626Chapter One: The Newest Member of the Bulls
The sun shone brightly over the Clover Kingdom as morning came, the birds awoke and sung their song, echoing into the blue sky, and the leaves rustled with the light breeze that came with the coming of a new day. The sound of moving people was soon heard, people of different backgrounds and statuses, all heading to their separate destinations.
Within a luxurious house, a boy awakens from his bed, he smiles and looks out his window, admiring the beauty of the outside.
"Good morning," the boy said to himself as he stretched and got out of his bed. He knew that today was going to be an important day for him.
"Young sir, are you up yet?" a voice called from outside the boy's room, the sound had an elderly tone to it.
"I'm up Eleanor, thank you," the boy said appreciatively before grabbing a towel that was folded on his bed and walked out of his room, fifteen minutes passed before he came back, his body wet, a towel covering his lowering half.
"What to wear," he said as he dried himself off and turned to his closet, opening it, he saw a variety of different clothes, he pondered on which he would choose before picking one. "Of course, these are my favorite,"
He picked out two things from his closet and put them on, his attire consisted of a simple long-sleeved orange collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up a bit above his wrists, and long black cloth pants. He walked over to a different part of his room where an array of fancy sandals and other footwear was lined, but the boy merely chose a pair of well made, yet simple shoes.
"There we go," he muttered before the sound of knocking was heard at his door.
"Hey, you ready yet?" a male voice asked.
"Yeah, if you don't hurry, we're going to be late," a female voice added.
"Coming," the boy called from his room as he walked to a counter and grabbed his grimoire, putting it into an orange and black satchel. He then smiled one more time before opening his room door.
"This is it, I'm ready!"
Miles away, in a different area of the Clover Kingdom, stood the Black Bulls Hideout, home to the Black Bulls, the roughest, toughest, most crazy Magic Knight squad in the whole kingdom, their day began like any other day.
Complete chaos.
"Hahaha!" A boy exclaimed as he rushed inside the hideout, he was short, but had an incredibly muscular build, it was pretty easy to see seeing that he was shirtless, his body covered in sweat from his morning workout. "Good morning everyone!"
"Good morning Asta, but do you know what time it is, I still haven't gotten used to hearing your screaming in the morning," a girl complained to him.
Asta scratched the back of his head. "My bad Noelle, I guess it's sort of a habit,"
"I see, now if you don't mind, c-could you, maybe put a shirt on," Noelle continued with a slight blush as she looked at Asta's upper body.
"No problem!" he exclaimed as he ran to his room, leaving dust in his tracks.
"Good grief," Noelle groaned.
"I don't know what you're going on about," Magna said, Noelle turned to look at the shade wielding mage. "I've gotten completely used to the rookie's screaming, what about you, Vanessa?"
"I could really care less right now, as long as it doesn't get in the way of my drinking," she said, a cup of wine in her hand.
"Same here," Charmy added as she chewed through large stacks of food.
"Well, I'm royalty, I deserve better than this," Noelle retorted. "And for your information Magna, the only reason you're used to his screaming is because you probably scream even louder than Dorksta,"
Magna gasped, looking clearly offended. "Excuse me missy, who do you think you're talkin too, you and Asta just joined this squad three days ago, I'm still your superior!"
"Well I'm still royalty," Noelle said back as Magna growled.
"And what is my squad up to this morning," a voice called from the hallway, everyone looked to see their captain, Yami Sukehiro, walking up to them, beside him was Finral, the Black Bulls Spatial mage, as well as Yami's 'wheels'.
Yami looked and only saw Magna, Noelle, Charmy, and Vanessa. "I just passed by the kid on my way here, he really needs to shut up by the way. Where's Luck, Gauche, Gordon, and Grey?"
"Tell me about it, he really does need to shut up," Noelle thought in agreement before pointing her finger. "Um, Gordon and Grey are over there,"
Yami turned to see the two members just sitting there, not making any audible sound, that didn't stop the captain from smiling. "There you guys are, didn't see ya, now, where are Luck and Gauche,"
Just as he said that, a blue spark of lighting protruded from the hallway. "Oh, there they are," he said.
"Get the hell away from me Luck!" Gauche exclaimed as he ran out of the hallway, a picture in his hand and dry blood down his nose. "You're interrupting my daily worship of the greatest angel, Marie," he said as he looked at the image of his little sister, as he did, fresh blood came out of his nose to replace the one that had dried.
"C'mon Gauche, let's fight, for just a few minutes!" Luck exclaimed in a cheerful tone as he chased the mage.
"No, go ask Magna, he's your usual training buddy!" Gauche exclaimed back.
"Nah, he's getting boring, I want to fight someone new!" Luck exclaimed as he continued his chase.
"What did you say? I'll let you know that I'm plenty exciting!" Magna exclaimed as he grabbed his grimoire. "Bring it on!"
"C'mon Luck, don't bother Gauche, if you want, I'll fight you!" Asta exclaimed as he ran out of the hallway, wearing his signature shirt and jacket.
Yami seemed to have completely ignored those exchanges of words as he carelessly blew smoke from his cigarette. "Well, now that everybody is here, time for some news,"
His words went unheard however as the anarchy that was his squad continued to do their own thing.
