SonicANIME2010 here with another chapter. On my DeviantArt Profile SonicANIMEfan, there is several pictures of the furries in their Knight Clothing, All pics drawn and colored by HedgehogAneesah, for which I thank her lots and lots. Oh and I noticed a review asking me why Nanoha carried Sonic in flight when he could have used his Extreme Gear. There was a reason, she carried him so that way he can use the momentum from Nanoha's carry and throw to make his starting attack work out better than just leaping off of the gear. Oh, and at the end of this chapter stay tuned for a hilarious omake. Also, if any of you are interested in a good Sonic and Sailormoon crossover, there's "Two Worlds One Mirror" written by HedgehogNeesah/Thoughtful Tikal, great story so far. I don't own Sonic or Nanoha
-Opening: "Secret Ambition" Nana Mizuki; Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS-
Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step
Chapter 13
Development! More training of the forwards! Watch it Knuckles!
-Training Field-
- "Mission (Emerald Beach)" Sonic Generations-
"Here I go!" Vita shouted and charged with Graf Eisen in hand against Subaru. The blue-haired girl called to her device and tried to block Vita's attack with a Protection spell. It worked, kind of, but Vita pushed against the shield, with Subaru behind it, and a quick slam to the shield knocked her with enough force to send her into a tree. Subaru quickly recovered and pushed forward, only to find another harsh hit to her shield from Amy's Blutenblatt. The pink hedgehog swung hard against the shield and in almost the same way Vita did, she slammed the still shielded girl into another tree.
"Ouch" Subaru winced, her spell still up.
"I see, you're barrier strength isn't that lacking." Vita kind of complimented.
"I'll say, it was able to hold against Eisen and Blutenblatt." Amy followed suit
"Thanks. Vice-Captain Vita and 2nd lieutenant Amy Rose." Subaru said
"The stronger your defensive skills are, the less you have to rely on the support squad. The three types of protective magic are the barrier spells that take the hit (she demonstrated by creating a small barrier in her right hand), the shielding magic that repels it (Demonstrated by creating a red belkan triangle shield on her left hand) and the field magic you surround yourself with to protect yourself (demonstrated by Vita's entire body glowing red). Learn to master these types as well as using your lower body stance to take a stand." Vita lectured
"Attacks that break barriers are our specialty, so if you don't wanna get hit by either of our hammers you better watch it" Amy followed suit and pointed her hammer up at Subaru's face.
-In another area: Sonic, Signum, Fate, Erio, Caro, Knuckles-
Fate set up a few shooting drones for Erio and Caro in a medium sized field. From the side watching was Knuckles, and the other side, Sonic and Signum. All dressed in training garb of pants and shirts. (Well for Sonic and Knuckles it was their normal attire, shoes and gloves only albeit Knux has his hat, I'll explain Sonic's case later)
"Erio and Caro, you're not as tough as Subaru, Vita or Knuckles, nor as fast as Sonic or the other animals. Thus, your evasiveness and reactions are key. For example, (she demonstrated by dodging a few shots by the drones) this. First move around so they can't aim (she demonstrated by running around throwing the targeting of the drones off). If you're in a place where they can't attack you, don't stay there for long. When you get use to this at a slow pace we'll increase the speed." Fate lectured and dodged more waves at a higher speed, at some point all fired at her while she was standing, creating some smoke. But she reappeared behind the duo "See?" There was a dirt trail where she rushed.
"Amazing." Erio noted
Sonic commented "I could have done that without the trail, then again I'm light on my feet"
Fate continued "What you saw was a fundamental move that anyone could do, just done in fast forward. The higher your speed, the more difficult it is to rely on your instincts. Erio, as a guard wing, you can attack and support from any position. Caro, as full back you can move quickly and aid your teammates. Make sure you learn the fundamentals of evasion carefully."
"Okay" They replied at the same time.
Knuckles watched Caro with great interest, earlier the young girl sought him out on Angel Island, and he decided to help her a bit in training. He folded his arms in anticipation for what Caro would do.
Erio and Caro stepped forward into the area to practice what they learned from Fate. They both did a pretty decent job of avoiding. What those watching, with the exception of Knuckles, weren't expecting was for Caro to see the opening of a drone off guard and deliver a mana boosted Roundhouse kick to it, destroying it flat.
Fate and Erio were shocked completely "C-Caro!" they both exclaimed at the same time.
Knuckles on the other hand smirked and laughed "Heh heh! Nicely done!" he thrusted his fists forward
Sonic and Signum seemed to take this a bit more stoically, albeit snarky.
"Chuck Norris, eat your heart out" Sonic chuckled
"Well, we can say that her support spells can have a "Kick" to them now" Signum joined in.
"I know, I know Signum, Who'd a thought that little midget had quite the foot to her." Sonic snarked
"None of us thats for sure, now her partner has to catch up to her." Signum commented and the duo continued their snark session.
Knuckles snickered up a storm in pride, course he was interrupted by Fate's lovely voice "Knuckles... Did you teach that to Caro?"
The red echidna smirked in pride "Of course I did, she asked me for my help and I decided to give it"
-Flashback!-
-Angel Island: Early Morning-
* "Sky Sanctuary" Sonic Generations*
Knuckles was relaxing at the shrine of the Master Emerald, guarding it as he usually did. His view of the early morning sun was covered by a dragon flying down and landing on the ground. The red echidna investigated, only to find that it was Caro on Fried, the dragon returned to its baby body and his master approached the echidna.
