Author's Note: I hope you would enjoy this chapter. Please note that the three aces and the Wolkenritter are not inferior to Yuuno. He's trained a lot and got better. :D
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IN A HOSPITAL WARD IN SECTION SIX, FRIDAY, AFTER YUUNO FAINTED
"Yuuno-kun? Yuuno-kun? Yuuno? Yuuno?" Several voices were calling him softly.
Yuuno opened his eyes and saw all the faces of his friends. Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, Vita, Signum, Shamal, Zafira, Arf, Chrono, Amy, Shari, Mary, Subaru, Teana, Erio, Caro, Vice, Verossa, Schach, Carim, Reinforce Zwei, Agito, Lindy and Vivio.
"Urgh…" The Head Librarian groaned weakly.
His friends looked relieved and he realised that Nanoha had puffy eyes and nose.
"You moron! You've slept for two days straight!" Vita cried. Signum held the red-headed knight by her arm, motioning her to quietened down.s
"Sorry, I remembered something horrible," Yuuno whispered.
"What horrible thing?" Fate questioned gently.
"I remem-" The blonde man was cut off as he clutched his head tightly, moaning in pain.
Shamal went over and casted a spell on the librarian, and Yuuno relaxed, drifting off to sleep.
"Whatever thing that had happened to him definitely wasn't good; from the way he got traumatised earlier on and now that he has trouble relating it to us. We should let him rest." The doctor said, ushering everyone out of the ward.
2 DAYS AFTER, SUNDAY
The Head of the Infinity Library was still lying in bed, with constant headaches, and occasionally nightmares about his memory he remembered. Nevertheless, Yuuno still worked with sensitive information that required him to do it.
"Yuuno, how's your headaches?" Shamal entered the room, and gave the librarian an overall scan with her magic.
"I feel fine already. Can I go back to work now?" Yuuno asked.
The Lady of the Lake shook her head firmly, as she wanted the man to rest more; he's practically working every second. The Head Librarian pestered Shamal until the doctor got annoyed.
"Okay okay! You've asked that question tons of times, Yuuno. Really, you should not work so hard; you're like Nanoha and Fate, always straining yourselves," Shamal nagged.
Yuuno scratched his head gently and laughed.
"The Infinity Library should be a mess by now; I've left my staffs for four days straight." Yuuno said worriedly.
Shamal sighed and gave Yuuno a fresh change of clothes. After the librarian changed into a pair of jeans, a white shirt and a brown jacket, he noticed Celestial Heart sitting on the bedside table.
Nanoha must have put it here… I wonder if the others are all right; I haven't seen them since Friday… Yuuno thought. He hung the device on his neck and bade Shamal goodbye.
When the Chief Librarian reached the TSAB database, his staffs rushed to him and they bombarded him with questions.
"Boss, are you all right?"
"We were worried!"
"Boss, we heard you were in the hospital ward!"
"Did Miss Takamachi give you that green device?"
"We were piled up with so much work; especially about sensitive information!"
Yuuno sweat dropped and calmed everyone down. He told them that he was in the hospital ward, because he had a terrible headache, also that green device was made for him by Nanoha. When his staffs asked him why Nanoha made him the device, he replied, "We're good friends, so she simply made one for me."
And that was that.
The library staffs went back to work, and Yuuno had a dozen requests on sensitive information; most of them about Lost Logia.
Yuuno typed away in his office, and ran his searching magic in the Infinity Library, as he resumed work in the database.
ONE DAY LATER, MONDAY
"Yuuno, am I disturbing you?" A gentle voice caught the librarian's attention.
"No, Hayate. How may I help you?" Yuuno replied.
"If you are not really busy now, can you train us this afternoon? Ginga, Cinque, Nove, Dieci, Wendi, Sein, Otto and Deed are coming to join us, together with Carim, Rossa and Schach. There will be a big mock battle, and it's going to be fun!" Hayate said excitedly.
"I've never fought any of the number sisters before, and I'm finishing up the work here already. Save a spot for me!" Yuuno beamed.
Hayate ended the transmission, and Yuuno continued to finish up his work.
AN HOUR LATER
By the time Yuuno reached the training grounds of Section Six, the forwards and the three aces have already changed into their barrier jackets; Agito and Rein have also unison with Signum and Hayate.
"Standby, ready! Set up!" The green pearl device in Yuuno's hands glowed.
Within a few moments, Yuuno was clad in his green barrier jacket, holding Celestial Heart in his right hand.
"Yuuno, prepare yourself!" Fate said.
Without warning, Fate swung Bardiche towards Yuuno. The librarian dodged it, looking confused.
