AN: Just so everyone's aware ahead of time, this chapter does start with a time skip, and mentions parts that haven't been written. If there's enough interest in the memories that I mention, I may write a one shot for them but as of now there's no plan for that.

Disclaimer: I still don't own Black Clover or High School DXD.

Rias smiled as she looked at Akeno and Koneko, the three now 14 year old's getting ready to head to Hage village, same as they had every three months since they had met Asta the first time. Rias couldn't help but to smile as she remembered the first time that Koneko had met Asta, the former Nekomata had been 12 at the time, and the fact that she had been shorter then Asta had been something that the 13 year old boy had taken great pleasure in. Which had annoyed the shit out of the recently turned devil, so much so that the white haired girl had punched Asta into a tree just to shut him up. But as time went on the two became relatively good friends, much to Rias and Akeno's relief, although both girls were surprised at how quickly Koneko had become friends with Asta's best friend and Rival Yuno, in fact both girls suspected that Koneko actually had a crush on the slightly older boy.

Rias couldn't stop the small giggle from escaping her lips as she remembered the antics that the two boy's tended to get up to, usually when Asta tried to prove that he was better then Yuno even though the ash haired boy still had no magic.

"Rias we're ready when you are." Akeno stated pulling Rias from her memories as she turned to look at her two friends before nodding. With a smile Rias turned and began taking the same trail that the three had taken so many times before.

Asta couldn't help but to smile as he looked at the campsite that he had set up, thrilled that he was going to get to see Rias, Akeno, and Koneko again. He knew that it had only been three months since he had last seen the group of devils but he almost began to miss them as soon as they left every time. Asta sighed as he remembered when Rias had told him that she was a devil, at first Asta had thought that she was messing with him since he had been raised in a church, but as soon as she had revealed her thin black wings Asta had panicked and taken off. After being alone for about three hours, and maybe working out, he had realized that they were still the same girls that he had known the whole time. Knowing that he had ran back to the camp hoping that they were still there, much to his good fortune they hadn't left, and since then the three had become even better friends, in fact aside from Yuno he considered Rias and Akeno his best friends, he still wasn't sure about Koneko yet though.

Asta's thoughts were interrupted when he was almost knocked off his feet by a powerful wind shooting through the camp site,causing the boy to turn and glare at the other taller young man standing a few feet away from him. For the past year and a half Yuno had tagged along with him for this specific camping trip, Asta knew that Yuno also considered Rias and Akeno friends, but frankly the ash haired boy suspected that Yuno tagged along to seen Koneko more then the other two girls. Not that Asta really cared.

"Asta, have you gotten dinner yet?" Yuno asked without even looking at the other boy, causing Asta to growl before he turned and removed his coat and shirt leaving him topless revealing the small wounds that he had got the other day from the former magic knight when he had tried to save Yuno.

"I'm going now Yuno." Asta stated calmly before turning and running to the river deciding he could use the run as some form of training.

Yuno sighed as he looked where his friend had just taken off, branches swinging back to there initial position before returning to cutting firewood. The dark haired boy still remembered the first time he had followed Asta out to the woods on one of these camp outs. He was almost 13 and had seen Asta disappear one weekend every three months with more camping gear then he usually took, which frankly was any, so Yuno wondering what Asta was up to, and maybe worrying that his rival was getting ahead of him, had followed his friend one weekend only to discover that the boy was meeting with three girls that Yuno had never seen before. Yuno had planned to leave but he was discovered before he could when Koneko had punched Asta into a tree. Yuno couldn't help but to smile softly as he thought back on that day, how nervous he had been, mainly that Koneko would end up punching him into a tree as well, but it hadn't taken long for Yuno to find that the girls were actually very kind, and he had ended up becoming friends with them, sure he was probably closer to Koneko then he was to the other two girls, but that didn't change the fact that he viewed them as friends.

