"Question: Why the hell am I carrying Asta?" Ichigo asked, hopping from magic foothold to foothold. "I have not mastered Hirenkyaku, so I'm falling behind," Ichigo asked. "I could use Flashstep if i had it, but I'd outrun you." Magna begrudgingly slowed.

"Because this girl is lighter, and also, you are the new guy. I have seniority." his snarky confidence annoyed him, the spark of blue energy under Ichigo's feet brightening as he came to a stop

"I see how it is." he shrugged, looking at the pompous girl behind Magna, her holier-than-thou aura now completely. Then he thought back to when they had received the mission.


That morning.

A frown stretched across Ichigo's face, far bigger than usual, an eye twitching as the black-haired woman shoved a piece of meat into Asta's mouth, and everyone tried to explain what the magic Knights did.

"Now, do you get it? What magic Knights do!" Magna slammed his hands on the table.

"No, we don't; you just told us why you like about being a magic Knight!" A tick mark appeared over Ichigo's eyebrow as now it was his turn to get his face stuffed full of unwanted food.

"What? But that's exactly what they meant; that's what being a Black Bull is all about." The sound of Julia entering the room, followed by the former Espada echoed behind him. "Like for me, it's pretty much all my magic is suitable for. Plus, it's what I enjoy doing." she stretched out, letting her muscles tighten and then relax.

"So we just mess around until-" Ichigo was cut off by the cafeteria's doors being kicked open and Captain Yami entering.

"Magna, it's time!" he stood there waiting for a response, and with a quick movement, Magna was standing.

"It's time?" Manga looked deadly serious all of a sudden, causing Ichigo's body to tense slightly.

"Wait, what's going on?" Asta had asked worriedly, to which Magna responded in the most serious tone Ichigo had ever heard since arriving at the Black Bulls.

"A mission." He then turned to follow their Captain, but Asta stopped him again.

"Wait, I'll come too!" he grabbed onto their senior's cape.

"No, this is an important mission for us adults." he poked his own chest with his thumb before turning and leaving with the Captain.

Later, after their return.

"So you want us to kill a bunch of boars, right?" Ichigo asked, standing with his arms crossed.

"Yeah, we lost a bet, and this is the old man's request.

"Then this is your problem; leave me out of it." Ichigo turned to leave but was stopped by a heavy downpour of magic energy on him.

"Go or die." Yami's voice sounded behind him.

"Fine, I'll go." he shrugged annoyedly.

"I still don't see why he chose me?" Noelle spoke, slightly uneasy.

"Huuh, you still looking down on us!" Magna shouted, gripping her shoulders.

"No, I just don't think I'm the best fit since I can't control my magic," she spoke sheepishly.

"That's the point; it's so you can gain experience. Plus, we're not sending a bunch of rookies out by themselves; I'll be going with you." Magna sounded almost proud of himself witch somehow put the girl's nerves at ease.


Back at in the present. Somewhere near Sosshi

A group of Four people arrived at the outskirts of the village, and the most prominent one had a light blue tunic, silver hair, and a scar running diagonally down his face

"So this is where the magic stone is." the man sighed heavily as he checked his pocket watch. "Fan out and search for it," he spoke, creating a mass of mist.

With Ichigo and Asta.

"I found the boar!!" Asta came running from the forest, a massive flaming boar following close behind.

"Out of the way, Asta!" Ichigo shouted. "Hadō #33 Sōkatsui!" Blue flames sprouted from Ichigo's Hand and smacked into the boar's face, sending him, of course, and smashing into a tree before Ichigo's hand crashed into its head, caving in its skull, blue streaks flowing up his arms the whole time.

"Way to go, Ichigo." Asta beamed as he stood up again.

"Yeah, that was pretty cool." Magna patted him on the shoulder. But as they talked, Ichigo felt something and looked up into the air but could not see anything and frowned heavily.

???

Two figures stood just above the trees and watched as their target focused in their direction and

"That was close. Our King's senses are sharp; we must be more careful until we need to make contact, understand Mockuo," the one called Doneron spoke, his cloak disguising them as the trees next to them.