Are all of you attacking me? Yuuno asked mentally.
Yes; and I won't be easy on you! Vita grinned.
We're doing this mock battle in the following order: Fate, Vita, Hayate, Signum and me. Nanoha informed.
Yuuno raised a Round Shield as Fate slashed her Bardiche in its Zamber Form. The two mages separated, and Yuuno flew up high.
"Axel Fin," A pair of green wings appeared on Yuuno's shoes.
Fate was catching up fast in her Sonic Form.
I need to be faster… Yuuno thought, as Bardiche's Zamber sword hit Yuuno's Round Shield again.
"Holy Fin," Celestial Heart sounded, and the wings on Yuuno's shoes grew larger, giving him speed and agility.
"Is this a new move Nanoha developed?" Yuuno asked, surprised.
"No, my master. I upgraded it," Celestial Heart replied.
"Photon Lancer," Bardiche intoned. Several yellow missiles were launched towards Yuuno, and he flew higher, dodging them.
Yuuno turned around to face Fate, and he attacked with Axel Shooter. Fate flew past the green bullets easily, and created a yellow magic circle under her feet.
"Photon Smasher!" A blast of yellow beam charged towards Yuuno.
"Reverse Shield!" Yuuno raised a green shield and reflected Fate's Photon Smasher back to her. Fate used Sonic Move and dodged it, but Yuuno changed the direction of Photon Smasher and the yellow beam continued following her.
As Fate flew in the sky, with her Photon Smasher chasing her, Yuuno began to think of a strategy. He knew his friends are going against him in full power, even though it's a mock battle.
Yuuno teleported himself several metres in front of Fate, and raised a barrier. He began charging a Divine Buster as Fate was approaching him. The blonde girl stopped immediately in front of the barrier and sped away using Sonic Move.
Yuuno waved his left hand and the Photon Smasher surged up towards the sky, still chasing after Fate. The Divine Buster he charged shot out too and a pink and yellow beam went after Fate.
Fate flew swiftly and quickly; Yuuno could not keep up with her and ceased the two bombardment spells. Seeing her chance, the blonde girl fired her Trident Smasher towards Yuuno.
"Protection Powered," Celestial Heart produced a light green barrier around her master. The Trident Smasher did not go through the barrier, but it did push Yuuno backwards and the librarian almost lost balance. Clearly, Fate won. Yuuno heaved a sigh of relief when the first mock battle was over.
Next up was Vita, and as Yuuno didn't want to strain the red-headed knight since the JS Incident, he simply casted a Struggle Bind and ended the mock battle in ten minutes, which left Vita in the air, with her Graf Eisen in its Gigant Form. She tried to struggle herself out of the bind, flailing frantically and trying to use magic, but to no avail. She huffed and panted slightly, glaring at the librarian.
Vita sulked and stared at Yuuno when the short battle ended, and the librarian laughed tensely. He put up a healing magic circle underneath the Iron Knight, in case she got any injuries.
Hayate and Yuuno faced each other in the next battle; the librarian gulped and held onto Celestial Heart tightly. Hayate is a SS Rank mage, and she's an expert in wide-area bombardment.
I'm not surviving this; passing through Fate is hard enough, I might as well not fight. Yuuno concluded, and he told the group to stop the mock battle.
"Unless you finish this mock battle, we're not letting you go," Nanoha said firmly, which left Yuuno gaping and desperate.
"Master!" Celestial Heart warned. Hayate was preparing to fire her Diabolic Emission; Yuuno flew as fast as he could to avoid the bombardment attack. When Hayate fired the dark-coloured globe of concentrated magic, Yuuno casted a Steel Defense and was unscathed.
"Hraesvelgr!" Hayate yelled, and multiple sigils appeared in front of her and powerful energy beams shot towards Yuuno.
"Star Shower!" Celestial Heart attacked, conjuring up six green beams, each as large as a single Divine Buster. Yuuno's eyes widened as the beams counterattacked Hayate's Hraesvelgr.
"Control, please." Celestial Heart asked. The six green beams charged towards the powerful energy beams of Hayate's and they clashed with one another, resulting in several explosions. But some of Hayate's Hraesvelgr got past Yuuno's Star Shower and the librarian raised a barrier just in time to protect himself. The energy beams cracked Yuuno's barrier and did some damage to his barrier jacket.
When the smoke cleared, Hayate smiled widely; Yuuno had attacked her Hraesvelgr. Yuuno, on the other hand, was panting heavily and had an incredulous and stunned expression on his face.
