Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. I'm a little disappointed it only got one review but hopefully this will get more.

I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.

"..." Character P.O.V.

'...' Character thought

"..." Spells

"..." Animal P.O.V.

'...' Animal thought

[...] Over-voice

Now then on with the new chapter.

Chapter 14: Friends

Lotus was scratching his chin as he stares at Luck who now has gauntlets made of lightning and his Thunder God Boots grew talon-shaped appendages.

"Hmmmm...ow…it looks like this isn't going to be easy." Lotus says soothing his scratch.

[Flashback]

"Luck…" A woman says slapping a young Luck across the face. "Why can't you do something this easy?! How many times do I have to tell you?!" Luck's mother asks staring down at her child. "Why are you smiling?! Why can't you get angry or cry?! Why were you born like that?" She asks.

[End Flashback]

Luck holds up his lightning-based gauntlet and begins to focus his lightning magic to the tips of his fingers and creates a concentrated orb of lightning.

[Flashback]

In a school like magic academy the sound of an explosion is heard on the inside.

"Hey! You're kidding, right?! A commoner just…beat…a noble?!" A kid asks in complete shock.

"Ghh…" The downed noble kid groans in pain as Luck stands over him with a smile on his face.

"That hasn't happened since our school's magic exchange began!" Another noble kid shouts.

"Beating a noble! That's unheard of!" A kid says watch Luck walk by with a smile on his face.

"Aw, man! I was picking on that guy! He's gonna get me!" Another kid says.

"He's always smiling too. So freaky!" Another kid says.

"Steer clear of that guy. He'll work you over good!" Another kid shouts.

[End Flashback]

"Lightning Magic: Thunderclap Crumbling Orb!" Luck shouts firing the lightning orb towards Lotus.

Lotus however counters the attack by casting smoke all around him which allows him to move quickly to the right. Luck quickly reacts and charges at Lotus but once uses his smoke magic to surround himself and move backwards avoiding Luck's gauntlet slash attack.

"That was close…" Lotus comments. 'I weakened him, but his senses and his speed are even sharper!' He thought as Luck charges towards him once again.

[Flashback]

"You beat a noble with magic?!" Luck's mother asks in shock. "Luck! That's fantastic!" She shouts hugging her son. "I had no idea you had that kind of magic! Almost nobody beats nobles. You're something special!" She says. "Keep on winning! Win, win…win, and keep winning!" She says.

[End Flashback]

'Win…win…and keep winning…' Luck's mother's voice echo's in his head as he prepares another attack.

"Sorry." Lotus apologizes and creates more smoke. "I can't afford to lose either. Smoke Creation Magic: Smoke Binding Cross Prison!" He shouts.

Lotus opens his grimoire to a certain page and then he crouches in front on Luck and touches the ground with both hands. Clouds of smoke then gather and start enveloping Luck until they formed into the shape of a cross. The cross still maintains a rough and bulky surface upon forming with additional parts protruding from the corners, creating a thinner additional x-shaped cross. The smoke then solidifies to render Luck immobilized in mid-air by restraining his limbs and torso.

"…!" Luck is shock by the sudden capture. 'Solid smoke?! I can't move!' He thought.

"Haaaah…this burns up a heck of a lot of magic, so I didn't want to use it. I'm beat." Lotus says standing back up. "You can't zip around now, kid." He says. "All right, then. I wound how our kid's getting along. It's hard communicating with that one. Maybe it's a generation-gap thing?" He questions.

[Meanwhile with the Golden Dawn]

The diamond mage who attacked Mimosa continues to make his way towards Yuno and Klaus. Mimosa shakenly reach towards her grimoire that was has light-colored covers with three-leaf clover insignias on both covers that is mostly filled with plant-based ornaments and flips the pages to a certain one.

"Plant Healing Magic: Dream Healing Flower Basket." Mimosa says weakly

Mimosa then summons countless vines and use them to form a cradle around herself. The cradle is spherical with a flower bud at the top and glowing lilies surrounding it. Additionally, the cradle is filled with countless flower petals that envelop her.

"I'm really sorry…I'm the healer, and I went down first…" Mimosa struggles to say.

"Don't worry about it. Just focus on healing yourself!" Klaus says fixing his glasses as he studies the diamond mage and notices something on his coat. 'That crest…the Diamond Kingdom?! He's one of the invaders' mages?!' He wonders. "You scoundrel! You'd attack a woman from behind?! Is that the act of a warrior?!" He shouts his question pointing his finger at the mage.

"…" The Mage remains silent at first and just stares at the Golden Dawn. "I don't understand you. They're all the same. Just pebbles by the wayside." He says sending out diamond-like minerals towards Mimosa' Dream Healing Flower Basket.

Klaus acts quickly and opens his grimoire that has light-colored covers with intricate designs on each cover that has the three-leaf clover insignia on the center of the front cover and flips to a certain page.

