Friends are great, right?

[nightskymaster]

WHO: Hayate, Archer (Signum), Nanoha and Saber (Fate)
WHERE: Sawa
WHAT: Hayate makes some friends! Except they end up being a part of the Holy Grail War.
WARNINGS: Staring contests. More moe than you can shake a stick at.

While Hayate could have just as easily asked someone to go into town to pick up the things that she needed for that night's dinner--a nice, hearty stew. Still, the young girl insisted upon getting the ingredients, as she was the best judge on what she needed.

"You don't need to come with me. It's pretty cold today." Hayate said, looking up toward Archer. Still, in a way she was grateful. Her companion had been quite busy over the last few weeks, searching high and low for the other Master and Servant that had appeared. The fact that she had not found anything was reassuring to Hayate. That meant that there would be no fighting.

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[ihu2carl]

"Eh? Saber-chan?" Nanoha tilted her head. She noticed another girl waving at her and waved back. "Oh! Hello! Come on, Saber-chan, let's talk to them!" She tugged on Saber's sleeve and started walking over.

[gotbefriended]

Saber let herself be dragged, but didn't look too happy about it. The presence was almost stifling now. The enemy Servant was close, but who...

"Nanoha, be careful." She said, low enough so that her words hopefully wouldn't be overheard, but high enough to be heard over the din of the crowds. "Something's wrong."

She didn't want to frighten her Master with the news. But until she could pinpoint their enemy's location, there was no point in both of them getting into a panic in the middle of a public area. It would draw several kinds of unwanted attention, after all.

Say it with me everyone; "GDIT HAYATE."

[nightskymaster]

In the time that the two spent together, Hayate had grown used to reading Archer's behavior quite well. It was very rare for her to falter even slightly, so when she lost balance just a bit, the girl was immediately concerned.

She did not get the time to ask what was wrong before she saw the girls from the entrance walking up. Shaking off the look of concern, she at least gave them a bright enough smile. It was true that she was concerned for her companion, but drawing attention to that in public, given who they were, would not have been the wisest. "Are you getting something for dinner as well?"

[nightskysword]

Archer finally looks to where her Master is waving, and...there. That was...

...two little girls? She dismisses the surprise quickly. Hayate is proof enough that Masters can be very young, and there is of course the Berserker she knows so well. Even if there wasn't precedence, the pressure is undoubtedly coming from one of those two girls Hayate's age.

Archer stops pushing Hayate forward, shifting her weight subtly. Fighting here would be a disaster, but she prepares her mind anyway. Hayate's safety is her one and only absolute priority, and she prepares for several contingencies to get her out of here and out of the potential line of fire.

[ihu2carl]

Nanoha gave a concerned look to Saber before smiling at Hayate. "Uh-huh! My mom and dad gave me a grocery list, so we're doing the errands. It's a bit of a break from studying." Well, not really. Nanoha was still going over the material in some part of her head. "Are you here with your..." She thought for a moment, trying to think of what Archer would be to Hayate. "Is she your sister, or...?"

Between 'maid' and 'sister', it was probably less offensive to go with the latter if you weren't sure.

[gotbefriended]

Saber smiled lightly and nodded in greeting at the two, but on the inside, her senses was screaming. Everything about the pink-haired woman radiated power, and it didn't take that strange connection to the Grail to tell Saber that this was the enemy Servant.

... She wasn't going to do anything, though. Take a step closer to her Master, just in case, but that's all. She wasn't going to be the one to start this fight.