"Knuckles-san. Can you help me please?" The pink-haired child asked
"You're one of the forwards, uh Caro, right?" Knuckles thought a bit before asking
"Yes, Caro Ru Lushe, I come here to seek training from you." The child confirmed
"Well I don't see how much help I can be in training, from what I saw, you're a support mage, not a fighter." the red echidna noted
"Yes, but I would like to learn fighting from you, I've read that you're the most skilled fighter in the unit, and I wish to learn some from you so that way I can be more of a help to my teammates" Caro explained
"Oh, okay, why not, I guess I'll teach you a trick or two." The red echidna called up a display moniter for the communications room "Oy, Oy, anyone there? I'll be leaving Angel Island for a few hours, can someone guard the Emeralds while I'm away?"
"Zafira's on his way now" Lucino responded, she happened to be in there at the time.
"Thank you" Knuckles ended the call, put on his hat and turned to Caro "So, shall we start?"
"Okay." the pink-head confirmed. The duo spent a good hour or so training, Knuckles taught her the basic punches and kicks, and in the process of showing off he round-housed a rock. After a session, it soon came time for Fate's lesson, so the duo went to the designated area.
-Flashback end-
- Music-less-
The red echidna smirked in pride "Yup, I was the one that taught her that move. No need to thank me" he folded his arms.
- "Chocobo Theme" Final Fantasy X (LOL)-
Fate on the other hand didn't look pleased. "Bardiche..."
"Yes, Sir" her device spoke calmly and shifted to Device form. Knuckles shifted his gaze and paled when he saw the blonde slowly walk towards him holding Bardiche high.
"Oy.. Oy... T-there's no need for that" Knuckles tried to convince her, sadly it didn't work. He took off with Fate close on his heels.
Erio's shock of seeing his partner pull off such a powerful kick was replaced more by surprise and confusion for his captain's chase of Knuckles. Caro also was confused, she wasn't sure if she did anything wrong of not, and Fate's actions puzzled her.
The peanut gallery, I mean Sonic and Signum, continued their comments.
"Oh boy, sounds like Fate's mad. Knuckles better watch it" Sonic chuckled
"Agreed, Testarossa won't be showing the Echidna any mercy, in ways she's like the "Thing" (Nanoha!)" Signum followed suit.
Knuckles first dug underground to avoid and hits from Fate and Bardiche, but the blond mage was smart, firing a powerful Plasma Smasher spell into the hole he just made forced him up into the air holding his tail in pain "OW OW OW OW OW!"
Sonic at that point nearly burst out laughing "Oh, he'll feel that in the morning,"
Signum let out a chuckle "She's nowhere near done yet."
For about 5 minutes, Knuckles's pained screams were heard all throughout the training area as Fate just beat him with Bardiche. While this was happening the duo of snarkers just kept going. When it stopped Fate turned her attention to them.
"Something funny you two?" Fate gave a glare to the duo. Sonic seemed pretty phased by it with visible sweats.
Signum decided to save the blue hedgehog the trouble "Nothing, Testarossa, we best be off, have to relieve Vita and Amy." she dragged Sonic out of Fate's warpath.
-Another area: Teana, Nanoha, Blaze-
- "Final Egg 1" Sonic Adventure-
Nanoha and Blaze helped to train Teana in her shooting, setting up target arrows for her to shoot and what not. The duo of trainers were standing with respective cherry-blossom and fiery red colored Mid-Childan circles, creating arrows. While Teana wielded her gun and fired upon them. They both lectured her about her spells and position, what mages like her do. However, their training was put to a slight hold when they heard Knuckles's pained cries, and sooner after that did Signum appear, still dragging Sonic along.
"Sonic-kun, Signum." Nanoha noted "What are you doing here? Weren't you watching Fate-chan training the Lightning in dodging?"
"Well we were... Until the midget (Caro) roundhouse kicked a shooting drone, and Fate's giving Knux a world of pain for it" Sonic said. Drawing surprise from Teana, an uncaring stoic expression from Blaze, and a slight disappointment from Nanoha.
"Knuckles taught Caro how to fight?" Nanoha asked after a sigh.
"Yes." Sonic responded
"And... she just roundhouse kicked... a drone?" Nanoha asked, her tone disappointed as her hand met her face.
"Correct.." Signum replied.
"And you just picked that time to leave?" Nanoha deadpanned.
"Well if we stuck around we would've been targets too." Sonic defended their retreat.
"Agreed, Testarossa would have gone after us next." Signum followed suit.
Blaze makes her remark, her tone easily matching Nanoha's "Disappointing, his skills would be better off taught to our squadron." referring to her being in the Stars squadron with her sign being "Stars-4".
"Well, Signum and I are gonna relieve Amy and Vita, I got some pointers to give to Subaru. You can come if you want" Sonic announced and walked off with Signum, the trio decided to follow suit.
-Vita, Amy, Subaru-
- "Speed Highway" Sonic Adventure-
Vita and Amy took turns on hitting Subaru's barrier to test how long she could hold it. Giving her pointers along the way, their lesson went off without a hitch. When they heard Knuckles's from a distance they paused for a few moments. And a few minutes later Sonic, Signum, Teana, Blaze and Nanoha came to watch.
