Legends often tell mistrusted or lies. Some erase entire people from their stories, leaving them lost and wandering. Such is the legend of the Seven Deadly Sins... The leader Meliodas... Dragon's Sin of Wrath... Diane... Serpent's Sin of Envy... Ban... Fox's Sin of Greed... King... Grizzly's Sin of Sloth... Gowther... Goat's Sin of Lust... Merlin... Boar's Sin of Gluttony... Escanor... Lion's Sin of Pride... All remembered and despised... All but one forgotten and forsaken, a scarred skinned warrior of regrets... Takamoto... Gorgon's Sin of Narcissism...
Ten Years From Present Day...
"Okay everyone! Time for my final fight with Taka before we saw goodbye forever!" Meliodas stated, drawing his broken green dragon blade with the purple gemstone eye. His emerald eyes flashed at the brown eyed copycat who summoned a blade just like it. "Never forget your skills, eh old pal?" The two of the Sins nodded at one another and engaged in a heated bout of battle. Philosophical metal clashed as two titans tore the earth open around them. "You're moving a little slow aren't ya Taka? Where's all that power of yours?"
"I have yet the need for it, Captain, when you do not try neither shall I. I cannot sully myself as so." Takamoto replied with a wry smile, his black hair short cut and stylish.
"Wasn't that your sin! Your blind acceptance of your perfection that nearly caused you your death?!" Meliodas called with a firm swing if his blade that Takamoto caught with a metal hand.
"Watch your words Dragon, lest I turn you to stone." Takamoto responded, stealing the blade and lungi g at Meliodas with quick swipes. The Sin of Wrath darkened and uppercut the other sin into a tree, which sent away the tree and sin, dropping the blades. The copy shattered like icy stone, and Meliodas took back his blade. The Gorgon sin returned in moments, admitting defeat with a cool smile. "That was fun." Takamoto drew his sacred treasure from his vest, and turned to Diane. "Catch!" The giant caught the book of abilities. "Now toss it as hard as you can my friend! I want to have to hunt that book down like it is my soul!"
"Taka, you sure? This is appears of your work being thrown away..." The Narcissism Sin floated upward to his close friend's face.
"Yeah. Do it. I want to try and forget myself for awhile. I want you all to be the Seven Deadly Sins, not the Eight Honored Horrors. The first sounds better anyway." He smiled. "In fact, all of you, forget about me. Even Gowther, no matter how hard it may be. The sin of I never existed okay?"
The seven sins shook their heads. "Conciously we'll forget, but subconsciously we'll never abandon, comrade." Meliodas stated, nodding to Diane. The giant reeled back, and launched the tome over the dark ending horizon. As it happened Takamoto vanished into the forest.
"Will we see him again?" Diane asked.
"Yes. Taka was never one to go without knowledge." Meliodas stated, turning his back. "Now, who was I fighting?"