Hi! Hello! Before you start reading, I just want to give a heads up that this story is a second installment of another story! The original fic is called Dishonesty and you can find it on my profile either on or AO3. If you are interested in this fic, I recommend you read the first installment first or you will be incredibly confused the whole time. If you read Dishonesty before, then continue reading. That's it. Please enjoy!

With her velocity rush spell, Oriana sped through the corridors and staircases of the hideout. Her eyes stinged, barely open after she had already fallen asleep. She had to pinch her arm to make sure she wasn't just dreaming all along. The exhaustion was making it hard to tell dreams from one another or from reality itself. During the night, during missions, during training, during meals. The assaults to her squad hadn't stopped.

There was a raucous noise that came from the common area. Yells, things being destroyed and walls crumbling. There was no time.

"Assault Quasar."

The cells from her body shook at such speed. Oriana became nothing more than a mirage. She breathed deep and inclined her body midair towards the wall. Then, she was gone. Through the stone and grain of the walls, she took the direction which the sound was coming from, it echoed inside the walls. Oriana's ultimate speed spell. Within seconds, her body jumped from the wall and landed in the common area. Heads turned to her, her allies smiled with confidence while the enemies braced for a brawl.

"Did we wake you up from your beauty sleep?" Magna spoke.

"Very funny." Oriana retorted. "Bone Creation Magic: Fourth Bone Sword"

Two sets of blades grew from her wrists with a blue hue, her palms interposing the blades. Enemies immediately advanced towards her. She thrusted them with her blades, but they were positive and many more in numbers.

"Electric Creation Magic: Shocker Heavenly Battler." a voice cast a spell behind Oriana.

She barely had time to turn around to block an incoming blade of sparkling electricity. Only inches away from her face, Oriana's skin stinged and the hairs of her head ascending with static.

"Found you." the feminine voice spoke again before she beat her sword against Oriana's repeatedly.

The clashing of the blades resonated between them, until they reached a lock. The swords screeched with the pressure both applied to their own blade. Oriana tried to peek between the blades, further into the woman's hood, but only captured the lower of her chin.

"What do you want from us?" Oriana's voice was tight in her throat as she focused all her energy to her arms.

"You, your highness."

Oriana's eyes filled with surprise. Only two seconds later, she glanced upwards and it was already too late for her to dodge or block the electric blade that aimed for her head.

"I'm not done yet!" Asta's booming voice was incoming in their direction.

He jumped with his own black blade in hand and sliced the sword above Oriana's head.

"Finish her, Oriana!"

Oriana blinked her shock away before she pushed the woman with her bone blade. The disguised woman wasn't agile enough and was out of balance. Oriana took her chance to kick her chest and the woman fell to the ground.

"How many of them are there?!" Finral desperately screamed as drops of sweat fell from his forehead.

Oriana swiveled her head to her other side, where Magna was throwing countless balls of fire in the enemies direction. The balls followed the opponent until they hit them. Her face sparkled with an idea.

"Hey, Magna!" Oriana called. "Send one this way!"

"Oh, you're going to do that crazy shit now?" he stroked a smile.

"Yeah! Do it!"

At her signal, Magna swinged a flaming ball in her direction. As it approached, just a few centimeters from her face, Oriana ducked.

"Make it bit size, you idiot! I couldn't swallow that!"

"You're so damn picky!" he complained in return.

The second ball he sent her way, it was the size of a golf ball. The perfect size for Oriana to bite and swallow immediately. Even though it was quick and petite, her insides were burning and it left an ashy taste in her tongue. Even so, she showed a slight, close-lipped smile. Within seconds, her blades were set aflame, possessed by Magna's powerful fire mana.

"That's so awesome!" Asta had starry eyes as he admired his squadmate magic.

Her strides were loud and proud as Oriana approached the fallen hooded opponent. Before she had a chance to move, Oriana pointed her flaming blade to her and her hood flinched away from the heat.

"For every king that dies," Oriana starts. "They will crown another."

