There And Back Again [Black Clover x BNHA]

Chapter Thirty-One

"Who are you three? Names would be nice or we'll have to come up with something fun to use." The three mages stared at Shigaraki, not saying a word. Sighing, the lanky man flicked his wrist towards them. Dabi stood up from where he sat, gracefully jumping down and waltzing over to where they were.

Ignoring the glares, he went to grab Asta's arm, however Vanessa used her body to knock him away. Moving back by the impact, the villain easily caught himself before swinging his knee up, hitting the witch square in the chest. Watching her collapse to the ground, he continued forward to grab the boy's arm in a painful hold. Mimosa dropped to her knees, trying to check if Vanessa was alright.

"Now, we're going to only ask once more. Tell us who you are and no one else will get hurt." Shigaraki said, eyeing the witch with a devilish gleam to his eyes.

"B-Bullshit." Vanessa spat out, coughing as some blood trickled down her chin.

Seeing as they were still refusing to answer, Dabi lit up his hand, watching as the blue flames burst from underneath his hold on Asta's arm. The mage screamed out in pain before clamping his jaw shut, trying to wrestle his way out of the hold. After a few seconds, Dabi extinguished the pain, glancing over at the two female mages. Seeing the horror on their faces, he smirked.

"Names?"

"M-Mimosa." The red-head supplied, sitting protectively in front of the witch. "T-That's Asta and t-this is Vanessa." Her voice wouldn't stop shaking, terrified that her friends were going to get hurt more.

"Now that wasn't so hard, was it?" Shigaraki's voice dripped with false sincerity, the man giving her a crude smile. "Mimosa, can you tell us why you were with those U.A. brats?"

"W-We were brought h-here to study with t-them." She said softly, trying to stick with the story they had originally made up to blend in. "J-Just from a t-tiny little village. T-That's all."

"What are your powers? Why do you need these books?" Kurogiri asked, drawing forth the mage's grimoires from one of his portals. The three held in their gasps, trying not to react too much despite the pain they were in.

"O-Old fashioned q-quirks." Mimosa replied, hoping they would buy it.

They did not.

"Don't play stupid with us, girl." Shigaraki narrowed his eyes at the mage. "Tells us how these really work and what they are. You don't want to see your friends in pain, do you?"

"Mimosa don't! It's fine- AUGH!" Asta was cut off by another flare of fire from Dabi's hand, trying not to scream out in pain. When it was finished he tried to catch his breath, giving the villain a murderous look.

Mimosa panicked where she sat, tears pooling in her eyes. Vanessa tried to inch closer to her back giving her silent support while spitting out a bit more blood. "It's okay." The witch whispered. "They won't understand most of it, just be smart like I know you are."

"T-They're called grimoires." Mimosa spoke, eyes fearfully moving between Kurogiri and Shigaraki, the other villains having been pushed off in the back of her mind. "I-It's where we draw most of our p-power from in order to use our quirks. W-Without them we can o-only use some, not all of our strength."

"Good. Now what are your individual powers?" The wisp man asked, idly flipping through Vanessa's grimoire.

"M-Mine is called Blossomy, A-Asta's is Nullification, and Vanessa's i-is..." her mind quickly tried to come up with something, the school never coming up with a code name for the witch's magic. "...it's Thread." She finished lamely, hoping they would accept it.

"Hmmm... now explain your powers, if you please." The man continued.

Mimosa's nerves had calmed down slightly, seeing as Dabi had loosened his grip on Asta and Vanessa was recovering. By answering in a way that didn't reveal they were from another world, things seemed to be going okay.