Chapter 1 - Bloodline
Note: This is not the sequel to Seven Sins of the Namikaze, this is a story I've adopted from a fan. Part 2 of Seven Sins of the Namikaze will be released at a later date.
A young man in a temple covered in moss and roots within the Forest of White dreams, he had blond hair as bright as the sun, three whiskers on each side of his cheek, and blue cerulean eyes as reflective as the ocean. Within the temple, he sat down at his desk writing in his journal reflecting on his past spanning less than two millennia.
"They say those who win the war, write history. Though, the day I leave everything behind, who is to say someone won't find this and publish it as a book? Who's to say they won't modify it to entertain others? Who is to say they won't destroy this or abandon it leaving it to decay until it turns to dust?" he asked himself reviewing everything that has happened.
The young man smirked as he only cared for the beginning, his new beginning. The time everything changed and he was given a second chance. When the women claiming to be Kami, or the god of creation had brought him along with a giant beast in the shape of a fox with nine large tails. The woman he thought was Kami claimed to be a goddess under the name of the supreme deity. After a tantalizing offer, he accepted and thus was reborn into Britannia.
He sighed as he had no memory of his past life before being summoned by his mother. To be reborn, one must give birth and unbeknownst to them the supreme deity found her temporary mate before giving birth. The young man bared no family name and did not care as he spent many years in isolation in the forest of White Dreams where he found this temple before it started falling apart.
He smiled as he remembered the many events that were unfolded many years after his birth when he met his father and found himself living and training in purgatory for many years. His reminiscing was cut short as he felt someone's presence not to far from his room in the temple. Naruto smiled as he could recognize the signature of his visitor.
He stepped out and saw in the distance a beautiful, pale-skinned young woman with her magenta hair in a high ponytail with two bangs framing her delicate face. Silver half-rimmed glasses adorned her face, highlighting her amber eyes and allowing her too see. She herself was a petite girl wearing a white shirt with gray long sleeves over a black cropped tank top revealing a c-cup bosom as well as a pair of dark pants and short grey boots. As she came close, the two smiled at each other before the young man jumped down to greet her with a hand kiss.
"Gowther my love, it has been many years. What brings you here?" he asked with a bright smile.
The woman now identified as Gowther merely stared at him before firing beam of magic at him of transferring her memories into his mind.
"So you've found him after all this time? And you followed him around for his strange journey?" she nodded, "Don't worry I'm not angry, you had to find your own way to entertain yourself other than hanging around a hermit and his dirty home." he chuckled receiving no response, "Regardless it's time for me to make an appearance, take me to him."
Gowther suddenly smiled revealing her emotions for the first time before taking a firm grasp, "Very well, my dear husband Naruto." she said as both were encircled by a bright light.
Kingdom of Liones, battlefield
On the edge of the Kingdom, where the Magical Research facility once stood there was now a giant crater. Spread throughout that crater lay the beaten and broken forms of several Holy Knights and even the revered Seven Deadly Sins themselves, who all stood no chance against the Demon that'd done this in the first place. Newborn Demon, former Holy Knight GrandMaster Hendrickson, watched as the once thought unbeatable Sir Meliodas, Dragon Sin of wrath crawled weakly towards a frightened Princess Elizabeth, begging her to run and save herself, while the foolish girl refused. He decided to humor them for just a moment before raising his right hand to begin his final attack, that would end them forever. Every conscious Knight watched in agony as small orbs of darkness, now know to be fatal, appeared around Hendrickson, before they started to form into one giant ball of death that Hendrickson appropriately named "Dead End" as he launched the death orb right at the weakened Meliodas and Elizabeth.
When suddenly Hawk got in the way hoping to use himself as a meat shield to protect his friends. Despite all the yelling for him to get out of the pig stood tall embracing death so long as it meant protecting his friends. Hawk closed his eyes as the giant death ball rapidly grows closer.
"Negate!" Hawk opened his eyes to find a young blond man, he wore high-collared black and tan robes with gold trim, along with a large, flowing white toga draped around his torso with black armored boots on his feet.(Picture Zeref the Black Mage from Fairy Tail) A golden shakujō rested against his shoulder, while two simple Longswords rested in the sheathes on his waist.
"Pig, you are the bravest one I've seen here. Sacrificing yourself to protect your friends even if it was for a short while. I declare you the strongest!" he praised.
Everyone including Hendrickson was astonished by the fact that the "Dead End" disappeared into thin air after clashing with the mysterious stranger's attack. Elizabeth was the first to break out of her stupor and ask who the man was.
"Um excuse me, but who are you?" she asked.
Before he could answer Gowther made her appearance, "He's my husband." everyone turned to Gowther.
"Gowther it's really good to see ya again, but you look different. You did something different with your hair, didn't you?," a struggling to stand Meliodas asked, in oblivious curiosity, as he ignored an injured and exasperated Ban yelling about how Gowther was "supposed to be a guy you idiot!"