Amy Rose squealed the moment her eyes caught sight of her blue hero and rushed mach speed into a glomping tackle hug "SONIKKKU!"
The blue blur could only sigh in disappointment and pried her off of him "Hey. What's up?"
"Pinky and I were just teaching Subaru about defense spells." Vita retorted "Weren't you supposed to be helping out Lightning in dodging?"
"The midget roundhouse kicked one of the drones. Knuckles taught her how to fight." Signum responded. Drawing interesting reactions from the trio. Subaru sounded shocked speechless as did Amy, Vita just seemed stoic about it.
"D-did you just say Caro kicked out a drone?" Subaru asked.
"Yeah, and if you don't pay attention yours and Teana's next defensive training assignment will be "Dodge the fighting midget" now focus" Sonic retorted
Vita commented "Like you're one to talk about sizes shorty."
"Yeah yeah, I'm a hedgehog, I have an excuse. All right now pay attention Subaru" the blue blur called getting Subaru's full attention. "Good girl, now listen up, the other day we were working on the quick-step. Well today I'm gonna teach you how to keep a better control over your speed itself through drifting. Now drifting is important because it'll help you in tight corners when you're chasing something or even you can use it to avoid obstacles like delayed spells and some shooting spells." he started to explain.
Vita and Amy went to the side where the others were watching.
"That girl! Who does she think she is? She gets some personal time with my hero! I'm supposed to be the one he does lessons with!" Amy fumed, still wielding Rosa Blutenblatt in its hammerform.
"Now, now Amy-chan, Sonic-kun has to teach Subaru-chan because she needs to control her speed. Her recklessness in using it almost got her and Teana severely injured in a mage test." Nanoha explained and urged Amy to calm down. The pink hedgehog was reduced to mere grumbling.
Sonic began his demonstration by using his hands and leaning to drift on simulated corners, he took it a step further by incorporating his spinning as well. After a few demonstrations he returned to Subaru's side "All right, now that you watched. Now you try."
Subaru started off, imitating Sonic's actions with her own hands, at first, she failed...horribly... kept slipping and falling, either on her butt, or forward in a face-plant. And at each try all the spectators winced in phantom pain. And all Sonic did was stood and watched, not bothering to help her one bit.
"Why isn't he helping her?" Teana asked
"Sonic-kun knows that if he helps her, she wouldn't learn anything. She has to do this on her own." Nanoha explained and watched.
Sonic stood there with his arms folded, he watched as Subaru, after a few more falls, the blue-haired mage stopped for a moment at the beginning. And tried once more, albeit at a slower pace, and it worked, she drifted (albeit ungracefully) the corners. After each success she upped her speed to get a better feel. After a good ten minutes she got the hang of it, and Mach Caliber adjusted to compliment the drifts.
The blue hedgehog clapped "Well done, well done. Your form needs some work though, but you still got it nailed."
Subaru bladed up to her small instructor and wiped her forehead "Thank you, Sonic-san!"
Amy Rose felt that Subaru was a little too close to her blue idol "Hey! Get away from my Sonikku!" she branded her hammer and rushed straight for Subaru.
The duo looked at the approaching pink hedgehog, Sonic gave a slight chuckle "Heh heh, and now for your next lesson... AVOID THAT HAMMER!" he shouted, and Subaru took off with Amy on her heels. Sonic was lucky to manage to step away from the pink hedgehog's hammer of doom and move to the side where the other spectators were.
"Boy.. She sure doesn't give up that easily" the blue streak sighed.
"She's relentless I'll give her that. Now if only she could put that effort into our training, when I try to teach her she's too busy fantasizing about you to focus. It gets me mad." Vita responded
"Isn't someone going to stop her?" Teana asked
Nanoha could only sigh and held out her hand "I'll do it.. Raising Heart."
"Restrict Lock" her device spoke and the mage created pink wheels around Amy's limbs and bound her in place.
"Hey! What gives? Let me go!" the pink hedgehog yelled.
Vita wielded her Graf Eisen and approached her "You're training with me now. And this time I expect you to pay attention!"
Subaru withdrew back to the spectators area "Thank you, Nanoha-san"
The instructor dismissed her spell "You're welcome Subaru." she then returned her attention to the hammer wielders about to train.
"Focus here pinky! Now, here I come!" Vita shouted and rushed with Eisen straight for Amy.
The pink hedgehog seemed more focus and determined, probably because her idol was here. She moved into a defending stance "Blutenblatt!"
"Panzerhindernis" her device spoke in a german male voice, Amy created a hot pink barrier that intercepted Vita's attack. The duo struggled, but Vita's attack overpowered the shield and sent Amy backwards. Amy then rushed for Vita, only for her attack to be guarded by Vita's barrier spell. The duo exchanged hammer strikes for several seconds before Amy pulled backward.
"This one's for you, Sonic! Blutenblatt!" Amy called out
"Gigantform" her device shifted from a red and yellow hammer to a larger one with the faces octagonal, while also keeping the color scheme from her original hammer. The pink hedgehog wielded this giant monstrosity with ease and swung it to attack Vita where she stood, extending the hammer's length and face width for extra power. She cried out "Gigantschlag" and slammed it down on the red mage.
In preparation, Vita simply cast her own barrier spell to counter, only this one was slightly different, she sacrificed movement to allow the barrier to become a "complete defense version" which was a crystalized polygonal barrier that completely encase her. The oversized hammer slammed against it, but it did little to no effect against this barrier. After a few seconds the barrier expired and Amy's attack withdrew, giving an opening for Vita to nail her with a Raketenhammer to end it.
