Half Demon : Shadow Monkey Chapter 1 (Patreon)

Black Clover parody: Tier 1

Half Demon : Shadow Monkey
Asta finds an injured magical beast with six ears, he has no idea what he’s found. This is a magic beast from the high magic areas, and the ones who injured him are still looking for him. They attack and Asta protects him taking a serious injury. To heal his wounds the monkey fuses himself with Asta, he gains a demon form with monkey traits, and thanks to his friend he has shadow magic. Monkey Asta/Harem

Chapter 1 Six Ears

There were many different kinds of magical beasts, the beasts born in the Wild Mana Areas were blessed by abnormal abilities, some grew massive in size, others gained intelligence, some became infused with an element. They mostly stayed in their domains, but every now and then they ventured out and caused trouble for humans.

Because the world was full of magic it was common to find magical beasts all over the world, from giant boars, huge spiders, massive bats, snakes with multiple heads, mammals with multiple tails, and a who menagerie of sea beasts.

Magic Knights and Hunters, often went after these strange and mysterious creatures, for one reason or another. Sometimes it was too stop a beast from causing harm or becoming a threat. Other times a magic knight would test their magic and skills against a beast to see how they fared. Hunters would go after them for fortune, glory, or materials. Magic beast parts could be sold in different venues, used to make magical items and weapons. Some magic beasts were hunted, captured, and sold to be used for experiments, or to be tamed as pets.

One such magical beast had come from the High Magic Area, a small six eared monkey, with black fur. It had only wished to live a peaceful life away from the dangers he had found himself in, but ended up walking into more dangers.

Some Hunters found him and attacked him causing the injured beast to flee. Using his magic he made shadow clones of himself allowing him to slip away as the hunters went after his doubles. He succumb to his wounds and passed out. “Hey are you okay?”

His eyes shot open and found a small boy with white hair. In a panic he attacked, summoning two clones that attacked Asta. The boy got knocked back until the clones dispersed. He hopped back up. “Sorry did I scare you? I’m Asta I’m not gonna hurt you!” He was a bit loud.

The magical beast eyed him, finding him strange. He couldn’t sense any magic inside him. Still…

He summoned two more shadow monkeys and had them attack Asta again. “Oww oww oww oww oww!” He let them attack him until they faded away. “Come on I’m not gonna hurt you…” He got jumped by more monkeys. “Oww oww oww oww!”

To the beast’s surprise Asta wasn’t fighting back, he took the attacks, and when his spell wore off he got back up. “I’m not giving up!” He came back.

‘What is with this human?’

“Wait are you already hurt?” The beast flinched. “Okay...I’ll be right back!”

Asta ran off, and as much as the six eared monkey wished to flee, his wounds were preventing that. In a few minutes Asta returned with some berries and medicinal herbs. “Here Sister Lily said these were good to help treat wounds and these berries are good, you might be hungry.” Asta set the gifts down and backed away.

Shadow monkeys retrieved the herbs and indeed from their smell they were medicinal in nature. They tasted gross, but the sweetness of the berries helped wash the taste from his mouth. The herbs stimulated the mana inside him accelerating the healing process.

Asta approached, and the monkey got defensive again. Despite having no magic, the little guy just couldn’t trust Asta, he could have a weapon or a trap, something to spring on him as soon as he let his guard down. “Still don’t trust me huh? Well I’m not giving up!”

He ducked away for a bit, but the monkey could smell he was still nearby. Some shuffling could be heard and Asta reappeared, butt naked…

“I’m not gonna hurt you!” He declared.

The magical beast couldn’t help but snort and laugh. This human was crazy, but fine if he was willing to go that far he could trust him. Asta was able to put his clothes back on and the six eared monkey allowed him to help him. “Let’s get you to sister Lily, she’ll be able to use her magic to heal you!”

Nope!

Asta found himself frozen, the monkey using shadow magic to bind Asta’s shadow and still his movements. “Hey!” The monkey shook his head no. “Come on, sister’s a great healer, she can help you I can’t I don’t have any magic or have any spells.” Asta said sadly.

It was clearly a sore subject.

The monkey released his shadow, but shook his head. He was willing to trust Asta but go to a human village no way. This was a mistake.

