Back in the Clover Veres
(Asta's and Secre/Nero at the Courthouse of Magic Congress)
"We will never see eye to eye, not with the likes of you devil!" Damnatio Kira said, looking down at Asta in his black form. Before going on to say "That half of your body it's exactly, how the old legends describe. Devils!" All the nobles look on in shock at what they are witnessing before them. "So you've shown your true colours!"
"It's alright!" Asta yells out trying to convince the nobles that he is not the enemy they're looking for "I'm able to control this power now! It won't attack you or anything!"
Only for the nobles to look at it with disgust and horror before shouting down at him that he is a filthy low class commoner that has been further soiled by the devil's powers. Demanding his death. Making Asta look up in shock and disgust that they wouldn't even listen to him just because he was an orphan commoner born in the forgotten realm.
Not able to speak, Damnatio cuts in "Accept your fate." Before he moved on to but the final nail in Asta's coffin "Even if you were to defeat me and escape you would be a wanted man, pursued through the kingdom. There would be nowhere to run and hide. Not to mention the fate that would befall those in the church that raised you." Damnatio looks down further on Asta "You should let yourself be judged here and now. If filth like you pose a high risk where to disappear not only that little girl but the lives of many Magic Knights would be spared." Only for Asta to hold onto Marie a little tighter "As of now, in this place, in this kingdom, there is no one to save the likes of you, nor is there any way that can be saved by you." Making Asta chock as he stares at Damnatio "Everyone once involved with you is now plagued by misfortune. YOU… ARE EVIL."
BANG! A hole in the wall is created. Making everyone start yelling for what's going on, only for a huge dust cloud was blocking everyone's view. For someone to start speaking from the dust cloud making everyone quiet. "Ahhhh, As I expected you've gone off doing whatever you feel like. I believe I was told the trial was to be the day after tomorrow?" Yami, the Captain of The Black Bull's, comes walking out of the dust cloud "I don't give a damn whether that kid is evil or whatever the hell he may be."
Only for another person to emerge from the dust cloud continuing from that his Captain has said "Because I of all people have acknowledged him as a man among men!" Revealing himself to be Manga "And without a doubt, that's what he is. My crazy little junior!"
Another voice rings out in the courthouse "He's my precious comrade." The dust cloud moves a little in the wind showing Luck "So I can't let him be done in like this, not here, not now."
Next to be seen was a hat with the Black Bull's emblem on it that spoke in a soft voice that could just be heard by everyone, "What do you think you're doing to my dear friend?" Gordon steps out of the dust cloud next to the already present Black Bull members. "You all wanna be straight up cursed to death?"
"After Transforming into him I fully realised." Said a girl trying her best to stay hidden by the dust as long as she could before it blew away from her showing an embarrassed Grey "Just how honestly hard he truly works. It's something I'm always striving after."
Dust started to settle and everyone could see a Bull shaped building from the visible top of the newly made entrance "He... is... a... very... kind... and... good... boy…" Slowly spoke Henry.
"Marie would be sad." Gauche came into view with a floating mirror in front of him "Knowing she wasn't able to help."
The next voice to be heard was melodious "Though you're still just a boy, no matter how harsh a hard fate deals you, you're always able to push through it." As an equally beautiful woman walked out of the dust cloud. "That makes you a strong, dependable, fine man." Vanessa finished in a more sweet melodious voice.
"You've allowed a person like me to stand by your side as you're senior." Said a proud and determined Finral striding out of the floating dust "And honestly you're the best partner anyone could ask for!"
"You've got to keep living a lot longer." A small girl eating a large muffin comes out "So I can keep feeding you a whole lot more!" Charmy continues to eat her muffin.
Next, a scary looking man with crimson red hair comes out "You may be a selfish little turd." Zora stops and looks at Asta "But when it comes down to it, I suppose you're the one I could call the closest thing to a true Magic Knight."
"Yeah you're an idiot, you never shut up, and you always overdo things," Said Noelle coming out of the dust cloud flicking her hair back over her shoulder "But I, as royalty acknowledge, that you are someone this kingdom needs." Before turning red and embarrassed "B-but don't read too far into that! It's not like I need you, or anything."
