SonicANIME2010 here with the big finale to my first story: "Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step" Now to make things clear, the story is not over. I'm just ending this circulation at the StrikerS finale.. The sequel: "Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Record" will be out sometime in the summer, depending on what my schedule can allow with my community college classes starting in August. I also do have plans of incorporating the ViVid storyline.. somewhat.. The manga hasn't been updated in a while. I'm not going to rush this, but I think I can get the first chapter out before July. Once again I'd like to thank everyone for coming along on this long road. As such I always like to hear good feedback so keep it up. Now here comes the finale! I don't own Sonic or Nanoha.

Flashbacks of all the memories of the hardships ran through the minds of Teana, Erio and Caro

"What we searched for was the meaning of courage. We couldn't always see the present, and instead we ran away to our dreams in the future" Teana started

Erio followed up with his own "When I couldn't do anything and kept hurting things."

"When I couldn't do anything but hang my head" Caro added.

"What we were taught was the heart and power to face these things, that which we can do now..." Teana's thought was hung

Erio picked it up "So that we can protect what's important to us."

Caro added once more "We will focus on what's ahead of us."

Teana's thought finished on the Helicopter bound for the Cradle of the Saints, "So that this incident doesn't end in regrets and tears,"

Erio finished "We will go and save you now!" as he and Caro rode Fried side-by-side with Amy to Scaglietti's hideout, racing against the clock and explosion.

[OP: "Massive Wonders" Mizuki Nana]

Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step
Chapter 33
To the Promised Sky. An Ending and a new Beginning

[Dimensional Space: Just above Mid-Childa]

Several warp holes opened up for a fleet of Dimensional Navy warships to pass through, the fleet, which Admiral Chrono Harlaown was part of, were in position.

Inside Chrono's warship, one of the female communications members informed the admiral of their position, "Admiral, we're in position, we have the Cradle of the Saints in our sights and we're ready to assist."

"Good... Make sure there isn't any straggling Gadget Drones or Eggman Robots in their path.." Chrono ordered

"Right" the tech turned away.

A screen appeared in front of Chrono as Largo Kiel, Honorary Marshal of the Armed Forces and one of the 3 Legendary Admirals called in to him, "I understand our plans have been changed?"

"Yes sir.. Thanks to some quick thinking from one of the members of Riot Force 6, the Cradle of the Saints is no longer presented as a threat, it was retaken by the original Vessel, Vivio. However there was a slight flaw in the planning.. The Vessel has no knowledge of how to safely land the Cradle. So we're going to provide assistance in any way possible."

"I assume you trust the word of this mage?" Kiel questioned, can't be too careful.

"I'm sure of it.. He's one of the best mages we have in there." Chrono confirmed.

"Very well.. Try to have some of our helmsman advise them on their landing, make sure the command ship on scene can also provide that assistance." Kiel ordered.

"It will be done, sir!" Chrono saluted.

"Kiel out." the transmission call was ended.

"Nanoha, Fate, Hayate, Sonic, come back alive.." Chrono thought to himself.

[Cradle of the Saints: Throne Room]
[BGM: "Run" FFX OST]

Vivio sat in the throne of the massive warship, which she now had control over after being identified by the ship's computer as it's Kaiser, however the young girl didn't know how to pilot the ship, so it proved to be a challenge to get it to land.

Another alarm rang out through the room, alerting everyone, "Alert! Damage detected in the interior, initiating automatic repair systems, please stand clear of the barriers!"

"Whoa!" Sonic jumped out of the way as one was forming to clean and repair the damage the throne room sustained.

Knuckles held the Master Emerald in his hands as he was safely away from any of the damaged areas of the ship "Can we still land this thing?"

"Vivio's trying to." The young kaiser spoke in alert.

Nanoha and Sonic went up to the throne to calm the young girl down, Hayate stood just in front of them with Rein, Knuckles and Vita beside her. She just finished reporting in to Shari their current location. Which the Cradle confirmed to be en route to the sunk Angel Island near the HQ of Riot Force 6.

"We're unsure if we can guide the Cradle in on our own, Shari." Hayate noted.

"Don't worry, Alto's en route with Teana, Ginga, Signum and Blaze, they'll clear a path for you and take out any straggling Gadget Drones that may try to stop you." Shari reassured the commander.

"Thank you" Hayate closed the feed temporarily

Emerl came back in after doing something in another room, he addressed brunette's attention, "Hayate was it?"

"Yeah?"

"Some of Scaglietti's drones were still active in the Cradle, I just finished taking them out."

"Good.. that'll stop them from attacking in here.."

Emerl took notice of the duo comforting Vivio and whispered to Hayate, "When this is all over, I think Sonic's in for quite the pleasant surprise.."

