MUST PROTECT
Black clover, what's not to love about it? Well I guess a certain protagonist screaming could be less.
So did you ever watch a show and you thought "Wow these characters have such a healthy relationship" in a non-ship way, but then something inside of you is like "Let's ship that" and you realized you fucked up? Yeah that's what happened.
Anyway enjoy!
Chapter 1. Dreams and nightmares
When Asta opened his eyes, he became uncertain of where he was. He was sitting in a big, especially for him, comfortable chair. In front of him was an identical chair which was also empty and between the two chairs was a table. On the table stood a teapot, teacups and a tray filled with sweets. To his right was a mirror floating in the air.
"WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I?" was the first thing he yelled. Looking around seeing he and this fancy furniture was placed in the middle of a big, empty grass field. "I just came back from a mission and went straight to bed" the Black Bull member recalled. "So this must be a dream right?", "Well this is your dreamscape to be exact" a voice suddenly said.
Asta turned his attention in front of him and saw that a young lady was suddenly sitting in the once empty chair. She was wearing a mask that only covered the top half of her face. "Who are you?" the young magic knight asked out loud. "Someone who is pissed at her colleagues for calling me a slacker" the woman said a bit mad. "'You're magic only works when somebody asleep', 'It isn't useful at all'. They drive me crazy with their complains" she angrily took a bite out one of the sweets. "I-I see. They really sound mean" Asta answered, wondering if he only was here to hear the female in front of him complain.
"They are" the woman continued, "So I made a bet with them. If one of them can secure this weeks target, they will get a dream which will create a new spell for them. But if they fail, they must stop saying those awful things". "That's fine and all, but why are you telling me all this?" Asta asked, "Not to mention in my dream". "Oh that's easy" the woman said, "You see this time we're giving the target a guardian".
"So me?" the Black Bull member realized, "but do I even know who or what I am supposed to be protecting?". "You should. You're in love with him right?" the female wizard questioned, pointing at the floating mirror. Instead of seeing his own reflection he saw that it was the sleeping face of his own rival. "Y-YUNO IS JUST MY RIVAL" Asta yelled standing up, slamming his hands on the table, trying to deny his crush on the raven black haired teen.
"Well whatever, I guess" the masked woman also stood up. "You better wake up and protect him". As she said that, the surrounding suddenly changed. The furniture was gone and the Black Bull member was floating high above a big version of the mirror, with the reflective side up. As he looked down he could see his rival started to shine brightly.
"Good luck" the female magician waved at Asta before falling towards the mirror. As she fell she turned into a shadow, which turned into five shadow like hands upon entering the mirror. Looming over the light, which got smaller when the darkness came closer. Feeling afraid of what might happen to his rival, the silver haired teen dove to the mirror while extending his hand. "YUNO", but as soon as he touched the glass, everything Shattered.
The young teen woke up in a cold sweat, panting, unable to control his breathing. Looking around him and realizing he was in his own room calmed him down. "J-just a dream" he said, but then he remembered what the masked female in his dream said. "Maybe is should pay Yuno a visit, just to make sure that dream was nothing" the boy thought to himself.
"Mimosa what are you doing?" Klaus asked his fellow royal. "I'm sure it's nothing serious" she responded, "but Yuno hasn't come out of his room since yesterday". "Honestly he's a member of the Golden Dawn" The wizard complained, "I'll get him out of bed". "But what if he's in middle of changing" the plant magic user said with her cheeks flushed red.
Before Klaus could comment on that remark, the duo heard a loud noise coming from behind the door in front of them. Both worried, they immediately opened the door, becoming quite surprised with the sight they saw. "EH? Yuno!"
Meanwhile just outside the Golden Dawn's base
"Thanks for the shortcut Finral-senpai" Asta thanked the spatial magic user. "No problem, I always wanted to see what beautiful ladies there were in the golden dawn" he answered, closing the portal he created. "Still this place is totally different from our base" the younger male said, looking around. "Yeah, it's li-" the older one was interrupted when the door swung open.
Quickly turning their heads, the duo saw it was Klaus. "Ah Asta-kun just the person I needed" he said, throwing the small Black Bull member around his shoulder and ran off to god knows where. "HEY FOUR EYES-SENPAI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" the teen yelled. "Wait for me" Finral ran after them.
"We're here" Klaus said, putting Asta down in front of Yuno's room. "So what's going on?" the Black Bull member asked, watching his fellow squad member who was trying to catch his breath. "I'm afraid Yuno-kun has been cursed" the golden dawn member explained. "WHAT" the silver haired teen reacted, starting to feel very afraid.
Not waiting for the full explanation Asta entered the room. "YUNO" he yelled, but his worried look turned into a confused one when he saw the next sight. To his left he saw Mimosa on her knees, saying nice things like 'It's okay, don't be afraid', while to his right he saw a little kid hiding behind a bed post. A kid who was holding a four-leaf clover grimoire tight to his small chest, trying to hold back tears.