Her exposed lips were about to open and respond, but Oriana's brooding face made her hesitate.

"However, my family is irreplaceable."

"That's an incredibly bad line." the woman sneered.

An immense amount of mana enveloped Oriana. Blue and red danced mixed together around her body. The tension was palpable.

"I'm done with your little henchmen coming after me and my family. So, I'm going to make myself clear. I don't give a rats ass about the crown or my royal lineage. I don't want anything to do with it. If this is a threat to the crown, you're stupid. Your whole mission is stupid. Not only you came after the wrong person, you will also be in jail sooner or later." she paused. "Now," she lifted her arm, as the blades disintegrated."Bone Creation Magic: Morph Touch Flaming Mode."

Tendrils of fire grew from the nape of her neck. She stood tall with her head lifted. Nothing could stop her then.

"Get the fuck out of here!"

With those words, Oriana's tendrils heated and flames blasted as they set the common area of the hideout on fire. Screams and cries of help echoed before the enemy mages crawled and ran out of the Black Bulls base. Oriana smiled and laughed with Magna as the mages run for their lives.

"That's what you get, you bastards!" Magna yelled as he lifted his fist.

"Yeah, don't mess with the Black Bulls!" Asta screamed.

The heat from the flames that engulfed the hideout warmed their triumphant backs.

"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Waterball."

Water splashed and the heat grew weaker. That's when Oriana whirled around herself to see Noelle with the signature Silva look on her face as she approached the trio.

"You almost set the base on fire!" Noelle reprimanded.

"Oops. Maybe I went overboard." Oriana dropped her shoulders. "They pissed me off."

"I haven't seen you do that in a while, Oriana!" Asta screamed.

"Next time, use my water. It's less… destructive." Noelle added.

Suddenly, the group's collective expression turned dour with the new intimidating presence that stumped out of the fuming hideout.

"I recognize that ki. It's-" Asta was interrupted.

"What the hell is going on here? What happened?" Captain Yami questioned. "How many times do I have to say not to destroy the hideout?!"

His grave tone made Oriana and the others shrink in size.

"I'm sorry, Captain Yami." the group said in unisound.

"Go back to bed. I'll tell Henry to fix it tomorrow." Yami turned, but then glared over his shoulder to face his subordinates. "Next time you wake me up in the middle of the night, I'll kill you."

With those words, he was gone.

"It's almost morning…" Finral added.

As active squads to protect the Kingdom and the crown, it was no surprise that Magic Squads gathered enemies. It was not the first time Oriana and the others had been victim to those kinds of sudden attacks. However, assaulting a Magic Squad Headquarters, that was unspoken off.

"Seriously, at least they could have the decency to attack us in the afternoon." Oriana spoke.

"That's what you guys are worried about?" Noelle questioned. "We should find out more about this group. They are getting restless."

"It's the same guys aren't they? The ones that attacked Grey and Gordon two days ago?"

"And the same ones that attacked me on my day off!" Magna complained as he pointed to himself, his voice filled with annoyance.

"What are they after?" Noelle wondered as she scratched her chin.

"Maybe they are part of some group our squad arrested before." Finral suggested.

"No." Oriana spoke. "It's me they're after."

It had become a usual thing for Oriana and Sugawara to have a drink together every so often, in the same usual bar in the common realm. The ambiance was welcoming and the waitresses were always delightful to them. Alcohol had been her way to cope with her reality. A way to move along in a pace she could understand as she tried so hard not to stumble and fall. Sugawara was the best company. The others couldn't keep up and Oriana couldn't ever keep up with Vanessa.

Her face was etched with tiredness. She rubbed her eyes, subtly marked with purple semi circles. When the ordeal with the scoundrels that invaded her home was over and the fire was out, it was early morning and no one could sleep with the adrenaline of the fight still in their streams. By dinner time, Oriana was ready to sleep into the next morning, however, Suga invited and was paying. She would never say no to that.