“Fine then I’ll get you more herbs!” Asta went to where the herbs grew and gathered some along with the berries. He ate and his wound began to slowly close. “Yay your wound is healing!” His ears twitched. “Oops sorry, I can get loud when I’m excited.” Asta spoke in a softer tone.

With six ears he had sensitive hearing.

“Let’s do this!” Asta ripped some of his clothes. He made a sling pressing some of the herbs directly to the wound.

‘He has so little, and yet he gives up for me?’ The herbs applied directly to the wound will draw mana from the world to heal the wound. The monkey’s ears twitched. ‘Someone is coming…’

It was too late as the hunters from before found him. “Well well well, we finally found you, ya troublemaker!” Asta and the monkey were surrounded by three men.

“Who are you guys?” Asta tried to shield the magical beast.

“What’s with you, I don’t sense any magical power in you at all.” Asta twitched. “It doesn’t matter, even if you are concealing it somehow you are no match for us.” They each had grimoires.

The monkey had seen their powers already, one was an earth user, the other a fire user, and the leader manipulated metal.

“You should give it up little monkey, I stabbed you, which means you bare my mark, no matter how far you run I will always find you. I’ll admit you threw me off with that shadow trick of yours.”

“So you are the one who hurt my friend.” Asta picked up a rock and threw it striking the guy in the shoulder.

“Little brat!” Asta picked up a stick and held it like a club.

“He’s my friend you can’t have him!”

“Take care of this runt!”

“So you like throwing stones huh?” The stone user readied his grimoire. “Stone Edge!”Wham, Asta was hit with the sharp edge of a stone.

It knocked the wind out of him. The monkey clung to his back as he dropped to his knees. “No...you can’t have him…” He managed to get back up and gripped his club tightly.

“How cute, Incinerate!” The fire user cast, causing the club to burst into flames.

“Ahh!”

“Just give it up kid, that little creature on your back isn’t something to lose your life over.”

“He’s not some little creature, he’s my friend!” Asta shouted. The monkey was surprised. Asta began to whisper something. “I’m gonna attack them, while I distract them, you run!”

“You little fool, do you wanna die?”

“I’m not dying, I’m gonna become the wizard king!” Asta charged at the leader, fists raised. “Ahhhhh!” As he ran the monkey jumped off his back to the tree.

“Rock Tomb!” Asta’s legs got bound by large stones, locking his legs together.

“Gah!”

“Ember!” The fire hunter began to pelt Asta with fire balls.

“Ahhhh!”

“Rock Lock!”The earth hunter tightened his fist, causing the stones to squeeze his legs.

“AAAHHHH!” His bones cracked from the pressure.

He was covered in burns

The little monkey ran off. “See that brat, you are gonna die for no reason, once we finish you off, we’ll hunt that little pest down.” The leader’s grimoire glowed. “Increase!” He created a storm of small blades.

“I won’t die...I’m gonna become...the wizard king…”

The hunters couldn’t help but laugh. “You fool we’ve burnt ya up and crushed your bones, you won’t become anything.”

“Killing you will be a mercy.” With a swipe of his hand the blades rained down.

“MAKA!” Suddenly a bunch of shadow monkey’s appeared, attacking the blades. ‘You helped me, so I’m gonna help you, I just gotta get you to that sister Lily person and she can heal you.’ He began forcing the stones off Asta.

“Pierce!” Suddenly a metal spear came flying in and ran Asta through.

‘No!’ Asta coughed up blood.

“Little buddy...get away...I’ll be fine…”

‘No you won’t!!!’ He couldn’t understand this human. ‘There is...one way...human...you’ve shown me more kindness in a short time then I’ve ever seen in this world, losing you would be a great loss to the world.’

The monkey removed the bandage Asta gave him, his wound was still there, with a sharp thrust he opened back up his wounds. Blood spilled out and poured onto Asta. ‘I won’t let you die, boy with no mana, take my power it’s yours I’d rather you have it then these bastards!’

His body glowed purple, he clung to Asta, channeling both his mana and life force into him. “What is it doing? Damn! Kill the boy!”

The three unleashed their attacks, but in a flash Asta was gone, vanishing into shadows. “Macaque...so that was your name!” Asta pulled the spear out of him, the wound being closed up by shadows.

He twirled the weapon and held it firmly.

“What the hell...what are you?”