"Yes, agreed. His Majesty has indeed grown sharper." the feminine voice sounded as she lowered to the ground on her broom. "But it does appear that we will see his prowess firsthand." the cloaked woman pointed at the mist-covered village in the distance.

With Ichigo and the others.

"Hey, Asta, use your sword to cut through the mist!" Magna pointed at Sosshi, anger welling up in his chest.

"Yeah…wait, you can't cut mist with a sword." Asta looked at Magna, confused, before getting whacked on the top of his head.

"It's made of magic, idiot!" Ichigo stepped out in front of Asta for a second before speaking. "I am going ahead." he then disappeared into the mist.


Susshi.

They watched as their commander dropped the sharp chunks of ice onto the women and children but were surprised as a voice sounded.

"Hadō #4. Byakurai!" blue lighting shot past, dispelling the fog and obliterating the ice as a boy with a magic Knights Cape and orange-hair slid to a halt.

"What the hell!" Rage filled Ichigo's gut as his eyes scanned the surroundings. Most of the townspeople were hurt or worse.

"So the magic knights showed up sooner than expected." a voice rang out as the fog cleared and revealed a man sitting on rubble before three other guys in hoods.

"Was this your doing?" Asta shouted before Ichigo could.

"And so what if it was," the man with short grayish hair answered, looking at his pocket watch. "You're wasting my time-" Before he could finish, Ichigo had moved a fist, slamming into a wall of ice that had formed and shattered it, but it served its purpose Significantly slowing him and allowing the other men to step aside.

The two cloaked individuals watched as the boy crashed through the ice wall and then had to backpedal as several ice shards launched at him and hit him square in the chest. Doneron put his hand out before his companion, stopping her from intervening.

"No, not yet; this is his battle, and if he is indeed our Lord, then he won't fall so easily," he spoke, "plus the fight has only begun."

"Yes, your right, brother." she relaxed again and returned to her floating position.

Ichigo's head smacked against the ground, stunning him for a second as He lay there on the ground.

"Well, hell, you won't even let me explain; well, at least you won't waste too much of my time," he spoke, standing and slipping the pocket watch back into its place.

"Why do this!" Asta shouted back, taking his place beside his brother.

"Why, you ask, they're nothing but beasts, that's right less-" he was cut off again as that lighting spall crashed into the ground beside him, his eyes following it back to Ichigo, who had managed to make it back to his feet. "I see you are a descendant of them." the man spoke as his man started shooting ice spells like a machine gun at them.

"Bakudō # 1. Sai." Ichigo raised his index and middle finger at them before their arms suddenly wrapped backward behind them. "Just one left." Ichigo frowned as Asta and Magna launched forward their magic and massive blade drawn, only to have to dodge as ice smashed into the ground where they were going to land Ichigo had plenty of magic, especially with his newfound ability to draw from his surroundings and from the enemies. But Still, he was sure Magna was running low on steam, and he had no idea how Asta's power worked.

She felt totally useless, and It bugged her.

"I'm not doing anything; I'm just holding them back im just dead weight." she thought about just leaving and following the man's advice, but when she felt a tug on her leg. She looked down and saw a little girl.

"Please, magic Knight lady, please help us!" with tears in the girl's eyes, Noelle realized something.

"They're fighting their hardest, and I'm doing nothing!" she looked down at her open grimoire and was surprised when a new spell wrote itself into it. "That's right, I am Noelle Silva, a member of the Black Bulls!"

Ichigo felt as the dome of water suddenly appeared behind him, a slight smile appearing on his face.

"She's giving it her all, and so too is Asta and Magna. I guess I should try to." blue lines shot up through his legs as he burst forward, a fist screwed back.

The worshipers of that damn false god were all the same; they'd charge in head first or stay as far back as possible so Heath knew precisely how to deal with the Orange-haired boy, sidestepping the boy again, in time before the boy could strike him.

"You're all so straightforward you won't be Able to touch m-" This was the third time he was interrupted this time as an explosion went off, knocking him into the wall from the gray-haired boy.

"Take that, you bastard." Magna pumped a fist into the air before getting rocketed backward as an ice chunk slammed into his stomach.

