SonicANIME2010 here with another chapter. This one's gonna be a fun one. I'd like to thank those who've followed this story and hope that you continue to do so. I'm still learning so the feedback is appreciated. I don't own Sonic or Nanoha
-Opening: "Secret Ambition" Nana Mizuki-
Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step
Chapter 17
Riot Force 6's Day Off! (part 1)
-TSAB Dorms-
- "Welcome to Station Square"-
2 weeks passed since the scrimmage incident and everything seems to have gotten back to normal. This morning, Subaru woke up bright and early and climbed down her ladder to wake Teana up.
-music end temporarily-
"Tia.. wake up" the energetic girl said, but Teana wouldn't budge, except to lay on her back. Seeing an advantage Subaru takes it with a giggle. She climbed up on top of her and started to rub Tia's shoulders.
"Tia.. wake up.. It's our turn to set up the training field. Hurry up." She said in a rhythm. Well what Subaru was doing worked and Teana soon started to wake up, only to look down to see Subaru fondling her breasts.
"Ah, you're up!" Subaru exclaimed.
A light blush obvious on her face, she quickly kicked the girl off of her. And that's not all, she then planted her foot on Subaru's butt to keep her from moving.
"Why you-! I let my guard down for just a second and you sexually harass me!"
"It's just to let us get a little closer!" Subaru defended.
A light snicker caught both their attention, they turned to the door to see Sonic leaning against it with his arms folded.
"I'll alert Hayate she's got another fan." Sonic said cooly.
"Sonic-san, how long have you been there?" Subaru asked
"Well.. Since the first "Wake up" call.. Now, both of you, get dressed and meet me down at the training field so we can set it up." the hedgehog said and turned around, before he closed the door he left a statement "And Subaru, if I catch you doing that again I'll send you off to Hayate."
-Training Field-
- "Mystic Ruins" -
After setting up the field for training, the forwards, instructors, as well as Megane, Knuckles, Lutecia and Quint did their usual rounds of training, The morning's training ended with a mock battle. The forwards sat down exhausted from all the work they did. The instructors addressed them.
"Okay, that's the morning training and the mock battle. Good work. And so you know, this was the test to see if you cleared the second stage" Nanoha announced, which got gasps from the forwards. The brunette turned to the other instructors and asked "What do you all think?"
"Passed." Fate said for them all.
"That was fast!" Subaru and Teana said simultaneously.
"Well, after all the practice they've done, it would be a serious issue if they still sucked" Vita said offhandedly.
Knuckles followed "Yeah.. Not to mention embarrassing. But you weren't half bad."
The duo got double glares from Sonic and Quint. While Erio and Caro seemed to giggle at it.
"Well, I think they are all doing well. So then, you've cleared the second stage" Nanoha announced
"Congratulations!" Sonic followed with a thumbs up.
"Yay!" the trainees cheered.
"We'll take off a stage of your device limiters, so go see Tails and Shari later, okay?" Fate asked.
"Tomorrow we'll have to start your training with the basic form of your weapons' second form." the red haired eternal child mentioned.
"Tomorrow?" Caro asked
"Yeah, we'll start training again tomorrow" Vita answered.
"We're supposed to be on standby at the HQ today," Nanoha explained.
"Everyone's been training every day since you've joined." Fate followed.
Sonic summarized "In other words, you all get the day off. Now go, get, have some fun in the city.. and Stars... Don't try to get too close, okay?"
Erio was curious to what Sonic said "Sonic-san, what do you mean? What'd they do?"
"You think I'd tell you that? And what? Give Caro and Lutecia any ideas? No Way!" Sonic declined to answer.
Now Nanoha was curious "What do you mean?"
The hedgehog pulled the instructors present aside for a whisper and explained what he meant... A few seconds later, the shock was evident.
