Part 54: Until we meet again

While Vanessa was looking up into the sky, the queen of witches was still looking down at the ground still feeling the shock of losing, "How could this have happened," she thought before a memory from long ago flashed through her mind.

Flashback:

She was sitting in room surrounded by flowers when Vanessa, when she was a little girl walked into the room carrying something in her hands, "Look your majesty I made a doll out of my magic," she said revealing the thing she was holding was doll a made out of the strings that looked like a witch.

"I see, that's very impressive Vanessa," the queen said smiling while the younger Vanessa smiled.

"Some day Im going to use my magic to make people happy," she said.

"Yes I'm surely you will,".

Flashback end

"It appears somewhere along the way I forgot something important," she thought before looking up at Vanessa and the red cat resting on her right shoulder, "Even though she was imperfect after leaving she found the emotion to make that power," she thought as she stood back up which surprised Vanessa as she now looked calm.

"An emotion she never would have gained if she had stayed here with me, with that emotion she was able to become perfect," she thought, "Very well, I accept my defeat," she said before she spread her arms out.

"Hex removing cocoon," she said as a dark red energy starred to spread out around her covering everyone. Noelle was staring at it surprised as she was holding Asta in her arms who was unconscious and his transformation was now gone.

The magic went further past the area covering the entire forest and everyone in it. The people in the queen of witches area were floating in the air.

"Whats happening," said Fanzell as everyone's injury's began to heal from the queens magic.

After the spell had finished it's work, everyone fell to the ground as those who were unconscious began to wake up which included Ladros, "Whoa what happened," said Asta sitting up quickly before being hugged by Noelle.

"You really gotta stop making me feel worried," she said sound annoyed but Asta smiled as he hugged his girlfriend back looking relieved.

Finral got up from the ground as he watched the queen of witches began to walk towards the forest, "She was able to use that spell at that size, she must be really powerful," he thought as Asta and Noelle walked over to Vanessa.

"You really did it," Noelle said looking at Vanessa who just smiled and nodded her head. Noelle then started to cry tears of joy before she hugged her senior squad mate , "Thank you so much for saving us," she said.

"No it wasn't just me," said Vanessa as Noelle looked up at her looking confused, "Its thanks to everyone here, my friends who gave me the strength so I could use this power" she said before looking at everyone gathered in front of her, "Thank you,".

"Looks like its really over now," said Fanzell smiling and somehow his shirt had come off but that didn't stop Domina from hugging him as she smiled looking relieved.

"What happened to your shirt?" Mariella asked looking at her teacher while Domina walked over to Mars and Fana.

"Well I haven't seen you two in a long time, its good to see you," she said smiling.

"Yes it is," said Mars smiling before Domina noticed he was holding Fanas hand, "Oh I see, way to go little tiger," she said while Mars looked embarrassed.

"Yeah way to go," said Ladros smiling as he gave two thumbs up.

"Hey all my pains gone," said Asta as he started doing squats and pushes up, "Its like my injuries were never even there," he said still doing his work out.

"That's Asta for you, always energetic," said Vanessa.

"Will you please put a shirt on already," said Noelle as Asta stretched out his arms showing his muscles.

"Don't worry Noelle I'm feeling completely fine now, my muscles feel even stronger bigger then before haha," he said smiling while Noelle blushed seeing his entire upper body.

"I don't care just get get dressed," she said pushing him towards the forest while some of the others laughed.

Over with the queen she was standing in the trees when she noticed Nero pecking on the jewel on her right earring, "This bird," she thought looking town at the anti bird who just stared at her.

After all the witches had returned home feeling relieved that the battle was finally over, Astas group had returned to the queen of witches home, "It seemed that those eye of the midnight sun guys were after something called a magic stone, do you have any idea where it could be?" Fanzell asked looking up at the queen.

"I believe it is this, you may do what you want with it," she said removing the magic stone from her earring before throwing it down to Asta.

"Wow for real, thanks," he said looking surprised as he caught the stone in his hands while Finral smiled at the sight.

"We found a magic stone, Captain Yamis going to love this," he thought before the Queen spoke up again.

