Not yet, okaa-san. Until she brings back a prince after tonight, she'll become a woman." Miyuki laughed.

"Onee-chan!"

"Ok! Here it is! Everyone go to the place!" Shiro came out with a camera on his hand and told to the others. Momoko and the others stood around Nanoha like the order. "Ok! Say cheese!"

"Cheese!" Everyone smiled at the same time and the picture was taken. Later, some car horns appeared outside the house.

"Oh, Suzuka-chan is here. I have to go now."

"Have fun, sweetie!" Momoko smiled.

"Thanks. Bye, okaa-san."

"Come back here before midnight, is that clear?" Shiro said.

"Yes, otou-san."

"Remember to introduce your prince to us, ok?" Her sister said.

"Mou, onee-chan!" Nanoha pouted. "I'm off now. Bye nee-chan, nii-chan."

Nanoha grabbed her purse, put on her shoes and went to the car outside the house. It was the black Limousine of Tsukimura family and inside it, three of her friends were waiting for her. She waved to them and got into the car.

"Hi there, mina-san." Nanoha smiled and sat next to Hayate, opposite to Arisa and Suzuka.

"Good evening, Nanoha-chan." Suzuka smiled.

"Wow, Nanoha! You're very beautiful." Arisa exclaimed.

"You guys are too." Nanoha blushed lightly.

"But still can't compare to you."

"Arisa-chan is true. You're are gorgeous, Nanoha-chan." Hayate smiled.

"Err… Thanks…" Nanoha looked around. "Do Yuuno-kun and Fate-chan come with us?"

"Well… they have something to do so they aren't coming with us. But we're gonna see them later." Hayate smiled.

"That smile again! Hayate, what is in your mind now?" Arisa was confused.

"Nothing… Except I know that tonight will have a lot of fun! I can't wait then!"

"You're the only one who knows about the special guest so I guess that why you're eager."

"Not really."

"So then I guess Yuuno-kun and Fate-chan are in the prom now, right?" Suzuka smiled to Hayate.

"You're smart, Suzuka-chan. Fate-chan is the president of Student Council so she has no choice but to accept to be an actress in the drama. Yuuno-kun gets the invitation from the organizer's team to help them so he's in too."

"Oh, if so then… I guess the most eager person should be Nanoha now." Arisa teased.

"Mou… What are you saying Arisa-chan?" Nanoha blushed and tried to hide her face from her friends.

"Here we are now!" Suzuka said and it was true that they had arrived to their school.

Through the night screen, the school was sparkling under hundreds of colorful neon lights and flowers. All of the students dressed formal and beautiful to enjoy their prom. The hall was behind the main building, next to the garden so the view was very romantic and beautiful. Nanoha's group got out of the car and walked slowly to the school gate.

"Do we have to wait for someone?" Arisa asked.

"No. Because the other two are already in there now. So just go." Hayate smiled and pulled Arisa forward. Then she turned to Nanoha and smiled. "C'mon little princess! Let's go or you'll be late for your play!" She grabbed Nanoha's wrist and pulled her along.

"Wait! Hayate-chan! What play?" Nanoha surely didn't understand what was in her friend mind.

Ignoring her friend, Hayate dragged Nanoha to the hall, where there were two students in the organizer's team dressed like two musketeers in the 15th Century. There was the third student who dressed like a royal adviser that was holding a paper clipboard. The student seemed familiar to Nanoha. Hayate approached the student and smiled.

"Good evening, Ayumi-san."

"Good evening, Hayate-san." The adviser now was the vice president of Student Council smiled back to Hayate. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks. And you too, Ayumi-san. The adviser's costume does suit you."

"I'm glad that you're our designer. Maybe you should join next year too."

"Thanks for the offer but I'm kinda busy next year so… I'm sorry."

"Oh, that's fine. Nothing to be sorry." She ticked off into her clipboard and then looked at Hayate's friends. "Ah, Takamachi-san. Good to see you here."

