Bonding on the Battlefield

"Vivio honey are you done warming up?" Nanoha asked as she watched her daughter practicing various moves while Fate too observed.

"Don't rush me mom I wanna savor this."

"Yeah Nanoha let her have some fun," Fate said making herself comfortable to watch the show.

"This is training Fate."

"Ok I'm good! Let's do this!" Vivio jumped back and assumed a fighting stance.

"Widen your stance half pint! And keep those arms up!"

Twirling Raising Heart in her hand, Nanoha did the same. "Ok honey I'm going to go about...30%. Is that ok?"

"It'd be ok if I was four!"

"But I don't want to hurt y-"

"Nanoha just play it by ear ok?"

Nodding in agreement to Fate's suggestion, Nanoha took a few steps closer to Vivio. Because it was the same area that she and Fate used for training, there were some notable scars on the terrain from their battles but otherwise it made for a good sparring area. Just as Nanoha was preparing herself, Vivio launched herself at her mother delivering a swift kick aimed for her head. Nanoha barely dodged it in time by ducking under it and jumping back.

"Nice one half pint!" Fate cheered from the side lines. "Watch yourself Nanoha that one nearly took your head off!"

"I can do without the commentary dear!" Turning her attention back to Vivio, Nanoha prepared herself for the next assault and Vivio was nothing if not predictable. Going for the same maneuver again, Vivio this time quickly maneuvered herself to Nanoha's right side delivering a kick with her left leg. Using Raising Heart as a shield, Nanoha easily blocked it and caught the girl by the leg. Attempting to capitalize, Vivio went for a punch causing Nanoha to quickly switch her grip on her weapon and block it as well. Then with a very graceful move, Vivio brought her other leg around for a third attempt at actually hitting Nanoha only to have it dodged too. Nanoha pressed her palm to the girl's chest and released a small amount of magic power knocking her away with the burst onto the ground. When Vivio didn't move initially, Nanoha almost ran to her but was relieved when the girl sprang back to her feet albeit very embarrassed.

"Good try Vivio! A for effort!" said Fate popping the cap off of her drink. "Close quarters combat isn't exactly Nanoha's forte so get in close and bring it home!"

Vivio simply looked at her mom slightly annoyed.

"Vivio are you ok?"

"It's not fair. I'm no good like this. Mom can I transform?"

"You mean to adult form?"

"Yeah!"

Nanoha looked to Fate who simply shrugged. "This is your show honey I'm just watching."

"Thanks for your support. Ok Vivio you can transform."

"OK TRANSFORMING NOW!" Vivio yelled excitedly. Surrounding herself in magical energy, Vivio's power flared up with the aura increasing in size and completely shrouding the young girl from sight. Shaping itself into a sphere like shape, it finally burst releasing the contained energy and revealing Vivio, standing as tall as Nanoha.

"I am never going to get used to that," Fate groaned.

"Ok ready honey?"

Vivio smiled and an instant was beside Nanoha. "Ready."

"What the-" The redhead barely had no time to dodge with Vivio's attack knocking her a good distance back. Just as Nanoha righted herself, Vivio was on her again letting loose a flurry of punches that Nanoha defended against well enough. Capitalizing on a opening, Nanoha caught Vivio's arm pulling her forward and driving her knee into her stomach. She went for another hit; a roundhouse kick but Vivio caught her leg and threw her before giving chase. Righting herself in the air, Nanoha fired a shot from Raising Heart that Vivio dodged by disappearing entirely. "High speed huh? Well done Vivio! But don't be predictable!" she said pointing Raising Heart behind her and letting another shot fly hitting the young girl square in the chest. Vivio caught herself before hitting the ground and landed safely with Nanoha keeping her place in the air.

She's quick and she's picked up on martial arts quite fast. Must be her training sessions with Fate and Einhart. I'd do well to keep her out of her optimal range. Let's see how she handles long range attacks.

"Knowing mom she's gonna try and keep her distance and shoot me. If I capitalize on my speed and get in fast she won't have time to set up her bombardments." Taking her fighting stance Vivio smiled. "What's taking so long? I'm ready anytime!"

Fate leaned back and smiled. "Careful Vivio, your opponent is on guard now."