-Cafeteria-
"That's your entertainment news for today" was said on the TV as Hayate, Nanoha, Sonic, Fate and the Wolkenritter sat to enjoy their breakfast, cooked of course by Vanilla. They seemed to tune out the news too fixated on their meals. The name "Regius Gaiz" was mentioned, which got all their direct attention.
The TV displayed an older, overweight man with a brown beard and a crew cut hairstyle. The guy seemed to ramble, which got into yelling about how the evolution of magic has made things more disastrous and that the TSAB needed to focus more on strengthening their weapons.
Vita scoffed at the old man's ramblings "That old geezer's still rambling about that.."
"See, now you're yelling at the TV" Sonic teased
"Lt. General Regius has been like a hawk for a long time." Signum noted.
Nanoha recognized one of the figures at this conference "Admiral Midget."
"Old Lay Midget?" Vita asked.
Sure enough, sitting at a table behind the rambling fat guy were three elder admirals. Midget Crowbel, Bureau Chief of Staff, was an older woman with graying purple hair. The other two of the Legendary Admiral trio was Largo Kiel, the Honorary Marshal of the Armed Forces, an elder gentleman with balding gray hair and a long beard. And finally Leone Phils, the Judicial Advisor, while he doesn't appear to be as old as the other two with his hair a blonde and cut short, he still gave the apperance of one wise and experienced.
"Marshal Kiel and Advisor Phils is there too" Fate noticed.
"All three of the legendary admirals are there." Hayate added
"But, if you look at them now, they just seem like a bunch of old people" Vita said.
"You can't say that Vita, they are important people" Fate scolded as she handed a basket of bread to Nanoha.
"They're the ones who took the Bureau from its beginning to what it is today" Nanoha agreed.
Even Sonic had his say in this "Yeah.. Not to mention when I first started, I had the opportunity to go against Admiral Midget in a mock battle.. And I'll tell you what, even at her old age, she could outlast me."
"Well, I like 'em!" the eternal child took another bite from her breakfast.
Signum remembered "We once took a mission to guard them. Admiral Midget seems to like Master Hayate and Vita."
"Oh I see." Nanoha understand.
"That makes sense" Fate added
Sonic commented "Yup.. and the old geezer's still rambling... He once singled out me and my friends when we came here. Calling us illegal aliens and criminals because we didn't go through the proper channels of coming here.. Yeah, after that rant, Amy went after him and pummeled him so hard he had to get surgery to fix all the broken bones.. Tried to sue for damages, but it got nowhere when the judge found him at fault for instigating and rambling. Sure was funny seeing the look on his face though. Which proves all the same, never mess with Amy or else the hammer of doom will find you" he ended with a joke, the others had a few laughs while finishing their breakfast.
-Outside the HQ-
- "Welcome to Station Square"-
Nanoha and Sonic watched as Subaru and Teana were about to leave on a motorcycle Teana borrowed from Vice.
"I'll bring you a present, like cookies or something" Subaru said
"Thanks, but don't worry about it, go have fun" Nanoha declined.
"Stop trying to bribe us for less work in training kid. Now get! Shoo!" Sonic dismissed them.
"Okay.. we're off" Teana drove away. Fate escorted Erio and Caro outside as well, the duo were also about to leave.
"The lightning team is also heading out together too?" Nanoha noted
"Yeah, see you later, Nanoha-san, Sonic-san" Erio replied.
Fate knelt down to talk to them both "Come back before dark, the town's dangerous at night."
The duo left skipping hand in hand, while Fate, Nanoha and Sonic waved them off.
The trio walked back inside, encountering Signum and Vita who were on their way out now.
"Hey Signum, Vita, you both heading out too?" Sonic asked
"Yes, to the 108th battalion and the Saint Church" Signum replied.
"Major Nakajima is going to make us a joint investigation HQ, so we're meeting about that." Vita followed.
"Vita-chan too?" Nanoha asked her question.
"I'm teaching tactics to their mages. I never should've gotten this teaching credential." the eternal child grumped, which got giggles from the brunette.
