So, I'd like to blame
@Stardust Falcon and
@CmptrWz for starting me on the NanohaXWorm trend. That being said, I was hesitent to actually post this, but when I was reading some old fanfiction on Beast's Lair, something a poster said to another poster stuck with me. If you want to write, write. Throw your big brass balls out their and say I wrote this. If its not that good its fine, you can only improve. So yeah, here is this little mess I wrote. Enjoy, I hope.
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For Fate T.H. Takamachi, the act of arriving back home on Mid was a welcome one. She had just finished off a long tour of duty that had lasted four weeks and was eager to see her wife and daughter again. The thought of eating Nanoha's cooking while listening to Vivio chatter on about her day was a soothing one, making her eagerness to return home all the more apparent. All she needed to do was log out for the day, having finished her paperwork, and she could return home to a loving wife and daughter. On her way out however, she saw someone who made her take a detour.
"Taylor," Fate called out, "how are you doing this evening? Did you just get back from a mission yourself?"
"Not really a mission per say, but I had to bodyguard for Ix the last three days as well as deal with all the crap that happened while being a bodyguard. Had to deal with some idiots trying to use some Lost Logia that was actually in decent shape and useable. They used it to summon some sort of guardian beasts or something I dunno. I swear I'm just cursed to never have an easy job." Taylor said as she turned and looked at her, obviously tired from whatever mission she had been on.
As Fate chuckled and nodded to Taylor's semi-faked annoyance at her luck (or lack therefore of) at the missions she undertook, she examined the girl a bit more closely. Standing roughly about 173cm, (she could hear Taylor protesting that her height was 5 feet 8 inches in her head) slightly thin while wearing a loose dark blue and gold hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants, her hood down displaying long, beautiful curly black hair. Tired eyes, one red and one brown, shone out behind glasses, all the more making her look like a tired student going for her mastery instead of the civilian contractor mage that she was. And despite all her grumbling on the difficulty her last job had, her body had no injuries at all; a testament to the girls and her partner's skill and power. Speaking of Taylor's partner…
"Yo blondie, you just get back yourself?" a voice lazily called out, a pale hand and blonde hair peeking out of Taylor's hood.
"Indeed, it's good to see that you and Taylor are doing well Cipher," Fate replied to the jovial voice.
"Pffft, I'm always doing good, its Taylor you should worry about. She totally needs people to watch out for her, the reckless girl," Cipher replied teasingly, having shifted out of his spot so he was more visible, and his partner could lightly glare at him.
"I'm not reckless Cipher, I just wanted the fight to end faster," she protested, "if I had to take a hit to win, which didn't even scratch me, that's perfectly fine in my books.
Rolling his green eyes in annoyance, Cipher spoke back in an annoyed voice.
"You could have dodged the attack to the left and still would have won you daft waif! There was no need to take any hits at all," he shot back at her.
"Yeah well it was faster! And don't call me a waif! Who even says that anymore?" she shot back just as fast.
Fate chuckled at the old argument that was happening (which she agreed with Cipher on) and continued to walk to her car. During the time they were talking, they had slowly move from the lobby to the parking lot, Taylor following along out of instinct, took focused on the argument with her Device to pay attention. As she walked up to her vehicle, Fate decided to tease the girl a bit.
"Oh, are you coming home with me? Vivio would be glad to have her 'sister' join us for dinner tonight," she said with a teasing grin, causing Taylor and Cipher to stop their impromptu spat and groan and laugh respectively.
"Just because I get blonde hair and red and green eyes when I Unison with Cipher does not make us sisters Fate. Please stop saying that, you people are gonna drive Lulu mad with jealousy one of these days," she complained with a small pout.
"I dunno Tay," spoke out her amused Device, "You both are pretty similar. Hardheaded, determined, have heterochromia, are pretty kind, pretty in general mph!"
Fate watched amusingly as Taylor shoved her partner back in her hood with a light blush across her face and began to mutter under her breath about annoying blondes, causing laughter to come from both said blondes.
"Anyway, I had just came here to drop off the report of my side of the events that happened, so I'm off to home. My dad's vacation starts tomorrow, so we are going to relax together with Lulu and Mo-Megane," the girl said with a slightly pained look at the end, causing Fate to frown a little.
"Is it really so hard to call Megane your mother? I thought you and Megane were getting along great Taylor."
"Yes, no I…" the dark hair girl replied while stumbling over her words. "Its just, I really do like Megane. She's been great to be around this last year and she's been great for my dad. I'm looking forward to the wedding and, and I do like the idea of Lulu as my little sister but…"
"But she isn't your mother, and you feel like you would be betraying your own birth mother if you called Megane that," Fate softly said, causing Taylor to deflate.
"Yeah, that's it. I just don't really get it because I like Megane and I love Mom and…"
Fate slowly move to the front of the car and gently took hold of Taylor's hands, causing her to slowly stop talking and gently looked the girl in the eyes.
"I felt the similar when I was adopted. At the time, I felt like I didn't deserve it, and that Lindy shouldn't have had to go to such lengths for me," she said, Taylor's slightly teary eyes locked onto her own. "But then I realized that I could still love my original mother and Lindy as well, because the woman who wanted to become my new mother loved me too. My birth mother wasn't the nicest to me, but I still loved her. You never really stop missing them, but the great thing about loving someone is that you can still love them and make room for more. Be a little greedy for yourself Taylor, and let yourself be loved."
Taylor had small tears in her eyes as Fate stated this with a gentle smile and let out a small laugh as she wiped her eyes and blinked any new ones away.
