Chapter 20: Connection

Author's Note: Wow what has it been almost a year. I am truly sorry for the late update. Lets just say I hit some dark times. So since I'm going to have some free time on my hands I decided to get back in the flow of this story. And writing in general. I have to say I prefer this story over my glee story right now. So without further ado.

Italics=thoughts

Sometimes it's the pieces you never thought could fit together that connects and completes the puzzle. There are millions of people in the world are strangers but all connected to each other by a word, a person, or an action a tragedy. It is then that you realize how small the world is.

I couldn't believe what was going on it was happening so fast yet so slow. Is that even possible I don't know. One minute I'm holding Fate-chan the next she walking away and in the blink of the eye she was on the floor. Signum and I were shock still. Shamal however went straight into doctor mode.

"I need a bed over here Now!" Shamal yelled out to the nurse

Shamal placed her index finger and her middle finger over Fate's pulse point.

"We have a pulse but its slow we need to get her hooked up to a heart monitor"

"There should be one in the room down the hall"

"Shamal what the hell is going on" I asked

"Well hurry up and get it. You go check and see if there is an open surgery room just in case. And if so leave open till we determine she is stable"

"Shamal"

"Here is the heart monitor" the nurse who went down the hall running said.

"Connect it here and here" Shamal instructed as they pushed the bed Fate was lying on into one of the empty rooms

"Shamal is she going to be okay" I asked frantically

"What are her stats" asked Shamal

I couldn't keep up with what they were saying. Unconsciously Signum and I were walking behind them. I'm not sure what Signum's connection is to Fate nor Nanoha for that manner. She seemed to know Nanoha and even Yuuno-sensei to a degree like something clicked in her mind. If I didn't imagine it wrong he know Signum as well heck he even sounded angry at her.

"Hayate" Signum said

Shamal even knew Fate but then again it could be because she treated her after the car accident

'You know it goes deeper than that' I thought

"Hayate"

What could this all mean. Everyone seems to know everyone. And here I am still clueless to what is going on. What the hell is happening. Why did Fate look like she was going to kill her Brother. Why did she look so broken. I feel like I'm going crazy.

"Hayate answer me please" Signum said knocking me out of my trance.

"Oh Signum sorry about that hehe"

"Are you okay?"

"Yea just a little shocked is all. Not everyday you see someone collapse"

"You sure"

"Yea just over whelmed."

"Okay"

"I'm going to check on Nanoha-chan. Could you stay out here and check on Fate-chan"

"Testarossa? Yea sure."

I walked away from where I was standing. I was actually in front on Fate-chan's room just staring at it before Signum caught my attention. As I walked away I could here Shamal talking to Fate about her being stable and what not. That was a huge relief for m.

I knocked on Nanoha-chan's room. Usually I would just barge it but her mom is with her so I didn't want to intrude on them

I waited until I heard a polite "come in" before I opened the door

When I opened the door I saw Nanoha laying down in her bed with her mother sitting in the chair next to her

"How are you feeling Nanoha-chan" I saw with the biggest smile on my face trying not to show how shook I was from the scene that happened earlier

"I'm okay Hayate-chan. I don't break that easily"

Something about that statement didn't sit well with me but I couldn't figure out what it was

"How is Fate-chan" She asked me

I don't know if she knew that Fate had collapsed so I decided to fill her in. Who knows she might just slip and tell me why Fate-chan was like that.

"She collapsed on the floor"

I waited for a response but all I got was a surprise look. I sighed and told her

"She is stable as far as I know. She is actually two rooms down"

"Hmm I see"

Now that answer just frustrated me

"What the hell do you mean "Hmm I see"" My voice a little louder than usual

Nanoha just raised her eyebrow

"It means exactly what it means"

"How could you say that she saved your life you should at least sound like you care or has your heart turn cold along with your face"

"I never asked her to. Its what she gets!"

"How could you say that!"

"Girls calm down now!"

Momoka-san's voice held no hint of refusal.

We both shut up and looked away at each other. I looked at the floor while Nanoha looked out the window

"Now Nanoha I know you don't mean that" Her mother tells her

"You don't know what I mean" Nanoha mumbles under her breath

"I know my daughter" She rebukes

"You know nothing about me" Nanoha answers back defiance clear in her voice and face.

