Authors Notes: well, here's chapter 6. Couple more things are going to end up getting cleared up with this chapter. Also, you're going to get a lot of different POV's in this chapter.

Warning adult content in chapter. Warning cold shower content in chapter. Warning girl making love to girl in chapter.

This chapter is rated M for adult content.

Italic = Dreams, Center Italic = Memory's, 'Italic' = Thoughts, "Telepathy" = (people, animals or device)

Disclaimer: I do not own or make money off from the characters of Magical Girl Lyrical, Nanoha the only thing I own are my stories. I only borrowed the characters.

I hope you all enjoy. BTW, you don't think I really killed Nanoha do you? *_*

ZR ~*

Lightning Fingers

By

Zona Rose

Chapter 6-Lightning's Heart Ache

Hayate's POV

When Fate screamed Nanoha's name and then tore out of the office, a cold hand gripped my heart. Shamal and I raced after Fate and when we finally caught up with her we saw her collapsed to her knees and passed out. Shamal immediately went over to both Fate and Nanoha and checked them.

"Hayate, they're alive, but barely. I need to get them down to the infirmary immediately." Shamal reached her hand down to pick up an empty bottle that was lying next to Nanoha. By the look on her face it was what she had feared.

The anomaly we have found was a drug in Nanoha's blood; a very dangerous drug. One that has very dangerous side effects. I just hoped we weren't too late to reverse its effects.

Shamal has finally been able to stabilize Nanoha, but to do so she's had to induce a coma. Not only that, but it seems Fate is still unconscious. We're not sure what the connection between the two of them is. All we can do now is wait and see and hope for the best.

Fate woke up the next day. But all she did was lay there and stare at the ceiling. No matter how many times we tried to tell her that Nanoha was alive and in stable condition she just continued to stare.

The morale of the team was falling apart and I was struggling, trying to figure out how I could pull them all back together again.

But right now my first priority is to find out how she got her hands on this very dangerous substance and the only person that I knew of was her brother, Yuuno. So I called him in to my office with every intention of grilling it out of him if I had to. Thankfully, once I told him the situation, he was more than willing to spill the beans and told me everything I needed to know. I just hope that this information will help Shamal in reversing the side effects.

"It seems she's been on this medication since she was in the hospital from the accident. In fact, the doctor that they had pulled in is the one that prescribed it for her. From what I could gather from Yuuno was that she has been on this medication since just after the surgery that saved her life. That means she's been on this medication for about 9 to 10 years. Now do you think there's a chance we can reverse what it's done to her."

"Honestly, Hayate I won't know until I can do some more blood tests as well, as an EEG. I won't know the extent of damage. For all we know her memory loss could be permanent. I'm looking for any and all information concerning this to see if anyone has been on this for this long and have been able to regain what they've lost, but all the information I've gotten back so far hasn't been very good."

"Keep it up. I know we'll find a way of reversing this forced amnesia."

I still couldn't figure out why someone would want to put a young girl that had just lost her family and give her amnesia to forget them. Even her brother didn't know what kind of medication she had been taking just that it was supposed to stop her headaches. Which, to any person that has amnesia that tends to be the first sign of recovery, but by taking the medication it was doing everything but help her. In fact, anything that she would remember would have been lost shortly after taking that medication.

My next step is to have the Scryas tell me who the physician was during that surgery and maybe I can get some answers at that point in time. There has to be a reason why this was done to her and I was bound and determined to find that answer.

When I was finally able to convince the Scryas to tell me who the physician was, I was floored at what they told me. The special surgeon that they had brought in was none other than Jail Scaglietti. Why did he feel the need to prescribe this medication to a young girl who had just lost her family? Did she see something? Did she witness something he didn't want anyone else to know about? Or is this not even about her?

Then a light bulb went off in my head. I had to know for sure if my hunch was correct because if I was right it's not about Nanoha at all. I hurried to the infirmary because right now there's only one person who can answer my next question, and that is Fate and depending on her answer could actually start to solve everything that's been going on, and the reasons why a little girl was put through so much pain and anguish of not being able to remember even the faces of her parents.

When I got to the infirmary you could've cut the doom and gloom with a butter knife. Everyone was looking for some kind of information. Mostly they were looking for hope, but the only one that might actually get some of that hope would be Fate. She's never mentioned her childhood friend's name, but now I have high suspicion I think I know that name and if I'm right, then why hasn't Fate put this together on her own or is it still too painful for her?

