3 Men and Their Pride

Men and Their Pride

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Disclaimer - (Cause fanfiction is tricky ground and I hope not to offend the creator of the original story and get sued)

I do not own "Black Clover", it belongs to its original creator Yuki Tabata, but I do own my oc. This is only a fanfiction that I was inspired to write by the original work. Please support the official release. Most of the media - such as the art and illustrations, gifs, video's, etc. used in this fanfiction - are from the web. Thus, most of them aren't mine (because I really, really can't draw) unless mentioned. To fit the story, images are also edited by various apps and websites. So they aren't mine, just edited.

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I will be writing out scenes even if my Oc isn't in them. As long as she's mentioned, or influencing the characters in some way. Or maybe be because it influences the story. This may seem a bit annoying. But that's just how I write. I like to embed my characters into the story line. Because of this, most of the dialogue/scenes will come from the original work.

Warnings: Spoilers for Episode 1,

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Today's Special

A man will not let a good woman walk away...

But a boy with pride will lose his treasured possession because of his ego.

~ Unknown

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Threatened by a ruthless demon, humanity was on the brink of destruction.

All seemed lost until a lone mage stepped forward and took up the fight.

After his triumph.

He was hailed as the wizard king,

and his story became legend...

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{Third P.O.V.}

15 Years Later

"Sister Lily! I'll become the Wizard King someday and make you happy!" Asta proclaimed to the nun, who stared at him with a sheepish smile, her hand cupping her cheek. She knew exactly where this was going, having heard the same line multiple times a day. "So please marry me!" He asked, kneeling down on one knee, holding a single, pink flower up to the woman.

"Asta..." Hope sighed, "You do know you're supposed to propose with a ring, not a flower, right?"

"She's right." Sister Lily nodded, "But even if you did have a ring. I'm sorry, Asta, but I'm every one's sister."

Asta fell backwards at the rejection, but quickly sprung right back up. "Not yet!"

"Um... I'm sorry." The nun apologies.

"I'm not giving up yet!" He declares, bowing in front of her.

"Er, um... But..." Seeing the Sister struggling, Hope decided to intervene.

"Asta! That's enough. Stop bothering Sister Lily!" She chastised, twisting his ear.

Asta winced at the pain, but forged ahead, "One more time, Sister Lily!"

But the blue eyed woman had enough. She summoned her grimoire. The blue book began to glow as it's master summoned her spell. "Stop pestering me!" She shouted, as water began to form up above her. Seeing where this was going, Hope stepped away from her brother. "Water Creation Magic: Holy Fist of Love!" The water then formed into a fist, and hit the boy directly.

Lily gasped as she realised she had acted before thinking again, "I-I'm sorry, Asta." She apologised, running towards the boy, who was now in a puddle of water. "I used magic from my grimoire without thinking..."

Claps rang out from behind the group. "Well done, sister." Recca clapped, Nash trailing behind her with his hands behind his head.

"No mercy whatsoever." The younger boy complemented dryly.

"I-I... It just happened.." the nun stuttered, a light blush coating her cheeks.

Hope smiled at her, "Don't worry. It wasn't your fault. He had it coming."

A shadow fell onto the two girls, as Asta jumped towards them. "I'm not done yet!"

But before he could reach them, a burst of wind shot him down and back into the puddle of water.

"Sheesh." The kids muttered, already used to seeing this.

"He should have known that was going to happen if he tried to jump on Hope."

"Yuno." Hope smiled at the black haired boy.

Asta jumped up and ran towards the other boy, "Why are you getting in my way too, Yuno?!"

"Why?" Yuno repeated. "Because you're loud, short, obnoxious, and immature. Are you really related to Hope." He answers. Asta felt like an arrow shot into him at every point. "Basically, you're not appealing to women in any way." He finished, walking past the boy and towards the two girls.

"Hey!" shouts Asta, "Is that what you say to someone you've grown up with for the past fifteen years, you handsome jerk?!"

"Let me give you a hand." Yuno offers, taking the wet pile of clothes from Hope.

Hope smiles at him, "Thank you."

"Don't ignore me, damn it!"

"Asta, Sister Lily is a woman of the cloth, so she can't get married." Yuno tells him, without turning around. "Also, you're only fifteen, so you can't get married anyway."

"You already know that Asta." Hope chuckles, resting her hand on her hip.

"Shut up! Yuno, you jerk... I oughta..." Asta seethes, "I challenge you to a fight, Yuno!"

"And I decline." Yuno shuts it down.

"Why the hell not!"

"Because it's a waste of time." The golden eyed boy answers.

"What'd you say?!" Asta shouts.

"Give it a rest, Asta." Nash says, crouching down to start a fire. "There's no way you can beat Yuno."

Asta narrows his eyes, "Take this... My ultimate..."

"Hold up Asta..."

"Attack!"

"I mean, you can't even use magic." Nash finishes.

"Nothing came out!" The ashy haired boy grons.

Hope smiles, and pats his back sympathetically.

"Asta, you're funny." Aruru laughs.

"You have no sense." Nash tells him, gettin up. "It's hard to believe someone your age can't use magic yet."

