Bloody fuck. I'm staring at myself in a pond. I look like a twelve year old again. I concentrated for a few minutes. I look like a sixteen year old with the same clothes I was wearing before I left. I let go of my concentration. I'm a twelve year old. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
"Who are you?" A apathetic voice asks. I look toward the source of the voice. It's… a dude with scraggly pink hair and yellow coat. My eyes drift behind him. Holy shit. It's Dale. I move back in surprise.
"I- um sorry for intruding, I'll be on my way now." I quickly force out. What the fuck am I saying? He shakes his head.
"You did not initiate conversation and I believe you were here before us. If anyone were to intrude then I believe that it would be us. Who are you?" Ah…
"My name is Lillian. It's a pleasure to meet you. What might your name be?" Okay, play it smooth, hide my fucking feelings right now. Gowther reads body language.
"Armando. We encountered each other in Vaizel. Your posture and voice are the same." I snapped my fingers.
"We did? I guess I'll take your word for it. Who is your companion if you don't mind me asking?" I ask. I technically met Alan. He looks back at the giant figure behind him.
"I don't know." Well, acting like this should be appropriate right?
"Uh… That's nice." A few moments passed.
"I have a favour to ask of you." I look up in surprise. The fuck?
"Depends on what it is." I reply carefully.
"Would you mind staying with him until tomorrow? I'm afraid that I have to go do something and I shouldn't leave him alone." ...Well that explains the manga stance on it.
"I don't see why not. I'm a bit lost anyway. I'll stay with your friend until you return." He gives me a brief nod. He walks away. Okay… Time to do something weird.
"So, your name is Dale right?" The giant moves in surprise. He's giving off an air of 'how do you know that?' "Hm… call it intuition. So you were probably one of the first holy knights to drink the demon's blood." He was startled again. "And the only thing that's keeping you in check is the armour. Great… So…" What did you end up dying from? Well, you were in the that body for a long time. Wow, I actually don't know what he died from. Uh… So the best thing I can do is take away the darkness and heal him? He suddenly started walking away.
"Hey where are you going?" I call after him, flying behind him. He keeps shambling forward. I don't think I could pull of the darkness sucking thing wordlessly anymore so should I give it a name? I dunno. Dark giga drain? Oh god, pokemon reference. I probably can't think of a good name for it. Soon we arrived at a clearing. Oh shit… I had the instinct to duck behind a tree. I heard a war cry of some men. Bloody hell. I maneuvered myself into the tree.
"Great, why did I literally let myself get saddled by this? Best course of action… in canon they all got massacred. So it'd be best to get them home." Taking lunalight, I started playing random melodies. Take them home. Portals began appearing but some knights already died. I forced myself to keep looking and playing. Come on, I can save many more.
"And what do you think you're doing?" Whispered a voice from behind me. I fell out of the tree.
"Ow…" I groaned. Damn it, they got here fast. I was faced with five people. The Roars of Dawn. "Well, if you must know I had a gut feeling on what would happen to them so I decided to take initiative." I reply sarcastically. I gulped. Okay, maybe that isn't a good idea when you're in front of a group that's op.
"I see." What's his name… Threader? No… the official one was changed. It's Slader. He leaned in close. I moved backwards. "Well, you don't seem to be the Armor Giant so I assume it's the armored man behind you." Well, I wouldn't necessarily consider it a man… Well technically- Ah don't think about this shit now! Simon moved forward.
"Kid, while I appreciate your sentiments on trying to save the soldiers, it really wasn't necessary. So if you would just get out of our way…." He trailed off meaningfully. Okay, I get the fucking idea. I face my palms toward them.
"Sorry, sorry. I'll leave now." Well, to you guys anyway. I started walking away.
"Wait." I froze. Crap, did I do something wrong? I turn back toward them.
"Yes?"
"Who are you?" Hugo asks.
"No one important really."
"Why were you here?"
"Some guy asked me to watch this dude and then he started killing people. No idea why."
"And who was this 'guy'?" I shrugged.
"I don't know."
"Why did you help the Armor Giant?"
"Well, I didn't really want people to die unnecessarily." I continue walking away. They take away their attention to fully focus on Dale. As soon as I'm certain that they're not paying attention to me anymore, I transformed Lunalight into a cloak and tossed my hood on. I stuck around the area waiting for something. There it is… Three powerful magical energies. King, Meliodas, and Ban.
That's you right?
Define that will you?
I feel your energies.
You're by Gowther?
Uh, that depends on your view of the situation.
Well?
Meh, whatever. Anyway the Roars of Dawn are here too.
Who now?
Never mind. Anyway, they're fighting the Armour Giant right now. I advise you keep your distance or else your cover will be blown. I'm going to come find you.
