Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Fan Fiction ❯ Ocean Jewel ❯ Your WHAT Because Of Me? ( Chapter 6 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Fate's POV

Mother is speaking to the crowd and then without hesitation waved her hand in Nanoha's direction. I've noticed that Nanoha has been taking deep breaths trying to build her body's oxygen level up as I had taught her. She was suddenly surrounded by water and its crushing pressure, she wrapped her arms around her body, but I didn't think it helped.

After a few minutes, her lungs would start to burn with the need for oxygen, even knowing that there was nothing there for her to breathe but water. She finally couldn't take it anymore expelling what she had in her lungs and breathed in the water. I could see it burned from the look on her face, but she continued expelling the water out of her lungs, and repeated. This time the burning had to be even more intense than the first time.

By this time, her body has started to tremble and is slowly losing consciousness as she is slowly suffocating. Then I couldn't take it anymore, I cried out her name.

"Nanoha!"

She opened her eyes and I started to swim towards her my Princess, my love, and my mate, just as I reach her and put my arms around her, I feel her body succumbing to the lack of oxygen. I bury my face in her neck, mumbling and pleading.

"Don't leave me, I want to raise our family together, I can't live without you."

Her body continued to try to breathe in the water, and then I hear those three magic words.

"I love you, Fate."

"I love you too, Nanoha."

However, by this time, her body was limp in my arms and I could feel my heart break at knowing she didn't hear me. Therefore, I held her tight in my arms and cried for the loss of my lifebonded mate. If it wasn't for the condition I'm in I would follow her. I will not give up the gift she gave me.

"How pathetic you have become so why don't you join her!"

I could hear my mother's whip fly and crack, but I felt nothing so I turned around to see what happened and saw a pink shield in-between us. This is impossible mine is yellow and I can't use my powers because of the condition I'm in.

"You will not hurt the ones I love ever again Precia. I won't allow it." A very weak voice said behind me.

I looked at Nanoha's hand and it wasn't floating it was held up and had a glow of pink around it. Then I turned and saw the most wonderful thing Nanoha was alive! How is this possible?

"How can you still be alive? You should be dead!" Mother was furious.

"Yeah… I haven't figured that out myself yet. Nyahaha. Oh don't let go of me Fate, my legs aren't working right."

I looked down and saw another wonderful thing… a tail. A white and blue mermaid tail, it has white scales with blue trim and fin.

"Nanoha you have a tail a mermaid tail! How is this possible; once a mermaid loses their tail they can never get it back."

"WHAT! She has a WHAT!" Mother screamed.

The crowd was just as shocked as we were. Then the whispers of the chosen one started too spread in the crowd. 'Could Nanoha be the chosen one?' Mother turned on the crowd.

"SILENCE! She is NOT the chosen one and there never will be one so long as I rule this world."

We were all stunned in to silence; then the crowd erupted in anger and swarmed the stage. I moved Nanoha out of the way just in time as they surround Mother and Alicia pushing them apart. Mother panicked and teleported away, Alicia screamed and was pushed to the floor.

"Alicia!"

I loved my sister very much and didn't want her to get hurt. I moved to help her but Nanoha beat me to it.

"STOP your hurting that girl! What has she done to deserve this?"

The crowd slowed to a stop and looked at Nanoha with surprise and disbelief. She tried to swim to Alicia's side but was having trouble getting to her, so I held on to her as we made our way to my sister.

"Was this girl the one that tried to kill me and my family? No, she wasn't; she even came to see me and say she was sorry for what her mother was going to do. She told me if she could stop all of this then she would, but she couldn't go against her mother. She said that she loved all of her family including her aunt, uncle, and cousins. So don't condemn this girl for something she didn't do."

I wanted to rush over to my sister, but I was still assisting Nanoha. Thankfully, I didn't have to make the choice. Shiro picked her up for me and cradled her in his arms.

"I need to have someone take her over to the healer's college."

"I can do that, my Lord." Shamal came up and took her from his arms and swam away quickly to get her medical help.

"Your Majesty the ground forces are at your disposal."

"Thank you, commander Yagami. I will need you and your ground forces, as well as the enforcers to weed out those that were most loyal to Precia Testarossa. Place them in the dungeons until their trials can be held."

"Yes, my Lord, it will be done at once." With that, she swam away with her two sub captains, Signum and Vita.

"Nanoha, my baby; how I have missed you so much." Momoko came up and surrounded Nanoha in her arms Shiro came up to join his wife and together with their other two children surrounded Nanoha.