"No Ban's right." Gowther said as Meliodas remained oblivious to that answer.
"Wait if that's Lady Gowther then who's that?" Elizabeth asked.
The young man was interrupted by Hendrickson who started striking at him, "It doesn't matter who you are because this is your end!" Hendrickson yelled only to be sent flying back with a kick to the chest.
"Anyone else going to interrupt me?" he asked getting several head shakes before sticking his hand out and catching Hendrickson's fist leading to the false demon being tossed out of the way, "I am Naruto Uzumaki and as Gowther said, I am indeed her husband." he said catching their attention before blocking several more strikes from Hendrickson, "Wow and they said I'm annoying. Why don't you blow up someone else's kingdom?" he asked.
Hendrickson growled in annoyance, "This is my kingdom! Now die!"
"Don't feel like it." Naruto said, "I merely came to visit my long lost sibling only to find such a pest destroying some poor human's kingdom." he said feigning sadness as he smacked Hendrickson away with his shakujo.
"Anyways, you all better regroup, heal, sleep or whatever. I can handle this guy." Naruto said jumping after Hendrickson who was on the ground and didn't have enough time to recover before Naruto landed on his chest knocking the air out of his lungs.
Hendrickson was getting annoyed of this stranger or comes out of nowhere acting as if he was no threat. Hendrickson managed to kick Naruto away giving him enough space to fire a black nebula at him. Naruto smirked as he used his negate attack to clash with the dark technique causing the two to disappear into thin air as if nothing happened.
"At this rate, you won't even be able to match a red demon in terms of power." Naruto taunted infuriating Hendrickson who charged him.
"Hold still and perish!" Hendrickson yelled failing to land a single hit.
Naruto yawned feeling tired of the pointless fight. He landed a hard punch towards the false demon's chest then grabbed his wrists channeling his negate magic followed by snapping them the wrong way. Hendrickson fell on his knees crying out in pain for the first time since he transformed. He was infuriated, all this planning, this power, his victory only for it to be ripped away by some stranger acting as if he was a lost tourist. Hendrickson managed to push Naruto away and get some distance before trying to prepare one more Dark Nebula.
Naruto lazily stuck out his shakujo and quickly spun around before catching the large black ball of darkness and sending it back like a baseball, "And it's out of here!" he chuckled hitting Hendrickson with his own Dark Nebula.
Hendrickson cried out in more pain and managed to get up on one knee, "That was... that was full counter!" he yelled out in shock.
"My father taught it to me before the old man taught my little brother. Unlike him, I don't yell out my attacks." Naruto answered before crushing Hendrickson ribs and stabbing him in the shoulder with one of his swords.
"Why do I feel pain!? I..." Hendrickson was interrupted.
"Because I stabbed you. When you get stabbed you feel pain." Naruto explained.
"I am a demon! I..." he was interrupted again.
"No your not, your just some poser who got high off of demon blood and a grey one from the looks of it. Kid's your age shouldn't be partying without adult supervision." Naruto mocked.
"Why cannot I not regenerate? I..." interrupted yet again.
"My negate ability stopped it, you remind me of this vague memory of this other silver haired guy who was pretty arrogant. They say you shouldn't hit someone with glasses, but personally I'd hit him with something much harder." Naruto explained more making Hendrickson feel annoyed at his constant interruption.
Hendrickson growled as he tried to use his mangled arms to push Naruto away only to feel a boot stomp on his face over and over again. Naruto continued to damage the Holy Knight Grand Master only to be distracted by a bright green light in the distance behind him. Naruto stepped off of Hendrickson and got a good view.
"So little sis awakened to her powers again? If what they told me was true, mom's curse will be in affect soon." Naruto soon turned to Hendrickson who also looked shocked by the sight of the green light, "Would it make me a bad person to hate my mother if I did have justification?" he asked Hendrickson who growled as he tried to fly away.
Naruto grabbed him by his wings and slammed him into the ground and picking him again just to send him flying into a nearby hill. Noticing Hendrickson's broken and battered body, he quickly stabbed both wings making him cry out in more pain before dragging him back towards the crater where the fight first took place.
"Come on old man, I don't have any more time to play." Naruto said in a bored tone while dragging the crippled grandmaster back to the battlefield.
Meanwhile at the battlefield
At the sight of the dead and injured, Elizabeth awakened to a druid power revealing her right eye which had turned orange with a yellow triskele while flaring some green dome over the entire kingdom healing every inhabitant within the kingdom. Veronica Liones can also be seen in the distance watching over the spectacle remembering the time her younger sister healed her as well. Margaret Liones went on to explain that Elizabeth has used this power before to heal both Veronica and King Bartra without realizing it.
Meanwhile the sins gathered around Gowther hoping to catch up with her, "So Gowther when did you change your hair?" Meliodas asked ignoring her statement about her gender.
"Gowther's supposed to be a guy you idiot!" Ban yelled having to point out the apparently not so obvious.