Fine. I took a long loop around to their energy. The Roars were at a standstill with Dale. Soon it started to rain. I was right by them though.
"Hi everyone." No one was surprised.
"So you're back Lily?" Ban drawls.
"I thought I asked you not to call me Lily."
"Didn't that lady say you would be gone for two weeks? It's been four now." Meliodas asks with concern lacing his voice.
"Haha… I was done in a week but I got lost trying to make my way back to you. Wow three weeks passed? My sense of direction must really bad." I scratched the back of my head sheepishly. A voice drew my attention back to the battlefield.
"KYAA! THERE ARE DEAD PEOPLE ON THE GROUND." I flinched a bit. King flashed me a concerned look.
"Are you alright?"
"I tried but I couldn't get them out in time." I whispered.
"You can't expect to save everyone you come across."
"I can sure as hell try though."
"Are they dead?"
"There's someone there!" These kids are stupid.
"Those kids!" Ban swore. Wait, he actually didn't swear.
"This is the worst…"
"Some kids are really stupid." One of them ran around trying to talk to the holy knights. I think that's Pelio. Suddenly he noticed that Armour Giant.
He fucking drew his sword and tried to slice his leg. How stupid are you? HE'S WEARING ARMOUR SMART STUFF. Suddenly Dale's arm came down. I cast a dome around Gowther and Pelio. It still got pushed into the ground but for the most part they were okay. That was a hard hit. Where are the sins- Oh.
"Gowther! Why would he do such a thing?" King's eyes were glued ahead in shock.
That's not Gowther dumbass.
"We'll worry about that later!" Meliodas called back. I moved the dome away, dropping Armando off at the edge and Pelio a greater distance away. The sins engaged. Meliodas got his head slammed into the ground by Slader. Ouch that must hurt. I don't think I can really engage…
"Run away Gow…" He trailed off. The Roars moved in for another attack.
"Prepare the second wave of attacks!" Hugo called out.
"Heads up Hugo!" I forgot what her name was. Uh… Margaret? No wrong person… Eliza? No why am I listing the names of the princesses. Ja- Jillian! Her name was Jillian. King nicks him with Chastiefol.
"Sorry but," He doesn't really sound sorry. "Until this is over I'll keep you as a statue."
"This is petrification! Simon!" He exclaims. His arm gets chopped off. I apply a thin shield around King. Jillian applies her wires to King.
"Until this is over, I'll keep you here in agony." King gives her a confused look until he realizes what I've done.
"Well then," Slader chirped. "It's my turn next!"
"I won't let you!" Meliodas protested. Simon intercepted him.
"Why don't we let him?" With Meliodas stalled, Slader landed another slash on his chest. In the meanwhile, Ban attacked Weinheidt's clone. How do I remember that but not Jillian?
"Did you really think we wouldn't sense you? Too bad!" He retorted mockingly. "Well, because of you, I had enough time to charge my power. Thank you very much." He gets up from behind a bush and shoots an arrow at Dale.
"Gowther!" Meliodas shouts.
Wait for itttttttttt.
"No one understood what had just happened. The man was just quietly waiting for the opportune moment, hiding amongst the dead bodies, knowing that there would be a decisive attack from the blind spot." Armando, as the sins know him, monologues. "Well originally, this should have been enough, but Dawn Roar, you are indeed impressive. With just four strikes your intense attacks were more than enough to shatter this armor. But the prince of releasing this seal will be immense. Human."
"Seal… You said?" Slader echoes.
"Hey, that way of talking.." Meliodas realized.
"No way!" Ban grins. Pelliot comes running up.
"Armando! You're okay!"
"I'm sorry, young man. I wanted to hide it a little longer, but…" Pelliot gave him a confused look as he started changing. "I am not Armando… My true identity is-"
"Wh-What? You're kidding me!" King exclaims.
It's true. And prepare to get offended.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Meliodas grins.
"No fucking way! Ban yells.
"One of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Goat's Sin of Lust, Gowther." His tattoo was just visible.
You knew?!
Maybe.
You could've told us!!
I wasn't sure.
You could've told us your suspicions!That's not my main concern.
What's more important?
You'll see soon.
"This youth is one of the seven deadly sins?" Slader muses to himself.
"You're kidding me!" Meliodas is smiling.
"It is not a jest. I truly am the goat's sin of lust, Gowther." He still holds the arrow in his hands.
"Little boy…" says Jillian uneasily. "If you're going to sleep talk, you should just stay in your bed."
"That is impossible." Gowther flat out denies.
"No, Jillian," Weinheidt interjects. "He stopped my full charged arrow with his bare hand. An ordinary boy wouldn't be able to do such a thing!" He seemed to add something under his breath but I couldn't hear it. She sighs.
"You're right, he would be able to stop it as long as he had enough time and he knew." Ban sprints forward.
