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Lyrical Ride - Episode 06: Can't Hear You!
“Tell me your wish, and I will grant it,” intoned the armadillo Imagin. “But just compensate me one thing in return.”
The office worker stumbled backwards, having heard the official warning. “I can’t you just want to go back in time! The TSAB said so! Just leave me alone!”
“Oh? If that is your wish I will leave you be,” snickered the Imagin, already making plans on how to twist the wish into his own purposes. The Imagin assumed a solid form and he stretched. “Good to know. Now that I’m going over here, I’m leaving you be. Contract Fulfilled!”
“Wait, no!” With a cry, the young man split apart, revealing a swirling void and the Armadillo Imagin stepped forward.
But then without warning, music began to play as a group of people came out of nowhere, dancing in line. Breakdancing no less as they circled the group. The leader, a female in violet and in a ridiculously cute outfit grinned at him. “Hey hey!” she exclaimed, spinning around. “You mind if I defeat you?” She pointed her fingers at him in a gun-like motion. “Can’t hear you!”
“Den-O!” exclaimed the Armadillo Imagin as he turned towards his prey – but discovered that the young man was dragged away by one of the helpful dancers. “You…!”
“Hehe!” giggled the girl, swinging her hair around as she slashed the Rider Pass across her front. “Henshin!”
Nanoha sat up, or rather Momotaros did as her hair was sticking up like a proverbial rats nest. “Imagin!”
Getting out of bed and falling over immediately, she swore loudly. “I need to really get this girl a workout!”
“Nanoha!” exclaimed Vita from the door. “What are you doing? You need to be in bed!”
“Gah, I have no time for sleep right now chibi-loli!” barked Momotaros. “There’s an Imagin out there!”
Vita reddened. How dare she? After all she had done for her, she called her that?! “Nanoha! What the hell are you saying? You can’t fight in your condition!”
“Try to stop me!”
WHAM. Vita clocked him in the stomach and Momotaros fell over as Vita heaved angrily. “What… was with that?!” exclaimed the girl.
There was a slight flicker as Nanoha sat up, pushing up glasses. “I’m so sorry my dear Vita-chan,” she purred, flicking a finger under Vita’s chin. “I must have had a bad dream. Can you help me up?”
Dumbfounded, mostly because Vita hadn’t realized that possession was in play, nodded as she helped Nanoha to her bed. Urataros opened his shirt and fanned herself. “It’s so hot tonight,” she murmured.
“The fuck are you doing?!” roared Momotaros. “Stop trying to seduce the little kid!”
“She isn’t so little to me,” purred Urataros as Vita blushed and stammered. “Should we discuss this? My bed is warm and has room for two.”
Before Vita could reply, Nanoha jerked and cracked her neck. “YOU FOOLS!” exclaimed Kintaros. “We should be going out and defeating that Imagin!”
“Huh… hey… Kame. Kuma. The scent just stopped.”
“Did it fly?” inquired Kintaros, cracking his neck again and making Vita wince.
“I doubt it. If it did, Kohana would be coming through the closet door to get us. No, I think… oh of course.”
“Ryuuta,” the trio chorused, before ejecting from Nanoha’s body and Nanoha fell over, unconscious.
Vita “…”ed before she tucked her in. This week was getting REALLY weird.
Lyrical Ride
Written by Shaun Garin
Episode 6: Can’t Hear You!
Nanoha rolled into work with a ache in her gut and a guilty looking Vita pushing her along. “I said I’m sorry,” said Vita for the umpteenth time.
“It’s fine Vita,” said Nanoha, rubbing her stomach. “You didn’t know the Imagin could possess me like that.”
Vita blushed but nodded as she pushed Nanoha into her office, which was connected to Hayate’s. “Do you need anything?”
“I said I’m all right,” said Nanoha soothingly, even with her nerves frayed. “I just need a cup of coffee.”
“Nanoha have you seen Fate this morning?” inquired Hayate curiously as she walked in with a small stack of files. “She hasn’t reported in for work yet.”