"Oh my hair, I had it short for a while until I realized I didn't like it and let it grow out." Gowther explained ignoring Ban's outburst.
Diane was excited realizing the gender ratio was closer to being even and what was more interesting, "Gowther when were you going to tell us you were married, better yet when were you married?" Diane asked excitedly.
"Oh that, I've been married many years before I met any of you." Gowther answered.
"So how did you two meet?" Diane asked demanding more details.
Before she answered, everyone, including King Bartra and Merlin who arrived earlier and pardoned the knights for the their transgressions, saw Naruto arriving looking tired and without a scratch dragging an unconscious Hendrickson who was still in his demon form.
"What did I miss?" Naruto asked dropping Hendrickson.
"Not much Naruto." Gowther said.
King Bartra was the first to approach Naruto, "So you must be the young man who defeated Hendrickson." he said sticking his hand out, "As King of Liones, I thank you for your support." he said gratefully.
Naruto shook the man's hand, "It was nothing, I've had my fare share of demons and hybrids." he said catching them off guard.
"Wait, did you say you had experience with hybrids?" Merlin asked.
"Yeah, you think this piece of crap here is the first one?" Naruto asked pointing at Hendrickson's broken form, "I think I'll continue this press conference after you uh... clean up." he said reminding everyone of the giant crater that they're standing in.
"Husband Naruto, will you staying for a while or take off again?" Gowther asked.
Naruto looked around for a moment, "I think I'll explore this place. You have fun catching up with your friends." he said taking off in a lightning strike.
"That guy seemed nice." Meliodas said before being engulfed in a hug by Elizabeth who worried about his physical condition.
"Oh that reminds me where are Escanor and King? You were all aiming to regroup were you not?" Gowther asked.
"Gowther I'm right here!" King whined.
Gowther shook her head, "No you are a child whereas King is an overweight man with a bad body order." she explained.
King sighed before transforming into his human form, "I can shapeshift ok." he said in his gruff voice.
"And your body order has returned, forgive my poor perception King." Gowther said making King grow a tick mark about the bad smell joke.
"Why did you pretend to be a boy for all this time?" Diane asked seeing her second female teammate's "build".
"I never said I was a boy and as for my physique, I did it so I wouldn't be ignored by Merlin as she does to you." Gowther said coming off cold to Diane.
"What that's not true, right Merlin?" Diane asked Merlin who didn't even turn to face her.
Merlin approached Gowther with a look of shock at Gowther's beauty... then physique, 'Life is so unfair.' she thought, "Gowther how long has this been going on?" she asked.
Gowther put a finger to her chin, "Many years before I met you and then I noticed how you reacted to meeting Diane so I taped my "assets" down." she said as everyone noticed Merlin's sudden change in emotions which was out of character for her in a way, "Anyways, where is Escanor? I thought you were all reuniting?" she asked.
"Oh we didn't have time to find him since we ran into everyone by accident except for Diane and Ban." Meliodas said, "We have no idea where he is."
"Oh well, seeing as Naruto will be off exploring the kingdom, I guess I'm here to stay." Gowther said getting a reign of cheers.
A couple of days later
The kingdom of Liones was standing again, slowly repairing itself after the incident with the Holy Knight Grandmasters. Speak of, Hendrickson's body reverted back to normal shortly after being imprisoned while Dreyfus was nowhere to be seen. The Seven Deadly Sins, sadly without Ban and King who went on some journey or something, were commended for their acts of heroism and formally pardoned by King Bartra himself. The ceremony was interrupted by several men who worked for the Pleiades of the Azure sky who worked under King Bartra's brother Denzel which almost ended in a scuffle until...
"Do as you wish." Said King Bartra seeing as these men were willing to fight the group.
"But father..." Elizabeth tried to interject.
"We are most grateful, my king." said the man named Diamond Deathpierce.
"I'll go first." said Platinum Dogedo cracking his knuckles.
"Hold on a second, you're a power level of 860." Hawk said.
"This pig what is it?" Dogedo asked curiously.
"Sorry about his math." Meliodas said.
"Unfortunately, your no match for me. I think Meliodas should fight in my place." Hawk said arrogantly.
Merlin explained that she gave Hawk an earing explaining their power levels and overall strength. Sadly she lied to him saying he was 3000 when his real power level is actually 30.
"Ok let's do this Mr. Hero." Dogedo said before sending his fists towards Meliodas only to take a kick to the face. Dogedo refused to admit defeat claiming the grandmasters to be weak seeing as he only took a kick to the face with Meliodas explaining that Dogedo was weak and failure for assuming an easy victory against a strong opponent. Dogedo then attempted to punch Meliodas several times only for all of them to be blocked causing Dogedo's fingers to break.
"Looks like this is over." Gowther said from the looks of the fight.
"You know, I think you need to start all over as an apprentice Holy Knight." Meliodas said making Dogedo fume.