"Steel Creation Magic: Steel Castle's Armored Wall!" Klaus shouts standing in front of Mimosa.

With his open grimoire, Klaus crouches and touches the ground. A wall of steel instantly rises from the ground in front of him. The wall itself has intricate designs of a series of pillars and arches at one side. The walls have enough defensive power to withstand the piercing force from the dense and sharp diamond-like mineral attack.

"Back me up Yuno!" Klaus orders.

"Yes, sir." Yuno says.

"We'll show this Diamond bastard…the power of Clover's Golden Dawn!" Klaus yells fixing his glasses.

[With Asta, Nero, and Noelle]

The three Black Bull members were racing down a hallway with no obstacles blocking their path.

"Alright! This way's a lot easier! And we're starting to catch back up with to those Golden Dogs." Asta says no longer carrying Noelle on his back.

As they head deeper down the hallway they both sense something up head of them.

"Could it be…? Is the treasure hall really down here?!" Noelle asks.

"Yeah it is. It may be faint but Yuno's scent is definitely down this way." Asta says but then they both hear a loud boom noise all around them. "Huh? What was that?!" He wonders looking around.

"This magic…" Noelle says pausing for a moment to feel the mana around her. "It's probably Luck. I think he's fighting with someone!" She says as Asta sniffs the air a few times.

"You're right, there is someone else with Luck. We've gotta go help!" Asta says to his crush.

"I don't know if we really have to…he's only doing what he wants to, you know?" Noelle explains. "Besides, if there are other people after this dungeon's treasure hall, we need to hurry." She says.

'Let's see which of us gets to the treasure hall first…' Asta thought about the words he said to the Golden Dawn members. "…" He remains silent thinking of what they should do.

[Meanwhile with the Golden Dawn.]

Klaus was still protecting Mimosa by creating more Steel Castle's Armored Walls and firing spinning lances at the diamond mage who countered each offensive and defensive attack.

'This guy…!' Klaus thought. 'What a powerful attack! And he isn't even using a grimoire! Not only that…his magic doesn't seem to be weakening! If this goes on…' He begins to think of the worst possibility. "Yuno!" He shouts gaining the teens attention. "While I'm fighting him, you get to the treasure hall!" He orders.

"…!" Yuno is shocked by this as he remained silent for a moment. "He's tough! If you fight him without backup, even you won't…" He begins to say.

"It doesn't matter! Just go! Frankly, I'd rather not leave this to a peasant like you! Still, this is our country! Fulfill our duty!" Klaus yells.

Yuno remains silent before finally obeying and rushes towards the treasure hall door.

"That's right, you dullard!" Klaus says watching Yuno rush off but makes an opening for the diamond mage as he creates diamond-like minerals around his left leg, trapping him in place. 'Oh no!' He thought and then sees another large mineral attack coming towards him. "…!" He remains silent in shock at the size of the attack. 'Not good.' He thought.

[Back with Luck and Lotus]

Luck was still suspended in mid-air as the smoke started to swallow him up.

'Win…I have to keep winning or else…' Luck begin to think trying to break free of the Smoke Binding Cross Prison.

"You know what?" Lotus asks. "It looks like you're dragging some kind of chain." He says.

'What I want…will go away…' Luck thought.

"Here." Lotus says raising his right hand. "I'll set you free." He says.

'Wait…what was it…I wanted?' Luck wondered.

Suddenly Asta appears and slashes through the Smoke Binding Cross Prison with his Anti-Magic broadsword destroying the smoke and setting Luck free.

[With the Golden Dawn]

Yuno turns around and sends his Wind Blades Shower towards the incoming attack shattering the minerals and saving/freeing Klaus.

"…" The diamond mage stares blankly at Yuno.

"Why did you come back?!" Klaus asks in anger. "Right now, your priority is the mission…" He began to say.

"No…" Yuno says trailing off.

[Flashback]

A young Asta and Yuno were standing on top of the roof of their church looking at the capital in the distance.

"Yuno, we're family, right?" Young Asta asks.

"That's right." Young Yuno replies.

"But we're not blood relations." Young Asta says.

"Nope." Young Yuno says.

"We're more connected than people who are though, right?" Young Asta asks.

"Yeah. Where is this coming from?" Young Yuno asks.

"Well, see…we don't have any blood relatives…so let's take care of the friends we're gonna meet like they're family!" Young Asta shouts making Young Yuno smile.

[End Flashback]

[With the Black Bulls]

"Here's another impetuous one." Lotus says about Asta. "And what are you, hmm?" He asks.

"His friend!" Asta yells as his eyes turn into slits.

[With the Golden Dawn]

"You are my friend!" Yuno yells with the resolve to fight in his eyes.

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'm trying to balance Asta's usage of his Dragon Slayer Magic and his Anti-Magic so one isn't used more than the other. At least until a certain point.

Please be sure to review this chapter and tell me what you think.