“No, not since this morning. And even then she said she was headed in early,” said Nanoha. “What’s wrong?”
“Well I just had a report come across that another Den-O was sighted. It was a Rider in purple, and the battle did a lot of damage to the buildings around the downtown red light distict.” Said Hayate.
Nanoha blinked. “We have a red light district?”
Before Hayate could elaborate, the sound of music could be heard and coming in closer. Vita frowned. “What is that?”
Looking out the window, there was a sight unheard of. Several members of the TSAB and young people mixed and matched were following a figure in tan and purple, seemingly dancing to a beat that was heard with no stereo system in sight. It was an old style breakdancing, but whoever lead them was incredibly good.
“Breakdancers?” said Hayate, looking out the window. “I didn’t think anyone on Mid did that…”
“Those are guys in uniform though,” said Vita. “Ah geez, what are they doing?”
Rolling up, Nanoha looked out the window and spittaked her coffee. “Fate-chan?!”
Sure enough, down below, Fate T. Harlaown, top Enforcer of the TSAB was dressed in a ridiculously cute purple and tan outfit as a long streak of purple ran through her once pure-golden hair which flew around in a wild spin. The girl had a wide childish grin on her face as she lead the dancing people into the building.
The two Aces and one Wolkenritter looked at each other and took off for the elevator.
Signum stared as the musical number piled into the lobby, using the smooth surface as a dance floor lead by Fate who moved, well, she didn’t think she could dance quite like that. “Testarossa… what are you doing?”
“Dancing of course,” replied Fate, grinning as she spun into a wild spinning move and came up in front of Signum. She snapped her fingers at Signum and despite herself, Signum joined in.
Laughing, Fate danced with Signum in a wild motion and the leader of the Cloud Knights kept up rather well, her body moving and an surprised expression coming over Signum’s face as Fate spun to her feet and snapped her fingers as more joined in.
“This is crazy Testarossa!” exclaimed Signum, still dancing.
“Can’t hear you!” exclaimed Fate cheerily.
“Hey, hey, hey!” exclaimed a rough voice as Nanoha rolled into view, but her hair and eyes signified that Momotaros was in charge. “Ryuuta! Where have you been?”
“Around mostly,” replied Ryuutaros flippantly as he twisted into a spin and posed, the others doing the same before breaking up, some of them moving along like nothing had happened. Wai~ Kin-chan is here too!”
“Huh?” Momotaros turned around and to everyone’s surprise, Rein stood there dressed in a little yellow striped kimono with a large furred collar with a big traditional umbrella as she cracked her neck. “Gah! Kuma! What are you doing in the little thing?”
“It’s a good look for her,” said Hayate with a sage nod.
“You have to wonder about that,” remarked Vita with a shake of her head.
“At the moment, we’re all reunited,” said Kintaros, cracking his neck again.
Shakily, Signum got to her feet – and there was a brief flash of light as Urataros leaped into her. Pushing up glasses as she was now dressed in a sexy leather outfit with high heels, she patted herself down. “Maa, I’m usually not into possessing women but it’s easier if we talk like this.”
Vita sputtered at the change. “Signum?!”
Click went Hayate’s ever-present camera. “Oh this is WAY too good!” giggled the girl. “I’m going to love having the lot of you around!”
“YAY! Kame-chan is here too! Everyone’s here!” Cheered Ryuutaros. “Group picture!”
“Your friends are so weird, Momo-san,” deadpanned Nanoha mentally and Momo rolled his eyes.
Vita was sitting down in the cafeteria, trying to soothe her frayed nerves a little. It had been a trying day, between Ryuu!Fate, Ura!Signum, Kin!Rein and Momo!Nanoha. Hayate thought it was a blast and took pictures since every time they swapped bodies, they managed to get a new wardrobe.
Vita flushed at the memory of Ura!Nanoha hitting on her and she squeezed her cup. “I’m not getting enough sleep,” she bemoaned.
Crack. That sound alerted Vita to Kintaros as the little Imagin floated down next to her and sat down. “There is something on your mind young miss,” intoned Kintaros in his sage tones.
