Authors Notes: Well everyone here is chapter 11 of Lightning Fingers, I thought this was going to be the last chapter, but apparently, Chapter 11 was turning out to be over a twenty-page chapter. I decided to cut it in half so it wasn't quite so long. This also gives you another chapter to the story. I will be working on finishing up the rest of Chapter 12, as three quarters of it is done.
This chapter is not beta read as soon as it is beta read I will repost.
I had a reviewer ask some questions about the four-way love angle and this was my reply.
Alicia had a crush on Nanoha but knew that Fate loved her so she never did anything about it. Therefore, when the Doctor made Destiny she had someone to love just as Fate did.
Destiny is in love with Alicia not Fate, but because she had her own plan on top of Alicia's that's why she did what she did with Fate. Yes, she loves Fate but not in the same way as Alicia. In the story, Destiny never said she loved Fate to Fate, as Fate said to her thinking it was Nanoha not a clone.
Just think of Destiny using Fate for her own plan. She knew that she would not live after she went to the Doctor and was put in Fate and Vivio's place. As Fate looked so much like Alicia, it wasn't that hard for her to make love to Fate thinking it was Alicia.
Image how Fate feels knowing she gave her virginity to the wrong girl and said she loved her and now has to live with the fact that Nanoha will find out. Not knowing that Nanoha now has ALL of those memories not Destiny.
If Destiny had not had her own plan then she would not have been unfaithful to Alicia from the start, but to make it more complex and have some good twists and turns it happened.
So I hope that this helped all of you that had this same type of question, but didn't ask.
Disclaimer: I do not own Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha I also do not make any money from my stories. I use the characters in accordance with fair use.
Now without further ado I present to you the next chapter to Lightning Fingers, I hope you enjoy the read.
ZR };-
Lightning Fingers
By
Zona Rose
Chapter 11-Lightning's Peace
Three Years Later
Nanoha's POV
I stand on the shoreline, looking out at the Bay, where the ship exploded and then sank to its depths. Taking the love of my life with it, at least that's what everybody keeps telling me. However, deep in my heart and soul, I know she has to be out there somewhere I just have to find her.
I heard a song not long ago, by Donna Michael and it's become my mantra of sorts. Every time I come here, I sing it almost like it's a promise to Fate that I will never forget her ever again.
I remember, I remember
I remember you
I remember, I remember
I remember you
I remember, I remember
I remember you
I remember, I remember
I remember you
Deep in my heart, deep in my soul
Everywhere I go
You'll always be a part of me
I remember you
My eyes start to water, as the meaning of the song starts to make my heart ache, with longing to see the woman that I love and remember.
I remember, I remember
I remember you
I remember, I remember
I remember you
Deep in my heart, deep in my soul
Everywhere I go
You'll always be a part of me
I remember you
Finally, my eyes can no longer hold back the tears as they start cascade down my cheeks.
I remember, I remember
I remember you
I remember, I remember
I remember you
Deep my heart, deep in my soul
Everywhere I go
There'll always be a part of me
I remember you
I remember you
I remember you
I remember you
I remember you ~ ~
My voice cracks as it fades on the last line of the song. I buried my face in my hands and my shoulder shake with my sobs, as I can no longer control my emotions. We have lost so much over time, and now to be separated once more is just heartbreaking.
I want to be in her arms, to feel her touch, to have her lips pressed against my own. Things that I have in my memories that are not my memories, but are Destiny's. Ali said that once the memories had been transferred to me that Destiny would no longer remember them. But that doesn't mean that I do not long for what is in my memories, to be done to me by the woman I love.
"Nanoha, I thought I might find you here, especially today, on the anniversary of her disappearance."
I looked to my right and Ali was walking up towards me. I turned towards her, she takes me into her arms, and I continued to cry into her shoulder. Once my tears have dried up and my eyes are swollen and red. I pull away from her and smile my thanks to her. I noticed that her eyes are in the same shape as mine, as she is also saddened by the separation from her little sister.
"You never know, Nanoha, she might just waltz back into our lives as if nothing happened."
"I don't think it's going to be that easy, but I also will never stop looking for her. At least you can see Destiny, even if you can't touch her being in the stasis tube. At least until Shamal can figure out how to stop her deterioration."