"You noticed too? Fate will also be surprised.. for the moment let's focus on the task at hand.."

"Right.."

Over with Sonic and Nanoha, the duo of parents took all that was happening in stride as they tried to convince their daughter to have hope.

Nanoha couldn't help but feel quite a bit of tightness in her upper body and how her barrier jacket fit, but she set it aside to calm Vivio's nerves, "You can do this, Vivio. Nanoha-mama has faith in you."

Sonic was oblivious to Nanoha's discomfort, as he was focused more on Vivio, "Sonic-papa thinks so too.. We all have faith in ya, Vivio.. Do your best."

"Right.. thank you Sonic-papa, Nanoha-mama." Vivio's spirits were lifted as she calmly resumed her attempts to pilot the Cradle, while she did succeed in changing it's course.. the ship was still too high up and she tried to get it to descend down to it's location.

[Scaglietti's Hideout]

Schach and Verossa managed to escape the hideout before it could detonate, and they got their captured Cyborgs secured.

Schach turned around to try to go back into the base, but Verossa stopped her

"Rossa?"

"You can't go in with those wounds."

"I have to save Enforcer Fate.."

"Please wait!" Fate established a feed from inside.

[POV: Fate and Shadow]

"We might be able to escape on our own." Fate noted while she kept watch over Scaglietti, Sette and Tre, "Shadow, how's it working?"

"I'm trying to patch in and stop the self destruct sequence.. If we don't, there's still live victims in some of these pods, they'll die if this whole place collapses.. and I don't have nearly enough power to use Chaos Control." the ebony hedgehog replied, speed typing on his attempt to hack the computer of the base.

"Shari! Help Shadow patch in.." Fate called out and sent a call to her.

"Yes, Fate-san" Shari acknowledged the call from her location on board the Artrha.

[Exterior of the Cradle]

The Cradle's path was blocked by an overwhelming swarm of Egg-Robos, they must have survived the blast that wiped out the Carrier, their automatic programming still had the Cradle as a target.

Alto's helicopter quickly arrived on scene and the rear hatch opened up. Ginga set up a Wing Road for Teana to take point on with her guns, the two were ready to face down the enemy.

Signum, Blaze and Agito took to the skies and stared down the overwhelming numbers of the robos.

"Hayate, its Signum, we're in position and about to engage the robots, we need someone out here to identify the mechs." Signum reported in.

Within a few seconds a brown flash appeared on the exterior deck of the Cradle. Emer stood on the look out.

"There's a wave in front.. I count 50 at least!" The robot reported.

"Blaze, you go first then..you're fast enough to close in and take them out before they can open fire." Signum ordered

"Right!" the cat readied herself.

"Wait.. Take my hand first.." Agito held out hers "We're going to Unison.."

"Very well." The cat took Agito's hand in hers and flames engulfed them both.

"Unison in!" Agito called out and a bright flash engulfed the two.

The light faded revealing Blaze had changed from the Unison, much similar to her "Burning Blaze" form, only her fur was more salmon pink versus hot pink, the beads on her forehead turned yellow, and dragonfly wings of flame sprouted from her back, finally her jumpsuit turned a deeper blue in shade.

The cat allowed the flames to engulf her, "How are you doing, Agito?"

"This is working so far.. I can't be sure.. engage those robotic creeps over there, then we'll talk about this." Agito replied.

"Very well." The cat spun in a powerful flaming top.

"Extreme Blaze!" Agito called out from within and set her hands on fire to empower the cat's flaming top even more.

The cat and unison device both roared simultaneously and launched off in a burst of extreme speeds to engage the mechs, within seconds she made a pass and demolished all 50 in that wave with no trouble at all.

The cat returned to Signum's side "So far so good.. Next wave!"

Emerl looked around and reported in, "Another 50 to the right!"

Teana took aim with her crossfire shoot, while Ginga rushed in, revolvers spinning, the two managed to split the wave in half and deal with it their own way.

The gizoid took one last long around for any mechs "Last wave! To the left.. about 100! How the?"

"Eggman always did favor quantity over quality.." Blaze sighed and dismissed the unison with Agito, "Signum, I trust you'll do the honors here?"

"I will.. Agito, our turn.." Signum held her hand out for the unison device.

"Unison in!" Agito called out and another bright flash occurred. The unison was just as complete as Blaze's. Signum's hair turned salmon, her jacket disappeared, her gauntlets turned gold, the purple parts of her clothing turned a deeper bluish shade, her hair tie was replaced by a ribbon of the same color, and two pairs of dragonfly-like flaming wings appeared from her back like Blaze's did during her unison. Most of all, Laevatein was permanently engulfed in flame during the Unison.

"Anything here.. Agito?" Signum asked mentally.