“Feh, you think?” Vita looked at the dressed up Rein and with the exception of the golden glow in her eyes, would have thought that Hayate was playing dress up doll with her again. “Look I’m not into this whole Den-O thing anyhow. I can’t believe Nanoha’s willingly let herself be possessed too.”
“It is a bit of an inconvenience,” said Kintaros. “But doing so allows us to move from body to body. We are after all, sharing Ryotarou’s ticket. Only Momo has a contract with Nanoha. Urataros has a contract with Yuuno that he is still working on.”
“So you said. You don’t have bodies do you?” inquired Vita and Kintaros shook his head. “I… can kinda relate to that.”
“I haven’t suppressed Rein’s will, nor will I. She and I have been talking and she has informed me of your friends pasts.” Said Kintaros. “I know how it is like to be needed by someone.”
Vita had to smile at that. “So… how long are you going to be playing dress up doll with Rein anyhow?”
“As long as needed,” replied Kintaros.
A screen flickered to life at that moment and Momotaros appeared, that wild look in Nanoha’s face. “Hey Kuma! There’s an Imagin! I’d go myself but I’m tied up right now. So the kid’ll come with you.”
“Of course!” Kintaros cracked his neck and turned to Vita. “Vita, I must ask you a favor. Will you back us up?”
Vita grinned, cracking her knuckles. Finally, something to hit!
The shark Imagin was kind of stupid to be honest, slow and ponderous as Vita, Kintaros and Ryuutaros pulled up in the car lent to them. “I didn’t know you could drive Kin-chan!” exclaimed the childish Imagin in Fate’s body.
“It is a gift,” replied Kintaros as he cracked his neck.
“Will you stop doing that?” demanded Vita. “I can only imagine how stiff Rein’s neck’ll be.”
“The… taroses…” rumbled the shark Imagin. “You… have… come?”
“Wai, it’s shark-kun!” exclaimed Ryuutaros as he strapped on a belt, followed by Kintaros who strapped on a equally tiny belt and hefted a large Rider Pass.
In a flash of light, Vita’s clothing changed to her barrier jacket as Graf Eisen telescoped out.
“Henshin!” chorused Ryuutaros and Kintaros, slashing the Rider Passes across their bodies, or in Kintaros’s case, lowered it slightly.
“Axe Form.”
“Gun Form.”
Grey armor appeared and a tiny rider in yellow with an axe motif appeared, while the fancier purple armor of gun form was formed. “Hey mind if I defeat you?” exclaimed Ryuutaros, spinning around and pointing at the shark Imagin. “Can’t hear you!”
“My strength,” crack, “Will make you cry!”
“I don’t have a catch phrase but die would do,” added Vita. She looked at the tiny floating Rider who put together an equally tiny axe. “You okay like that? Rein has a full mode.”
“Size does not equal to strength,” remarked Kintaros calmly.
The shark Imagin’s slow thought process finally straightened out, and it charged the pair. Ryuutaros whipped up the DenGasher and fired repeated shots as Kintaros floated forward and horse stanced.
“DOSSUI!” exclaimed Kintaros, thrusting a tiny hand forward. The shark Imagin went flying several meters, landing with a thud on it’s back.
“… You’re kidding me!” exclaimed Vita, slightly dumbfounded that a Imagin in Rein’s body threw someone that far with a single sumo push.
Crack went Kintaros’s thumb as the tiny little Rider brandished her axe offensively.
“Wai, Kuma-chan’s so strong!” cheered Ryuutaros. “Hammer-chibi, it’s your turn!”
“Hey who’re you calling hammer-chibi?!” exclaimed Vita as she created a iron ball and fired it at the shark Imagin who was too dazed to move.
“Now, now Ryuuta, let’s try to lay off the nicknames a little,” remarked Kintaros solemnly as she picked up the Rider Pass and passed it over her body. “Full Charge.”
“Awwww but it’s fun!” pouted Ryuutaros as he swiped the Rider Pass which announced Full Charge as well. “Hey, Hammer-chibi, prepare your final hissatsu!”