Just as the man was about to strike again, he was sent back flying with a kick to the face, "You should stop toying with your enemy as he shouldn't be underestimating them. Looks like I was wrong about you... little brother." said Naruto who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Meliodas's eyes widened at the statement from refusing to believe he had another brother other than Estarossa and Zeldris, "AHH!" everyone turned to Hawk noticing his high pitched scream.
"Hawk what's wrong?" Meliodas asked.
"His power level is insane! It's over 9,000!... To be exact it's 9,480!" Hawk shouted terrifying everyone, but Gowther who was aware of his power.
"G-Go-Gowther were you aware of his immense power?" Merlin asked stuttering.
"Of course, I'm attracted to strong men." she answered making Merlin sweatdrop at the reasoning.
Meliodas himself stiffened at the power realizing this stranger was likely stronger than Zeldris. His thoughts along with everyone else's conversations and whispers were interrupted by the sound of a large explosion and small tremor.
"What was that!?" Bartra yelled.
"Oh that? I ran into a corpse of Grey Demon so I destroyed it. Don't worry I made sure it wouldn't hurt anyone." Naruto reasoned quelling everyone's fear.
"You did what!?" Merlin shouted in outrage, "Do you know how much knowledge we could have gained? Now all lost because of your need for senseless destruction?" she asked feeling a great amount of hatred.
"Tell me this, how many people died so that Hendrickson man could study that demon's body? Was it not the study of demon's that caused many deaths around this kingdom of yours?" Naruto asked.
Merlin opened her mouth, but said nothing realizing what he said was true.
"Your silence answers everything, I have no reason to apologize." Naruto said coldly, "Anyways, I was just here to watch my little brother earn his medal for something I had to finish, but clearly the pp's of Axeloth or whatever decided to ruin it, so I'll be on my way." he said disappearing in a gust of wind.
"Wait!" Meliodas yelled out trying to reach him only to grab air.
"You aren't a good host to your brother captain." Gowther said.
Deathpierce gave his apology seeing that Dogedo had no hope to defeat Meliodas and took back his words before the ceremony continued uninterrupted. However, Meliodas was giving off those serious vibes that he rarely shows anyone. He would end up having a serious talk with Gowther about her relationship with his "brother" knowing how powerful this stranger was.
The Boar Hat at night
"How long!?" Meliodas yelled slamming his hands on the table.
Gowther looked unfazed, but adjusted her glasses, "How long what? You asked me to come then asked how long." she pointed out.
"How long have you known him?" Meliodas asked feeling impatient.
"About a millenia or two after his birth." Gowther answered cryptically.
"Then who is he really?"
"My husband."
"No I meant where did he come from?"
"You see similar to humans, his father was a high ranking demon and his mother was a high ranking Goddess making him a hybrid in a way." Gowther explained honestly making Meliodas have doubts.
He started thinking for a moment of how to approach this, "Well then why did he claim to be my brother?" he asked.
"Because he is."
"How?"
"You two have the same father, but not the same mother making you half brothers."
"Then who's his mother?"
Gowther leaned in close to his ear, "He's also Elizabeth's half brother." Meliodas's heart stopped feeling shocked that Gowther knew that much information, then again that doesn't mean she knows who Elizabeth's mother could really be.
"Gowther, how do you know about Elizabeth's origins?" Meliodas asked as his eyes were covered by his bangs.
"Which Elizabeth? There are now 107 and it would be rather tricky to know which one you speak of." Meliodas balled his hands into fists.
"All of them!" he yelled being glad he made sure that not even Hawk was in the tavern.
"Well, I know they originated from the very first, the member of the Goddess clan." Meliodas nodded knowing that already, but he just had to confirm it, "The daughter of the Supreme Deity. It's adorable in a way, similar to that tragic love story about the two teenagers who came from noble households except it was the households who cursed their children." Gowther said with a smile creeping Meliodas out.
"Well then what does he know?" Meliodas asked.
"He knows very well about his mother and father, according to him, it was Elizabeth who told him about the both of you and your ambitions. It's all a mystery to me at that point. Yet I was not aware of who you were until a few years ago." Gowther admitted.
"You know if you wanted to learn about your big brother you could have called." Meliodas quickly drew Liz's sword and pointed at Naruto who appeared sitting at a table behind him, "Such poor service, I can't get a decent meal without someone pointing a sword at my face." he said sarcastically making Gowther giggle.
"Yes quite terrible, I was given a reservation and suddenly this becomes an interrogation." Gowther responded getting a laugh from her husband.
Meliodas growled as he slammed his fists onto Naruto's table, "Shouldn't I be slamming the table? I am being given poor service after all." Naruto said with a chuckle not taking this seriously.
"Who are you?" Meliodas asked.
"Naruto Uzumaki."
"Where did you come from?"
"Purgatory for the early stages of my life then I recently moved to Forest of White Dreams while my wife went by herself on some journey she refuses to tell me about." Naruto then put his fingers in the shape of a cross creating a doppelganger, "Find something in that kitchen of his, I'm parched." the doppelganger nodded and entered the kitchen.
