AN: It's the last chapter! Seems like just yesterday I decided to write this story. Never expected it to go this far, but I was pleasantly surprised that it got so much support. Enjoy the final chapter!

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Science Plus Magic Equals Children!

Ch 8 Epilogue

It was a beautiful sunny day on Mid-Childa. The day had started out like any other for a certain brunette commander. She woke up early and began preparing breakfast with her family. Her knights all gathered and pitched in their part for their morning ritual. Their breakfast was filled with laughter and reminiscing about the latest missions they'd gone on. Their morning passed and each headed towards their respective jobs. Hayate in particular had a certain jump in her step. She wasn't sure why but she felt like today was going to be a good day for her. Sure she would have to endure the evil that was paper work, but even the prospect of having to shift through countless pages of reports seemed like nothing when she'd be meeting her girlfriend at the end of the work day.

Yes, seeing her golden haired beauty would only make her day that much better.

Thus she set to work clearing her desk of as many reports as she could. Even Reinforce Zwei was surprised that her mistress was not whining or attempting to escape her office. She wanted to question her on why she was in such a good mood, but decided against it in case it somehow backfired on her. It was during this fine time that the door to Hayate's office was suddenly flung off its hinges. Hayate watched in odd fascination as the door skidded across the floor. She turned slowly towards the doorway to see who decided to announce their arrival in such a manner. There stood Hayate's lovely blonde girlfriend: Carim Gracia.

Despite the unusual entrance she made, the brunette commander was genuinely happy to see her girlfriend.

"Carim!~" Hayate stood from her seat and practically floated over to the blonde. Had Hayate not been so blinded by happiness, she might have noticed the dangerous aura that surrounded the usually calm blonde. It wasn't until she was sent flying across the room via a fist to her face that the brunette finally realized that her girlfriend looked rather pissed.

Groaning she sat up and held her poor damaged nose.

"C-Carim? What was that for!"

"Shut up and take it like a woman!"

Hayate was not about to take a beating lying down. She quickly stood and prepared to defend herself. Although she hoped she'd still be able to talk the blonde out of it. The last thing she wanted to do was raise her hand against Carim, even if she was being crazy at the moment.

"Just calm down! I know we can work this out!"

"There's nothing to work out you cheater!"

"C-Cheater! I'd never cheat on you!"

"Tell that to the child you and Verossa will have!"

"Eh?"

She completely forgot to defend herself as she was flung out of her office window.

'C-Child?'

Reinforce Zwei looked on with worry as Carim flew after Hayate.

"I better call someone for help…"

Hayate landed with a thud in a conveniently placed bush. She stared up at the sky and wondered why in the world Carim would think she had a child with Verossa. It was Verossa for God sakes! The thought that they were even remotely attracted to each other made her sick to her stomach.

"Mama! Are you okay?"

The brunette felt a shiver of fear course through her. She quickly sat up and watched as a silvery green haired young girl, maybe around 12, ran towards her. This all seemed incredibly familiar to her.

"Hayate!"

Behind the girl ran Verossa. He had a panicked look on his face.

"Run Hayate! Carim is going to…!"

His words were drowned out due to the fact that Hayate had been grabbed from the bush and was being choked by the blonde.

"Ca….rim…!"

"I won't let you do this to me! I love you!"

'Then stop choking me!' Hayate thought frantically.

At that moment, she hated that Carim was one of the only people who had the power to lift her limiter. She could really use all her magical powers right about now. The air suddenly returned to her lungs.

'Sweet air!'

Hayate held her throat and looked up at her savior or in this case saviors. Signum and Shamal were holding back a murderous looking Carim. Even though her life was in danger, she was finding that her girlfriend looked incredibly hot. She chalked it up to the fact that she hardly seen this side of Carim. Granted the blonde got mad every now and then, but for the most part, she was always pleasant. You would think she wasn't capable of being angry. So the fact that Carim was reacting like this was having an interesting effect on her libido.

'I must be crazy to think she still looks incredibly sexy.'

"Calm down Carim." Signum commanded.

"I will not calm down! She cheated on me!"

"That doesn't sound like something Hayate would do." Shamal frowned. Everyone knew that the brunette loved her girlfriend very much. This was evident enough by the fact that Hayate and Carim had been caught on several occasions having…relations in the various offices on the base. They were almost as bad as a certain other couple that consisted of a Tactical Instructor and Enforcer. They could swear that Hayate and Nanoha had some sort of contest going on.

"I never cheated on you! I don't understand why you think I did!"

"Because of her!"

Carim jerked her head towards the little girl who stood by Verossa. The green haired man smiled nervously at the brunette commander. Hayate returned the nervous smile and directed her gaze at the girl. She blushed and looked down at the ground.

"I-It's good to see you mama."

'Okay, I've definitely seen this before.'

Before she could get in a word edge wise a yell broke through the sudden stillness that had fallen upon them. Hayate jumped at recognizing Carim's battle cry. Luckily for everyone involved, Shamal and Signum had a good hold on the blonde woman.