“Tch, Graf Eisen, Gigant Form!”
The shark Imagin looked up. “Very… big…” WHUD.
Graf Eisen impacted as it stumbled back into Ryuutaros’s shot as the tiny little axe flew into the air and Kintaros followed it.
“This… gonna… hurt.”
The axe cleaved through the Imagin and it fell over, exploding. In the ensuring aftershock, Kintaros announced, “Dynamic Chop.”
Signum was understandably put out that she had been possessed, even after Urataros had made the jump from her to Yuuno. But the Imagin had to go flirt with her and she was in the process of grabbing him by the shirt collar when Vita walked in with the two other Imagin-possessed people. “Vita, are you unharmed?”
“Fight barely lasted a few minutes,” replied Vita. “I’m fine.”
“Her strength is remarkable,” said Kintaros, cracking his neck. “It has made the opponent cry.”
“Aww, Kame-chan isn’t in the girl anymore?” inquired Ryuutaros with a pout.
“Aaah Ryuuta, you know I’m not a big fan of possessing women,” replied Urataros-in-Yuuno’s body.
“Testarossa…?” Signum looked over Ryuutaros and suppressed a snicker. “You look…”
“She is kinda ridiculously cute,” remarked Vita with a snort. “Hey, Ryuuta right? How long are you gonna stay in her?”
“I dunno,” replied Ryuuta, putting his hands behind his head. “As long as I feel like it.”
“He’ll most likely get out after Fate goes to bed,” informed Kintaros. “As for myself, I’m going back to the train.” In a flash of light, Rein was no longer dressed in the kimono.
Vita nodded. “I’m gonna go help Nanoha back home. Are you headed back as well Signum?”
“In a bit,” said Signum, finally dropping Urataros. “He and I need to have a talk.”
Vita snorted. “Don’t take too long. And try not to inflict too much pain on Yuuno will ya?”
“Owner, how long are we going to keep the pretext up?” inquired Kohana as she watched him work on the plate of fried rice in front of himself, slowly scooping a spoonful one at a time.
“Until the true threat appears,” said Owner as he took another spoonful. “The flow of time is snarled beyond repair, due to a wish being made. For the Imagin to show itself will take time, but who knows how long.”
“In this world, there are always possibilities, and those who change them will face the reality of time.” He took another scoop and the flag toppled, causing him to express his momentary distress with his hands before lowering them. “Kohana… keep a look out for the one that caused the snarled time.”
“Of course.”
“Nanoha hold on! HOLD ON!”
Vita opened her eyes as a scene played out in front of her, or rather she didn’t. It was a surreal thing to dream of the moment that changed her life, but to see it from outside looking at herself cradling a bleeding Nanoha was distressing enough.
“Nanoha! Don’t close your eyes!” cried Vita as she watched herself shake the girl gently, coaxing her back to conciousness.
“This dream again… it’s getting closer to the date,” mused Vita as her dream-self screamed again.
As the nightmare began to wind to its conclusion with the inevitable closing of Nanoha’s eyes, Vita frowned as it continued to go as the world began to dissolve into a sandy haze.
“I don’t want this to happen, it can’t happen! Nanoha, open your eyes! Don’t die on me!” cried Vita as she buried her face in Nanoha’s shoulder, hugging the lifeless girl to her chest. “Please… please don’t die… don’t undo the time we spent together.”
She let out a cry as she held Nanoha to her. “I’ll give anything… for her… to live again!”
The world shattered around her and Vita saw her and Nanoha being pulled into a swirling pool of darkness. She reached out vainly for the pair as Nanoha opened her eyes and---
“Vita, wake up.”
Vita opened her eyes as Shamal stood over her, a concerned expression on her face. “You were having a longer nightmare this time.”
“O-oh. Yeah I was.” Vita exhaled. “Shamal can I have some hot milk?”
Shamal nodded as Vita bit her lip. Why did the dream lengthen? Why did the dream change?
As Shamal gave her the hot milk and she sipped it, she couldn’t help but remember the last part of it.