The dust cloud drops revealing the whole Black Bull Squad "So We'll be taking back, Asta!" Spoke to everyone in The Black Bull.
Damnatio turned his head to face the newly made entrance of the courthouse and its creators "The Black Bulls!" No sooner had he said that the nobles were outraged on how that stormed in and wrecked the place. "If you're going to try to cover for the criminal who was the very cause of the war. Then you must know full well what is going to happen to the position of The Black Bulls"
"What? Didn't you know?" said Yami "Our Magic Knight Squad is the worst of the worst. And those two with the horns over there are our members." Getting a surprised expression on Nero's face at what Yami just said. "So if you're thinking about laying a hand on them…"
"Then you can take your congress and shove it right up your ass. We don't give a Damn if it's treason or a crime, we're coming for you bastards!" Yelled Yami as the rest of The Black Bull with Yami stepped forward toward Asta and Nero.
"You guys." Said a very happy Asta seeing his friends coming to his aid only to scream and dodge a light beam that came from Gauche.
"First things first, you need to be judged for the crime of touching Marie!" A deadly serious Gauche yelled at him.
A few other Black Bull members come in and a few words towards Asta. "What the heck? You just waltzed into this courtroom and let yourself get captured?! Just how stupid can you get?" Yelled as not so happy Noelle at Asta's stupidity. "How many times do you have to nearly get killed before you're finally satisfied, Bakasta!"
Luck jumps in with a huge smile on his face looking towards Asta "If you're gonna die anyway, then you can die fighting me!" An overly excited Luck said.
"Putting your arms around Marie in the middle of the confusion… Die, Asta" Only to be saved by Marie yelling for her brother to stop.
"Didn't you come here to save me?!" Yelled a scared and confused Asta.
"Why hello mister royalty from the House of Kira. Thanks for looking after my two members there." Said Yami as he walks up to Secre and Damnatio.
But stops for a moment as Nero yells at him "Don't worry about me! Just hurry and get Asta out of here! I'm not even from this era in the first place. Not to mention my humanity was warped from using forbidden black magic. And on top of that, I used you all for the sake of my mission!"
Only for Yami to blow out some smoke from the cigarette, he was smoking before speaking. "You were the one that decided to stay with us. So what are you saying now after all this time? You've been watching us ever since you arrived and yet you still don't get it?"
"We heard all about you!" She turns to see it was Manga who was speaking "That you were bound into the form of a bird for over 500 years. You may be a woman, but that's mainly as hell!"
Finral behind him spoke up as well, "I'd happily welcome a cutie like you any day!"
"Working hard in the shadows. I feel like we could have a lot in common. Let's be friends." wisped Gordon
"Let's look forward to the rest of our lives!" Said Vannessa.
"Anyways, make sure you eat lots!" Yelled out Chammy 'I'm so glad I didn't eat her while she was a bird.' She thought.
She looks on at The Black Bull confused on why they can be so accepting of her. Only to be brought out of her thoughts by Yami but a Black Bulls robe on her "Not like anything would really change in our squad with a weirdo like you around. I mean, I'm practically in the same boat myself." Yami gains a smile as he looks down at her "Our squad is a bunch of weirdos, to begin with anyway. We're black as black can be, after all." It hit Nero that she can move on from the past and look forward to the future. She activates her Magic to unlock her handcuffs. "That's what makes us, The Black Bulls!" As all the members flare their magic getting ready for the fight that was about to come. The nobles are shocked at what is happening and thinking of a way to stop this group
"It seems you truly don't understand at all." Spoke up Damnatio "Even if you filth tries to protect that tool of the devil, it doesn't change a thing. Rampage away all you like here, all it will do is create more doubt surrounding that boy. By disrupting the order of our system you merely serve to increase the crimes of that devil. For all your sentiments are worth. They can't save this kingdom." Only for Damnatio to raise his scales "Scale Magic: Scale Regulate" as the magic output of The Black Bulls drop dramatically, shocking the members of The Black Bulls "My scale magic weights abilities and creates order by balancing them. No matter how powerful your magic is, it is ultimately meaningless."
Only for Vanessa to smirk to herself as she hears Asta. "Demon Slayer Sword: Karnic Release" As black Anti-Magic fill the area around The Black Bull destroying the Scale Magic effects on his squadmates.