I walked over to Fate's bed, looking down at her; her eyes were still blank as she looked up at the ceiling. I put my face in front of hers, but I got no reaction. What I did next surprised everyone in the room. I slapped her across the face. That seemed to work a little bit so I did it again. Finally her eyes registered that I was right in front of her.

"Fate, I need you to tell me something. I need you to tell me what your childhood friend's name was and how long ago did she pass away? This is very important Fate. I have to know this information."

"Why? Why do you need to know all of that? What business is it of yours? What does it matter now anyways, she's dead, there's nothing you can do to bring her back."

"Please, just humor me. Tell me her full name and when she died"

"Her name was Nanoha Takamachi and she and her parents were killed about 9 or 10 years ago. Are you satisfied now?"

"Not yet. What if I told you there's a chance she might be alive? What would you think of that?"

Fate eyes widened in surprise. If I was right then the young woman lying in a coma in the next bed was someone even more precious to Fate then she may even realize.

"Alive? How is that possible? I was at her funeral. There were three bodies that they buried. Just what kind of sick joke are you trying to pull, Hayate?"

"This is no joke. Is there something specific that only you would know? Like a birthmark, or a certain phrase? Anything that would distinguish her from anyone else that only you would know?"

Fate looked at me like I had grown a second head. When all of a sudden, her eyes widened in surprise and she set up, almost hitting me in the head and then she turned and looked at Nanoha in the bed next to her.

"Her laugh. My Nanoha had the cutest little laugh and so does this… Nanoha. That's why it sounded so familiar to me the other day. I knew I had heard it before, but I couldn't put it together. She has my Nanoha's laugh."

I nodded my head yes as the pieces were finally coming together." That's right Fate. Nanoha was in a car accident about 9 or 10 years ago. Her parents were killed in that car accident. All she knows is their first names and part of her last name. Her mother's name was Momoko and her father's name was Shiro, and all she has of her last name is T-machi. That's why she only uses the T in her name."

Now, I realized why Nanoha was given that medication to induce amnesia and keep her memories locked away. Now all we needed to do was try to find a way to bring them back.

I watched as Fate crawled out of her bed and moved to stand next to Nanoha and the look of wonder on her face. Fate gently reached out her hand to touch Nanoha's cheek as if she was afraid that she would disappear if she didn't do so.

"Nanoha's mom and dad were Momoko and Shiro Takamachi, and her older brother and sister are Kyouya and Miyuki. They both still work at the café, which their parents started. It's called Midoriya. How could I not see that she was right in front of me this whole time?"

"Sometimes Fate, the best place to hide something is in plain sight. That way nobody's looking for it." Hayate was smiling, happy that at least some of the mystery around these two was finally getting solved.

Fate looked up at Shamal with a silent question on her face. Shamal smiled at her. "It's all right Fate. I have her in a coma until we can figure out how we can help her. Right now she isn't in any danger; her life signs are getting stronger everyday. She's going to pull through this and you're going to be there right next to her when she wakes up."

Looking down at Nanoha's sleeping face, Fate smiled with a very gentle and caring expression "Alicia, I found her and this time. I'll never let her go."

Subaru's POV

When I saw Fate running towards us in the hallway and then Hayate and Shamal not that far behind her, I had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with my mentor and the person I looked up to the most, Nanoha.

I ran after them to see what was going on. It had to be really important for all three of them to be running. Sure enough, it seems that Nanoha has some kind of relapse and was lying unconscious on the floor. Shamal said that she needed to get them to the infirmary right away. I didn't waste any time. I went right over and carefully picked Nanoha up; being that I'm a cyborg, lifting her wasn't a problem.

Signum wasn't that far behind me. She was picking Fate up to take her down to the infirmary also. After we got into the infirmary, Shamal started working on them. Her main focus seemed to be on Nanoha. All I seem to be able to do was think back on how Nanoha had saved my life a couple of years ago.

There was a big fire and I had gotten separated from my sister. At the time I was nothing but a big crybaby. Then out of nowhere this young woman with brown hair and pretty blue eyes showed up. I had fallen and hurt my leg. So she had turned around and put me on her back and got me to safety.

From that day forward, all I wanted to do was help and rescue people but to do that I first needed to learn how to fight and protect and that is why I wanted to be under her tutelage. So that someday I'll be able to save people just like she did with me.