Nanoha opened her eyes and she grasped Vita’s outstretched hand. And in a burst of feathers, became Den-O.
“Ore… sanjou.”
The office worker stumbled backwards, having heard the official warning. “I can’t you just want to go back in time! The TSAB said so! Just leave me alone!”
“Oh? If that is your wish I will leave you be,” snickered the Imagin, already making plans on how to twist the wish into his own purposes. The Imagin assumed a solid form and he stretched. “Good to know. Now that I’m going over here, I’m leaving you be. Contract Fulfilled!”
“Wait, no!” With a cry, the young man split apart, revealing a swirling void and the Armadillo Imagin stepped forward.
But then without warning, music began to play as a group of people came out of nowhere, dancing in line. Breakdancing no less as they circled the group. The leader, a female in violet and in a ridiculously cute outfit grinned at him. “Hey hey!” she exclaimed, spinning around. “You mind if I defeat you?” She pointed her fingers at him in a gun-like motion. “Can’t hear you!”
“Den-O!” exclaimed the Armadillo Imagin as he turned towards his prey – but discovered that the young man was dragged away by one of the helpful dancers. “You…!”
“Hehe!” giggled the girl, swinging her hair around as she slashed the Rider Pass across her front. “Henshin!”
Nanoha sat up, or rather Momotaros did as her hair was sticking up like a proverbial rats nest. “Imagin!”
Getting out of bed and falling over immediately, she swore loudly. “I need to really get this girl a workout!”
“Nanoha!” exclaimed Vita from the door. “What are you doing? You need to be in bed!”
“Gah, I have no time for sleep right now chibi-loli!” barked Momotaros. “There’s an Imagin out there!”
Vita reddened. How dare she? After all she had done for her, she called her that?! “Nanoha! What the hell are you saying? You can’t fight in your condition!”
“Try to stop me!”
WHAM. Vita clocked him in the stomach and Momotaros fell over as Vita heaved angrily. “What… was with that?!” exclaimed the girl.
There was a slight flicker as Nanoha sat up, pushing up glasses. “I’m so sorry my dear Vita-chan,” she purred, flicking a finger under Vita’s chin. “I must have had a bad dream. Can you help me up?”
Dumbfounded, mostly because Vita hadn’t realized that possession was in play, nodded as she helped Nanoha to her bed. Urataros opened his shirt and fanned herself. “It’s so hot tonight,” she murmured.
“The fuck are you doing?!” roared Momotaros. “Stop trying to seduce the little kid!”
“She isn’t so little to me,” purred Urataros as Vita blushed and stammered. “Should we discuss this? My bed is warm and has room for two.”
Before Vita could reply, Nanoha jerked and cracked her neck. “YOU FOOLS!” exclaimed Kintaros. “We should be going out and defeating that Imagin!”
“Huh… hey… Kame. Kuma. The scent just stopped.”
“Did it fly?” inquired Kintaros, cracking his neck again and making Vita wince.
“I doubt it. If it did, Kohana would be coming through the closet door to get us. No, I think… oh of course.”
“Ryuuta,” the trio chorused, before ejecting from Nanoha’s body and Nanoha fell over, unconscious.
Vita “…”ed before she tucked her in. This week was getting REALLY weird.
Lyrical Ride
Written by Shaun Garin
Episode 6: Can’t Hear You!
Nanoha rolled into work with a ache in her gut and a guilty looking Vita pushing her along. “I said I’m sorry,” said Vita for the umpteenth time.
“It’s fine Vita,” said Nanoha, rubbing her stomach. “You didn’t know the Imagin could possess me like that.”
Vita blushed but nodded as she pushed Nanoha into her office, which was connected to Hayate’s. “Do you need anything?”
“I said I’m all right,” said Nanoha soothingly, even with her nerves frayed. “I just need a cup of coffee.”
“Nanoha have you seen Fate this morning?” inquired Hayate curiously as she walked in with a small stack of files. “She hasn’t reported in for work yet.”
“No, not since this morning. And even then she said she was headed in early,” said Nanoha. “What’s wrong?”