"It feels complete.. but so did the one with Blaze.. I can't explain it.. but you both may be my "Lord".. Agito replied..

"Signum and I aren't too different from one another.. We both have friends we care about, an affinity for flame, someone who's saved us in the past... in a way, this feels right.." Blaze offered.

"Let's go then.. Agito.."

"Right.. Extreme Blaze.. Burning Sword!" Agito called out and once again set her hands on fire to make the flame over Laevatein even more potent.

"Laevatein!" Signum loaded a cartridge into the device, which declared "Schlangeform!" and turned into a bladed whip snake, still bearing the powerful flames. With a roar, Signum held the whip to the side "Flash of the dragon" and with her left hand to hold the blade she readied for a back-handed slash.

"Karyuu..." They both called out at the same time and after a short pause "Issen!" (AN: "Fire Dragon Flash") and swung on, the bladed whip ripped straight through all 50 and demolished them in explosions and flames. Nothing was left of them.

"Emerl.. any others?" Signum called as she returned Laevatein to it's sword form.

The robot let out a wolf whistle "Nope.. you smoked them all.. thanks.. now I'm gonna go in and help my little sister land this thing" he replied and re-entered the Cradle.

"Blaze.. you felt this too.. when uniting with Agito.. your heart.." Signum turned to her cat partner.

"Felt warmer... yes... Agito?" Blaze questioned when she thought she heard the unison device cry.

"Something wrong?" Signum asked

"Nothing.. it's nothing.." Agito replied.

"Very well.. let's go on ahead and make sure the Cradle can land.." Signum ordered out to Ginga, Teana and Blaze.

"Right!" they pressed on to make sure there's no other robots.

[BGM: "Launch" FFX OST]

[Scaglietti's Hideout]

Under the pressure of time due to the self destruct device, Shadow continued trying to hack into the systems to stop it. The walls above them started to crack.

"Closing time, Shadow! Last call!" Fate called to him.

"Buy me a pint!" Shadow replied, still typing away, "Shari?"

"Got the pass codes!" the brunette replied.

"Good.. I'm in!" Shadow typed a few more keys and the rumbling stopped, the self-destruction has been disabled.

"Whew.." Fate sighed out.

While the rumbling may have stopped, some pieces of the ceiling were already damaged enough from it, and some started to cave in, 2 large pieces headed for Fate and Shadow specifically.. no where to go, they looked up and gasped for the impact.

"Sonic Move!" Strada's voice rang out. The two were caught at the same time by yellow and pink blurs. The smoke settled to reveal that in the nick of time, Erio rescued Fate while Amy Rose rescued Shadow.

Erio held Fate in a bridal carry, it was rather humorous as the kid wasn't even half her size yet.

"Erio!" Fate blinked in surprise.

"Hai." Erio replied with a smile

Shadow chuckled once Amy released him "Nice save kid,"

[Cradle of the Saints: Throne Room]

Under the advice of some of the helmsman, including Lucino, Vivio managed to get some understanding of the landing portion and gave the order for the engines to slow down and begin their descent. Only problem was that at their rate, they'd hit Angel Island.

"Okay.. Vivio got it to go down to land.. but.. we're about to land on that island up ahead." Vivio called to the others in the room, the screen showed Angel Island on the display.

"What? You're kidding turn it around! Anywhere but my isla- gack!" Knuckles' shouting was interrupted by a grounding smack from Vita's Eisen.

"Noisy rodent.." Vita held the hammer over her shoulder.

With the emotional support of Sonic and Nanoha, Vivio managed to settle the ship down for a landing.

[Angel Island]

The Cradle of the Saints made a crash landing from the shores of the island deep into the ruins near the altar of the Master Emerald. thankfully the Altar itself wasn't harmed, just many some of the pillars nearby. Oddly enough, the Cradle was completely intact from the impact, the ship certainly lived up to it's standards.

[Throne Room]

The crash landing threw all but Vivio to the ground in a daze. The first one to recover was Knuckles, and he was ticked off.

"You! Little!" the mad echidna rushed up to Vivio and grabbed her by her shirt, "That island was what's left of my clan's civilization!"

"Sorry.. Vivio tried" the young girl replied with the cute puppy-dog pout face

"Oy oy.. Knuckles.. chill out.." Sonic said while getting back up from his fall, "She's better at this than you."

"Hmph!" Knuckles sulked elsewhere.

"Everyone else okay?" Nanoha asked.

"Yeah.. I'm fine" Vita replied.

"Me too" Hayate gave the dizzily reply.

"Tell the room to stop spinning" Emerl gave his reply.

Chrono took the opportunity to try and phone in on their status, "Admiral Chrono Harlaown here.. We saw the Cradle crash on the island. Is everyone okay?"