"Hohoooooo~" He examines Gowther from multiple angles. "So this is what was inside the armor the whole time. I totally thought that you were a big old geezer." Slader snaps to attention.
"Given your posture, gait, voice, and attitude in addition to the scar on the cheek, you are no doubt the Undead Ban." I seriously need to learn how he can monotone his speech so easily even though I technically already know.
"Whoa!" Ban exclaims with an upturned lip. "This vibe… You're definitely Gowther." Gowther turns his head.
"If that is the case, there is something that has been bothering me," He points at Meliodas. "The young man over there who is the uncanny spitting of the Meliodas I know is…" Meliodas pointed at himself with a wide smile.
"Yes sir, I am the one and only captain Meliodas!" He declares.
"Meliodas?!" Simon yelled. "This midget is the CAPTAIN OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS!"
"What, surprised?" Meliodas remarks.
"This is a surprise." Gowther murmurs.
"You don't look surprised." Meliodas pointed at King.
"Gowther! Look at him!! You'll be even more surprised. It's King!"
"No, he's not the same person." Ban looked at him with wide eyes. "Bone structure, voice, and body odour are all completely different."
"Body odour?" Ban echos. A bead of sweat falls across King's face as he figuratively faceplants.
Why does this happen to me… I guess there's no choice. His face momentarily scrunches up. Oh please no… He turns into his fat form. Jillian shivers, as he breaks his wires.
"Ew."
"What?" He retorts. I fly over and I lightly hit him on the head.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to go into your fat form? It's ugly, and you smell horrible."
"Have I told you before that it's my human form? And you should have one too."
"Mine isn't as bad as yours."
"You know what it is?!"
"That's definitely him." Gowther remarks.
"You changed your mind fast~" Ban sings. Gowther's gaze slides to me.
"And you're the girl that I met earlier in the forest."
"Uh, yeah sorry about watching him and stuff, he started running super fast and I couldn't keep up and the next thing I know, he's fighting."
"Your name was Lillian correct?"
"Yeah, and I guess your name isn't Alan either…"
"She's the one that's been sighted with King!" Hugo mutters. A slow clap rings through the clearing.
"Wonderful!" says Slader in a sing-song voice. "To be able to meet not only Gowther, but four more members of the Seven Deadly Sins… I am truly blessed!"
"Um technically speaking in terms of this kinda stuff, wouldn't it be more appropriate to say cursed because they're called sins? I mean like I think it would make sense with a group labelled the commandments, not that it really does but sins? Blessed doesn't fit right." I muse to myself, but not that quietly. Slader continued as though he hadn't heard me.
"We've already been informed of the recent incident at Vaizel! Nothing would make me happier to fight you all, but too bad. Our mission today is to just take back the head of the Armour Giant." The guy in there is shaking.
"But isn't that your armour?" Meliodas asks curiously. "What's inside it?" Gowther hesitates while I bite my tongue.
"...I am not certain."
Don't say, don't say it, don't think it either, ooh butterflies, rainbows, death, blood, not helping…
"Lillian, I worry for you sometimes." King drawls teasingly.
"Oh please." I retort.
"It's time for work." declares Slader. "And please don't interfere this time."
"Could you leave him alone?" asks Gowther. "Please." He adds as an afterthought.
"Hey Gowther~" whines Ban. "Why can't you let them fight this monster?"
"Well, yeah… we were only protecting it because we thought it was you…" King agrees.
"I… agree with Gowther. Would you please leave him alone? It might be easier to reverse the process if he isn't agitated…" King gives me a sudden look.
"You know what's going to happen."
"I know what would've happened. And I would rather change that and leave someone with a parent." Suddenly Dale let out a loud roar. That literally sent us flying.
"Well… That gives me a gauge of what I need to be prepared for in the capital. And if he ended up being one of the weaker knights to be injected then there is a certain level severity that must be taken into account. Then again, he lost control of his emotions but is technically still able to hear us..." I muse quietly.
"You surely felt his power just now." Gowther argues. "Can you still say that you can defeat him?"
After a moment he responded. "We can defeat him." He then proceeds to elaborate. "No doubt, two of us, no one of us will surely die. But I also have no doubt that we will be able to take its head."
"That isn't reassuring for the future if I let it happen…" I mutter quietly. The Dawn Roar is one of the stronger groups here. If they can't take a low level holy knight turned demon then the future is fucked. But technically speaking, they still lasted a while and maybe saving-
Would you care to ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THESE RANDOM THOUGHTS YOU SEND ME?Whoops. Maybe later.
"A calm, objective assessment." Gowther decided. "There is no choice." He raised his hand. Magical power started gathering around it.
