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Sorry for the delay here ;) Anyways, I'll stick this in the extended entry for the time being just 'cause it's the last episode and such... read on if you want ;)

The penultimate (I love that word) episode of Nanoha A's is here! For now it's going into the extended entry, so if you don't want to see/know what happens don't click ;)

Nanoha's left alone to fight the will of the Book of Darkness after Fate was sucked into the book. She, along with Hayate, are having an endless dream that they'll never awake from...

Nanoha: "There's no such thing as eternity. Everybody changes -- they have to change"

Nicely said, Nanoha (is she really only in 3rd grade?).

Meanwhile, inside the Book of Darkness.... Fate awakens in a bed to find another girl there. A woman, Rinisu, who seems to be the one in charge of taking care of Fate and the other girl comes in to tell them to wake up. Alf (in cute puppy form) finally wakes up. That other girl finally wakes up... her name is Alicia. Fate and Alicia go down to have breakfast with Fate's mother, Precia. Fate's hesistant, but this Precia is very different from the one she knew -- very gentle and loving... it can't be real, they're all gone.. but it's what she's always wished for...

Hayate opens her eyes... the will of the Book of Darkness tells her to go back to sleep, saying that she'll fulfill her wishes... but what did she wish for? To dream, for all of the sad reality she had to face to become a dream.

Meanwhile, Nanoha fights the will of the Book of Darkness, but she's too strong for her to handle. With only a few catridges left what's she to do? Raging Heart has a suggestion -- use Excelion Mode. But if Nanoha messes up then Raging Heart would... The will of the Book of Darkness tells her it's her time to sleep, but Nanoha isn't ready quite yet -- she'll save Hayate, Fate, and her as well. Nanoha actives Excelion Mode...

I guess this one's going in the extended entry. Spoilers ahead.. well, spolierish screencaps for now, summary and such to come later this afternoon, so y'all comment away 'til then.... I need to stop being so lazy ＿|￣|○

Updated: Sorry for the delay here. Finished now ;)

December 22nd: Hayate is all by herself in her room at the hospital as Shamal speaks to Signum, who's out gathering pages for the Book of Darkness. Only 60 pages left...

December 23rd: Nanoha and Fate have dinner together with all of Nanoha's family for once. Arf is in full cute puppy mode ;) Seems Midoriya is pretty busy on Christmas Eve with couples and like coming in until late at night. After dinner, Suzuka, Fate, Arisa, and Nanoha trade text messages back and forth about going to see Hayate-chan to give her some Christmas presents on Christmas Eve...

Meanwhile, back on the Asura, Chrono seems to be busy doing some research... a picture of Graham comes up on the display. When Aimee comes in Chrono quickly shuts it down and says he was just looking up some stuff for himself... seems the report about the past of the Book of Darkness has been sent to Nanoha and Fate as well...

December 24th: While Vita, Shamal, and Signum are visiting Hayate at the hospital Suzuka and Arisa, along with Nanoha and Fate show up. Had to happen, didn't it... Suzuka and Arisa have absolutely no idea what's going on. In order to not alarm Hayate, Shamal and Signum act as if nothing's wrong. Vita stares at Nanoha. Kinda cute :) After Suzuka and Arisa leave, Nanoha and Fate meet Shamal and Signum on the roof of the hospital. Shamal and Signum won't allow them to get in their way... Nanoha tries to tell them what will happen to Hayate once the Book of Darkness is completed, but Vita comes flying in and attacks Nanoha with her hammer. Shamal's put up a barrier to stop communication, so Nanoha and Fate can't contact anyone... Vita cries as she attacks Nanoha.. Nanoha walks out from the flames and Vita calls her a devil. Then Nanoha will act like a devil to get her to listen to what she has to say ;)

Captain Lindy informs the others that though Fate's linker core suffered some major damage she's in no mortal danger or anything. Aimee wants to take the blame for what happened... but they did manage to get a good shot of the masked man. He's pretty powerful... perhaps part of some organization? When Arf arrived on the scene he was already gone, and Signum was holding Fate.. it's a bit quicker than planned, but they'll be going back aboard the Asura.

Signum and Shamal talk about the masked man. He seems to want the Book of Darkness to be completed. But even if he steals it then he wouldn't be able to use it since he's not its master. But just in case... Zafira suggests that Shamal stay close to Hayate. Vita asks if when the Book of Darkness is completed and Hayate becomes its true master if she'll be happy. Hayate will gain enormous power as its master... but Vita feels like they're forgetting something very important... When Hayate wakes up and tries to get out of bed she collapses to the ground in pain...

