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Two little babies were sound asleep in a crib they shared in an orphanage.

One baby had brown hair and blue eyes.

The other baby had a golden blonde hair and had purple-blue eyes.

The two children were Yagami Hayate and Uzumaki Naruko, with these two girls our story begins.

0 4 years later 0

The two girls were very close to one another. Always playing and running about in the orphanage but one day a friend of Hayate's father came saying he wanted Hayate to live in house for her.

Hayate refused since she didn't want to be away from Naruko. Naruko heavily agreed. The man stared at Naruko for a few moments but his gaze was on her sword necklace (1) around her neck.

The orphanage had said it was with her when she came, so she always wore it thinking it was from her parents.

The man said that they could both live there and the girls were happy.

0 4 years later 0

After living in their new home for 2 years, Hayate seemed too had lost her ability to move her legs and had to start using a wheel chair.

It was difficult for them as they had help but, Naruko made it her duty to always help and protect Hayate.

Cooking was a bit of a disaster at first but, once Naruko and Hayate got the hang of it, it was easy.

Whenever someone would pick on Hayate, Naruko was always there to protect her, the blonde had gotten into a few fights but she didn't care.

Things had gotten better as the two finally adjusted to the rhythm of their lives.

Both got up at the same time, each helped with making breakfast and doing the dishes.

Naruko helped Hayate get dress.

They went to school, Hayate would help Naruko as she helped Hayate with the work.

Then went home, made dinner, did homework, and took a bath.

During their private time Naruko could be seen swinging a wooden sword around while Hayate would quietly read.

Finally when the day ended they both fell asleep.

0 one year later 0

Naruko was currently working out with her sword in the back yard in her blue tank top and grey sweat pants; she looked up in the sky and saw it was getting dark.

"Sigh, better get in before Haya-chan yells at me again." Said Naruko as she untangled her long pony tail

As she entered the house she saw lights flashing from Hayate's room and quickly entered.

As she entered the room a white light enveloped it and as it died down she saw four strangers in Hayate's room.

First was a petite Child with long red hair.

Next was a woman with a slender figure who had short blonde hair.

Third was a tall man with white hair…were those dog ears?

Finally was the one in front of them, a strong built looking woman with long purple hair tied in a high pony tail.

Each wore black tank top, black shorts, along with black fingerless gloves and boots, except the little red head who seemed to be wearing a small black dress.

All of them seemed to be kneeling in front of Hayate.

"We have affirmed the activation of the book of darkness." Spoke the purplette

"We are your guardian knights who shall gather power for the book of darkness and guard you, mistress." Spoke the elder blonde

"We are the clouds gathered before our mistress, she of the night sky." Spoke the man

"We are Wolkenritter, the cloud knights. Please order us in any way you please." Spoke the young red head

Naruko finally got out of her daze and jumped into action. She still had her wooden sword in hand and stood in front of Hayate glaring at the interlopers.

"I don't care who you are! I won't let you hurt Haya-chan!" Naruko shouted

The four knights looked at her and saw some fear in the young blonde's eyes but each gave a mental nod of respect since the young girl was not moving an inch.

Naruko gave a quick glance to Hayate and saw she had fainted.

"Haya-chan!" Naruko said sitting next to the knocked out brunette.

The knights looked at her shaking their mistress.

0 the hospital 0

Hayate woke up from the bed she was laying and was immediately tackle/hugged by a blonde blur. She looked and saw Naruko with puffy red eyes and Hayate lightly petted her head.

"Hayate-chan! Thank goodness it was nothing serious, Naruko-chan here was really scared for you." Said the blue haired female doctor walking up to Hayate.

Naruko blushed a bit, still hugging Hayate.

"Umm…I'm really sorry." Said Hayate still petting Naruko

"Say…who are these people?" the female doctor pointed out.

Hayate looked and saw the four people that were in her room now surrounded by the hospital security.

"Who are they? They're all dressed pretty weird, and Naruko-chan has been staring at them like no tomorrow, they seem pretty suspicious." The doctor said

"Ah…umm…uhh…how to say this…" Spattered Hayate nervously

Suddenly she heard a voice in her head, 'If you order us, we can help you out. What do you say?'

"Eh?"

Hayate looked at the purplette 'I'm speaking to you telepathically. If you just feel the orders you want to give us in your heart…'

Hayate thought and gave a small smile, 'I won't call it an order, but a request. Make your story match mine, okay?'

