The next morning...
Walking around the base, Erio blinked as he overheard some members of the staff talking. Even though he didn't know their names, he just felt compelled to listen in on what they were saying.
"Yeah, I know, I mean, an investigation... That can ruin you." The first one, a woman with long, light brown hair, spoke to her male co-worker.
"Been through one yourself?" The man was fairly tall and had sandy blond hair that was cropped at his neck.
"No, thankfully, but those two... Can't imagine what they did to deserve that." The woman shook her head. "You think they did something wrong?"
The man snorted. "Those two? I doubt it was anything here. Might have been from a previous squad, but they've been pretty good here."
"Yeah." She nodded at him. "Can't see those two doing something to get in trouble like that."
Erio blinked and shrugged before turning around and leaving. He liked Subaru and Teana, they were really cool people. He looked at his wrist watch and blinked. "Oh yeah!" He picked up his speed and made his way towards the lab. He needed to see Shari about his device.
"Nanoha..." Fate, in nothing more than black panties and a dark, semi-transparent nightie, rolled over in her bed and raised an eyebrow as she saw her roommate looking at a square box. "Those are..?"
"The Demon's Blood Talismans." Nanoha, in only a large t-shirt and panties, said as she ran her thumb over them, before shaking her head and putting it away. When Fate asked her what she was doing, Nanoha turned to look at her. "Fate-chan, don't you ever get the feeling that we're nothing more than monsters in human flesh?" Fate blinked at her, confused by the question. "I mean, you, myself, Hayate-chan, we're all so powerful, sometimes I wonder..." She trailed off as Fate, who she swore was in bed a moment ago, got behind her and hugged her.
"Nanoha, if you weren't powerful, you wouldn't have saved me, wouldn't have saved Yuuno, wouldn't have been able to save Hayate." Fate hugged Nanoha to her tightly and closed her eyes as Nanoha put the talismans down and closed the box before leaning back against her.
"Fate-chan, I... I don't know, sometimes I think that the reason so many weird things happen is because we're so powerful. If we weren't..."
"We'd be dead." Fate pulled Nanoha away from the dresser and over to the couch. "What brings this up?"
"...What right do we have to bring those four into our world?" Nanoha asked bitterly as she let Fate hug her. "Those four, Erio, Caro, Subaru, Teana... They didn't need to be part of our world. We should have found some other people, AA to S rank and taught them, instead we're going to shatter four innocents and expose them to what we've gone through."
"Nanoha," Fate sighed and made Nanoha lean back so that she was resting against Fate completely, "I was never innocent, I lost that when my mother took the whip to me the first time... And then, finding out that my sister was corrupted and turned into a Mazoku... And what about Hayate? Or Yuuno? You're just like us, you were born into the magic, even if you didn't know it. Even Erio and Caro were born into their magic and were born to live dangerous lives like we have. What's the real problem, Nanoha?"
Nanoha sighed and moved so that she was sitting on Fate's lap and could hug the blonde closer. "It's something that mom told me once. That the more people you have in your close circle, the more dangerous it becomes for everyone. Fate-chan, think... When I first started, I had to deal with you and Yuuno-kun dealt with Arf. Mom eventually dealt with Precia-san, but it wasn't too bad, right?" Fate nodded slowly, wondering where Nanoha was going with this. "After you came back, we had to deal with Hayate-chan's family and eventually your sister and Death Bringer."
"That's the nature of things." Fate smiled at Nanoha. "If we were alone, we wouldn't have attracted their attention, but we did, and we wouldn't have survived if we weren't together." When Nanoha looked up at her, Fate had to fight the urge to kiss her. 'Dammit, just why do you have to be my sister?' Images of others flashed through her mind and she fought the urge to groan. 'Dammit, I blame you, Hayate and you, Thoth Driver, for this!' She mentally yelled, knowing that they wouldn't hear her.
"Fate-chan?" Nanoha blinked as Fate took a deep breath.
"Nanoha, regardless of how we got here, none of us made it here alone." Fate smiled at her. "Having more people is risky, I know, but," Fate put a finger to Nanoha's lips to keep her from saying anything, "so is having less. You're not invincible, Nanoha, no one is. Train up the others so that they can fight along side of us and not have to worry about being a burden."
"Thanks, Fate-chan." Nanoha smiled and surprised Fate by leaning up and giving her a kiss on the lips. Before Fate could respond, Nanoha got off of her and went to get dressed. "I might need those Talismans, but I think that they'd be better suited for someone else."
Fate twitched, her face completely red as she touched her lips. "...Nanoha... Why did..?"
Nanoha turned to look at Fate with a confused expression on her face as she started to put on her training pants. "...What? Didn't like it? Next time I'll make sure that Yuuno-kun kisses you instead, okay?" She giggled as Fate's hair stood completely on end while her face turned three shades redder. "Oh, and Fate-chan..." Nanoha had a very wide grin on her face. "Yuuno-kun is a very passionate kisser."
"HUH?!" Fate stared at Nanoha, steam practically coming out of her ears. "You, you, you..." She pointed a shaky finger at her sister, who stuck her tongue out at Fate.
"Yes, we did kiss, he's quite good at it." Nanoha smiled while turning away and getting dressed. She didn't want Fate to see the blush that came to her cheeks as she thought about the other things Yuuno was quite good at.
Fate really didn't need Nanoha to tell her much else, her mind was already working overtime and imagining the two of them doing a lot more than just kissing each other.
As she finished putting on her training shirt, as she was going to spar with Signum that morning, Nanoha blinked as she heard a thump. Turning around, she stared as Fate was on the floor, twitching and grinning like mad. "Fate-chan..." Nanoha sighed before deciding to leave her like that. It would be for the best. "Raising Heart..."
"Yes, my master?"
"Make sure to lock the door when I leave."
"Alright." Her device said as it flew around her as she put her shoes on for the day.
Elsewhere...
Regius looked over the reports he was given and narrowed his eyes. "Well then..." He looked at Auris. "These are accurate?"
"There are at least five different accounts of what happened and all say very similar things, though some are more anger-laden than others."
"Very well, it's time to have that conference then." Regius grabbed his papers and left his office, his daughter following behind him.
It was time to deal with those limiters and some of the rules more closely now.
See other episodes by Philip Weigel
(Posted Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:09)
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