Any further thoughts he might have had faded as he saw the girls enter the skull from the side, he almost wanted to chuckle as he saw Rias and Akeno look at him for a second before continuing to look around obviously trying to find Asta, before he shifted to smile softly at Koneko, the white haired girl returning it with a small smile of her own.

"He's off getting dinner." Yuno explained calmly as he turned and placed one of the branches that he had cut onto the fire. He didn't look back up at the girls to see what they were doing figuring that they were probably setting their stuff up, before they'd come to join him by the fire. His suspicions were confirmed less then two minutes later as the girls sat down on the logs that had been placed around the fire. And just like every time in the past Koneko sat down beside him, while Rias and Akeno sat on the longer log with a space between them for Asta to sit. Yuno knew that the two girls had developed a rather large crush on his thick headed best friend, how Asta hadn't noticed it yet was frankly amazing to the dark haired 15 year old, after all it was so obvious with how the two girls acted around him. Yuno figured that it was just something with Asta, after all he was sure that he'd know if a girl liked him like that, as he turned to smile at Koneko.

"Are you feeling okay Koneko? You look like you might have a fever." Yuno asked as he looked at the white haired girl who's cheeks were rather red.

"I'm fine Yuno, thank you." Koneko responded in her usual monotone voice, before she turned to glare at her two giggling friends. The group of four smiled as they spent the better part of an hour talking about what had happened since they had last seen each other. Yuno was in the middle of telling the girls about one of Asta's more recent stunts that led to sister Lily sending him flying, when their conversation was interrupted by the sounds of branch's snapping, before Asta stepped out, chest bare and water still running in small rivers down his body, a net full of fish tossed over his shoulder. Yuno was quick to look back at Rias and Akeno, working hard to stifle his laughter at the looks on the two girls faces, it was obvious that they enjoyed the view, judging by the way they stared jaws hanging slightly with bright red blushes on their faces.

Akeno couldn't help but to stare at Asta's bare well defined chest, small rivers racing down his body, she shuddered softly while staring, she knew that she did it every time that she saw Asta shirtless, but she couldn't help it, she knew that she liked the ash haired boy. She also knew that she wasn't the only one that like Asta, but she was sadly aware of the fact that Rias couldn't be with the boy that she had developed feelings for. Akeno sighed as she looked away from Asta, not only because he put his shirt back on, but also because thinking about the fact that her friend had maybe a year until she'd be forced to marry a man she didn't love, had made Akeno feel like she shouldn't be reveling in the view of her and her friends crush.

Asta sighed as he turned back to look at his friends deciding to forgo his coat instead taking the seat between Rias and Akeno wearing his white sleeveless shirt and pants. Asta was quick to hand the five fish that he had caught to Yuno, after sitting down, before Rias and Akeno wrapped him in a hug. Asta couldn't help but to blush as he felt his two friends developing chests press against his arms, before turning to glare at Yuno and Koneko, knowing that the two would probably try and tease him for this later.

As so many times in the past the five easily fell into conversation, talking about what had happened to them in the last three months, Asta getting into an argument with Yuno about which one of them would be the wizard king. Koneko punching Asta into a tree after he had petted her head, and gloated about being taller then her, ignoring the fact that the other three were taller then him.

Rias couldn't help but to smile as she looked around not for the first time wishing that she could stay her with Asta, she knew that she'd be happier here then, back at home, or at the school, but both her father and brother had told her that it was to dangerous for her to stay in this world, the proof of that statement could be seen by simply looking at the massive skeleton that she was currently sitting in, but that didn't change the fact that Rias wished that she could stay here with Asta, and Yuno of course.

As the night wore on and the moon rose beyond where they could see it from inside the giant skull, Asta and Yuno found themselves being the only two still awake, Rias having fallen asleep with her head resting on Asta's lap, while Akeno's head rested on his shoulder. On the opposite side, Koneko slept much like Rias, her head resting on Yuno's lap.

