Summary:

Asta and Izuku's journey begins...

Chapter 15: Quest: To Find the Perfect Tato Farm Pt. 1

Once Asta made up his mind, he went all out to accomplish his goal. Izuku agreeing to travel with Asta was just an added bonus. Asta would get lonely. They spent the next few weeks gathering information and supplies to take with them on their journey. Just like everything else, everyone in town was super supportive. Many of the people there had done the whole journey thing before so they were well aware what Asta and Izuku would need on their trip. Other than preparing, Asta and Izuku had some loose ends to finish up in town. Asta finished up some work on Goku's farm, while Izuku convinced his friend Shinsou to take over Izuku's teaching assistant duties.

Before they knew it, Asta and Izuku were at the edge of the town (opposite of where they entered) with the entire town there to see them off. While Izuku was busy being fussed over by All Might, Miss Nana, Tsuna, Ichigo, and Orihime, Asta was surrounded by Acier, Lumiére, Licht, Goku, Naruto, Hinata, and Ace. Acier hugged Asta. "Take care of yourself, Asta. And look after Izuku, I think he's a city boy."

Asta laughed, as Acier hugged the life out of him (just like Noelle did with her hugs). "Yeah, I will. Thanks for everything, Miss Acier. I'll come and visit. I'm sure there are stories about Noelle that I forgot to tell you."

"Have fun on your journey," said Lumiére, smiling.

"I hope you find what you're looking for, Asta," said Licht, in a way that suggested that he knew something Asta didn't. Elves, mused Asta, fondly.

"Hey, Acier, it's my turn," said Naruto, arms crossed. Hinata patted Naruto on the arm, attempting to soothe her husband. "Don't hog Asta."

"Here, here," said Ace.

Acier pouted but let Asta go. "Fine."

Immediately, Asta got grabbed up into a bear hug, courtesy of Naruto. Asta couldn't help but laugh. "I'll be back to eat you and Miss Hinata's ramen."

"You'd better. If you run into my friends Sasuke and Sakura out there, they'll help you out if you tell them you know me," said Naruto, releasing Asta from his hug.

After Naruto, there was a whole line of people reading and willing to give Asta hugs. Asta hadn't smiled so much in a long time. It was like he always told Yuno—friends were family for guys like them.

"Guys, we gotta go or we'll be here for hours," exclaimed Izuku, who had laughter in his voice.

Asta smiled widely. "We'll visit. Don't worry!"

Reluctantly, Izuku and Asta were allowed to go off and begin their traveling journey with no destination.

Naturally, it took them some time to get away from their no-name town and their friends, but eventually, Asta and Izuku got into a groove, walking along the dirt path of those who traveled before them. Izuku and Asta spoke about who and what they would miss, but Asta had some thoughts on what he wanted to do for this journey.

In a lapse in their conversation, as they enjoyed the scenery, Asta said, "Did you know that because I didn't have magic that Father Orsi wanted me to forget about being a Magic Knight and just be a tato farmer? He said it so I wouldn't be disappointed."

"But it never crossed your mind to be anything other than the Wizard King," said Izuku. "Just like me with being a Hero. So, why are you bringing this up?"

"Well, I do like farming and tatoes, so I think that I want to find a nice open area and build a farm. I'd like the quiet. I grew up in a village that was pretty quiet, though I eventually wound up in the Capital," Asta said. "According to what Goku told me that there's like unlimited areas."

"And we don't want to be so far away from All Might and the rest," said Izuku. "That's a good goal. But do you know what kind of soil and things you need for potatoes?"

"Tatoes," Asta corrected, "but yeah, I do. Like I said, tatoes was Hage Village's main staple."

Izuku shook his head as if he was amused. "I'm not calling them the wrong name."

"Tatoes, Izuku! They're tatoes. I swear, this is just like Finral and Noelle all over again!"

Izuku laughed.

Several days of walking and camping, Asta and Izuku came upon another town. They hadn't known that there was another town so close by theirs! It was similar in its layout and design. The only difference was the people there. They entered the town, Asta trailing ahead of Izuku a bit. Curious, Asta watched as the people in town greeted them, politely.

"Hiya! Welcome. You must be from nearer to the docks," said a cheerful voice. A pretty green-eyed, brown-haired woman (maybe in her 30s, but she had a youthful appearance so who knew) with a kind smile waved at Asta and Izuku. She was manning a food stand, though instead of ramen, it was stir-fry.

"Hi," said Asta. Asta introduced himself and Izuku.

The woman said, "I'm Kinomoto Sakura. Come and eat. Syaoran, get some plates ready for these guys!"

"Yeah, got it, Sakura!"

Asta and Izuku put their backpacks on the ground and took seats. Asta said, "Yeah, we're traveling now."

"Ahh, so you showed up to Miss Yuuko's town," said Sakura, smiling. "Although, it's not really her town. She's just the person Syaoran and I know there."