"You intend to fight alongside that monster?" inquires Slader. In a swift motion, Gowther takes off Dale's demon head. Everyone looked at him in surprise as Gowther catches it and holds it out to Slader. "Take it."
"What are you doing?!" Slader exclaims in surprise. "I don't understand!"
"This is the most pacifistic solution." Gowther calmly explains. "If the seven deadly sins, the armour giant, and Dawn Roar initiate a three-way battle here, the village of Ordan will suffer collateral damage, and no doubt will be annihilated. And with this, we can pay respects to all the knights that were murdered here as well." He took the head. Blood was still dripping from it.
"Are you sure Slader?!" Simon protested. "He just took our target and-"
"Silence, child." Slader ordered.
"There will be many more important battles in the future…" I retort to myself. Quietly. But I know some of the others still heard it.
"I like you, Goat's sin of Lust, Gowther." Slader decides. Was it absolutely necessary to use his full known title? "I'll respect our strength and the legends of the seven deadly sins, and retreat for now." He begins to turn but pauses. "But if we were to receive an order to come for your heads someday, then we… Well I shouldn't have to explain. Bye bye!" The Dawn Roar leaves, jumping off into the distance.
"Bye bye." Gowther calls after them, waving his arm at the elbow.
"But that was a surprise. I didn't think you would do such a thing, Gowther." King remarks. Makes no sense to me but okay. But the only impression I have on these characters is from the manga which doesn't cover everyone's perspective.
"A surprise? Why?" He inquires.
"Why?" King echoes. "Because it looked like you were sympathizing with this monster."
"Was I sympathizing?" Gowther asks no one in particular.
"I wouldn't call it a monster…" I argue weakly. Ban and King share a look.
"I've never seen a monster like this before…" Meliodas says, picking up an arm.
...Da-He isn't dead yet.
"The faint smell that emanates deep down from his power…" Gowther explains. "It was most likely a human."
"Lillian you know who he was?!"
"Is." I corrected. "Now I advise you all stand back, seeing as we have gone through all the relative text lines."
"Wha-" Suddenly the giant jumps into the air. "Huh?"
"Well, then…" Gowther starts calmly. "Let us do our best and stop this."
"What the…" Meliodas genuinely looked at a loss for words. "What's going on?" King reverts to his fat form from the shock. I'm pretty sure his eyes were bulging out of his sockets a few seconds ago.
"Didn't I already say? If this devolved into a three way battle, chaos would have ensued."
"How is it still alive after it was beheaded?!" King exclaimed, obviously alarmed.
"It's a he King." I correct.
"Well, its head is nothing more than a decoration."
"And how could this have been a human being?! This is too abnormal!" King continues.
"Chill bro. Be open to this kind of shit." I reply.
"Of course it wasn't just any ordinary human to begin with…" This was met with silence.
"It was originally a holy knight." Cue four faces with noses and tongues sticking out from the miniature heads. Ewwww… gross.
"Okay, I want your opinions on this. So let's say that rhetorically that it's possible to revert this guy back to his normal self. However doing so could possibly change the future. Would you risk the possible change in future or save the man?" I ask hopefully. I don't know what to do… I mean like I planned for this but I just don't know.
"I would save the man. The future isn't set in stone." Meliodas answers. "Why?" Okay then… Here goes a lot of rhetorical thinking.
"Count me out of this battle then. I need to think and plan. Oh, and Ban do me a favour and don't squish the para- the thing after you defeat him. I think I'll probably need that." I decide while wandering to the forest line to give them the wide space they need. As I walk away, Gowther explains some things that I don't hear and picks up Pelio's body.
"That being said, please hold it off on your own for a little bit." He requests. "I'm counting on you." They give him a startled look.
"What?!" They exclaim in unison.
"I'll play defense from the sidelines if you need it!" I call. Dale charges at them. They started fighting back. Okay… So, technically speaking I should be able to route the darkness from the parasite through myself as a conduit to transfer the darkness and use it to heal maybe? I basically have to replicate what I did with King back at Vaizel. So… technically I don't need the parasite but I think it would be a good boost. I glanced up to see King gloating until Chastiefol got frozen. Haha. Ban and Meliodas got hit back toward where some of the knights were. Exchanging a quick look, they both chose a weapon. Meliodas leapt forward with a shield to block the venom attack and held his sword in front of him.
"Enchantment: Hellblaze!" He incants. ...oops. I've been screwing up the spell name. The black flames burned near his shoulder. I keep quiet. Concentrating, I close my eyes for a second. Upon opening them, the diamond was present. Okay, now just to work through the theory more.
"Cap'n!" Ban shouts. "Don't give it a chance to fight back!"
"Got it!" He shouts back but abruptly pauses.
"Do it now!" Ban roars. Meliodas got caught by...tongues. ew. A light pierced through Dale. Ban quickly retrieves Meliodas after some vocal urging from King. Gowther rejoins the sins. I suppose this would be as good a time as any. I walk back over as well.