Signum's POV

Vita and I were coming back from the training room. When we stepped off the elevator and saw a commotion down by the apartments. So we moved down to see if there was an issue. That's when we overheard that Shamal needed to get them to the infirmary right away.

As I watched Subaru picking up Nanoha with ease, I moved over to Fate and picked her up and followed right behind. The woman that I was carrying always seemed to have a cold exterior to everyone, pushing everyone away, but I know differently. She is actually a very warm and caring person. She does her best to hide it from everyone.

'Testarossa, why are you pushing yourself everyday in the training room? What good is this going to do in getting Nanoha back?' We've been sparring, day after day ever since Nanoha disappeared from the embassy.

'I have to try and keep my mind clear, but I'm also trying to exhaust myself so that I don't hurt someone. That's why I would prefer to do this alone Signum. But you won't let me. So I have to hold back just so I don't hurt you.'

'You really care about Nanoha, don't you? She's gotten under your skin hasn't she?'

'I can't let anyone get close to me because if they do they end up dying and I can't let that happen ever again.'

Then we had gotten the message, saying that they would take Nanoha to the warehouse and to have us meet them. When Fate split that steel table in half, I finally realized how much she was holding back during those sparring sessions and my respect for her doubled.

But it looks like the Ice Queen has finally started to melt as she is now openly displaying her emotions and the gentleness that I knew was underneath to the rest of the team.

As I looked over at Shamal, the warmth spread through my chest at the love I felt every time I looked at her. I knew tonight she was going to want me to hold her and comfort her as she seems to be taking this situation personally. I was also going to have to keep an eye on her because I know she has a tendency to work herself into exhaustion, especially if it's dealing with one of the team.

Teana's POV

To think I didn't like Nanoha when I first met her. I thought Subaru was in love with her and I would never be able to be with the girl I loved. Then one day I caught the two of them in the training room. When I saw Subaru crying her heart out. I knew it was all because of Nanoha. What had she done to my Subaru to make her cry so hard?

'What have you done to Subaru? Did you take her feelings and dash them?'

I could see Subaru's surprised expression, as she opened her mouth to try and say something; Nanoha gripped her shoulder and shook her head no.

'What difference does it make to you how I treat Subaru? What is she to you for you to put your nose and our business? I'll treat her any way I see fit.'

That was the last straw. All I could see was red. I was going to teach this person a lesson. She couldn't just run over my Subaru's emotions like that. I had to make her see and understand that she is a warm and caring girl with an extremely large and gentle heart and she was trampling it under her booted feet and I had to show her that, that was no way to treat anyone who had feelings for them.

'No one treats my Subaru, like a toy, and then throws her away, not as long as I'm around.'

'Your Subaru? What makes you think that she's yours? What have you done to make that claim? Last I knew you were just partners, not lovers, or are you secretly in love with Subaru?'

What could I say to that? Without telling Subaru my feelings for her, I had no answer. The look of surprise and wonderment was on Subaru face.

'Tea is it true? You have feelings for me, like I do for you?'

All the fight drained out of me at those words. Subaru had feelings for me. Does this mean that she's in love with me and not Nanoha? Then why is it every time I would see them together, Subaru looked like she was in pain.

'Subaru has been coming to me for advice on what she should do about her feelings for you. She didn't want to ruin the deep friendship that the two of you had if you weren't going to be able to reciprocate her feelings. It came down to me telling Subaru that she either tells you or I removed one of you from the team. That's what you just walked in on and why she was crying.'

I walked up to Subaru and pulled her into my arms and gently whispered into her ear 'idiot' and she giggled and wrapped her arms around my waist careful not to hurt me.

We've been together ever since, and it's all thanks to Nanoha tricking me into confessing to Subaru or, was it the other way around?

Vita's POV

That blockhead is always getting herself hurt and making me worry about her. Every time I turn around, she's always pushing herself trying to go further, almost like she's daring fate to take her like it did her parents. Like that one time we thought we almost lost her and she ended up in critical condition for several months.

'Hey, Vita what is taking you guys so long? The two of you should be able to take care of those goons by now'

'Hayate, these goons aren't pushovers. It's taking everything that Nanoha and I have just to whittle them down to what we have now.'