"The magic stones can only be used to their full potential by those from the elf race," she said making some them look surprised.

"Wait did you say elf's?" Asta asked.

"They were race born with very strong Mana, in fact their some of their powers far exceeded my own," she said.

"Wait she was alive back then, she must be really good at taking care of herself," thought Finral.

"The elf's homeland used to be which is now known as the forsaken realm, but they all perished when there was a war against the humans," she said, "That third eye that was controlling Fana was not her, in fact it was a different entity controlling her body and it is a form of forbidden magic,".

"In fact I believe that ancient demon was a result of their most powerful forbidden magic," she said which made Asta look shocked as he remembered the demon skull at his village.

"Wait, do you mean that demon?" He asked.

"So these elves, those must have been the ones from the stories my grandmother used to tell me," thought Noelle.

"So much information coming in so quick I can hardly keep track of it all," said Finral as he was writing down on a notepad.

"Asta, those two swords of yours are whats left of the pair that was once used by the leader of the elf's," said the queen surprising the anti magic user as he looked like he was coming down with a headache from all the information he was learning.

"Wait what," he said.

"I don't think his brains going to take much more in Noelle," said Vanessa laughing.

"Hang in there Asta, this is all important," said Noelle placing a hand on his shoulder while he looked like he was in pain.

"I'm trying," he said.

"In fact this all makes me wonder if those eye of the midnight people are descended from the elf race," she said while Noelle was trying to make sure Asta didn't pass out while Finral was still writing down the information.

After finishing their talk with the queen, the group accept for Vanessa, stood in front of Mars and Ladros, "So your heading back to the diamond kingdom now," Fanzell said looking at his students.

"Yes, the queen of witches gave me this magic power to use," Mars said as he held up a glass bottle with what looked like a red jewel in it, "Ill convince the king that its rejuvenation portion, but ill use it control him to make the diamond kingdom better and so I can put a stop to Morris plans," he said.

"And I'm going to make sure Mars plans are a success," said Ladros smiling, "Some day I'm going to live up to your expectations, when that day comes ill come visit you," he thought looking at his former teacher.

"Wow he's completely changed," said Asta looking surprised.

"Will look after Fana until then," said Fanzell.

"Ill try to make sure he doesn't stand around naked," said Mariella.

"Fana, it may take a while but will you wait for me until I can make the diamond kingdom a safe place to return to," he said looking determined.

Fana just smiled before she hugged him and then looked into his eyes, "It's a promise and then we can go see the world together," she said.

"Right," said Mars smiling as the two of them pulled away blushing.

"Way to go," said Domina smiling.

"I'm so jealous," said Finral looking annoyed while crying tears of jealousy.

"Oh I'm so happy for them," said Asta smiling as held his right arm around Noelle who laughed before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah it really is," she said before an idea came to her, "Fana," she said getting her attention. Noelle walked up to her and whispered something into her ear which made her blush before Noelle went back to standing next to Asta.

"What did she say to you?" Mars asked looking confused before Fana placed her hand on his right cheek and kissed his left.

"She did the same thing for Asta and even years later they were still reunited, so until then Mars," she said smiling.

"Yeah," said Mars blushing as he placed his hand on his cheek.

"Wait you kissed him when you were kids," said Finral looking jealous at Asta who was rubbing the back of his head and Noelle laughed before resting her head on her boyfriends shoulder. Not caring he was still shirtless.

"By the way Asta, thank you for calling me your friend," Mars said holding out his right fist, "If you ever need my help, just call for me and ill be there," he said.

"Yeah same to you," said Asta as the two of them bumped fists.

In the queen of witches home Vanessa stood behind the queen before turning around and walking away with a serious look on her face, "No matter where you go, this place is still your home," the queen said making Vanessa look surprised, "You may visit whenever your heart wishes it, but i would be careful if you decided to bring this Magna with you," she said.

Vanessa stood there for a few moments trying to process the queens words, but in the end her look turned back to serious as she walked out with the queen watching her leave. After Vanessa flew on her broom to the others where Domina was telling Ladros to behave, "Hey everyone sorry for taking so long,".