"Is it over?" King asks hesitantly.
"No." Gowther replies instantly. "He is just caught in my illusion." Seeing the confused looks he proceeds to explain. "That is my power, invasion. Right now, he is enveloped in the scene from his past, that he desired to see most."
"You're a sly painstaking bastard, as always." Ban growls. "Just hurry up and kill him already."
"I cannot kill him." Gowther replies quietly. "He did not ask to be born like this. Therefore I can not kill him."
"He wasn't born like this." I say quietly. King shoots me a suspicious look.
Everything will explain itself by the end of the month.
"As if there's anyone in this world who asked to be born into it." Ban raised his arm with a cocky smile on his face. "Move aside! I'll kill it." Meliodas grabbed his arm.
"Stop." Meliodas ordered. "He's partly human." Er….
"If they are fighting amongst themselves does that mean they get along well?" Gowther asks innocently.
"I don't know if you can call that fighting…" King replies, exasperated.
"Is friendship… a beautiful thing?"
"It depends on what kind of relationship you actually hold with the person. Friendships do have the potential to be harmful."
"Don't give me orders." My attention is drawn back to Ban. Did… he just pull Dale's heart out?
"Ban." All Meliodas's stereotypical light hearted features disappeared. "Why did you kill him?" His voice is very serious.
"I just ended that bastard's miserable, shitty life as a monster. He'd thank me if he could."
"What about your own life huh?!" He retorts.
"Oh yeaah. My life is so shitty! Would you please do me the honor of ending it?" Ban replies sarcastically. My eyes were drawn to Dale however. He should be talking. Shit he should be talking.
"No… he should still be talking. He should-" My eyes were opened wide. No…
"He's mumbling something…" King says in shock. I let out a sigh of relief.
"I haven't actually changed too much yet… Thank god…"
"He is still trapped in that illusion, even after his heart was gouged out." Gowther explains. "I wonder what he is seeing that could draw him in so deeply…" Suddenly, Dale roared his ass off. Well, not literally but you get the idea.
"What the hell is going on?" Ban shouts over the noise. "I definitely took its heart out!" Suddenly the realization dawns on him. "Shit that thing's a demon too?!"
"Correction, currently by technicalities, he would be considered a demon. He was a born a human." Then his… arms split into two. EW. Gross. Just… ew.
"Why did a holy knight turn into a demon?!" Ban shouts.
"That's a demon?!" King yells in surprise.
"...I remember now." Meliodas said with a start. "That face is...That's Dale! He became a new holy knight ten years ago."
"Dale?" King echoes. "You mean doting Dale? He was always saying he wanted to be just like us, the seven deadly sins, and become something his daughter could be proud of… How did he become like this?" Uh… Okay, gotta keep my mouth shut.
You said it yourself.
"I do not know what happened to him. but I do know that he ran to this forest as if he was being pursued by something." Probably Hendrickson. "And when his strength finally gave out, his mind and body were overtaken by this monster and he was about to go on rampage."
"And so that's why you-"
"Yes." Gowther answers. "My armour is enchanted with an ability to suppress and prevent powers from becoming uncontrollable. I gave this armour to him and his him inside the forest."
You better actually explain.
I will. Eventually.
"So something like that happened-"
"It is coming." Gowther states.
"Open your eyes, Dale! Don't you remember me?!" Meliodas shouts. "You're being controlled by something!"
"What are you doing, you idiot!" Ban yells. "I'll fucking kill you!" Please keep in mind that this comment was directed towards Dale. He got chopped in half. That's not very appealing.
"Knock it off!!" Meliodas shouts, angrily.
"Stay back, Captain!" King warns. "Fight fire with fire - raining daggers! Lillian a little help here!"
"Uh, right! Lunalight form five, multitude. Retaliation!" I shout without thinking. Well, technically speaking, I don't really think me attacking anyone would change anything. The two spirit spears jst got stuck in his head. Sorry Dale.
"It won't penetrate?!" King says, analyzing the situation. "Then how about-"
"Stop it King, Lillian!" Meliodas shouts.
"What? But-" I shield both of us. The spit sent us both flying back.
"Ew, gross. Just gross."
"Knock it off already!!"
"Meliodas be god damn reasonable!" I yell. Okay, I mean like I know why, but seriously, this is pure frustration.
"The one that needs to knock it off is you!" Ban's upper half regenerated and he punched Meliodas in the face.
"Oh Ban punched Captain. But why?" Gowther asks.
"Gowther, you need to fight too!" King complained.