"You got lucky." he removed himself from the Wall he had crashed into, blood dripping from his eyebrow opposite of his scar.

"Damn it, there is nothing we can do." Magna mouthed to himself. "And I'm out of magic; that last attack took all I had, and it wasn't even that cool." it was taking all he had just to stand and eventually he collapsed.

"Bakudō #30. Shitotsu Sansen!" Ichigo drew an inverted triangle in the air before firing the three blades of energy that appeared in its corners before charging the man following the attacks

"Weak, is this your final attack." he slipped away from the binding spell.

"You're forgetting something very important, aren't you." the man's eyes widened in realization as he came screeching to a halt as one of his men shouted.

"Lord Heath!" but it was too late as Asta appeared behind him and smacked Ichigo's spell back at Heath.

"he reflected it!" The man hit the ground hard and could not move or use magic. "How did I lose?"


???

The magic link-activated, and the figure sitting in his chair in the darkroom; his white teeth were the only thing shown in the blackness of the space.

"Is that so, did he win…I see. I see, so our King defeated them, but they chose to die before betrayal. Well, then one of you investigates the man, and the other will continue to watch over him. May all things benefit the Horn of Salvation." A smile formed over the man's face. Standing up, he moved over to a table and lifted a small object in the shape of a five-pointed cross before backing out in a crude laugh.


Susshi village.

Ichigo's eye twitched at where the men once were. It reminded him of the Qincies and their way of dealing with the loss of a battle.

"I… I…" Asta's fist shook violently as he tried to formulate a sentence.

"Asta?" his Companions asked worriedly.

"I'll never get them… they take death too lightly." his hands almost started bleeding but were stopped by a small hand gripping his hand.

"Thank you, Mister Magic Knight; you and your friends saved us thank you." the little boy who had grabbed his hand was smiling through tears.

"He's right; we did well. Magna groaned out as he supported himself on Noelle, making his way over to the body of an older man laying there as if he were merely asleep. "I heard you fought to the end; good job, old man." Magma leaned down and closed the old warrior's eyes.

"Ahhh!" Ichigo roared out as if a fire lit underneath him. "This won't happen again! I won't let it!" the boy's words, in turn, lit a flame under Asta and then under Noelle.

"Yeah, I won't either, or I'm not qualified to be the Wizard King!" the blonde boy shouted, flames practically sprouting in his eyes.

"And I swear to get stronger to protect these people!" Noelle cried out with her passion bursting.

"Magna, I think I understand what a magic Knight truly does." Ichigo played one hand on his superior's shoulder.


A/N

Sigh…sorry it took me so long. Stuff happened, and then I moved back in with my mother, who lived three states away from me, and then some more stuff happened. And I lost all motivation to write For a while. On another note, there was a question that I need to address to clear up something in the last chapter.

I couldn't understand everything, but here is the answer to the part I could. When Ichigo went Full-hollow and had turned on Ishida and ran him through, then started to turn on Orihime, Ulquiorra destabilized that form by cutting off his horn. I personally took that as a conscious decision to stop Ichigo, to save Orihime, at least that's my belief.

Anyway on another note tell me what you all thought of this chapter. I tried to balance out the main story with the two cloaked figures tailing them as well as fill out some of Ichigo's arsenal so tell me how I did in that respect as well as the additional content at the end, for me the fights end didn't leave much of an impact on me it just didn't feel emotional enough in the actual anime.

Last but not least I'm going to start adding previews after the A/Ns starting with this chapter, as well as the next chapter having omakes.


Preview.

"you think I care about your god, don't mess with me!" Ichigo through his hand back in anger. "I have no interest in joining your war on the Clover Kingdom!" Ichigo turned to leave but was stopped again.

"Listen, Ichigo this is who you are meant to be, and I Your loyal subject!" the woman clinched tightly to her childhood friend's cloaks. "Please don't reject us, you don't belong with the Magic Knights!" she spat out the last two words.

"I don't care just stop and leave me alone." he yanked away and then disappeared into a the crowd of people.

END of Preveiw.