“Well I just had a report come across that another Den-O was sighted. It was a Rider in purple, and the battle did a lot of damage to the buildings around the downtown red light distict.” Said Hayate.
Nanoha blinked. “We have a red light district?”
Before Hayate could elaborate, the sound of music could be heard and coming in closer. Vita frowned. “What is that?”
Looking out the window, there was a sight unheard of. Several members of the TSAB and young people mixed and matched were following a figure in tan and purple, seemingly dancing to a beat that was heard with no stereo system in sight. It was an old style breakdancing, but whoever lead them was incredibly good.
“Breakdancers?” said Hayate, looking out the window. “I didn’t think anyone on Mid did that…”
“Those are guys in uniform though,” said Vita. “Ah geez, what are they doing?”
Rolling up, Nanoha looked out the window and spittaked her coffee. “Fate-chan?!”
Sure enough, down below, Fate T. Harlaown, top Enforcer of the TSAB was dressed in a ridiculously cute purple and tan outfit as a long streak of purple ran through her once pure-golden hair which flew around in a wild spin. The girl had a wide childish grin on her face as she lead the dancing people into the building.
The two Aces and one Wolkenritter looked at each other and took off for the elevator.
Signum stared as the musical number piled into the lobby, using the smooth surface as a dance floor lead by Fate who moved, well, she didn’t think she could dance quite like that. “Testarossa… what are you doing?”
“Dancing of course,” replied Fate, grinning as she spun into a wild spinning move and came up in front of Signum. She snapped her fingers at Signum and despite herself, Signum joined in.
Laughing, Fate danced with Signum in a wild motion and the leader of the Cloud Knights kept up rather well, her body moving and an surprised expression coming over Signum’s face as Fate spun to her feet and snapped her fingers as more joined in.
“This is crazy Testarossa!” exclaimed Signum, still dancing.
“Can’t hear you!” exclaimed Fate cheerily.
“Hey, hey, hey!” exclaimed a rough voice as Nanoha rolled into view, but her hair and eyes signified that Momotaros was in charge. “Ryuuta! Where have you been?”
“Around mostly,” replied Ryuutaros flippantly as he twisted into a spin and posed, the others doing the same before breaking up, some of them moving along like nothing had happened. Wai~ Kin-chan is here too!”
“Huh?” Momotaros turned around and to everyone’s surprise, Rein stood there dressed in a little yellow striped kimono with a large furred collar with a big traditional umbrella as she cracked her neck. “Gah! Kuma! What are you doing in the little thing?”
“It’s a good look for her,” said Hayate with a sage nod.
“You have to wonder about that,” remarked Vita with a shake of her head.
“At the moment, we’re all reunited,” said Kintaros, cracking his neck again.
Shakily, Signum got to her feet – and there was a brief flash of light as Urataros leaped into her. Pushing up glasses as she was now dressed in a sexy leather outfit with high heels, she patted herself down. “Maa, I’m usually not into possessing women but it’s easier if we talk like this.”
Vita sputtered at the change. “Signum?!”
Click went Hayate’s ever-present camera. “Oh this is WAY too good!” giggled the girl. “I’m going to love having the lot of you around!”
“YAY! Kame-chan is here too! Everyone’s here!” Cheered Ryuutaros. “Group picture!”
“Your friends are so weird, Momo-san,” deadpanned Nanoha mentally and Momo rolled his eyes.
Vita was sitting down in the cafeteria, trying to soothe her frayed nerves a little. It had been a trying day, between Ryuu!Fate, Ura!Signum, Kin!Rein and Momo!Nanoha. Hayate thought it was a blast and took pictures since every time they swapped bodies, they managed to get a new wardrobe.
Vita flushed at the memory of Ura!Nanoha hitting on her and she squeezed her cup. “I’m not getting enough sleep,” she bemoaned.
Crack. That sound alerted Vita to Kintaros as the little Imagin floated down next to her and sat down. “There is something on your mind young miss,” intoned Kintaros in his sage tones.