"Please allow me to ponder this for a moment." Oh, lol. Ban was speaking… I can't actually hear him but I think in the manga, his words were 'if you're not going to do anything get your ass out of here. But I will tell you this. A half assed, naive attitude won't save anyone. It'll only get you and your comrades killed!" King sort of looked at him in surprised. Wait for it. Come on, she's going to show up any second now. Elizabeth hurry up…
"LORD MELIODAS!!!" Finally, now plot can proceed.
"Elizabeth!" Meliodas exclaimed in surprise. Elizabeth was panting. Well, at least she tried her hardest.
"Take this!" She tossed the sword. "What Liz wanted for you, was not for you to keep on fighting, but for you to keep on living!" She shouted emphatically. "I'm the same! For you and your fight for the people… I will share whatever sins you shoulder!" In a way you already do, but you don't know that so I'm not going to mention it. Meliodas catches the sword. I think Ban made some snarky retort but Meliodas was already high in the sky. He created multiple slashes in the body.
"Amazing! That armour-like skin was cut up so easily!" He grabbed Gowther's shoulders. Wait… Dale's body is… intact. Shit it's intact. That means there will be anime scenes? Wait he's bisected. I run over, ignoring everyone congratulating Meliodas. I think if I… Where is it? Right. There it is. The parasite.
"But really, what the hell was that thing?"
"Something." I answer. Okay here goes. Encasing the parasite in a spherical barrier, I start pulling out the darkness. "Well here literally goes nothing. Step one, take the darkness which should contain traces of his magical energy." The diamond started spiking dark veins down my arms. Not scary at all. I think Ban said something. "Step two. Convert it and turn it into something that can cause growth instead of take away." Think health. "Step three pour it into his body." I take a deep breath. Every second I hesitate decreases the chances of this working. Placing my hands on him, I pour all my energy into healing him. Regeneration. Healing. Restoration. "Please… I need to do this. They deserve a chance to have a father. You didn't know what it was going to do to you. I have to bring you back." I grit my teeth and I start working my own magic into it. His limbs started growing back. Come on… My nose started bleeding. The growth sped up and his eyes opened up in shock. He took in a large breath. Just.. a.. little bit more. His toes and fingertips came back. He was sitting up. Okay… good.
"Okay, your name is Dale right? Well, go with Meliodas and the others and I'll explain what I need from you in a while. Cool?" I tried standing up but I was a bit wobbly. I fell over but King caught me.
"What did you just do?" King asks.
"Saved his life. Probably shouldn't have though…"
"Why do you say that?"
"He… technically… should've.. died…" Damn it, I'm tired. "I'mma sleep for a bit." I could hear King yelling at me not to go to sleep but fuck what he thinks. I'm tired. My eyes closed unintentionally and I went to sleep.
Like an hour later.
I opened my eyes. Ugh, where the fuck am I? I blink away my exhaustion by sitting up. Oh right… I basically probably fucked up the timeline.
"Damn it…." I groan. "Am I being selfish by doing this?" I curl up. The reality of the situation is sort of starting to hit me in the face now. I bury my face in my palms. Damn it. Do I want to change stuff? I want to save lives, but I don't want to compromise my friends attempt at happiness. "Why does the world have to be so bloody confusing?" Should probably head back outside. I think I'm in Elizabeth and Meliodas's room right now.
"You're up." I look up, startled. Crap it's Meliodas.
"...did you hear all that?"
"Yep. Mind explaining?"
"Yes, I do mind but I don't really have a choice do I?" I sigh. I don't think I'm getting out of this.
"How'd you bring Dale back?" That's his question? Huh, thought it would've been way worse.
"Honestly don't know. It probably helps that he didn't actually die and was still conscious."
"That's not what I meant. How did you make the spell?"
"Take the darkness from the parasite and route it back into him through me as a conduit and use it to regenerate his health?" Wait parasites aren't known to them yet. "Sorry, I nicknamed the plantish leechish thingie a parasite."
"How'd you know about it?"
"Saw it happen to someone."
"Can you cut the crap and just tell the truth?" I give him a confused look. What the fuck?
"According to my memory I am?" It came out more like a question.
"Really, Lillian, you disappeared so long ago and then you just come back like nothing is wrong. How can you not recognize me?" Okay… this is not related to canon whatsoever and is confusing me.
"I… don't understand why I should. From my viewpoint, you shouldn't know me at all."
"What's your real goal?"
"Meliodas you're confusing me to depths of god damn helheim." Why did I reference norse mythology? "What are you talking about?"
"...How old are you?"
"Twenty two." Now it's his turn to get confused.
"So you aren't three thousand something?"
"Pretty sure I'm not." He rubbed his forehead in frustration.
"That's impossible. You share the same name, you look the same! Unless-" He abruptly cuts himself off. "Well, thanks for answering my questions! You should probably head outside, King was worried." He suddenly left. ...Wtf. I wonder what that was all about. Shaking my head, I push the conversation to the back of my head. Getting up shakily, I use the bedposts to stabilize myself. I make my way outside where I'm greeted with everyone talking.