"Good to see you too, Minamoto-san." Nanoha smiled.

"Good evening to you too, Tsukimura-san, Bannings-san."

"Good evening, Minamoto-san." The two girls said in unison.

"Well… let's see… Bannings… Tsukimura… Yagami… Takamachi…" She checked off her clipboard. "Ok. Please enjoy your night."

"Thanks a lot, Ayumi-san." Hayate and her friends then entered the hall.

The hall was filled of music and dancer. It was gorgeous and romantic for couples to dance and burn their love in such a romantic scene like that. The girls gathered round at the drink table and had a drink for themselves.

When they were chatting, sound of clarions appeared. From the main door, an escort came in. Four people walked in two parallel lines. Between the lines was a person, dressed in a black knight costume of the 15th Century with a white cloak, a black and silver sword on the waist and a black broad-brimmed hat which had a white feather on it. The hall was completely silent when the escort kept walking. Everyone was curious to find out who was that mysterious knight but unfortunately, the knight had a black mask covered the upper face. The escort kept walking through the crowd until the knight suddenly stopped. "He" was looking at Nanoha. Then he slowly walked to Nanoha's position before stopped right in front of her. Her friends all stepped back and let the spotlight for her and the knight. The knight slowly took Nanoha's right hand up and kissed it gently, made Nanoha blushed hard. Still holding her hand, the knight said with a warm and gentle voice.

"I'm the Knight of Darkness. It's an honor to meet you, my beautiful princess."

The hall burst with whistling and screaming of girls. While her friends were giggling behind her back, Nanoha was speechless and she just stood there like a statue. Then, from behind of the stage, an adviser came out. Everyone looked at the adviser and some of them knew that was Yuuno. He walked to Nanoha and the knight but his face didn't show any expression except unpleasant, grievous and angry. Saw that on his face, Nanoha barely realized something about him but she wasn't sure what she was thinking. Then the Knight held Nanoha's right hand and kneeled one of "his" legs down.

"Takamachi Nanoha, will you be my princess from now on and ever?" Said a warm and low voice.

The hall was quiet, waiting for the answer from Nanoha. Before she could say anything, Yuuno spoke.

"Sir, are you sure this is the right person for you?"

"Yes, I am. I'm sure she is the one who can awaken me from the darkness." The knight replied.

Yuuno sighed then turned to Nanoha. "And you, my lady, what is your answer?"

Nanoha heard Yuuno said with an unpleasant voice, she turned to look at the knight. And hiding inside the white cloak and the black hat was the familiar blond hair. She held back her gasp. She'd known who the knight in front of her was. She'd known why Yuuno had such an expression on his face and why the knight chose her to be his princess. And most important, she'd known her feelings for a person that she'd been wondering about their relationship. The warmth was running through her hand from the knight, she was sure about her feelings. Nanoha took a breath then smiled to the knight.

"Yes, my knight. I will be your princess from now on and ever." After Nanoha's answer, everyone shouted, cheering for them. Hayate, Arisa and Suzuka were also clapping their hands and cheering for Nanoha. Everyone was happy, except for one person. He tried to hold himself back, said something quickly then disappeared behind the stage.

The knight stood up and held Nanoha hand, smiled. Two students in the organizers' team stood on the stage and told everyone to once again cheered for the special guest of the party and his princess. Nanoha blushed and held her knight's hand tightly. Someone was shouting that they wanted to see the knight face. But before their wills had been requited, the knight vanished along with Nanoha and her friends, leaving behind the astonished faces of the students.

Few minutes later, they arrived to the garden at the back of the campus. Nanoha tried to take her breath, same as the other girls while the knight was looking around to make sure that no one was following them.

"Haha… That was the most romantic and surprised drama that I have ever seen." Hayate laughed.

"I couldn't imagine that Nanoha can be someone's princess." Arisa said teasingly.

"Mou… Arisa-chan… you're cruel." Nanoha blushed.

