Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. Like I said a couple of chapters ago, I have a surprise for Noelle and Luck before the dungeon arc ends, so stay tuned for it.

I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.

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"..." Spells

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Now then on with the new chapter.

Chapter 15: Three

Asta and Noelle both stood in front of Luck as the smoke magic continues to vanish around him. Nero soars around the three and perches himself on Noelle right shoulder.

"Well, well. Friends to the rescue, hmm? Quite the problem for me." Lotus says stroking his goatee while staring at the two new comers.

"We're your opponents now, you bastard!" Asta growls as his eyes become slits.

"That guy…" Luck says catching Asta and Noelle's attention. "…is my prey!" He says loudly shocking Noelle at his change in behavior.

[Flashback]

In a cemetery, a young Luck and a few other citizens were standing in the rain in front of a recently dug grave.

"They say she just up and died." Citizen one says.

"She seemed to be under a lot of stress." Citizen two says.

"Her poor child too…he's all alone now." Citizen three says looking to Luck standing in front of his mother's coffin.

"Well…I dunno about that. He's a weird kid." Citizen four says. "His mother's dead…and he's still smiling." He says.

Young Luck was indeed smiling while standing in front of his mother's grave.

[End Flashback]

'I'll win and win, and offer those victories to mom.' Luck thought with a smile on his face. "I'll…do this alone!" He says loudly grinning with his hair shadowing his eyes.

"Wha…" Noelle begins to say.

'If I don't, mom won't accept me.' Luck thought.

"Wait, what are you say…" Noelle begins to ask but sees Luck charge forward towards Lotus. "!" She was shocked seeing Luck eagerly trying to attack the diamond mage.

"…" Asta watches with a calm face as Luck gets closer and closer to Lotus.

Lotus however, had a grin on his face as he prepares himself for the incoming attacker.

"Fine. Do whatever you want!" Asta shouts surprising Noelle and Nero.

"Asta." Noelle says in shock.

"Surely you can't mean you'll just let him fight alone." Nero says.

"Looks like this is no time to hold back!" Lotus says using his Smoke Magic to avoid Luck and slow him down at the same time.

'If mom doesn't accept me…' Luck began to think as he turns towards Lotus. '…I'll be all alone…' He thought as his eyes widen at the sight of a smoke attack from Lotus.

"And I'll do what I want…" Asta says using his broadsword to slight the attack and destroys the magic completely before hit manages to hit Luck. "…and save you!" He shouts shocking Luck as he stares at Asta with wide eyes. "Like I'd actually abandon you!" He yells glancing at Luck and he sees Asta's slit eyes weren't lying.

'I think…' Luck begins to think.

"I dunno…" Asta begins to say while swinging his sword and destroys more of Lotus' magic. "…what you think of me!" He shouts.

'…I was trying not to notice.' Luck thought.

"But you're…" Asta begins to say turning to look at Luck. "…my friend!" He yells.

'I have them too now. I've made friends…' Luck thought picturing Asta, Noelle, Magna, Charmy, Finral, Vanessa, Gauche, and Yami in his mind. '…I can count on.' He thought with a genuine smile. 'I'm sorry, mom. I'm…' He thought slowly raising his head to reveal that he had lost his crazy look and had return to normal. '…not alone.' He thought as he smiled. "True. Fighting together…" he says as lightning crackles around him. "…sounds lots more fun!" He shouts happily making Asta smile.

'Incredible, with just a few words and actions. He managed to change Luck's opinion on fight alone.' Noelle thought as her shocked expression turned into a smile. 'There is no end to how amazing my Asta is.' She thought with a dreamy look on her face before it disappeared and readied herself to fight with the boys.

"Yeah, this is not good." Lotus says as his grimoire opens up. "It that's how you're playing…" He says as the grimoire turns to a certain page. "…this old guy's going to have to get serious too!" He says holding out his hand over his grimoire. "Smoke Creation Magic: Degenerate King's Smoke Prison." He says as he generates clouds of smoke that start swirling around the Black Bulls and forms a dome, entrapping them. "There's no escape now, kids!" He taunts.

"It doesn't matter who we fight! The Black Bulls are gone win!" Asta shouts gripping his broadsword with both hands.

[With the Golden Dawn in the Treasure Hall]

Yuno had just saved Klaus from the diamond mage and was preparing himself for a battle.

"Why did you come back, you fool?!" Klaus asks shouting in anger. "Even if you're the only one left, get to the treasure hall! This is for the Clover Kingdom!" He yells.

"Let's beat this guy…" Yuno begins to say staring at the diamond mage. "…and go together!" He shouts making Klaus' eyes widen in shock at his declaration. "No more messing around." He says calmly.

"What are you…" Klaus begins to ask but suddenly feels the wind around them start to pick up.

"Wind Creation Magic: Swift White Hawk + Wind Blades Shower!" Yuno shouts using two of his wind spells simultaneously.

'Simultaneous spell activation?! And at this level of power?!' Klaus thought in complete shock. 'Has this kid…' He began to think while staring at Yuno surrounded by swirling wind. '…been hiding his power all this time?!' He wondered.

"The Golden Dawn…" Yuno begins to say while holding his right hand up, palm facing out. "…will be the first to reach the treasure hall!" He shouts.