"Hi everyone." King's eyes instantly dart to mine.
How are you feeling?
I feel fine. Don't worry about it.
"Are you okay?" Diane asks, sticking her face right in front of me. I manage a smile.
"I'm fine. How are you all?"
"Great! It was a boring few weeks though." Diane replies with a smile.
"Must've sucked-" Someone hit me on the head. "Ow! King why did you do that?"
"Don't scare me like that! You had a bad nosebleed and then you passed out!"
"Sorry."
"...Why did you turn Nobuyuki down so many times?"
"...How the fuck did you know about that?"
"I have sources. So why?"
"...How did you know that I turned him down but you don't know why?"
"Sources, so spill."
"He still likes the person that he knew five years ago." Damn it, why are we talking about this in front of all of them. "Anyway," Turning my attention to Gowther. "My name is Lillian, it's a pleasure to meet you even if we've run into each other before."
"Likewise. My name is Gowther." I floated over to a tree and casually lounged in it.
"Okay, everyone feel free to ignore me and stuff. Dale, if you don't mind, I'm going to talk to you later." He gave me a brief nod. I suppose it reassures me that it will help someone at a later date. As everyone became engrossed in conversation amongst themselves with Gowther, I slipped deeper into the forest. Taking out the mirror from my pocket, I examine it. I'm surprised it's still intact actually. Suddenly, Nobuyuki's face appeared on it. I let out a startled yelp.
"Don't scare me like that!" He snickered.
"Why? It's funny."
"Prick." I steeled myself before actually looking at him. And his background. "Why the fuck are you in a forest?" He has the decency to look sheepish. "What did you do?"
"Um… Promise you won't get mad?" Damn it, it's going to be bad.
"That remains to be seen. Now, what the fuck did you do?"
"I...uh… mayormaynothavebeendraggedintothenntworld." He said it really fast, but I got everything.
"Are you alone right now?"
"Er… yes?" I cut the connection from the mirror.
"That idiot." I mutter, before turning lunalight into a keyboard. Playing an ost from a horror game, I tried something I haven't really had reason to do before. Taking the idea from the iris messages from Percy Jackson, I tried to base it off that. Soon he shimmered into view in front of me. Before he could see me completely, I switched into my human form.
"Hey dipshit."
"Can you call me something other than dipshit?" said japan.
"Like what?" said china.
"How about sunrise land?" I let out a low chuckle.
"Disregarding the fact that we just quoted a bill wurtz video, WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU HERE? YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WOULDN'T COME." My voice choked a bit. I tried to fight back tears that threatening to come up. "I don't want you to die."
"I'm not going to die." He reassured me.
"You don't know that, you dick!"
"Yeah, well I'm less likely to die than you are."
"Who are you with anyway?"
"...The Dawn Roar."
"YOU'RE IN A MORE DANGEROUS POSITION THEN I AM. HOW THE FUCK DID YOU END UP HERE ANYWAY?!" God, it was already bad enough without having to consider all of this.
"Uh… one of the grand master dudes, the one with the red armour, sort of showed up the day after grad and said he was going to abduct one of us and chose me?"
"WHAT KIND OF EXPLANATION WAS THAT?!"
"When the hell did you start yelling?"
"When I found out you were here, you fricking retard! I'm worried okay. Well, if you actually came here by choice then I would be way more pissed."
"Look, I'm perfectly fine, although I'm still a little sick from seeing that guy's dead head."
"The head was an ornament. Do you need me to come abduct you from then?"
"What- fuck no. I'm perfectly fine."
"As long as you say so. Have you contacted your parents yet?"
"How the hell am I supposed to do that?!"
"Through Coby smartass. You can contact Coby, Carl, or Reina through the mirror."
"Really?"
"I thought Coby explained all of this to you!"
"Er… he gave the abbreviated version."
"God… Just… take care okay? If you die I don't think I could ever forgive myself."
"Don't worry, I won't. I need to head back now or else they'll get suspicious."
"You make it sound as though you're a prisoner."
"I'm not don't worry. I promise I won't die."
"Don't make promises you can't keep for certain. Take care though."
"Aww, you still care."
"Shut up. Didn't you have somewhere to go?"
"Yeah, I should actually. Ciao~" I cut the connection, before burying my face into my palms.
"Damn it Nobuyuki. Just had to go and make this more complicated than it already is."
"Hmm… what was all of that about? I've never heard you insult someone so much before." Ban comments. King however took a different approach.
"'You still care' huh?"
"Shut up."
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How Nobuyuki actually ended up in the Seven Deadly Sins world.
It is currently the last day of school.