Nanoha formed the 3 orbs of energy around her divine shooter spell. "Ready or not hear I come!" she shouted as each orb let loose a beam of energy. Vivio quickly dashed to the left evading them. Swooping in a bit closer Nanoha fired a few more as her daughter deftly avoided her assault. Vivio then quickly turned on her heel and leapt upwards going up above Nanoha and bringing her leg down for a axe kick. Nanoha dodged easily by moving to the left. "Nice try sweetie but-" Nanoha stopped as she saw Vivio tumbling down towards the ground with a familiar glow between her hands. When she finally righted herself she was facing Nanoha with the charged magical energy about to burst from between her fingertips.

"Gotcha!" the young girl cried out letting her Divine Buster loose straight at Nanoha.

"Crap!" Deploying her barrier quickly, Nanoha blocked the attack even as it pushed her upwards a bit.

Now's my chance! Vivio launched herself upwards again charging mana into both fists until they began to glow bright. Nanoha attempted to thwart her approach with a volley of blasts from Divine Shooter but using her Jet Step, Vivio easily maneuvered around them until Nanoha lost sight of her. Then her first attack came from the left. She struck Nanoha's barrier dead on letting sparks flying every which way as she pushed against it as hard as she could. Then using her Jet Step again, she vanished from Nanoha's sight reappearing and attacking again from the right.

"At a girl Vivio!" Fate shouted from down below. "Nanoha always has issues dealing with my speed especially when I get close. But she's being really passive right now. She's probably worried about hurting Vivio."

"Hiiiyyaaaaaaaa!" Vivio shouted slamming both fists down on Nanoha's barrier finally shattering it. Capitalizing on her advantage, Vivio threw as many attacks as she could at Nanoha finally landing a decisive blow that sent the red haired mage flying towards the ground. But she just managed to right herself and land on her feet as Vivio landed not too far away.

Nanoha rubbed her hand against her cheek with the notable bruise from Vivio's attack. "Well...you really have improved your close range combat skills Vivio. I'm impressed."

"That's two direct hits mommy!" Vivio said grinning. "Wanna go for three?"

"Wonder where she gets that spunk from huh Nanoha?"

"You're supposed to be watching Fate so JUST WATCH!"

"You should pay attention," Fate said pointing.

"Wh-," She barely had time to react only managing to raise her weapon to block Vivio's high speed punch. As she slid back from the force of the blow Vivio gracefully spun delivering a powerful roundhouse kick that Nanoha also blocked. As Vivio pushed against her, a smile crept across Nanoha's face. Vivio was puzzled until she heard the familiar sound of charging magical energy. She turned her head to see the 3 orbs from Divine Shooter behind her. With no time to dodge she had no choice but to brace for the blasts. All 3 hit sending her sliding across the ground.

"Hey Nanoha that might have been a bit too much!" Fate jumped up quickly moving to Vivio's side. "Hey Vivio you ok? Come on speak to me half pint."

"Ugh...I should have seen that coming."

"Sorry honey. Are you ok?" Nanoha said obviously worried for her daughter.

Vivio sat up. "Yeah I'm good. Just a little embarrassed. I should've put up my barrier."

"That was a dirty trick Nanoha," Fate said crossing her arms.

"Me?! You're the one who kept saying I should stop babying her!"

"Guys really I'm fine." Vivio stood up brushing herself off.

"You're really gonna sit there and criticize how I train Vivio?! The last time she trained with you she had to have how many stitches? 4?"

"That was an accident! It was an exercise in guarding against weapon attacks! She just didn't dodge one of them!"

The two of them were now in each other's faces. "Quick question Fate; why is it that when she gets hurt with you, it's only an accident? But when it happens with me, it's because I'm not careful enough?"

Fate opened her mouth to retort but was strangely silent.

"I...I think that's a win for mom," Vivio said surprised.

"I think so too. You're actually speechless aren't you Fate?"

"Well...I can...but you don't even...you can't just say..."

"Ah we love you anyway Fate," Nanoha and Vivio both said hugging the blonde who was obviously unamused.

Ok I hope this one is good. I want to do a bit more with Nanoha and Fate as parents and I thought that training together as a family would be a nice start. The little spat between Nanoha and Fate at the end was really a last minute decision and I just decided to roll with it. Anyways, as always, enjoy and reviews are always welcome. Ideas are too if anyone would like to toss any out there. If I decide to use one I'll give credit for it. Just include them in your review of send me a pm. I'm gonna do my best to update more regularly but sometimes life just demands immediate attention you know? Anyways till next time.