"What the hell's with that ugly-ass carriage of yours, anyway?", said Mimosa, jeering at Klaus, referencing his flying carriage spell.
Mimosa, Klaus, and Yuno were heading to the Black Bulls' base, currently stationed at the border of the Heart Kingdom.
Klaus adjusted his glasses, "Your true self is showing, Mimosa… also what do you mean by ugly? It's fine! It's also super functional! Can you sit like this on that broom of yours?"
Klaus sat back in his carriage and spread his legs dramatically to make a point.
"You can't, huh."
Klaus smirked, causing Mimosa to sigh in what seemed like pity.
"Well at least on a broom you wouldn't look like a complete dweeb. Unbelievable."
"Come on, Yuno, you're taking Mimosa's side? You always take Mimosa's side!"
"She's usually right, that's all."
Klaus sighed.
"Come on, you're just beating a dead horse now…"
Yuno snickered, his thin lips forming a slight smile.
"You're even admitting that she's right…"
Klaus shot up from his carriage seat.
"Am not!"
Yuno laughed, his lips now forming a fully fledged grin.
"Hahaha! Unbelievable."
Yuno was in front, standing upright on his broom as usual, his hair flowing cooly in the wind.
"Yuno, you're so cool!!!"
Sylph popped out of the interior of Yuno's robe.
"Unnecessary, Sylph," said Yuno flatly as he pushed her back inside his robe.
"Ooohhhh, so you want to cuddle with me? I like that too…" Sylph batted her eyelashes.
"Not my intention." Yuno shoved her into his robe.
"Wow… poor Sylph… didn't I tell you to take good care of her this morning, Yuno?", teased Mimosa, smirking.
Yuno elected not to respond, causing Mimosa to chuckle further. Klaus was just glad that Mimosa seemed to have forgotten about his carriage spell.
Klaus cleared his throat.
"I've been wanting to mention this for a while, but you're unexpectedly black-hearted, aren't you, Mimosa."
Mimosa chuckled,
"Well, when you have a brother like that…"
Klaus smirked in response,
"Heh, anybody would become black-hearted- forgot about that."
They both laughed heartily, leaving Yuno confused. Admittedly, the two were always like this; complete enigmas to Yuno. But regardless, they were a huge part of the reason that Yuno was able to get as far as he's gotten- to the position of Vice-Captain, and he was thankful for that.
"Oh yeah~ what are we going to do when we see Asta?"
It was Mimosa.
They weren't complete enigmas to Yuno after all. Mimosa loved Asta for all the right reasons, and Klaus treats Asta almost like a baby brother. People who loved Asta just like he did couldn't be bad people.
"Hah, well if it's Mimosa, I guess I wouldn't mind if Asta-"
Countless flocks of birds practically exploded out of the canopy of the forest in front of them, seeming to retreat in panic.
"What the hell?", proclaimed Klaus, looking on the birds far ahead.
Sylph popped up out of Yuno's robe.
"A disturbance of natural mana… seems like… killing intent? What kind of Magic Beast is strong enough to cause a mana disturbance just by releasing killing intent? Yuno, I suggest you check it out."
"Got it," nodded Yuno, "you two go on and get to the Black Bulls. I'll go and check this disturbance out."
"...but-", started Mimosa.
"Don't worry about me, that's an order."
Yuno smiled and continued,
"I'll have this disturbance cleared up real quick. You two won't even notice I was gone."
Yuno closed his eyes for a little bit to gain focus, and opened them with a sly grin on his face. For some reason, this made Sylph swoon.
"Sylph, directions."
"Roger that!", responded Sylph energetically.
"Alright, see you two at the base," said Yuno as he changed course towards the disturbance.
Asta was tired. Sitting at the base of a tree, the soft breeze felt so very nice. The forest was quiet, since he had scared away everything in his vicinity with his display earlier. Asta, while he did appreciate some peace and quiet at times, still preferred the forest when it was full of the rowdy sounds of life around him. They made him happy; ironic, since it seemed clear that the only thing he seemed to do in life was to silence them.
"Rowdy sounds of life, huh? Reminds me of long ago- with everybody in the Bulls, especially N-Noelle, and the village… Yuno… how are you doing?"
At that very moment, a very rowdy sound pierced through the silence, with a cloud of dust in its wake. The ki that Asta felt within the cloud was unmistakable. It was-
"Yuno?"
"...Asta?"
...And upload #2! In record time, too! I'm gonna keep updating this thing as the story gets more and more... heated.
Stay tuned.