"What a haul! What a haul!" A little old man with a massive bag of underwear skipped out in front of all the girls. He was tiny, wrinkled and old, dressed in a ninja outfit and with a pair of panties covering his face.
"Is that..." Suzuka blushed beet red as she turned to look at what was in the bag.
"Why hello sweet things!" The old man jumped right in front of all four girls, who took a step back. "What are such pretty ladies doing in a place like this?" The old man grinned lecherously.
"Just visiting a friend sir." Nanoha smiled warmly down at the man, ignoring how her friends backed up. "I do think that you have bigger issues than us though. That horde sounds like it's catching up."
The old man looked behind him with a raised eyebrow and then turned back the Nanoha. "You are a sharp one." He took a hop back and leapt from the ground onto his sack. "What's your name girl?" He asked, lighting up his pipe and ignoring the gradually strengthening sound of the horde.
"Nanoha Takamachi." The girl in question inclined her head.
"Pleased to meet you Nanoha!" The old man chuckled and glanced back quickly. "You can call me Happosai. If you can catch me later I would love to talk with a pretty thing like you!" With that the man jumped off his sack, grabbing onto it and dashing up the the girls. "Later sweet things!" He jumped past them and their clothing ruffled.
"That was..." Suzuka rubbed at her clothing a moment in confusion. "What the..."
"Huh?" Alisa pulled open her shirt and looked down.
"Well I'll be." Nanoha looked down at her body for a moment and then rubbed her legs together to confirm something. "I didn't even see him move."
"He took our underwear." Hayate stated flatly. "All of our underwear."
"Looks like it!" Nanoha chirped as she looked down her shirt as well.
"He... HE..." Suzuka went beat red.
Alisa took a step back and Nanoha blinked as the normally timid girl trembled. With a deep shuddering breath the girl took a few stumbling steps and then righted herself as she walked to a nearby street lamp. She gripped the lamppost as if supporting herself for a moment and then looked at the mob still chasing after the old man.
"GRAHHHH!" The purple haired girl roared and ripped the pole out of the street. "LET ME AT HIM!" She then began to sprint after the crowd.
"Nanoha," Hayate said quietly as Alisa gaped at the hole in the street. "Isn't she supposed to be the normal one?"
"Yep!" Nanoha chirped again as she made sure her skirt stayed down.
Alisa just sighed and hung her head. "Nanoha."
"Huh?" The girl turned to the blonde with a curious expression.
THWACK.
"Ieee!" Nanoha teared up as she clutched her head and Alisa growled.
"Stop being so amused!" The girl demanded.
"But it's funnnny!" The girl whined.
Hayate sighed at her friends as she looked at the running mob. "As funny as it is, someone should follow Suzuka, she doesn't know the area."
"I can do it easy." Nanoha waved and manifested Raging Heart, twirling the staff casually around and getting ready to make a magically assisted jump.
"Wait!" Alisa tackled the brown-haired girl before she could jump. "Change into something else first! You will flash the entire neighborhood if you do that."
"Oh.." Nanoha blushed slightly and looked down at her skirt, the standard school uniform for her school. "Yeah, that might be a good thing."
With a gestures her clothing shifted into pink free-flowing energy. Then in a flash she was dressed in her battle uniform, white and pristine. Looking down at her uniform Nanoha took the time to be sure that all her clothing was in the proper place, and then she leapt to a rooftop in a low key magical jump.
Hayate blinked a few times as she watched Nanoha. "You know, I think you shouldn't have warned her. I wouldn't have minded a free show."
Alisa just groaned and rubbed at her forehead. "You two are irredeemable perverts."
"True, true." Hayate nodded seriously. "Lets go to that dojo that Nanoha told us about instead of waiting here. I have directions stored in my device, so I can find it easy."
On the rooftops Nanoha leapt from building to building. She could easily fly to where the mob was, but she wanted to be low key instead of blazing through the air. Fortunately the mob was very easy to spot as it traveled across the neighborhood. Unfortunately, just as Nanoha managed to catch up to where the mob was, a wave of magic flowed over her, and the world went gray.
Recognizing a barrier being setup, Nanoha stopped where she was and looked around quickly. A spell this style was usually cast for only very specific reasons, so she should be able to spot the mage that cast it quickly. A massive blast of yellow light a block away quickly told who had cast the spell.
'Fate?' Nanoha sent mentally.
The response came quickly, and more succinctly than usual. 'One moment Nanoha. I'm dealing with an... Irritant.'
Nanoha jumped into the air and blasted fulls peed to where the blast had came from, and spotted Happosai cackling madly in front of Fate, who was clad in her barrier jacket, and looked remarkably irritated for her. 'Huh, he got your panties too.'
The old man was waving the item in question around, closer inspection revealed that he had Fate's bra on top his head as well. The bag of underwear was nearby and on the ground at least. "Wow, nice firepower toots!" The old man laughed and twirled the underwear around. "The lightning affinity really matches the look, if you know what I mean."
"Die." Fate responded, as angry as Nanoha had seen her in a long time. The girl shifted her position and Bardiche clicked and hissed as it shifted into a scythe. Her form blurred and sped towards Happosai impossibly fast.
"Yeow!" The old man hopped around as the girl blurred past him. "Ow, ow! How could you abuse a poor old man so?" He looked remarkably dirty from the attack, but almost unscathed.
"Ow." Nanoha touched down next to the old man with a small smile on her face. "You really got dear Fate mad didn't you?"
"Nanoha!" Happosai hopped at the girl and clung to her breasts, nuzzling his face into the cloth. "I adore the new look. Nice bra and panty combo as well."
The girls eyebrow twitched at the man nuzzled at her. "Ok, that's enough of that. Off or I let Fate murder you."
"Yes ma'am!" The old man hopped off, two suspicious items in his gi.
"I'll let that go again." Nanoha grit out and then smiled at the old man. "I'll even help you in exchange for one thing."
"Oh?" Happosai tucked her underwear into his gi. "What would that be?"
"Ahem." The girl knelt down and whispered into the old man's ear.
A few feet off Fate frowned at the two. She had meant to continue her attack, but then Nanoha had dropped in and into the line of fire. That the two were conferring even after the man had groped her made the hairs on the back of Fate's head stand up. It was when the two shook hands that Fate and the blonde saw her bra and panties get passed to the brown-haired girl that Fate finally figured out what had been causing the feeling of dread.
"Deal!" Nanoha tucked the two items into her barrier jacket and casually rested Raging Heart behind her back, placing herself in between Fate and Happosai.
Fate's eyebrow twitched. "You didn't."
"Yep! Your underwear in exchange for my protection!" Nanoha chirped cheerily.
Fate sighed and got Bardiche into a ready stance. "I am going to hurt you now Nanoha."
"Nyhaha." The white clad girl gave out a small laugh, clearly enjoying Fate's discomfort.