I felt so happy knowing that she finally was able to meet and be with her real family, but I was also saddened, as I probably will not be assigned to her protection on land anymore. It was time for me to do my job, and that was to round up the conspirators that helped pull off this coup against the Takamachi's. I turned to leave and begin my job, when the Emperor Shiro called me back.

"Fate, just a moment, we would like you to stay here with us. Please come and join us as we get to know our daughter once more."

"Yes, my Lord as you wish."

We went into the palace; I followed behind Imperial family, as is my station. We made our way into the dining Hall; they all sat down at one end of the table. I ended up moving down a bit, as it is unsuitable for someone low born like myself to sit near the Imperial family.

Nanoha, seeing that I was so far away, started to get up and come towards me. However, she was stopped by her father. He moved his face close to her ear and start talking to her. Their conversation continued until all of a sudden Nanoha started to blush and she looked at me intently nodded her head and answered her father.

The Emperor got up, came over, and sat next to me. I went stiff as a board. Not knowing why he had come over to sit next to me. After a grueling few minutes of silence. He finally cleared his throat and began his interrogation. At least that's what it felt like.

"From what I understand, Fate, you have done quite a bit in protecting my youngest daughter. For that, we thank you for your service and undying loyalty to our family."

"You're thanks is not required, my Lord, I would give my life for her if I had to."

"All the same, you have our thanks. As payment for your loyalty and service and protecting of my daughter. I will grant you one wish and it can be anything you so desire and I will grant it."

"I do not need a reward my Lord, seeing her happy and safe is all of a reward I desire. I would do anything even now, to protect her, she is my Princess her safety and happiness are my only priority my Lord."

"So you would do anything for her anything at all."

"Yes, my Lord, give me a command, and it will be done."

"You would die for her."

"Yes, my Lord."

"You would kill for her."

"Yes, my Lord."

"You would marry her."

"Yes, my Lord. I mean, my Lord, I am not worthy to have her hand in marriage."

"I am sorry that was cruel of me. You're right, you would have to be a duchess or Princess or even… Forgive me. I did not mean to be so cruel as to suggest such a thing." Nothing more was said on the subject.

Over the next few days, Nanoha and I spent a lot of time together. I was teaching her how to use her tail in the most efficient way, and as I was doing that giving her a tour of the capital.

I could tell that we were getting closer and closer, I didn't know if that was going to be a good thing or not. I also didn't know if she had heard me tell her that I loved her when she was dying.

Alicia got better quickly, thankfully. I was starting to worry about her quite a bit. The announcement came that I would be honored for my duty with a banquet shortly after Alicia got out of the healer's college.

Lindy made sure that I dressed in my full enforcers uniform for the banquet as she said that it was important to put on a good front for the enforcers, especially being the ace of the enforcers.

The banquet turned out to be a lot of the bluebloods rubbing elbows with each other. Some of them had been supporters of my mother and some of them only pretended to be her supporters. After the meal, The Emperor Shiro got up to make his announcement.

"Everyone here knows that out of the entire enforcers one went above and beyond her duty to protect my youngest daughter. She even placed herself in between my daughter and her mother and took the punishment resulting in severe injury, almost losing her life in the process.

"Her name is Fate Testarossa and I would like to honor her at this time for her commitment and duty to our family. Would you please come up here at this time enforcer Testarossa?"

I made my way through the crowd and bowed before the Emperor and his family. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Nanoha beaming with pride and happiness. I was starting to become nervous, as the Emperor has not said anything since I approached him.

Then I heard the sound of metal scraping against metal as the Imperial sword was drawn and placed on my left shoulder, then placed on my right shoulder, and finally upon my head.

"I Emperor Takamachi, proclaim Fate Testarossa, now and forever to be known as a knight of the kingdom and protector of my daughter, Nanoha Takamachi. My first command to you, knight Testarossa is to take my daughter's hand in marriage."

The entire banquet hall went dead silent at the Emperor's command. My heart stopped. Did he really command me to wed, Nanoha? Then, the room was filled with voices I could hear some of them agreeing, and others were protesting arguing that I did not have the standing to wed the Princess.

"Silence! Fate Testarossa is now a knight of the kingdom and has the equal rights as any blueblood in this room to wed my daughter. The only difference is I…"

"Never! I will never allow my daughter to marry yours. That is just disgusting and impure. I will put an end to all of you here and now!"

I spun around, high in the center of the room was mother, and she was aiming straight for Nanoha. I did the only thing that I could think of and that was to get myself in between them to protect her, to protect my Princess.

I was in front of her within seconds, my arms wrapped around her to protect her as much as possible. Kaboom! Crackle! I felt nothing no pain, not even the movement of the water from the attack. Did Nanoha save me again?