"Hmm yeah, I think Nanoha; it could just very well be that easy. I also hope to hold Destiny in my arms soon, but I think you're going to get yours a lot sooner than I will."
I closed my eyes and as I was about to reply to her. When I felt arms go around my waist. My body stiffened as the arms pulled me back into a hard and soft body that in my memories felt so familiar, and then I felt lips against the side of my neck, kissing me gently. My eyes flew open and out of the corner, I could see golden hair, so I turned my face and looked into sad burgundy eyes, eyes I have longed to look into for so long.
"I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you, but I just couldn't leave and abandon a little girl that has one of your blue eyes."
"Fate, is that really you?"
"Yes, my Nanoha it's me; I'm finally home."
I turned around in her arms and took in her face it looked drawn and thin. Her eyes were sunken and had dark circles all the way around them, as I stepped back to take in the rest of her appearance. She practically looked like she was nothing but skin and bones.
"Fate what happened to you? Were you in a coma all this time? Is that why you hadn't been in contact with us for the past three years?"
She shook her head, "No, for the past three years I've…"
"Sister!"
I turned my head towards Vivio, as she went running towards another little girl that I hadn't seen yet. She had silver green hair that was long and her eyes were purple and blue. The two girls ran to each other and hugged as Vivio pulled back, she smiled.
"You have Nanoha-mama's blue eye, like I have Fate-papa's burgundy eye. I'm so happy that you survived." Looking over at Fate and she smiled, "I'm happy you're save too Fate-papa, I tried to tell Nanoha-mama that you would be back because you promised you would. I just didn't know that you also meant my sister as well, as everyone else."
"Fate, what is she talking about?"
"Well, when we got separated on the ship I was on my way to an escape pod, I came crossed the laboratory, and that's when I saw her Nanoha. I was looking for a way to get her out of the stasis tube, so I could take her with me. When I was told by Nove, that if she were taken out prematurely, then she would die.
"Just as I was losing hope of saving her, Nove's sister Sein showed up. She said that she could get us all off from the ship safely. When we were all touching the equipment for the stasis tube, we fell through the floor all the way through the ship and we ended up in the water. The next thing we knew we were going through the bedrock underneath the Bay into a giant cavern.
"The equipment had a backup battery of about 5 hours while we were trying to explore the cavern to find a way out, we soon realized there was no entrance or exit we were trapped. Sein was able to bring us food and drink, but there was no way she could get the equipment back out of the cavern.
"It took 10 hours to recharge her battery backup, so I was her battery to keep her alive. Over time, it came to be that I would sleep in those five hours and the other 10 I would keep her alive. It was a never-ending cycle that, I would gladly do again if I had to. Once she was able to come out, we made our way to the surface and my first thoughts were to find the love of my life and my family."
"Oh Fate." I wrapped my left arm around her thin waist, and caress her cheek with my right hand. "So what is our new daughter's name?"
"Einhart."
Wrapping her arms around me, she captures my lips in a searing kiss that I've been longing for my whole life. This kiss was better than any of my memories, and it made me wonder what else could be better. Pulling away from the kiss, she smiles and that smile even reached into her eyes that have always been so sad.
"You are the light in my darkness; I will always find my way back to you, my Nanoha."
I put my arms around her waist that was just too thin for my comfort, and then I buried my face into her bony shoulder. After a short while, I felt her body go slack in my arms on instinct, I tightened them around her; I heard her grunt in slight pain. I'm still not used to my newfound strength from the experiments that he had done to me, so I slacked my arms just enough to prevent her from falling.
"Papa!" The girls said in unison.
I shifted her weight so that I was carrying her bridal style and looked over at Alicia and the girls. "Let's get her to the infirmary, so Shamal, can give her a work up and get her stabilized."
We all headed for the van. Once inside, it felt like forever to get back to base, even though I know it was only a 15 min. ride. Once we were on the elevator it was the slowest elevator ride ever. Walking down the Hall I could hear Hayate behind me, calling out to me. Alicia said that she would talk to the commander and that I should just concentrate on getting Fate help. I nodded my head and picked up my speed. The two girls were flanking me and they were able to keep up with no problem.
The infirmary door was in sight, Vivio ran ahead, and as soon as I got to it, she opened it. Shamal was working on Destiny, when she turned around and saw who was in my arms she instantly pointed to a bed and I went straight to it.