"Yup! Well most of us are okay. Knucklehead over there isn't so much.. Interesting landing technique Vivio." Sonic mentioned.

"Thank you, Sonic-papa." Vivio smiled cutely.

"We'll have a team extract the Cradle and take it to the Saint Church.. See what they can make out of it. You guys get out of there and head for the 108th battalion base for medical treatment" Chrono ended the line.

Vivio stood up and felt tired from the work, thankfully Nanoha was there to pick her and Sonic up, the hedgehog felt his fatigue coming back as well.

"Congratulations on having a safe flight, all systems going into stand-by mode" The Cradle's main computer alerted.

"Okay.. let's get out of here" Hayate led the group out.

[Arthra: Communications]

"We've confirmed the Assault Team and Lightning Teams have successfully made it out of Scaglietti's hideout.. and the Cradle survived the landing, the members on board have also left. We did it!" Shari cheered.

Tails, who was working in the room all this time, sighed in relief, "Whew.. everyone made it out alive and safe. Now we just have to tend for the wounded.."

[108th Battalion: Medical Ward]
[No BGM]

The group who boarded the Cradle were quickly tended to, Vita and Knuckles had the most to heal, Emerl was healed a few scratches. Shahra was released from her ring to heal up the strains she could have taken from the Unison with Sonic. Also Fate and Shadow were treated from their injuries sustained from fighting the cyborgs at Jail's hideout. However, what was most humorous was when Shamal checked up on Nanoha and Sonic for any injuries pertaining to a certain white mage's tendency to overwork herself, she was quite shocked at what she found... or more appropriately.. what she didn't find.

"Eh?" Shamal stated as she scanned the mage, "There's no injuries! No strains? How? You used the Blaster System, but h-how did your body handle it?"

"Eh heh heh.. I don't really know.." Nanoha thought in all seriousness, "Could it be those Emeralds? Sonic-kun?"

"Yeah, maybe.. I'm not sure, you're the first human to use them directly like I did.. did you feel anything odd?" Sonic asked from his bed, which was right next to Nanoha's.

"Yeah.. power.. some light..it was refreshing..like I just woke up from a nap or something... I also felt a tightness in my chest...now that I think of it I still do.." Nanoha replied, slightly still oblivious to one of the now permanent side effect of the emeralds, which upped her chest size a few cups.

Sonic too was also oblivious to his girlfriend and captain's upgrade, "Hmm.. Well I've transformed into Super Sonic on several occasions and the worse I felt was exhaustion. And you saw that last one too.."

"Yeah.. had to carry you and Vivio out of the Cradle." Nanoha nodded

"Well I'd say be careful, but your body seemed to have been protected by these emeralds." Shamal noted.

Emerl, Fate and Hayate did notice the significant change in Nanoha. Perverted cosplay thoughts were shared amongst the brunette and robot. As for Fate, she didn't mind, while she couldn't deny her life with Sonic and Nanoha will be interesting with it, she still loved them both deeply and was glad that they were okay.

Fate went to lay by Sonic, Nanoha and Vivio, they quickly fell asleep together.

Shari called into the base, her excitement peaked, "I've just got this confirmed! The Cradle of the Saints has been extracted from Angel Island and arrived at the Saint Church!"

"Shari.. please be quiet for the moment" Shamal pointed behind her to the cute family like scene of Sonic and Vivio sleeping together in between Nanoha and Fate. All of the sleeping party were leaned against each other.

"Good job, everyone" Hayate thought to herself.

And so the incident that started with the Relics came to an end and was classified as the "JS Incident". Scaglietti and the cyborgs were taken into custody, well most of the cyborgs who were still alive. The first thing the staff did was removed all the copies of Scaglietti from the wombs of the cyborgs, for obvious reasons.

-3 months after the JS incident-

Scaglietti, who had been arrested, and the combat cyborgs identified as Uno, Tre and Sette, who had no interest in helping with the investigation, choosing instead to be loyal to their creator, have been convicted and sent to prisons off-planet. Fate and Shadow performed routine checks on the cells that held the criminals.

[Mid-Childa: Quarantine facility]

The cyborgs identified as Nove, Wendi, Sein, Otto, Deed and Dieci, who recognized their crimes and wanted to help the investigation to atone for those crimes were sent to a quarantine facility on Mid-Childa, there, under the guidance of Cinque, they would be rehabilitated. To help ease their minds, Cinque would read stories out of books and care for them. Silver also participated, his admiration for the caring cyborg had helped him to stay in the facility so that he can be rehabilitated and ready for society like the others.

Sein and Wendi chatted with the young hedgehog.

"Silver?" Sein asked.

"Yeah?" the hedgehog replied.

"I'm sorry they haven't been able to find a way for you to go back to your home."