“Feh, you think?” Vita looked at the dressed up Rein and with the exception of the golden glow in her eyes, would have thought that Hayate was playing dress up doll with her again. “Look I’m not into this whole Den-O thing anyhow. I can’t believe Nanoha’s willingly let herself be possessed too.”
“It is a bit of an inconvenience,” said Kintaros. “But doing so allows us to move from body to body. We are after all, sharing Ryotarou’s ticket. Only Momo has a contract with Nanoha. Urataros has a contract with Yuuno that he is still working on.”
“So you said. You don’t have bodies do you?” inquired Vita and Kintaros shook his head. “I… can kinda relate to that.”
“I haven’t suppressed Rein’s will, nor will I. She and I have been talking and she has informed me of your friends pasts.” Said Kintaros. “I know how it is like to be needed by someone.”
Vita had to smile at that. “So… how long are you going to be playing dress up doll with Rein anyhow?”
“As long as needed,” replied Kintaros.
A screen flickered to life at that moment and Momotaros appeared, that wild look in Nanoha’s face. “Hey Kuma! There’s an Imagin! I’d go myself but I’m tied up right now. So the kid’ll come with you.”
“Of course!” Kintaros cracked his neck and turned to Vita. “Vita, I must ask you a favor. Will you back us up?”
Vita grinned, cracking her knuckles. Finally, something to hit!
The shark Imagin was kind of stupid to be honest, slow and ponderous as Vita, Kintaros and Ryuutaros pulled up in the car lent to them. “I didn’t know you could drive Kin-chan!” exclaimed the childish Imagin in Fate’s body.
“It is a gift,” replied Kintaros as he cracked his neck.
“Will you stop doing that?” demanded Vita. “I can only imagine how stiff Rein’s neck’ll be.”
“The… taroses…” rumbled the shark Imagin. “You… have… come?”
“Wai, it’s shark-kun!” exclaimed Ryuutaros as he strapped on a belt, followed by Kintaros who strapped on a equally tiny belt and hefted a large Rider Pass.
In a flash of light, Vita’s clothing changed to her barrier jacket as Graf Eisen telescoped out.
“Henshin!” chorused Ryuutaros and Kintaros, slashing the Rider Passes across their bodies, or in Kintaros’s case, lowered it slightly.
“Axe Form.”
“Gun Form.”
Grey armor appeared and a tiny rider in yellow with an axe motif appeared, while the fancier purple armor of gun form was formed. “Hey mind if I defeat you?” exclaimed Ryuutaros, spinning around and pointing at the shark Imagin. “Can’t hear you!”
“My strength,” crack, “Will make you cry!”
“I don’t have a catch phrase but die would do,” added Vita. She looked at the tiny floating Rider who put together an equally tiny axe. “You okay like that? Rein has a full mode.”
“Size does not equal to strength,” remarked Kintaros calmly.
The shark Imagin’s slow thought process finally straightened out, and it charged the pair. Ryuutaros whipped up the DenGasher and fired repeated shots as Kintaros floated forward and horse stanced.
“DOSSUI!” exclaimed Kintaros, thrusting a tiny hand forward. The shark Imagin went flying several meters, landing with a thud on it’s back.
“… You’re kidding me!” exclaimed Vita, slightly dumbfounded that a Imagin in Rein’s body threw someone that far with a single sumo push.
Crack went Kintaros’s thumb as the tiny little Rider brandished her axe offensively.
“Wai, Kuma-chan’s so strong!” cheered Ryuutaros. “Hammer-chibi, it’s your turn!”
“Hey who’re you calling hammer-chibi?!” exclaimed Vita as she created a iron ball and fired it at the shark Imagin who was too dazed to move.
“Now, now Ryuuta, let’s try to lay off the nicknames a little,” remarked Kintaros solemnly as she picked up the Rider Pass and passed it over her body. “Full Charge.”
“Awwww but it’s fun!” pouted Ryuutaros as he swiped the Rider Pass which announced Full Charge as well. “Hey, Hammer-chibi, prepare your final hissatsu!”
“Tch, Graf Eisen, Gigant Form!”
The shark Imagin looked up. “Very… big…” WHUD.