Shamal was so intensely working on Fate that we all stood back and waited for her verdict on what was going on. After a few minutes, Alicia and Hayate came walking into the infirmary. Shortly afterwards, Shamal looked rather worried at what she was finding out.
"Right now, without doing anything other than a brief check; she's severely dehydrated and malnourished. I'll have to get some IVs going to get her rehydrated and stabilized. I don't know how long it's going to take before she's awake again."
One month later
I just finished training the new forwards for the day, and made my way to the infirmary to check on Fate. "Has there been any change, Shamal?"
"Not since we were able to rehydrate her, but I've still got the nourishment drips going so that her body is getting what it needs. She just has to wake up, at this point."
"I see, I'm gonna go check on the girls and then I'll be back later tonight."
Shamal nodded her head as I left and headed to the apartment. When I got there, Vivio was holding on to a crying Einhart, I went out onto the balcony and picked her up, sat in the chair, and held her in my lap.
"Fate-papa is this way because of me isn't she?"
I've come to care quite a bit about this little girl over the past month, where it might be true that Fate's this way because of this little girl, it wasn't this little girls fault. How do I explain to her that it wasn't her fault, but a madman fault instead?
"It wouldn't matter if it was you or not, Fate-papa would've done this for anyone of us, Vivio, myself, and Aunt Alicia, Fate-papa would've ended up like this no matter who it was. You see you're Fate-papa doesn't want to lose anyone else, and that's why she went to the extent she did to keep you safe and alive."
Ein cuddled into me, and from the exhaustion of crying, she fell asleep. Standing up I carried her into my old bedroom, which is where the girls sleep. I put her into bed, take off her house shoes, and tuck her in. Vivio was waiting for me out in the living room.
"I'm going to make something that you can heat up for the two of you for supper. I'm gonna go back to the infirmary and spend the night with Papa. Just in case, she wakes up, I want someone to be there."
"Okay, mama, I'll take real good care of my little sister."
After making tuna noodle casserole I left it in the oven to stay warm so all, Vivio had to do was put it on plates and they could eat supper. My cooking skills have actually increased. I don't do those really simple meals anymore. I try to make something, so it will be a bit more than just a white sauce with something else added to it. Although from time to time, I still do when I'm tight on time.
However, there's one thing that Vivio and I do together that I have to thank my brother and sister for; Vivio, and I had gone to visit my brother and sister and on that visit, they showed us how to bake. It is now become a favorite pastime between my daughter and I so much, so that everybody wants to taste our baked goodies.
'Thinking about that, I've got to bring the basket with me to the infirmary. Vivio and I baked up some sweets for everybody.'
With the basket in hand, I head down to the infirmary hoping that Fate will wake up soon. The atmosphere here at the TSAB has changed dramatically over the last three years with the new Brig. Gen. Harlaown, which I'm very happy to see.
Walking into the infirmary I see, Shamal working on her computer, her brow is wrinkled, as she is deep in thought. I set the basket of goodies next to her on the desk, which brings her out of her deep thought process.
"Ah, more sweets from the Takamachi girls, you do realize everybody's going to be coming here now that you've brought this. I'm not going to get any work done because they're all going to hound me."
"Sorry Vivio, and I thought this would be a good way of saying thank you for everything you've been trying to do."
"Oh, how sweet of you, but you know I would do this matter what."
"I know, but it's still nice to do it every once in a while… Has there been any change?"
Shamal shakes her head no. Lately that seems to be my favorite question to ask her. "Fate is still the same and Destiny, I'm still trying to go through the information that was in the machinery that was part of Einhart's stasis tube."
I nodded my head, "Yes, when Sein showed us where the cavern was, I was just glad to see that everything was still in working order. So that you could get into it and maybe find a way of saving her."
"I'll find a way of saving Destiny, Nanoha… somehow I'll find a way." She had a slightly worried look on her face as if she didn't even believe in her own words, no matter how much she wanted to.
Slowly, moving to the only occupied bed in the infirmary, I look over my shoulder and say. "I'm going to go lay down with Fate so just shut the lights off on your way out, Shamal."
"Is it that time already? I guess I better head back to the apartment before Signum comes hunting me down. So I'll say good night and head out."