"So, you finally get serious this time.. Baka! Why couldn't you have done this earlier?" Vita commented, returning Eisen to it's standby mode.
"Well, Sonic's here, I didn't want to let him down" Amy responded a bit sheepishly, doing the same to hers.
To the side, Sonic's face met his gloved palm once more "Oh, come on..." he could only sigh in disappointment.
"Disappointing." Blaze deadpanned.
"Well, she's got courage, that's for sure, her work ethic and focus needs improvement still." Nanoha offered, though she couldn't hide her dissapointment
"Some things never change." Signum retorted
-Outside the field-
- "Speed Highway, at Dawn" Sonic Adventure-
Watching all these training sessions were Shadow, Hayate, and Vice. All that was recorded was seen by them, including Caro's kick.
Hayate winked at the sight "Wow! What a kick, and coming from such a cute girl. Very moe!" she giggled
"Ah, looks like things'll get interesting with that training." Vice commented
"Now if Knuckles could keep up the training she could be formidable." Shadow spoke stoically.
"Say, Shadow, aren't you going to participate in the training?" The pilot asked the hedgehog
"Hmph, tempting, but I'll pass. There's nothing I can't teach that's already covered by the others. All the Speed-related skills I have can be taught by Sonic, my hand-to-hand skills are surpassed by Knuckles. Shooting's already covered by Nanoha." The ebony one responded.
"What about your Chaos Powers? You've got a variety of them and none of the forwards know them" Hayate asked.
"You humans can't even begin to understand the power of Chaos Control. No human has yet to harness that power directly from the emeralds themselves. The only time humans have used the emeralds was indirectly through machines. It's far too complex to be taught to them." Shadow retorted.
Hayate pointed to the moniter with the Lightning Squadron. "Look. Fate-chan's calmed down now." on display were a tired and slightly bruised Knuckles and a calmer Fate.
-Training Area-
- "Victory Fanfare" Final Fantasy X -
A loud whistle blew out with the announcement "That's all for this afternoon's training." The four forwards, in addition to Amy, sat down exhausted and worn out from all the hard work. All the instructors were present in front of them. Knuckles, now fully recovered from Fate's punishment, also was present.
Fate started by turning to Caro "Caro, I understand after what Knuckles told me, you asked him to train you, is that correct?" her question seemed to surprise the others who only heard Fate punishing the red echidna.
"Y-yes. Fate-san... This morning I went to Angel Island with Fried and asked him to train me in fighting... I wanted to be more helpful than just summoning and boosting, I wanted to learn to fight to help protect my allies that I care about." The pink summoner confirmed. Her story brought even more surprise to the other forwards, and a few raised eyebrows from Nanoha and Vita
"I understand... Knuckles, I'm sorry for attacking you, I was shocked at first." Fate apologized to Knuckles, then continued "It's alright with me if Caro wants to learn more from you, so teach her well."
The red echidna rubbed the back of his head "Heh heh! I should be apologizing as well, I should have mentioned that she wanted to train. Oy Caro! (the girl looked at him) You want to follow my teachings and training to become a better fighter? I warn you it won't be easy."
"Yes please! I'll do my best to learn" Caro said.
"Now for the Stars forwards, this is also especially true for the Lightning forwards. Your bodies are still developing, so don't overdo it." Fate warned.
"Take our word for it, it's not a pretty picture." Sonic added.
"Now, everyone, how about lunch?" Nanoha asked and everyone left
-Outside RF6 HQ-
- "Welcome to Station Square" Sonic Adventure-
A black motorcycle with a side-car was parked outside with Shadow, Hayate and Rein about to leave in it. The group from the training approached from behind.
"Good work everyone, I saw all the training, nice kick Caro" Hayate complimented the others.
"Thank you! So Hayate, Shadow, you going somewhere?" Sonic asked
"Just a little chat with Major Nakajima." Shadow confirmed, getting Subaru's attention.
"Subaru, do you want me to give a word or two to your father, sister or mother?" Hayate asked
"No, that's okay." Subaru declined politely.
The motorcycle started up with Shadow driving and Hayate with Rein in the side-car. Nanoha sent them off with a "Hayate-chan, Rein-chan, Shadow-kun, see you later."
Fate added "Tell Major Nakajima and Ginga that I said hi."
Sonic finished "Oy oy! Give my regards to Quint too!" and with that the jeep drove off out of sight.
-Food Court-
The four forwards had a nice lunch with Shari and Tails while their instructors all sat at a table nearby.
"I see, so your father, sister and mother are part of an army battalion." Caro asked Subaru
"Yeah, Commander Yagami at one point studied under my father's battalion. And when he was first enlisted, Sub-Commander Sonic also was placed in there on recommendation from kaa-san. It was there that he began his speed technique training, he taught onee-chan the techniques he's teaching me now." the blue-haired girl answered
"Out unit sure has a lot of connections. Weren't our captains childhood friends?" Teana asked Shari and Tails
"Yeah, Nanoha and Commander Yagami were from the same world, and Fate-san lived there when she was younger." Shari said.
Tails followed suit "We're from the same world as them too, though we didn't know it until 4 years ago when Sonic first came here."
"Wait! You are? I thought you were from a world full only of animals because you don't look like any human." Subaru was a bit shocked.