"If it has to do with the investigation I should go too..." Fate said
"Preparing for things is my job.. You're the commander and I'm your assistant." The swordswoman teased.
"Thank you, are you sure?" the blonde asked.
"Do what you want." Signum replied.
"I would've phrased that differently." Sonic deadpanned.
"Oy, Sonic, behave while we're gone." Vita stared down at him.
Sonic returned the stare "Oh you don't have to worry about me on that.. them (thumbing to Nanoha and Fate) not so much."
-Engineering division-
Tails, Shari, Shahra and Rein were enjoying their break through... more work... Shari was working on the Exceed Mode for Nanoha's device, while Rein was working on Zanber for Fate, Tails worked on upgrading the Extreme Gear in case it was needed again, while also fine-tuning the Ark of the Stars for his friend's devices. Rein was also scheduled for a check since she was a Unison Device, so she got ready for that. Tails was polite enough to avert his gaze since the young device had to undress for it. Overall they worked throughout their break, but also had fun too.
-With Teana and Subaru-
The duo had the time of their life riding the motorcycle. The weather was great and the roads were smooth. They decided on getting some ice cream in town while they were going to think about what they were to do for their day off.
-With Erio and Caro-
The Lightning duo stood at the train station ready to board. Erio checked his watch for the schedule that Shari suggested they follow.
"The plan Shari-san made for us starts with heading to 3rd Avenue via Railway, walking around the city together, enjoy window shopping and conversation.." Erio started
"And then we are to eat in a place that's as atmospheric and easy to generate conversation as possible." Caro followed suit. "T-this is kinda hard."
"Yeah, for now, let's just go with what she said." Erio suggested, then the duo boarded the train. There they conversed.
"By the way, you've got another dragon besides Freid, right?" Erio asked as the train moved.
"Yeah, Voltaire-sama. He's a black and really big dragon. I raised Freid from an egg, but Voltaire is an ancient guardian dragon from the land of Alzus. So it's more that I'm a priestess of his and he's lending me his power, than that he's my dragon. That's kind of how it is." Caro explained
"I see... It would be nice if you could introduce him to me like Freid. But if he's that important of a dragon, then I guess you can't just bring him here for me to say hello to him." (an: grr.. Quick someone snark! Please!)
"Yeah. He's really huge, and I can only borrow his power when I really need it. But I'll be sure to introduce you to him someday. Freid thinks of you as a real friend too it seems" Caro reassured her partner.
"I'm glad." Erio sounded relieved.
"I'm sure Voltaire-sama will like you." the duo shared a few giggles until the announcement rang out that they were approaching their stop. The duo exited the train, but Caro lost her balance and almost fell. Thankfully Erio was still there with a helping hand, they held hands as they left..( Awe Kodak moment!).
-With Subaru and Teana-
Sure enough the Stars duo bought ice cream. Subaru had 5 scoops for her cone (I can barely handle one without a brain freeze!)
"The ice cream here really does look awesome" the blue haired girl drooled with hearts for eyes to emphasize her love.
"You really do like ice cream" Teana commented as she got her cone with only two scoops (oh. She's a conservative)
"Yes, I really really do!" Subaru said as they both sat down.
"Well then, cheers." Teana said as they softly bumped their ice cream cones together. Subaru got started on hers quick by devouring one of the scoops in one bite
"We should go to the game center when we finish our ice cream"
"Yeah, we haven't been there in a while. This really is nice once in a while"
"It is!" Subaru chimed.
-Back to Erio and Caro-
"We really are taking it easy." Caro commented as they both sat at a bench
"Yeah. Caro, did you spend your time like this on breaks before you came to Riot Force 6?"
"Actually... not really. But Fate-san took me to amusement parks and aquariums sometimes."
"Really? Me too"
"The first time she took me to an amusement park, it was really fun. Too fun..." Caro had a flashback to when she was younger, Fate and her familiar Arf (who was in the form of a young redhead with wolf-ears and tail) "But when the sun went down and my fun time was over, it was sad... So I kind of cried."