A vein pulsed on the captain's head. "I said, TIME FOR SOME NEWS!" He yelled as he punched a nearby wall, breaking it, almost immediately, his entire squad was all laying down on their knees, quiet, not wanting to invoke the mage's wrath again, Finral stood at Yami's side, a nervous smile on his face.
"Good, now that you're all here, it's time for some news, I'll be gone for most of the day, heading over to the capital for the Magic Knights entrance exam,"
Visible confusion was on the faces of his squad, Asta was the first to speak up. "But how is that possible, the exam was just three days ago?"
"Well, from what I can understand, a noble family has some kids that were on important business for some time and weren't able to make it to this year's exam, or most of the other ones for that matter, I could really care less, but this family are personal friends of the Wizard King and have done him a good amount of favors, so he decided to make a one-time exception," Yami explained.
"And that is?" The squad asked at once.
"I did enough talking, Finral, you tell them," Yami ordered.
"You got it," Finral replied as he turned to the others. "There's going to be a second entrance exam, it'll give the noble's children a chance to join a squad, as well as anybody else who might've failed the first exam,"
"So, you're saying that we have a chance to get a new member?" Noelle asked.
"That's right, it's starting soon, so Finral and I should get a move on, don't destroy the place while we're gone, Magna, you're in charge,"
"Yes sir, you can count on me," he said.
"But if anything gets destroyed, you're dead," Yami glared, sending shivers down Magna's spine.
"Y-Yes sir," Magna said with a little less certainty.
"Alright, we're off," Finral said as he created a portal, the two of them walked to the other side before the portal closed behind them.
"So, if we do get a new squadmate, what will they be like?" Asta wondered aloud.
"Well, I for one hope they have a big appetite," Charmy replied, stuffing her face with sweets.
"Is eating the only thing you ever think about?" Gauche asked in a judging tone as he looked at her.
"I could say the same about you and your sister," Charmy fired back, enraging the mage. "It's actually pretty creepy,"
"You take that back, the worship of my angel goddess is completely normal, and if we get a new member, they'd better stay away from Marie or they're dead, the only one who needs to give her endless admiration is her big brother," he said to the small glutton, new blood came out of his nose once more as he thought of his little sister.
"This guy has some serious issues," everyone thought in unison.
It was Luck who spoke this time. "Well, I just hope they're strong so we can fight, though that might not be likely since they'll be tired out for the exam, well, I guess one of you will have to do,"
"I already told you to bring it on!" Magna exclaimed, his grimoire ready for combat.
"I wouldn't d-do that if I were you, y-you remember what the c-captain said r-right," Vanessa interrupted, her voice shaky from being drunk.
Magna stopped as he remembered the captain's threat.
"But if anything gets destroyed, you're dead," his words spoke in Magna's mind, he immediately put his grimoire back into his satchel, turning to the lighting mage, fear was evident in his eyes. "Not this time Luck, my life is depending on it," he groaned.
"Darn it, I guess I don't want to make the captain too angry either, but maybe if I did, he'd fight me out of anger," Luck thought aloud.
"You'd be dead," Magna said bluntly.
Asta turned to Noelle. "What about you, what do you think our possible squad member could be like?"
Noelle pondered the thought before answering. "I just hope it's someone who can respect royalty, unlike all of you," she replied, flickering her hair back in a sophisticated manner.
"Well, if we get a new member, I just hope it's someone who likes being a part of our squad," Asta said.
A number of hours passed as the Black Bulls waited, doing an assortment of things to pass the time, eventually the sun set.
"Well, the exams should be over at this point," Asta said as everyone nodded.
"That's right, so what's taking Yami and Finral so long, they should be back by now," Magna groaned.
Just as he said this, a spatial portal opened, the bulls recognized it as Finral's portal, and he and Yami walked out from it.
"Hey there everyone," Yami greeted before eyeing the interior of the base. "And Magna, nice work, everything is in complete order, I should really start threatening your lives more, it's the only way to keep you in line,"
"I think you threaten our lives on a normal basis enough," his squad thought in unison.
"So, how did the exam go?" Noelle asked.
As she said this, a look of disbelief formed on the faces of the two mages as if something happened that they could still not believe.
"It was quite...interesting," Finral replied.
"Yup, and we even came back with a new member," Yami said as he blew smoke from his cigarette, but a slight look of disbelief was still on his face.
"No way, you did!" Everyone exclaimed cheerfully.
Finral turned to his portal. "Alright, you can come in now," he called before turning to his squadmates. "Say hello to the newest member of our squad,"
A figure emerged from the portal, everyone was eager to see who it was, at last, the figure came through the portal, the spell closed behind them. The squad looked at their new member, it was a boy, he stood at a height of 5'9, he had an olive skin tone, short, kempt black hair with a single orange stripe going down the right side, he wore a simple long-sleeved orange collared shirt that was rolled up a bit above his wrists, as well as long black cloth pants and simple, yet well-made shoes, everyone had smiles on their faces, but on the faces of two of the Magic Knights, was absolute shock.
The boy gave a smile as he looked at his new squadmates. "Hello everyone, my name is Kenos Rossiu, and starting today, I'll be joining the Black Bulls!"
Hey readers, this is the first Black Clover Fanfiction I'm typing, I'm a big fan of the anime and the manga and just wanted a chance to share of one my stories with the Black Clover fanfic community, so I hope you enjoy, and there's anything you want to know or discuss, don't hesitate to PM me, with that out of the way, please enjoy the next chapter. Cya.