"Not this time Precia, I have had enough of your abuse and torture of people that do not deserve it. This ends now Precia, because I won't let you hurt Fate or anyone else ever again."

It was Lindy; she had placed herself in between us and my mother and stopped the attack, and was now engaging my mother in full battle as all of the bluebloods ran from the banquet hall. The Imperial family stayed in place to watch the outcome.

In the end, Lindy, won but just barely. Mother was taken away to the dungeons; in all the excitement of the situation, I must've stressed myself too much, because I was starting to feel ill.

"Fate, what's wrong. You don't look like you're doing well. Did you get hurt?"

"Shamal, Dr. Shamal, she'll know what to do."

"Fate I'm here, did you get hit by any of the attacks?"

"No I think the stress was too much please I don't want to…"

Nanoha's POV

Fate passed out in my arms, Shamal checked her and said that she would be all right, but needed to get her to the healer's college right away. Taking Fate from me, she left quickly. Lindy and I both followed, I wanted to know what was going to happen to my beloved Fate.

If I had legs right now I'd be pacing on them, but instead I'm swimming back and forth outside of the door with my most important person on the other side. Lindy has tried to be comforting as well as supportive. After what felt like forever, the door finally opened and Shamal stepped out.

"It's all right, she's out of danger, and it looks like they're both going be fine and healthy as long as she doesn't get stressed."

"Good I'm glad she's going to be fine. Wait you said both are going to be fine? Why would you say that Dr. Shamal?"

"You mean Fate hasn't told you yet."

"Told me what?"

"Well it is not my place to say so I'm going to leave that up to Fate. All I ask is that you please don't stress her. She's in a very delicate situation right now, especially with this being her first."

Not understanding what she was talking about I go in to see Fate. Something in the back of my mind was nagging at me, but I ignored it I wanted to hear what it was from Fate herself.

Going through the door, I saw that Fate was resting peacefully. So I made my way over to her and sat down on the edge of the bed. I took her hand in mine and this seemed to rouse her a bit, as her eyes open and looked at me.

"Shamal says that you're in a delicate situation and that you're the one that needs tell me what's wrong with you. Please Fate I care so much about you. I don't want to lose you if you're sick or dying."

"I'm not sick or dying Nanoha, but I do have a condition. A wonderful gift that was given to me, by the person I love the most. Please lay down next to me. I want to hold you while I tell you."

Nodding my head, I lay down and cuddle up next to her. I bury my face in her neck and drape my arm just under her breasts. I didn't want my hand to go wandering, if this was going to be a serious discussion.

"How do I begin to tell you? This isn't something you just blurt out to someone, although I had every intention of telling you I had no desire to keep this from you, but you see…"

"You're in love with someone else aren't you? That's why you are having a hard time trying to tell me that you don't love me anymore."

I could feel the pain and crushing blow that the woman I love doesn't love me back. The words that I thought I heard as I was dying must've been a hallucination. If I could cry, I'm quite sure my face would be wet with my tears.

"No Nanoha, that's not it. I love you. You are my Princess, my love and my mate. I can't live without you, you are my everything, and I will not live without you by my side… It's just that what I'm going to tell you will probably shock you."

She took my hand, laced her fingers, and then moved it over her belly.

"You see Nanoha, I am with child. Your child, and I want us to be a family like the type of family, I always wished I had growing up."

"… …" My mind went blank. It didn't want to register what she was saying.

"Nanoha are you all right? You suddenly went extremely pale. Should I call Dr. Shamal back in?"

"You're WHAT because of me? I don't have the right equipment to get you pregnant. How could you be carrying my child? This is not something you should be joking about right now, Fate, I love you, but this is one bad practical joke you're playing right now."

"Nanoha, I'm not joking around; in fewer than six months I will bear your child, our child we'll be a family."

"Again I stress Fate; I don't have the equipment that guys do to get you pregnant. How is that possible? I mean…"

She kissed me on the lips to silence me, and after she was sure, I wouldn't continue with my train of thought she explained what happened.

"You see Nanoha girls can get other girls pregnant with their DNA. When you were intimate with me, in my mermaid and human form, my body took your DNA and fertilized me. I have been with no other, but you. You are the only one who could be the Father of my child."

"You mean when your body pricked my finger and I bled inside of you. That's how you got pregnant."

"Yes Nanoha, if you had only done this in one of my two forms I would not have gotten pregnant, but because you did it in both my mermaid and human form. I was with child that night."

"So why didn't you tell me sooner, Fate? Why did you wait until now to tell me that we were going to become parents? We need to tell my parents. We need to get married as soon as possible. I'm not going to have our child born out of wedlock."

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