Graf Eisen impacted as it stumbled back into Ryuutaros’s shot as the tiny little axe flew into the air and Kintaros followed it.
“This… gonna… hurt.”
The axe cleaved through the Imagin and it fell over, exploding. In the ensuring aftershock, Kintaros announced, “Dynamic Chop.”
Signum was understandably put out that she had been possessed, even after Urataros had made the jump from her to Yuuno. But the Imagin had to go flirt with her and she was in the process of grabbing him by the shirt collar when Vita walked in with the two other Imagin-possessed people. “Vita, are you unharmed?”
“Fight barely lasted a few minutes,” replied Vita. “I’m fine.”
“Her strength is remarkable,” said Kintaros, cracking his neck. “It has made the opponent cry.”
“Aww, Kame-chan isn’t in the girl anymore?” inquired Ryuutaros with a pout.
“Aaah Ryuuta, you know I’m not a big fan of possessing women,” replied Urataros-in-Yuuno’s body.
“Testarossa…?” Signum looked over Ryuutaros and suppressed a snicker. “You look…”
“She is kinda ridiculously cute,” remarked Vita with a snort. “Hey, Ryuuta right? How long are you gonna stay in her?”
“I dunno,” replied Ryuuta, putting his hands behind his head. “As long as I feel like it.”
“He’ll most likely get out after Fate goes to bed,” informed Kintaros. “As for myself, I’m going back to the train.” In a flash of light, Rein was no longer dressed in the kimono.
Vita nodded. “I’m gonna go help Nanoha back home. Are you headed back as well Signum?”
“In a bit,” said Signum, finally dropping Urataros. “He and I need to have a talk.”
Vita snorted. “Don’t take too long. And try not to inflict too much pain on Yuuno will ya?”
“Owner, how long are we going to keep the pretext up?” inquired Kohana as she watched him work on the plate of fried rice in front of himself, slowly scooping a spoonful one at a time.
“Until the true threat appears,” said Owner as he took another spoonful. “The flow of time is snarled beyond repair, due to a wish being made. For the Imagin to show itself will take time, but who knows how long.”
“In this world, there are always possibilities, and those who change them will face the reality of time.” He took another scoop and the flag toppled, causing him to express his momentary distress with his hands before lowering them. “Kohana… keep a look out for the one that caused the snarled time.”
“Of course.”
“Nanoha hold on! HOLD ON!”
Vita opened her eyes as a scene played out in front of her, or rather she didn’t. It was a surreal thing to dream of the moment that changed her life, but to see it from outside looking at herself cradling a bleeding Nanoha was distressing enough.
“Nanoha! Don’t close your eyes!” cried Vita as she watched herself shake the girl gently, coaxing her back to conciousness.
“This dream again… it’s getting closer to the date,” mused Vita as her dream-self screamed again.
As the nightmare began to wind to its conclusion with the inevitable closing of Nanoha’s eyes, Vita frowned as it continued to go as the world began to dissolve into a sandy haze.
“I don’t want this to happen, it can’t happen! Nanoha, open your eyes! Don’t die on me!” cried Vita as she buried her face in Nanoha’s shoulder, hugging the lifeless girl to her chest. “Please… please don’t die… don’t undo the time we spent together.”
She let out a cry as she held Nanoha to her. “I’ll give anything… for her… to live again!”
The world shattered around her and Vita saw her and Nanoha being pulled into a swirling pool of darkness. She reached out vainly for the pair as Nanoha opened her eyes and---
“Vita, wake up.”
Vita opened her eyes as Shamal stood over her, a concerned expression on her face. “You were having a longer nightmare this time.”
“O-oh. Yeah I was.” Vita exhaled. “Shamal can I have some hot milk?”
Shamal nodded as Vita bit her lip. Why did the dream lengthen? Why did the dream change?
As Shamal gave her the hot milk and she sipped it, she couldn’t help but remember the last part of it.
Nanoha opened her eyes and she grasped Vita’s outstretched hand. And in a burst of feathers, became Den-O.
“Ore… sanjou.”