Shocking Damnatio that his magic was nullified as Yami came charging right at him, sword in hand ready to strike only for one of the nobles to cast a spell in order to save Damnatio Kari. "Dimensional Magic: Two Layer Dimensional Room" Putting all The Black Bull within a two layer dome
Yami instead strikes the dome bouncing back off the dome "Damn!" he said in frustration. He stands back up to see Asta about to cut the dome with his sword only for him to stop him "Wait, Asta! you have to be able to cut both layers at once for we will be teleported to a different location." Get him to stop just before his sword could connect. "Finral open a portal to any place you can."
"Yes Captain Yami, Sir" His Grimoire comes to life opening up on a page, he creates a portal but it starts to shrink closed confusing him as he notices that his magic and everyone's is reduced as Asta is no longer in his black form. But before the portal could close completely, he saw Gauche run to pick up his little sister Maire and throw her through before it closed.
Seeing as Finral wasn't able to open another portal and that Yami had just enough magic power he got into his stance and charged the rest of his magic into this one spell "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash!" Only for his magic to drop due to the scale magic, just before the end of casting the spell making it less powerful, as it moved forward cutting through the first layer with ease but once it got to the second layer it only cracked the layer. Making the spell miss function as it teleported them but not to the desired location of the prisons but to another world entirely.
A year and a half before the story begins
(Dark Guild Hall of Naked Mummy)
"Man, those wizards protecting that village were so weak." Spoke Rimes, a small man with long limbs that resembles more of a spider monkey than a man, was cleaning his magic gun as he sat in their dimly lit guild hall surrounded by his comrades who all resemble more like primates than humans, as they were eating, drink or like him tending to their magical weapons making sure they were ready for anything. As they say, there's no rest for the wicked.
Bai is a larger man with his hair framing his elongated face giving him the appearance of more like a Geladas than a human. Looks up from his meal still halfway through chewing "I know right, and all they had of value was that small magic stone." Bai said while spraying food out of his mouth and pointing his fork at him making everyone look at him in disgust.
"Swallow your food before you talk, you ape!" Souban yelled at Bai as she then shot him in the foot, making him scream out in pain.
"You bitch!" He yelled out at the somewhat normal looking girl, hanging upside down from the rafters with her long tail matching monkey style arms and legs covered in short white hair matching her hair colour still holding the smoking magical gun in her left foot.
"Relax, it wasn't a lethal magic bullet." She said, rolling her eyes at his overacting on how painful it was.
Just as he was about to yell at her about how it still hurts even if it wasn't lethal he was interrupted by a booming voice from the second floor. "Will you SHUT UPPP!" Yelled, their now angry Guild Master Janais a huge man that looked the most normal in the whole dark guild bar from the equally huge nose that resembled that of a probosci's monkey nose. "I'm trying to work out what this does, so I know how much it's worth. So -" Only to be interrupted by a huge magic spick a few kilometres out west. "Go check that out if it's light guild wizards just take them out." Only for a group of six wizards to leave heading west, being led by Rimes.
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Rimes looked over the field, to see what looked like a destroyed building and a group of people lying on the grassy ground. Not sure if they were dead or alive, he ordered the group to move forward slowly towards them.
Once close enough to see that there were a total of fourteen people on the ground.
"Hey, you get up and hand over your valuables!" Yelled one of Rimes men, only of Rimes to cover his mouth with his hand so he couldn't make another noise.
"Are you an idiot?" He whispered in an aggressive tone. "Just check them quietly, and check if they are still alive."
The Naked Mummy group started to check the fourteen that were lying on the ground unconscious. Only to find they didn't really have a lot on them other than a few small bags of gold, silver and copper coins that they haven't ever seen before. But all of them seemed to have a book with different designs, the only thing in common was a three leaf clover on the covers of each book.
When they approached the final two on the ground, one small muscular boy and a tall skinny man with long messy white hair, a few birds had decided to make their new home.
Once they were a few feet from the boys they all dropped to their knees. All feeling too weak to stand "What's happening? I can't move, I feel my magic draining away." Rimes said. Looking up to see the tall skinny man start to wake up. As he struggled to get up sitting on a few bricks that were piled together before starting to look around at where he was.
