A/N – Well you guys seem to like the story so far :) I hope my story is interesting enough, I still feel like I'm writing not that well.
WARNING: Shoujo-ai fluff. (Ok I think you get the idea by now, if any thing really changes then I'll say.)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Lucky Star or Nanoha StrikerS…Ok let's try some quotes this time.
I don't like the terms "housewife" and "homemaker" I prefer to be called "Domestic Goddess"... it's more descriptive. Roseanne Barr
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I'm a Magician
"I could never be mad at her." He turned and watched as Kagami walked further away. "Because...I made a promise to myself, before that incident ever happened."
"What did you promise?"
"I will protect her."
Fate just stared back, confused.
"Come on I'll explain to you. We should just probably go somewhere quieter," Shugo said pointing out the fan girls. Fate nodded. They made their way over to a bench which was shaded from the sun by a tree. Sitting down Fate felt her stomach turning.
'Why do I get the feeling that he's going to tell me something…big?'
Shugo looked ahead of him, where students were working and brainstorming on their acts.
"It's a beautiful day, don't you think so Fate-san?" he suddenly asked.
"Yes, it is," Fate agreed. Silence fell again.
"Fate-san I feel that I can trust you with what I'm about to tell you. I'm not sure if you'll believe me. But it has to do with how I met Kagami-san."
"I promise I won't tell anyone." Fate softly smiled to him.
"I'll believe you anyway."
He smiled back at her.
"Thanks. It's just that it seems a bit crazy."
"Don't worry, tell me," Fate gently encouraged. There was no doubt in her mind that he was telling the truth. She saw it in his eyes.
"Well to put it basically, I'm a magician."
Fate gasped.
'He's a magician as well?!'
"You don't believe me right?" he sighed out, "well I can't blame you."
"N-No I believe you. It's just that…"
Shugo's eyebrows went up, curiosity gripped him.
"It's just that?"
"Well I'm a magician as well, so I was slightly shocked," Fate revealed.
"Really?" Shugo asked, unsure if she was telling the truth.
"Yes."
He decided to test it.
'Can you hear this Fate-san?' he said in his head. There was no reply. He sighed in defeat.
"You can't communicate with me right?" Fate smirked.
"That's because I just got transported here with 5 other co-workers and we can't communicate for about another 5 hours," Fate informed.
"Ahh that would make sense. Fate-san who do you work for?" Shugo asked.
"Oh I work for Section Six of the Time-Space Administration Bureau," she said.
"I work with the TSAB as well, but I work in the Navy cruiser Arthra."
"My brother is the commanding officer of that cruiser!" Fate exclaimed.
"Wow, you're his sister?" Shugo asked shocked.
"Yup!"
Both smiled, they had never expected any of that to have happened.
"Anyway, back to the main story, and how I met Kagami-san," Shugo said continuing their conversation from earlier.
"I sent here by your brother, he had received a request from HQ that there was an unusually high reading of magic in this area. Since he had extra people to spare, he sent me. I was slightly annoyed at first since I wanted to be on the front lines, but an order's an order, so of course I came. That was two and a half year's ago actually. I was told that since I was too young to attend high school, and it was pointless to send me to middle school, I was told to look around for the source of magic. I did so, but I came up with nothing. I had searched for 5 months and I had found nothing. I reported back to HQ and they told me that I was to stay here until the high reading of magic was located. I was happy but sad at the same time. Sad because I would have to stay until I had successfully located the magic, but happy because since I was going to be here for a while I had something to do now with my days. I had everything I needed for school, so I just went. HQ had already filled out my application form, so I was fine there. That's when I met her."
"You mean Kagami-san?"
Shugo just nodded his head then continued.
"I was placed in class 1-B. We met all of our teachers that we would be seeing for the rest of our high school days. In the morning we assigned jobs like class president, health monitor you know what I mean. I wasn't really paying attention, until I heard her voice. She had said "I will try my hardest to be class president." I remember every word. There was something about her that attracted me. Her voice, dominant yet caring. Her hair, light yet dark. Her eyes, deep yet bright. That was when I made the promise to myself, that I would protect her. I hadn't even realized that she sat next to me until she sat back down. I told her "I'm looking forward to working with you." and she simply smiled and repeated what I had said. That was how I first met Kagami-san. We became pretty friendly with each other. But then 'that' incident happened about 2 months later. We were both coming down the stairs after I had helped take some papers to the teacher's lounge. Something didn't feel right when I was standing at the top of the steps, so I went first, not wanting Kagami-san to get hurt. The last thing I remember about that time was Kagami-san screaming then I was surrounded by blackness. That was when I fell down the stairs and into a coma," Shugo finished.