"What was that?" Meliodas demanded pointing towards the doppelganger.
"That little brother is a technique I remembered, it is called Art of the Shadow Doppelganger. I can do the same using wind and lightning, however neither retrieve memory as the shadow can." Naruto explained seeing the doppelganger make tea.
"What about your abilities?"
"I can use the same abilities as you along with baby Estarossa and baby Zeldris. I can also negate the abilities of the Ten Commandments due to who mother is. I can also control my transformation similar to your assault mode preventing me from losing my mind unlike you." Naruto explained finally receiving his tea.
"Who are your parents?" Meliodas finally asked making Naruto sigh.
"At one point whenever I think about that I see a blond haired man with blue eyes and a beautiful redhead with violet eyes only to be replaced by beardo and sunshine. They never really cared about me, they pretty much abandoned me once I learned how to throw a fist." Naruto said feigning sadness, "Then this beautiful silver haired girl with one blue eye came to me and told me I had more siblings, sadly I learned about her death then about her curse. It's good to meet you little brother and maybe you can formally introduce me to my little sister." Naruto said taking a sip only for the cup to be smacked away.
"What are your plans?" Meliodas said ignoring his last statement.
"To get another cup of tea unless your going to smack it away again." Naruto mocked sending another doppelganger to make another cup.
"What are you planning!?" Meliodas yelled.
"No real plan, ambitions maybe, but even if I had a past life, I was likely a quitter or too hard headed to think rationally. I had a good life, sure I got cursed by daddy dearest and mommy decided to be a pest rather than a caring parent. Although I did have some good moments, I met a beautiful woman and married her... only for father to ruin it." he sighed as Gowther walked up to sit next to him and lay her head on him.
Naruto reached for her hand and started rubbing her palm, "We're alike in a way Meliodas, we both have someone we care about and seek a way to free them. However we're just dreamers with no sense of direction." he said, "I best be off, I'm kind of tired. It was good seeing you little brother, but seek me out when you are in a better mood." he said reaching for the door only to move to the side as a sword hit the door.
"Tomorrow morning, 8 am sharp!" Meliodas challenged.
Naruto looked impassive, "Alright, not my fault if you fall on your butt and cry." he said selfishly walking outside pulling the sword away.
He picked up Gowther in his arms bridal style before disappearing in a gust of wind. Meliodas sighed and rubbed his temples before heading off to bed.
The next day
Elizabeth along with Diane and Merlin decided to start the day by visiting the Boar Hat. For Elizabeth and Diane, it was just another day of helping the dragon sin with his business while Merlin was hoping to confront Naruto again after they're meeting from last time now that the grey demon's corpse was destroyed. By the the time the trio of women arrived, they were greeted by a sign on the door.
"Closed? Is the captain not motivated or something?" Diane asked.
"Perhaps he slept in." Elizabeth said knocking on the door and waiting a couple of minutes before knocking again and receiving more silence.
"Is it open?" Merlin asked as Elizabeth peeked inside finding the tavern empty.
"Maybe he left a note or some kind of notice." Elizabeth said letting the two in.
The girls could see Hawk sleeping in a makeshift bed snoring about scraps making the girls sweatdrop.
"Sir Hawk. Sir Hawk. Sir Hawk. Please wake up!" Elizabeth whispered making the pig get up and stretch.
"Oh morning Elizabeth, where's Meliodas he should have opened by now?" Hawk asked.
"Wait so you don't know where he is?" Diane asked seeing Hawk shake his head.
"Girls here's a note." Merlin said grabbing their attention.
Dear Elizabeth or whomever finds this note,
I had to close the Boar Hat for today due to a meeting with someone important. If you wish, you can open it and run things without me, but Hawk is in charge. No matter what, my meeting is to NOT be interrupted. No matter what you hear or see, don't interfere. I'll be back as soon as I can to reopen the bar if it hasn't been opened already.
From Meliodas
"We should go look for him." Diane said getting a nod from Diane while Merlin and Hawk sweatdropped.
"He just said not to." Merlin said.
"That's why we have go!" Elizabeth said.
The two ran of prompting Merlin to follow them just to make sure no one does anything stupid and get hurt.
With Meliodas
Out in the outskirts of the kingdom, Meliodas found his alleged brother sitting down on a blanket with his legs crossed enjoying tea with Gowther.
"Ah little brother, how are you? Come we were just having tea." Naruto said in a friendly manner convincing Meliodas to sit on the grass still feeling wary of the man, "I see you feel tense, here have a cup." Naruto said handing him a cup.
Meliodas looked at the cup, "I'm not here for a social gathering. You know why I am here." he said.
"Is it not to have tea and enjoy the beautiful scenery?" Naruto asked sounding like an idiot.
"No, I want you to fight me!" Meliodas demanded.