"We should probably take them to their sleeping bags." Yuno stated calmly as he carefully scooped up Koneko before carrying her to her sleeping bag and carefully setting her down, a small smile on his face as he looked at her for a moment. Before he turned to look at Asta who seemed to be panicking as he tried to figure out how he was going to carry both girls at once. Yuno simply sighed as he shook his head before using his magic to carefully lift Akeno's body and move it to her sleeping bag, while Asta carefully lifted Rias's sleeping body and carried it to her sleeping bag, before turning to give Yuno a grateful smile. As the two boys turned and climbed into their individual sleeping bags, planning to get a good nights sleep themselves.

Asta groaned as he slowly woke up, feeling a strange pressure on his chest making it somewhat difficult for the boy to breath, as he slowly opened his eyes, squinting in the bright sunlight that was making its way in through the gaps in the skulls massive teeth, before slowly turning to look at his chest, his eyes narrowing as he tried to understand why there was a mass of red on his chest. Only for his green eyes to widen in shock and panic as he realized that the red hair belonged to his friend Rias, who had somehow snuck into his sleeping bag in the night. He quickly began whipping his head back and forth trying to figure out some way to get out of this situation without waking up Rias, meaning that his best chance would probably be Yuno, who was still sleeping. Asta growled softly at the fact that today would be the one day that Yuno would decide to sleep in, damn him. Realizing that he'd have to try and get out of this without waking up Rias himself, Asta slowly began shifting his body out of not only his sleeping bag but Rias's surprisingly strong grip. Some small part of Asta couldn't help but to think about how similar this situation was to the first time that he had met Rias and Akeno when they had fell on him. As he finally managed to remove himself from Rias's grip he couldn't help but to smile softly at the sleeping girl, before turning and walking out of the skull, to go and grab some berries for breakfast, his mind racing through a number of different things. He was mainly thinking about the way that Rias and Akeno made him feel it was very similar to the way that he felt for sister Lily, only ten times stronger. He couldn't help but to wonder if he was in love with Rias and Akeno, he started trying to figure it out before pausing as a painful fact made it's way to the forefront of his mind.

"This isn't their home, in fact according to Rias, they're living on a different Earth, besides what could they possibly want with a guy like me." Asta mumbled softly, completely unaware of the fact that Akeno was standing behind a tree not to far from where Asta was currently standing. She wanted to go and tell Asta that she liked him to, and so did Rias, but she didn't want to see Rias and Asta get hurt when her future jerk came to claim her, and she knew that Asta would do everything that he could to stop Riser, but even as strong as Asta had become she knew that he wouldn't be able to win that fight.

Akeno sighed as she turned and walked back to the campsite, where she saw Rias and the others packing up the gear, as the girls had to return to school the next day. The purple haired girl sat in silence as she ate breakfast, remaining quiet as the group finished packing and prepared to separate for another three months, in fact when the girls returned the boy's would be getting ready to leave for the magic knights exams. Akeno sighed as she watched Koneko give Asta a quick hug before a small devious smile split Akeno's face as she stepped forward and kissed Asta on the cheek, causing both Asta and Rias to freeze as she turned and walked away flashing a challenging smirk in her red haired friends direction. Rias growled as she watched her friend walk past her before walking up to Asta, and pulling him into a hug, but as soon as the boy's arms finished wrapping around her, Rias grabbed his face and pulled him in for a kiss, not only giving Asta her first kiss but taking his as well.

Asta froze as Rias turned and walked over to her companions before the three girls left with a small wave to the boys. The boy remained frozen as he tried to figure out why Rias would have kissed him, and if it meant anything. He sighed as he turned and began to walk back towards the village, deciding that he'd figure it out later.

AN: Alright well that's chapter 2 I am pleased to say that as of when I post this chapter 24 people have read my story so far, and 1 person has favorite and followed me, so you guys have my gratitude, but I'd love to hear from you so please remember to leave a review. Thanks and I'll see you guys next chapter.