"Yeah, we're from the same world as Nanoha and Hayate." Tails replied.
"If I remember right, that's Non-Administrated Planet #97." Erio thought out loud.
"That's Right! Though we prefer to call it something else. It has a name you know, it's called "Earth". Not some number and administer babble" Sonic chimed in from another table.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sonic-san" Erio apologized
"Oy, oy.. It's fine, no harm done." Sonic smirked.
Nanoha giggled then noticed as her food was delivered by a strange little creature, a light blue creature with yellow tinted hands and feet, but no toes or fingers, pink wings, a yellow ball ontop of its head, and a red bow tied on its neck. The creature served the mage her food.
"Eh?" Nanoha looked surprised, which drew the notice of the other forwards at their table.
"Whoa! What is that thing? It sure looks cute" Subaru asked.
Sonic recognized this little guy right from the start "Cheese! Hey there buddy!" he spoke as he patted the little creature's head.
"Sonic-san, do you know him or her?" Erio asked
"Yeah, Cheese is a Chao, one of the creatures from our world, they've been around for thousands of years." Sonic confirmed.
Amy thought out loud as she sat at the table where Sonic and Nanoha were "Wait if Cheese is here.. that means.." She didnt even get the chance to finish her thought as her meal was delivered by a cream furred rabbit with orange fur on the top of her head and eye area, and ears, cinnamon brown eyes, and wearing an orange sleeveless dress with a white collar and a light blue bow tied on it, white gloves and socks, and orange and yellow shoes.
Amy recognized this little bunny as well "Cream!"
Cream said "Hi, Amy, Sonic-san, how are you?"
"Surprised that you're here, Cream, how did you end up here?" Sonic asked, but before Cream could respond, Sonic's meal consisting of two chilli-dogs with the works was placed in front of him by a woman rabbit who looked like she could be Cream's mother, being taller than the blue hedgehog but only slightly shorter than the other humans. She was wearing a white apron over a pink dress with a maroon vest and an orange bow tie.
The blue hedgehog turned his head to the woman "Vanilla, it's been a while hasnt it?"
The rabbit in question nodded and smiled gently "It has, Sonic."
"How did you get here?" Sonic questioned
"Cream and I were invited by this nice lady who showed up at our house, she offered to pay for a home here and get us jobs here since you guys were already here. She sure was a nice lady" Vanilla responded
"Hayate" Sonic, Nanoha, Fate, Vita and Signum said all at the same time. The others turned their attention to the forwards table and listened in.
Subaru changed the subject "Where were you from again Erio?"
"Ah, I was raised at the main office." Erio responded, while eating.
"The Bureau's main office? Like in the housing complex?" she asked.
"The main office's special protection facility. I was there until I was 8" the boy said, which got the attention of the captains at the other table (aside from Fate). Subaru abruptly stopped eating with a small gasp.
'Baka' Teana sent to her mentally.
"A-ano, please don't worry about it. It was nice there and I had a normal childhood." Erio reassured them. The instructors continued their eating and catching up with Vanilla and Cream.
"That's right, ever since then Fate-san's been your guardian right?" Shari asked
"That's right, ever since I can remember, she would do a lot for me. She even taught me magic once in a while, once I started learning it. She was always nice to me. I still think that even now Fate-san's raising me in a way. When she was young, something in her family happened that made her a bit lonely That's why she can't leave behind any sad or lonely children. She herself, was saved by kind and warm hands." Erio explained.
Sonic listened to what Erio said very well, then he turned to Fate, who had a slight blush on her cheeks when she looked at Nanoha, when she caught Sonic's gaze she blushed at him too, drawing a bit of confusion from the blue hedgehog.
Fate was reminded of her past, how her original mother/creator abused her violently with a whip, the pain she felt every day trying to please her by bringing her jewel seeds, only to be thrown out verbally by Precia Testarossa, but she also remembered meeting Nanoha for the first time, and how the brunette chased to hell and back trying to save her, it worked, and Fate developed a sort of a romantic interest because of it, and while Precia learned her lesson, it was far too late when she disappeared. And even now she harbors those feelings, but Nanoha's not the only one. Recently she's come to like Sonic in just about the same way, his carefree attitude, freedom fighting personality, always taking the time to stop and help out, the concert on the week she first met also gave her a likeness for him. For Shadow, she sees someone like her, an artificial being who's put their past behind him, while her feelings don't come to an attraction, she still has a high respect for him. But right now, she's with two of the people she cares most, Nanoha, the girl who saved her years ago, and Sonic, the drifter with a heart just as golden as Nanoha's.
-Land Forces 108 Main Building: Commander's room-
- "Central City" Sonic Battle-
Hayate and Genya Nakajima had a friendly conversation sitting at opposite couches with a table between them.
"Seems like your new unit is going pretty well." the older gentleman said.
"That's right; for now at least" Hayate nodded
"But what's up? You shouldn't have time to check up on your old acquaintances." Genya asked
Hayate giggled "Your favorite student has a bit of a favor to ask her teacher."
The buzzer on the outside of the door rang. "Come in" Genya announced.
The doors slid open to reveal Ginga holding a tray for tea and right outside was Rein, Shadow and Quint. Ginga left the tea tray and left with the others in tow, leaving Hayate to talk with Genya.