"Yeah, I understand that now. The day before you're looking forward to it so much you can't sleep, and when it's over you're just so sad..."
"Yeah, that's right!" Caro agreed
"I understand that... but Fate-san is really busy and she still found time to look after me"
"Yeah.."
Suddenly Erio's watch flickered. He answered it "Hai, this is Lightning-5"
-with Subaru and Teana-
"Hi! this is Stars-5, How's your day off?" Subaru asked
"Having Fun?" Teana added in
-Baaaack to Erio and Caro-
"Hai. We just got started. But Somehow." Erio answered
Subaru's voice rang from the device "We were wondering if you had any problems"
"Arigatou-gosaimasu" Caro thanked them
"No, we're fine" Erio reassured the Stars duo.
"What are you doing?" Teana asked
Erio explained their plan "We're at the park as planned, and then we're going to the department store."
"After that, we'll eat and see a movie, and then we'll go to the coastline and watch the sunset. That's the plan they set for us." Caro finished.
"We're going to clear them all in order." Erio announced
-With Teana and Subaru-
" "Clear"? Those kids..." Teana commented flatly.
"Well, it's healthy." Subaru noted. The Lightning duo shared an "oh" in confusion.
"It's nothing.." the gunswoman said.
"Okay, if anything comes up, give us a call." Subaru told them.
"We're your superiors in terms of playing in town as well." Teana followed up.
-Baaaaack to Erio and Caro-
"Okay" Erio said
"Arigatou-gosaimasu" Caro thanked them once more
"Ja ne" Subaru said before ending the call.
"Subaru-san and Tia-san are nice" Caro commented
"Yeah." Erio followed, they went on with their date.
-With Teana and Subaru-
"It's really been a long time since we've relaxed this much." Teana commented.
"Yeah.. here" Subaru offered her partner a bite of a nugget, to which the gunswoman ate. She turned around to gaze at the distance "I hope there aren't any crimes or accidents or anything."
"Yeah..." Teana followed.
-At a crime scene-
Police flashers blared out at a crime scene. Ginga arrived on scene for it.
"Army 108th battalion Master Sergeant Ginga Nakajima. I've come to help with investigating the scene." she identified herself to some local officers.
"Arigatou-gosaimasu" was one officer's reply.
"I heard it was a roll-over accident" she noted
"Yeah.. but the circumstance behind the roll-over were strange... And the driver is in a state of chaos. It seems he was attacked by something and his stuff blew up." they walked through the scene.
"But he wasn't carrying anything that blows up as he said." Ginga said.
Shadow was kneeling down at the remnants of a gadget drone that appeared to be sliced cleanly in half. "This is strange... this kind of damage could only have occurred when one is wielding a bladed weapon.. And that's not all.."
"Shadow-san.." the purple-haired girl noted.
"This way." the ebony hedgehog guided her to the remnants of what appeared to be a pod for storage.
"This is a life pod?"
"It appears so... and this area.. I can sense Chaos energy.. synthetic.. but oddly familiar."
-Jail's hideout-
"The six type-1 drones that have been following the Relic signal have been destroyed" Jail's usual assistant informed him.
"I see.. was it a Bureau mage who took them out? Or did we get lucky?"
"I can't say for sure, but it seems to be the latter."
"Splendid,. I shall chase after it immediately" Jail announced.
Another female figure approached the Doctor "Ne doctor. I'd like to go then."
"Nove?" the doctor questioned
"No, Nove, your weapons are still being adjusted." the woman on the monitor declined
"If we did get lucky this time, I'd like to see for myself" Nove said.
"There's no need to hurry. It will come here for sure sometime."
The girl gritted her teeth hearing this.
"I'd like you to just wait. Okay?" Jail requested.
"Okay." Nove walked away emotionless.