"I'm worried about you." Sugawara said suddenly as he played with the mug filled with ale in his hands.

"I told you, I'm super tired because we keep getting attacked," Oriana said blatantly before she took a gulp of her beer. "I just don't understand what they want with me exactly. It's not like I gave them a chance for explanations." she shrugged.

"That's not it. You've been down lately."

This made Oriana glance up from her beverage and into Suga's downcast face. To disappoint or worry anymore people was the last thing she wanted.

"Fine. I'm tired and worried. That's it."

"Zora hasn't come back yet?"

A waitress came by to pick up the empty mugs around their table and Sugawara asked for another round. It might be another long, graceless night. Oriana cleared her throat before speaking,

"Nope. And no one knows where he is, as usual."

Oriana would be at peace if she didn't have to talk about him. In the hideout, her squadmates wouldn't bring him up, because not only it wasn't new that Zora sometimes would disappear and come back stronger and with a refreshed and polished set of skills, and secondly because it was awkward to talk about him with Oriana around. They never questioned their relationship. They made their attempts in the beginning, but eventually became too complicated for them to understand. Their voices became too loud when it came to love affairs, so Oriana always brushed them off and Zora ignored them.

"He sounds like he is so troublesome…" Sugawara said. "Don't mind me asking," he had a playful tone. "But what do you even see in him?"

Oriana put down her mug and fixed her stare into Sugawara's eyes.

"Under his mask, he's so pretty I think I'm gonna faint."

The boy stared at his friend for a few seconds before he bursted out laughing and Oriana joined him.

"That's it?" Suga exhorted mid laughter, while he was covering his mouth.

"Yup. I've been pulling hairs out for nothing more than a pretty boy." Oriana laughed.

"I think I'm going to piss myself."

"Just go to the bathroom!" Oriana urged.

Even when her friend did his detour to the bathroom, Oriana couldn't help but laugh at herself. It's not like what she said was a lie, but both of them knew there was more to it than a handsome face. However, the ale made everything funnier, even the things that would normally hurt her. She could laugh at it or she could let it destroy her. At some point, she would realize, she was doing both. Doesn't matter how many times she lied to herself, one would never delete the other. Her heart wouldn't be shielded from danger by merely laughing at her own problems. Nevertheless, it was better than if she spent her days crying and moping around.

The fresh beverages arrived before Suga did. It had been too long and Oriana wasn't feeling good about the delay. It had been more than ten minutes. Oriana ran her hand through her hair. Played with a black strand as an attempt to distract herself and drive the distress away, but it was only making it worse. Another five minutes passed and Oriana stood up and held on to the table in a way to test her stability and equilibrium. Certainly, she wasn't in such a state she couldn't hold herself.

As she stepped towards the bathroom doors, the feeling of something being terribly wrong loomed over her. She was probably just imagining it. Normally, it would be Suga who had the sharpest danger sensors. However, she had to be sure. As she took in consideration the state of things around her, she knew she would not take any chances. There was no one besides herself by the bathrooms. She sneaked closer to the male door and knocked lightly.

"Suga? Are you there?"

"Oriana?" the familiar voice called. "Oriana, come in. Please, help me. And don't laugh!"

His answer took her by surprise. Nevertheless, she felt obliged to help her friend in whatever situation he was in. Slowly, Oriana turned the doorknob and opened the door. Then she bursted into laughter with the scene presented in front of her.

"I told you not to laugh!" Sugawara's cheeks were flushed and it wasn't from the alcohol. It only got worse as Oriana laughed louder and had to hold her weight against the door frame.

"Did you seriously just get your foot stuck in a toilet?"

"May-Maybe?" he stuttered.

"How?!" Oriana questioned in a high-pitched tone.

"Just help me out!"

Images flashed by Oriana's closed eyes. The red moon reflected on the skin of the arms extended towards her and on the jewels of the crown she was being given. Once her fingers grazed the crown, the metal and jewels turned into a deck of cards. She looked up in an attempt to see the face of the person in front of her, but it was a faceless body. The red cover of the top card, however, called for Oriana's attention with persistence. She took the card with a shaking hand. The queen of clovers stared back at her, with an eye of each colour. Then, the image melted into a red and warm liquid.