"You know the funny thing Fate," said Taylor with a soft snort, causing Fate to tilt her head to the side in curiosity, "is that Ci said the same thing a few months back when I found out about Dad getting remarried, but I kinda ignored him at the time because I was mad about it. I really hate that someone else had the same advice as him, because that means he was right."
"Please Taylor, I'm over 3000 years old. With all that experience in life, I'm
always right," the smug sounding Unison Device stated, floating down in front of Taylor and Fate, giving them a full view of himself.
He hadn't changed much from when Fate last saw him, still in his small form at 37 cm tall, with blonde hair and green eyes. A black bodysuit with heavy duty boots of the same color and an off white duster coat with grey forarms held at the waist with a belt. Fate knew he also wore actual armor sometimes but she couldn't remember it well, having seen it only once a year ago. The smug look on his face wasn't new either, but it didn't last long as Taylor reached out and grabbed him.
"Yeah right," she scoffed with an annoyed look on her face, shaking him as he laughed heartily. "I'd listen to you more if you were actually serious and not so damn smug about everything you ass!"
Fate let out a small sigh, glad that Taylor was at least able to bounce back quickly before saying "At the very least you two always get along well."
"Of course we do," Cipher stated proudly. "Taylor is my other half. She completes me. I always got her back and she has mine."
Taylor let out huffed as she calmed down. "Hmph, I can't even stay mad at you, you smug jerk. And could you not say it like that. It makes it sound like we're married or something."
Fate let out a soft sigh as the two laughs, clearly getting along in their own way. "Well, as long as you two getting along."
Taylor and Cipher's eyes twinkled as they look at her innocently.
"We always get along."
"We don't fight."
"Nope."
"Never."
"Best friends."
"Partners for life."
"Yup."
"Uh-huh."
"Even if Taylor smells."
"You bastard!"
Fate finally just let out a laugh as they went back to arguing and shook her head. Her laughter caused their arguing to stop and for them to smile at her.
"Well, at the very least, make sure you do come visit. Vivio would enjoy it, and you two are always welcome as friends."
"Yeah yeah, we get it," Cypher said having escaped Taylor's grip, now sitting on her head.
"Yeah, I'll try to get over there sometime. Just as long as you let up on the sister jokes." Taylor said with a small smile now adorning her face.
Fate chuckled as she started to head for the driver's side and was about to open the door when Taylor made a small sound, causing her to look up.
"And uh, thanks for the advice. I'll, I'll try," She said with nervous energy and a slight smile. "With Megane, I'll try to do what you said. You and Cipher both."
Fate was about to respond when she saw Taylor's smile disappear and be replaced by serious look. With a sudden burst movement and flairing magical energy, Taylor quickly blocked a shot from behind with her now manifested sword, causing Fate to manifest her own Barrier Jacket and shift to a stance with her back to Taylor's.
<Did you catch where it came from?> she questioned telepathically as Bardiche finished setting up.
<It was a guided shot that circled from above to my back. With the power, speed and precision behind it, the person must be at least within 50 meters.> Taylor's calm and serious telepathic voice answered back.
<Alright, let's be careful then. Do you know anyone who would be stupid enough to assault you on TSAB HQ?> Fate stated as she began to prepare an Area Search spell.
<Considering I've pissed some people off over the last year, I can think of a few.> Taylor answered back wryly.
<Probably someone you know that's pretty strong and very confidant, don't you think?> A new voice rang out telepathically, causing Taylor to stiffen.
"This voice…You? How?!" Taylor's shocked voice rang out, causing Fate to turn to her and see a shocked expression on her face.
"Oh you know, old dogs like us are hard to kill." a familiar, slightly distorted voice rang out, causing Fate to turn her head towards it.
"Teana!?" Fate cried out in shock. Why would Teana be attacking them? However a closer look at Teana cause Fate to frown.
Teana's once pure orange hair now had streaks of electric blue running through it and the white long coat with a red arm and black-grey bodysuit were not her Barrier Jacket designs, but with out a doubt the woman was Teana Lanster, a fellow Enforcer.
"Fate! Defend yourself!" Taylor's voice shot through the shock as her blade cut through the air, deflecting the half-dozen bullets that had slammed down upon them from above while she was distracted.
"What is going on? Teana please explain yourGRAH!" Fate cried out as a strong bolt of magic blindsided her, knocking her to the ground next to her car. She quickly attempted to get up but was shocked to find she could barely move. In fact, she was feeling rather sluggish and tired.
"
A paralysis shot?" she thought as she began to feel sleepy. "No, this is more then just paralysis, I'm losing consciousness. This isn't a spell that Teana has ever used before."
"Starfall: Rain!" Teana declared as a magic circle with square shaped enclosed in a circle appeared below her. She pointed the vicious looking gun-shaped Device in her hand that was not Cross Mirage towards the sky and firing. Over a dozen bullets erupted from the gun and slammed down on Taylor's postition, resulting in a large explosion.
"Taylor!" Fate cried out as she tried to fight the spell off. Looking back at Teana, she saw her wearing a smirk that definitely didn't belong on her face. As the darkness finally began to claim her, Teana's voice rang out.
"I can't exactly attack how I would like to in this body. It really isn't too strong magically, but it'll do for this rush job of a fight. Ain't too bad in the looks department either." Teanas's distorted voice spoke casually as her eyes flickered over her own body. Satified with whatever she was looking at, she shifted to look at the dust cloud, she called out in the direction of the cloud. "Yo Buddy? You still alive?"