"Yes." spoke the pruplette out loud

"Umm…Ishida-sensei, these four are actually my relatives." Said Hayate

"Your relatives?" the doctor replied in shock

Naruko just stared at Hayate and they both had a silent conversation and agreed to talk about this later.

"They came from a faraway native country to celebrate my birthday. And they dressed in costumes to surprise me, so…I was a little too shocked by it all, and um…that's pretty much it. Right?" Hayate finished weakly

Naruko just sighed in her head, 'We really need to teach you how to lie better Haya-chan.'

"Y-yes!" said the blonde woman

"Exactly what she said." Spoke the purplette

Hayate gave a weak chuckle.

0 At the Yagami-Uzumaki household 0

"I see…so this book is called the book of darkness…" said Hayate as she looked at the book

Naruko was sitting on her bed still staring at the four strangers, unsure how to think of them.

The four knights were currently kneeling to Hayate's right side.

"Yes."

"It's been on my shelf for as long as I can remember." Said Hayate

"That's true…I really never saw you buy it either. It was just there or something." Said Naruko entering the conversation

"Though I have taken good care of it, since it is a pretty book." She said as she wheeled to her desk

"You didn't hear its voice at all, weather it was awake or asleep?" asked the blonde

"Well, I did… but I'm not a mage, it sounded muffled to me." answered Hayate

"I just can't believe magic is real thought." Said Naruko in wonder

Both she and Hayate loved to think they could do magic but now maybe they had a chance to.

"Ah…here it is!" said a happy Hayate as she pulled a large brown book from her desk

"But there is one thing I'm certain of. As the mistress of the book of darkness…I need to provide you guardian knights with some necessities, and I need to take care of you. Luckily it's just me and Naru-chan who live here, and we're both good at cooking. Also we need to get you some new cloths too."

"Hehehe, Haya-chan is always looking for more people to dress up, now I don't have to suffer alone." Naruko whispered to the red head named Vita.

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As the days flew by Naruko had gone shopping with the purplette know as Signum to get the knights some new clothing.

Naruko had felt a bit threatened by the knights, she would never say it out loud but, she was always the one to protect and help Hayate. Sure more help was gladly welcomed but, she felt that the less Hayate needed her the less time she would spend with her. And that really scared her.

Naruko was currently staring into the stars when she heard footsteps from behind.

"You seem distressed?" said the voice of Signum

"I don't know what you mean." Said Naruko in a dull tone

Signum stared at the girl. From what she had heard from her mistress this was her best friend since the day she was born. They lived in an orphanage together and during her mistress disability her friend worked twice as hard to keep her happy.

But when they arrived she would notice the blonde girl frown every so often at how they and their mistress interacted. She and Shamal, the older blonde, had come to the conclusion that the younger blonde felt upset with them and they wished to resolve it.

"If you wish to speak your mind do so."

Naruko was quite for a few minutes, but Signum heard a few hiccups and sobs from the blonde. The child stood up and faced her. Her face was covered with tears.

"I was always there for Haya-chan; it was my job to protect her. From the day I found out she was disabled, I kept doing everything I could think of to keep her smiling, then you guys just come in saying you'll protect her! If you do that Haya-chan won't see me anymore and I'll be alone. I never been alone…I-I always had her with me, I never cried so I would seem strong but she is far stronger than me. I don't want her to not see me anymore." She said as she fell to her knee's and cried to what felt like the first time since she found out that Hayate couldn't walk.

She felt herself being hugged by Signum and the older woman brushed her hair lightly like a mother would do for her child.

"If you have lived with Mistress for so long you know that she would never do that." Signum said, it was a childish thought but she couldn't fault the young blonde for thinking it since she seemed very protective of Hayate.

"…Bu-but what i-if she do-does?" Naruko sniffled in Signum's bosom

"From what I know, Mistress sees us as a family now and I believe that includes you too."

Naruko full blown cried in Signum's chest for a few minutes till she spoke up.

"I was being stupid wasn't I?"

"Yes." Signum said bluntly

Naruko laughed and hugged Signum tightly, "Thanks Signum-nee." Naruko said as she let go and went to see Hayate.

Signum smiled and felt happy to help the girl feel better and the thought of being an big sister.

