Ban tried to focus some of his magic around the unknown girl that he had found, hoping that the concentration of his power surrounding her- would in some way help keep her from suffering from hypothermia before he could reach the tavern and get her help.

The only problem was, the more he tried to focus on helping the poor little gal- the more he worried he may be doing more harm than good.

After all he was an immortal.

The second he'd become an undying freak, his body, his abilities, hell even his magical abilities had undergone a serious overhaul. Some in a good way and other's not so much. His physical power for instance, had altered to match his undying state. Whereas his magic abilities had almost been completely nullified with the exception of his healing ability and his power leeching ability.

And while he tended to excel at the power leeching.

He wasn't so good with extending his healing ability to others.

The same went for sharing his power- the last time he'd done that to a person he was trying to help... He'd accidentally killed them by pumping too much of his power into them which had caused their internal organs to basically liquefy.

It had been a slow death to some extent.

But an agonizing one.

Which was why he worried about the potential harm that he could be doing to the girl right then. After all, he didn't know the full extent of her physical wounds. For all he knew he was making things terribly worse. Especially if she had internal bleeding or something.

Pushing himself faster as soon as he saw the roof of the tavern in the distance, his long legs ate up the last bit of space between himself and the tavern.

"Oh, Ban's back!" He heard Diane shout but didn't really have the time to stop and react to her presence as his captain stepped out of the tavern and blinked at his appearance as Ban began to brush past him.

"S'up, Ban?" Meliodas asked curiously as he eyed his immortal friend as he began to brush by him carrying an unconscious young woman in his arms.

Ban didn't reply.

Which was unusual for him, but from the blue-ish tinge of the woman's lips and the unnatural paleness of her skin was anything to go by- Ban's reaction, or lack there of- was more than a little bit understandable since the man was otherwise engaged.

Deciding to follow along after his friend so that he could offer his help if it was needed (or wanted) at some point in the next few minutes, Meliodas began walking quietly behind the tall white haired man as he made his way through the crowded tavern.

Pointedly ignoring the people who stopped chatting and drinking to see what the two men were doing, as they continued their way to the stairs that led up to the second level of the bar.

Once upstairs, Ban quick work of reaching his room and carefully laying the woman down on his bed. Here in the light, her shockingly red hair stood out in stark contrast against her pale skin.

The faint traces of blood that had been around her eyes, ears and mouth had all but been washed away by the rain with the exception of some faint traces here and there that he took a moment to rub away with his fingertips before pushing her wet hair back away from her face so that he could get a better look at her.

And blinked at what he found.

Pixie-like delicate features, a heart shaped face... She looked as if she was a half breed between a human and a fairy. Which was odd since he felt no weird tingle from any hidden magical ability she may have possessed if she were a true half breed. But then fairy/human hybrids rarely possessed magic.

Most simply stood out due to their unnatural attractiveness and long life span and nothing else.

Feeling his captain standing a few feet away from him, bombarding him with his power to get him to do something more than simply look at the girl- Ban quickly realized that he must have been so lost in his thoughts that he had been wasting precious time that could be better used healing the girl and changing her out of her wet clothing so that she could get warm.

He blamed the fact that he had zoned out on the girl's peculiarly striking features as he moved away from the bed to go and find one of the specialized healing spells that he had stolen from the Holy Knights a while back.

Once he found it, he turned back to the bed to undress the girl only to pause in his steps and blink when he realized that she had already been striped down to her undergarments and had been partially wrapped in his bed sheets by his captain whom upon finally noticing Ban looking at him, quickly put his hands up in the air and slowly backed away from the girl and the bed while muttering.

"I was just trying to help..."

Ban bared his teeth at him and let out a low sounding growl that had the blond moving back again by several more steps as the white haired man activated the healing spell and let it go to work in a flash of pale blue light. Once the spell had completely enveloped the girl, Ban slowly moved to stand next to his captain since he couldn't exactly stand next to the bed while the spell was active.

He'd only end up accidentally leeching the power from it and canceling it out if he did. Besides, the distance was much safer for the girl's well being for the moment.

"Where did you find her?" Meliodas finally asked after several moments of silence. Ban supposed that he should feel grateful that his captain had managed to beat back his curiosity and refrain from asking him such things up until now. And he was. Especially since the man was probably planning to move the girl to the nearest village the very first chance he got.

Which for some unknown, nagging reason, simply didn't sit right with Ban.

Call it his 'thief's' intuition or call it simple curiosity. But as a former thief, Ban had a long standing habit of collecting the rare, valuable and beautiful. Whether such things happed to be inanimate objects or living things- to Ban- it simply didn't matter. And right now his 'thief's' intuition was telling him that he and the girl would have a long and outstandingly intimate relationship once she was better.

And awake.

Having an outstandingly intimate relationship with a girl while she was unconscious was just sick in his opinion. So yeah, when she was finally well and awake. Which meant that he would have to claim the girl as his property.

An bit old and outdated thing to do to a girl who probably would fight him every step of the way, but well, one did what one must. And as long as she was with him and his friends it was something that he deemed necessary for her protection.

"Ban."

He opened his mouth and said, "I want to claim her as my property." At which point his captain slowly, weirdly slow for the unusually quick demon, turned his head and gave him a funny look. Not funny 'ha, ha' funny way but in a funny like- OhshitwhydidIopenmymouth?! paranoid sort of funny way.

"She isn't likely to care much for that." His captain said in his usual eerily calm tone as his green eyes flickered from Ban to the girl as Ban shrugged his broad shoulders.

He already knew that the girl wasn't likely to care much for being claimed as his property. But again, if he deemed it necessary to her safety- then he would do it.

Ban had always half jokingly stated that he had a sort of warped finders, keepers mentality. He supposed that this was just his way of letting it come into play.

"Yeah I know. But as long as I've claimed her at least she'll be somewhat safe." Ban reasoned, figuring in the questionable injuries that the girl had sustained before he had found her as the healing spell finally deactivated.

Meliodas must have caught the hint of what Ban was speaking of in the man's tone and realized that he believed that the girl's injuries were unnatural. Which was why Ban was at the moment so willing to claim someone as his when he would usually have to have someone else shoulder the responsibility.

Sighing, Meliodas nodded his head and then turned to leave the room, pausing only briefly to say over his shoulder. "I'll send Diane and King into the nearest town tomorrow to get her some new clothes."

"Make them red. I want her wearing my color." Ban said, his tone somewhat possessive sounding to the short blond's ears.

"Sure. Just make sure that you don't wind up regretting this Ban."