"The hell's your problem?! How dare you speak to your elders that way?!" Asta shouts at him.

"Shut up." Nash throws back, "Magic is everything in this world." Nash says, holding his finger up summoning a small flame. "It's only natural to be able to use magic. You're the only one I've ever seen who can't use it, Asta."

Hope sighs as she watches her brother, "I hate to admit it. But Nash is right."

Yuno rubs her shoulder comfortingly.

"G-Guess I don't have a choice..." Asta says, grinding his teeth. "I'll have to show you what I'm really made of..."

"What you're really made of?" Recca repeats.

He then drips to the ground and begins doing sit-ups rapidly. "How do you like that?! I know you can't do sit-ups this fast!"

"What's your point, you idiot?" Nashs asks.

"You're funny, Asta!" Aruru laughs. She then feels a wind. The group of children turn their heads towards Yuno, who's using his wind magic to dry the clothes.

Hope smiles as she stares at the the large ball of clothing spinning above the ground, surrounded by green energy.

"Yuno's so cool!" Aruru exclaims, running to get a closer look.

"That's Yuno for you." Nash nods.

"He's such a great help." Lily agrees.

Asta's face begins to lose colour, till an idea pops into his head, and he runs around the corner. "Then leave..." he grabs the axe leaning against the wall, well running, "the wood-chopping... to me!"

But before he can even swing the axe down, Yuno raises his hand in the air, and shoots out a slice of wind. He shoots it down and chops the wood perfectly in half.

Aruru, mimiks his hand movements happily. "Aww," Hope coes, you are the cutest little thing." She says, bending down and rubbing the black haired girl's hair. Causing her to giggle even more.

She then turns her eyes up to Yuno, raising an eyebrow, she asks, "Was that really necessary?" Yuno smirks down at her, causing her to shake her head. "Men and their pride."

"I still can't believe you're the same age as Yuno and Hope." Nash sighs, folding his hands behind his head.

Asta walks towards them angrily, but before he can reach them, the door to the church opens and hits him directly in the face.

"Yuno and Hope are the hopes of this church!" Father Orsi cries happily.

"I won't be surprised if they end up joining the Magic Knights who serve the Wizard King!" Recca nods.

Lily walks towards Asta, "The awarding ceremony is coming up, Asta. Once you receive your grimoire, it should trigger something within you, and you should be able to use magic, too."

"She's right." Hope nods. "Perhaps that's the trigger you needed.

"Sister.." Asta calls, with sparkly eyes.

"Oh, no. I don't like that tone..." says Hope.

"I'll get my grimoire soon... Finally... Finally!" Asta says, getting up. "I'll get a grimoire that's more amazing than anyone else's, get into the Magic Knights, follow in your footsteps, and become the wizard king!" He declares towards the statue standing on top of the demon skull.

"There he goes again." Nash sighs.

"And I'll fix up this shabby, ugly church!" Asta adds.

The Father's eyebrow twitches as he turns around and yells at the boy, "Well, I'm sorry it's so shabby and ugly!"

"Right, Yuno?" He asks, he thrusts his fist forward. "Right!"

Yuno stares at him for a moment. Before he turns around and walks into the church without a word.

Asta lowered his fist, "Just you wait... Just you wait, damn it!" He shouts, jumping over the fence and running off.

"Wait, Asta!" Sister Lily calls.

Hope smiles, and stares at Yuno's back. Because what everyone else couldn't see, was that Yuno had only worked a couple steps inside. He was waiting, and listening.

"Men and their pride." Hope sighs fondly. And walks into the church. She takes a seat near the front, watching Yuno in silence. She knew exactly what was going through his head. Because it was going through hers as well.

The two are brought out of their thoughts by the church door closing. "Say, Yuno... Couldn't you be a bit nicer to Asta?" Sister Lily asks. "Like you used to be. Remember how you two were always together when you were little?" She asks. 'Yuno used to be such a crybaby, but ever since that day he brought Asta back with those terrible injuries, and Hope with those terrible bruises. But those weren't the worst injuries she had sustained. Wounds aren't always physical.' The blue eyed woman winces, as she remembers the fearful look in the young girl's face as she realized how horrible people truly could be. To this day, she would still flinch if someone grabbed her unexpectedly. They really didn't know what happened, but she and the Father had a good idea of what jt could have been. 'Ever since that day, Yuno hasn't cried at all. Nor has Hope ever smiled as bright.'

"I can't be nicer to him." Yuno answers her honestly.

The black haired woman is taken back surprised, 'Come to think of it, Asta has come home covered in mud ever since that day, too. I wonder what he's doing out there...'

Hope smiles at the nun, "Don't worry. It's not like they hate each other. It's just men being men."

Yuno stares at the tea eyed girl from the corner of his eyes, 'It's not just that. When we have someone we want to protect..."

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I know that in the story, the first clover is faith. But for the sake of my story, I changed it to be hope.

And who's looking forward to finding out her attribute. Because it's coming up soon.

Also, as for the title, the dub used 'Wizard King', well the sub, 'Magic Emperor.' I prefer the first one, and feel as if it just flows off the tongue better. So I'm gonna go with that one.