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For some reason the knights kept staring at Naruko's sword necklace.

"Why do keep staring at it?" Naruko asked

Hayate nodded to this since it was getting a bit weird.

"It…just seems to look like a device." Said Shamal

"A…Device?" questioned both Hayate and Naruko

"Yes, a device is how we use our magic, but Naruko's necklace seems to be one or at least looks like one in stand-by form." Answered Signum

Naruko got wide-eyed, "Awesome, so I could do magic like you guys now, right?"

"We would have to check it out." said Zafira, the tall white haired male who was currently in his wolf form.

Naruko gladly took it off and handed to Shamal who did a scan, "Yes, it is a device, and it's an Ancient Belka one!" she said in shock.

"Wha!" said Vita

Signum eyes had widened as Zafira looked up to the table.

"Let's activate it." Shamal said as she stared it up

"Vorrichtung wecken, Gerätebezeichnung, Balmung." (Device awaken, device name, Balmung.)

"Balmung, but wasn't it lost?" questioned Vita

"It seems it has found its way to us." Said Signum with a smirk

"So…you guys know this device?" questioned Naruko

"Yes, Balmung is on the same level as our devices and was made around the same time. Another knight was supposed to be a guardian with Balmung as his partner but died in battle and that is all I recall." Spoke Signum

"Naruko-chan, why don't you let it synch to your linker core." Said Shamal

"Ok, so how do I-?" Naruko was about to ask but her necklace glowed, "Linker synchronisiert Kernauf, die Aktivierung."(Linker core synced up, activating.)

The necklace transformed into a sword, it seemed to be a cross-sword, it had a cross on the guard and a small circular tube in the cross where a cartridge was shown, long two handed handle, and the blade part was a beautiful silver color with a matching grey scabbard to the handle (2).

"Whoa!" said naruko

"Interesting." Said signum looking at the sword

"Ne, signum-nee, you said you used a sword, right? Can you teach me to do use Balmung?" Naruko asked innocently

Hayate sighed, naruko just loved swords, well i guess its funny since she likes books and has the book of darkness.

"I suppose, it would be interesting to teach a new Belkan knight." She answered with amusement since she had seen naruko using a wooden sword and she had good form for a 9 year old.

"Wahoo!" naruko shouted as she started to swing her new sword around.

"Naru-chan, what have I said about swinging a sword around the house?" asked Hayate in a sickeningly sweet voice

Naruko gulped, "To n-not to."

"Yes and now as punishment, no ramen for a week." Hayate said with a satisfied face

Naruko dropped Balmung who changed back to a necklace and fell to her knee's, "Nooo!" she cried out

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"Knight armor?" asked Hayate

She, Shamal, Naruko, and Signum were in the library since it was one of the main places Hayate goes to.

"We carry weapons, but our mistress must grant us our armor." Said Signum

"We'll put it together with our magic, so if you just imagine what it looks like, that will be fine." Said Shamal

"I see...you keep saying that, but I won't have you fight for me, so...would clothes be alright? Knight-like clothes." asked Hayate

"Haya-chan can I get one too?" begged Naruko with puppy-dog eyes

"Yes, I don't mind one bit." Said signum

"Then I'll do some research and come up with some really cool clothes for you guys and naru-chan too since you guys said you were going to teach her."

"Yes." Naruko whispered

0 later that day 0

Naruko and signum were in the back yard waiting for Hayate, Shamal, and Vita to return from shopping.

Naruko and Signum were currently training with wooden swords...well naruko was really just getting beat up.

Naruko got back into her stance and attacked signum.

Signum skillfully dodged and went for a horizontal cut, but naruko ducked and went for an upward slash.

Signum shifted her body to the side and knock the younger girls' sword from her hands and bopped her head.

"Oww."

"You have a good form, but it could be better and it will with time. Now lets end the lesson for the day since shamal said they are coming back soon so go clean up."

"Got it Signum-nee." naruko said rushing into the house

"So, how is she?" asked zafira with mild curiosity

"She will be very skilled one day and with me teaching her she will become even better than that." She said with a smirk

"Ha, who would have thought Signum would get a student."

0 later that night 0

Naruko walked outside along with Signum who was carrying Hayate so they could look at the stars

"Its so beautiful!" Hayate exclaimed

"Yea, it always is." Naruko said

"Mistress Hayate is this really alright?" questioned Signum

"What are you talking about?" asked Hayate

Naruko turned to Signum questioningly.