"No were all good," said Asta.

"Guess we better get going then, until next time Asta," said Fanzell.

"Bye old man Zell," said Asta waving as Finral opened a portal back to the black bulls base.

Once they walked in Asta was to first to walk in, "Hey captain Yami look, my arms are all, oh sorry," he said noticing his captain had been kissing Charlotte.

"Well it seems you all made it back okay," said Charlotte with her face a little red.

"Geese kid haven't you ever heard of knocking," said Yami calmly.

"Yeah sorry, but look my arms all better now and we found this magic stone," said Asta showing the magic stone they had gotten from the queen of witches. But then Yami picked him up by his head looking annoyed.

"Well that's great to hear and since you have all that energy why don't you go out and buy us some supply's," he said.

"Yes right away sir," said Asta as Yami let him go and he began to run before Noelle grabbed his arm.

"I better go with you since your forgetting that you still need to put your shirt on," said Noelle dragging him out of the room.

"Okay I'm sorry," he said as Noelle lead him out of the room.

"Captain, Charlotte," said Vanessa stepping forward.

"Looks like you made it back," said Yami as he sat back down picking up a newspaper that had been on the table.

"It's good to see you Vanessa," said Charlotte smiling.

Vanessa then smiled as the red cat on her shoulder meowed happily, "Yeah," she said.

After a few moments Asta and Noelle came back with Asta carrying the supplies, "Alright captain we got everything you needed, so whats my next mission?" He asked looking excited.

"What are you talking about, your on break so no missions," said Yami calmly while Asta looked down.

"But if you take away my missions what else am I going to do," he said.

"Last time I checked you have a girlfriend so take her out on a date or something," said Yami calmly.

"Oh yeah your right," said Asta standing back up, his attitude completely changed from feeling down to feeling excited.

"He wants to take me on a date that much," thought Noelle with her hands on her faces as screamed for joy on the inside. But the moment was interrupted when the door the headquarters opened.

"Hey," said Magna.

"Oh that's defiantly Magna, if I remember hearing right they want off to a dungeon to find a cure for my arms, better thank them for trying at least," thought Asta.

"Well here I go," thought Vanessa before looking surprised as Magna and Luck entered the room floating above the ground surrounded by their magic power.

"When we fell we almost lost hope to press onward, but then an image of your face flashed through our minds so we decided to keep moving forward on our mission so we could find a cure," said Magna who was not wearing his sunglasses but his hair had grown out and he had this downed look on his face as he held a hand to his forehead.

"The mana is calling me," said Luck with his hair standing and his eyes blank.

"They must have gotten really strong from going into tha dungeon," thougth Asta looking suprised.

"No matter how much we fought we weren't able to find you a cure, so please forgive me," said Magna.

"The mana is calling me," said Luck louder this time.

"No don't worry about it, see my arms all better now," said Asta holding up his arms.

A few moments later Magna and Luck seemed to turn back to their normal selves as they stood at each side of the anti magic user, "Well that's great congratulations buddy," said Magna smiling.

"Hey want to spar with me," said Luck looking excited as lighting shot off from his fingers.

"Not now," said Asta nervously when the doors to the headquarters opened.

"Were back," said Gauche.

"That must be Gauche and Gordon, they went to the library," thought Asta before he and Noelle look surprised by their appearance. They were both wearing traveling gear, glasses and backpacks carrying a large amount of books. At the moment they were also looking at books.

"I must say my eyes have been opened more to the world of magic, it's amazing what Ive discovered after so much time, wouldn't you agree Professor Gordon," he said looking at Gordon who despite his different appearance was still muttering silently as he stared at his book, "Well we haven't found a cure for your arms yet, but give us time and we will succeed," he said looking at Asta.

"Uh no need, see their all better," said Asta holding up his arms. Just like Magna and Luck the two of them changed. They were wearing the normal clothes and their magic knights robes where Gauche grabbed Asta by the front of his robe.

"What do you mean all better, I was going to be the one to heal your arms so go ahead and get cursed again," said Gauche while blood came out of both of his nostrils.