"It sounded like you and Kagami-san were quite good friends," Fate commented letting the new information sink in.
"We were, but after I returned to school I realized just how bad our friendship was hurt. She would avoid me; she even got her seat place changed. I could hear people whisper about her behind her back. Nasty comments, so nasty they made you want to throw up. I would try and comfort her, speak to her, tell her that it wasn't her fault, but I couldn't, the words wouldn't form. One night I gathered up my courage and I went over to her house. I told her that it wasn't her fault, it never was. She smiled at me and thanked me. But I could tell she was lying, when she smiled the light in her eyes wasn't there; her smile didn't reach her eyes. That was the last time in a while that I saw her smile, even if it wasn't a real smile. But then one day at break time, everyone got a shock. Konata-san came into the classroom and yelled
"Kagamin! Let me copy your homework!" It was a sight to see. No-one ever approached Kagami-san, let alone give her a pet name. But I was happy, she was making friends. From then on Konata-san has always been at her side. I noticed how Kagami-san began smiling again, laughing. I only have Konata-san to thank. She did a better job than I could have ever done. For me, being able to see Kagami-san smile again is enough." Shugo sighed, he had finished.
"Do you like her?" Fate asked, breaking the silence.
"Ahh," he said, "I do."
"Then you've got to try harder."
"Huh?" Shugo turned and looked at Fate in the eyes.
"Well you have to try your hardest; you can't just give up like that."
"But, she-."
"It has nothing to do with her. It's all about what you do. Do you want to try? Do you want to become friends again? Or do you just want to give up?" Fate asked. She wanted to help Shugo, he seemed to sad, not being able to talk to Kagami at all.
"I want to try, I really do," he answered.
Fate smiled "Good, that's all that matters."
Shugo sighed out amused.
"I can see why Kagami-san took a liking to you. You love helping others don't you?"
"Ahh w-well t-that is…" Fate stuttered out embarrassed. Shugo laughed at her reaction.
"Well Fate-san, do you have any ideas for an act?" Shugo asked changing the subject.
"Not as yet, I'm sorry," Fate apologized.
"Don't worry about it! I was just seeing if you had any ideas because I have none at all!" Shugo exclaimed, smiling.
They spent the rest of the afternoon exchanging ideas, in the end they couldn't think of anything that was good enough. Then the bell rung, releasing students until the next morning. Agreeing that they would both think about some ideas over night, they said good-bye to each other, and then left to go meet up with their friends.
"Fate-chan!" Nanoha's voice called out.
"Ahh Nanoha, how was your first day?" Fate asked after letting Nanoha catch her breath after running to meet up with Fate.
"It was great!" Nanoha exclaimed.
"That's good," Fate said.
"How about you Fate-chan?"
"I had fun," Fate informed smiling.
"Mou, Fate-chan is that all you've got to say?"
"But I'm telling the truth, it was fun."
"Well if you had fun then its fine!"
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"So, where are we going today?" Kagami asked, sighing out.
"Well I was thinking that we could go to the cake buffet but you seem to be avoiding food lately" Konata teased.
"What are you trying to im-," Kagami began to argue but, suddenly she felt a wave of pain wash over her. Dropping her bag, clutching her hand to her chest, Kagami stumbled against a wall.
"Kagami?!" Konata yelled surprised. It was happening again. No matter how hard Konata tried, she couldn't stop it. But these attacks seemed to be happening more frequently.
"I-I'm fine," Kagami stuttered out, heavily leaning on the wall.
"No you're not! Kagami you know what happens if you try and do anything in this condition!" Konata yelled at her friend, quickly dropping her own things to catch Kagami. As soon as Konata had her arms around Kagami, she collapsed into the smaller girl's arms.
"K-Kona…" Kagami didn't finish her sentence, falling unconscious.
"Kagami…" Konata whispered out.
"I'm sorry. I'm really trying to stop this from happening to you."
Konata gently placed Kagami against the wall, quickly grabbing her and Kagami's bags. Taking out her mobile, Konata punched in some numbers and clicked call.
"Yui-nee-chan, it happened again…"
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A/N – Well that took a twist, and it was shorter than usual. Anyways thanks for all of your reviews so far! They make me feel like writing a new chapter, maybe I'll be able to type and post up the next chapter in one or two days… Keep an eye out! Well you won't need to if you put this on story alert, obviously. Leave me a review!