"I know who you truly are not this façade you have"

"It's his fault"

"Whose fault" I asked her.

"None of your business"

I should have seen that one coming. Where had it all gone wrong. Fate told me she got Nanoha to open up. That Nanoha was even willing to tell us what happened to her. What happened in between that text and when we arrived. Fate looked distraught from when she exited Nanoha's room.

'Did they have a fight?'

Maybe, but she would have been I don't know more upset. She only looked sad, distraught like everything was collapsing on her. She only got mad when he showed up. I thought she was going to kill him until Nanoha told her to let him go.

'Why would she say that?'

Yuuno-sensei was even mad to see Signum in general. They don't work in the same divisions. Yuuno-sensei is a middle school teacher where as Signum teaches in out division a whole other branch. Yea the schools are connected through the underground hallways but they are to different buildings. Plus Yuuno-sensei just came back a week ago from over seas. Signum didn't even seem to immediately remember him either. The only time recollection pass her eyes was when he turned around to leave.

'That is it'

He is the connection he is the "his" Nanoha was referring to. I know its all just a guess but for some reason it all just clicked.

"Oh my god" I said aloud without even noticing

"Hayate-chan" Momoka-san asked me

I had tears running down my face. Nanoha adored him. He was her favorite teacher. To have him rape her then see him everyday after that till we graduated from that branch. How could she have face him. I would have broke down every day. That's why she was so quiet. She only started talking again till we moved to high school. And then the sexual activities started once he left.

"You know" was all that Nanoha-chan said to me

"What is going on" Nanoha's mother asked me

I looked to Nanoha and she just shook her head meaning for me not to tell her.

I wanted to tell her mom I did but it wasn't my place.

"Okaa-san can I talk to Hayate-chan alone please"

I could see her mom wanted to argue. She wanted to know what was going on with her daughter but she also knew she had to wait. Wait until Nanoha could tell her by herself. Other wise she would never get better

Momoka-san sighed, stood up and kissed Nanoha's forehead.

"I'll head back to the café your father and sister should be needing help. They will stop by later to check on you. If that's okay"

It was actually really say. Momoka-san had to ask her own daughter for permission for the rest of the family to visit. It broke my heart to see how this once solid happy family is now broken.

" Can they see me tomorrow I'm kind of really tired and onee-san worries to much about me"

Momoka just sighed in defeat. Her two daughters who were attached to the hip have become estranged. Only the older one actually caring about the relationship.

"Okay Nanoha-chan I will…Just call if you need us okay"

Momoka-san knew it was for the best if she wanted to avoid an argument with her daughter to just let her be

'So sad'

"I will Okaa-san"

With that Momoka-san walked out the room

It was silent for a few minutes. I actually thought Nanoha-chan forgot I was here. She was just silently looking out the window

"Did Fate-chan tell you?"

"No, I figured it out myself. I am pretty smart you know like a detective"

I was waiting for her sarcastic remark or argument that the Nanoha I have become use to would say

"I'm sorry"

"Nani" I said out of disbelief

I was not expecting that nor was I expecting to see Nanoha-chan to cry. I have never seen her cry except from before the accident.

I wanted to walk over to her but I couldn't. The sight of her crying broke my heart. The girl I love was crying. I loved her as a best friend and more but I knew the more would never happened. I would have been bitter about that but I took that fact pretty well. But now she was crying and I knew there was nothing I could do to calm her down

So for now I just stood there silently giving her the space she needed.

I never hated myself more than in this moment. No wonder she didn't tell me.

'What could I have done to help her anyways'

A/N: So we see that Fate is stable. Hayate figures it all out minus the details. I plan on Nanoha telling her everything soon if not the next chapter.

What shall I do with the next chapter?

Originally I had written all the way to chapter 26 but I had written it on my phone and then my phone broke and data was lost. I was tight dumb tight. So I have to think of a new storyline or replicate what I remember.

So don't worry we will have an interesting conversation between Yuuno-kun and Precia-san. Signum and Shamal I am dying to write that conversation. Nanoha and Hayate and Possible Nanoha and Fate.

And have no fear Lindy-san will appear if not next chapter the one after that. Who wants to guess what her role is and who she knows?.