Finally, Oriana opened her eyes to the darkness of her room. her breathing was rapid and shallow when she clasped her hands around her head. Another nightmare. Another sleepless night.

Ever since Zora disappeared, her spirits were down more often. It had been days and she had never felt so alone. She wanted to make him feel okay, but all he did was look the other way. Was there a reason why it wasn't working? Was there a reason why they were not through? Was there some hidden pathway that could lead Oriana to him? How was she supposed to make their relationship work, when he wasn't there? She was undressed of all her pride when she put herself through that explanation about her past. After that, it became obvious to Oriana that Zora didn't want to stay. It was so selfish of her, but Zora made her feel helpless. She just had to have feelings for the most stubborn and unpredictable man who has ever been born in the whole Clover Kingdom. In the whole history of the Kingdom, Oriana was quite sure.

It was unusually quiet in the Black Bulls hideout that day. A silent agreement to regroup in the common area and do nothing all day. If their captain catched them in such a state, there would be hell inside the hideout- However, if no one mentioned the cursed name, maybe he wouldn't appear and they could waste one day. Just one measly day to do absolutely nothing.

As Oriana leaned her head on the back of the sofa, she closed her eyes. The liquor danced inside Vanessa's bottle, Gordon mumbled words under his breath as he entertained himself with old pictures of his friends. Finral would sigh in boredom every once in a while. Gauche, Magna and Luck played cards mostly in silence. Charmy was probably somewhere in the kitchen cooking something with Noelle. Asta was pacing back and forward restless. His steps were the sound that Oriana chose to focus on as she let herself be engulfed by her tiredness. Just as her muscles started to relax, Asta spoke up,

"I feel like we are wasting our time! Oriana," as soon as the boy called for her, Oriana grunted in a low tone. "Let's go workout outside!"

"Right now?" her voice dragged.

"It's not like you have anything better to do!"

"You do have a point…"

"Go be a good senior and entertain your junior!" Magna shouted.

Oriana bit the inside of her cheek pensive and weighed the pros and cons of the situation, but as soon as Asta caught her eye, there was so much enthusiasm in the boy that it became impossible to say no.

"Fine."

"Alright!"

Asta waited for Oriana to get up from her comfortable position. She clasped her fingers together in front of herself before stretching her arms up. She barely had time to take the first step towards her junior before an imminent presence entered the room.

"Good, you have nothing to do today, eh?"

"Captain Yami!" Asta shouted.

Oriana turned with hesitance. Nothing favorable was to come after those words.

"I agreed on a conjoined training with prickly queen today."

"The Blue Rose Knights?" Finral asked.

"That's the squad with strong women, right?" Luck suddenly abandoned his cards and jumped to his feet. "Can't wait for a brawl!"

Oriana's skin crawled. Last time there was a conjoined training session, the world around her collapsed. Certainly, the training wouldn't be in the Clover Castle again. Hopefully.

"Get your shit, we're heading out." Yami ordered. "Finral."

"I know, I know. I'll open a portal."

"I'll go call Noelle and Charmy." Asta ran off the common area.

It was amazing how the slumbiness in the room was replaced for a new life as soon as Captain Yami arrived.

"You've been speaking with Captain Charlotte, have you Captain?" Vanessa rested her hands on her hips.

"We talked after the Captain's meeting." Yami spoke. "I thought she was going to say how much she hates me again and break my tiny heart of glass." there was fake brittleness in his voice and his face had an over-exaggerated expression of agony.

Oriana laughed at the sudden change in demeanour, but that didn't mean she hadn't understood the words between the lines.

"How interesting." Vanessa hummed.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Oh, nothing."

Vanessa swayed in Oriana's direction and linked their arms. The rest of the squad followed them outside, but meanwhile, they whispered to each other,

"Wait," Oriana spoke in disbelief. "He hasn't noticed it yet?"