"Are you magic too? Like Miss Yuuko," asked Asta, eyes shining. Though he never had magic, he always loved seeing the different kinds of magic. There were endless possibilities of learning about other world's different kinds of magic.

"Yep," said Sakura, bashfully.

"Asta was the Wizard King on his world," said Izuku. "Though he didn't have any magic."

Sakura's eyes widened. "Ahh! You're from Lumiere's world. He's a silly fellow! Reminds me a lot of Clow Reed, though he's a lot less mysterious. I was pretty shocked to find out about the worlds with the different kinds of magic myself. Have you met Natsu yet? He's got some dragon magic."

"No way," said Asta, eyes shining. "That sounds so cool."

"Sakura, Natsu's away traveling himself, remember," said the man from earlier, coming out of the backroom with two plates of stir-fry. He was a bit taller than Sakura. They were clearly husband and wife. Asta grinned. "Xiaolang Li, but you can call me Syaoran or Li."

"Thanks for the food," said Asta and Izuku, taking the plates gratefully.

"If you're gonna stay a few days, there's a hotel. Run by a guy called Vash," said Syaoran.

Asta munched thoughtfully on his food. Staying a few days would be fun. They can meet so many new people. "What do you think, Izuku? Wanna check out this town for a few days?"

Izuku nodded. "I saw some interesting stores. We have all the time in the world."

Asta grinned. "Thanks for the info, Miss Sakura, Mr. Li."

After Asta and Izuku finished their meal, they followed the directions given to them by Syaoran to the hotel run by Vash. Vash was a tall, blond-haired man who greeted them happily when Asta and Izuku entered the lobby. "Welcome! What're your names? Two rooms or one?"

"Two," answered Asta. As much as Asta didn't mind sharing, he didn't want to wake up Izuku with his nightmares. "I'm Asta, this is Izuku. We're traveling. I was an anti-magic wizard and Izuku was a Pro-Hero."

Vash looked impressed. "Sounds crazy. But I got two great rooms. How many days do you think you're staying?"

"Like a week," said Izuku, guessing.

"Sounds good to me," said Asta, nodding.

A couple of hours later, Asta and Izuku found themselves at a bar in town. They hadn't either been drinkers in their lives, but they heard a commotion and went to investigate. Asta was impressed to find that there was a pink-haired woman arm-wrestling whomever challenged her.

Izuku pulled out his notebook and said, "I think that might be Naruto's friend, Uchiha Sakura."

"You two know, Naruto," asked a calm voice.

Asta and Izuku startled as they didn't realize that the black-haired, tall man, wearing a cloak actually spoke. Asta traded looks with Izuku. Asta replied, "Yeah. He's a friend of ours."

The man glanced at Asta and Izuku and had the audacity to smirk. He said, "Of course, you are. That's Naruto for you. Name's Uchiha Sasuke and yes, that's my wife currently beating Bo-bobo."

"Why is she?"

"Because she got challenged," responded Sasuke.

Asta hid a smile. "So, Naruto said that you two travel together often."

"Yeah, we're actually on the way to go see him and Hinata," said Sasuke. "Well, Sakura wanted to go visit."

"Talking about me," asked Sakura, grinning victoriously as she walked over to where her husband stood.

"Naruto's friends," said Sasuke, pointing at Asta and Izuku.

Sakura blinked once and then she let out a laugh. There was some sort of in-joke about Naruto between Sasuke and Sakura and Asta didn't seem to get it. Sakura said, "He never changed. That's our Naruto for you. So, did he forget to give you a map?"

Asta gapped.

Izuku asked, "There's a map?!"

Sakura and Sasuke both sighed sighs of long-suffering friends. Sakura bemoaned. "He forgot to give it to Ichigo! I knew we should have given it to Hinata. Or just directly to Ichigo."

"It's our fault. You'd think we'd know better after all this time," said Sasuke, as pulled out a piece of paper. "Here. It's a copy of the map. It's not everything, but it's everywhere that Sakura and I have been."

Izuku took the map, because Asta knew that it'd be safer with Izuku than himself. "Thank you so much. This is very helpful."

"Yes, thank you very much," said Asta, nodding his head.

"Not a problem," said Sakura, smiling softly.

A week later, a map in hand and a half-baked goal in mind, Asta and Izuku departed the town after enjoying spending time with the people of this particular town (called Town Two, not very original but distinct from the No-Name Town where they came from). Asta felt better on this journey than he did when he was just in the town. He wondered if it just met that he was so restless.

But this wasn't the time to dwell since he had a goal in mind, as Asta and Izuku trekked through the Hero's Afterlife.

"Hey, there's a mountain," said Izuku, cheerfully, pointing at the map that Sasuke gave them.

Asta grinned. "Let's go!"

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Cameos:

Kinomoto Sakura and Syaoran Li from Cardcaptor Sakura and other CLAMP works
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Bo-bobo from Bo Bobo Bobobo (whew, what a thing to write!)
Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha/Haruno Sakura from Naruto