"It's okay, not like I have much to go back to." Silver replied with a sigh.

"I heard that one of the mages is going to come by today from that division, I wonder why." Wendi thought out loud.

"It's normal that they'll check up on us to see how we're doing." Cinque replied as she and Nove walked towards them.

The sliding glass door into the room opened up as Sonic walked in, wearing his Riot Force 6 uniform. He was accompanied by Fate, who was also in uniform.

"Hey everyone." Sonic addressed the group inside to gather attention.

Nove's attention was quickly shifted to the blue newcomer. She went over to the hedgehog and met his gaze with hers.

The hedgehog just blinked, there was an unspoken test as Fate wanted to see what Nove's reaction will be. Just a few months ago the cyborg was royally mad at the hedgehog for defeating Cinque.

Nove, to the surprise of Fate and Sonic, simply smirked and patted the hedgehog on the shoulder, "So you really are that short up close."

"Nice to see you too..." Sonic deadpanned.

"Ah, Sonic, Nove and Cinque have been talking endlessly about you, I think they might like you" Wendi teased the mentioned duo.

"Hey! I didn't say I liked him, I just had a respect for his strength, like Cinque does." Nove fired back, although she had a bit of a blush

Cinque could only nod dumbfounded and blushing. It's true that she, Nove and a few other cyborgs have developed quite some respect for the hedgehog.

"There's a long line on that one.." Sonic sighed, "at any rate, I'm here to talk to Silver."

"Eh? Me? Why?" the silver hedgehog in question asked.

"Got an offer for ya." Sonic and Fate approached him, "First, I'm sorry, but we can't help you return to your own time, the chaos emeralds don't have nearly enough power to do so."

"But they were able to stop time" Wendi argued.

"That's true, but that's with Chaos Control and Shadow's the only one who can initiate a full stop per-say.. Actually time-traveling is not within their power. So we can't help him return" Fate replied.

"What we can do is make sure Silver can adjust to living here and make the best of this situation. Now.. for our offer.. I've seen how you fight, quite bluntly, it sucks.. You have little physical defense and your ESP can short out if you get hit out of your focus. What we have to offer is enlist you in physical hand-to-hand combat training and to train you on how to use your powers with better control. You've got nothing to lose and we won't think anything less of you if you decline." Sonic offered.

The silver hedgehog thought about it for a moment "But what about my friends here?"

"We can arrange for your training to coincide with your rehabilitation, and you'll be able to spend as much time with them as you want." Fate answered.

"Your choice, Silver, I think you should go for it, this is a great opportunity for you." Cinque advised.

Silver took another brief moment to think about the offer Sonic gave him, and eventually he came to the conclusion. He may not be able to go home, but as Sonic said, he can make the time here the best he can have, "Okay.."

"Great, we can have the arrangements made and your training will start when they are ready. Shadow will be here to instruct you and I'll pop in from time to time." Sonic said

"Thank you for your time, let's head back to the base, we've got a big day ahead of us." Fate mentioned

"What kind of big day is this?" Wendi asked.

"You'll find out soon enough." Fate escorted Sonic off the facility.

[Riot Force 6 HQ]

The base had been rebuilt and all members were able to return to their previous posts. Vivio was able to live peacefully with her adopted parents Sonic and Nanoha.

In the shared bedroom, Vivio quickly rushed into the loving arms of her returning parents, who were out doing their duties and reports. Over the months of peace, Sonic was able to come to terms with his feelings for Nanoha, while it has been implied that they've been a couple, they've made their feelings for each other known and accepted. In addition, Fate confessed her feelings and they were quickly accepted. However what soon came to a surprise was Hayate phoning in from her office.

"Congratulations, Sonic, Nanoha, Fate, I think it's safe to say that your feelings are all worked out?"

"Yup.. the past few months have really been a good time for me to catch up with them.." Sonic replied

"We went on several dates together, some with Vivio and we had great times with them." Nanoha added.

"Hayate.. did you..um get that thing we asked sorted out?" Fate asked.

"Thing.. oh you mean that.. I was going to save the news for when I met with Chorno and Carim, but since this involves you three specifically it wouldn't do well for me to hide it" Hayate pulled up 2 pieces of paper, "Surprisingly it was rather easy getting these set up.. Marriage licenses for Nanoha, Fate and Sonic... You can have the wedding at the Saint Church in about a week. That reminds me, I have a lot of calls to make and invitations to send out. I'll do them in a bit, I have to go to the Saint Church. Congratulations again." Hayate ended the call.

"Marriage?" Vivio questioned.

"She means that Nanoha-mama and Sonic-papa and Fate-mamal like each other so much we are going to live with each other for a long time and you can be our daughter, Vivio." Fate explained

"Yup... This is odd.. I've been dodging marriages from Amy the past few years and here I am about to be wed to Nanoha.. never thought I'd find love.. just hope that Amy will accept it."