"Nope."

"How blind can he possibly be?"

The Rose Knights base was as enormous as it was clean and charming. The feminine touch and cleanliness of every corner made the base seem luxurious without being tacky. The smell of perfume was a change from the stink of alcohol and smoke drenched in the walls of the Black Bulls hideout. The new group stood out like a sore thumb. Their darker palettes contracted with the whites and blues and the other fresh colours. Oriana was taking mental notes while pacing the corridors. Maybe it was time for the Black Bulls hideout to have a redecoration. Something more than walls falling apart and probably more than just one bathroom and the shared baths. She would have to discuss the matter with Henry. Oriana had always been prone to like her privacy.

The captains of both squads walked in front of the large group. Oriana didn't make out the words they exchanged, but the sudden shrieks of Captain Charlotte's voice filled the mostly silenced corridors every once in a while. There were two options at that time, either Captain Yami was truly oblivious or he was playing some kind of long game. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Oriana were entertained while watching the couple discuss back and forward with the eventual embarrassment of Captain Charlotte.
Upon arriving in the gardens, members of the homing squad awaited them and Captain Charlotte rapidly recovered her composed manner while she divided the squads into training groups. Captain Yami had his usual bored expression and didn't interrupt or object to the other Captain's decisions. Asta, Magna, Noelle and Oriana formed a group for the Black Bulls. In front of them, a group for the Rose Knights lined up. Oriana bit the inside of her cheek. Even though she recognized some of the faces from previous missions, especially from the elf incident, she couldn't call for any of their names, however the glowing colors of the grimoires by their sides showed off what kind of magic they possessed. Two of the grimoires were the same as Noelle's, another glowed an orangy brown tone and the last one had an icy undertone of blue.

"Let's get this over with." said the one with the brown grimoire.

"Agreed." Magna replied with some tension in his voice.

Imitating the group in front of them, the Black Bulls grimoires ascended to their sides. The girl with the brown grimoire was the first to break the space between both groups with her mana. Asta and Oriana were fast to pull out their swords while Noelle enveloped Magna and herself in a shield of water.

"Have some of this!" Magna yelled before he started to throw balls made of fire.

The girl in front of Oriana was using a similar spell to Noelle's and protecting her squadmates with shields of water, however in a smaller proportion than Noelle's cradle. She had to be the first to go. As she focused her own mana onto her blades, the bone lightened with a blue tone. The second water user wouldn't make it an effortless battle. As soon as Oriana advanced towards the mage, blasts of water magic were shot in her direction and created obstacles, however, Noelle assisted with the approach and directed water blasts towards the mage in front of her.

"I'm here yoo, you know?" Noelle said as she threw her side pony over her shoulder.

"Nicely done, Noelle!" Oriana cheered.

Oriana took advantage of the situation to swing her arm in true aim towards the water user. The swing of mana easily broke the water shield and made the girl fall to her feet. In result, the water shields of the remaining opponents were gone. Seconds later, the ice user was also taken down by Magna. Only an earth user and a water user remained on the other side. The first gritted her teeth in frustration while the second struggled to face Noelle on a one on one.

As she threw her hands to the ground, the earth user made the ground beneath the Black Bulls shake. Magna was swift to react. With his baseball bat in flames, he threw several balls of fire in the mage direction. His step faltered and his aim wasn't true. However, the balls stopped right when they passed the earth user and floated above her before latching towards her again.

"What do you think of that?" Magna boasted.

Soon, Noelle's opponent also fell to the ground. The Black Bulls were victorious in their first round. Magna's arm pumped in the air with his palms directed to each of the Black Bulls by his side. Oriana shook her blades off before she slapped her palm against Magna's. Noelle was more reluctant, but complied to the act of celebration. Suddenly, Oriana's hears almost busted with the scream from her junior,

"I didn't get to do anything!" Asta yelled on the top of his lungs.