"You know, we should've asked Lillian to stay long enough for grad." Comments Reina.
"Well, she did leave rather abruptly." Carl shrugs. "We didn't really have much time to ask her to stay."
"Speaking of which, how's Mikkel doing?" Kaiji asks.
"He seems fine. Still a little shaken, but alright nonetheless." Coby answers.
"I can't believe the magic club was stupid enough to drink a substance that they didn't know. They could've at least let the science club look at it!" Nobuyuki complains.
"You only say that because you're a part of the science club and you wanted to analyze the blood. That's what it was right, Kaiji?"
"From everything, you've described, I would guess so." They were all lounging on the stairs, in the sun, outside the school where a majority of them went.
"It's funny how we didn't realize she was with us until she was gone." Reina says wistfully. "I wish we could've spent more time with her." A lightning bolt seemed to arc through Coby.
"Right…. about that…"
"What, dude?"
"Well, I still haven't explained how to use the mirrors." Everyone turned their attention to him. "So apparently it's similar to a cell phone. And that's basically all I can say about it."
"That's not very-" A flash of light and a loud sound interrupted him. "...da fuck." Two men emerged from the light. Kaiji looked at them with interest.
"Woah. Sir, that cosplay looks legit. Mind telling us how you replicated that? It's a bit hard to come across all that metal."
"What is this cosplay you speak of?" Is the first thing that comes out of the red-armoured knight's mouth.
"Never mind that. Wow, I can't believe someone would actually dye their hair pink! You guys must be hardcore-" Nobuyuki elbowed him.
"Uh… Kaiji, I would advise turning down the fanboying because I think they're the real deal and they might just kill us." This instantly shuts him up.
"We come seeking one of great power to tip the scales of the holy war. We were brought here." Dreyfus says commandingly. Coby decides to take the helm of this conversation to hopefully steer them out of dangerous waters.
"I see. I don't quite understand what this has to do with us however." He says, swallowing his fear.
"You see we performed a spell to bring us to the one who had the potential to learn great magic. We were brought here. Now judging by your auras…" He gazed at them all. "The silverette has the most potential. Grab him Gilthunder."
"Yes, Grand Master." In the blink of an eye, Nobuyuki was gone from his position and held in Gilthunder's grip.
"We shall take our leave now." And just like that, the two were gone, taking Nobuyuki with them.
"What the fuck just happened?"
Nobuyuki found himself suspended in space.
"What the- I shouldn't be able to breathe right now! The pressure should kill me! Am I dead?"
"I assure you, you're not dead." He whipped his head to face the voice.
"You're Yuko right?" Ignoring what he said, she holds out a necklace.
"Given the fact that you've basically been kidnapped against your will, here's something to act as a magic conduit. You are knowledgeable in science yes? Well, time to apply that knowledge in reality. Hope you've know your periodic table because your magic revolves around science." He paled. "Good luck."
And he was shoved out into a courtyard.
"Ow… "He took in his surroundings. "Damn, when she said it was medieval she wasn't joking."
"Who are you?" He moves back with a start. A pale haired girl was glaring at him. Nobuyuki gulps.
"I'm a-uh, nobody. Nobody important." He babbles. A hand lands on his shoulder. It's Hauser.
"So are you the little guy that Gilthunder just brought back?" He nods meekly. Hauser pulls him up. "Well, I'm supposed to bring you to the Grand Master. What's your name?"
"My name isn't really important." I stammer.
"Whatever, my name's Hauser. What's yours?" Seeing no way out of it, he replies.
"My name is Nobuyuki."
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Oooo, confusing stuff. I wonder what Meliodas is thinking? So yeah, I shoved that whole thing into a single chapter. It's like 6-7k long, happy? So uh, you guys were sort of adamant against the shipping of Lillian and Nobuyuki so fine, I won't do it. And since you guys wanted the ship with King... that remains undecided but seems probable at this point. You guys are still free to PM an OC tho. So anyone happy to back in canon? Today we begin to see hints of canon divergence and the reason for the holy war in the first place will probably be different from canon. If it's the same CALLED IT THOUGH PROBABLY NOT. Anyway totally hyped that season three is coming out next year. No way in hell am I doing an adaptation for that so manga only people. Even still, the commandments portion of the manga is going to be cut short. By a lot. I'm lazy okay, and I admit, I've fallen out of the fandom but I still want to finish this. Yeah, I know most of my story is basically something that you could probably find if you look hard enough for an NNT light novel but I'm sort doing it from the scans. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the chapter, I might proceed with plot next chapter but it'll probably be providing information and working out what to actually do with Dale! K bai~ oh and btw the ost is from Doki Doki Literarture. Personally can't take jump scares but the music for horror games is always good. I think the track itself is called "Your Reality" but I'm not sure.