"I'm sure she will.." Nanoha replied, "Have you decided who's going to be your Best Man?"

"I didn't even need to think twice on that one. We just have to break the news.." Sonic confirmed.

[Saint Church]

Soon after Hayate talked to Carim, Verossa and Chrono about Regius Gaiz, who's been seriously reprimanded for the corruption he took part in. His motives were extreme and Hayate learned that one can't rush to a solution. In regards to Regius, his reprimands from internal affairs included being stripped of all command and a serious demotion, he was lucky not to have been kicked out.

Hayate was the youngest of them all and she knew it. Speaking of young, she already planned out the fates of the kids who were being trained at Riot Force 6. The section was set to last for a year for probation and will be disbanded in the spring.

[Riot Force 6: Engineering department]

Tails continued to work on the upgrades to the aircraft and devices, the pre-teen's been hard at work since the incident came to a close. While he was disappointed that he couldn't participate in any battles, he still felt he helped through managing the communications. He was paid a surprised visit by Sonic, Nanoha and Fate.

"Hey, Tails!" Sonic greeted.

"Sonic! Nanoha! Fate! I heard from the public announcements here.. congratulations.. but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be getting ready?" the fox asked.

"It's not due for a week, and I needed to ask you something.. How would you like to be my best man at the wedding, little buddy?"

"Really?" Tails was surprised

"Sure.. come on, we've been friends for years.. Who else would I ask?"

"S-sure! I'd love to be your best man.. congratulations!" Tails replied energetically.

"Great.. see ya in a week at the wedding.." Sonic and Nanoha left the room.

[POV: Amy Rose]

Sonic, Fate and Nanoha approached and informed the pink hedgehog of their wedding. Amy, surprisingly enough, didn't take it so hard as Sonic first thought.

Amy did shed a couple of tears though but she bore a sweet smile for the couple "Congratulations then.. I'm glad you found love, Sonic.. I only wish it could have been with me.."

"Will you be alright Amy?" Fate asked.

"Yeah.. I'm sure I'll find someone who I can love like you three do for each other.." Amy wiped the tears from her face

[Saint Church: 1 week later]

The long awaited day came for the wedding. Arrangements were made to fly Nanoha's friends and family from Earth in, they were all excited for their daughter, ever since they heard. The church provided for the outfits. Everyone who were friends of either Sonic or Nanoha were invited to come and watch. A choir and band played peaceful music to set up a perfect backdrop for this great occasion.

Part of why Nanoha's family were there was because since Sonic didn't have a surname, he's going to be adopted into the family in the marriage, a "mukoyoshi", in other words. Fate would have her new surname added to her adopted one at the end.

All the guests sat down and waited for the arrival of the bride and groom. What was sort of humorous was that there was a step-stool near the altar.

Nanoha was the first to walk down the aisle with Fate in tow, both were wearing traditional western style white wedding gowns and Nanoha had a veil over her face with her hair tied up. Nanoha and Fate then stood facing side-ways and waited for her groom.

The doors opened once more and Sonic walked in followed by tails, both sporting very dashing tuxedos. Sonic was led to the altar where he was then guided onto the step-stool, which allowed him to be at eye-level with his bride. The scene was quite humorous to the crowd.

Carim gave a wedding speech as Nanoha and Fate's veils were pulled back softly, revealing their stunning faces, which led the hedgehog to a bright blush in admiration.

The vows were exchanged and Carim happily announced the marriages to be official.

Sonic was nervous, very nervous as he gazed into both his new wives' faces. Said nervousness was obvious in Nanoha and Fate, as they all leaned in slowly for their kisses. A brief few seconds went by and Sonic just decided to go for it and kissed Nanoha and then Fate. They kissed and embraced each other in a group hug under the clapping hands of the crowd to see. Vivio wiped a few tears from her face, it made her happy seeing her "parents" as happy as they were.

It was then that Sonic adopted the surname "Takamachi".

[Riot Force 6 HQ: one week later]

All the members of Riot Force 6 were gathered once more, just like they were when the unit had it's first day. The forwards and staff stood at attention as the captains and vice captains stood beside Hayate on a podium.

"Even though it's been a seemingly long yet short year, Riot Force 6 will disperse, having completed it's mission. I am truly happy from the bottom of my heart, having worked and fought alongside all of you. I pray that you all fare well in your next unit and work to your fullest." Hayate gave a short speech.

The crew applauded in respect of the young commander.

After the speech, the four forwards walked down the halls, Subaru was silent, upset because her next assignment would not only separate her from Teana, but also Nanoha and Sonic wouldn't be there either.

