A little rumour
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Vita sat in the shade of a tree looking at the building that was Riot Force 6, she sighed. Vita was slightly depressed, the same she had been for the past two weeks since she first met him.
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"Hi, my name is Yukito. I'm from the Ground Forces, triple A rank and technicals specialist. I'm looking forward to working with you." the black haired man saluted.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Vita from the Special Investigations Unit, 2nd Liutenant of the Lightning squad. You will be handling the technicals in the operating room." she replied as she guided the man down the hall.
He was a lot taller than she and technically, she didn't really care. One thing caught her attention though, he was smiling but, not just simlpy smiling, he smiled at her. She felt it different when Nanoha or anyone else smiled at her. His smile was warm and honest and most of all she liked it.
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Vita saw him everyday because he often comes by to ask her to lunch and out of courtesy she'd accept his offer. She didn't mind having him around as company because he was quite an interesting person to talk to and Vita felt it safe to talk to him about her problems with the forwards and Shamal always nagging her to stop drinking(alchohol). These events lead to the problem Vita has now, bad rumour. A visitor came by once and saw the lieutenant talking with him alone in the cafeteria and laughing happily. The visitor was curious so he asked around and some of it reached the ears of the most mischevious mages in the Ground Forces.
Word about Vita's relationship with Yukito was swirling around Ground Forces and Riot 6 was the last to get news about it. The rumour was mainly about Vita dating Yukito and most of it became jokes amongst the staff. Hayate sent out a warning to all the Riot 6 staff members to keep their mouth shut about it but, one decided to ignore the warning and went straight up to the said person and told her about it. Vita got angry and started taking her anger out on the forwards and Signum who was trying to calm her down. Eventually, she cooled down but, is in a state of depression which seems to worry her friends and family, Yukito included.
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Vita let out a long depressing sigh as she turned to look up at the sky. Suddenly the sunlight was blocked by a tall figure. He sat down next to her.
"What do you want Yukito? I'm not in a good mood." she asked sternly.
"To cheer you up. You're not the only one affected by the rumours you know." he replied.
"I know. It's just that I want to be alone. I'm wishing that it'll just go away."
"It will go away but, you have to pretend that you didn't hear it and eventually people will forget about as if it never happened."
"Maybe it'll work, maybe not. It's worth a try I guess."
"Better that you go about shouting and taking your anger out on the people you care about."
"Yea... I'd better go apologise to Signum and the forwards. I owe the forwards an apology the most cause I beat them up pretty bad this morning...." Yukito chuckling slightly at her speech.
"That's a start. Soon enough Hayate will get to the bottom of this problem and that'll be the end of it."
"Thanks, for cheering me up... How about dinner tonight? It's on me." she suggested, getting up in the process.
"Sure." also getting up to leave.
"Then I'll see you at seven." waving him off and went into the building.
Yukito watched her go and smiled. Vita apologised to the forwards for venting her anger out on them in the morning's mock battle by letting them off early. She apologised to Signum by helping her out with some paperwork, much to Signum's surprise. Vita went about the rest of the day like normal and this change in mood mad Hayate happy that Vita wasn't angry anymore.
The next day, things got a little better but, by the time noon came around Vita's inbox was swarmed with letters ranging from questions to curses and whatever not. She didn't even dare use her computer in fear that if she opened one of the mails she might let loose a virus or two.
"I can't do any work like this!" she said angrily.
"You can use my computer then." the pink knight offered.
Signum turned on her computer for Vita. A 'You've got mail' flashed on the screen and Signum opened it to find plenty of letters addressed to her. The letters were regarding the rumour about Signum and Fate. Vita was shocked and turned to look at Signum. The pink knight did not say anything as she deleted everything without looking and let Vita use the computer.
"What was that?" she asked, curious.
"You weren't the only one who had a rumour problem. I don't know who's been spreading this false data about but, I can say that I don't like it at all." replied the pink knight.
"When did yours start?"
"Some time after yours. I'm not the only one. Shamal, Nanoha and Testarossa also have the same problem." frowning slightly.
Suddenly, an announcement was made on the PA system. Hayate was requesting for all of her knights(Zafira excluded), Nanoha and Fate to meet her in the meeting room. Vita and Signum dashed off to the meeting room almost immediately after the announcement was made.
"Hayate, what's wrong?" Vita asked as she entered the room.
"I found the source of all these problems. It seems the person spreading these false data was the twins brothers, Eric and Derek." replied the brunette.
"Those two? They are the most troublesome people in the Ground Forces. I've seen them before. Last I heard they were accused of peeking in the women's locker room." the pink knight spoke up.
"So it was them! I'm going to blast them both to venus for saying all of that useless rubbish!" shouted a blonde angrily as she walked up to Hayate.
"Now, now Fate chan. No need to get physical. I've sent out a warning letter and also a small threat to send a full report to HQ if they continue." the brunette said, trying to calm her friend.
"Hayate chan is right. No need to go and blast them. We can just send HQ a simple report and those two will be gone in no time." the other brunette added.
"You aren't the only one who wants to blast them. Vita, me and Shamal were also involved. Hayate has to protect her reputation as a commander as well." the pink knight told the blonde.
"I know. I have to say one thing though, why aren't you guys out with your temper or anything?" the blonde asked, confused.
"Let's just say that we got over the stupid crap. Forget the rumours, they aren't even true. Any person who believes this rubbish are idiots." replied the mini knight.
" I agree with Vita. Now let's forget about all this and go around our daily lives like normal, how's that sound?" the brunette suggested.
The rest nodded their agreement and left the room.
"Vita, could you please wait a moment." the brunette called out.
"What is it Hayate?" she asked as soon as everyone else left the room.
"You've really grown up... I thought you were angry yesterday cause it was pretty obvious with your temper and all."
"I know. I was angry but, I got over it. I apologised to Signum and the forwards later in the day by helping Signum and letting the kids out early."
"That's awfully nice of you. It's good that you got over it. I wouldn't like it if you were still angry because then there'll be more bad rumours."
"I kinda figured that part out as well... See you later at lunch." walking out of the room, Hayate beaming brightly behind her back.
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Three weeks later the rumour stopped and things were once again peaceful at Riot 6. Vita and Yukito went about talking to each other like normal again and this left the mini hammer knight delighted because she enjoyed having him around as a companion, someone to talk to openly. Yukito too enjoyed having Vita as company because the redhead knew a lot of things and was a lot more mature than she looks though she still has anger management issues. In the end, things were normal again for Hayate, her family, friends and staff members at Riot Force 6.
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I wrote this simple fic for Vita and I hope u get the point of this story, hopefully. Don't forget to review this story once you've read it!
Disclaimer : I do not own MGLN in any way whatsoever.