I walked over to the bed that was holding my beloved Fate. I pulled the curtain closed to give us privacy, take off my shoes and crawling into the bed next her. Listening to her heartbeat, I slowly drift off to sleep. Praying that tonight, she'll wake up from her long overdue sleep and rest.
Fate's POV
'Where am I? Why do I feel so exhausted and weak? And why do I have this warm comforter on me?' These were all very good questions that my tired brain just couldn't come up with the answers to. I decided to drift back off to sleep and find out my answers when I woke back up.
'Okay, my body is still weak and exhausted from head to toe. Next, that warm comforter is still on me. No, wait a minute; it's moving on its own.' Gently opening my eyes to look at my surroundings, the walls are white with machines that you would find in a Hospital or Doctor's office. The curtain around my bed is a sage green; a common color for medical facilities. As I glanced down my bed towards my feet, my eyes widen with surprise to see that my comforter is a living breathing person. A feeling of déjà vu came over me as I watch Nanoha sleep.
'Apparently, Nanoha brought me back to base after I pasted out in her arms. I wonder how long I've been out. This makes me think of when we first met. Looking at her sleeping like this, she looks so peaceful and calm. She's nothing like my first impression of her screaming at her trainees, or the fierce firecracker that fought me. Or the passionate woman I know she could be.'
Sleep was calling me back to her embrace so I obliged. I was almost asleep when Nanoha moved. It felt like she was trying to get comfortable draped over my body. When all of a sudden one of her legs moved in between mine and slid up tight to my apex. My breath caught and held. I dare not move my hips in the slightest. Final she stopped shifting and moving around. It seems I can start to breath again. I start to let myself drift back off to sleep.
I don't know how long I had been asleep this time. All I knew was something was feeling really good, was she touching me like before, no this feels different some how. Her hand was caressing my left forearm and then slowly moved it over to my chest. She moved it around the outside of my breast. Moving down the side of my body to my hip, then proceeded to move back up, but this time it made a detour straight for my breast.
My heart rate picked up with anticipation of what she planned on doing, slowly she started squeeze and massage my left breast in a very slow sensual manner. I couldn't hold the grown that came to my throat as it was both pleasure and pain.
"Nanoha."
Her hand stopped and her body tensed up when I said, Nanoha's name.
"Why, do you call her name out when you told me that you love me, not her? When you made love, you made love to me not her, so why do you call her name out and not mine."
"Destiny I do care for you, just not the same way that I love Nanoha. If Hayate had not figured out that Nanoha, was my childhood friend and secret love. Than I never would have made love to you, or said that, I love you."
"So if you love her, then where does that leave me?"
"Destiny I will always care for you as a person, but my heart belongs to Nanoha and it always has, and it always will, even after it stops beating."
"Will you tell her about us?"
"Yes, and I will ask for her forgiveness because I don't want that, standing in the way of our happiness. Keeping a secret like that would not be healthy for either one of us. So yes, when I see Nanoha, I will tell her that I need to talk to her and tell her everything that happened."
"What if she already knows? When I went back to the ship, my memories were transferred back to Nanoha. Everything that we did, Nanoha now has as part of her memories."
"I see, so there's a chance she might never forgive me if she has to be haunted by the memories of my betrayal."
I could feel the tears sliding from the corners of my eyes as I close my eyes and put my head down, I could feel my heart starting to break at just the thought that she could never forgive me for something that I had done.
"Do you really love her that much Fate?"
"Yes, I've been in love with her since the day she saved my life, if she can't find it in her heart to forgive me. Then there is no reason for me to stay, not even the girls will be enough to hold me here."
"I'm glad that you love me as much as I love you, my beloved Fate."
"What?" I picked my head up and looked into sky-blue eyes that look so warm and inviting, but she also had a smile that just melted my heart.
"I'm sorry that I had put you through all of that, but I had to make sure that it really was me that you were in love with, and not Destiny. I guess I'm going to ask for your forgiveness for deceiving you into thinking that I was her."
"I forgive you with all my heart and soul, my Nanoha, my love."
Kissing her lips, I finally felt that I was home at last.
Authors Notes: Well everyone here's the end of Chapter 11; I hope to have Chapter 12 out soon. Again, it's about three quarters finished, and that will wrap up the story.
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In Love & Light,
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