Naruto leaned his face close to his brother's, "For some reason you remind me of someone with dark hair in the shape of duck's behind." Gowther smiled at the description hiding her giggle.
"Fight me!" Meliodas ordered.
"If you want your big brother to kick your butt, then so be it." Naruto said with a shrug, "Gowther sweet heart, please clear up the blanket. I don't want to see you get hurt, even if you were enjoying yourself." Gowther nodded and began to clean everything up.
The two took their stances in the middle of clearing where there was no sign of humans or any animals that could get hurt in their fight.
"You make the first move little brother." Naruto said a second before he kicked the air behind him only to reveal Meliodas who managed to get the drop on him. Recovering quickly, he drew Liz's sword and started striking at Naruto who pulled out one of his own swords. The two scuffled for dominance until Naruto smirked and created a doppelganger to hit his younger brother from behind making Meliodas lose control and fall down.
"That was unfair!" Meliodas yelled as Naruto pointed his own sword at his brother.
"Brother in the most serious fights you live or you die. However, I'm not a monster like our father or Zeldris." Naruto responded giving Meliodas some space to recover.
Meliodas soon dashed at Naruto trying to land dozens of kicks and punches only for them all to be blocked by his wrist until he was punched in the gut sending him skidding down the ground. Meliodas quickly recovered and started slashing at Naruto only for the latter to keep dodging as if he were more of a nuisance than a threat. It was rare for someone like Meliodas to lose his cool considering the last time nearly destroyed all of Liones and before then, Danafor became a giant sinkhole. Right now was one of those moments, as Meliodas lost his temper, his curse mark revealed itself as he continues his assault.
"Hellblaze!" he yelled unleashing black flames towards Naruto who jumped back tossing his hand back as if he threw something revealing that the flames did connect with something, but he wasn't sure what.
Jumping out of the way in time, he saw Meliodas appear behind him kicking him from behind and landing a kick on the back of his head, "Finally getting serious little brother? I suppose it would not take this much had you been fully restored. How much did that mage take? A quarter? Third? Half? There is no way you can be this weak." Naruto said with a chuckle infuriating Meliodas more to where he was picked up to the neck and punched repeatedly until he was sent flying back.
Naruto skidded to a halt and looked up to see another Hellblaze heading towards him, his instincts kicked in and he smacked it away with his shokujo. Feeling glad that Full Counter was broken in terms of strength Naruto quickly charged his feet with electric energy and met up with Meliodas with the two connecting punches with each other's punches leading to another stalemate.
"Keep it up and I might get to show you the first stage of purgatory mode." Naruto said with a toothy grin before taking a punch to the face, "Were you an angry drunk woman with oversized breasts in the past life? This feels oddly familiar." he added getting a growl.
Catching both fists, Naruto got a good grip and sprouted his wings lifting both blonds into the air before rapidly landing upside down slamming Meliodas down on his head. Jumping up from the ground Meliodas was about to attack again until Naruto pointed something out.
"Hold on time out, what is that white stuff on your head?" Meliodas stopped and felt what should have been blood, but was replaced by a white substance, "Do you not bleed like the rest of us?" Naruto asked cutting his thumb revealing his red blood.
Then suddenly a note card appeared falling from the sky that said, "All white blood is property of Studio Deen" making the two scowl, but for some reason Meliodas's eyes got bigger and appeared too close together for a moment.
"Little brother are you ok?" Naruto panicked.
Meliodas shook it off revealing his face to be back to normal, "No I'm fine, now where were we?" he asked before continuing the fight.
A few minutes later, Elizabeth and company arrived to see Meliodas getting thrashed around in his curse marked form against the stranger from earlier. Elizabeth gasped as she always felt rather unnerved whenever she saw Meliodas in his state of hate. She ran down despite Diane and Merlin calling for her to stay back.
Naruto was covered in dirt and had a couple of scratches on his cheek, but looked fine while Meliodas was covered in bruises and white blood for some odd reason while his shirt and vest where in tatters. Liz's sword was also pretty banged up and ready to give out at any moment.
"Sorry little brother, but I'm pretty bored and I feeling like exploring. So..." Naruto raised his hand in the air creating a sphere before filling it up with some magic revealing streaks of unstable lightning coming out of it, "It was nice seeing you." he said in a somewhat sincere voice dashing towards Meliodas.
Meliodas attempted to run before falling and taking a knee not looking away from the big ball of lightning heading towards him. Elizabeth saw this and ran to his side using herself as a shield.
"No please stop! Stop fighting!" she yelled at Naruto.
"Out of the way Lizzy!" Naruto yelled ignoring her pleads.
"Can't you see Sir Meliodas is too hurt to continue? You said you were his brother! Why would you hurt family?" she asked.
"That idea never crossed our father's idea, just look at what happened to the both of you." Naruto countered making Meliodas's eyes widen.
Elizabeth ignored the weird statement, "Please stop fighting! Stop fighting! Stop fighting!"