"What I wanted to ask you is about the investigation of the smuggling routes" Hayate explained
"For the Lost Logia you guys are taking care of?" Genya asked
"There are many routes they could be using, Rein has brought the data for the specifics, she'll give it to you afterwards." Hayate confirmed
"Well, I don't mind you using our investigation unit. Investigation of smuggling is our main job. Well you can ask me anything but..." Genya started
"Please" Hayate asked
"Yagami, instead of going to another mobile unit, or the main branch's investigation unit, you came all the way out here to talk to me.. even bringing Shadow with you. Is there some reason to that?" Genya questioned the brunette
"I've asked them to handle the investigation, but the ground forces would know the land around her the best." Hayate explained
"Well that makes sense" The gentleman spoke then sipped his tea "Very well, I accept."
"Thank you very much" the brunette said.
"The head of investigation is Cartos, Ginga is his second in command. Both of you know each other. And since it's Ginga you should be able to handle her easily." Genya said
"Yes, on my side, Testaross Harlaown will be in charge of the investigation and Shadow-kun is her second in command, so I thought Ginga would be able to do it easily."
-Ginga, Shadow, Quint, Rein-
The four were at an area with desks and chairs.
"I see, so, Fate is" Ginga started
"That's right, she's RF6's head of investigations, so it's possible both of you will be given the investigation."
"So, how's Sonic doing? Is he handling Subaru well?" Quint asked the ebony hedgehog
"He's been doing fine. As is Subaru; she's learning what he's been teaching well." Shadow answered
"How about the other new recruits you had? I've heard that one of your squardron is a summoner." the woman questioned
"They are also doing well. You heard correct, and our summoner also practices boosting and support magic" the black hedgehog gave his stoic answer.
"When Ginga and I start helping your unit out in training, I have a friend who's daughter is probably around the same age as your support mage, and she's learning summoning and support magic too, if you like I can get them over to the headquarters to help training." Quint offered
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea" Shadow confirmed. The duo listened in as Rein and Ginga talked.
"Oh, I almost forgot, since you're going to be helping with the investigation, Riot Force 6 will give you a device as a present." Rein announced
"A device?" Ginga asked
"It's the same model as the one that was made for Subaru. We'll tune it so that you'll definitely be able to use it too" The mini unison device added.
"I'm really happy about that, but... are you sure it's okay?"
"It'll be okay! So that you'll be able to run around with Fate, we'll make a wonderful device." The unison reassured Ginga
"Thank you very much, Master Sergeant Rein." Ginga smiled
Shadow and Quint exchanged a few chuckles from hearing the two.
-Hayate and Genya-
"I feel a bit bad for not only burrowing Subaru, but Ginga and Quint-san as well." Hayate spoke taking another sip from her tea.
"Don't worry. Subaru chose that herself and I'm sure Ginga's happy to work with Harlaown-san. And I can say my wife is looking forward to helping out your unit in training, the blue hedgehog in your unit has her respect, and she'll be happy to be able to help train our daughters in their magic. But time sure flies, you've managed to outrank me in the blink of an eye... Elite mages really do get promoted quickly." Genya reassured the brunette.
"Mage ranks are just for decoration. When I go to the main branch, I get treated like a young girl even from the normal officers."
"I'd imagine... Oh, sorry, guess I'm doing the same."
"Major Nakajima, before and even now, you were always a superior that I've respected." Hayate smiled
"Is that so?" Genya asked, their conversation was put on hold when on a floating call screen a man with spikey lime green hair appeared.
"Excuse me, this is Lieutenant Lat Cartos." The man introduced himself.
"Ah, Lieutenant-Colonel Yagami has a request for a mission regarding outside help. Bring Ginga, and let's have a session in the meeting room." the silver haired Major ordered.
"Yes Major" Cartos confirmed and ended the call.
"So that's that." Genya said
"Okay, thank you very much" Hayate thanked him
"Once the meeting's over, why don't we get something to eat? I'll bring Quint and Ginga along too." Genya offered as he stood up
"Sure" Hayate responded, standing from her seat as well.
-TSAB Capital Central Army HQ: Night time-
- "Panic Puppet Act 1" Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn)-
Fate and Shari were analyzing the data from the Relic they recently obtained.
"That's all we have for the Relic's data" Shari spoke
"They're properly sealed, aren't they?" Fate queried.
"Yes. Very strongly. Even so, I don't understand the purpose of the Relics."
Fate commented "Well if they were that easy to understand, we wouldn't classify them as Lost Logia. Oh, this is the data from the ruins of gadgets?" as pictures of ruined Gadget drones appeared on their screen.
"Yeah, These ones are identical to the ones Vita and Signum captured. The new models don't operate very different internally." as a small slideshow of pictures occurred. One caught Fate's immediate attention
"Something wrong?" Shari asked
"Go back for just a bit. To the picture of that Type-3's remains."
"O-okay."
"I think it was the diagram of the internal combustion engine from the train. Or what's left of it, Sonic did a number on it."
"Well, the orders were not to let it escape, nothing about keeping it in one piece, hang on." She went back in the pictures until one that showed a red circuit board and a small light blue jewel in the middle
"That's it"
"Is this a jewel? A matrix of some type?" Shari questioned
"A Jewel Seed. A long time ago Nanoha and I were looking for and collecting them. Right now they should be the Lost Logia under administration of the Bureau" Fate observed.
"Oh I see. Wait, then why are these...?"