These hunters bore witness to something very strange and unusual. It was very rare for a magical beast to choose to bless a human. Powerful spirits tended to choose select humans to bond with enhancing their powers and serving them. It was an act of trust.

Demons also could form powerful pacts, but even they were limited, if a vessel wasn’t strong enough there was a limit to how much power they could take on. It was pact of mutual gain.

So it wasn’t common for a magical beast to willingly trust a human enough to form any kind of pact. In kind a human had to trust and care for the beast for it to work, so those that tamed magical beasts as pets couldn’t do this either.

The magical beast gave up his physical form to bond himself to Asta, healing his wounds, saving his life, and granting him magic! That wasn’t all, Asta’s body shifted, into a “demon” form, fur spread from his wrists up to his arms, from his ankles up to his knees. His pubes formed a belt of fur, as it reached his back a long furry tail manifested. The boy’s ears grew pointy, splitting into six.

Red markings appeared on Asta’s face. His hair grew wild and thick, turning black along with the rest of his fur. “Thanks Macaque, my friend!” Though they hadn’t known each other long, they would be together from this day forward. They had become a Half Demon, a hybrid of human and magical beasts with powers unknown! 

“Get him!”

“Smack Down!”

“Fire Blast!” The two spells were launched, but Asta blocked them with the spear.

“Maka!” Asta stabbed his shadow, and shadow weapons sprang out striking the other two hunters.

“GAH!”

“Why you little!” The leader lashed out, crafting a whip out of metal. “Lash!”

Asta began to move, bouncing and flipping out of the way. ‘Those moves...he’s like a monkey!’

“Increase!”He created a swarm of tiny blades and unleashed them on Asta.

The monkey boy, spun the staff, knocking away the knives, getting in close, he stabbed the man with his own spear.

“Now I got you, Saber!” He made a sword in his hands, ready to stab Asta. What he didn’t count on was his tail, the furry appendage wrapped around the hunter’s leg and yanked his leg out from him, he fell and his blade missed.

“Hahahaha!” Asta laughed and rolled out of the way. “Come on mister hunter, or do you not like it when you are the prey?”

“You little brat!” Asta crouched down, taking an animal stance.

“Macaque didn’t want to fight, he was always hunted by other magical beasts, he didn’t want to be hated by humans to. He just wanted to have a peaceful life with friends!” His shadow began to spread out rippling out and bubbling with Asta’s rage. “You guys took that from him, and he gave his life for mine!”

“What the hell?!” Shadowy claws and tentacles rose up taking hold of the three hunters. “How is this possible you don’t even have a grimoire!?”

They were pulled down into the shadow realm, where they were given a true taste of fear. When they were brought back their hair had turned white and their bodies had grown pale. Their clothes were all torn up as if they had been clawed and mawed by beasts. ‘What the hell have we unleashed upon this world?’

“If you ever appear before me again, I’ll do far worse, leave with your lives and know the shadows are always watching.”

The hunters ran in terror. They didn’t dare speak of this to anyone, creating or conjuring a demon was a crime, they were doomed if they told anyone. They’d be jumping at shadows till their dying days.

As for now this fight was over. Asta’s fur and hair turned back to his natural White.

Asta was able to return to human form, the demon traits vanishing into shadows, the only lingering change was that his ears were still pointy, and his canines were sharper. “I can use magic...thanks Macaque!” The magical beast’s spirit seemed to linger on Asta though he couldn’t see it, but he could feel it. “I know you are still with me.” He grinned happily while shedding a tear. “Sorry I couldn’t protect you.”

The spirit’s tail brushed away his tear. Asta sniffled. There was no point in dwelling on the coulda, the shoulda, or the woulda, this was them now, and they had to keep moving forward.

He raced back home to tell his family what happened. Asta would honor Macaque’s wish, he’d live his life and make lots of friends. He’d become a magic knight and then the Wizard King!

-x-

Years passed….

Asta trained both his body and his magic, and on the day of the grimoire ceremony, a grimoire did indeed choose him. It was a purple and black bound book, and instead of the clover crest it instead had a monkey with a smiling face. It was rare but such unique grimoire did appear.

“My grimoire, my grimoire hehehe!” Asta cheered happily. It wouldn’t be the last grimoire to choose him this day.

To be continued