"Wait why is your nose bleeding," said Asta. Gauche looked surprised for a moment, before looking annoyed again as he wiped his nose.

"That doesn't matter," he said with his nose bleedign again and still shaking his robe until he noticed Noelle pointing her wand at him to let him go. Gordon however thought back to how hard Gauche looked for a way to cure Astas arms and how focused he was until he found a method that worked.

"Were back," said Charmy getting everyone's attention.

"Whoa," said Asta as he noticed both Charmy and Grey who was in her normal form, were covered in different colored mushrooms. There were few on Greys head as she covered her face and Charmy could barely been seen under all the mushrooms that covered her.

"What happened?" Noelle asked.

"We found these mushrooms and then these started coming out, please don't look I cant even transform right now," said Grey.

"Yeah but they're still yummy," said Charmy as she lied on the ground eating the mushroom as three more grew out of her head.

"Every time you eat them more grow out, shouldn't you stop," said Asta when Charmy walked over to him carrying bag filled with different kinds of food.

"Sorry that we didn't find a cure for your arms, but we were able to bring back all these treats," she said.

"Don't worry about it, see I'm all better now," said Asta.

"That's great," said Grey.

"Well now, since I took the workaholic off his missions and we have a lot of drink and food now theres only one thing to do," said Yami before smiling, "Lets party," he said making the others cheer while Charlotte just smiled.

Outside barbecues were set up, "Oh man it feels so great to eat with two hands again," said Asta smiling as he took a bite out of some meat that was on a stick.

"You know that I think about it the beast haven't been fed in a while, you better go take care of that," said Yami.

"Oh okay," said Asta before going to the beast room with a large piece of meat. Before he walked up to the cage he noticed Noelle standing at the end of the hallway, "Hey why aren't you at the party,".

"Well I cant really enjoy it without you there," she answered blushing as she brushed her hair back, "Also to make sure none of them bite you again," she said.

"Nah I'm sure it will be fine, see," said Asta holding out the piece of meat towards the beasts, but one of them bit him and held him up in the air while Noelle sighed before taking out her wand.

Yami had him to do a few more chores like cleaning the dishes and sweeping the floors before he told Asta join the party. Vanessa spilled at the sight of everyone having fun and then she smiled as she remembered the last words the queen of witches said to her. She then noticed Magna who was facing off against Luck. She then smiled as she took a drink and removed her clothes accept for underwear and magic knights robe.

"Hey Luck you mind if I talk to him alone," said Vanessa as she wrapped her left arm around Magnas shoulder.

"Yeah okay, enjoy the confession Magna," said Luck running over to one of the food tables before Magna could throw a fire ball at him.

"Ill get you for that," said Magna looking annoyed before looking at Vanessa who was smiling, "So whats up," he said.

"I think Luck already had the idea," she said holding his left cheek with her right hand making him blush.

"Wait you mean," he said before Vanessa kissed him on the lips making him look surprised before he kissed her back which made Vanessa smile before the two of them pulled away.

"So I guess from that kiss you feel the same," she said smiling as she leaned her body against his.

"You know it Vanessa, but what made you fall for me?" He asked smiling.

"Something you said to me about faith and I told myself that when I got back I was going to tell you how I really felt," said Vanessa.

"Yeah well that's because I knew you would be amazing," he said smiling as he wrapped his arm around her waist and this time he started the kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck as the other black bulls began to notice their moment.

"Well ill be," said Yami smiling as he took a drink.

"Way to go Magna," said Asta cheering while Noelle smiled.

"Congratulations Vanessa," she thought.

"When's it going to be my turn to get a girl," said Finral crying tears of jealousy while Magna and Vanessa rejoined their party holding hands. Magna and Asta being the most cheerful of the group with them celebrating Astas arms being healed and the forming of the newest black bulls couple. Vanessa just smiled as she watched her squad mates and new boyfriend enjoy themselves, "What did I really find on my trip to the outside the world, a family I really care about," she thought before cheering as she held a bottle in the air.

Authors note: Theyve left the forest of witches and now thier back home with Vanessa and Magna becoming a couple. But dont worry, theres still more surprises for this story in the future.