"Shari, enlarge this area around here. Something is written" Fate pointed the yellow circle cursor to a small insignia.
Shari did the enlarging "Is this a name?"
"Jail Scaglietti?" Fate read out, then typed up on the computer bringing out a long list "Dr. Jail Scaglietti. A vast number of crimes including some related to Lost Logia; Eggman also informed me when we made a deal for information that his Grandfather's Diary mentioned this man as well, over 50 years ago the doctor's grandfather worked with Scaglietti on a project, but he was double-crossed by Dr Scaglietti, there's also an ultra wide-range warrant out for his arrest. He's a class-one designated dimensional criminal."
"A dimensional criminal?" Shari asked, appearing on their screen now was the man with purple hair and yellow eyes from before, wearing the suit and labcoat.
"Something happened, and I've been chasing after this man for many years now. And according to Eggman, that man double-crossed his grandfather and stole some stuff from the ARK, he didn't know personally what was stolen but he was more than willing to give the information when I offered him the deal, when I asked him about it. Eggman was calm in his answer but I could see his anger, Scaglietti disgraced his grandfather's legacy when he betrayed Gerald." Fate said
"You offered Eggman a deal, what did Sonic think of that?" Shari asked
"After I explained, Sonic understood Eggman's cooperation, he told me that one thing that's special to him is the legacy of his family. Scaglietti betrayed Gerald, and that gets the doctor's true wrath, far worse than anything else." Fate replied.
"Why would a criminal go to such a length to show his work?"
"If it were him he'd be trying to provoke us, if it isn't, they'd mislead us. Either way, they know that Nanoha, myself, Sonic and Shadow are involved in this case. But if it really was Jail Scaglietti, I could understand that he'd be capable of using Lost Logia technology to create the gadgets. And I can imagine a few reasons why he'd collect the Relics" the blonde mage explained
"His reasons?"
"Shari, gather the data together and let's hurry back to the base. I want to get together the Captains and have an emergency meeting. I'll also need to arrange for the doctor to be transferred to a prison facility here at the base so that way it'll be easier to talk to him." Fate ordered
"Okay, I'll do it right away" The brunette in glasses typed some keys to get the data altogether.
-At a diner-
Hayate, Shadow, Rein and the Nakajimas. Fate called Hayate in to tell her about the meeting they were going to have.
"Roger that, I'll be back soon, so let's have a provisionary meeting. I just finished securing help with the investigation. Okay, so later then." Hayate ended her call with Fate.
"Has there been any new development?" Ginga asked, Quint and Genya shifted their attention from their food to Hayate.
"Yeah, there might be a bit of a clue to who's doing this." the brunette confirmed and stood up with Shadow in tow "And so, sorry Major Nakajima, I'll have to excuse myself here"
"Okay" Genya said.
Hayate reached for the blue book that had the bill for their food but found it swiped by the gentleman "But...!"
"Hurry up and get out of here. The others are waiting." Genya said wagging the bill left and right.
"Okay." Hayate turned to Ginga "Fate and I will contact you sometime later"
"Okay I'll be waiting" Ginga responded
Shadow informed Quint "And you'll get a call soon about helping out in the training."
"Okay, I'll give my friend a call about it too." Quint confirmed.
-An unknown location-
- "Rusty Ruin" Sonic 3D Blast (Saturn) -
Jail Scaglietti, the purple-haired, yellow eyed man from before and creator of the gadget drones, walked slowly through his lab with a smirk on his face, he stopped at the communications room, when the same woman who reported to him before reported in.
"Zest and Silver have resumed their activity." the woman reported
"Ah.. how is the young boy?" the doctor questioned
"Insecure, nervous, and naïve, as to be expected given his circumstances. Zest is helping him get over it." the woman gave an emotionless answer
"As for the orders from our client?"
"We've received a message that says to hold off with unauthorized help and assistance as much as we can."
"Once they've become autonomous, the gadget drones are not under my complete control. I want them to overlook the fact that many may gather at the Relic."
"I shall tell them that."
"If they're going to make their move, then I'll take my time in observing the situation. Because they're also precious experimental Relic weapons." Jail said.
-A sidewalk on Mid-Childa-
- "Dreams of an Absolution" Sonic 2006 OST Several Wills-
Two hooded figures, in black and white cloaks respectively, walked close to one another. The one in the white cloak appeared to be a silver hedgehog from the front, but the hood and cloak concealed any hair or quills at the moment. He had a peach fur muzzle and yellow eyes. What could be seen from his attire was white gloves with aqua tints and white, aqua, black and gold boots. The cloak also concealed most of the young boy's chest aside from a few pokes of fur. Escorting him, the man in the black cloak was wearing plated boots and a left hand gauntlet in addition to a black and gray tunic outfit with black pants, his cloak was concealing his brownish grayish dark hair. The boy appeared to be unnerved as the cars drove by, but his companion urged him in reassurance and they continued walking to their destination.
-Training Field-
- "Stardust Speedway present [JP/EU]" Sonic CD OST-
A loud whistle blew out once more "Okay that's it for training tonight" Nanoha announced. Caro and Teana sat down while Subaru and Erio were standing but leaning out of exhaustion. All the Forwards looked beat tired. Sonic, Vita and Nanoha were present and in front of them. The forwards left as Nanoha, Vita and Sonic remained
"Sleep properly okay?" Vita warned them. Once the forwards left the Stars captains had a little talk.