I was constantly keeping an eye on Nanoha out of the corner of my eye. She seemed to be doing all right. Although her movements seem to be a bit sluggish, she was still keeping up. At least until their ringleader surprised both of us and came out of nowhere and before either of us could react, he had taken out Nanoha in one swing.

'Hayate, Nanoha is down! I repeat, Nanoha is down! Send backup and a lot of body bags!'

I had lost it. All I could see was red and I swung my hammer at everything and anything that was in my way. My goal was to pay him back and all of his goons for hurting Nanoha.

By the time backup arrived, they were all strewed across the ground, including the leader. They were either broken or bleeding and begging anybody to make me stop. By the time I came back to myself, they were already loading Nanoha into an ambulance and taking her to the hospital.

I stayed by her bedside day and night. I felt it was my responsibility that she was in this situation. But what finally came to light was the fact that Nanoha had been practicing in the training room on top of our normal training and then going out on missions. She was literally training herself to death. Because of that she ended up in the hospital and the doctors didn't know if she'd be back to 100% or not.

After a couple of months in rehab, Nanoha was backed up to her usual self. Only this time she was under orders to limit her training with the team.

After that, everything seemed to go smoothly, at least until Fate Testarossa showed up. I didn't know what Hayate was thinking, but overtime I could see that she's actually been a positive influence on the team…especially Nanoha. It seems that those two are connected or bonded in some way, which is now even more evident with the fact that Fate refuses to leave Nanoha's side, especially after that revelation that they were long lost childhood friends.

That blockhead can't she see that she makes all of us worry about her? She was even able to thaw out the Ice Queen. Now we seem more like a family than anything else.

Shamal's POV

Out of all of my years of being a doctor, I have never been as confounded as to what's going on with one of my patients as I am right now. The blood tests from a week ago are not matching the blood tests I had done today. It's almost like something has changed within a week's time.

Although I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing in fact, the drug that was so prominent in her bloodstream just last week is now practically non-existent and something else that has changed. There was a small amount of anti-bodies I couldn't recognize in her bloodstream, but now those anti-bodies have not only increased, they seem to be destroying anything in her system that doesn't belong, mainly the memory suppressing drug.

On a hunch I took out the blood tests I did on Fate and compared the two. I was so glad that I was sitting down while doing this, or somebody was going to have to pick me up as I would've fallen as my legs would have given out on me. Fate's bloodstream is full of these anti-bodies, but how did they end up in Nanoha.

The only time that Nanoha had been exposed to Fate's blood was back during the Museum incident and that was six months ago. As far as I could tell, Nanoha didn't get cut or wounded to cause any of this to get into her bloodstream, or did she? We had all been so focused on Fate being hurt that I didn't check Nanoha out until hours later. By that time, if I'm correct any injury would have been healed. That might account for the small amount I found her bloodstream last week, but it doesn't explain why they jumped within a week's time.

If I'm correct, my induced coma won't last much longer and Nanoha will be waking up any time now.

Fate's POV

Ever since the revelation that the two Nanoha's were one and the same, I haven't left her side…although Mother Nature has called and I had to run to the bathroom, but thankfully it's not that far away and I'm right back by her side. Signum has been kind enough to bring me my meals so that I don't have to leave. At night, Shamal practically orders me to go back to the apartment and get rest, but I shake my head no and climb into bed next to Nanoha and wrapped my arms around her. This way, if she ends up waking up in the middle of the night she knows she's safe.

As I was holding her, I was remembering the day we became lovers. I could feel my cheeks getting warm, especially as I was remembering the two of us taking our first shower together.

As I was waking up from my nap after making love with Nanoha, I could feel her hand caressing my abdomen. As I kissed her temple, I asked her if she wanted breakfast first or did she want to take a shower.

'A shower sounds really good right now, even maybe some water sports.'

I smiled and scooped her up into my arms in bridal fashion. She giggled with glee and put her arms around my neck and I carried her into the bathroom. I gently set her down on the edge of the tub and turned on the water stream, making sure that it was warm as I had a feeling we were going to be making our own steam in a very short time.

