Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the last chapter. I hope you all liked Noelle and Luck surprises. I have more surprises planned for the future as well.
I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.
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'...' Character thought
"..." Spells
"..." Animal P.O.V.
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Now then on with the new chapter.
Chapter 19: Memories of You
Asta continues to stare in awe and confusion at the new Anti-Magic weapon impaled in the ground with his Anti-Bird perched on the hilt. Asta struggles as he turns himself around to face the sword and reaches his right hand out towards it.
"This sword…are you sure…it's what I need…Nero?" Asta asks his partner.
"I am, Asta." Nero says watching as his partner/friend reach for the sword's handle.
Meanwhile outside the hole of the wall Asta crashed through Mars, still in his Heavy Armored Titan, continues to stare at the whole while thinking about what Asta had said while charging to attack him.
[Flashback]
A young Mars was tearing up after a hard day's worth of training.
"Mars, is our training getting to you?" The young girl, revealing to have thick, wavy, pink hair, asks as she watching Mars wipe his eyes of the tears forming. "When things get tough, just close your eyes and think about the people you love." She says looking out the window that had bars on it. "That's why we're here. We were born so we could become powerful enough to protect our country." She says smiling at the boy. "If we get strong enough to protect the country, we'll get to go outside, right?" She asks as she and Mars look out the window together. "I bet you'll be the first one out, Mars. Lucky!" She says whining slightly. "I mean, you're the strongest of all of us." She says.
"When that happens, I'll wait…" Mars begins to say surprising the girl. "…until you get out too, Fana." He says making the girl smile.
"Yes!" The girl, now known as Fana, says happily. "Let's see the outside world together!" She says.
Later Mars, Fana, and a bunch of other kids their age was gathered in a large room with a single glass window.
"This is your final test…" A man's voice is heard. "…a fight to the death. Only the last one standing will be permitted to leave as a mage in service to our country. Refuse and you will all be eliminated."
All the kids were in shock until one of them attempted to strike Mars.
"WAAAAAUGH!" The kid screams summoning his Lightning Magic, but Mars was quicker and used his Crystal Magic to impale him. "Gakh!" The boy groans as blood seeps out of him.
"Aaaaaagh!" A girl screams as she is attacked.
"Noooooo!" A boy yells as he gets attacked as well. "Don't…" He groans his last word.
"AAAAAAAAAH!" The rest of the kids scream as they attack each other.
Mars breaths heavily as his Crystal Magic impales many of the kids.
"Mars, I'm sorry." Fana says.
"Fana…" Mars begins to say seeing her with her fist covered in fire.
"This is the only way…now die." Fana says charging at Mars as he raises his arm to defend himself.
At that moment, his Crystal Magic grows from the ground halting Fana's attack and Mars feels something wet land on his forearm. As he looks at his arm, Mars sees that there is blood on it and when he looks up his is greeted to a horrible sight, Fana impaled by his Crystal Magic.
"AAAAAAAH!" Mars screams in horror at what just happened.
"It seems Mars is the survivor." A male voice says.
"Which means he is the one who will get the Mage Stones." Another male voice says.
"As for his Compound Magic…why not use Fana's ability? Both for her abilities and because she was the last one he killed. And thus, from the deaths of his peers the mightiest mage is born." A third male voice says as he laughs evilly.
[End Flashback]
"Only those who are strong will survive…the weak deserve death." Mars says making his way towards the hole in the wall.
"Noelle!" Mimosa shouts.
"Only those who are strong will survive." Mars repeats.
"Noelle!" Mimosa shouts as she kneels over her cousin and begins trying to heal her.
"We're not done! Don't give up!" Klaus shouts to everyone as Yuno and Luck struggle to break free from the crystals binding them.
"There's no time for Dream Healing Flower Basket." Mimosa says as she looks to her open grimoire as it flips through its pages before stopping at a certain one. 'Plant Healing Magic: Princess Healing Kimono.' She thought. "Stay strong for me." She says.
Mimosa is then covered by vines and flowers, forming a dress. The dress has a pair of wing-like ornaments which are also composed of leaves and flowers.
'This is the best healing spell I have! It has to work. Please, you can't die. Keep fighting.' Mimosa begs in her mind.
[Flashback]
"Ah!" A young Mimosa, wearing an attire that heavy resemblance to her current attire and she sports similar hairstyle but shorter extending above her shoulder, yelps as she trips over her own feet and lands face first on the ground. "Ow-ow-ow…that hurt." She says sitting up on her knees.
"What are you doing, Mimosa?" A young Noelle, wearing an attire also has a heavy resemblance to her current attire and she sports a braided pigtail hairstyle on the sides of her head, asks standing in front of her cousin. "Really, I swear. Are you such a dimwit, you can't even walk?" She asks holding out her hand. "Come on." She says.
"Thank you, Noelle. I am a bit clumsy." Young Mimosa says accepting young Noelle's hand.
[Fast-Forward]
A teenage Mimosa was currently healing an injured man's arm.
"Wow! That's really something, Mimosa!" The man says as his wound is completely healed.
"Who'd have believed you'd learn to use Healing Magic this powerful?!" A man asks while praising Mimosa as she smiles. "With your royal magic, you may become a healer who can heal any injury." He says.
"I can't wait to see how you turn out." Another man says. "And then there's the House Silva's second daughter. She's the same age a miss Mimosa, but…" He begins to say which catches Mimosa's attention. "…I hear she can't even control her magic. They say she does special training every day." He says.