"Let's launch the drones once we get a better handle on the situation. I'll find somebody suitable from my imoutous" the woman on screen said
"Yes, and while I'm at it.. I'll ask our silver hedgehog friend." Jail followed
-A nearby rooftop-
Silver stood, watching the city, curiously. Jail contacted him "Silver, this has to do with a relic, could you lend me your aid with this?"
-In the sewers-
Two figures limped tiredly, one a young girl with long blonde hair that covered her eyes and wearing a tattered outfit. The other a yellow, brown and orange robot just about a head taller than her, wield axe-like blades but was losing grip. The young girl had two heavy cases with the chains wrapped around her arm. One of the cases hit a crack in the pavement and fell into the water, and the girl struggled, her companion as well.
"C-come on... We have to move.." The robot's male voice said and the duo continued to walk.
-Erio and Caro-
The lightning duo seemed to enjoy their time together, but their fun was cut short when Erio stood at alert.
"Erio-kun?"
"Caro. Did you hear something?" the boy was serious.
"Something?"
"It was like a grinding noise" Erio and Caro followed it to a nearby alley with a manhole.. Suddenly the cover was punched off and the same robot climbed its way out and then helped out his companion.
-With Teana and Subaru-
Subaru's device suddenly flickered. "A contact to everyone from Caro?"
Teana's did the same "I wonder what it is."
-Back to Erio and Caro-
"This is Lightning-6. We've got an emergency situation, I will report. We've found a case we believe to be a Relic in a back alley of 3rd Avenue F-23. There is a girl who we believe to be was carrying the case, and a robot who was helping her.
-With Sonic, Nanoha, Fate-
The trio listened as Erio and Caro reported from their scene while Subaru and Teana were on another screen.
"The girl is unconscious, and it looks like the robot's in some sort of standby mode." Erio reported
"Give us orders please" Caro asked
Sonic took notice of the robot and nearly gasped "Emerl..."
Nanoha looked down at him "You know this robot"
"It's a long story.." the hedgehog didn't appear to be comfortable with talking about it.
Nanoha talked to her forwards "Subaru, Teana, gomen, but your break is canceled."
"It's okay" Teana reassured them
"We'll get the medical assistance ready. You secure the girl, robot, and case. Give the girl emergency first aid.. I don't know about the robot though.." Fate said
"It should have a recovery mode that it goes into when it's in a situation like this. I'm heading your way Lightning-F. I have to see if this robot is who I think he is.." Sonic announced and quickly ran off to support the lightning team.
-Hayate-
The brunette made her way out of the office "All staff on standby. Let's secure them all safely, the girl, Relic, and robot."
-End of Main Chapter-
-Omake: Hayate's Cosplay bet: Final Fantasy X-
"Okay... Hayate... what am I looking at here?" Sonic asked as she showed him his next outfit. Which consisted of a red haori (kinda like a robe) with blue lining, kept osed with a thick, black and blue strap with two brown belts wrapped around it, a brown shoulderpad for the left shoulder, and a black outfit underneath. His props were a large sword and a urn-like jug.
"Next thing for the cosplay. I decided to take a break from the feminine costumes and went with something more badass. Auron from Final Fantasy X and his Celestial Weapon Masamune.. Don't ask how I got the props, because you don't wanna know." Hayate said as Sonic put the outfit on.
"Not bad... Not bad at all.." Sonic admiring the choice of outfits for once.
"Thought you'd like it.. Now get over here so we can play the mentioned game." the brunette led him to the couch. "Again, don't ask how I got this stuff moved from Earth, because you don't wanna know."
"Yes, because I'm sure the overburdened Mid-Childan taxpayer would be glad to know their taxes also support your near otaku-like addiction to games." Nevertheless the duo spent the rest of their time playing video games.
-Ending Theme "Hoshizora no Spica" Nana Mizuki-
-End Chapter-
Author's notes: Well this one was interesting, and looks like the stage is set for some more action. And I bring you the introduction of Vivio. I'd like to thank everyone who's been following since the beginning.