"You're really stuck with them from morning to night. Aren't either of you tired?" Vita asked the duo
"I'm Riot Force 6's Tactics Instructor. It's natural." Nanoha said as she typed up some things on the monitor
"It'll take a lot more then teaching some rookie kiddos to wear this hedgehog out Vita." Sonic added
"And you know... It's kind of like, is it okay not to be tougher on them? We were strictly trained in everything from the way we walked to the way we said hello." Vita said
"Heh heh, welcome to the world of laid back teaching. Maybe next time I'll grab you a lawn chair, sunglasses, nice cold drink, and a stereo for relaxing." Sonic retorted
"All of tactics instruction, no matter where you go, is pretty much like this. If there's time to yell and shout about small things like that, then there is plenty more time for them to learn more by knocking them down in a mock battle. In the instruction unit I was told that a lot." Nanoha explained
"And everything she was told and learned, she beat into my head" Sonic said pointing to his head.
Vita had a smirking and raised eyebrow expression to her "You two never cease to amaze me"
Nanoha dismissed Raising Heart to its device mode and also took down the training field set up "What we're doing is not teaching and raising complete amateurs, but instead, guiding and teaching even higher level techniques to those mages who have the will and determination to become stronger. Because we're tactics instructors"
"Well no matter how you put it, it's a lot of work, being a teacher" the eternal child said
"An adventure's no fun if it's too easy Vita." Sonic said with a thumbs-up
"But you both were doing it well, too." Nanoha said, approaching the duo, and petted the top of both their heads "Very very well"
"Don't pet me!" Both said at the same time
"Oy! Oy! Complete abuse of size! I'm calling foul!" Sonic pouted, getting giggles from the Captain.
"What's with you?" Vita exclaimed, just as embarrassed as the blue blur. Nanoha was having the time of her life.
The trio walked back to the housing area. Vita thought a bit about the four forwards
'It's going to take awhile for them to realize just how lucky they are. Even when they're fighting on their own, they're always being protected by Sonic and Nanoha, and they're happy.' she turned her focus to Nanoha and Sonic who were ahead of her 'Sonic doesn't realize yet how special he is to Nanoha, and if he were hurt, she'd be sad. Because I'm the Star's Vice-Captain. I'll protect them both, no matter what'
Sonic and Nanoha turned around "Oh?" the blue streak said
"What is it?" Nanoha asked
The redhead put her hands on her hips and closed her eyes "It's nothing. Let's go Nanoha, Sonic"
"Okay, Vita-chan." Nanoha said
"Okay!" Sonic added
-Not the End!-
-Omake: Sonic and Hayate's Cosplay bet, #1: Touhou Project!-
Sonic and Hayate were in the brunette's living quarters, and the hedgehog was in shock about the next outfit he was to wear
"You're kidding!" the blue streak gasped, in front of him was the outfit of a shrine maiden, sized for him, complete with a light-blue wig tied in twin-braids and a red bow, even having a gohei (rod) as a prop.
"Yup, a bet's a bet, now put it on." Hayate ordered and forced the outfit upon him. The hedgehog did not look happy at all.
Sonic folded his arms in pout "This is embarrassing"
"Not as embarassing as Knuckles-kun though." Hayate commented
"What? You got Knuckles too?" the blue streak asked
Knuckles entered the room now, equally ticked off as Sonic. The outfit he was chosen to wear was a black shirt and skirt combo with an apron over the skirt and a navy-blue witch's hat with a pink bow, he was also given a broom as a prop.
"What's the big idea? Shamal showed up at Angel Island, knocked me out, then forced me in this outfit!" the red echidna was furious
Hayate giggled "You laughed and poked fun at Sonic in his last outfit, giving him more embarrassment. Didn't you get the memo about the rules in place while my bet is active? I sent it out in a mass e-mail to the males in the facility. Clearly stating that anyone who can laugh at him are more than welcome to join him."
Knuckles blinked "Huh? E-mail?" he then chose this time to pull out his device and check the message inbox.. The inbox displayed "79 Unread Messages" and the one on top was Hayate's memo. Now it was Knuckles turn to chuckle goofily.
"Besides you both match, the cosplay is from a popular video game series in Japan called Touhou Project, you two are cosplaying as the heroes. Sonic's outfit is Reimu Hakurei the shrine maiden, and Knuckles has Marisa Kirisame." the brunette giggled.
And it was here that Knuckles learned a valuable lesson, check your e-mails often!
-Ending theme: "Hoshizora no Spica" Yukari Tamura, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS-
-End of chapter-
Author's Notes: And here we go, another chapter, man this one was a blast to type joke wise. So about Sonic's bet with Hayate, I'm moving all cosplay scenes to an omake at the end of each chapter, and here in these omakes I'll really get to have some fun. Caro, Caro, Caro, you never cease to be so totally moe, especially when your moeness comes with a KICK! And, yes, the one that Quint is mentioning to Shadow is in fact Lutecia, I'm doing things a bit differently, and introducing Silver in her place, things'll get interesting now.. I may or may not be delayed in posting because Community College is back, which limits my time to be working on this, but I'll do my best to try and fit it in. Also, if you like this be sure to check out "Two Worlds One Mirror" by ThoughtfulTikal/HedgehogNeesah. Reviews are always nice, constructive criticism as I want to see how I'm doing.