"Mama!" Another voice rang out.

This time a little girl with dark purple hair came flying out of nowhere and promptly latched herself to Hayate. The brunette commander paled instantly. Carim saw red. Not only was Hayate cheating on her with her brother but she also had the nerve to have another child with some unknown person? She was not about to take this lying down. With strength that Shamal and Signum had no idea the blonde possessed, she broke free of the hold they had on her. Hayate panicked. Not only would she get hurt but the little girl would get caught in the crossfire. Thus, she did the only thing she could think of. She grabbed the little girl and ran.

"You won't get away from me!" Carim yelled at Hayate's retreating back. "Stop running from my love!"

"Damn it! Why did Carim have to be a secret yandere?

Although, Carim had gone temporarily insane, Hayate was still finding that her girlfriend was as attractive as ever. This worried her slightly since she never thought she'd be okay with having a girlfriend that was willing to have her at all costs. Hayate shook her head. Now was not the time to dwell on those kinds of thoughts. First she had to make sure to get herself and the little girl in her arms to a safe place. Then she could figure out why these girls were claiming her to be their mother.

"Hold on a minute. Kids coming out of no where…I have seen this before!"

"Fate!" Hayate exclaimed. "She probably knows something about this. I need to get somewhere safe first. Then I'll search for answers."

After much ducking and hiding, Hayate made her way to the training field. Although she was anxious to get answers, she wanted to get the girl somewhere safe and who better to keep her safe than the White Devil herself. Plus, with any luck, she'd be able to tell her where to find Fate.

"Nanoha!" Hayate was never more relieved to see her friend than at that exact moment.

"Hayate-chan?" Nanoha looked away from her group of students and watched as her long time friend ran to her with a child in her arms.

"I'm glad you're here! Sorry to interrupt but I need you to watch this kid."

Nanoha looked at the little girl. "Are you babysitting her? If you are then it's highly irresponsible of you to push her off on someone else."

"That's not it! She came out of no where and started calling me her mother!"

"What?"

The little girl, who'd finally been put on the ground, looked at the group of people Nanoha had been instructing. The boy and girl in the group looked to be around her age while the two older girls looked to be in their teens. Her eyes lit up once her gaze fell on a certain Nanoha fangirl.

"Subaru-mama!"

Nanoha gaped as the little girl ran to a very confused Subaru Nakajima. She didn't miss the look of horror on Teana Lanster's face, which she found highly amusing.

"Hayate…have you been messing around behind Carim's back?"

"What! No! Why would you even think that!"

"Well that would be the only way to explain the child, but seeing as how this has happened once before, I think it's safe to say someone is playing a joke on you."

"Yeah, what a funny joke." Hayate said sarcastically. "It's been such fun dealing with a yandere Carim."

"Yandere?" Nanoha questioned.

Hayate rolled her eyes. "Geez, Nanoha, you'd think you'd understand all my terminology after hanging around me for so long."

Nanoha sighed. "That's a new one for me Hayate-chan. I hear plenty of moe this or tsundere that but not that one."

"Well, either way, Carim has completely lost her mind and is trying to kill me. Like for real."

"Are you sure Carim is capable of such a thing?"

"After she tried to choke me while telling me she loved me? Yeah, I think so."

"Scary. Well, what do you think we should do?"

"I need to find Fate and get her to tell Carim that this is all a big misunderstanding. Then take the blame for what she caused."

Hayate was then suddenly assaulted by a certain gun wielding mage.

"Ah! What the hell!"

"How dare you! Taking advantage of her like that!"

"I didn't do anything! Nanoha, control your student!"

"T-Tea!" Subaru called out. "It's not like that!"

After much struggling, Caro, Erio, and Nanoha took control of Teana and restrained her. Hayate sighed.

"This whole thing is going to give me a terrible reputation."

"Well," Nanoha began. "You sort of deserve this."

"How do you figure that?"

"When this happened to Fate-chan, she also had to endure the stabs to her character because of a certain someone."

"H-hey now! That was the future me!"

"So I think it's safe to assume that this is future Fate-chan's doing too so I don't think finding Fate-chan will do you any good."

"Hayate!"

Everyone in the immediate area cringed. Nothing was more frightening than the sound of an enraged girlfriend.

"You better run Hayate." Nanoha smiled sweetly at her friend.

Hayate paled. "Y-You're not going to help me?"

"I will…when I think you've learned you're lesson. I'll keep an eye on the children in the meantime."

"Only I can have you!"

"You better start running."

"I won't forget this!"

Hayate took off running with Carim hot on her heels. Nanoha watched in amusement as Hayate donned her barrier jacket and flew as fast as she could from her enraged girlfriend.

"Umm, Nanoha-san?" Subaru asked timidly. "What do we do with this girl?"

"Let's go find Hayate's other child and get some ice cream!"

Her students looked slightly confused but decided to go along with her plan. It's not like they had much of a choice really. If they went with Nanoha, then they'd at least figure out what was going on. Subaru took the hand of the little girl that claimed was her and Hayate's daughter.