"Y-YUNO!?" the anti-magic user yelled, instantly recognizing his rival. "We found him like this" Klaus started to explain, "but we have no idea what exactly happened to him. Our captain has contacted the Magic Emperor for a meeting, but he doesn't remember us at all". "We tried all sorts of things but he just doesn't trust us" the female Golden Dawn member added. "We were kind of hoping he might recognize you Asta and that you could tell him he could trust us".
After hearing the explanation and request, the silver haired boy calmed down. "I got it, that might just work". He walked closer to his small rival and crouched down, smiling gently. "A-are you r-really Asta?" the young Yuno asked. Looking suspiciously at the teen, but he had a lot more relaxed posture.
"Yeah, it's really me Yuno" Asta grinned, "T-then what is your magic?" the small raven haired boy tested. "My magic is never giving up" the anit-magic user said proudly. Now completely convinced it was Asta, Yuno came out of hiding an ran towards his rival. Opening his arms, the Black Bull member hugged the small boy.
Yuno burrowed his face in the teens shoulder and started crying. "Hey it's okay, don't cry" Asta lifted the young boy in his arms, as he stood up. "You did great by being so brave until I arrived" he complemented, rubbing his rivals back for comfort. "R-really?" the little golden dawn member looked at Asta. "Yeah" the teen smiled back.
"Wow, you're really good with kids" the spatial magic user said surprised. "Well I did have to look after the other kids back at the church" Asta explained. "At least now we can go to Magic Emperor" Klaus said relieved. "Indeed" Mimosa stood up, "We better get going or else will be late". "Please allow me" Finral said, taking a cool pose. Trying to impress the female magic knight.
"Mmmm" Julius thought, looking at the small magic knight in Asta's arms. "Unfortunately I have to say that this is a form of time magic" he concluded with a sigh. "What does he mean 'Unfortunately'?" the older Black Bull member whispered to the Golden Dawn Members. "I don't know" the steel magic user whispered back, "I know he is obsessed with magic, but I didn't think he would be disappointed". "He was super excited when we walked through the door" the plant magic user commented softly.
"This spell turns someone young so that their victims can't use magic at their full potential" the emperor started explaining. "Their mana is still there, they just can't use most of it if they wanted to. They do instinctively hold their grimoires close at all time. To put it simply, the caster of this spell turns their opponents into defenseless kids".
"So is it okay if I just use my sword to break the spell?" the silver haired teen asked. "I wouldn't recommend that" the Magic Emperor tone got serious. "I am afraid that once you nullify this spell, it will trigger a second one. This second one would let Yuno-kun age so rapidly that he be corpse in a few seconds". "EH!" Asta yelled in shock, "THEN WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO".
"Either the person who cast it has to release both spells or we wait until Yuno here grows up again". "Well we can't wait for the second so we must find the first" Klaus reasoned. "Agreed, but do we even have any idea who can use time magic besides the Emperor?" Mimosa questioned. "That's true" the spatial magic user agreed, "Time magic is very rare".
"Hold on a sec" The younger Black Bull realized, "Last night I had this weird dream that someone told me Yuno would be in trouble". "Eh" everyone said. "Can you tell me more about this dream" Julius asked. So Asta told everything about his weird dream and the conversation he had with the masked women.
"I think I know who it might be" the Magic Emperor started, "But I need time and do some research to make sure. In the meantime you should all do your jobs as magic knights. As for Yuno-kun here, I think it's best that Asta looks after him for the time being" he ordered. "Especially if that women in Asta dreams spoke the truth. Even more if she's part of that group" he thought to himself.
"Yes sir" all magic knights saluted. "Then we leave everything to you", "Bye bye Yuno-kun" Klaus and Mimosa bid farewell. "I'll send them back and inform captain Yami about this situation" Finral said to his kohai, "Meanwhile why don't you head into town. If Yuno is going to stay with us for a while he'll need some more stuff".
After agreeing on a meeting place Asta, together with a kid Yuno next to him, started walking towards city shopping center. "Aren't you happy you can stay with me?" he asked the smaller boy, "Yeah" Yuno smiled happily. "Say Asta can you tell me about your adventures as magic knight?" he asked, grabbing the older boys hand. However he was only able to hold one of Asta fingers.
The Black Bull member gulped, turning a bit red by how cute that was. "O-of course. I'll tell you all about them" he averted his gaze. "Crap, I forgot how adorable Yuno was when we were little kids" he realized. "Asta?" the small raven haired boy wondered why the silver haired teen looked away, "Are you okay?". "I-I'M FINE DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME" the teen quickly answered. "How long can I survive this cuteness?".
To be fair, Yuno was really cute as a kid. Now don't go thinking this will go that route, you sick perverts. This purely going to be cuteness.
Having that said; I hope you enjoyed and please review. Meanwhile I am going to question my life choices.