"Imagine royals turning out a kid like that! I guess our House Vermillion is the true royal family. Bwa ha ha ha ha!" The first man laughs.
Later Mimosa wanders around and stumbles upon a teenage Noelle struggling to control her magic. The area is littered in crates and the structures were in ruins as well. Mimosa watches as Noelle fires blasts of water but they never go straight ahead.
"If I were her…I might give up. All the royals make fun of hard work. They say it's for those who were born without power. It isn't something royals do. But…
[End Flashback]
"But you can work hard…and I really respect you for it! You must not die, Noelle!" Mimosa shouts as Noelle's wound begins to close up slowly.
Meanwhile Mars has gotten closer to the girls and is ready to attack them.
"Only those who are strong will survive…the weak deserve death." Mars says. "Only those who are strong will survive…the weak deserve death." He repeats.
"…Rrgh!" Klaus growls.
'If I could just use the spells in my grimoire…!' Klaus, Luck, and Yuno thought at the same time.
"I'm fine on my own. I have vast magic." Mars says as he prepares to use Harpes once again. "Those born without magic are weak. The weak are not needed! The weak…" He says sending the harpes towards the girls. "…should vanish!" He yells.
"Mimosa!" Klaus yells knowing he won't make it in time.
As the harpes drew closer and closer towards Mimosa, she was afraid that this might be the end of her and Noelle, however, at the last possible second…
"Aah!" Asta yells appearing in a bolt of lightning in front of the girls and destroying the harpes with several swings.
As more harpes come towards Asta he swings his new Anti-Magic sword at them, completely destroying them as well. This shocks everyone as they observe Asta's new weapon.
"Where did that sword come from…?!" Mars asks.
"Leave them alone…your opponent…is right here!" Asta yells charging at the diamond mage.
"Crystal Creation Magic: Harpes!" Mars yells creating more harpes and sends them at Asta.
However, it does little to no good thanks to his new sword as he slices them to pieces before leaping forward and slashing Mars in the shoulder causing a wound to form.
"One for me!" Asta growls but then sees the wound was quickly healed thanks to Phoenix Feathers Robe.
"Be gone, boy!" Mars shouts using his Heavy Armored Titan to punch Asta, but he minimizes the damage by holding his sword in front of him but is still pushed back towards the girls.
'This sword is good for deflecting his attacks but its also absorbing my magic at a fast rate.' Asta thought feeling his magic being drained from him.
"The sword is good for dealing with faster attacks, but those flames keep healing him every time Asta injures him. If those flames aren't put out, Asta will burn out before the diamond mage does." Nero says landing next to Noelle.
"Just…give…me…a…minute…Nero…" Noelle struggles to say as she sits up on her left forearm.
"Noelle! Don't strain yourself!" Mimosa says trying to stop her cousin from re-injuring herself further.
"Noelle! You're awake." Asta says with a smile on his face.
"Noelle!" Nero says happily nuzzling her arm but then realizes something. "Wait, you understood me?!" He asks in complete shock.
"That's right, Nero. I've got a surprise to show everyone but first…" Noelle begins to say as she leans her head towards the stream of water beside her.
"Noelle?" Mimosa asks in confusion.
Noelle then creates a suction sound as the water from the stream begins raising upwards and into her mouth.
"Wait, that's…" Asta begins to say recognizing what his crush is doing.
"Is that…" Nero begins to ask in shock realizing too what is happening.
Everyone watches as Noelle continues to drink the water and then begin to notice that her wounds and scratches were starting to heal faster than Mimosa's Princess Healing Kimono was capable of.
"Okay then…this is my first time…using any of the spells…" Noelle begins to say, still leaning on her left forearm, as her transformed grimoire opens and flips through its pages.
'Her grimoire…' Mimosa thought noticing how different it is.
'Its transformed, just like mine.' Luck thought able to see even though he was far away.
"…But this spell should be just what is needed." Noelle says as she generates two spiraling blue water currents. "Sea Dragon's…" She begins to say as the two currents gather together in correspondence to one of her open right hand. "Crashing Wave!" She shouts as she extends her hand towards Mars, sending the currents, which now have multiplied and take the shape of a massive whirlpool, at him.
Mars is in complete shock at Noelle's new magic attack as the whirlpool engulfs him and puts out his Phoenix Feathers Robe. As the attack dies down, Mars was still standing but now his Heavy Armored Titan was heavily damaged.
'Incredible.' Everyone minus Mars thought.
"Noelle…" Luck begins to say.
"…you're…" Asta begins to say.
"…a…" Nero begins to say.
"Dragon Slayer." Noelle says finishing the boys' sentence with a smile on her face. "But it seems I need to train my body to use these spells to their full potential, so now I'll leave the rest to you Asta. Understand?" She asks.
Her words seem to trigger something in Asta's new sword as it begins to shine brightly with the black markings giving off a bright blue glow.
"Roger that. You did amazingly, Noelle. So, leave the rest to me!" Asta shouts.
"Move. I'm getting rid of them! The weak can never defeat the strong!" Mars yells as he sends more harpes at Asta.
"Not gonna happen! Who said the weak couldn't?! As long as they stay together, stay with the ones they care about then they're never weak!" Asta yells as he swings his sword and to his and everyone's surprise a stream of water appears slashing through the harpes to pieces.
Author's Note: There you have it; Noelle using her new Sea Dragon Slayer Magic for the first time. The Dungeon Arc is almost over and the we get into the Capital Invasion.
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