Author's Note: Hope you all like the previous chapter and how Asta obtain the new element for his dragon slayer magic.
I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.
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Now then on with the new chapter.
Chapter 9: The Boy's Vow: Part 2
Asta had just delivered the finishing blow to Heath, ending his reign of terror over Sosshi village.
'No way…' Heath thought looking at a glaring newly born Ice Dragon Slayer. 'I lost…to this little shit?' He thought losing consciousness. 'I wanted to…help him some more…' He thought hacking up blood from Asta's two attacks and then hits the ground, kicking up dust.
Asta's body then returns to normal as he then reaches down and grabs his Anti-Magic broadsword and holds it over Heath's unconscious body. Noelle stares at Asta in shock and disbelief at what she just witnessed her teammate had done.
"This time, we really did defeat him!" Noelle cheers as well as the villagers she was protecting.
The flames on the four terrorist mages began acting funny as they transform into rope-like flames and wrap around the four mages restraining them.
"What started as Fire Magic: Prison Kill Buckshot will now become Fire Restraining Magic: Flame Rope Solid Binding Formation!" Magna shouts changing his last spell into a new one.
"You're more skillful than you look. I'll compliment you a little." Noelle says acting all high and mighty again.
"Shut your damn mouth! I'm your superior out here!" Magna yells but then feels something happen to his restraining magic.
Magna turns his head and sees one of the hooded mages using water magic to douse the flames and his grimoire levitates in front of him.
"Water Magic: Current of the Fortune River!" Hooded Mage 1 shouts as he creates a stream of water that moves him towards the direction of nearby buildings, allowing him to escape.
"Oh no! I let one get away, damn it!" Magna yells in frustration.
"What are you doing? How could you be so careless?" Noelle asks but then losses her concentration causing her Nest of the Sea Dragon to de-spell and soak her, the villagers, and Magna.
"Woah!" A male villager yells.
"Kyaa!" A female villager screams while getting soaked.
"…" Noelle remains silent but, on the inside, she is completely embarrassed.
"Dah ha ha ha ha ha! Who's calling who careless?" Magna asks laughing at Noelle's misfortune.
"How do you like that? A bumpkin like me…won the fight! How do you like me now, bitch?!" Asta screams. "Hell yeah ahhhhhh!" He yells releasing a dragon like roar as the villagers stare at him in awe but then see him fall forward.
"Asta?" Magna shouts seeing him hit the ground. "You okay?" He asks walking over to him and helps him sit up.
"Yeah, that was just my first big battle where I used a lot of magic. I'm just exhausted." Asta says releasing heavy breathes.
"Understandable, you said you only just received magic after 15 years of not having any, so feeling drained after a fight is common for a Magic Knight." Magna says slapping Asta on the back.
"Thanks." Asta says and then notices his wound were still bleeding. "Better heal myself up. Ice Dragon Slayer Mode." He says active his Ice Dragon Slayer Magic. "Ice Dragon's Healing Hand." He says starting to heal his wounds.
"Wow! That's pretty handy! The Black Bulls don't have anyone who can use healing magic." Magna says in amazement.
"…" Noelle stares at Asta as he continues healing himself. 'I don't get him…he's so wild…and foolish, and loud, not to mention lowborn. That being said, he's kind, compassionate, pretty amazing, and so cute. Wait, what?!' She thought blushing heavily at what she just said in her mind.
'All that we went through, we never did find out what these guys were after. Well, I guess we can always make them spill the beans later.' Magna thought staring at the unconscious mages.
"Brr…brr…" A strange sound is heard coming from Asta's Black Bulls' robe.
From the hood came the same Anti-Bird that followed Asta from Hage village all the way to the Magic Knights entrance exam.
"Hey, I remember you." Asta says looking at the bird as he stares back at him with a hated look on his face.
"Very impressive, boy." The Anti-Bird says as he flies up into the air above the village of Sosshi and stares down at it.
From inside one of the buildings, a church by the looks of it, came a strange glow. The Anti-Bird flew down and inside the church's attic to find a stone that was square in shape with a light purple color and a pattern of a crescent moon with three stars. Back in the town square, the villagers were gathered around Asta and commenting him.
"We just saw something extraordinary…" A male villager says.
"You're still so young!" A female villager says.
"You're really from the stix like us?" A male villager asks.
Just then the Anti-Bird returns with the stone and lands on Asta's shoulder.
"Hm?" A female villager asks.
"What's that…? An Anti-Bird…?" A male villager asks in confusion.
"Hey, boy, here." The Anti-Bird says placing the stone in Asta's hand.
"Hm? What's this stone?" Asta asks.
"I found it in the church's attic." The Anti-Bird says.
"Wait you took this from the village's church?! You shouldn't do that. It belongs to this village, so we need to give it back." Asta says.
"We can't! It's a very important relic." The Anti-Bird says struggling to keep Asta from giving the stone back.
"If he wants the stone, you can have it. If was the chief's keepsake. You guys are our saviors." A male villager says shocking Asta as he loosens his grip on the stone let the Anti-Bird keep it as he lands back on Asta's shoulder. "From the bottom of our hearts, thanks." He says.
"Wait you can understand that bird, Asta?" Magna asks in confusion.