"Everyone, wait a bit" Nanoha called out, she had Sonic and Ginga in tow, "Before the farewell party, we'd like to see all the forward members."

[Outside the base]

The forwards gasped in awe as the spring Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom. Nanoha, Sonic, Vivio, Shadow, Hayate, Fate, Vita, Ginga, Amy Rose and Signum were all gathered at this field.

"Pretty.." Subaru said in awe.

"Cherry blossoms, they are from the world Nanoha, Sonic and I are from." Hayate explained.

"They're flowers that represent a farewell and the beginning of a new season." Fate added.

"Forwards, line up!" Vita called to attention.

"Yes ma'am!" the kids stood at attention.

"Okay, first of all, you four have done a great job on your missions and training this year." Nanoha started

"This past year, I haven't praised you much, but" Vita took a moment to sigh "You guys have gotten pretty strong." she finally admitted, much to the surprised of the four.

"You guys endured some tough training, were put into tight spots, had difficult missions." Sonic said.

"But you tried your best and cleared all of them without losing." Nanoha added once more, "All of you have really gotten stronger. The four of you are already great Strikers"

Tears fell from the faces of the forwards, Sonic, Nanoha and surprisingly enough Vita.

"Don't cry, bakas.." Vita teared up.

"Practice what you preach, Vita.." Sonic snarked through tears.

Nanoha blinked the tears from her face "Well then, since you're graduating and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, let's not be gloomy."

"You brought your partners with you, right?" Vita asked as she called Eisen out to it's destruction form.

"Eh?" Fate was surprised as Shadow shifted their device out and readied for battle.

"You didn't hear?" Signum asked as she wielded Laevatein.

"Zeryoku Zenkai! Riot Force 6's last mock battle!" Nanoha called Raising Heart to it's exceed form.

The forwards looked at each other for a brief moment then smiled back in anticipation "Right!"

"Wait wait! I didn't hear anything about us not holding back!" Fate argued

"Oh. Come on, Fate.. everything will be fine." Sonic pounded his fists together with his device on his arm, he was ready to go.

"Mou..." Fate sighed.

"Fate-mama. It's okay.. they all seem like they'll enjoy it" Vivio encouraged.

"Fate-san, please!" Erio asked.

"Please try your best to win!" Caro added..

"Mou..." Fate sighed again..

"Try your best!" Vivio cheered on.

[Insert!: "Beautiful Amulet" Tamura Yukari]

All combatants were in their barrier jackets and ready to go. Fate's barrier jacket for this match was her Sonic Drive and she had Bardiche in Riot Zanber out. Nanoha's barrier jacket and device matched the exceed mode she was in. Shadow removed his limiter rings and readied himself for battle. Sonic got into his battle position as he sent Shahra to the side to referee with Ginga, Hayate and Vivio.

"Ready?" Hayate announced.

For the Forwards, Subaru bared her twin revolver gauntlets ready to show how much stronger she's gotten. Teana had her gun and dagger combination ready to go. Erio wielded Strada expertly and in anticipation for the mock battle. Caro got into a fighting stance with her device flickering to indicate both were ready.

"Go!" Vivio, Hayate, Ginga and Shahra announced, send the combatants into their battle.

[And afterward: Epilogue]

Commander Hayate Yagami returned to special investigations, but the fact remained that her last unit came to a complete success and established a merit in her record. Which will lead to a great consideration should she choose to establish a new subdivision. With that in mind, she and Carim of the Saint Church started working on their own little project.

Enforcer Fate Testarossa Harlaown Takamachi returned to her duties as an enforcer with Shadow as her partner. Teana Lanster became their aide, hoping to learn from the two about how to be an enforcer.

Erio and Caro were transferred to the environment protection where Caro used to work for a brief time, she was welcomed back greatly.

Vivio Takamachi was given entry into a Saint Church-run Magic School, in addition, due to the young girl being the only heir to control the Saint's Cradle, she's been given discreet training on how to fly it One day during one of Vivio's lessons, Sonic, Nanoha and Arf stealthy infiltrated the school and took pictures of the girl for memories. Except they were caught by Schach, the nun gave a lengthy lecture. Watched over by her parents and their friends, Vivio lived the life of a normal girl.

The combat cyborgs who sought to atone for their crimes were put into a program run by Ginga to help reform them for normal life. With Cinque's guidance the program was progressing quite well. And in addition, Quint was happy to adopt Cinque, Nove, Wendi and Dieci into their family.

As for Subaru... A large ship took on a flood, two civilians that were in desperate need for help were a young girl trying to protect her little brother. A flood came by that threatened to drown them. Only to be stopped by a Tri-Shield spell that Subaru casted. Subaru now worked for the Disaster Planning and Humanitarian Aid as a forward of the Relief squad.