"The Book of Darkness. By your command, we could soon fill its pages, and you would gain incredible power. Even these legs of yours...would be able to heal, too."

Naruko got wide eyes at that and was about to say do it so Hayate wouldn't have to suffer anymore but Hayate spoke first.

"You can't. It would cause a lot of people trouble if you fill the pages, right? So you can't. It wouldn't be good to burden other people for my own selfishness. I'm happy enough as i am right now. Mom and Dad are stars now and my uncle is supervising the estate."

'I wish you were a bit more selfish Haya-chan, you have the right to be.' Naruko thought sadly

"Was he your father's friend?" asked Signum

"Yeah thanks to him, me and Naru-chan have lived without a hitch. But we had to argue for him to let Naru-chan be with me. And now Naru-chan and I have everybody with us now so we can be even more happy." Hayate said as she hugged Signum and naruko feeling left out joined the hug.

"Hayate! Naruko!"

"Eh, whats the matter Vita?" asked Hayate

"Hayate can i have the ice cream in the freezer?"

"We just had dinner and you want more?" questioned Signum

"Shut up! I'm a growing girl, you know! And Hayate and Naruko's food was giga-delicious too!"

"Oh, I want some too! I'll get the hot fudge!" exclaimed Naruko

"Well I guess it can't be help. Just a little okay?" Hayate sighed at the excited girls

"Yeah!" the blonde and red head shouted and they run in to the house.

"Signum, your everyone's leader, so...promise me something."

"Yes?"

"Your current mistress Yagami Hayate wishes for nothing from the book of darkness. While I'm your mistress, could you forget all about it? Everyone's job is to live together while getting along with everyone. That's all. Can you promise me that?" Hayate said with a state of finality

Signum nodded, "By my sword, I promise."

0 the next day at the hospital 0

"Her life is at risk?" Signum asked the doctor

"Hayate-chan is...?" Shamal said

"Yes...As i told you, the nerve paralysis in her legs are caused by an unknown source. In these past six months it has slowly spread through out her body. At this rite there's risk it could reach her internal organs."

"Why? Why didn't I realize it?" Signum punched the wall with her and Shamal being alone.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I...!" shamal spoke through tears

"I'm not asking you! I'm asking myself!" Signum exclaimed

"Mistress Hayate wasn't sick, it was the curse from the book of darkness. It has been with her since she was born... and had shared an intricate relationship with her. It's oppressive powers have eaten into the body of our mistress since her linker core has yet to fully mature...but it affect her life as a whole. And as we welcomed our mistress with the books first awakening...the speed at it which ate into her body only increased. I should have known that the little I had to use of our mistress' magic would be related to that." Said Signum as she finished explaining to the other guardians when they were alone.

"We have to save her..." Vita whispered

"We have to save Hayate!" She yelled with tears in her eyes

"Shamal! Shamal! You specialize in healing magic, right? Can't you heal this kind of thing?" questioned Vita as she latched on to Shamal.

"I'm sorry... I can't do anything with my power alone..." Shamal said with shame

"Why? WHY?" Vita shouted and started to cry

"Signum." Zafira said as he stared at her in his wolf form

"There's not much we can do. However...The curse of the book of darkness is eating into our mistress' body." Signum said drawing her sword

"If Hayate-chan is able to welcome the true awakening of the book..." Shamal said wearing her magic rings

"Our Mistress' disease will vanish! At the very least it will stop it from spreading!" Zafira said

"Because I don't want to defile Hayate's and Naruko's future with blood, I won't kill anyone! But I won't stop for anything else!" Vita said drawing her hammer.

'I'm truly sorry my mistress. Just this once, I will break my promise.' Signum thought

As each of the members of Wolkenritter transformed into their knight armor and flew off the complete the book of darkness to save their mistress.

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(1)- Look at my profile to see her necklace.

(2)- Look at my profile to see Balmung in Saber form

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Well there you have it! This will be a full series with going through A's to strikerS and maybe Vivid and Force. Till next time. Oh and if you are wondering, no Naruko didn't come from the elemental nations but she is base on a more pure and loving person from my ROTK Naruko and there will be elements from that fic for her powers. R&R! No Flames! Peace off!