Demon in disguise

Demon in disguise chapter 2

After smashing himself into Asta, Yuno found himself on the ground on top of his friend. The force of the impact had thrown both onto the ground. Knocking the air out of his lungs.

With a light groan, Yuno pulled himself onto his knees and looked down at his friend and rival. If he had stopped Asta in time he had yet to find out. His ears were ringing lightly, his head pounding. The other boy was lying underneath him, eyes closed. As if he was sleeping. Something felt different.

Yuno breathed heavily as he waited impatiently. It was hard to wait, tugging at his nerves. What was this feeling?

And then finally, Asta opened those green eyes Yuno couldn't help but love. Except they weren't. Instead of just one red eye, the ash blond teen now had two red eyes. Slits as irises instead of round orbs. His hair completely black.

Yuno stumbled back in surprise, falling off the other. He shakily stood onto his feet, taking in the new form Asta had taken.

It wasn't much that changed. Instead of just his right side being covered in black, now both of his sides were pitch-black. Even the other wing was there. He looked like some kind of demon. Bell squeaked and hid behind him.

Asta stood up, looking around. It seemed as if he didn't recognize his surroundings. His eyes were half-lidded as he looked down at himself. Arms stretching out, wings flapping, feet moving as if they hadn't been used in a long time.

For the first time since he was a child, Yuno felt scared. It seemed so wrong. Everything about his rival was so wrong. The dark energy the black being send out was pressing on his own body. He knew that Asta's magic was not ordinary.

It wasn't even real magic, but anti-magic. He had never felt any magic coming from Asta, not even after receiving his Grimoire. And for the first time he felt this overwhelming and suffocating power. The pure darkness residing in his rival, breaking out like a virus.

The laugh of the stranger had brought Yuno out of his thoughts. He had completely forgotten about him. The teen clenched his fists. What had he done? Allowing Asta to turn into this pure darkness.

"See? I told you. You are unable to defend the others" he smirked.

Asta slowly turned his gaze towards the man. He blinked once, a blank expression on his face. His mind was racing, telling him a million things at once. The first things he remembered towards the man, was his name, it was Licht.

"Now how about you get rid of him?" Licht pointed towards Yuno, his smirk never leaving his face. "With your new strength it shouldn't be hard to get rid of him."

Yuno froze when Asta turned his gaze towards him. Those eyes reflected no emotions. He had no idea how to deal with this. Fighting foes was one thing but fighting your friend? He and Asta had trained together for a long time, but not once had Yuno used his full power on Asta. He never dared that.

The once ash blond teen didn't move though. He blinked again and again, as if trying to focus. And then finally, Asta opened his eyes fully. Even though they were pure red with black slits, he was slowly showing his real self again. More or less.

Why? Because those next words confused Yuno greatly.

"Yuno?" Asta beamed, eyes widening and brightening. He seemed to recognize the other. "Why would I get rid of my mate?" he growled at the man.

His smirk went away quickly. Apparently, he didn't see this coming, as did Yuno. He was confused himself. Mate? Had Asta just called him his mate? Yeah, they had been showing affecting for a while, but this was going into a different direction.