Silver participated in his own reformation, fast-tracked by Shadow and Knuckles as the duo taught the young kid how to use his powers responsibly and in control.

Knuckles continued to guard the Master Emerald on Angel Island. He's done it for years, and he'll continue doing it.

Blaze worked under Signum again, both recognized as "Lords" over Agito, and they loaned their services to anyone that needed it. Be it enforcer work or front line.

Tails and Amy were promoted off to another section in the Bureau. The fox worked to upgrade devices while the pink hedgehog designated herself to test them. As for their relationships. Amy got over her crush for Sonic and discovered Tails himself had some feelings for her. When confessed, she promptly accepted and the two have been hitting it off well since then.

Sonic Takamachi (Hedgehog) still works as a direct subordinate for his wife, Nanoha. Both were given several promotions to higher positions, but they refused them to maintain their current jobs as Instructors. They stayed on the front lines as mages-on-call when they weren't performing duties as Instructors. They continue to raise the next generation of potential mages. However, that didn't mean they wouldn't turn down a chance to stop a certain mad scientist's plot to rule Mid-Childa and everything else.

Doctor Eggman once again escaped from his confides at the Bureau, he could be plotting his next campaign even now.

Carim Gracia didn't need her fortune telling to know that Eggman was bound to double-cross the Bureau and escape. She and Hayate began their planning on a solution to the doctor's come-back campaign.

[End of Main Chapter]

Now hold on a second! Time to laugh! Now I bring you..

[THE OMAKE COLLECTION!: FINAL PART]

[Omake #1: Ginga the Dojikko]

Flashback to Super Sonic, Ginga and Subaru facing down against Cinque of the numbers.

Ginga rushed for the first move, only to slip on a banana peel and fall through several walls in another direction.

Super Sonic and Subaru just blinked at the display.

"Does this happen a lot?" Sonic asked.

"Yup. She fell plenty of times when we were younger.."

"Looks like we'll have to pull her out of there.." Sonic turned to Cinque "Ah pardon us for a second, I understand she's one of your targets but you can't really capture her if she's stuck in a wall.."

"I can wait.." Cinque said patiently.

Hayate did pull some strings to let Ginga join for some reason.

[Omake #2: Trump Card]

Sonic, Reinforce Zwei and Nanoha walked through the halls of the Artrha, talking about the forms of Raising Heart and the experimental Blaster System

"I think for Nanoha and Raising Heart, Normal and Exceed forms aside, Blaster is still too dangerous." Zwei placed her hand on the red gem.

"I won't be using Blaster Mode, it's our final trump card after all." Nanoha replied calmly

"It's so... I'll show you how I shoot down a star or two just by using Exceed mode.. Heh heh heh heh." Raising Heart joked?

"Ahaha, Raising Heart, your jokes are always good." Reinforce Zwei laughed.

"She probably wasn't joking.." Nanoha deadpanned in her thought.

"Raising Heart: Total annihilation with maximum power, anytime." Sonic sent back.

"That sounds like a tagline.." Nanoha noted.

Ah.. Raising Heart.. too funny..

[Omake #3: Weddinr Rehearsal]

Originally in the wedding, there was going to be no step-stool for Sonic. They didn't think they needed it, but that's not all..

In a dressing room, Nanoha tried fitting into a wedding dress of her size, "Eh? Why doesn't this fit? I feel tight up front.."

"Nanoha, your breasts are bigger than they were.." Hayate teased.

"They are?" Nanoha checked under her dress.. and finally noticed the upgrade, "Oh.. no wonder my shirts felt so tight.. eh heh heh.."

Skipping ahead to the alter scene in the rehearsal, vows were exchanged and they could seal the deal with the kiss.. only one problem.

"Uwaa! I can't reach!" Sonic complained.

With an amused grin on her face, Hayate was there with the step-stool.

"Much better.." Sonic stood on the stool.. though still felt very nervous about the whole kissing thing.

Well.. I guess weddings of this caliber are short stocked..

[End of Omakes]

-End of Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Step-

-Story to be continued in: "Sonic Adventure: Lyrical Record"-

-Coming Soon to Fanfiction and DeiantArt-

Author's Notes: That's right people, that is the finale of my first ever crossover story. The end of the Circulation that is.. The story will continue in the sequel with more events to come. For the moment, a crossover involving the ViVid manga is considered for spinoff.. If the manga would be updated.. they're stuck at a tournament.. there's also Force.. which.. I don't know if I want to put that in.. I don't like it that much.. Anyways.. that'll do it for this circulation. Keep your eyes out for the upcoming sequel and spinoffs.. and also if you like this, be sure to catch Sonic: Knight of the Night Sky, which is no where near done.. in fact it's just getting started, so stay tuned! Thank you all for reading!