[Back with the Black Bulls]

Inside the Degenerate King's Smoke Prison the three Black Bull mages were still trapped inside the smoke dome as it fills itself with more smoke. Asta uses his Anti-Magic sword to slice and x-shape in the smoke but is unable to erase it as it reforms itself quickly.

"Damn it, not matter how many times I cut it I can't seem to erase it. It just keeps coming back no matter what." Asta says as Noelle and Luck try blasting the smoke with their own magic as well but get the same results.

"It's probably because the smoke isn't solid, and this spell is so big that you can't destroy it all at once." Nero theorizes while perched on Asta's shoulder.

"Great, so now we know the limit of my Anti-Magic." Asta says but then the smoke blasts him in the face. "Dwah!" He groans as he begins to stumble.

"What's wrong, Asta?" Nero asks his partner in worry.

"It's this smoke, according to my Elemental Dragon Slayer grimoire dragon slayers have sensitive noses and this smoke is starting to make me feel dizzy." Asta says bracing himself against his broadsword.

'The smoke is getting thicker!' Noelle thought watching the dome repair itself and spew out more smoke. 'If this keeps up, we'll suffocate!' She thought. "This is bad!" She shouts covering her mouth to prevent breathing in the smoke. 'We have to defeat the mage and fast! There's no other way!' She thought.

"…" Luck remains silent as he looks at the smoke dome surrounding him and his teammates. 'I can pretty much tell where he is with my magic sense, but…' He thought. 'Over there.' He says in his mind turning his head to the right and looks a bit over his shoulder. '…he'll probably avoid most attacks.' He thought. 'Judging by the way he's been fighting…' He begins to think back to his earlier fight against Lotus and remembers out he used smoke magic to dodge attacks. '…he can move fast in this smoke! His magic-sensing abilities are sharp too. If we're going to hit him, we'll have to surprise him…but how do we do that without him noticing our magic?' He wonders.

"Raargh!" Asta roars using his sword to slash upwards.

"! Oh." Luck says remember Asta's uniqueness.

Outside the smoke dome Lotus was sitting on top of his smoke and looks in the direction of the three Black Bulls using his mana sensory ability.

'This spell's weak points are its big magic drain…' Lotus thought. "My magic level's still fine though." He says. '…and the fact that I can't see the enemy. But that's no problem. I can feel your magic as clear as…' He began to think until he senses something in the smoke. "Hm?" He wonders seeing a lighting shining through the smoke.

"Lightning Magic: Thunderclap Crumbling Orb!" Luck shouts firing multiple orbs of lightning in Lotus' direction.

"Whoops!" Lotus says dodging the lightning orbs by moving to his left as Luck continued firing his orbs. 'Wow, a barrage! Looks like he's getting desperate.' He thought managing to keep ahead of the orbs. 'You're just wasting your magic. I've fought many, many mages. Looks like experience wins the day…' He begins to think until his right side was slammed by a large sword. "Huh?" He asks hacking up blood as he turns to see Asta appearing through the smoke and continues his swing against him.

As the Degenerate King's Smoke Prison begins to clear, Noelle remembers how they managed to pull this plan off.

[Flashback]

[Luck chases him over.]

Noelle was picturing the positions where everyone was in her head as Luck puts the plan in motion. 'Suppress my magic…do it fast so he doesn't notice!' She thought holding up her wand. 'Goooooo!' She shouts in her head as she sends her crush forward with a water blast.

'Dwaaaaaah!' Asta screams in his mind at the sudden hit to the back.

[Noelle times it just right.]

Noelle then pictures Asta's position move forward fast to intercept Lotus' position.

[Asta cancels out his magic so Lotus can't sense him, so…]

'One straight slash to the right!' Asta thought using his enhanced sense of smell to find Lotus through the smoke as he swings his blade forward.

[Asta attacks.]

[End Flashback]

'Even I…' Lotus begins to think feeling his bones cracking from the hit he just received. '…have never met a guy on the battlefield who didn't have magic.' He thought thinking Asta was magicless because he couldn't sense any mana from the boy.

"You know, you're right." Luck says smiling.

'I actually did it.' Noelle thought happily blushing about her accomplishment.

"Teamwork really is important!" Luck shouts.

[Back with the Golden Dawn in the Treasure Hall]

The battle was quite as the sound of soft blowing wind was all that could be heard.

"…" Klaus was silent with a grim expression on his face. "How can this be?!" He asks.

Yuno was covered in scratches and beat up pretty bad as his Swift White Hawk and Wind Blades Shower spells lose their shape and fall towards the ground. Yuno breathes heavily as he looks forward to reveal that the diamond mage didn't have a scratch on him. His grimoire that was made of two different covers roughly stitched together to create a single grimoire. It resulted in the cover to have two diamond insignias on it. Additionally, several crystals are also embedded on the covers and the spine in a disorderly manner. Although, the crystals are only embedded on one of the covers designs, which is the one with light-colored cover and intricate design at the corners. Above the diamond mage's head was an enormous sword with three points and composed entirely of crystal structures. The blade of the sword itself has a very amorphous surface where it is made out of roughly cut crystals, except for the edges where it has a smooth surface. The sword's guard and grip have a similar texture as the blade with a rough sphere-shaped pommel at the end. Additionally, two large crystals can be seen embedded at the center of the fuller near the guard and the points.

"Begone." The diamond mage simply says.

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Only a few more before we get into the Royal Capital battle.

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