Lindy talks to Fate about what's going on as Arf sleeps at her bedside. When Fate realizes Lindy's holding her hand she blushes a bit :).... at the hospital it seems that Hayate's doing just fine. Hayate says she just felt a bit dizzy and fell, that's all, no big deal. The doctor says wants to do some more tests and such while she's there, then takes Signum and Shamal outside. She wants them to put Hayate in the hospital for a bit because of what happened. They agree to do so and tell Hayate. Vita'll visit her every day! ;) After they leave Hayate clutches her chest in pain....

Character design was off in places this time (sometimes more, sometimes less), so I guess that dampened my usual enthusiasm for blogging a bit. And where's Hayate-chan! Anyways, on with things.... ;)

Fate looks intently through a catalog for a cell phone. Geez, 3rd graders these days. Back when I was that age(ry :P Anyways, Fate finds a good one and Lindy buys it for her. Very cute :) Meanwhile, the catgirls and Yuno look for information about the Book of Darkness in the 無限書庫 mugen shoko (infinite archive), as the name implies a place full of the records of just about anything and everything.. Nanoha and Fate speak as Aimee comes back with some groceries, and soon after the emergency alarms go off -- Signum and the rest are at it again in another world, so Fate prepares to go.

Fate finds Signum having some problems with a rather big monster. I suppose this is tentacle monster week with Mai-Otome and now this (^^;;) Fate destroys the monster, saving Signum. Meanwhile, Arf and Zafira are ready to go at.. Aimee tells Fate she's supposed to capture Signum, not save her -- but she did destroy the monster that Signum was trying to obtain a linker core from -- stopping bad guys is her job ;) Though Signum's not really a bad guy as we all know...

Continuing with the explanation of the Book of Darkness and Volkenritter, the "programs" that are only there to serve the master of the Book of Darkness. Fate seems to think she's like Volkenritter... Lindy replies with an emphatic no, she's an actual living human being. Signum and the others aren't supposed to have any emotions, but Nanoha saw Vita get mad and such, so something's going on... Chrono wants to gather some more data on the Book of Darkness, so he's got a favor to ask of Yuno... As Nanoha walks home she wonders what the master of the Book of Darkness is like. Yuno says (telepathically) that the Book of Darkness goes around randomly, so.. Nanoha wonders what if he/she were a kid around the same age as her. Bingo~ ;) And coincidentally, Suzuka sends Nanoha a pic of her and Hayate, saying that she'll introduce Hayate to her next time.

Hayate says goodbye to Suzuka the next morning and heads back home. Back at her house, Signum, Shamal, and Zafira wait. Vita seems to be out and about again... Shamal's a bit worried about Signum since she senses that her magical powers have gone down, but Signum will be okay. Shamal mentions that Signum's changed a lot -- not just her, but everybody has changed after Hayate became their master. One of Suzuka's maids gives Hayate a ride home -- Hayate explains that she's living with relatives, and every day is really fun for her. It's already been half a year since they came...

Hayate's out shopping for groceries with Shamal. She mentions that Shamal and the rest have been out more than usual lately, leaving her by herself. But she knows it's part of their job so she's just fine. Shamal says that it'll be over pretty soon, and if she says so then Hayate believes it...

Signum arrives to back up Zafira and Vita as they prepare to take on Nanoha and Fate. Nanoha and Fate aren't there to fight them -- they wish to talk and find out their motives for completing the Book of Darkness. Vita's not interested in talking -- especially with someone who's got out a weapon like Nanoha :P Nanoha and Fate ask both Yuno and Arf to not interfere with their fight. Chrono and Yuno decide to split up and search for the master of the Book of Darkness. So it's time for Nanoha and Fate to show off their new powers, giving the cartridge load command to Raging Heart Excelion and Bardiche Assault. Nanoha takes on Vita, and unlike before, Nanoha's able to block her attack pretty easily. And with her new Axel Shooter she's even able to break Vita's shield. Meanwhile, Fate takes on Signum, and just as Nanoha, Fate's doing much better this time. After a Plasma Lancer attack, Fate manages to get in a swipe with Bardiche in sycthe form. Signum's impressed with Fate and Bardiche's strength now -- Bardiche says "Thank You" after being complimented :)

Hayate's day starts early at 6:30am as she gets up to make breakfast for everyone. Vita doesn't seem to be a morning person. kawaii~ :) Nanoha and Fate's days start early as well, both going out to train...

It's Fate's first day of school in Nanoha's class. She introduces herself (kawaii~), then gets a barrage of questions from her new classmates, asking her where she went to school before and such... Chrono and Aimee discuss the current situation. Seems that Volkenritter is now going to other worlds to obtain linker cores for the Book of Darkness. The Book of Darkness uses the magical power from the linker cores to complete pages, and when all 666 pages are filled its true power will be released, power strong enough to interfere with dimensions. Even if its destroyed, or its master dies, it will reappear in another world, so all they can do is secure it before its completed...