"I'm not doing this training anymore; I want to go back to the Infinity Library." Yuuno said, looking at his friends pleadingly while gasping for breath.
"No! That battle with Hayate was great, and that Star Shower you counterattacked surprised all of us. You'll have to teach me that move, Yuuno-kun!" Nanoha said.
"Signum, you're next." Hayate returned to the onlookers, and gestured at Signum. The Knight made her way to the air, her eyes glittering with determination. Yuuno breathed deeply, raising his device.
"Celestial Heart, Sword Mode!" Yuuno ordered. The device changed into a sword, similar to Fate's except that the sword is green instead of yellow.
I'll teach you the way of the sword along the battle; pay attention. Signum told the librarian mentally. As Laevatein slashed against Celestial Heart, sparks flew all over the place; Yuuno gritted his teeth as he tried his best to maintain his position.
After several blows, Yuuno was panting and looking at Signum as the pink-haired woman held Laevatein steadily, showing no signs of exhaustion.
"That's enough, Scrya. You've improved along the way, but you'll need to practise more. Testarossa and I would teach you more, if you wish to." Signum said as she landed onto the ground.
Yuuno looked at Nanoha, and shook his head profusely.
I'm exhausted, and I really don't want to fight anymore. Yuuno said to Nanoha mentally.
Come on, I'm the last one on the battle. Besides, I've hardly fought you before, and I'll be using a lot of bombardment spells, so you can practise too. Nanoha encouraged as she flew up the sky.
"Axel Shooter," Raising Heart said, and a dozen pink bullets made their way to the librarian.
Yuuno counterattacked with Axel Shooter, and had a hard time shooting Nanoha's bullets as she kept changing the directions of her pink bullets. He got bruised all over his body from the pink bullets, adding previous ones from the previous battles. His body was sore and hurt.
"Divine Buster!" Nanoha shouted, and a pink beam of energy shot towards Yuuno.
"Divine Buster," Celestial Heart sounded. A pink beam and a green beam clashed together, eventually exploding in a screen of smoke.
Nanoha changed into her Exceed Mode and began charging her Excelion Buster.
"Excelion Mode Drive Ignition." Celestial Heart said, and changed to its more advanced mode, along with a bulkier barrier jacket on Yuuno.
"Ehh? Celestial Heart, stop this at once!" Yuuno said, shocked at his device.
"Excelion Buster," A green beam of energy began charging up at the tip of Celestial Heart.
"Excelion Buster! Break Shoot!" Nanoha fired her Excelion Buster, and at the same moment, Celestial Heart shot the green Excelion Buster as well.
"No!" Yuuno yelled, as the green beam fired. The two Excelion Buster clashed again, like previously with the Divine Busters.
"Blaster One! Booster Shoot!" Nanoha attacked, and her Excelion Buster overpowered Yuuno's.
As Nanoha's Excelion Buster is about to hit the librarian, he teleported himself out and onto the ground.
Sitting on the ground, panting very heavily, was an exhausted and drained Yuuno Scrya. Nanoha landed beside him, and Shamal went forward to heal the two mages.
"Just heal Nanoha; I can heal myself," Yuuno told the doctor. As soon as Nanoha has been healed, Shamal proceeded to heal the librarian despite him saying that he would heal himself. Yuuno had no more energy left to argue; he was simply too exhausted. This was the most exhausting training he ever had in his entire life.
After an hour of resting, Yuuno watched the forwards' training. He was tired but he decided that he should train more. Just then, a hand pulled him by his ponytail. Yuuno was about to fall behind when he created a bind around the hand who had pulled his hair.
"Oops! You've caught me!" Sein said as she emerged onto the solid ground, her hand still in a green bind and holding on to Yuuno's ponytail.
The librarian released the binding spell and spotted Ginga, Cinque, Nove, Dieci, Wendi, , Otto and Deed, together with Carim, Rossa and Schach. Sister Schach went forward and told off Sein.
"Sister Sein, that was really disrespectful towards Yuuno-sensei! Apologise to him now!" Schach demanded from Sein.
The sixth number apologised to Yuuno and the blonde man smiled, accepting Sein's apology. After that, Yuuno and the group went to begin their trainings.
AFTER SEVERAL SUPER-DUPER-AWESOME-INTENSE-TIRING MOCK BATTLES & TRAININGS
Yuuno went back to the database and resumed his work, but he couldn't help feeling sore, bruised, drained and exhausted. He did not realise he was going to overtrain.
Wheee! I was going to stop publishing the chapters after the 5th chapter because I'm afraid you would not like it, especially after this chapter. Thanks for reading! :D