"You can sing it, but I won't stop. Little brothers have to know their place Lizzy." Naruto said in a mocking tone.
"I won't let you hurt Sir Meliodas!" she yelled closing her eyes and extending her arms out accidentally firing a beam out of her hands.
"What the... AHHH!" Naruto yelled as the beam hit his power making it explode sending him fly back and hit the ground a few times before stopping, "Mean little sisters! Why did she have to hit me with an Ark of all things?" he asked himself as he skidded back.
Meliodas for his part regained his senses as he saw Elizabeth crying and started hugging him.
"Elizabeth it's ok now, we're not fighting anymore." Meliodas said reassuring her.
Elizabeth looked back to see Naruto covered in smoke in a self made crater while Gowther was putting on some kind of nurse costume and some wooden sticks approaching them.
"Gowther shouldn't you be helping Naruto? He is your husband after all." Merlin said.
"Yes, but he's been through worse and he's only acting like an infant should he complain about it." Gowther said in a neutral tone making Diane and Elizabeth flinch while Merlin chuckled.
"That will teach him to destroy my research." Merlin said to herself.
As Elizabeth went back to holding Meliodas close to her breasts for reason that it triggered her healing ability.
"Perhaps Elizabeth should be the one wearing the nurses outfit." Gowther said.
Meliodas spoke up before Elizabeth could object, "Do you have one in extra large, around the chest area? Preferably not covering too much?" he asked.
Gowther pulled out a bag digging through her supplies while Hawk bit the top of his head. Meanwhile Naruto laughed at the sight in front of him and started limping towards the group.
"I'm sorry captain, but I do not have a nurse's outfit with that description. However, I do have one wizard costume that is similar or if you'd like I have this roman style dress, but it covers even less of her body." Gowther explained making Elizabeth turn red.
"Gowther don't encourage him!" Diane yelled.
"Oh I am so sorry Diane. Did you want a costume as well?" she asked making the giant turn red as well.
"Elizabeth what was that beam you fired at Naruto?" Merlin asked.
"What beam?" Elizabeth asked unaware of her new ability.
"That streak of light you shot out of your hands. It stopped that lightning ball and sent Naruto flying back." Merlin explained.
"I don't know, I don't even remember it it. I saw Sir Meliodas in pain and screamed for Mr. Naruto to stop and he wouldn't listen." Elizabeth answered.
"So is it like a new power you awakened to like the one back at the fight?" Diane asked.
"More than likely." Merlin stated seeing the ability before, but not completely sure if it was the same one she saw in the past.
"So, what's all the commotion about?" everyone turned to see a muscular man in with a large sword and metal mask standing on top of a rock.
"Slader of the Roar's of Dawn. Perfect timing, I have a rather urgent favor to ask of you." Merlin said.
"The only orders that guy takes are the ones from the King himself." Meliodas stated as Slader jumped down from his rock.
"Your every wish is my command." Slader said taking a bow.
"Hey Slader, what is this? Does Merlin have some kind of dirt on you?" Meliodas whispered into Slader's ear.
Slader scoffed at his words and explained how Merlin's ability to rescue the king was enough to impress him when no one else was able to reach him.
"Please, allow me to call you my big sister." Slader requested.
"Call me what you will."
"Then what is it you like me to do big sister?" Slader asked.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Gowther come here for a second." Merlin requested.
She walked up to Merlin who raised her hand above her head, "Absolute Can..."
Merlin soon found herself facing the ground as one arm was put behind her back while the other was left stretching out, "Merlin, I know you worry about my mental health, but I can tell you that I will behave myself." Gowther said.
"Let my big sister go!" Slader yelled swinging his sword over Gowther only for it to be blocked.
"I prefer you don't swing a sword down my wife. Gowther let the nice mage down, she was only worried about her friend." Naruto said from under the sword. Naruto looked up at Slader squinting his eyes, "You wouldn't happen to have water related magic abilities now would you?" Naruto asked confusing Slader.
"No I cannot manipulate water." Slader answered refusing to remove his sword.
"Slader don't pick a fight you can't win." Meliodas said. "He may seem dangerous and reckless, but... he's family." he added getting a gasp.
"I'd listen to my little brother if I were you." Naruto said.
Merlin managed to get up from the ground dusting herself off while Slader removed his sword from Naruto's hand.
The Boar Hat
Elizabeth took Meliodas upstairs to patch up his wounds and clean up leaving everyone else downstairs waiting.
"Where are Ban and King? I haven't noticed them during the awarding ceremony." Gowther said.
"Ban left to who knows where while King decided to follow him to make sure he wasn't really abandoning the Seven Deadly Sins." Merlin explained.