After I had gotten the temperature adjusted just right, I stepped in and then pulled her in with me. I had her step in to the stream of water so that she could get wet. When she stepped away, I took some shampoo and put it in my hands so that I could wash her hair. After I was done with the length of it, my fingers started to massage her scalp. I took the loofah pad and squirted a bunch of soap onto it. As I put my arms around Nanoha. I started rubbing it up and down her back while I was kissing her neck and shoulder. Then I reached my hands down further and was washing her butt. She gasped at the sensation I was creating. I knelt down so that my cheek was against her belly button and my hands continued their way down so that I could wash her legs. When I was done with both the front and back, I stood back up and start rubbing and washing her front, then I moved to her arms. After that, I set down the loofah pad and moved her into the stream of water. I caressed my hands over her back and then up into her hair. By now she was panting and very aroused.

I could feel my desire for this woman building. I couldn't take it any more, I had to touch her, I had to be inside of her, and I had to taste her. I cupped her face in my hands and brought her lips to mine and gently kissed her lips. Her arms moved around me for better support. I slowly moved us away from the water so that she was up against the wall. I took her arms and moved them up so that she could hold onto the towel rack that was embedded in the wall behind her.

Then I slowly caressed my hands down her arms to her sides. One of my hands found one of her breasts as the other one continued its journey down and when it found its destination, I gently stroked her.

I broke the kiss and went to her neck, kissing and sucking on her skin as my desire to feed on her blood was once again upon me. She moved one of her hands to the back of my head almost as if she was giving me permission. So as I embedded my finger deep inside her. I also embedded my fangs into her neck. The exquisite taste and feel of her was almost beyond anything I have felt before.

She lifted up one of her legs onto the edge of the tub so that I would have better access. My finger moved slowly in and out of her, but the more blood that was in my mouth, the faster my finger was moving. Then she was trembling in my arms I held my finger deep inside of her as she spasmed around it. I placed my tongue over the two holes I had made in her neck to stop the bleeding. She was now limp in my arms. I was afraid I had taken too much blood from her, so I gently lowered her to the floor. My finger was still embedded with in her. I loved the feeling of being inside of her. It was warm, soft and very, very wet.

I took my free hand and cupped her cheek and looked at her face. As I looked into her eyes, they were glazed with pleasure. I gently kissed her lips and that seemed to rouse her a bit. So I took one of my fangs and sliced my tongue open then I opened her mouth and kissed her deeply. The next thing I knew, her mouth was like a vacuum as she was sucking on my tongue, taking in what I was offering her.

After our first shower together we dried off, putting on some robs and went to the kitchen to make breakfast and sporadically throughout the rest of that day we made love. Each time I would take a little bit of her blood, but then I would give her some of mine in return.

The next day I made sure she got some iron pills to help keep her blood count up. I didn't want to take the chance of taking too much too soon. Every time we would kiss I would purposely cut my tongue just to make sure I didn't take too much from her, but I also knew that so long as she had my blood in her system, if she got hurt, she would heal faster, but the more we shared blood the more I could feel her inside of me. It was as if a bond between us was being made.

When I got that headache I should have known something was wrong, but I didn't react and it almost cost me something so precious and so, dear, it almost cost me the love of my life. And then to find out that right before my eyes was my childhood secret love, the feeling of euphoria at knowing she was alive was indescribable.

I could feel her stirring next to me. A slight smile caressed my lips, knowing she was going to be alright now. She instinctively curled into me, putting her arms around me. So I kissed her temple and was finally able to fall asleep knowing now everything was going to be all right. After all, I had my Nanoha, and the woman I love, all rolled into one and she was in my arms.

Authors Notes: Well, here's the end of another chapter. How many of you could really see the ending of that one? And how many of you thought she was dead or a clone? I have even gotten one of my readers upset at me because I had "killed" Nanoha. *sighs* I did try hinting at the end of the chapter 5 that everything had to happen for a reason. I hope that the reader that was upset with me came back and read this chapter, and that this chapter made up for the ending of the last one.

Don't worry; there are still some twists and turns up ahead and lots of cold shower chapters ahead.

Chapter 7, probably will be delayed a little bit as I'm going to be working on a short little project, the title of this new story is going to be White Day Gift. This is actually going to be a continuation of Valentine's Day gift only in Nanoha's POV this time. I send out a Thank You to Rogue D for reminding me about White Day. At this time I don't know if it's going to be rated T or M we'll see.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I know I had a lot of fun writing it. This went well it was fun trying to get into the heads of the different characters in this chapter. Please REVIEW. Let me know what you think of it was it bad, good, just okay, or did it suck. So PLEASE REVIEW. Thank You.

In Love & Light,

Zona Rose ~*

Updated 6/7/2011