"By the way… who is this guy?" Arisa pointed at the knight. "Nanoha, did you know him before you answered him?"

Nanoha looked at the knight and she saw a small blush on the knight's cheek then she smiled back to her friends.

"Yes, I knew Arisa-chan. I realized quite lots of things at that time and I'm sure that my answer was true. I won't take that back."

"Ok then why don't you introduce him to us?"

"Why don't you girls just let her to introduce herself?" Nanoha replied happily.

"Her?" Arisa and Suzuka said in unison. But Hayate seemed not surprised.

The knight slowly took off "her" black hat and "her" mask, revealed the president of the Student Council with a low pony-tail was tied by a black ribbon behind her neck. She smiled shyly.

"Hello girls…"

"Fate?" Both girls shouted in surprised.

"Ehh… yes… it's me…"

"But… h-h-how could you… w-w-what the hell…" Arisa slammered.

"What's going on Fate-chan?" Suzuka asked surprisingly.

"Well…" Fate scratched her cheek. "I was chosen to be the special guest in tonight prom. And Hayate gave me this costume so I have to wear it."

"That's not what I want to know. I want to know why you chose Nanoha." Arisa said.

"Ahaha… first, it'd be kinda weird if a knight asked another guy to be partners. Second, I really don't like any guys in this school. And finally…" Fate stopped a moment to glanced at Nanoha then she continued with a small blush on her face. "… I was following my heart."

"Wow… now I get it…" Arisa shrugged.

"Congratulation, Fate-chan. It was quite bold though…" Suzuka smiled.

"Nyahaha…" Nanoha laughed softly. When her eyes met Fate's, she blushed and immediately looked away.

"I'm happy for both of you." Hayate smiled and gave Fate a quick hug. "Now enjoy your stay when we get back to our prom. Let's go Arisa-chan, Suzuka-chan." In a short moment, when Hayate was turning around, Fate saw… a tear running down on her cheek. Fate looked Hayate walking away with her friends. Her heart was hurt a little when she saw her bestfriend's reaction. The time she knew she had found her partner was the time she realized that she had broken her closest person's heart. "I'm sorry, Hayate." She whispered in her mind.

"…-chan… te-chan… Fate-chan… Fate-chan!" Nanoha shouted, made the girl jumped back.

"W-w-what?"

"You were spaced out. What were you thinking about?"

"Ehh… nothing…"

"Are you sure? Your eyes seem sad." Nanoha looked at the burgundy eyes and asked.

"Ahh.. yeah… I'm fine… nothing to worry about… Thanks for asking Nanoha…" Fate blushed lightly.

"You're not fine. Did something happen?" Nanoha held Fate's cheeks with both hands.

"No… really…"

Nanoha sighed then released Fate. "Ok… I won't ask cause you don't want to tell me." She turned away to teased her friend and her plan was working. Fate thought that she was angry so she tried to apologize but Nanoha kept refusing to look at her.

"Nanoha… I'm sorry… I didn't mean to…"

"I don't think so, Fate-chan. Seems that everything you told me in the prom was lies."

"Ah… no… w-what are you saying Nanoha? I was telling you the truth, from the bottom of my heart."

"But what you are doing now is not like that." Nanoha pouted but then suddenly she felt gentle arms holding around her waist, pulled her lean on a warm body. "F-F-Fate-chan…" She was surprised by her friend's move. She'd never thought that a cold and mature person like Fate could do something bold like what Fate'd done in the prom and now.

"Nanoha… I…"

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Nanoha: This chapter was wasting so much time!

Fate: I know. Seems that our author doesn't have lots of free time to write it or at least… update it… *shrugs*

Nanoha: *turns to Hayate* By the way Hayate-chan, what was that tear? *evil smile*

Hayate: Ehh… nothing… I don't know anything… this is Sayu-chan story… not mine.

Fate: *thought* This is gonna be bad. Please come back soon, Sayu-chan.