Gowther nodded feeling satisfied with the answer while Naruto remained quiet thinking about the little group Meliodas put together himself. Ignoring the chatter behind him, Naruto wondered what Meliodas was planning ever since the Ten Commandments were sealed away. From what his father, the Demon King, told him, Meliodas was the leader, but backstabbed the clan and caused the Holy War three millenia back. Whatever happened afterwards, Meliodas decided to make some ragtag band serving humans. At least he has one less reason to kill his own brother, but he can't say the same about Estarossa and Zeldris if they ever get unsealed.
Meliodas returned back later wearing a new outfit and offered that Slader guy a chance to follow him when Elizabeth interjected.
"Sir Meliodas! Would it be okay if I come along too?" she asked with a look of desperation.
"I told you before, the battle for Liones is finally over. So there's no reason for you to be put in danger." Meliodas answered without looking at her.
"But I thought we were in this together? Am I the only one who felt that way?" Elizabeth asked. She received silence, "Really? Am I nothing more than baggage is it?" she asked.
Meliodas turned back with a look of immaturity, "Exactly!"
Diane punched him in the side of the head, "Captain you jerk!" she yelled while followed by Hawk kicking him into the air.
"You stinking pig!" Hawk yelled with disgust.
Elizabeth ran outside ignoring Diane, "Okay that hurt." Meliodas grunted.
Slader started getting up from his seat until he felt a hand on his shoulder, "I'll talk to her, you make sure my dumbass brother doesn't do anything stupid." Naruto said leaving the Boar Hat while Hawk continued to berate Meliodas.
Naruto went outside to find Elizabeth standing against the wall, 'You're stronger than you look little sister. Wait if you're my sister and Meliodas is my brother... wait am I witness to insist?' he thought in panic. 'Oh nevermind, her mother and his father are my parents, but they split up after that... that doesn't make it any better does it?' he continued thinking before approaching her.
"Honestly, that idiot has no tact at all does he?" Elizabeth turned to see Naruto.
"The only reason he talks to me like that, is because he's concerned. Truth is, that's exactly why I want to help him. He's always saving me, but I want him to know that I can be useful too." Elizabeth explained.
"In that case, you should express those feelings with actions not words." Naruto said.
"Actons?" Elizabeth asked as Naruto nodded.
"That's my theory anyways." Naruto stated both turned to the door as they heard a weird sound.
Inside they turned to Merlin holding her sacred treasure.
"What's with the noise?" Naruto asked.
"Our original plans have changed. We have to go to Camelot immediately. I sense an abnormal sense of power." Merlin answered.
The mage soon surrounded the tavern with a pink energy and as they looked outside, the group found themselves flying over another kingdom.
"Uh guys, what's that huge mountain looking thing?" Hawk asked.
Naruto spoke up before anyone else tried to answer, "That big bastard is albion, they were locked up after the Holy War ended. Who knows what else got unlocked." he said.
"The Ten Commandments were unlocked." Meliodas added.
"Oh good to know and... what they hell do you mean the Ten Commandments are free!?" Naruto yelled.
"I'll have to tell you about that later." Meliodas said.
Albion looked up at the flying pig and started growling followed by trying to hit Camelot only for it to be blocked by a barrier Merlin set up until Albion hit a couple more times. Arthur's forces began to open fire only for not affect to take place. Meliodas jumped down and used his full counter to block Albion's attacks. The creature looked annoyed and continued his barrage of attacks.
Seeing everyone striking at it, Naruto decided to jump down saving Arthur from being crushed in Albion's hand.
"You're weapon is broken little brother." Naruto pointed out as Meliodas saw Liz's sword shatter.
"It took a lot from the fight with Hendrickson. I'm surprised it lasted this long." Meliodas stated.
"How about you fall back with these guys until you find yourself a new weapon and let your big brother deal with this." Naruto suggested.
"You know his weakness?" Meliodas asked.
"I'm the first born, I know these freaks of nature like the back of my hand. You might want to step back." Meliodas nodded and grabbed Arthur along with the Holy Knights, taking them to a safe distance as Naruto sat down.
'Ok, it's been a while, but let's see if I can remember what the old man taught me.' Naruto thought as Albion prepared to attack again.
"It's time to look inward and start asking the big question: who are you and what do you want?"
'What do I want eh? Well I know who I am and what I want is to help these people and destroy this thing.' Naruto thought as he continued to go through his meditative trance.
"What are you doing Naruto?" Meliodas whispered seeing Albion getting ready to slam his hand over his elder brother.
Everyone gasped as the hand landed near him and created a loud explosion. Everyone including Meliodas assumed Naruto was crushed and likely killed only for the dust to settle down revealing Albion missing an entire arm and Naruto on top of his shoulder. For those with amazing vision, they could see purple and black tribal like markings around his body.
"He destroyed its arm and made it up to its face in the blink of an eye? How powerful is he?" Arthur asked in shock.
Meliodas smirked, "I still don't quite believe it, but according to him. He's my big brother." Meliodas answered wondering how strong Naruto really was.
To Be Continued...
Note: Don't worry, I'll be finishing Jojo and Persona preferably before the rest of the story continues.