His squadmates laughed.

"You have to be faster next time. Shrimpsta!"

Her lungs were on fire by the end of the evening. The sky was painted in warm colours and no one could get on their feet by then. Oriana considered that afternoon a full success. Not only did she have the chance to train with different mages and test her newest abilities, it also made everything else fade away. It had been long since she had the chance to block out the rest of her first world problems.

Promptly, Oriana left the warmth of the floor after a hot sunny day and a colder breeze brushed her skin. She wanted to get home before the night got too cold.

"Has anyone seen Captain Yami?" Finral asked while he scratched his head. "I haven't seen him in a while."

"Me neither." Asta replied.

"Making royalty wait like I have nothing better to do." Noelle's tone was dismissive and rude as usual.

"Should we look for him?" Oriana suggested. "I want to go home as well."

"Yes, you should leave," the woman Oriana had fought in the first round and whose name she had learned to be Sol was crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Captain Charlotte is missing too. She probably got tired of dealing with rascals."

"Who are you calling rascals, you giant?" Magna shouted.

Oriana left the argument to Magna as she was too tired to speak out loud. With Finral and Asta behind her, she led the trio through the patio area in search of their Captain. Her movements were lazy as she almost dragged her feet. She grunted in every turn to empty corridors. Until finally, over the steps of the group, mumbling voices caught Oriana's attention. She was certain that one of them was a man's voice and who else but Yami at that point. She picked up her pace slightly. Upon reaching the following turn, Oriana peeked to the other side to find the one and only Captain Yami leaning on Captain Charlotte against a wall. Her face was red as a tomato with the closeness between them. Oriana froze and her brows shot upwards. She must have gasped too loud as the heads of both Captains turned in her direction. The glares made Oriana hide herself behind the wall. Finral and Asta halted their step unexpectedly, as they almost bumped into Oriana.

"What are you-" Finral's sentence was cut-off.

"Go back, just go. Absolutely nothing to see, c'mon move it, move it." Oriana said frantically, her voice barely a whisper as she pushed her squadmates back from where they came from.

"Wait, Oriana," Asta pleaded.

The mage kept a bowed head while she pushed her squadmates. Until the moment a strong hand gripped her head and lifted Oriana from the ground. A cry left her lips due to the pressure applied to her temples.

"What do we have here?" Captain Yami's presence filled the hallway like a mountain.

"I saw nothing! Nothing at all!" Oriana struggled to free herself from Yami's grip.

Captain Yami might have kept his cool, but there was no telling who was more embarrassed. Either Captain Charlotte's averting eyes and blushed face or Oriana's frantic.

"Of course you didn't. There was nothing to see," Yami put Oriana down and freed the woman from his grasp. "Kids these days are so strange."

"Now that I made it weird, can we go home?" Oriana said as she massaged the sides of her head.

Finral and Asta exchanged a look and sneered. There was no telling what Oriana might have seen that left her so flustered. It was a rare sight indeed. However, in the future to come, Oriana would just pretend nothing happened and not tell a soul. Meanwhile, she would also be proud of her Captain. He was making his moves after all.

A/N:

Guess who's back, back again. Oriana is back, back again. And angst came with her.

This chapter was basically me having fun and introducing the plot in the midst of it. The fillers gave me the idea of the Black Bulls and Blue Rose Knights conjoined training and since there was no follow up to that, I came through for you. And I wanted to do some content on Yami and Charlotte. They are the best ship in Black Clover, in my opinion. I just had to.

I totally stole the idea of Oriana being able to eat mana and fuse it with her own from Fairy Tail's Dragon Slayers. So if it seemed familiar to you, that's why, hahaha. I did say Oriana had other habilities I never showcased before, how better way to do so than in the very beginning of the first chapter of the second installment am I right?

Zora is coming sooner than you think and so are the rest of the Karasuno boys! Sit tight and enjoy the ride.

You are probably reading this after midnight, so I wish you a Happy New Year and a better 2021!