"Ha,... where... are... we...?..." Spoke the now awake Henry as he has regained some magic.
"Shit, he's sucking up all our magic power. Quick one of you goes get the rest of the guild!" Yelled one of the dark wizards. As Rimes got out of range from Henry and booked it back to their dark guild hall to get back up.
"Who... are... you...?" Continued Henry as he got back up to his feet and slowly turned back to the destroyed looking building as his grimoire glows and floats in front of him "You... shouldn't… get… close… to... me…." As the grimoire flips open on its own accord confusing the weakened dark wizards on the ground on what this guy was doing.
"Recombination… Magic:... Black… Bulls… Hideout…!" As the once broken building started to glow and started to put itself back together again. Shocking the dark wizards who are now out of Henry range but still couldn't move as they were all out of magic.
Seeing that he has bit magic now and that the hideout was fixed, he slowly moved towards the downed Asta "Hey… wake… up… Ast-"
BANG! A shot was fired that just hit the ground between Henry and Asta only for him to look up to see a large group of ape looking like wizards coming out from behind the trees. As four raced forward towards Henry with evil smirks thinking he didn't look like much of a threat.
But before Rimes could tell them to stop they slowed down before dropping to the ground. "Idiot, I told you not to get close or you'll lose your magic power." He yelled to his already down comrades and a warning to anyone else stupid enough to try.
"What the hell? I didn't see him cast a spell. How did he do that?" Souban said in shock, she turned to look at Rimes for some answers.
"I don't know, so just keep your distance as it doesn't seem to affect us from a distance. And whatever magic he has it's strong, as that big ass building was just a pile of bricks when I left to get help." He replied, taking out his magical gun getting ready to take action.
But Bai jumped in front of him with his magical bazooka "Keeping my distance works for me I'll blow him to hell!" As he charges a lot of his magic "Exploding Fire Shell" A huge fireball goes flying towards Henry before he has a chance to react. The fireball got closer; it started to shrink in size the closer it got to its intended target, only to disappear altogether just before hitting its mark, leaving an unharmed Henry looking towards the group as a book with a light brown colour glow hovers in front of him. "What the hell? What happened?" Bai said in shock looking over to Souban and Rimes both having the same shocked expression on their face as him.
"Stop… you… cou-"
"Talk faster!" Yelled Bai, Souban and Rimes at the same time interrupting Henry, getting annoyed at how slow he talks.
"Fine, if I can't hit him, I'll just aim at the others." He goes to fire another round at the still unconscious Bulls on the ground. Just as the fireball was going to hit them a brick wall blocked the shot. Looking at the wall they see that it isn't a wall but an arm instead.
"Recombination… Magic:... The… Raging… Black… Bull…" The arm moved back, making Naked Mummys guild members follow the arm back to the building that was now taking the shape of a bull standing on two legs towering over them as if they were nothing but ants on the ground. "If… you… hurt… my… friends…" Henry just stood in a doorway that would generally be the entrance to the building in the middle of the bull's belly. Putting himself in between the two groups. "I… will… never… forgive… you…!"
The members of the dark guild could only look on in shock as they now have to fight this huge monster. "What the hell type of magic is that!" Yelled a random member of the dark guild. Most of the guild members pulled out their magic guns and started shooting at Henry and the bull only for Henry to move his right arm to cover himself from the shots. Once they unload on the bull they see that they have only done minimal damage to the moving building in front of them.
The bull started to pull its left arm back getting into a punching position "Mana… Cork… Screw…" The left arm shot forward towards the group of dark wizards, it's fist started to spin as crazy speed shocked most of them from moving out of the way. When the fist came down it destroyed everything within a ten meter radius knocking the majority of the guild out cold.
"Shit! That was basically everyone and he took them down in one hit." Bai said, shock written all over his face. Turning to the one member that was still standing. "Hey, you." Pointing at him to get his attention, "Go get the Boss we'll try and hold him here!" Got a nod from the man as he ran as fast as he could back to their guildhall. Once he was out of sight, Bai turned back to Rimes and Souban who all nodded at one another, understanding what they needed to do.