"So, umm, what's your name?"

"My name's Rio!"

Nanoha chuckled. "You're not really Hayate's daughter right?"

Rio laughed nervously. "No, Einhalt-chan and I were sent here to play a trick on Hayate-san."

Tea looked hopefully at the purple haired girl.

"S-So that means Subaru and Hayate-san aren't…"

"Together?" Rio asked. "I shouldn't really be answering question about the future…"

Tea looked liked she was about to cry. Rio was beginning to feel bad for inadvertently bullying the gun mage.

"Uh, they're not together." The purple haired girl figured it wouldn't hurt to answer at least that much.

Tea never looked so relieved. Nanoha smiled seeing that look on her face. These events caused her to think back on her own experience with Fate's "children". It had been a rather chaotic time for sure since she did not hold back when it came to ensuring Fate's affection did not sway to anyone else. So, she completely understood Carim's actions.

"At least I wasn't that crazy…was I?"

Shaking her head of what she deemed silly thoughts, she instead decided to contact Fate and let her know what was happening.

-SPMEC-

Hayate staggered into the bar she was told to meet Fate at. After an afternoon of flying and running from Carim, she was finally able to get the girl to listen to her thanks to her knights. She'd called them since she had been in a very sticky situation. They heeded her call quickly and together; they were able to restrain the blonde. Hayate had to admit that she was impressed that it had taken all her knights to settle down girlfriend. After everything had been explained, Carim took her to Hayate's home, told the knights not return until that evening, and proceeded to have some very nice make up sex with her girlfriend. It was really a wonder that Hayate had been able to drag herself away from her comfy bed after such a tiring day. Yet she did so because she felt she needed to have this heart to heart with Fate. She easily spotted the blonde Enforcer sitting at the bar. She made her way over quietly and sat down next to Fate. The blonde Enforcer said nothing and instead passed her a glass of alcohol. Hayate didn't question what was in the glass and just took a long sip. After sitting in amiable silence, Hayate decided to get down to business.

"I'm sorry I messed with your love life. Even though it's my future self that did it."

"Apology accepted. Sorry Carim almost killed you. Who knew she was just as bad as Nanoha…don't let Nanoha know I said that."

"I won't as long as you don't tell Carim I agree with you."

"I assume she forgave you then, judging by all the "bug bites" you have on your neck."

Hayate had the decency to blush.

"Uh, yeah. The bug didn't listen when I said not to leave any marks."

Fate chuckled. "She really loves you."

The brunette commander smiled fondly. "Yeah she does. Which is why I think it's time I put a ring on it."

Fate nearly spit out her drink. She coughed a few times, trying to clear her throat. "Wow, really?"

"Yup!" Hayate grinned. "Plus I think Carim would really lose her mind if I broke up with her. Luckily for her and everyone around us, I can't imagine my life without her."

"Well congratulations Hayate! I look forward to your wedding."

"I gotta buy a ring before any wedding can take place."

Fate chuckled. She held up her glass. "To the future."

Hayate mimicked her actions. "And to everyone's happiness."

Their glasses clinked as they downed the last of the alcohol they contained.

-SPMEC-

Fate smiled fondly at the memory of her and Hayate's night of bonding. Needless to say, Carim and Nanoha were not very happy with their respective lovers when the two girls showed up hours later at the Takamachi-Harlaown house drunk off their asses. Still, the scolding they got from their girlfriend/wife had been worth it. She was brought out of her thoughts when a light engulfed the room. She shielded her eyes until the light died down. Suddenly two girls landed gracefully in Fate's office. The two girls were Einhalt Stratos and Rio Wesley.

"Report." Fate stated.

"Mission went according to plan." Einhalt answered.

"Good. Now as promised, I'll keep my end of the bargain."

Fate handed Rio a key. "Your family can use my vacation home for an entire year."

Rio grabbed the key excitedly and ran off to tell her family. That left only her and Einhalt in the room. Fate and the heterochromatic-eyed girl stared at each other for the longest time. The blonde Enforcer finally sighed.

"I-I give you permission to date my daughter."

Fate had a feeling Nanoha would kill her for doing what she just did, but it was totally worth it. She got the revenge she wanted against Hayate for the mess she caused all those years ago.

"And Nanoha-san?"

"I'll deal with her when the time comes."

"I wish you luck." Einhalt said gravely.

"I'm going to need it."

Somewhere on the base, Nanoha suddenly got a feeling. A mother's instinct perhaps, but she felt like she needed to keep a closer eye on Einhalt when she was around her daughter. It would still be a long journey for Einhalt to court Vivio Takamachi-Harlaown without fearing a random Star Light Breaker from an overprotective mother.

AN: And thus ends my rather crazy fanfic. Thanks to everyone who read, reviewed, translated, and messaged me about this story! I'm glad you stuck with it to the end. Look forward to my upcoming stories. Until then everyone!