"Of course, he's speaking after all." Asta says.
"No, it's not, it's chirping just like all birds do!" Magna yells.
"Really? I don't hear any chirps." Asta says in confusion as he and the Anti-bird stare at each other.
"…" Noelle remains silent as she stares at Asta and the Anti-Bird.
"You've got a tough body for a kid." A female villager says.
"I've really trained myself." Asta says proudly.
'W-What's with those provoking eyes…?! He's so cute!' Noelle thought about the Anti-Bird on Asta's shoulder.
"You can sit on my shoulder if you'd like!" Noelle says getting really close to Asta and the Anti-Bird.
"Maybe next time." The Anti-Bird says.
Later that day, the Black Bulls set Heath and his two subordinates against a destroyed brick wall. Heath then begins to open his eyes as he notices he and his two subordinates are still restrained.
"Oh? You're awake already?" Magna asks. "You can go back to sleep. Once my magic has returned, I'll be taking you all in. And you'll all spend the rest of your lives paying for what you're done." He says.
"…" Heath stays silent as he stares down at Magna's fire restraining magic. 'So, he sealed my magic…?' He thought.
"We'll get everything out of you at our base. Like who you are, and what you were after." Magna says glaring at them.
"Hell no." Heath says.
"Huh?" Magna, Asta, and Noelle question in confusion.
"The end times are upon us." Heath says as a bright glow appears in his gut along with his subordinates as well.
'He's got a magic item inside him?' Magna questions in shock.
"Ice Magic: Ice Funeral!" Heath says as he encases himself and his subordinates in ice, instantly killing them and himself.
"What?!" Magna yells as Noelle covers her mouth in shock.
She then buries her face in the nearest object which happened to be Asta's shoulder and Asta comforts her by rubbing her back. The group then watch as the ice shatters, destroying the three mages' bodies and their grimoires begin to disintegrate.
"…He committed suicide!" Magna shouts. 'The person he was working for must mean a lot to him. I didn't expect this.' He thought as Heath's pocket fell to the ground.
"Damn fool…" Asta says causing Noelle to lift her head as she stares at him. "What…do you think life is? I'll never understand guys like this." He says.
[Meanwhile in an unknown location]
The escaped hooded mage was in a dark room kneeling before a cloaked figure.
"So Heath has fallen…really now…so the magic stone is within the hands of the Black Bulls?" The figure asks. 'But since it's them we're talking about I can do whatever I want with them, whenever I want.' The figure thought placing his hand on a stone tablet with 10 circles with interconnecting lines and 4 of the circles seemed to be empty. "Our lord's revival is…on the horizon." The figure says, and it is revealed that his cloak has the insignia of the Golden Dawn on it.
[Sosshi Village graveyard]
Two young kids were in the village's graveyard and a young boy is sitting before a gravestone of the fallen chief.
"Grandpa…" The boy cries with his head between his legs.
"Nick, let's go home." A young girl says to the boy known as Nick.
The young girl hears footsteps behind her as she turns to see Asta, his Anti-Bird, and Noelle walking towards them.
"Listen! I'm telling you that I wouldn't mind looking after that bird!" Noelle says trying to get her secret crush to let her have the bird ride on her shoulder.
"I told you, he said he'll ride with you next time." Asta says slightly annoyed. 'She is so persistent.' He thought.
"She seems to have taking a liking to you." The Anti-Bird says causing Asta to go red in the face.
"Oh, it's you guys from the Magic Knights." The young girl says.
"We heard from the other villagers that your grandfather was the only one who stood up to those guys. Your grandfather was amazing!" Asta says.
"…A few days ago, he came back grinning ear to ear, telling me of how he won a bet over someone from the Magic Knights. He never took the test, but he really looked up to the Magic Knights." Nick says. "And it was also his greatest regret, saying he should've tried harder when he was younger…" He says trailing off. "…" Nick wipes the tears from his eyes. "Now I…Do you think someone from the slums like me can become a Magic Knight?!" He asks causing both Asta and Noelle to go wide eyed.
"Of course, you can! Look at me, I'm from the stix, and for 15 years I didn't have any magical powers whatsoever, but that didn't stop me. On that fateful day where I found these grimoires and was granted a vast amount of magic power, I worked hard, and I got in. Like I said, you need to put in a ton of work for it. By the time you've gotten into the Magic Knights, I'll have put in even more work, and my name will be known all over the place as the one who's closer to being the Magic Emperor!" Asta says placing his fist against Nick's chest. "I'll be waiting for you, kid." He says.
"Yeah…" Nick says with a smile.
"Nice speech, Asta." The Anti-Bird says pecking him on the head.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, why?!" Asta asks feeling very annoyed with the bird.
"Isn't it because you went spouting off like that, Shrimpsta?" Noelle asks teasing him with a nickname.
"Who are you calling Shrimpsta when you're shorter than I am?" Asta asks glaring down at her as she glares back with their nose almost touching.
'These two will make a good couple.' The Anti-Bird thought.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I decide that Asta will be able to understand Nero because in Fairy Tail Natsu seemed to be able to understand Lucy's spirit Plue.
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Also I need to know if I should keep Vanessa in the poll or remove her because of her rivalry with Charlotte?
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