"Distract him, so I can get a clean shot." Got a nod from both Souban and Bai as they ready their weapons. Rimes moves to get some cover, while Souban, Bai and a few other members keep Henry busy. Once in position, he Requips a new larger weapon, a Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle and set it up and started to pour as much magic power into the weapon as he could as he only had one shot and he had to make it count. He wasn't going to lose his new family over some random mage that showed up out of nowhere.
Calming his nerves and breathing he looked over the battle waiting for a clean shot. Once finding it he pulled the trigger thinking to himself he couldn't dodge or tank the shot. But he never expected what was about to happen.
While Rimes was getting into position Bai, Souban and a few others went onto the attack shooting at the huge bull as well as the man controlling it. But it wasn't at all effective, seeing as he was trying to protect the people on the ground behind him. They got in close so he couldn't fight back without hurting them. That's when they hear the shot
BAAANNNGGG!
The fast condensed red beam of magic shot straight at the middle where Henry was standing, thinking they got him now, only for their jaws to hit the ground in shock as the building prices started to move in such a way not only moving Herny out of the way but making a hole in the body for the red beam to travel safely through the giant bull continuing it way through the sky into the distance.
Too shocked about what just happened they didn't notice that their Guild Master had just come to the scene, as well Black Bulls starting to wake up.
Janais looks over the field to see his whole guild bar his three strongest all on the ground defected with said three not far from it. Showing anger on his face he turns to the one that caused all this mess. "Now you've done it, boy! You're dead!" He requips a hand pistol and starts shooting at the large bull shaped building creating more damage in his one shot than the whole guild put together.
Henry tries to keep himself and his squadmates safe from the powerful blast of magic. Rimes, Bai and Souban could only look on in awe at what their guild master was capable of, as he was able to push back the bull with his continuous fire.
It wasn't until he pushed the giant sized bull into a corner that he notices that some of the others were getting up and they didn't look happy about what he was doing especially and small ash blonde haired one."WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU DOING TO MY FRIEND!" Yelled a very pissed off Asta which seemed to wake the rest of the others up. "YOU LEAVE HENRY ALONE!" Pulling out a massive black greatsword covered in dirt and scuff marks out of an equally dirty book that glowed a dark ominous red.
Janais only had a second to dodge the boy's swing, he moved so fast he thought he might be using speed magic to cover the distance between them in no time. Pointing the gun at Asta about to shoot at him at point black range only to find he couldn't move his entire body.
Taking a closer look he could see thin pink thread covering and holding his body in place. Following the thread back to its owner to find a pink headed woman in a witch's hat holding the threads tightly in her gloved hands, frowning at the man she caught. Just as he was about to speak, the threads around his neck tightened, stopping him from saying anything.
Turning a little to find the Rimes, Bai and Souban all captured as well, but in a large fluffy white ball of cotton trying their best to get out with no results. Turning his head back, finding the boy that charged him walking back a little to let what seemed to be the leader of the group walk up to him "You're going and answer my questions. And give me everything you have, Kay!" He spoke and a rough voice showed that he wasn't playing around, leaving Janais only to nod at his request.
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"I see, so you found this stone in a village you attacked. And you've never seen books like this before?" said Yami sitting in the Naked Mummys Guild Hall holding up both a light purple coloured teardrop shaped Magic Stone and his Grimoire. Only getting a nod from Janais. "And we are in the Kingdom called Fiore on EarthLand as you call it. And you have never heard of the Clover, Dimond, Heart or Spade Kingdoms. Is that correct?" Only getting another nod from the still tied up Janais.
Yami turned to Nero showing the Magic stone to her "You know the most about these, what can you tell me about it?" Nero walked up to Yami grabbing the stone out of his hand to bring it closer to her as she examined the Magic Stone as the rest of The Black Bulls were eating to refill their magic as well as looking around the guild hall for more information about the pace they have found themselves in.
"These are remarkably similar but they are from this world, not ours but I feel as though they are connected to the one in our world so I might be able to get us back if I could unseal the power from all eleven we could open a portal back home." Nero spoke when she finished examining the Magic Stone.
"Well, you heard her. Get all the information as you can and we'll find these Magic Stones and get back home!" Yami yelled out to his squad getting an Hai and a salute from all of them as they got to work.
